天津市河西区2015届高三下学期总复习质量调查（二）英语试题

河西区2014-2015学年度第二学期高三年级总复习质量调查（二）

英 语 试 卷

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）、第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试用时100分钟。

第I卷（选择题共95分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1.— Do you like my lecture?

— ________, sir. In fact, I can’t understand everything you said. A. No doubt B. No way C. No offence D. No problem

2. There are many sayings in English urging us to be ______. For example, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” and “Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.” A. ambitious B. cautious C. merciful D. punctual

3.Life is to be enjoyed. There is no point in giving up something you enjoy ______you get something back that’s even better. A. because B. so C. unless D. though

4. — Jenny was _____to hospital with a soaring temperature this morning. — Really? I’ll go to see her this evening. A. admitted B. submitted C. distributed D. sentenced

5.When camping in woodland, avoid standing dead trees, which _____fall on a windy night. A. will B. must C. should D. may

6.The best way to get around London is self-driving. _____, if you don’t worry about dealing with taxi drivers, the city’s taxis provide an affordable alternative. A. However B. Therefore

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C. Instead D. Meanwhile

7.At that time, all of us were trying to maintain a tight ______, and spending had to be kept to minimum for economic survival. A. burden B. identity C. budget D. schedule

8.The Peony Pavilion, a play written by Tang Xianzu, is ______many people regard as the most romantic story in Chinese literature. A. that B. what C. why D. whether

9. When I pick up a new book in English, the first few chapters are usually hard to ______, as I have to get accustomed to the way the author uses the language. A. lay out B. touch on C. respond to

D. get through

10. —How come your mother can read books in German?

—Well, she ______ on a project with some German engineers for two years when she was young. A. works B. worked C. was working D. would work

11.Change can be scary, but it’s during transformations that some of the best opportunities present ______. A. it B. one C. those D. themselves

12. Fear is one of the many enemies hidden inside us, and if ______ uncontrolled, it can destroy our lives. A. leaving B. left C. having left D. to be left

13. It is known that theory is based on practice and ______ serves practice. A. in need

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B. in return C. in turn D. in place

14. Traditionally, the church and the pub are the heart of any village or town in Britain, ______ the local people gather together to socialize and exchange news. A. which B. when C. where D. whose

15.— Oh, dear. I wish we _____the lift.

— If I had known it was so far away, I wouldn’t have suggested walking. A. had taken B. are taking C. would take D. should have taken

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，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Carol Whitman, CPCC art instructor, has a piece of work on display in the Pease Gallery as part of the Recycling Exhibition through 7 December. It 16 me as a piece of rather dark work, not 17 because of the colors and materials used, but more specially by the 18 image of a simplified human from a wooden frame by red thin threads made 19 wool. Most fearsome but meaningful is the heart itself, a lump of what I later found out was 20 , hanging there seemingly without connection to the rest of the body.

21 to know more and hearing a murmur(低语) that the painting had a story 22 it. I went in search of Whitman and 23 her in her cheerful overcast office, filled with paintings and sculptures. Whitman told me about her 24 in the east of Kentucky where her childhood revolved around(围绕) life in a mining town. 25 her parents were both teachers, the majority of their friends and neighbors were connected in some way to the mines.

When she 26 home after having moved away, she said she became increasingly conscious of the damage strip mining(露天采矿) caused to the 27 she called “home”. She was struck by how the tops of mountains were being knocked off and the mining companies didn’t 28 to reestablish the landscape because 20 years ago it was cheaper for them to pay the fines than restore the landscape. Shocked by the 29 , she was inspired to create art reflecting her 30 of coal mining.

The figure in her piece is a mother earth figure and is made up of photographs of strip mines.“You could 31 the piece in several ways. It could be about the condition the earth is in, or it could be a(n) 32 reaction to the state the earth is in. I would hope it exists on both levels, personal and physical,” said Whitman.

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I didn’t noticed the strip mine initially 33 the beauty of the foreground, 34 sure enough, there was an annoyingscar reminding us that natural beauty is a fragile thing, easily destroyed and painfully slow to restore. Whitman’s 35 shows us all of that and leaves us looking for more.

16.A.moved B. struck C. held D. took 17.A.merely B. shortly C. hardly D. actually 18.A.touching B. disappointing C. pleasing D. disturbing 19.A.from B. by C. of D. into 20.A.coal B. stone C. rock D. dirt 21.A. …… 此处隐藏：5203字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……