小狄福建省龙岩市长汀县第一中学高三英语下学期第一次周考试题

2020年12月11日发(作者：耿耀)
福建省龙岩市长汀县第一中学2015届高三英语下学期第一次周考试
题
21．He brought me a few magazines but，to my disappointment，
A．nothing B．no one C．neither D．none
22．A selfie stick is_____ enables users to position their smartphones to get better photo angles
A．that B．how C．what D．who
23．The Ministry of Public Security has recently started a nationwide
speeding，overloading and running red lights.
A．celebration B．conference C．campaign D．ceremony
24．His brother , who____ in the army for five years，is now running a farm in our village
A．serves B．served C．had served D．has served
25．The students in our school are encouraged to involve themselves in group activities，whether
in or after class，
A．when B．which C．that D．where
26．The twins ___ closely in appearance，but are totally different in character．
A．resemble B．distinguish C．look D．1ike
27．—How long do you suppose it will be____ Xiamen Railway Station comes into operation?
—Twenty days or so．
A．after B．before C．since D．that
they can develop their team spirit．
28．—Morning，Madame，can I help you?
—Yes，I am looking for a plain handbag-nothing______. Do you have any suggestions?
A．ordinary B．fancy C．fragile D．valuable
29．China marked its first Constitution Day on December 4，2014 _____ making the
Constitution part of Chinese people’s daily life．
A．in the hope of B．in the form of C．in honour of D．in terms of
30．_____around the clock for two days，he managed to finish the report for the manager on
schedule．
A．Working B．Worked C．Having worked D．To work
31．Making a speech in front of a crowd of people is not his strength but he____ it with his
passion and efforts．
A．takes advantage of B．makes up for C．gets hold of D．1ives up to
32．So touching_____ that I couldn’t hold my tears back when I heard it for the first time
A．the song sounds B．had the song sounded
C．the song sounded D．did the song sound





33．—How did you find the trip to the Butterfly Valley last weekend?
—It _____more pleasant but for the heavy rain on our way home．
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A．would have been B．was C．had been D．would be
34．We will gather for the community service at the school gate at 8 tomorrow morning unless
_______.
A．otherwise informing B．otherwise being informed
C．otherwise informed D．having otherwise informed
35．一WOw，you won first in the stow-telling competition．Fantastic!
一 ____!
A．Give me five B．Congratulations C．Go ahead D．Forget it
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和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。
In 2012 I had the worst year of my life．
I worked in a finance 36 that I hated and I lived in a concrete jungle city with little
greenery．I occupied my time with 37 relationships. I was searching for happiness and
had no 38 where to find it．
Then I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(慢性疲劳综合征)．I had to 39 my
job and was left with no income． 40 I eventually regained my physical health，not long
after that I got a(n) 41 form my family at home saying that my father’s cancer had
progressed．I left the city and went home to be with him，yet he died soon afterwards．
My 43 oldest sister at that time complained of a bad back．It got SO bad that she was
44 to hospital．They discovered that she 45 highly advanced cancer in her
bones and that there was nothing 46 could do．One month later she died．
I could never put into words the 47 of my sister in my life. She was my soul-mate
and I never thought 1 would journey this lifetime 48 her．The shock and extreme heart
break brought me to my knees and I 49 in hospital．
I remember lying in the hospital bed，looking up at the 50 and seeing my sister’s
beautiful face．She 51 with me all night 1ong．
I 52 during that night that I had to make a choice．I made the decision that，I
_ 53 just live any life．1 would live the life that I 54 LOVE and nothing less．
Since then I have begun to 55 the most beautiful life for myself．I spend quality time
with the rest of my precious family and cherish every moment I have with them．I'm making
new friends with beautiful souls around the world．
I love myself more deeply every day．
36． A．family B．city C．hospital D．job
37． A．meaningless B．innocent C．unjust D．illegal
38． A．guidance B．intention C．idea D．doubt
39． A．reserve B．quit C．switch D．continue
40． A．Because B．Until C．Unless D．Though
41． A．reply B．call C．opinion`` D．prayer
42． A．slightly B．punctually C．fiercely D．regularly
43． A．awful B．favorite C．stupid D．generous
44． A．attached B．appointed C．accompanied D．admitted
45． A．developed B．spread C．grew D．contained
46． A．they B．I C．she D．we
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47． A．progress B．recovery C．change D．loss
48． A．with B．beside C．without D．beyond
49． A．ended up B．caught on C．hung about D．took off
50． A．floor B．ceiling C．door D．roof
51． A．lived B．laughed C．stayed D．mourned
52． A．announced B．realized C．shouted D．concluded
53． A．wouldn’t B．needn’t C．mightn’t D．daren’t
54． A．equally B．urgently C．silently D．absolutely
55． A．respect B．adjust C．shape D．defend
第三部分 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。
Stanley Yelnats was given a choice．The judge said，“You may go to prison，or you may go
to Camp Green Lake．”Stanley was from a poor family．He had never been to camp before．So，
Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence，which is only fair because he is as innocent
as you or me．But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is．
Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere．It is a place that has no lake and nothing
green．Nor is it a camp，at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime．It is
only a desert wasteland，dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp．
The trouble started when Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of shoes donated by basketball
great Clyde“Sweetfeet”Livingston to a celebrity auction(名流拍卖会)．In court，the
judge doesn’t believe Stanley’S explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head．And
yet，that’s exactly what happened．Strangely, though，Stanley doesn’t blame the judge for falsely
convicting(宣告有罪)him．Instead，he blames the whole thing on his
“no-good-dirty-rotten-pig- stealing-great-great-grandfather．”Thanks to this distant relative，the
Yelnats family had been cursed(诅咒)for generations．For Stanley, his current troubles are just a
natural part of being a Yelnats．
At Camp Green Lake，the warden(看守)makes the boys“build character”by spending all
day,every day, digging holes：five feet wide and five feet deep．It doesn’t take long for Stanley
to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake．The boys are
digging holes because the warden is searching for something，and before long Stanley begins his
own search—for the truth．Fate is to find a solution to it all—the family curse，the mystery of the
holes．The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations，but now it is about to reveal its
verdict(裁决)．
56．Stanley Yelnats went to Camp Green Lake to__________________.
A．enjoy the summertime B．show his innocence
C．Serve his sentence D．make a choice
57．We can learn from the passage that Stanley__________________.
A．stole the shoes for his relative B．got the shoes by accident
C．donated the shoes to an auction D．blamed the judge for the sentence
58．In fact，the warden made the boys dig holes to________________.
A．kill the time B．build character
C．break the family curse D．look for something
59．In which section of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?
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A．Law． B．Geography． C．News． D．Literature．
B
Herbie Ricketts，52,lives in Thornton Heath，south London，and works as an electrician．He
has been a listening volunteer with the Samaritans for 16 years.

Each caller is as individual as their circumstances and I didn’t realize so many people take
their own lives until I became a Samaritan．And only then did the true nature of the work I was
doing hit home.
I’ll always remember my first day on duty．The caller, stressed and depressed，told me he
was suicidal(想自杀的)．He’d been too frightened to talk to the people around him，which is
common．People are told they’ve got nothing to be upset about．Or, if they are already classified
as having mental health issues，so they tell no one．How do you make sense of your feelings if you
can’t tell someone? Just allowing people to say what they honestly feel helps them find a different
perspective．I couldn’t offer him practical advice but I could support him emotionally．I helped him
come to terms with his situation and make sense of some of the terrible emotions he was
experiencing．Offering anonymity(匿名)and being nonjudgmental(无偏见的)allows people easily
hurt to explore their thoughts without fear or worry．I left him in an emotionally safe place，
ensuring he knew 1 wasn’t rejecting or abandoning him．I let him know we were still there if he
needed us，explaining that it might not be me on the other end of the phone but another Samaritan
who could also support．
Suicidal people will ring with issues like drug use or loneliness．If you look at it from the
perspective of, “How can I solve this? ”you can become，like them，at a loss．Every cell in your
body wants to offer solutions，but as a Samaritan I’m not there to sort their problems out．I listen
and will support them when they can’t see any further than tomorrow．When the phone goes
silent，we stay with that caller as long as we possibly can，which could be two or three hours．
The shifts are up to four hours long．When it doesn’t go so well，I offload to my colleague，so
I don’t carry home a heavy heart．Being a Samaritan has greatly improved my life．I’m calmer
and become a supportive listener, which has also improved my relationships．But being a wonderful
Samaritan doesn’t make you a wonderful parent or wonderful partner—I wish it did．
60．What does the underlined sentence in the passage probably mean?
A．Those who called in had their unique nature．
B．I got to realize the value of being a Samaritan．
C．It was common that many people committed suicide．
D．I was determined to be a Samaritan at home．
61．Some people choose not to tell others about their feelings mainly because they________.
A．actually have nothing to worry about
B．are too shy to expose themselves to others
C．suffer from serious mental health problems
D．find no supportive listeners around them
62．Samaritans usually help callers by________.
A．sorting out their problems
B．providing practical advice for them
C．offering them emotional support
D．asking questions such as“How can I solve this? ”
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63．We may infer from the passage that________.
A．being a good Samaritan takes patience
B．Samaritans are easily affected by callers
C．callers are always successfully comforted
D．people kill themselves for lack of listening volunteers

C
Along with global warming and the Ebola virus，this year, something far less life-and
society-threatening also spiraled out of control：email．
It was long ago invented as something to make us more
productive．But what productivity expert would ever say that it's
a good thing that instead of working，we now“answer email?
Or that on some days，I am unwilling to leave my desk to head
into a meeting because it means taking my finger off the
keyboard and knowing 1 will return to a flood of new messages
waiting patiently for my total attention?
Some people struggle for“inbox zero”．But like many people，I now get so much junk mail
that if I were to adopt such a goal，I would spend every workday doing nothing but deleting
emails．To make sure nothing important gets buried，I have developed an embarrassinglv old
system of keeping a pen- and-paper list of emails that need responses on a series of Post-It notes．
As far back as 2007，Fred Wilson famously declared “email bankruptcy”．I'm close to doing the
Same．
But I may not need to．I predict that 2015 will mark the beginning of the end of emails．Already,
some tools have emerged(出现)over the years，like software Freedom which disables access to the
Internet for chosen periods of time．Corporations have gradually been adopting stricter email
policies：A few years ago，Volkswagen said it would stop sending emails from its servers to
company-owned BlackBerrys after the end of its workday．
But this great hope is largely the optimist in me speaking，and I give this prediction small chances
compared to some of our others．As Tony Hsieh once told me，the problem with email is
that it is a“good—enough”solution．Some technologies stay around just because there isn’t
anything better．It’s probably right．But my wish is that 2015 is the year when truly effective email
management solutions go from good to great-and that email volume goes from crazy to
reasonable．We’ll a11 be better for it．
64．The underlined word “spiraled” in Paragraph l probably means “_____________”.
A．increased rapidly B．moved in circle
C．changed unexpectedly D．appeared suddenly
65．The writer is unwilling to attend a meeting because____________.
A．he has to return with quantities of emails
B．answering emails calls for great attention
C．more emails will flood in waiting for him to check
D．he doesn’t want to take his fingers off the keyboard
66．From Paragraph 3，we may infer that____________.
A．the goal “inbox zero” is hard to obtain
B．the writer is devoted to deleting emails
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C．pens and paper are highly favored at work
D．Fred Wilson famously declared “email bankruptcy”
67．The writer may agree that____________.
A．emails will come to an end
B．emails will still hold a place
C．existing email management is perfect
D．emails will never be sent to BlackBerrys
D
The passages below discuss the retirement age．
Passage 1：
In the United States，the financial crisis has left the country with 11 million fewer jobs than
Americans need now．No matter how tough the policy ,we are not going to find 11 million new
jobs soon．So common sense suggests we should make some decisions about who should come
first：older people，who have already worked three or four decades at hard jobs? Or younger
people，many just out of school，with fresh skills and ambitions?
The answer is obvious．Older people who would like to retire and would do so if they could
afford it should get some help．The right step is to reduce，not increase，the retirement age．As
a
rough cut，why not make it a law to set a three—year window during which the age for receiving
full Social Security benefits would drop to 62——providing a voluntary ,one—time，grab-it-now
bonus for leaving work? Let them go home! With a secure pension(退休金)and medical care，
they will be happier．Young people who need work will be happier．And there will also be more
jobs．With pension security, older people will consume services until the end of their lives．They
will become．each and every one，an employer．
Passage 2：
Too many people see longer working lives as a worry rather than an opportunity—and not
just because they are going to be chained to their desks．Some worry that there will not be
enough jobs to go around．This misunderstanding，known to economists as the“lump of labour
fallacy(劳动总量固定的谬论)”，was once used to argue that women should stay at home and
leave all the jobs for breadwinning males．Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old
at work would deprive(剥夺)the young of employment．The idea that society can become
better-off by paying more of its citizens to be idle(无所事事的)is clearly ridiculous．On that
reasoning，if the retirement age came down to 25 we would all be as rich as Bill Gates．
68．In Passage 1，one reason for suggesting earlier retirement in the US is the_______
A．tough policy B．stable pension
C．high unemployment D．free medical care
Passage I，the writer suggests encouraging older people to retire earlier by____________.
A．cutting their pension if they remain at work
B．giving them an extra sum o f money on retiring
C．convincing them that young people need work
D．offering them a bonus each year for three years
70．Lump-of-laborites believe that____________．
A．young citizens should be better paid
B．the old should leave jobs for the young
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C．males should earn bread for the family
D．earlier retirement will lead to a poorer society
71．What is the author’s attitude towards earlier retirement in Passage 2?
A．Negative． B．Positive．
C．Unconcerned． D．Tolerant．
E
In China，cultural differences arose from growing rice or wheat．Different thinking styles between
northern and southern Chinese people can trace(追溯)their roots to rice fields and wheat fields．
Rice farming promotes a holistic(整体的)focus on distinguishing relationships among people and
objects，and valuing others as much as or more than oneself, say psychologist Thomas Talhelm of
the University of Virginia and his colleagues．Holistic thinking among many modem Chinese
people partly reflects regional histories of building communal irrigation systems(共有灌溉系统)and
cooperatively planting and harvesting rice fields over thousands of years．
They draw that conclusion based on studies of college students from regions with different
agricultural practices．Students from southern and central China’s rice．growing provinces think
holistically, even though they have probably never farmed rice，Talhelm’s group reports．
In contrast，students from northern and central Chinese provinces that have specialized in wheat
growing exhibit a preference for abstract analysis and self over others，the scientists find．Wheat is
less labor-intensive(劳动密集型)to grow than rice，SO farmers can plant and harvest crops
without much help from neighbors．Analytical，individualistic thinking is not more common among
students from richer
Provinces, contrary to the argument that this attitude springs from modernization. ”Rice theory
might explain why East Asia is so much less individualistic than expected based on its wealth, ”
Talhelm says.
Talhelm，s team tested 1,162 Chinese students，who Viewed lists of three items，such as a rabbit，
a dog and a carrot. For each list，students chose two items that belonged together. Earlier research
found that analytical thinkers often group items according to categories，so rabbits and dogs go
together．Holistic thinkers tend to 1ook for relationships，such as rabbits eating carrots Students
from rice-growing areas made an average of around seven to nine holistic matches of 10 possible
matches，compared with roughly f1ve to seven holistic matches for those from Wheat-growing
areas.
Talhelm’s team also analyzed national statistics in China from 1 996，2000 and 2010 and
found a higher divorce rate and a greater number of successful patents for new inventions in
wheat-growing provinces than in rice-growing provinces. That trend is in line with the ides that
analytical thinking develops both individualism and creativity.
72．People who think holistically probably_____________.
A．come from wheat—growing areas B．1ive in northern and central China
C．rely more on themselves D．think of others before themselves
73．Which of the following statements is true?
A．East Asia is poorer than the other areas of Asia.
B．Modernization contributes to analytic al thinking.
C . Analytical thinkers tend to pick out items by type.
D．Richer people show more individualistic thinking.
74．The author develops the passage mainly by____________.
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A．making comparisons B. listing examples
C．telling his personal experience D. presenting problem and solution
75．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Cultural differences in China B．1isting examples
C．Chinese people tracing their roots D. Farming influences thinking styles

第二卷(非选择题共35分)
注意事项：
用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。在试卷上作答，答案无效。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文填词(共1 0小题；每小题1分，满分1 0分)
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每
个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Will money make kids pass exams? A new report says(76)______________ (承诺)children money
does not help exam grades．It could be a(77)w of money using cash to get kids
to study more．(78)____________, taking kids on a trip somewhere nice could encourage them to
try (79)______________(努力)and do better at school．Of 10,000 pupils(80)_________ (调查)in the
research，there has been an improvement in class work and homework，but this does not result in
better test scores．
Lead researcher Dr．Burgess suggests the research doesn’t look at the things(8 1)_________,
really get kids to increase their effort．He adds that clearly some kids believe that education is a way
to(82)a their dreams, but there are other kids who think one’s efforts make little
(83)d . These kids might think exam success is because(84)___________ genes and their
family background．Education expert Dr．Collins holds the view that what really(85)m
is how students are taught．Good teachers are better than rewards，especially for children from
low- income families．
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
阅读使人充实，阅读对于每个人的成长至关重要。请认真阅读下面的引言(quotation)，
按要求用英语写一篇短文。
Reading makes a full man． 一Francis Bacon
内容要求：
1．你对该引言的理解；
2．举例说明；
3．恰当的结尾。
注意：
1．短文开头己给出，不计入总词数；
2．文中不能出现考生的具体信息；
3．词数：120左右。
As Francis Bacon puts it，reading makes a full man．_____________________________


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