江苏泰州姜堰高三上期中英语试卷

— You are really crazy about music!
— Sort of．I always find in music _______ peace which is missing in _______ world full of challenges.

By pretending to be ill, the candidate tried to run away from _______ issues, which always aroused too much debate.

According to the school rules, a student ______ report any damage to school properties to a teacher or the office immediately.

Time is pressing; it’s impossible for me to get there in an hour, ______ the possible delays.

Much disappointed as he is _______ in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.

How can you expect to get ahead in your life _______you even live to yourself from time to time?

We attend lectures in the school meeting room at weekend _______ seats more than 800 students.

— Are you in favour of Tom’s suggestion_______ we work around the clock to meet the deadline?
— No．But ______ Jimmy suggested to me sounds practical.

We believe the time and hard work _______ in completing such an important project are worthwhile.

— Your windows are still open? It’s so cold!
— Oh, sorry．They_______ .

— Have you ever been to the Summer Palace?
— I can’t quite remember．_______, it might have been during my childhood.

— I don’t remember having ever seen John since last week．Has he gone somewhere?
— Not really．He_______ his newly-bought apartment.

In many cities of China, if an ambulance is_______ in a traffic jam, police will respond to the emergency.

— Do you know how Chinese acupuncture reduces pain?
— Well, well, _______．I’ve never read about that.

Out of the train_______, well-dressed and waving to the crowd.

If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London．The original gallery was          by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector    for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother．It moved from its old     in St．John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.
Anyone who has heard     in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on   at the Saatchi Gallery will not be   when visiting the gallery’s new location．Along with the   of new British artists, the gallery still   the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent  .
Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most   ．Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he   art from dead animals.
Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also   a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery．It was through Saatchi   these two brothers came to public attention．At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’ vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.
Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed   with her art is Tracy Emin．In 1998, Emin gave   to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art   My Bed at ￡150, 000.
Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for       when you visit the Saatchi Gallery．Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for   art．Sometimes you look and don’t feel very   with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much．It doesn’t   reveal much about the quality of the work.”

A．repaired B．opened C．built D．rented

A．keen B．suitable C．eager D．famous

A．location B．history C．city D．society

A．concerts B．reports C．rumors D．advice

A．store B．board C．display D．sale

A．addicted B．interested C．disappointed D．worried

A．business B．story C．exhibits D．tradition

A．produces B．publishes C．revises D．includes

A．collection B．station C．memory D．basement

A．ready-made B．well-known C．well-prepared D．easy-going

A．copied B．created C．invented D．discovered

A．devote B．suggest C．bring D．owe

A．when B．why C．that D．while

A．headlines B．position C．advantages D．occupations

A．way B．rise C．anxiety D．hope

A．adapted B．written C．referred D．titled

A．yourself B．it C．them D．one

A．praising B．judging C．appreciating D．studying

A．surprised B．confused C．comfortable D．acceptable

A．necessarily B．exactly C．completely D．likely

The Palm Islands are the largest artificial islands in the world and are under construction in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates．They are being developed as tourist, leisure, and residential resorts, and will increase the coastline of the country by 120 kilometres.
After four years of planning and careful consideration of the environmental issues, construction started in 2001．Dutch engineers with experience of reclaiming land from the sea were employed in the building of the first two islands．The site for all three islands is an area of the sea where the water is not very deep．Sand is taken from the seabed and sprayed into the construction site．Although the shallow water facilitates this process, the islands are still very exposed to the currents and tidal movements of the sea．Rocks are used to hold the sand in place resulting in a large crescent (月状的) structure．This acts as a breakwater and protects the islands from the sea.
The first two islands are in the shape of date palm trees and consist of a trunk and 17 frond, or leaves coming off the trunk．The first island, named Palm Jumeirah, has three five-star hotels in the trunk, and luxury homes in the leaves．It is astonishing that when these homes went on sale in 2004, they were all sold within three days.
The second palm, Jebel Ali, was started in 2002 and is designed to be an entertainment centre．Six marinas (小游艇船坞) are planned, with a water theme park, and homes built on stilts (桩柱) in the water.
The Palm Deira planned to be the largest of the three islands, with a length of 14 km and a width of 8.5 km, an area larger than the city of Paris．It will consist of residential properties, marinas, shopping malls, sports facilities, and clubs．These will be open to both residents and tourists.
More artificial islands, the World Islands, are now being constructed near the Palm Jumeirah．They consist of 300 private islands grouped into the shape of the continents of the world and will be used for estates, private homes, community islands, and resorts.
Unquestionably, these artificial islands are one of the wonders of the modern world．They will also maintain Dubai’s status as one of the leading tourist destinations in the region.
According to the passage, all the following are right EXCEPT___________.

The underlined word “facilitates” in the second paragraph probably means___________.

What is the passage written for?

IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs．Born in Sweden in 1926, Kamprad was a natural businessman．As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling matches, seeds, and pencils in his community．When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward for his good grades．Naturally he used it to start up a business—IKEA.
IKEA’s name comes from Kamprad's initials (I.K.) and the place where he grew up (‘E’and ‘A’)．Today IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist furniture, but it was not a furniture company in the beginning．Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous goods.
Kamprad’s wares included anything that he could sell for profits at discounted prices, including watches, pens and stockings.
IKEA first began to sell furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947．The furniture was all designed and made by manufacturers near Kamprad’s home．Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line．Furniture was such a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely a furniture company in 1951.
In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden．IKEA is known today for its spacious stores with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early1950s, people ordered from catalogues．Thus response to the first showroom was overwhelming: people loved being able to see and try the furniture before buying it．This led to increased sales and the company continued to thrive．By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture.
In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling(拆卸) a table to make it easier to transport．Kamprad was inspired．The man had given him a great idea: flat packaging．Flat packaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers．IKEA tried it and sales soared．The problem was that people had to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into an advantage for IKEA．Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations(内涵) of self-sufficiency．This image has done wonders for the company, leading to better sales and continued expansion.
Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries．Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privately-held company．In 2004 he was named the world’s richest man．He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA．IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing.
The author states in Paragraph 6 that flat packaging___________.

What is the main idea of the passage?

What is the author’s attitude towards IKEA’s future according to the last paragraph?

The passage is developed primarily in terms of ___________.

Humans may not have landed on Mars (火星) just yet, but that isn’t stopping a European company from devising a plan to send four people to the Red Planet within the next few years．This project, called Mars One, aims to send a small group of people to Mars in 2022 and eventually establish a permanent colony on the planet.
“Everything we need to go to Mars exists,” said Mars One co-founder Bas Lansdorp in March 2014．“We have the rockets to send people to Mars, the equipment to land on Mars, the robots to prepare the settlement for humans．For a one-way mission, all the technology exists.” Yet the four astronauts chosen for the trip will be stuck on Mars—forever．And despite Mars One’s thorough planning, there are a number of challenges that may prevent the mission from ever taking place．The biggest road block could be the mission's huge cost ($6 billion)．However, Lansdorp is confident that Mars One will be able to fund the project by selling the broadcast rights for the mission and subsequent experiences living on the planet.
Those broadcast rights will also play a part in helping to select the people who will be sent to Mars．Lansdorp said the company will hold a selection process similar to a reality show．Lansdorp is expecting at least 1 million applications from people around the world．In addition to the cost, several other potential problems could inhibit (阻止) the mission to Mars.
“It’s even more challenging to send people there with life support, with food, with air, with all the other things like books, entertainment, means of communication and of providing for their own resources for a long stay on Mars,” said Adam Baker, senior lecturer in space engineering at Kingston University in London．“The size of the rockets you’d need to do this would be absolutely colossal.”
According to Project Mars One, humans could send four people to Mars within the next ________years.

According to Bas Lansdorp, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

The word “colossal” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ___________.

Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?

Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder．The little headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFF SENTENCE.
Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Gumming, aged 32, laborer, last July．The jury(陪审团) reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment to the court．It was, said the Judge, a simple case．Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Gumming．When arrested, Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking.
Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour．Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered, “Just don’t tell my mother.”
“It happened over three years ago,” Paddy said helplessly．No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do．“Just don’t tell my mother,” said Fee numbly(麻木地)．“And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”
Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said．“Fee, pack your things．We’ll go to see him.”
She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead．“I can't go,” she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there．“It would kill him to see me．I know him so well—his pride, his ambition．Let him bear the shame alone, it’s what he wants．We’ve got to help him keep his secret．What good will it do him to see us?”
Paddy was still weeping, not for Frank, but for the life which had gone from Fee’s face, for the dying in her eyes．Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself．He was the cause of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children．Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away．But Paddy’s love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.
So he said, “Well, Fee, we won’t go．But we must make sure he is taken care of．How about if I write to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?”
There was no excitement in the eyes, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks．“Yes, Paddy, do that．Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out．Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don’t know.”
Paddy cried because he thought ___________.

The underlined sentence “She half-rose before sinking back…” in Paragraph 6 shows that___________.

What can be inferred from the passage?

What is Frank and Paddy’s probable relationship with Fee?

Frederick M．Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues．He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall．They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn’t need an education to get a good job．But now things have changed．For today’s students, academic skills are important to students’ future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime．Many nations don’t give kids an American-style summer vacation．They offer no more than seven consecutive(连续的) weeks of vacation．Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks．To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today’s families．In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom．Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works．For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break．Someone must watch the kids.
But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement．Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime.
A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work．Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons．Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts．Summer vacation can be a grand thing．But in the 21st century, it   may also be outdated.
Title:  Summer Vacation

阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
“When should I begin to acquire good habits?”a young boy asked his teacher.
“How old are you?” asked the teacher.
“Eight years old, sir.”answered the boy.
“Then you have just lost eight years,”the teacher replied.
There is no doubt that habits are formed at a very early age．When one is young, it is easy to acquire good habits.
Good habits are practices that help us in our daily life．The habit of brushing one’s teeth in the morning, for instance, keeps one’s teeth clean and prevents a bad smell which is unpleasant to others．Bad habits such as sticking one’s tongue out, biting one’s fingernails and picking one’s nose, are undesirable ways of behaving in front of others．If we want people to enjoy being with us, we should try to develop habits that are pleasant.
It is said, “We sow an act; we reap a habit．We sow a habit and we reap a character.” The habits we formed at an early age shape our character．Habits are like tributaries(支流) which flow into a river．The river is made up of all its tributaries; a person’s character is made up of all the habits that he or she has acquired over the years.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括本文内容；
2．以约120个词谈谈你对好习惯养成的看法，并包括以下要点：
（1）你认为好习惯重要吗，为什么？
（2）你身上有哪些好习惯，它们对你的学习或生活有什么影响？
（3）怎样才能养成良好的习惯？
【写作要求】
1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。
2．作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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