湖北省黄冈市黄冈中学2013届高三五月第二次模拟考试

英 语 试 卷

本试卷共四部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

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. How is the man going home?

A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.

2. What do we know about the new T-shirts?

A. They have no school signs.

B. They have reasonable prices.

C. They have some disadvantages.

3. What did the man think of the exam?

A. It was beyond him. B. It was very easy. C. It was a bit difficult.

4. What will the man do?

A. Lend his book to the woman.

B. Pay for the woman's book.

C. Borrow money from the woman.

5. What did the man do?

A. He gave the woman the wrong information.

B. He put the sugar in the black container.

C. He added salt to his coffee.

第二节

听下面5段对话，每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标出试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6和第7两小题。

6. What is the weather like today?

A. It's hot. B. It's cold. C. It’s warm.

7. What is the woman?

A. The man's sister. B. A nurse. C. A baby-sitter.

听第7段材料，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. According to the doctor, what's wrong with the man?

A. His right hand is hurt seriously.

B. His left arm has broken.

C. His right arm is swollen.

9. Why does the man say it's a pity?

A. He wants that little boy to pay for his X-ray.

B. He has to go to school.

C. He wants that little boy to buy a new bike for him.

听第8段材料 ，回答第10至12小题。

10. Why was the man disappointed?

A. China lost the match.

B. China did not play well.

C. The other team made too many mistakes.

11. What did the woman enjoy most about the match?

A. The passion of the sport.

B. The skill of the players.

C. The close score of the game.

12. What does the man say about China's women's team in the next Olympics?

A. China will surely win a gold medal.

B. China will definitely lose two good teams.

C. China should hope for a bronze medal.

听 第9段材料 ,回答第13至第 16四个小题。

13. What does the woman say about British railways?

A. British railways have special rights.

B. British railways are agreed on by all people.

C. No one likes to travel on British railways.

14. What does the man explain for British railways?

A. They meant to earn more money for the country.

B. They meant to lose much money.

C. They didn't mean troubling people.

15. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?

A. That it is nationalized. B. The cars' coming in. C. The cars' stopping.

16. What do we know about railways in other countries?

A. Their governments spent much money on the transport.

B. Their governments don't care for the transport.

C. Their countries' transport is too bad.

听第10段材料 ,回答第 17至第 20四个小题。

17. What is the woman doing?

A. Interviewing. B. Doing some exercise. C. Doing some repairing work.

18. What did Mr. Kayne do before he took over the bicycle shop?

A. Running a company for a boss.

B. Selling something for a company.

C. Repairing something for a company.

19. Why did the man take over a bicycle shop?

A. He didn't like to act as a salesman.

B. He didn't like running a company for a boss.

C. He liked riding bicycles and repairing them.

20. What do we know about the people working in the shop?

A. They have the same hobbies as the man.

B. They have a little hard working conditions

C. They are all a little lazier than the man.

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 house has many interesting . The one I like best is a large Victorian fireplace.

A. aspects B. appearances C. features D. preferences

22. Tom received a promotion to the role of assistant manager and is the youngest person to that post in this international company.

A. adopt B. occupy C. acquire D. seek

23. Lectures were , so students could focus attention on their study for the finals.

A. called off B. set off C. taken off D. turned off

24. The newcomer was annoyed that the natives couldn’t his meaning because of his strong accent.

A. get down to B. make sense of C. look down upon D. go in for

25. Teachers prefer to measure our performances the efforts we made rather than the intelligence we have.

A. as a consequence of B. regardless of C. for the sake of D. in terms of

26. The plane was damaged in the crash. Unfortunately, only five of the passengers survived the disaster.

A. deliberately B. substantially C. thoroughly D. systematically

27. Being removed from his post during operations is the regret for a ship’s captain.

A. ultimate B. valid C. outspoken D. superior

28. I have no idea of what is in fashion nowadays, so my choice might be quite .

A. abundant B. arbitrary C. considerate D. aggressive

29. In manufacturing, cheaper materials are constantly being for the better, more expensive kind.

A. maintained B. cancelled C. substituted D. deposited

30. If you want to be admitted into a university abroad for your further education, a signed letter from your current advisor is required .

A. sponsor B. conscience C. immigration D. scheme

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。

There was a time in my life when beauty meant something special to me. I lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) and one Saturday morning after breakfast I returned to the dormitory and saw the house parent 31 the beautiful monarch butterflies (黑脉金斑蝶). I carefully watched as he caught these beautiful creatures, one after another, took them from the net and then 32 straight pins through their head and wings, pinning them onto a heavy cardboard sheet.

How 33 it was to kill something of such beauty. When he went inside to 34 the phone, I walked up to the cardboard and looked at the butterfly who he had just pinned to the large paper. It was still moving about, so I 35 and touched it on the wing, 36 one of the pins to fall out. It started flying around and around trying to get away , 37 it was still pinned by one wing with the other straight pin. 38 , its wing broke down and the butterfly fell to the 39 and just quivered (抖动).

The next thing I remembered was that the house parent came back and started 40 at me. I told him that I did not do anything but he did not 41 me. He picked up the cardboard paper and started 42 me on the top of the head. He threw the 43 down on the ground and told me to pick it up and put it in the garbage can and then he left. I sat there in the dirt, trying to fit all the butterfly 44 back together so I could 45 them whole, but it was too 46 to do so. So I 47 for them and then I put them in a box and buried them in the bottom of the fort (城堡) that I had 48 in the ground near the blackberry bushes.

Every year when the butterflies would return to the orphanage and try to land on me I would 49 them away because they did not know that the orphanage was a 50 place to live and a very bad place to die.

31. A. chasing B. finding C. playing D. driving

32. A. cut B. put C. stuck D. fixed

33. A. cruel B. excited C. complicated D. serious

34. A. compose B. answer C. search D. confirm

35. A. looked down B. reached down C. put down D. broke down

36. A. wishing B. advising C. causing D. expecting

37. A. and B. but C. if D. when

38. A. Finally B. Definitely C. Obviously D. Absolutely

39. A. table B. roof C. ground D. bed

40. A. smiling B. pointing C. yelling D. aiming

41. A. believe B. recognize C. persuade D. overlook

42. A. impressing B. touching C. hitting D. stressing

43. A. cardboard B. clothes C. pins D. flowers

44. A. leaves B. pieces C. fans D. characters

45. A. keep B. collect C. reserve D. obtain

46. A. moving B. convenient C. pleasing D. hard

47. A. wept B. prayed C. bent D. applied

48. A. attained B. betrayed C. built D. bought

49. A. give B. drive C. put D. throw

50. A. terrible B. satisfying C. wonderful D. surprising

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题分2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文, 从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。

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Each year on February 2nd, there is special festival called Groundhog Day (土拨鼠日 )' forecasting event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. When it comes, people from around the world, including 5,000 in the small town today, watch this tongue-twisting(发饶舌的) small town for a sign from one groundhog that supposedly predicts when that years' spring will arrive.

If it's a cloudy day outside when the groundhog pops from its cave, then spring will arrive early that year. However, if it is sunny outside, the groundhog will supposedly be scared by its own shadow, retreating underground for six more weeks of cold weather.

Of course, Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is no more able to guarantee the extended forecast than your local weatherman. ABC News reports that an analysis by the National Climate Data Center found that Phil's predictions are more often wrong than right. ,

Philis is also found to have made some unpleasant predictions. Ever since 1887, he has predicted 99 e