2015绵阳市高中一诊英语试题及答案

【考试时间：2014年11月1日15:00-17:00】
绵阳市高中2012级第一次诊断性考试
英    语

第一部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节 单项填空
    从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
1. —Darling, make a careful budget for our son at university.
—_______, he wasn’t born yesterday. 
A. Come on B. Look out C. That’s settled D. That’s great
2. The Great Wall leaves visitors a puzzle _______ early Chinese people managed to build it without modern tools.
A. why B. when C. where D. how
3. I bought my wife the dress for a lot of money, but hardly _______ her wear it.
A. I see B. do I see C. see I D. I do see
4. Lessons, when _______ in fun ways, will certainly inspire the students’ interest.
A. organizing B. to be organized C. to organize D. organized
5. He is a typical couch potato _______ his wife likes to go outdoors.
A. since B. while C. when D. as
6. Recently I met him for the project, but I don’t know if he _______ his mind.
A. changed B. had changed C. has changed D.would change
7. —I don’t think the medicine has magic power for my trouble.
—Anyhow, you’d better try — it _______ help some way.
A. must B. should C. may D. shall
8. We expect you to become someone _______ we’ll feel very proud in the future.
A. of whom B. for whom C. who D. that
9. Mr. Clark didn’t explain very clearly. In fact, _______ students really understood.
A. quite a few B. quite a little C. just a few D. just a little
10. My teacher used to give me helpful advice. Now I do regret _______ it.
A. not taking B. not to take C. not take D. not taken
第二节 完形填空
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and  11  asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t  12  people to look at me and think I was not like  13  . I must have been a terrible danger on the  14  . Coming across me  15  through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their  16  .
    One evening, I  17  the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses,   18  as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been  19  to a lamppost. This was just one of the  20  things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless  21  wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to  22  if the bus had arrived.
   Generally in this situation, because I hated  23  I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would  24  a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to  25  my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
   But on this particular evening no one  26  me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had  27  decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I  28  I did. But because I had given up stopping them for  29  of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there  30  for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.


11. A. started B. risked C. hated D. liked
12. A. understand B. bear     C. blame      D. forgive
13. A. it      B. him C. me   D. them
14. A. campus   B. ground     C. roads       D. floor
15. A. wandering   B. running C. rolling D. cycling
16. A. vehicles    B. phones C. companions  D. brakes
17. A. got off       B. got on C. got through  D. got up
18. A. so B. and C. or D. but
19. A. apologizing   B. explaining C. complaining D. reporting
20. A. cool      B. stupid       C. clever D. unforgettable
21. A. visitors B. guests C. drivers D. passengers
22. A. count B. discover C. guess D. calculate
23. A. admitting B. showing C. hiding D. remembering
24. A. catch B. move C. cheat D. stop
25. A. swallow B. trade C. express D. recover
26. A. invited B. joined     C. bothered D. reminded
27. A. rapidly B. cautiously C. directly D. suddenly
28. A. thought B. planned C. prepared D. demanded
29. A. fun B. joy C. fear D. hope
30. A. again B. alone C. aloud D. around
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，共50分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
A
It was such an extremely freezing day that I decided to get a cup of hot drinking first after work. As my colleague, Ricky, and I were making our way to a coffee shop, I noticed an old gentleman rather poorly dressed sitting on a bench nearby. Obviously he was frozen, seemingly one of the homeless or someone like that.