浙江省建人高复2014届高三上学期第一次月考英语试题答案

浙江建人高复2013学年第一学期第一次月考
英语试卷
1. 单项填空:    (共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)
1.The lecture,　　　 at 7:00 pm last night, was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes.
A. starting      B. being started      C. to start D. to be started
2.　　　 hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.
A. However    B. Whatever         C. Whichever      D. Whenever
3.—I remember you were a talented pianist at college. Can you play the piano for me?
—Sorry, I 　　　 the piano for years.
A. don’t play   B. wasn’t playing     C. haven’t played   D. hadn’t played
4. Care of the soul is a gradual process 　　　 even the small details of life should be considered.
A. what       B. in what           C. which          D. in which
5. All the scientific evidence 　　　 that increasing use of chemicals in farming  ______ damaging our health.
A. show; are   B. shows; are         C. show; is       D. shows; is
6. Happiness and success often come to those ________ are good at recognizing their own strengths.
A. whom    B. who C. what  D. which
7. “What do you want to be?” asked Mrs. Crawford. “Oh, I ________ president,” said the boy, with a smile.
A. have been  B. am    C. was   D. will be
8. You must learn to consult your feelings and your reason ________ you reach any decision.
A. although  B. before C. because   D. unless
9. Around two o’clock every night, Sue will start talking in her dream. It somewhat ________ us.
A. bothers  B. had bothered C. would bother   D. bothered
10. The sun began to rise in the sky, ________ the mountain in golden light.
A. bathed      B. bathing C. to have bathed    D. have bathed
11. If nothing ________, the oceans will turn into fish deserts.
  A. does   B. had been done    C. will do      D. is done
12. — Have you heard about the recent election?
— Sure, it ________ the only thing on the news for the last three days.
   A. would be    B. is C. has been   D. will be
13. Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ________ close you may be to victory.
   A. how B. that C. which D. where
14. You cannot accept an opinion ________ to you unless it is based on facts.
   A. offering B. to offer C. having offered    D. offered
15. Every day ________ a proverb aloud several times until you have it memorized.
   A. read   B. reading C. to read      D. reads
16. ________ warm at night, I would fill the woodstove, then set my alarm clock for midnight so I could refill it.
   A. Staying   B. Stayed C. To stay   D. Stay
17. He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.
   A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
18. The university estimates that living expenses for international students ________ around $8,450 a year, which ________ a burden for some of them.
   A. are；is B. are；are C. is；are D. is；is
19. — I don’t understand why you didn’t go to the lecture yesterday afternoon.
— I’m so sorry. But I ____ my homework.
A. had done B. was doing C. would do D. am doing
20. Not once ________ to Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class.
   A. occurred it  B. it did occur C. it occurred   D. did it occur
2. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us   21   chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell   22  . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I   23   the countryside for some place I could rent for the   24   possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road   25   the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was   26  , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and   27   a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me,   28   slowly, they started teaching me the   29   of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began   30   around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a   31   American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of   32  .
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were   33   for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.   34   on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my   35   with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into   36  . I saw many people were having a really hard time,   37   their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to   38   a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in   39   if we hadn’t banded together.