揭阳一中2012届高三上学期第一次阶段考试(英语)

揭阳一中2012届高三上学期第一次阶段考试英语Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项, 并将答案填写在答题卷上标号为1-15的相应位置。

I am writing this story to express the important value of sportsmanship（体育精神）. Some years ago, my traveling __1__ team took part in a nationwide competition. This competition is very __2___ and the atmosphere is far from __3__. After we completed our performance, the next competing team laughed at us and gave us a dirty __4__ as we passed them. They looked __5___ at us and made fun of our costumes and our performance. My team and I were all very __6__, even to the point of tears.One of my team members __7__ that we should “boo（发嘘声）” them as they performed. Finally I said, “Let’s teach them a lesson.”My teammates all looked at me. I was the oldest member of the team and their role model. What I said next totally __8__them. I said, “They are on stage right now. Let’s go and __9__ them.” I then looked up at the stage and started to scream, “Come on!” My teammates all started to shout loudly with me to show support for the team. At first they were __10__. Then I noticed that they were having __11__ screaming for the team that a couple of minutes before they hated.When the team finished dancing and walked off stage, my teammates and I all started to __12__ them. Most members of the opposite team __13__ and said “thank you”, and they were a little embarrassed. My team and I felt a lot better about the __14__. After that, my teammates understood what a great __15__ it was and they were glad that they had shown good sportsmanship.1. A. design B. football C. dance D. drama2. A. fierce B. reasonable C. common D. serious3. A. practical B. heavy C. tense D. friendly4. A. hand B. look C. job D. paper5. A. politely B. happily C. straight D. funnily6. A. upset B. surprised C. excited D. disappointed7. A. decided B. learnt C. thought D. suggested8. A. shocked B. delighted C. annoyed D. puzzled9. A. praise B. comfort C. cheer D. thank10. A. surprised B. embarrassed C. reluctant D. disagreed11. A. anger B. wish C. sadness D. fun12. A. welcome B. congratulate C. receive D. scold13. A. smiled B. fainted C. cried D. left14. A. position B. future C. place D. situation15. A. team B. age C. idea D. help第二节语法填空（共10小题，每题1.5分，共15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单词的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷上标号为16-25的相应位置。

Americans love pets. In America, there are more families with pets 16 those with children. It is common 17 U.S. homes have some sorts of pets, such as monkeys, snakes and even wolves. But Americans’all-time favorites are cats and dogs, because dogs can offer protection from thieves and unwelcome visitors and cats can help get rid 18 the home unwanted pests. Beneath keeping pets, there lies a absic American belief: Pets have a right to be treated well. In Houston, Texas, dogs can have a right to be treated well. In Houston, Texas, dogs can have dinner 19 (deliver) to their homes, just like pizza. Pets can even go with 20 owners on vacation. Besides, at least 75 animal welfare organizations exist in America which provide care and adoption services for 21 (home) and ill-treated animals. To pay for the high-tech health care, people can buy health insurance 22 their pets. Pets are 23 basic to American culture as hot dogs or apple pie. By now researchers 24 (discover) that interacting with animals lowers a person’s blood pressure. Pets even encourage social relationships. They give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide 25 good topic of conversation.Ⅱ.阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节：阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填写在答题卷上标号为26-45的相应位置。

AI took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice, “A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “ good morning” in reply.The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked, “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passenge rs whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat.Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place.Then, one morning, as autumn wa s closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or hopefully---on holiday somewhere. When we came nearer to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers even asked the driver to wait.We all held our breaths when he went to the door. The old gentleman was fine, but one of his close friends had died over the weekend. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, and without a tie. Inside the bus was silent.26. The story is mainly developed by ______.A. timeB. logicC. comparisonD. cause and result27. Greeted with “good morning” from the old man, people aboard the bus at first _____.A. felt tired and sleepy and didn’t want to talkB. greeted him back loudly and politelyC. guarded against the conversation from strangersD. felt surprised and became angry with him.28. When the passengers found the old man was not waiting at the bus stop as usual, they did thefollowing things EXCEPT _____.A. buy flowers and wait for him to comeB. feel anxious and worried about himC. miss him and expect to see himD. hope he was going on holiday rather than falling ill29. It can be inferred from the text that _____.A. the driver didn’t like the old man at firstB. people usually wear a tie when they are happyC. passengers brought flowers to express gratitude（感激）to the old manD. the old man ha d a great influence on the passengers’ emotion30. The purpose of the passage is to _____.A. introduce the old gentleman and praise his good deedsB. persuade us to become friendly and considerate to people aroundC. tell us to keep silent when somebody passes awayD. criticize those who remain silent when they are greetedBSurvivors searched for loved ones on Monday in emergency centers across the northeast coast of Japan, with thousands of people still missing after an earthquake and tsunami that probably killed more than 10,000 people.“I’m looking for my parents and my elder brother,” Yuko Abe, weeping, said at an emergency center in a nearly flattened town of 24, 500 people. “I also cannot tell my relatives who live away that I am safe, as mob ile phones and telephones are not working.”Many people spent another freezing night huddling（蜷缩）in blankets around heaters in shelters along the coast, a scene of devastation after the earthquake sent a 10-meter wave surging （冲击）through towns and cities in the Miyagi region, including its main coastal city of Sendai.About 2,000 bodies were found on the shores of Miyagi. The nation struggled with the worst disaster since World War Ⅱ. Almost two million households were without power in the freezing north. There were about 1.4 million people without running water.Emiko Ohta, 52, wearing a mask and plastic gloves, searched through the remnants of her home in the port town of Kuji. The house had been reduced to a pile of dirt-covered rubble（碎石）. “I came to see if there’s anything usable. All my kimonos（和服）are destroyed, but there are maybe some items of emotional value here. I did find a bit of jewellery. Just a little,” she said.Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said food, water and other necessities such as blankets were being delivered by vehicles but because of damage to roads, authorities were considering air and sea transport.A few employees at a factory in Kuji that manufactured shipping parts showed up for work on Monday, even though it had been reduced to rubble. One young worker said he came because it was a workday. Factory Chief Teruo Nakano said everyone who worked there was safe and they were awaiting instructions from their leaders. He planned to send workers home.31. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami?A. Electricity cut offB. Lack of drinking waterC. Road destructionD. Breakdown of air transport32. The underlined word “remnants” in the fifth paragraph probably means “_______”.A. ruinsB. neighborhoodsC. dustbinsD. drawers33. What is TRUE about the earthquake according to the passage?A. It’s the worst one in Japanese history.B. It caused yet another natural disaster.C. It killed 24, 500 people by flattening the town.D. It has caused the extreme weather in the northeast.34. We can infer from the passage that ______.A. kimonos and jewellery at this time are uselessB. there are enough necessities in disaster-struck areasC. disaster-struck areas are accessible by ship and airD. the government is not doing its best to deliver supplies35. The purpose of the last paragraph is to show ______.A. how important the factory wasB. how serious the damage to the factory wasC. there is still hope after the destructive earthquakeD. the Japanese value their work more than their lifeCIn 1995, Susan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition (试演) for My Kind of people, a televised talent show popular in the UK．She was immediately rejected. She was nervous during the audition, and felt she didn't perform well, but her brother said that she was rejected because of her plain looks. Boyle was not discouraged and continued to sing at church and at the karaoke nights in a local pub.Boyle suffered a personal loss in 1997, when her father passed away. After his death, Boyle put her big dreams on hold to care for her sick mother Bridget Boyle. The mother and daughter often talked of Susan's possible fame．Bridget Boyle encouraged her daughter to take part in singing competitions. “She was the one who said I should enter Britain's Got Talent．We used to watch it together.” Susan later told reporters．“She thought I would win.”In 1999, Boyle used all of her savings to pay for a professional demo (样本唱片) tape ,which she sent to record companies. In 2002, Boyle began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred O'Neil.In 2007, Boyle’s mother passed away at the age of 91. A neighbor reported that when Bridget Boyle di ed, her daughter “wouldn't come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone.” She lived alone with her cat, Pebbles．For over a year, she refused to sing．But in August of 2008, O'Neil urged her to try out for Britain's Got Talent．Convinced that the performance would be anhonor to her mother, Boyle auditioned in Glasgow, Scotland．She sang I Dreamed A Dream, a hit song from the musical Les Miserables (《悲惨世界》),in the first round of the show, which was aired on April 11, 2009.The 47-year-old Scottish woman's plain looks provided a sharp contrast (对比) to her powerfully beautiful voice．The performance astonished the audience and the judges．Online videos of her performance totaled over 40 million views within a week．Although she failed to win the final of Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle became globally popular．Her first album I DreamedA Dream has sold over five million copies.36. Bridget Boyle's attitude towards her daughter’s musical talent can be described as _________.A. criticalB. doubtfulC. indifferentD. optimistic37. From Paragraph 4 we learn that Susan ___________.A. was slightly discouraged by her voice coachB. entered Britain's Got Talent to prove her abilityC. decided to give up her singing careerD. was deeply affected by her mother’s death38. Which of the following is TRUE about Susan Boyle?A. Her international fame grew rapidly in 2008.B. Her audition for My Kind of People failed.C. She has never stopped singing since 1995.D. She was the winner of Britain's Got Talent.39. Which of the following inferences makes sense according to the passage?A. Susan Boyle was convinced by her brother that her plain looks were disadvantageous to her success.B. It was at the age of forty that Susan Boyle established a student-teacher relationship with O’Neil.C. Susan Boyle was so struck by her father’s death that she shut herself out from the neighborhood.D. The online views of Les Miserables numbered over 40 million within a week in 2009.40. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to _____________.A. tell us how Boyle's dream came trueB. let us know more about Boyle's personal lifeC. show how Boyle was influenced by her familyD. explain how to enter and win a talent showDThe way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment （预担的义务）, self-improvement.Ask a bachelor（单身汉）why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. Forcommitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.41. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ________ .A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilitiesB. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains singleC. he finds more fun in dating than in marriageD. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement42. Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ________ .A. a moral dutyB. a thankless jobC. a rewarding taskD. a source of inevitable pain43. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from （源于）________ .A. hatredB. misunderstandingC. prejudiceD. ignorance44. To understand what true happiness is one must ________ .A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetimeB. make every effort to liberate oneself from painC. put up with pain under all circumstancesD. be able to distinguish happiness from fun45. What is the author trying to tell us?A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.B. One must know how to attain happiness.C. It is important to make commitments.D. It is pain that leads to happiness第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。