2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试新课标2卷英 语本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。注意事项： 1答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑A Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husbands name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people.We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.【小题1】.What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?A.Go shoppingB.Find a houseC.Join his familyD.Take his family【小题2】.The girls parents got Rashids phone number from_.A.a friend of his familyB.a Sydney policemanC.a letter in his papes D.a stranger in Sydney【小题3】.What does the underlined word“restored”in the last paragraph mean?A.ShowedB.Sent outC.DeliveredD.Gave back【小题4】.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.From India to Australia.B.Living in a a New Country.C.Turning Trash to Treasure.D.In Search of New Friends.B【题文】Since the first Earth Day in 1970,American have gotten a lot “greenter” toward the environment . “We didnt know at that time there even was an environment,let alone that there was a problem with it,”says Bruce Anderson,president of Earth Day USA. But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people,political leaders, university professors,and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many ,many times,”says Gaylord Nelson,the fromer govermor from Wisconsin,who thought up the first According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place .A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of practices .Great improvement has been achieved .In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs ,; today in 1995 there are about 6,600 .Advanced lights ,motors , and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution . Twenty five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment .Today , its hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program .” Until we do that , nothing else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson .【小题1】 According to Anderson , before 1970, Americans had little idea about _A the social movement B recycling techniquesC environmental problemsD the importance of Earth Day 【小题2】Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A The grass roots level B The business circle C Government officialsD University professors 【小题3】What have Americans achieved in environmental protection ?A They have cut car emissions to the lowest B They have settled their environmental problems C They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D They have reduced pollution through effective measures .【小题4】.What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph ?A Education B Planning C Green living D CO reduction Anderson说的话“Until we do that , nothing else will change! ”可知答案选A。考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。【结束】 C 【题文】 One of the latest trend（趋势） in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from aero to around 4,000 since 2004. And thats true all across the country. “I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age” Joseph Stocke, the managing director of s company, says of his 2-year old son. “I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future,” After only six months of being cared by 25-year-old woman from China, the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions, his dad says. Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China. She d