湖北省 八校

2014届高三第一次联考

英 语 试 题

命题学校：黄石二中 命题人：高三英语组 审题人：龙继英 胡瑞明 段 辉

考试时间：2013年12月14日下午 15︰00—17︰00 试卷满分150分 考试用时120分钟

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注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用统一的2B铅笔将答题卡上的方框涂黑。

2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用统一的2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。

3. 完成句子和短文写作题的作答：用统一的签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。

4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将答题卷上交。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What’s the woman looking for?

A. A wristwatch. B. A young lady. C. A young man.

2. How much does the man have to pay?

A.＄21. B.＄9. C.＄15.

3. What will the man do first?

A. Do a written test. B. Take a road test. C. Fill in a form.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At a laundry. B. At a repair shop. C. At a clothes shop.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. The function of the ruins.

B. The development of a city.

C. The man’s house.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How often does the woman go to the theater?

A. Once a month. B. Once a week. C. Twice a week.

7. What does the man often do?

A. Watching football match on TV.

B. Watching musical at theatre.

C. Seeing Films in the cinema.

听第七段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How often does the man take the medicine every day?

A. Once. B. Three times. C. Four times.

9. What is the man’s problem?

A. He has a backache.

B. He is lack of exercise.

C. He has no appetite.

10. What does the woman advise the man to do in the end?

A. Do more exercise.

B. Take another medicine.

C. Have a thorough check-up.

听第八段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why doesn’t the woman want to buy fish?

A. It isn’t fresh. B. Mary doesn’t like it. C. She eats too much fish.

12. What does the man suggest buying for Mary?

A. Steaks. B. Yoghurt. C. Cereals.

13. What does the woman think of the man’s present for Mary?

A. It’s beautiful. B. It’s too expensive. C. It isn’t to Mary’s taste.

听第九段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. How does the woman feel about getting a good part-time job?

A. Confident. B. Difficult. C. Worried.

15. How does the man usually look for a job?

A. By checking the ads in the newspaper and posting a letter with his resume.

B. By checking the information online and sending an e-mail with his resume.

C. By checking the ads in the newspaper and sending an e-mail with his resume.

16. Why did the woman fail in two texts last tests?

A. She didn’t work hard.

B. She didn’t get along very well with her teachers.

C. She wasn’t used to the ways of learning here at first.

17. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She has made great progress this term.

B. She has found a good part-time job.

C. She isn’t good at memorization.

听第十段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why did the speaker have to go out on such a foggy day?

A. He wanted to experience the famous London fog.

B. He had to meet a friend on the other side of the city.

C. He had to attend an important meeting somewhere in the city.

19. How did the speaker feel when he heard the woman’s voice?

A. Amazed but grateful.

B. Grateful but doubtful.

C. Doubtful and shocked.

20. What can we learn from what the speaker said?

A. Disabled people sometimes have advantages over healthy people.

B. The woman was working as a guide in the city on foggy days.

C. The man was a suspicious person.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. The lead singer was ill and couldn’t sing that night, and her _______ didn’t perform well, which made the audience disappointed.

?? A. attitude????????? ??B.?substitute??????????? ??C. institute?????? ?? D. altitude

22. Unlike a stage actor, a film actor must be able to perform small scenes out of __________ and often days apart in time.

A. compliment B. strategy C. interruption D. sequence

23. Cartoons should __________ social morality and family values and avoid violent scenes, including those that children could easily imitate.

A. demonstrate B. advocate C. approve D. resolve

24. The government has been under growing pressure to __________ the causes of air pollution as smog frequently smothers the country’s large cities.

A. release B. schedule C. address D. maintain

25. China has been considering raising the retirement age since 2008 to __________ its shrinking workforce and aging society.

A. set off B. put off C. bring about D. cope with

26. Emails are efficient and convenient, but the best way to __________ a message is still to talk it out in person.

A. attend to B. break through C. result from D. get across

27. As we all know, independence is very __________ for youngsters because sooner or later they will leave their families and live alone.

A. essential B. accurate C. flexible D. temporary

28. China’s goal of 7.5 percent GDP growth this year, though moderate in comparison with previous rates, is not cause for concern since it could still generate __________ volume wealth.

A. relative B. punctual C. considerable D. tentative

29. One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than __________ grown foods.

A. apparently B. contradictorily C. conventionally D. punctually

30. A series of ancient Chinese coins are __________ in an exhibition held in Nanjing, where a variety of ancient currencies were unveiled.

A. in place B. on display C. at length D. on purpose

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和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。

When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.

“Hey, young man, you’re 31 , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.

“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the 32 !”

“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start 33 me more for your hair then.”

In the 34 Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he 35 glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n) 36 of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.

Tom feels like he is in another world, 37 except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the 38 of his scissors. In the 39 from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the 40 of the scissors’ click.

Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair 41 softly as snow and he 42 sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special 43 left leaning against the wall in the corner.

When Mr. Smith has 44 , Tom hops down from the seat. 45 , he sees his own thick, 46 hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and 47 the broken blonde hair, to 48 them from the others, but he does not have time.

They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home, 49 your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.

Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own 50 .

31. A. building up B. sending up C. bringing up D. shooting up

32. A. desk B. board C. couch D. sofa

33. A. paying B. blaming C. charging D. accusing

34. A. mirror B. book C. shelf D. catalogue

35. A. steals B. discovers C. returns D. transforms

36. A. lack B. memory C. mixture D. expression

37. A. helpless B. noiseless C. fearless D. thoughtless

38. A. control B. direction C. effect D. click

39. A. immigration B. opposition C. reflection D. assumption

40. A. rhyme B. trail C. pattern D. sound

41. A. falls B. covers C. melts D. explodes

42. A. considers B. succeeds C. approves D. imagines

43. A. package B. bench C. scissors D. carpet

44. A. treated B. compromised C. finished D. entertained

45. A. Looking into B. Looking forward C. Looking up D. Looking down

46. A. blonde B. red C. black D. white

47. A. send for B. find out C. gather up D. show off

48. A. punish B. separate C. deliver D. confirm

49. A. persuade B. save C. excuse D. relax

50. A. money B. tip C. fish D. hair

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Do you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night ? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.

A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.

The newly formed Wild Network – a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations – is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and into fields, woods