新余市2014届高三上学期期末质量检测

英语试题

注意事项：

1.答第 I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

2.每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再涂其他答案标号。所有答案只能写在答题卡上。

第Ⅰ卷 (共115分)

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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What time is it now?

A. 450. B. 500. C. 510.

2. How does the woman usually go to work?

A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By taxi.

3. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Sell his DVD player. B. Buy a new DVD player. C. Borrow a DVD player.

4. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Waiter and customer. B. Host and guest.

C. Shop assistant and customer.

5. What will the speakers do this afternoon?

A. Go swimming. B. Go shopping. C. Go fishing.

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. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A test. B. A plan. C. A gym.

7. How does the woman feel now?

A. Tired. B. Good. C. Bored.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why does the man always travel by subway?

A. It’s clean. B. It’s cheap. C. It’s fast and comfortable.

9. What does the man think of buses in Beijing?

A. Slow. B. Crowded. C. Expensive.

10. What do we know about the woman?

A. She travelled much in China.

B. She thinks taxi fares are high.

C. She doesn’t like the subway.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does the woman like spring?

A. It makes her feel happy. B. She can go for picnics. C. It rains a lot.

12. How often does the man like it to rain?

A. About once a day.

B. About once a week.

C. About once a month.

13. What do we know about the man’s family?

A. They have no umbrellas.

B. They are annoyed with umbrellas.

C. They go out in the rain without umbrellas.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How many rooms does the apartment have?

A. 2. B. 3. C. 5.

15. What direction does the living room face?

A. South. B. North. C. West.

16. What do we know about the apartment?

A. It has a beautiful sea view.

B. The transport is inconvenient.

C. The surroundings are quiet.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What animals can be seen in the aquarium?

A. Sharks. B. Whales. C. Polar bears.

18. What food can the visitors give the monkeys to eat?

A. Fruits.

B. Biscuits.

C. Specially prepared food.

19. Where do more than 300 species of birds come from?

A. Africa. B. South America. C. Southeast Asia.

20. Who can help the visitors if they have any questions?

A. The speaker. B. The feeders.

C. The people at the information desk.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

24. When I met my teacher and wanted to express how grateful I was, words _________ me.

A. stopped B. defeated C. beat D. failed

25. — How do you find Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

— Fantastic. J. K. Rowling _________ each character in the novel impressive through lively dialogues and fascinating plots.

? ? A. makes?????????????? B. would make? C. will make????? ? D. had made

26. Then moment _________ Mary will always remember is _________ Mr. Black gave her a lot of valuable advice on how to improve her writing.

A. when; that B. that; that C. that; when D. when; where

27. — It is reported that America offered to help us build aircraft carriers.

— But many citizens would rather our country __________ one by ourselves.

A. build B. will build C. had built D. built

28. _________ himself with confidence, the young man went to the manager’s office bravely.

A. Having equipped B. Being equipped C. To equip D. Equipped

29. The sports meeting of our school all of us had looked forward to _________ in _________ fine weather, which was beyond our expectation.

A. falling; so B. fell; such C. falling; such D. fell; so

30. To get a good view of the scenery in China, Lucy would spend a lot of time on the train _________ travel by air.

A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. instead of

31. At present an increasing number of parents wish to _________ changes in educating their children due to dissatisfaction with the educational system.

A. set out B. bring about C. set up D. bring up

32. People say that young Chinese students’ eyesight keeps dropping _________ because of both too much homework and poor learning conditions.

A. sharply B. narrowly C. automatically D. roughly

33. The first snow of every year is always so exciting, but too much snow _________ cause trouble

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

34. The equipment for all of the disabled people ought to be _________ easy reach in public.

A. beyond B. within C. near D. around

35. — I suppose it takes quite a lot of patience to make a good teacher.

— _______. It’s far more than that.

A. It holds truth in it B. I can’t agree more

C. Absolutely D. Not exactly

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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can 36 on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous 37 .”

What mother said was absolutely right, as I 38 after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a 39 in radio, then 40 my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got 41 each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that 42 stations couldn’t risk employing a(n)

43 person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a 44 ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.

While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its 45 department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I 46 . The job sounded just

47 for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have 48 . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom 49 me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an 50 .

As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked 51 , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator 52 I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me 53 a microphone and told me to 54 an imaginary game.

On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I 55 what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation

36. A. take B. put C. move D. carry

37. A. concern B. doubt C. disappointment D. amazement

38. A. recovered B. discovered C. recognized D. developed

39. A. job B. plan C. trip D. research

40. A. come B. go C. push D. work

41. A. put off B. broken away C. turned down D. fed up

42. A. no B. big C. small D. famous

43. A. selfish B. confident C. inexperienced D. independent

44. A. tip B. reward C. challenge D. chance

45. A. sports B. food C. clothes D. radio

46. A. hesitated B. applied C. refused D. agreed

47. A. right B. important C. boring D. funny

48. A. disappeared B. hidden C. shown D. died

49. A. warned B. reminded C. recognized D. demanded

50. A. athlete B. actor C. announcer D. artist

51. A. aloud B. secretly C. silently D. equally

52. A. while B. where C. after D. when

53. A. within B. before C. beyond D. beneath

54. A. play B. perform C. broadcast D. present

55. A. say B. wonder C. dream D. learn

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

In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry. She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.

All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab. He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.

The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street. She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.

During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news. Tears came down her cheek. Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed. Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.

Sometimes bad things really happen. There are times when nothing seems to go our way. So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve.

Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed. Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.

What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?

There was a man who won the lottery. He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.

But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story. He had been killed because of his riches. If you attain good luck, you can never