福建省四地六校联考届高三第一次月考英语试题2.docx

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福建省四地六校联考届高三第一次月考英语试题2

福建省四地六校联考2014届高三第一次月考英语试题2

高考英语

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educationsystem,ranksnexttothelastintheU.S.foritsnumberofadultswithatleastahighschooldiploma,accordingtothereport,titled“CaliforniaattheEdgeofaCliff,”releasedbytheCaliforniaFacultyAssociation.

Meanwhile,thestate’sinvestment（投资）inpublichighereducationhasdroppedoverthepastthreedecades,andnowranks22ndinthecountry.That’sdespitehavingthecountry’slargestpublichighereducationsystem,thereportsaid.

      “It'sacollapse（衰退）,”saidThomasMortenson,authorofthereport,whoisanindependentanalystlivinginIowaandaseniorscholaratthePellInstitutefortheStudyofOpportunityinHigherEducationinWashington,D.C．  “Ranking49thoutof50statesisanindicationthatshowsthequalityofthestate’seducationalhasbecomemuchworseinrecentdecades.”Mortensonsaidinthereport.Asof2007,Californiaranked14thintheUnitedStatesintermsofcollegeeducatedmembersoftheworkforceover25yearsofage,adropfromeighthplacein1981,thereportshowed.MortensonsaidthatCaliforniahasneverbeenthestateofhighstatusineducationandeconomywhileotherstateshavemadegreatergainsinbuildingacollege-educatedworkforce.

      TheCaliforniaFacultyAssociationisusingthereport’sfindingstocriticizeGovernorArnoldSchwarzenegger’sproposedfundingcutsforeducation.

      Strugglingwitha14.8-billion-dollarstatebudgetdeficit（赤字）,Schwarzeneggerhasproposedacombinationofsalestaxincreases,borrowingandmajorbudgetcuts,includingcuttingbillionsofdollarsfromthestate’seducationbudget. 

63．Thepassageismainlyabout__________.

      A．fundingcutsforhigheducationinCalifornia

      B．thedangeroussituationinCalifornia

      C．California’sworsesituationinhighereducation

      D．California’sresearchoneducationandeconomy

64．Fromthepassagewecaninferthat__________.

      A．Californiahadhigherqualityinhighereducationinthepast

      B．governorinCaliforniaagreedtospendmoremoneyoneducation

      C．ThomasMortensonworksatCaliforniaFacultyAssociation

      D．investmentinhighereducationhasdroppedinallstates

65．ThereasonwhyCaliforniahasalowerrankineducationisthat________.

      A．thenumberofadultshasdecreasedrecently       

      B．themoneytoinvestineducationhasbeencut

      C．theprogressinotherstateshasbeenmade       

      D．theresultofreporthasbeenpublishedlate

66．Accordingtothereport’sfindings,________istoblameforthedropinrankofeducation.

      A．ThomasMortenson    B．ArnoldSchwarzenegger

      C．thePellInstitute        D．CaliforniaFacultyAssociation

D

      Laziness--itisawordthatbringswithitjudgment,sadnessanddisappointment.ButlazinessisavaluethatIthinkisextremelyundervaluedinoursociety,andlazinessisaqualitythatisimportanttotheentirestructureofourculture.Iencouragemorepeopletostrivetowardlaziness.Forexample,haveyoueverthoughtofthefactthatmostinventionsmayhavebeenowedtolaziness?

It'ssimpletopictureSomeonehastoperformatask,butfearsthelong,boringprocess.Heorshestartswonderingifthereisaneasierwaytogetthisbabyfixedinashortertimeandwithlesseffort.Nextthingyouknowaninventionisborn.Anew,revolutionarydesignisdeveloped.Conclusionlazypeoplearecreative.Inventorsaresolazythatinsteadofdoingthingsintheusualmanner,theycomeupwithawaytoachievethemostbydoingtheminimum.

      Thinkofit!

Whatawonderfulthingtobelazy!

Attheveryleastthinkofallthecashyouwillsavewhenyoubecomelazy!

Firstofall,becauseofyourrefusaltoeverleaveyourhome,youwillsavemoneyongasandparking,nottomentionoilchanges,newtiresandotheritemsofupkeeponewho"uses"theircarwillhavetodealwith.Yourchancesofdeathbyacaraccidentgodown;infact,I'dventure（冒昧）tosayyourchanceofdeathwillbelower,thelongeryoustayindoors;nothingfromtheoutsideworldcanhurtyou!

Andsinceyouprobablywon'tslipintheshower（sinceyouwon'tbatheoften,）chokingisyouronlyconcern!

67.Whatisthelikelytitleforthispassage?

A. Trynottobelazyanylonger.       B.  Maybelazinessisn'tsobadafterall.

C.  Whatislaziness?

                D.Lazinessshouldnotbeencouraged.

68.Intheauthor’sopinion,itis__________thatleadstomanyinventions. 

    A.hardwork  B.creativity    C.laziness  D.timeandefforts

69.Lazypeoplearenotwillingtodothingsintheusualway;insteadtheywilltryto___________.

A.giveupeverything           B.geteverythingbydoingnothing

C.leaveeverythingundone     D.findawaytogainthemostbydoingtheleast

70.Whichofthefollowingisnotamongthelistofbenefitsfromlaziness?

A.    Lazypeopledon’tbatheoften

B.     Lazypeoplecansavemoneyongasandparkingasadriver.

C.     Lazypeoplecanlowerthechanceofdeathintrafficaccidents.

D.    Manyinventorsmaybebornfromlaziness.

E

      “Theworld’soceansareslowlygettingmoreacidic.”sayscientists.TheresearchersfromCaliforniareportthatthechangeistakingplaceinresponsetohigherlevelsofcarbondioxideintheatmosphere.

      Theloweringofthewaters’PHvalueisnotgreatatthemomentbutcouldcauseaseriousthreattocurrentoceanlifeifitcontinues,theywarn.KenCaldeiraandMichaelWickett,fromtheLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory,reporttheirconcernsinthejournalNature.Increasinguseofoilfuelsmeansmorecarbondioxideisgoingintotheair,andmostofitwilleventuallybeabsorbedbyseawater.Onceinthewater,itreactstoformcarbonicacid.Scientistsbelievethattheoceanshavealreadybecomeslightlymoreacidicoverthelastcentury.

      Theseresearchershavetriedtopredictwhatwillhappeninthefuturebycombiningwhatweknowaboutthehistoryoftheoceanswithcomputermodelsofclimatechange.“ThislevelofaciditywillgetmuchmoreextremeinthefutureifwecontinuereleasingCO2intotheatmosphere,”saidDrCaldeira.“Andwepredicttheamountoffutureaciditywillexceed（超过）anythingwehaveseenoverthelastseveralhundredmillionyears,letaloneperhapsafterraredisastrouseventssuchasasteroid（小行星）impacts.

      However,itisnotabsolutelyclearwhatthatmeansforoceanlife.Mostorganismslivenearthesurface,wherethegreatestPHchangewouldbeexpectedtooccur,butdeep-oceanlifeformsmaybemoresensitivetoPHchanges.Coralreefs（珊瑚礁）andotherorganismswhoseshellscontaincalciumcarbonate（碳酸钙）maybeparticularlyaffectedifthewater’saciditylevelskeepgoingup,theteampredict.TheycouldfinditmuchmoredifficulttobuildthesestructuresinwaterwithalowerPH.

      Inrecentyearssomepeoplehavesuggestedstoringcarbondioxidefrompowerstationinthedeepoceanasawayofdealingwithglobalwarming.ButDrCaldeirasaidthatsuchastrategyshouldnowbere-considered.“Previously,mostexpertshadlookedatoceanabsorptionofcarbondioxideasagoodthing---becauseinreleasingCO2intotheatmospherewewarmtheplanet,andwhenCO2isabsorbedbytheocean,itreducestheamountofgreenhousewarming.”

71．Theoceanisbecomingmoreacidicdueto__________.

      A．thelowerwaterPHvalue          B．thewarmingatmosphere

      C．thehigherlevelofCO2intheair     D．theincreasinguseofoilfuels

72．AccordingtoDrCaldeira,__________.

      A．oceanabsorptionofcarbondioxideisagoodthing

      B．moreoilfuelswillbeusedinthenearfuture

      C．scientistsmaypredictclimatechangeswithcomputermodels

      D．thefuturesituationoftheamountofacidityisextremelyserious

73．Ifthewater’saciditylevelkeepsrising,__________.

      A．oceanlifewhosestructurescontaincalciumcarbonatemaybeaffected

      B．thewaters’PHvaluewillbecomehigherandhigher

      C．organismslivingnearthesurfacearemoresensitivetoPHchanges

      D．somedisastrouseventswilloccurmoreoftenthanbefore

74．Mostexpertsoncebelievedstoringcarbondioxideintheoceanwouldreduce__________.

      A．theCO2absorbedbytheoceanB．theamountofgreenhousewarming

      C．theacidityoftheocean           D．thegradualreleaseofCO2

75．Thepurposeofthispassageisto__________.

      A．showpeoplethefindingsofaresearchteam B．informpeopleofhowacidtheoceanisnow

      C．introduceDrCaldeiraandhisteam’sresearch       D．warnpeopleofthehigherlevelofCO2

第II卷  第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：

V.短文填词（共2014小题，每小题1分，满分2014分）

      阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：

1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。

所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

第Ⅱ卷（共45分）

第二节短文填词（共2014小题，每小题1分，满分2014分）

  Thefirstplantcollectingexpeditionrecordedinhistorywasaround1500BCw   theQueenofEgyptsentshipsawaytogatherplants,animalsandother____.However,itwasnotuntilthe18thand19thcenturies___theexplorationofthebotanicalworldbegan__alargescale.BraveyoungmenofmiddleclassesinEuropet   theopportunityofgoingonbotanicalexpeditions,oftenfacingmanydangers,__（包括）disease,near-starvation,severe___（环境）andconflictswiththel   peopleandreachedotherpartsoftheworld,likeAsiaandAustralia,inwhichtheycame__manyspeciesofappealingplantsandcollectedlargeq___ofthembackhome.                              

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2014.________

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

      作为一