福建省厦门市2014届高三上学期第一次质量检查英语试题

come unexpectedly into a deal of alcohol

At length these lights would die away，worn out——the last waking life walked home from some late pieman or hot-potato man——and London would sink to rest And then the longing of the houseless mind would be for any sign of company，any lighted place，any movement，

anything suggestive of any one being up—nay．even so much as awake．for the houseless eye looked out for lights in windows．

68 The writer was unable to sleep because he_____．

A met some disturbing things B wanted to experience houselessness

C was too tired from walking about D planned to go out for a drink with friends 69 We carllearnfromParagraph4that________.

A Haymarket was the most popular place in London B drunken men were well treated in London

C a great city like London favored entertainments D London was a quiet city in general 70 The last paragraph is intended to_____

A express loneliness and longings of houseless men B expose hard life of pie men and hot—potato men C warn readers against wandering after midnight D inform readers of the sleepless London

71 Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in this passage? A Insincere B Bitter C Light—hearted D Matter-of-fact

E The chief inspector of the Office for Standards in Education ( Ofsted ) in England，Sir Michael has called for national tests to be brought back for 7一and 14-year—olds(Key Stage 1 and 3)ironically，it was a 2002 report by Ofsted—arguing that English and maths should not be allowed to rule the curriculum(课程)一that paved the way for tests for seven-year-olds

being removed in 2003．But this year’s Ofsted annual report argued that the removal of exams had resulted in teaching standards dropping during the earlier years of the primary stage．

Sir Michael said。“If we really want to be one of the best powers in the world，we’ve got to make sure that this most important stage of a child’s education from pre-school to Key Stage 1is

good”He spoke of Poland，which had shown significant improvements in the Programme for international Student Assessment(Pisa)tables published last week This，he said，was down to the country’s introduction of more national testing systems

‘‘More frequent testing would lead to a better distribution of staff in primary schools”，the Chief inspector added，“We think that the in-school assessment is unreliable，and on occasions schools are lowering scores at Key Stage 1 to ensure that Key Stage 2 looks a lot better We’ve got to make sure that doesn’t happen”

Baroness Garden of Frognal，the former education spokeswoman for the government，asked

Sir Michael whether he was concerned that the move would lead to too much “teaching to the test ”.“Of course not .”Sir Michael replied When asked about the likely opposition from the Teaching unions，Sir Michael responded，“It is whether they can win the batter that is the issue．”

Russell Hobby，general secretary of tile National Association of Head Teachers，said that

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the attempt to take tests of seven-year-olds as an objective measure of performance when they have such a high level of variability shows all ignorance of the primary schools .“We spend？100 million a year On sending inspectors into schools to d0 lesson observations．”he carried oil．“If they can’t work out from that whether a Key Stage l classis any good，why are we spending that money?’’

72．What is to blame for the removal of national tests to 7-andl4一year-olds?

A Too much teaching to tests． B Unreliable in-school assessment

C．Heavy focus on English and maths D Strong opposition of teaching unions 73 The example of Poland is to show that______. A Sir Michael’s disapproval of national testing

B the fierce competition existing in the schools of Poland C．the great need of introduction of Pisa to England

D the critical role of national testing in raising the quality of teaching 74 What does “that’’ in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．More frequent testing in the classroom B The dishonest practice of reducing test results C The poor academic performance in Key Stage l

D The distribution of skilled teachers to primary schools． 75 Russell Hobby holds the view that______.

A the inspectors are well aware of the primary schools

B lesson observations can be enough to judge academic performance C tests should be set as the only measure of performance

D the budget for government spending on inspectors should be reduced

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厦门市2013—2014学年(上)高三质量检测

英 语 试 题

第二卷(非选择题共35分)

注意事项：

用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。在试卷上作答，答案无效。 第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节短文填词(共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：l】汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每 个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Why do you learn a foreign 1anguagc?First of all ,believe it or not ,it helps to improve your native language As a person who(76)_______(说)only one language you have no basis for comparison In different languages the same idea is 0Ren(77) e in different ways． Knowing (78)______language gives you a great measuring stick and it will help you better understand your way of speech You will find yourself speaking and writing more creative and accurate(79)______(句子)Most great writers and poets are students of many languages Second， language is (80)_______makes us human It is the medium that we use to (81)__________分享) our thoughts with the world Could you imagine thinking(82)w language ? Learning a new language is like learning a new way to think .Lastly ,it can enrich your travel experiences (83)T is one of the great joys of life Why nut make the (84)m of your

Experience ?Not knowing the native tongue you are completely left out of the culture People will Be more open to you(85)_________you make all effort to speak their language 第二节书面表达(满分25分)

某英语报社近期就“学生利用网络完成作业”的现象展开讨论。 请你根据所给漫画及内容要求，写一篇120词左右的短文向报社投稿。

内容要求t

1简要描述漫画内容；2分析漫画所揭示的问题：3提出看法。 注意；l_可适当发挥，使文章内容充实、连贯； 2文中不能出现考生的具体信息。 3开头已给出，不计入总词数。 As is seen from the cartoon，a girl……

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厦门市2013．2014学年(上)高三质量检测

第一部分：

1 A 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 A 7 A 8 C 9 B 10 B 11C 12A 13B 14C 15A 16C 17B 18 A 19 C 20 C 第二部分：

21 A 22 C 23D 24B 25A 26C 27A 28B 29D 30C 31 B 32 C 33D 34B 35A 36C 37D 38C 39B 40A 41 B 42 D 43A 44B 45C 46A 47B 48D 49A 50C 5l D 52 D 53B 54C 55A

第三部分：

56 A 57 D 58B 59 C 60A 61D 62A 63C 64B 65C 66 C 67 D 68A 69D 70A 71B 72C 73D 74B 75B

第四部分： 第一节：

76 speaks 77 expressed 78 another 79 sentences 80 what 81 share 82without 83 Travelling 84 most 85if/when 第二节： 一、评分原则

1本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分；

2评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求米衡最，确 定或调整档次，最后给分：

3词数少于100和多于150的，从总分中减去2分：

4评分时应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性及上下文的 连贯性：

5．拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面。评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。 英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受；

6如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。 二、内容要点

1 简要描述漫嘶内容； 2 分析漫画所揭示的问题 3提出自己的看法。 三、One possible version

As is seen from the cartoon，a girl wearing a heavy schoolbag is turning to Baidu to finish

her homework .While impressed by her way of doing homework，we can hardly fail to notice her schoolbag. Is it too much homework that has driven her to finish homework with the aid of

searching engines?

We students have a huge amount of homework every day．Every teacher will assign what they think the proper amount of homework，which actually turns out to be too much for us，thus making us either struggle with it or look for a quick solution on the Internet

In my opinion．teachers should put themselves in our shoes and give us less homework If our heavy burden can be eased，we will have more time to do our homework on our own and better digest what we have learned.

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