甘肃省武威第五中学2014届高三上学期9月月考英语试题答案(2)

24. A. go out   B. run away   C. get in   D. lie down
25. A. As far as    B. As soon as   C. Even if    D. Just before
26. A. farmer   B. pianist   C. doctor   D. fisherman
27. A. needed   B. stopped   C. agreed   D. preferred
28. A. someone   B. nobody   C. anyone   D. everybody
29. A. teacher’s   B. doctor’s   C. manager’s   D. captain’s
30. A. good    B. normal   C. wrong    D. fast
31. A. days   B. hours    C. minutes   D. weeks
32. A. focused   B. depended   C. turned    D. planned
33. A. look        B. call    C. wait    D. drive
34. A. doubted   B. thanked    C. greeted    D. accepted
35. A. car   B. home    C. office    D. shop
36. A. politely   B. angrily    C. immediately    D. surprisingly
37. A. dream   B. problem   C. chance    D. choice
38. A. before   B. until   C. besides   D. after
39. A. never    B. always    C. sometimes   D. seldom
40. A. opinion   B. way    C. case    D. condition
III.阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
第一节：请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
                                A
Everybody may have seen the film “Death on the Nile ( 尼罗河)”, but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most unusual way.
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was so seriously ill that a team of doctors hurried to examine her without delay. The doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby’s illness and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.
“I think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning. ” said the nurse. “A few days ago, I read a story ‘A Pale Horse’ written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms (症状) are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”
“You’re very good at observing things,” said a doctor, “and you may be right. We’ll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not.”
The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctors were able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville. A week later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in Deleville.
41. The baby was sent to a hospital in London because ______.
A. her parents were living in London then
B. the hospitals in Deleville were full at that time
C. doctors in Deleville were not sure about the cause of her illness
D. she was the daughter of a famous doctor in London
42. When the baby was first sent to the hospital in London, her illness was considered to be ______.
A. quite easy to treat            B. the result of thallium poisoning
C. a common one             D. extraordinarily serious
43. From this passage it seems that the baby’s illness had something to do with ______.
A. a dead writer                B. a harmful substance ( 物质) used to kill pests
C. the water in Deleville         D. a dangerous murderer
44. As far as we can tell from the story, Agatha Christie ______.
A.had never met this baby         B.had spent a long time studying the baby’s illness
C.visited the baby both in Deleville and London
D.gave the nurse some advice on the telephone
                                B
Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
    Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.
    E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.
    The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun - see a great movie perhaps - and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.
    With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.