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1、惠州市2014届高三第二次调研考试英语试题本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，满分135分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必坩黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的市（县）/区、学校、班级、姓名、准考证号、试室号和座位号填写在答卡的密封线内。2-选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试题卷上。3. 非选择题必须叫黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在另发的答题卷各题指定区域内的相应位置上：如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题

2、卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将答题卷和答题卡一并交回。I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）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115各题所给的A、B、C、D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Life is short. Are you doing what you love? Are you living your 1 ？If not, why?I am guessing most people will 2 that question with I have a mortgage（抵押贷款），as

3、pouse and three kids to support .”In the real world people have 3 .They have to make sacrifices . You arent supposed to be happy with your job but you do it because you have to.” With all due respect, they are wrong. You can take care of your responsibilities and be 4 with your jib . We spend over 1

4、/3 of our day,at least five days a week performing our jibs.This is a lot of time to be 5 on something we donot enjoy ,is it not?Why not spend that time doing something you 6 are passionate about for 50 hours a week instead of something that lack 7 ? I think there is one main 8 people dont follow th

5、eir passion: fear. Fear of how others will react, fear of failure, and fear that they cant do it themselves. I think the first part is for people to realize that they can conquer their 9 You will 10 at times and others will think you are crazy at times, but if you believe that you will succeed then

6、you 11 will. I 12 that it is not easy. I am in the middle of going through it right now. But understand that there are other people out there who have been through what you are going through and can help you 13. Theyhave failed, been ridiculed（嘲弄）, and come out on the other end extremely 14 . They a

7、re living proof that you can do what you14.15。1、A、tireness B、passion C、honesty D、ambition2、A、solve B、ask C、answer D、think3、A、responsibilities B、qualities C、possibities D、difficulties4、A、bored B、 happy C、surprised D、sad5、A、spending B、reading C、talking D、wasting6、A、truly B、hardly C、widely D、slightly7、

8、A、instruction B、meaning C、protection D、care8、A、choice B、trouble C、suggestion D、reason9、A、fear B、exictement C、devotion D、passion10、A、fail B、succeed C、complete D、try11、A、specially B、equally C、finally D、merely12、A、promise B、hear C、remember D、understand13、A、simply B、greatly C、clearly D、politely14、A、grat

9、eful B、hopeful C、successful D、powerful来源:Z&xx&k.Com15、A、see B、feel C、think D、love第二节：语法填空（共10小题，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，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。 Near Chinas northern borders lived a man 16 was well versed(精通)in the practices of Taoism .道教. His horse, 17no reason

10、at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes. Everyone felt sorry for18。 Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing, said hisfather. After a few months, his animal came back, 19 fine horse from the north. Everyone congratulated him.Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a cause of 20（f

11、ortune）,said his father. Since he was well-off and kept good horses his son became fond of riding and 21（eventual）broke his thigh bone falling from a horse.Everyone commiserated with him.22am I sad? Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing,” said hisfather. One year later, the northern tribe

12、s started 23 big invasion of the border regions. All able-bodied young men took up arms and 24（fight）against the invaders, and as a result, around the border nine out of ten men died 25 , this mans son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled and so both the boy and his fathersurvived.阅读

13、（共两节，满分50分）阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）来源:学*科*网 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AVisitors to Londons Millennium Dome building on the morning of November 7, 2000 would have seen much more than they had expected. The Dome, a building which was built to celebrate the beginning of the new millenni

14、um, had a special display, called “Money”, containing some of the worlds most famous diamonds. Shortly after opening time, four men disguised as workmen drove a large digging machine past security guards at the entrance. After coming near the exhibition, they put on masks and released smoke bombs. T

15、heir target was the Millennium Star, a 203-carat perfect blue diamond, thought to be the most beautiful large diamond in the world, and the third largest ever discovered. Unfortunately for the thieves, the police had been keeping an eye on them for months, after seeing two gang members videotaping t

16、he diamonds two months earlier. As the thieves used hammers to break into the glass case containing the diamonds, police dressed as cleaners quickly surrounded and arrested them. The police had also swapped the diamonds for fakes a few hours before the robbery attempt. The gang had planned to get aw

17、ay by speedboat along the river outside the exhibition. The two drivers of the boat were also arrested after a high-speed chase along the river. If the robbery attempt had succeeded, it would have been the largest in history-worth 5, 000 million. The thieves were given a total of 71 years in prison,

18、 with the two main leaders receiving 18 years each.Two years later, in February 2002, another gang of thieves succeeded in stealing millions of dollars worth of diamonds in Antwerp, a diamond-dealing city in Belgium. They used copied stolen keys and security passes to get into the area containing th

19、e diamonds on Sunday night. The robbery wasnt discovered until Monday morning. The four thieves might have gotten away with the robbery, except for their carelessness-they were captured after they left a garbage bag containing security passes, videotapes, and documents with their names on the side o

20、f a road.26. Whats the best title of the passage? A. Careless Robbers B. Smart Policemen C. Diamond Robberies D. Famous Diamonds27. Why was the first robbery unsuccessful? A. Because the robbers actions were under close observation by police. B. Because the robbers didnt designed the robbery careful

21、ly beforehand.C. Because an unexpected thing happened by chance. D. Because the real diamonds had been replaced.28. Why were the second gang of robbers caught eventually? A. Because they were too careless. B. Because they copied the wrong keys. C. Because they were videotaped D. Because they used se

22、curity passes.29. Whats the similarity between the two robberies? A. Both of them were unsuccessful. B. Both of them happened in the same city. C. Both of them were planned carefully in advance.D. Both of the two gangs were caught on the spot.30. Which of the following statements is True according t

23、o the passage? A. Many visitors had expected to witness the first robbery in London. B. The Millennium Star is the largest diamond ever discovered.C. The two main robbers in London robbery were sentenced to 71 years in prison. D. The two speedboat drivers tried to escape before caught.BAt 21，Ricardo

24、 Semler became boss of his fathers business in Brazil，Semco，which sold parts for ships. Semler Junior worked like a mad man，from 7：30 am，until midnight every day. One afternoon，while touring a factory in New York，he collapsed. The doctor who treated him said，Theres nothing wrong with you. But if you

25、 continue like this, youll find a new home in our hospital. Semler got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact，he changed the ways his employees worked too.He let his workers take more responsibility so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong. He allowed them to set th

26、eir own salaries，and he cut all the jobs he thought were unnecessary，like receptionists and secretaries. This saved money and brought more equality to the company. Everyone at Semco，even top managers，meets guests in reception，does the photocopying，sends faxes，types letters and dials the phone.He com

27、pletely reorganized the office：instead of walls，they have plants at Semco，so bosses cant shut themselves away from everyone else. And the workers are free to decorate their workspace as they want. As for uniforms，some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts.Semco has flexible working hours：the em

28、ployees decide when they need to arrive at work. Also，Semco lets its workers use the companys machines for their own projects，and makes them take holidays for at least thirty days a year.It sounds perfect，but does it work? The answer is in the numbers：in the last six years，Semcos revenues have gone

29、from$35 million to$212 million. The company has grown from eight hundred employees to 3，000. Why?Semler says its because of peer pressure. Peer pressure makes employees work hard for everyone else. If someone isnt doing his job well，the other workers will not allow the situation to continue. In othe

30、r words，Ricardo Semler treats his workers like adults rather than children, and expects them to act like responsible adults. And they do.31.According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is True? A. Ricardo Semler is a 21-year employer.B. Semco is the name of a ship.C. Ricardo Semler fe

31、ll seriously ill because of overwork.D. The doctors words had a great effect on Ricardo Semler.32. Semler made a variety of changes in his company Except_. A. the staff was lessened to save money B. the employees were given less holidays every year.C. flexible working hours were introduced D. the em

32、ployees enjoyed a lot of freedom33. Whats the main idea of Paragraph five? A. Ricardo Semlers new management method succeeded. B. Ricardo Semlers idea sounded perfect but not practical.C. The company earned a lot of money. D. The reason for his success.34. In his company, what does Ricardo Semler va

33、lue most? A. freedom B. rules C. responsibility D. hard work35. Which of the following best describes Semlers quality? A. human and creative B. clever and diligent C. intelligent and casual D. considerate and selflessCThe UK spy agency GCHQ is facing a legal challenge in the European courts over cla

34、ims that its mass online surveillance(监察) programmes have invaded the privacy of tens of millions of people across the UK and Europe. Three campaign groups Big Brother Watch, the Open Rights Group and English PEN together with the German internet activist Constanze Kurz, have filed papers at the Eur

35、opean court of human rights claiming that the collection of vast amounts of data by GCHQ is illegal.The move follows revelations by Edward Snowden that GCHQ has the ability to collect more than 21 petabytes of data a day equal to sending all the information in all the books in the British Library 19

36、2 times every 24 hours.Daniel Carey, lawyer at Deighton Pierce Glynn, which is taking the case, said: We are asking the court to declare that unlimited surveillance of much of Europes internet communications by the UK government, and the outdated regulatory system that has permitted this, invade our

37、 privacy. Files leaked by Snowden show GCHQ and its American partner, the National Security Agency, for which he worked, have developed abilities to undertake industrial-scale surveillance of the web and mobile phone networks. This is done by searching for the servers of internet companies and colle

38、cting raw data from the undersea cables that carry web traffic. Two of the programmes, Prism and Tempora, can sweep up vast amounts of private data, which is shared between the two countries.The revelations have led to widespread concern in Europe and the US about the power of the UK and US security

39、 services to gather online communications. Last week Lord King, a former Conservative defence secretary, called for a review of the laws used to justify surveillance and interception(窃听) techniques.Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch, said the regulatory system was no longer fit for purpose.

40、The laws governing how internet data is accessed were written when barely anyone had broadband access and were intended to cover old-fashioned copper telephone lines, he said.Parliament did not intend those laws to permit collecting details of every communication we send, so its absolutely right tha

41、t GCHQ is held responsible in the courts for its actions.（371w）36. What is GCHQ accused of according to the passage? A Sending all the information in all the books in the British Library.B Collecting vast amounts of information of the US government.C Invading the privacy of a great number of Britons

42、 and Europeans .D Claiming its mass online surveillance programmes.37. Who revealed the secret of GCHQ? A Constanze Kurz B Edward Snowden C Daniel Carey D Lord King38.What doe the word “This” in Paragraph 3 refer to ? A Collection of raw data from the undersea cables.B Search for the servers of inte

43、rnet companies.C Ability of GCHQ to undertake surveillance of the web and mobile phone network.D Leaks of national security by its American partner.39. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A Lord King considered it necessary to review the laws on justifying surveillance and interception technique

44、s.B The revelations havent caused any concern in related countries.C Private data from Prism and Tempora is shared by Germany and The UK.D Nick Pickles believes that the laws on how internet data is accessed neednt updating.40. In which session are you likely to read the passage in a newspaper? A Sc

45、ience B Education C Entertainment D NewsDOne side effect of globalization（全球化） and the related phenomenon of greatly increased mobility is that the traditional definition（定义） of “foreigner” has passed its sell-by date. Is a European who has lived in China longer than in his home country, becoming fl

46、uent in the language and culture in the process, still a foreigner in China, or has he become more of a foreigner in his own home town? What about a Beijinger who did her schooling in Canada and then lived and worked in mainstream society there for another 20 years while raising a family, who has no

47、 intention of returning to China? Does she think and act like a foreigner? What do we mean by this label（标签）? When I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, the faces you would see during a walk through a local shopping mall back in the 1960s and 1970s included almost none of Asian descent. Today the same malls are full of Asian faces, and a glance at the ranks of top scoring students in local schools reveals lots of Asian surnames. To some extent, this is no great surprise in the American context, because America is a land of immigrants, and a cultural melting pot. Apart from