安徽江淮十校高三11月联考英语试卷

—What do you think of the lecture given yesterday afternoon?
—It was ____ interesting. How I wish the lecturer had spent more time preparing!

How I ____ another seven-day holiday, for I’m still so tired!

Working hard is not a _______ of great success, but it is among the essential requirements.

In the Asian Games in South Korea, the Chinese team won _______ gold medals as Japan.

We should move on bravely on our life journey ______ difficulty we meet with.

Food is easy to _______ on hot summer days so it should be cooled or frozen.

—Could I smoke here?
—I’m afraid smoking is not allowed here. If you _______, go to the smoking room, please.

When word came _______ Zhang Bichen became the winner of the “Voice of China 2014”, her fans, greatly excited, stood up cheering for her.

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

With so many good friends together with you, you must have been happy during the past National Golden Week, _____?

—I have done well in the exam because of no careless mistakes.
—Congratulations! Students can never be _______ careful in exams.

A kind passenger paid for my ticket, without which I _______ the last train.

Lacking _______ evidence, the police couldn’t arrest the man.

—Will you go to Mary’s wedding party tonight?
—I’m afraid not. I _______ my brother’s.

—What about 100 yuan? That’s my final offer.
—_______ I sell it to you just at the cost price this time for your future visit to my shop.

Time spent together with family members is always a reminder of happiness. Never will I forget the days with my grandparents. Meals in their dining room, where stood a grandfather clock, were a    for four generations to become one. The    was always spread with delicious food containing         as the main ingredient. That grandfather clock always stood like a family friend,          our happiness.
The clock began to    me in my childhood. I watched and listened to it during meals,      how, at different times of the day, that clock would   with a wonderful sound. Year after year, the clock struck a part of my    , a part of my heart.
More wonderful was what my grandfather did each day. He     wound that clock with a special and magic key, which    the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and    . When we grandkids got a little older, he     us how to wind it.
To our great sorrow, my grandfather passed away suddenly one night. Several days after his death, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing    . The clock stood desertedly    , seeming smaller. I couldn’t     to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the key. Entering the old quiet house one morning, I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then     and reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to      . Tick – tock, tick – tock, life was     into the dining room and into my   . With the hands moving, my grandfather seemed to live again. How beautiful the feeling was!
Dear friends, let’s     the beautiful time being spent together with our family members!

A．party B．time C．place D．occasion

A．room B．clock C．table D．key

A．thrill B．surprise C．care D．love

A．sharing B．meeting C．ignoring D．responding

A．excite B．encourage C．interest D．inspire

A．questioning B．remembering C．doubting D．wondering

A．strike B．hit C．beat D．tap

A．comments B．opinions C．memories D．brains

A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually

A．got B．kept C．made D．let

A．break B．fall C．stop D．move

A．showed B．provided C．demanded D．said

A．joyfully B．gently C．difficultly D．freely

A．ticking B．moving C．noisy D．quiet

A．help B．bear C．enjoy D．resist

A．slowly B．quickly C．violently D．naturally

A．feeling B．feet C．sense D．life

A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．appeared

A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．head

A．use B．treasure C．find D．search

China may be the world’s largest market for e-bikes, but Europe is fast catching up. The EU’s official statistics agency says the figure reached the one million e-bike mark two years ago, and sales have sharply increased since then.
When working errands (差事) around Berlin, Lutz, who usually works with horses, uses the company’s new e-bike that charges easily and has a range of 140 kilometers. “We found there was no parking spot problem or other worries. And on top of all this, we don’t pollute the environment. Petrol is also saved,” said Lutz Baddack, owner of Reitsport Baddack.
Unlike many other parts of the world, the EU does not require registration (登记) for e-bikes. Nearly half a million are expected to be sold in Germany this year, in all shapes and sizes.
It’s not just bike fans buying them. People who usually drive cars also use them occasionally,” said Stefan Gelbhaar.
Dealers say the elderly are also big customers. Sales of ordinary bicycles fell in Germany last year, but sales of e-bikes rose by eight percent. Sales figures are expected to keep rising. “In five years we will have the market share of 20 percent, maybe more,” said Marcus Kendler, owner of E-Motion. In the hillier parts, that figure has already been beyond it.
The sales of e-bikes in Germany have been much larger than those in any other country in Europe. But other countries are fast catching up. In Europe, with the various brands at the market and falling prices, e-bikes are here to stay and not just a repeated trend.
In Germany the sales of e-bikes _________.

Which of the following is NOT the benefit of using e-bikes?

From the passage we know that e-bikes are preferred by those _________.

It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

July 21^st. 2007 was a typical English summer’s day—it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5p.m., however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of waters greeted me. Thank God! The kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the wall’s ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home. So we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we move to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社区）. We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.
Although our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought. “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was for Christmas. But I can’t wait—I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won’t need any gifts—living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush—we have our home back. And that’s the main thing.
What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?

It can be inferred from the text that the author _________.

Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?

My Left Foot (1989) Imagine being a prisoner of your own body, unable to make any movements except to move your left foot. The main character in My Left Foot，based on the real story of cerebral palsy (大脑性麻痹) sufferer Christy Brown, can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot, he’s able to express himself as an artist and poet. For his moving performance of Brown, Daniel Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor.
Shine (1996) Do you have a talent you’re afraid to share with the world? David Helfgott seemed meant from childhood to be “one of the truly great pianists,” but the pressures of performing (and pleasing his father) resulted in a complete breakdown. Ten years in a mental institution didn’t weaken Helfgott’s musical gift: When he was rediscovered, he was playing concertos in a bar. Shine received seven Oscar nominations (提名), and Geoffrey Rush won best actor for his performance of Helfgott.
Life Is Beautiful (1997) Nothing’s more powerful than the love between a parent and a child. In this heartbreaking Italian film, a father (Roberto Benigni) makes an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4-year-old son: trapped in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, the Jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game. He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war, and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling and hopeful. Benigni won the best actor Oscar.
Stand and Deliver (1988) Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor) is a great one. Employed at a high school where kids are expected to fail, Escalante challenges his math students to struggle for better things, like getting good grades in the AP exam. Despite the obstacles in their lives, the classmates accomplish their goals, thanks to Mr. Escalante’s support. The real Jaime Escalanteis, the Best Teacher in America, says that Stand and Deliver is “90% truth, 10% drama.”

The underlined part in the passage means _________.

If you want to watch a movie about wars, which may be one of your choices?

Jaime Escalante has a talent for _________.

What do the four movies have in common?

Holidaymakers who are bored with baking beaches and overheated hotel rooms head for a big igloo. Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo hotel. Built in a small town in Lapland, it has been attracting lots of visitors, but soon the fun will be over.
In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation(作品) will be nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem,” he says. “We just look forward to replacing it.”"
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was so successful that he designed the present one, which measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks piling 1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base; when the snow froze, the base was removed. “The only wooden thing we have left in the igloo is the front door,” he says.
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. With no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃, it may seem more like a survival test than a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “as well as a good start in survival training.”
The popularity of the igloo is beyond doubt: it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms. “You can get a lot of people in,” explains Bergqvist. “The beds are three meters wide by two meters long, and can fit at least four at one time.”
Bergqvist designed and built the world’s first igloo hotel because _________.

When the writer says “the fun will be over,” he refers to the fact that _________.

When guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that _________.

Which of the four pictures below is the closest to the igloo hotel as described in the text?

For one tired out from work, autumn is one of the best times to step into the open air to kick back and enjoy some great music. And that’s what many Beijingers have done this past weekend.
Family, friends, laughter; beautiful grass, fresh air and live music echoing (回响) off the forest and the Great Wall that surround this place. A weekend in this music paradise（乐园） just seems too short. Besides, a brand new world-class outdoor theater has just been open at this year’s festival, which will surely make the festival a better and more permanent experience.
A full house is before the new outdoor amphitheater (圆形剧场). Even the thunderstorm couldn’t break up the crowd completely absorbed in the music. Thanks to the new theater, this year’s Great Wall Forest Festival offers even more superb acoustics（音效的）and an overall outdoor theatrical experience, even though the project is still half complete.
The festival is now in its fourth year. Since its first show in 2010, the festival has seen a steady increase in festival-goers and has expanded its length from two days to four days, divided over two weekends. It has also been experimenting with a variety of styles, from classical to pop, with this year’s theme “Celebrating 20 Years of Chinese Folk Song.” Folk Song legend Lao Lang explains how folk songs have helped encourage more amateur folks to express themselves through music.
“Before music was reserved for the professionals. But folk songs made young people realize that they can express themselves through music as well. And that’s what characterizes folk songs. It’s popular music and it always has a story.” said Lao Lang.
Unlike some of the other outdoor festivals, the Great Wall Forest Festival appeals to a wide range of audiences. It’s a rare place where teens, parents and families can all enjoy the outdoors and have a great time.
Great music and scenery aside, many children’s workshops, master music classes, and interactive art activities have also been introduced this year. If music is the reason to come to the festivals, you’ll find even more reasons not to leave.
What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “kick back” in Paragraph 1?

Which of the following is NOT true?

The 2014 Great Wall Forest Festival has got improved in the following aspects except that _________.

According to Lao Lang, we can know that _________.

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。
It’s necessary to use different ways to communicate for different purposes. Study, made by Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in New York, has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in e-mails.
Hancock made an investigation by asking 30 students to keep a communication diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or e-mail exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14% of e-mails, 21% of instant messages, 27% of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37% of phone calls.
His results, to be presented at the conferences on human computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists.
Hancock says it is very important and effective whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know that they will be responsible for what they have said in the conversation. This is why fewer lies appear in e-mail than on the phone.
People are even more likely to lie in real time—in an instant message or phone call. Many lies are sudden or immediate responses to demands that they don’t expect.”
Hancock hopes his research will help many a company work out the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for selling their products where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But given his results, work assessment, where honesty is regarded as more important than others, might be best done using e-mail.

Hancock’s study on people   in different ways of communications
drawn from the statistics	Lies     when the communicating ways change from e-mails to instant messages, to face-to-face interactions and to phone calls.
Reasons why people lie or don’t	●People won’t lie when their     are recorded and reread, or when they know they should take the   for what they have said. ●People lie in real time mostly because they have to answer   questions without hesitation.
Benefits that     can have from the study	●Using telephones for     because their employees can stretch the truth. ●Using e-mails for work assessment because their employees must say what they have done   .
Inference from the study	Suitable media should be chosen for different    purposes.

书面表达（满分25分）
你是李华，你很烦恼。最近，每天早晚，你们小区广场上都有很多人在跳广场舞，持续时间长且噪音大，给你和小区里其他人带来了很多的不便……请你给小区委员会领导写封信，反映现象及其导致的不便（要求涉及生活、学习和工作等方面）并提出合理建议。
注意：
1、词数120左右；
2、短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇： 广场舞 square dance 组织者organizers
Dear Sir,
I am writing to tell you something about the people doing the square dance in our community, which has made me terribly upset.
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
Best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua