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1、12014-2015 年度高三第一学期期中试题年度高三第一学期期中试题英英 语语本试卷共 8 页，三大题，满分 135 分。考试用时 120 分钟。一、语言知识及应用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 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 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为 115 的相应位置上。There are different ways to advertise. To advertise effectively today, you must _ the old-school id
2、ea of “reaching the masses”. All advertising is local and personal. The key to effective advertising today is to focus on the 2 .Some are the 3 ways every advertiser could work out. You can print a specific offer of your goods or service on door-hangers and place them on doorknobs in your area. Door
3、-hangers on doorknobs will produce results in direct 4 about the strength of your offer. If you need to reach the drivers, flyer (宣传单) under windshield (挡风玻璃) wipers may have better effect than door-hangers. Imagine, how 5 if you hire someone to be a walking ad or launch a T-shirt advertising, that
4、is, you can print your products on T-shirts of your 6 . In the early 1970s “Hamp Baker says Drive with Care” was spray-painted on cars, which was a public service ad. Ever since, spray-painted sign has become more and more 7 .More_8_ways are as follows: virtual showroom. Build a website to 9 a virtu
5、al showroom. Use it when people call to ask 10 about your company, your products or your services. Also you can even use an old slide projector to put on a nighttime show. Theyre 11 effective, and in the long run, cheap. Nothing is quite as powerful as a public 12 that seizes the publics attention.
6、You can invite a band to give a performance. Moreover, you can hire famous models to show it _13_.Of course, word-of-mouth is the best way to promote your 14 . Friends and past customers recommend your products to their family, friends and colleagues.Word-of-mouth _15_because the information is base
7、d on previous positive experiences. 1.A. mind B. favorC.abandonD. appreciate22.A. contentB. productC. individual D. style 3.A. strangeB. commonC. amusingD perfect4.A. description B. decisionC. discussionD permission5.A. stupidB. funnyC. impressiveD. ridiculous6.A. customersB. colleaguesC. consumersD
8、. employees7.A. expensive B. valuelessC. popularD. meaningless8.A. grandB. difficultC. unique D. secure9.A. refer toB. serve asC. stand for D. keep off10.A. locationB. business-hours C. salaryD. details11.A. unbelievably B. consequently C. accidentallyD. occasionally12.A. speechB. sportC. debateD. p
9、erformance13.A. . differentlyB. vividlyC. exactly D. skillfully14.A. productionB. friendshipC. managementD. business15.A. spreadsB. exists C. increasesD . works第二节 语法填空 (共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，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卷标号为 l625 的相应位置上。It was a winter mornin
10、g, just a couple of weeks before Christmas .A poorly dressed man _16_(hurry) walked into a bar and asked for a glass of water. All of a sudden, the girl behind the counter pulled out a gun and shot him_17_(death). Hearing the gunshot, all the customers _18_(flee)from the bar. Why? The reader is aske
11、d to give _19_ reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All kinds of suggestions are made: she recognized him _20_ a dangerous criminal on the run; she thought he was about to attack her; she misheard _21_ he said; asking for a glass of water had a special secret for _22_ and so on. All the
12、 explanations suppose that the gun was used in order to harm the man.It is very easy _23_( block) by this obvious idea. In fact, the explanation is that the man had a bad attack of hiccups(打嗝), _24_ is why he asked for a glass of water. The girl behind the bar was in fact trying to help him, _25_ sh
13、e knew that a sudden fight could cure hiccups. Unknown to her, the gun happened to have been put bullets in that day. 3二、阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）第一节 阅读理解 (共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为 2645 的相应位置上。AOne dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hal
14、l of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get shelter for the night.The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. “All of our rooms are taken,“ the clerk said, “but I cant send a nice couple like you into the rain at one oclock in the morn
15、ing. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? Its not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night.“ The couple agreed.As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, “You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in t
16、he United States. Maybe someday IIl build one for you.“ The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man; asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of the Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to
