荆州市2014届高中毕业班12月质量检查（Ⅰ）英语试题

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注意事项：

1、本试卷共12页，总分150分，考试时间120分钟。

2、答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、学号填在试卷答题卡上。

3、客观题部分答案选出后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。第四部分第一节完成句子和第二节短文写作的答案用0.5毫米黑色签字笔直接填写到答题卡上对应的空白处。答在试题卷上的无效。

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第一部分：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。

1.??What is the woman going to do?

A. Find a hotel for herself.

B.?Help the man find a shop.

C. Show the man the way to a hotel.

2.? What’s the possible relationship between the two people?

A.? Shop assistant and customer.

B.? Teacher and student.

C.? Husband and wife.

3.? With whom and where did the woman spend her vacation?

A.?With their friends in Europe.

B.? With George’s parents in Chicago.

C.?With the woman’s sister in Washington.

4.?? What are the man and woman doing?

A.? Preparing for bed.

B.? Looking for a place to live.

C.? Inviting some friends to visit.

5.? What does Tom mean?

A.? He hopes to get a job soon.

B.? He would rather stay at school.

C.?? Studying at school is no more interesting than work.

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、7题.

6.?????? Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A.????? In a restaurant.

B.????? At the man’s home.

C.????? At the woman’s home.

7.?????? What does the woman ask the man to do?

A.????? Have supper with her.

B.????? Help her with the cooking.

C.????? Bring his wife along next time.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题.

8.?????? What does Nancy want to buy at the grocery store??

A.? A few things to make dinner tonight. ?B.? A few things for a cake. ?C.? A birthday present.

9.?????? How does Nancy probably feel at the moment??

A.????? Stressed and frustrated.???

B.????? Emotional and exhausted.?

C.????? A little nervous but excited.

10.?? What will Nancy do next?A. Go home.???????B. Continue to chat with the man.?????C. Invite the man to taste the cake.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.

11.?? What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A.????? A TV program.

B.????? Studying for a test.

C.????? Visiting a close friend of theirs.

12.?? Why is the man watching television?

A.????? He is taking a break.

B.????? He has already finished studying.

C.????? He is searching for some information.

13.?? Why doesn’t the man want to call Elizabeth?

A.????? She did poorly on the last test.

B.????? He and Elizabeth argued recently.

C.????? He didn’t want to bother her so late in the evening.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14.?? What did the woman have inside her handbag?

A. a wallet B. a novel C. a computer

15.?? Where did she lose the handbag?

A. On a bus. B. In a train station. C. In a supermarket.

16.?? How much did the woman pay for her handbag?

A. ?20 B. ?40 C. ?60

17.?? What time was it when she lost her handbag?

A. 4:25 B. 4:30 C. 4:35

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.?? What is the speaker mainly taking about?A. A program. ????? B. An accident.? ???C. The music.

19.?? What’s the matter with the trucker?A. He was dead.? ??B. He was well.? ???C. He was hurt.

20.?? What’s the police’s advice?A. Don’t drink.?? ??B. Be careful in driving.? ?C. Drive slowly.

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。

21.?? The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse people’s ________ in Chinese.

A. response B. enthusiasm C. significance D. consequence

22.?? Sometimes the ______ between the reality and the dream is so great that it produces disappointment.

A. combination B. application C. contrast D. disapproval

23.?? When it comes to “empty-nest syndrome(综合症)”, parents are advised to _______regular contact with children through phone calls, emails, texts or video chats.

A. substitute B. sacrifice C. associate D. maintain

24.?? For disabled children, to develop their full potential, their education must be ________ to their differences from others of the same age.

A. adopted B. appealed C. adapted D. abolished

25.?? When he is faced with a dilemma sometimes, he usually makes a/an ________ decision by throwing a coin.

A. arbitrary B. conservative C. accurate D. cautious

26.?? Interest is as______ to learning as the ability to understand, even more so.

A. typical B. specific C. vital D. available

27.?? In face of trouble, although I feel disappointed about where I am, I still think _______ about where I am going.

A. optimistically B. controversially C. conventionally D. alternatively

28.?? Many times, the weather forecast has been incorrect and we have missed out what has ________ to be a fine day for outdoor activities.

A. left out B. broke out C. set out D. turned out

29.?? People attracted onto Facebook with the promise of fun, free service don’t realize they’re paying for it by________ their personal information.

A. giving in B. giving off C. giving up D. giving away

30.?? -- What did he say ________ his stupid behavior?

-- He admitted having made a serious mistake.

A. in front of B. in explanation of C. in case of D. in fear of

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have a friend who had a stammer (口吃) in his childhood, but he dreamed of becoming a missionary(传教士). When he told his own desire to his friends and relatives, some of whom laughed at him, and some even held down his enthusiasm 31 .

"I must change it." said the boy angrily, “I believe I can speak very 32 , I will do!"

When it was possible, he would spend an hour 33 to chickens. He viewed the chickens as living persons, 34 himself to be the person in the speech.

"In the beginning, the chickens looked so 35 , then they watched me curiously, putting down the food in the mouths and listening to my words. It seemed as if they had been 36 by my powerful and effective language. Sometimes they seemed to be listening to me 37 . Gradually, the effect of this practice became more and more 38 and I had a better understanding of the exact 39 of my stammer, so I found the ability to speak more."

"You may not know that my father was always tyrannical(专横的). He 40 believed in the old saying: 'Young man should be more knowledgeable, but should not 41 much.' During the whole childhood, 42 I spoke or commented, he criticized me seriously, which 43my shy personality. I used to worry about being 44 at, so I became a stammerer. From then on, I kept 45 in front of everyone because they didn't want to see my embarrassment. But later I found myself talking in front of chickens, stammers disappeared 46, therefore I regained my 47 ."

Now, the previous boy is the best at speaking and one of the most 48 missionaries. You can hardly imagine he used to have a serious language 49 . So when you come across disadvantages, you should believe you can 50 them by yourself.

31.?? A. sincerely B. impolitely C. strangely D. privately

32.?? A. frequently B. fluently C. obviously D. completely

33.?? A. contributing B. seeing C. turning D. speaking

34.?? A. imagining B. considering C. declaring D. finding

35.?? A. satisfied B. pleased C. frightened D. surprised

36.?? A. attracted B. beaten C. bothered D. influenced

37.?? A. casually B. carefully C. luckily D. cautiously

38.?? A. obvious B. slight C. crucial D. common

39.?? A. effect B. benefit C. cause D. harm

40.?? A. originally B. personally C. doubtfully D. stubbornly

41.?? A. think B. listen C. play D. talk

42.?? A. since B. before C. whenever D. unless

43.?? A. applied to B. led to C. referred to D. owed to

44.?? A. amazed B. studied C. laughed D. looked

45.?? A. silent B. active C. noisy D. upset

46.?? A. logically B. typically? C. equally D. naturally

47.?? A. strength B. dream C. confidence D. freedom

48.?? A. successful B. intelligent C. modest D. responsible

49.?? A. gift B. barrier C. ability D. study

50.?? A. arrange B. exchange C. reduce D. change

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（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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Fannie Cratty wasn’t really my aunt. I only referred to her as “My Aunt Fannie” because the name always made my father laugh and gave my mother cause to look angrily at both of us---at me for being disrespectful of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior.

? As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fannie make the best blueberry jam ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. Aunt Fannie was well known for her jam and for never sharing the recipe with another living soul. Even though my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive (and she lived to be ninety-six!), she never made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.?

? Each August, when blueberry season would roll around, my mother would prepare me for Aunt Fannie’s visit. It was vital that I should be on my best behavior. After all, the woman was old, wealthy, very strict with children. Whenever she was at the house, I didn’t need to be reminded to guard my thoughts and watch my tongue.?

? One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process, Aunt Fannie gave me a quarter(25分硬币) and then made me promise that I would never spend it. “Hold onto this quarter,” she said, “and someday you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter, given to me by my grandfather.” It had obviously worked for her. So, I kept the 1938-quarter into a small box, put it in my dresser drawer, and waited to b