江苏省镇江市高三上学期期末考试英语试题及答案

1、镇江市20132014学年第一学期教学情况调查高三英语2014.01注意：本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两大部分。答案全部做在答题纸上。总分120分。考试时间120分钟。第一卷 (选择题，共85分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面5段独白。每段独白后有一个小题，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。听完每段独白后，你有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段独白仅读一遍。例：how much&

2、#160;is the shirt? a.19. 15.  b. 9. 18.  c. 9.15. 答案是c。1.whenwere the suspects arrested?   a. one month later.  b. two months later. c. three weeks later.2. on what condition can the iraqi parliament vote on the sec

3、urity agreement? a. all parties have agreed on it.b. the cabinet has reviewed it.c. the lawmakers have returned from mecca.3. what punishment would parents face if they allowed their children to beg?   a. to be imprisoned and fined. b. to have their children taken away.c. to be handed

4、 over to the authorities. 4.what is the news item about?a. coastlines in italy. b. public use of the beach.c. private bathing clubs.5. which of the following is not mentioned in the news?   a. the airport was shut down for friday.    b. there was a road accident in

5、volving two buses. c. local shops were closed earlier than usual.第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段独白，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. how many people were rescued from the apartment building?a. 17. b. 24. c. 21. 7. which of

6、the following details in the news is correct?a. the rescue operation involved many people. b. rescue efforts were stopped on thursday.c. the explosions didn't destroy the building.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. what is included in the price?a. air tickets and local transport.  b. air tickets, local

7、 transport and breakfast. c. air tickets, local transport and all meals.9. which of the following statements is correct?a. the traveler is unwilling to buy travel insurance.  b. the traveler doesnt have to buy travel insurance.c. the traveler is ready to buy travel insurance. 听下面一段对话，回答第10

8、至第12三个小题。10. what is not missing in marys briefcase?a. her cheque book. b. her papers for work. c. her laptop.11. where was mary the whole morning?a. at the police station. b. at a meeting. c. in her clients office. 12. why was mary sure that the briefcase was hers in the end?a. the papers inside ha

9、d the companys name. b. the briefcase was found in the restaurant. c. the cheque book inside bore her name.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. which of the following details is correct?a. mark knows the exact number of airport buses. b. mark knows the exact number of delegates spouse.c. mark doesnt know the e

10、xact number of delegates yet.14. what does linda want to know?a. the arrival time of guest speakers. b. the departure time of guest speakers.c. the type of transport for guest speakers.15. how many performances have been planned for the conference?a. three. b. two. c. not mentioned.16. who will pay

11、for the piano performance?a. johnson & sons events. b. conference delegates. c. an airline company.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. in which country do mothers spend more time looking after children?a. america.b. denmark.c. australia.18. which of the following activities would australian fathers tradit

12、ionally participate in?a. feeding and playing with children. b. taking children to the park and to school.c. taking children to watch sports events.19. what does the “new man” likes toaccording to the study?a. spend more time at work. b. spend more time with children. c. spend time drinking after wo

13、rk.20. in which countrymight the “new man” be less acceptable?a. france. b. australia. c. denmark.第二部分：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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. one of the pricelesstreasures that canada has is _ fabulous scenery, especially in autumn, people appreciate it wh

14、en maple leaves turn_beautiful red.a.the;a b.a;thec.a;不填d.the;不填22. the summer vacation is childrens favourite, during which kids are always seen _in every corner.a. hanging overb.going downc. puttering aroundd. pulling out23. it goes beyond doubt that australia is a sporting nation, _ you can feel

15、their enthusiasm about sport.a. one where b. the one wherec. one that d. the one that24. joan is in the dorm, putting the final _to her speech.a. words b. remarks c. touches d. lips25. sorry, joe. i did not mean to  dont call me “joe”, i am

16、 mr. parker to you, and _ you forget it! a. mustnt   b. didnt c. shouldnt     d. dont26. we have covered a long distance for almost two hours. i wonder whether there is an eatery round _ i can have something to

17、 consume.a. which b. thatc. where d. on which27. jane was late again for work this morning. _. does she still want the job? a. ill say b. say that again c. i dont get itd. thats quite the case 28. on account of personality _, the two colleagues never got on well in work.a. contradiction b. conflict

18、c. character d. competence29. we went through the report _ but what disappointed us was that the detailed information we wanted wasnt provided anywhere.a. thoroughlyb. absolutelyc. entirelyd. completely30. in accordance to the latest news report, two hundred people died in the accident, _, which mad

19、e the parents cry their heart out.a. many of them children b. many of them were childrenc. and many of them childrend. many of which were children31. _and the mouse was caught.  a. up the cat jumped       b. the

20、0;cat up jumped c. up jumped the cat       d. jumped up the cat 32. the meeting was postponed to someday later owing to our _ a meeting without john.a. objecting havingb. objected havingc. objecting to hav

21、ed. objecting to having33. if the police think she_ in the train robbery,they _ the wrong tree.a. was mixed up; are barking upb. is mixed up; bark upc. had been mixed up; bark upd. is mixed up; are barking up 34. smile at _ the heart to ones hearts content, _ this century wholeheartedly.a. through;

22、surpassb. out; facec. through; cherishd. out; treat35. how do you find the performances done by those competitors? nothing special, except for the bilingual speech, which is really exciting and dramatic.which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word?a. impressiveb. emotionalc. t

23、heatricald. noticeable第三部分：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项a、b、c和d中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. a _36_ consideration, when _37 _ a great city by night, that every on

24、e of those _38 _ clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every _39 _ heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, _40 _, if some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it! something of the _41 _, even of death its

25、elf, is _42 _ to this. no more can i turn the leaves of this dear book that loved, and _43 _ hope in time to read it all. no more can i lookinto the _44 _ ofthisunfathomable water, wherein as momentary lights glanced into it, i have had _45 _ of buried treasure and other things _46 _. it was appoint

26、ed that the book should _47 _ with a spring, for ever and for ever, when i had read _48 _ a page. it was appointed that the water should be locked in an eternal frost, when the light was playing on its _49 _, and i stood in _50 _ on the shore. my friend is dead, my neighbour is dead, my love the dar

27、ling of my soul, is dead; it is the inexorable consolidation and perpetuation of the secret that was always in that individuality, and _51 _ i shall carry in mine to my lifes end. in any of the burial-places of this city _52 _ which i pass, is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitan

28、ts _53_, in their innermost _54 _, to me or than i am to _55 _?36. a. casualb. perfectc. reasonabled. serious37. a. enterb. breakc. conquerd. depart38. a. lightlyb. darklyc. faintlyd. brightly39. a. hittingb. strikingc.beatingd. spanking40. a. areb.isc. beingd. that41. a. awfulnessb. happinessc.sadn

29、essd. politeness42. a. preferableb. referablec. favourabled. compatible43. a. senselesslyb. ambitiouslyc. greatlyd. vainly44. a. degreesb.lengthsc. depthsd. widths45. a. glimpsesb. glancesc. staresd. glares46. a. unpavedb. buriedc. unseend. incredible47. a. missb. coverc. enclosed. shut48. a. within

30、b. withoutc. butd. and49. a. surfaceb. landc. groundd. seaside50. a. existenceb. wisdomc. ignoranced. power51. a. whichb. whatc. whend.where52. a. overb. acrossc. throughd. on53. a. beb. arec. wered. being54. a. personalityb. characterc. characteristicd. heart55. a. itb. thosec. youd. them第四部分：阅读理解(

31、共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。athe other problem that arises from the employment of women is that of the working wife. it has two aspects: that of the wife who is more of a success than her husband and that of the wife who must rely heavily on her husband f

32、or help with domestic tasks. there are various ways in which the impact of the first difficulty can be reduced. provided that husband and wife are not in the same or directly comparable lines of work, the harsh fact of her greater success can be obscured by a genial conspiracy to reject a purely mon

33、etary measure of achievement as intolerably crude. where there are ranks, it is best if the couple work in different fields so that the husband can find some special reason for the superiority of the lowest figure in his to the most elevated in his wifes.a problem that affects a much larger number o

34、f working wives is the need to re-allocate domestic tasks if there are children. in the road to wigan pier george orwell wrote of the unemployed of the lancashire coalfields: “practically never . in a working-class home, will you see the man doing a stroke of the housework. unemployment has not chan

35、ged this convention, which on the face of it seems a little unfair. the man is idle from morning to night but the woman is as busy as ever - more so, indeed, because she has to manage with less money. yet so far as my experience goes the women do not protest. they feel that a man would lose his manh

36、ood if, merely because he was out of work, he developed in a mary ann.”it is over the care of young children that this re-allocation of duties becomes really significant. for this, unlike the cooking of fish fingers or the making of beds, is an inescapably time-consuming occupation, and time is what

37、 the fully employed wife has no more to spare of than her husband.the male initiative in courtship is a pretty indiscriminate affair, something that is tried on with any remotely plausible woman who comes within range and, of course, with all degrees of tentativeness. what decides the issue of wheth

38、er a genuine courtship is going to get under way is the womans response. if she shows interest the engines of persuasion are set in movement. the truth is that in courtship society gives women the real power while pretending to give it to men.what does seem clear is that the more men and women are t

39、ogether, at work and away from it, the more the comprehensive amorousness of men towards women will have to go, despite all its past evolutionary services. for it is this that makes inferiority at work abrasive and, more indirectly, makes domestic work seem unmanly, if there is to be an equalizing r

40、edistribution of economic and domestic tasks between men and women there must be a compensating redistribution of the erotic initiative. if women will no longer let us beat them they must allow us to join them as the blushing recipients of flowers and chocolates.56. the author advises the working wi

41、fe who is more successful than her husband to.a. work in the same sort of job as her husband.b. play down her success, making it sound unimportant.c. stress how much the family gains from her high salary.d. introduce more labour-saving machinery into the home.57. which of the following words is used

42、 literally, not metaphorically (比喻地)?a. heavily (paragraph one).b. convention (paragraph two).c. engines (paragraph four).d. abrasive (paragraph five).58. which of the following statements is incorrect about the present form of courtship?a. men are equally serious about courtship.b. each man “makes

43、passes” at many women.c. the womans reaction decides the fate of courtship.d. the man leaves himself the opportunity to give up the chase quickly.bthe first clue came when i got my hair cut.the stylist offered not just the usual coffee or tea but a complimentary nailpolish change while i waited for

44、my hair to dry.maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural colour we long ago forgot. then there was the appliance salesman who offered to carry my bags as we toured the mi

45、crowave aisle.when i called my husband to ask him to check some specs online,the salesman offered a pre-emptive discount,lest the surfing turn up the same model cheaper in another store.that night,for the first time,i saw the hyundai ad promising shoppers that if they buy a car and then lose their j

46、ob in the next year,they can return it. suddenly everythings on sale.the upside to the economic downturn is the immense incentive it gives retailers to treat you like a queen for a day.during the flush times. salespeople were surly,waiters snobby.but now the customer rules,just for showing up.theres

47、 more room to stretch out on the flight,even in a coach.the malls have that serene aura of undisturbed wilderness,with scarcely a shopper in sight.every conversation with anyone selling anything is a pantomime of pain and bluff.finger the scarf, then start to walk away, and its price floats silkily

48、downward.when the mechanic calls to tell you that brakes and a timing belt and other services will run close to $2,000,its time to break out the newly perfected art of the considered pause. you really dont even have to say anything pitiful before hell offer to knock a few hundred dollars off.restaur

49、ants are also caught in a fit of ardent hospitality, especially around wall street:trinity place offers $3 drinks at happy hour any day the market goes down,with the slogan “market tanked? get tanked!”which ensures a lively crowd for the closing bell. the “21” club has decided that men no longer nee

50、d to wear ties,so long as they bring their wallets.food itself is friendlier: you notice more comfort food,a truce between chef and patron that is easier to enjoy now that you can get a table practically anywhere.new york times restaurant critic frank bruni characterizes the new restaurant demeanor

51、as “extreme solicitousness tinged with outright desperation.” “you need to hug the customer,” one owner told him. theres a chance that eventually well return all this kindness with the extravagant spending that was once decried but now everyone is hoping will restart the economy.but human nature is

52、funny that way.in dangerous times,we clench and squint at the deal that looks too good to miss,suspecting that it must be too good to be true.is the store with the super cheap flat screens going to go bust and thus not be there to honour the “free” extended warranty? is there something wrong with th

53、at free cheese? store owners will tell you horror stories about shoppers with attitude,who walk in demanding discounts and flaunt their new power at every turn.these store owners wince as they sense bad habit forming:will people expect discounts forever? will their hard,won brand luster be forever c

54、heapened,especially for items whose allure depends on their being ridiculously priced? there will surely come a day when things go back to “normal”;retail sales even inched up in january after sinking for the previous six months.but i wonder what it will take for us to see those$545 sigerson morriso

55、n studded toe-ring sandals as reasonable?bargain-hunting can be addictive regardless of the state of the markets,and haggling is a low-risk,high-value contact sport.trauma digs deep into habit,like my 85-yearold mother still calling her canned-goods cabinet“the bomb shelter.” the children of the fir

56、st depression were saving string and preaching sacrifice long after the skies cleared.they came to be called the“greatest generation.” as we learn to be decent stewards of our resources,who knows what might come of it? we have lived in an age of wanton waste,and there is value in practicing conserva

57、tion that goes far beyond our own bottom line.59.which of the following best describes the retailers now?a.over-friendly. b.bad-tempered.c.highly motivated.d.deeply frustrated.60.what can we conclude from “the newly perfected art of the considered pause”?a.customers have learned how to bargain effec

58、tively. b.customers have got a sense of somewhat superiority.c.customers have gained the upper hand when shopping. d.customers have asked too muchof the service or product.61. according to the passage, “shoppers. flaunt their new power at every turn” means that shoppers woulda.have more doubts, puzzles or suspicion.b.like to show off their tremendouswealth.c. constantly ask for more discounts or favor.d.like to show that they are on fine finance condition.62. what is the main idea of the last two paragraphs?a. customers should not expect discounts for lux