2014长沙县三中第三次模拟考试试题.doc

2014长沙县三中第三次模拟考试（英语）本试题卷分四个部分，共8页。时量l20分钟。满分150分。Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (22.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.You will hear each conversation TWICE.Conversation 11. What are the two speakers? A. Teachers B. Students C. Workers2. What can we learn about the woman?A. She gets up early in the morning.B. She wants a large flat.C. She studies at home sometimes.Conversation 23. Where does the woman prefer to shop usually? A. From famous companiesB. On the InternetC. In a shop4. What is the man worried about?A. The qualityB. The securityC. The facilitiesConversation 35. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Boss and clerkB. Wife and husbandC. Mother and son 6. How was the weather this time last year? A. very hotB. coolC. rainyConversation 47. What caused the accident?A. A black dogB. A black carC. A white car 8. When did the ambulance come?A. At about 8:30.B. At about 8:45. C. At about 9:009. What probably is the man? A. A policemanB. A passengerC. A driverConversation 510. Why did the woman leave her last job?A. She didnt like the jobB. She was firedC. She wants higher salary11. What can we learn about the woman?A. She has two childrenB. She prefers part-time jobC. She worked as a nurse for 6 months12. Whats the womans strength according to herself? A. honest and hard-workingB. rich and friendlyC. honest and friendlyConversation 613. When did the woman start to live here? A. last yearB. three years agoC. over three weeks ago14. How many kinds of drinks does the woman have?A. Five.B. Four C. Three15. How many guests have been invited for dinner? A. Six.B. Seven C. EightSection B (7.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.You will hear the short passage TWICE.A special programPeople involved: 16 teenagers and 50 adultsLasting: For 17How the program works1. Everyone works several hours each day2. During the 18 , some of the teenagers learn 19 or drawing, or choose their own way to kill time 3. The teenagers and the adults make the 20 together Part 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 D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Example: The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _ the desert. A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover The answer is A.21. BMW China will recall 232,098 vehicles from June 18, all of _ are due to engine problems.A. thatB. whichC. whomD. what22. He often makes mistakes. I dont think he is a foolish boy _.A. thoughB. stillC. evenD. therefore23. The flood last month in the east was a real disaster, _ 19 people dead and 78 missing.A. to leaveB. leftC. leavingD. having left24. Its said that the car you bought _ well even on wet roads.Yes! This kind of car is very popular. A. handledB. is handledC. was handledD. handles 25. Stage fright is _ educators call a “lack of confidence” among students.A. that B. what C. which D. whose26. Did you make it at last?Yes. But for your help, it _ a serious loss.A. would cause B. must have caused C. might cause D. would have caused27. What made Jane so excited?That she got the ticket to attend the program I Am a Singer. She _ forward to it for weeks.A. have been lookingB. had been looking C. looked D. had looked28. Bob, _ these brochures among the tourists before you leave, will you?A. having distributedB. to distributeC. distributeD. distributing29. It was really very kind of you to give me a lift home.Oh, dont mention it. I _ past your house anyway.A. was coming B. will comeC. had comeD. have come30. How is the man injured in the accident?The doctor said if _ in a proper way, he was likely to be saved.A. treatedB. treatingC. is treatedD. to be treated31. Beneath our feet _ that our lives depend on for food and clothing.A. the earth lies B. lay the earth C. lies the earth D. does the earth lie32. Of the three statements he has suggested _ the heating problem, I think the last one is the best.A. solvingB. solveC. to solvingD. to solve33. I am sorry I cant meet you at the station. I _ a meeting when your train arrives.A. am having B. have had C. will be having D. will have34. You should wear a shirt with long sleeves _ you get burnt in the sun.A. in case B. so that C. although D. because35.Tom, what did our monitor say just now?Each boy and each girl, together with teachers who _ to the hospital, _ required to meet at the school gate before 1:00 in the afternoon.A. is; isB. are; areC. is; areD. are; is Section B (18 marks)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.It was the end of my junior year, the weekend before a party. I was 36 around that night with some friends, and a bottle got passed around the car. Everyone was taking swigs (大口喝). Then the bottle got to me. I took a swig. That was the biggest 37 of my life I had to drive home later that night.About a mile from my house, a policeman turned his light bar on and I 38 and waited for him to come to my door. “Can I see your license and registration please, Miss?” He took them and went back to his car for a while. When he returned, he asked if I had 39 .“Yes sir.” I said. He asked me to step out of my car.All of a sudden I felt cold metal on my wrists. He 40 me right then and there. As I was sitting in the back seat of his car, all I could think was, “God, Im in so much 41 my parents are going to kill me.”The cop drove me to a town twenty minutes from my home. Being arrested was so 42 . The next week I got a lawyer and I went to court two months after that. I got $ 700 in fines, forty hours of community 43 and had to attend a MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) meeting. Ill be on probation (缓刑) for a year, and I have to 44 drivers education again. And I 45 my license for a whole year!This has been a huge learning experience for me. It opened my eyes to how easy it is to make a 46 decision. I want everyone reading this to know that its not right to drink and drive, and it 47 isnt worth losing your license.36. A. running B. driving C. riding D. walking37. A. problem B. mistake C. change D. challenge38. A. pulled over B. turned off C. took over D. pulled out39. A. eaten B. drunk C. practiced D. quarreled40. A. forgave B. scolded C. arrested D. fined41. A. mess B. trouble C. wonder D. confusion42. A. common B. different C. scary D. boring43. A. communication B. activity C. service D. survey44. A. bring B. give C. take D. make45. A. held B. got C. kept D. lost46. A. happy B. quick C. difficult D. stupid47. A. gradually B. necessarily C. possibly D. definitelySection C (12 marks)Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.In Britain, the policeman has several nicknames, but the most frequently used are “copper” and “bobby”. The first name comes from the verb “cop” meaning “to take” or “capture”, and the 48 comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, 49 19th century politician, who was the founder of the police force. An early nickname for the policeman was “peeler”, 50 this name has died out.Visitors to England are always deeply impressed by the English police. In fact, it has become a joke 51 visitors to Britain, when asked for the views of the country, will always say “I think your policemen are wonderful.”Well, the English bobby may 52 always be wonderful, but he is usually a very friendly and helpful character just 53 a song describes, “If you have any difficulty, turn 54 a policeman.” Nowadays, most people own watches but 55 still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policeman. In London, the policemen spend so much of their time directing visitors about city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else!Part Reading Comprehension (30 marks) Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.AIn the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it cant be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Cant you afford a pen?”My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This storywhich happened before I was bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.56. Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?A. To leave messages. B. To list her everyday tasks. C. To note down maths problems. D. To write down a flash of inspiration.57. What is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand?A. It has great value for the family.B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.D. It should be passed on to the next generation.58. The author feels embarrassed for _. A. blaming her mother wronglyB. giving her mother a lot of troubleC. not making good use of time as her mother didD. not making any breakthrough in her field59. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A .The mother is successful in her career.B. The family members like traveling.C. The author had little time to play when young.D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.60. In the authors mind, her mother is _.A. strange in behavior B. keen on her researchC. fond of collecting old things D. careless about her appearanceBThe parents of a troubled teen may feel unsure as to whom to turn to in order to find help for their child. They may feel as if they have exhausted all of their options, and sometimes they are on the verge(边缘) of giving up. But there is hope. Schools for troubled teens offer discipline and in some cases, drug treatment programs that can provide important life skills, and more importantly, a fresh start.The following is a list of the most effective types of schools for troubled teens. Not every facility is a match for every child, but by knowing the differences between them, parents can make a better educated decision about where to send their teenagers.Boarding SchoolsWhen a child is unable to deal with the relative freedom of a standard school day, boarding schools might be a good choice. At boarding schools, the child lives in a dorm setting, where almost every minute of the day is scheduled by school administrators.Treatment CentersWhen a teenager has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, a residential center that specializes in young people is an outstanding way to help them break the cycle of addiction. Treatment centers feature individual and group counseling to help identify the root causes of the drug problem and help develop the life skills needed to stay clean when the program is over.Wilderness ProgramsDesigned to help improve the discipline and self-reliance of the child, wilderness programs send kids back to nature. By placing them in a foreign and sometimes uncomfortable setting, wilderness programs hope to improve childrens behavior. Programs generally include hikes, exercise programs and team building exercises.Boot CampsBoot camps are the most extreme style of school for troubled teens. These facilities are modeled after actual military boot camps, where the individual must get into shape, work as part of a team, and follow a long, hard set of rules and regulations. However, boot camps might not be the best choice for a teen with a drug addiction.61. Who would be the intended readers of the passage?A. Teachers. B. Parents. C. Students. D. Experts.62. As the author suggests schools for troubled teens _.A. can completely change troubled teensB. care more about discipline than life skillsC. can be a good choice for some desperate parentsD. are becoming more and more popular with teens in trouble63. According to the passage, boarding schools _.A. provide children with more freedomB. pay much attention to team building exercisesC. can make children feel safer D. have their students time managed carefully 64. If a child lacks discipline and is dependent on his parents, he should be sent to attend _.A. Boarding SchoolsB. Treatment CentersC. Wilderness ProgramsD. Boot Camps65. Whats the purpose of this passage?A. To introduce schools for troubled teens.B. To remind parents to care for their children.C. To show some problems of troubled teens.D. To teach parents how to educate their children.CAirtight plastic bags can help farmers protect their harvests without the use of harmful chemicals. These bags are designed to keep air out of crops in storage. Using them is a simple way to fight insects and keep crops fresh.Ten countries in West and Central Africa are involved in a project to improve the storage of cowpeas, also known as black-eyed peas. Farmers can lose much of the harvest to insects called bruchids (豆象), which grow from egg to adult in a few weeks and then lay forty to sixty eggs. They can destroy the whole harvest within months.Farmers can sell their crops immediately. But selling at harvest time means more competition and lower prices. Or they can use pesticides (杀虫剂) to kill the bugs. But a crop scientist Dieudonne Baributsa says, “They end up misusing or overusing the pesticide. In Nigeria, they have reported a lot of cases of death. They usually call cowpeas killer beans in Nigeria.”Mr. Baributsa is a researcher at Purdue University in Indiana, America. The project is called PICSPurdue Improved Cowpea Storage. He says the storage bags are thick enough that any insects already in the cowpeas will die from a lack of oxygen. The lack of air will also help prevent the growth of bacteria that can ruin the harvest. The bags cost about two dollars each. Mr. Baributsa says that is not much, especially if it means farmers can wait long enough to get a better price for their crops. The bags are produced locally. Donors currently support the project, but the groups involved are working to build a lasting market for the bags because donation for the project will not last forever.A company based in the United States called GrainPro makes another kind of airtight bags. These are called Super Grain bags. Phil Villers, the company s president, says storing a harvest safely not only helps farmers earn more money, but also reduces the amount of the harvest loss to insects, spoilage and mishandling. “What does not get wasted and eaten means it is possible to feed a hungry world,” said Phil Villers.66. What is the best title for this passage?A. Simple bags save the har