2014.11北京二中高三期中考试试卷

第一节单选填空21.In recent years _____ global warming is becoming _____concern for people all over the world.A.the; theB./; aC. /; /D.the; /22.In that situation, they couldn’t do anything but_________.A.sitting and waitingB.sat and waitedC. sit and waitD.to sit and to waitlions of pounds’ worth of damage_____by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.A.has been causedB.had been causedC. will be causedD. will have been caused24.Does the way you thought of _____the water clean make any sense?A.makingB. to makeC.how to makeD. having made25.Never before________ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today．A. has this city beenB. this city has beenC. was this cityD. this city was26.Yesterday, Mother forgot to pick me up. I ______in the school for nearly two hours.A.was waitingB. had waitedC.have waitedD. waited27.One scholar suggested that children_____interesting books as holiday gifts rather than money.A.are givenB.giveC. be givenD.will give28.Victor apologized for ______ to inform me of the change in the plan before hand.A.his being not ableB.him not to be ableC.his not being ableD.him to be not able29.The place _____ the bridge is supposed to be built should be _____the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.A.which; whereB. at which; whichC.at which; whereD.which; in which30.Though _____up in a big city, Bill always prefers to live a country life.A. broughtB. was broughtC. bringingD. having brought31. Your skin is really splendid, but _____ we actually need is not a skirt but a new pair of shoes.A. thatB. whatC.whetherD.how32.The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ______ used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long.A. isB. areC.wasD.were33.---You didn’t wait for Elizabeth last night, did you?---Yes, but we _____ . She didn’t come at all.A.don’t have toB. needn’t have toC.need toD.should have34.It was some time ____ we realized the truth.A.whenB. untilC.sinceD.before35.Jenny ____ have been here by now. I wonder what’s happened to her.A. mustB.shouldC.wouldD.might第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“I am your teacher, and I think it right and prope r that I should let you know something of my plans for our class,” I said.“We’re going to talk, you and me, but we’ll be_____(36) with each other. Most of you will be leaving_____(37) within six months or so; that means that in a short while you will start the very_____(38) business of earning a living. _____(39) that in mind, I have decided that from now on you will be_____(40), not as children, but as young men and women, by me and by each other. When you move out of the_____(41) of childhood, certain higher _____(42) of behavior are expected of you . . .”The students were interested; even the naughty boy Denham was leaning_____(43) watching me.At this moment the door was thrown open and Pamela Dare rushed in, somewhat _____(44), to take her seat. She was very late.“For instance,” I continued, “there are really two ways in which a person may enter a room; one is in a _____(45)manner, the other is as if someone had just _____(46) a heavy foot in your backside. Miss Dare has just shown us the second way; I’m quite sure she will now show us the first way.”To this day I do not know what made me say it, but _____(47) it was. I was annoyed with the way in which she had just rushed her way in, carelessly late.All _____(48) were on her as she had probably planned, but instead of supporting her entrance they were watching her, waiting to see the result of my _____(49).“Well, Miss Dare?” Her eyes were black with anger and shame, but she stood up and walked out, closing the door _____(50) her; then to my surprise, she opened it as quietly as possible, and with _____(51)and honor that would have befitted (与…相符) a queen, she walked to her seat.“Thank you. As from today there is certain politeness which will be observed at all _____(52) in this classroom. You should remember that in a little while all of you may be expected to _____(53) this kind of politeness as part of your jobs; it would be helpful for you to become familiar with giving and receiving it.” For the time _____(54), at least they were listening, really listening to me; maybe they would not understand every word, but they’d get the general importance of my _____(55).36. A. reasonable B. strict C. honest D. associated37. A. home B. class C. school D. family38. A. regular B. small C. local D. adult39. A. Bringing B. Bearing C. Putting D. Carrying40. A. respected B. seen C. treated D. served41. A. state B. time C. age D. level42. A. patterns B. education C. pressure D. standards43. A. toward B. forward C. down D. across44. A. wildly B. seriously C. breathlessly D. bitterly45. A. polite B. relaxed C. traditional D. professional46. A. stopped B. planted C. taken D. fixed47. A. that B. this C. here D. there48. A. eyes B. regards C. views D. cares49. A. test B. challenge C. complaint D. selection50. A. beside B. before C. behind D. In front of51. A. pride B. joy C. elegance D. delight52. A. times B. angles C. levels D. sides53. A. state B. express C. explain D. describe54. A. spending B. coming C. going D. being55. A. actions B. behaviors C. lectures D. remarks第三节阅读理解B.In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as the y always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I w as cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.1. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?A. To leave messages.B. To list her everyday tasks.C. To note down maths problems.D. To write down a flash of inspiration.2. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?A. It has great value for the family.B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.D .It should be passed on to the next generation.3. The author feels embarrassed for _________A. blaming her mother wrongly.B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.C. not making good use of time as her mother did.D. not making any breakthrough in her field.4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A .The mother is successful in her career.B. The family members like traveling.C. The author had little time to play when young.D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.5. In the author’s mind ,her mother is____A. strange in behavior.B. keen on her research.C. fond of collecting old things.D. careless about her appearance.CHave you ever looked toward the sky on a fall day and witnessed a group of migrating birds? If so, you probably noted the V-shaped formation of the birds or the birds flying in a ball-like formation. Why do birds fly this way? Many theories have been developed to explain the formation patterns of different types of birds.One theory is that birds fly in certain formations to take advantage of the laws of nature. The birds know that flying in a V-shaped pattern will save energy. Like the lead cyclist in a race who decreases wind force for the cyclists who follow, the lead bird cuts wind force for the birds that follow. This decrease in wind force means that the birds use up to 70 percent less energy during their flight. When the lead bird becomes tired, a more rested bird takes over that position.But saving energy is important for more than one reason. Sometimes food is short during migration flights. Keeping energy enables the birds to fly longer distances between meals. When food is sighted, the birds guide one another in a different way. When a bird identifies a familiar feeding area, it might turn around in order to signal the group to change direction. Then, this bird becomes the new leader. It helps guarantee that other birds will know exactly where it is going. Then the whole group makes a change in direction, gently streaming from the sky down to the ground. This formation is like an arrow pointing to the location of food.Scientists have also studied the birds that sometimes fly in a ball-like formation. Researchers believe that the birds come together if a predator（天敌）is spotted. The predator may then become impatient waiting for a single bird to fly away from the group. The birds will often dip and dive as a group, frustrating even the most persistent enemy. Scientists report that this is a very effective method of defense against an attack.The birds care for their fellow fliers through teamwork. As transportation expert Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”When it comes to teamwork, these feathered fliers are a soaring success!63.According to the passage, we can learn that birds ___________.A.move faster than cyclistsB. prefer to fly in a V formationC. are smarter than other animalsD. play different roles in a formation64. When food is sighted, ____________.A.the group follows the discovererB. the lead bird decides what to doC. the discoverer leaves the groupD. the whole group forms a stream65.To protect themselves from attack, birds will _____________ .A. break into groupsB. come close togetherC. change directionsD. fly up and down66.Which is the best title for the passage?A.A Bird’s-Eye View of Teamwork.B. Success Takes Care of Itself.C. The Strongest Will Survive.D. A Science Behind Flying.DA MythIt is true that world population is growing, but this is not the cause of our current and future global problems. Believing this will cause us to ignore the real problem and risk long-term damage to our planet.Let me start by explaining why overpopulation is a myth. For one thing, the UN Population Division regularly predicts population growth but provides a low variant (变量), medium variant, and high variant to factor in various possibilities. In the 2010 revision, their high variant suggests that the world population will be almost 16 billion in 2100, but the low variant predicts it will peak at 8 billion and decrease to just over 6 billion by 2100. In most cases, it is the low variant that has come true in the past, suggesting the same will be true of their future population predictions. In addition to this, the size of families is actually decreasing.For another, if the Earth is overpopulated, there needs to be insufficient (短缺) food, water, and space for humans to live. However, Indian economist Raj Krishna estimates that India alone is able to increase crop produce to the point of providing the entire world’s food supply. The World Food Programme confirms that there is sufficient food grown to feed the world and there is the same amount of fresh water on the planet now as there was 10,000 years ago. So how is it possible that the number of people in the world is affecting our planet?Therefore, it is not an increase in population but an increase in consumption that is a severe threat. Materialism and overconsumption are facts of life for everybody in the western world, as possessions reflect a person’s status in society and people strive to obtain happiness through owning the latest fashionable goods. Not only that, but waste is a common occurrence which has a huge effect on our resources. It is a sad truth that 80% of the world’s resources are currently used by just 20% of the world’s population.Our overconsumption must be addressed now to make our lives more sustainable (可持续的) and avoid continuing the terrible damage to the environment we are causing. The key is education. If we do not work towards this but instead focus on the wrong issue, we may find ourselves living on a planet that can no longer sustain human life.67.According to the author, what causes our current and future global problems?A. The increase in population.B. Shortage of food and water.C. The fast growth of material needs.D. Failure to protect the environment.68. The underlined word “myth”in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.A. factB. misconceptionC. possibilityD. uncertainty69.The author stresses that _____.A.people should save food and waterB. economists are making wrong predictionsC. wrong judgment leads to serious consequencesD. measures should be taken to reduce population70.What is mainly discussed in the passage?A. The real cause of global problems.B. The severe effect of overpopulation.C. Reasonable use of natural resources.D. Methods to reduce over consumption. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。