云南省昆明一中2014届高三英语开学考试.doc

昆明第一中学2014届高三开学考试
英 语 试 题
命题人：朱秀云 审题人：徐晓枫
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分
（试卷总分150分 考试时间120分钟）
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共115分）
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1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. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning. B. After lunch. C. In the evening.
2. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Borrow her laptop. B. Take notes by hand. C. Get his laptop fixed.
3. What does the man imply?
A. The man shouldn’t face the woman.
B. They should find a better place to practice.
C. The stage is too small.
4. Which language does the woman want to study?
A. German. B. Spanish. C. French.
5. What does the man think the woman should do?
A. Drive her car away. B. Turn her signal on. C. Wait for him in the car.
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，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒中；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至7题。
6. Who might Grace be?
A. The woman. B. The man’s ex-girlfriend. C. The woman’s daughter.
7. How does the woman sound in the end?
A. Angry B. Silly. C. Sorry.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10三个小题。
8. What’s the style of the man’s writing?
A. He only writes about his own experiences.
B. All his stories are set in Florida.
C. His stories are usually based on real life.
9. Who is the main character of his latest book?
A. A murderer. B. A police investigator. C. A mysterious witness.
10. What is the man working on now?
A. Another murder mystery.
B. A biography of a detective.
C. Some short stories.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13三个小题。
11. How did the woman know about the hot spring?
A. She read about it.
B. A friend told her about it.
C. She saw it on TV.
12. Why does the man want to surf the Internet?
A. He doesn’t like hot springs.
B. He is a basketball fan.
C. He needs to check an important email.
13. How does the woman sound at the end of the conversation?
A. A little angry. B. Curious. C. Happy.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16三个小题。
14. What is the woman worried about?
A. The moral values taught at school.
B. Her son’s health.
C. The burden of homework.
15. What do teachers at school spend a lot of time doing?
A. Keeping the class in order.
B. Grading students’ papers.
C. Making sure each kid understands what is being taught.
16. What is the advantage of home-schooling according to the man?
A. Kids have more time to learn new things.
B. Parents can give their kids more homework.
C. A lot of money can be saved.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20三个小题。
17. Where did the man work two years ago?
A. At a food shop. B. At a gym. C. At a TV station.
18. Who is the little boy mentioned in the talk?
A. The speaker himself. B. The speaker’s friend. C. The speaker’s child.
19. What does the man mean when he says “I finally found myself”?
A. He woke up from a deep sleep.
B. He looked himself up on the Internet.
C. He realized what his dream was.
20. How does the man feel now?
A. Regretful. B. Confused. C. Satisfied.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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. Your friend is _______. Does he often _______ you?
A. a great fun; make funs of B. good fun; make fun of
C. very funny; play a joke of D. fun; be laughed by
22. This machine is very easy _______. Anybody can learn to use it in a few minutes.
A. operating B. to be operating C. operated D. to operate
23. You see, she’s losing her temper now. Let’s ______ her ________.
A. leave; alone B. leave; out C. leave; off D. leave; for
24. Jenny hopes that Mr. Smith will suggest a good way to have her written English ______ in a
short period.
A. improved B. improving C. to improve D. improve
25. Without worrying about anything, she abandoned herself ________ a life of pleasure.
A. with B. of C. to D. on
26. ______ to work overtime that evening, I missed a wonderful film.
A. Having been asked B. To ask C. Having asked D. To be asked
27. If most breadwinners ________ a day’s pay to the Hope Project, then it will be hopeful.
A. leave B. present C. donate D. give
28. -----Linda didn’t invite us to the party.
-----________? I don’t care.
A. For what B. So what C. What’s on D. What’s up
29. She has a gift for creating an atmosphere for her students ______ allows them to communicate
freely with each other.
A. which B. where C. what D. who
30. This is the first time we _______ a film in the cinema together as a family.
A. see B. had seen C. saw D. have seen
31. Just in front of the temple ________ with a history of 1,000 years.
A. does an old pine tree stand B. stands an old pine tree
C. an old pine tree is standing D. an old pine tree stands
32. I like _____ when I am with people like Mr. Smith, who has a good sense of humor.
A. this B. it C. one D. that
33. _______ impressed me was the boy’s ability to deal with this kind of difficult physics
problem.
A. Which B. What C. It D. That
34. ----- Where will I put the MP4?
----- Put it ______ we can all see it.
A. when B. since C. where D. unless
35. Don’t blame the worker. He just carried out the order______.
A. as told B. as are told C. as telling D. as they told

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项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。
It’s a sad and familiar sentence from a beggar that we often hear. Usually, when asked “Can you spare some 36 ?” I’ve been struck with a feeling of 37 if I passed by without giving a coin or two.
My conscience was hurt again when I was making a 38 in Venice in 2006. I was sitting in a quiet café. Outside the café on the street was an old woman on her knees, 39 . Steady streams of 40 were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd drinking something, but I noticed he was also 41 the woman.
She knelt motionlessly, her head almost touching the ground, a worn blanket providing little protection 42 the cold. The sight was especially 43 when compared with the signs of the 44 city around her.
A tourist group hurried along the street, 45 at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived, 46 again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker 47 and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this rather 48 , just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched 49 the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. With the young man 50 the way, other tourists followed.
The young backpacker 51 this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer(同伴) pressure 52 on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work 53 , the young man walked over to the old beggar woman and said, “I hope that helps a bit.”
I placed some money in the woman’s cup and 54 my tour, light-hearted after witnessing such a 55 act of caring.
36. A. time
B. effort
C. change
D. reward
37. A. satisfaction
B. guilt
C. anger
D. pleasure
38. A. lecture
B. report
C. study
D. tour
39. A. crying
B. begging
C. singing
D. dancing
40. A. passengers
B. customers
C. tourists
D. foreigners
41. A. ignoring
B. serving
C. observing
D. following
42. A. against
B. for
C. with
D. in
43. A. frightening
B. touching
C. fascinating
D. interesting
44. A. peaceful
B. noisy
C. wealthy
D. primitive
45. A. glanced
B. laughed
C. shouted
D. stared
46. A. unless
B. so
C. but
D. or
47. A. looking around
B. stepping forward
C. getting about
D. breaking in
48. A. secretly
B. carelessly
C. deliberately
D. eagerly
49. A. since
B. before
C. after
D. as
50. A. showing
B. showed
C. pointing
D. pointed
51.A. stopped
B. valued
C. made
D. repeated
52. A. moved
B. replied
C. worked
D. carried
53. A. done
B. was done
C. has been done
D. had been done
54. A. cancelled
B. continued
C. started
D. delayed
55. A. funny
B. smart
C. simple
D. modest

第三部分 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、 B、 C和D中，选出最佳选项，并且在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
“Whatever”, totally tops most annoying word in the poll (民意测验). So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are totally annoyed by the use of “whatever” in conversations. The popular term of indifference (不感兴趣) was found most annoying in conversations by 47 percent of the Americans surveyed in a Marist College poll on Wednesday.
“Whatever” easily beat out “you know”, which especially annoyed a quarter of interviewers. The other annoying expressions were "anyway"(at 7 percent), “it is what it is” (11percent) and “at the end of the day”(2 percent).
"Whatever" is an expression with staying power. It left everyone a deep impression in the song by Nirvana (“oh well, whatever, never mind”）in 1991 and was popularized by the Valley Girls in the film “Clueless”, later that decade. It is still commonly used, often by younger people.
It can be a common argument-ender or a signal of indifference. And it can really be annoying. The poll found "whatever" to be consistently(始终地) disliked by Americans regardless of their race, sex, age, income or where they live.
“It doesn't surprise me because ‘whatever’，is in a special class, probably, said Michael Adams, author of “Slang(俚语)~The People's Poetry" and an associate professor of English at Indiana University. "It's a word that -and it depends on how a speaker uses it -can suggest being not worthy of attention or respect.” Adams, who didn't take part in the poll and is not annoyed by "whatever," points out that its use is not always negative. “It can also be used in place of other neutral(中性的）phrases that have fallen out of favor, like ‘six of one, half dozen of the other’ ” he said. However, he also noted that the negative meaning of the word might explain why “whatever” was judged more annoying than the ever-popular “you know”.
56. Which tops second among the annoying expression according to the passage?'
A. Whatever. B. You know. C. Anyway. D. It is what it is.
57. What can we know about the word "whatever"?
A. It became popular because of Nirvana.
B. It can be commonly used at the beginning of an agreement.
C. Old people like it while young people don't.
D. Almost half of the Americans surveyed disliked it.
58. In Adams' opinion, the reason why “whatever”, was judged more annoying may be that_____.
A. most of the people don't like it
B. it can be used in place of other neutral phrases
C. it carries certain negative meaning sometimes
D. the poor don't like it
59. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Adams is not only a writer but also a professor.
B. “Whatever” is a signal of concern.
C. Adams is angry at the word “whatever”.
D. "Whatever" will be replaced by "You know”.

B
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60. What you have just read is a _______.
A. note B. report C. schedule D. poster
61. What is going to take place on 2 February, 2013?
A. A party for close friends to meet and have fun. B. A party to celebrate a traditional festival.
C. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year. D. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.
62. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School. B. It's unnecessary to take soft drinks with you.
C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody. D. Festival food will be served without extra charge.
C
Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people thinner than spending hours doing some exercises, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends help increase levels of brown fat in the body which burns calories to produce heat.
Living in an exciting social environment was found to reduce fat in mice's belly by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social excitement aids weight loss by turning white fat into brown. White fat stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to produce heat. Turning white fat into brown is extremely difficult, normally requiring long- term stay in cold conditions or exciting part of the body's nervous system.
However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown. The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those, who lived alongside a greater number of mice, had more space and toys to excite themselves and then lost far more weight over the course of the study than their “couch potato" fellows.
Study author, Dr Matthew During, whose team's findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism, said, "I'm still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs." Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added, "It's not just a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social activities." Co-author Dr Lei Cao said，"Loneliness is a potential factor for cancer and death; it's equal to cigarette smoking to a certain extent. Social activities are very vital.
63. What information can we get from the first two paragraphs?
A. Brown fat stores calories and makes us fatter. B. It doesn't take long to turn white fat into brown.
C. Social excitement helps gain more weight. D. Brown fat can burn energy to produce heat.
64. Which of the following statement does the text support?
A. Levels of brown fat can be increased by socializing.
B. The mice lacking social life lose more weight.
C. The research findings haven't been published so far.
D. Dr Matthew During wasn't convinced of the result.
65. We can conclude from the text that _______.
A. the fat in mice's belly was reduced because of the relaxing environment
B. a sedentary lifestyle and high calories foods influence people's social life
C. surfing the Internet may influence people's f