湖南省届高三四校联考英语试题.docx

1、湖南省届高三四校联考英语试题湖南省2014届高三四校联考英 语 试 题时量：120分钟 分值：150分Part Listening Comprehension （30 marks）Section A （225 marks）Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakersFor each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A,

2、B and CListen carefully and then choose the best answer for each questionYou will hear each conversation TWICEConversation 1lHow does the boy sound in the beginning? ADiscouraged BSatisfied CNervous2What does his mother suggest? AGoing to the English Corner BReading more books CLearning morewordsCon

3、versation 23How long is the trip to Los Angeles? AEight hours BEight and a half hours CNine hours4Where can theman get on the-bus? AAt Gate 10 BAt Gate 11, upstairs CAt Gate -l2,aownstairsConversation 35When did the woman go to the seaside for the last time? ALast June. BLast July CLast month.6Why w

4、ill the woman not go to-the-seaside? ABecause, she will have no spare time BBecause she has not earned enough money : CBecause her father will have no spare-timeConversation 47For what would the man stay in line for 5 hours? ATwo tickets for a concert BTwo tickets for a contest COne ticket for an op

5、era 8What does the woman think about that opera? AIt is difficult to understand BIt has good singing CIt isnt as interesting as a Broadway musical 9What do the two speakers plan to do after they see the Seal concert? ATo have dinner BT6 see a concert CTo go to an operaConversation 510What happened t

6、o the man? AHe found his house was broken into BHe locked himself out CHe forgot to lock the front door11When were all the windows locked? AOn Saturday BOn Friday CEveryday12What is the woman most probably going to do? r ATalk to others BLook around CAsk more questionsConversation 613When does the m

7、an usually get to the bus stop from his house? AAt 7:20 BAt 6:40 CAt 7:0014What does the man often do after dinner firstly? AWatching TV or talking with his family BPlaying and reading with his family CWorking on his website15Which of the following is NOT true according to the conversation? AThe man

8、 often gets off work at about 5 o clock BThe man often goes to bed after one or two at night CThe man created his website in his officeSection B （75 marks）Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passageListen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have hea

9、rdFill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDSYou will hear the short passage TWICEPart II Language Knowledge （45 marks）Section A （15 marks）Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and DChoose the one that best completes the sentence21With

10、the tourist trade booming, the residents of this area are paying more attention to the protection of nature, _, of course, is of great importance Athat Bwhich Cwhat Dwhether22Have you found your lost eraser? Yes, alreadyIt was just under my nose, _ beside a leg of my desk Alying Bhaving lain Cto lie

11、 D; laying2 3The concert held at the City Theater last night was really impressive Yes, _ AI can t agree more BI agree too much CI dont agree too much DI agree more24Some young people always take it for granted that only if we have enough money _ a happy life Awe can live Bwe will live Cdo we live D

12、can we live25The football team as well as the coach _ to the TV show to talk about their experiences during the past few years Ahas been invited Bhas invited Chave been invited Dhave invited2 6Dont doubt the possibility we declared yesterday _ we will surely win the game in spite of all the difficul

13、ties Athat Bwhich Cwhen Dwhether27I should have forgotten all about my mothers demand that I buy some fruits home for the evening, _ Aif not reminding Bif not reminded Calthough reminded Dalthough not reminding2 8Dont you know that a group of teenagers from the USA are coming to visit our school? Ye

14、s_ past the headmaster office I happened _ him talking about it with some other teachers AWalking; to hear BTo walk; to hear CWalked; hearing DHaving walked; having heard29To our surprise, _ much effort has been made, the cause of the accident has not been found out Abecause Balthough Cunless Dhow30

15、Why havent you decided what present to buy for your moms birthday? As you know, there are too many pretty things in the stores _, and its really hard to make a decision Ato be chosen from Bbeing chosen from Cchosen from Dto choose from31Will you come to the lecture beginning at 9 tomorrow morning? S

16、orry, but I _ some guests from our sister-city at that time Awill meet Bam going to meet Cwill be meeting Dam meeting32Mary can have lost some weight, but she _ too much because of her convenience of eating at the restaurant run by her parents Ahad eaten Beats Cwill eat Date33Susan speaks Chinese fl

17、uently That is because she _ in China for more than 5 years Ahad lived Bis living Clived Dwill live34Where can I find Jim this time? You _go to the gymHe _ take some exercise this time every day Acan; need Bmay? will Cmay; must Dcan; shall35I find it really confusing, for I _ much homework all these

18、 years but I just cant improve my Math a lot Ahave done Bdid Cam doing Dhave been doingSection B （18 marks）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and DFill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the contextI break off a piece

19、of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own lifeBeing raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet experience, which gave me motivation and ambitionThere were several years that have left an extremely 36 taste in my mouth -my mother marri

20、ed a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away from our hometownThe first few months were sweet; baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies togetherThen things 37 Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were replaced by days Emily and I spent isolated

21、in our rooms under our stepfathers ordersMoreover, screaming 38 between him and our mother always interrupted our dinnersWe spent five years living in a family that had turned into a war zoneEmily and I almost grew_39_this situationThen one evening, after another argument had erupted, we left homeI

22、was 14, my sister 11, and we were _40_, A friend of my mother let us stay with her _41_ focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to 42 successShe wanted me to lead a more comfortable life than hersShe worked long hours every night to pay her _43_ Meanwhile, she would find

23、 time to read and play with Emily and meMom taught me the 44 of perseverance and educationWe finally settled in TexasAnd now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close 45 , I realize my family and I are at the best points of our livesI havent let the 46 times stop me from making achievements,

24、both academically and personallyI know that a bitter environment can provide good learning 47 , and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all36Adelicious Binteresting Cdull Dbitter37Acontinued Bchanged Cdamaged Ddisappeared38Amatches Bgames Cdebates Dlectures39Afamiliar with B

25、similar to Cused to Dinterested in40Ahomeless Blucky Ceducated Dwealthy41ARather than BThanks to CInstead of DMore than42Afight with Bstruggle for Clong for Ddream of43Ahouses Blife Crent Dbills44A, price Bcost Cprocess Dvalue45Aby hand Bathand Con hand Dhand m hand46Atrying Bunbelievable Cirreplace

26、able Denjoyable47Astories B, lessons Cexperiences DskillsSection C （12 marks）Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the contextWedding days are often considered the most important days of many peoples livesFor this reason alone, throughout th

27、e past and into modern day, numerous customs and superstitions have developed about the wedding event, 48 t hopes of creating The Perfect Day!A very common custom still honored today is in reference to 49 t time-old saying, A Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a si

28、lver sixpence inside your shoe So old is this saying 50 t tracing it back to its origination is nearly impossible,Some contribute itto Victorian times, 51 t say it is even older than thatThe old- is believed to be the friends 52 t the family attending the weddingThe -new9 is represented by the coupl

29、e themselves, as a new5 unionThe Borrowed is something 53 t thefamiiies that is to be returned, such as the bride -s wedding dress, or the veilSomething -blue is often interpreted to represent the brides virginity （童真）, 54 throughout time has come to represent the purityof a womanThe sixpence can be

30、 any form of money, hidden into the brides shoe, to bring wealth, both inmonetary means and love, 55 t the unionPart III Reading Comprehension （30 marks）Directions: Read the following three passagesEach passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statementsFor each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and DChoose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passageAScientists fear rising energy bills may lead to an increase in obesity （肥胖