安徽安庆五校联盟高三下3月联考英语试卷

— My daughter is a volunteer and often helps the disabled.
— ______ . They’re really something.

— ______ it snow tomorrow, what would we do?
— In that case, we’ll have to stay at home.

I believe the world is ______ you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

— What do you do as a volunteer in Africa?
— ______ ! There are many poor people there, who need a lot of help.

There are 12 fantastic lamps hanging ______ the ceiling in the restaurant.

People would like to listen to officials talk ______ , for no one likes an endless and empty talk.

— I was very angry with Kelvin yesterday.
— I know your feelings, but if you forgive him, you ______ a bigger man.

Sorry to have kept you waiting so long, but it’ll still be some time ______ Mr. Smith is available.

Ning Zetao, who won four golds at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, ______ himself as a new swim star.

There are more than 740 million Chinese ______ to second-hand smoking in public places now.

Making a speech in front of a crowd of people is not his strength but he ______ it with his heart and efforts．

China marked its first Constitution Day on December 4, 2014 ______ making the Constitution part of Chinese people’s daily life.

So touching ______ that I couldn’t hold my tears back when I heard it for the first time.

______ around the clock for two days，David managed to finish the report for the manager on schedule.

— Wow，you won first in the story-telling competition. Fantastic!
—  ______ !

People in the US thought Ebola was only a disease, accompanied with fever and found in Africa at the beginning.       then a man from west Africa died from Ebola at a hospital in Dallas, Texas. And two nurses       for him became infected(感染) with the virus, which made the US government publish new guidelines to       health workers．
Top American       have repeatedly said that most people have little chance of being infected．Experts have       that Ebola can only be spread through infected person’s body fluids — like blood．But it       many Americans are       what they have heard．
A recent survey found more than 80 percent of Americans believe that Ebola can be spread in many      , including air forced through the nose or mouth. The Harvard School of Public Health       the findings. The study also showed that most adults fear there will be a(n)       of Ebola in the United States soon.
      survey found that more than 70 percent of Americans would support calls to       travel to and from Ebola-affected parts of Africa.
Thomas Frieden heads the U.S．Centers for Disease Control and Prevention．When asked whether       officials had considered a travel ban, Mr．Frieden had       to say：“We won’t be able to check travelers for       when they leave or when they arrive. We won’t be able, as we do      , to take a detailed history to see if they were       when they arrive. When they       , we wouldn’t be able to impose quarantine（强加隔离）as we now can if they have high-risk touch.”
Last week, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to       what he called “ panic or fear ”.
This week，the administration announced that all travelers reaching the United States from some African nations are       to pass through one of five airports.

A．Just B．Yet C．So D．Even

A．arranging B．caring C．searching D．standing

A．treat B．attend C．inspect D．protect

A．officials B．officers C．physicists D．doctors

A．stated B．suggested C．considered D．regretted

A．proves B．happens C．says D．appears

A．studying B．discussing C．questioning D．determining

A．means B．areas C．organs D．countries

A．announced B．received C．admitted D．rejected

A．increase B．income C．decrease D．outbreak

A．The other B．Another C．The same D．One

A．forbid B．expect C．require D．allow

A．foreign B．royal C．African D．federal

A．that B．this C．nothing D．those

A．change B．money C．fever D．crime

A．immediately B．previously C．presently D．regularly

A．examined B．searched C．explored D．exposed

A．leave B．arrive C．live D．stay

A．look forward to B．pay attention to C．give in to D．add up to

A．persuaded B．required C．advised D．guided

If a sitcom(情景喜剧) that lasts for l0 years is considered popular, then surely one that still arouses emotions after 20 must be considered a classic. Friends first aired in the US in 1994, telling about six young men and women in New York．Since then, it’s become one of the most famous titles in the sitcom style, aired in over 100 countries and regions in the world.
The show is typical among those who grew up in the 1990s because it explores basic yet important themes like friendship, struggling to survive in a big city, and finding independence and identity, all of which are still relevant to young audiences today.
Against the background of the Internet age, IT staff who were once marginalized(排斥) and laughed at have been brought back to life due to the popularity of hit show The Big Bang Theory, in which four talents lacking normal social skills make an attempt at living on a college campus.
At the same time, Gossip Girl, describing a young cast of New Yorkers born with silver spoons in their mouths, showing the difficulties upper-class adolescents experience. The play’s fashion and mature subject matter allowed it to draw the interest of both teenagers and adults.
Although these typical TV shows cover a wide timeline and a variety of themes, they all have a universal topic. Why are they still appealing? It remains to be found out.
Why is the sitcom Friends typical among young people in the 1990s?

What can we learn about The Big Bang Theory?

According to the passage, Gossip Girl          .

What will the author most probably talk about next?

Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS told them they could drive from the mainland to an island, failing to mention the 15 kilometres of water and mud in between.
As they drove their hired car from Moreton Bay to nearby North Stradbroke Island, they started to notice the firm surface they were driving on giving way to the well-known bay mud. However, being confident that their GPS would direct them to a road soon, they decided to drive on, managing to travel around 500 metres before their car was up to its tires in mud. To make matters worse, the tide(潮汐) started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle. Just four hours later the car was trapped in two metres of water — to the great amusement of onlookers on the shore and passengers on passing boats and ferries.
Yuzu Noda, 21, said she was listening to the GPS and “it told us we could drive down there. It kept saying it would navigate(导航) us to a road. But we got stuck…there’s lots of mud.” She and her travel companions Tomonari Saeki, 22, and Keita Osada, 21, instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck(吊车) driver who was called to the trapped car. No such luck for the hired car though – after assessing the situation, no attempt was made to recover it. The students from Tokyo, who are due to return home tomorrow, said the experience would not put them off returning to Australia for another visit. Mr. Tomonari said, “It has rained every day on our six day holiday. Hopefully next time we come back it will be sunny.”
The car was covered by insurance, but the tourists will have to pay up to about $1500 in extra charges.
The three Japanese tourists got stuck because          .

They didn’t abandon their car until          .

How did these Japanese students get back?

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

Music died here last spring, or rather, it was killed by members of the school committee who ignored the importance of music as part of the high-school curriculum.
The committee decided that teaching students how to take a test is more important than a curriculum in which students can explore their interests in the arts as well as academics. Because the school system is running out of funding(资金), it needs to make sure that students pass the test or even more money will be lost. If students fail the state test，it is not the fault of music classes — they are failing because the “academic” classes are not adequate.
It is painful to think of how many students will be discouraged from singing, acting, and playing instruments because school programs are no longer offered. Many families cannot afford private music lessons, and many potential musicians may not find their calling if they are not exposed to it in school. The fact that the school committee thinks the arts are not worth the investment(投资) will certainly make some students believe the arts are not worth their time or support and the cycle will continue.
Teaching for a test does not shape students into complete, well-rounded people. It blocks the natural sense to create and express feelings through art — there is more to life than the analytical(善于分析的) thinking that math and English provide. What happens after a test? Sure, a student might graduate, but they will have limited knowledge — certainly not a good preparation for the real world.
Music is not included in the high school curriculum mainly because          .

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

We can learn that music and art can          .

The best title of the passage can be          .

Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures.  Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.
The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence. Your level of self-confidence is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confidence are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are always victims. They are leaves tossed (摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life.  Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something.  If we can identify(确定) the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.
In all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. You are on the road to success.
People with low self-confidence are compared to leaves because they          .

Losers would think that          .

It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that          .

The last paragraph serves as          .

Alibaba started taking the lead in China by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商) with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to judge: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its market attracts 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year — and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets — not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buying. Chinese retail(零售) buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items(物品) for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping — big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in          .

What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?

What can be inferred from the passage?

What is the passage mainly about?

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
New discoveries suggest that trade between Europe and Asia along the Silk Road probably began many centuries earlier than once thought. The findings add a fascinating new page to the epic(史诗) of the Silk Road, which spread far and wide in no time.
The latest and most surprising discovery is pieces of silk found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy(木乃伊) from about l,000 BC, long before regular traffic on the Silk Road and at least one thousand years before silk was previously thought to be used in Egypt. Other researches may extend human activity along this road back even further, perhaps a million years to the moving of human ancestors into eastern Asia.
The official origin of East-West trade along the road is usually placed in the late 2nd century BC when an agent of the Chinese Emperor Wu-di returned from a dangerous secret task across the desert into the remote high country of Central Asia. The agent, Zhang Qian, traveled as far as Afghanistan and brought back knowledge of even more distant lands such as Persia, Syria and a place known as Lijien, perhaps Rome. Historians(历史学家) have called this one of the most important journeys in ancient times. His journey opened the way for what have been thought to be the first indirect touches between the ancient world’s two super-powers, China and Rome. Chinese silk, first traded to Central Asia for war horses, was soon finding its way to the markets of Rome through a network of businessmen.
But the new discoveries show that Chinese silk apparently existed in the West long before the Han emperor started to organize trade over the Silk Road. The research could change thinking about the early history of world trade and provide comprehension into the mystery(谜) of just how and when Europe first realized the glorious culture at the other end of Eurasia.

Title: New Discovery of the Silk Road
Introduction	New findings about the ________ of trade along the Silk Road are spread far and wide in no time.
Discovery	☆The silk thread found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy from about 1,000 BC makes all feel greatly _______ . ☆The discovery suggests the trade along the Silk Road may ________ back to an earlier time than once thought.
Zhang Qian’s ________	☆Being accepted as official ________ of East-West commerce along the Silk Road. ☆Opening the way for the first ________ touches between the ancient China and Rome. ☆ ________ Chinese silk to Central Asia and Persia. ☆Making Chinese silk ________ the markets of Rome.
Summary	☆Show the ________ of Chinese silk in the West long before the Han Dynasty. ☆Change thinking about the early history of word trade. ☆Help to solve the puzzle of Europeans’ first realizing ________ culture.

感恩，是我们生活中永恒的话题。假设你校正在举行一场有关“感恩”的演讲比赛，请你在“父母、老师、朋友” 中选择一个感恩对象，写一篇英语演讲稿参加比赛。
内容要点如下：
1. 为何感恩；
2. 如何感恩。
注意：
1．词数120左右；
2．演讲稿中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
3．演讲稿的开头与结尾已为你拟好，不计入总词数。
Good afternoon, everyone! it’s a great honor to have the opportunity to be with you today. The topic of my speech is “Thank you, …”