1、1湖北省利川市文斗乡长顺初级中学 2014 届高三英语上学期第二次联考试题本试卷分四部分。满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。第一部分： 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分)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。1What are they talking about?AThe radio. BThe weather. CThe weekend.2How does the
2、 man prefer to go to work?ADriving. BTaking a bus. CWalking.3Where did the conversation possibly take place?AIn a bedroom. BIn a living room. CIn a bathroom.4To whom is the woman speaking?AHer boss. BHer husband. CA policeman.5What does the man mean?AOnly one seat was empty.BOne of the students was
3、absent from the lecture.CThe lecture was so interesting that the lecture-room was full of people.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 8 题。6What is the woman good
4、at?ALaw. BTeaching. COfficer.7How long will the girl work altogether?A3 months. B3.5 months. CJust 4 months.8What can we learn from the end of the interview?AThe woman will lose the job.BThe woman must take another interview.CThe woman will work full-time.听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至 11 题。9What are they talking
5、 about?2AVisiting the museum. BSightseeing. CCollecting coins.10Why does not the man want to go to the museum?ABecause he isnt interested in the museum.BBecause he isnt interested in birds.CBecause he isnt interested in coins.11What does the man want to see most when going to the island?ASome plants
6、. BSome birds. CSome flowers.听第 8 段材料，回答第 12 至 14 题。12Whats the speakers purpose in this talk?ATo introduce some political thinkers.BTo tell how the course is organized.CTo explain how to write the paper.13When will the speaker come to discuss papers?ABefore class on Tuesday.BOver the weekend.COn Th
7、ursday and Friday afternoon.14What must the students do with the papers that are returned on Thursday?ARewrite it. BPresent it to the class. CDiscuss the papers.听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 17 题。15Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?AHusband and wife. BFather and daughter. CMother and son.16Wh
8、ich is true about today?ANeither of them prefer to stay at home.BIts Childrens Day.CThere will be a lot of celebrations in the evening.17What can we learn from the conversation?AThe circus is leaving the town.BThe man must enjoy ballet very much.CTheres always too much traffic in town.听第 10 段材料，回答第
9、18 至 20 题。18Where does this conversation mos t probably take place?AIn a kitchen. BIn a hotel. CIn a restaurant.19Whats the womans tone in the conversation?AComplaining. BWorrying. CExpressing.20What will the man do next?APaying back the womans money.BBringing the food back to the kitchen.CInforming
10、 someone in charge of the matter.第二部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分 55 分）3第一节 词汇知识（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。21It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldnt _ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.Amake up for Blook up to Cput up with Dfit in with22We can live
11、 without clothes, but food and drink are _.Aavailable Breliable Cessential Dtraditional23He _ his last chance of winning the election when he said the wrong thing on TV. Agave off Bgave away Cgave in Dgave out24Franklins ability to learn from observations and experience _ greatly to his success in p
12、ublic life.Aowed Bcontributed Cattached Drelated25The new machine, as is reported in the local newspaper, will work twice as fast, _ greatly reducing costs.Athus Banyhow Cyet Deven26Its _ me why Alice, aged 28, gave up her job and got married to a man of 82.Aunder Babove Cbeyond Dover27Last week he
13、was caught robbing the bank opposite the station. _ his youth, the police have decided not to charge him. AIn spite of BIn view of CIn charge of DIn case of28It eventually _ that he had been stealing money from his employers, which astonished his parents.Acame out Bput out Cmade out Dgot out29He sai
14、d that very clearly so that nobody was in any _ about what was meant.Adoubt Bcase Cquestion Dwonder30They kept trying _ they must have known it was hopeless.Awhen Bunless Cas Dtill第二节 根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）4第三节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填
15、入相应空白处的最佳选项。Since I have been in my new neighborhood, I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of my neighbors. My 41 idea was to make small fruit baskets and leave them on each of my neighbors front porches (门廊 ) the night of Christmas Eve for them to find. I 42 the cards: “Happy Holidays from 5104
16、 Northumberland Road.”I 43 the friendly lady for last, since I was still not exactly sure where she lived. I44 decided upon a house down about where I 45 her each morning and felt relatively sure that it was hers.This morning I noticed a small 46 inside the mailbox. It was addressed 47 Resident, 510
17、4 Northumberland Road. I opened the envelope and took out a Thank You card. The 48 said, “Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you 49 on the porch of Richard Kelly. It was very 50 . Richard Kelly passed away half a month ago. He never stopped 51 how nice it was that someone remembered him in his ti
18、me of 52 . He really appreciated it.”I was sincerely 53 . I had no idea who Richard Kelly was or that he had been gravely ill. I had left that 54 ladys basket on Mr Kellys porch by 55 . I wanted to say by mistake, but that would be wrong. I believe that Richard Kelly was 56 to have that 5basket. I h
19、ate that the lady did not get to 57 a fruit basket from me, but I believe that 58 she knew what happened, she would not have had the outcome any other way.I feel blessed to have helped Richard Kellys last days be more 59 . This just further reinforces (加强) my belief that there are never any 60 in li
20、fe.41Agift Bsympathy Cvisit Dgreeting42Asigned Bmade Cwrote Dposted43Ahelped Bcalled Cthanked Dsaved44Aimmediately Bfinally Chonestly Dterribly45Asure Bhappy Chonestly Dterribly46Abasket Bpresent Cnote Dcheque47Amailbox Bwindow Cbook Denvelop48Aauthor Bowner Ccard Dpiciture49Amade Bleft Cprovided Dd
21、esigned50Athoughtful Battractive Cvaluable Dpractical51Aasking Btalking Cwondering Dworrying52Aillness Btrouble Cpoverty Ddanger53Aexcited Binterested Cbored Dshocked54Apoor Bnice Csick Dlonely55Aaccident Bhand Cday Dhalf56Aallowed Bmeant Cadvised Dforbidden57Afind Bhide Creceive Dbuy58Aunless Bbeca
22、use Cif Dthough59Ahopeful Bcheerful Cwonderful Dmeaningful60Amistakes Bregrets Cchanges Dsecrets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，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATodays dad clocks more hours on childcare than his counterpart a generation ago. But he still lags behind (落后于 ) the modern-day mom, even when
23、her wages are equal, a new study reports. Researchers found that the number of hours a mother spent at work had no effect on the amount of time a father devoted to childcare during the week. Similarly, a mothers income had very little influence on fathers involvement in childcare. On weekends, howev
24、er, fathers spent more time with their children. Despite womens increasing role in the labor market, most mothers remain the primary caregivers of young children on weekdays.Researchers found that fathers spent an average of 2.5 hours on a weekday and about 6 hours on a weekend day with their childr
25、en. This included time spent playing together or doing schoolwork, personal care such as bathing and feeding. On weekdays, children spent one-6third less time with their fathers than with their mothers, but on weekends the time gap closed and kids spent only 13% more time with their mothers than wit
26、h their fathers. Children of women who made more money spent more time with their fathers on weekends, however. “The good news is that as women become equal contributing partners, the relative involvement of fathers does increase,” one researcher said. “The bad news is that men still do less on trad
27、itional womens jobs (taking care of) babies, dishes, etc.”In other findings, fathers with some college education spent 17 more minutes per weekday with their children than dads without any college education. Fathers who made more money spent less time with children on weekdays, but the amount of tim
28、e was fairly small. “Our findings suggest th at although mothers still shoulder most parenting, fathers involvement relative to that of mothers appears to be on the increase,” the researchers conclude. “A new father role is emerging on weekends in families.”61The underlined word “This” in the second
29、 paragraph refers to _. Athe study reported in the textBthe role a father plays in childcareCtime a father spends with his children on weekendsDtime a father spends with his children during the whole week62Which of the following explains a fathers increasing involvement in childcare?AWomens liberati
30、on movement. BThe kind of job women do.CThe kind of job fathers do. DA mothers income.63Which of the following best summarizes the main subject of the text?AFathers are more involved but mothers are still main caregivers.BChildren need care from both parents in a family.CEducation is the key to the
31、improvement of womens good health and happiness.DWomen have become equal contributing partners of income in a family.64Which of the words below best describes the researchers attitude towards a “new father” role?ASurprised. BPleased. CDisappointed. DDissatisfied.BAs thousands of overseas students do
32、 battle with the English language in schools across the UK, many face a struggle with a culture for which they are totally unprepared. Misunderstandings can occur, which, if not sorted out, can ruin a students trip.Much of this is a result of false thinking and expectations of British families and t
33、he way they live. Last summer in a college in Kent, Ali, a Middle East student in his forties wrote before his arrival to request a family willing to discuss the days news, no meat in his food and no alcohol. Then, after his second day in England, his host rang the college to say he wouldnt eat the
34、food shed cooked for him. In fact, he had bought some food and asked her to cook it for him.7The college solved the problem by Ali taking lunch and evening meals at the college, where he could try out the food by eating a little at a time, and only take breakfast with his host. And it worked! “They
35、later got on like a house on fire,” said Tony, one of his British classmates. “He had just not got on with the food.” EFL (English as a Foreign Language) communities can be tightly connected when a Japanese student was shot dead in the United States some years ago after mistakenly entering the wrong
36、 house in fancy dress on the way to a Halloween party, and did not understand the word “freeze!”, the US became a no-go area. After the event the Japanese stopped all their courses and the US was declared “unsafe”.So concerned has the UK EFL industry become to improve students understandings about t
37、he British culture that the British Council carried out research among foreign students to determine what they felt were the most important factors in their stay. They found that, although EFL courses were heavily praised, what concerned students was the quality of host families and welfare during t
38、heir stay.The result of their study helped to produce a Homestay Code of Practice. Since its launch (推出) earlier this year, some 20,000 certificates have been sent out to host families who have signed the Code. It has also been sent to 1,000 overseas travel agents. The aim is to make it serve as an
39、international quality assurance scheme (质量保证体系 ).65We learn from the text that the problems foreign students have during their stay in England are mostly caused by _.Atheir poor English levelBthe British way of cookingCtheir unfamiliarity with the British cultureDtheir misunderstanding of British fa
40、milies attitudes towards them66Ali didnt eat the food in the host family because _.Ahe didnt get on well with his hostBhe couldnt eat the meat servedChe didnt like t he way it was cookedDhe couldnt come back from school on time67When Tony said that “they later got on like a house on fire”, most prob
41、ably he meant _.AAli never touched the food his host cookedBAli and his host later became close friendsCAli often quarreled with his host familyDAli left the host family and moved to live elsewhere68The example of a Japanese stud ent is given in the text to show that _.AAmerica is a dangerous countr
42、yBAmericans are unfriendly to foreign studentsCJapanese students are inadequate in their EnglishDmisunderstandings can occur between foreign students and native speakers8CHow Much to TipYoure out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip: Why? The an
43、swer may not be as simple as you think.Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiters choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders
44、, to the bills total. Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.“Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These stud
45、ies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimics them.”So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, “Coming up!” Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences bac
46、k to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home. The results were clear it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the gene
47、rosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cab drivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau (达到稳定水平) when bills topped $100 and a bill for
48、$200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.“Thats also a point of tipping,” Green says. “You have to give a little extra to the cab driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they werent there, youd never get any service. S
