1、2014届北京市东城区普通校高三上学期期中联考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 There is an English saying, “_【小题 1】 _” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. _【小题 2】 _ Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on th
2、e body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise._ 【小题 3】 _ If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial. Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able t
3、o reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. _【小题 4】 _ _【小题 5】 _They have found that even if the
4、ir patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter. A Laughter can surely last ones life. B As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to im
5、prove their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. C The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain. D It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deep
6、er; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. E. They have proved that laughter can really cure any disease if people keep a good state of mind. F. Laughter is the best medicine. G. They have found that laughter really can improve peoples health. 答案： 【小题 1】
7、 F 【小题 2】 G 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 B 试题分析：文章介绍大笑对健康的好处，可以增加血压，使心跳加速，锻炼到肌肉，还可以减少疼痛。 【小题 1】从前面的句子： There is an English saying, 可知下文是一个谚语“Laughter is the best medicine. ”笑一笑十年少，选 F 【小题 2】从前面的句子： doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 可知他们发现笑对人的健康有好处，选 G 【小题
8、 3】从前面的句子： People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.可知笑对前面提到的几个 方面都有好处，选 D 【小题 4】从前面的句子： The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened
9、 to a funny program. 可知下文是解释笑可以减轻疼痛的原因。选 C 【小题 5】从后面的句子： They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, 可知很多医生开了笑声诊所，选 B 考点： 考查信息匹配 单项选择 * Dont be _ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. A taken off B taken out C taken away D taken in 答案： D 试题分析：考查词组辨析
10、： take off脱下，起飞； take out取出，借贷； take away带走。 take in 欺骗。句意：不要被那些承诺可以使你快速减肥的产品欺骗。选 D。 考点：考查词组辨析 Such a good opportunity, once _, might never come again. A lost B to lose C losing D loses 答案： A 试题分析：考查状语从句的省略：句意：这样的好机会，一旦错过了，可能再也不能回来了。这句话的状语从句完整的是： Once a good opportunity is lost，当主从句的主语一致的时候，可以省略从句的主
11、语和 be动词，所以选 A。 考点：考查状语从句的省略 _ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge. A Whatever serious a problem B However serious a problem C However a serious problem D No matter how a serious problem 答案： B 试题分析：考查让步状语从句：句意：无论你可能遇到多么严重的问题，你都要鼓足勇气面对挑战。 Whatever后面接名词，排除 A。 however/no m
12、atter how后面可以接 adj+冠词 +名词， CD都是错的，选 B。 考点：考查让步状语从句 Faced with difficulties, you should believe your confidence is _ makes a difference. A what B that C which D whether 答案： A 试题分析：考查表语从句：句意：面对困难，我们应该相信你的自信是产生影响的东西。 Is后面是宾语从句，表语从句中缺少主语， what可以在宾语从句中做主宾表， that引导表语从句的时候 ，不做成分， which哪个， whether是否，不符合句意。选
13、 A。 考点：考查表语从句 Reality is not the way you wish things to be,_ the way they actually are. A as B or C but D and 答案： C 试题分析：考查固定搭配：句意：现实既不是你希望事情会是什么样的 ,也不是似乎是什么样的 ,而是实际上是什么样的。这里用 notbut 意为 “不是 而是 ”, as意为 “如同，像，按照 ”。 or意为 “或 ,或者 ,还是 ,抑或是 ”。 and意为 “及 ,和 ,与 ,同，又 ,兼 ”。 故选 C项。 考点：考查固定搭配 If I _ you, I would
14、join the army. A am B was C were D would be 答案： D 试题分析：考查虚拟语气：句意：如果我是你，我就会参军。从句意和主句的would可知这是表示和现在相反的虚拟语气， if条件句用一般过去式， be动词用 were，选 D。 考点：考查虚拟语气 All the books donated by the students from urban schools are said _ to the students in rural areas the other day. A to be sent B being sent C having been
15、sent D to have been sent 答案： D 试题分析：考查非谓语动词。从语法可知， be said 后面要接 “不定式 ”，故排除B 项和 C 项，同时语意表示 “捐的书几天前已被送往农村学生的手中了 ”，且send 和 books 之间为动宾关系，故应用动词不定式的完成式的被动语态。答案：选 D 项。 考点：考查非谓语动词 If he takes on this work, he will have no choice but _ an even greater challenge. A meets B meeting C meet D to meet 答案： D 试题分析
16、：考查固定词组： have no choice but to do别无选择只好做，句意：如果他接受这个工作，他将只好接受一个更大的挑战。选 D。 考点：考查固定 词组 Something terrible _ if he didnt come to the bar as he always did. A should happen B might happen C must have happened D can have happened 答案： C 试题分析：考查情态动词 +完成式的用法：句意：如果他没有象平常一样来到酒吧，那一定发生了可怕的事情。从句用的是过去时，说明应该用情态动词 +完
17、成式表示最过去事情的推测，排除 AB。 Must have done过去一定做了， can 用于推测一般用于否定和疑问句，选 C。 考点：考查情态动词 +完成式的用法 Listen! Its raining. - Oh, really I _ it at all. A didnt realize B dont realize C havent realized D hadnt realized 答案： A 试题分析：考查时态：句意： -听，正在下雨。 -哦，真的？我根本没有意识到。根据句意；刚刚没有意识到下雨了，现在知道了，用一般过去式，选 A。 考点：考查时态 I _ a topic for
18、 the composition, but havent decided yet. A will think about B have been thinking about C had thought about D was thought about 答案： B 试题分析：考查时态：句意：我一直在考虑作文的话题，但是还没有决定呢。从 but havent decided yet.可知是从过去到现在一直在想，还没有决定，表示动作从过去到现在一直在进行，可能还是要进行下去，用现在完成进行时，选 B。 考点：考查时态 If I _ that program the day before yest
19、erday, my computer wouldnt have broken down. A didnt run B havent run C hadnt run D were not to run 答案： C 试题分析：考查虚拟语气。句意：如果我前天不运行这个程序，电脑就不会瘫痪了。根据 the day before yesterday和后面的 wouldnt have broken, 可知假设条件与过去相反 , 所以用过去完成时态。选 C。 考点：考查虚拟语气 Mr. Brown _ his office an hour ago and he is still on his way hom
20、e. A left B leaves C is leaving D was leaving 答案： A 试题分析：考查时 态：句意：布朗先生一小时前离开了办公室现在还在回家的路上。因为时间是 an hour ago，用一般过去式，选 A。 考点：考查时态 It is the second time that he has won the race, _ has surprised us all. A which B where C what D that 答案： A 试题分析：考查非限制性定语从句：句意：这是他第二次赢得比赛 ，这让我们都很惊讶。 which引导非限定性定语从句代指前面整个句子
21、，在定语从句中which充当 主语， where不能做主语， what不能引导定语从句， that不能引导非限制性定语从句，选 A。 考点：考查非限制性定语从句 When asked_ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved. A whether B that C what D why 答案： C 试题分析：考查宾语从句：句意：当问及他们最需要什么的时候，几个少年说他们想要一种感觉，一种很重要的、被人疼爱的感觉。 Ask后面接宾语从句，从句中缺少宾语，用 what 引导宾语从句， that
22、引导宾语从句的时候，不做成分， whether 是否， why为什么，不符合句意，选 C。 考点：考查宾语从句 完型填空 A few days ago, my sister Liz and I talked about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something for Fathers Day. We talked about the times when we were up and how Mom and Dad used to play the good cop, bad cop thing on us. Dad has been
23、a person of few words since we were . He raised us more by than anything else. When he spoke, though we listened, he was always mysterious and difficult to understand. There was always a(n) meaning that I never got, but Liz always to decipher(破解 ) him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted
24、a skateboard and I I was too old to ask money from my parents, so I worked at a burger joint (美式汉堡店 ). One day, I was really angry about annoying burgers. I came home huffing and puffing(气喘吁吁 ). Dad saw me and asked me what was the . I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers. He said that w
25、e all have to start somewhere, that we may not know it now, but the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come in handy _in life, Who knows, you might end up having to run a or even own one when you grow up, said Dad. He me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I really didnt agre
26、e with it. A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really days that we had, we were short on kitchen staff. Our customers were getting impatient and the were getting delayed. We were sure any minute something terrible would out. I couldnt stand the
27、 any more, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up with the orders . The owner saw what I did and called me over around time. He said that he was very . He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-tim
28、e. That was I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true. Ive never forgotten what my dad said that day. And whenever I have to do something that requires new skills, no matter how insignificant or it seems, I have a new perspective(看法 ) that it might really help
29、 me later on or even right now and I just dont know it. Experience is everything and it a lot when you take lessons from it. Thats my lifes philosophy. 【小题1】 A getting B going C growing D coming A schoolboys B kids C adults D graduates A instruction B example C order D inspiration A obvious B clear
30、C reasonable D hidden A failed B refused C tried D managed A imagined B promised C believed D suggested A experience B matter C event D accident A later B sooner C latter D late A restaurant B hospital C school D plant A calmed B wrote C 1et D put A exciting B worrying C busy D happy A meetings B pa
31、rties C menus D orders A break B show C go D set A quarrel B 1aziness C relaxation D tension A eventually B regularly C obviously D thankfully A breakfast B 1unch C opening D closing A influenced B interested C inspired D impressed A when B why C whether D where A important B impressive C interestin
32、g D small A works B counts C shows D studies 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 D 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 A 【小题 11】 C 【小题 12】 D 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 A 【小题 16】 D 【小题 17】 D 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 D 【小题 20】 B 试题分析：在父亲的教育下作者认识到了生活中的经历不管多么渺小多么微不足道从中学到的技能在今后的工作中都有可能用到。 【小
33、题 1】考查动词： A. getting得到， B. going去， C. growing增长， D. coming来，这里作者是在回忆在成长过程中父亲给他们的教育因此选择 growing，grow up长大。选 C 【小题 2】考查名词： A. schoolboys学生， B. kids孩子， C. adults成年人， D. graduates毕业生，从文章开头 “my sister and I”可知选择 schoolboys不对，因此选择 kids最妥当。选 B 【小题 3】考查名词： A. instruction指导， B. example例子， C. order顺序， D. insp
34、iration激励，爸爸是通过榜样的作用养育我们不是因为别的，选 B。 【小题 4】考查形容词： A. obvious明显的， B. clear清楚的， C. reasonable合理的， D. hidden隐藏的，从前面的句子： he was always mysterious and difficult to understand.可知爸爸的话里面总 是有一些隐藏的东西是我不能理解的，选 D 【小题 5】考查动词： A. failed失败， B. refused拒绝， C. tried尝试， D. managed设法，根据 but前的内容可知我不懂但是 Liz总是能够弄懂他的意思。mana
35、ge to decipher him设法弄懂他讲的话的含义。选 D 【小题 6】考查动词： A. imagined想象， B. promised答应， C. believed相信， D. suggested建议，作者认为自己已经长大了不好再向父母要钱。选 C 【小题 7】考查名词： A. experience经历， B. matter事情， C. event事件，赛事，D. accident事故，这里表示父亲看到作者气喘吁吁地回来询问出了什么事。what was the matter表示 “怎么啦出了什么事 ”。选 B 【小题 8】考查副词： A. later后来， B. sooner更早，
36、C. latter后者， D. late迟，由于作者对自己刚刚从事的兼职工作不满意因此父亲开导他说每个人都要从某个地方起步从事某一项工作可能现在还不知道是什么工作不过工作中所获得的技能在日后（ later）的生活中也可能派上用场。选 A 【小题 9】考查名词： A. restaurant饭店， B. hospital医院， C. school学校， D. plant植物，你可能以后会经营一家饭店，甚至可能会拥有一个，选 A 【小题 10】考查动词： A. calmed平静， B. wrote写， C. 1et让， D. put放，因为作者本来很生气，这里爸爸把她： calm sb down使某
37、人冷静下来，选 A 【小题 11】考查形容词： A. exciting令人兴奋的， B. worrying令人担心的， C. busy忙的， D. happy快乐的，根据下面的 we were short on kitchen staff可知厨房的员工短缺说明那一天餐馆里很忙厨师不够用了。选 C 【小题 12】考查名词： A. meetings会议， B. parties聚会， C. menus菜单， D. orders点菜，顾客有些不耐烦了根据下文 “We caught up with the orders”可知选择orders表示顾客点的菜也在被推迟。选 D 【小题 13】考查动词： A.
38、 break破坏， B. show 展示， C. go去， D. set设置，店里的员工都担心糟糕的事情会爆发出来。 break out指不好的事情的突然爆发符合语境。选 A 【小题 14】考查名词： A. quarrel争吵， B. 1aziness懒惰， C. relaxation放松， D. tension紧张，作者无法忍受那种紧张的气氛因此选择 tension。选 D 【小题 15】考查副词： A. eventually最终， B. regularly定期地， C. obviously明显地， D. thankfully 感激地，由于作者出手相助他们终于赶上了客人们订菜单的速度。选 A
39、 【小题 16】考查名词： A. breakfast早饭， B. 1unch午饭， C. opening开业， D. closing关门， closing time在英语中是固定短语意思是 “the time when a pub must stop serving and close”餐馆或酒馆打烊的时间。选 D 【小题 17】考查形容词： A. influenced被影响的， B. interested感兴趣的， C. inspired受到激励的， D. impressed印象深刻的，从后面的句子： He raised my salary and made me the assistant
40、 manager even though I could only go part-time.可知店主说他印象很深刻，选 D 【小题 18】考查连词： A. when当 的时候， B. why为什么， C. whether是否，D. where哪里，就是这个时候，我意识到爸爸对我说的话是完全正确的，选 A 【小题 19】考查形容词： A. important重要的， B. impressive印象深刻的， C. interesting有趣的， D. small小的，与 small词义相近的应该是 insignificant表示无论事 情看起来是多么的小或不重要做好了学到的技能都可能对今后的生活
41、有帮助。选 D 【小题 20】考查动词： A. works工作，奏效， B. counts重要， C. shows展示，D. studies学习，根据上文可知学到的经验对今后的生活可能很重要。 count重要有关系。选 B 考点：考查故事类短文 阅读理解 The government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. T
42、he goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the worlds food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Nor
43、wegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth. An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said th
44、e project would let the world rebuild agriculture if, in his word, “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above
45、0oC. The seeds will be protected behind walls a meter thick and high-security door. The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a l
46、ong time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0oC. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air
47、could not be replaced. Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure will be the worlds most reliable gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first proposed the idea in the 1980s. But security concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the S
48、oviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization. 【小题 1】 The project is meant to _. A increase the worlds food output in the future B carry out some scientific experiments on plant genes C protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disasters D build an exhibition centre of the worlds plant seeds 【小题 2】 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage A The government of Norway will perform the project alone. B Seeds to be colle
