1、2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案1试卷类型：B 2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英 语注意事项：1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷 1 页至 10 页，第卷 11 页至 13 页。2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，搭载本试卷上无效。4. 第卷听力部分满分 30 分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。5. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟
2、的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第 1 节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的 A,B,C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例： How much is the shirt?A. 19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.15答案是 C。1.What does the woman want to do ?A. Find a place B. Buy a map C.Get an address2. What will th
3、e man do for the woman?A. Repair her car B.Give her a ride C.Pick up a aunt3. Who might Mr Peterson be?A. new professor B.A department head C.A company director2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案24. What does the man think of the book?A.Quite different B.Very interesting C.Too simple5.What are the sp
4、eakers talking about?A.Weather B.Clothes. C.News.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6.Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?A.He has a pain in his knee.B.He wants
5、 to watch TV.C.He is too lazy.7.What will the woman probably do next?A.Stay at home. B.Take Harry to hospital. C.Do some exercise.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.When will the man be home from work?A.At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9.Where will the speaker go?A.The Green House Cinema.B.The New State Cinema.C.T
6、he UME Cinema.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.How will the speakers go to New York?A.By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.11.Why are the speakers making the trip?A.For business. B. For shopping. C. For hoilday.12.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife.
7、C. Fellow workers.2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案3听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new per
8、son earn for the first year?A. $10,500. B. $12,000. C. $15,000.16. How many people will the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A
9、. Its comfortable. B. Its time-saving. C. Its cheap.19. What is good about living in a small town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分）阅读下列短文，从
10、每题所给的四个选项（A、 B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity ChallengeDare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages
11、of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案4Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To ente
12、r the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue. Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sund
13、ay, April 21st. Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibit and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15
14、th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http:/cambridgesciencefestival.org.21. Who can take in the Curiosity Challenge?A. School students.B. Cambridge locals.C.
15、 CSF winners.D. MIT artists.22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On February 8th. B. On March 10thC. On March 15th.D. On April 21st.23.What type of writing is this text?A. An exhibition guide.B. An art show review.C. An announcement.D. An official report. BPassenger pigeons（旅鸽）once fle
16、w over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks（群）so large that they darkened 2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案5the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reach its highest point, there were more than 3 b
17、illion passenger pigeons a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilom
18、eters) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until
19、pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood, which s
20、cattered（驱散）the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no s
21、izable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden in
22、 September 1, 1914.24. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons _.A. were the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of AmericaC. did great harm to the natural environment D. Were the largest population in the US25.The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the p
23、igeons _.A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution26.What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds.C. To make money. D. To protect crops.27 What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案6A. It was i
24、gnored by the public. B. It was declared too late.C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.CA typical lion tamer (驯兽师) in peoples mind is an entertainer holding a whip (鞭子)and a chair .The whip get all of the attention , but its mostly for show .In reality , its the chair that does the important work .Whe
25、n a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lions face , the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time .With its focus divided , the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next .When faced with so many options , the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of a
26、ttacking the man holding the chair.How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion ? How often do you have something you want to achiever (e,g. lose weight , start a business , travel more ) only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress ?This u
27、psets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best , the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information .The end result is that we feel like we cant focus or that were focused on the wrong things , and so we t
28、ake less action , make less progress , and stay the same when we could be improving .It doesnt have to be that way .Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face , remember this :All you need to do is focus on one thing .You just need to get started .Starting before you feel ready is one of
29、 the habits of successful people .If you have somewhere you want to go , something you want to accomplish , someone you want to become .take immediate action .If youre clear about where you want to go , the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out the way .28. Why does the lion ta
30、mer use a chair?A. To trick the lion. B. To show off his skill .C. To get ready for a fight. D. To entertain the audience. 29. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案7A. They feel puzzled over choices.B. They hold on to the wrong things.C. They fi
31、nd it hard to make changes.D. They have to do something for show.30. What is the authors attitude towards the experts mentioned in paragraph 3?A. TolerantB. DoubtfulC. RespectfulD. Supportive31. When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, youre advised to_.A. wait for a better chanceB. break yo
32、ur old habitsC. make a quick decisionD. ask for clear guidanceDAs more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the ne
33、xt century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures the
34、y reflect.Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture,
35、 grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is
36、 not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案8At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were bad
37、ly in need of care and protection.Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the
38、youngers.Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet. Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.32.Many scholars are making efforts to _.A.promote global la
39、nguagesB.rescue the disappearing languagesC.search for language communitiesD.set up languages research organizations.33.What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.Having first records of the languagesB.Writing books on language searching C.Telling stories about language usersD.Linking with
40、 the native speakers34.What is Turins book based on?A.The cultural statics in India.B.The documents available at Yale.C.His language research in Britain.D.His personal experience in Nepal.35.Which of the following best describe Turins Work?A.Write sell and donate.B.Record,repeat and reward.C.Collect
41、,protect and reconnect.D.Design, experiment and report.2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案9第二节 （共 3 小题，每小题 3 分，满分 15 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。The jobs of the future have not been invented, 36 By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future
42、holds. 1. Curiosity Your children need to be deeply curious. 37 Ask kids, “What ingredients (配料) can we add to make these pancakes even better next time” and then try them out. Did those ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time? 2. Creativity True creativity is the ability t
43、o take something existing and create something new from it. 38 There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their Creativity. 3. Interpersonal Skills Understanding how others feel can be a chal
44、lenge for kids. We know what is going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kids from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions. 39 “Why do you think she is crying?” “Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?” “If someone were
45、 to do that to you, how would you feel?”4. Self Expression 40 There are many ways to express thoughts and ideas music, acting, drawing, building, photography. You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another. A. Encourage kids to cook with you. B. And we cant forget science educati
46、on. C. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways. D. So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that dont yet exist? E. Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill. F. We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories. G. Being
47、 able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill. 2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标 I)英语真题及答案10第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分 55 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题两分，满分 40 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 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。As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performe
48、d on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this _41_at work in people of all _42_. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about _43_with their new toys. But their _44_soon wear off and by January those_45_toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of_46_stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing
