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　　2014届上学期期中考试高三试题（英语）
　　命题单位：铁岭市高级中学  
　　【注意事项】：本试题卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共8页，全卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟．
　　第Ⅰ卷（选择题）
　　第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
　　第一节：单项填空（共15小题； 每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
　　1. Li Qun, who graduated from   university in South China, is now studying for her degree in ____ European country,
　　A．a, a    B．the, an  C．the, a    D．an ,a
　　2. The police are trying to find out the ____ of the woman murdered in the bathroom．
　　A. evidence   B. characteristic   C. status        D. identity
　　3. We are confident that the step the Chinese government has taken to cope with the current crisis is ______ of great significance.
　　A. what        B. those     C. that       D. one
　　4. A volcano in Indonesia erupted on November the 16th, 2013, and _____, hundreds of people were killed. 
　　A. consequently B. continuously C. constantl D. consistently
　　5. The new movie____________ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time．
　　A pretends      B．agrees    C．promises  D．Intends
　　6. __________my efforts at persuasion，he wouldn’t agree.
　　A .Apart from    B．In spite of    C．Because of        D．Although
　　7. The killer insisted that she was defending herself when  _______.
　　A．attack  B．attacked    C．to attack  D．having attacked
　　8. _________,the idea of having to work under a woman defeated him.
　　A．Wanting the job very much        B．Although wanting the job badly
　　C．Though he wanted the job very much D．He wanted the job badly
　　9.  — I didn’t care about what other people thought about me.
　　— Well, you ________.
　　A. should    B. could   C. would have   D.ought to have
　　10.--How about buying Tim a mobile phone ? After all, he isn’t a boy any more.
　　--I think it’s necessary, for we sometimes want to mare if he ____  for dinner.
　　A. will come          B. comes         C. has come      D. would come
　　11.______ without friends ______ the most difficult challenge for Chuck while living on the island.
　　A. How to survive, is           B. How does he survive, are
　　C. How does he survive, is       D. How to survive, are
　　12.You can use a large plastic bottle,       cut off, as a pot to grow flowers in.
　　A the top is   B with its top   C whose top   C the top of which
　　13. Attractive ________ the device might seem, “my wife has already done that by herself” was a common response after people seeing it when it was introduced on show this week. 
　　A. while      B. although         C. as                D. when
　　14. Zhang Hua is clever and works hard at his subjects.     
　　A So is Li Ming                            B So does Li Ming
　　C It was the same with Li Ming               D So it is with Li Ming
　　15.—Dad, dad! My head hurts so much. I think I’m dying.
　　—________, darling! The doctor says you will feel better soon.
　　A. That will do     B. There, there        C. Hi, there       D. So long
　　第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—35题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
　　The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can  16   from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. 17  , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year by children under 15, and one child   18   five needs psychiatric (