2014年高考定时训练（1）英语试卷

—Do you know if Linda is willing to take charge of the program?
—________，does it?

Everyone wants to live in a beautiful，comfortable and livable place，but not ________ know where it is.

Never believe anything ________ other people have believed it.Use your own head.

Some passersby witnessed the car accident ________ five passengers were killed，a baby included.

________ here yesterday，he could have seen Jackie Chan.

Someone ________ his car in front of my house and it's blocking my way.

________ several times，he still couldn't understand how to operate the machine.

—________ you interrupt now？Can't you see I'm on the phone?
—Sorry，sir，but it's urgent.

If the time is ________ exactly，the paper can be finished on time.

________ made our school proud was ________ more than 60% of the students were admitted to key universities in 2013.

Close the door of fear behind you，and you ________ the door of faith open before you.

Not only ________ polluted but also ________ crowded.

________ an hour every day has made a considerable difference to my health.

—How's your project going，Jack?
—________.I'm half finished with it.

Before her first Harry Potter came out in 1997，J.K.Rowling ________ English for a living in Portugal.

Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with.I was hoping to have a ____  summer before my busy senior year，but my mother asked me to do her a ____.One of her colleagues needed a fulltime ___.“You planned to volunteer at the local hospital，why not volunteer to ____ Nick instead？”Then she told me that this sixyearold boy was not a ____ child.
Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders.Normal daycare centres would not ____ him.As a baby，he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium (平衡) problems.He couldn't ___ or run properly.I was hesitating (犹豫) ____ I was to take the job when my mother ____，“Don't you want to be a nurse in the future？I doubt if you even have the ____.”
Then I told her I was ____ for the job.
The day started at 7：00 am.Nick was my wakeup call！With so much energy and very little ____，he was quite a mix.
In the park，when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings (秋千)，the boy's face ____ up—how he wished he belonged to the group of his age！You would think it would be ____ to get a child to go down a slide (滑梯)．Believe me，it wasn't！It took time a lot of time.But with patience and support，Nick took one step up the slide each day.We worked together to face his ____ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.
Halfway through the summer，he ____ it to the top of the slide.With my arms ____ him tightly，we flew down the slide！I waited for his reaction.After realizing that he was safe and sound，he gave me a big ____ and asked，“May I go down again，alone？”I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children ____ for granted.This ____ child taught me that being a nurse means respect，kindness and patience.

A．grade B．course C．project D．relaxation

A．service B．favour C．business D．trade

A．nurse B．waitress C．guard D．guide

A．protect B．defend C．attend D．comfort

A．normal B．naughty C．clever D．happy

A．admit B．receive C．accept D．adopt

A．speak B．listen C．stand D．walk

A．if B．what C．why D．where

A．suggested B．argued C．challenged D．commented

A．energy B．courage C．faith D．time

A．eager B．sorry C．grateful D．ready

A．awareness B．balance B C．knowledge D．control

A．delighted B．cheered C．lit D．shut

A．difficult B．simple C．interesting D．terrible

A．fears B．worries C．chances D．situations

A．climbed B．got C．managed D．made

A．taking B．holding C．bringing D．greeting

A．kiss B．clap C．welcome D．surprise

A．play B．do C．take D．enjoy

A．miserable B．smart C．brave D．special

Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers.They use robotic systems to milk their cows.Cows are trained to follow a series of paths that lead to milking stations.Only one cow at a time can enter a station.
Once inside，the cow is rewarded with food.As the cow eats，a robotic arm cleans and connects the animal to the milking machine.A few minutes later，milking is complete.The gate is opened，the cow is released and the next cow enters.
The robotic systems are designed to operate 24 hours a day.The cows get to decide when they want to be milked.Cows are milked an average of about three times a day.Some are milked four to six times a day.
The cows wear collars around their necks that identify them to the system.A computer keeps records on their eating and milking.A cow is released from the station if the computer decides it should not be milked.
The automated system also measures the temperature and color of freshly produced milk.Milk is thrown away if it does not pass the tests.
Professor Plaut believes the systems will appeal especially to the next generation of farmers.She means young people who are more interested in technology and less interested in working all the time on the farm.Still，she says the price of robotic milking systems will continue to limit their use.
Doug and Tina Suhr have more than 100 cows on their family farm.Last year it became the fourth farm in southeast Minnesota to get a robotic milking system.A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot costs 175,000 dollars.The second costs 150,000 dollars.
Doug told AgriNews that wages that would have been paid for one employee in five years will pay for one robot.He says the increase in milk production reaches a high of more than six kilograms per cow per day.
From the first paragraph，we can infer ________.

Besides milking cows，the robotic system also can ________.

Why is the robotic system not popular now?

According to Doug，what is the wage of an employee per year?