高考第一次联考试题
英语
注意事项
1、总分值：120分考试时间：100分钟
2、本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，第I卷第1页至
第7页，第II卷第7页至第8页。
第I卷（选择题，共85分）
注意：
1. 答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚，并请认真填涂准考证号。
2. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。在试题上作答无效。
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. —Shall I help you with your suitcase, lady?
—Thanks a ton. _______.
A. If you like
B. Of course you can
C. That couldn’t be better
D. It’s up to you
2. —Oh, Jesus, I can’t cut the durian into two halves however I tried!
—Easy, boy! Why not use _______ knife?
A. a sharp
B. the sharper
C. a sharper
D. the sharpest
3. It’s the end of the month and I can hardly make ends meet., I would buy you a good gift for your birthday.
A. If any
B. If not
C. If ever
D. If so
4. ______ second-hand car can be _______ suitable choice for the young couple.
A. The; the
B. /; a
C. A; the
D. A; a
5. —Barbara lied to me again last night; I can’t take it any more!
—That’s not surprising. She is _______ a simple woman.
A. nothing but
B. anything but
C. none but
D. no more than
6. —Oh, dear! I can’t find my new bracelet. Where o n earth did I put it?
—What a careless guy. It is on the table______ we had dinner together yesterday.
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. what
7. If Doric continue doing things like that, he _______ face the music one day！
A. can
B. should
C. would
D. shall
8. The taxi driver ________ and began to rob his passenger with a fruit knife when suddenly a policeman turned up.
A. pulled away
B. pulled out
C. pulled over
D. pulled through
9. The woman said nothing but to ______ a weak smile on hearing the news that her beloved ex-husband would marry a young lady.
A. organize
B. manage
C. express
D. offer
10. Scientists have come to the conclusion_______ the temperature on Earth is getting higher and higher.
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. when
11. The students in our school expected ______ more time for reviews and exercises before the College Entrance Examination next year.
A. there being
B. there has
C. there had
D. there to be
12. —Must you play that music so loud, uh? I’ve got an interview tomorrow!
—Terribly sorry, buddy. I ______ you could hear it.
A. don’t realize
B. was not realizing
C. didn’t realize
D. must have realized
13. —You’ve been silent the whole day, man!
—I’m feeling ______ blue today. I didn’t do well in the speech contest.
A. in any way
B. in terms of
C. a variety of
D. kind of
14. Little _______ about Xinjiang Qiegao before the Qiegao Event happened in Hunan Province.
A. I had known
B. had I known
C. did I know
D. I knew
15. _______ in a classic detective novel, the landlord didn’t notice a thief was creeping up to his bedroom.
A. Buried
B. To be buried
C. Burying
D. Having buried
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the 16 of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no 17 differences between my home country and my 18 . I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at 19 different the two countries could be.
The United States is 20 in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who 21 and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份额) often 22 to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once 23 a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big 24 for me.
The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to 25 smaller differences like the culture of 26 in restaurants. In Australia we don’t tend to give a tip 27 the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for 28 everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants 29 to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places 30 New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.
31 , I also became more wary (谨慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成见) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.
Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to 32 true for me. There is an immense (强烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone 33 to and fro, and very seldom takes time to 34 the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians
