2014年湖北高三2月联考英语试题及答案(2)

　　17. What is the man speaker probably?

　　A. A zoo keeper.   

　　B. A volunteer.      

　　C. An animal expert.

　　18. What can we learn about volunteers?

　　A. They can operate on sick animals.

　　B. They are not allowed to do office work.

　　C. They can help animals in their daily life.

　　19. Which is not mentioned to help abandoned pets?

　　A. The responsibility. 

　　B. The medical care.

　　C. The family's support.

　　20. Where Can you go if you want to help animals?

　　A. To the nature centers.

　　B.To the pet shops.

　　C. To the local hospitals.
第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

　　第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。

　　1.Often looking at your daily behavior from a different ______ will help you change your  actions for the better.

　　A. procedure    

　　B. perspective  

　　C. principle  

　　D. prediction

　　2.On no account can parents always _______ with the children, otherwise they will become more greedy and come up with more unreasonable requests.

　　A. compromise  

　　B. overlook   

　　C. disapprove      

　　D. cooperate

　　3.In business negotiation, an _______ attitude may result in breaking the relationship with our partner while a too frank communication may bring a company into an unfavorable situation.

　　A. accessible   

　　B. aggressive  

　　C. allergic      

　　D. alternative

　　4.It seems ________ to our modern world, where everything is a rush and we try to cram as much into every minute as possible, but if not busy, we feel unproductive and lazy.

　　A. controversial 

　　B. conventional

　　C. contemporary 

　　D. contradictory

　　5.Nowadays, a lot of children have less time to play and communicate with their peer due to extra studies. ________, it is difficult to develop their character and social skills.

　　A. Consequently  

　　B. Occasionally  

　　C. Eventually  

　　D. Dramatically

　　6.In order to get happiness, many people chase after reputation or money aimlessly. However, in most cases, real happiness is actually _________.

　　A. at ease    

　　B. at hand     

　　C. at length        

　　D. at random

　　7.If not going through the thunder and the storm, you won’t see the rainbow, so you should not be _____ by temporary setbacks in our life.

　　A. cast down    

　　B. put away     

　　C. taken in        

　　D. given out

　　8.In this age of information overload and abundance, those who get ahead will be the folks who figure out what to________, so they can concentrate on what’s important to them.

　　A. carry out    

　　B. turn out   

　　C. bring out      

　　D. leave out

　　9.At the initial stages of postwar, _______ maintaining of cooperative relationship with USA and strengthening Soviet’s interest, Stalin adopted negative attitude to the Communist Party of China.

　　A. in the possession of    

　　B. for the sake of

　　C. at the mercy of   

　　D. on the occasion of

　　10.We human beings experience a great liberalization and open-mindedness, which is ______ in our daily attitude to the disabled, olds, females, especially homosexual populations.

　　A. distinguished   

　　B. mirrored   

　　C. declared     

　　D. substituted

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

　　It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a/an   1   season, while for me, it is an annoying season. Tired from preparing for Postgraduate Entrance Examination, I decided to have a   2   along the Yanjiang Road in my university.

　　“Autumn is a lonely season and life is   3   . The days in this season always get me down ”, I was in deep thought when the sound of a guitar   4   into my ears, like a stream flowing from the mountains. I was so surprised that I ran to see what it was. A young girl, sitting on the lawn, was   5   in playing her guitar. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly.

　　Lost in the music, I did not realize that I had been standing for so long. But my _ 6__ did not seem to disturb her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her guitar. During the rest of the days in the season, life became interesting and I could  _7_  the courses carefully. Though we did not know each other, I thought we were always good friends.

　　Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening  _8_ , the sound suddenly stopped. To my astonishment, the girl came   9   to me.

　　“You must like the music,” she said.

　　“Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.

　　Suddenly, a __10_ expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.

　　“I came here just to have a rest because I failed in the college entrance examination. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day _11_ encouraged me,” she said, “and I have to go tomorrow.”

　　“__12__, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.” I answered, “I think it was God who gave us the chance to know each other and we should be good friends

　　She smiled and I smiled.

　　Since then, I have never seen her again. I no longer passed by that __13_. Only thick leaves were _ 14   behind. But I will always remember the __15_ of the girl. It was her appearance that helped me passed the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.

　　We may encounter many people in our lives. Some are like a shooting star, but  16   so much light that they guide you in the correct _17  ; some are like _18 in you, they are always with you, but do not understand you. Just as a famous saying, many people  19  in your life, but only true friends leave footprints.

　　I shall always __20__ the autumn, the girl and the sound of her guitar. I know she will always be my best friend.

　　1. A. irrigation   2. A. walk    3. A. stressful  4. A. flowed   5. A. devoted   6. A. exposure 7. A. get over  8. A. casually 9. A. along  10.A. strange 11.A. when  12.A.In consequence 13 A. mountain  14 A. left 15.A. figure 16.A．give away  17.A. direction  18.A. clothes 19.A. broke  20.A. remind   B. harvestB. aimless B. floated B. addicted  B. movement B. take over  B. devotedly B. down B. happy B. which B. In reality  B. stream  B. thrown  B. face  B. give up  B. destination B. shadows  B. stepped B. reviewC. rainfall  C. rest  C. uninteresting C. flew  C. engaged  C. existence C. pull over C. roughly  C. over  C. special C. that C. In addition  C. road C. fallen C. hair C. give in C. position   C. footprints C. approached C. remainD. adventure D. glance D. desperate D. fled D. absorbed D. enthusiasm D. go over D. thoroughly D. back D. sad D. what D. In detail D. lawn  D. piled D. eyes D. give off D. situation D. wrists D. participated D. recall