2014 年四川高考英语真题及答案
第一节 单项选择
1. She'd lived in London and Manchester, but she liked
______ and moved to Cambridge.
A. both
B. neither
C. none
D. either
2. Grandma pointed to the hospital and said, "That's ______ I was born."
A. when
B. how
C. why
D. where
3. Was it because Jack came late for school ______ Mr. Smith got angry?
A. why
B. who
C. where
D. that
4. I now, we have raised 50.000 pounds for the poor children. ______ is quite unexpected.
A. that
B. which
C. who
D. it
5. The manager was satisfied to see many new products ______ after great effort.
A. having developed
B. to develop
C. developed
D. develop
6. I still remember my happy childhood when my mother ______ take me to Disneyland at weekends.
A. might
B. must
C. would
D. should
7. — I hope to take the computer course.
— Good idea. ____ more about it, visit this website.
A. To find out
B. Finding out
C. To be finding out
D. Having found out
8. I'll be out for some time. ______ anything important happens, call me up immediately.
A. In case
B. As if
C. Even though
D. Now that
9. She ______ someone, so I nodded to her and went away.
A. phoned
B. had phoned
C. was phoning
D. has phoned
10. — How about dinner tonight? It's on me.
— ______ .
A. You are welcome
C. Well, I'm afraid so
B. Oh, I'd like to
D. That's all right
第二节 完形填空
My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended
a female grouse (松鸡). It's
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for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people. In
fact, they're hard to spot,
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they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in
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Tom was working out in the field when he
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her walking around at the edge of the field. She was
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unafraid and seemed to be
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about what he was doing.
Tom saw the
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bird several times, and site got more comfortable around him. We quickly
grew
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of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred camc within a few feet of him to watch. Tom
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he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be
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. She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then
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off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired
of the
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and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to
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more and more often.
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Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a
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of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt
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not just with our family,
but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a
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at the end of our driveway asking
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not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road,
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warned people not to shoot
her.
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. hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like
her.
11. A. interesting
B. reasonable
C. impossible
D. unusual
12. A. though
B. because
C. unless
D. until
13. A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
14. A. got
B. kept
C. noticed
D. imagined
15. A. naturally
B. certainly
C. normally
D. surprisingly
16. A. crazy
B. curious
C. concerned
D. cautious
17. A. shy
B. awkward
C. friendly
D. elegant
18. A. careful
B. tired
C. fond
D. sick
19. A. supposed
B. realized
C. hoped
D. pretended
20. A. ignored
B. observed
C. amazed
D. disturbed
21. A. put
B. back
C. set
22. A. game
B. work
C. place
D. take
D. man
23. A. give up
B. come out
C. turn over
D. fly by
24. A. Eventually
B. Suddenly
C. Constantly
D. Presently
25. A. chance
B. dream
C. picture
D. sense
26. A. comfortable
B. guilty
C. anxious
D. familiar
27. A. lantern
B. sign
C. gun
D. loudspeaker
28. A. drivers
B. farmers
C. hunters
D. tourists
29. A. just
B. yet
C. thus
D. also
30. A. In fact
B. For long
C. On the contrary
D. By the way
第二部分
第一节 阅读理解
Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life?
If yes. don't care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you'll make it!
A
Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant
(No Pay with Free Meals)
Place: Manchester Hours: Part Time
We arc now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active
lives! Only 4 days left. Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!
Role:
You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You
will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety.
But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.
Skills and Experience Required:
You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient.
You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English
since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related
experience will be a great advantage for you.
31. The text is meant to
______ .
A. leave a note
B. send an invitation
C. present a document
D. carry an advertisement
32. What docs the underlined part mean?
A. You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.
B. You'll arrive home just in time from this job.
C. You'll earn a good salary from this job.
D. You'll succccd in getting this job.
33. The volunteers' primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______ .
A. to get some financial support
B. to properly protect themselves
C. to leam some new living skills
D. to realize their own importance
34. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?
A. The one who can drive a car.
B. The one who has done similar work before.
C. The one who has patience to listen to others.
D. The one who can use English to communicate.
B
In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where
adventure was never very far away.
We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic
for Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off,
so she didn't care much about my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed
to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little Are going in the dirt basement of a hotel.
I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke
got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me.
The policemen took my matches and drove me
Mom and Dad were occupied in thegarden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I
had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. 1 hadn't turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know
that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?
As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (驾雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I
was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar
he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from
the freezing and blowing weather.
In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard
invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors
of Alaska.
35. What can be inferred about the author's family?
A. His father was a cruel man.
B. His parents didn't love him.
C. His parents used to be very busy.
D. His mother didn't have any jobs.
36. What happened when the author was 4?
A. He learned to smoke.
B. He was locked in a basement.
C. He was arrested by the police.
D. He nearly caused a fire accident.
37. Which of the following is true?
A. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.
B. The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.
C. Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.
D. The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.
38. What is the author's purpose of writing the text?
A. To look back on his childhood with adventures.
B. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.
C. To express how much he misses Leonhard.
D. To show off his pride in making trouble.
C
A schoolgirl saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic
(过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.
Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm's heart by stamping (踩) on his chest after he fell down
at home and stopped breathing.
Izzy's mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in
time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.
However, she quickly discovered her arms weren't strong enough, so she stamped on her father's
chest
Debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions (按压) until the ambulance
Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said: "I just kicked him really hard.
My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn't strong enough to use hands. I was quite scared. The doctor
said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a
big footprint on his
"She's a little star," said Debbie, "i was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just can't
believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then
the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we've got
to see an expert."
Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to
hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so
serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly,
and his heart stopped for a moment.
He has now made a full recovery from his suffering.
39. Izzy kicked her father in the chest ______ .
A. to express her helplessness
B. to practise CPR on him
C. to keep him awake
D. to restart his heart
40. What's the right order of the events?
○1 Izzy kicked Colm.
○2 Debbie called 999.
○3 Izzy learned CPR.
○4 Colm's heart stopped.
A. ○3 ○1 ○2 ○4
B. ○4 ○2 ○3 ○1
C. ○3 ○4 ○2 ○1
D. ○4 ○3 ○1 ○2
41. What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?
A. What Colm suffered.
B. Colm's present condition.
C. What caused Colm's allergy.
D. Symptoms of Colm's allergic reaction.
42. Why does the author write the news?
A. To describe a serious accident.
B. To prove the importance of CPR.
C. To report a 9-year-old girl's brave act. D. To call people's attention to allergic reaction.
D
Willi around 100 students scheduled to be in that 9 am Monday morning lecture, it is no surprise
that almost 20 people actually make it to the class and only 10 of them arc still awake after
the first IS minutes; it is not even a surprise that most of them are still in their pyjamas (睡
衣). Obviously, students are terrible at adjusting their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.
All human beings possess a body clock. Along with other alerting (警报) systems, this governs
the sleep/wake cycle and is therefore one of the main processes which govern sleep behaviour.
Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed in adolescents, which leads to many students
not feeling sleepy until much later in the evenings. This typical sleep pattern is usually referred
to as the "night owl" schedule of
This is opposed to the "early bird" schedule, and is a kind of disorder where the individual
tends to stay up much past midnight. Such a person has great difficulty in waking up in the mornings.
Research suggests that night owls feel most alert and function best in the evenings and at night.
Research findings have shown that about 20 percent of people can be classified as "night owls"
and only 10 percent can be classified as "early birds" - the other 70 percent are in the middle.
Although this is clearly not true for all students, for the ones who are true night owls this
gives them an excellent excuse for missing their lectures which unfortunately fall before midday.
43. What docs the author stress in Paragraph I?
A. Many students are absent from class.
B. Students are very tired on Monday mornings.
C. Students do not adjust their sleep patterns well.
D. Students are not well prepared for class on Mondays.
44. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?
A. Most students prefer to get up late in the morning.
B. Students don't sleep well because of alerting systems.
C. One's body clock governs the sleep/wake cycle independently.
D. Adolescents' delayed sleep/wake cycle isn't the preferred pattern.
45. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word "classified"?
A. Criticised.
B. Grouped.
C. Organised.
D. Named.
46. What docs the text mainly talk about?
A. Functions of the body clock.
B. The "night owl" phenomenon.
C. Human beings' sleep behaviour.
D. The school schedule of "early birds".
E
Women are friendly. But men are more competitive. Why? Researchers have found it's all down
to the hormone oxytocin (荷尔蒙催生素). Although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexes
differently.
"Women tend to be social in their behavior. They often share with others. But men lend to
be competitive. They are trying to improve their social status," said Professor Ryan.
Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social
situations and
our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions (互动) such as falling
in love or giving birth.
But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our
body during negative social interactions such as envy.
Further researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize
competitive relationships, but in women it raises the ability to recognize friendship. Professor
Ryan's recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37. Half of the participants(参与
者)received oxytocin. The other half received placebo (安慰剂).
After a week, the two groups switched with participants. They went tlirough the same procedure
with the other material.
Following each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social
interactions. Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions. The
questions were about telling friendship from competition. And their answers should be based on
gestures, body language and facial expressions.
The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, men's ability to correctly
recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly
recognize friendship that got better.
Professor Ryan thus concluded: "Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise
people's abilities to better distinguish different social interactions. And the behavior
differences between men and women are caused by biological factors ( 因 素 ) that are mainly
hormonal."
47. What causes men and women to behave differently according to the text?
A. Placebo.
B. Oxytocin.
C. The gesture.
D. The social status.