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1、 . . . . 2014年高三英语教学质量检测试卷第I卷共103分I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. Afte

2、r you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A. At a paint store.B. At a grocery store.C. At a drugstore.D. At a video game store.2.A. 40.B. 60.C. 120.D. 180.3.A. He left th

3、e door open.B. He broke the vase.C. He took the vase off the table.D. He turned out to be innocent.4.A. Judge and lawyer.B. Policeman and driver.C. Cleaner and walker.D. Teacher and student.5.A. Shes got a full time job at the university.B. She was surprised to get a full scholarship.C. Everything w

4、ent just as had been expected.D. Brighton University is not her ideal school.6.A. The man has a serious sleep problem.B. Neither of them has finished the paper.C. They both had a hard time doing the paper.D. The woman thought the paper easy to do.7. A. Help the woman find the building.B. Follow the

5、woman to the exhibit.C. Assist the woman to read the map.D. Show the woman where to get a new map.8. A. Mrs. Brown was unhappy this morning.B. Mrs. Brown is a patient teacher.C. Susan must be poor at her studies.D. Susan might have been scolded by Mrs. Brown.9. A. She is going to try a new highway t

6、o the cinema.B. She wants to go early to avoid a traffic jam.C. She has no idea how to get to the cinema.D. She wants to leave the cinema before the movie is over.10.A. She loves going to work on foot.B. The firm she works in is not far away.C. She has to save money for her journey.D. It takes her t

7、oo much time to go to work.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your

8、paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. It is an important occasion of American cultural activities.B. They can have drinks and snacks while watching the game.C. Some companies offer viewers

9、expensive sample products.D. The result of the game may be beyond peoples expectation.12.A. Exciting professional performances.B. Fancy advertisements of products.C. Pleasant atmosphere on the spot.D. Warm company of their family.13.A. Expensive and impressive TV commercials.B. Various ways of enter

10、taining audience during intervals.C. An introduction to a popular ball game in America.D. Different sports people love to play in America.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. Introducing healthy genes into a virus. B. Removing faulty cells from patients.C. Providing emoti

11、onal support to patients.D. Preventing patients from brain injuries.15.A. It still remains in an experimental stage at present.B. It has taken the place of surgery or medicine.C. It has only been tried on young patients so far.D. It helps patients to have a speedy and full recovery.16.A. Children ar

12、e more likely to be infected by diseases.B. How to popularize gene therapy in different hospitals.C. A couple of successful examples of a new therapy. D. Genes rather than any other things are the master of our fortune.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The co

13、nversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answ

14、er. Job Application InformationIntended position:_17_.Applicant:Mary Smith. Education:Graduated from Leeds University with the MA degree in English.Foreign language:_18_. Proficiency熟练程度:_19_. Contact telephone No: . Interview time:Next _20_ afternoon. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following

15、 conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.How big is the farm?About _21_ acres. What is the present condition?It needs _22_. What does the man plan to grow on the farm?_23_. How does the woman like her husbands plan?She holds _24_ of it. II. Grammar and Vocabul

16、arySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.(A)A boy play

17、s away from home and fights with others. Hes defeated, gets hurt and suffers shame. If he is strong-willed, he would clench (咬紧) his teeth, making a firm fist from (25) _ (weep) in front of others. But as soon as he returns home he would burst out crying at the first sight of his close relatives. He

18、 would be all tears pouring out his sufferings.The same is true for a strong-willed grown-up. No matter what harm he suffers he would do his best (26) _ (conceal) his feelings, trying not to let others know how he feels. He would swallow his bitter tears and show a smiling face at others (27) _ _ he

19、 didnt care a bit. But however strong-willed he is, most probably he would cry as soon as he meets his close relative who loves him and to (28) _ he can pour out his heart unreservedly. Not only would he weep but hed cry his eyes out (29) _ grief.If somebody weeps in your face the person never of th

20、e type doing this in front of others, youd better sit by and let him cry to (30) _ hearts content, for it shows you are regarded as his dearest or (31) _ (reliable) one.Its much better to have someone crying in your face than be met exclusively by (32) _ smiling face. Anyone can smile at you, but ve

21、ry few will weep in your face, because the latter is much harder for one to do than the former.(B)Some of young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting. One of the lessons they should take was (33) _ an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy, take his

22、weapon away and have him (34) _ (arrest). First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands, and then he took a gun away from him in the same way. After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two

23、 instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what (35) _ (show). One of the questions was this, “Well, you now know (36) _ an unarmed man can do against a man with a gun. Imagine that you (37) _ (guard) a bridge at eight one night, and that you have a gun. Sudden

24、ly you see an unarmed enemy soldier (38) _ (come) towards you, and what will you do?The young soldier who (39) _ _ answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds (40) _ he answered, and then said, “Well after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get ri

25、d of my gun as quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy soldier couldnt take it from me and kill me with it!Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. countless B. exhauste

26、dC. comparison D. essentialE. estimatesF. distinctiveG. relatively H. clearedI. unfortunatelyJ. recycledK. restricts Rain forests, found in Earths temperate and tropical (热带的) zones, are some of the most biologically varied ecosystems on the planet. All rain forests share certain _41_ features, incl

27、uding a closed canopy, thedensevegetation of thetop branches that forms a roof above the forest floor, a damp and warm climate, and _42_ constant temperatures throughout the year. Most of the forests insect and animal life grows well in the canopys leafy and sunlit environment. The forests groundcov

28、er, by comparison, is small. Less than 2 percent of the suns light makes its way through the canopy and the darkness below. This darkness, along with the poor quality of the soils, _43_ plant growth. Rain forests are a(n) _44_ part of Earths total ecology. Huge amounts of water are absorbed into tre

29、e roots and _45_ into the atmosphere from the tree leaves through a process called transpiration (蒸发). Tree roots also fix the soil in place and slow the runoff of rains into rivers and oceans. Through the process of photosynthesis (光合作用), rain forests absorb more carbon dioxide and give off more ox

30、ygen than any other ecosystem. The rain forests are _46_ shrinking at a rapid rate as a result of the profitable ventures of farming, logging, and mining. When tropical rain forests are _47_ in order to raise cattle and crops, the nutrient-poor soils are quickly _48_. When farmers move on to new are

31、as, heavy rains and baking sun leave the land fruitless and lifeless. Logging and mining cause similar damage to the land and destroy the territory of _49_ millions of birds, insects and animals. By some _50_, an area of tropical rain forest the size of the state of Delaware disappears in this way e

32、very month. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Archaeologists are scientists who search for clues that help form a clearer

33、picture of the lives people led in the past. Archaeology is a modern science, but it has been _51_ for centuries. More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus described the Egyptian pyramids and other monuments. He may have been the first writer to consider that remains and _52_ could pr

34、ovide information for _53_ generations. For more than a thousand years, however, such _54_ were observers rather than researchers. In the 1700s, scientists and adventurers from a variety of countries traveled _55_ to explore ancient sites. Digs that are still _56_ began in 1709 at Herculaneum, an It

35、alian city buried in ash during the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in A. D. 79. The Danish scholar Carsten Niebuhr visited the ruins of Persepolis in the Middle East in 1765 to study cuneiform writing (楔形文字). _57_, archaeology didnt become a widely recognized science and schools didnt recognize the sub

36、ject as a scholarly pursuit until the 19th century. The term itself was _58_ in 1837. It comes from a Latin word meaning “the study of antiquities (古物).One of the first archaeologists to use a scientific approach to the discipline was Heinrich Schliemann of Germany, who in the late 1800s _59_ the an

37、cient civilization of the city of Troy. Today, archaeologists uncover the past in many different _60_, including deserts and jungles, at sites called digs. Ancient sources, folk tales, and landscape features can suggest where archaeologists should look. Surveys of the land help them choose sites _61

38、_ to provide artifacts, the objects that will unlock the story of a particular people their daily lives, their beliefs, and their ties to other cultures. A site, however, does not have to be old to be interesting to an archaeologist. Some prefer to study more _62_ settlements. One scientist, for ins

39、tance, studies coal mining camps in California by examining the garbage that miners _63_. Archaeologists may work for universities, museums or governments, and some of them are involved in educating the public about _64_ ancient sites. Artifact hunters who are _65_ history rob these places and sell

40、what they find for a few dollars to immoral dealers in antiquities. 51.A. adventuringB. changingC. diggingD. evolving52.A. booksB. historyC. ruinsD. science53.A. lostB. laterC. olderD. several54.A. inventorsB. scholarsC. visitorsD. writers55.A. extensivelyB. nationwideC. regularlyD. together56.A. in

41、 progressB. in good conditionC. on displayD. out of control57.A. BesidesB. HoweverC. InsteadD. Meanwhile58.A. coinedB. consideredC. recognizedD. used59.A. createdB. developedC. establishedD. investigated60.A. countriesB. fieldsC. locations D. ways61. A. certainB. likelyC. readyD. necessary62.A. hono

42、rableB. peacefulC. ruralD. recent63.A. gave awayB. gave offC. left behind D. left out64.A. choosing B. examiningC. studyingD. protecting65.A. aware of B. fed up withC. ignorant ofD. familiar withSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or

43、unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)When my old dog developed major health problems, I knew that watching him fail would be painful, but I wasnt prep

44、ared for the powerful lessons hed offer in the last year of his life.Chance was 14 when the problems started. First, he developed a cancer that left him whistling for breath. Then came cataracts (白障) in both eyes, arthritis (关节炎) in his legs, and a series of ministrokes (小中风) that threw off his bala

45、nce. Any one of these misfortunes would have left me begging for relief, but Chance became calmer as the disabilities piled up. When leg pain left him frozen on the floor, unable to rise for a quick pat as I came home, he didnt complain. He just lay there patiently, signaling me with his hammering t

46、ail, each movement spelling out the value of waiting for the things you want. When his cataracts made steering impossible after dark, hed stand calmly until I could guide him inside, proving how easy it is to find happiness if you let go of your pride and insecurities and learn to lean on those who love you. When ministrokes had him walk unsteadily like a drunk, he taught the value of persistence. For days after each attack, hed fall as he moved about. Yet again and again hed try to walk, each day moving a few more steps until finally he was able