[河南]2014届河南省郑州高三第一次质量预测英语试卷

---Shall we open the window to let some fresh air in?
---_________. I’m feeling a little cold.

You are well prepared for the job interview, ______ there’s no need for you to get so nervous.

In the rice-growing world, ______ Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is ______ leading figure.

The young couple had a quarrel last night and neither of them would give in to ______.

--- Do we have to hand in our research reports this afternoon, Professor Smith?
--- Yes, you _______ . I will be waiting to check them all the afternoon.

When first ______ to the market, these new products in their company enjoyed a great success.

---May I try on this green skirt?
---______, but I’m afraid the color is not quite suitable for you.

Larry, we’re glad you ______. We were beginning to drive to the station to meet you.

---Would you please help me get this job with the company?
---Sure. You know, I would do ______ for you.

--- How easy is it to find a taxi in this city?
---Simply _______ your hand, and a taxi appears in no time.

How can you expect to learn anything ______ you spend all your time playing computer games?

--- What shall we prepare for our picnic this weekend?
--- Well, let’s discuss it ______ lunch.

Thanks to scientific research, we now have a good understanding of ______ an earthquake is and why it happens.

---Have you read any novels written by the famous writer Mo Yan?
--- Yes, of course. I ______ several of his works when I was studying abroad.

Jenny is quite good at taking notes. She can _______ almost every word her teachers say in class.

The day that I met my best friend for the first time, I was full of anxiety. I was trying to do some ______ for an important oral exam in the local library, but people kept ______ me. I was getting annoyed and of course, I wasn’t able to ______. Suddenly I heard someone singing behind me. I ______ and glared at the person who was singing. It was a tall girl about the same age as me.
She looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If anything, it made me even angrier.” How could she be so selfish?” I thought ______.
I picked up my books, glared at her and whispered coldly, “Thanks to your ______, I’ve been unable to study. You’re so ______!”
I left the library in such a hurry, I left the most important textbook ______. when I got home two hours later, I found that textbook gone. I was so ______ that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. a gentle voice ______ the speaker as Jenny and asked if I was Jane. After ______ that I was, she said that she had noticed I’d left my book in the library and as my ______ was in it, she’d asked a librarian to get my phone number f. She said that she didn’t live far away and could bring it around for me if I needed it. 
I sighed with ______and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course you’ve ______ who Jenny was. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing in the library. When I recognized her in the convenience store, I was filled with ______ and apologized for my ruled behavior I felt so ______, but Jenny just laughed, saying she was glad to see that I’d also left my ______ in the library! I couldn’t help laughing at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea. 
Ever since then we’ve been best friends and we got along really well. To be honest, I trust her more than any one else. I often think how ______ I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to ______ my shortcomings, I would ______ have experienced such true friendship.

A．research B．revision C．work D．experiment

A．watching B．asking C．warning D．disturbing

A．speak B．improve C．concentrate D．follow

A．turned around B．turned down C．turned off D．turned over

A．sadly B．hopelessly C．angrily D．crazily

A．practice B．noise C．attitude D．existence

A．selfish B．active C．sensitive D．stupid

A．out B．around C．aside D．behind

A．nervous B．careless C．upset D．forgetful

A．introduced B．considered C．took D．remembered

A．deciding B．conforming C．realizing D．thinking

A．address B．class C．writing D．name

A．comfort B．relief C．confidence D．satisfaction

A．recognized B．found C．guessed D．heard

A．courage B．energy C．doubt D．shame

A．worried B．sorry C．terrible D．excited

A．glare B．expression C．virtue D．friendship

A．considerate B．pleased C．luck D．grateful

A．overcome B．share C．hide D．forgive

A．ever B．never C．seldom D．Fstill

My interest in Chinese food started years a90, when l was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, where I found some very good Chinese restaurants．
The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. I noticed the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature.
Many years ago, China had an energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get，so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their valuable wood，or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.
In order to economize in cookin9, they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil．That way，the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in this way kept its fresh flavor一and it's this flavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.
This text is mainly about________.

The author mentioned the energy crisis to show________.

It can be inferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food________.

Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy life. 
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog. 
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things. 
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. But mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite. 
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
A person who lives an unhappy life can be described as “_______”.

The underlined word “mean” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “_______”.

What can we learn from the text?

To support his idea, the author develops the text mainly by _______.

In 1980，Candy Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter Cad was killed by a drunk driver as she walked down a suburban street in California. “I promised myself on the day of my daughter’s death that I would fight to make this needless accident count for something positive in the years ahead,” Candy Lightener later wrote.
The drunk driver received a two-year prison sentence. However, he avoided prison by serving time in a work camp and a halfway house. Ms. Lightner was very angry about that and so organized Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), which later changed to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The aim of her organization was to raise public awareness of the serious nature of drunk driving and to promote tough legislation against the crime.
Before Ms. Lightner’s MADD, intoxication (醉酒), including drunk driving, was not taken seriously. Intoxication was often used as an excuse for otherwise unacceptable behavior: “I didn’t know what I was doing—I was drunk.”
Candy Lightner appeared on major television shows, spoke before the US Congress, addressed professional and business, groups, and worked tirelessly for years to change public attitudes, change judicial(审判的) behaviour, and promote tough new legislation. Ms. Lightner left MADD because the organization that she herself created is changing its focus. “I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.”
The President of the United States awarded her the President’s Volunteer Action Award and she was the subject of the movie “Mothers Against Drunk Drivers: the Candy Lightner Story”.
One of the purposes of MADD was to______ .

which way didn’t Ms. Lightner use to achieve her MADD’s goals?

We can learn from the passage that______.

What would be the best title for the passage?

There was great excitement on the planet of Venus (金星) . Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the planet Earth, and it has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.
The satellite was directed into an area known as Manhattan, named after the great Venusian astronomer Professor. Manhattan, who first discovered it with his telescope 20000 light years ago.
Because of excellent weather conditions and extremely strong signals, Venusian scientists were able to get valuable information as to feasibility (可行性) of a manned flying saucer landing on Earth. A press conference was held at the Venus Institute of Technology.
"We have come to the conclusion, based on last week's satellite landing," Prof. Zog said, "that there is no life on Earth."
"How do you know this?" the science reporter of the Venus Evening Star asked.
"For one thing, Earth's surface in the area of Manhattan is made up of solid concrete and nothing can grow there. For another, the atmosphere is filled with carbon monoxide (一氧化碳) and other deadly gases and nobody could possibly breathe this air and survive."
"What does this mean as far as our flying saucer program is concerned?"
"We shall have to take our own oxygen with us, which means a much heavier flying saucer than originally planned."
"Are there any other dangers that you discovered in your studies?"
"Take a look at this photo. You see this dark black cloud hovering (盘旋) over the surface of Earth? We don't know what it is made of, but it could give us a lot of trouble and we shall have further tests before we send a Venus Being there."
"Over here you will notice what seems to be a river, but the satellite findings indicates it is polluted and the water is unfit to drink. This means we shall have to carry our own water, which will add even greater weight to the saucer."
"If all you say is true, won't this set back the flying saucer program several years?"
"Yes, but we shall continue as soon as the Grubstart gives us the added funds(资金)." Profession. Zog replied.
According to the passage, the Venusian scientists succeeded in getting important information about _____.

Why will the Venusian have to take their own oxygen with them when they carry out their flying saucer program because _____. 

It can be inferred from the passage that ______. 

Where can you probably read such a passage?. 

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Are you a saver or a spender?
______ This old saying calls attention to the wisdom of saving money. "Putting money away for a rainy day" is another way to talk about saving for the future.
People who hate to spend money are known as "tightwads," while those who like to get the most value for their money are called "thrifty." ______A spendthrift is someone who spends wastefully. People like that are often said to spend money "like a drunken sailor" or "like there's no tomorrow."
In the United States, people who want to start a savings account have different choices of where to put their money. ______ Credit unions are cooperatives for people who have some kind of connection. For example, the members might work for a university or a government agency. Most credit unions are nonprofit organizations.
Credit unions, banks and other financial institutions pay interest on savings accounts. But the interest rates are low. Certificates of deposit（存款）pay higher returns. With a certificate of deposit, or CD, a person agrees not to withdraw the money for a certain period of time. This term could be anywhere from a few months to several years. ______ People can withdraw their money early but they have to pay a penalty(罚金).
In a number of countries, people have been saving less over the years. It is reported that in 2000, Americans had a household savings rate of 7%. ______ Many European countries have higher rates, but Americans save more than families in Japan.

E. Longer terms, and larger amounts, pay higher interest.
F. A thrifty person is different from a spendthrift.
G. This year the rate is expected to be a little more than four percent.

Recently I have been quarrel ling about my mother over whether I can watch TV after the school. She holds the view that Senior Three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lesson. It seem to her that I am allowed to watch TV, I won’t be able to control me and I’ll forget all about my studies. She also thinks that it is bad to my eyes. But I really can’t accept her ideas. In my opinion, watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day’s hard work. Besides, it is important for me to know what had happened both at home and abroad. However, I shouldn’t be forbidden to watch TV.

假定你是你们班的班长李华。来自澳大利亚的高中生访问团一行20人明天上午将到你们班经行交流，请你根据下列内容提示用英语写一篇发言稿。
表示欢迎；2.班级简介；3.同学特点；4.学校生活；5.表达愿望。
注意：
次数：100左右（开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数）；
可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
不要在发言稿中使用你的真实姓名和学校的名字。
Dear friends,
Good morning! I’m Li Hua, monitor of our class.
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Thank you!