2014届高考英语一轮复习单元阶段通关训练9
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. —Did you remember to give Tom the book you borrowed from him?
—Yes, no sooner had I seen him I gave it to him.
A. while
B. than
C. suddenly
D. once
22. The news that an earthquake would hit our town led to our great ________.
A. safety
B. concern
C. content
D. excitement
23. Not until I shouted at the top of my voice________ his head．[2012邯郸高二检测]
A．did he turnB．he turned
C．didn’t he turnD．had he turned
24. Only as a volunteer ________how important it is to grasp English.
[2012嘉峪关高二检测]
A. when will I work; I realize
B. when I work; I will realize
C. when I work; will I realize
D. when I will work; will I realize
25. After hours of searching, their patience was and they found the lost travelers in a valley.
[2012南安高二检测]
A. committedB. confirmed
C. rewarded
D. reflected
26. John was busy writing a composition last night, only ________once in a while to have a drink．
A．to stopB．stopped
C．having stoppedD．stopping
27. I need Jim the trees, because they need ________in this dry area.
A. to water; watering
B. to water; watered
C. water; watering
D. waters; watering
28. He ________a big and ripe apple and put it in his bag.
A. turned out
B. picked out
C. paid off
D. went off
29. When we climbed to the top of the mountain, we had a good ________of the whole city.
[2012绍兴高二检测]
A. sceneryB. scene
C. view
D. sight
30. The officers narrowly escaped ________in the hot battle.
[2012杭州高二检测]
A. have killedB. to kill
C. to be killed
D. being killed
31. As we all know, a computer can store ________information.
A. a vast amount of
B. a large number of
C. a good many of
D. many an
32. “Are you really leaving? ” asked Fred________astonishment.
A. for
B. in
C. like
D. to
33. He talked of his trip to Hong Kong, ________attractive place, in________cheerful voice.
A. a; a
B. an; a
C. a; the
D. an; the
34. If foreign aid dries up，the situation for the rebels in Libya will be.
A. desperate
B. separate
C. beneficial
D. sensitive
35. —The weather here in summer is so changeable. Please take an umbrella when you go out.
—________.
A. Well, don’t worry
B. Well, it just depends
C. Oh, take it easy
D. OK, just in case
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved children’s books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It
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the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit
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a magical world called Wonderland. She has many
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which seem to change the rules of reasoning or
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sense. The 40
of the book comes from its
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, interesting story, and art work.
Charles later wrote the story down
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the name of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and gave it to Alice as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George
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to Charles that he make a book from his
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. Charles then wrote more parts to the story
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it was around 35, 000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John Tenniel, under the name of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was a(n)
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success.
One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a
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of all of Lewis Carroll’s works. She was
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to find that they included many works on
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.
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, Charles Dodgson was a highly respected mathematician. This can be seen in many puzzles and plays on
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that appear in his books and poems.
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the story was first printed, it has
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selling up to the present day. It has been
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into over fifty languages and has had several movies
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on it. The story is even mentioned in the popular 1999 film The Matrix by the character Morpheus.
36. A. tells
B. speaks
C. talks
D. says
37. A. coming
B. entering
C. going
D. running
38. A. experiments B. expressions
C. hardships
D. experiences
39. A. ordinary
B. normal
C. common
D. regular
40. A. popularity
B. preparation
C. opportunity
D. opposition
41. A. image
B. impression
C. imagination
D. improvement
42. A. in
B. under
C. for
D. at
43. A. suggested
B. said
C. lied
D. pointed
44. A. novel
B. story
C. film
D. puzzle
45. A. unless
B. when
C. while
D. until
46. A. slow
B. low
C. immediate
D. informal
47. A. correction
B. collection
C. competition
D. connection
48. A. surprised
B. disappointed
C. upset
D. angry
49. A. history
B. politics
C. geography
D. math
50. A. In order
B. In fact
C. In place
D. In conclusion
51. A. addressing
B. discussing
C. reasoning
D. greeting
52. A. Since
B. After
C. When
D. Before
53. A. let
B. found
C. left
D. kept
54. A. translated
B. made
C. spelled
D. written
55. A. put
B. taken
C. based
D. relied
第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
（A）
F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an Americannovelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman
School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In
1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary. ”
This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s, he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period, he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
56. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
57. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d
B. b-e-a-f-c-d
C. f-d-e-c-b-a
D. b-f-c-d-e-a
58. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald ________.
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
59. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about________.
A. Zelda’s personal life
B. Zelda’s illness and treatment
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world
（B）Of all the famous English writers, probably the best known
is William Shakespeare.
He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in1564 on April 23rd.
His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a
good upbringing. Shakespeare probably went to school (although
no records survive to prove this) but not university. He got married when he was 18 to Anne Hathaway and the couple had 3 children.
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (a sonnet is a kind of poem). He began working in his hometown of Stratford but by 1592, he was writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford. He wrote sad stories called tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, funny stories or comedies, romantic stories and stories about historical figures such as Julius Caesar.
Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, almost 400 years ago. But why is his work still popular today?
His work looked at common human themes, such as betrayal, murder, lust, power, ambition and love. These themes are as much a part of human nature today as they were all those years ago and are the themes we see in modern soap operas and Hollywood films. Even though his theatre, The Globe, was burned down in 1613, it was rebuilt in London in 1997 and you can still see his plays performed there today.
Shakespeare’s influence on the English language can still be felt today. We talk about “fair play”, meaning honest behaviour but this phrase was first used by Shakespeare. He coined the phrase “you can have too much of a good thing”. And it was Shakespeare who came up with the expression to disappear “into thin air” which we still use today when we lose something.
Shakespeare’s works have been translated into every major language in the world. And perhaps we’ll still be as fascinated by his works 400 years from now as we’ve been for almost the last 400.
60. Romeo and Juliet belongs to________.
A. comedies
B. tragedies C. romantic stories D. historical stories
61. Why is Shakespeare still well received today?
A. Because his plays can always remind you of your good old days.
B. Because his plays reflect common human themes.
C. Because there have been several Hollywood films based on his plays.
D. Because his plays are easy to understand.
62. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?
A. Shakespeare graduated from Oxford University.
B. Shakespeare passed away on April 23rd, 1616.
C. The language in Shakespeare’s original works is still used today.
D. Shakespeare is the most famous writer around the world.
63. We can conclude that Shakespeare ________.
A. made great contributions to the English language
B. was born in a poor family
C. was fond of making money by selling houses
D. created modern soap operas
（C）A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule,
to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead
parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always
much better to tell a story than read it out from a book, and, if a
parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances(情况) of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, that’s much better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the children by frightening them or making them sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who had read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being strongly terrified by some fairy stories. This also arises from the child who has heard the story once. However, familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who are opposed to fairy stories in that they are not true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I must say so strange that I do not know how to argue with them. If their cases were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girlfriend.
No fairy story has ever claimed(声称) to be description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it is.
64．The author considered that a fairy story is more effective .
A. when a story is repeated without any change
B. when we treat a story as a joke
C. when the parent makes some changes about a story
D. when the story is set in the present time
65．What is the advantage claimed for repeating fairy stories to young children?
A. Making them less fearful.
B. Developing their power of memory.
C. Making them believe there is nothing to be afraid of.
D. Encouraging them not to have strange beliefs.
66．According to the last paragraph, we can know .
A. fairy stories are still being made up
B. there are some misunderstandings about fairy tales
C. people try to update old fairy stories
D. there is more concern for children’s fears nowadays
67. According to the passage, what’s the writer’s attitude towards fairy stories?
A. Supportive.
B. Objective.
C. Neutral.
D. Critic.
（D）Here are brief introductions to some popular novels.
WATCHERS Two mutants（突异变种）, both changed from the animals they once were, escape and no one who
encounters them will ever be the same again. A lonely widower,
a ruthless assassin, a beautiful woman and a government agent
are drawn together in a deadly hunt. All four are cruelly propelled（推进） towards a fight with an evil beyond human imagining. THE MASK She had appeared out of nowhere in front of
Carol’s car. She was a teenager with no past and no memory.
Carol and Paul were instantly drawn to her, and they called her
Jane—she was the daughter they never had. But then the
questions began. Where had Jane come from?
Who was the
girl behind the mask?
THE FUNHOUSE Young Ellen ran away, joined a carnival,
married a man she grew to hate and gave birth to a child so ugly
that she killed it. Years later she has a new husband and two
children, Amy and Joey, but the time has come for Amy and Joey
to pay for her sins（罪恶） as Amy is pregnant and the carnival is back in town.
LOVE STORY
He is Oliver Barrett IV, a rich jockery from a
stuffy Wasp family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in
law. She is Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking working-class beauty
studying music at Radcliffe. They are opposites in nearly every
way. But they fall in love. This is their story.
68. Which novel is about a fierce fight between justice and evil?
A. WATCHERS
B. THE MASK
C. THE FUNHOUSE
D. LOVE STORY
69. In the novel WATCHERS, two mutants_________.
A. were once animals
B. transform everything they meet
C. hunt for beautiful women
D. kill a lot of people
70. The underlined sentence in the brief introduction to the novel LOVE STORY means _________.
A. they are the same in every way
B. they are quite different from each other in most aspects
C. they have a lot in common
D. they are attracted by each other
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Nodira, 18, lives in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. She was born with a rare disease and is now paralyzed(瘫痪) from the waist down. 71
Her hopes for the future include attending university, riding in her father’s car and being able to walk like other children.
Nodira, which means “unique” in Uzbek, is one of five children in a poor family. Every morning, after reciting her prayers, Nodira feeds the hens and goats from her wheelchair.
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Nodira has never been to school because it is too far from her home and inaccessible for her wheelchair. A local teacher used to come and tutor her at home and, as a result, she was able to finish third grade.
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The stigma(羞辱) attached to the children living with disabilities, combined with the lack of wheelchair access to schools and the economic difficulties faced by many Uzbek families, have led many parents to place children with disabilities in special institutions.
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Still, it is unlikely that she will be able to finish her primary education, much less attend university. While missing out on an education is a great disappointment to Nodira, her greatest wish, for a true friend, can still come true. “What I want more than anything is a friend who also has a disability, ” she says. “Somebody will not feel sorry for me or make fun of me, and will understand what my life is like. ”
A. These days, Nodira does homework exercises at home and reads as much as she can.
B．Her life is confined to a wheelchair but her dreams know no such boundaries.
C．Despite the many difficulties in Nodira’s life, she is lucky to be living with her family.
D. Her family can’t help her a lot.
E. Her life is so boring that she sometimes loses heart.
F. After that, her parents moved to another town and the tutor could not visit as much.
G. The rest of her day is spent knitting for other people and helping her mother with the household chores.