宁夏银川一中2014届高三第四次月考试卷

英 语 试 卷

（总分：150分； 考试时间：120分钟）

第I卷 （共105分）

一、听力(共两节，满分30分)

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。

What does the woman mean?

A. She would like to go to the show. B. She has already gone to the show

C. She won’t go to the show with man.

2. How big is the bedroom? A. 16 square meters B. 20 square meters C.25 square meters.

3. Why will the woman’s father go to Russia?

A. To attend a meeting. B. To have a holiday C. To meet the man

4. Who baked the cake?

A. The woman B. The woman’s mother C. The man’s wife

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Parents’ worry. B. School education. C. Students’ independence.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What electronic product does the speakers’mom have?

A. An iPhone 4. B. An iPhone 4S. C. An iPhone 5

7. Why does the woman think a dancing machine is a great present?

A. It’s a very expensive present B. All of them can enjoy it together

C. Her mom has wanted one.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What did the man think of his teeth before seeing the dentist?

A. They would have to be fixed. B. They were okay despite of the pain.

C. They would have to be taken out.

9. What does the woman tell the man at last?

A. He can have soft food tonight. B. He should be careful next time.

C. He had better cancel the date.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What do we know about the game?

A. It was held yesterday evening. B. It was held at the speakers’school.

C. Its final score was 3 to 5.

11. What position does Peter play?

A. Forward. B. Left back. C. Right back.

12. Why did the speakers’team lose, according to the man?

A. The team members didn’t prepare carefully.

B. The team didn’t carry out a practical plan.

C. The team leader, William, was absent.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the man want to buy?

A. Some furniture. B. Some shirts C. Some food.

14. What is the building next to the theater?

A. The bank building B. The City Hall C. The Fairview Hotel.

15. Where is the post office?

A. On Mission Street. B. Behind the bus station C. Opposite the Richmond Hotel.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. Kahn’s Department Store is located on Powell Street.

B. The signs in front of the theater advertise a new play.

C. The Richmond Hotel is the largest one in the city.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20 题

17. How did the speaker get to the zoo?

A. By bus. B. By subway. C. By bike.

18. What did the speaker first see after they entered the zoo?

A. The birds in the cages. B. Some kinds of water birds.

C. Tigers, lions and bears.

19. What did the speaker and his friends do finally?

A. They went on a boat trip. B. They saw different kinds of monkeys.

C. They went to see crocodiles and snakes.

20. Why did the speaker feel a little disappointed?

A. He couldn’t get a discount. B. He didn’t hear the birds sing.

C. He failed to see the elephant.

二、单项选择(每小题1分，共计15分)

21. –Try not to work yourself too hard. Take it easy.

–Thanks. _______.

A. No way B. So what? C. You too D. What for?

22. Why______?you do everything as if you have to win?

A. must B. can C. need D. shall

23. When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us, but it will not be ________ the earth’s.

A. as a strong pull as B. a pull as strong as C. as strong a pull as D. as strong pull as

24. _______ is even important is ______ as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.

A. That, that B. What, that C. What, what D. It, that

25. The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which _______ my appearance.

A. accounts for B. turns up C. dresses up D. cuts down

26. He could not have the murderer ________ away with killing those innocent people.

A. got B. to get C. get D. getting

27. ________ take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.

A. Other than B. Rather than C. More than D. Or rather

28. I apologize if I _______ you, but I assure you that it was unintentional.

A. should offend B. were to offend C. had offended D. offended

29. I can’t thank you _____ much for your kindness because without your help I wouldn’t have won the big prize in the speech contest.

A. very B. too C. so D. ever

30. —Would you please keep silent? The weather report ______ and I want to listen.

A. is broadcast B. has been broadcast

C. was broadcast D. is being broadcast

31. They produced four reports, _______ of which contained any useful suggestions.

A. either B. all C. none D. neither

32. If I find someone who looks like the suspect, my _______ reaction will be to tell the police.

A. genuine B. sensitive C. immediate D. independent

33. If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you will succeed.

A. do devote B. don’t devote C. be devoting D. to devote

34. I had just about given myself up for lost _________ I was spotted by a ship.

A. when B. while C. as D. until

35. He may win the first prize in the national competition, _______ he is likely to be admitted to Peking University.

A. in which case B. in that case C. in what case D. in whose case

三、完型填空（每小题1.5分，共计30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其段落大意，然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项A.B.C和D，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She rented a typewriter, put it on the __36__ table and began typing each morning after the kids went to school. __37__ the kids came home, she moved it and made them dinner. When they were __38__ she got it back and typed some more.

Debbie followed this __39__ for two years. She had become a struggling writer and she loved every minute of it. One night, __40__, her husband, Wayne, said, “Honey, I’m sorry, but you’re not __41__ any income. We can’t do this anymore. We can’t survive on just what I make.” That night, her heart was __42__. Debbie knew, with all of the __43__ of keeping up a house, working 40 hours a week would __44__ her no time to write.

Seeing her __45__, her husband asked, “What’s wrong?” “I really think I can make it as a __46__.” “All right, honey, go for it,” Wayne __47__ for a long time and then said.

So Debbie returned to her __48__ and her typewriter on the kitchen table, writing for another two years. Wayne worked harder and their kids went without vacations and wore hand-me-downs. But the sacrifice finally __49__.

Debbie sold her first book after five years of __50__. Then another. And another. Until today, Debbie has __51__ more than 100 books, many of __52__ have become New York Times best-sellers. Over 60 million copies of her books are in print.

And Wayne? His selfless __53__ of his wife paid off. He got to retire at 50 and now spends his free time building a private airplane in the basement of their 7,000 square-foot mansion. __54__, Debbie’s kids also got a gift more important than several summer camps. As adults, they __55__ what Debbie gave them was far more important — persistence and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.

36. A. coffee B. bedside C. kitchen D. dressing

37. A. Unless B. When C. Though D. Wherever

38. A. asleep B. awake C. free D. convenient

39. A. standard B. suggestion C. tradition D. routine

40. A. therefore B. however C. somehow D. anyway

41. A. making up B. cutting down C. finding out D. bringing in

42. A. broken B. warm C. touched D. cold

43. A. abilities B. balances C. duties D. problems

44. A. stop B. leave C. ensure D. permit

45. A. achievements B. behavior C. efforts D. sadness

46. A. typist B. housewife C. writer D. designer

47. A. doubted B. compared C. delayed D. hesitated

48. A. office B. dream C. state D. home

49. A. paid off B. broke up C. came back D. cleared up

50. A. challenging B. struggling C. thinking D. arguing

51. A. collected B. published C. prepared D. translated

52. A. them B. that C. it D. which

53. A. support B. respect C. trust D. protection

54. A. Surprisingly B. Gratefully C. Gradually D. Similarly

55. A. admit B. realize C. wonder D. prove

四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共计40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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．

Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was born in Kingfish, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missouri where he worked in his father’s store while attending school. This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjoyed it. After graduation, he began his own career as a retail merchant.

He soon opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success. Soon a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America.

Walton's management style was popular with employees and he founded some of the basic concepts of management that are still in use today.

After taking the company public in 1970, Walton introduced his “profit sharing plan”. The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the profits of the store. Sam Walton believed that “individuals don't win, teams do”. Employees at Wal-Mart stores were offered stock options (认股权) and store discounts. These benefits are commonplace today, but Walton was among the first to implement (实现) them. Walton believed that a happy empl