山东省临沂第十八中学2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题

2013-2014学年度期中考试考前模拟训练英语试题第Ⅰ卷（共95分）第一部分： 英语知识运用第一节：单项填空 (共5题; 每小题1分，满分5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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。. In many ways China’s rapid growth has been seen as a(n) ______ to improve the cooperation with other countries.A. attempt B. motivation C. conceptionD. realization2. —______! The light is still on.—It doesn’t matter. I wear rubber gloves.A. Look out B. Check out C. Go out D. Set out3. The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.A. correspond with B. relate to C. look intoD. compare with4. To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is ______ better than to seek money and honour and reputation.A. pretty B. far C. fairly D. quite5. Nowadays, young people choose jobs for other reasons ______ money.A. for B. except C. with D. besides 6. Experts at the conference agreed that such a product with environmentally friendly technology is ______.A. worth being promoted B. worthy promoting C. worthy of promoting D. worthy of being promoted7. The Prime Minister criticized some celebrities for their ______ attitude towards drugs and accused them of thinking they were “above the law”.A. informalB. casual C. positiveD. immoral8. The stars are so hot that they ______ great light and heat — more than the hottest, brightest fire you can imagine.A. give away B. give in C. give up D. give off9. —I heard that Mr. Smith has become a triathlete.—Oh, really? He has become ______ he wanted to be.A. whoB. which C. whatD. that10. Environmental experts point out that ______ some serious problems such as global warming, but it also could threaten human life.A. not only does increasing pollution cause B. not only causes increasing pollution C. not only increasing pollution causes D. not only increasing pollution does cause 11. —Will you please make yourself ______ to us, please?—I’m the honorary chairman of the committee.A. knowB. to know C. knowingD. known12. —I would like to speak to Mr. Martin.—There’s nobody here by that name.—Sorry, I ______ the wrong number.A. should have dialed B. must dial C. could have dialed D. must have dialed13. Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the ______ of the quality of their products.A. expense B. exposure C. expansion D. expectation 14. —You can’t finish the book in less than an hour, I suppose? —______. A. Yes, I’m sure I can B. No, hardly C. Sorry, I can’t D. I don’t think I can15. Born and ______ in Central China’s Hubei Province, Wang Luoyong learned Peking Opera at the age of 11 in Hubei Experimental Peking Opera School.A. raising B. risen C. raised D. being raised第二部分：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分；满分0分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从6～5各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 6 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression that she’s 17 anything. Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 18 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 19 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 20 often don't realize she's blind. I 21 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 22 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 23 excited about her finger-painting project. “Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 24 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 25 with us”. To my great 26 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 27 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 28 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt 29 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper. I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 30 in conversation. When I told my daughter that Michelle was blind, she was 31 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 32 . And I knew my child was 33 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also heard Kayla’s 34 in her work.We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 35 .” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have. 16．A．senses B．meansC．methodsD．ways7．A．enjoyedB．foundC．missed D．lost8．A．insteadB．exceptC．sinceD．but9．A．whoB．itC．sheD．which0．A．guestsB．familyC．childrenD．friends1．A．realized B．heardC．recognizedD．witnessed2．A．sad B．satisfiedC．excitedD．enjoyed3．A．especially B．not soC．a littleD．not at all4．A．paintB．drawC．createD．mix5．A．stayedB．painted C．talkedD．played6．A．excitementB．surprise C．delightD．encouragement7．A．attitudeB．colorC．picture D．paper8．A．touchedB．distinguishedC．saw D．understood9． A．afterB．beforeC．until D．when0．A．turned out B．come up C．referred to D．talked about1．A．curiousB．quiet C．puzzledD．worried2．A．criedB．insisted C．complainedD．informed3．A．right B．wrongC．worriedD．uncertain4．A．shortcomingsB．difficulties C．pride D．description5．A．paperB．eyes C．handsD．pens第三部分： 阅读理解（共25小题。每小题2分，满分0分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B.、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A A sense of humor is just one of the many things shared by Alfred and Anthony Melillo, 64-year-old twin brothers from East Haven who made history in February 2002. On Christmas Eve, 1992, Anthony had a heart transplant from a 21-year-old donor. Two days before Valentine’s Day in 2002, Alfred received a 19-year-old heart, marking the first time on record that twin adults each received heart transplants. “I’m 15 minutes older than him, but now I’m younger because of my heart and I’m not going to respect him,” Alfred said with a big smile, pointing to his brother while talking to a roomful of reporters, who laughed frequently at their jokes. While the twins knew that genetics(基因) might have played a role in their condition, they recognized that their eating habits might have also contributed to their heart problems. “We’d put half a pound of butter on a steak. I overdid it on all the food that tasted good, so I guess I deserved what I got for not dieting properly.” The discussion moved to Anthony’s recovery. In the five years since his heart transplant, he had been on an exercise program where he regularly rode a bicycle for five miles, swam each day, and walked a couple of miles. He was still on medication, but not nearly as much as Alfred, who was just in the early stage of his recovery. “Right now I feel pretty young and I’m doing very well,” Anthony said. “I feel like a new person.” Alfred said his goal, of course, was to feel even better than his brother. But, he added, “I love my brother very much. We’re very close and I’m sure we’ll do just fine.”36. What did Alfred and Anthony have in common?A. Exercise programs. B.山东省临沂第十八中学2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题
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