1、2014届江苏省镇江市高三上学期期中调研英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 Imagine living in a country torn by war. Or maybe you live in a place where there are few jobs and little chance to earn a living. Your family decides to move not to another town, but to another country. You and your family have become immigrants. People are calle
2、d immigrants when they move to a foreign country to make their homes. People become immigrants for many reasons. The most common one is economic opportunities. Most immigrants are attracted to other countries by the promise of jobs, farmland, or business opportunities. Other people become immigrants
3、 in order to get away from mistreatment or natural disasters. They are refugees. Some refugees move to avoid wars and political unrest. Others are seeking freedom to express their religious views. Still others are uprooted by disasters, such as terrible flooding or drought. Some people have become i
4、mmigrants against their will. Captured in Africa, shipped to foreign lands and forced to work as slaves, many early African immigrants to North and South America came in chains. Except for Native Americans, all people came to the United States from someplace else. For nearly 500 years, immigrants ha
5、ve landed on Americas shores seeking a better life. Throughout American history, immigrants often worked low-paying, dangerous jobs that other people refused to do. Immigrants from around the world helped shape American life. Many immigrants absorbed the customs and language common to most Americans
6、. They also brought their own traditions, including music and foods. Over time, many of these traditions have become part of American life. The first European immigrants to America hoped to colonize new lands. By the mid-1500s, Spaniards had ventured into Florida, California, and the American Southw
7、est. French immigrants arrived in the early 1600s and built their first colony in Canada. The English also arrived in the early 1600s. They established 13 colonies along Americas AtlanticCoast. In the 1700s, England became the major power in colonial North America. But many European immigrants came
8、to live in the English colonies. They included people from Sweden, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. Immigrants still come to the United States seeking freedom and economic opportunities. Most new immigrants no longer come from Europe. They come mainly from Central and South America, the Cari
9、bbean, and Asia. Today, the U.S. government limits the number of immigrants into the country each year. People who sneak illegally into the United States are called illegal immigrants, who, if caught, would be sent back to their home countries. Key Points Detailed Information 【小题 1】 Immigrants are t
10、hose who move to a foreign country to make their homes. Reasons Most people come for 【小题 2】 opportunities, such as good jobs, farmlands, or business opportunities. Some move to the US to 【小题 3】 away from wars or disasters. Some people immigrate to【小题 4】 for religious freedom. Some people have become
11、 immigrants【小题 5】 , like many early African immigrants. History French immigrants【小题 6】 Canada in the early 1600s and built their first colony there. The English also came to the early 1600s and【小题 7】 thirteen colonies along Americas Atlantic Coast. In the 1700s, European immigrants came to live in
12、the English colonies, people from Sweden, Holland and etc. are【小题 8】 . Today 【小题 9】 from the past, the origins of most new immigrants are mainly Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia, instead of Europe. The US government erects dams to【小题 10】 the number of immigrants into the country ea
13、ch yearin check. Illegal immigrants, if caught, would be sent back to their home countries. 答案： 【小题 1】 Definition 【小题 2】 economic 【小题 3】 stay/keep 【小题 4】 search/seek 【小题 5】 passively/unwillingly 【小题 6】 reached 【小题 7】 established/founded 【小题 8】 included 【小题 9】 Different 【小题 10】 keep 试题分析：文章介绍了美国移民的组成
14、，当时他们为什么选择移民，陈述了当时的历史和现在的移民形势。 【小题 1】归纳词：右边是对移民的定义： Definition 【小题 2】 原词重现：根据第二段的句子： The most common one is economic opportunities.可知移民的普遍的原因 是经济方面的： economic 【小题 3】考查固定词组：根据第三段的句子： Other people become immigrants in order to get away from mistreatment or natural disasters. 可知是词组 stay/keep away from远
15、离， 【小题 4】词形转化题：根据第三段的句子： Others are seeking freedom to express their religious views. 可知 seeking改成 search/seek 【小题 5】词义归纳题：从第四段的句子： Some people have become immigrants against their will. 可知这些人是违背自己的意志变成移民的。填passively/unwillingly 【小题 6】同义词转化题：从第七段的句子： French immigrants arrived in the early 1600s 可知把
16、arriveed改成 reached 【小题 7】原词重现：从第七段的句子： They established 13 colonies along Americas AtlanticCoast.可知填 established/founded 【小题 8】词形转化题：根据第八段的句子： They included people from Sweden, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland.可知填 included 【小题 9】词义归纳题：从第九段的句子： Most new immigrants no longer come from Europe. T
17、hey come mainly from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.可知是和以前的不同： Different 【小题 10】词义归纳题：从第九段的句子： Today, the U.S. government limits the number of immigrants into the country each year. 可知 limit=keep .in check，填 keep 考点：考查任务型阅读 单项选择 * On account of fuel supplies being finite and many
18、 people being wasteful, we will have to install _ solar heating device in our home. A some type of a B some types of a C some type of D some types of 答案： C 试题分析：考查 some和冠词的用法：句意：因为燃油是有限的，而且很多人很浪费，我们将不得不在家里安装某种太阳能供暖设备。这里 some是某个，后面接单数名词， some type of+名词不需要冠词，选 C。 考点：考查 some和冠词的用法 Which of the followi
19、ng sentences conveys a fact A Maryandhersonmustbehomebynow. B Carelessreadingmustgivepoorresults. C Itsgettinglate,andImustleavenow. D Hemustbeworkinglateattheoffice. 答案： C 试题分析：考查虚拟语气： must可以 表示 “必须 ”是指事实， C项的意思是：很晚了，我必须走了。而如果表示推测，这是肯定的推测，不一定是事实， A. Mary and her son must be home by now. 玛丽和她儿子现在一定在
20、家。 B.Careless reading must give poor results. 粗心阅读一定会有很差的结果。 D. He must be working late at the office.他一定在办公室工作的很晚。选 C。 考点：考查虚拟语气 Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customers _ rather than the company
21、s. A benefit B availability C suitability D convenience 答案： D 试题分析：考查名词： A. benefit 利益， B. availability有效，有益，可利用性， C. suitability合适，适合 D. convenience方便，句意：自从 90年代初，在大多数企业这一趋势已经向随需应变 , 满足客户的便利而不是公司的。总是可用的产品和服务 ,。选 D。 考点：考查名词 The meeting was put off because we _ a meeting without John. A objected havi
22、ng B were objected to having C objected to have D objected to having 答案： D 试题分析：考查词组和动名词：句意：会议被推迟，因为我们反对约翰没有来就开会。首先 object to 意思是反对，介词后面必须接动名词形式，故选择答案： D。 考点：考查词组和动名词 His remarks were _ enrage everybody at the meeting. A so as to B such as to C such to D as much as to 答案： B 试题分析：考查词组：句意：他的言论是如此这样的以至
23、于激怒在会议上的人。such as to 是英语里的一个固定用法，表示 “到如此程度以致 ” ， so as to为了，as much as和 一样多，选 B。 考点：考查词组 Mr. Browns condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _. A pull back B pull up C pull through D pull out 答案： C 试题分析：考查动词短 语：句意：布朗先生情况危急，不知道他能否度过危险。pull through vt. 渡过（脱离，使 .脱险） pull back撤出阵地， pul
24、l up停下， pull out拔出，退出，（使）离开，（火车）驶出，选 C。 考点：考查动词短语 Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _ against the local authorities decision to build a highway across the field. A contradict B reform C counter D protest 答案： D 试题分析：考查动词： protest抗议 ,反对 ;contradict相抵触 ,有矛盾 ;reform改革 ,改良 ;counter反驳、抵制
25、,常 与 with和 against连用。句意 :几千人上街抗议地方当局在农田上修公路的决定。 答案： :D 考点：考查动词 Whats the chance of _ a general election this year A there being B there to be C there be D there going to be 答案： A 试题分析：考查动名词的复合结构：句意：今年有换届选举的机会是吗？介词of后面接动名词，因为是 there be句型， there是逻辑主语， be动词用动名词，选 A。 考点：考查动名词的复合结构 Traditionally, local m
26、idwives would _ all the babies in the area. A handle B produce C deliver D help 答案： C 试题分析：考查动词： A. handle处理， B. produce生产， C. deliver送，发表，接生， D. help帮助， midwife是指产婆，接生员。所以选 C， deliver可以指接生（孩子），或者生孩子。句意：传统上当地的产婆接生这个地区的孩子。选C。 考点：考查动词 _, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class. A Alth
27、ough he is a socialist B Even if he is a socialist C Being a socialist D Since he is a socialist 答案： A 试题分析：考查连词的含义与用法。韦尔斯先生虽然是个社会主义者，却几乎不同情和支持工人阶级。本句表达的是一般性的转折、让步关系，应该选 A. Although尽管，虽然 ”。 B Even if也表示让步，但其意为即使 /即便 ;，强调“假设的、退一步的 ”情况 C Being a socialist是现在分词短语表示原因，相当于一个表示原因的状语从句， D Since he is a soc
28、ialist也表示原因，都不符合句意。选 A。 考点：考查连词的含义与用法 I know he failed his last test, but really hes _ stupid. A something but B anything but C nothing but D not but 答案： B 试题分析：考查词组：句意：我知道他最近一次考试没通过，但他真的绝对不笨。 anything but表达 “决不 ”的意思， nothing but表达 “只有，只是 ”的意思，与转折的语气不符合。 A. something but和 D not but都不是固定短语。选 B。 考点：考查
29、词组 There are still many problem ahead of us, but by this time next year we can see light at the end of the _. A battle B day C road D tunnel 答案： D 试题分析：考查名词： A. battle 战役， B. day 日子， C. road 公路， D. tunnel隧道，我们前面仍然有许多问题 ,但明年的这个时候我们可以看到隧道尽头的光明。因为提到 light，应该是隧道，选 D。 考点：考查名词 I went there in 1984, and th
30、at was the merely occasion when I _ the journey in exactly two days. A must take B must have made C was able to make D could take 答案： C 试题分 析：考查情态动词：句意：我在 1984年到了那里，这是我唯一的机会可以有两天的旅行。这里表示过去能够做而且成功了。 be able to 与 can用法与区别， be able to 强调努力而的能力，而 can则强调自身已的能力。选 C。 考点：考查情态动词 The couple _their old house a
31、nd sold it for a vast profit. A didfor B didin C didwith D didup 答案： D 试题分析：考查词组：句意：这对夫妇修理了旧房子，卖了高价。 do up这里指to repair an old building or car， or to improve its appearance。整修，打扮，此外do up还可以指 fasten something，扣， A. did for适合 B. did in 欺骗； 搞垮；C.did with处理，选 D。 考点：考查词组 The priest made the _ of the cross
32、 when he entered the church. A mark B signal C sign D gesture 答案： C 试题分析：考查名词： A. mark记号， B. signal信号， C. sign标志， D. gesture手势，句意：牧师进入教堂的时候，划了个十字（的标志）。选 C。 考点：考查名词 完型填空 A persons home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he sp
33、ends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) “_ home”. But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical _ of cash and location on achieving that idea. Cash _, in fact, often means that the only way of _ when you leave school is to stay at hom
34、e for a while until things _ financially. There are obvious _of living at homepersonal laundry is usually _ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to _. And there is _ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc. On the other ha
35、nd, _ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends You may love your family_ _do you like them Are you prepared to be _ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back If you find that you cannot strike a(n) _, and that you finally h
36、ave the money to leave, how do you _ finding somewhere else to live If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are _well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always _. If you are going to work in a _ area, again there are the papersand the accommod ation agencies, _ th
37、ese should be approached with _. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the _ of the first weeks rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you. 【小题1】 A ideal B perfect C imaginative D satisfactory A demerits B weaknesses C insufficiencies D restrictions A cut B short C lacking D dra
38、in A getting with B getting along with C getting by D getting back A improve B proceed C develop D enhance A concerns B issues C problems D merits A still B always C habitually D consequently A call through B call over C call on D call out A scarcely B less C little D sometimes A little B much C ade
39、quate D enough A nevertheless B while C however D or A moderate B hostile C indifferent D lenient A agreement B consensus C compromise D deal A continue B commence C commend D confirm A seldom B less C absolutely D likely A available B anaccessto information C valuable D accessible A time-honored B
40、similar C humid D conversant A though B while C since D as A passion B prudence C carelessness D concern A same B equivalent C equal D similarity 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 C 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 D 【小题 13】 D 【小题 14】 B 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 B
41、 【小题 17】 D 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 B 【小题 20】 B 试题分析：文章介绍学生或新的 “打工仔 ”，在现金和位置的不足的情况下，往往选择和家人住在一起，这时就要考虑如何和家人相处， 【小题 1】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。文章说到，受性格的影响，每个人都有自己 “ 的家 ”，四个选项中， A项 “理想的 ”，表示想象中完美的形象，符合题意。 B项 “完美无瑕的 ”，指的是对事物的评价； C项 “想象的、虚构的 ”，与上文 in mind意思重复了，不适合； D项 “满意的 ”，是对结果的评价，也不符 合上文 in mind的说法。选 A 【小题 2】语义逻辑题，考查词义
42、辨析。对学生或刚上班的人来说，要想拥有一个理想的家，必定会受到资金和地点的限制，因此 D项 “限制，局限性 ”为正确选项。 A 项 demerits 和 C 项 insufficiencies 不能与 location 搭配， B项 “弱点 ”，一般指人不指物。选 D 【小题 3】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。 A. cut切断， B. short短缺 C. lacking缺少， D. drain喝光，喝干，使（精力、金钱等）耗尽，从后面的句子： the only way of _39 _ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while u
43、ntil things _40 _ financially.可知是缺钱，选 C 【小题 4】固定搭配题。 “缺钱就意味着，毕业后暂住家里，才是 的唯一办法 ”， A. getting with着手，开始， B. getting along with相处， C.getting by“设法过下去 ”D. getting back拿回，选 C 【小题 5】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。缺钱时就先住在家里， “直到经 济状况 ” ，显然此处要表达的是 “经济情况好转 ”，故选择 A项。 B项 “继续进行 ”C项 “发展 ”， D项 “提高、增强 ”，与 things无法搭配，选 A 【小题 6】语义逻辑题
44、，考查词义辨析。 “住在家里有明显的 ” ，破折后面紧接着详细列举了一些例子，如衣物和家里人的一起洗、吃饭有人管。很显然，这些例子是为了说明住在家里的好处 merits，因此正确答案：为 D项。 A项 “担心 ”， B项、 C项 “问题 ”，显然和后面列举的种种好处相违背。选 D。 【小题 7】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。住在家里，衣物习惯上和家里人的一起洗，在毕业后仍然如此， A. still 仍然， B项 always 与句中 usually 意思重复；C项 “习惯性地 ”， D项 “因此 ”，这个句子并没有因果关系。选 C 【小题 8】固定搭配题。 C项 “拜访 ”，符合文意。 A. ca
45、ll through （呼叫）接通B. call over点（名），把 叫过来 C. call on“拜访 ”D. call out唤起，召集，叫喊，选 C 【小题 9】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。年轻人住在家里，几乎不需要支付账单， A项 “很少 ”， B项更少， C项 little用法不当，不能在句中作状语； D项“有时 ”语法上虽然通，但无法与前面列举的好处并列。因此 A项。 【小题 10】固定搭配题。根据后面的提问，可以推知，年轻人住在家里在很大程度上取决于家庭成员相处得如何， A. little很少， B. much很多， C. adequate足够， D. enough足够，选 B
46、【小题 11】考查副词：此题表转折语气，说明 like和 love之间的区别。从句意上判断， A、 B、 C项皆可；但 while须置于整句句首才作转折意讲， however后通常点一逗号，故本题 A项 nevertheless为最佳选择项。 【小题 12】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。住家里，自由必定受到了限制，你可能会受不了， A. moderate温和的；稳健的；中等的 B. hostile好客的， C. indifferent不以为然的， D. lenient宽大的，仁慈的，选 D 【小题 13】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。上文讲的是你和父母间可能存在分歧，可推知本句应当是说 “如果不能达成
47、协议， A. agreement协议，和 make搭配， B. consensus一致， C. compromise 妥协， D. deal交易， strike a deal达成协议，选D。 【小题 14】固定搭配题。 “你如何 找地方住呢 ”，下文讲的是具体找住处的问题，四个备选项中， A. continue继续， B. commence开始，着手，获得学位C. commend命令， D. confirm证实，选 B 【小题 15】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。如果是待在本地，可能很容易获得各种房源信息， A. seldom很少， B. less更少， C. absolutely绝对， D. l
48、ikely可能，选 D 【小题 16】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。你可 以询问你的朋友和查阅当地的报纸，也就是说，当地报纸和你的朋友是信息的来源。 A. available可获得的， B. an access to information 信息来源， C. valuable有价值的， D.accessible易接近的，选 B 【小题 17】语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。本句与前文形成对比，前面说的是如果 “你打算待在本地 ”，隐含意思是，你的工作地点离家比较近，而本句的意思是 “如果你到一个 地方工作 ”，对照之下，这里应当说的是到一个熟悉的地方工作， A. time-honored因古老而受到 尊重的，确立已久的 B. similar相似的，C. humid .潮湿的，湿气重的 D. conversant熟悉的，了解的，因此答案：选
