1、湖南省2014届高三四校联考英 语 试 题时量：120分钟 分值：150分Part Listening Comprehension （30 marks）Section A （225 marks）Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakersFor each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and CListen
2、carefully and then choose the best answer for each questionYou will hear each conversation TWICEConversation 1lHow does the boy sound in the beginning?ADiscouraged BSatisfied CNervous2What does his mother suggest? AGoing to the English CornerBReading more booksCLearning morewordsConversation 23How l
3、ong is the trip to Los Angeles?AEight hours BEight and a half hours CNine hours4Where can theman get on the-bus? AAt Gate 10 BAt Gate 11, upstairs CAt Gate -l2,aownstairsConversation 35When did the woman go to the seaside for the last time?ALast June.BLast July CLast month.6Why will the woman not go
4、 to-the-seaside?ABecause, she will have no spare timeBBecause she has not earned enough money :CBecause her father will have no spare-timeConversation 47For what would the man stay in line for 5 hours?ATwo tickets for a concert BTwo tickets for a contestCOne ticket for an opera 8What does the woman
5、think about that opera? AIt is difficult to understandBIt has good singing CIt isnt as interesting as a Broadway musical 9What do the two speakers plan to do after they see the Seal concert?ATo have dinner BT6 see a concert CTo go to an operaConversation 510What happened to the man?AHe found his hou
6、se was broken intoBHe locked himself outCHe forgot to lock the front door11When were all the windows locked?AOn Saturday BOn Friday CEveryday12What is the woman most probably going to do? rATalk to others BLook around CAsk more questionsConversation 613When does the man usually get to the bus stop f
7、rom his house?AAt 7:20 BAt 6:40 CAt 7:0014What does the man often do after dinner firstly?AWatching TV or talking with his familyBPlaying and reading with his familyCWorking on his website15Which of the following is NOT true according to the conversation?AThe man often gets off work at about 5 o clo
8、ckBThe man often goes to bed after one or two at nightCThe man created his website in his officeSection B （75 marks）Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passageListen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heardFill in each blank with NO MORE THAN
9、THREE WORDSYou will hear the short passage TWICEPart II Language Knowledge （45 marks）Section A （15 marks）Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and DChoose the one that best completes the sentence21With the tourist trade booming, the resident
10、s of this area are paying more attention to the protection of nature, _, of course, is of great importanceAthat Bwhich Cwhat Dwhether22Have you found your lost eraser?Yes, alreadyIt was just under my nose, _ beside a leg of my deskAlying Bhaving lain Cto lie D; laying2 3The concert held at the City
11、Theater last night was really impressiveYes, _AI can t agree more BI agree too muchCI dont agree too much DI agree more24Some young people always take it for granted that only if we have enough money _ a happy lifeAwe can live Bwe will live Cdo we live Dcan we live25The football team as well as the
12、coach _ to the TV show to talk about their experiences during the past few yearsAhas been invited Bhas invitedChave been invited Dhave invited2 6Dont doubt the possibility we declared yesterday _ we will surely win the game in spite of all the difficultiesAthat Bwhich Cwhen Dwhether27I should have f
13、orgotten all about my mothers demand that I buy some fruits home for the evening, _Aif not reminding Bif not remindedCalthough reminded Dalthough not reminding2 8Dont you know that a group of teenagers from the USA are coming to visit our school?Yes_ past the headmaster office I happened _ him talki
14、ng about it with some other teachersAWalking; to hear BTo walk; to hearCWalked; hearing DHaving walked; having heard29To our surprise, _ much effort has been made, the cause of the accident has not been found out Abecause Balthough Cunless Dhow30Why havent you decided what present to buy for your mo
15、ms birthday?As you know, there are too many pretty things in the stores _, and its really hard to make a decisionAto be chosen from Bbeing chosen fromCchosen from Dto choose from31Will you come to the lecture beginning at 9 tomorrow morning?Sorry, but I _ some guests from our sister-city at that tim
16、eAwill meet Bam going to meetCwill be meeting Dam meeting32Mary can have lost some weight, but she _ too much because of her convenience of eating at the restaurant run by her parentsAhad eaten Beats Cwill eat Date33Susan speaks Chinese fluentlyThat is because she _ in China for more than 5 yearsAha
17、d lived Bis living Clived Dwill live34Where can I find Jim this time?You _go to the gymHe _ take some exercise this time every dayAcan; need Bmay? will Cmay; must Dcan; shall35I find it really confusing, for I _ much homework all these years but I just cant improve my Math a lotAhave done BdidCam do
18、ing Dhave been doingSection B （18 marks）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and DFill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the contextI break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dar
19、k chocolate inside, thinking of my own lifeBeing raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet experience, which gave me motivation and ambitionThere were several years that have left an extremely 36 taste in my mouth -my mother married a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away fro
20、m our hometownThe first few months were sweet; baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies togetherThen things 37 Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were replaced by days Emily and I spent isolated in our rooms under our stepfathers ordersMoreover, screaming 38 bet
21、ween him and our mother always interrupted our dinnersWe spent five years living in a family that had turned into a war zoneEmily and I almost grew_39_this situationThen one evening, after another argument had erupted, we left homeI was 14, my sister 11, and we were _40_, A friend of my mother let u
22、s stay with her _41_ focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to 42 successShe wanted me to lead a more comfortable life than hersShe worked long hours every night to pay her _43_ Meanwhile, she would find time to read and play with Emily and meMom taught me the 44 of per
23、severance and educationWe finally settled in TexasAnd now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close 45 , I realize my family and I are at the best points of our livesI havent let the 46 times stop me from making achievements, both academically and personallyI know that a bitter environment ca
24、n provide good learning 47 , and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all36Adelicious Binteresting Cdull Dbitter37Acontinued Bchanged Cdamaged Ddisappeared38Amatches BgamesCdebatesDlectures39Afamiliar with Bsimilar toCused toDinterested in40Ahomeless BluckyCeducated Dwealthy4
25、1ARather than BThanks toCInstead ofDMore than42Afight with Bstruggle forClong forDdream of43Ahouses BlifeCrent Dbills44A, price BcostCprocessDvalue45Aby hand BathandCon handDhand m hand46Atrying Bunbelievable CirreplaceableDenjoyable47Astories B, lessonsCexperiencesDskillsSection C （12 marks）Directi
26、ons: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the contextWedding days are often considered the most important days of many peoples livesFor this reason alone, throughout the past and into modern day, numerous customs and superstitions have developed about
27、the wedding event, 48 t hopes of creating The Perfect Day!A very common custom still honored today is in reference to 49 t time-old saying, A Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence inside your shoe So old is this saying 50 t tracing it back to its ori
28、gination is nearly impossible,Some contribute itto Victorian times, 51 t say it is even older than thatThe old- is believed to be the friends 52 t the family attending the weddingThe -new9 is represented by the couple themselves, as a new5 unionThe Borrowed is something 53 t thefamiiies that is to b
29、e returned, such as the bride -s wedding dress, or the veilSomething -blue is often interpreted to represent the brides virginity （童真）, 54 throughout time has come to represent the purityof a womanThe sixpence can be any form of money, hidden into the brides shoe, to bring wealth, both inmonetary me
30、ans and love, 55 t the unionPart III Reading Comprehension （30 marks）Directions: Read the following three passagesEach passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statementsFor each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and DChoose the one that fits best according to the informati
31、on given in the passageAScientists fear rising energy bills may lead to an increase in obesity （肥胖） after discovering a link between poorly-heated homes and higher body -fatResearchers from the University of Stirlings Behavioural Science Centre set: out- to explore claims that warm indoor temperatur
32、es have contributed to rising obesity levels in winterInstead, the team found that people who live in well-heated homes are more likely to have low body mass index （体重指数） levels while, those who keep their heating turned down or off tend to be heavierDr Michael Daly, behavioral scientist and senior
33、lecturer, said: We set out to investigate the scientific claims that cooler indoor temperatures help us maintain a healthy weight by pushing our bodies to use up more energyIn fact,: the research suggests people may eat less and burn more energy when in a warmer indoor environmentThe 13-year study,
34、published in the journal Obesity, involved more than 100,000 adults across EnglandResearchers found reduced weight levels among people living in homes heated to above 23C （73F）, which involved about 15,000 of the households studiedDr Daly said: As national gas bills continue to rise faster than the
35、rate of inflation, this research suggests the obesity could worsen where heating is turned down below comfortable levels or off for long periods to cut costsThis is not just about people who live in well-heated homes being in the financial position to afford more expensive low-calorie foods, exercis
36、e classes and sporting activities, and therefore finding it easier to maintain a low BMI levelThe study took age, sex, social class and other factors into accountThe comfortable temperature of 20C -23C is where we feel comfortable in our clothes and are neither hot nor coldAt temperatures above this
37、, we use more energy and we eat less because our appetite is affected56Scientists are worried about the rising energy bills because _Amany fat people are poorBwell-heated rooms cost more moneyCthe poor will have to pay more moneyDpoorly-heated rooms cost more57The findings of the research can be des
38、cribed as _Ahorrible Bsurprising Cfunny Dencouraging58According to the passage, with rising gas bills, people may turn down or off their heating toAstay in shape Bmaintain a low BMI levelCsave money Davoid eating more59What can we learn from the passage?ACooler indoor temperatures help us maintain a
39、 healthy weightBPeople in well-heated homes exercise moreCWeight levels increase among people living in homes heated to above 23C DTemperatures above 20lC 23C affect our appetite60Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AObesity links to poorly-heated homesBWell-heated homes con
40、tribute to obesityCObesity A weighty problem in EnglandDRising energy bills help maintain a healthy weightBIf you can see the magic in a fairytale （童话）, you can face the future” - Danielle Steel Who have not read fairytales? We all have had the experience of taking great delight in the beauty and in
41、nocence of fairytalesMay it be Cinderella or Sleeping Beautyfairytale is a word which cannot be new to usBut haveyou ever travelled ages back to the earliest of times and uncovered the fascinating facts about these stories?The history of the -fairytale is particularly difficult to trackThe oral trad
42、ition of the fairytale came long before the written pageThe oldest known fairytales date back to ancient: Egypt around 100 BC, and now, after travelling through various periods of time, they have grown and matured in various aspects and have become the most popular forms of stories for young childre
43、n characters and themes of fairytales are simple, and similar, Princesses and goose girls, youngest sons and orave princes, wicked, stepmothers, fairy godmothers, talking animals, glass mountains, witches, castles and the likeThe tale goes into an unreal world and in this never-never land our heroes
44、 kill the enemy, succeed to kingdoms and marry the ever beautiful princessesWH Auden said, The way to read a fairytale is to throw yourself in It is very true indeed or you will not be able to feel the ecstasy of reading a fairytaleSo whenever you read a fairytale, imagine you arethe hero/heroine an
45、d you will be carried to a mysterious land where everything will be as you Every child believes in fairies（仙女）, dragons, etcYet, as we grow up we fail to believe in these fantasy-based charactersFairytales are told to children when they are youngThis is very essential indeed, for if in the beginning
46、 of our lives, our minds are touched by the beauty, innocence and the morals in these tales, we will be able to obtain the optimistic side of happeningsIn life, sometimes, believing in such mystics can lead to supreme happinessWell, I dont know about you, but I do believe in fairies and who knows I
47、may someday meet one because, after all, believing is just the beginning! And as J.M. Barries said, “When you say I dont believe in fairies, a fairy somewhere drops dead.” And I wouldnt want anyone dead on my account, would you?61In Paragraph I, thewriter mentioned Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty to
48、_Atell the beauty and innocence of thefairytalesBpresent us the fascinating facts behind themCshow us that fairytales are something we are familiar withDdescribe his feeling towards fairytales62What does this never-never land in Paragraph 3 refer to?AThe unreal worldBThe ancient EgyptCThe kingdomsDT
49、he grassland, the castle and the like63The underlined word ecstasy in Paragraph 3 probably means _AmysteryBinnocenceCdelightD the optimistic side64Why is it important to tell the fairytales to the children when young?ABecause they can gain supreme happinessBecause it is easier for the children to th
50、row themselves in the roteCBecause they tend to have wild imaginationDBecause when they see the magic in the tales in the beginning, they can face the future65How do you understand the sentence in the last paragraph When you say I dont believe in fairies, a fairy somewhere drops dead.” ?AIf you don7
51、! believe in the tales, the fairy will be really sadBWe need the beauty, innocence, and moral of the fairytales to stay optimisticCIf nobody believes in us, we will be heartbrokenDThe writer is just trying to be humorous by saying thisCWhen you hear about a man saving his dog from a sinking ship, it
52、s hard not to be moved by the tale of an animal lovers braveryBut the story becomes slightly less heroic when you learn that the man saved his dog before his own wifeBut thats apparently what happened when Graham Annie and his wife, Cheryl, found their Yacht（游艇） sinking after it hit a rock, while on
53、 a voyage from East London to Madagascar National Sea Rescue Institute North London station commander Geoff McGregor said all three were wearing life jacketsThe 9-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Rosie was wearing a tailored life jacket equipped with a lightAs the incident happened Graham sent a
54、radio distress call for help and activated the EPIRB （a GPS beacon） but they were immediately forced to abandon ship, McGregor said in an interview, He first swam Rosie to the shore safely before returning for his wife, whose safety line had caught on the steering gear McGregor addedThe couple and t
55、heir dog all made it out free of injuryGraham, a long-time volunteer with the National Sea Rescue Institute, said, it was humbling to have the shoe on the other foot and need to be rescued Some details have yet to come outSo, its likely that Cheryl was in a position of relative safety and Rosie migh
56、t have been in a more dangerous position had she been left on the boat The couple did not want to speak with the media about their rescueSo, for now, its left to readers to find out Grahams priorities during their troubled time66Which of the following can best describe the writers attitude （in Parag
57、raph 1） towards the incident?AShocked BCurious CIronic （讽刺的） DHeart-broken67What can we learn from the passage?AGraham was very wise to save the dog firstBGraham was not experienced in rescue workCJack Russell terrier is a kind of dogDGraham loves his dog better than his wife68Graham saved his dog f
58、irst possibly because_Athe boat was sinkingBhis wife had a life jacketChe knew his wife could swimDthe dog might be in a more dangerous situation69What does Graham s priorities refer to?AGrahams decision to save the dog firstBWhy the couple didnt wantto speak with the mediaCThe cause of the incident
59、DWhy Graham was so brave at that moment70Whats the purpose of this passage?ATo warn people of the danger of a voyageBTo find out a mans inner worldCTo tell us about a mans choice in a boat-sinking incidentDTo present the love between a man and his dogPart IV Writing （45 marks）Section A （10 marks）Dir
60、ections: Read the following passageFill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passageWrite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answerWrite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer,The difference between being successful and being unsuccessful isnt how much stress you affer from, but
61、 how you deal with itHere are four scientifically-proven strategies for defeating tress whenever it strikesHave self-compassion （自我同情）It means being willing to look at your mistakes or failures with kindness and understanding-that is, without harsh criticismA dose of self-compassion when things are
62、at their most difficult can reduce your stress and improve your performanceSo remember that to err（犯错） is human, and give yourself a breakRely on routinesEvery time you make a decision you create a state of mental tension that is, in fact, stressfulThe solution is to reduce the number of decisions y
63、ou need to make by having routinesIf theres some daily work, do it at the same time every daySimple routines can dramatically reduce your stressTake five or ten minutes to do something you find interestingIt doesnt matter what it is, so long as it interests youRecent research shows that interest not
64、 only keeps you going, but it also gives you energyKeep two very important points in mindFirst, an interesting thing is not the same thing as something pleasant or relaxingSecondly, doing something interesting does not have to mean that its effortlessIt helps even when the interesting task is diffic
65、ult and requires effortSee your work in terms of progress, not perfectionIt means we approach the goals we pursue with the Get-Better mindsetA Get-Better mindset leads to self-comparison and a concern with making progress how well are you doing today, compared with how you did yesterday, last month,
66、 or last year? When you think about what you are doing in terms of learning and improving, you experience far less stress, and you stay motivated despite all the setbacksSECTION BDirections: Read the following passageAnswer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the requ
67、ired words limitWrite your answers on your answer sheetFounded in March 2005 by Catherine and David Cook, Myyearbook. corn has taken the social networking world by storm. Its. a. feat that is all the more remarkable when you consider its two creators are only 18 and 19, respectively.Three years ago,
68、 Catherine and David were looking through their school yearbook-the annual book of photos and memories that is a feature of most American high schools-when they came across a picture of a girl they both knew. This looks nothing like her, said David. Catherine agreed. Wouldnt it, they wondered, be mu
69、ch better to do the yearbook online, and let people post their own photos?They were .lucky. Their older brother, Geoff, was already an estabiisned Internet entrepreneur. When his brother and sister mentioned their idea for an online yearbook, he immediately saw its potential to be as big as Facebook
70、 for high school. Geoff offered US $250,000 to get the yearbook project off the ground, finding a web server to host it and a programming team. in Mumbai, India, to turn it into a website for less than US $ 25,000. It came complete with photo-sharing features and a place for students to outline thei
71、r extra-curricular.In April 2005, the pair began their campaign to get attention by wearing T-shirts to school emblazoned (装饰) with the slogan, Are you the prettiest girl in your high school? How about the dumbest? Find out at Myyearbook. corn. Within a week, 200 of their classmates had signed up, U
72、sers were offered a free T-shirt for every five people they recruited (吸收新成员) -and within nine months- 950.000 teenagers across America had flocked to the website.This generated interest among companies such as Paramount Films, who began paying up to US $ 500,000 to advertise on the website from Jul
73、y 2007. Suddenly, Myyearbook. corn was bringing inserious income.81What is new about Catherine and Davids idea for a yearbook? (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)82. What did the pair do to promote tneir website? (No more than 8 words) (2 marks)83. How did Catherine and David make the website come int
74、o being? (No more than 10 words)(3 marks)84. Where did their income mainly come from? (No more than 8 words) (3 marks)Section C (25 marks)Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below某英语杂志社正在举行征稿活动，主题为“梦想点亮人生(Dreams Lighten Life)”，请你用英语写一篇小短文，向该杂志社投稿。 要点如下：1你的梦想是什么； 2阐述拥有梦想如何点亮人生，使你的生活变得不同；3你认为实现梦想需要什么。注意：1词数不少于120个；2不能使用个人真实姓名和学校名称。
