山西省长治市第二中学2014届高三第二次练考英语试题

（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共115分）

第一部分 听力（共两节,满分20分）

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. Where is John?

A. In the lab. B. In the restaurant. C. At home.

2. Why is the man wearing his sunglasses?

A. It’s sunny outside. B. He looks cool with them on. C. His eyes hurt in the light.

3. What do we know about the boy?

A. He is often late. B. He is the second to arrive.

C. This is the first time he arrives late.

4. What semester is it now?

A. The spring semester. B. The summer semester. C. The fall semester.

5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. Human rights. B. Ducks on the water. C. Getting up early in the morning.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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，听每段对话或独白前，你有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Boss and clerk. B. Wife and husband. C. Mother and son.

7. How was the weather this time last year?

A. Very hot. B. Cool. C. Rainy.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What caused the accident?

A. A black dog. B. A black car. C. A white car.

9. When did the ambulance come?

A. At about 8:30. B. At about 8:45. C. At about 9:00.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Why did the woman leave her last job?

A. She didn’t like the job. B. She was fired. C. She quit the job.

11. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She has two children. B. She would prefer part-time work.

C. She worked as a nurse for six months.

12. What is the woman’s strength according to herself?

A. Honest and hard-working. B. Modest and hard-working. C. Honest and careful.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. When did the woman start to live here?

A. Last year. B. Three years ago. C. More than three weeks ago.

14. How many kinds of drinks does the woman have?

A. Five. B. Four. C. Three.

15. How many guests have been invited for the dinner?

A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight.

16. Who was not well at the last moment?

A. Marcia. B. Paul. C. The woman.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. How many members are there in the special work group each summer?

A. 250 B. 50 C. 200

18. What can we learn about the adults and the teenagers in the special program?

A. They are friendly to each other.

B. They teach each other new ways of building houses.

C. They spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.

19. What is the main purpose to work several hours every day for the members?

A. To lead a busy life. B. To get used to the life on the farms.

C. To find useful things and pleasure in work.

20. What is true about the rules of living together?

A. The teenagers don’t have to obey the rules.

B. The members have to obey the rules the adults make.

C. The members should not break the rules they make together.

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.— Well, my daughter takes great interest in most of the food on the menu.

— Thanks. ______ ?

Salad, fried fish, chips and orange juice, please.

A. Shall I take your order B. At your service C. What to follow D. Can I help you

22. For _____ most Chinese, the Spring Festival is ____ unique and important time of expressing and enjoying affections among family members.

A. the; a B. the; an C. 不填；a D. 不填; an

23. An increasing number of students, year by year, across China ____ hard to realize their dream of studying abroad.

A. is trying B. are trying C. will try D. have tried

24. Reality is not the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, ____ the way they actually are.

A. as B. or C. but D. and

25. Since his works earned him quite a reputation in Liverpool, he has stayed there most of his life, ____ the occasional visit to his hometown.

A. apart from B. but for C. regardless of D. instead of

26. — Beijing is well worth visiting. I _____ there with my parents during the holidays.

— I agree. I have been there twice.

A. went B. have gone C. have been D. would go

27. The motorbike _____ start, no matter how hard he tried.

A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mightn’t

28. Music can be enjoyable, but ____ can be appreciated unless you like it.

A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something

29. — Can Li Ping help me with my English?

— I regret to tell you her English is ____ yours.

A. as good as B. no better than C. no more than D. as much as

30. Lily’s mobile phone was left in a taxi accidentally, _____ again.

A. never to find B. to never be found C. to never find D. never to be found

31. They held a meeting ____ they could hear everyone’s idea.

A. even if B. now that C. in case D. so that

32. — What was the trouble with you the day before yesterday?

— When I practiced running, my strength _____ and I fell onto the ground.

A. gave away B. gave in C. gave off D. gave out

33. Cheer up! Never let your failures _____ trying harder.

A. put you through B. put you off C. put you across D. put you away

34. We’ll have to race _____ the clock to complete the work on time.

A. beyond B. over C. from D. against

35. Well, it’s up to you, Aunt Ellen, _____ you stay or go.

A. whether B. what C. that D. if

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55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。

As we all know, some people get thirsty not for water. They are thirsty to __36__a dream or to make something different. I think it is those people who are eager for __37__ with an unquenchable (不能磨灭的) thirst who, __38__, are likely to be most satisfied with their lives.

Author Napoleon Hill said, “__39__ is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, __40__ a strong desire which transcends (超越) everything.” He is really __41__ a deep thirst.

Alan C. Elliott tells in his book A Daily Does of the American Dream about a five-year study that was undertaken to __42__ what made some people extraordinarily successful. The study consisted of detailed research into the __43__ of 120 of the nation’s top artists, athletes, and scholars.

He reports that the researcher was __44__ to find that natural abilities played only a small part in the __45__ of those individuals. But research found that they __46__ a powerful thirst to succeed. They practiced the piano four hours every day, __47__ well before school in the morning to practice swimming or running, or spent much time __48__ (time they could have spent hanging out with friends) working on science projects or painting.

Parental support was also a key factor. __49__ of these extraordinarily thirsty young people helped out, __50__ their children to great ideas and influential persons. Many sacrificed to ensure that their children received __51__training. But in the end, it was their children’s __52__ that made the difference.

The principle __53__ adults, too. If you want to be more successful, the question you might first ask yourself is, “How thirsty am I?” Your __54__ in any field you choose, anything you want to be or anything you want to do will __55__ your answer to that simple question.

36.

A. search

B. realize

C. understand

D. enter



37.

A. anything

B. everything

C. nothing

D. something



38.

A. in the end

B. for example

C. by the way

D. on the contrary



39.

A. Determination

B. Courage

C. Desire

D. Convince



40.

A. but

B. so

C. or

D. and



41.

A. building up

B. suffering from

C. looking for

D. talking about



42.

A. predict

B. discover

C. wonder

D. question



43.

A. tasks

B. jobs

C. lives

D. games



44.

A. surprised

B. satisfied

C. frightened

D. disappointed



45.

A. failure

B. history

C. procedure

D. development



46.

A. abandoned

B. possessed

C. offered

D. required



47.

A. stood

B. stayed

C. rose

D. fell



48.

A. alone

B. awake

C. alive

D. alike



49.

A. Teachers

B. Managers

C. Friends

D. Parents



50

A. passing

B. exposing

C. devoting

D. throwing



51.

A. ordinary

B. cruel

C. good

D. physical



52.

A. thirst

B. anger

C. worry

D. fortune



53.

A. stands for

B. turns to

C. goes against

D. applies to



54.

A. success

B. loss

C. salary

D. result



55.

A. carry on

B. insist on

C. depend on

D. bring on



第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

My parents always raised me to have strong values and hold firm to my confidence in life, and this was never more proved than when a situation arose when it would be easy for most people to ignore it.

A gentleman at my father’s work smelled awful and neglected his behavior, and as the months went by, he showed signs of confusion. After being told to pick up papers at another building, he would be found sitting at his desk staring at his shoes; after being reminded (to which he would completely believe he hadn’t been told the first time), he would be found once again sitting at his desk in the same position. This happened to worsening degrees over a few months and his coworkers either ignored it or were ignorant to this due to a lack of social association with the man.

My father began to mentally record all of this and finally sat down with him one day when