宁波市2014年高考模拟考试

英语试卷

第I卷（选择题部分：共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1. — Are you cleaning my room, Lily?

— ______. I can’t bear seeing your room in a mess!

A. I can’t help it

 B. Not at all



C. You are clever

 D. No chance



2. My grandparents like to live in the countryside where they can enjoy ______ leisurely walk

on the country road and feel ______ warmth of the sun on their faces.

A. the; ﹨

B. a; the

C. the; a

 D. a; ﹨



3. Since Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight ______ happened on March 8th, it has aroused a widespread concern around the world.

A. Issue

B. Affair

 C. Event

 D. Incident



4. — I ______ the chance to apply for the new post. What do you think?

— I think you should go for it. We’ll all back you up.

A. have given

B. am given

 C. have been given

 D. was given



5. There is still much to discuss. We shall, ______ , return to this issue at our next meeting.

A. however

B. otherwise

 C. therefore

 D. instead



6. She has expressed her hope ______ the foreign students will spread the good will and sincerity of the Chinese people to other parts of the world.

A. that

B. which

 C. whether

 D. what



7. Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared at the Sochi Olympic opening ceremony, ______ China’s strong support for the Olympics and Russia’s efforts to host the Games.

A. signing

B. symbolizing

 C. sponsoring

 D. signaling



8. Jack, what’s your main reason for choosing one restaurant ______ another?

A. from

B. over

 C. on

 D. by



9. I’d appreciate ______ if you can turn the radio down, for my baby is sleeping.

A. it

B. that

 C. this

 D. you



10.Thanks to Mrs Smith, the father and the son eventually ______after ten years’ cold relationship between them.

A. took up

B. picked up

 C. made up

 D. turned up



11. ______ the extreme levels of air pollution, city authorities have started to take measures to quickly reduce pollution levels and protect city dwellers.

A. In spite of

B. As well as

 C. In response to

 D. By means of



12. I don’t think the price of gas will go down this week, ______ ?

A. will it

B. don’t I

 C. won’t it

 D. do I



13. Parents should pay attention to areas ______ their child is having difficulty and spend extra time helping him or her.

A. when

B. where

 C. which

 D. why



14. Miss White was a ______customer here until the supermarket next door opened a couple of

weeks ago.

A. common

B. typical

 C. normal

 D. regular



15. We can also______ for you to share an apartment with other international students.

A. arrange

B. instruct

 C. provide

 D. settle



16. Although we haven’t got the accurate statistics, it is estimated that ______ 300 factories in this province closed down during the economic crisis.

A. absolutely

B. relatively

 C. universally

 D. approximately



17. The problem of the widening gap between the rich and the poor, if not properly ______, can result in many serious social tensions.

A. being handled

B. to handle

 C. handled

 D. handling



18. Compare some recent work with your old stuff ______ you’ll see how much you’ve

improved.

A. but

B. or

 C. so

 D. and



19. She was greatly shocked at the scene before her eyes. Never did she expect that the local

conditions ______ be so awful.

A. could

B. should

 C. would

 D. might



20. — Tom! Corey has broken the glass.

— ______. Such things happen.

A. What a pity

B. No way



C. It doesn’t matter

D. By no means





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, 掌握其大意, 然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama class. Afterward I asked the drama teacher 21 any of my English teachers are still there. Irene Roberts, he tells me, is in the class 22 down the hall.

　　I was no one special in Miss Roberts’ class — just another student who did okay work. I don’t recall any one special bit of wisdom she passed on. Yet I cannot forget her 23 for language, for ideas and for her students. I 24 now, many years later, that she is the perfect example of a 25 teacher. I’d like to say something to her, I say, but I don’t want to 26 her from a class. Nonsense, he says, she’ll be 27 to see you.

　　The drama teacher 28 Miss Roberts into the hallway where stands this 32-year-old man she last saw at 18. “I’m Mark Medoff,” I tell her. “You were my 12th-grade English teacher in 1958.” She 29 her head to one side and looks at me, as if this angle might remember me in her 30 . And then, though armed with a message I want to 31 in many words, I can’t think up anything more memorable than this: “I want you to know,” I say, “you were 32 to me.”

　　And there in the hallway, this lovely woman, now nearing 33 age, this teacher who doesn’t remember me, begins to weep; and she encircles me in her arms.

　　 34 this moment, I begin to sense that everything I will ever know, everything I will ever pass to my students, is an inseparable part of a legacy(遗产) of our ancestors.

　　Irene Roberts holds me 35 in her arms and through her tears whispers 36 my cheek, “Thank you.” And then, with the briefest of looks into my forgotten face, she 37 back into her classroom, 38 to what she has done thousands of days through all the years of my 39 .

　　On reflection, maybe those were, 40 , just the right words to say to Irene Roberts. Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers through my life, the very words I would like spoken to me one day by some returning student: “I want you to know you were important to me.”

21. A. that

B. if

C. as

D. when



22. A. just

B. almost

C. nearly

D. about



23. A. kindness

B. respect

C. friendship

D. love



24. A. know

B. learn

C. realize

D. believe



25. A. selfish

B. self-confident

C. self-conscious

D. selfless



26. A. call

B. drag

C. push

D. pull



27. A. upset

B. delighted

C. interested

D. annoyed



28. A. brings

B. takes

C. fetches

D. introduces



29. A. bows

B. raises

C. rises

D. puts



30. A. thought

B. brain

C. attention

D. memory



31. A. announce

B. speak

C. deliver

D. tell



32. A. useful

B. important

C. hopeful

D. beneficial



33. A. retirement

B. enjoyment

C. employment

D. happiness



34. A. Reminding

B. Explaining

C. Remembering

D. Forgetting



35. A. happily

B. straight

C. calmly

D. briefly



36. A. against

B. with

C. off

D. beyond



37. A. escapes

B. gathers

C. disappears

D. fails



38. A. longs

B. continues

C. goes

D. returns



39. A. absence

B. class

C. work

D. task



40. A. or rather

B. in addition

C. as usual

D. after all





第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分, 满分50分）

第一节：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, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

“Tell me again how you learned to ride a horse,” I would ask my father when I was a little girl in Denmark. I was no more than four years old—too little to learn to ride a horse by myself. But I liked to hear my father tell his story. And then he would begin.

“When I was a little boy, as little as you are now,” he would say, “I wanted to ride the horses. But I was too small to mount a horse. So I would slip into my father’s stables to be with the horses and admire them. Such big, powerful animals they were!

“The gentle workhorses stood quietly in their stalls, eating their hay. I would climb up the side of one of the stalls and slide over onto the horse’s back.

“Then I would hold its mane and imagine us running quickly over the grasslands, down to the shore, and even into the sea.

“When I grew tall enough to mount a horse,” he said, “my wish came true.”

“You swim with the horses now,” I said. “You even swim with Fiery. And he has spirit!”

Everybody knew about Fiery, the great black male horse with the fierce temper, and how he behaved when he first came to the stables. He raised itself on its back legs with the front legs in the air. He snorted and kicked. He rolled his eyes. And everyone was afraid of him. Everyone, except my father.

I wanted to hear more. “Now tell me how you made Fiery your friend,” I begged. This was my favorite story.

“Well, little Else,” my father went on, “I just talked to him. I talked as a friend. You must talk to a horse like Fiery.

“I’d say, ‘No, little horse. No, my friend. You can’t run free. You must learn to let me ride you.’

“And soon Fiery began to listen. He knew from my voice that I would be his friend.”

So Fiery let my father teach him to carry a rider. Then Fiery would take my father across the soft green grasslands or even into the lively waters of the northern sea. I loved to see Father riding Fiery without a saddle(马鞍) into the sea. There they swam, Father and Fiery, out in the cold, clear water.

Often I would watch them from the shore, holding tight to my mother’s hand. They swam so bravely. I was so proud of them!

Then Father and Fiery would come splashing out of the water and run along the shore toward us. They made a fine stop—just in time!

Fiery towered over us. He tossed his head and shook sea water from his shining black coat.

Father was laughing and patting Fiery’s neck.

And I was making a wish.

I wished that someday I could have a horse, too . . . but a smaller one!

41. What is Fiery like when he first comes to the stables?

A. He is quiet and lazy.

B. He is wild and full of spirit.

C. He makes friends with everyone.

D. He only lets Else’s father ride him.

42. Where does Else most like to watch her father ride Fiery?

A. At the seashore.

 B. On the farm.



C. In the grasslands.

 D. In the stables.



43. In the passage, the underlined word “mount” means___________.

A. feed with

B. talk about

 C. fasten to

 D. climb onto



44. How does Else feel about horses after watching her father ride Fiery?

A. She wants a horse just like Fiery.

B. She has no interest in riding horses.

C. She would like to have a smaller horse.

D. She thinks horses should not go into the sea.

45. What does Else learn from her father’s story?

A. How to train a workhorse.

 B. How to swim with a horse.



C. How to make friends with a horse.

 D. How to ride a horse without a saddle.