湖南省十三校高三英语3月第一次联考试题新人教版
湖南省十三校2014届高三3月第一次联考
英语试题
总分:150分时量:120分钟
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联合命题
总分：150分时量：120分钟
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 1
1．What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A．What they do while traveling．
B．When they do their homework．
C．How they spend their spare time．
2．What does the man mean?
A．He wants to go on watching TV．
B．He wants the woman to turn the TV off．
C．He does not mind what the woman will do．
Conversation 2
3．Where does this conversation take place?
A．At a bank．B．At a hospital．C．At a post office．4．What happens to Mr．Jordan?
A．He is ill．B．He is out of work．C．He is on holiday．Conversation 3
5．What is the conversation mainly about?
A．Ordering a radio．
B．Having the radio fixed．
C．Looking for a radio-repair shop．
6．What does the woman expect the man to do?
A．Repair her radio．
B．Listen to her radio．
C．Buy a new radio for her．
Conversation 4
7．What program will the man watch?
A．A basketball game．B．A play．C．A football game．
8．What does the man prefer to do?
A．Watch games outside．
B．Watch TV at home．
C．Play ball games with his friends．
9．What does the woman want the man to do?
A．Do some physical exercise．
B．Watch ball games on TV at home．
C．Play a football game with his friends．
Conversation 5
10．Where does the conversation take place?
A．In an old house．B．At a bus stop．C．At a university．11．What does the man advise the woman to do?
A．To buy a modern new house．
B．To clean the rooms every day．
C．To buy an old house with small rooms．
12．What do we know about the woman?
A．She prefers to live in small rooms．
B．She'll buy a house near the university．
C．She wants to buy an old large house．
Conversation 6
13．What does the woman think of her trip to the West Coast?
A．It was wonderful．B．It was terrible．C．It was dangerous．14．What's the disadvantage of Los Angeles?
A．It's too crowded and noisy．
B．The weather is too hot and wet．
C．The public transport is not good enough．
15．What's the weather like in San Francisco?
A．Warm and nice．
B．Cool but comfortable．
C．A little cold．
Section 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 TH．AN THREE WORDS．
You will hear the．short passage TWICE．
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Part H 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．
21．Lee MinHo, _____ music and films are loved by many teenagers, was invited to perform
in the 2014 Spring Festival．
A．who B．whom C．whose D．which
22．Growing up _____ be difficult, for you will come across many things that confuse you．A．can B．should C．must D．shall
23．Many people think any government's work should be evaluated ______ on citizens' happiness level．
A．based B．to be based C．basing D．being based 24．—You seem to have had a wonderful winter holiday!
—Yes．Really warm days during the Spring Festival．My parents and I _____ to several tourist spots．
A．are driving B．drove
C．have been driving D．will drive
25．With two children _____ high school, the farmer couple have to work from morning till night．A．attended B．being attended
C．attend D．attending
26．_____ is well known to the world is that China has very top technology in space industry．A．It B．As C．What D．Which
27．Li Ming, don't forget to turn off the lights before you leave the office, _____?
A．won't you B．should he C．shall we
D．will you
28．To my great joy．I got a chance to take a photo with Andy after the vocal concert, which
I _____forward to for years．
A．have been looking B．had been looking
C．looked D．had looked
29．We regret _____ you that．because of the necessary repair, our library will be closed next month．
A．to inform B．informing C．to inform of
D．of informing
30．What seems to be a simple idea always turns out _____ that is hard to put into practice．A．the one B．one C．ones D．another
31．I wish my house would be built _____we can enjoy beautiful scenery with mountains and rivers．A．in which B．what C．where
D．that
32．The teacher has confidence in the naughty but clever boy and is sure that he _____ to a key university．
A．would be admitted B．was admitted
C．has admitted D．will be admitted
33．His car ran over another in the highway! Too horrible! _____ he is safe now—that's the main thing．
A．Anyway B．Besides C．Otherwise
D．Therefore
34．Only after one has become a parent _____ how great his parents are．
A．he will realize B．will he realize C．that he realizes D．he does realize
35．Our school along with many other brother middle schools _____to take another joint test next month．
A．are B．will be C．is D．may be
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 each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．
Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children
but have never practiced in the meantime．A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming
for years can 36 swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water．He can get on a bicycle
after several decades and still 37 away．A mother who has not 38 the words or years can
teach her daughter the poem that begins " Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or 39 the story of Cinderella or Snow White ．
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: 40 we
have learned something, additional learning increases the 41 of time we will remember it．In childhood, we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after
we have learned them．We continue to listen to and 42 ourselves of poems such as "Twinkle．twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White．We not
only learn but
43 ．
The law of over learning explains why cramming （突击学习） for an examination． 44 it
may result in a passing grade, is not a 45 way to learn a school course．By cramming, a student
may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is 46 soon to forget
almost everything he learned．A little over learning, 47 , is usually a good investment toward
the future．
36．A．only B．hardly C．still D．even
37．A．walk B．drive C．travel D．ride
38．A．thought about B．cared for C．showed up
D．brought up
39．A．rewrite B．repeat C．sing D．recite
40．A．Before B．Once C．Until D．Unless
41．A．accuracy B．unit C．limit D．length 42．A．remind B．inform C．warm D．recall
43．A．recite B．overlcarn C．research
D．improve
44．A．though B．so C．if D．after 45．A．convenient B．demanding
C．satisfactory D．fast
46．A．possible B．likely C．probable
D．perhaps
47．A．at most B．by the way C．on the other hand D．in the end
Section C （12 marks）
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word．that
best
fits the．context．
Different people may bid for different things．As for me, I want dream, friendship and 48 admission notice to a famous university most．
Dreams would be on the top of my list．Only by pursuing our dreams 49 we enjoy a meaningful and fulfilled life．Money can buy a cozy life, 50 without dreams, even a millionaire would find his life boring．
A person without friends can 51 be happy．Our life is full of joys and sorrows． 52 we need people to share with．Faced with difficulties, we need friends to give 53 comfort and help．Just as a saying goes．"A friend in need is a friend indeed．"Friendship can help us 54 ups and downs of life, so friendship would be in my list as well．
After working hard for so many years．I deserve to go to a good university, 55 being admitted to a famous university can help me live up to my parents' expectations and bring me a bright future．
Part Ⅲ 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．
A
"My dream has come true．I have always wanted to be a Grand Slam （大满贯） champion．"These are the words of the Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win the Australian Open final on Jan．25th．2014．
"People were saying I'm getting old．So this is a great success for such an old woman．" the 32-year-old girl joked．
Miss Li has a tattoo （文身）．She has dyed her hair many different colors．And, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to "shut up" when they got too noisy in their support．
Li Na was born in Wuhan．She started to play tennis at the age of 6．She once recalled: "As a child．I suffered a lot because every day I had to wake up early to practice．After school I had to practice more．I didn't have time to play．"
Luckily, the strong girl didn't give up．thus making history for Chinese tennis time after time．Now the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title．"When you have one title, surely you will think about another," she says．not hiding her ambition． "Chinese people are so lacking in confidence on the tennis court．If there is a person like me who can prove we Chinese can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same," she said．
56．Li Na began to learn playing tennis in the year of _____．
A．1988 B．1982 C．1986 D．1990
57．We can learn from the passage that _____．
A．Li Na is always impatient with her fans
B．Li Na is an old girl
C．Li Na is a fashionable girl
D．Li Na is a girl without ambition
58．When she began to play tennis, Li Na was _____．
A．happy B．sad C．excited D．bored
59．Which of the following is WRONG about Li Na?
A．Li Na took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics．
B．Li Na has already won a Grand Slam champion．
C．Li Na had to wake up early to practice playing tennis．
D．Li Na said she lacked confidence on the tennis court．
60．The passage mainly tells us _____．
A．something about the tennis
B．something about how to play tennis
C．the Chinese people and the tennis
D．the Grand Slam champion—Li Na
B
61．What you have just read is a _____．
A．note B．report C．schedule D．poster