2014年重庆一中2014级高三英语下学期第三次月考试卷及答案
秘密★启用前
英语试题卷共9页。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项：
1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。
4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
1. — Can you finish the novel in _____ hour or two?
— You must be joking; it’s out of _____ question.
2. —What is the man over there?
—I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be ____ but a teacher.
3. —Not getting that interview opportunity was a big letdown.
—It’s no big deal. Something better will _____.
4. —Why! I couldn’t get you on the phone yesterday afternoon?
—We _____ kites in the yard when you phoned.
5. _____ abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like him.
6. _____ realize Linda was interested in luxury cars until I heard that she owned a
Porsche and a Ferrari.
7. John enjoys football but he knows the fact _____ he doesn’t have _____ it takes to be a professional.
8. — What’s up?
— There are so many problems _____.
9. Peter was much depressed as he didn’t sell half as many computers as he thought he _____.
10. — Did you make it at last?
— Yes. But for your help,it _____ a serious loss.
11. Please remain quiet in this area while the board meeting is _____.
12. —I hear your brother likes computer games, music, beer and fine food.
—Oh, yeah, and music may have been ____ of his tastes.
13. There are many smokers in China, _____ the number of students who pick up this habit _____ increased a lot.
14. An EU official stressed that _____ effective measures could be taken, the future for Europe was indeed dark.
15. —What’s the capital of Finland?
—Well，I don"t know. _____!
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One night，at 11:30 p.m.，an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to bear a lashing 16 . Her car had broken 17 and she desperately needed a ride. Completely wet，she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her—generally 18 of in those conflict-filled 1960s.The man took her to 19 ，helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry，but wrote down his 20 ，thanked him.
Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. 21 his surprise，a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It 22 ，“Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes 23 my spirits. Then you appeared. Because of you，I was able to make it to my 24 husband’s bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly 25 others.”
As is known to all, money can’t buy happiness. Is it true? Studies have been 26 out on people with sudden wealth, such as lottery winners. In most cases, after the beginning 27 had worn off, people weren’t left with a sense of lasting happiness. Actually, they 28 to return to the way of life before they were rich. Those who were miserable before 29 back into misery.
If 30 wealth doesn’t bring happiness, then what does? Perhaps happiness has something to do with where you live. The World Database on Happiness have studied 31 of happiness in different countries. 32 people in America, and Canada are very happy; people living in India and Russia, not surprisingly, aren’t happy. And other studies point to the importance of relationships. 33 relationships in particular seem to be the key to long-term happiness, such as falling in love and having children.
Nowadays people look on 34 as a substitute of satisfaction. People increasingly spend more time alone watching TV or surfing the Internet rather than spending time with family. Can it truly make people happy? You know the 35 .
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。
I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.”
When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense——there is a reason for everything that happens.
The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.
45. What can we learn from Return policy?
A. Any product bought can be returned if they are undamaged.
B. The store pay back your money in cash whatever way you use.
C. The valid time for return service is within 180 days.
D. The return service only goes for IKEA stores in mainland China.
46. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. Your new kitchen is available in an easy way.
B. The furniture can be transported to your house.
C. They have flexible payment choices.
D. You can enjoy delicious food in IKEA.
47. The passage is probably taken from ______.
Scientists have long puzzled over how iguanas, a group of lizards(蜥蜴) mostly found in the Americas, came to live in the isolated Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga. Some scientists used to suppose that they must have traveled there on a raft, a journey of around 5,000 miles from South America to the islands. There are documented cases of iguanas reaching remote Caribbean islands and the Galapagos Islands on floating logs. But new research in January by Brice Noonan and Jack Sites suggested that iguanas may have simply walked to Fiji and Tonga when the islands were still a part of an ancient southern supercontinent.
The ancient supercontinent was made up of present-day Africa, Australia, Antarctica and parts of Asia. If that’s the case, the island species would need to be very old. Using “molecular (分子) clock” analysis of living iguanas’ DNA, Noonan and Sites found that, sure enough, the lineage of iguanas has been around for more than 60 million years—easily old enough to have been in the area when the islands were still connected by land bridges to Asia or Australia.
Fossils (化石) uncovered in Mongolia suggest that iguanid ancestors did once live in Asia. Though there’s currently no fossil evidence of iguanas in Australia, that doesn’t necessarily mean they were never there. “The fossil record of this continent is surprisingly poor and cannot be taken as evidence of true absence,” the authors write.
So if the iguanas simply walked to Fiji and Tonga from Asia or possibly Australia, why are they not also found on the rest of the Pacific islands? Noonan and Sites say fossil evidence suggests that iguana species did once inhabit other islands, but went extinct right around the time when humans settled in those islands. But Fiji and Tonga have a much shorter history of human presence, which may have helped the iguanas living there to escape extinction.
The researchers say that their study can’t completely rule out the rafting theory, but it does make the land bridge theory “far more reasonable than previously thought.”
48. What did some scientists previously believe about the iguanas?
单项填空： 1-5: ABBCC 6-10: DDDDC 11-15: ABABB
完型：16-20: CBDAD 21-25: BCCAA 26-30: CCCAA
31-35: DBACB
阅读：36-39: BCDC 40-43:BCBD 44-47: ADCA 48-51: BBCD
52-55: ACCD
写作一（满分15分）
As is mentioned in the material, we are confronted with a problem that there are still many people smoking in public places in China.
From my perspective, smoking in public places should be banned. For one thing, smoking in public places can do more harm to non-smokers, which lead to many incurable diseases. For another thing, it will pollute our environment by giving off poisonous chemicals.
Never will we build and enjoy a beautiful and harmonious country unless we prohibit smoking in public places. Remember everybody is responsible for it.
写作二（满分20分）
Dear editor:
As the College Entrance Exam is drawing close, many students are under great pressure, resulting in a lot of problems.
Some students can’t sleep well and find it difficult to concentrate on class. Some students are always in a bad mood. There are many reasons accounting for these problems. They are afraid that they won’t get the ideal scores they expect. They are worried they can’t live up to their parents’ expectations. They even think their future will be totally dark if they fail. These students are almost stressed out.
So how to relieve pressure? Listen to some music when you feel tired. Talk to your friends, your teachers or your parents when you lose confidence. Taking exercise and going out to enjoy fresh air are also necessary.
Those mentioned above are all my suggestions. Hopefully these tips can help you. Wish you success in the College Entrance Exam!
Yours sincerely,
2014年重庆一中高2014级高三下期第三次月考
英 语 试 题 卷 2014.5
英语试题卷共9页。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项：
1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。
4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。
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，共15分）
1. — Can you finish the novel in _____ hour or two?
— You must be joking; it’s out of _____ question.
A. an; the | B. /; / | C. an; a | D. an; / |
2. —What is the man over there?
—I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be ____ but a teacher.
A. anybody | B. anything | C. nobody | D. nothing |
3. —Not getting that interview opportunity was a big letdown.
—It’s no big deal. Something better will _____.
A. take on | B. come along | C. go by | D. fall in |
4. —Why! I couldn’t get you on the phone yesterday afternoon?
—We _____ kites in the yard when you phoned.
A. could be flying | B. might have flied |
C. must have been flying | D. should be flying |
5. _____ abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like him.
A. Taking | B. Taken |
C. Being taken | D. Having been taken |
6. _____ realize Linda was interested in luxury cars until I heard that she owned a
Porsche and a Ferrari.
A. Much I did | B. Little I did | C. Much did I | D. Little did I |
7. John enjoys football but he knows the fact _____ he doesn’t have _____ it takes to be a professional.
A. that; that | B. which; what | C. what; that | D. that; what |
8. — What’s up?
— There are so many problems _____.
A. remained to be solved | B. remaining to solve |
C. remained solving | D. remaining to be solved |
9. Peter was much depressed as he didn’t sell half as many computers as he thought he _____.
A. will | B. did | C. was | D. would |
10. — Did you make it at last?
— Yes. But for your help,it _____ a serious loss.
A. had caused | B. must have caused |
C. would have caused | D. may cause |
11. Please remain quiet in this area while the board meeting is _____.
A. in progress | B. in public | C. in sight | D. in advance |
12. —I hear your brother likes computer games, music, beer and fine food.
—Oh, yeah, and music may have been ____ of his tastes.
A. rather more respectable | B. the most respectable |
C. far the most respectable | D. more respectable one |
13. There are many smokers in China, _____ the number of students who pick up this habit _____ increased a lot.
A. where; has | B. which; has | C. where; have | D. as; have |
14. An EU official stressed that _____ effective measures could be taken, the future for Europe was indeed dark.
A. until | B. unless | C. since | D. while |
15. —What’s the capital of Finland?
—Well，I don"t know. _____!
A. It doesn’t matter | B. You’ve got me there |
C. It’s a long story | D. I’ ll see to it |
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
One night，at 11:30 p.m.，an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to bear a lashing 16 . Her car had broken 17 and she desperately needed a ride. Completely wet，she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her—generally 18 of in those conflict-filled 1960s.The man took her to 19 ，helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry，but wrote down his 20 ，thanked him.
Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. 21 his surprise，a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It 22 ，“Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes 23 my spirits. Then you appeared. Because of you，I was able to make it to my 24 husband’s bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly 25 others.”
16. A. flood | B. earthquake | C. rainstorm | D. thunder |
17. A. up | B. down | C. off | D. in |
18. A. unseen | B. unknown | C. unaccepted | D. unheard |
19. A. safety | B. home | C. danger | D. station |
20. A. story | B. message | C. number | D. address |
21. A. For | B. To | C. In | D. From |
22. A. wrote | B. praised | C. read | D. printed |
23. A. and | B. so | C. but | D. except |
24. A. dying | B. sleepy | C. ill | D. crying |
25. A. serving | B. loving | C. driving | D. waiting |
B
As is known to all, money can’t buy happiness. Is it true? Studies have been 26 out on people with sudden wealth, such as lottery winners. In most cases, after the beginning 27 had worn off, people weren’t left with a sense of lasting happiness. Actually, they 28 to return to the way of life before they were rich. Those who were miserable before 29 back into misery.
If 30 wealth doesn’t bring happiness, then what does? Perhaps happiness has something to do with where you live. The World Database on Happiness have studied 31 of happiness in different countries. 32 people in America, and Canada are very happy; people living in India and Russia, not surprisingly, aren’t happy. And other studies point to the importance of relationships. 33 relationships in particular seem to be the key to long-term happiness, such as falling in love and having children.
Nowadays people look on 34 as a substitute of satisfaction. People increasingly spend more time alone watching TV or surfing the Internet rather than spending time with family. Can it truly make people happy? You know the 35 .
26. A. taken | B. sent | C. carried | D. held |
27. A. luck | B. gift | C. joy | D. envy |
28. A. stopped | B. forced | C. tended | D. regretted |
29. A. sink | B. look | C. date | D. break |
30. A. material | B. spiritual | C. mental | D. physical |
31. A. definitions | B. standards | C. senses | D. levels |
32. A. Strangely | B. Apparently | C. Hopefully | D. Curiously |
33. A. Family | B. Partner | C. Relative | D. Society |
34. A. environment | B. civilization | C. technology | D. situation |
35. A. word | B. answer | C. reaction | D. reflection |
第二部分：阅读理解（每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.”
When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense——there is a reason for everything that happens.
The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.
36. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?
A. They died from accidents.
B. They both died of old age.
B. They both died of old age.
C. They died due to lack of care by family members.
D. They weren’t accustomed to the change in life.
D. They weren’t accustomed to the change in life.
37. People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because______.
A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow
B. they don’t know that natural course of events
C. they believe that it is their fault
C. they believe that it is their fault
D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction
38. People have believed since early childhood that______.
A. everybody is at their command
B. life and death is an unsolved mystery
C. every story should have a happy ending
B. life and death is an unsolved mystery
C. every story should have a happy ending
D. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens
39. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Two sons blamed themselves for their mother’s death.
B. Things don’t always go well as we expect.
C. Two factors account for guilty sense.
D. Baby’s wishes lead everything to happen.
The cash machine is 47 years old, but where was the birthplace of this world-beating invention? New York? Tokyo? No. The first ever cash machine was born in Enfield Town, north London. It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account. It struck the inventor while he was in the bath. He hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, replacing chocolate with cash.
On September 2 in 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) appeared in public, giving out cash to customers at Chemical Bank, New York. It was only able to give out cash, but in 1971, an ATM that could handle many functions, including depositing(存款) money, was introduced. Today there are over one million ATMs around the world, with a new one added every five minutes. It is reported that Americans over the age of 18 use their ATM card six to eight times a mouth. Not surprisingly, ATMs get their busiest workouts on Fridays. In the 1990s, banks began charging fees to use ATMs, a profitable move for them and an annoying one for consumers.
Consumers were also faced with an increase in ATM crimes. Robbers preyed(抢夺) on people using money machines in poorly lit or otherwise unsafe locations, and criminals also thought up ways to steal customers’ PINs (personal identification numbers), even setting up fake money machines to capture the information. In response, city and state governments passed laws such as New York’s ATM Safety Act in 1996, which required banks to install such things as surveillance cameras (监控摄像头), reflective mirrors and locked entryways for their ATMs.
40. What does the underlined word, “It”, in the first paragraph, probably refer to?
A. The opening time of the bank.
B. The concept of an ATM.
C. Ordinary banking service.
D. The act of withdrawing cash.
41. Which of the following is true about ATM?
A. It appeared earlier than the chocolate bar dispenser.
B. It was invented by a Scottish man in 1971.
C. It was at first free of charge for its consumers.
D. It was originally designed to deposit money.
42. What can we learn from the text?
A. Americans under the age of 18 are not allowed to have an ATM card.
B. People are more likely to turn to ATMs for banking service on Fridays.
C. Criminals usually choose unsafe locations to steal customers’ PINs.
D. The ATM crime rate in New York is much lower than that in other states.
43. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A. How to Operate on an ATM
B. What is Waiting for ATMs in the Future?
C. The First ATM Opened for Business
D. The Unknown Truth about ATMs
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Old Kitchen Removing Service
Are you going to buy a brand-new kitchen in IKEA? So how to do with your old kitchen at home? Don’t worry! IKEA is now providing professional dismantling and removing service for old kitchen to you. By this service you can have your new kitchen at home easily. (For service detail and charge please go to the staff of kitchen department.)
Transport Service
Need a way to get your new home-furnishings home? You can rent a transport or hire us to deliver it for you. Just talk to our Customer Service department for details.
Return Policy
As long as the items are undamaged, unassembled and unused, you could return them in their original package within 60days (IKEA FAMILY member within 180days) together with your original receipt/invoice (bank card POS receipt is needed if you have paid this way), we will refund you the same way as you have paid.
Sorry, we cannot accept exchange or return of food, plants, liquid bathing products, AS-IS products, customized products, kitchen electrical appliance and all products that have already been cut, sewed or painted. “The exchange and return policy above applies only to the products purchased from IKEA stores in mainland China.”
IKEA Restaurant/Café
The restaurant/cafe serves both classic Swedish dishes and local favorites, and is one of the most popular areas of the whole IKEA store. Shopping at IKEA is fun and offers great value, but can also be hard work, so stop by and treat yourself to a refreshing drink and a bite to eat.
44. The underlined word “dismantling” refers to ______.
39. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Two sons blamed themselves for their mother’s death.
B. Things don’t always go well as we expect.
C. Two factors account for guilty sense.
D. Baby’s wishes lead everything to happen.
B
The cash machine is 47 years old, but where was the birthplace of this world-beating invention? New York? Tokyo? No. The first ever cash machine was born in Enfield Town, north London. It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account. It struck the inventor while he was in the bath. He hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, replacing chocolate with cash.
On September 2 in 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) appeared in public, giving out cash to customers at Chemical Bank, New York. It was only able to give out cash, but in 1971, an ATM that could handle many functions, including depositing(存款) money, was introduced. Today there are over one million ATMs around the world, with a new one added every five minutes. It is reported that Americans over the age of 18 use their ATM card six to eight times a mouth. Not surprisingly, ATMs get their busiest workouts on Fridays. In the 1990s, banks began charging fees to use ATMs, a profitable move for them and an annoying one for consumers.
Consumers were also faced with an increase in ATM crimes. Robbers preyed(抢夺) on people using money machines in poorly lit or otherwise unsafe locations, and criminals also thought up ways to steal customers’ PINs (personal identification numbers), even setting up fake money machines to capture the information. In response, city and state governments passed laws such as New York’s ATM Safety Act in 1996, which required banks to install such things as surveillance cameras (监控摄像头), reflective mirrors and locked entryways for their ATMs.
40. What does the underlined word, “It”, in the first paragraph, probably refer to?
A. The opening time of the bank.
B. The concept of an ATM.
C. Ordinary banking service.
D. The act of withdrawing cash.
41. Which of the following is true about ATM?
A. It appeared earlier than the chocolate bar dispenser.
B. It was invented by a Scottish man in 1971.
C. It was at first free of charge for its consumers.
D. It was originally designed to deposit money.
42. What can we learn from the text?
A. Americans under the age of 18 are not allowed to have an ATM card.
B. People are more likely to turn to ATMs for banking service on Fridays.
C. Criminals usually choose unsafe locations to steal customers’ PINs.
D. The ATM crime rate in New York is much lower than that in other states.
43. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A. How to Operate on an ATM
B. What is Waiting for ATMs in the Future?
C. The First ATM Opened for Business
D. The Unknown Truth about ATMs
C
We offer a full range of services to make your IKEA experience more complete:
Old Kitchen Removing Service
Are you going to buy a brand-new kitchen in IKEA? So how to do with your old kitchen at home? Don’t worry! IKEA is now providing professional dismantling and removing service for old kitchen to you. By this service you can have your new kitchen at home easily. (For service detail and charge please go to the staff of kitchen department.)
Transport Service
Need a way to get your new home-furnishings home? You can rent a transport or hire us to deliver it for you. Just talk to our Customer Service department for details.
Return Policy
As long as the items are undamaged, unassembled and unused, you could return them in their original package within 60days (IKEA FAMILY member within 180days) together with your original receipt/invoice (bank card POS receipt is needed if you have paid this way), we will refund you the same way as you have paid.
Sorry, we cannot accept exchange or return of food, plants, liquid bathing products, AS-IS products, customized products, kitchen electrical appliance and all products that have already been cut, sewed or painted. “The exchange and return policy above applies only to the products purchased from IKEA stores in mainland China.”
IKEA Restaurant/Café
The restaurant/cafe serves both classic Swedish dishes and local favorites, and is one of the most popular areas of the whole IKEA store. Shopping at IKEA is fun and offers great value, but can also be hard work, so stop by and treat yourself to a refreshing drink and a bite to eat.
44. The underlined word “dismantling” refers to ______.
A. taking apart | B. making up |
C. picking up | D. leaving off |
45. What can we learn from Return policy?
A. Any product bought can be returned if they are undamaged.
B. The store pay back your money in cash whatever way you use.
C. The valid time for return service is within 180 days.
D. The return service only goes for IKEA stores in mainland China.
46. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. Your new kitchen is available in an easy way.
B. The furniture can be transported to your house.
C. They have flexible payment choices.
D. You can enjoy delicious food in IKEA.
47. The passage is probably taken from ______.
A. a guide | B. a travel book |
C. a newspaper | D. a magazine |
D
Scientists have long puzzled over how iguanas, a group of lizards(蜥蜴) mostly found in the Americas, came to live in the isolated Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga. Some scientists used to suppose that they must have traveled there on a raft, a journey of around 5,000 miles from South America to the islands. There are documented cases of iguanas reaching remote Caribbean islands and the Galapagos Islands on floating logs. But new research in January by Brice Noonan and Jack Sites suggested that iguanas may have simply walked to Fiji and Tonga when the islands were still a part of an ancient southern supercontinent.
The ancient supercontinent was made up of present-day Africa, Australia, Antarctica and parts of Asia. If that’s the case, the island species would need to be very old. Using “molecular (分子) clock” analysis of living iguanas’ DNA, Noonan and Sites found that, sure enough, the lineage of iguanas has been around for more than 60 million years—easily old enough to have been in the area when the islands were still connected by land bridges to Asia or Australia.
Fossils (化石) uncovered in Mongolia suggest that iguanid ancestors did once live in Asia. Though there’s currently no fossil evidence of iguanas in Australia, that doesn’t necessarily mean they were never there. “The fossil record of this continent is surprisingly poor and cannot be taken as evidence of true absence,” the authors write.
So if the iguanas simply walked to Fiji and Tonga from Asia or possibly Australia, why are they not also found on the rest of the Pacific islands? Noonan and Sites say fossil evidence suggests that iguana species did once inhabit other islands, but went extinct right around the time when humans settled in those islands. But Fiji and Tonga have a much shorter history of human presence, which may have helped the iguanas living there to escape extinction.
The researchers say that their study can’t completely rule out the rafting theory, but it does make the land bridge theory “far more reasonable than previously thought.”
48. What did some scientists previously believe about the iguanas?
A. They were once discovered in America.
B. They traveled by raft to Fiji and Tonga.
B. They traveled by raft to Fiji and Tonga.
C. They could survive in poor living conditions.
D. They moved to Fiji and Tonga from Australia.
D. They moved to Fiji and Tonga from Australia.
49. According to Noonan and Sites, 60 million years ago ____.
A. the land of the world was a supercontinent
B. Fiji and Tonga were connected to Asia or Australia
C. Africa, Australia and America were a continent
A. the land of the world was a supercontinent
B. Fiji and Tonga were connected to Asia or Australia
C. Africa, Australia and America were a continent
D. iguanas walked to Fiji and Tonga from Africa
50. The underline word “lineage” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____.
50. The underline word “lineage” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____.
A. conditions in which creatures can survive
B. the change in ancient plants and animals.
C. the line of generations of an ancestor
D. the habitat of a type of an ancient animal
51. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The life span of animals living on the ancient supercontinent.
B. The two islands being home to several iguana species in the Pacific region.
C. The fossil evidence suggesting iguanas’ ancestors’ swimming to Fiji and Tonga
D. By raft or by land — how did iguanas reach the tiny Pacific islands?
How to apologize properly is much more difficult than we think. Provided you want to teach your children to apologize, you must be good at saying sorry yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.
If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.
Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.
Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying “I’m useless as a parent” does not make any sense.
These false apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not voice these false apologies.
But even when presented with examples of really being sorry, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking the biscuit without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.
52. If a mother adds “but” to an apology,________.
A. the child may feel that he owes her an apology
B. she knows that the child has been hurt
C. the child may find the apology easier to accept
D. she feels that she should have apologized
53. According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means “_______”.
A. You have good reason to get upset
B. I apologize for hurting your feelings
C. I’m aware you’re upset , but I’m not to blame
D. I’m at fault for making you upset
54. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry______.
A. the complexities involved should be ignored
B. parents need to set them a good example
C. their ages should be taken into account
D .parents should be patient and tolerant
55. It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _________.
A. to say sorry in a general way
B. a way to improve your relationships
C. a sign of social progress and social harmony
D. not as simple as it seems
写作一 (满分15分)
请结合材料，按要求用英文写作。
China is considered the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer. Smoking remains a common scene in some public places.
要求: (1)就此材料发表你的看法；
(2)紧扣材料，有明确的观点；
(3)词数不少于60；
(4)在答题卡上作答。
写作二 (满分20分)
高考越来越近，面对繁重的学习任务，担心考试成绩，很多同学表示压力很大，请你向校报写一封信，信中内容应包括：
·分析同学压力大的原因
·提出减压的方法(至少两种建议)
·表达期望，预祝同学们考试成功
注意：(1)词数不少于80；
(2)在答题卡上作答；
(3)书信格式及开头结尾均已给出(不计入总词数)。
参考词汇 高考：College Entrance Exam
B. the change in ancient plants and animals.
C. the line of generations of an ancestor
D. the habitat of a type of an ancient animal
51. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The life span of animals living on the ancient supercontinent.
B. The two islands being home to several iguana species in the Pacific region.
C. The fossil evidence suggesting iguanas’ ancestors’ swimming to Fiji and Tonga
D. By raft or by land — how did iguanas reach the tiny Pacific islands?
E
How to apologize properly is much more difficult than we think. Provided you want to teach your children to apologize, you must be good at saying sorry yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.
If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.
Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.
Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying “I’m useless as a parent” does not make any sense.
These false apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not voice these false apologies.
But even when presented with examples of really being sorry, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking the biscuit without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.
52. If a mother adds “but” to an apology,________.
A. the child may feel that he owes her an apology
B. she knows that the child has been hurt
C. the child may find the apology easier to accept
D. she feels that she should have apologized
53. According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means “_______”.
A. You have good reason to get upset
B. I apologize for hurting your feelings
C. I’m aware you’re upset , but I’m not to blame
D. I’m at fault for making you upset
54. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry______.
A. the complexities involved should be ignored
B. parents need to set them a good example
C. their ages should be taken into account
D .parents should be patient and tolerant
55. It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _________.
A. to say sorry in a general way
B. a way to improve your relationships
C. a sign of social progress and social harmony
D. not as simple as it seems
第三部分 书面表达（共两个写作任务, 满分35分）（原创）
写作一 (满分15分)
请结合材料，按要求用英文写作。
China is considered the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer. Smoking remains a common scene in some public places.
要求: (1)就此材料发表你的看法；
(2)紧扣材料，有明确的观点；
(3)词数不少于60；
(4)在答题卡上作答。
写作二 (满分20分)
高考越来越近，面对繁重的学习任务，担心考试成绩，很多同学表示压力很大，请你向校报写一封信，信中内容应包括：
·分析同学压力大的原因
·提出减压的方法(至少两种建议)
·表达期望，预祝同学们考试成功
注意：(1)词数不少于80；
(2)在答题卡上作答；
(3)书信格式及开头结尾均已给出(不计入总词数)。
参考词汇 高考：College Entrance Exam
命题人：喻晓艳
审题人：杨世立
2014年重庆一中高2014级高三下期第三次月考
英语答案
单项填空： 1-5: ABBCC 6-10: DDDDC 11-15: ABABB
完型：16-20: CBDAD 21-25: BCCAA 26-30: CCCAA
31-35: DBACB
阅读：36-39: BCDC 40-43:BCBD 44-47: ADCA 48-51: BBCD
52-55: ACCD
写作一（满分15分）
As is mentioned in the material, we are confronted with a problem that there are still many people smoking in public places in China.
From my perspective, smoking in public places should be banned. For one thing, smoking in public places can do more harm to non-smokers, which lead to many incurable diseases. For another thing, it will pollute our environment by giving off poisonous chemicals.
Never will we build and enjoy a beautiful and harmonious country unless we prohibit smoking in public places. Remember everybody is responsible for it.
写作二（满分20分）
Dear editor:
As the College Entrance Exam is drawing close, many students are under great pressure, resulting in a lot of problems.
Some students can’t sleep well and find it difficult to concentrate on class. Some students are always in a bad mood. There are many reasons accounting for these problems. They are afraid that they won’t get the ideal scores they expect. They are worried they can’t live up to their parents’ expectations. They even think their future will be totally dark if they fail. These students are almost stressed out.
So how to relieve pressure? Listen to some music when you feel tired. Talk to your friends, your teachers or your parents when you lose confidence. Taking exercise and going out to enjoy fresh air are also necessary.
Those mentioned above are all my suggestions. Hopefully these tips can help you. Wish you success in the College Entrance Exam!
Yours sincerely,