雷州市附城中学2015届高三第一次月考英语试卷
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson that little things still mean a lot. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I started my car and I 1 down at the roadside, a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it up and 2 it carefully.
The form turned out to be a 3 from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’ 4 of their vehicle’s registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their 5 and figured：no one would throw this out, 6 if it was current.
Although the form had been blown here, where in the busy, 7 parking lot would I find the owner? So I checked the date and noted the name of the 8 , who must be in our town. I thought that the best and easiest step to 9 was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and 10 it by post. So I did it.
On the weekend, a 11 couple called at my house and brought me a big 12 . They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt(收据) 13 everywhere before giving up. Without it they would 14 $8, 000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone 15 a major trouble by doing something which at first glance seemed minor. 1. A. glanced B. went C. broke D. set 2. A. read B. cleaned C. touched D. saw
3. A. report B. decision C. message D. receipt 4. A. development B. payment C. permission D. plan 5. A. clothes B. hat C. shoes D. shirt
6. A. especially B. occasionally C. usually D. generally 7. A. lonely B. narrow C. empty D. crowded 8. A. guest B. owner C. partner D. host 9. A. have B. get C. take D. bring 10. A. sell B. mail C. carry D. fly 11. A. worried B. disappointed C. lucky D. happy 12. A. surprise B. form C. gift D. joy 13. A. quickly B. slowly C. curiously D. madly 14. A. drop B. earn C. lose D. get 15. A. avoid B. meet C. overcome D. defeat
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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。 My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong 16. ________ August 15, 2011. He had dreamed about 17. ________ (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he 18. ________ (be) there. The following was 19. _________ he had seen.
20. _________ (arrive) there, he 21. __________ (impress) by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. It is said that Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he went, he saw many smiling faces there. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easygoing and ready to help 22. _________. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. 23. _______ crowds of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such a low voice as not to disturb one another.
Chinese and English are their official languages. English is 24. _________ (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.
Staying there for only a week was a good experience for him, 25. ________ he will never forget.
Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节, 满分50分)
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和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 (A) I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的)farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go . It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone…even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩).”I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said. Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door .He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground.” She was such a good cow!I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.
26.The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means ________ . A.expect B.understand C.see clearly D.hear clearly 27.Before he arrived at the farmer’s house, the writer expected to see Milly lying ________ .
A.on the ground of a barn B.on the floor of a room. C.in bed in a room D.in bed in a barn 28.What do we know about Milly from the story? A.She had met with an accident. B.She had caused a scandal C.She was seriously ill. D.She was hidden somewhere.
29.The farmer wished that the writer might ________ . A.look into the matter
B.bring Milly back to life C.free him from a scandal
D.keep the whole thing a secret
30.The person who told the story is probably a ________ .
A.farmer B.policeman C.country doctor D.newspaper reporter
B
Is it worth it to go to college? This has been questioned a lot recently in America. According to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of Americans felt that colleges provided a good value for the cost. At the same time, 86 percent of college graduates still felt it was good for them. There are a number of reasons for such dissatisfaction with college. First, there are plenty of problems with higher education --- poor quality and out-of-control costs are two of the biggest. Second, it is true that college is not for everyone. Plenty of rewarding and important careers do not require college. And due to the slow economy, there may in fact be more graduates than the current job market needs. Besides, anti-college feelings are nothing new. Today, Microsoft's Bill Gates or Apple's Steve Jobs --- both college dropouts--- is often held up as evidence of why all that time sitting in class is better spent elsewhere.
However, getting a college education is still a good idea. College graduates earn more, and are more likely to have a job in the first place. According to the statistics last year, the average weekly earnings for someone with some college education but no degrees were $712, compared to $1,038 for a college graduate. That is almost $17,000 over the course of a year and there is an even bigger divide for those with less education. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate was 9.2 percent for those with only some college education and more than 10 percent for those with just a middle school degree, but it was 5.4 percent for college graduates. The economic gaps between college completers and those with less education are getting larger. Although most Americans surveyed by Pew feel doubtful about the value of a college degree, an overwhelming majority of parents Pew surveyed still expect their children to go to college. \significantly influenced decision making,\Pew's Taylor says. \the concern about rising costs and other problems, college remains a universal desire in this country.\
31. Recently many Americans question_______.
A. the value of receiving college education B. the ability of college graduates C. the quality of college education D. the high cost of a college degree 32. According to the passage, Bill Gates was______.
A. a self-taught college student B. a hardworking undergraduate C. a successful college dropout D. a unsuccessful college graduate 33. The writer seems to agree that______.
A. there is no need to go to college B. anti-college feelings are a new thing