1、广东省百所高中2014届高三联合考试英语试卷2013.11工语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A,B,C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was5outside.“Im sorry, Tripper,.” Isaid, sad to see his 6eyes. The wind is not blowing today. The kite wont fly.” The710-year-old replied,“
2、I think its windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he an-swered as he ran out to the back door 8 Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite 9to a small length of string. Heran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back10atthe kite behind. After about ten minutes
3、of unsuccessful determination, he came back in. I asked, How did it go? Fine，”he said, not wanting to admit 11“I got it to fly some” As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under hisbreath, I guess Ill have to wait for the12” At that moment I heard another Voice
4、speak to my 13. Alice, sometimes you arejust like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the Wind.， And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to 14what we wantto do. We wait for the Wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted（耗尽）our own15 We must
5、 learn how to rely on Him in the first place!【小题1】A. live B. study C. stay D. lie【小题2】A. playing B. resting C. challenging D. arguing【小题3】A. casually B. enthusiastically C. stubbornly D. deliberately【小题4】A. decorate B. drop C. hang D. fly【小题5】A. hot B. still C. noisy D. fine【小题6】A. bright B. disappo
6、inted C. dull D. satisfied【小题7】A. clever B. talented C. determined D. fearless【小题8】A. hurriedly B. curiously C. suddenly D. unwillingly【小题9】A. adapted B. added C. attached D. devoted【小题10】A. angrily B, nervously C. doubtfully D. hopefully【小题11】A. win B. defeat C. mistake D. luck【小题12】A. wind B. orde
7、r C. news D. sunshine【小题13】A. heart B. memory C. dream D. world【小题14】A. imagine B. decide C. apply D. accomplish【小题15】 A. courage B. patience C. strength D. knowledge【小题14】D【小题15】C【解析】试题分析：文章介绍作者的侄子在没有风的时候孩子努力的放风筝，失败后，意识到自己应该等待风的到来，由此引发感想，我们往往会按照自己的意愿行事，而不管条件是否允许。【小题1】考查动词：A. live生活，B. study学习，C. st
8、ay保持，D. lie撒谎，我说服他呆在家里和他玩游戏，选C【小题2】考查动词：A. playing玩，B. resting休息，C. challenging挑战，D. arguing争论，从前面的句子：I persuaded him to1inside and joined him in a game.可知是玩了一个小时，选A【小题3】考查副词：A. casually随意地，B. enthusiastically热情地，C. stubbornly固执地，D. deliberately故意的，从后面的句子：I found akite. Could we go outside and 4it?可
9、知作者的侄子是热情的说。选B【小题4】考查动词：A. decorate装饰，B. drop滴落，C. hang悬挂，D. fly飞行，放飞，因为看见的是风筝，所以是出去放风筝，选D【小题5】考查形容词：A. hot 热的，B. still不动的，C. noisy嘈杂的，D. fine好的，从后面的The wind is not blowing today. The kite wont fly.”可知外面没有风，是平静的，选B【小题6】考查形容词：A. bright明亮的，B. disappointed失望的，C. dull枯燥的，D. satisfied满意的，不能放风筝侄子一定是失望的，选B
10、【小题7】考查形容词：A. clever聪明的，B. talented有才能的，C. determined有决心的，D. fearless无畏的，从后面的“I think its windy enough. I can get it to fly,”可知侄子很有决心，选C第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为16-25的相应位置上。 Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the
11、United States of America.Were not exactly sure 16 we were doing it. Part of it was to test ourselves; to see if wecould face the challenges. When I was 17 teenager I often daydreamed that I was going towalk across the United States 18I graduated from high school. 19，I didnt do that.Before I knew it
12、I was in my thirties, married, 20 (have) a job, yet still had this idea inmy mind with each201(pass) year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity had pas-sed. Then, a few years ago，I met Tony,22 was in his thirties and quit his job as a civilengineer in New York City to walk across the United St
13、ates. He wasnt doing it for a cause23 as part of an organization. He was doing it24（simple) because he loved to walkand discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20miles a day and taking some days off to rest, so we expected the walk to. take about 6 monthsre
14、alizing it could take25（long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would havebeen about 3，100 miles.n阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节阅读理解（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A,B,C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 A She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors. A 17-year old student who spent much of high school living a
15、round homeless shelters-and sometimes sleeping in her car-today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at CharlesDrew High School in Clayton County, Ga.，just outside of Atlanta. Chelsea Fearce, who held a 4.466 GPA and scored 1，900 on her SATs despite having touse her cellphone to study after th
16、e shelter lights were turned off at night. I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless. My family slept on cushions on thefloor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food andclean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her g
17、raduationceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. I just toldmyself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore,， she told WSBTV. Fearce，one of five children, grew up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to livein, but at other time
18、s had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one.Youre worried about your home life and then worried at school. Worry about being a littlehungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes. You just have to deal with it, You eat what youcan, when you can.” To our surprise, Fearce o
19、vercame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be ad-mitted into college halfway through her high school career. She starts college next year atSpelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-med（医学预科），Dont give up. Do what you have to do right now so that you can ha
20、ve the future that youwant,”Fearce said.【小题1】Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. So Many Homeless Students in America B. How Does a Homeless Student Live in Society? C. The Hardship of Fearce and Her Family in America D. Homeless Teen Graduates as a Speaker of High School Cla
21、ss【小题2】How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights? A. By the car light. B. By her cellphone. C. By lights out of shelters. D. By moonlight. D. Fearce gave a speech at a ceremony of Spelman College【小题5】What can we learn from Fearces experience? A. Knowledge can change your fate. B.
22、Dont give up, and tomorrow will be better. C. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. D. He that will not work shall not eat.【答案】【小题1】D【小题2】B【小题3】A【小题4】C【小题5】B【解析】好，选B考点：考查故事类短文 B Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic viewsof themselves and their
23、 situations. Self-confident people trust their own abilities, have a gen-eral sense of control in their lives, and believe that，within reason, they will be able to dowhat they wish., plan., and expect. Having self-confidence does not mean that individuals willbe able to do everything. Self-confident
24、 people have expectations that are realistic. Even whensome of their expectations are not met，they continue to be positive and to accept themselves. People who are not self-confident depend too much on the approval of others in order tofeel good about themselves. They tend to avoid taking risks beca
25、use they fear failure. Theygenerally do not expect to be successful. They often put themselves down and tend to ignorecompliments（赞美）paid to them By contrast，self-confident people are willing to risk thedisapproval of others because they generally trust their own abilities. They tend to acceptthemse
26、lves；they dont feel they have to conform in order to be accepted. Many factors affect the development of self-confidence. Parents attitudes are crucial tochildrens feelings about themselves，particularly in childrens early years. When parents pro-vide acceptance, children receive a solid foundation f
27、or good feelings about themselves. If oneor both parents are much to critical or demanding, or if they are overprotective and discouragechildrens moves toward independence, children may come to believe they are unqualified orinadequate.【小题1】Paragraph 1 mainly talks about_ A. the sources of self-conf
28、idence B. the benefits of self-confidence C. the development of self-confidence D. the lack of self-confidence【小题2】In Paragraph 2，the underlined word conform probably means“_” A. refuse B. separate C. permit D. obey【小题3】According to the passage, self-confident people tend to_ A. be practical B. cont
29、rol others C. avoid risks D. depend on others【小题4】Which of the following can we learn about self-confidence according to the passage? A. Self-confidence is usually the symbol of special abilities. B. Parents protection prevents childrens self-confidence development. C. Parents and friends matter in
30、building ones self-confidence. D. College students are the least self-confident group in society.【小题5】What might the author most probably continue to talk about in the following passage? A. How we can become more acceptable. B. Lack of self-confident has many side effects. C. What self-confident chi
31、ldren usually get from parents.D. What one should avoid in building self-confidence. C In the Netherlands，cycling isnt seen as eccrfriendly exercise; its part of everyday life,as its peoples top choice to school and work. There are more bicycles than residents in theNetherlands. In cities like Amste
32、rdam and The Hague, up to 70 percent of all journeys aremade by bike. So how did cycling become such a popular means of transportation in the European coun-try? In the 1970s, the Dutch government began to improve its cycling infrastructure（基础设施）due to both a social movement demanding safer cycling c
33、ondition for children and the oilcrisis in the Middle East, when oil producing countries stopped their exports to Western Eu-rope. To make cycling safer and more appealing, the Dutch have built the widest cycling net-work in the world. The country has over 40，000 kilometers of bicycle lanes and path
34、s，whichare clearly marked. They have smooth surfaces，separate signs and lights for those on twowheels. The lanes are wide enough to allow side-by-side cycling and passing. In many cities the bike lanes are completely segregated（隔离的）from motorized traffic.And in many traffic situations cyclists are g
35、iven priority（优先权）over drivers. Sometimes，where space is limited and both must share, you can see signs showing an image of a cyclistwith a car behind accompanied by the words Bike Street：Cars are guests. As young people arent allowed to drive alone until they are 18，cycling offers Dutch teen-agers
36、an alternative form of freedom. The government also makes cycling training lessons acompulsory part of the Dutch school curriculum（课程） Bike parking facilities are ubiquitous in the country. Cyclists are accommodated in the waymotorists are elsewhere. Take Groningen, a city in the northeastern part o
37、f the Netherlands，for example. The citys central train station has underground parking for 10，000 bikes.【小题4】 The underlined word ubiquitous in the last paragraph means“， A. high quality B. unique C. very common D. special【小题5】What does the Dutch government do about teenagers cycling? A. It makes cy
38、cling covered by school education. B. It encourages teenagers to cycle alone. C. It will watch over teenagers who ride bikes. D. It suggests teenagers cycling before driving.【答案】【小题1】B【小题2】D【小题3】D【小题4】C【小题5】A D Retail therapy（购物疗法）has long been considered as a good way to let off stress. Now,US scie
39、ntists have discovered not only does retail therapy exist，but that it could be caused byan individuals fear of sudden death. Researchers found materialistic people thought terrorism and war more stressful than oth-ers. Psychologists believe the rise of materialism around the world and its treatment
40、effect onextreme stress might be a response to fear of death caused by acts of terrorism, disease andnatural disasters. The scientists from Michigan State University said people with possession obsessions（妄想）often have lower self-esteem than others so are more likely to shop as the result of severep
41、sychological suffering. Ayalla Ruvio，a business professor studying peoples shopping habits while rockets fell inIsrael, said, When the going gets tough, the materialistic people go shopping. This stressspending is likely to produce even greater stress and lower well-being. Essentially, material-ism
42、appears to make bad events even worse.， Dr Ruvio led a two-part study of Israeli citizens living in a town that came under extremerocket attacks for about six months in 2007. She compared 139 residents of the southern townwith 170 from another town that was not under attack to see how their symptoms
43、 of post-trau-matic stress and shopping habits varied. Dr Ruvio found that, when faced with a deadlythreat, those who are highly materialistic suffered much higher levels of stress，while theirtendency to shop was increased. Dr Ruvio said, The relationship between materialism and stress may be more h
44、armfulthan commonly thought.” The second stage of their research surveyed 855 Americans about their materialistic na-ture and fear of death. They found shopping was used to relieve feelings of stress and anxietyabout death but this was in response to fear of a variety of life-threatening events like
45、 car acci-dents, criminal attacks and natural disasters.【小题1】Which of the following opinion is NOT right according to the text? A. Terrorism is believed to easily cause the rise of materialism. B. The materialistic find terrorism and war more stressful than others. C. The scientists think possession
46、 obsessions help people get self-respect.D. The scientists think people with possession obsessions suffer a lot mentally.【小题2】Why did Dr Ruvio choose to study the two groups of Israeli citizens mentioned in the pas- sage? A. They enjoy the special shopping culture. B. The stresses they face are usua
47、lly deadly. C. They are in different situation in terms of war. D. They are usually active participants for researchers. D. Can shopping reduce the stress and relieve the fear of death?【答案】【小题1】C【小题2】C【小题3】B【小题4】B【小题5】D 【解析】第二节信息匹配（共5小题海小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先请阅读下列某旅游胜地的宾馆为游客提供的住房信息： 以
48、下是一些游客对宾馆的评论。请将所给的评论和宾馆信息匹配起来。【小题1】 I would recommend all tourists choose the hotel. Its owner Miss Scarlet herself couldnt be more pleased with this southern beauty. I am so grateful for the convenience it offered to my husband who has to use a wheelchair. The professionally decorated living area,
49、the personal touches are all unforgettable.【小题2】You will feel as though youre on top of the world in your very own Outer Banks tree house this year！What .disappointed me most is that pets are not allowed to bring in there. But it is only 150 feet from beach access and just 500 feet from the beach!【小
50、题3】 This home has a fantastic location just 1 lot away from the easy-to-navigate beach, and is a short walk away from the fishing dock, shops，movie rentals and restaurants. We couple are in our seventies and we are breathing the charming sunshine. You will love the ocean and beach views from multipl
51、e furnished decks.【小题4】 I will miss the charming hotel forever. Youll catch an abundance of outstanding comfort in the charming town. Take your lovely dog and walk in the forests. Also you can enjoy the happiness the modern technology brings you on the Internet.【小题5】The beautiful place made me feel
52、right at home. The large well-equipped kitchen and char- coal and gas grills gaveplenty of choices for cooking. I cant stop smoking even when I am on vacation. And I show no interest in surfing on the Internet But I really had a great time in. here.皿写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）你接受了一项写作任务，要为英语校报写
53、一篇人物介绍。写作内容 请根据以下信息，介绍一位人物 写作要求 只能用5个句子表达全部内容。 评分标准 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯 第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分） 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇I5。词左右的英语短文 Chinese students will start their rwo-mnnth summer vacation. But Chinese parents have already decided how their children will spend the summer Generally speaking, there are basical
54、ly two ways for Chinese students to pass their sum- met vacation: one, relax at home or go to join some summer camps; two., sign up for classes, such as Olympic math, English, and musical instruments. A few lucky children do get to.en- joy the whole summer without spending time in a classroom. Yuan
55、Weiwei, for example, has made a point of not enrolling her twelve-yesrold son, Li Zhuoqi, in any summer lessons. This summer vacation is just for fun,”she said. I think most parents feel they In- to prt-pare their children so early. I dont blame them but I think the best thing is to find as much non
56、-working time for the children as possible.However, Zhu Baocheng, 14 years old, isnt so lucky., whose parents plan to enroll him on a worse of English and writing. training program Should Chinese parents let their children play and get closer to nature, or have more clas-sea so that they wont fall behind? Perhaps everyone has an answer in ones own heart. 写作内容 1.以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。 2.以约120个词对父母如何让孩子过暑假进行讨论，内容包括： (1)你对孩子目前过暑假的看法； (2)你打算怎样利用暑假 写作要求 1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得首妾引用 原文中的句子 2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称 写作标准 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯
