天津市天津一中高三5月月考英语试题及答案

1、天津市天津一中2014届高三5月月考英语试题从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. i am so glad i caught you at home. i need your help!_, robin?a. whats up b. what elsec. how come d. why not2. they did everything in their power to save the building dating back to the qing dynasty, but their efforts were _.a. in turnb. in timec.

2、 in vaind. in need3. in the opinion of li ming, a science student in that high school, physics is_ chemistry, but much easier than english.a. as difficult a subject asb. as a difficult subject asc. a subject so difficult asd. difficult as a subject as4. working hard in study is important, but_ as im

3、portant is the desire to learn.a. merelyb. equallyc. nearlyd. partly5. there are nearly one hundred foreign students in our university, most of _ are from america and australia.a. whichb. themc. whomd. those6. he was about to leave the office for home _someone knocked the door and asked for some hel

4、p.a. untilb. whilec. asd. when7. among so many people at the party, i _ john, one of my classmates after 20 years.a. looked upb. picked outc. took upd. brought out8. it is said that frank is very rich and is always changing his private cars .what is he?_ of a manager, i am not sure.a. somebodyb. any

5、onec. somethingd. anything9. why do you look so upset?the electricity was cut off suddenly and my essay _ unfinished since.a. was leftb. has leftc. leftd. has been left10. would you like me to make these calls for you?_. i should have made them a while ago, but i have been at meeting all day.a. id r

6、eally appreciate it.b. thanks. i can manage it.c. its a piece of cake.d. take it easy, please.11. _ from j.k. rowlings book series of the same title, the “harry potter” movies are universally acknowledged as classics.a. adaptingb. having adaptedc. adaptedd. to be adapted12. the new supermarket annou

7、nced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day_ get a big prize.a. mustb. willc. shalld. need13. such a fright _ that he dropped his bag and ran away.a. did the man getb. the man gotc. got the mand. the man did get14. jenny has got _ it takes to be a good actress. in other words, she has t

8、he potential to become famous.a. whenb. whatc. thatd. how15. i dont know what i _ without the suitcase you lent me.glad to have been of some help to you.a. should have doneb. would doc. would have doned. should do第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。its known

9、 that the 62-year-old jim bevier has a great passion. this former fedex pilot wasnt _16_ on his horse farm, teaching his grandkids to _17_. in his spare time, bevier helps distribute _18_ for blindness around the globe.bevier now is a volunteer pilot for orbis, a nonprofit organization which has fou

10、ght blindness for over 25 years. one of _19_ weapons is the flying eye hospital, an old-fashioned dc-10 aircraft. beviers mission is to land this giant sight-saving bird on runways that are most _20_ not designed for it. “its not _21_ flying for fedex,” says bevier. “we have to _22_ the runway is lo

11、ng enough, figure out the fuel load, and find the _23_ place to park in case of accidents.”once he gets the _24_ to its destination, the aircraft becomes a place for local _25_ to get training, so they can treat certain conditions and _26_ blindness for people. the plane stays on location for weeks.

12、 _27_ bevier is free to return home, he likes to stay and _28_ those who arrive for medical checks. “im glad to see them get on the airplane and come out the next day, and they can _29_.” bevier says. many walk on dirt roads for miles; many are blind children._30_, the volunteer doctors cant handle

13、all the patients. “a vietnamese boy was ever _31_ away.” bevier says. a pilots job involves hours and hours of boredom, so you learn to keep your _32_ under control. but when the poor boy didnt get picked, i _33_ down.” he admits._34_ as the job may be, bevier isnt looking into retirement anytime so

14、on. “i dont play golf, and i tell my kids not to buy me tennis shoes,” he says. “but i _35_ of my grandchildren back home, and all i want is for those kids to be able to see their own grandparents for the first time.”16. a. anxiousb. proudc. contentd. active17. a. rideb. drivec. workd. study18. a. s

15、ignsb. curesc. fundsd. ways19. a. hisb. herc. oursd. its20. a. similarlyb. definitelyc. differentlyd. exactly21. a. beyondb. onc. liked. within22. a. refer tob. work outc. make sured. give up23. a. safestb. largestc. wildestd. farthest24. a. shopb. hotelc. restaurantd. hospital25. a. villagersb. pat

16、ientsc. friendsd. doctors26. a. preventb. restrictc. warnd. stop27. a. whileb. oncec. unlessd. if28. a. examineb. considerc. meetd. ignore29. a. walkb. seec. leaved. concern30. a. thereforeb. besidesc. somehowd. however31. a. putb. turnedc. givend. thrown32. a. effortsb. advantagesc. plansd. emotion

17、s33. a. settledb. knockedc. broked. held34. a. excitingb. challengingc. disappointingd. attracting35. a. thinkb. dreamc. heard. talk第二部分阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。athe 2ndworld cup live painting competitionbrief introductionthe 2ndyouth world cup live painting comp

18、etition is a global charity event hosted by canada youth arts development foundation and supported by unicef. it is a global painting olympic of the worlds children and youth, and also a global charity event aiming to help poor children worldwide.we dont have ready formulas, but we believe in action

19、. the youth world cup live painting competition aims to change things for the better. the competition will be a platform to raise awareness for the welfare of poor children. we hope that this annual competition and charity event will grow into an annual celebration of painting, the olympic of cultur

20、al and artistic exchange.all participants are separated into four groups:children group 1 (age 4-7)children group 2 (age 8-12)youth group 1 (age 13-17)youth group 2 (age 18-25)main categories for this edition are:friendshipdreamenvironmental protectiontools:pen, pencil, oil, water color, any paintin

21、g tools and materials are welcome.size:a3 size (43cm x 28cm)entry fee:there is no entry fee.eligibility(资格):this competition is open to anyone worldwide aged 4-25 years old.deadline:june 30, 2014prize:the committee will issue one first award (gold medal), three second awards (silver medals), six thi

22、rd awards (bronze medals), and best innovation (革新) award, best color award, best structure award, best method award, best quality award.first award will receive the golden cup and $500 cad, second awardsilver cup and $300 cad, third awardbronze cup and $100 cad.all winners of the first award, secon

23、d award and third award from each group will have the opportunities to attend the final competition for live painting competition, which is to be held in richmond olympic oval, richmond, canada on august 12th, 2014. all participants in the final competition will receive a certificate, which will be

24、delivered directly from the organizing committee.36. which of the following can we know from the brief introduction?a. the competitions goal.b. the competitions history.c. the competitions sponsor.d. the competitions participants.a. abcb. acdc. bcdd. abd37. according to the passage, the competition

25、_.a. is a global painting olympic for students worldwideb. is a platform to find out children who have a gift for paintingc. is held once every four years like the olympic gamesd. aims to help poor children throughout the world38. which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?a. contact inf

26、ormation.b. main categories.c. entry requirements.d. the prize types.39. it can be known from the passage that _.a. there are no given themes for all the participantsb. participants must use special tools to paint their entriesc. the groups are divided by the age of the participantsd. the larger the

27、 painting is, the more welcomed it is40. if you took part in the competition and won the second prize, what will you get?a. a silver medal, $300 cad and certificationb. a certificate, $300 cad and painting materialsc. $100 cad, a certificate and a silver cupd. final qualification, certification and

28、a bronze medalbmoms birthday present? it may be a difficult thing for some people, but for me, it is an easy thing. mom loved flowers, so every year i sent her flowers. actually she had a bed of irises (鸢尾花) in the backyard of her small, indiana farm. they were beautiful. “take some,” she said, “dig

29、 some up and plant them on the side of your own house.”but in my yard they became lacking in energy. a year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared. i cut back all their green leaves. i was tired of seeing them so lonely. finally, i dug the irises up and threw them away.about that time mom die

30、d unexpectedly. my sister and i sold the farm. i never went back to see the irises. i just couldnt bear seeing another family living in our homemoms home. autumn came, then winter. the following spring, as moms birthday approached, i struggled with the question of how to remember her. i stared out t

31、he window and saw a few stubborn irises in my side yard sprouting (发芽), tall, thin but flowerless. because of seeing them, i decided to order flowers as i always did on moms birthday, and send them to my sister. i wished so badly i could still send flowers to mom. but that was impossible.in the morn

32、ing of moms birthday, i was in my car ready to work. something in the yard caught my eye. the irises! one had bloomed with flowers, big, showy and purple, as lovely as they ever had been on moms farm. i smiled and turned my eyes upward. i could no longer send flowers to mom. but somehow, shed been a

33、ble to send them to me.41. according to the first paragraph, mom _.a. wanted to give the author some flowersb. didnt like the presents from the authorc. lived with the author on an indiana farmd. got different birthday presents from the author every year42. at first, the irises in the authors yard _

34、.a. all died quicklyb. didnt bloom at allc. grew as well as on moms farmd. grew better than those on moms farm43. what troubled the author?a. she didnt know how to grow irises.b. she regretted they had sold moms farm.c. she didnt know what to do in memory of mom.d. she couldnt bear others living in

35、moms home.44. after seeing the irises sprouting, the author_.a. decided to send flowers to her sister on moms birthdayb. dug them out because they were flowerlessc. decided to send them to mom after they bloomd. ordered flowers for the people living in moms home45. what can be learned from the last

36、paragraph?a. all the irises in the authors yard bloomed.b. the author went to see the irises in moms yard.c. it was mom who took care of these irises in the authors yard.d. the author thought the blooming irises were gifts from mom.cin egyptian myth, apophis was the ancient spirit of evil and destru

37、ction, a demon (恶魔) that was determined to throw the world into darkness forever. a fitting name, astronomers reasoned, for a threat now rushing towards earth from outer space. scientists are monitoring the progress of a 390-metere wide asteroid (小行星) discovered last year, which is potentially on a

38、collision (碰撞)course with the planet.nasa has estimated that apophis has an outside chance of hitting the earth in 2036. if it did hit us, thousands of square kilometers would be directly affected by the explosion but the whole of the earth would see the effects of the dust sent into the atmosphere.

39、 at a recent meeting of experts in near-earth objects (neos) in london, scientists said it could take decades to design, test and build the required technology todeflectthe asteroid.the apophis asteroid is placed at four out of ten on the torino scalea measure of the threat caused by an neo where 10

40、 is a certain collision which could cause a global disaster. this is the most possible danger of any asteroid in recorded history and it has a 1 in 37 chance of hitting the earth.alan fitzsimmons, an astronomer from queens university belfast, said, “when it does pass close to us on april 13, 2029, t

41、he earth will deflect it and change its orbit. there is a small possibility that if it passes through a particular point in space, the so-called keyhole, the earths gravity will change things so that when it comes back around again in 2036, it will collide with us.” the chance of apophis passing thr

42、ough the keyhole, a 600-meter patch of space, is 1 in 5,500, based on current information.there is no shortage of ideas on how to deflect asteroids. the advanced concepts team at the european space agency has led the effort in designing a range of satellites and rockets to nudge asteroids that are o

43、n a collision course for earth into a different orbit.46. the best title for this passage would be _.a. apophis asteroid, a possible destroyer of earthb. apophis, a good name for dangerous asteroidc. our planet will be ruined in 2036d. scientists study apophis asteroid47.the name apophis mentioned i

44、n the passage indicates that the asteroid is _.a. powerfulb. mysteriousc. boringd. destructive48. the underlined word “deflect” in paragraph 2 probably means _.a. destroy the quality ofb. change the direction ofc. measure the size ofd. look into the truth of49. which of the following is not true?a.

45、if apophis hit the earth, its impact would be enormous.b. no way to deal with apophis is available at present.c. apophis is the first dangerous asteroid in recorded history.d. it is uncertain whether apophis will hit the earth in 2036.50. what would the passage talk about if it continued?a. an egypt

46、ian myth about apophis.b. nasas study on neos.c. how the keyhole influences apophis.d. what methods can be used to deflect the asteroid.dcan you believe everything that you read? it seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. for example, water is bad

47、for you, or good for you. the answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. people cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. when we look for answers we sometimes can believe persuasive researches and scientists. but how t

48、rustworthy are they really? here are two examples of scientific hoaxes (骗局).as far back as 1726, johann beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery. the fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of god written on them in hebrew were unl

49、ike anything that had been found before. he wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation.when an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the

50、meaning it had for the theory of evolution. there were hundreds of papers about this piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. the skull (头骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man.the next time you rea

51、d the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. even qualified people can get it wrong. while we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take itwith a grain of salt. just because it is accepted as the truth today does

52、not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow.51. what does paragraph 1 want to say?a. researchers and scientists are not perfect.b. something that we read may not be true.c. researchers and scientists know everything.d. people dont know whether water is good or bad.52. what is the reason why johan

53、n beringer was fooled?a. his fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him.b. his workmates are eager to become famous too.c. these scientists made a mistake because of carelessness.d. his colleagues envied him and did so to destroy his fame.53. the excited scientists thought that this piltdown man _.