1、广东省实验中学高三英语第一次阶段考试试题广东实验中学2015届高三阶段考试（一） 英 语I.语言知识及应用（共三节，满分60分）第一节 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1. What we should be thinking about now is how to make up for the lost time, not who is _.A. blaming B. blamed C. to be blamed D. to blame2. _ with so much trouble, we failed to complete task on time. A. Faced
2、 B. Face C. Facing D. To face3. This morning, I rushed to the library, only _ that its door was still locked. A. to be found B. to find C. finding D. found4. _many times, he finally understood it. A. Told B. Telling C. Having been told D. Having told5. Bill suggested _ a meeting on what to do for th
3、e Shanghai Expo during the vacation. A. having held B. to hold C. holding D. hold6. The number of air crashes that _ in developing countries _ increasing. A. happens; is B. happen; is C. happens; are D. happen; are7. Modern teaching equipment as well as tens of computers _ to the village school last
4、 week. A. were sent B. was sent C. has sent D. had been sent8. There is only one of the oldest customs that _ in this district up to now. A. was kept B. were kept C. has been kept D. have been kept9. Two-thirds of the coins dug up on the island _ from the year 275AD to 221BC. A. dates B. date C. is
5、dated D. are dated10. -Ill come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening. -Ill sorry, but by then my performance _ and I _ reporters in the meeting room. A. will end; will meet B. will have ended; will be meeting C. will be ended; am going to meet D. is to end; will meet11. Your new product
6、_ better if it is advertised on TV. A. sells B. sold C. will sell D. would sell 12. - Did you know any German before you got to Berlin?- Not a single word _.A. have I learned B. had I learned C. Ive learned D. I had learned13. We _ the bridge for over two years and it will be half a year before its
7、completed. A. are building B. have built C. have been built D. have been building14. We _ the difficulty together, but why didnt you tell me? A. should face B. might face C. could have faced D. must have faced15. I must say your food is excellent but your service really needs _. A. to improve B. imp
8、roved C. being improved D. improving第二节 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1630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One of my fathers favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldnt say I didnt like something, whatever it might be, until after I tried it. Over the years Ive come to 16 h
9、ow much of my success I owe to my 17 of those words as one of my values. My 18 job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I 19 what I want to do as a career. 20 I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didnt think the job I took 21 t
10、hat much. I couldnt have been more 22 . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity to move up through the company into different 23 . I accepted each new opportunity with the thought, “Well, Ill try it; if I dont like it I can always go back to my 24 posit
11、ion. ” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and Ive 25 every career change Ive made. Ive discovered I 26 a large number of different talents and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being open to trying new opportunities. Ive also discovered
12、that if I 27 what Im doing and work hard at achieving my 28 . I will succeed. Thats why Im so 29 to be a part of CareerFables. com. I think 30 has come and I am determined to make it a success. 16. A. consider B. argue C. include D. realize 17. A. suggestion B. explanation C. acceptance D. discussio
13、n 18. A. hard B. best C. extra D. first 19. A. determined B. examined C. experienced D. introduced 20. A. Actually B. Gradually C. Finally D. Usually 21. A. helped B. required C. expressed D. mattered 22. A. careful B. mistaken C. interested D. prepared 23. A. situations B. choices C. directions D.
14、positions 24. A. easier B. newer C. earlier D. higher 25. A. permitted B. counted C. organized D. enjoyed 26. A. show B. possess C. need D. gather 27. A. think of B. give away C. believe in D. turn into 28. A. business B. goal C. fortune D. growth 29. A. excited B. curious C. surprised D. helpful 30
15、. A. dream B. time C. power D. honor 第二节 语法填空（共10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31 40 的相应位置上。If the population of the Earth keeps on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources (31)_(leave) to support life on th
16、e planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we (32)_（use）up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on the earth will make (33) _ necessary for us to look for open space somewher
17、e else. But (34)_ of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution (35)_ the problem, (36)_, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes (37)_ before the Earths resources are (38)_(complete) exhau
18、sted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and therefore create a new world almost as large as the Earth (39)_. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth. (40)_, there is only a tiny amount of water there.II阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；第小题2分；满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C
19、和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ACHICAGO - For working parents and heavily scheduled school kids, family mealtime is out of fashion. But supermarkets are trying to attract families back to the dinner table.There is a cost if family members have meals apart: research shows that teenagers who dont eat with th
20、eir parents face a greater risk of drug and alcohol problems.“The more often kids have dinner with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs,” said Joseph Califano Jr., head of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, which did the research.Stores are familiar
21、 with the idea and will start telling shoppers about the findings and encouraging them to share meals together at home, instead of separately or at restaurants.The food marketing Institute will give $25,000 to the center and help stores promote the centers Family Day in September.Many stores have gr
22、ab-and-go dinners and recipe cards. Some have kiosks where people can taste a main dish, then pick out side dishes.“Our members have worked hard to try to have easily prepared food either ready to eat or ready to take home,” said Tim Hammonds, the institutes president and chief executive.Los Angeles
23、-based Contessa Premium Foods makes frozen delicious meals, which a family can heat in 10 minutes to 12 minutes. “Thats nearly as fast as a TV dinner,” said president and chief executive John Z. Blazevich, “but is healthier and makes people feel like they actually cooked.”“The preparation is the har
24、dest part, so we try to combine a variety of tastes and flavours from around the world and make it fast and easy,” he said.“Eating at home helps keep meals healthy and teaches kids how to eat right. If we can get people back to having family dinners, parents back to being engaged with their kids, it
25、 will have a surprising impact,” he said.41. The reasons why family mealtime is out of fashion are the following EXCEPT _.A. the parents are busy with workB. the children have a little spare timeC. the children are not fond of family mealD. it will take much time to cook and eat at home42. The under
26、lined word “cost” in paragraph 2 can be explained as _.A. gains B. a sum of money C. advantage D. something you lose43. According to the passage, stores are trying to attract families back to the dinner table by the following ways EXCEPT _.A. telling the parents the disadvantages of having dinner se
27、parately.B. offering various prepared food to make family cooking fast and easy.C. taking part in Family Day activities in September.D. helping housewives prepare their meals at home.44. What is the passage mainly about?A. The efforts that are being made to get people back to having family dinnersB.
28、 The benefits of having family dinners together.C. The changes in American family dinners.D. A research done by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.45. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Family Mealtime is out of FashionB. Family Day is Promoted in SeptemberC. Parents s
29、hould Cook Meals for KidsD. Supermarkets Urges Families to Dinner TableBThe behaviour of a buildings users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions (排放）
30、by 80 percent by 2050, part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016. But this report shows that sustainable building design on its own though extremely important is not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.Th
31、e study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency，which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything, explains Katy Janda, a UKERC senior researcher, consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design. In other words, old habits die hard, even in the best-designed eco-home.Another part of the problem is information.
