2015届益阳箴言中学高三一模英语试题试卷及答案(2)

   A. standing two towers B. stands two towers
   C. do two towers stand D. stand two towers
8.       you put your heart into study，you are sure to get a satisfying result．
   A．While       B．Until         C．As long as      D．Even if
9.He has a great interest in golf. As a result, he _____ it twice a week in the past year.
   A. plays        B. played       C. had played      D. has been playing
10.—Have you finished your work?
   —Yes. Actually, I _______ it before you came.
   A. have finished B. had finished C. finished D. would finish
11—Has Nancy gone back to her home in the UK?
  —Yes. She ________ here only for three days with her friends.
   A. stayed B. had stayed C. has stayed D. was staying
12.       the novel several times，I know the characters in it very well．
   A．Having read    B．Reading    C．To read   D．Being read
13.Nervous and anxious, Jill failed ______ a good impression at the job interview.
   A. to have made   B. making C. to make D. having made
14._____ at the back of the temple is the Tianning Tower, which,_____154 meters                                 into the sky, is the tallest tower of the kind in China.
   A. Located; rises  B. Locating; rising   C. Located; rising   D. Locating; rises
15.I’m still wondering             put the Christmas gift under my pillow．
   A．whom it is that   B．it is whom that   C．it is who that   D．who it is that


Section B (18 marks)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Peter was a US Navy fighter pilot in Vietnam. On his 75th mission, his fighter was   36   and he was forced to eject（弹射出去）. The only thing between him and imminent（逼近的）death was his parachute（降落伞）that he prayed would open. The parachute did open and Peter made it down to the ground alive, but he was   37  alive and spent 6 years in a Vietnamese prison camp.
    One day, many years after returning to his homeland, Peter and his wife were sitting in a little restaurant in Kansas City   38   he noticed a guy who kept looking at him.
    Peter looked back but didn’t recognize him, but he kept catching this guy   39   him. Finally the guy stood up and walked over to Peter’s   40 and said, “You’re Peter.” Peter looked up at him and said, “Yes.” The guy said, “You’re a   41   pilot, part of that ‘Top Gun ”outfit. You launched from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, you parachuted into enemy territory and you spent six years as a   42   of war.”  
      43   surprised, Peter looked up at the guy and asked, “How in the world did you know all that?” The man laughed and said, “Because I   44   your parachute.”
    Peter was   45  . The man grabbed Peter’s hand and pumped his arm and said, “I guess it worked,” and walked off.
Think about this for yourself. How many times in life do you   46   the people who help you out the most? The people who come out of the far   47   of your life just when you need them the most and pack your parachutes for you?
36. A. hurt      B. spoiled     C. injured     D. destroyed
37. A. caught       B. held   C. taken   D. removed
38. A. while          B. as      C. when  D. once 
39. A. staring at     B. glaring at     C. glancing at   D. glimpsing at 
40. A. desk   B. table    C. house    D. restaurant 
41. A. helicopter     B. fighter     C. plane     D. warship 
42. A. friend    B. pilot     C. soldier     D. prisoner
43. A. Somewhat    B. Somewhere    C. Anyhow     D. Anyway 
44. A. picked     B. put    C. installed     D. packed
45. A. worthless    B. speechless     C. careless    D. priceless
46. A. walk    B. go    C. pass    D. wander 
47. A. grounds    B. camps C. corners D. fields


Section C (12 marks)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.


Maria is the founder of a chain of coffee bars. She comes from Singapore, but later moved to London with her family. Her father, who was a factory manager, filled  48  with a belief in hard work. Maria studied political science at university.  49  leaving university, she became a teacher. When her father passed away, she went to New York for   50  break. Every morning she’d go to a coffee bar. When she got  51  to London, she realized that  52  was nothing like those coffee bars.  53  she decided to give up her job and do something about it. She opened her  54  coffee bar in the year 1995 and her success was quick. She opened another ten the following year. Now she is proud of her success and plans to open 80 more  55  the 85 she already has. Just think Maria is only 35 !