1、英语 第 1 页 共 12 页 河南省2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(课标卷)英 语本试卷分为第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分。第 I 卷 1 至 10 页，第 II 卷 11 至 12 页。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第 I 卷注意事项：1.答第 I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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，
2、你将有两分钟的时间将在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.What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Go to the shop to replace the camera. B. Choose a good angle when taking pictures.C. Keep the came
3、ra clean when taking pictures.2.What is the man probably?A. A student B. A teacher. C. An engineer.3.How might be Marys university life before last September?A. Exciting. B. Terrible. C. Ordinary.4.When did the woman probably order her noodles?A. At 1:40pm B. At 1:30pm C. At 1:10pm5.What did the man
4、 do for Sandy last year?A. He drove her to the museum.B. He took her to school by bus. C. He helped her with a class project.英语 第 2 页 共 12 页 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
5、第 6 段材料，回答 6、7 题。6.What did the womans parents ask her to do?A. Go out to a play with them. B. Look after her younger sister.C. Do her homework at home.7.Where did man go last night? A. A boxing club. B. His cousins house. C. A movie theater.听第7段材料，回答8、9题。8. Who taught the man to read cartoons?A. A
6、waiter. B. A guide. C. An artist.9. What did the man do on the last day of his trip?A. He bought many postcards.B. He visited some great museums.C. He wrote something in Italian.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where will the party be held?A. At Geralds place B. At Tonys place C. At Johnnys place11. Why did Ger
7、ald never ask the woman out?A. He knew that she was always busy.B. he was afraid of being refused by her.C. He didnt have a good impression of her.12. What do we know about the woman?A. She isnt interested in the disguise party.B. She will help with the decoration.C. She plans to buy Gerald a gift.听
8、第9材料，回答第13至16题。13. What happened to Bill a few months ago?A. He lost his bike.B. He had a car accident.C. He broke his left leg.14. How often does Mrs.White go to the French class?英语 第 3 页 共 12 页 A. Twice a week. B. Five times a week C. Seven times a week.15. Where will the woman fly?A. Miami B. Syd
9、ney. C. Chicago. 16. What will the man do next?A. Board another plane. B. Pick up his wife. C. Meet his wife at Gate5.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What kind of help can the speaker provide?A. She can show others around the library. B. She can find papers for others research. C. She can prepare books
10、for others training.18. What does the speaker think of the library?A. Its bigger than any other libraries in the world. B. It has the best Yale publications in the world.C. It has many collections that cannot be found somewhere else.19. Who is the speaker probably speaking to?A. Teachers. B. Histori
11、ans. C. Students.20. Which of the following is TRUE about the speaker?A. She has worked for two years.B. She doesnt have fixed office hours.C. She doesnt have meals in the college. 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 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThey sit by the door w
12、aiting for me. And while I may speak more about the narrowness of my very limited life than their real worth, just the fact that theyre sitting there, waiting for me, makes me happy.I speak, of course, of my wonderful, brilliant, intelligently designed, rubber boots. They are a piece of industrial g
13、enius. They are real and alive , and make my life more worth living.My rubber boots are real and they do not fail me. I slip them on over my socks at a moments notice. They go on easily. My feet feel joyful like the wagging tail of a dog waiting for its walk. My feet know they are safe.I step outsid
14、e the house and nothing can stop methe late season snowstorm, the pool of standing water at the bottom of my doorsteps that will never give off, the mud and dirt this season brings. My feet are warm and dry and happy. And so am I.英语 第 4 页 共 12 页 My boots are modest. They make no promise they cant ke
15、ep. I found them at one-third the price of the long boots I looked at longingly for years. Mine are American-made and inexpensive and unattractive and brown and solid. They are now three years old and still look new. I know I will have them forever. I will die with them on. They are homely and they
16、are wonderful.My rubber boots make me braver and kinder and more generous. Yes, I will get the mail. Yes, I will get the newspaper. Yes, I will walk the dog. Yes to the garbage. Yes. Yes. Yes. I have rubber boots, good strong rubber bootsand I am not afraid.21. We can infer from the passage that _.A
17、. the writer has a small life circleB. it must be very cold in winter where the writer livesC. the writer enjoys the dog wagging its tailD. the boots are designed by an industrial talent22.Which is the right order of the writers developing the passage?a. He feels at home in the boots.b. His feet fee
18、l safe.c. They bring him happiness.d. His life is meaningful.e. He feels very fearless.f. They warm his feet and keep wet out.A. a-c-b-e-d-f B. c-d-e-f-b-aC. a-c-b-f-d-e D. c-d-b-f-a-e23. The writer writes the passage in order to _.A. tell his daily life B. advertise rubber bootsC. praise the object
19、s ordinary but reliableD. attach the importance to happiness and safetyBElectric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins. People in California love to talk about“zero-emissions（排放）vehicles”,but people in California seem to b
20、e clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Apart from the few people who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators(发电机).Generators are fueled by something- usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear po
21、wer plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal(地热) plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something. In other words, those “zero-emissions“ cars are likely coal-burning cars. Because the coal is burned 英语 第 5 页 共 12 页 somewhere else, it looks clean. It is not true. It
22、s as if the California Greens are covering their eyes-“If I cant see it, its not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas（ or another fuel）and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part
23、of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat-at the generator, through the transmission(传送) lines, etc. A gallon of gas may drive your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas wont get you nearly as far - so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our ele
24、ctricity came mostly from wind or geothermal, or solar, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we dont use much of those energy sources.In addition, electric cars batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfil
25、l. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When its a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot. 24. Accordi
26、ng to the text, electric cars_.A. are more environmentally friendlyB. burn more fuel than gas-powered onesC. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentratedD. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill25. Whats the main idea of the passages? A. Electric
27、cars arent actually clean. B. Electric cars are zero-emissions vehicles. C. Zero-emissions vehicles are popular. D. Gasoline-powered cars are more efficient. 26. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run _. A. at least 25 miles B. more than 25 miles C. as far as 25 miles D. no
28、t more than 25 miles27. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communicationB. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning somethingC. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environmentD. electric cars
29、are now the main vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousinsCEver seen a great champion boxer like Manny Pacquiao? With his speed and power, he has conquered lots of other great boxers of the twenty first century. In between fights, he keeps his training and strengthens it when another fight appr
30、oaches.Just like a boxer, we, too come face to face with many competitors in the arena(竞技场) of lifeproblems and difficulties. The bad news is that we dont really know when they occur.英语 第 6 页 共 12 页 Here are several reasons why you should train yourself for success like a champion boxer!You dont pra
31、ctice in the arena; thats where your skills and your abilities are evaluated. This also means that you dont practice solving problems and developing yourself when problems occur; you prepare yourself to face them long before you actually face them.Talent is good but training is even better. Back in
32、college, one of my classmates in Political Science did not bring any textbook or notebook in our classes; he just listened and participated in discussions. What I didnt understand was how he became a top student! Apparently, he was gifted with a great memory and analytical skills. In short, he was t
33、alented.If you are talented, you probably need less preparation and training time in facing lifes challenges. But for people who are talented, training and learning becomes even more important. Avoid the lazy persons motto: “If it isnt broken, why fix it?” Why wait for your roof to leak in the rainy
34、 season when you can fix it right away?Training enables you to gain intuition（直觉） and reflexes（反应力）. Without training, you will mess up. Without training, you will not be able to expect how your enemy will hit you. You will lose control of your race car after the first lap. With training, you lower
35、the possibility of these accidents.Winners train. If you want to win, train yourself for it. You may be a lucky person and you can win a race, or overcome a problem at first try. But if you do not train, your victory may be like a one-time lottery(彩票 ) win, which you cannot own for a long time.Keep
36、in mind that training is born out of self-command and perseverance. Even if you meet with some setbacks in your training, if you keep at it and persevere, you will soon see results in your life and when problems come, you will be like the champion boxer who stands tall and fights until the final rou
37、nd is over and youre declared the champion!28. What does the text mainly tell us?A. To become a top boxer isnt easy.B. We should train ourselves for success.C. Life is full of problems and difficulties.D. Talent is more important than training for success.29. Why does the author mention his classmat
38、e?A. To introduce his classmates learning methods.B. To prove training is more important. C. To prove his classmate is a talent.D. To show respect for his classmate.30. How many reasons why one should train himself for success does the author mention in this text?A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five31. W
39、e can know from the last paragraph that _.英语 第 7 页 共 12 页 A. a positive attitude to the training is very importantB. its normal to meet with some difficulties in the trainingC. boxers often win the victory by preservingD. perseverance in the training is very importantDEVENTSBicycle tour and raceA bi
40、ke tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At 5:30 am, the riders will leave Tian anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometres as a training leg. Then the next 55-kilometer leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes
41、will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside at Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes wi
42、ll be taken back to Beijing.Cost: 200 yuanTelephone: 4675027Brazilian footballersThe Brazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guoan Team at the Workers Stadium on August 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is 1994 US World Cup star Romario who has promised to play for at least
43、45 minutes.Ticket prices: 60, 100, 150 yuanTime/Date: 4:30 pm. August 26 (Sat.)Telephone: 5012372Rock-climbingThe Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other plac
44、es will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition of climbing. Free for spectators (观众 ).Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.Time/ Date: 9-12 am, August26 and 27Telephone: 7143177, 7144850, Wang Zhenghua32. The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give inf
45、ormation about _. A. visiting teamsB. famous playersC. things to do for the weekend英语 第 8 页 共 12 页 D. prices to pay for the sports events33. The underlined word “leg“ in “Bicycle tour and race“ probably means_. A. race B. practiceC. part of the training D. part of the tour34. What is special about t
46、he rock climbing competition?A. A foreign team takes part in it.B. You dont have to pay to watch it.C. You dont have to be a sportsman to take part.D. The bus trip to the place of the competition is free.35. If you want to find something to do just for Saturday afternoon, which telephone number will
47、 you call? A. 4675027 B. 7143177 C. 5012372 D. 7144850第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。When your pet is sick, you know it needs medicine. But pets, like babies, dont know the pill you want them to take will help them. 36 Here are some tips to help get your pet to take liquid medicine.37 If the answer is yes, then your easiest path is to mix it with canned food. First, give your hungry pet a small amount of canned food without the medicine. Its important that the pet eats the f
