浙江省杭州市嚴(yán)州中學(xué)高三英語4月階段測試試題.doc

嚴(yán)州中學(xué)2015屆高三4月階段測試英語試卷 第 i 卷第一部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用:（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）單項(xiàng)填空：(共20小題; 每題0.5分, 滿分10分 )從a、b、c、d四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中, 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng), 并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。例：it is generally considered unwise to give a child _ he or she wants.a. however b. whatever c. whichever d. whenever答案是b。 1. are we going to be late for the movie? _. we still have half an hour before the movie begins. a. hurry up b. enjoy your time c. good luck d. take your time 2. for_ cancer patients there may not be _ bright future; today has to count. a. / ; / b. /; a c. the; / d. /; the3. with the loss of her husband in the earthquake, the two children mean _ to the young mother. a. everything b. anything c. nothing d. something4. the boss is an _ person respected even by those who disagree with him. a. abnormal b. honorable c. ordinary d. energetic 5. _ you are travelling near or far, weve got tips on saving money and packing smart. a. when b. where c. whether d. if 6. twenty percent of the people on the earth have no _ to clean drinking water. a. right b. supply c. experience d. access 7. i was bored staying here for years, _ whether i should try someplace different. a. wondered b. to wonder c. wondering d. wonder8. the classical book is still worth it _ it doesnt sell well. a. as if b. except that c. even if d. now that 9. the best way to encourage your kids to enjoy meals is to _ them in the planning and preparing. a. involve b. devote c. equip d. prepare10. _ money for school fees, i had to take another part-time job. a. in case of b. in need of c. in spite of d. in charge of11. life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it _ and is beyond our control. a. has passed b. will pass c. passed d. had passed 12. the pollution in beijing is expected to improve, _ a series of air pollution control measures. a. regardless of b. but for c. thanks to d. such as 13. you havent changed at all you still look_ the same as before. a. actually b. hardly c. properly d. exactly 14. this drug is less likely to cause side effects when _ late in the day. a. taking b. taken c. to take d. takes 15. _ is often the case, some british people are not familiar with different cultures. a. which b. as c. it d. that16. it sounds like a wonderful match. how i wish i _ it like you. a. watch b. have watched c. would watchd. had watched17. its not what you have in your life but _ you have in your life that matters. a. who b. that c. which d. what18. i dont think we are facing a communication problem. _ , we are communicating more smoothly than ever. a. in other words b. on the other handc. on the contrary d. at the same time 19. clever marketing and hard work _ the companys profit hit a million dollars. a. took off b. came about c. carried out d. paid off20. you cough so badly recently. give up smoking, please!_. i think i am addicted to it. a. far from it b. good idea c. so far, so good d. it cant be helped第二節(jié) 完形填空：（共20小題； 每小題1分, 滿分20分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從第21-40各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（a 、b、c和d）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。last spring, michelle fell in love with kite-boarding, an adventure sport that combines surfing and sailing. so she got a kite-board, took some 21 and a few months later drove out to the banana river. there she met john, who offered to help her 22 her skills.one day, john 23 michelle while his wife, nancy, stayed behind on a jet ski (摩托艇). in that way, there would be 24 to bring back michelle if she got into trouble. after john gave her a few 25 , he took off. hed sailed about three quarters of a mile down the river when he felt the wind 26 . he knew that the stronger the wind grew, the more 27 it would be for michelle to control her board. 28 , he turned and started sailing back toward the two women. michelle had 29 decided to head for shore. the wind was too strong for her to handle the kite. she prepared to land her 30 by releasing one of the four lines that kept the sail in the air. 31 she didnt have a chance. she was thrown over the water, still 32 to the kite. seconds later, a huge wind sent the kite upward. even more dangerous, the sails lines started to twist together, round and round. michelle 33 to free from the kite. but she failed. nancy was several hundred feet away on the jet ski and couldnt get to her 34 enough to help. by then, john had closed in and michelle felt john 35 her out of the water. as she held his arm, he tried to pull the handle but couldnt 36 it. then suddenly, john let go. at that point, michelle was sure she would die without him holding 37 her. but john had seen nancy approaching and 38 that hed have a better chance of helping michelle. he jumped onto the jet ski. as the kite dived down, with all his 39 , he jumped from the jet ski onto the kite and dragged it to the water. finally michelle was saved.this experience hasnt kept michelle from loving kite-boarding. “l(fā)ife is fragile (脆弱的), but its meant to be 40 ,” she says. 21. a. lecturesb. lessonsc. skills d. measures22. a. showb. teachc. require d. improve23. a. expected b. controlled c. instructedd. saved24. a. anyoneb. everyonec. none d. someone25. a. sails b. chancesc. tipsd. handles26. a. get up b. slow downc. die downd. pick up27. a. challengingb. exciting c. interesting d. frightening28. a. amazedb. worriedc. frustratedd. surprised29. a. always b. stillc. alreadyd. even30. a. boardb. linec. boatd. kite31. a. sob. andc. ord. but32. a. attachedb. appealedc. appliedd. added33. a. managed b. attempted c. demanded d. advised34. a. bravelyb. nearly c. slowlyd. quickly35. a. fetch b. bringc. liftd. put36. a. reachb. sensec. rememberd. feel37. a. down b. onto c. backd. out38. a. doubted b. insisted c. figuredd. pretended39. a. heart b. strength c. care d. consideration 40. a. enjoyedb. pleasedc. pushedd. spent第二部分 閱讀理解:（第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)5小題；每小題2分，滿分50分）第一節(jié)：閱讀下列短文, 從每題后面所給的選項(xiàng)（a、b、c和d）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。asurfing the net when you should be finishing a work report, changing clothes when you have a train to catch, or perhaps even lying in bed when youve promised yourself youll work out. sound familiar? you arent alone. we all procrastinate (拖延) sometimes, especially when it comes to things we arent really fond of. and while the number of activities we delay doing in any given week varies from person to person, its fair to say that none of us is super-efficient 100 percent of the time.a study revealed that we spend about 218 minutes procrastinating every day, which amounts to 55 days of lost time each year. we might not think these figures particularly worthy of worry, but when we look at the overall impact of procrastination on our lives, its a different story. not only does this cost financial loss, it also affects peace of mind. and procrastination isnt just a money thief it steals time too. in general, people who continually put things off are unhappier, as well as being less wealthy and healthy.so why do we do it? “when we avoid taking action, were really avoiding pain,” explains psychiatrist (精神病學(xué)家) phil stutz.for most of us, pain avoidance isnt limited to one situation. it applies to almost anything thats painful. most of us try our best never to leave a comfort zone. thats why we sacrifice something much more valuable: time. “our time on earth is limited,” stutz adds. “every moment is an opportunity well never have again. procrastinators act as if they have all the time in the world. but deep down, they know theyre wasting parts of their life. the trouble is, most of them dont know how to free themselves.”one way he says we can reach this level of freedom is by overcoming the pain of avoidance using daily visualization (想象). “picture the pain youre avoiding as a black cloud in front of you,” stutz says. “notice how youre fed up with the ways this pain has held you back in life, and tell yourself that youre determined to conquer it. then its time to get through the cloud and to the other side where youre free.” it is obvious that this tool works when we want to procrastinate. we then get into the habit of moving “towards” pain instead of away from it.in addition to the fact that procrastinators suffer more health problems, procrastination also destroys teamwork and personal relationships because it shifts the burden of responsibilities onto others. so next time you think about putting something off, remember the impact it will have. experts insist: procrastinators can change their behavior, it takes a lot of self-work but in the end, its worth the effort. and start today, not tomorrow.41. the writer begins the passage by _. a. presenting abnormal thingsb. asking related questions c. mentioning habitual activitiesd. comparing different opinions 42. by saying “its a different story”, the writer thinks procrastination _. a. leads to different results for different persons b. is likely to have bad effects on peoples life c. may not be particularly worthy of concern d. tends to cause unhappiness among people43. according to the passage, people procrastinate because they_. a. get accustomed to taking actionb. prefer to stay in the comfort zone c. dont know how to free themselvesd. are not aware of the limited time44. one possible way to stop procrastination is to _. a. overcome it mentallyb. avoid the pain c. take some self-work d. reach the freedom 45. whats the writing purpose of the passage? a. to analyze the trouble procrastination causes. b. to show what contributes to procrastination. c. to solve the problems caused by procrastination. d. to encourage people to defeat procrastination.b below is a page adapted from about wikipedia (維基百科) on how to take full advantage of wikipedia.wikipedia is a web-based, free-content encyclopedia (百科全書) in many languages.exploring wikipediamany visitors come to wikipedia to acquire knowledge, while others come to share knowledge. at this very instant, dozens of articles are being improved, and new articles are also being created. over 3,500articles have been listed by the wikipedia community as featured articles. another 15,000articles are listed as good articles. wikipedia is available in more than 280 languages including english. its related projects include a dictionary, quotations, books, manuals, and scientific reference sources, and a news service. all of these are kept, updated, and managed by separate communities, and often include information and articles that can be hard to find through other common sources.basic navigation in wikipediawikipedia articles are all linked, or cross-referenced. in every article, there are links to some related articles or wikipedia pages with further in-depth information. holding the mouse over a certain link will often show to where the link will lead. there are other links towards the ends of most articles, for other articles of interest, related websites and pages and so on. some articles may also have links to dictionary definitions, audio-book readings, quotations, the same article in other languages etc.using wikipedia as a research toolwiki articles are never considered complete and may be continually edited and improved. over time, this generally results in an upward trend of quality and a growing agreement over a representation of information. users should be aware that not all articles are of encyclopedic quality from the start. indeed, many articles start their lives as displaying a single viewpoint; and, after a long process of discussion, debate, and argument, they gradually take on a neutral point of view reached through agreement. others may, for a while, become caught up in a heavily unbalanced viewpoint which can take some timemonths perhapsto achieve better balanced coverage of their subject. wikipedia vs. paper encyclopediaswikipedia has advantages over traditional paper encyclopedias. wikipedia has a very low “publishing” cost for adding or expanding entries and a low environmental impact in some respects, since it never needs to be printed. in addition, wikipedia has wikilinks instead of in-line (內(nèi)嵌) explanations and its articles provide not only summaries but also plenty of details. additionally, the editorial cycle is short. a paper encyclopedia stays the same until the next edition, while editors can update wikipedia at any instant, around the clock, to help ensure that articles keep up with the most recent events. 46. we know from the passage that wikipedia_. a. provides very accurate informationb. offers links to most leading media c. covers rich resources of knowledged. comes available in any language47. the underlined word “they” in the passage probably refers to “_”.a. usersb. articlesc. editors d. subjects48. the links in wikipedia to other resources are mainly to_.a. provide details of the same articlesb. help the users to be better informedc. guarantee the quality of the serviced. offer basic guidance on web research49. the passage is presented in a way of _.a. discussionb. descriptionc. instruction d. summary c studies show that you may be lied to every day anywhere from 10 to 200 times. we say, “nice song.” “honey, you dont look fat in that, no.” but another study showed that strangers lied three times within the first 10 minutes of meeting each other. we lie more to strangers than we lie to coworkers. men lie eight times more about themselves than they do other people. women lie more to protect other people. if youre married, youre going to lie to your wife/ husband in one out of every 10 communications. if youre unmarried, that number drops to three. but look, if at some point you got lied to, its because you agreed to get lied to. truth about lying: lyings a cooperative act. not all lies are harmful. sometimes were willing to lie for the sake of social dignity (尊嚴(yán)), maybe to keep a private secret. lying is complex. its woven into the fabric of our daily and business lives. were deeply disturbed by the truth. we explain it, sometimes for very good reasons, other times just because we dont understand the gaps between ideals and realities in our lives. were against lying, but secretly were for it in ways that our society has practiced for centuries and centuries. its as old as breathing. its part of our culture and history. think the stories from dante, shakespeare, the bible, news of the world.lying has great value to the evolution of human being. researchers have long known that the more intelligent the species, the more likely it is to lie. we human like to become leaders. it starts really early. how early? well, babies will pretend to cry, pause, wait to see whos coming and then go right back to crying. one-year-olds learn hiding truth. two-year-olds bluff (虛張聲勢). five-year-olds lie outright and try to control via flattery (討好). nine-year-olds, masters of covering up. by the time you enter college, youre going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions. by the time we enter this work world to be breadwinners, weve entered a world that is just full of fake digital friends, business media, identity thieves, world-class cheats, in short, a post-truth society. what do you do? well there are steps we can take to guide our way through the bushes. trained lie spotters get to the truth 90% of the time. the rest of us, were only 54% accurate. why is it so easy to learn? there are clever liars and stupid liars. therere no real original liars. we all make the same mistakes. we all use the same techniques. 50. from para.1 we learn that lying is very _. a. harmfulb. easy c. interesting d. common51. according to the passage, a lie works when _. a. the liars words are sweet enoughb. it is given to a complete stranger c. someone gives the liar cooperationd. we are willing to lie for the dignity52. lying is complex because _. a. it is practiced by clever onesb. people are for it as well as against it c. ancient stories are full of liesd. it is the whole part of great culture 53. the examples of kids lying in the passage show _. a. lying is a sign of intelligent development b. lying is good for childrens growing up c. at what age childrenbegintotell lies d. 9-year-old childrenaremastersoflying54. what will the writer most likely talk about if he continues the passage? a. how to become clever liars.b. how to avoid stupid lies. c. how to get through the bushes.d. how to tell truth from lies. d you could feel sorry for alberto torres, who is blind. the last thing he remembers seeing was his daughter being born 13 years ago. then the world went blank; he can only imagine what his only child looks like now, as a teenaged honor student. bad luck is no stranger to this warm and thoughtful 37-year-old man. his mother died of cancer when he was 4, and his father, who was often ill, had to give him up to the care of the state when he was 11. he later worked for 19 years in a workshop making household goods, dea