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青海省西宁五中片区大联考（四校联考）2014年高三下学期5月高考模拟试卷英语

考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分

1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息

2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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1.5分， 满分7.5分）

请听下面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， 并标在席卷的相应的位置。听完每段对话后， 你都有10秒种的时间 来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Why isn’t Peter going to the party?

A．He hast to study. B. He has to work. C. He caught a cold.

2.What should the woman do first to choose a course?

A. Pay for it. B. Fill the form C. Go to the Room 203.

3.Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In the school. B.at the park. C. at the airport.

4. What does the woman speaker plan to do?

A. Go skiing with Peter.

B. Have a trip with the man speaker.

C. Lend Peter some money.

5. What did the man do yesterday?

A. He gave the woman a call. B. He went on a business trip.

C. He took his son to hospital.

第二节， （共15题，第小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面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。 听每段对话或读白前， 你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题将给出5秒种的作答时间。 每段对话或读白读两遍。

请听第6段材料， 回答第6到7题。

6. When will the woman arrive Beijing?

A. At 5:00 tomorrow evening.

B. At 7:10 tomorrow morning.

C. At 7:10 this evening.

7..How long will the woman stay in Beijing?

A. Two weeks. B. One week . C ,Four days.

请听第7段材料，回答第8到9题。

8.What does the man want to buy?

A. Some food. B, Some clothes. C, A set of furniture.

9.Which of the following is next to the theater?

A. A hotel B. The city hall. C.A post office.

请听第8段材料，回答第10到12题。

10, Why does the man speaker seem to be in a great mood?

A. He’s going to hold a party tomorrow.

B, Today is his 34th birthday.

C. His friend is having a party for him tonight.

11. What is Jane Smith like?

A. She has straight black hair. B. She has wavy brown hair.

C, She is taller than the man speaker.

12. Who takes over Mr. Wilson’s duties this week?

A. A lice B .Mrs. Wilson,. C. Jane Smith

请听第9段材料， 回答第13到16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. husband and wife B. schoolmates C. teacher and student.

14. How does the woman feel about the TV room?

A. It’s quite small. B. It doesn’t open on time. C. It’s crowded.

15. What are they going to buy?

A. An old TV set. B.A TV guide. C. A new small-screen TV set.

16.What will the woman finally do tonight?

A. Watch TV. B. Chat with the man . C. Read the newspaper.

请听第10段材料， 回答第17至20题。

17. How many kinds of transportation are mentioned in the talk?

A. 2 B.3 C.4

18. What do we have to pay for if we buy a used car?

A. Replacement parts B. Monthly repair. C. Driving licence.

19. How can we take a bus in the US according to the speaker?

A,. Getting on the middle of the bus.

B. Giving our fare to the conductor.

C, Dropping our fare into a metal box.

20.What can be inferred from the talk?

A.A used car costs at least a few thousand dollars.

B. The conductor can open the metal box.

C. The driver usually can tell us where we get off.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Wild elephants live in herds of 10 to about 50. The leader is usually a female. A herd can go through a forest quietly. It travels in a single line. It goes about 6 miles an hour. When frightened, it may run at about 25 miles an hour. When they reach water, elephants swim across. They are great swimmers.

Elephants eat grass, leaves, small branches, and bark. They particularly like the tender leaves on the top of trees. How do they get these leaves? They use their heads to knock trees down. They can easily knock down a 30-foot tree. Elephants also eat berries, mangoes, coconuts, corn, and sugar cane. They love salt. A wild male adult eats 500 to 600 pounds of food a day.

Many people want to find the graveyards (墓地) of elephants. There is a strong belief that such graveyards exist. Here is why. Bones and tusks of dead elephants have almost never been found. Searches have been made in forests. Grassy plains have been searched too. But neither bones nor tusks are found. Elephants don’t live forever. Where are their bones? They don’t just bury themselves. Here is one belief. When an elephant gets sick or old, it instinctively knows death is near. It leaves the herd. It goes off to a secret graveyard. The place is known only to elephants, and perhaps other animals, but not to humans. Obviously, such a graveyard would be filled with tusks. These were once very valuable. The objective of explorers was to find this “gold” mine. This graveyard belief may be a truth or a myth. But it is romantic. It would be nice if it were true.

21. An elephant usually travels at a speed of ________ per hour.

A. around 6 miles B. around 25 miles

C. no more than 6 miles D. more than 25 miles

22. According to the passage, elephants’ favorite foods are _________.

A. grass, leaves, small branches and bark

B. tender leaves on the top of trees

C. berries, mangoes, coconuts, corn, and sugar cane

D. none of the above

23. From the passage we can learn that _________.

A. other animals know where elephants’ graveyards are

B. elephants bury themselves when their deaths are near

C. people have found bones and tusks of dead elephants

D. whether there are graveyards of elephants is still not known

B

Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand. People also continue to talk about her ideas and her interesting life.

As a young child, Alisa loved books. She began to write her own stories when she was only seven. She took classes in politics, history, law and writing .In 1926, she traveled to the United States and decided she would never leave. She also decided to change her

name to “Ayn Rand.” Newly named, Rand moved to Hollywood, California to work in the movie business. Throughout the 1930s, she published two books, but did not earn much critical or popular recognition.

Then, in1943, Rand's famous book “The Fountainhead” was published. It took her seven years to write the novel. Twelve publishers rejected the book. However, a man named Archibald Ogden loved the story and convinced the Bobbs-Merrill company to publish it. “The Fountainhead” became a huge success around the world. It has sold more than six million copies. It continues to sell about one hundred thousand copies each year.

“The Fountainhead” tells the story of a young building designer named Howard Roark. Roark wants to build interesting, modern-looking buildings. However, most people only want to see traditional designs. Roark loves designing and building more than anything in the world. But he refuses to compromise and make buildings he hates. Several people work against Roark and his goals. But in the end, Roark succeeds.

“The Fountainhead”is an unusual novel for many reasons. It is more than 700 pages long, far longer than most books people read for entertainment. More importantly, it also includes discussions of philosophy, which are not usually found in popular books. Most critics did not like “The Fountainhead”. But readers loved it. In 1949,it was made into a popular movie.

She lived quietly in New York City until she died in 1982. She is still one of the most loved, and hated, American thinkers and writers.

24. When did Alisa decide to change her name to Ayn Rand?

A. When she began to write her own stories.

B. When she took classes in politics and writing.

C. When she decided to settle in the US.

D. When she moved to Hollywood, California.

25. Which of the following is true of Rand's famous book The Fountainhead?

A. It cost the author eight years to complete.

B. It was loved by all the twelve publishers.

C. It was finally published by Archibald Ogden.

D. It was a great success around the world.

26. What can we learn about Howard Roark?

A. He wants to build interesting, traditional buildings.

B. He loves designing and building anything in the world.

C. He has to give in and make buildings he hates.

D. He achieves his goals and eventually gains success.

27.“The Fountainhead” is an unusual novel mainly because _______.

A. it is far longer than most books for entertainment

B. it also includes discussions of philosophy

C. it was well-received by most critics and readers

D. it was made into a popular TV play in 1949

28. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The life and writing of Ayn Rand.

B. The interesting life of Ayn Rand.

C. Rand's famous book“The Fountainhead”.

D. Different attitudes towards Rand's book.

C

It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.

Road politeness is not only good manners ,but good sense. It takes the most cool－headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.

An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings.

Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the road man ship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car owners