2014年湖北省高考英语试题及其详细解析

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题。

13. How does the woman think Mark feels?

A. Anxious.

B. Unhappy.

C. Frightened.

14. What was Catherine doing when the speakers got home?

A. Reading her books.

B. Playing with her friends.

C. Chatting with the operator.

15. What does the woman want to ensure?

A. Mark can pass the exam.

B. Mark can help people in need.

C. Mark can apply what he’s learned.

16. What will the speakers do for Mark?

A. Keep a record of his reactions.

B. Create an unexpected situation.

C. Write down their own experiences.

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17

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题。

17. When did the magician first perform professionally?

A. In 1964.

B. In 1968.

C. In 1972.

18. What made the magician world famous?

A. His TV show.

B. His global tours.

C. His teaching job.

19. Which does the magician think is his greatest achievement?

A. Project Magic.

B. Box office records.

C. The Magic of ABC.

20. How is the magician different from other magicians?

A. He practises hard.

B. He believes in wonder.

C. He started his career early.

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. Her ______ for writing was a desire for women to get the right to higher education.

A. motivation

B. qualification

C. talent

D. technique

22.

When

Richard

said,

“You

are

much

more

agreeable

and

prettier

now,”

Joan’s

face

turned red at the unexpected ______.

A. command

B. comparison

C. compliment

D. contribution

23. Seeing the big crowd coming towards him, he started to run down the hill, but ______

and went down on his hands and knees in the melting snow.

A. slipped

B. skied

C. signalled

D. sank

24.

The

old

rules

have

to

be

______

because

they

only

applied

to

the

circumstances

that

existed when they were made a hundred years ago.

A. developed

B. established

C. observed

D. revised

25. I’ve been trying to phone Charles all evening, but there must be something wrong with

the network; I can’t seem to ______.

A. get through

B. get off

C. get in

D. get along

26. Is this your necklace, Mary? I ______ it when I was cleaning the bathroom this morning.

A. came across

B. dealt with

C. looked after

D. went for

27.

What

was

so

______

about

Jasmine

Westland’s

victory

was

that

she

came

first

in

the

marathon bare-footed.

A. awful

B. essential

C. impressive

D. obvious

28. Instead of blaming the child who had broken the vase, she gave him a ______ smile and let

him go.

A. cautious

B. grateful

C. tolerant

D. wild

29. Hardly had Sabrina finis

hed her words when Albert said ______, “Don’t be so mean,”

pointing a finger of warning at her.

A. dreadfully

B. guiltily

C. indirectly

D. sharply

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30. Check carrots, potatoes, onions and any other vegetables ______ and immediately use or

throw away any which show signs of rotting.

A. in demand

B. in store

C. on loan

D. on sale

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（

A

、

B

、

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和

D

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白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to

have a “fresh start”.

At the

31

of Palo Duro Canyon (

峡谷

) State Park, I

32

a job advertisement hiring

park hosts. The position offered a

33

, permanent campsite in the park, and

34

, the hosts

served as a li

nk between the park’s guests and the rangers (

护林人

). It was the perfect solution: a

rent-free

place

to

reorganize

our

lives.

We

entered

the

park

and

I

made

an

35

for

the

following day.

The park was

36

, so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we

finished

our

dinner,

my

wife

saw

two

large

skunks

(

臭鼬

)

walking

toward

our

table.

We

37

climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to

38

our camp.

Having

survived

that

night,

we

were

39

that

everything

else

would

be

all

right.

The

next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our

40

and gave us a

beautiful campsite.

That

evening,

41

,

we

learned

about

the

canyon

42

.

They

were

strong

and

cold,

rocking

our

little

camping

truck

violently,

and

we

lay

43

in

the

dark

until

the

winds

died

away.

44

the

weeks

that

followed,

we

learned

to

survive

in

our

truck

and

45

the

little

money my wife

46

by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it

had left very little time for building a successful

47

. For a time after our business

48

I

thought I might lose my family as well.

Living in the tiny

49

with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One

evening,

standing

under

a

jeweled

sky,

I

found

myself

50

for

all

the

hardships.

We

had

walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!

31. A. back

B. edge

C. centre

D. entrance

32. A. sponsored

B. published

C. noticed

D. answered

33. A. safe

B. free

C. convenient

D. beautiful

34. A. in return

B. in time

C. in short

D. in turn

35. A. attempt

B. agreement

C. appeal

D. appointment

36. A. crowded

B. dangerous

C. ideal

D. quiet

37. A. repeatedly

B. immediately

C. eventually

D. calmly

38. A. attack

B. leave

C. pass

D. search

39. A. satisfied

B. determined

C. confident

D. aware

40. A. responsibilities

B. requirements

C. circumstances

D. conditions

41. A. moreover

B. therefore

C. meanwhile

D. however

42. A. winds

B. snows

C. woods

D. trails

43. A. shaking

B. quarrelling

C. mourning

D. aching

44. A. After

B. Between

C. During

D. Beyond

45. A. give away

B. hand out

C. live on

D. put aside

46. A. borrowed

B. earned

C. posted

D. raised

47. A. business

B. career

C. family

D. image

48. A. started

B. failed

C. expanded

D. declined

49. A. truck

B. park

C. house

D. camp

50. A. desperate

B. ready

C. suitable

D. thankful

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20

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分，满分

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阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（

A

B

、

C

和

D

）中，选出最佳选

项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Before I had my son, I spent two years working with children with disabilities. I learned that

shouting and threats of punishment would result in a disaster. Coming up against their behaviour

could only make the job harder and their behaviour more extreme. I found something that worked,

though.

There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident

with the children was asked to take charge of him. One day the boy joined a session in the room

next

to

mine.

His

appearance

created

an

atmosphere

of

tension.

He

spent

the

entire

session

running around, hitting and kicking, and destroying property.

I was in the craft room working with some other children when my co-worker told me that

this boy’s teacher was in tears, and could not get control of the situation. As we were talking, the

boy ran in. I told my co- worker that I would take care of him.

I closed the door. He was full of energy, throwing things around and making a huge mess.

But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. He needed connection, and this was the

only way he knew how to ask for it. So I sat back down and kept quiet. Then he slowed down and

began making a rocket. I talked to him about it. We continued like this for a few minutes before I

slipped into the conversation:

“So what happened today?”

It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone. I believe that if I had criticized him,

the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed. He

told me that the teacher didn’t

let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked. He also admitted

that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game. I explained that his teacher had

not seen it as a game and was very upset. This again was stated simply as a fact. I suggested that

next time he had a session, he talk about what he hoped to do at the start, which might be easier

for everyone. He agreed and was quiet for a moment. Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes

before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.

51. The boy made trouble for his teacher because he ______.

A. was accused of destroying property

B. was told not to yell at other children

C. was made to do things against his will

D. was blamed for creating an air of tension

52. Why didn’t the author do anything about the boy’s bad behavior at first?

A. She didn’t want to make it worse.

B. She didn’t mind the huge mess at all.

C. She was tired of shouting and threats. D.

She hadn’t thought of a coping strategy.

53. The author managed to get the boy to talk to her by ______.

A. playing games with him

B. giving him a good suggestion

C. describing his teacher’s feelings

D. avoiding making critical remarks

54. Why did the boy have tears in his eyes in the end?

A. He was sorry about his reputation.

B. He was regretful about his behavior.

C. He was fearful of the author’s warning.

D. He was sad for the author’s misunderstanding.

B

London’s

newest

skyscraper

(

摩天大楼

)

is

called

the

Shard

and

it

cost

about

430

million

pounds to build. At a height of almost 310 metres, it is the tallest building in Europe. The Shard

has

completely

changed

the

appearance

of

London.

However,

not

everyone

thinks

that

it

is

a

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change for the better.

The

Shard

was

designed

by

the

famous

Italian

architect

Renzo

Piano.

When

he

began

designing the Shard for London, Piano wanted a very tall building that looked like a spire (

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).

He wanted the glass surfaces to reflect the sky and the city. The

sides of the building aren’t regular.

So the building has an unusual shape. It looks like a very thin, sharp piece of broken glass. And

that is how the building got the name: the Shard. Piano says that the spire shape of the Shard is

part of a great London tradition. The shape reminds him of the spires of the churches of London or

the tall masts (

桅杆

) of the ships that were once on the river Thames.

The Shard has 87 floors. At the top, there is an observatory. At the moment the building is

empty,

but

eventually

there

will

be

a

five-star

hotel.

There

will

also

be

top

quality

restaurants,

apartments and offices.

Before

building

work

began,

a

lot

of

people

didn’t

want

the

Shard

though

the

plans

were

approved. Now they are still unhappy about the Shard. Some critics say that such a tall skyscraper

might be good in a city like New York, but not in London. They say that the best thing about the

Shard is its spire shape. But that is the only thing. There is no decoration, only flat surfaces. The

Egyptians did that

4,500 years ago. They also think the Shard is too big for London. It destroys the

beauty of the city.

Other

critics

don’t

like

what

the

Shard

seems

to

represent.

They

say

that

the

Shard

shows

how London is becoming more unequal. Only very rich people can afford to buy the expensive

private apartments and stay in the hotel. But the people who live near the Shard are among the

poorest in London. So the Shard seems a symbol of the division in society between the very rich

and the poor.

The

Shard

now

dominates

the

London

skyline.

It

is

not

certain,

however,

that

ordinary

London citizens will ever accept it as a valuable addition to the city.

55. London’s newest skyscraper is called the Shard because of ______.

A. its cost

B. its size

C. its shape

D. its height

56. When he designed the Shard, Piano wanted it to ______.

A. change London’s skyline

B. inherit London’s tradition

C. imitate the Egyptian style

D. attract potential visitors

57. The critics who refer to social division think the Shard ______.

A. is only preferred by the rich

B. is intended for wealthy people

C. is far away from the poor area

D. is popular only with Londoners

58. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Shard: Cheers and Claps

B. The Shard: Work of a Great Architect

C. The Shard: New Symbol of London?

D. The Shard: A Change for the Better?

C

Working

with

a

group

of

baboons

(

狒狒

)

in

the

Namibian

desert,

Dr.

Alecia

Carter

of

the

Department of Zoology, Cambridge University set baboons learning tasks involving a novel food

and

a

familiar

food

hidden

in

a

box.

Some

baboons

were

given

the

chance

to

watch

another

baboon who already knew how to solve the task, while others had to learn for themselves. To work

out how brave or anxious the baboons were, Dr. Carter presented them either with a novel food or

a threat in the form of a model of a poisonous snake.

She found that personality had a major impact on learning. The braver baboons learnt, but the

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shy ones did not learn the task although they watched the baboon perform the task of finding the

novel food just as long as the brave ones did. In effect, despite being made aware of what to do,

they were still too shy to do what the experienced baboon did.

The same held true for anxious baboons compared with calm ones. The anxious individuals

learnt the task by observing others while those who were relaxed did not, even though they spent

more time watching.

This

mismatch

between

collecting

social

information

and

using

it

shows

that

personality

plays

a

key

role

in

social

learning

in

animals,

something

that

has

previously

been

ignored

in

studies on how animals learn to do things. The findings are significant because they suggest that

animals may perform poorly in cognitive (

认知的

) tasks not because they aren

’

t clever enough to

solve them, but because they are too shy or nervous to use the social information.

The

findings

may

impact

how

we

understand

the

formation

of

culture

in

societies

through

social learning. If some individuals are unable to get information from

others because they don’t

associate with the knowledgeable individuals, or they are too shy to use the information once they

have

it,

information

may

not

travel

between

all

group

members,

preventing

the

formation

of

a

culture based on social learning.

59. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The design of Dr. Carter’s research.

B. The results of Dr. Carter’s research.

C. The purpose of Dr. Carter’s research.

D. The significance of Dr. Carter’s research.

60.

According

to

the

research,

which

baboons

are

more

likely

to

complete

a

new

learning

task?

A. Those that have more experience.

B. Those that can avoid potential risks.

C. Those that like to work independently.

D. Those that feel anxious about learning.

61. Which best illustrates the “mismatch” mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A. Some baboons are intelligent but slow in learning.

B. Some baboons are shy but active in social activities.

C. Some baboons observe others but don’t follow them.

D. Some baboons perform new tasks but don’t concentrate.

62. Dr

. Carter’s findings indicate that our culture might be formed through ______.

A. storing information

B. learning from each other

C. understanding different people

D. travelling between social groups

D

You’ve

flown

halfway

around

the

world;

you’ve

sniffed

out

this

place

that

nobody

in

Falongland or Thailand seems to have ever heard of; so what on earth is there to do here? You

consider this question as you sink into an old wooden beach chair that holds you above the sand.

It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee. By the time you found the bus station and

got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.

Huaplee is located just south of Hua Hin, about two hundred kilometres from Bangkok, down

the

west

side

of

the

Gulf

of

Thailand.

Not

many

tourists

find

this

place,

and

the

ones

that

do

wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.

There’s an apparent laziness that surrounds you here. It’s what this place offers, and it’s free

of charge. The small waves that tap the shoreline seem to slow everything down. You settle into

your beach chair in preparation for a long rest. You sit there and watch the sea.

It’s

early

afternoon,

so

the

cook

comes

out

and

asks

what

you’d

like

to

eat

this

evening.

Before

long

he’s

rushe

d

off

to

the

market

to

buy

the

ingredients

for

whatever

it

was

that

you

ordered

—

every meal fresh and to order. No menu here.

There is no poolside noise here but just that wonderfully warm, clear blue sea. There’s no

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street noise. The only sounds are the murmurs of nature.

For now you just count your blessings (

福祉

), listing them in the sand with your toe (

脚趾

).

You don

’

t have to worry about being late for work. You don

’

t have to do anything.

The

beach

to

your

right

stretches

off

to

the

horizon

(

地平线

),

slowly

narrowing

to

nothingness only to re- emerge again on your left, now steadily widening until it covers the chair

beneath you. Sand to your left and sand to your right; it

’

s unbroken, endless. No start, no end, just

sand, sun, and peace. Step off it, and you re-enter the world of traffic, stress, work, and hurry.

Normally you’re the type who can’t sit still for more than ten minutes, but you’re on Huaplee

Lazy Beach now and, in the right frame of mind, it stretches all the way around the world.

“How could it take me so long to find it?” you wonder.

63. When the author first went to Huaplee Beach, ______.

A. he found it unworthwhile

B. he failed to sort himself out

C. he became sensitive to smell

D. he had difficulty in finding it

64. What is special about the food service at Huaplee Beach?

A. No menu.

B. Free food.

C. Self service.

D. Quick delivery.

65. In the author’s opinion, a tourist can enjoy

Huaplee Beach most when he ______.

A. sits in a beach chair

B. forgets his daily routine

C. plans a detailed schedule

D. draws pictures in the sand

66. What does the author imply by his question at the end of the passage?

A. He shouldn’t have counted his blessings.

B. He should have understood the wonder of nature.

C. He shouldn’t have spent so much time

on the trip.

D. He should have come to the place earlier.

E

For

most

city

people,

the

elevator

is

an

unremarkable

machine

that

inspires

none

of

the

enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles. Dr. Christopher Wilk is

a member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the

elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as

we know it would be impossible. In that sens

e, they argue, the elevator’s role in American history

has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk, the car and the elevator

have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to

spread horizontally (

水平地

), and elevators pushing them toward life in close groups of towering

vertical (

垂直的

) columns.

If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to

be

such

a

brief,

boring,

and

even

awkward

experience

—

one

that

can

involve

unexpectedly

meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact

that we’re hanging from a cable in a long passage.

In

a

new

book,

Lifted

,

German

journalist

and

cultural

studies

professor

Andreas

Bernard

directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship to

humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience.

“After 150 years, we are still not used to it,” Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learned to

cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, sets the

elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourselves in as we go about our

lives.

Today, as the world’s urban population explodes, and cities become more crowded, taller, and

more crowded, America’s total number of elevators—

900,000 at last count, according to

Elevator

World

magazine’s

“2012

V

ertical

Transportation

Industry”—are

a

force

that’s

becoming

more

important than ever. And for the people who really, really love them, it seems like high time that

we looked seriously at just what kind of force they are.

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67. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refer

to?

A. The general view of elevators.

B. The particular interests of experts.

C. The desire for a remarkable machine.

D. The enthusiasm for transport vehicles.

68. The author’s purpose in mentioning cars is ______.

A. to contrast their functions with el

evators’

B. to emphasize the importance of elevators

C. to reveal their secret war against elevators

D. to explain people’s preference for elevators

69.

According

to

Prof. Bernard, what

has

made

the

elevator

ride

different

from

other

life

experiences?

A. Vertical direction.

B. Lack of excitement.

C. Little physical space.

D. Uncomfortable conditions.

70. The author urges readers to consider ______.

A. the exact number of elevator lovers

B. the serious future situation of elevators

C. the role of elevators in city development

D. the relationship between cars and elevators

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分

50

分）

第一节：完 成句子（共

10

小题；每小题

2

分，满分

20

分）

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在

答题卡上的相应题号后。

71. The community college has to cut down on staff ______. (save)

为了省钱，那所社区学院只好裁员。

72.

So

far

the

well-known

journalist

______

more

than

4,000

interviews

with

famous

people.

(accumulate)

迄今为止这位著名记者采访名人已累积达四千余人次。

73. Sometimes ______ to use examples to explain abstract concepts. (helpful)

有时候举例也许有助于解释抽象的概念。

74. The police will reward ______ useful information to catch the robber. (provide)

任何人提供有用信息帮助抓住劫匪，警方将予以奖励。

75.

He’s the only student in the class ______ to take part in the Model United Nations conference.

(select)

他是班上唯一被选上去参加模拟联合国大会的同学。

76. No other technological development has had ______ as the growth of electronics on so many

aspects of social, economic, and cultural development. (impact)

没有哪项技术的发 展像电子技术这样，对我们的社会、经济以及文化等诸多方面产生过

如此重要的影响。< /p>

77. You ______ the meeting to tell me that; you could have come to tell me afterwards. (interrupt)

你不该打断会议来告诉我那件事，你本可以会后告诉我。

78. This novel was once the ______ book in high schools in the United States. (read)

这部小说曾经是美国高中阅读最广泛的书。

79.

The

Public

Square

is

an

eye-catching

sight

of

the

city.

______

many

stone

sculptures

of

famous historical figures. (stand)

大众广场是这个城市引人注目的景点，许多历史名人的石雕像矗立在那儿。

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