江西省九校2014届高三第二次联考英语试题

1、江西省九校2014届高三第二次联考英语试题 主命题： 贵溪一中 李筱玲  副命题：乐平中学 朱秀珍时长：120分钟  总分：150分第 I卷（共105分）第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题I.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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。     第二部分&

2、#160;英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)第一节     语法和词汇知识( 共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15分)21. Thank you f or sending us _ fresh vegetables of many kinds. You have done us _ great service.A. the; 不填        B. 不填; a&

3、#160;          C.不填; 不填       D. the; a          22. Transit, a car made in Jiangxi province, was sold nearly 50,000 units in 2012, with the tota

4、l value_ it was in 2008       A. more than three times what              B. three more times than that               

5、60;      C. over three times than what                 D. over three times of that23.an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.  

6、; A .Based                 B. Base              C. Basing              

7、; D .To base          24. _I pay the fine, sir?  That goes without saying. You _ have driven drunk.                  A. Must; shouldnt  

8、0;    B. Should; mustntC. Should, shouldnt           D. Must; mustnt                      25. -I wonder what makes

9、you a successful manager.   -I _ as a waiter for five years, which contributes a lot to my todays work.A. serve         B. have served     C. had served          

10、60;D. served       26. Jim told us all that _ he said so at the meeting was right.   A. all            B. what           C. all that

11、60;          D. that     27. He is how shall I _, not far but rather well built.A. put it          B. make it        C. mean it &#

12、160;         D. get it              28. Seeing the happy _ of children playing together there, Im full of joy and confidence in the future of our country.A. view    

13、          B. scene            C. sight          D. scenery             

14、0;      29. To enjoy the scenery in Canada, Sara would spend long hours on the train _ travel by air.A. more than          B. other than        C. instead of   

15、   D. rather than      30. Angela Markel says European Union could fail if Eurozone (欧元区)      over debt problems in Greece, Italy and other weaker economies.       A. pulls up  &#

16、160;      B. pulls down     C. breaks up             D. breaks down          31. I will put the book _ you placed it and make a ma

17、rk at the place _I put it.A. at which at which   B. where; at which   C. where; which   D. at which; where    32. It must have rained last night, _it?A. mustnt    B. havent    C. hasnt  

18、; D. didnt                           33. It is such a good place _everybody wants to visit _it is well-known all over the world.   A. that; that&

19、#160;   B. as; as    C. as; that    D. that; as                      34. We didnt find the Blacks _the lecture.    No on

20、e had told them about _a lecture the following day.           A. attending; there being      B. to attend; there to beC. attended; there be         D. attend; there was35

21、. -Janet, can I get you anything to drink?                                -     _   .A. No prob

22、lem      B. I wouldn't mind a soda  C. You are welcome       D. Doesnt matter                         

23、0;                                                 第二节&

24、#160; 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Wranglers（争吵者） and Stranglers（扼杀者）Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin, who seemed to have amazing creative  36   talent. T

25、hey were would-be poets, novelists, and essayists. They were extraordinary in their   37    to put the English language to its best use. These promising young men  38   regularly to read and critique (评论) each other's work. And cri

26、tique it they did!These men were merciless with one another. They  39   the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces. They were heartless, tough, even mean in their  40   .The sessions became such areas of literary criticism that the &

27、#160;41   of this special club called themselves the “Stranglers (扼杀者)”.In order to  42   , the women of literary talent in the university  43   to start a club of their own, one comparable to the Stranglers. They  44 &#

28、160; themselves the “Wranglers (争论者)”.They, too, read their  45   one another. But there was one great difference. The criticism was much softer, more  46   , more encouraging. Sometimes, there was almost no criticism at all. Every effort, even

29、the weakest one, was   47   .Twenty years later an alumnus (男校友；男毕业生) of the university was making an exhaustive (详尽的；彻底的)  48    of his classmates' careers when he   49    a vast difference in th

30、e literary accomplishments of the Stranglers as opposed to the Wranglers. Of all the  50   young men in the Stranglers, no one had made a significant literary   51    of any kind. From the Wranglers had come six or more successful 

31、0;52   , some of national renown (名望；声誉) such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who wrote The Yearling.Talent between the two? Probably the same. Level of   53   ? Not much difference. But the Stranglers were strangled, while the Wranglers were deter

32、mined to give each other a (an)   54   .The Stranglers   55    an atmosphere of argument and self-doubt. The Wranglers highlighted the best, not the worst.来36. A. architectural          

33、;   B. artistic             C. literary            D. musical37. A. strength              

34、      B. ability             C. performance     D. power38. A. gathered                  &

35、#160;B. organized         C. challenged       D. collected39. A. turned                      B. translated

36、0;        C. combined         D.divided                            40. A. a

37、 ppreciation           B. criticism          C. assessment       D. judgment41. A. leaders           

38、;          B. organizers        C. members          D. arrangers42. A. participate             

39、          B. practice           C. succeed            D. compete43. A. determined         

40、      B. agreed             C. promised        D. dreamed44. A. regarded               

41、60;   B. called              C. thought            D. recognized45. A. works             &

42、#160;        B. letters              C. books              D. papers46. A. fantastic      

43、            B. critical             C. positive           D. serious47. A. required      &

44、#160;            B. spared             C. made               D. encouraged48. A. experiment 

45、60;             B. study               C. analysis           D. judgment49. A. reflected   

46、;                B. resolved           C. explained         D. noticed50. A. optimistic     

47、60;           B. confident                C. bright              D. honest51. A. achievement

48、60;            B. influence                C. contribution     D. improvement52. A. engineers       

49、           B. writers             C. doctors            D. lawyers53. A. courage      

50、0;             B. patience           C. education         D. skill54. A. reward         &#

51、160;           B. favor               C. honor              D. lift55. A. ruined   &#

52、160;                  B. lightened                C. promoted           

53、60;    D. enjoyed第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）                           AThe quality of drinking water in Shanghai will meet

54、 European Union standard by 2010 and, a decade later, citizens in Shanghai will drink the best water in the world.These we re the goals set out by the Shanghai Water Authority. With the citys population expected to increase only slightly and the economy to boom by 2020, Chen Yin, and

55、official with the water authority, said Shanghais water consumption will not increase from its present amount.Zhang Yue, director of the Urban Construction Division under the Ministry of Construction, said, “Shanghai is the first city in the country to publicize these ambitions. They will

56、not be easy to achieve.”He said water saving will help keep the sustainable development of Chinas economy.Saving one cubic meter of water means saving the citys infrastructure（基础设施）costs by 10,000 Yuan. Last year, Shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustme

57、nt of industrial structure or the employment of new technology.“The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortages,” Chen said. “The abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.”Shanghai lacks drinkab

58、le water. The Huangpu River, which supplies 80 percent of the citys drinkable water, is nearing exhaustion.The city, therefore, has been exploring new sources from the Yangtze River and growing forests along it to conserve quality water.Besides penning regulations, the authority

59、is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.At present, the city has 600，000 family toilets, each using 13 liters of water per flush. These are to be renovated（整修）to use only 9 liters of water per flush.The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for

60、 households at a cost of 40 Yuan each.In three years, all the toilets will be renovated, which saves the city nearly 15 million Yuan every year in water conservation.Another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage（污水）to improve the water environment.At present the city can only treat

61、44 percent of its daily 5.04 million tons of waste water. To meet the total demand, 27 more sewage treatment factories are to be established with an estimated investment of 18 billion Yuan.56. People in Shanghai get their daily water mainly from      

62、0;  now.A. the rain                  B. the Huangpu River  C. the Yangtze River              &#

63、160;   D. the underground57. According to the passage, some people have the wrong opinion of using water because      .A. the renovating of family toilets will save plenty of waterB. about half of waste water has been treated alreadyC.

64、 advanced technology makes people use water as much as possibleD. there is plenty surface water and large amount of rain at present58. The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households to          .A. make peoples l

65、iving more convenient      B. improve peoples living standardsC. ease employment pressure                       D. meet the total demand of

66、water59.  Which group of measures are all mentioned in the passage to save water?aimprove drinking water quality                bchange some industrial structurecintroduce or use some new technology  

67、   dspeed the economic development of Shanghaierenovate some family toilets                  fbuild more sewage treatment factoriesA b, c, e f       &

68、#160;     Ba ,b, c, d             Cb, c, d, e               Da, b, e, f60.   We can infer from the passage that 

69、60;        .Athe boom of economy will need a larger amount of water in the futureBcitizens today in Shanghai drink the best quality of water in the worldCnot everyone today in Shanghai is aware of water shortageDall the family toilets will

70、be renovated to save water within 3 years    B Sub-Saharan Africa has the worlds highest hunger rate. But according to a new report, African farmers also have ideas that could help the worl d fight hunger and poverty. Danielle Nierenberg from the Worldwatch In

71、stitute in Washington spent a year v isiting twenty-five countries south of the Sahara. In Nairobi, Kenya, for example, Ms Nierenberg found women farmers growing vegetables just outside their doorsteps in the Kibera settlement. She says they are finding ways to make the

72、ir lives better. The women feed their families and sell their surplus. They use the money to send their children to school.Last year, about 925,000,000 people worldwide did not get enough to eat. Half of all people in the world now live in and around cities. Researchers like Ms Nierenberg

73、are looking increasingly at creative ideas to feed those who dont have enough good food to eat. She says there are a lot of lessons that people in the Western world can learn from Africa. And what they are doing can certainly be done in other developing countries.Farmers in the developing world

74、 lose between twenty and forty percent of their harvest before it ever reaches market. There are many reasons why food gets wasted. Farmers are without electricity and cold storage. They lack good seeds and fertilizer. They lack good roads. Conditions like these keep small farmers in poverty. Ms Nie

75、renberg says more attention needs to be paid to protecti ng harvests. She says, “Given all that we invest in producing food in the first place, we need to devote the same amount of attention to making sure that it is not wasted.”In Nigeria, village processing centers are helping farmers re

76、duce their losses and earn more money. They centers process cassava, a root vegetable, into basic food products. In Uganda, the Worldwatch report says some schools are teaching children how to grow local kinds of crops. And in South Africa and Kenya the report praises the breeding(培育) of local

77、kinds of livestock. These animals may produce less milk or meat than other breeds, but they can survive heat and drought conditions.61.We could learn from the new report in Para.1 that         .     A.sub-Saharan Africa has the wo

78、rlds highest hunger rate     B.African farmers have ideas to help fighting hunger and poverty     C.women farmers grow vegetables in the Kibera settlement     D.women farmers grow vegetables to send their children to sch

79、ool.62. The underlined word “surplus” in Para.1 is closest in meaning to         .     A. private vegetables                    &#

80、160;   B. side products     C. leftover vegetables                      D. home-made products63 .Ms Nierenberg suggests that    &#

81、160;    .     A.the women spend more money on education instead of farming     B.more and more African people should live in and around cities     C.researchers find creative ideas to feed the people suffe

82、ring hunger     D.people in the Western world do the same as the Africans have done64 .Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?     A.Farmers in developing world often lose some of their harvest    &

83、#160;B.Small farmers in developing countries often suffer poverty.     C.Farmers should pay more attention to protecting their harvest     D.Attention should be paid to saving food instead of producing food65 .The best title of this passage shoul

84、0;d be         .  A.A New Report About African Farmers Fighting Hunger     B.Creative Ideas to Feed Those Who Have No Enough Food     C.Looking to Africa for Ideas About How to Fight Hu

85、nger     D.Animals That Can Survive Heat and Drought Conditions               CI was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style. Strong feelings arent something you display in public. So, y

86、ou can imagine that I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief at a Chinese funeral.My editorial team leader died recently after a short illness. He was 31. The news was so unexpected that it left us all shocked and upset. A female colleague burst into tears and cried piteously at her desk.

87、 Somehow we got through the day's work. The next day was the funeral.Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy(悼词) and was soon in tears. She carried on, in Chinese of course, but at the end said in English: "There will be no more deadlines for you in heaven." Next came a long-t

88、erm colleague who also dissolved in tears but carried on with her speech despite being almost overcome by emotion. Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute, weeping openly as he spoke. Sorrow is spreading. Me and women were now sobbing uncontrollably. Finally, the man's mother, supported

89、 between two women, addressed her son in his coffin. She almost collapsed and had to be held up. We were invited to step forward to each lay a white rose on the casket. Our dead colleague looked as if he was taking a nap. At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the

90、 outpouring of emotion.In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral. Here in China it would seem that grieving is a public affair. It strikes me that it is more cathartic to cry your eyes out than try to keep it bottled up for f

91、ear of embarrassment, which is what many of us do in the West.Afterwards, a Chinese colleague told me that the lamenting at the funeral had been restrained(克制) by Chinese standards. In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily. This struck me like something out of novel by

92、Charles Dickens. But we have all seen on TV scenes of grief-stricken people in Gaza and the West Bank, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the relatives of victims of terrorist bombings around the world. Chinese grief is no different. I realized that it's the reserved British way of mourning that is out of step with the rest of the world.66The underlined words “stiff upper lip style” in Paragraph 1 mean “_”.Acold-blooded