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　　2014届高三第一次月考英语试题
　　高三英语备课组 2014.9.15
　　I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　When I walgh the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.
　　Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ____1____ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ___2____youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male-----a potential ____3____to them.
　　White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ____4____to me. White women just look at me with____5____, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ____6____.
　　Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ____7_____ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.
　　How can you feel at home when people are_____8_____telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?
　　My way of dealing with this kind of thing has _____9_____over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would mas angry enough to hurt or ____10____them.
　　Now I’m more likely to use ____11____ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt ____12_____ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.” 
　　The most painful thing is when we get those___13____ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black too. Why would we do something to you?”
　　Usually I react more ____14____to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.
　　But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not_____15_____.
　　1. A. almost     B. mostly     C. merely     D. particularly
　　2. A. social      B. local      C. positive    D. new
　　3. A. danger     B. treasure    C. gift        D. neighbor
　　4. A. better      B. close      C. perfect     D. superior
　　5. A. fear       B. interest     C. honor      D. despair
　　6. A. run        B. walk       C. pass       D. move
　　7. A. known     B. developed    C. raised     D. located
　　8. A. honestly   B. constantly    C. hopefully   D. freely
　　9. A. changed    B. formed      C. strengthened  D. increased
　　10. A. kill       B. rob         C. damage     D. steal
　　11. A. actions    B. deeds       C. signs       D. words
　　12. A. writing    B. printing     C. telling      D. saying
　　13. A. fearful     B. doubtful     C. pitiful      D. impressive
　　14. A. strongly     B. actively    C. disappointedly   D. casually
　　15. A. sincere      B. mature     C. welcome       D. gentle
　　第二节   语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。
　　Long ago, in a far-away place, an old tribal chief found himself terminally ill. So he called three most promising young villagers to his bedside and said, “As I ____16____(leave) you soon, I hope you can do one more thing for me. Young men, you three are all ____17____(usual) strong and resourceful, so I’d li to strive to climb that high mountain we have always been worshipping _____18_____ a sacred place. Try to reach the top and then turn back to