湖南省十二校2013屆高三英語第一次聯(lián)考牛津譯林版

1、湖南十二校2013屆高三第一次聯(lián)考英 語 試 題Part I Listening Comprehension （30 marks）Section A （225 marks）Directions: In this section youll hear six conversations between two speakersFor each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices marked A, B and CListen carefully and then

2、choose the best answer for each questionYou will hear each conversation TWICEConversation 11What are the speakers doing most probably?AHaving an interviewBWorking in the officeCAsking for information2What will the woman do next Monday?AVisit the mans officeBGo to see her colleagueCHand over charge o

3、f her officeConversation 23What might the man be?AThe ladys husbandBA school teacherCA warm-hearted taxi driver4Why is the man so worried?AHis car has broken downBHis leg is injuredCHe needs to send the lady to the hospitalConversation 35What does the man use the Internet for?AEditing articlesBConta

4、cting clientsCCommunicating with readers6When does the woman stop using the computer?AWhen she is eating an appleBWhen she is drinking some waterCWhen she is answering the phoneConversation 47Whats the man doing when the woman calls him?AReading a poem BWriting a book CReading a novel8Why doesnt the

5、 woman like reading novels?ABecause it takes too much timeBBecause it requires less attentionCBecause novels dont tell deep meanings9What does the man like least?ANovels BPoems CShort storiesConversation 510What did the man want to buy at first?AA mini burger BA dragon twister CA medium coke11How mu

6、ch does the man need to pay for the coke with the large fries?ANine yuan BFourteen yuan CTwenty-four yuan12Where does the man want to go?ATo the bank BTo the post office CTo the supermarketConversation 613Where does the conversation most probably take place?AAt an airportBAt the womans homeCAt the o

7、ffice14Who has booked the ticket for Jack?AThe woman BTom CHe himself15When is Jack invited to dinner?AThis Friday BThis Thursday CNext ThursdaySection 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

8、ve heardFill 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: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C andDChoose one answer that best completes the sentence21I got to

9、 know later that it was three oclock _ he left thereAthat Bwhen Csince Dbefore22Mo Yan grew up listening to folk tales that _ for centuries in his hometownAhad been told Bhas been toldChave been told Dhad told23_ such a good chance, why not have a try?AGiving BHaving givenCGiven DTo be given24Young

10、people who have got jobs may realize that university lessons cant be the only preparation for all of the situations _ appear in the working worldAwhere Bwhat Cthat Dwhen25We _ the difficulty together, but why didnt you tell me?Ashould face Bmight faceCmust have faced Dcould have faced26Some of the r

11、ubbish, such as food, paper and iron, _ away over a long period of timeArot Brots Cis rotting Dare rotted27Who did the teacher _ the article?TomAhave write Bhave writtenChad written Dhas writing28What do you think has caused his heart attack?It is_Abecause of his overweight Bdue to his being overwei

12、ghtChis being overweight Dhe is so overweight29He lost his job last week, but he seems happyI think he _ to put on a brave faceAis trying Btries Ctried Dhas tried30_we promise continuous increase in rural incomes _improve the whole peoples well-beingAOnly if; we can BIf only; can weCOnly if; can we

13、DUnless; we can31It is better to lose ones life than _Aif you lose your spirit Bto lose ones spiritClosing his spirit Dyour spirit getting lost32The writer and professor, who I often refer to at the meetings,_popular among those peopleAwere Bare Cwas Dis33Here is a notebook, in which _ the names of

14、the visitorsAwrite Bwas written Cwere written Dwritten34We should respect food and think about the people who dont have _we have here and treat food nicelyAwhat Bwhich Cthat Dwhether35I dont think the lady can complete the difficult job alone, _?Adont I Bdo I Ccant she Dcan sheSection B （18 marks）Di

15、rections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,C andDFill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the contextAn old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen tab

16、le 36 his Bhagavat Geeta （薄伽梵歌）His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he couldOne day the grandson asked, Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavat Geeta just like you but I dont understand itand I forgot what I did understand as soon as I closed the bookWhat 37 does

17、 reading do?The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of waterThe boy did as he was told, but all the water 38 before he got back to the houseThe grandfather laughed and said, Youll have to move a litt

18、le more 39 next time Then he sent the boy back to the river with the basket to try againThis time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was 40 before he returned home41 ，he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket insteadThe old man said,

19、 I dont want a bucket of water; I want a basket of waterYoure just not trying hard enough 42 he went out of the door to watch the boy try againThe boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he 43 his grandfather the basket was again emptyOut of breath, he saidSee Grandpa, its usel

20、ess!So you think it is useless? The old man said, Look at the basketThe boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was 44 It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now 45 ,inside and outSon, thats what 46 when you read the Bhagavat GeetaYou might not

21、understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be 47 , inside and outThat is the work of Krishna （Guruji） in our lives36Ashowing Barranging Cwriting Dreading37Atask Bharm Cgood Dimportance38Aran away Bgot off Cset out Dleaked out39Aquietly Bquickly Cslowly Dcarefully40Aempty Bbrok

22、en Cheavy Ddirty41AHopefully BHappilyCOut of breath DOut of control42AThis time BAt a timeCAhead of time DAt the same time43Areached Bleft Cfollowed Dasked44Awet Bdifferent Cworn-out Dnew45Alight Bpopular Cclean Dcomplete46Ameans Bmatters Ctakes Dhappens47Ainstructed Bchanged Creminded DinterestedSe

23、ction C C12 marks）Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one wordthat best fits the contextSome doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerousThey believe those who express anger violently may be 48_likely to develop heart disease, and they b

24、elieve that those who keep their anger 49_ may face a greater danger of high blood pressureDoctors say 50_ solution is learning how to deal with angerThey say the first step is to admit that you are angry 51_ to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide 52_ the cause is serious enough to ge

25、t angry 53_If it is, they say, Do not express your anger 54_ angryWait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express 55_calmly and reasonablyDoctors say a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angryThey say that laughter is much healthier than

26、 angerPart 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 passageATh

27、ere are records of fingerprints being taken many centuries agoThe ancient Babylonians pressed the tips of their fingerprints into clay to record business tradeThe Chinese used ink-on-paper finger impressions for business However, fingerprinting wasnt used as a method for identifying criminals until

28、the 19th centuryIn 1858, Sir William Herschel was working as an official of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, IndiaIn order to reduce fraud （詐騙）, he had people living in the district record their fingerprints when signing business documents A few years later, Scottish doctor Henry Faulds was workin

29、g in Japan when he discovered fingerprints left by artists on ancient pieces of clayThis finding inspired him to begin investigating fingerprintsIn 1880, Faulds wrote to his cousin, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, and asked for help with developing a fingerprint classification systemDarwin ref

30、used, but sent the letter to his cousinSir Francis Gallon, who was an eugenicist （優(yōu)生學(xué)生家）Gallon began collecting fingerprints and eventually gathered some 8, 000 different samples to analyze In 1892, he published a book called Fingerprints, in which he outlined a fingerprint classification systemthe

31、first existenceAround the same time, Juan Vucetich, a police officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was developing his own version of a fingerprinting systemIn 1892, Vucetich was called in to assist with the investigation of the two boys murdered in Necocheaa village near Buenos AiresTheir mother, Fran

32、cisca Rojas, accused a neighbour named VelasquezBut when Vucetich compared the fingerprints found at the murder scene to those of both Velasquez and Rojas, they matched Rojas exactlyShe admitted her crimeThis was the first time fingerprints had been used in a criminal investigationVucetich called hi

33、s system comparative dactyloscopy（指紋鑒定法）Its still used in many Spanish-speaking countriesSir Edward Henry, in charge of the Metropolitan Police of London, soon became interested in using fingerprints to catch criminalsIn 1896, he added to Gallons technique, creating his own classification system, th

34、e Henry Classification SystemIt is the primary method of fingerprint classification throughout most of the world56What is the text mainly about?AThe history of fingerprintingBDifferent uses of fingerprintsCCountries that first used fingerprintsDThe way to collect and analyze fingerprints57Herschel h

35、ad people record their fingerprints so as to_Adevelop a fingerprinting systemBcollect and study fingerprintsCput them on pieces of clayDprevent illegal business58Who first came up with the idea of creating a fingerprint classification system?AHerschel BFaulds CDarwin DGalton59The underlined word the

36、y in Paragraph 4 probably refers to _Athe crimes Bthe two boysCthe fingerprints Dthe police officers60We can learn from the text that _AHenrys classification system is based on GallonsBFaulds collected many fingerprints while in JapanCDarwin showed great interest in studying fingerprintsDVucetichs f

37、ingerprinting system is still used all over the worldBDo you know the following expressions?Homeric laughterThe Homer in this expression is the Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The OdysseyPeople laugh differentlySome laugh silently, while others tend to laugh loudlyHomeric laughter refers to laugh

38、ter of the latter kindIt is at times uncontrollable, and the entire body shakes during the processThis kind of laughter is called Homeric laughter because this is how the gods laughed in Homers classicsFaustian bargainAccording to most stories, Faust was a German scholar who was rather unhappy with

39、his lifeThe devil（魔鬼）, Mephistopheles, promises him that in return for his soulhe will give Faust unlimited power and knowledgeFaust agrees and experiences all kinds of pleasures, but, in the end, his soul iscondemned to hell（地獄）A Faustian bargain therefore is a deal that finally results in ones rui

40、nIt means a bargain made for temporary gain without taking future consequences into considerationA three-ring circusWhen you refer to a situation as being a three-ring circus, you are saying that it is a situation of complete confusionThere are so many activities taking place all together that they

41、leave you confused or annoyedThe expression comes from the world of entertainmentthe circusThe area where the artists perform their acts is called the ringIn the past, some of the circuses were so grand that they had three acts taking place simultaneously in three different ringsThe audience had to

42、decide which ring they wanted to focus onIn the swim（of things）When someone is in the swim of things, the individual is actively participating in the things happening around him, as in Ive been ill, but soon Ill be back in the swim of things In the world of fishing, fishermen use the word swim to re

43、fer to the section of the lake/river where fish can be found in plentySo, if you are a fish man and wish to catch a lot of fish, where would you be? You would be in the swim!61According to the text, Homeric laughter _Awas the way Homer laughedBmeans nervous, silent laughterCis a way to show disagree

44、mentDcomes from a Greek poets works62If a person makes a Faustian bargain, _Ahe might come to a bad endBhe would be considered cleverChis life would become satisfyingDhe would gain power and knowledge63What does the underlined word simultaneously most probable mean?AAll of a sudden BLittle by little

45、CAt the same time DOne after another64What do we learn about the expression in the swim（of things）?AIt means having a lot of things to doBIt has nothing to do with swimmingCOriginally it was used to refer to going fishingDPatients use it to express their desire for health65What is the authors purpos

46、e in writing the text?ATo show the development of English phrasesBTo tell the readers some old, interesting storiesCTo explain some phrases meanings and originsDTo correct some misunderstandings about wordsCThe forces that make Japan one of the worlds most earthquake-prone（有地震傾向的） countries could be

47、come part of its long-term energy solutionWater from deep below the ground at Japans tens of thousands of hot springs could be used to produce electricityAlthough Japanese high-tech companies are leaders in geothermal（地?zé)岬模?technology and export it, its use is limited in the nationJapan should no dou

48、bt make use of its resources of geothermal energy, said Yoshiyasu Takefuji, a leading researcher of thermal-electric power productionThe disastrous earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused a reaction against atomic power, which previously made up 30 percent of Japans energy needs, and increas

49、ed interest in alternative energies, which account for only 8 percentArtist Yoko Ono has called on Japan to explore its natural energy, following the example of Iceland which uses renewable energy for more than 80 percent of its needsFor now, geothermal energy makes up less than 1 percent of the ene

50、rgy needs in Japan, which has for decades relied heavily on fossil fuels and atomic powerThe biggest problem to geothermal energy is the high initial cost of the exploration and constructing the factoriesAnother problem is that Japans potentially best sites are already being developed for tourism or

51、 are located within national parks where construction is forbiddenWe cant even dig 10cm inside national parks said Shigeto Yamada of Fuji Electric, adding that regulations protecting nature would need to be relaxed for geothermal energy to growResearcher Hideaki Matsui said, Producing electricity us

52、ing hot springs is a decades-long projectWe also have to think about what to do for now as energy supplies will decline in the short termThe Earth Policy Institute in Washington, US, believed Japan could produce 80000 megawatts （兆瓦） and meet more than half its electricity needs with geothermal techn

53、ologyJapanese giants such as Toshiba are already global leaders in geothermal technology, with a 70 percent market shareIn 2010, Fuji Electric built theworlds largest geothermal factory in New Zealand66What percentage of Japans energy needs is geothermal energy?ABelow 1% BAbout 8% CAround 30%DOver 80%67According to Shige