四川省米易中學(xué)高三下學(xué)期第一次段考英語(yǔ)試題及答案

1、米易中學(xué)2014屆高三下學(xué)期第一次段考英語(yǔ)試題第i卷 （共90分）第一部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）1.you couldnt have chosen any gift better for me. _.a. sorry, but dont blame me, dear. b. youve had a gift for music, havent you?c. im glad that you like it so much. d. oh, id choose a better one for you next time.2. a

2、s a lecturer, she doesnt dare to speak in _ public; she is thought of as _ failure. a. the, a b. a, the c. /, / d./, a 3. will you give me some suggestions on my job interview?smiling is a great way to make yourself _.a. stand out b. turn out c. work out d. pick out4. the parcel _ so much that i dro

3、pped it on the stair. a. weighs b. is weighed c. was weighed d. weighed5. miss sullivan clarified the science project in simple but vivid language so as to make it easier for teenagers _. a. understanding b. to understand c. understood d. to be understood 6. the man tried to pretend that he hadn'

4、;t stolen the money but his expression _. a. turned him down b. paid him off c. made him out d. gave him away7. american thanksgiving day, _ falls on november 28 this year, is becoming increasingly popular in china. a. that b. when c. which d. what8.-do you know tom, the manager of that company? -of

5、 course, i know him, by next month, i_ him for 10 years. a. know b. knew c. will know d. will have known9. it was his word and action but not his appearance _ moved us deeply.a. as b. which c. who d. that10. no student_ go out of school for snacks during the break without the teachers permission.a.

6、shall b. must c. will d. may第二節(jié)： 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（a、b、c和d）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。there was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life. fall, 1959, the first day of class at bethesda chevy chase high school was about to begin. “who”, i asked a senior, “is

7、 mrs. mcnamara, my 10th grade english teacher?” he just 11 and said something about my being in 12 . soon, i understood what he meant. mrs. mcnamara had a pattern of 13 that she repeated again and again. we would have a literature reading task for 14 . the next day, when we came to class, there woul

8、d be two or three topics on the blackboard 15 to the homework reading. we were 16_ to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. the following day, she would 17 the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called 18 _to stand in front of the class and to 19 his/her essay. the class

9、 were required to criticize （評(píng)論） that essay, 20 the grade of everyone in class would be reduced. the first time that i 21_ her read-write-criticize method, i had not 22_ to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant. 23_ the extreme embarrassment i suffered, standing bef

10、ore my classmates, _24_ myself. no one laughed at me; no one would be 25 enough, or foolish enough, to do that in mrs. mcnamaras class. the embarrassment came from 26 and along with it came a strong 27 not to let it happen again. mrs. mcnamara kept all of our written work in files; it was easy to se

11、e the 28 in writing that had occurred. what was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. what mrs. mcnamara 29 me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, i could improve myself. and i 30_ . thank you, mrs. mcnamara. 11. a. nodded

12、b. laughedc. apologized d. shouted12. a. trouble b. sorrow c. danger d. anger13. a. behaviour b. evaluation c. activity d. thought14. a. review b. performance c. practice d. homework15. a. added b. related c. contributed d. compared16. a. expected b. persuaded c. allowed d. advised17. a. collect b.

13、return c. send d. receive學(xué)+科+ 18. a. on purpose b. at first c. by chance d. in turn源:z。xx。19. a. talk through b. hand over來(lái)c. read out d. show off20. a. so b. and c. but d. or21. a. tried b. adoptedc. examined d. experienced22. a. undertaken b. attemptedc. bothered d. hesitated學(xué)*科23. a. remember b.

14、predict來(lái) c. bear d. imagine來(lái)24. a. playing jokes on b. making a fool ofc. setting a trap for d. taking advantage of25. a. brave b. carelessc. proud d. selfish26. a. above b. withinc. behind d. below來(lái)源27. a. tendency b. preference c. determination d. sense28. a. improvementsb. pains c. difficulties d

15、. advantages來(lái)29. a. trusted b. invitedc. forced d. permitted30. a. did b. could c. had d. would第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）第一節(jié)（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）a a middle school student, who jumped into the hot seal when his school bus driver passed out on the way to class this morning is being praised as a "quick thi

16、nker" for leading the bus and 15 other students to safety. seventh grader jeremy wuitschick is being praised by the local police chief for his actions. wuitschick hopped out of his seat and grabbed the steering wheel(方向盤) pulling the bus over to the side of the road before pulling the keys from

17、 the ignition(點(diǎn)火開(kāi)關(guān)）“i'll give the kid credit for fast thinking. he did the right thing and we're going to do something for him. the kid definitely deserves credit." milton police chief bill rhodes cold abc news. police officers were informed of a school bus driving irregularly through t

18、own around 8 a.m. today but by the time an officer arrived at the scene, wuitschick had had it under control. he had pulled the bus over in front of discovery primary school, which is near to the school where the students were headed .surprise lake middle school. "i knew something was wrong,&qu

19、ot; wuitschick told abc, "it was pretty scary. i was just acting on instinct. it was all happening really quickly." jeff short assistant dean for the fife school district .said the students had been trained in emergency situations on the school bus, including how to shut down, the bus in a

20、n emergency. a staff member at the school, john mccrossin, happened to be driving behind the bus when the driver lost consciousness(知覺(jué)) and rushed onto the bus to administer cpr(心肺復(fù)蘇) once wuitschick had pulled over to the side of the road .rhodes said. the kids told mccrossin they had already calle

21、d 911. the bus driver, whose name has not been released, was taken to the hospital. emergency service personnel told school administrators he was suffering from a problem related to the heart. short said his condition was severe. rhodes said that there were no traffic accidents or other injuries. 31

22、. bill rhodes praised wuitschick because a. he drove the school bus to campus b he did bring the school bus to safety c. he helped the police in public affairs d. he successfully saved the bus driver32. when the police reached the spot._.a. the bus driver had already recovered b. the bus had just ar

23、rived at its destinationc. the bus had already been under control d. the bus was running crazily on the road33. from the passage we can learn that_. a. bill rhodes gave wuitschick a credit card for his deed b. mcctossin offered to call 911 when the event happened c: jeff short happened to be driving

24、 behind the school bus d. wuitschick had been well trained in dealing with emergencies34. the passage is probably taken from_. a. a personal diary b. a news report c. an accident record d. a research paperb his first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in south africa. then, as

25、 the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government. now nelson mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, aids. on march 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second aids-awareness concert. he warned that 25 million people in africa were already infecte

26、d with the fatal disease. mandela was born in a small village in south africa in 1918. he was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life. but he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination(歧視). he decided to fight

27、for equal rights for all the people in south africa. before 1990, under the countrys racial segregation(隔離) law, colored and white people lived separately. black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when th

28、ere were only a few of them on board. for his opposition to the system, mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. he was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first election were held in which everyone could vote. mandela was not only a political fighter who attack

29、ed with speeches. he was also a trained boxer and fought in the ring when he was young. “although i did not enjoy the violence of boxing, i was interested in how one moved ones body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat”, he wrote in his autobiography. as a skillful

30、fighter, he chose music as his weapon against aids. he hopes to win another victory against aids.35. when was mandela arrested? a. in 1963 b. in 1990c. when he refused to be a chief d. when he became the president36. nelson mandela succeeded in doing the following except _. a. winning the equal righ

31、ts for the black people in south africa b. uniting south africac. organizing a government in south africa d. controlling the spread of aids37. if nelson mandela hadnt fought against racial discrimination, he_. a. could have been the president of south africa b. could still have lived a happy lifec.

32、could have been in a difficult situation d. would have been an excellent boxer來(lái)38. which of the following statements can best describe the life of nelson mandela?a. struggle is his lifeb. sports make his famec. fight for equal rightsd. a great fighter against government.cthe booking notes of the pla

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