湖北省八校2014届高三第一次联考英语试卷.doc

鄂南高中 华师一附中 黄冈中学 黄石二中荆州中学 襄阳四中 襄阳五中 孝感高中湖北省 八校2014届高三第一次联考英 语 试 题命题学校：黄石二中 命题人：高三英语组 审题人：考试时间：2013年12月14日下午 15001700 试卷满分150分 考试用时120分钟第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（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。21. The lead singer was ill and couldnt sing that night, and her _ didnt perform well, which made the audience disappointed. A. attitude B.substitute C. institute D. altitude22. Unlike a stage actor, a film actor must be able to perform small scenes out of _ and often days apart in time.A. complimentB. strategyC. interruptionD. sequence 23. Cartoons should _ social morality and family values and avoid violent scenes, including those that children could easily imitate.A. demonstrateB. advocateC. approveD. resolve 24. The government has been under growing pressure to _ the causes of air pollution as smog frequently smothers the countrys large cities.A. releaseB. scheduleC. addressD. maintain 25. China has been considering raising the retirement age since 2008 to _ its shrinking workforce and aging society.A. set offB. put offC. bring aboutD. cope with 26. Emails are efficient and convenient, but the best way to _ a message is still to talk it out in person.A. attend toB. break through C. result fromD. get across27. As we all know, independence is very _ for youngsters because sooner or later they will leave their families and live alone. A. essential B. accurate C. flexible D. temporary28. Chinas goal of 7.5 percent GDP growth this year, though moderate in comparison with previous rates, is not cause for concern since it could still generate _ volume wealth.A. relativeB. punctualC. considerableD. tentative 29. One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than _ grown foods.A. apparently B. contradictorily C. conventionally D. punctually 30. A series of ancient Chinese coins are _ in an exhibition held in Nanjing, where a variety of ancient currencies were unveiled. A. in placeB. on displayC. at lengthD. on purpose 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。When it is Toms turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesnt have to bend to cut the boys hair. “Hey, young man, youre 31 , you wont need this soon, youll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the 32 !”“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start 33 me more for your hair then.”In the 34 Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he 35 glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n) 36 of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.Tom feels like he is in another world, 37 except for the sound of the barbers shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the 38 of his scissors. In the 39 from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the 40 of the scissors click.Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair 41 softly as snow and he 42 sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special 43 left leaning against the wall in the corner. When Mr. Smith has 44 , Tom hops down from the seat. 45 , he sees his own thick, 46 hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and 47 the broken blonde hair, to 48 them from the others, but he does not have time.They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, lets get some fish and chips to take home, 49 your mum from cooking tea,” says Toms dad.Tom is excited and catches his dads hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his fathers palm, a handful of his own 50 .31. A. building up B. sending upC. bringing up D. shooting up 32. A. deskB. board C. couchD. sofa 33. A. payingB. blamingC. chargingD. accusing 34. A. mirrorB. book C. shelf D. catalogue 35. A. stealsB. discoversC. returnsD. transforms 36. A. lack B. memoryC. mixtureD. expression 37. A. helplessB. noiselessC. fearlessD. thoughtless 38. A. controlB. directionC. effect D. click 39. A. immigrationB. oppositionC. reflectionD. assumption 40. A. rhymeB. trail C. patternD. sound 41. A. falls B. coversC. meltsD. explodes 42. A. considersB. succeeds C. approvesD. imagines 43. A. packageB. benchC. scissorsD. carpet44. A. treatedB. compromised C. finishedD. entertained 45. A. Looking intoB. Looking forwardC. Looking upD. Looking down 46. A. blondeB. redC. blackD. white47. A. send forB. find outC. gather upD. show off 48. A. punishB. separateC. deliverD. confirm49. A. persuadeB. saveC. excuse D. relax 50. A. moneyB. tip C. fishD. hair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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night ? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.The newly formed Wild Network a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and into fields, woods and parks.Organizers say it is the UKs biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general wellbeing.A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit.Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said: The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation.Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers（板栗）, camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Dont You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to switch off your TV set, and go do something less boring instead.51. What is the main purpose of the campaign in UK?A. To save 30 minutes for watching TV programme each day.B. To encourage children to play outdoors.C. To see the documentary film, Project Wild Thing.D. To teach students how to learn more efficiently in schools.52. According to the organizers of Wild Network, there will be many advantages from the campaign except _.A. improving health conditionsB. keeping touch with natureC. learning more about wildlifeD. teaching children how to make full use of their spare time53. The underlined part “ to get children muddy and bright-eyed ” means “_ ”.A. to make children covered with mudB. to urge politicians to do more things for childrenC. to encourage children to take part in outdoors activitiesD. to help children identify common species54. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A. A new campaign.B. Less screen, more play outdoors.C. A newly formed Wild Network. D. Children get to know wild things.B Many years ago in a small German town, a Jewish businessman had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the businessmans beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble from the bag. If she picked the black pebble, she would become the moneylenders wife and he would forgo her fathers debt. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her fathers debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.They were standing on a pebble-strewn path. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. The sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. No doubt she was caught in a dilemma.What would you have done if you were the girl? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities: 1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.2. The girl should know that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral (横向的)and logical thinking. Read onThe girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn pathwhere it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. “Oh, how clumsy of me!” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.” Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.55. The underlined word “forgo” in paragraph 2 may mean _.A. pay offB. run outC. take over D. give up56. Which of the following indicates lateral thinking?A. The girl refused to take a pebble and fled at once.B. The girl exposed the cheat and found another way.C. The girl picked one pebbles and made it disappear.D. The girl picked a black pebble and accepted the result.57. It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. The girl dropped the pebble onto the path on purposeB. The girl dropped the pebble onto the path by accidentC. The girl didnt know there were two black pebbles in the bagD. The girl replaced a black pebble in the bag58. What lesson can we learn from the story? A. Keeping calm when facing a difficult situation.B. Thinking about a complicated problem in another way.C. Thinking twice before making a final choice.D. Coming up with a clever answer is easy.CPublic caught up in argument over safety of genetically modified or simply GM products, report Zhang Lei and Zhong Nan inBeijing.More than 300 people gathered to enjoy a bowl of porridge made from genetically modified food on Saturday, an attempt to quell public fears about the safety of the product.The first China Golden Rice Tasting Event was held at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei province, sparking another round in the nationwide debate about the safety of GM crops, often called Frankenfood by opponents.Similar events have been held in more than 28 cities since May, the university said.Both the pro and anti camps have posted conflicting comments on the Internet, with each providing evidence to back up their beliefs, but the exchanges are becoming increasingly bitter.Jiang Tao, a senior engineer at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is in favor of GM foods, was annoyed about what he called amateurs spreading rumors.Just look at the people who are opposed to GM foods; can you find anyone from a related field in the scientific community? he asked. Jiang also accused the anti-GM lobby of repeatedly using outdated or inaccurate data to support an incorrect stance.Chen Yunfa, an independent researcher into the Yangtze River Delta economy, recently wrote a commentary on the Internet news portal Eastday in which he criticized the actions of the 61 scientists, saying they had gone beyond their proper duty. He suggested that large multinational corporations might be behind the letter and similar incidents, prompted by a desire to freeze Chinas patent hybrid rice technology out of the market.To support his contentions, Chen said that GM rice, first produced by scientists in the US, still hasnt gained official approval from the US government. However, the US authorities have actually granted licenses to six varieties of GM rice. The commercial planting of two varieties - anti-herbicide (BAR) transgenic rice LL RICE 06 and LL RICE 62 - produced by the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis, was approved in 1999 and a license for cultivation for edible use was granted in 2000.The public outcry for GM labeling and boycotting has hindered the advancement of the technology. Concern about GM foods has been fueled by studies like the one published by French professor Gilles-Eric Sralini in September 2012. Sralini claimed that his research involving rats proved that the GM corn fed to them caused tumor growth. Furthermore, there is growing concern that the pesticides(杀虫剂) used on GMOs（转基因作物）are contributing to the decline of the worlds honey bee population, leading to honey bee deaths by infecting the brains of the insects with toxins. Therefore, some experts recommend the labeling of non-GM foods so that consumers can make that decision without a regulatory burden being placed on GMOs.However, we should be cautious about anything that may risk humans life. Only time will tell.59. Why did more than 300 people enjoy porridge made from genetically modified food? A. To show evidence that GM products are dangerous.B. To support that the first China Golden Rice Tasting is safe.C. To rid public of fears and worries about the safety of GM foods. D. To draw publics attention to nationwide planting of GM products.60. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Those who are for GM products and those who are against keep arguing fiercely by holding conferences.B. People are failing to show evidence to support their pros and cons, although they hold a firm belief of their own.C. Some people think those against GM foods have a good knowledge of GM technology and are spreading rumors.D. GM food may be just a way for some multinational corporations to drive Chinas patent hybrid rice out of the market. 61. What can we infer from the second paragraph from bottom?A. The public advocated that GM products should be labeled clearly.B. Sralini claimed that his research proved the GM corn caused rats to grow faster.C. Many honey bees have died because they were fed with GM corn. D. There should be some restrictions on GM products selling.62. What is the writers attitude towards GM products?A. Supportive. B. Suspicious. C. Indifferent. D. Critical.DMany skilled young people are being forced into part-time and unskilled work, the report says. It warns of a crisis with more than six million people so disillusioned they have given up looking for work. The ILO（International Labor Organization）wants governments to make job creation a priority. It wants more training schemes, and also tax breaks for employers. The youth unemployment crisis can be beaten but only if job creation for young people becomes a key priority in policymaking and private sector investment picks up significantly, said Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, executive director of the ILOs employment sector.Since 2007, the number of young people without jobs has risen by four million - up from less than 12%, the Global Employment Trends for Youth Report says. Almost 13% of people aged between 15 and 24 - or almost 75 million - have no work, although this is slightly down on its peak in 2009.In the European Union, one in five young people are looking for work, the report claims. Some 27.9% of youths were unemployed in North Africa last year a rise of five percentage points on 2010. In the Middle East, the figure stood at 26.5% in the reports regional breakdown. Even in East Asia, perhaps the most economically active region, the unemployment rate was 2.8 times higher for young people than for adults, the report said.But, the ILO report reveals, the true picture of youth unemployment is even more pessimistic. Many young people are extending their time in higher education because they cannot find jobs. Others are taking part-time unskilled work because they cannot find work in the fields they trained for. The ILO says that more than six million young people worldwide have given up looking for work and a