2014年秋季湖北省重点高中期中联考高三英语试卷

考试时间：2014年 11月7日下午14:30-16:30 试卷满分：150分

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用统一提供的2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。

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4. 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时,先将答案划在试卷上。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)

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. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a library. B. At home. C. In a cinema.

2. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Paying for tickets. B. Repairing machines. C. Changing notes.

3. Why does the woman refuse the man’s invitation?

A. She doesn’t like going out with the man.

B. She will have dinner with Jack.

C. She has to prepare for a plane trip.

4. How long has the man been learning French?

A. For 5 years. B. For four and a half years. C. For more than five years.

5. What can we learn from this conversation?

A. The woman is wearing her friend’s dress.

B. The woman wore the dress yesterday.

C. The speakers are in the same class.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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7题。

6. What is the man’s feeling after his job interview?

A. Anxious. B. Hopeful. C. Desperate.

7. How many candidates were able to go to the second interview?

A. Four. B. Twelve. C. Sixteen

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What will the woman do if the telephone rings?

A. Answer the phone. B. Call the man back in. C. Go to the neighbor’s.

9. Where does the phone probably come from?

A. His friend. B. His father. C. His company.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.When did the woman leave school?

A. In 1994. B. In 1995. C. In 1996.

11.Why did the woman start running?

A. To keep fit. B. To make money. C. To become famous.

12.What does the woman plan to do next year?

A. Earn more money for a good school.

B. Visit Europe with her family.

C. Take part in the race in Europe.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What does the man want to be?

A. A pop singer. B. A movie star. C. A great musician.

14.How does the man feel about his future?

A. Uncertain. B. Light-hearted. C. Very confident.

15.When will the man go to find a manager?

A. After he moves to London. B. After he takes his last exam.

C. After he knows his exam results.

16.What will the man probably do at first in London?

A. Do part-time jobs. B. Publish his record. C. Earn lots of money.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why doesn’t the speaker want to go to the mountains this year?

A. Because it is not beautiful enough. B. Because he went there last year.

C. Because it is a little cold this time and too far away.

18. What does the speaker like about the seashore?

A. Bathing in the sunshine. B. Swimming in the sea. C. Taking a walk on the sands.

19. How can the speaker probably go to the seashore?

A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bike.

20. What is the speaker probably talking about?

A. His plan for the holiday. B. His friend’s hometown.

C. The weather in the mountains.

第二部分：词汇知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：多项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

从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. When the school bus arrived at the zoo, the bus door ______ open and all the children rushed out.

A. burst B. destroyed C. attacked D. shocked

22. . After his father died suddenly without finishing his research in a certain field, Xiao Jun determined to follow his _______ to complete it.

A. trial B. track C. remarks D. trap

23. Instead of praising your kids for their intelligence, you should ____ your praise on the effort they put into succeeding at task, expert say.

A. allocate B. concentrate C. circulate D. accumulate

24. The drug can't cure your disease at all. It can provide only _____ relief from pain.

A. temporary B. contradictory C. compulsory D. permanent

25. You should be _________ in the way you treat your children instead of being changeable, or they would get confused about how you really want them to be.

A. frequent B. responsible C. flexible D. consistent

26. In order to survive, all life in the pond has to ______ the changing conditions in the environment.

A. attend to B. appeal to C. apply to D. adapt to

27. In order to rescue the miners caught in the flood quickly, the rescuers have got a busy _______.

A. settlement B. identity C. schedule D. security

28. This journey is a great chance for you to broaden your horizon and will_____ how the earth is formed. We hope you won’t throw it away.

A. keep an eye on B. take advantage of C. throw light on D. keep track of

29. With the word “PM2.5”______ appearing in media reports, people pay greater attention to it and seek health tips for smoggy days.

A. constantly B. instantly C. entirely D. virtually

30. Nowadays, many people walk to work ______ Copenhagen Conference calling for living a low-carbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.

A. in relation to B. In addition to C. in opposition to D. in response to

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,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)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。

My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.

The first two 31? there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang 32? for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.

As we were? 33? on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them? 34? off at the walls or floor. However, one lady? 35? my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing; at least they didn’t? 36 like that. As we got 37? ?with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she sang.? 38 she was singing, she was also? 39 out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my 40 were to my students. People who worked at the care center could? 41 to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling 42 about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.

Justin also? 43? the same lady. The difference between us is that he? 44? on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her 45? and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my 46 to let you know that.”

This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No? 47? can completely describe that touching moment.

It? 48 a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a? 49? that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself? 50? to have witnessed his lesson.

31. A. rooms B. building C. floors D. groups

32. A. bravely B. beautifully C. madly D. shyly

33. A. dancing B. meeting C. gathering D. singing

34. A. stared B. shut C. paid D. glared

35. A. looked B. escaped C. caught D. hurt

36. A.appear B. sound C. hear D. feel

37. A. higher B. nearer C. faster D. louder

38. A. As B. Because C. Since D. Though

39. A. moving B. reaching C. coming D. spreading

40. A. basis B. abilities C. feelings D. responsibilities

41. A. attend B. object C. speak D. compare

42. A. afraid B. artificial C. guilty D. swift

43. A. feared B. avoided C. helped D. noticed

44. A. called B. acted C. insisted D. kept

45. A. tears B. hands C. eyes D. face

46. A. cheek B. flower C. character D. time

47. A. words B. poems C. expressions D. songs

48. A. caused B. wasted C. took D. made

49. A. message B. lesson C. activity D. class

50. A. lucky B. fancy C. secure D. clever

第三部分:阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper handling or teller（出纳员）interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment.

Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.

The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large b