泗县双语中学2014届高三摸底测试

英 语

第I卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

回答听力部分时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，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．What does the man think of the new cell phone?

A． It doesn’t work well. B. It needs some repairing. C. It needs a new battery.

2．What is the time now?

A． It’s 10: 30 B．It's 10：25 C．It's 10： 15

3．What are the speakers doing?

A. Having dinner. B． Shopping for food. C．Making a shopping list.

4．How is the woman going to the airport?

A．By car. B．By bus. C．By plane.

5. What will the woman do tonight?

A．Operate on a patient,

B．Go to the concert with the man.

C．Listen to the music.

第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6至7题。

6．What day is today?

A．Friday. B．Tuesday. C．Sunday.

7．What will they buy for Julie at last?

A．A football. B．A Barbie. C．A handbag.

听第七段材料，回答第8至10题。[来源:学优高考网GkStK]

8．Why does the man invite the woman to dinner?

A．He has fallen in love with the woman.

B．The woman helped him with his English.

C． He wants to borrow some DVDs from her.

9．Where are the two speakers?

A．At the bus stop. B．At the cinema. C．In a DVD shop.

10．What kind of films do they both like?

A．Comedies. B．Magic movies. C．Action movies.

听第八段材料，回答第11至13题。

11．Why will the man have to move to another room?

A．Because Room 205 is too expensive.

B．Because he would like a room on higher floors.

C．Because Room 205 has been booked.

12．When will the man probably move to Room 309?

A．Before 12 o’clock. B．Before 9:30. C．Until evening.

13．Why will the man have to bring his key card to the reception desk?

A．To check out. B．To change the room number.

C．Open the door.

听第九段材料，回答第14至16题。

14．When did Wendy know she wanted to be an author?

A．In college. B．In primary school. C．In high school.

15．What is the woman’s new hobby?

A．To write short stories. B．To play with her twins. C．To read books.

16．In which situation did this dialogue happen?

A．During an interview. B．Between friends. C．In the family talk.

听第十段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What is the passage about?

A．Guinness World Records.

B．The world’s oldest twins.

C．How to live long.

18．Which of the following is not mentioned?

A．They spent each of their birthdays together.

B．They ring each other almost every day.

C．They sometimes quarrel with each other.

19．What is their lifestyle like?

A．Very modern. B．Very traditional. C．Very hard.

20．What is the secret of their long life?

A．They often laugh at each other.

B．They enjoy talking to each other.

C．They always keep happy.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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．—Hi, Monica, Have you made up your mind yet?

—Well, , I think I’m going to take up hairdressing.

A．sooner or later B．more or less

C．better or worse D．now and then

22．The most important advice I can give to young people, I’m a fairly young person my self, is the fact that we became what we think about.

A．as B．as though C．even though D．unless

23．Nearly 3000 people their skills as artists in Los Angles in October 2011, ereating a fantastic long picture one kilometer long.

A．show out B．show up C．show in D．show off

24．Standing in line at our town post office impatiently waiting for my turn, I noticed a woman struggling to get through the door because she so many packages.

A．would carry B．was carrying C．has carried D．has carried

25．Ricardo Abad recently ran 500 days. Amazingly, he managed to work his full time job at the same time.

A．on B．out C．in D．with

26．Is it fair that someone can download for free in seconds something took a team of people months of hard work to create?

A．what B．which C．/ D．that

27．Many fast food chains are adapting their menus directly to middle – class families, McDonald’s, for example, is one.

A．appeals B．to appeal C．appealing D．appeal

28．Ever moving to a new country? How about starting a new country?

A．think of B．thought of C．thinking of D．To think of

29．If someone really wants to give me a free plastic surgery, I would it, because it is harmful to our body and health.

A．object to B．devote to C．stick to D．contribute to

30．Unlike humans, horses recover very quickly from the effects of crossing time zones because their bodies are not strongly attached to 24-hour cycle.

A．the; the B．the; an C．/; the D．/ ; a

31．I have learnt that when I argue for my limitations, very seldom myself, so why not stop it and do the opposite.

A．I disappoint B．disappoint C．do I disappoint D．did I disappoint

32．The career, she devoted herself so much, finally took off as she liked.

A．which B．from which C．of which D．to which[来源:学优高考网GkStK]

33．One thing to always remember is that life is short. The worst thing would be to look back on your days wishing you happier.

A．could be B．could have been

C．must have been D．has been

34．One survey shows that large amounts of water wasted every year in China, and that one third is available to be saved.

A．is B．has been C．be D．are

35．—How did your interview go?

— ! The questions were a bit difficult, but I answered them all.

A．Just so so B．Therrible C．Couldn’t be better D．Hard to say

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

There was a rich man who wanted to choose a husband for h is only child from a great number of pursuers. The man 36 all the pursuers to a river and pointed to the crocodiles there, saying, “Anyone who can swim across the river safely will marry my 37 .” The pursuers looked at each other and no one 38 take acction. At that moment, a man plunged into the river and swam 39 surprising speed to the other side. All the people there 40 him with a great sense of admiration for his courage. 41 , the man, after landing on the bank, shouted 42 , “who pushed me into the river just now?”

Maybe the man, 43 thinking about the whole 44 and the happy consequences of his act, will eventually be 45 to the one who pushed him into the river. In life it is fairly 46 for disadvantages to turn into advantages and misfortunes into fortunes! But many of us are 47 to realize the true 48 of our “rivals” to success. Generally speaking, many people would see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent. However, the one who “pushes him into the river” gives you a feeling of urgency and stimulates your ambition and 49 to strive for success! You try your best to 50 your difficulties and progress to the next stage in life!

If a man does not have rivals, he 51 be satisfied with the present and will not strive to improve his 52 . He would 53 in the face of difficulties and sink into laziness. Therefore, you rivals are not your opponents. Instead, they are good 54 ！Inour lives, we need some rivals to “pushes him into the river,” leading us to strive ahead in difficulties and competitions. Thank to our rivals, we can show our 55 to its best. Thanks to our rivals, we are able to make continuous progress while competing with them!

36．A．walked B．led C．drove D．brought

37．A．daughter B．son C．brother D．sister

38．A．could B．would C．dared D．must

39．A．in B．at C．for D．with

40．A．welcome B．observed C．applauded D．approved

41．A．But B．However C．Meanwhile D．Furthermore

42．A．angrily B．desperately C．happily D．surprisingly

43．A．after B．before C．unless D．while

44．A．result B．program C．process D．accident

45．A．grateful B．satisfied C．devoted D．close

46．A．general B．common C．usual D．ordinary

47．A．unable B．able C．willing D．unwilling

48．A．meaning B．significance C．tendency D．answer

49．A．demand B．deed C．desire D．defense

50．A．ignore B．overcome C．overlook D．meet

51．A．is bound to B．is meant to C．is intended to D．is fit to

52．A．contribution B．occasion C．ambition D．situation

53．A．hold out B．hold back C．hold on D．hold off[来源:高[考∴试﹤题∴库]

54．A．rivals B．enemies C．friends D．relatives

55．A．preference B．potential C．character D．knowledge

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

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

Compared to night owls（鹰）, people who rise early feel happier and more satisfied with life overall.

But the good news for teenagers is that most people become earlier risers as they age, and this change is also associated with greater feelings of happiness. Researchers at the University of Toronto asked more than 700 people about their preferred time of day and how healthy and happy they generally feel.

They then compared the responses of the group of younger adults aged 17 to 38 with older people ages 59 to 79. Only about seven percent of young adults are morning larks（云雀）, while by age 60 most people preferred to be up with the dawn. Just seven percent of the oldest people in the study described themselves as night owls.

“We found that older adults reported greater positive emotion than younger adults, and older adults were more likely to be morning – type people than younger adults,” study researcher Renee Biss from the University of Toronto reportedly told LiveScience. The “morningness” was associated with greater happiness emotions in both age groups.

Morning trypes also tended to report that they felt healthier than the late risers, according to the study that published in the journal Emition. The researchers said that this apparent health benefit could come from the extra sleep they would enjoy, as their sleeping schedule would fit with society’s expectations of rising early for work.

This extra sleep could not only make them feel more clear –mined, but may also boost their immune system.

“An evening person may go throught their week feeling unhappy because they have to get up earlier than they would like to”. But Ms Biss said there was hope for night owls as it was possible for them to turn themselves into morning people.

“One way