临沂市2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题
2013.11
本卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷两部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，监考员将试题、答题卡一并收回。
注意事项：
1、答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、准考证号、县区和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置。
2、第I卷每小题选出答案后，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，再选涂其他答案标号。
3、第II卷必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡上各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原的答案，然后再写上新的答案，不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第I卷（共95分）
第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 语法和词汇知识运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例：Mr. Smith owns collection of coins than anyone else I have ever met.
A、larger B、a larger C、the larger D、large
答案是B。
1、As teenager, he began searching for deeper meaning in life.
A、a; 不填 B、the; a C、a; a D、不填；the
2、 makes the film so attractive is the grand scene and moving plots.
A、That B、What C、It D、Which
3、-It is reported that he was sentenced to life in prison for economy crime.
-Really? People would cheer for it.
A、It all depends B、So what? C、What’s wrong? D、He deserves it
4、The only way to them in the place where they are staying is by mails.
A、reach B、contain C、follow D、search
5、Most of them were confident that they were able to this difficulty.
A、give away B、set aside C、get round D、live out
6、The tourists, had enjoyed themselves so much in the botanic garden, were worn out
A、all of what B、all of which C、all of them D、all of whom
7、 there was no clear evidence, most people thought he was guilty.
A、While B、Since C、As D、When
8、Unless strong measures ,the smog will continue to damage our health
A、will be taken B、are taken C、have taken D、are taking
9、The road was blocked for twenty hours due to the heavy snow, and now the traffic is flowing
again.
A、frequently B、narrowly C、smoothly D、quietly
10、Struggling his way in the dark for a whole night, he finally found himself in the forest.
A、lost B、being lost C、having been lost D、losing
11、I to your panty last night ,but I had to attend on granny in hospital.
A、came B、had came C、have come D、was coming
12、As the saying goes,“A relative is not as helpful as a near neighbor.”
A、distant B、familiar C、close D、noble
13、It was a rare opportunity how these monkeys live in south China
A、see B、to see C、saw D、seeing
14、-How was your performance last night?
- Many people came to hug me.
A、That’s fight B、I’m not sure C、Perfect! D、Don’t mention it
15、-As an American, you know that famous novel the catcher in the Rye.
-No, I never read novels.
A、can B、will C、need D、must
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I do, mine ,Her name was Mrs. White ,And I remember I thought she must be a 16 of Snow White,becuse she had 17 bright blue eyes, shout dark hair, red lips and fair skin as her.
I don’t remember much about what we 18 in her class , but my mother once told me that we used to 19 a lot, And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were many 20 ;But no red corrections, And 21 a star, Sometimes even a Good, which would make me fly with 22 .But it worried my mother , so one day when she went in to meet Mrs, White for one of those Parent-Teacher, meetings, she 23 her why she never corrected my mistakes and why she never red-penciled in the right spellings of words or 24 grammatical errors.
Mrs. White said , “The children are just beginning to get 25 about using words, about forming 26 , I don’t want to discourage their 27 with red ink, Spelling and grammar can 28 , The wonder of words won’t……”
It was a long time ago, And what my mother gave me was what she could 29 . The rest I added in ,because I grew up learning to use words with 30 like that.
And it occurs to me that 31 Mrs, White had used her red pen more 32 I probably wouldn’t be telling you about this now, I look back now and think she must have been a rather 33 teacher-to use as less red pen as possible, to 34 the joy, wonder and excitement of expression flower- however faultily-like 35 , Because to bloom is better than not to bloom. , I a nipped bud (被夹住的嫩芽)never opens.
16、A、sign B、relation C、woman D、reality
17、A、fantastic B、natural C、the same D、different
18、A、,learned B、said C、saw D、demanded
19、A、read B、write C、listen D、remember
20、A、prizes B、regrets C、points D、mistakes
21、A、still B、wings C、always D、sometimes
22、A、happiness B、wings C、courage D、tears
23、A、scolded B、punished C、asked D、praised
24、A、cared for B、looked up C、gave up D、pointed out
25、A、worried B、excited C、concerned D、cautious
26、A、sentences B、skills C、habits D、experiences
27、A、patience B、effort C、enthusiasm D、future
28、A、compete B、finish C、fail D、wait
29、A、spare B、remember C、recommend D、promise
30、A、consideration B、confidence C、judgement D、pride
31、A、if B、unless C、since D、when
32、A、luckily B、casually C、accurately D、freely
33、A、extraordinary B、strict C、familiar D、merciful
34、A、put B、return C、set D、allow
35、A、them B、me C、it D、that
第二部分 阅读理解
第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
My daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied (欺侮) pretty severely in school, So I quitted my job as a babysitter and then schooled my daughter heart and soul at home
A year ago a boy of 14 befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about bullying , Today he messaged her and asked if she would like six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game, They have never met in person but she said, “Sure! That would be great.”
Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter, She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she does in the community, Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.
What she said is true, Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the positive and how to be their own person.
Everything taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy at a local bike shop, After meeting , the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity, She told him that she had never been to a baseball game and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister ,her cousin and an aunt who has brain cancer.
We all thanked one another, got in our car, and went our way, As we drove home my daughter opened the envelope, Inside it were the tickets and ＄100 eash to buy hot dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time.
My daughter has always been the giver and now she and our family are the receivers and I can not tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end, What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea.
36、What did the author once do according to the passage?
A、She was a ticket seller B、She was a school teacher
C、She was a babysitter D、She was a social worker
37、How did the boy get to know my daughter?
A、They met when buying tickets to a baseball game
B、They got in touch via the Internet
C、They became familiar when talking face to face
D、They went to the same school and met each other
38、Why did the boy want to offer free tickets to Alisa?
A、Because Alisa is a disabled girl
B、Because he has a lot money to share
C、Because Alisa often helps those in trouble
D、Because he has a similar situation with Alisa.
39、What can we learn about the boy?
A、He is afraid of meeting strangers
B、He always bullies smaller children
C、He is addicted to the internet
D、He receives education at home
40、Which of the following best describes the passage?
A、Good is rewarded with good
B、A friend in need is a friend indeed
C、Two heads are better than one
D、Where there is a will ,there is a way
B
When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would dominate the industry.
At the time, IBM personal computers sold in stores for about ＄3，000，After taking them apart and rebuilding them , Dell realized the components (零部件)could be bought for one-fourth the price, Soon he was buying components to reduce the cost .A good bussiness decision, but it meant his room was starting to look like a mechanic’s shop.
“I was quite excited about the possibilities for personal computers and how they could change society, I had this idea to sell the products directly to the user over the phone” he said College plans and his parents’ expectations bothered him a lot, But Michael Dell was determined, He drove off to the University of Texas at Austin in August 1983 in a car he’d bought with earnings from selling newspapers , He was surprised that his mother wasn’t suspicious about the three computers in the backseat, By November ,news reached his parents that he wasn’t attending classes, On a surprise visit to Austin ,they caught their son on spot, Michael Dell told his dad that he wanted to compete with IBM.
Although Michael agreed to focus on his studies, the business chances and the timing couldn’t have been better, The public was becoming more interested in computers, but no one was producing them, In early May, a week before his final exams, Michael started Dell computer Corporation with ＄1，000，He took his exams, and then dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year, it was time to try out his direct-to-customer business model.
“Three yeas later”, Dell says, “we had already achieved annual sales of about ＄150 million, I was 22 years old then.”
41、What does the underlined work in paragraph I mean?
A、affect B、develop C、support D、lead
42、Which of the following is true according to paragraph 2?
A、Dell discovered a good chance to make money
B、Dell could buy a computer at one-fourth the price
C、IBM made little money from personal computers
D、Dell rebuilt computers in a mechanic’s shop
43、When Dell’s parents learned about his absence from class, they
A、tried to help with his business B、were too suspicious to accept it
C、wanted him to go hack to class D、encouraged him to compete with IBM
44、It can be inferred from the article that
A、Dell was tired of his college life B、Dell was not devoted to his study at college
C、Dell’s college life helped him greatly D、Dell didn’t finish his final exams
45、Dell’s experiences show that
A、determination and opportunity lead to success
B、family support plays an import in one’s success
C、there’s no need for all of us to go to college
D、we should insist on whatever we are doing
C
You have probably heard of the Mozart effect, It’s the idea that if children or even babies, listen to music composed by Mozart they will become more
Imtelligent , A quick Internet search says plenty of products
To assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs
And books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music,
But when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make
You more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature, The media and the public showed great interest in the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain .It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable, Mo-zart was undoubtedly a genius himself, his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it ,we’ll become more intelligent.
The idea took off,with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children ,In 1998 Zell Miller, the Governot of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music, It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, Even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
I’ll leaver the debate about Mozart effect on cows to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent?More research was carried out but and analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are shor-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.
46、What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A、Mozart composed many musical pieces for children
B、Children listening to Mozars will be more intelligent
C、There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music
D、There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect
47、Why did many people believe in the idea of Mozart Effect?
A、Because a study described it in the journal Nature
B、Because Mozart himself was a genius
C、Because Mozart’s music is enjoyable
D、Because Mozart’s music makes people relaxed
48、the underlined sentence in paragraph3 suggests that
A、people were strongly against the idea
B、the idea was accepted by many people
C、Mozart played an important part in people’s life
D、the US government helped promote the idea
49、What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?
A、Favorable B、Objective C、Doubtful D、Positive
50、What would be the best title for the passage?
A、Listening to Mozart , necessary?
B、What music is beneficial?
C、What is the Mozart effect?
D、To be or not to be?
D
A new set of images(图像),by Dr, Kettering ,tries to tell differences between cat vision and human vision .Whereas humans are able to see more bright colors during the day, their cats have the advantage when it comes to night vision.
Cats have a wider field of view-about 200 degrees, compared with humans; 180-degree view, Cats are also better at finding a mouse or toy moving in the corner because of a greater peripheral vision(周边视觉)
Cats are active at dawn and dusk. That may be why they need such good night vision, their eyes have six to eight times more rod cells, which are more sensitive to low light , than humans ,do Their extra rod cells also allow cats to sense movement in the dark much better than their human companions can ,In addition ,cats’special eye lenses(目镜)shape can help gather more light as well.
But cats don’t have the advantage in all areas, “Humans have 10 to 12 times better motion detection (移动侦测)in bright light than the cat , since bright-light vision is a cone function(视锥细胞功能)”, kettering said.
Humans also have three types of cones, allowing them to see a broad range of colors, with sensitivity peaks at red, green and blue ,While cats may have three types of cones, the number and distribution of each type varies, In behavioral tests , cats don’t seem to see the full range of colors that most humans do.
Humans can see objects clearly at 100 to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters)away,but cats need to be no more than about 20 feet (6m) away to see those same things sharply, And because cats lack the muscles necessary to change the shape of their eye lenses, they can’t see things clearly quited as close as humans can and need to be further wasy, Kettering said.
51、How did kettering carry out the research?
A、by studying some pictures B、By doing a survey among cats
C、By asking people some questions D、By measuring their sight degrees
52、Cats can spot a moving object in the corner because
A、they have a narrower range of view
B、they move vary faster that the objects
C、they are good at catching mouse
D、they have a greater peripheral vision
53、Compared with cats’ eyes,
A、human eyes are more sensitive
B、human eyes have less rod cells
C、human eyes are good at sensing movement
D、human eyes can gather more light
54、Which of the following statements is true?
A、Cats’ eves are superior to humans;
B、Humans are better at detecting directions
C、Humans’ eyes can see more colors
D、Cats can see full range of colors
55、We can learn from the last paragraph that
A、cats are nearsighted at night
B、cats can change their eye shape easily than humans
C、cats don’t need to see things from far away
D、human eyes can adapt to a greater range of distance than cats
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
说明：在答题卡中若选E项须涂成AB，F项涂成AC，C项涂成AD。
Who do you trun to when you’re in need of cash? 56 , But , mixing finances and friendship can ruin a friendship if you aren’t sure you can pay back what you borrow, To ensure you and your friend are on the same page you need to create a paper that explains what you’re borrowing , for how long and how you will pay it back.
1、 57 .You can draft a letter explaining how the money will be used and what you intend to get out of the temporary loan ,This may help ease you friends’ concerns about lending money to you.
2、Ask for an exact amount of money from your friends, Your friends likely do not have the so much money as a bank, 58 and tell your friends how you arrived at the figure.
3、Negotiate an interest rate that is suitable to you and your friends, Many lending arrangements between friends can be uncomfortable because 59 , You can make a loan worth your friedn’s thime by adding competitive interest rates into the agreement.
4、provide friends who lend you money for a business with services or products from that business, 60 , rented equipment and other benefits to encourage your friends to invest in the longtern health of your business.
A、Tell your friends exactly why you need to borrow money
B、Determine the right amount to borrow
C、neither side wants to ask for too much
D、It’s normal to ask a friend for help
E、both sides like to ask for high rates
F、You can use discounted sales prices
G、it’s not a good idea to turn to your friends for help
第II卷（共35分）
第三部分 书面表达（共三节，满分65分）
第一节 文篇填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为61-70的相应位置上。
My friend jenny from Germany spent some time traveling in India, 61 there , she stayed with leela, her friend who was Indian , Apart from the gazes that she got 62 a foreigner, Jenny also had language problems. It was difficult for her to communicate in this new environment and culture, 63 had so many diffevences from her own country.
One day, a strange thing happened, Along with Leela, she went to visit a kindergarten, all the children there were tiny, 64 aged from fifteen days to one-and-a-half years old,
After some hesitation, Jenny 65 (solw) went to the kids and sat beside them, After some time, one of the kids smiled at her, She felt relaxed a little ,and she immediately was 66 (draw)towards that child.
She slowly held 67 child and started singing a rhyme in German, The small child continued to smile and started repeating after her, The words that escaped the little mouth were much different from 68 that Jenny sang , but the tune was the same.
69 (want) to join in all the fun, another kid went up to Jenny , They shared a million smiles together.
Noticing leela’s eyes on her, she thought 70 to herself：“See, I don’t have language problems here, We speak ,we communicate!”
第二节 阅读表达（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答案卡相应的位置上（请注意题目后面的词数要求）。
[1] I’d like to tell you about Max, a guy who had an idea about his job as a social worker .Max took over a section of Juvie Hall,for boys aged 14-17 ,who had social problems, I once worked as a secretary for some time there before Max did , Those boys were rough and tough and mean and there was no order at all-they did everything at sill, A year later, I heard that Max had taken over; I pitied him for having such a demanding job.
[2]The following Christmas, Max was on local TV offering food baskets freely , He said they didn’t have much and would be glad if people would com and , The next day, the boys were on TV, Max had the boys giving away the food, One of the boys, looking kind of surprised, said, “Nobody ever thanked me before” Max said he wanted to give them what they had never had –a taste of why they might want to be good guys.
[3]The Christmas Baskets became a traditionthe press covered it every year and the boys began to have a good reputation ,Today, under guidance from Max and an organization he founded, they are welcomed contributors to the community, Donations are plentiful and they have lots and lots of food baskets to give away.
[4]It’s been decades now since Max started this tradition, He’s still inventing new ways to help others, He sees the same hardships that we all do- but he figures out ways for everybody to help everybody else, He brought imagination and creativity to his job for the betterment of the lives of others, is that the key to job satisfaction? If he can do it – so can we ,maybe.
71、Why did the writer feel sorry for Marx at first?(no more than 10 words)
72、Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words(no more than 3 words)
73、What has happened to the boys there with the help of Max?(no more than 10 words)
74、What does the underlined word in Para 3 mean?(no more than 5 words)
75、What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?(no more than 10 words)
第三节 写作（满分30分）
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