[福建]2014届福建省泉州市高三1月质量检查英语试卷

By the end of September 2013，＿＿＿＿．number of netizens in China has hit ＿＿＿record high of 604 million．

It’s still not clear＿＿＿＿＿the two countries can reach an agreement at the conference．

It has been announced that the 2014 World Cup＿＿＿＿＿in Brazil from June 12一July 13，2014，in 12 hosting cities．

After living in Quanzhou for five years，she has developed quite an＿＿for the city．

Having devoted his life to the realization of racial equality，former South African President Nelson Mandela＿＿＿on December S，2013．

一Excuse me，may I have a word with Mr. Jackson？
一I’m afraid he’s not＿now．He’s having a meeting upstairs．

It’s so cold today．If it should get warmer this afternoon，I＿my car．

Feng Xiaogang，＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿by many as a leading director，left his handprint at the TCL Chinese Theatre．

Nowadays，it is common to see people staring at their mobile phones instead of reading a real book，＿＿＿＿＿＿many experts are worried．

Since the earth’s resources are getting fewer and fewer，recycling industry certainly＿＿big benefits in the near future．

While I was looking through the news online，＿．

We think anyone whose careless actions＿＿＿＿＿serious results should be punished．

Some scientists say that the tomato is technically a fruit，＿＿it is eaten as a vegetable．

An underwater hotel has opened in Africa，with its rooms＿on the bottom of a three－level floating building．

一There’s a new movie on at the weekends．Shall we go on Saturday or Sunday？
一＿＿＿＿.‑. Either day is OK for me．

Sometimes people come into your life ．You know that they will help you　 out who you
are or who you want to become·You never know 　 these people may be，possibly your roommate，neighbor，or even a complete stranger．But when you　 eyes with them，you know at that very moment they will　 　your life in some way．
And sometimes things happen to you that may seem　 at first，but in reflection you find that without them you would have never　 your potential ability．
Everything happens for a　 　．Nothing happens by chance or　 good luck．Illness，injury，love all occur to test the　 of your soul．Without these small tests，life would be like  a　 road to nowhere ．The people affecting your life，and the　 and failure you experience，help to create who you are and who you become． 　 the bad experiences can be learned from，for they are　 the most important ones·If someone loves you，love them back unconditionally，because they are　 you to love．If someone hurts you，　 them，for they have helped you learn about　 and the
importance of being cautious．
Make every day 　 ．Appreciate every moment，for you may never be able to 53 it again·Tell yourself you are a great individual and　 yourself. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no　 ． Most importantly，if you LOVE someone，tell him or her，for you never know what tomorrow
may have in store．

A．figure B．take C．give D．speak

A．where B．how C．who D．what

A．fill B．lock C．cover D．close

A．value B．affect C．love D．waste

A．exciting B．inspiring C．inviting D．challenging

A．realized B．lacked C．controlled D．tested

A．profit B．fact C．reason D．result

A．in need of B．on behalf of C．on account of D．by means of

A．degrees B．limits C．influence D．condition

A．smooth B．snowy C．busy D．heavy

A．sense B．incident C．success D．feeling

A．So B．Yet C．Thus D．Even

A．probably B．exactly C．certainly D．rarely

A．persuading B．allowing C．teaching D．forcing

A．warn B．forgive C．scold D．charge

A．agreement B．society C．right D．trust

A．count B．mean C．go D．change

A．save B．experience C．share D．miss

A．hold on B．care for C．think of D．believe in

A．efforts B．beliefs C．regrets D．directions

“Get yourself up and make something of yourself，buddy！”Though my mother has passed away，her words are as clear in my head today as when I was a boy．
“Christ！”I said，“I have made something of myself. I want to sleep late as I like．”
“If there’s one thing I can’t stand，it’s a quitter．”Her voice in my head is more powerful than my will to refuse，so I pull myself from bed．
Before I was out of primary school，mother could see I lacked the gifts for either making millions or winning the love of crowds．So she began pushing me toward working with words．Words ran in her family．There seemed to be a word gene that passed down from her mother’s grandfather·
The greatest proof was my mother’s first cousin Edwin．He was the managing editor of the New York Times and had gained a name in his career．
In 1947 1 graduated from Johns Hopkins and applied for a job with the Baltimore Sun as a police reporter．It paid＄30 a week ．When I complained the wage was shameful for a learned man，mother refused to sympathize．“If you work hard at this job，”she said，“maybe you can make something of it．”
After a while，I was asked to cover diplomats（外交官）at various African embassies. Then，
seven years later I was arranged by the Sun to cover the White House，a task that was as close to heaven as a journalist could get．However，whatever achievement of mine only seemed insignificant in her eyes．Uncle Edwin’s success was really annoying during my early years as a reporter．What a thrill，I thought．
Then，out of my wildest childhood fantasy，the Times came knocking．It was sad that Uncle Edwin had passed away by this time．In 1979 I won the Pulitzer Prize．Unfortunately，my mother’s brain and health broke down the year before，leaving her in a nursing home，out of touch with life forevermore ．She never knew of my Pulitzer．
I can probably guess how she’d have responded．“ That’s nice，buddy．It shows if you work hand，you’11 be able to make something of yourself one day，”
The first three paragraphs are intended to＿＿＿＿＿＿

The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 probably means that tier families＿＿＿＿

What can we learn about the author

The author regards Uncle Edwin’s success as a thrill because＿＿＿＿＿＿．

In the new book The Education of Millionaires，Michael Ellsberg suggests that although“there are many wonderful things you can learn in college，”few of them are applied to real life ．So Ellsberg has written the book to tell“the capabilities and attitudes that will get you improved outside the classroom．”
I welcome the kind of debate about the value of higher education.It is necessary to remember， however，that Ellsberg also tells how important it is to make money．He mentions a number of college dropouts一such as Bill Gates and Michael Dell一to show how successful they have become without the benefit of a college degree．While Ellsberg stresses the achievements of dropouts，he includes degree holders who have become wealthy and famous．For example，of the current Fortune 500 CEOs，some 99％have a college degree．Similarly，of the Forbes 400 richest people in America，81％hold postseconda.ry（高等）degrees.
But in the discussion，what is forgotten about the value is that the purpose of education is not simply to enable one to earn a living but to prepare one for living over the course of life ．What is also left out of the debate about higher education is that its purpose is not just to provide a pathway covered with gold for the nation’s elites（精英）．If we have the discussion that way，we may look down upon the people who devote themselves to other ordinary jobs that form the basic structures（结构）of our society，Though these individuals may not be reaching for the kind of stars that Michael Ellsberg and others would have them grasp，most are doing something even more important：they are involved in the useful tasks of good citizens and contributing to the common welfare，including providing for their families．
In the book The Education of Millionaires，Michael Ellsberg＿＿＿．

The second paragraph suggests a fact that＿＿＿＿

From the last paragraph we can learn that the author＿＿＿

The passage is written mainly to．＿＿＿

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This machine gets you going for your first taste of fast riding on a drop bar machine．With thegear shifters（齿轮变速器）positioned to allow you easy changing，you can relax and speed off instyle ．Equipped with 28 mm tyres and mudguard clearance，this bike can be perfectly adapted tosuit several uses一from commuting（通勤）through to riding the smoother country trails.

Very lightly ridden and in excellent condition．Bike has about 400 miles on it，has spent most of its time hanging in garage and works great．Will show signs of normal mountain bike use．
What can we learn from this passage？

If you ordered the Raleigh Equipe RW Road Bike，you are supposed to pay about＿＿．

What do the last two bikes have in common？

Matthew Ames returned to Brisbane from Melbourne at the weekend after experiencing one of many rounds of surgery，becoming Australia’s first bionic（仿生学的）man. Matthew Ames was at home on Monday morning，adjusting to national media attention and life with titanium rods（钦杆）in what remains of his arms and legs．If all goes to plan，later in the year he will have more surgery to fix bionic prosthetics（假肢）．
It all started 15 months ago，when the Origin Energy engineer一who lives with his wife Diane and four children in Camp Hill in Brisbane’s east一began feeling like he was coming down with the“man flu”，A week later he was in hospital，senseless and on life support，which was caused by a deadly form of bacteria．
“He had a. 99％chance of dying，”Matthew’s son Luke，9，said in a program，Sunday Night which drew more than 2．12 million viewers nationally．
Matthew’s younger sons Ben，8，and Will，7，added：“And only 1％of living.”
Proudly Will concluded：“And the 1％ won against the 99．”
Matthew’s families were told Matthew’s only chance of survival was to have his four limbs removed．For Diane，the choice was easy．She could not allow their children to grow up without a father．Eventually，Matthew came to，only to find he had no arms and legs．
On Monday，he is attending a Pride of Australia Medal ceremony for which he has been nominated（被提名）In the courage category．“The 40-year-old is slowly getting used to a few more people knowing about his story，”his sister Kate told Fairfax Media．“We told his story so that he was known to the kids，and thus people wouldn’t stop and stare，”Kate continued．“We’re not sure what to expect now that his story has aired across Australia．The effect it would have in a positive way on people is beyond our expectation．”
From the first two paragraphs we can learn that Matthew Ames

From what Matthew Ames’sons say，we can conclude that

What was the attitude of Matthew’s wife when he was advised to cut his legs and arms？

What would be the best title for the passage？
A. A Lucky Father B. A Bionic Man
C．A National Hero D'. A Reliable Husband

Too Much Happiness was written by Alice Munro，winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature，one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction and the owner of the Man Booker Price for Fiction．Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker，The Atlantic Monthly，and other publications，and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages．
The main character is Sophia Kovalevsky，a great Russian mathematician，writer and advocator拥护者）of women’s rights in the late nineteenth century. After visiting her lover Maxsim Kovalevsky in Riviera，she travels in Europe，ending up in Sweden，where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician．The book writes about her journey from Riviera to Sweden．
The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual（知识分子）woman to achieve success and happiness．However，when she is going to die，Sophia says“too much happiness”．I think it’s irony（讽*11的）．As reading the story，she has too many mental problems·First，as a woman mathematician，she was born in a wrong time ．She was married to Vladimir Kovalevsky without love，called“a white marriage”．She explained that“no a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave the country．”She satisfied her marriage to seek her career．
Furthermore，when she sees a man look like Maxsim in the station，she says to herself，“of course，it would not be Maxsim，what could he be doing in Paris？”She doesn’t want to face the fact because she doesn’t want to lose her hope．She believes they will marry in spring．And in her letter to Julia she says：“it is to be happiness after all，happiness after all．Happiness．”She is cheating herself. In fact，the man does not want to marry her，and the happiness she expected doesn’t take place at all．
Finally, I conclude that the end must be a tragedy（悲剧）．From the very first pages the atmosphere is gloomy黯淡的）and threatening.“One of us will die this year.”“Because we have gone walking in a graveyard（墓地）on the first day of the New Year.”Some pages further，“a black cat across their path”all reflect it will be a bad ending．Not because she had some problems with her lung，but because her life does not bring her happiness，and because of these disharmony things that happen in her life．
We can infer from the passage that＿＿·

The underlined phrase“the fact”in Paragraph 4 most probably refers to the fact that

Why does the author name this book Too Much Happiness？

What can we conclude from Sophia’s experience？

In a newspaper，this passage is most probably in the section of____．

  Today more than 56 million Americans are attending a wide variety of schools and universities across the nation．One half of all the people in the country between the   of 18 and 25 attend a university．Schools are expected to  the needs of every child regardless of his ability and also of society  （本身）．This means that tax-supported free education  ．（包括）courses in such subjects as sewing, typing, radio and automobile repairs as  as in the customary school subjects such as history and language．Students can choose among a. great variety of subjects   （取决于）on their interests，future plans and level of ability．There are，  ，some basic courses that everyone is required to study，such as reading，writing，mathematics and English．During the 1800’s and early 1900’s，when millions of people   many countries around the  w____ came to the United States to settle，schools were an i_  part in“Americanizing”the children，and through them the parents，too．

假设美国某中学学习交流团来你校开展联谊活动，学校指定你代表学生会在联谊会上发
言。请你用英语写一篇发言稿，简单介绍你校概况和丰富的校园生活，并希望联谊活动能加强友谊……
注意：
1．发言稿的开头语已经给出，不计人总词数；
2.可根据内容要点适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；
3．词数120左右。