湖北七市2014届高三联考英语试题B卷含答案

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13. What does the man want to be?

A. A movie star.

B. A pop singer.

C. A great musician.

14. How does the man feel about his future?

A. Very confident.

B. Light-hearted.

C. Uncertain.

15. When will the man go to find a manager?

A. After he takes his last exam.

B. After he moves to London.

C. After he knows his exam results.

16.

What will the man probably do at first in London?

A. Earn lots of money.

B. Publish his record.

C. Do part-time jobs.

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17. Why

doesn’t

the speaker want to go to the mountains this year?

A. Because it is a little cold this time and too far away.

B. Because he went there last year.

C. Because it is not beautiful enough.

18. What does the speaker like about the seashore?

A. Bathing in the sunshine.

B. Taking a walk on the sands.

C. Swimming in the sea.

19. How can the speaker probably go to the seashore?

A. By car.

B. On foot.

C. By bike.

20. Where did the speaker decide to go at last?

A. To his hometown.

B. To the beach.

C. To the mountains.

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21.

Parents

are

supposed

to

make

their

own

personal

_________until

they

feel

their

teens

are

responsible enough to drive safely.

A. restriction

B. approval

C. permission

D. achievement

22.

Not

particularly

gifted

but

always

trying

to

get

the

most

out

of

his

ability,

the

young

man

maximized his _________ and finally succeeded in his career.

A. principle

B. dimension

C. potential

D. boundary

23.

We

have

to

replace

these

old

lamps

with

the

new

energy-efficient

ones

because

they_________ too much electricity.

A. transform

B. absorb

C. abuse

D. consume

24.

Studies

show

that

30-40%

of

all

job

applicants

put

false

information

on

their

resumes

or

applications, and _________ their qualifications during interviews to increase their chances of

getting the post.

A. exaggerate

B. evaluate

C. adjust

D. strengthen

25.

Unemployment

is

forcing

many

young

people,

often

eager

for

independence,

to

_________

their parents longer than they would have hoped.

A. decide on

B. focus on

C. rely on

D. carry on

26. Some social scientists suggest that westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese

wisdom to _________ the drawbacks of western philosophy.

A. hold on to

B. make up for

C. go in for

D. put up with

27. You should be _________ in the way you treat your children instead of being changeable, or

they would get confused about how you really want them to be.

A. consistent

B. responsible

C. flexible

D. critical

28.

North

Korea

has

apparently

told

China

it

may

be

ready

to

r

eturn

to

six-n

ation

talks,

which

appears to be a (n) _________ step aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs.

A. aggressive

B. primitive

C. tentative

D. passive

29. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities

that help us relax, _________ forget our problems and maybe even laugh.

A. temporarily

security system.

A. by chance of

B. in terms of

C. by means of

D. in favor of

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Charlie was a US pilot in Vietnam. He flew 74 successful tasks.

31

, on his 75th mission, his

F4 fighter was

32

by a surface-to-air missile (

导弹

) and he was forced to escape. The only thing

between him and near death was the

33

that he prayed would open. It did open and Charlie

34

it down to the ground alive, but he was caught and spent 6 years as a(n)

35

of war in a

Vietnamese prison camp.

One day, many years after returning to his homeland, Charlie and his wife were sitting in a little

36

in Kansas City when he noticed two tables over was this guy who kept looking at him

37

.

Charlie looked back but did not

38

him, but he kept catching this guy

39

at him. Finally

the guy stood up and walked over to Charlie’s table and said, “You’re Captain Plumb. You flew jet

fighters in Vietnam. You

40

from the aircraft carrier, you parachuted

41

enemy area and you

were

42

a prisoner of war.”

Somewhat

43

,

Charlie looked up at the guy and asked, “How did it

44

that you know

all that?” The man smiled and said, “B

ecause I pa

cked your parachute. I guess it

45

.”

Charlie

lay

awake

that

night,

46

all

the

times

he

had

walked

through

the

long

narrow

room, below sea level on the aircraft carrier, with the tables where the men packed the parachutes.

He

wondered

how

many

times

he

passed

the

man

whose

job

would

47

save

his

life

without

even saying “hi”

,

“good morning” or “good job” or “I

48

what you do.”

Think about this for yourself. How many times in life do you pass the people whose help is 49

when

you

need

it

the

most?

The

people

who

don’t

seek

for

the

praises

or

the

50

or

the

achievement medal

—

the folks who are just out there packing parachutes ?

31. A. Practically

B. physically

C. regularly

D. originally

30. The government should keep the society safe and stable _________ establishing a sound social

B. Unfortunately

C. Consequently

D. Especially

32. A. destroyed

B. exposed

33. A. door

34. A. threw

36. A. library

37. A. curiously

38. A. associate

39. A. staring

40. A. set back

41. A. above

43. A. annoyed

44. A. refer to

45. A. expanded

46. A. judging from

B. fighter

C. attracted

D. approached

C. carrier

C. passenger

C. cottage

D. parachute

D. made

D. officer

D. cinema

D. anxiously

D. mention

D. pointing

D. settled down

D. into

D. invited

D. surprised

D. infer to

D. conducted

D. reflecting on

D. eventually

D. tolerate

D. worthwhile

D. challenges

B. dragged

C. dropped

B. restaurant

35. A. prisoner

B. pilot

B. occasionally

C

. seriously

B. recognize

C. confirm

B. laughing

C. shouting

B. took off

C. moved up

B. throughout

C. beyond

B. ridiculous

C. fragile

B. bring about

B. devoting to

C. come about

C. attaching to

B. worked

C. responded

42. A. cloned

B. employed

C

. held

47. A. apparently

B. immediately

C

. deliberately

48. A. congratulate

B. appreciate

C. suspect

49. A. available

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B. beneficial

C. appropriate

50. A. hardships

B. competitions

C. honors

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、

B

、

C

和

D)

中，选出最佳选项，并

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

During my visit to my parents, I decided to explore their attic

（阁楼）

. They have lived in their

home in the mountains since 1953, so investigating the attic was a trip down memory lane for me.

I climbed the unstable ladder to the dusty, cold third floor. I looked around and noticed a very

old basket in the corner, in which I found letters piled high, faded and dirty-untouched there. As I

opened each letter, I discovered a new and previously unrevealed page of my parents

’

lives.

My father served in the Army. He wrote about his daily experiences with civilians, German

POWs, baths and more. I was drawn to these letters. Each of my mother

’

s letters was sealed with

her 1944 lipstick kiss. Daddy wrote that he sealed his return letters by rekissing her lipstick kiss. Oh,

how they missed each other!

I finished reading six months of the letters and discovered there were at least eleven months

missing. Where could they be?

Just six weeks after my visit, Daddy became very ill and was hospitalized. He was scheduled

for kidney dialysis

（肾透析）

when I decided to fly to visit him. We discussed the letters. He told me

how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had meant to him when he had been so far from

home.

As

I

left,

the

thought

raced

through

my

mind

that

tomorrow

was

Valentine

’

s

Day.

But

I

quickly dismissed this thought. My father wasn

’

t in any kind of shape to shop for a valentine. My

parents had been married for fifty-six years. My mother would understand that her valentine would

just have to be skipped this year.

Later that evening, Mother and I revisited the attic in search of the lost letters. Toward the

bottom,

we

discovered

an

unmarked

gold

cardboard

box.

Yes!

Here

were

the

long-lost

letters!

I

began looking through them. Lying separate, on top of the letters was the valentine card my father

had sent Mother in 1944!

The

next

day

，

Mother

and

I

visited

Daddy

in

the

hospital.

I

joked

with

him,

saying

softly,

“

Today is Valentine

’

s Day, and I know you have been a little busy lately, but I

’

ve got something you

covered.

”

I handed him the card. He carefully opened the card, and when he recognized it, his eyes

filled with tears.

There was

nothing

lacking

that

Valentine

’

s Day

after

all.

My

father,

in

a

voice

shaking

with

emotion, read the loving message he

’

d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And this time, he

could read it to her in person.

51. What information do we get from the passage?

A. The Valentine

’

s card to Mum sent by my father in 1944 was a real treasure to them.

B. I revisited the attic, hoping to find some gold boxes.

C. My father

’

s state of health was nothing serious six weeks after my first visit.

D. My father had been in the army for just one year.

52. The underlined word

“

dismissed

”

in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. sent away

B. laid off

C. turned down

D. gave up

53. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ______________.

A. my father became totally well after he got the lost letters

B. my father was excited to read the loving message to my mom personally

C. my mother was fifty-six years old when she got the card

D. my father and mother had never sent Valentine

’

s cards to each other before

54. The letters in this passage are the symbol of _________.

A. kiss

B. faith

C. love

D. promise

B

Last Tuesday, a group of Washington, D.C. middle school students took a trip to New Zealand,

learning, cooking and eating.

The

students

were

part

of

A

Taste

of

New

Zealand

at

the

Blair

House,

the

President’

s

guesthouse.

The

event

was

hosted

by

USA

Chief

of

Protocol,

Ambassador

Capricia

Marshall,

and

featured the New Zealand Ambassador to the United States, the Right Honorable Michael Moore.

Ambassador Moore was also previously the Prime Minister of New Zealand. New Zealand is an

island in the South Pacific near Australia. It

’

s composed of, as Ambassador Moore joked, around 4.5

m

illion people and 4

0 million sheep. It also has nice multi-cultural food and traditions, which the

students experienced firsthand.

The local students were joined by kids from the New Zealand embassy and they all got their

hands messy cooking some of the favorite dishes in New Zealand. The menu included lamb chops,

fish and chips, and a Kiwi- style vegetarian mini-pie.

The

food

was

delicious

and

beautifully

crafted

with

some

help

from

the

Blair

House

chief

cooks and a special guest cooks from a New Zealand-style restaurant in Washington.

For dessert, there were several delicious things to choose from. But what stood out from the

rest was the Pavlova, a treat made with fruit and others. Not only was the Pavlova nice to look at,

but it’

s also a dish with some controversy.

Peter Macaulay, an adviser to the Embassy of New Zealand who attended with his two children,

Brianna and Fraser, cheerfully explained why the Pavlova was so controversial.

Named after a Russian ballet dancer who visited the country in 1927, the Pavlova was created

by the New Zealanders in honor of their special guest. The hullabaloo started when the dancer was

honored with the same exact dish when she visited Australia. Ever since, a friendly competition has

carried on over which country should take credit for originating the dessert.

“We say that we did.

And I would stick with our story!

”

said Ambassador Moore, when asked

about the dish.

A

Taste

of

New

Zealand

was

the

fourth

place

in

a

series

designed

to

highlight

the

unique

cultures

of

select

nations

around

the

world.

Like

previous

events,

it

was

fun,

enlightening,

and

delicious!

55. From the passage, we can infer that_________.

A. New Zealanders each have more than 10 sheep

B. raising sheep is a big business in New Zealand

C. sheep are what New Zealanders live on

D. Pavlova was a special guest to Australia for a ballet performance

56.

The underlined word “hullabaloo”

may mean _________.

A. dish

B. celebration

C. quarrel

D. tradition

57.

By saying “

W

e say that we did”

in the second paragraph from bottom, Moore meant_______.

A. New Zealanders created the dessert Pavlova

B. New Zealanders joined in the competition

C. New Zealanders could dance ballet

D. New Zealanders was honored for the Pavlova

58. The passage is mainly about _________.

A. American students took part in an exchange event

B. American students made a trip to New Zealand

C. American students learned the unique culture of New Zealand

D. American students experienced New Zealand through food

C

Sales of crime novel

The Cuckoo

’

s Calling

have rocketed since its author Robert Galbraith was

unmasked as JK Rowling, according to The Bookseller.

It said 17,662 hardback copies were sold between 14 and 20 July, up from just 43 copies the

previous week, according to Nielsen BookScan data.

Th

e Cuckoo’

s Calling

was the week’

s bestselling

hardback novel, despite some booksellers running out of stock.

The Harry Potter author was identified in a newspaper article last week. On a website Rowling

said

8,500

English

language

copies

had

been

sold

in

all

forms,

including

e-books,

before

her

unmasking.

The

author

added

that

she

had

received

two

offers

from

television

production

companies.

“The

situation

was

becoming

increasingly

complicated,

largely

because

Robert

was

doing

rather

better than we had expected him to,” she said. “But we all still hoped to keep the secret a little

longer.

Rob

ert’

s

success

during

his

first

three

months

as

a

published

writer

(discounting

sales

made after I was found out) actually comp

ares favourably with JK Rowling’

s success over the similar

period of her career.”

However,

the

Bookseller

reported

the

hardback

had

sold

fewer

than

500

copies

in

its

three-month period

on sale before the Sunday Times’

expose. The recent sales were not enough to

send

The Cuckoo

’

s Calling

to the top spot in the official UK top 50, instead landing it in third place.

The Rowling revelation coincided with the paperback release of

The Casual Vacancy

—

her

first

official

post-Potter

work

—

which

sold

19,548

copies

in

the

same

week,

making

the

book

number two in the sales chart. Neither title managed to draw John Grisham's

The Racketeer

from

the top of the chart, which shifted 24,222 copies

—

a 19% drop on the previous week.

Elsewhere

on

the

Robert

Galbraith

website,

Rowling

has

revealed

the

reason

she

chose

her

pen name. She said she picked Robert because US se

nator Robert F Kennedy was her “hero”

and

she had never used the name in one of her earlier books.

“I can only hope all the real

Robert Galbraiths

out there will be as forgiving as the real Harry

Potters have been,” she wrote.

A follow-up to

The Cuckoo’

s Calling

has been finished and should be

published next year, the author added.

59. What can we know about the sale of

The Cuckoo’

s Calling

?

A. The English edition sells better than other editions.

B. The sales have come across decline in recent weeks.

C. The sale is beyond satisfaction before J.K. Rowling unmasked.

D.

Book sellers can’t cover any expense for the running out of the stock.

60. Why did J.K. Rolling reveal the true identity of her pen name?

A. She wasn

’

t involved in her former reputation willingly.

B.

She couldn’t count on

an imaginary man to go further.

C. She attempted to accept her inner conscience.

D. She received offers from television production.

61. What attitude does J.K. Rowling expect her readers to have towards

Robert Galbraiths

?

A. Acceptable.

B. Complimentary.

C. Sympathetic.

D. Skeptical.

62. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. New challenges are coming

for Rowling’s career.

B. Unmasked author brings about a new rise.

C. Best sellers result from a new approach.

D.

Rowling’s Creativity leads to anot

her legend.

D

Is there a connection

between a nation’

s contributions to international aid programs and the

happiness of its citizens? According to a study of nine European donor (

捐赠人

) countries, there is a

direct relationship between the level of foreign aid and level of happiness in the UK and France but

for

other

European

countries

there

seems

to

be

no

link.

Full

details

of

the

analysis

and

its

conclusions are published this month in the journal Global Business and Economics Review.

Mark

Arvin

and

Byron

Lew

of

Department

of

Economics,

Trent

University

in

Peterborough,

Ontario,

Canada,

have

inves

tigated

the

old

proverb

that

it’

s

better

to

give

than receive.

Previous

research has suggested that for individuals giving money to worthy causes brings more happiness

than

spending

it

oneself.

Elizabeth

Dunn

and

colleagues

at

the

University

of

British

Columbia,

Vancouver,

found

that

people

said

they

were

much

happier

if

they

were

spending

money

“pro

-

socially”

—

that is on gifts for others or on charitable donations

—

rather than spending it

on themselves.

Whether this proposal translates to the national level is open to question, but Arvin and Lew

hoped to confirm that it is indeed the case by looking at the foreign aid disbursements (

支付款

) of

nine donor countries in Europe and using general measu

res of happiness among a nation’

s citizens.

Their statistical analysis hoped to reveal whether happiness levels could predict levels

of aid offered.

“Our

results

reveal

that

for

two

important

E

uropean

donors,

France

and

the

UK,

the

aid-

happiness

link

is

a

positive

causal

relationship

from

happiness

to

aid,”

the

team

says.

“In

addition, for France, there is also a positive causal connection from aid to happiness. This leads us

to suspect that aid and happiness are likely both naturally born

—

at least for some

countries.”

The researchers point out that it is not surprising that there is a different effect in countries

other

than

the

UK

and

France

because

there

are

different

attitudes

towards

foreign

aid.

Some

nations

have

smaller

public

parts

others

donate

at

the

institutional

level

and

through

private

channels. Nevertheless, public giving seems to bring greater happiness to a nation as a whole as

well as assisting those less fortunate.

63. The first paragraph mainly intends to_________.

A. teach us how we can bring greater happiness to others

B. show us how the researchers made their study

C. guide us to read the conclusions drawn by the researchers

D. tell us different effects of giving on other European countries

64. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A. any country can get greater happiness from giving at any time

B. there is a negative connection from aid to happiness for European countries

C. the same effect exists in countries other than the UK and France

D. giving money brings more happiness than spending it on himself or herself

65. How does the author support his idea about the link between aid and happiness

？

A. By doing survey and interview.

B. By gathering data and description.

C. By making comparison and detective.

D. By giving examples and analysis.

66. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Happier to Give than to Receive

B. Different Attitudes, Different Effects

C. Donations and Contributions

D. A Relationship from Happiness to Aid

E

A weather system known as a polar vortex brought dangerously cold weather to large parts of

the

United

States

this

week.

A

polar

vortex

is

a

cold,

thick

low

pressure

system.

The

air

turns

counter-clockwise when on the move.

The

polar

vortex

started

up

in

Canada.

After

crossing

the

border,

it

moved

deep

into

the

southeastern

United

States.

The

polar

vortex

brought

the

coldest

temperatures

in

more

than

20

years to many areas. Alice Jenkins lives in Washington D.C.

“I

have

a

coat

on.

I

have

three

sweaters.

I

have

two

blouses.

B

ut

I

don’t

feel

like

I

have

anything on.”

Another woman, named Amanda, lives nearby in Maryland.

“It’s

D.

C. It’s not supposed to be this cold.”

The extreme weather started with a low-pressure system near the North Pole. The Arctic air

was

pushed

as

far

south

as

Alabama

on

wind

currents

known

as

the

jet

stream.

The

bitter

cold

covered much of the central United States, forcing schools, government offices and businesses to

close.

But the polar vortex did not have the same effect everywhere.

Interestingly

enough,

it

is

warmer

in

Alaska

and

also

somewhat

warmer

over

Greenland

because

when

you

exhaust

cold

air

in

the

North

Pole

and

the

Arctic

region,

when

it’s

forced

southward, it can’t all stay there. Basically it’s rushing towards us in the United States.”

Camden Walker, a weather expert, says the wea

ther system move

d away quickly from places

like Washington. But the cold air and high winds were staying longer in the middle of the country.

Temperatures of minus 10 degrees Celsius or lower were reported in Washington, New York,

Boston and Philadelphia. In fact, temperatures in all or parts of the 50 states were below freezing at

some point on Tuesday.

Even in Hawaii, it was minus six degrees at the top of the state’s highest

mountain.

The effect of the polar vortex was extensive. Airline companies cancelled more than 11,000

flights over a four day period. The cold weather also interfered with train service. In the south, the

Tennessee Valley Authority said it set a single day record for electricity as homeowners struggled to

stay warm. But there was more to the picture.

67. Which of the following statements about the polar vortex is NOT true?

A. It came from around the North Pole area.

B. It caused great losses in the U.S.

C. It caused Washington, D.C to be colder than usual in this season.

D. All the places it swept across became extremely cold.

68. The purpose of Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 is to_________.

A. say Alice and Amanda should have put on more clothes

B. indicate the extremely cold weather this year is unusual for Washington, D.C

C. show Washington, D.C is the most affected place in America

D. tell us women suffered more from the extreme weather

69. Central U.S. was more severely affected by the cold because _________.

A. it was the place where the polar vortex was born

B. it was too low here for the polar vortex to leave

C. it was close to Washington, D.C

D. it was the cold air and high winds that stayed longer here

70. The passage is probably going to talk about _________ if it continues.

A. what can be done to stop it happening again

B. how long the extreme weather will last

C. other damage the polar vortex caused

D. the best way to stay warm this winter

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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