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浙江省杭州外国语学校2014届高三上学期期中考
英 语 试 题
考试须知：
1、 英语试卷总分值120分，总答题时间120分钟。
2、 本试卷分“试题卷”、“答题卷”和“答题卡”，其中“试题卷”10页，“答题卷”2页，“答题卡”1张。 3、 请将客观题答案写在“答题卡”上，其他题答案写在“答题卷”上，否则无效。请务必注意试题序号
和答题序号相对应。
4、 所有客观题请用2B铅笔在“答题卡”相应的位置上涂黑，其它题答题一律用蓝色、黑色的钢笔、
水笔或圆珠笔，否则无效。
I. 单项填空 10 % （共20小题， 每小题0.5分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. In America, _____ car is _____ popular means of transportation. A. the; a B. a; 不填 C. the; the D. a; the
2. Since three Chinese astronauts piloted Shenzhou IX to link up with Tiangong-1, China’s exploration of _____ outer space has stepped into _____ new era. A. /; a B. the; a C. a; the D. /; / 3. His long service with the company was _________ with a present. A. admitted B. acknowledged C. attached D. accepted
4. Nowadays, more and more parents wish to __________ changes in educating their children due to dissatisfaction with the educational system. A. set out B. set up C. bring about D. bring up 5. ---Come and see me whenever __________. ---Got it, grandma.
A. you are convenient B. you’ll be convenient C. it is convenient D. it will be convenient 6. I was _____ than angry when I saw how they’d ruined the language. A. much B. more C. little D. less
7. The assumption _____ calendars came into being twenty thousand years earlier than has been supposed has proved to be correct. A. which B. that C. what D. / 8. It’s _____ sense that the _____ temperature of the human body is around 37℃． A. usual; ordinary B. usual; normal C. common; normal D. common; ordinary
9. He kept thinking of the question whether he was _____ to change the habit of a life time in such a short time.
A. possibly B. probable C. possible D. likely 10. I’m afraid your story shows little resemblance _____ the facts. A. in B. of C. at D. to
11. We came back from the field trip, __________. A. being happy but exhausting B. happy but exhausted C. happily but exhausting D. happily but exhausted
12. She was so _____ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door. A. attracted B. absorbed C. drawn D. concentrating 13. _____ to living in the countryside, my parents can’t _____ to living in an apartment. A. Accustomed; adapt B. Having accustomed; adjust C. Accustoming; access D. To be accustomed; accelerate
14. The practice of hanging clothes across the street is a common ______ in many parts of the city. A. look B. sign C. sight D. appearance 15. The book is of great value, but _____ can be enjoyed unless you digest it. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
16. ---How come you are always full of _____ even though you have such a tight schedule?
---Perseverance is my ______. Every day I spend more than two hours taking exercise, you know. A. power; force B. energy; power C. strength; force D. energy; strength 17. Linda was expecting her favorite singers, but to her disappointment, _____ turned up. A. some B. none C. everyone D. no one
18. Sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be helped by “drugs” that aren’t really drugs at all __________ sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements. A. or rather B. rather than C. but rather D. other than 19. I don’t mind her criticizing me, but _____ is how she does it that I object to. A. it B. that C. this D. which 20. ---It’s cloudy outside. Please take an umbrella. ---__________.
A. Yes, take it easy B. Well, it just depends C. OK, just in case D. All right, you’re welcome
II. 完型填空 20% （共20小题， 每小题1分）
阅读下面材料，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My dream is to become an orthodontist, fly to new heights, and impact the world. Ever since the day I got braces(牙箍), I have thought about how __21__ it would be for me to become an orthodontist and make other __22__ like me have more beautiful smiles. The thought of helping other people overcome the fear of their __23__ or self-esteem became so real to me the day that I got my __24__ off two years later. After a long thought, I finally came to a(n) __25__ that I wanted to do my senior exit project on orthodontics. I am in the __26__ of doing my project now and I cannot wait to see the wonderful __27__ that I’m going to achieve. In the long run, I know it will be a great __28__ to me down the road, opening doors to my __29__ path. Another goal in my life is to fly to new __30__ and go where no one else has __31__ to go before. I am a big leader at my school and I try to do new things that are __32__ in order to make things successful. I try to reach to the highest in order to make every event and idea __33__ “with a bang!” I also want to do things to __34__ the world somewhere down the road. After seeing friends go into __35__, I have thought
about being a __36__ missionary(传教士) in a third world country for a couple of summers after I __37__ from the high school. I think it would be __38__ to impact the lives of powerless and torn people who need __39__ that seems unimaginable to them. I think __40__ more people reached out and conquered their dreams to help other people achieve theirs，this world would be a whole lot better of a place. 21. A. tiresome 22. A. teens 23. A. image 24. A. caps 25. A. stop 26. A. end 27. A. scene
B. occasional B. adults B. tools
B. operation B. decision B. process B. occupation B. honour B. business B. heights B. expected B. unheard of B. move off B. develop B. difficulties B. graduate B. harmful B. faith B. unless
C. cool C. figure C. books
D. fortunate D. patients D. mouth D. braces D. end D. trouble D. goals D. pity D. life D. dared D. thought of D. die out D. destroy D. films D. part-time D. abandon D. remarkable D. laws D. if
C. doctors
C. conclusion C. beginning C. start C. career
C. chance C. interests C. needed C. go out C. traps
28. A. advantage 29. A. graduation 30. A. locations 31. A. hoped
32. A. cared for 33. A. turn out 34. A. change
35. A. missions 36. A. long-term 37. A. attend
38. A. tiresome 39. A. assistance 40. A. since
D. events
C. put forward C. impact C. short-term C. dislike C. astonishing C. money C. although
B. professional
III. 阅读理解 40% (共20小题，每小题2分)
A
Dear Ms. K. Miller,
I’m pleased to enclose your new Visa debit card. What you need to do next:
? Please sign your new Visa debit card and start to use it straight away.
? If you’re new to Lloyds TSB or haven’t had a Visa debit card on your account before, we’ll send you
your Personal Identification Number (PIN) in the next few days. If you already have a Visa debit card, your four digit PIN stays the same unless you have asked us for a new one. ? You can withdraw up to ￡300 at any of your Cashpoint machines or other ATMs.
? Please destroy your old Visa debit card immediately making sure you cut through the chip and the 16
digit number that runs across the front of the card.
? Register your Visa debit card for the free service Lloyds TSB ClickSafe at
www.lloydstsb.com/clicksafe_debit and benefit from extra protection against fraud when shopping online. If this card replaces the one you’ve already registered for ClickSafe, you don’t need to register your new card as your account will update automatically. Your new Visa debit card is:
? Welcome at home and abroad wherever you see the Visa sign (some fees will apply abroad). ? Flexible enough to be used for everyday shopping and larger items.
? Safer and more convenient than carrying cash and protected against fraud loss.
If you’d like some more information, you can visit our website www.lloydstsb.com or call us on 0845 3000 000. Or you might like to drop into one of our branches. We’ll be happy to help.
Yours sincerely, Philip Robinson Head of Debit Cards
41. You probably cannot get more information about the new Visa debit card by __________. A. going online B. writing a letter C. making a phone call D. visiting a branch 42. The new Visa debit card has the following advantages EXCEPT that __________. A. it is flexible enough for shopping for many kinds of goods B. it is safer and more convenient than carrying cash C. it can be used to withdraw any amount of money D. it is usable both at home and abroad
43. The letter is written mainly to __________.
A. persuade the receiver to register for a new Visa debit card B. remind the receiver to pay off the money they borrowed C. list the advantages of the new Visa debit card
D. give directions on the use of the new Visa debit card
B
Our bedroom has no full-length mirror. There is one at the canteen entrance. I always cherish a secret desire to take a peep before it at myself in a beautiful new dress. However, each time when it comes to the fulfillment, I get seized with such an uneasiness that I literally stagger away—backing out at the critical moment.
At the root of it is my lack of confidence by which I have been enslaved since childhood. It embarrasses me at the mildest flattery(表扬), crushes my utmost efforts to say “No”, and prevents me from asking my parents for one cent more than necessary. Among other things, lack of confidence has wormed its way into my love of piano.
At the age of 14, one Sunday morning, I was woken up by a resounding hymn(洪亮的圣歌). Tracing that call of God into a neighboring church, I found myself deeply attracted by the melody of a piano—something beyond the means of my parents. To make it worse, people say a pianist is supposed to have music in the blood, but I believe I had none from my engineer father and technician mother. For days on end, I kept thinking of nothing else. I had a dream.
It wasn’t a dream after gold, which made some of my close friends to engage in business as self-employed traders or street peddlers. I was sometimes dazzled(眼花缭乱的) by their gold rings or elegant necklaces behind which, however, I seemed to catch sight of skeletons in their cupboards and was frightened away from the craze for fortunate. Out of despair, I retreated into seclusion(独处), lack of