1、2014 年河北省邯郸市 高三摸底考试 英语 第 I 卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分 ) 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例 ： How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.18 C. 9.15 答案是 C。 1. Who lost a French dictionary? A. Mike. B. Bill. C.
2、 Tom. 答案 ： B 2. How will the man probably go to Chicago? A. By car. B. By plane. C. By bus. 答案 ： C 3. Why was the man late? A. His alarm clock didnt work. B. He didnt hear the alarm. C. He forgot to set the alarm clock. 答案 ： B 4. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library. B. I
3、n a bookstore. C. In a supermarket. 答案 ： A 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. How to look after Ken. B. How to spend the vacation. C. How to deal with the womans cat. 答案 ： C 第二节（共 15 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有
4、时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、 7 题。 6. What do we know about the womans grandfather? A. He works in a company now. B. He has white hair. C. He wears glasses. 答案 ： C 7. How old is the womans grandmother? A. 60. B. 65. C. 70. 答案 ： B 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、 9 题。 8. Where is
5、the work place of the company? A. In Britain. B. In America. C. In Australia. 答案 ： A 9. How will the woman help the man? A. She will print his application letter. B. She will check his application letter. C. She will write a new application letter for him. 答案 ： B 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Why does
6、 the man prefer cycling? A. It is quiet and relaxing. B. He can do it with his friends. C. He is fond of seeing the countryside. 答案 ： C 11. Which two sports does the man like best? A. Football and cycling. B. Swimming and football. C. Table tennis and swimming. 答案 ： B 12. When does the man usually p
7、lay table tennis? A. In winter. B. In spring. C. In summer. 答案 ： A 听第 9 段材料 ， 回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the woman? A. A doctor. B. A professor. C. A nutritionist. 答案 ： C 14. What does the woman suggest the man eat? A. Fruits and vegetables. B. Processed food. C. Pork. 答案 ： A 15. Where does the woma
8、n suggest the man eat? A. At the university hospital. B. At the restaurant. C. At the dining hall. 答案 ： C 16. How does the man probably feel after talking with the woman? A. Worried. B. Relaxed. C. Confused. 答案 ： B 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What is Ellens problem? A. She cant respond to sounds. B
9、. She cant speak very well. C. She cant hear very well. 答案 ： C 18. What did Ellen tell the speaker when she came home? A. She had a good coach. B. She took part in the sports meeting. C. She was encouraged by her friends. 答案 ： B 19. Why did the speaker try to encourage Ellen? A. He thought it unlike
10、ly that she won. B. Her coach didnt encourage her. C. Ellen couldnt run very fast. 答案 ： A 20. How did Ellen perform in the sports meeting? A. She won two races. B. She was faced with defeat. C. She won almost all the races. 答案 ： A 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A
11、、 B、 C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Restaurants in the USA Steves Pizza So many pizza chains compete for the attention of tourists in South Beach, but ask a Miami Beach local where to get the best pizza and theyll tell you about Steves. This is New Yorkstyle pizza, handmade w ith care and good ingredients(成份 ).
12、New branches of Steves are opening elsewhere in Miami, all in non-tourist areas. Opening hours: 11am-3am Cattlemans Steakhouse This plac e is 20 miles east of the c ity, but local folks would probably drive 200 miles to eat here. The food is good, and the scenery is even better. Come early and wande
13、r around the grounds of Indian Cliffs Ranch, where youll see everything from rabbits to buffalo (水牛 ), then catch the sunset either before or after your meal. Opening hours: 5pm-10pm Absolute Baking & Cafe The screen door is always swinging open at this town hot spot with giant breakfasts. Try the g
14、reen chili on eggs its made from scratch, as are the organic(有机的 ) breads. Lunch includes salads, big sandw iches and local grass-fed beef burgers. Dont miss a square of soft, fresh carrot cake. Opening hours: 7am-2pm Walts Wharf Everybodys favorite for fresh fish (some drive in from LA), Walts pack
15、s them in on weekends. You cant make reservations for dinner (though theyre accepted for lunch), but its worth the wait for the tree firegrilled seafood and steaks in the many-w indowed ground floor or upstairs in captains chairs. Opening hours: 11am-3:30pm 21. The new branches of Steves Pizza are m
16、ainly intended for_. A. New Yorkers B. tourists C. the locals D. foreigners 解析： 细节 推断题。根据第一段提到 ask a Miami Beach local where to get the best pizza and theyll tell you about Steves.问当地哪的披萨最好吃，肯定会告诉你 Steves，故 针对的是当地的顾客， 故 选 C 项。 答案： C 22. Cattlemans Steakhouse offers the wonderful _as well as good foo
17、d. A. wine B. view C. discount D. service 解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段提到 The food is good, and the scenery is even better.食物好，风景更好，故选 B 项。 答案： B 23. Which restaurant serves both breakfast and lunch? A. Steves Pizza. B. Walts Wharf. C. Absolute Baking & Caf. D. Cattlemans Steakhouse. 解析： 细节理解题。根据第三则广告中提到 The scre
18、en door is always swinging open at this town hot spot with giant breakfasts 和 Lunch inc ludes salads, big sandwiches and local grass-fed beef burgers.可知提供早餐与午餐，故选 C 项。 答案： C B Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character He
19、ro, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee(拼写大赛 ). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries. Perhaps the shows popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and pa
20、per, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy(书法 )to be one of their primary contributions to c ivilization. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers al
21、lows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet. The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? Its possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them. But theres still hope for the paint brush. Chinas Education Ministry wants children to spen
22、d more time learning how to write. In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a spec ially decorated c lassroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-olds dip brush pens into black ink. They look
23、 up at the blackboard often to study their teachers examples before carefully attempting to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now? we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. The ability to write characters is part of
24、 Chinese tradition and culture, she reasons. Students must learn now so they dont forget when they grow up. says the teacher. 24. What can we learn about the Character Hero? A. Its open to people of all ages and all walks. B. Its the most-viewed TV programs in China. C. It aims to spread Chinese cul
25、ture to the world. D. It draws great public attention across the country. 解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段提到 Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee(拼写大赛 ).每周许多人都会坐在电视机前汉字拼写大赛，可知吸引公众的注意，故选 D
26、项。 答案： D 25. Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters? A. Chinese people dont refer to dictionaries very often. B. Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy. C. Chinese people are using the Latin alphabet instead of the characters. D. Chinese people neednt
27、write by hand as often with the help of technology. 解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段提到 Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help.可知没有电脑的帮忙，中国人忘记如何写汉字，故选 D 项。 答案： D 26. According to Shen Bin, being able to write characters by hand is_.
28、 A. necessary for adults to survive in China B. a requirement made by the Education Ministry C. helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive D. an ability to be developed only when you are students 解析： 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到 The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture, sh
29、e reasons. Students must learn now so they dont forget when they grow up. says the teacher.书写是中华文化的一部分，学生必须学会现在否则长大了就会忘记，故选 C 项。 答案： C 27. Where does this text probably come from? A. A news report. B. A science report. C. An advertisement. D. Childrens literature. 解析： 推断题。本文通过提到汉字拼写大赛的情况，提到中国对于汉字拼写的
30、现状，以及对于文化传承的希望，故本文来自一个新闻报道。 答案： A C Next time you hear a funny joke youd better not laugh too hard. According to a paper published by the British Medical Journal, laughter isnt always the best medicine. Sometimes it can even be harmful. Professor Robin Ferner from the University of Birmingham, one o
31、f the authors of the study, found that bad things could happen to people who laughed too much. He says: We found people with heartbeat problems which had stopped their heart, we found people who had fainted(昏倒 ), and we found people whod dislocated their jaws or burst their lungs. It seems that laug
32、hing can be no laughing matter. But its not all doom and gloom. Professor Ferner says there are benefits to laughing when you want to lose weight, for example. Yes, thats right: laugh and be slimmer! Professor Ferner explains that: You use energy when you laugh, you move your diaphragm(横膈膜 ), you ex
33、pand your lungs, and both those things can be helpful. According to the research, laughing for a quarter of an hour can burn up to 40 calories, and if you laughed all day youd use up about 2,000 calories, which is what most people consume in a day. But dont do that or you might end up with a painful
34、 jaw. Ouch! Or you might find people looking at you in a funny way. But I dont want to finish this article leaving you feeling desperate. Laughter comes naturally for most of us. Babies begin to laugh at around 3-6 months. So give in to your sense of humour and keep smiling. Life is short anyway. 28
35、. Laughing too much may cause the following harmful results EXCEPT_. A. heart stop B. diaphragm movement C. lung burst D. jaw dislocation 解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段提到 He says: We found people with heartbeat problems which had stopped their heart, we found people who had fainted(昏倒 ), and we found people whod d
36、islocated their jaws or burst their lungs 可知危害性有心脏骤停，昏倒，脱臼，伤到肺，故 B 项没有提到。 答案： B 29. The underlined phrase doom and gloom in Paragraph 2 probably means_. A. hopeless B. funny C. painful D. nervous 解析： 猜测词意。根据第二段提到 It seems that laughing can be no laughing matter. But its not all doom and gloom. Profe
37、ssor Ferner says there are benefits to laughing when you want to lose weight, for example.好象笑并不是玩笑的事情，但他也不是无用，教授说，当你想减肥时， 笑是非常有效的，故选 A 项。 答案： A 30. How many calories can you use if you laugh for half a day? A. About 40. B. About 1,000. C. About 2,000. D. About 2,040. 解析： 推断题。根据第三段提到 if you laughed a
38、ll day youd use up about 2,000 calories, which is what most people consume in a day.可知一天消耗 2000，那么半天就选 B 项。 答案： B 31. What is the authors attitude towards laughing in the last paragraph? A. Uninterested. B. Disapproving. C. Worried. D. Favorable. 解析： 推断题。根据最后一段提到 So give in to your sense of humour a
39、nd keep smiling. Life is short anyway.可知不要放弃幽默，保持微笑，毕竟生命是短暂的，故选 D 项。 答案： D D I teach geography at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom
40、teeth removed. The young man then asked me why I always seemed to be so cheerful. I choose to be cheerful. I said. Then I told them a story. In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day I drove thos
41、e 17 miles to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died and wouldnt start again. So I left my car there and marched down the road to the college. As soon as I got there I called AAA
42、(美国汽车协会 )and arranged for a tow truck (拖车 ) to meet me at my car after class. The secretary in the office asked me what had happened. This is my lucky day. I replied, smiling. Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day? She was puzzled. What do you mean? My car could have broken down anywhere
43、along the freeway but it didnt. I replied, Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance from here. Im still able to teach my class, and Ive been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. The secretarys eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I
44、smiled back and headed for class. So ended my story. I scanned the sixty faces in my class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasnt the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a students observation that I was cheerful.
45、 An Indian wise man once said, Who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say. I suppose it must be so. 32. Why did the author tell his students the story? A. To share his lucky experience. B. To make his class more lively. C. To draw all students attention. D. To encourage his students t
46、o be positive. 解析： 推断题。根据第一段提到 Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their week end had been.在开始上课之前，我问学生周末过得如何 ，有一个学生回答到，不好，可知是鼓励学生们积极的东西，故选 D 项。 答案： D 33. What happened to the author on his way to the community college? A. He parked his car in a perfect place.
47、B. He called AAA for a tow truck to meet him. C. He covered the last quarter mile on foot. D. He drove off the freeway at a wrong exit. 解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段提到 But just then my car died and wouldnt start again. So I left my car there and marched down the road to the college.我的车熄火了，我留下车，步行到学校，可知选 C 项。 答案：
48、C 34. By saying it wasnt the story at all, the author means that_. A. His story is not convincing B. He shouldnt have told the story C. His attitude to life has inspired the students D. His story is not as interesting as expected 解析： 词意猜测；根据最后一段提到 Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasnt the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a students observation that I was cheer
