扬州中学2013-2014高三英语模拟试卷 2014.5

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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. Who is answering the phone?

A. Elaine. B. Allan MacFarlane. C. Bob Harris.

2. What happened to the driver?

A. He ran into a bicycle. B. He drove too slowly. C. He ran into a tree.

3. What can we learn from the dialogue?

A. They like summer. B. They don't like summer. C. They think hot weather is nicer.

4. When should Susan go to meet Professor Brown?

A. At 9:30. B. At 10:00. C. At 10:30.

5. What does the woman plan to do this afternoon?

A. Buy a new pair of glasses. B. Shop for some clothes. C. Go to her classes.

第二节（共15小题；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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where does the conversation most likely take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. On the phone.

7. When does the restaurant stop serving lunch?

A. At 1 p. m. B. At 2 p. m. C. At 3 p. m.

8. How many people will come with the woman for lunch?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Buying a car. B. Choosing a gift. C. Using a computer.

10. What's the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Professor and student. C. Salesman and customer.

11. What do we know about the person mentioned by speakers?

A. Maybe he likes something expensive. B. He is surely over sixty years old.

C. He must be fond of learning.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Close friends. B. Strangers. C. Colleagues.

13. What's the woman going to do?

A. She is going to work in a post office nearby.

B. She wants to do some exercise.

C. She intends to post a letter.

14. What does the woman have to do to reach the destination？

A. She has to find the entrance inside a building complex.

B. She has to turn right to the main street.

C. She has to register her letter.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the present condition of hotline like today?

A. Poor. B. Popular. C. Rare.

16. What is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers?

A. To gain the belief of teenagers. B. To make teenagers study hard.

C. To protect teenagers' rights.

17. What does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers?

A. It won't last long. B. It will be useful. C. It will save many lives.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To report on the growing middle class of China.

B. To introduce a US company.

C. To analyze the current market.

19. How many new babies does China have every year?

A. 11 million. B. 20 million. C. 21 million.

20. Which of the following is true?

A. The toys made by China are of poor quality.

B. China has a lot of high-quality toys exported.

C. China is behind in toys-making.

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，从每题所给的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 _________ the Hong Kong singer’s current popularity, she was largely unknown in the Chinese mainland before the talent show. www..com A. With B. Despite C. Besides D. Beyond

22. —The two people speak different languages and can not communicate with each other well.

—Oh，I see. That’s ________ misunderstanding occurs.

A．when B．what C．which D．why

23. Besides proper diet, exercise is one of the key ___________of a healthy lifestyle.

A. components B. categories C. ranges D. processes

24 Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to _______ a life _______. A. get… up B. take… off C. bring… up D. turn… around

25. The course about Chinese food attracts over 100 students per year, _______ up to half are from overseas.

A． in which B．of whom C． with which D． for whom

26. After the trainer was sure that the whale could look after itself, he _______ it into the sea. A. transported B. delivered C. released D. handled27. .----What’s that noise?

---- There’s a truck stopping outside．It’s someone something.

A．deliver B．to deliver C．delivering D．delivered

28. —I wonder what makes you a successful manager.

—I ________ as a waiter for five years，which contributes a lot to my today’s work.

A．serve B．have served C．had served D．served

29. — It’s no easy task to catch a ticket on a website that receives 1 billion clicks daily.

—I can’t agree with you more. There ________ be errors for every single step.

A．should B．must C．will D．can

30. — Do you know __________ they got to know each other?

— It was last year ________ they both taught English in China.

A． when was it that; when B． when it was that; that

C． when it was that; when D． when was it that; that

31.The agent was about to sign his name to the document ________，to our surprise，a stranger broke in to prevent him.

A．while B．when C．as D．until

32. —Did any signs come up before the earthquake?

—Yes. Unusual things all those days. For example, a number of animals got out their homes.

A． happening B． were happening C． has happened D． had happened

33. It doesn’t _______ if you are late to my party. I just want you to come. A. take me by surprise B. make sense C. take a chance D. make a difference34. I spent the whole day repairing the motorbike. The work was ____ simple.

A. anything but B. nothing but C. something of D. all except

35. —Do you think Real Madrid will win the UEFA Champions League?

—________.Barcelona is much stronger，I think.

A．Of course B．It depends

C．Don’t mention it D．By no means

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，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression, “athletics are 90 percent __36__ and 10 percent physical,” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge __37__ in competitions. “The physical aspect of the sport can only take you __38__ ,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to __39__ , especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone __40__ hard. Everyone does the work. What __41__ the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.” Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or __42__ , to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of __43__ found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated __44__ when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental __45__ can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that __46__ weight lifting caused __47__ changes in muscle activity. “Mental imagery __48__ many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning, and memory,” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in Psychology Today. “So the __49__ is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and __50__ your brain for success.” __51__ visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. __52__ athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind’s eye. “During visualization, she incorporates (整合) all of her __53__ into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post __54__ a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track, she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements of her race __55__ before executing (完成) her performance.”36. A. lucky B. intelligent C. mental D. strategic37. A. difference B. importance C. improvement D. challenge38. A. so long B. so far C. so much D. so high39. A. turn on B. show off C. take up D. set off40. A. thinks B. moves C. runs D. trains41. A. breaks B. pushes C. decides D. distinguishes42. A. activation B. visualization C. motivation D. perception43. A. athletes B. gymnasts C. weightlifters D. skaters44. A. regularly B. normally C. finally D. similarly45. A. connection B. practice C. performances D. directions46. A. imagining B. considering C. reviewing D. dreaming47. A. few B. usual C. actual D. strange48. A. impacts B. increases C. slows D. follows49. A. brain B. body C. attention D. memory50. A. help B. apply C. use D. prepare51. A. Though B. But C. Thus D. Otherwise52. A. Unless B. After C. When D. Until53. A. observations B. spirit C. determination D. senses54. A. to B. for C. about D. with

55. A. in surprise B. in detail C. on time D. for example

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

IT’S never a real problem for us when the weather gets cold. We can put on more clothes, stay next to a fireplace, turn on the air conditioner or simply travel to a warmer city to spend the winter – people have many different ways of coping with the cold. But things are not as easy for plants. Unlike humans, plants can’t move to escape the cold or generate heat to keep themselves warm. So how do they manage to survive the freezing winter? It turns out that plants have their own strategies too, said a study published on Dec 22 in the journal Nature. A