2014江苏省高考压轴卷

英 语

（本试卷共120分；考试时间120分钟。）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分；满分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 does the woman suggest?

A. They don’t have to go to the concert.

B. His brother will let them use the car.

C. The bus is fine for them.

2. What do we know about the match?

A. It can’t be much fun. B. It must be exciting. C. It may be put off.

3. What is wrong with the printer?

A. It doesn’t flash. B. There isn’t ink. C. It’s broken.

4. What is the woman interested in?

A. Sports. B. Fashion. C. Politics.

5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. New dictionaries. B. Language forms. C. The development of languages.

第二节（共15题；每小题1分，满分15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。每段对话读或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What’s wrong with the man?

A. He is very tired and sleepy. B. He is worried about his text.

C. He is ill because of hard work.

7. What did the man do last night?

A. He studied in the library. B. He went to a party. C. He prepared for a big text.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How did the two speakers get to their destination?

A. By bike. B. By car. C. By taxi.

9. What are the two speakers going to watch?

A. A film. B. A game. C. A car race.

10. Why did the two speakers arrive early?

A. To find Peter. B. To meet the players. C. To get a good place.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Who is Jimmy?

A. A policeman. B. A passer-by. C. Another truck driver.

12. What time was it when the accident happened?

A. At 2:45. B. At 2:54. C. At 4:25.

13. Who or what was to blame for the accident?

A. The truck driver. B. The driver of the blue Ford. C. The traffic lights.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Where do the two speakers work?

A. In a plant in Chicago. B. In a large company. C. In an office in Atlanta.

15. Who has risen to a higher position?

A. Jim. B. Martha. C. Both Jim and Martha.

16. Why does the woman want to remain in the company office?

A. She is fond of writing notices.

B. She is still new in her position.

C. She hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Whom is the speaker speaking to?

A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Reporters.

18. How often does The Voice come out each week?

A. Every other day. B. Every day. C. On weekdays.

19. What’s the best reason for taking the job according to the speaker?

A. To learn to type. B. To enjoy oneself. C. To make some money.

20. When are volunteers expected to start working?

A. Tomorrow. B. Immediately. C. Next week.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ---Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?

---Yes, I did. You know, my brother ______ in the match.

A. is playing B. was playing C. has played D. had played

22. ---Do you know there is a saying that ______ “Teach a man to fish but not give a man a fish.”

--- Yes, it means helping those in need of help ______ themselves instead of just being helped.

A. says; to help B. says; helping C. goes; help D. goes; helped

23. ---The news upset so many people ______ China’s consumer price index (CPI) climbed to 0.8 percent in December.

--- Well, it was the second time that the CPI ______ above zero percent.

A. that; has been B. that; had been C. as; is D. as; was

24. The desert was once a green land with huge trees, but they were cut down, which resulted in the city ______ by land.

A. to bury B. to be buried C. being buried D. burying

25. --- There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow ______?

---No, I’d rather buy ______ on the internet.

A. it; one B. one; one C. one; it D. it; it

26. Try to spend your time just on the things you find ______. That way, you’ll find life enjoyable and meaningful.

A. worth doing them B. worth doing

C. them worth doing D. worth being done

27. ______ the campus shooting that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama wants gun violence measures ______ in 2013.

A. Recalling; passing B. To recall; passing

C. Recalled; passed D. Recalling; passed

28. ---What ______ Mary’s running out of money? Expensive clothes, I dare say.

---Impossible! She is not ______ about what she wears.

A. accounts to; special B. contributes for; particular

C. contributes to; special D. accounts for; particular

29. Unable to find jobs, many young people ______ illegal behavior, such as stealing, and were usually the main suspects when anything went missing.

A. take after B. take in C. take to D. take down

30. Some people think it ______ privilege to study abroad, but it doesn’t make ______ sense if you go when you even cannot look after yourself.

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

31. The police have been busy ______ the murder recently.

A. looking into B. caring about C. looking for D. hearing about

32. Let’s ______ our personal feelings for now, and get to our business.

A. set up B. set off C. set about D. set aside

33. I ______ Lucy to be careful with her handwriting all the time, but she hasn’t polished it at all.

A. have been telling B. told C. will be telling D. have told

34. --- Hello, Tom. This is Mary speaking.

--- What a coincidence! I ______ about you.

A. just thought B. was just thinking C. have just thought D. would just think

35. Aids is said ______ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in the rural area of Huaibei over the past years.

A. that it is B. to be C. that is has been D. to have been

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The relationship between a son and his father changes over time. It may 36 and flourish(繁茂) in mutual maturity. It may fail in disliked dependence or independence.

The first 37 I have of him --- of anything, really --- is his strength. To a little boy right after World War II, a father seemed a god with strange strengths and powers 38 him to do and know any things in the world, such as putting a bicycle chain back on, building a hamster cage or guiding a jigsaw(拼板玩具) so it 39 the letter F. In fact, I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days.

There were, of course, rules to learn. First came the handshake. 40 of those fishy (冷冰冰的) little finger grips, but a good firm squeeze 41 by an equally strong gaze into the other’s eyes.

As time passed, there were other rules to learn. “Always do your best.” “Do it now.” “Never lie!” And most 42 , “You can do whatever you have to do.”

By my teens, he wasn’t telling me 43 to do anymore, which was scary and exciting at the same time. He 44 perspective(视角), not telling me what was around the great corner of life but letting me know there was a lot 45 just today and the next, which I hadn’t thought of.

With father, I 46 became a grown-up.

But one day, I realize now, there was a(n) 47 .

A school fact 48 something he said. Impossible that he could be wrong, but there it was in the book. I began to see, too, his 49 spots, his prejudices and his weaknesses. I never threw these up at him. He hadn’t to me. I 50 asking his advice.

There seemed to be a 51 between us, which I found 52 to fill in.

After much thought and practice (“You can do whatever you have to do.”), one night last winter, I sat down by his bed. I told my father how much I 53 him and talked of some of my advice on him.

He said he knew how hard my 54 had been to say and how proud he was of me.

“I had the best teacher,” I said. “You can do whatever you have to do.” He smiled a little. And we shook hands once again, 55 .

36. A. raise B. grow C. worsen D. exist

37. A. lesson B. idea C. memory D. touch

38. A. making B. encouraging C. getting D. enabling

39. A. writes B. forms C. appears D. comes

40. A. Nothing B. All C. None D. Some

41. A. approved B. accompanied C. astonished D. appointed

42. A. strictly B. importantly C. urgently D. surprisingly

43. A. how B. when C. what D. why

44. A. provided B. gained C. lost D. kept

45. A. earlier than B. more than C. shorter than D. less than

46. A. luckily B. gradually C. surprisingly D. regularly

47. A. choice B. chance C. change D. check

48. A. confirmed B. confused C. contradicted D. connected

49. A. strong B. blind C. poor D. dark

50. A. began B. continued C. stopped D. missed

51. A. gap B. failure C. crash D. loss

52. A. impossible B. easy C. necessary D. strange

53. A. disappointed B. misunderstood C. loved D. supported

54. A. life B. years C. speech D. words

55. A. hardly B. firmly C. warmly D. friendly

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed herself as she did nowhere else.

After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live