2014 年江苏高考英语真题及答案
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 20 分)
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。 录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共 5 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 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 address.
2. What will the man do for the woman?
A. Repair her car.
B. Give her a ride.
C. Pick up her aunt.
3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?
A. A new professor.
B. A department head.
C. A company director.
4. What does the man think of the book?
A. Quite difficult.
B. Very interesting.
C. Too simple.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Weather.
B. Clothes.
C. News.
第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。 每段对话或独白后有几个小题,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。 听每段对话或独白前,你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 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 speakers go?
A. The Green House Cinema.
B. The New State Cinema.
C. The 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 holiday.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Driver and passenger.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Fellow workers.
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. He’s a trainer.
B. He’s a tour guide.
C. He’s a college
student.
15. How much can a new person 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 speaker’s opinion on public transport?
A. It’s comfortable.
B. It’s time-saving.
C. It’s cheap.
19. What is good about living in a small town?
A. It’s safer.
B. It’s healthier.
C.
It’s
more
convenient.
20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?
A. Busy.
B. Colourful.
C. Quiet.
第二部分: 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分 35 分)
第一节: 单项填空 (共 15 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)
请阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。
例: It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants.
A. however
B. whatever
C. whichever
D. whenever
答案是 B。
21. Lessons can be learned to face the future, ________ history cannot be changed.
A. though
B. as
C. since
D. unless
22. The book has helped me greatly in my daily communication, especially at work ________ a good
impression is a must.
A. which
B. when
C. as
D. where
23. —How much do you know about the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing?
—Well, the media ________ it in a variety of forms.
A. cover
B. will cover
C. have covered
D. covered
24. Tom always goes jogging in the morning and he usually does push-ups too to stay ________.
A. in place
B. in order
C. in shape
D. in fashion
25. Top graduates from universities are ________ by major companies.
A. chased
B. registered
C. offered
D. compensated
26. —What a mess! You are always so lazy!
—I’m not to blame, mum. I am ________ you have made me.
A. how
B. what
C. that
D. who
27. She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerful ________ in last year’s
election.
A. symbol
B. portrait
C. identity
D. statue
28. The idea “happiness, ” ________, will not sit still for easy definition.
A. to be rigid
B. to be sure
C. to be perfect
D. to be fair
29. The lecture ________, a lively question-and-answer session followed.
A. being given
B. having given
C. to be given
D. having been given
30. —Dad, I don’t think Oliver the right sort of person for the job.
—I see. I’ll go right away and ________.
A. pay him back
B. pay him off
C. put him away
D. put him off
31. It was sad to me that they, so poor themselves, ________ bring me food.
A. might
B. would
C. should
D. could
32. I can’t meet you on Sunday. I’ll be ________ occupied.
A. also
B. just
C. nevertheless
D. otherwise
33. Legend has it that the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is to ________ the soul of Qu Yuan.
A. remember
B. remind
C. recover
D. recall
34. Good families are much to all their members, but ________ to none.
A. something
B. anything
C. everything
D. nothing
35. —________ ! Somebody has left the lab door open.
—Don’t look at me.
A. Dear me
B. Hi, there
C. Thank goodness D. Come on
第二节: 完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分)
请阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂
黑。
Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found
a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first
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back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers
College in Warrensburg. To get an
37
, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family
was poor. His Dad couldn’t afford the
38
at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles
to attend classes. Study had to be done
39
his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school
activities
40
he didn’t have the time or the
41
. He had only one good suit. He tried
42
the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too
43
. During this period Dale
was slowly
44
an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could 45 him from achieving
his real potential. She
46
that Dale join the debating team, believing that 47 in speaking
could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts
48
made it.
This proved to be a
49
point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the
50
he
needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in
51
. Now other students
were coming to him for coaching and they,
52
, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to
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his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that
the ability to
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an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,
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it, Dale knew
he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
36. A. admitted
B. filled
C. supplied
D. recognized
37. A. assignment
B. education
C. advantage
D. instruction
38. A. training
B. board
C. teaching
D. equipment
39. A. between
B. during
C. over
D. through
40. A. while
B. when
C. because
D. though
41. A. permits
B. interest
C. talent
D. clothes
42. A. on
B. for
C. in
D. with
43. A. light
B. flexible
C. optimistic
D. outgoing
44. A. gaining
B. achieving
C. developing
D. obtaining
45. A. prevent
B. protect
C. save
D. free
46. A. suggested
B. demanded
C. required
D. insisted
47. A. presence
B. practice
C. patience
D. potential
48. A. hopefully
B. certainly
C. finally
D. naturally
49. A. key
B. breaking
C. basic
D. turning
50. A. progress
B. experience
C. competence
D. confidence
51. A. horse-riding B. football
C. speech
D. farming
52. A. in return
B. in brief
C. in turn
D. in fact
53. A. convey
B. overcome
C. understand
D. build
54. A. express
B. stress
C. contribute
D. repeat
55. A. besides
B. beyond
C. like
D. with
第三部分: 阅读理解 (共 15 小题; 每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分)
请阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂
黑。
A
56. Why did the BeauxArts style attract American entrepreneurs?
A. It helped display their money status. B. It was created by famous architects.
C. It was named after a famous institute. D. It represented the 19th century urban culture.
57. What is unique of SieMatic BeauxArts?
A. Its designs are anti-conventional.
B. Its designs come from famous structures.
C. Its customers can enjoy their own composition.
D. Its customers can choose from various new styles.
B
However wealthy we may be, we can never find enough hours in the day to do everything we want.
Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost, which simply refers
to whether someone’s time or money could be better spent on something else.
Every hour of our time has a value. For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily
be doing another, or be sleeping or watching a film. Each of these options has a different
opportunity cost—namely, what they cost us in missed opportunities.
Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you
a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium. Why not, you might reason, watch the game from
home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends? This—the alternative use
of your cash and time—is the opportunity cost.
For economists, every decision is made by knowledge of what one must forgo—in terms of money
and enjoyment—in order to take it up. By knowing precisely what you are receiving and what you
are missing out on, you ought to be able to make better-informed, more reasonable decisions.
Consider that most famous economic rule of all: there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Even if
someone offers to take you out to lunch for free, the time you will spend in the restaurant still
costs you something in terms of forgone opportunities.
Some people find the idea of opportunity cost extremely discouraging: imagine spending your
entire life calculating whether your time would be better spent elsewhere doing something more
profitable or enjoyable. Yet, in a sense it’s human nature to do precisely that—we assess the
advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time.
In the business world, a popular phrase is “value for money.” People want their cash to
go as far as possible. However, another is fast obtaining an advantage: “value for time.” The
biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something, so we
look to maximize the return we get on our investment of time. By reading this passage you are
giving over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities, such as sleeping and
eating. In return, however, this passage will help you to think like an economist, closely
considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions.
58. According to the passage, the concept of “opportunity cost” is applied to ________.
A. making more money
B. taking more opportunities
C. reducing missed opportunities
D. weighing the choice of opportunities
59. The “leftover ... time” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to the time ________.
A. spared for watching the match at home
B. taken to have dinner with friends
C. spent on the way to and from the match
D. saved from not going to watch the
match
60. What are forgone opportunities?
A. Opportunities you forget in decision-making.
B. Opportunities you give up for
better ones.
C. Opportunities you miss accidentally.
D. Opportunities you make up for.
C
Most damagingly, anger weakens a person’s ability to think clearly and keep control over
his behaviour. The angry person loses objectivity in evaluating the emotional significance of
the person or situation that arouses his anger.
Not everyone experiences anger in the same way; what angers one person may amuse another.
The specific expression of anger also differs from person to person based on biological and cultural
forces. In contemporary culture, physical expressions of anger are generally considered too
socially harmful to be tolerated. We no longer regard duels (决斗) as an appropriate expression
of anger resulting from one person’s awareness of insulting behaviour on the part of another.
Anger can be identified in the brain, where the electrical activity changes. Under most
conditions EEG (脑电图) measures of electrical activity show balanced activity between the right
and left prefrontal (额叶前部) areas. Behaviourally this corresponds to the general even-handed
disposition (意向) that most of us possess most of the time. But when we are angry the EEG of
the right and left prefrontal areas aren’t balanced and, as a result of this, we’re likely to
react. And our behavioural response to anger is different from our response to other emotions,
whether positive or negative.
Most positive emotions are associated with approach behaviour: we move closer to people we
like. Most negative emotions, in contrast, are associated with avoidance behaviour: we move away
from people and things that we dislike or that make us anxious. But anger is an exception to this
pattern. The angrier we are, the more likely we are to move towards the object of our anger. This
corresponds to what psychologists refer to as of ensive anger: the angry person moves closer in
order
to
influence
and
control
the
person
or
situation
causing
his
anger.
This
approach-and-confront behaviour is accompanied by a leftward prefrontal asymmetry (不对称) of
EEG activity. Interestingly, this asymmetry lessens if the angry person can experience empathy
(同感) towards the individual who is bringing forth the angry response. In defensive anger, in
contrast, the EEG asymmetry is directed to the right and the angry person feels helpless in the
face of the anger-inspiring situation.
61. The “duels” example in Paragraph 2 proves that the expression of anger ________.
A. usually has a biological basis
B. varies among people
C. is socially and culturally shaped
D.
influences
one’s
thinking
and
evaluation
62. What changes can be found in an angry brain?
A. Balanced electrical activity can be spotted.
B. Unbalanced patterns are found in prefrontal areas.
C. Electrical activity corresponds to one’s behaviour.
D. Electrical activity agrees with one’s disposition.
63. Which of the following is typical of offensive anger?
A. Approaching the source of anger.
B. Trying to control what is disliked.
C. Moving away from what is disliked.
D. Feeling helpless in the face of anger.
64. What is the key message of the last paragraph?