命题人：高三英语备课组 考试时间：120分钟

注意事项：

1. 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

2. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

第I卷（共90分）

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）

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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.18. C. ￡9.15.

答案是C。

1. What does the man want to do?

A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.

2. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A noisy night. B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.

3. Where is the man now?

A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.

4. What will Celia do?

A. Find a player. B. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.

5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?

A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.

第二节 （共15小题；每题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 Sara going to do?

A. Buy John a gift. B. Invite John to France. C. Give John a surprise.

7. What does the man think of Sara’s plan?

A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?

A. She has to give up her travel plan.

B. She wants to visit another city

C. She needs to put off her test.

9. What does Diana want Peter to do?

A. Help her with her study.

B. Take a book to her friend.

C. Teach a geography lesson.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To tell her about her new job.

B. To ask about her job program

C. To plan a meeting with her.

11. Who needs a new flat?

A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.

12. Where is the woman now?

A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?

A. Where the restaurant is.

B. Whether the prices are low.

C. How well the food is prepared.

14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?

A. After he came back to Sweden.

B. Before he went to the United States.

C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.

15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?

A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.

16. What do we know about Jan?

A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work.

C. He prefers American food.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?

A. It’s a new building. B. It’s a small town. C. It’s a public place.

18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?

A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoon. C. Fridays and Saturdays.

19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?

A. Via Del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.

20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?

A. It has an old stone surface.

B. It is named after a writer.

C. It has a famous university.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

第一节 （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

Show Biz Summer 2014

Location: Rosewood Center for Family arts

Important Information:

* Tuition paid on the first day of class. No tuition refunds (退款).

* DCT reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds made for cancelation(取消).

* Please accompany student to the first day of class.

* Registration begins one-half hour before class time.

How To Register:

* Mail : fill out the form in this brochure.

* Be sure to list the class and group that you want & the dates.

Drama Days! —$ 175

Entering Grades : Group A : lst — 2nd Group B : 3rd — 5th .

Time: June 2—June 6

* create the situations and scenes

* SHOWTLME－invite family and friends to your Friday Showcase !

* Bring a sack lunch and drink each day!

Laugh Out Loud —$ 175

Entering Grade : 5 th

Time: June 23—June 27

* Tell a joke! Learn why old jokes can be the best!

* Work with your class to put on a Comedy Show for family and friends!

Acting —Just Acting—$225

Entering Grades : Group A: lst —2nd Group B: 3rd — 4th

Time: August 4 — August 8

* Start with the characters: Who are you ? Be the Star of your Dreams.

* Work with your class to create the plot.

Summer Scenes —$ 225

Entering Grades: 5th — 6th

Time: August 11— August 15

* Do you want to be an actor?

* Improve your skills with instruction from professional actors & directors.

21. Which of the following classes suits those who want to be actors ?

A. Summer Scenes B. Acting —Just Acting

C. Laugh Out Loud D. Drama Days

22. If you want to attend Show Biz Summer 2014,you should be aware that .

A. there’ll be no refunds in any case

B. tuition must be paid at least before June 2

C. registration begins half an hour after class time

D. students had better be accompanied on the first day

23. It can be inferred from the text that all the four classes .

A. are intended only for Grades lst —2nd

B. are all held at Rosewood Center for Family Arts

C. will take place in June or July

D. need students to bring a sack lunch and drink each day

24. What is the purpose of the text ?

A. To earn money from the text..

B. To attract readers to attend Summer Scene .

C. To persuade readers to attend Show Biz Summer 2014

D. To teach readers how to register for Show Biz Summer 2014

25. Where is the text most probably from ?

A. A newspaper . B. An entertainment magazine.

C. A guide book . D. part of a brochure.

B

This is an excerpt（摘录）from Cloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s speech at TED（一个旨在“用思想的力量来改变世界”的全球会议）this year:

Clouds … have you ever noticed how much people moan（抱怨）about them? If you think about it, the English language has written into it negative associations toward the clouds. Someone who’s down or depressed, they’re “under a cloud”. And when there’s bad news in store, there’s “a cloud on the horizon”. I saw an article the other day. It was about problems with computer processing over the Internet. “A cloud over the cloud” was the headline …

But I think they’re beautiful. Don’t you? It’s just that their beauty is missed because they’re so omnipresent（普遍的）— so, I don’t know, commonplace — that people don’t notice them. They don’t notice the beauty, but they don’t even notice the clouds unless they get in the way of the sun. And so people think of clouds as things that get in the way. They think of them as the annoying, frustrating obstructions（妨碍物）, and then they rush off and do some blue-sky（清楚的）thinking.

But most people, when you stop to ask them, will admit to harboring a strange sort of fondness for clouds. It’s like a nostalgic（怀旧的）fondness, and they make them think of their youth. Who here can’t remember thinking, well, looking and finding shapes in the clouds when they were kids? You know, when you were masters of daydreaming? Aristophanes, the ancient Greek playwright, described the clouds as the patron goddesses of idle fellows（懒人的守护女神）two and a half thousand years ago, and you can see what he means.

It’s just that these days, we adults seem reluctant to allow ourselves the indulgence（放任）of just allowing our imaginations to drift（漂动）along in the breeze, and I think that’s a pity. I think we should perhaps do a bit more of it. I think we should be a bit more willing, perhaps, to look at the beautiful sight of the sunlight bursting out from behind the clouds and go: “Wait a minute, that’s two cats dancing the salsa（莎莎舞）!”

…

Sometimes we need excuses to do nothing. We need to be reminded by these patron goddesses of idle fellows to slow down and be in the present, not thinking about what you’ve got to do and what you should have done, but just being here, letting your imagination lift from the everyday concerns …

26. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A. How “cloud” has various meanings in the English language.

B. Why so many people like to complain about clouds.

C. The fact that clouds are usually associated with negative things.

D. The many different English phrases related to the word “cloud”.

27. The writer thinks that people consider clouds to be annoying obstructions mainly because ________.

A. they don’t pay enough attention to their beauty

B. they think they are too common

C. they dislike using their imaginations

D. they find clouds inconvenient

28. By mentioning the patron goddesses of idle fellows in the fourth paragraph, the writer intends to ________.

A. tell the readers what his love for clouds is rooted in

B. introduce what clouds meant to the ancient Greeks

C. make the point that ancient people loved clouds

D. explain why Aristophanes was so fond of clouds

29. What advice does the author give to readers?

A. We should be more imaginative.

B. We should be more willing to change ourselves.

C. We should improve our ability to discover beauty.

D. We should slow down and enjoy the present more.

C

Want to know who is the world’s tallest person, who has the highest IQ, who collects the most toys or who ate the largest hamburger in the shortest amount of time? Then look no further than the Guinness Book of World Records.

As a compiler（汇编者）of amazing, zany（荒唐的）and outrageous（骇人听闻的）feats and achievements, Guinness is in a class of its own. And some people believe that making it into the book is an achievement worth any risk.

With its 2014 version coming out on Sept 12, many daredevils（蛮勇的人）are getting ready to raise the stakes.

Susanne Eman is one of them. The 34-year-old American has made it her goal to break the record for “World’s Heaviest Woman”, currently set at 643 pounds (291.7 kg).

To many observers, though, winning a mention in a book might pale in comparison to the health risks associated with being so heavy.

So what drives people to put their lives on the line for a mention in a book and a certificate?

Los Angeles-based psychotherapist Nancy Irwin told The Huffington Post she believes people who want to set records often do so to fill a void（空白）in other aspects of their lives.

“In a case like this, there is a sense of narcissism（自恋）that suggests she’s desperate