2014年高三英语下学期期中试题

注意事项：本试卷分第I卷(105分)和第II卷(45分)，共150分

1.答第I卷，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3.考试结束后，考生将第II卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷(共105分)

第一部分：语言知识运用

第一节：语法和词汇知识(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

1.—Can I really get a car as a reward if I win the race?—Absolutely!________.

A.It all depends    B.I mean it    C.You’ve got me there  D.So will you

2.—The weather has been so hot and dry _________ February this year.

— Yes.It’s like _________ in April.

A.in;that    B.in;one    C.for;that   D.for;one

3.—It is not clear whether or how Sandy has influenced the vote.

—That’s __________ I don’t agree.Obviously,the storm was in Obama's favor.

A.what    B.where    C.when       D.how

4.—John，what’s your next project going to be about after the exam?

—well，that remains__________.

A.to see    B.to be seeing    C.to seeing D.to be seen

5.The athletes were all standing by the skating field, _________skating suits.

A.all of them worn    B.all were wearing    C.a11 ofwhom wearing  D.all wearing

6.I don’t like football;as for me，__________ would be more fun than watching a 90 minutes’boring match.

A.everything    B.something    C.anything   D.nothing

7.A new iphone costs about _________of a second-hand one.

A.the price of three times         B.three times the price

C.as much as the three times price  D.three times more than the price

8.They_____on time for the Winter Olympics，but their car had a flat tyre on the halfway.

A.would have arrived  B.could arrive    C.must have arrived D.would arrive

9.—I______for more than 30 years!l’m goingto retire soon.

一Really?You don’t look a day over 40.

A.taught    B.have been teaching  C.had taught   D.am teaching

l0.One important aim of our school is to prepare us for the future _________ we can face all the challenges with confidence.

A.in case    B.so that    C.even if   D. if  only

第二节完形填空(满分40共两部分，第一部分lO小题，每小题1分，共10分;第二部分20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分)

阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C：和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime.A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can  11  swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water.He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still  12  away.A mother who has not  13  the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins“Twinkle，twinkle，little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.

One explanation is the law of over learning，which can be stated as follows：  14  we have 1earned something，additional learning increases the  15  of time we will remember it.In childhood，we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them.We continue to listen to and  16  ourselves of poems such as“Twinkle，twinkle，little star and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White.We not only learn but   17   .

The law of over learning explains why cramming(突击学习)for all examination，  18  it may result in a passing grade，is not a  19   way to learn a school course.By cramming，a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination，but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned.A little over learning;  20  ，is usually a good investment toward the future.

11.A.only   B.hardly   C.still   D.even

12. A.move      B.drive       C.travel      D.ride

l3.A.thought about  B.cared for      C.showed up  D.brought up

14.A.Before      B.Once       C.Until       D.Unless

15.A.accuracy     B.unit       C.1imit   D.1ength

16.A.remind     B.limit         C.warn   D.recall

l7.A.recite      B.overlearn      C. research  D.improve

18.A.though     B.so       C.if   D.after

19.A.convenient   B.demanding     C.satisfactory  D.swift

20.A.at most     B.by the way     C. on the other hand D.in the end

If you’re going to do something，my dad used to say，do it right.

Mostly he said that after my half-hearted(不尽力的)   2l  to weed the vegetable garden.For some reason，he knew that there were white roots still  22 deep in the ground without looking around the garden.So I would  be in the  23  again the next day with a spade dig deep and  24  the roots of our garden.As I tried to focus  my attention on   25  ，Dad’s words kept echoing in my mind：“Do it right.”

I saw a perfect example ofwhat Dad was mlldng about last week when one ofthe teams,in the company was 26  .All of us were sad to see them go.They were good friends and  27  ，and we worried about them.And 28  ，at such times you always wonder：am I next?

But as we watched them during the week they were given to  29  ，  many of us noticed that they weren't handling this in quite the way we expected them to.  30  none of them found another job，there was also no bitterness or 31  in their departure.I didn’t hear a negative word.I didn’t see any  32  or unhappy flaces-at least，not from them.Instead，I saw grace.

“It’s  33  ，”one of my colleagues whispered.“1 went over there to offer comfort and support to them，and they  34  comforting me.”

Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their  35  .I don't know if  my departing friends  36  their ending as a“swan song”or not，but the calm，quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and  37  us.

Lee，a man who has seen and  38 lots of lay-offs during almost 40 up-and-down，on-again-off-again years with the company，  39  nicely for all of us.

“Now.that’s doing it right，”he said.

Somewhere，I just know Dad was smiling his 40  .

21.A.attempts         B.judgments       C.expectations   D.requests

22.A.planted          B.buried          C.grown        D.stuck

23.A.house           B.school          C.garden        D.company

24.A.look forward to   B.come up with     C.fit in with     D.get down to

25.A.watching        B.thinking         C.digging       D.working

26.A.turned down    B.1aid off           C.cut down      D.given up

27.A.competitors     B.colleagues        C.directors      D.consultants

28.A.frankly        B.naturally          C.equally       D.generally

29.A.hurry up       B.turn up           C.pack up       D. come up

30.A.Since         B.When            C.Unless        D.While

3l. A.sadness         B.puzzle            C.anger         D.delight

32.A.tears          B.smiles            C.dangers        D.fears

33.A.up setting      B.exciting           C.disappointing   D.amazing

34.A.objected to     B.insisted on         C.ended up       D.kept on

35.A.birth          B.death             C.arrival          D.party

36.A.view          B.recognize          C.choose         D.describe

37.A.discouraged    B.warned            C.inspired        D.amused

38.A.celebrated     B.witnessed           C.resisted        D.survived

39.A.made up      B.summed up          C.picked up      D.sped up

40.A.disagreement   B.indifference         C.admiration     D.approval