中山一中2014届高三级第二次统测
英 语 试 题
I 语言知识及应用 （共两节,满分45分）
第一节 完形填空 （共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is one of life’s 1 questions and people have been debating about it for thousands of years. Now scientists believe they have solved this 2 . Researchers from Sheffield and
The research team said eggshells are one of nature’s most 10 creations. Professor John Harding from the team told reporters:“ Understanding how chickens make eggshells is fascinating in itself, but it can also be 11 in designing new materials.” Eggshells are very lightweight but incredibly strong. Even the most up-to-date materials 12 by the world’s top engineers cannot produce anything as 13 as an eggshell. Professor Harding added that 14 eggshells could help to cure bone diseases and design materials for the construction industry.“ Nature has found wonderful ways that 15 for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology — we can learn a lot from them.” he said.
1. A. strangest B. best C. oldest D. closest
2. A. puzzle B. fact C. history D. opinion
3. A. on purpose B. by chance C. without hesitation D. at work
4. A. breaking B. changing C. disappearing D. forming
5. A. necessary B. easy C. kind D. impossible
6. A. egg B. eggshell C. chicken D. dinosaur
7. A. obviously B. originally C. thoughtfully D. surprisingly
8. A. invention B. mistake C. statement D. discovery
9. A. answer B. research C. road D. egg
10. A. common B. ridiculous C. funny D. amazing
11. A. interesting B. helpful C. normal D. correct
12. A. bought B. cut C. designed D. carried
13. A. brilliant B. ordinary C. 1ight D. small
14. A. finding B. watching C. studying D. making
15. A. happen B. work C. wait D. look
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题15分,满分15分）
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16～25的相应位置上。
Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will 16 （probable）say that they go to learn languages，arithmetic，history, science and some other knowledge．That is quite true；but why do they learn these things?
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time 17 they will be big and will have to work for 18 ．Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life．But is that 19 only reason why they go to school?
There is more in education than just 20 （1earn）facts．We go to school to learn how to learn，so that when we have left school we can continue to learn．A man 21 really knows how to learn will always be successful，because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will also be able to teach others 22 to do it in the best way．The 23 （educate）person，on the other hand，is either unable to do something new，or just 24 （do） it badly．The purpose of schools，therefore，is not to teach languages，arithmetic，history science，etc．， 25 to teach pupils the way to 1eam．