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1、重庆市万州高级中学高2014级2014年春周考英 语 试 题命题人： 付 佐 审题人：王朝兵本试卷满分120分。考试用时100分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号涂写在答题卡上。2每小题选出答案后，用2b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，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。3写作题的答案，必须答在答题卡规定的地方。一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分。)请从a、b、c、d四个选顶中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。1. do you think our math teacher will free us

2、 of homework this week? our yearly sports meeting starts tomorrow. _ ! after all, we are already senior 3 students.a. no problem b. forget it c. no dream d. i hope so2. did jenny return early last night? exactly. it was not yet nine oclock _ she arrived home.a. before b. until c. that d. when3. hey,

3、 man! why so tired? i _ for weeks for the coming celebration of the schools 100th anniversary.a. was preparing b. have been preparingc. had prepared d. was prepared4. such shocking news made me realize _ terrible problems we would face.a. whatb. how c. that d. why5. _ everyone here, i wish you a ple

4、asant journey back to your country.a. by means of b. on behalf of c. in search of d. for fear of6. as we know, our “chinese dream” is _ dream to improve peoples life and _ dream of harmony, peace and development.a. the; ab. a; a c. a; the d. the; the7. you _ get my bike repaired this week. i wont ne

5、ed it until next month.a. mustnt b. neednt c. shouldnt d. cant8. i had to stop my car _ a short break as i was feeling tired.a. take b. taking c. to take d. taken9. dad, i prefer shutting myself in and reading all day on sundays.thats _ i dont agree, boy! you should have a more active life.a. whereb

6、. how c. when d. what10. some day, we are sure to understand the things that matter are _ that cant always be bought with money.a. these b. those c. ones d. what11. nowhere else, as tim said, _ except the small garden in the backyard after school.a. would he go b. he did go c. had he gone d. he has

7、gone 12. where did you live as a child? a village _ by hills on three sides.a. was surroundedb. surroundingc. surroundedd. to be surrounded13. my wife and i _ the movie for 3 hours in the ume last night.a. watched b. had watched c. watch d. have watched14. during the past few years, the time and mon

8、ey he has devoted _ trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value.a. to plant     b. to planting            c. plant          d. planting15. are you su

9、re you wont come for a drink with us?_, if you insist.a. not at all b. it depends c. all right then d. i dont care二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）请阅读下面两篇短文，掌握大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。a when i was young i wanted to be a model, and when a national contest(竞赛) was staged, i was

10、selected and told i had potential. 16 said that for only $900 i could attend a weekend event which dozens of the most famous modeling agencies from 17 the world would attend. i imagined being signed by some famous model 18 . for months, any boredom or disappointment i faced was 19 because i thought

11、i would soon have the chance to be a real model. i thought i would grace(使增光) the 20 of famous magazines!of course, i wasnt signed, but 21 hurt the most was being told that if i grew to about 1.75 meters i could be a success. i 22 for a growth spurt (冲刺) because i could not imagine giving up my 23 .

12、 i made an appointment with a local modeling agency and the agent 24 $500 for classes, $500 for a photo shoot, and $300 for other expenses. my 25 only agreed after hours and hours of my begging.the agency sent me out on a few auditions(试演), but with every day i didnt receive a call, i grew more 26 .

13、 the final straw came in july after i had decided to focus on commercial(商业性的) modeling. there was an open call in new york city. we spent hours driving and 27 few hours waiting, only to be told that i was too short.16. a. we b. youc. theyd. i17. a. abroad b. aroundc. apartd. about18. a. worksb. mag

14、azinesc. factories d. companies19. a. pushed asideb. taken insidec. put forwardd. brought about20. a. covers b. connections c. contents d. comments21. a. thatb. which c. whatd. where22. a. askedb. prayedc. appliedd. looked23. a. jobb. studyc. success d. dream24. a. demandedb. advisedc. supposedd. in

15、creased25. a. bossesb. workmatesc. friendsd. parents26. a. pleasedb. delightedc. discouragedd. disagreed27. a. otherb. anotherc. mored. manybstress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. in fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. a certain amount of str

16、ess is 28 to provide motivation and give purpose to life. it is only when the stress gets out of 29 that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.the amount of stress a person can 30 depends very much on the individual(个体). some people are not afraid of stress, and such 31 are obviously prime

17、material for managerial responsibilities, others lose heart at the first 32 of unusual difficulties. when exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and 33 . in fact we make choice between “flight or fight” and in more primitive days the choices made the 34 between life or death.w

18、e cant remove stress from our lives (it would be 35 to do so even if we could). we need to find ways to deal with it.28. a. vitalb. moralc. mentald. actual29. a. bodyb. hopec. lifed. control30. a. bearb. noticec. respondd. suggest31. a. heroesb. actorsc. charactersd. feelings32. a. stepb. signc. sig

19、nald. symbol33. a. naturallyb. sociallyc. normallyd. physically34. a. mistakeb. peacec. differenced. trouble35. a. unhappyb. unwisec. unfaird. unusual三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。asweetest day in america is always the third saturday in october. this ho

20、liday is much more important in some regions than in others (detroit, cleveland and buffalo being the biggest sweetest day cities). it is a holiday that is gaining in popularity every year throughout the country.sweetest day is celebrated on the third saturday in october as a day to make someone hap

21、py. it is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged, and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.over 60 years ago, a man in cleveland, believing that the citys orphans and shut-ins (卧病在床的人) too o

22、ften felt forgotten and neglected, thought of the idea of showing them that they were remembered. he did this through the distribution of small gifts. with the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small remembrances on a saturday in october. during the years that followed, other c

23、levelanders began to participate in the celebration ceremony, which came to be called “sweetest day”. in time, the sweetest day idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small remembrance. and

24、soon the idea spread to other cities all over the country.sweetest day is not based on any single groups religious affection or on a family relationship. it is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning.because for many people remembering takes the form of gift-givi

25、ng, sweetest day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way. 36. we can learn from the first paragraph that sweetest day is _.a. sometimes the third saturday in octoberb. hardly celebrated in detroitc. of equal importance in every part of the usad. getting increasingly

26、 popular in the usa37. sweetest day was intended to remember _.a. the young and disabled b. friends and relativesc. orphans and shut-insd. the sick and aged38. we can infer from the passage that the birthplace of sweetest day is _. a. detroit b. clevelandc. buffalo d. washington 39. now on sweetest

27、day gifts are given to those _. a. we care b. we admirec. in need of help d. in troublebmaking email easier is a task that several applications and email customers have tried and failed at. sanebox, like many add-ons, aims to make your digital life easier without forcing you to change

28、 your email platform.to be sure, you can apply various priority (优先处理) classes and groupings using sanebox. what really makes sanebox worth checking out is its ability to ensure unimportant and low-priority emails dont take up even a second of your day.when you apply sanebox to your email client（客户端

29、）, it spends a good deal of time scanning your entire inbox, including ones youve already read. this helps the add-on determine which emails are most important to you. from then on youll only see emails that sanebox determines are must-reads, with all others falling into a “later” folder which you c

30、an read at your spare time.each day - or however often you want it - sanebox will produce a report of all the low-priority emails it has collected for you, like a secretary gathering all the odds and ends for a short daily report. if you find an important email has been flagged as low-priority, you

31、can adjust the settings so it never happens again.sanebox works with all imap, webdav and owa email customers including yahoo!, gmail, aol, ms exchange and others. the program also supports os xs mail customers, though it requires a bit of adjusting. pop-only email services are not supported.yo

32、u can try out sanebox for two weeks with no charge and after that point 3 options of subscriptions (订阅) are available, ranging from us$2 to $20 per month. 40. what does the underlined word “add-ons” most probably mean? a. extra programmes. b. email-boxes.c. additional machines. d. other email client

33、s.41. the most important function of sanebox is _.a. to clear your mail box when it is fullb. to scan your inbox faster than othersc. to classify your emails to your preferenced. to gather all the odds and ends for you42. if an important email falls into the wrong collection, you can correct it _. a

34、. by putting it asideb. by changing the settingsc. by flagging it as low-priorityd. by adding the right information43. what is the main purpose of this passage? a. to promote sanebox.b. to explain how to use sanebox.c. to compare email clients.d. to introduce new email platforms.cpage last updated a

35、t 04:08, friday, nov. 22, 2013 us jumbo jet leaves tiny airport a  boeing 747 dreamlifter cargo (货物) plane has safely taken off from a tiny airport in kansas after it landed there by mistake.the huge cargo jet had been heading for mcconnell air force base in wichita, but instead touched down at

36、 nearby colonel james jabara airport.no one was injured and no property damage occurred when the plane landed.there had been questions as to whether the aircraft would be able to depart from the much shorter runway at jabara. the dreamlifter normally needs a runway of 2,780m (9,119ft) to get into th

37、e air at maximum weight;jabaras runway is only 1,860m long.a tug (牵引车) was sent to the airport to turn around the huge cargo plane.brad christopher of the wichita airport authority told the associated press news agency that the company operating the aircraft had assured(使确信) us theyve run all the en

38、gineering calculation and performance and the aircraft is very safe for a normal departure at its present weight and conditions here.the dreamlifter, which landed at jabara on wednesday evening, is a modified 747-400 passenger aeroplane, which can carry more cargo than any aeroplane in the world, ac

39、cording to boeing.the aerospace company uses its fleet of four dreamlifters to transport large assembled components(组装零件) of its 787 dreamliner from suppliers around the world to the final location in washington state. 44. from the passage we can learn that the dreamlifter landed at jabara airport _

40、. a. on nov. 19, 2013 b. on nov. 20, 2013 c. on nov. 21, 2013 d. on nov. 22, 201345. what does the underlined word “jumbo” mean? a. wonderful. b. crashed.c. small. d. huge. 46. we can infer from the passage that the dreamlifter landed at jabara with _. a. as much cargo as it could carryb. more cargo

41、 than it could carryc. less cargo than it couldcarryd. heavier cargo than it could carry 47. whats the main idea of the news? a. a boeing 747 dreamlifter is stuck in a tiny air force base. b. a us huge cargo plane has left a tiny airport after a wrong landing. c. a modified 747-400 passenger aeropla

42、ne landed at jabara by mistake.d. a tug was sent to the jabara airport to help a stuck boeing 747 dreamlifter take off. d1. mean old ladiesthere is always a reason why an old lady gives you a serious look you are being too loud, dressed improperly or not crossing the street in the right place. somet

43、imes it can be lovely, but if you are already having a bad day, a mean old lady can drive you mad.what to do about it: ive come to realize that when people start conflicts, it is actually an expression of their inner state expressed in an outside way. you, your personality, your looks or your action

44、s have nothing to do with it. it is not personal, so why take it personally?2. that person, who cuts in front of everybody in line this is something that gets me angry. even if i am not in a hurry, i still feel bad for the other people in line who are being treated unjustly. are you more patient tha

45、n i am or do you feel annoying too?what to do about it: if we have negative thoughts then we are wasting our energy on negativity. situations like this could be a great opportunity to learn to control our first negative responses and practice understanding. after all, the person may just have a quic

46、k question or maybe there is an emergency.3. friends that tell you “i told you so” it is one thing to admit that you made a mistake and another to hear it from a friend. friends should be there to support you and cheer you up when you are feeling down, not make themselves feel better at your expense

47、, right?what to do about it: it helps to remember that when people say “i told you so”, they may mean, “please listen to my advice to avoid future mistakes.” if this is not the help you need voice it out, without getting defensive.48. according to the author, what can you do when meeting with a mean

48、 old lady? a. take it personally. b. take it seriously.c. dont apologize to her. d. dont get upset.49. when seeing someone cutting in line, wed better _. a. stop him immediately b. treat it with a good state of mindc. pretend not to see itd. teach him a good lesson50. the third tip intends to advise

49、 you _. a. not to keep silent at a friends improper suggestionb. to tell your friend if they have misunderstood youc. not to talk to your friend if they feel better at your expensed. to apologize to your friend when youve done something wrong51. what is the best title for this passage? a. what to do

50、 when meeting with these people?b. how to ask your friends for help when in trouble?c. how to give advice to your friends when asked to?d. what to say when faced with different situations?e people would keep reproducing. countries would probably pass no reproduction laws to keep population balanced,

51、 but obviously not everyone would observe. the worlds population would grow very quickly at that. animals and plants would die out, because humans needed the food. there would be no room for more people in the world. scientists would most likely try to create living communities underwater, on the mo

52、on, and in space stations. the state of starvation and lack of space would be difficult to deal with. natural selection would happen with humans, which is when certain types of animals or plants are selected for, or selected against. for instance, rich humans and strong, tough humans would be more l

53、ikely to live, because the rich could afford to buy the limited food, and the tough humans could kill people for their food, and steal the food. this possibility relates directly to the assumption that humans would not die of diseases and such, but must be killed or run out of the necessities for li

54、ving. if you mean that no one could ever die, even if they were shot, burned, starved and eaten, then that would never ever happen; its a fantasy. however, if that were the case, then at some point, if there were not more areas to live than the land that humans live on now, then we would end up so packed that it would be virtually impossible to move, and hu