阶段质量检测1

2014届高三英语阶段质量检测(一)第一部分：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30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和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Have you ever wondered what you would tell yourself if you had the chance to go back to the past? We all have those life lessons that could have __1__ significantly to our personal growth if only we had known them __2__.When I was 8 years old I was told I had leukemia (白血病). Although it is __3__ for a child to have cancer, I was somewhat lucky because I was unaware of the overall __4__ of it. Sure, I was sick, but I __5__.Two years later I had a relapse (复发), and it was much harder to __6__ it the second time. After receiving all kinds of treatments and a series of operations, I __7__ recovered. And I'm here 13 years later to tell my story.Because of __8__ the above things at a young age, I've learned things no other child gets the opportunity to. If I could go back and give my 8-year-old self __9__，I'd say：“Bryce, what you are about to experience is going to be one of the __10__ things anyone could face. You're going to have days when your body is so weak that others will have to __11__ you so that you can eat, drink, or sit up. You'll be so __12__ that for a year you won't be able to go outside or in public unless you wear a mask.”“That sounds bad, but it doesn't compare with what you'll learn because of it. You'll learn that no matter what bad things __13__ to you, you should make a good life out of what is left. You'll learn that you can never judge a person because you just don't know what __14__，illnesses, or trials they've been through.”To this day, my cancer experience works as a reminder that difficulties are not all bad, and I hope to live up to the __15__ I have of my personal growth. How about you? I hope the life lessons I've shared can help you reflect on your own.1．A. contributed B．owed C．replied D．referred2．A. recently B．immediately C．earlier D．further3．A. exciting B．interesting C．frightening D．confusing4．A. seriousness B．loneliness C．encouragement D．argument 5．A. gave away B．set off C．went up D．pulled through6．A. stress B．fight C．solve D．examine7．A. simply B．extremely C．actually D．eventually8．A. studying B．reading C．experiencing D．imagining9．A. advice B．knowledge C．news D．lie10．A. safest B．brightest C．cheapest D．toughest11．A. call B．find C．move D．persuade12．A. fat B．sick C．busy D．cold13．A. happen B．speak C．explain D．return14．A. challenges B．dreams C．projects D．plans15．A.conclusions B．expectations C．invitations D．considerations 第二节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分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词语的正确形式填空。

There are many beautiful, and sentimental songs about loneliness. The feeling is often thought to be a __16__ (create) source of inspiration. __17__，psychologists say that loneliness is more harmful than poetic. Loneliness can be __18__ dangerous to your health as smoking and obesity, according to some experts. Lack of connection with __19__ not only makes people unhappy, but it is also bad for the well-being of the body and mind. __20__ sense of rejection or isolation increases blood pressure, stress levels and general wear and tear as well as increasing your chances of developing Alzheimer's disease. Blood pressure is 16 points higher in lonely people over 65, __21__ can reduce their long-term health, according to the loneliness researcher Louise Hawkley from the University of Chicago. Research also shows that people __22__ large circles of friends enjoy longer lives than those __23__ have few friends around. Length of life increases __24__ 22 percent among people 70 and older with many friendships, according to some study. Those __25__ (want) to live a long healthy life should perhaps take the scientists' advice, and enjoy making many friendships while the sun shines.第二部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节：阅读理解(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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AWhen I was in the third grade, my mom and I helped found a mother-daughter book club. My mom joined hands with the four mothers of my best friends, and together we created the club. My mom felt she and the other chosen mothers couldraise us together in a special and meaningful way, with the good values and confidence that are necessary for us to become strong young women.We wanted to form a book club, specifically, because we all had a passion for reading. The discussions during the meetings often begin with conversations about problems in the text that the main character encounters and overcomes, and shift to conversations about similar problems we have experienced and dealt with while growing up. We can share our feelings and experiences with one another. I have always loved this aspect of our meetings.Our book club still maintains the same structure it has had for almost six years, with few exceptions. We meet on the first Friday of every month for dinner and a book discussion, and we take turns hosting the meeting at our houses. The hosting daughter makes up questions and leads the discussion. My favorite tradition is going to a hotel and staying there for a night for the first meeting of the year in October. It gives us a chance to reconnect after the summer vacation, share our favorite summer read, and plan the list of books for the upcoming year.When we first started the club, the mothers created the reading list, choosing books that have strong female characters. Now that the girls are teenagers, we all work together to give input into forming the list. We are now in our sixth year together, and our meetings have always been, and will remain, a highlight of my month. Regardless of how busy our lives are or how many times we have to reschedule the meeting date, we try never to miss a month.26．What do we know about the other mothers in the club?A．They're better at educating children than the author's mother.B．They came up with the idea of founding the club.C．Their children are the author's good friends.D．They are the best friends of the author's mother.27．We can learn from the second paragraph that ________.A．not all of the children in the book club like readingB．the author tries to experience the same problems as the characters in the books C．the problems the children experience while growing up are the main topic of their discussionsD．the author likes sharing her feelings and experiences with others in the club 28．Meetings of the book club are often held ________.A．at big hotels B．at the members' homesC．during summer vacations D．at the end of every year29．What does the author think of the club meetings?A．She thinks they should hold fewer meetings.B．She regards them as an important part of her life.C．She believes they should organize more activities for the meetings.D．She thinks the meeting date shouldn't be changed whatever happens.30．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Mother-daughter book clubs enrich reading and relationships.B．Tips for founding your own mother-daughter book club.C．Books that young girls should read with their mothers.D．Raise your children in a special and meaningful way.BWe know the famous ones — the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells — but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper (雨刮器)? Shouldn't we know who they are?Joan McLean thinks so. In fact, McLean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she's developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”，however, McLean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions. Acc ording to McLean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean's statement. “If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper's invention，”said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major，“I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive.” Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn't be a built-in device forcleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操杆) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. It's hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan's traffic light. It's equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett's innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?31．By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”，the author indicates that countless inventions are________.A．beneficial, because their inventors are famousB．beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC．not useful, because their inventors are less famousD．not useful, though their inventors are famous32．Professor Joan McLean's course aims to ________.A．add colour and variety to students' campus lifeB．inform students of the windshield wiper's inventionC．carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD．prepare students to try their own invention33．Tommy Lee's invention of the unbreakable umbrella was ________.A．not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerB．inspired by the story behind the windshield wiperC．due to his dream of being caught in a rainstormD．not related to Professor Joan McLean's lectures34．The windshield wiper was invented by ________.A．Mary Anderson B．Joan McLeanC．Garrett A. Morgan D．Tommy Lee35．Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?A．How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?B．How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?C．Shouldn't We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?D．Shouldn't We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?CWhat a newspaper includes is decided by its editors. The managing editordecides which stories are newsworthy and gives reporters their tasks. To an editor, there are two kinds of news: hard news, such as the election (选举) of a president, and soft news. Soft news includes stories about a new dance craze, a beautiful historic building, or an interesting person. The soft news fills whatever space is left after the hard news is put into the newspaper space. There is also public service news to fit in — information about meetings and lectures, free health programs, or changes in a local library's hours.The managing editor decides how important a story is. If a story is very important, it is marked for a headline on the front page. Less important stories appear farther b ack in the gaper. The story editor takes a story and decides to “boil or trim it”. If the editor decides to boil a story, it becomes front-page news. A story that is trimmed is written in a shorter article.Depending on the size of a paper, there may be a sports editor, a business editor, or an art editor. On a small weekly paper, an editor may cover two or more of these areas. Once all the stories are written, they are given to a copy editor, who corrects any mistakes and fits the articles into the newspaper's format (版式)．The makeup editor, with the managing editor, usually decides how the paper will look. This editor's job is to decide whether a page will carry two stories and four ads or six stories and one ad. Editors may rewrite or redesign many of the pages as more stories come from the pressroom.36．An example of hard news is ________.A．the election of a president B．a story about a historic buildingC．a new fashion in clothes D．information about health programs 37．Where a news story is put in the newspaper depends on ________.A．its length B．its styleC．its importance D．its title38．What does the underlined word “trim” in the second paragraph mean?A．Reduce in size. B．Increase in length.C．Beautify in appearance. D．Change in shape.39．Correcting the mistakes of all the articles is the work of ________.A．makeup editors B．copy editorsC．managing editors D．business editors40．What's the purpose of the passage?A．To persuade people to work as editors.B．To tell the readers how editors are educated.C．To introduce some famous editors.D．To show how a newspaper is made.DThe Dead Sea has played an important role in the human cultures surrounding it throughout human history. It is a salt lake in the Middle East, bordered by Jordan and Israe l. Very small for a “sea”，the Dead Sea is 42 miles long and 11 miles wide at its widest point. The Jordan River flows into it; no water flows out.The Dead Sea's most notable natural features are its height compared to sea level and its salinity (盐度). At 1,385 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea and the land around its banks are the lowest point on earth that is not beneath the surface of a body of water. The salinity of the Dead Sea is 33.7% (compared to 3%～4% for the world's oceans). The high salt content means that there are no fish or other animals or plants in the Dead Sea.On the north end of the Dead Sea is Jericho, which some historians identify as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world, with a settlement there as long as 11,000 years ago. Those living around the Dead Sea have long benefited from it, as its water and mud can be used as medicine or as cosmetics (化妆品). Throughout Christian history, the distant Dead Sea area has been a place of pilgrimage (朝圣) for those who believe in gods and many temples have been built there.In modern times, the Dead Sea has been used as a source of minerals valuable to agriculture and industry. It continues to attract tourists. The water is used in the treatment of skin diseases. There are a number of health hospitals and hot springs along its shores.41．What can we learn from the first paragraph?A．The Dead Sea has a bad effect on human cultures.B．The Dead Sea is the smallest sea in the world.C．The Dead Sea is bordered by more than one country.D．The Dead Sea is becoming larger and larger.42．The water of the Dead Sea ________.A．flows into a river B．contains much saltC．is home to many plants D．is poor in minerals43．How do people living around the Dead Sea benefit from it?A．They use its water directly in agriculture.B．They raise special fish in it.C．They use its water and mud as medicine or as cosmetics. D．They raise many animals around it.44．What is the last paragraph mainly about?A．How the Dead Sea is used nowadays.B．Why the Dead Sea is used in industry.C．Who are living around the Dead Sea.D．Why tourists come to the Dead Sea.45．The writer wrote this passage mainly to ________. A．persuade people to visit the Dead SeaB．report the history of the Dead SeaC．call on people to protect the Dead SeaD．introduce the Dead Sea and the surrounding culture第二节：信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。