2014江西高考压轴卷

英语试题

第Ⅰ卷 （三部分，共115分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）

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，每小题一份，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择，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ______ here.

A. as three times much B. as much three times

C. much as three times D. three times as much

22.When you’ve finished with that book, don’t forget to put it back on the shelf,____?

A． do you? B． don’t you?? C． will you?????? D. won’t you

23.Thank you for all your hard work last week. I don’t think we _____ it without you.

A. can manage???? ??????????B. could have managed

C. could manage?? ???????????D. can have managed

24.It was with great joy ??????????he received the news that his lost daughter had been found.

A．because??????? B．which?????C???? C．since????????? D．that

25.We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks _________ so small that a day is unimportant.

?A. is?? ?????????B. are?? ????????C. has been?? ?????????D. have been

26.We shouldn’t spent our money testing so many people, most of _____are healthy

A． that? B．which??? C． what????? D. Whom

27.Time ____, I will go there with you

A. permits　　　 B. Permitted　　　 C. will permit　　D. permitting

28.一Why are you so excited，John?

—Our class got the first prize in the singing contest at last，which we??????? ?forward to．

?A．have been looking?????????????? B．had been looking

?C．looked?????????????????????????????? D．had looked

29.Cheer up, Maria! You can also enjoy _____ you have been dreaming of, if you don’t lose heart.

A. as a convenient life as B. as convenient a life as

C. as a life convenient as D. convenient as a life as

30. The building project __________ next year is not easy __________in time.

A. carried out, to be completed

B. being carried out, to complete

C. to be carried out, to complete

D. to be carried out, to be completed

31.In ____late 19th century, Europe changed ______great deal and was playing important roles in ______international trade.

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

32.. — How beautiful the dress looks ____ you! Don’t you want _____, Madam?

— Please show me _______.

A. in; one; another?? B. on; it; another? C. in; it; the other? D. on; one; the other

33.With the development of the Internet, ______ communication is done by regular mail.

A. few??? ????????????????? B. more???? ??????? ????C. little???? ???????? ?????? D. less

34.I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ______ of them came.

A. neither???????? B. either??? ??? C. none??????????? D. both

35.He said he would offer us some help. He didn’t, _________.

A. either B. though C. yet D. Otherwise

笫二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A man died and was on his way to another 36 , either the heaven or the hell. He saw an extremely 37 palace half way and the owner of the palace 38 him to stay and live in the palace.

The man said, "I have been working 39_ during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep 40 any work."

The owner of the palace said, " 41 , there is nowhere else better than here for you. There is a wealth of 42 in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone 43 you. 44 , you can rest assured(放心) that 45 needs to be done by you." Then, the man settled down in the palace.

At the beginning, the man felt very 46 at the rotation(轮流) of eating and sleeping. But __47_ , he felt a bit lonely and void. So he went to the owner and groaned, "It is very 48 to live by just eating and sleeping every day. Now I show no 49 in this kind of life any more. Could you help me find a 50 ?"

The owner replied, " 51 , there is no job here at all."

After another several months, the man could not 52 the present life and went to the owner 53 , "I really could not stand this sort of life any more. If you do not offer me a job, I would 54 to go to the hell instead of living here."

The owner of the palace smiled contemptuously(轻蔑地）, "Do you think it is Heaven here? It is 55 the hell!"

36．A．world B．house C．place D．hospital

37．A．summer B．fairy-tale C．royal D．splendid

38．A．asked B．warned C．forced D．demanded

39．A．comfortably B．hard C．honestly D．unpaid

40．A．apart from B．besides C．without D．out of

41．A．If any B．If so C．If necessary D．If possible

42．A．jewels B．tastes C．books D．food

43．A．stopping B．asking C．noticing D．meeting

44．A．However B．Otherwise C．Anyway D．Moreover

45．A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something

46．A．surprised B．happy C．mad D．frightened

47．A．easily B．carefully C．confidently D．gradually

48．A．strange B．enjoyable C．boring D．relaxing

49．A．interest B．trust C．patience D．curiosity

50．A．partner B．way out C．meaning D．job

51．A．That’s right B．Cheer up C．Sorry D．Never mind

52．A．bear B．lose C．handle D．risk

53．A．indeed B．already C．always D．again

54．A．hope B．prefer C．promise D．expect

55．A．no longer B．also C．actually D．still

笫三部分：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

Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.

Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person's thoughts.

In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.

“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”

The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp (头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.

Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”

He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.

56．BCI is a technology that can ________.

A. help to update computer systems

B. link the human brain with computers

C. help the disabled to recover

D. control a person's thoughts

57．How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?

A. By controlling his muscles.

B. By talking to the machine.

C. By moving his hand.

D. By using his mind.

58．Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?

A. scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair

B. computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair

C. scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair

D. cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair

59．The team will test with real patients to ________.

A. make profits from them

B. prove the technology useful to them

C. make them live longer

D. learn about their physical condition

60．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center

B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works

C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

B

Bonus(奖金) culture has become the subject of many studies nowadays. Many people have been angered by the way some bankers and high officials seem to have been rewarded for failure. Others find the idea of offering many-million-dollar bonuses morally disgusting.

But few have asked whether performance-related bonuses really do improve performance. The answer seems so obvious that even to ask the question can appear ridiculous. Indeed, in spite of all the complaints about them, financial encouragements continue to be introduced in more and more areas, from healthcare and public services to teaching and universities.

So it may come as a shock to many to learn that paying for results can actually make people perform badly in many circumstances, and that the more you pay, the worse they perform.

No one is arguing that bonuses can help companies and institutions attract and keep the best staff. Nor does anyone argue against the idea that you can encourage people to do specific tasks by linking payments to those tasks. Rather, the point is about how to get the best out of people. Do employees really perform better if you promise to pay them more for getting results?

There are some obvious reasons why such payments can fail. It has been argued, for instance, that cash bonuses contributed to the financial crash, because traders had little enthusiasm to make sure that their companies enjoyed long-term survival.

Most bonus projects are poorly designed, says Professor Malcolm Higgs. He thinks the reason is that organisations try to keep bonus arrangements simple. Nevertheless, he thinks bonus projects can work as long as they link the interests of individual employees with the long-term goals of a business.

Bonuses can also encourage cheating. “Once you start making people’s rewards dependent on outcomes rather than behaviours, the evidence is people will do whatever they can to get those outcomes,” says Professor Edward Deci. “In many cases the high officials simply lied and cheated to make the stock (股票) price go up so they got huge