望江中学2014届高三上学期第四次月考英语试题

本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分.

第一卷（共三部分， 共计 115分）

第一部分：听力部分：（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

第一节：（共5小题）

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.Which does the man prefer?

A. Baseball. B. Volleyball. C. Basketball.

2. What would the woman like?

A. Pure tea. B. Tea with milk. C. Coffee.

3. What is the man trying to do?

A. Make an apology. B. Make a request.

C. Make a complaint.

4. How is the weather at the moment?

A. Sunny but cold and windy. B. Cloudy and windy. C. Sunny and cool.

5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a flower shop. B. In a music hall.

C. In a restaurant

第二节. 请听下面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，并标在试题卷的相应位置。请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What will the woman do tonight?

A. Take an exam. B. Get some coffee. C. Go on studying.

7. What is the time at the moment?

A. Around 6:30 B. Around 7:00 C. Around 7:30

请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Where is the man from?

A. Western Japan. B. Western America. C. Eastern America.

9. What else can we learn about the man?

A. He was born in Japan. B. He likes San Francisco. C. He is poor in Japanese.

请听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。

10. How long did the man stay in Sao Paulo?

A. For two days. B. For two weeks. C. For two months.

11. Why did the man go to the Pantanal?

A. To see stars. B. To go boating. C. To study animals.

12. What are “jaguars”?

A. Animals. B. Birds. C. Stars.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What did the man do?

A. He marked the date of the final in his notes. B. He reviewed some of his notes C. He kept taking biology lecture notes.

14. What day is today?

A. Saturday B. Thursday. C. Friday.

15.What is the man going to do on Sunday afternoon?

A. Show his sister around. B. Write a paper. C. Go to a football game.

16. When is the Biology Final exam?

A. On Tuesday Morning. B. On Monday afternoon. C. On Wednesday morning.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where are the Martins from?

A. Australia. B. Central America. C. East Asia.

18. What relationship is Dona Maria to Maria?

A. Her sister. B. Her mother. C. Her mother-in-law.

19. What does Glenn do?

A. He works at a bank. B. He runs a design company.

C. He works for a trading company.

20. Who travels a lot to Asian cities?

A. Liz. B. Shing. C. Miguel

第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节， 满分45分）

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.---Have you got everything ready for ___ concert?

---Yes, all is in ___ place．

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

22.--- People should spare no efforts to protect the environment.

--- ________. Air pollution does harm to our health.

A. All right B. Take it easy C. Go ahead D. Exactly

23. With my money ________, I went back home.

A. ran out of B. ran out C. running out D. running out of

24. Although the necklace is just made of ordinary stones, it still ________ young people.

A. appeals to B. attracts to C. submit to D. applies for

25. The famous reporter, who is said to have gone back to America last year, _____in China for almost twenty years.

A. lived B. was living C. has lived D. had lived

26. ---What would you like to eat here?

--- ____ but noodles, which is not to my taste.

A. Anything B. Nothing C. Something D. Everything

27. Don’t take any measures on your own before you ____ your doctor if the pain continues.

A. confirm B. consult C. abolish D. adapt

28. --- What on earth did the manager want to know, Jim?

--- ____ that we could finish the project.

A. What it was B. What was it C. When was it D. When it was

29. When the middle-aged man was visiting his girlfriend, she demanded that he _______ his beard.

A. shaved B. had shaved C. would shave D. shave

30. As far as I see, ______ is no possibility ________ she will lend me a hand.

A. it; that B. there; that C. at; whether D. there; whether

31. ________is often the case, the weather has turned out well as expected.

A. Which B. When C. What D. As

32. _______ he was 12, Einstein had learned advanced mathematics by himself.

A．As soon as B．At the time C．By the time D．During the time

33. It is most ________that the experts will come to the area to investigate the possible damage caused by the heavy flood.

A．likely B．perhaps C．possibly D．probably

34. What upset the child most was _________to play games on the computer before he finished his task. sj.fjjy.org

A. his not to be allowed B. him being not allowed

C. his not being allowed D. him to be not allowed

35. ---The work will take me another week. I’m really tired.

---I think you as well consult an experienced worker.

A．may B．can C．need D．must

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. __36__ by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he __37__ tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant ---- enough to feed his family for the summer.

He ended up with so much __38__ that he couldn’t give it away. __39__ he found a local food __40__, and by the time he delivered his last harvest, he had __41__ 120 pounds of fresh vegetables.

The following year, with a handful of __42__ from his church and a memorable name “America’s Grow-a-Row”, Paillex planted, __43__, and harvested 1,500 pounds of vegetables, all of which he donated to food banks. Later he had more volunteers, rent more land and donated more vegetables.

Pailex also __44__ local school kids. On a __45__ Friday morning in May, 40 third and fifth graders trooped onto a freshly plowed field, each __46__ with a spade. Squatting or kneeling in teams of two, they loosened the dirt, then carefully __47__ the plants. Several rows later, they eagerly lined up to seed corn under a hot midmorning sun. Nobody __48__.

“The __49__ makes kids know there are people __50__, says Paillex, “and it plants the seed for giving back. When they become tomorrow’s __51__, it will be much more possible for them to __52__ their coworkers and employees to get __53__ in something like this.

“Paillex makes people want to __54__,” says Colleen Duerr, a mother of two who has signed on as an __55__ “Grow-a-Row” member. “And families love this. Pallex has given us a way to raise our kids with a giving heart.”

36. A. Trapped B. Occupied C. Prevented D. Surrounded

37. A. tasted B. planted C. collected D. wrapped

38. A. produce B. advice C. cost D. equipment

39. A. Thus B. Or C. Still D. But

40. A. shop B. market C. bank D. room

41. A. stored B. sold C. found D. donated

42. A. neighbors B. volunteers C. employees D. tourists

43. A. tended B. stored C. bought D. delivered

44. A. refuses B. chooses C. welcomes D. pushes

45. A. rainy B. snowy C. foggy D. cloudless

46. A. armed B. combined C. filled D. compared

47. A. cooked B. counted C. pulled D. positioned

48. A. laughed B. worked C. complained D. competed

49. A. example B. program C. lesson D. thought

50. A. in need B. in anger C. on business D. at warsj.fjjy.org

51. A. farmers B. workers C. leaders D. owners

52. A. force B. wait C. beg D. encourage

53. A. locked B. involved C. moved D. turned

54. A. help B. relax C. settle D. grow

55. A. unexpected B. unpaid C. unseen D. unknown

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题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

New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It’s now a “global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly increased by foreign language skills.

Deeply involved with this new technology is a kind of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.

Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being “out of sight and out of mind.” He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to manage back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more common.

Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.

English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.

The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign customers over the telephone or b