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1、2014年高三英语教学质量检测试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (A)A boy plays away from home and fights with others. Hes defeated, gets hurt and suffers shame. If he is strong-willed, he would clench (咬紧) his teeth, making a firm fist from (25) _ (weep) in front of others. But as soon as he returns home he wo
2、uld burst out crying at the first sight of his close relatives. He would be all tears pouring out his sufferings.The same is true for a strong-willed grown-up. No matter what harm he suffers he would do his best (26) _ (conceal) his feelings, trying not to let others know how he feels. He would swal
3、low his bitter tears and show a smiling face at others (27) _ _ he didnt care a bit. But however strong-willed he is, most probably he would cry as soon as he meets his close relative who loves him and to (28) _ he can pour out his heart unreservedly. Not only would he weep but hed cry his eyes out
4、(29) _ grief.If somebody weeps in your face the person never of the type doing this in front of others, youd better sit by and let him cry to (30) _ hearts content, for it shows you are regarded as his dearest or (31) _ (reliable) one.Its much better to have someone crying in your face than be met e
5、xclusively by (32) _ smiling face. Anyone can smile at you, but very few will weep in your face, because the latter is much harder for one to do than the former.(B)Some of young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting. One of the lessons they should ta
6、ke was (33) _ an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy, take his weapon away and have him (34) _ (arrest). First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands, and then he took a gun away from him in the same way. After the lesson, and before they went on
7、to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what (35) _ (show). One of the questions was this, “Well, you now know (36) _ an unarmed man can do against a man with a gun. Imagine that you (37) _ (g
8、uard) a bridge at eight one night, and that you have a gun. Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier (38) _ (come) towards you, and what will you do?”The young soldier who (39) _ _ answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds (40) _ he answered, and then said, “Well after what I have ju
9、st seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my gun as quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy soldier couldnt take it from me and kill me with it!”Section BA. countless B. exhaustedC. comparison D. essentialE. estimatesF. distinctiveG. relatively H. clearedI. unfortu
10、natelyJ. recycledK. restricts Rain forests, found in Earths temperate and tropical (热带的) zones, are some of the most biologically varied ecosystems on the planet. All rain forests share certain _41_ features, including a closed canopy, the dense vegetation of the top branches that forms a roof above
11、 the forest floor, a damp and warm climate, and _42_ constant temperatures throughout the year. Most of the forests insect and animal life grows well in the canopys leafy and sunlit environment. The forests groundcover, by comparison, is small. Less than 2 percent of the suns light makes its way thr
12、ough the canopy and the darkness below. This darkness, along with the poor quality of the soils, _43_ plant growth. Rain forests are a(n) _44_ part of Earths total ecology. Huge amounts of water are absorbed into tree roots and _45_ into the atmosphere from the tree leaves through a process called t
13、ranspiration (蒸发). Tree roots also fix the soil in place and slow the runoff of rains into rivers and oceans. Through the process of photosynthesis (光合作用), rain forests absorb more carbon dioxide and give off more oxygen than any other ecosystem. The rain forests are _46_ shrinking at a rapid rate a
14、s a result of the profitable ventures of farming, logging, and mining. When tropical rain forests are _47_ in order to raise cattle and crops, the nutrient-poor soils are quickly _48_. When farmers move on to new areas, heavy rains and baking sun leave the land fruitless and lifeless. Logging and mi
15、ning cause similar damage to the land and destroy the territory of _49_ millions of birds, insects and animals. By some _50_, an area of tropical rain forest the size of the state of Delaware disappears in this way every month. III. Reading ComprehensionSection AArchaeologists are scientists who search for clues that help form a clearer picture of the lives people led in the past. Archaeology is a modern science, but it has been _51_ for centuries. More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus described the Egyptian pyramids and other monuments. He may have been t
