天津铁厂二中15届高三上学期英语第一次月考试题

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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. I often read modern poetry _____ I don’t always understand it.

A. as long as        B. however         C. no matter that        D. although

2. Come and sit here in the _____.  The sun’s too bright.

A. dull             B. shade           C. dark                D. reflection

3. His experiment proved to be _____ success once again; that is, all his efforts ended in ______ success.

A. /; a              B. a; a            C. the; the              D. a; /

4. Mary is wearing the same blouse _____ I wore yesterday.

A. as              B. which           C. whose              D. what

5. Not until we are parents ourselves _____ what our parents did for us and what their lives were like.

A. did we realize     B. we realized       C. do we realize        D. we realize

6. Tony, turn off the iPad immediately.  It’s time that you should _____ your homework.

A. get down to      B. get along with     C. get away with        D. end up with

7. ____ that the design of the commercial advertisement is adopted by the company, when will we get paid?

A. To be assumed   B. Assumed          C. Assuming           D. To assume

8. ____ is known to me is that Jack has broken his promise _____he would buy me a laptop for my birthday.

A. What; that       B. It; which         C. What; which          D. It; that

9. The top players _____ from the whole city are expected to bring us honor in the national competition.

A. selecting        B. selected          C. to select              D. having selected

10. ________ the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.

A. Did he catch    B. should be catch     C. has he caught         D. Had he caught

11.― Can I ask you a few questions?

― Sure. __________!

A. It’s a pity      B. Fire away         C. On second thoughts     D. I’m hopeless at it

12. _______the good results of the exam, he jumped with joy, _______with a smile on his face.

A. Heard; satisfied                      B. On hearing; satisfying

C. Hearing; satisfied                     D. Hearing; being satisfied

13. I don’t remember how many years ago ____ I last showed you around the old campus.

A. it was that B. was it that C. it was which D. was it when

14. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up but you _____ it.

A. needn’t do B. shouldn’t do C. mustn’t have done D. needn’t have done

15. ―Why does Jane always ask you for help?

― There is no one else ________, is there?

A. who to turn to                         B. she can turn to

C. for whom to turn                       D. for her to turn

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。

During my stay at an orphanage(孤儿院)at the age of 9, a gentleman came and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so   16   of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an)   17  . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to   18   it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a  19  . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always kind but   20   with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so  21   and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a   22  , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was   23   it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand   24   it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you   25   to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I   26   with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was   27   stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but the dirt would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never   28   it. However, a year later during a cleaning-up, it was discovered. Painfully, I had to give the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, thinking that she would   29   it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I   30   that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her   31   to get something important. I followed her   32   into a dark corner. She picked something up.   33   she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of  34   to Mother Henderson, who kept the table for a young orphan who   35    it so much.

16. A. tired  B. ashamed   C. amused D. proud

17. A. wonder  B. award C. record    D. product

18. A. design  B. invent    C. paint  D. complete

19. A. reward   B. gift C. prize D. souvenir

20. A. satisfied  B. patient  C. strict  D. cruel

21. A. upset       B. amazed  C. excited D. confident

22. A. thief          B. hero  C. sword  D. flash

23. A. drying       B. observing   C. admiring   D. hiding

24. A. into       B. across   C. above  D. behind

25. A. supposed  B. embarrassed  C. encouraged  D. determined

26. A. agreed       B. whispered   C. sighed  D. argued

27. A. dirt   B. glue    C. paint D. wood

28. A. felt  B. shook   C. touched D. split

29. A. put    B. give    C. take D. throw

30. A. learned      B. expected      C. remembered D. recommended

31. A. bathroom  B. balcony  C. basement D. bedroom

32. A. curiously  B. unwillingly  C. doubtfully  D. worriedly

33. A. Before   B. Since   C. As    D. Until

34. A. admiration  B. gratitude C. sympathy D. regret

35. A. counted  B. mattered  C. minded  D. valued

第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2.5分， 满分50分)

A

"My dream has come true.I have always wanted to be a Grand Slam (大满贯) champion."These are the words of the Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win the Australian Open final on Jan.25th.2014.

"People were saying I'm getting old.So this is a great success for such an old woman." the 32-year-old girl joked.

Miss Li has a tattoo (文身). She has dyed her hair many different colors.And, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to "shut up" when they got too noisy in their support.

Li Na was born in Wuhan.She started to play tennis at the age of 6.She once recalled: "As a child.I suffered a lot because every day I had to wake up early to practice.After school I had to practice more.I didn't have time to play."

Luckily, the strong girl didn't give up, thus making history for Chinese tennis time after time.Now the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title."When you have one title, surely you will think about another," she says, not hiding her ambition.

"Chinese people are so lacking in confidence on the tennis court.If there is a person like me who can prove we Chinese can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same," she said.

36.Li Na began to learn playing tennis in the year of _____.

A.1988       B.1982  C.1986  D.1990

37.We can learn from the passage that _____.

A.Li Na is always impatient with her fans         B.Li Na is an old girl

C.Li Na is a fashionable girl                    D.Li Na is a girl without ambition

38.When she began to play tennis, Li Na was _____.

A.happy  B.sad     C.excited    D.bored

39.Which of the following is WRONG about Li Na?

A.Li Na took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.