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1、2014-2015学年高三英语小测题（第一次）Book1 Units1-2命题人 周文 审题人 刘冰梅说明：本测试满分75分；测试时间为30分钟。一、完形填空（每空2分，15小题，共30分）： A man whose wife died of cancer found himself wanting to be alone. In time he dropped out of his community and _1_ all its activities. After work he returned straight home to a(n) _2_ house. His free tim
2、e was spent watching TV or working in the basement. His friends became _3_. One came and invited him over for _4_ the next evening. The two old friends sat by a warm fireplace. The visitor mentioned the invitation and _5_ him to come. “You may need to allow others to share your _6_.” The man respond
3、ed he was better off without being around other people. They sat in _7_ watching the wood burn in the fireplace. Then the visitor took the tongs (夹子) by the fireplace, reached into the fire, _8_ a flaming ember (炭块) and laid it down by itself on the ground. “Thats you,” he said. The men sat _9_ the
4、red-hot ember quietly. It slowly _10_ its light. Neither man looked away as the once-hot coal _11_ became cold. Then the man said, “I know what you want to tell me. Ill _12_ and dine with you tomorrow evening.” We cannot _13_ in any healthy way by ourselves, we are connected. And in that _14_, life
5、and vitality (活力) are found. So next time when you are sad, dont _15_ to open your heart to others.1. A. arranged B. criticized C. ruined D. refused2. A. empty B. imaginary C. regular D. untidy3. A. bored B. worried C. hopeless D. impatient4. A. dance B. lunch C. entertainment D. supper5. A. helped
6、B. allowed C. encouraged D. instructed6. A. pain B. opinion C. life D. love7. A. relief B. shock C. silence D. secret 8. A. counted B. fetched C. broke D. shook9. A. pressing B. holding C. touching D. watching10. A. lost B. showed C. proved D. hid11. A. ridiculously B. unwillingly C. gradually D. ac
7、tually12. A. benefit B. go C. think D. change13. A. suffer B. cry C. communicate D. survive14. A. situation B. root C. connection D. leaf15. A. stop B. hesitate C. try D. wish二、语法填空。（每小题1.5分，共10小题，共15分）One day a lonely girl who longed for love found two starving songbirds. She took _16_ home and put
8、 them in a small cage. She cared them with love. Every morning they greeted her _17_ a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.One day the girl left the cage open. The larger and stronger of _18_ two birds flew from the cage. The girl was frightened that he _19_ (fly) away. As he flew
9、 close, she grasped him wildly. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hands and stared _20_ horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love killed _21_. She noticed the other bird _22_ (move) back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. She lifted him f
10、rom the cage and tossed him _23_ (soft) into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.The girl watched the bird delightedly. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew much _24_ (close) and landed on her shoulder. It sang the sw
11、eetest melody _25_ she had ever heard.The fastest way to lose love is to hold on to it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!三、阅读理解。（共1篇，5小题，共10分）Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs
12、 of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didnt have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket a
13、nd a small package. “Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily,” Tony said. ”You dont have any luggage, right?” “Only this backpack,” Brian answered. “You said I could bring one carry-on bag.” “Thats right. One c
14、arry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.” “Thanks.” Is Brian a criminal(犯罪)? Not at all. He is an air courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air courier get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need
15、 to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick. Every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier trave
