2014年三明5月质检英语试题及答案(2)

　　A．are   B．were   C．is     D．was
29．With the education becoming fairer，we believe some students who  ____to cities for a better education will probably return to their local schools．
　　A．devoted    B．transferred    C．adapted    D. exposed
30．Windows XP，whose support has ended，is an operating system I found satisfying when it first  ________ eight years ago．
　　A．turned out  B. brought out    C．worked out    D．came out
31．In the China—US relationship we have huge shared interests，but of course，______，we have some differences．
　　A．unbearably    B．unbelievably    C．unfortunately   D. unavoidably
3 2．We need to prevent pollution________ driving cars less and developing renewable energy .
　　A．by      B．from     C．with     D．against
33．Our country is a fast rising economy that has one fifth of the global population，and its all—round effort______ up a wealthy society is now in a critical stage．
A．building   B．having built     C．to build      D．to have built
34．一Can you give me some advice on what major I should take at college?
　　— _______. We can talk about it over lunch．
   A．Never mind           B . With pleasure
　　C．That depends          D．It’s out of the question
35．Li Lei，for______ English was once difficult，can speak English fluently as though he were a native speaker。
A．whom    B．whose    C．him    D．his
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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　When I was young，I never had a special Christmas gift that I dreamed of and was crazy about．I know I    36   a lot of great Christmas presents as I grew up．Chatty Cathy，Baby Thumbelina，Little Miss No—Name…I just remember     37   them. Although my parents had their financial___38___，they always made Christmas special for their four children．Dad worked a(n)    39   job as a referee in high school basketball games to      40    a little more cash, and Mom was the queen of bargain shopping．The gifts   41    have been inexpensive , but there was more than enough under the tree .
    Stored in happy memories are the family _  42   : helping Mom and Dad drag the Christmas decorations out of the attic , going with Dad to     43  the tree from the Kiwanis ,and decorating the tree   44   strings of blue lights and Christmas lasting days and days and days . The piles of   45  under our tree wrapped in newspaper aye more memorable than   46   was wrapped．The act itself of unwrapping and   47   seeing what was beneath the newspaper was   48   and memorable．But the most clear are the images of smiles，the sounds of  49  and“oh，thank you thank you thank you”，not the images of toys or clothes．
　　It’s the  50  of Christmas．The best moments，the happy moments were not the gifts，  51  the togetherness，the love of family．Even in the occasional quarrels of brothers and sisters，even in the   52  of late nights，even in the sometime stress of it all．
　　Christmas should not  53   on what’s on our gift lists．For it's not about what gifts we   54   or receive，but about what we do，what we experience．
　　Those are the happy moments that ___55__.
36．A．sent        B．received          C．bought      D ．chose
37．A．opening  B．seeing   C．ordering  D ．packing
38．A．independence B．struggle   C．support  D ．influence
39．A．busy   B．pleasing   C．ordinary  D ．extra
40．A．apply for  B．give away   C．bring in  D ．set down
41．A．may   B．must    C．should  D ．would
42．A．values  B．features   C．traditions  D ．principles
43．A．borrow  B．select    C．separate  D ．deliver
44．A．around  B．between   C．through  D ．with
45．A．lights   B．decorations  C．toys   D ．presents
46．A．which  B．that    C．what   D ．as
47．A．finally  B．suddenly   C．frequently  D ．usually
48．A．inspiring  B．exciting   C．satisfying  D ．puzzling
49．A．whispers  B．cries    C．complaint  D ．laughter
50．A．process  B．arrangement  C．experience  D ．atmosphere
51．A．but   B．or    C．and   D ．so
52．A．tiredness  B．wandering        C．sleeplessness D ．entertainment
53．A．rely   B．put    C．center  D ．work
54．A．accept  B．give    C．like   D ．require
55．A．differ   B．happen   C．mean   D ．matter
第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)