2014届高三英语二模试卷(含答案及听力文字)

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第

I

卷

（

105

分）

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions

:

In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.

At the

end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said.

The conversations and

the questions will be spoken only once.

After you hear a conversation and the question about it,

read

the

four

possible

answers

on

your

paper,

and

decide

which

one

is

the

best

answer

to

the

question you have heard.

1.

A. Receptionist and guest.

C. Doctor and patient.

2.

A. Excited.

C. Bored.

3.

A. Because she didn

’

t like him.

C. Because he didn

’

t hear the bell.

4.

A. Stop the bus.

C. Cross the street.

5.

A. On a farm.

C. In a coffee shop.

B. Salesperson and customer.

D. Waiter and diner.

B. Dissatisfied.

D. Exhausted.

B. Because visiting hours were over.

D. Because she needed to rest.

B. Walk to the zoo.

D. Call the police.

B. In a plane

D. In a restaurant.

6.

A. A manager.

C. A worker.

7.

A. $$5.

B. $$10.

8.

A. He is careless about his appearance.

B. He is ashamed of his present condition.

C. He changes his job frequently.

D. He shaves every other day.

B. A teacher.

D. A secretary.

C. $$15.

D. $$50.

9.

A. Training for the Middle Atlantic Championship.

B. Making preparations for a

trans-Atlantic

(

跨大西洋的

) trip.

C. Collecting information about baseball games.

D. Analyzing their opponent

s’

on-field performance.

10.

A. Jane may be caught in a traffic jam.

B. Jane should have started a little earlier.

C. He knows what sort of person Jane is.

D. He is annoyed at having to wait for Jane.

Section B

Directions:

In

Section

B,

you

will

hear

two

short

passages,

and

you

will

be

asked

three

questions

on

each of

the

passages.

The

passages

will

be

read

twice,

but

the

questions

will

be

spoken only once.

When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and

decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Teaching music.

C. Writing music.

12. A. Teamwork and patience.

C. The truth of society.

13. A. How to repair musical instruments.

C. Learning experiences of a repairman.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

14. A. Equipping students with knowledge.

B. Repairing musical instruments.

D. Making musical instruments.

B. The value of time.

D. Diligence and confidence.

B. How to prepare a musical performance.

D. The enjoyable job of a music lover.

B. Qualifying students for certain jobs.

C. Developing students

’

habits of mind.

15. A. The ability to have critical analysis.

B. Creative use of leisure time.

C. Logical use of information.

D. Willingness to accept uncertainty.

16. A. Goals to reach in a college education.

B. Roles of knowledge in students

’

growth.

C. Qualifications needed for a job.

D. Importance of after-class activities.

Section C

D. Helping students to go to graduate school.

Directions

:

In Section C, you will hear two

longer conversations.

The conversations will be

read

twice.

After

you

hear

each

conversation,

you

are

required

to

fill

in

the

numbered

blanks

with the information you have heard.

Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form.

Write

ONE WORD

for each answer.

Information About the English Course

●

Beginning date of the course:

17

1st.

●

Class schedule for the

18

classes:

Every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from

6:30 to 8:30 in the evening.

●

The facilities in each room:

19

and tape recorders.

●

The tuition for one course:

20

dollars.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form.

Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

for each answer.

What are the two speakers talking about?

Suggestions concerning

21

and advertising

strategies.

What

does

the

woman

say

about

the

New equipment should

22

long ago.

equipment of their factory?

What

does

the

woman

suggest

about

human

A

few

engineers

should

be

employed

to

resources?

TV?

23

.

Why does the woman suggest advertising on

Advertising in newspapers alone is

24

.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions:

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages

coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the

proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(A)

For most people, meat is a necessary part of any meal. But just ask yourself, would you still

eat it if you knew that it had come from a cloned chicken or pig?

The

European

Food

Safety

Authority

has,

so

far,

found

no

indication

（

25

）

______

food

products,

such

as

milk

and

meat,

from

cloned

animals,

are

less

safe

than

ones

from

normal

animals.

However,

there

are

still

economic

and

ethical

(

伦理的

)

concerns

related

to

(26)

______(eat)

cloned animals.

That’s

(27)

______

the European Union has launched a proposal to ban the sale and import of

food from cloned animals.

First of all, cloning is extremely costly. More importantly, cloning has a low success rate. It

means that many cloned animals

won’t survive into adulthood, and some

(28)

______ die before

they are even born. This causes unnecessary suffering among

animals and is opposed by animal

rights supporters.

While it would make it illegal to sell and import cloned animals, the proposal says that (29)

______

sale and import of food from the

offspring

(

后代

) of clones would be allowed since they

are not considered to be the direct products of cloning. But they are required to be clearly labeled

(30)

______

______customers can choose whether they want them or not.

The proposal (31)

______ (put)

to the European Parliament and member states, and it is not

expected to come into force until 2016.

(B)

California

has

long

attracted

visitors

seeking

fortune,

fame

or

both.

Way

back

in

1849,

hundreds of thousands started digging (32)

______

gold in the great Gold Rush of California, a

historical event that

(33)

______ (capture) the American imagination.

Nowadays, the state is the most

diverse

（

多元化的）

in the entire mainland US

–

both in terms

of

the

races

of

its

people

and

the

languages

that

(34)

______

speak.

Thus,

California

is

a

true

example of the ―melting pot‖

, so often (35)

______(associate) with the US.

But

why

is

it

(36)

______

all

these

different

types

of

people

choose

to

live

and

work

in

California

?

You’ve

probably

heard

of

Silicon

Valley.

Located

outside

of

San

Francisco

in

northern California, it is home to many of the world’s

most successful technology companies. (37)

______ you ever send texts on an iPhone, e-mail with Yahoo, search on Google or edit pictures

with Photoshop, then you have Silicon Valley to thank.

But

it’s

not

just

electronic

innovation

that

inspires

people

to

move

to

California.

Another

major draw is one of (38)

______ (old)

American dreams

—

the chance (39)

______ (become) a

movie or TV star. People (40)

______ visit California get a special rush from going to Mount Lee

in Santa Monica and seeing the famous Hollywood sign, a

lasting symbol of the American film

and television industries.

Section B

Directions:

Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only

be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. regular

G. bother

B. eventually

H. estimates

C. inspired

I. involve

D. value

J. resistant

E. substitute

K. replacing

F. wholly

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has remained unsolved for hundreds

of years, yet soon it might not be a problem anymore

—

the egg of the future may not

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a

chicken at all.

But if not from a chicken, where will the egg come from? Apparently, a plant is one of the

possibilities,

as

Hampton

Creek,

a

food

technology

company

in

San

Francisco,

US,

has

found.

They created a

42

for eggs, called Beyond Eggs, using a mixture of 11 plants, including

sunflowers and a variety of beans.

Unlike the image you might now have in your mind, Beyond Eggs look nothing like

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eggs. They are sold as gray powder that you mix with water before cooking. But the final

product

tastes just like the real thing.

But

the

question

is,

why

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with

―plant

eggs‖?

What’s

the

problem

with

ordinary

eggs?

The

truth

is

that

99

percent

of

our

eggs

come

from

industrial

warehouses

(

养鸡场仓库

)

where chickens are crowded into cages too small for them to even spread their wings. This cruelty

is what

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Hampton Creek to carry out the Beyond Eggs project in the first place.

In addition, the cages where chickens are kept so close together are a hotbed for viruses. To

help

the

chickens

stay

healthy,

farmers

feed

them

antibiotics

(

抗生素

),

which

may

cause

dangerous

bacteria

to

grow

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to

the

drugs

and

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spread

to

humans

through

eggs and meat.

In

fact,

48

the

egg

is

not

a

new

idea,

but

Beyond

Eggs

seems

to

be

the

most

successful attempt

so far.

Besides

their

great

taste

and

eco-friendliness,

Beyond

Eggs

provide

the

same

nutritional

49

as real eggs, and they’re even healthier since they don’t contain

cholesterol

(

胆固醇

). The

company also

50

that the cost of their products is around 19 percent less than real eggs,

which makes them more affordable.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions:

For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,

B, C and D.

Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Have you ever gotten a sun

burn? If you have, you’ve already learned the hard way about the

sun’s

ultraviolet

(

紫外线的

), or UV light. It can burn your skin so bad that it turns it red or even

makes it peel off. The

51

helps you remember to wear sunscreen the next time.

Well, Earth has its own version of sunscreen, the

ozone

(

臭氧

) layer, which

52

us all

from

the

vast

majority

of

the

UV

light

released

by

the

sun.

Without

it,

we

wouldn’t

just

get

a

sunburn. Life on Earth would go

53

due to the hugely damaging power of all those UV

rays.

The

ozone

layer

54

Earth’s

stratosphere

(

同温层

),

a

part

of

the

atmosphere

that

55

from about 10 kilometers up to nearly 50 kilometers above the ground. Despite its name,

the ozone layer isn’t just ozone gas. It contains relatively

higher concentrations of ozone than the

lower

atmosphere,

but

that’s

still

a

small

amount

56

those

of

the

main

elements

of

the

atmosphere. Even so, it

57

a lot of UV rays, preventing them from reaching the surface of

Earth.

However, people were

n’t fully aware of its

importance until 1985, when a huge hole in the

layer was found over Antarctica.

The

58

quickly

pointed

to

a

kind

of

chemical

called

chlorofluorocarbon,

or

CFC,

which was widely used in refrigerators, air conditioners and hairsprays. CFCs are able to rise up to

the stratosphere and cause reactions that destroy

ozone. With a

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ozone layer, people on

Earth are more likely to develop skin cancer,

cataracts

(

白内障

) and other health problems due to

too much UV light

60

.

As a result of this discovery, an international

treaty

(

条约

) called the Montreal Protocol was

signed

in

1987

to

61

the

manufacture

of

CFC

products

so

that

the

ozone

layer

could

slowly recover and return to its natural

state by 2050.

62

, at a time when it seemed that everything was going back to

63

, earlier

this

month

scientists

detected

four

new

man-made

gases

in

Greenland

and

Australia

that

could

causes new risks to the ozone layer.

Scientists haven’t identified the

64

of the gases, b

ut ―this highlights that ozone

loss

is

not

yet

yesterday’s

story,‖

said Professor Piers

Forster

from

the

University

of

Leeds, UK,

to

BBC. Scientists believe that there are more such gases out there, and they still have much work to

do to ―

65

the hole

s‖.

51. A. harm

52. A. survives

53. A. extinct

54. A. links to

B. loss

B. shades

B. helpless

B.

lies in

C. pain

C. prevents

C. meaningless

C. looks to

D. factor

D. covers

D. wrong

D. consists of

55. A. receives

56. A. belonged to

57. A. absorbs

58. A. result

59. A. further

60. A. return

61. A. ban

62. A. Therefore

63. A. minor

64. A. source

65. A. fasten

Section B

B. locates

B. turned to

B. captures

B. evidence

B. clearer

B. exposure

B. oppress

B. Furthermore

B. bitter

B. guidance

B.

heighten

C. extends

C. taken to

C. figures

C. trace

C. thinner

C. companion

C. motivate

C. Otherwise

C. concrete

C. condition

C. tighten

D. varies

D. compared to

D. imposes

D. movement

D. broader

D. approach

D. recycle

D. However

D. normal

D. destination

D. strengthen

Directions:

Read

the

following

passages.

Each

passage

is

followed

by

several

questions

or

unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B,C or D. Choose the

one that suits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

In

December

2008,

Caroline

Kennedy

—

daughter

of

the

late

U.S.

President

John

F.

Kennedy

—

sat down, as a frontrunner for the Senate seat in New York, for a televised interview

that helped decide the future of her campaign. The result was a disaster.

Her

performance

wasn

’

t

well

received,

in

part

because

her

speech

was

full

of

filler

words

—―

ums,

‖ ―

ahs

‖

and

―

you knows.

‖

One listener counted 27

―

ums

‖

and 38

―

you knows

‖

in

the space of five minutes. A few weeks after the interview, Kennedy ended her Senate campaign.

Filler

words

may

seem

natural

in

everyday

speech,

but

they

can

be

deadly

in

formal

presentations.

―

Using

excessive

fillers

is

the

most

annoying

speech

habit,

‖

said

Susan

Ward,

a

speech specialist.

―

They take your listener

’

s attention away often to the point that he doesn

’

t hear

anything you say. Your message is entirely lost

.‖

Many

speakers

are

afraid

of

pause.

They

believe

their

audience

will

think

they

are

inarticulate

(

不善于表达

) if they pause to think of what to say next, so they use filler words to

avoid the silence. However, a pause is actually more impressive than a filler word. Listeners know

that the speaker is thinking, trying to find the right word. Sometimes a pause can actually improve

a speech, as when an actor uses a dramatic pause to hold the attention of his audience. A speaker

shouldn

’

t be afraid to pause occasionally during a speech; it shows self-confidence.

It takes some work to cut out filler words. You can begin by taking a few seconds to think

about what you want to say the next time you are asked a question. This pause will help you begin

powerfully, and it will help you avoid using a filler word.

The same public speaking technique applies when you are shifting from one idea to another.

While you may be tempted to fill the silence between ideas with a filler word, remember to allow

yourself to pause and think about what you want to say next.

If

you

need

help

overcoming

your

―

um

‖

problem,

consider

asking

a

family

member

or

a

friend to point out when you use filler words. You also could record an upcoming presentation and

then watch yourself in action. You may be amazed at how often you say

―

um

‖

or

―

uh

‖

!

Although we live in a fast-paced society that seemingly demands instant answers, we must

use the pause to our advantage. Finally, we should only speak when we are ready.

66. In the first two paragraphs of the article the writer intends to ______.

A. introduce Caroline Kennedy to readers

B. illustrate how deadly filler words can be in the public speech

C. explain what filler words are

D. remind readers that they should count filler words used in public speeches

67. The reason why filler words are considered annoying by speech specialist is that ______.

A. they prevent the listener from focusing on what the speaker is saying.

B. they convey the speaker

’

s superiority to the listener.

C. they mean the speaker is not articulate at all.

D. they make the speaker appear self-confident.

68. When used properly, pauses in speeches can actually ______.

A. give the speaker more credibility

B. hold the attention of the audience

C. show the speaker

’

s deep insight

D. help the audience relax

69. Which of the following is NOT suggested as a way to get rid of filler words?

A. To have mental training in order to think faster.

B. To ask someone else to point out when you use filler words.

C. To watch a recording of your own speech.

D. To practice thinking for a moment before answering a question.

(B)

Scholarship Application Tips in 2013 for college students

?

Before you apply

1. Work hard to get good grades. Don’t

sweat about

one bad grade, but always strive to do your

best.

2.

Get

involved,

and

stay

involved,

in

out- of-class

activities.

Sports,

clubs,

drama,

bands

and

orchestras

—

t

hese often count toward a student’s overall scholarship application evaluation. The

same goes for paid (or unpaid) work experience.

3. Begin your scholarship research early

—

by your

sophomore

(

大学二年级

) or junior year of

high

school,

if

possible. Make

special

note

of application

deadlines,

as

they

can

vary

from

late

summer to late spring.

4.

Apply

for

as

many

scholarships

as

you

are

eligible

(

符合条件的

)

for

—

several

smaller

scholarships can add up to a lot of money.

?

During the application process

1.

Read

the

supplementary

materials

that

come

with

scholarship

application

forms

to

better

understand the program’s focus (community service, subject interest). Try to answer the questions

with the focus area in mind.

2. Answer questions as they are asked. Don’t go

off topic.

3.

If

there

is

a

financial

section

to

the

application,

make

sure

you

get

accurate

and

complete

information from all appropriate sources to ensure your eligibility.

4.

Take

your

time.

Write

down

everything

you

can

think

of

for

each

question,

then

set

the

application aside for a day so you can look everything over again before you send it off.

5.

Don’t

wait

until

the

last

minute

to

complete

your

application,

especially

if

you

are

applying

online. Computer systems can get blocked with the large volume of applicants hoping to

submit

(

上交

) their qualifications during the last few days and hours before a deadline.

6.

If

a

third

party

has

to

complete

part

of

your

application,

such

as

providing

a

letter

of

recommendation,

make

sure

you

ask

them

early

on

and

remind

them

as

often

as

necessary

to

ensure they provide you with the necessary materials.

7. Last but not least, review your application with your parents to make sure you haven’t left out

any important details.

Good luck to the students applying for the 2013 scholarship programs!

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. Before you apply for a scholarship, it’s best to ______.

A. pay more attention to grades than to out-of-class activities

B. focus on only one scholarship application

C. get as much work experience as possible

D. begin your preparation as early as possible

71. The underlined phrase

―

sweat about

‖

most probably means ______.

A. worry about

B. feel regret over

C. think of

D. be crazy about

72. When you are answering questions on the application form, you should ______.

A. focus on the subject you are interested in