广东省百所高中2014届高三联合考试

英语试卷　 2013.11

工．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

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。

My nephew's 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot，July weekend. I persuaded him to

　1　inside and joined him in a game. After　2　for an hour, I suggested that we relax for

a while. I fell into my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out

of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable moments of peace and quiet.

"Look，Alice，”he said　3　as he ran over to the chair where I was sitting"I found a

kite. Could we go outside and 　4　it?"

Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was　5　outside.“I'm sorry, Tripper,.” I

said, sad to see his 　6　eyes. "The wind is not blowing today. The kite won't fly.”

The　7　10-year-old replied,“I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he an-

swered as he ran out to the back door 　8　

Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite 　9　to a small length of string. He

ran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back　10　at

the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.

I asked, "How did it go?"

"Fine，”he said, not wanting to admit 　11　．“I got it to fly some”

As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his

breath, "I guess I'll have to wait for the　12　．”

At that moment I heard another Voice speak to my 　13　. "Alice, sometimes you are

just like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the Wind.，，

And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to 　14　what we want

to do. We wait for the Wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted（耗尽）

our own　15　 ．We must learn how to rely on Him in the first place!

1. A. live B. study C. stay D. lie

2. A. playing B. resting C. challenging D. arguing

3. A. casually B. enthusiastically C. stubbornly D. deliberately

4. A. decorate B. drop C. hang D. fly

5. A. hot B. still C. noisy D. fine

6. A. bright B. disappointed C. dull D. satisfied

7. A. clever B. talented C. determined D. fearless

8. A. hurriedly B. curiously C. suddenly D. unwillingly

9. A. adapted B. added C. attached D. devoted

10. A. angrily B, nervously C. doubtfully D. hopefully

11. A. win B. defeat C. mistake D. luck

12. A. wind B. order C. news D. sunshine

13. A. heart B. memory C. dream D. world

14. A. imagine B. decide C. apply D. accomplish

15. A. courage B. patience C. strength D. knowledge

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，在空格处填人一个适当的词

或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为16-25的相应位置上。

Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America.

We're not exactly sure 　16　 we were doing it. Part of it was to test ourselves; to see if we

could face the challenges. When I was 　17　 teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to

walk across the United States 　18　I graduated from high school. 　19　，I didn't do that.

Before I knew it I was in my thirties, married, 　20　 (have) a job, yet still had this idea in

my mind with each　201　(pass) year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity had pas-

sed. Then, a few years ago，I met Tony,　22　 was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil

engineer in New York City to walk across the United States. He wasn't doing it for a cause

　23　 as part of an organization. He was doing it　24　（simple) because he loved to walk

and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20

miles a day and taking some days off to rest, so we expected the walk to. take about 6 months

realizing it could take　25　（long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have

been about 3，100 miles.

n．阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（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。

A

She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors.

A 17-year old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters-

and sometimes sleeping in her car-today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles

Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga.，just outside of Atlanta.

Chelsea Fearce, who held a 4.466 GPA and scored 1，900 on her SATs despite having to

use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night.

"I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless. My family slept on cushions on the

floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food and

clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her graduation

ceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. "I just told

myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore,，， she told WSBTV.

Fearce，one of five children, grew up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to live

in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one.

"You're worried about your home life and then worried at school. Worry about being a little

hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes. You just have to deal with it, You eat what you

can, when you can.”

To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be ad-

mitted into college halfway through her high school career. She starts college next year at

Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-"med（医学预科），

"Don't give up. Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you

want,”Fearce said.

26. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. So Many Homeless Students in America

B. How Does a Homeless Student Live in Society?

C. The Hardship of Fearce and Her Family in America

D. Homeless Teen Graduates as a Speaker of High School Class

27, How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights?

A. By the car light. B. By her cellphone.

C. By lights out of shelters. D. By moonlight.

28. When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will＿__．

A. have graduated earlier from high school than normal

B. be a 17-year-old student from a poor family

C. have a home without sleeping in her car or shelters

D. have raised enough money to go to college

29. From the passage, we can learn that＿__．

A. SAT is easy for the students of high schools

B. Fearce's parents have six children to support

C. Fearce often had to struggle with starvation

D. Fearce gave a speech at a ceremony of Spelman College

30. What can we learn from Fearce's experience?

A. Knowledge can change your fate.

B. Don't give up, and tomorrow will be better.

C. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

D. He that will not work shall not eat.

B

Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic views

of themselves and their situations. Self-confident people trust their own abilities, have a gen-

eral sense of control in their lives, and believe that，within reason, they will be able to do

what they wish., plan., and expect. Having self-confidence does not mean that individuals will

be able to do everything. Self-confident people have expectations that are realistic. Even when

some of their expectations are not met，they continue to be positive and to accept themselves.

People who are not self-confident depend too much on the approval of others in order to

feel good about themselves. They tend to avoid taking risks because they fear failure. They

generally do not expect to be successful. They often put themselves down and tend to ignore

compliments（赞美）paid to them By contrast，self-confident people are willing to risk the

disapproval of others because they generally trust their own abilities. They tend to accept

themselves；they don't feel they have to conform in order to be accepted.

Many factors affect the development of self-confidence. Parents' attitudes are crucial to

children's feelings about themselves，particularly in children's early years. When parents pro-

vide acceptance, children receive a solid foundation for good feelings about themselves. If one

or both parents are much to critical or demanding, or if they are overprotective and discourage

children's moves toward independence, children may come to believe they are unqualified or

inadequate.

Surprisingly, lack of self-confidence is not necessarily related to lack of ability. Instead it

is often the result of focusing too much on the unrealistic expectations or standards of others，

especially parents and society. Friends' influences can be as powerful or more powerful than

those of parents and society in shaping feelings of one's self. Students in their college years re-

examine values and develop their own identities and thus are particularly sensitive to the influ-

ence of friends.

31. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about____．

A. the sources of self-confidence

B. the benefits of self-confidence

C. the development of self-confidence

D. the lack of self-confidence

32. In Paragraph 2，the underlined word "conform" probably means“_______”．

A. refuse B. separate C. permit D. obey

33. According to the passage, self-confident people tend to____．

A. be practical B. control others

C. avoid risks D. depend on others

34. Which of the following can we learn about self-confidence according to the passage?

A. Self-confidence is usually the symbol of special abilities.

B. Parents' protection prevents children's self-confidence development.

C. Parents and friends matter in building one's self-confidence.

D. College students are the least self-confident group in society.

35. What might the author most probably continue to talk about in the following passage?

A. How we can become more acceptable.