2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语 word版含答案、解析

、

9

题。

will the man be home from work

5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.

will the speaker go

Green House Cinema.

New State Cinema.

UME Cinema.

听第

8

段材料，回答第

10

至

12

题。

will the speakers go to New York

air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.

are the speakers making the trip

business. B. For shopping. C. For hoilday.

is the probable relationship between the speakers

and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.

听第

9

13

至

1 6

题。

13. Where does this conversation probably take place

A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.

14. What does John do now

A. He’s a trainer. B. He’s a tour guide. C. He’s a college student.

15. How much can a new person earn for the first year

A. $$10,500. B. $$12,000. C. $$15,000.

16. How many people will the woman hire

A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.

听第

10

17

至

2 0

题。

long has the speaker lived in a big city

A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.

18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport

A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time

-

saving. C. It’s cheap.

19. What is good about living in a small town

A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.

20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most

A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.

第二部分

阅读理解（共两节，满分< /p>

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分）

第一节

（共

15

小题；每小题

3

分，满分

45

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（

A

、

B

、

C

、 和

D

）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂

黑。

A

The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge

Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!

The

Cambridge

Science

Festival

(CSF)

is

pleased

to

inform

you

of

the

sixth

annual

Curiosity

Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to

create

artwork

or

a

piece

of

writing

that

shows

their

curiosity

and

how

it

inspires

them

to

explore

their world.

Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem

that

shows

what

they

are

curious

about.

To

enter

the

challenge,

all

artwork

or

pieces

of

writing

should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue. Cambridge 02139

by Friday, February 8th.

Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at

a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21

. Guest speaker will also present prizes

to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibit

and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration

and brunch will be served.

Between March 10

and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing

th

st

ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related

information are available at: .

【小题

1

】

Who can take in the Curiosity Challenge

A. School students.

B. Cambridge locals.

C. CSF winners.

D. MIT artists.

【小题

2

】

When will the prize-giving ceremony be held

A. On February 8th.

B. On March 10th

C. On March 15th..

D. On April 21st.

【小题

3

】

What type of writing is this text

A. An exhibition guide.

B. An art show review.

C. An announcement.

D. An official report.

B

Passenger pigeons

（旅鸽）

once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.

Written

accounts

from

the

18th

and

19th

centuries

described

flocks

（群）

so

large

that

they

darkened

the sky for hours.

It was calculated that when its population reach its highest point, there were more than

3 billion passenger pigeons

–

a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population

in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world. Even as late as

1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320

miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.

Sadly, the abundance

of

passenger

pigeons may have been their undoing. Where

the

birds were

abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands.

Commercial

hunters

attracted

them

to

small

clearings

with

grain,

waited

until

pigeons

had

settled

to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to

large cities and sold in restaurants.

By

the

closing

decades

of

the

19

century,

the

hardwood

forests

where

passenger

pigeons

nested

th

had

been

d

amaged

by

Americans’

need

for

wood,

which

scattered（驱散）

the

flocks

and

forced

the

birds

to

go

farther

north,

where

cold

temperatures

and

spring

storms

contributed

to

their

decline.

Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.

In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons,

but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild

pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few

birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the

Cincinnati Zoological Garden in September 1, 1914.

【小题

1

】

In the 18

and early 19

centuries, passenger pigeons _______.

A. were the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of America

C. did great harm to the natural environment D. Were the largest population in the US

【小题

2

】The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’ _______.

A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution

【小题

3

】

What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons

A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds.

C. To make money. D. To protect crops.

【小题

4

】

What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan

A. It was ignored by the public. B. It was declared too late.

C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。

【小题

1

】

D .

考查细节理解。在

18

世纪和

19

世纪初期，旅鸽的数量怎么样根据

Pa ssenger pigeons

（旅

鸽）

C

A typical lion tamer (

驯兽师

) in

people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip (鞭子

)and

a chair .The whip get all of the attention , but it’s mostly for show .In reality , it’s the

chair

that

does

the

important

work

.When

a

lion

tamer

holds

a

chair

in

front

of

the

lion’s

face

,

the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time .With its focus divided ,

the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next

.When faced with so many options ,

the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How

often

do

you

find

yourself

in

the

same

position

as

the

lion How

often

do

you

have

something

you

want

to

achiever

(e,g.

lose

weight

,

start

a

business

,

travel

more

)

–

only

to

end

up

confused

by all of the options in front of you and never make progress

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option

th

th