2014学年第一学期高三英语质量抽测试卷(满分150分，考试时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. Teacher and student. B. Travel agent and customer.C. Doctor and patient.D. Manager and office clerk.2. A. Noisy. B. Comfortable.C. Beautiful.D. Convenient.3. A. Wait at the bus stop. B. Hurry to catch the bus.C. Chase the moving bus.D. Walk to the next bus stop.4. A. In a waiting room. B. In a professor’s office.C. In a classroom.D. In an operating room.5. A. Consulting Mr. Brown. B. Talking about the studio.C. Hosting a TV program.D. Holding a fashion show.6. A. She seemed to be out of shape. B. She used to have a terrific figure.C. Her gym exercise must cost her a lot.D. Her effort to keep fit is worthwhile.7. A. She has to work at the animal doctor’s. B. She is seriously sick in bed.C. She has already made an appointment.D. She has to take care of her pet.8. A. Enjoying a holiday. B. Talking to her assistant.C. W orking in her office.D. Doing scientific research.9. A. He has already finished his essay. B. He is unwilling to help Mary.C. He has to hand in his essay tomorrow.D. He offers to drive Mary to school.10. A. The man blamed the woman for being careless.B. The man misunderstood the woman’s apology.C. The woman offered to pay for the man’s coffee.D. The woman spilt some coffee on the man’s suit.Section BDirections: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor.C. On the third floor.D. On the ground floor.12. A. A house for the old. B. A well-known hotel.C. A historic museum.D. A house of the Mill’s.13. A. The changes of the Gella House. B. A fire in the Gella HouseC. The history of the Gella family.D. The bravery of the fire fighters.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. She lived in the tree-house on her own. B. Her friends cooked for her every day.C. She climbed down to cook for herself.D. News reporters sent her food regularly.15. A. After the company used a helicopter to annoy her.B. After the environmental organizations gave up.C. After her good friends persuaded her to give in.D. After the company agreed not to cut down the trees.16. A. She was really an environment protector.B. She succeeded with the help of her family.C. She fought bravely for the women’s right.D. She was the organizer of this campaign.Section CDirections: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation:MemoPatient’s full name 17 SymerProblem A serious 18Mailing address Apartment 19 ,78th Street East ManhattanPhone number 347-891-3041Time and date 11:30 AM, 20Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation:What is Maria worried about? Her 21 .What course does Prof. Deluke teach? 22 .Why does Maria want to have a high score? To 23 .What does Prof. Deluke advise her to do? To refer to 24 .Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)Many people underestimate the importance of writing skills. They think that as long as they 25 speak and understand the language, they know it. Truth is, we live in the age of internet and smart phones where most of the communication happens in writing. An ability to express ideas 26 a clear and literate way has become extremely necessary for work, study and everyday life.Do you have trouble 27 (express) yourself in wri tten English? Don’t worry, even native speakers find it difficult.Here are some tips that will help you improve your English writing skills:1. Read as much as you can. It is the best way 28 (learn) sentence structures and build a wide vocabulary. We will share a writing for you to read on Facebook every week.2. Translate from your native language into English 29 vice versa. However, if you write more, you would start thinking in English. You will know you have become fluent 30 you no longer need to translate your thoughts.3. Use social media. By posting on Twitter or Facebook, you can get comments and feedback from your peers. It also helps overcome a fear of writing in public. You can always get your writings 31 (check) by reviewers at Daily Themes before you share it on other channels.4. Take an online course. There are a few very good free online courses on writing, English composition, and grammar on Cousera, Alison, edX, and Future Learn. You can take courses on these websites, and share your learning by writing on Daily Themes.5. Get a writing coach at Daily Themes. The fastest way to learn is to have someone, 32has already mastered the language, check your writings.Happy writing!(B)Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them 33 the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck,34 _____ their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoyed games that move in stages, in which each stage —the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start —is almost a game in itself.Grown-ups can ha rdly find children’s game exciting, and they often feel puzzled at35 their kids play such simple game again and again. 36 , it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to 37 turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he 38 (catch).It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation 39 their control. Everyone knows the rules, and 40 (importantly), everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, though, they make sure that every child has a chance to win.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. extensiveB. appealsC. debatedD. necessarilyE. audienceF. confidenceG. delicately H. efficient I. experienced J. withdraw K. declineA century ago, American political leaders judged public opinions by people’s applause and the size of crowds at meeting. This direct exposure to the people’s views did not 41 produce accurate knowledge of public opinions. It did, however, give political leaders 42 in their public support.Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas 43 each other seven times in the summer and autumn of 1858, two years before they became presidential nominees (总统候选人). Their debates took place before 44 in cornfields and courthouse squares. A century later most presidential debates, although seen by millions, take place before a few reporters and the technicians in television studios. The public’s response cannot be 45 firsthand. This distance between leaders and followers is one of the difficult problems of modern democracy. The media provide information to millions of people, but they are not yet so 46 at providing leaders with feedback from the public.Is government by acclamation (欢呼、欢迎) possible when the scale of communication is so large and impersonal? To make up for the 47 in their ability to experience public opinions for themselves, leaders have turned to science, in particular the science of opinion polling (民意调查).It is no secret that politicians and public officials make 48 use of public-opinion polls to help them decide whether to run for office, what policies to support, how to vote on important issues and types of 49 to make in their campaigns. President Lydon Johson was famous for carrying the latest Gallup and Roper poll results in his pocket, and it is widely believed that he began to 50 from politics because the polls reported losses in public support. All recent presidents and other major political figures have worked closely with polls.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Radio began as a point-to-point communication device. In 1919, Radio Corporation of American would charge a fee if you sent a message from one radio to another. Either the senders or the recipients pay the fee. The purpose was basically to undercut the telegraph, and they made their money 51 , not by providing radio as a 52 but by selling hardware.In about 1922, radio 53 into a broadcast mechanism. For broadcasting, in the simple sense, there was a 54 and it broadcast, and lots of people could hear it. But broadcasting was seen as a way to drive business to the radio hardware makers. The stations were 55 by people who made radios or 56 , by churches and universities that wanted to get their 57 out but weren’t going to make money.And there was a lot of stuff which sounds very 58 today about how this medium was going to 59 . And in the 20s, Radio Broadcast Magazine60 a $500 prize for the best essay that answered the question: “Who is going to pay for broadcasting, and how?” The winner suggested a 61 on radio listeners. Now，it sounds a little strange to us, but that’s actually the British model. The BBC supports itself by a tax on TV and radio sets.There was some discussion about 62 , and Herbert Hoover, the Secretary of Commerce then, was strongly against this idea. He said it was 63 that we should allow so great a possibility for service 64 by advertising chatter. The Commerce Department was 65 radio at the time. So ads came very late to radio. After the creation of national radio networks then the pressure—advertisers wanted to go on with it, people who owned the radio network wanted to sell ads, and that’s how radio developed as an advertising medium.51. A. briefly B. naturally C. basically D. eventually52. A. listener B. service C. broadcaster D. applicant53. A. developed B. extended C. made D. drove54. A. magazine B. platform C. stop D. station55. A. wanted B. made C. sponsored D. sold56. A. in some cases B. in return C. on the contrary D. on the whole57. A. way B. message C. profit D. opinion58. A. critical B. persuasive C. familiar D. great59. A. communicate B. broadcast C. emerge D. survive60. A. offered B. won C. missed D. abandoned61. A. reward B. tax C. fine D. rent62. A. broadcasting B. advertising C. chattering D. modelling63. A. essential B. inconvenient C. difficult D. unbelievable64. A. sent B. created C. drowned D. suggested65. A. regulating B. producing C. providing D. developingSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)The day began early.An agreement had been made with the little boys the evening before. They were to be allowed to celebrate the Fourth of July, the glorious day, by the blowing of horns exactly atsunrise. But they were to blow them for precisely five minutes only, and no sound of the horns should be heard afterward till the family were downstairs. It was thought that a peace might thus be brought by a short, though crowded, period of noise.The morning came. Even before the morning, at half-past three o’clock, a terrible blast of the horns aroused the whole family.The number of the horns was most remarkable! It was as though every cow in the place had arisen and was blowing through both her own horns! “How many little boys are there? How many have we?” exclaimed Mr. Peterkin, going over their names one by one mechanically, thinking he would do it, as he might count imaginary sheep jumping over a fence, to put himself to sleep. The counting could not put him to sleep now, in such a loud noise.And how unexpectedly long the five minutes seemed! Elizabeth Eliza was to take out her watch and give the signal for the end of the five minutes, and the ceasing of the horns. Why did not the signal come? Why did notElizabeth Eliza stop them?And certainly it was long before sunrise; there was no dawn to be seen! “We’ll not try this plan again,” said Mrs. Peterkin. “If we live to another Fourth,” added Mr. Peterkin, hurrying to the door to inquire into the state of affairs.Alas! Amanda, by mistake, had waked up the little boys an hour too early. And by another mistake the little boys had invited three or four of their friends to spend the night with them. Mrs. Peterkin had given them permission to have the boys for the whole day, and they understood the day as beginning when they went to bed the night before. This accounted for the number of horns.It would have been impossible to hear any explanation; but the five minutes were over, and the horns had ceased, and there remained only the noise of a singular leaping of feet, explained perhaps by a possible pillow-fight, that kept the family below partially awake until the bells and cannon made known the dawning of the glorious day, the sunrise, or "the rising of the sons," as Mr. Peterkin jokingly called it when they heard the little boys and their friends clattering down the stairs to begin the outside festivities.66. According to the passage, which event happened first?A. Mr. Peterkin noted how many boys there were.B. The Peterkins were awakened by the boys.C. Elizabeth gave the signal to stop the horns.D. Mr. Peterkin exclaimed how many boys they had.67. What did the 7th paragraph talk about?A. The place where the boys blew their horns.B. The time when Elizabeth Eliza stopped them.C. The way how the boys blew their horns.D. The reason why more horns were over there.68. The probable main idea of this passage is that ______________________.A. t he little boys didn’t carry out the agreement thoroughlyB. t he little boys didn’t see the signal to stop blowing their hornsC. the little boys blew horns to greet the dawn of July 4th so earlyD. the Peterkins enjoyed children’s blowing of horns on July 4th69. Which question is not answered in the story?A. When did the horn blowing begin?B. How long ago did the custom start?C. Why did the boys blow the horns in the morning?D. How did the Peterkins feel about the horn blowing?(B)Settling in to life at OxfordWhen you first arrive in Oxford, it may take a little while for you to find your way around. The university is a large organization that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike (most students in Oxfordfind cycling is the best way to go around)，setting up a bank account, getting their computer and mobilephone working, finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.One of the major events you will experience shortly after “coming up”to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University’s Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in UK and introduce you to other graduate students from for all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you, as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you. The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and culture differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow students.Another good thing to experience early on is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses, and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return the favor. In this way, you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many of the historical college grounds and dining halls.Further information on your first few weeks at Oxford is available via the Student Gateway on our website, and your can get first-hand accounts of what life at Oxford is like by watching videos of students talking about their experiences on our Wall of 100 Faces.70. Which of the following is not the first thing for a new comer to Oxford to do?A. to find a best place to socializeB. to set up a bank accountC. to go to the Sheldonian TheatreD. to get mobile phone working71. When do students feel they are truly admitted to Oxford University?A. They arrived in Oxford and settled down on campus.B. They received the offer from the admission office.C. They met the staff and took some required courses.D. They experienced the matriculation in the university.72. Why is an orientation important for international students?A. It is a good chance to ask the staff for help.B. It offers practical information about living and studying.C. It helps get students’ computers hooked to the Internet.D. It can help deal with the problem of culture differences.73. “return the favor” in the passage probably means __________________.A. inviting you for dinnerB. visiting your historic college in returnC. sharing favorite videosD. providing you with some good advice(C)When a big boat, like a cruise ship, goes through the ocean, it often creates waves. This happens when the large engines on the back of the cruise ship cause the water on the ocean’s surface move up and down violently. These waves move out from the boat in both directions. If you are captaining a smaller boat, you’d better steer clear of a cruise ship’s wake, so that your boat is not surfing on the waves, causing it to overturnA wave is a pattern of motion. When you look at a wave, it may appear as simply water moving across the surface of the ocean. In fact, this is false. The water is actually not moving in the same direction as the wave. While the wave itself—the pattern of motion—is moving across the surface of the ocean, the water is actually moving in a circular motion, which brings the water molecules back to their original position. The water merely gives the appearance of moving forward.If this is confusing, think of the kind of wave you do at a baseball stadium. Viewed from adistance, the wave is clearly moving across the stadium. But the thing that makes up the wave – the people – are not moving across the stadium, they’re just moving up and down in their seats. This is just like the water in an ocean wave. A lot of water is moving up and down, which gives water the appearance of moving along with the wave.Surfers pay a lot of attentio n to waves. If you’re not in an area where the waves are suitable for surfing, then you can’t surf. Usually, surfers gather in areas known for big waves—waves that rise high off the ocean’s surface. If the wave is bigger, then the surfer is often able to surf for longer distances and perform more tricks. The height of a wave is known as its a mplitude. If you could make a wave freeze, then you could measure the wave’s amplitude by running a tape measure from the ocean’s surface to the very peak of the wave.All waves can be measured using amplitude and wavelength. While the waves created by a boat have very small amplitude—sometimes as small as a few centimetres—the wavelength can be very short, as lots of waves are being generated. By contrast, a tsunami has very high amplitude, sometimes more than 100 feet, but a relatively long wavelength, as it’s a high wave.Waves generated in the same way can have great differences in amplitude and wavelength. For example, think back to the cruise ship. While each ship creates waves caused by the movement of the boat, the properties of each of the waves may be very different. For example, a larger cruise ship, with powerful engines, may create a wave that has high amplitude and a short wavelength. H owever, if the ship’s e ngines slow down, they may then start creating less powerful waves at a slower rate. This would cause the waves’ amplitude to decrease, but its wavelength to increase.74. What does the phrase “steer clear of a cruise ship’s wake” in the 1st paragraph mean?A. keep awake while steering a shipB. get a clear view of what is aheadC. keep away from the cruise shipD. follow the cruise ship very closely75. The author gives an example of wave people do in the stadium in order to _____________.A. illustrate how excited people are in a basketball stadiumB. clear the confusion over measuring the wave’s amplitudeC. demonstrate how to make waves in a basketball stadiumD. explain why the water appears to move along the waves76. The last paragraph gives us the impression that _____________________________.A. the wave’s amplitude may vary, but its wavelength remain the sameB. the more powerful the ships’ engines are, the higher the waves they generateC. the amplitude of a wave depends on the direction the water moves forwardsD. measuring the amplitude and wavelength of waves is not quite easy77. What is this passage mainly about?A. How waves are created and measured.B. What makes the sea water move forwards.C. Why people create waves in the stadium.D. How to steer a cruise ship in the rough sea.Section CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.This paper is written in an attempt to discuss what the creative process is. Though much theory has accumulated, little is really known about the power that lies at the bottom of poetic creation. It is true that great poets and artists produce beauty by employing all the powers of personality and by combining emotions, reason, and intuitions(直觉). But what is the magical synthesis(合成) that joins and arranges these complex parts into poetic unity?John L. Lowes, in his justly famous “The Road to Xanadu,” developed one of the earliest and still generally acceptable answers to this interesting question. Imaginative creation, he concludes, is a complex process in which the conscious and unconscious minds jointly operate. “There is…the deep well with its chaos (杂乱)of accidentally mixing images; but there is likewise the vision which sees shining in and through the chaos of the potential lines of form, and with the vision, the controlling w ill, which gives to that potential beauty actuality.”The deep well is the unconscious mind that is peopled with the facts, ideas, feelings of the conscious activity. The imaginative vision, an unconscious activity, shines through the land of chaos, of lights and shadows, silently seeking pattern and form. Finally, the conscious mind again, through will, captures and embodies the idea in the final work of art. In this way is unity born out of chaos.Though there can be no absolute certainty, there is general agreement that the periods in the development of a creative work parallel (与…相似), to some extent, Lowes’ theory of well, vision, form, and will. There are at least three stages in the creative process: preparation, inspiration, work.In a sense, the period of preparation is all of the writer’s life. It is the deep well. It is especially a period of concentration which gives the unconscious mind an opportunity to communicate with the conscious mind. When remembrance of things past reaches the conscious level of the writer’s mind, he is ready to go on with the process. Part of this preparation involves learning a medium—learning a language, learning how to write, learning literary forms. It is important to note here that form cannot be imposed upon the idea. Evidence, though not enough, shows that the idea gives birth to the form that can best convey it. It is the vision, according to Lowes, that sees shining in and through the chaos of the potential lines of from.(Answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than TEN words.)78. John L. Lowes has provided an acceptable answer to the question of __________________.79. ___________________________________ are the four elements of John L. Lowes’ theory.80. How does the preparation stage contribute to the production of a creative work?81. According to the passage, what is the relationship between the idea and form?II卷（共47分）I. Translation（22分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 均衡的膳食是保持健康的关键。
