[四川]2014届四川省南充高中高三第八次月考英语试卷

What kind of things do people often buy during _____ Christmas and _____ Spring Festival?

---Are you happy with this lab?
---Not a little. We can’t have _______.

Children _____ to difficult situations are better at handling those _____ tasks.

He must have been annoyed by something yesterday, _____?

It was five hours _____ the French climber reached the top of the world’s tallest building.

---Could it be in the restaurant_____ you had dinner with me yesterday ______ you left your keys?

---Your sister looks upset.
---Yes, I’d rather I _____ her the bad news.

Nowadays, either 21^st Century or other English newspapers _____ increasingly popular among us students.

---After graduation, more senior students in the mainland are applying for admission to Hongkong University.
---______. But studying in Hongkong may cost more.

We’re visiting Mr. Li, about _______ films people talk a lot.

阅读下面短文， 从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Recently I understood the true meaning of love. That would have been, Kane, a boy. Kane was the two-year-old son of Joline, my new neighbor, who moved here from California.
Kane was born with hard sticks for    . And on that morning I         the effect that Kane’s physical         had on his family. But I also witnessed so much         that.
I saw an extraordinary family that embraced this special child, a family that wouldn't allow Kane to know he was        . Joline had constructed a small cart just a few inches         the floor for his son to get around. Using his hands to move about, the cart       Kane to “go to” any place just as         else was able to do. Kane was more than just a member of the family, he was the        .
Much later in my life, I came to         that God had sent this child to help some of us who just weren’t getting what         was all about. Even with my limited capacity for understanding at that time I knew that Kane was a         developed spirit with great wisdom.
Kane demanded attention,         not because of his mobility challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no         or shortcomings. The truth is that he received         because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.
Kane was and         is lots of warm and powerful energy       to us all so we might learn that        ： Love surpasses all things. If you met this kid, you’d want him for a friend         he was with so much to        .

A．hands B．feet C．legs D．arms

A．witnessed B．observed C．concluded D．mentioned

A．faults B．mistakes C．obstacles D．shortcomings

A．rather than B．more than C．other than D．or rather

A．irregular B．different C．normal D．unfortunate

A．down B．away C．back D．off

A．arranged B．allowed C．transformed D．removed

A．everybody B．somebody C．anybody D．nobody

A．symbol B．signal C．soul D．mark

A．recognize B．experience C．imagine D．realize

A．love B．confidence C．wisdom D．power

A．probably B．generally C．highly D．largely

A．and B．but C．or D．as

A．commitments B．promises C．expectations D．challenges

A．attention B．attraction C．description D．impression

A．even B．yet C．almost D．still

A．created B．released C．sent D．responded

A．lesson B．message C．notice D．note

A．once B．while C．before D．because

A．receive B．give C．handle D．change

For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!
The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.
Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.
If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.
The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to__________.

The underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1 probably means " __________.".

In the author's opinion, __________.

The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.

It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing  past someone in a narrow passage, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles, and here are some more polite ways of interacting  with people in UK.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and shop assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?

What can be inferred from the passage?

We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men ______.

The author develops the text through the method of ______.

C

Honey Sweet Cake (Prep. Time: 12 mins.) Ingredients Strawberries in syrup(糖浆), 1 package (unfrozen) Heavy cream, 1 cup Corn flour, 2 tablespoons Process Mix the strawberries, cream and corn flour in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat for about 8-10 minutes, while constantly mixing until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and refrigerate for two hours, Fill the frozen mixture in a cake, and serve.

Rosy Cake (Prep. Time: 10 mins. ) Ingredients Sugar, 3/4 cup Water, 1 cup Corn flour, 3 tablespoons Strawberries , 2——3 cups Process Take a large saucepan and mix all the ingredients. Cook until the mixture thickens over medium heat. Let it cool naturally and completely. Fill up your cake with the mixture, and serve.

Triangle Sweet (Prep. Time: 15 mins. ) Ingredients Sugar, cup Whipping cream, cup Unflavored gelatin(明胶) , 1 tablespoon Cold water, 2 tablespoons Boiled water, 3 tablespoons Strawberries, crushed, 2 cups Process Add sugar to the crushed strawberries and set them aside. In cold water, soften the gelatin, and once it is softened, add boiling water. Stir until the gelatin dissolves. Add the dissolved gelatin mixture to the strawberries and let it cool. Now whip(搅打) the cream till it becomes stiff. When the strawberry mixture is of syrup thickness, add the whipped cream to it. Refrigerate until it sets. Fill it into your cake, and serve.

Flaming Maple (Prep. Time: 10 mins. ) Ingredients Fresh lemon juice, 1 tablespoons Honey, 2 tablespoons Maple syrup, 2 tablespoons Strawberries, ripe, 2 pints Process Make a fruit butter of half of the strawberries. Add honey, lemon juice, and maple syrup until it forms a smooth sauce. Add the remaining strawberries. Fill the mixture in the cake, and serve.

Which of the following ingredients are used in all the recipes?

Chefs needn't freeze the ingredients when preparing ___________
① Honey Sweet Cake ②Rosy Cake ③Triangle Sweet   ④ Flaming Maple

Which of the following is true?

In how many recipes should chefs thicken the mixture by heating?

After a week-long vacation, U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on proposals to strengthen the still-recovering American economy. The agenda includes the reform of the nation’s health care system.
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as some call it, expands federal health care programs for the needy and encourages Americans of all income groups to purchase private health care insurance.
“If you do not have insurance, beginning on October 1st, private plans will actually compete for your business. You can comparison--shop in an online marketplace, just like you would for cell phone plans or plane tickets. You may be eligible for new tax credits to help you afford the plan that’s right for you. And if you are in the up to half of all Americans who have been sick or have a preexisting condition, this law means that beginning January 1st, insurance companies have to cover you," Obama said.
Health-care spending accounts for one-seventh of U.S. economic activity, and is projected to increase to one-fifth in coming years. The cost has a direct bearing on America’s economic and financial well--being. Drawn up in 2010, the Affordable Care Act aims to control costs and expand access to health care. The effort is a big failure, according to Republican law makers like Tim Griffin and Todd Young.
“Republicans will continue to do everything we can to protect all Americans from the president's top-down, one-size-fits-all, Washington-knows-best approach to health care that is driving up costs and hurting our economy," said Griffin. “The sooner we can delay, oppose and cancel the president's health-care law, the sooner we can get people back to work and focus on expanding opportunity for everyone.”
The president accuses Republicans of putting partisanship(党派偏见) ahead of Americans’ health-care needs. “A lot of Republicans seem to believe that if they can gum up the works and make this law fail, they will somehow be sticking it to me. But they would just be sticking it to you. Your health insurance is not something to play politics with. Our economy is not something to play politics with," he said.
As a matter of fact，the success or failure of Obamacare could shape the president’s legacy long after he leaves office.
It is implied in Obama’s words in Paragraph 3 that      .

According to Tim Griffin，Obama’s health-care law      .

What does Obama accuse Republicans of according to the passage?

What is the author’s tone in this passage?

Chinese scientists have found a new way to use cells found in human urine （尿液）that could aid in the treatment of a range of nerve disorders.That is a new technique for reprogramming cells in human urine into nerve progenitor cells  that can grow into multi-functional nerve and brain cells.
The technique is expected to be used in the study and treatment of nerve disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other nerve disorders.
Pei Duanqing, a professor at Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said his research team has combined an episomal system to deliver reprogramming factors with a chemically defined culture medium to reprogram kidney epithelial(肾表皮) cells in urine into NPCs.
These NPCs, normally only found in the human brain, were later proven to be transgene-free and self-renewing, he said.
"These nerve and brain cells can survive for up to one month when transplanted into the brain of a newborn rat," said Pei. "My team is working hard to understand why our experimental condition allowed the urine cells to become NPCs, because we want to improve the technique and make it more efficient".
Scientists have long searched to treat and study neural disorders by obtaining and transplanting neural stem cells. However, the previous method of getting and using cells from either fetal (胎儿)or adult human tissue remains challenging due to ethical concerns and immune system rejections, he said.
Pei hopes the discovery will be used to generate NPCs from patients with nerve disorders such as Parkinson's disease. "These NPCs from patients may help us discover new drugs for these diseases."
"It is a remarkable advance in the stem cell field. The results and methods obtained from this study will be of great value and significance to the field, " said Fred Gage,a professor with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
What is the passage mainly about?

Pei and his tean try their best to work hard in order to      .

What is the challenge of making NPCs in the previous method?

From the last paragraph we can infer      .

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两个为多余选项。
---Come on.    It’s getting late.
---I don't want it!
---Oh, go on, carrots are good for you.
---
---Well, you ought to and anyway they make you see in the dark.
---No, they don’t. I can’t see in the dark.
---  
---You eat a lot of carrots, but can you see in the dark?
---Of course, I can… What are you dong?
---Turning off the light… there…  
---I don’t believe you.
---Well, can you see them? It’s dark now.  

E. I’ve eaten all my carrots.
F. I can see everything in the dark.
G. I don’t like all things that are good for me.

Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones . They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about.If it is, they say, "Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably."
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.
What is the purpose of this passage ?(within 10 words)
                                                                                             
How many ways do people usually react if they are angry?(within 2 words)
                                                                                             
What does the underlined word“They”refer to in Paragraph3?(within 2 words)
                                                                                             
What kind of people tend to develop heart diseases according to the passage?(within 6 words)
                                                                                             
According to the doctors,what is a good way to deal with anger?(within 3 words)
                                                                                             

下面短文中共有10个错误, 请找出并按要求在文中标记并改正在短文下。
如多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉。
如缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在下边写出该加的词。
如错一个词：在错的词下划一横线, 并在下边写出改正后的词。
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to know what you have been studying Chinese in an university in Beijing for about one month. Just as you have found, Chinese differ from English greatly. The pronunciation and the spelling of the Chinese words are very complicated, and so is the sentence structures. That is because many people, especially the foreigners, have great difficulty in learning Chinese.
However, practice makes perfect. If you can read and write Chinese as many as you can, you have a good command of it. In addition, you should look for more opportunities to communicate with the native people to get familiar to different accents as well as our cultures, which will help you a lot.
Don’t give up. I’m sure you can learn Chinese well. I can offer you some help if it necessary.
Best wishes!
Yours
Li Hua

假如你在学校举行的英语演讲比赛中获得了好成绩，将在颁奖仪式上发言，请用英语写一篇发言稿，要点如下：
参赛目标是否实现
取得好成绩的两点主要原因
演讲中发现的自己的不足之处及改进办法
注意：1.字数120左右
2．发言稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Good afternoon,everyone!
It is an honour for me to speak here.
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
Thank you !