河北省衡水中学2014届高三第三次模拟（英语）a卷
高考英语
2014-06-03 201434
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2014学年度第二学期第三次模拟考试 高三年级英语试卷 命题人：高三英语组 说明：
一、本试卷共16页，包括三部分，共150分。其中第一部分与第二部分为选择题，包括65个小题；第三部分为非选择题。
二、答题前请仔细阅读答题卡上的“注意事项”，按照“注意事项”的规定答题。所有题目均需在答题卡上作答，在试卷和草稿纸上作答无效。
三、做选择题时，如需改动，请用橡皮将原涂答案擦干净，再选涂其他答案。 四、考试结束后，请将本试卷与答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
从 A,B,C,D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例：have A. gave B. save C. hat D. made 答案是C。
1. official A. stone B. gold C. clothes D. position 2. minute A. bury B. busy C. lunch D. argue
3. noun A. country B. brought C. southern D. mountain
4. stomach A. match B. machine C. Christmas D. chimney 5. exist A. exercise B. exploration C. examine D. expression 第二节 语法和词汇知识（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。
例：We ____ last night, but we went to the concert instead. A. must have studied B. might study C. should have studied D. would study 答案是C。
6. ---How did the plan strike you?
---Great, indeed!_______. I can not speak too highly of it. A. In fact B. Be sure C. After all D. As a result 7. ---Has your father come back from Africa?
--- Yes, but he ______ here for only three days before his company sent him to Japan.
A. was B. has been C. will be D. would be
8.The British are proud of the 2014 Olympic Games_____ in London. A. to hold B. to be held C. holding D. being held
9.Some retired people have nothing to do. They often get together and ____for hours talking about their past experiences. A. look around B. get around C. turn around D. sit around 2014. Among Asimov's most famous works of science fiction, one _____he won an award, was the Foundation Trilogy.
A. of whom B. of which C. for whom D. for which
11.____ some teenagers don’t realize is ____ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.
A. What；how B. What；what C. That；how D. That；what
12. The dining room is clean and tidy, with a table already ______for a big meal．
A. being laid B．laying C．to lay D．laid
13.They were standing so far away that I couldn’t_____ their faces clearly.
A. make out B. make for C. make off D. make up
14. Nowadays people take___ exercise a day as they did in the past because of widely used automobiles. A. less than half B. less than as half as C. less than half as much D. half less than 15.---Have you finished all your exercises?
---Yes, ___ is left. As a matter of fact, they are as easy as ABC. A. nothing B. not one C. none D. neither
16.Canada, _____ second to Russia in size, is _____ home of all kinds of animals and plants, making it famous for its natural scenery. A. /; a B. the, the C. the, / D. / ; the
17. All of us have the desire to visit the three main temples in Athens, especially ______ that contains a gold and ivory statue of Athena.
A. the one B. one C. the ones D. those
18. British scientists have produced _____ they believe is the world's smallest Christmas card． A．which B．who C．that D．what
19. You can’t complain of being lonely you don’t make any effort to meet people．
A．until B．when C．once D．though
20. Some people create jobs, foster(滋生）excitement and basically make the system work. They see possibilities ______ others see only problems.
A. that B. what C. which D. where
第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，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。
For long, a little boy was wondering why his deskmate could rank 1st in the class whenever he wanted to, while he himself failed to he only ranked 21st.
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 21 than others? I feel I am obedient and as careful as him, but 22 I always fall behind? ” Hearing the words， Mom was aware that her son began to 23 the sense of self-respect, which was now being injured by the ranking system. 24 at him, she went wordless, not knowing 25 to explain.
In another test, the son ranked 17th, while his deskmate remained 1st. Back home he 26 the same question. Mom really wanted to inform his son that 27 differs, which means that students ranking 1st are
supposed to be cleverer than normal ones. 28 , was this discouraging answer the one that her son was constantly 29 about? Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.
How to answer her son’s question? There were times when she felt an urge to say, “You are too lazy. You are not as hard-working as others?” but she stopped 30 imagining her son suffering from the pains of unsatisfied grades and rankings. She thought it 31 to put any additional burden on his son and was trying to find out a perfect answer.
Time passing swiftly, the son 32 primary school. Despite studying harder and better, he was still unable to keep up with his deskmate. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to 33 him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give an answer.
Now, the son no longer worries about his 34 , and there are no boring guys who would inquire his grades in primary school, because, 35 the 1st ranking, he is admitted to Tsinghua University. Back home in
winter vacation, he was invited to 36 the students and parents in his high school, In the speech, he mentioned a valuable experience in his
