发布时间 : 星期一 文章福建省安溪第八中学2014-2015学年高一下学期期中质量检测英语试卷更新完毕开始阅读
decision：Why was he in this completely abnormal (反常的) mental (精神) state? How could anyone turn_his_back on Fleet Street in central London for a small area in the countryside? I wanted to know.
Now when I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure.He lived in all unattractive London suburb (郊区) and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains to and back from his work.
29．The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ________. A. we always try to find some time to write a book B. we always make plans but seldom complete them C. we always enjoy many of life's best moments D. we always do what we really want to do
30．The underlined phrase―turn his back‖(Paragraph 6)most probably means ________. A. leave for C. give up
A. in an abnormal mental state C. not well-paid
B. return to D. rely on
B. under too much pressure D. not respected
31．The man left his first job because he was ________.
32．What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Provide Homes for Our Family B. Take Up Horse-Riding C. Value This Very Day D. Stay Alive D
Recently, we’ve been talking about how we need better teachers. There’s no doubt that a great teacher can help in a student’s achievement but here’s what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents.
Every three years, the organization called O.E.C.D. organizes exams as part of the Program for International Student Assessment (评估), or PISA, which tests 15-year-olds on their abilities to solve real problems. America’s 15-year-olds have not done as well as students in Singapore, Finland and Shanghai in the PISA exams.
To better understand the reasons, the PISA team, starting with four countries in 2006, and then adding 14 more in 2009, went to the parents of 5,000 students. They interviewed them about how they raised their kids and then compared it with the test results for each of those years. Two weeks ago, the PISA team published the main findings of its study:
Fifteen-year-olds whose parents often read books with them during their first year of primary school get much higher scores in PISA 2009 than students whose parents don’t often read with them or not at all. Parents’ concern for their children is strongly connected with better results in PISA.
According to Schleicher, the leader of the team, just asking your children how their school day was and showing great interest in their learning can help a lot. It is something every parent can do, no matter what their education level.
The study found that getting parents concerned about their children’s learning at home is more powerful than parents attending parent-teacher meetings, volunteering in classrooms, taking part in money-raising, and showing up at back-to-school nights.
To be sure, nothing can replace a good teacher. But let’s stop putting the whole responsibility on teachers. We also need better parents. Better parents can make teaching more effective (有效
的).
33. The study was done in ________ countries in total in 2009.
A. 4 B. 14 C. 18 D. 40 34. It is suggested in the study that parents should ________. A. try to search for better teachers B. put the whole duty on teachers C. care about their children’s school life D. ask their children to read more books 35. What’s the best title for the passage? A. Better Parents Are Needed B. Better Teachers Are Needed C. A Study by the PISA Team D. An Interview with Parents
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文。根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意：选E涂AB；选F涂AC；选G涂AD）
The cure for sleeping problems can often be found in your daily routine. Your day-to-day lifestyle choices greatly influence the quality of your nightly rest. The following tips will help you to get a better sleep.
Set a regular bedtime. 36 Choose a time when you normally feel tired to go to bed so that you don’t toss and turn（辗转反侧，难以入眠）for hours before falling asleep. Try not to break this routine at the weekend, when you may want to stay up late. If you want to change your bedtime, help your body adjust (适应) by making the change gradually.
37 If you can’t avoid the noise of barking dogs, loud neighbors, city traffic, or other people in your household, try masking (掩盖) it with a fan, recordings of smoothing (舒缓的) sounds, or white noise白噪音（用以掩盖令人心烦的杂音）;. You can buy a special sound machine or produce your own white noise by setting your radio between stations. 38 . Keep your room cool. 39 Most people sleep best in a slightly cool room (around 65℉ or 18℃). A bedroom that is too hot or cold is not good for your sleep.
40 You should have enough room to sleep comfortably. If you often wake up with a sore back or an aching neck, you may need to buy a new mattress (床垫) or a different pillow.
A. Try to keep the noise down. B. Earplugs (耳塞) may also help.
C. Make sure your bed is comfortable.
D. Go to bed at the same time every night. E. Spend more time outside in the daytime.
F. The temperature of your bedroom also affects your sleep.
G. If you are getting enough sleep, you should wake up naturally without an alarm. 第三部分：完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
That was when my son was 6 years old. My son is now 22 but whenever I look at him even as a grown man, I remember the small child with 41 . Our cat was 42 to give birth. And like all young children, my son was very interested
in the birth of the babies. During the following week, he never stopped 43 me for a chance to witness it. At last, I agreed. I answered all his questions and prepared him the best 44 he might not be shocked or frightened.
That 45 when my son arrived home, one baby cat had been born. He was so 46 at what he saw that he would put his hand on the mother cat’s stomach and feel the other babies 47 . When the mother cat began to 48 very loudly, it was clear that the second baby was on its way. My son 49 but never said a word. Then he asked me, ―Mum, why does she cry so loudly when the baby comes?‖ I 40 that it was not a hurtful pain but a pain of great pleasure 51 the mother.
When the 52 of the third baby was coming by the crying of the mother cat, my son 53 hugged (拥抱) me with tears 54 his face, saying, ―Mum, I’m sorry for the 55 I brought you to have me.‖ My heart almost stopped. With a(n) 56 choice of words, I told him that his birth had brought me 57 but smiles, and that I would like to 58 it 100 times.
Now my son is a grown man, but he always 59 that night, for it was on that night that he finally 600 what the word ―love‖ meant. 41. A. smiles 42. A. willing 43. A. begging 44. A. unless 45. A. morning 46. A. amazed 47. A. jumping 48. A. laugh 49. A. watched 50. A. realized 51. A. in 52. A. loss
B. tears
C. interest C. ready C. thanking C. as if C. noon C. angry C. cry
D. care D. upset D. commanding D. so that D. night D. sad D. growing D. shout D. responded D. added D. for D. protection D. naturally D. turning down D. violence D. informal D. everything D. go through D. prefers D. doubted
B. determined B. searching B. until
B. afternoon B. frightened B. cough B. noticed B. with
B. sleeping C. moving
C. found C. on
B. explained B. birth
C. expressed
C. performance C. setting down C. cruelty C. useless
C. nothing C. ignores
53. A. suddenly 55. A. pain
B. peacefully C. actually B. trial B. careful
54. A. calming down B. rolling down 56. A. hopeful 58. A. join in 59. A. regrets
57. A. something B. anything
B. suffer from B. remembers B. decided
C. dream of C. admitted
60. A. understood
第 Ⅱ 卷（非选择题, 共50分）
第一节：语法填空题（共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分）
阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Vikings were the first Europeans_ 61__(reach) America. They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail. The Vikings were a group of people ___62___ancestors came from Scandinavia.By around 900AD,there were many places in 63 (North) Europe where the Vikings chose to live.In 982AD,when a man___64__(call) Eric the Red decided to set sail further west, there were as mang as 10,000Vikings ___65___(live) in Iceland. According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eri the Red____66___(force) to leave Iceland ____67___ he ___68___(commit) a murder,for which he got into trouble,Eric reached Greenland and discoered that people could live in the place where he landed. He returned to Iceland and told people there __ 69___ Greenland.He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland.Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, __70___ only 14 made it to Greenland. 第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处, 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2.只允许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In 1960s,a group of cycling fans had a idea.They believed that it would better for everybody if cars weren’t allowed in the city centre and only bicycles was.They were hopeful that this would help to save energies, reduce pollution and provide freely public transport.The group painted hundred of bicycles white and placed them in lots of neighbourhoods around Amsterdam for people use.Anyone was allowed to take them and use them for short journeys.Wherever someone finished a journey they would leave the bike there for someone else to use it.The problem was it didn’t work－thieves took all the bicycles within weeks.
第三节 书面表达 (满分25分)
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