[云南]2014届云南省部分名校高三第一次联考（11月）英语试卷

Referring to reading, we must have the patience to read ______ book so that we will have _______ deep understanding of it.

Beyond the lake _____ quantities of birds coming from the North every winter.

They can find whatever they need in the supermarket, ______ is always busy on Sundays.

We all think that the plan you come up with ____________ the work is very practical.

It was hard for him to fit in a new class, in which ______ he was familiar with.

—Why didn’t you finish the task?      —I didn’t think it is ________ the effort.

_________ with a good education can apply for the job. 

I was feeling left out in the new school ________Alice, an easygoing girl from Canada,  came to stay with me.

I felt surprised that anyone of his intelligence    such an easy test.

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.

— Why do you look so worried? 
— My MacBook Pro broke down and my paper ______ unfinished since.        

The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying _______ here.

_______ is expected, according to the online survey, that housing prices can’t go up any more.

—Would you mind if I set out earlier tomorrow morning?     — Well, I’d rather you _______.

—Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favour, please?
—______ , Sir. What’s it then?

I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and               of a big city, and where teenagers like me         leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that changed one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house.        they kept handing alcohol to me I was pretty         . I asked Tyler to take me home. With some        , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. My friend Martin was        in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Martin, who was        more drunk than me, got into his car and         towards the highway to go home. Driving on the wrong side of the road, he never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see him        to avoid the car. They hit head on. Martin died immediately, and the driver was thrown        the truck windshield（挡风玻璃）and died a week later.
Whenever I        back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my        to drink so much that night.        things would be different. I know Martin        the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel        for what happened.
I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that by        my story I can make you        that you not only have a responsibility for yourself but also for others. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours        . Every choice is like a stone dropped into          water—each ripple (涟漪) represents someone who your choice        . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?

A．death B．fashion C．danger D．challenge

A．succeeded in B．dreamed of C．applied for D．agreed to

A．As B．While C．When D．Although

A．lost B．drunk C．frozen D．sleepy

A．fun B．difficulty C．hope D．method

A．died B．injured C．killed D．hurt

A．constantly B．frequently C．clearly D．equally

A．headed B．walked C．pushed D．fled

A．in trouble B．in time C．in danger D．in place

A．above B．below C．into D．through

A．turn B．hold C．look D．get

A．desire B．fault C．right D．chance

A．Thus B．Nevertheless C．Otherwise D．Therefore

A．faced B．avoided C．regretted D．made

A．responsible B．disappointed C．sensitive D．embarrassed

A．remembering B．sharing C．declaring D．stopping

A．explain B．escape C．limit D．realize

A．alone B．finally C．merely D．perhaps

A．clean B．deep C．still D．fresh

A．affects B．inspires C．attracts D．benefits

Searching for airfares often seems like a game that passengers are bound to lose.
Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute. Looking through multiple websites for the best deal can be a big challenge. Even when you do book, there’s no guarantee that you are going to get the best price.
“You just don’t know when to pull the trigger. It’s not like buying anything else I can think of,” said George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com.
Harriet Levy paid $179 for a recent round-trip flight on American Airlines between New York and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sitting just one row behind her, Shirley Harrison paid $215. A few rows back, Ellis and Dianne Traub paid $317 each. There were at least 12 fares on the flight, ranging from $169 to $360.
There’s no reason for it, Harrison said.
Fares can vary significantly in just a few hours. One Delta flight from New York to Los Angeles jumped from $755 to $1,143 from a Friday to Saturday in late April, then fell to $718 on Sunday.
The flight was one of a dozen the Associated Press (美国联合通讯社)followed over three months for a vacation between July 16 and 22. The number one finding: avoid booking tickets on weekends. It’s the most expensive time to buy.
There’s no way to guarantee the best fare. But before booking, travelers should pay attention to this additional advice:
● Book on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That’s when airlines most often offer sales.
● Buy in advance, but not too early. The best time is four to six weeks before traveling. In general, prices for any given flight are highest eight to ten weeks and two to three weeks in advance.
● Make use of social media. Airlines are giving more benefits like exclusive (独家) sales to travelers who interact (互动) with them on Twitter and Facebook. Those specials are often gone within hours.
● The so-called discount airlines – JetBlue, Air-Tran, Southwest and Frontier – adjust their fares less frequently than other airlines, so you can feel more confident that the price will stay the same. But their prices aren’t always the lowest. Researching multiple airlines’ fares is the only way to get a good deal.
What can we infer from the first sentence of the text?

The underlined phrase “pull the trigger” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______.   

By using a lot of figures, the author intends to _______.

Passengers are advised to book flights _______.

Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously, Jason was determined not to go against their father’s wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.
“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you’ve been playing with his new computer.” Jason said, “He told us not to touch it.”
“He won’t find out,” Mark said. “I’ll just have a quick look and shut it down.”
Mark had been scolded before for touching his father’s equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.
It was a strange-looking machine — one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. “It’s an experimental model,” his father had explained, “so don’t touch it under any circumstances.” But his father’s warning only served to make Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colors, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: “SPACE TRANSPORTER.” “Yes!” Mark cried excitedly, “It’s a computer game. I knew it! Dad’s only been pretending to work. He’s really been playing games instead.” A new message appeared on the screen: “ENTER NAMES
VOYAGER 1:…
VOYAGER 2:…”
Mark’s fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.
“INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED (自动回收程序已启动).”
The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume.
“I think we’d better shut it off, Mark,” Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.
But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒) , until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed.
“TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION (目的地)：MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.”
Why did Mark touch the computer against his father’s warning?

Where did the boys’ father most likely work?

Mark thought “SPACE TRANSPORTER” on the screen was the name of______.

Why did Jason want to shut off the computer?

What happened to the boys at the end of the story? 

Dutch treat is a late-nineteenth-century term, and it originally refers to a dinner where everyone is expected to pay for his own share of the food and drink. If people go “Dutch treat”, or simply “go Dutch”, it means that they will share the expenses of a social engagement.
There are many other “Dutch” expressions in English, many of which were invented in Britain in the seventeenth century, when the Dutch and the English were commercial and military rivals. The British used “Dutch” to refer to something bad, cheap and shameful. A “Dutch bargain” at that time was an uneven, one-sided deal; “Dutch reckoning” was an unitemized(未逐条记载的) account; and “Dutch widow” was slang for prostitute. Later centuries brought in “Dutch courage”, for bravery caused by drink; “Dutch concert”, for noisy music; “Dutch nightingale”, meaning a frog; and “double Dutch”, for incomprehensible language or talk.
Some of the expressions are still in use today, but some are not. In fact, in American English, some “Dutch” expressions have nothing to do with the Dutch, but something with the German. It was probably because of the similar spelling and pronunciation that people made a mistake in distinguishing between “Dutch” and “Deutsch” (the German word for German), when German immigrants came to America in the 1700s. For instance, “the Pennsylvania Dutch” refers to the German descendants, instead of the Dutch descendants, living in Pennsylvania.
Many of the “Dutch” expressions were invented with negative sense, because ___________.

With the information you get from Paragraph 2, make a guess at the meaning of the sentence “You are in Dutch”. It probably means ____________ .

According to the passage, some native American “Dutch” expressions were related to the German instead of the Dutch, simply because ______________.

Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S-shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles. The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization. Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness. It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.
“Storm at Sea”, a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankind’s earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.
When the wind is from the west
All the waves that cannot rest
To the east must thunder on
Where the bright tree of the sun
Is rooted in the ocean’s breast.
As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull. It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly. It makes all kinds of noise—it is forever thundering, boiling, crashing, and whistling.
It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath—perhaps not so noticeably out in mid-ocean, but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach. It mimics(模仿) nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature. It is filled with symbiotic (共生的) existences, too: unimaginable quantities of creatures, little and large alike, mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of sub-ocean vitality. And it has a psychology. It has personalities: sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong and striking.
Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is______.

What is the purpose of using the poem “Storm at Sea” in the passage?

In the last paragraph, the Atlantic is compared to______.

Why Rent Textbooks?
Textbook renting is now a new fashion among college students.      Let’s examine carefully further and see why renting books is a cost-effective way without shelling too much money from your pocket.
Gives value for your money
  Those non-major subjects, are better acquired through renting. It saves one money and helps you give out the money you save on some other personal possessions you need in college.     
Saves time
You can save a great deal of time when renting a textbook. Instead of browsing your way for hours trying to look for better deals online, you can simply go to a popular book renting marketplace online and just order away.
   
User Friendly
Aside from being able to save money and time,     Imagine trying to scan the virtual bookshelf and checking on comments of previous users and figuring out which ones got bad comments and which had great ones. It could be fun at first but if you are short of time, the process can become annoying. If you rent books, you will only be needing the book’s ISBN number and find it right away. No more time-wasting site search.

E. Renting textbooks allows you to save at least 50% off the standard retail price (零售价) for each item.
F. Renting textbooks is a relatively new idea for everyone, indeed.
G. You don’t have to buy all of your textbooks.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线（__），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
People often have troubles getting used to a new culture. They are usually curious when they first arrive a foreign country. Therefore, if they stay for a long time, they may start to feel different stages of culture shock. They can feel alone or sad because he can’t deal with the local people. How quick people get used to culture differences may be depend on the way they learn. That’s a problem if they can’t speak the language. On other hand, some can study the situation and make good guesses about the culture. When they finally began to understand some of the language and make some new friends, they will gradually enjoy themselves and feel satisfying.

上个星期你们班同学就“现代社会是否需要孔子精神“进行了一次讨论。讨论结果如下表所示。请根据表中内容写一篇100字左右的英语短文。参考词汇：孔子思想：Confucian thought