江苏省扬州中学2014届高三下学期开学学情检测英语试题(2)
25. The patient’s poor _______ in health went from bad to worse, which put the doctor at a loss.
A. condition B. state C. status D. situation
26. Tom ______ fly to New York this evening and his flight ______ in 20 minutes.
A. is about to; will take B. will; takes
C. is going to; is taking D. is to, is about to take
27. Pressure and suffering can the best perseverance and potential of most young people.
A. let in B. keep up C. bring out D. stand by
28. —Thank you for your assistance, without it I in danger.
—That's all right, anyone in my place the same thing.
A. must be; would do B. might have been; would have done
C. could have been; had done D. must have been; will do
29. With a gun , the thief rushed into the bank, his eyes .
A. in hand; exposing B. in the hand; being exposed
C. in his hand; exposed D. in a hand; to expose
30. The doctor expressed his love for the city would last for ever during his stay there he experienced a variety of stories.
A. what; where B. where; when C. that; what D. that; when
31. He hesitated for some time to decide he would choose to improve his reading skills from all the books referred to.
A. what B. which C. if D. whether
32. The date of examination can't be adjusted, explained reasonably otherwise.
A. nevertheless B. despite C. unless D. thus
33. Among the mountains a lake and next to the lake some cottages.
A. lie; stand B. lies; stands C. lies; stand D. lie; stands
34. It was only before he finished the assignment that the answers to the last two questions.
A. did he think out B. he thought out
C. he did think out D. thought out he
35.—The order is for you. ?
—Thank you, this is so much for me.
A. Nothing B. Something to follow
C. Is so everything D. Anything else to follow
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
"A" for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher 36 me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a 37 time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander 38 me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 39 , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected 40 work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school, 41 early and had children. 42 about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I 43 up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I 44 my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards 45 back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be 46 at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was 47 but unable to change a （an） 48 . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to 49 them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had 50 myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an 51 "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and 52 myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I 53 my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to 54 enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I 55 my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
