高三第四次模拟英语试卷201505.doc

扬州市2014-2015学年度高三第四次模拟考试
英 语 试 卷
本试卷分五部分。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（共 85 分）
第一部分： 听力 (共两节，满分20分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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。
1. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Write the library research part first.
B. Go to the library to do the experiment.
C. Test the computer as soon as possible.
2. How is the woman going to Fuzhou?
A. By train. B. By taxi. C. By car.
3. What does the woman suggest the man doing?
A. Rush to work. B. Go with her together. C. Drive her car.
4. What do we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman likes the dyed hair.
B. The man dislikes some young people have their hair dyed.
C. Many Chinese have their hair dyed, except old people.
5. Whose secretary is the woman?
A. Mr. Pederson’s. B. Mr. Graber’s. C. Niels Olsen’s.

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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至7题。
6. What’s the problem with the man?
A. He can’t sleep well.
B. He didn’t pass the exam.
C. He lost touch with friends.
7. What did the woman suggest to him?
A. Going to bed earlier.
B. Calling the health service.
C. Taking a course about stress
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What are the speakers arguing about?
A. Who to blame. B. Which way to go. C. What transport to take.
9. What was the basic reason for what happened to the speakers?
A. The woman didn’t prefer to travel by train.
B. The man failed to ask the way.
C. The man forgot to book tickets earlier.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Studying abroad.
B. Economic independence.
C. Relationships with parents.
11. What does the man think of his parents?
A. They control him too much.
B. They never express love to him.
C. They are easy to get along with.
12.What do we know from the conversation？
A. The man grow up in a enlightened family
B. The woman work in a hospital as a nurse
C. The man persuaded his parents easily to allow him study abroad.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is this dialogue about?
A. Teachers should set good examples.
B. Environmental pollution and protection in China.
C. Government’s role in environmental protection.
14. According to Nick, what should the government do to prevent pollution?
A. To make laws to prevent pollution.
B. To punish those who pollute the air.
C. To move offices to the countryside.
15. According to Nick, what should ordinary citizens do to protect environment?
A. To avoid dropping litter in public places.
B. To pick up rubbish in public places.
C. To catch those who litter in public places.
16. What happened when Nick was travelling together with some university teachers?
A. They saw serious air pollution.
B The university teachers threw bottles out of the car windows.
C. They helped clean the countryside.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why does the speaker always carry her iPod touch?
A. To talk with her friends.
B. To pass time enjoyably.
C. To work while travelling.
18. What is her iPod touch not used for by the speaker?
A. Playing games. B. Enjoying music. C. Checking e-mail.
19. What do we know about life ten or fifteen years ago?
A. People enjoyed life more.
B. The Internet first came into use then.
C. It was harder for people to get in touch online.
20. Why does the speaker think the sun is very important for her life?
A. It makes her more active.
B. It allows her to think over.
C. It gives her a feeling of comfort.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. To be honest, we should not consider high grades as the only ________ for assessing a student’s ability.
A. consent B. criterion C. curse D. circus
22. —The assistant manager informed us to attend the opening ceremony at 7:00 tomorrow morning.
—Oh, I didn’t expect it was so early! I ________ to go out for sightseeing at first.
A. was intending B. have been intending
C. had intended D. have intended
23. The educational process feels ________ ever like a race, starting from pre-school till the perfect college.
A. rather than B. more than C. other than D. better than
24. — If only I ________ hard at my study in adolescence!
— Yes. Otherwise, you would be a success.
A. had worked B. have worked C. work D. worked
25. —Who approved of your action in this conflict area?
—We acted ________ the UN.
A. under the pressure of B. under the umbrella of
C. under the command of D. under the authority of
26. It is so good a habit to instruct children to lay things ________ they belong when they are young.
A. where B. that C. in which D. to which
27. Two people were ________ to death in the rush to escape from the burning museum.
A. compiled B. condemned C. ceased D. crushed
28. Dark matter gives out no light and only because of its gravity effect on visible matter ________ see its existence.
A. does everyone B. everyone does C. does nobody D. nobody does
29. A wise mother will never get herself into the state of her children ________ to the slightest possibility of danger.
A. exposed B. exposing C. being exposed D. to be exposed
30. I am grateful to him for that precious advice, ________ I owe all my success.
A. for which B. to which C. on which D. with which
31. I can’t think why she ________ have made so many careless mistakes when he took quite an easy exam.
A. might B. could C. should D. would
32. There’s little chance that we will succeed in changing our fate. ________, it is important that we try.
A. Meanwhile B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Therefore
33. China will make a great difference in promoting multinational joint development, the "Belt and Road" policies ________.
A. accelerated B. accelerating
C. to accelerate D. having accelerated
34. It is claimed that hundreds of people who were desperate to attend the concert were ________ from the stadium because it was full last night.
A. put down B. hung up C. taken over D. turned away
35. —Mom, I’ll stay in to accompany my grandpa this evening.
— ________!
A. With pleasure B. Never mind C. Suit yourself D. It depends

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，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。
I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist. He had made several very important medical 36 . Once, he was being interviewed by a newspaper journalist who asked why he was able to be so much more creative than the 37 person. What set him so far apart from others?
He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from a(n) 38 with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to 39 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, 40 its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of 41 at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful 42 you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the 43 has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes 44 we clean it up?"
Indeed, he did. After a few 45 , his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and 46 everything to its proper order." And together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a 47 experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and 48 water into the bottle and see if you can discover a way to carry it without 49 it." The little boy 50 that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful 51 !
This renowned scientist then 52 that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 53 for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific 54 are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't work," we usually learn something 55 from it.
36. A. choices B. breakthroughs C. headlines D. decisions
37. A. normal B. usual C. extraordinary D. average
38. A. experience B. association C. event D. fiction
39. A. boil B. cook C. remove D. freeze
40. A. spoiling B. spraying C. spreading D. sweeping
41. A. pointing B. yelling C. smiling D. glancing
42. A. discovery B. mess C. arrangement D. joke
43. A. disaster B. destruction C. harm D. damage
44. A. when B. while C. after D. before
45. A. days B. hours C. minutes D. seconds
46. A. restore B. recover C. relieve D. renew
47. A. succeeded B. failed C. conducted D. fascinated
48. A. fill B. keep C. store D. save
49. A. falling B. dropping C. quitting D. breaking
50. A. studied B. researched C. learned D. witnessed
51. A. class B. course C. curriculum D. lesson
52. A. recited B. recommended C. remarked D. reported
53. A. environment B. situations C. opportunities D. settings
54. A. skills B. approaches C. developments D. experiments
55. A. valuable B. essential C. awful D. merciful

第三部分：阅读理解（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。
A
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57. Which column of the homepage can you probably find this passage from?
A. About us B. Magazine Review
C. Licensing D. Submission Guidelines
B
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Perhaps the most surprising result of all is Australia’s low score in work-life balance. More than 14% of Australian employees work for more than 50 hours per week, much more than the OECD average of almost 9%. This hardly squares with the country’s reputation for an easy and leisurely li