江西省九所重点中学2014届高三下学期3月联合考试

英语试题

本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分．共150分，考试时间120分钟．

第I卷（共两部分，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．Why doesn't the girl's father believe that she is a grown woman?

A．She watches TV all day．

B．She often buys cartoon btoys.

C．She spends most time watching cartoons．

2．How will the man go to San Francisco?

A．By bus． B．By train.

C．By air.

3．What does the man suggest the woman do?

A．Open the door carefully． B．Have John fix the lock.

C．Fix the door in time.

4．Why does the man go home by train?

A．It's more comfortable．

B．He can finish a book in the long trip．

C．All flights are booked．

5．What will the man look like?

第二节 （共15小题；每题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，每小题将给出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．At which place will the tour start?

A．Big Ben． B．Trafalgar Square． C．Piccadilly Circus．

7．How much should the man pay?

A．￡30． B．￡39． C．￡45．

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．Who like to wear Italian style clothes?

A．Young women． B．Career women． C．Rich women．

9．According to the man, how can Italian fashion become more popular?

A．If it is made more comfortable．

B．If it is made more practical．

C．If its price is reduced．

听第6段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What is the man?

A．A musician． B．A journalist．

C．A dentist．

11．What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A．Mother and son． B．Doctor and patient．

C．Sister and brother．

12．How does the man feel about the woman's suggestion?

A．Satisfied． B．Interested．

C．Inspired．

听第6段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．Why does the woman want to go to Newcastle?

A．She received an emergency call the previous day．

B．She has never been to the city before．

C．She'd like to spend the weekend there．

14．When will the next train to Newcastle leave?

A．In half an hour．

B．At 1130．

C．At 1131．

15．What does the woman like to have when she is traveling?

A．Someone to talk with．

B．Interesting books to read．

C．Something to eat or drink．

16．What happened in the end?

A．The woman got on the train in the last minute．

B．The woman missed the train half a minute late．

C．The woman wanted to wait for the next train．

听第6段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The competition between Weibo and Weixin．

B．The difference between Weibo and Weixin．

C．The relationship between Weibo and Weixin．

18．Why do people like to use Weixin according to some users?

A．It's free． B．It's interesting． C．It's convenient．

19．What can we learn about Weixin?

A．It's a mobile application．

B．It can only send voice messages．

C．It allows information sharing to everyone

20．What does Shi Anbin, a professor ofTsinghua University advise Weibo to do?

A．Stop enlarging the number of users． B．Find a proper business model．

C．Improve the users' benefits．

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．___Chinese character Kong, ___ word that generally means control, has been selected as

___ 2013 character of the year in China．

A．TO; a, TO B．A; a; the

C．A;the;TO D．The; a, the

22．—Is the task easy to finish?

—___．I'll just do my bit．

A．I think so B．Anything but

C．Not a little D．Certainly

23．John began to feel little beads of sweat going down the back of his neck．His words seemed to have had no visible ___ on the man．

A．affect． B．effect．

C．affection． D．impact．

24．My neighbor is as ___as a young man and dislikes sitting around doing nothing all day．

A．enthusiastic B．sensitive

C．talkative D．energetic

25．It seemed that our nursery rhymes___ some magic because all the nights I sang them for my daughter, she would listen to them with keen pleasure．

A．must have had B．should have had

C．could have had D．need have had

26．Harry Potter fans were left in shock ___author J．K-Rowling revealed she regretted pairing Granger and Ron in the novel．

A．what B．when

C．since D．before

27．— Why do you do volunteer work in the North-West?

— I___ to improve the lives of the children there through my efforts．

A．was trying B．have tried

C．am trying D．tried

28．We should give the disabled encouragement to live _____ as we do．

A．as a rich and fall life B．as rich and fall a life

C．so a rich and fall life D．so rich and fall a life

29．"The president's report," a smile on his face, he continued, "___ to several hot topics, discusses how to increase peasants' income．"

A．referring B．refers

C．having referred D．referred

30．—He thinks that girls are smarter than boys when it comes to learning English．

—But two years ago he thought____．

A．so B．otherwise

C．opposite D．different

31．The temperature has risen ___ more than 20 degrees centigrade．It is quite hot ___ January in Jiangxi．

A．to; for B．at;to

C．at;in D．to;on

32．Things have changed quickly over the past decade and life in the country is much better than ___used to be ．

A．that B．what

C．it D．one

33．It was Feb 8 2014 （Beijing） ___the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics ___ in Russia．

A．that, broke off B．before, put off

C．since, set off D．when, kicked off

34．The government has been under growing pressure to ______ the causes of air pollution as smog frequently smothers the country's large cities．

A．release B．schedule

C．address D．maintain

35．Do you believe __ true ___ you find high wages, you generally find high prices?

A．that; that B．that; that what

C．it; when D．it; that where

第二节 完型填空（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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

You heard about the sign posted on a farmer's fence? On the other side of the 36 resides the biggest, meanest looking 37 you can imagine．The sign is intended to strike 38 into the hearts of would-be trespassers．It reads, "Don't attempt to 39 this field unless you can do it in 9．9 seconds．The bull can do it in 10 flat!"

Don't try to cross that field unless you are 40 !And isn't that the way it is in life? We have to be ready when the 41 arises or else we will have little chance of 42 ．

Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms Shelton believed in 43 ．Students remember how she 44 in on the first day of class and began writing 45 of an eighth-grade caliber on the chalkboard．They 46 protested that the words were not on their 47 and they couldn't learn them．

Their teacher 48 that the students could and would learn these words．She said that she would 49 teach down to them．Ms Shelton ended by saying that one of the students in that classroom could go on to 50．maybe even be president some day, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．

Ms Shelton spoke those words many years ago．51 did she know that someday one of her students - Jesse Jackson - would take them 52 ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could achieve 53 goals．

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "People only see what they are prepared to see．" 54 that's true, then it is also true that they only become what they are prepared to become．And a lot of 55 is just about getting ready．

36．A．fence B．river C．village D．hill

37．A．tiger B．farmer C．bull D．goat

38．A．curiosity B．fear C．desire D．courage

39．A．cut B．cover C．enter D．cross

40．A．accompanied B．armed C．prepared D．guarded

41．A．opportunity B．challenge C．hope D．problem

42．A．luck B．victory C．wealth D．success

43．A．determination B．readiness C．honesty D．diligence

44．A．hurried B．moved C．walked D．broke

45．A．words B．poems C．proverbs D．questions

46．A．strangely B．quietly C．rudely D．quickly

47．A．range B．level C．interest D．requirement

48．A．admitted B．announced C．insisted D．complained

49．A．never B．instead C．still D．always

50．A．position B．career C．service D．greatness

51．A．Little B．Seldom C．Much D．Once

52．A．easy B．seriously C．completely D．back

53．A．final B．proper C．high D．straight

54．A．Although B．If C．Whether D．Unless

55．A．fan B．fact C．truth D．life

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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

While going to the office, I found an old man lying by the side of the bus stop．He seemed very sick and poor．Instinctively．I gave him some money．After a few minutes, I realized that he was probably too sick to get up and buy something with that money．I was thinking about how to help him when my bus arrived, halting my brainstorm．I quickly got on and rode off．

However, that night I couldn't sleep．I felt very angry at my own heartless and selfish behavior．How could I just walk away from that man without a thought for his suffering? I felt restless and very upset． The next morning, while waiting at the bus stop, I hoped to run into him again．But he wasn't there．I thought he may have gone to the sidewalk to sleep for the night．I looked a