江苏省东台市时堰中学2015届高三年级第一学期第二次阶段考试.doc

时堰中学2015届高三年级第一学期第二次阶段考试英语试卷第二部分 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse peoples _ in the Chinese language.A. response    B.     consequenceC. significance     D. enthusiasm 22. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP after April 8, which _a major operating system for some Chinese computer users, and advised users to upgrade to Windows 8.1.A. remains B. remainedC. is remaining D. is remained23. Alice, you have won the first place! Pardon? I _ I would fail the exam this time.A. think B. have thought C. thought D. am thinking24. The deal, _ next week, will allow Charney to make a great fortune in the stock market. A. completed B. being completed C. to be completed D. having been completed25.In this article ,the author is going to discuss some of the job choices _ to us and which jobs are best suited to us. A. artistic B. available C. unconscious D. tentative 26. To ensure that children from poor areas can receive fair education, the government has planned to _ more money to improve the miserable conditions of local schools.A. allocate B.announce C. advocate D. accumulate27. Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!Oh, she has lived in China for six years, otherwise she _ such good Chinese.A. didnt speak B. would not have spoken C.hadnt spoken D. would not speak28. In all his life, Dickens wrote a large number of excellent novels in the 19th century, _ some are still popular nowadays. A. whose B. of which C. in which D. of that 29. Im sorry to tell you that you made a mistake in your test. How can that be? I did it _ in class. A. as told B. as am told C. as telling D. as I told 30. Youve been in college for half a year. Are you familiar with your president?Yes. He is an outstanding leader who _ his reputation. A. looks out for B.lives up toC. comes up with D. looks forward to31. There are many famous cultural relics in our country, many _ thousands of years ago.A.date back to B.dating back to C. dated back toD. were dated back to32. Tony, it seems that you have been very busy all the time，what do you think of your occupation now?Just so-so. Ive decided to quit my job in the company next month, where I _ for five years.A. work B. will be workingC. is working D. will have worked33. A proposal has been put forward at a recent video conference _ measures be taken to raise the citizens awareness of traffic safety. A. as B. that C. when D. which34. Im afraid you missed a fantastic lecture yesterday. How come you were absent from it?If you _ know, I asked for a day off and visited a relative of mine in hospital.A. might B.mustC. shall D. may 35. Dont be a slave to work, Ralph! You must take it easy sometimes. I cant help it._. A. Easier said than done B. Nothing is easier than fault-finding C. Easy come, easy go D. Easy does it第六部分 书面表达(满分25分)阅读下面短文，按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的短文，向21世纪报中学生版投稿。 Florence Chadwick was born in California in 1918. She grew up on the beach and began competing as a swimmer at the age of six, when her uncle entered her in a race. For the next 19 years, she continued as a competitive swimmer. On July 4, 1952, at the age of 34, Chadwick attempted to become the first woman to swim 21 miles across the Catalina Channel, from a port on the California coast. That day the ocean was ice cold, the fog was so thick that she could hardly see the support boats that followed her, and sharks swam around her. Several times, her support crew used guns to drive away the sharks. While Americans watched on televisions, her mother and her trainer, who were in one of the support boats, encouraged her to keep going. However, after 15 hours and 55 minutes, with only a half mile to go, she felt that she couldnt go on, and begged to be taken out of the water.Later, Chadwick told a reporter, “Look, Im not excusing myself, but if I had seen land I know, I could have made it.” The fog had made her unable to see her swimming goal, and it made her feel she was getting nowhere. Two months later, she tried again. Although the fog was still heavy, yet this time she made it with the goal rooted in her mind. She knew behind the fog was the land she pursued. 【写作内容】1以约30个词概括短文大意； 2以约120个词就“Goal and Success”的主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括： 1）分析Chadwick第一次失败和第二次成功的原因； 2）Chadwick的故事对你有什么启发； 3）结合实际谈谈如何实现自己的目标。【写作要求】1可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。高三年级第一学期第二次阶段考试英语答案听力15 ACACB610 CABAB1115 CABAC1620 BCABC单选21-25 DACCB 26-30 ADBAB 31-35 BDBBA作文Possible version 1Goal and SuccessAn American woman swimmer Chadwick succeeded in crossing the Catalina Channel after failing in her first attempt. It was a goal in her mind that enabled her to make it. (30词)Chadwick failed in her first attempt because she couldnt see the “land” (goal) due to the “fog” (difficulty). But later, she succeeded because she had “the goal rooted in her mind” despite the heavy “fog”. From the story, we know we should understand the relation between the goal and the difficulty. The goal can encourage us to work hard to achieve success while the difficulty may prevent us from reaching our goal. However, we can achieve our goal by overcoming any possible difficulties. As students, we may meet with many difficulties in our study, but we can surely overcome them if we have a clear goal. I wish all of us could break through the “fog” to reach the beautiful “land”. (121词)Possible version 2Goal and SuccessAn American woman swimmer Chadwick succeeded in crossing the Catalina Channel after failing in her first attempt. It was a goal in her mind that enabled her to make it. (30词)Chadwick failed in her first attempt because she couldnt see the “land” (goal). But later, with the goal rooted in her mind, she had firm belief and finally succeeded. This story sets us thinking a lot. A clear goal is a must on the way to success. If we work very hard but with no goal in mind, we will have slight chances of succeeding in the end.How can we achieve our goal? Firstly, we should make a practical plan, which is the first step towards success. Secondly, we should take firm measures to ensure that the plan is carried out. Thirdly, under no circumstances should we give up. Only in this way can we reach the beautiful “land”. (120词)3