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2014届高三年级第四次四校联考英语试题命题：临汾一中 忻州一中 康杰中学 长治二中【考试时间120分钟，满分150分】本试卷分第卷（选择题，含听力测试）与第卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。第卷的答案涂在机读卡上，第卷的答案写在答题纸上。听力不计分。第卷（共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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1.5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? A19.15 B9.15C9.18答案是B。( )1What do the speakers need to buy? AA fridgeBA dinner tableCA few chairs( )2Where are the speakers? AIn a restaurantBIn a hotelCIn a school( )3What does the woman mean? ACathy will be at the party BCathy is too busy to come CCathy is going to be invited( )4Why does the woman plan to go to town? ATo pay her bills in the bank BTo buy books in a bookstoreCTo get some money from the bank( )5What is the woman trying to do?AFinish some writingBPrint an articleCFind a newspaper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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。( )6What is the man doing? AChanging seats on the plane BAsking for a window seat CTrying to find his seat ( )7What is the womans seat number? A. 6AB. 7AC. 8A听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 ( )8Why doesnt the woman take the green T-shirt? AIt's too smallBIts too darkCIts too expensive( )9What does the woman buy in the end? AA yellow T-shirtBA blue T-shirtCA pink T-shirt听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。( )10How long has the man been in London? AOne yearBA few years CA couple of months( )11Why did the woman leave her hometown? ATo lead a city life BTo open a restaurant CTo find a job( )12Where did the woman come from? ALondonBAirsideCLancaster听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。( )13What is a daypack? AA boxBA bagCA lock( )14What surprises the girl at school? AA lot of discussions in class BTeachers giving little homework CFew students asking questions in class( )15At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place? AAt the end of itBIn the middle of itCAt the beginning of it( )16What do we know about the girl? AShe is new to the school BShe writes for the school newspaper CShe seldom asks questions in class听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。( )17What does Mr. Henry Stone do? AA bank clerkBA teacherCA writer( )18What does Henry like doing at airports? AWatching peopleBTelling storiesCReading magazines( )19What did Henry learn from the newspaper that day? AA valuable suitcase was missing BA man stole money from a bank CA woman ran away from home( )20Why was the woman at the airport? AShe was traveling on business BShe was seeing the man off CShe was leaving for Greece第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 (共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize. Munro didnt publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. Lots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns. Even though shes won Canadas most famous literary award, the Giller Prize, twice, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature is the cherry on top of Munros career. “It brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person. Along with the well-respected title comes 1.3 million dollars. Munro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way.” Munro knew she was in the runningshe was named the second-most likely person to win this years prize, after Haruki Murakami (村上春树）of Japanbut she never thought that she would win. Munros win also represents the long way Canadian writers have come. “When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. Now Canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe,” Munro said on Thursday. She is technically not the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but many like to think that she is. In 1976 Saul Bellow, who was born in Quebec but moved to Chicago when he was still a child, won the prize. Even though he was born in Canada, he is mostly considered to be an American writer. “This is a win for us all. Canadians, by our very nature, are not very nationalistic,” said Geoffrey Taylor. “But things like this suddenly make you want to find a flag.” She wasnt sure if she would keep writing if she won the prize, saying that it would be “nice to go out with a bang. But this may change my mind.”( ) 21. What is the feature of Munros stories? A. They have their own complicated (复杂的)contents. B. They have similar story backgrounds. C. They have specific themes for children. D. They have the same characters in each book.( ) 22. For Munro, the Nobel Prize is an award for_. A. her love for Canadian culture B. her devotion to the short story C. her special form of writingD. her career of editing short stories( ) 23. What is implied in the sixth paragraph? A. Canadian writers paid little attention to the prize. B. Canadian writers are just a small community. C. Canadian writers have long been ignored. D. Canadians have a long way to win the prize.( ) 24. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. How Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize B. An introduction to the Nobel Prize in Literature C. Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureD. A world famous writer, Alice MunroBA dense wave of smog began in the Chinese city of Harbin and the surrounding Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning Provinces on 20 October 2013. Unseasonably warm temperatures with very little wind across northeastern China coincided with the smoke from local farmers burning straws and the start-up of Harbins coal-powered central heating system.Record densities of fine particulates(微粒)were measured in the city. In Harbin, the levels of PM2.5 (particulate matter) rise to 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, worse than Beijings historic highs. Visibility was reduced to below 50m in parts of Harbin, and below 500m in most of the neighbouring Jilin Province. On Fa Yuen Street in Harbin, visibility of less than 5m was reported. The smog reduced after October 23, 2013 and completely broke up on October 28, 2013 by the first local snow and icy rain due to a cold front moving in from Russia.Harbin lies in the north of China where winter temperatures can drop to -40, demanding a six-month heating season. Daily particulate levels of more than 40 times the World Health Organization recommended maximum level were reported in parts of Harbin. The smog remained till 23 October, when almost all monitoring stations in Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning Provincesreported readings above 200g/m³forPM2.5. PM2.5 is the amount of particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter in the air, with the WHO recommending a maximum 24-hour mean (平均值) of 25 micrograms per cubic meter (g/m³). On the morning of 25 October, PM2.5 measurements in Harbin had fallen to an average of 123g/m³.All highways in the surrounding Heilongjiang Province were closed. In Harbin, all primary and middle schools were closed for three days and authorities stopped flights at the airports. Hospitals reported a 23 percent increase in admissions for breathing problems. However, this smog will have no influence on Harbin Ice Festival events later in December 2013.Air pollution in Chinese cities is of increasing concern to Chinas leadership. Particulates in the air can affect human health and also have influences on climate and rainfall. Pollution from the burning of coal has reduced life expectancy by 5.5 years in the north of China, as a result of heart and lung diseases.( ) 25. One cause of the heavy smog in the northeastern Chinese cities may be _. A. the lasting cold weather B. farmers burning of forests C. too much strong windD. the start-up of heating system( ) 26. One serious influence of the heavy smog was that_. A. Harbin Ice Festival would be cancelled B. highways in Heilongjiang were free of chargeC. all flights at the airport were cancelledD. doctors in hospitals were kept from working( ) 27. The harmful smog was most serious on _.A. October 20 B. October 23 C. October 25 D. October 28( ) 28. What measure might be practical to reduce the happening of heavy smog?A. Forbidding people to own their private cars.B. Advocating people having one meal a day.C. Using natural gas to cook instead of coal.D. Encouraging familys coal-fired heating.C Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology(意识形态) that biology is destiny. According to this ideology, basic biological and psychological differences exist between the sexes. These differences require each sex to play a separate role in social life. Women are the weaker sex both physically and emotionally. Thus, they are naturally suited, much more so than men, to the performance of domestic(家庭的) duties. A womans place, under normal circumstances, is within the protective environment of the home. Nature has determined that women play caretaker roles, such as wife and mother and homemaker. On the other hand, men are best suited to go out into the competitive world of work and politics, where serious responsibilities must be taken on. Men are to be the providers; women and children are “dependents”. The ideology also holds that women who wish to work outside the household should naturally fill these jobs that are in line with the special capabilities of their sex. It is appropriate for women, not men, to be employed as nurses, social workers, elementary school teachers, house-hold helpers, clerks and secretaries. These positions are simply an extension of womens domestic role. Informal distinctions between “womens work” and “mens work” in the labor force, according to the ideology, are simply a functional reflection of the basic differences between the sexes.Finally, the ideology suggests that nature has worked her will in another significant way. For the human species to survive over time, its members must regularly reproduce. Thus, women must, whether at home or in the labor force, make the most of their physical appearances. So goes the ideology. It is, of course, not true that basic biological and psychological differences between the sexes require each to play sex-defined roles in social life. There is enough evidence that sex roles vary from society to society, and those role differences that do exist are largely learned. But to the degree people actually believe that biology is destiny and that nature intended for men and women to make different contributions to society, sex-defined roles will be seen as totally acceptable.( ) 29. According to the biology-is-destiny ideology, women_. A. cannot compete with men in any field B. are suited more to domestic jobs than men C. are sensitive enough to be a good caretaker D. are too weak to do any agricultural work at all( ) 30. Those who have prejudices against women think that_. A. women shouldnt go out for work B. women should earn money to add the family income C. women going out for work should only do “womens work” D. women should take jobs to drill the special capabilities of the sex( ) 31.The author thinks that the positions women hold outside_. A. are determined by what they are better suited to B. grow out of their household responsibilities C. represent their breakthrough of sex discrimination D. are physically and emotionally suitable to them ( ) 32.What does the underlined sentence imply? A. Sex roles are socially determined B. Sex roles are emotionally and physically determined C. Sex roles are biologically and psychologically determined D. Sex roles are determined by education people takeDTickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil have gone on sale, with fans able to apply on FIFAs website. FIFA is expecting a similar demand to that in Germany 2006, when there were about seven applicants for every ticket of the 64 matches. And now around 3.3 million tickets will be available for the matches in 2014. Tickets will range in price from 58 for first-round matches to 632 for the final at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian citizens over 60, local students and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for 15. The Price of Football - World Cup 2014 Items Prices Items PricesTicket 58-112Final ticket 281-632Sun cream 9.50T-shirt 13 McDonalds meal 11Water 1.28Imported beer 3.83Domestic beer 1.91Coffee 2.55Average dinner 29“Its always difficult to predict,” said FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil. “But I truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in Germany than in South Africa in 2010.”According to FIFA, the 2006 World Cup was attended by more than 3.3 million fans. Almost two million tickets were sold to the general public in South Africa, although the number of applications during the first ticketing phase was significantly lower. All applications made before 10th October 2013 will enter a random selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requests. The sales of the leftover tickets will begin on 5th November on a first-come, first-served basis. Another phase will begin on 8th December after the draw is made. The tournament begins on 12th June, with Brazil playing the opener in Sao Paulo. A study on the price of World Cup 2014 looked at the ticket prices and the cost of travelling to Brazil and found that our English fans face hotel costs of between 46 and 797 a night, while packages range from 2,999 to 14,999.( ) 33. How much should a Brazilian student pay for the opening match? A.15 B.58 C.112 D.632( ) 34. From the passage we know that Thierry Wei