浙江省台州中学2014届高三上学期第三次统练英语试题试卷(2)

   ---- _______. Few of them would become your real friends.
   A. That’s for sure            B. It’s not the case
   C. I couldn’t agree more       D. I’m pleased to know that

二 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21–40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue,    21     I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. Why I wished to buy only one pair is     22    . I turned into the first sock shop that     23     my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old     24    . “What can I do for you, sir?” “I wish to buy a pair of socks.” His eyes were shining. There was a note of     25     in his voice. “Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?” I had not been aware of that, as I entered the shop    26    . “Come with me,” said the boy, excitedly. I followed him to the back part of the shop, and he began to take down from the shelves box after box,    27     their contents for my enjoyment. “Hold on, young man, I am going to buy only one pair!” “I know that,” said he, “but I want you to see   28     beautiful these are. Aren’t they wonderful?”   29     was on his face an expression of pleasure,    30     he were uncovering the mysteries of his religion. I became far    31     interested in him than in the socks. I looked at him in amazement. “My friend,” said I, “if you can keep this up, if this is not   32     the enthusiasm that comes from having a new job, if you can keep up this enthusiasm and excitement day after day, in ten years you will own every    33     in the United States.”
My amazement    34     his pride and joy in salesmanship will be easily understood by all who read this article. In many shops the     35     has to wait for someone to serve him. And when    36     some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were interrupting him. Either he is    37     in deep thought in which he hates to be disturbed or he is chatting with a girl clerk and you feel like    38    for “being too rude”.
He shows no interest either in you or in the goods he    39     to sell. Yet possibly the very clerk who is now so indifferent(冷漠的) began his career with hope and    40   . The daily work was too much for him; the newness disappears slowly; his only pleasures were found outside of working hours; and he saw younger clerks who had more enthusiasm in their work promoted over him. He became sour. That was the last stage. His usefulness was over.
21. A. while B. when  C. as D. what
22. A. unimportant  B. unusual C. useless D. unnecessary
23. A. kept B. shut C. took D. caught
24. A. came about B. came across C. came forward D. came around
25. A. anxiety B. shame C. panic D. excitement
26. A. in particular B. in place C. by accident  D. on purpose
27. A. exchanging B. showing  C. selling D. hiding
28. A. how  B. which C. that D. what
29. A. There B. That C. One D. It
30. A. although B. even if C. as if  D. since
31. A. much B. more  C. less D. little
32. A. mostly B. likely C. only D. hardly
33. A. sock B. money C. joy D. store
34. A. with B. at C. to D. on
35. A. salesman B. passenger C. manager D. customer
36. A. firstly B. especially C. absolutely D. finally
37. A. absorbed  B. devoted C. busy D. attracted
38. A. forgiving B. apologizing  C. favoring D. approving
39. A. paid B. is paid C. was paid D. pays
40. A. content B. sympathy  C. surprise D. enthusiasm
三 阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题; 每小题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
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Dear Alcohol,
You’ve been around forever. I can remember all the pain you’ve caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father’s life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He’s addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn’t the only one hurt by you that night.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “I’m so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). “I’m sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This won’t happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.