2014届高三年级第四次四校联考英语试题命题：临汾一中 忻州一中 康杰中学 长治二中【考试时间120分钟，满分150分】本试卷分第卷（选择题，含听力测试）与第卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。第卷的答案涂在机读卡上，第卷的答案写在答题纸上。听力不计分。第卷（共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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1.5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? A19.15 B9.15C9.18答案是B。( )1What do the speakers need to buy? AA fridgeBA dinner tableCA few chairs( )2Where are the speakers? AIn a restaurantBIn a hotelCIn a school( )3What does the woman mean? ACathy will be at the party BCathy is too busy to come CCathy is going to be invited( )4Why does the woman plan to go to town? ATo pay her bills in the bank BTo buy books in a bookstoreCTo get some money from the bank( )5What is the woman trying to do?AFinish some writingBPrint an articleCFind a newspaper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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。( )6What is the man doing? AChanging seats on the plane BAsking for a window seat CTrying to find his seat ( )7What is the womans seat number? A. 6AB. 7AC. 8A听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 ( )8Why doesnt the woman take the green T-shirt? AIts too smallBIts too darkCIts too expensive( )9What does the woman buy in the end? AA yellow T-shirtBA blue T-shirtCA pink T-shirt听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。( )10How long has the man been in London? AOne yearBA few years CA couple of months( )11Why did the woman leave her hometown? ATo lead a city life BTo open a restaurant CTo find a job( )12Where did the woman come from? ALondonBAirsideCLancaster听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。( )13What is a daypack? AA boxBA bagCA lock( )14What surprises the girl at school? AA lot of discussions in class BTeachers giving little homework CFew students asking questions in class( )15At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place? AAt the end of itBIn the middle of itCAt the beginning of it( )16What do we know about the girl? AShe is new to the school BShe writes for the school newspaper CShe seldom asks questions in class听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。( )17What does Mr. Henry Stone do? AA bank clerkBA teacherCA writer( )18What does Henry like doing at airports? AWatching peopleBTelling storiesCReading magazines( )19What did Henry learn from the newspaper that day? AA valuable suitcase was missing BA man stole money from a bank CA woman ran away from home( )20Why was the woman at the airport? AShe was traveling on business BShe was seeing the man off CShe was leaving for Greece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。A Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize. Munro didnt publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. Lots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns. Even though shes won Canadas most famous literary award, the Giller Prize, twice, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature is the cherry on top of Munros career. “It brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person. Along with the well-respected title comes 1.3 million dollars. Munro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way.” Munro knew she was in the runningshe was named the second-most likely person to win this years prize, after Haruki Murakami (村上春树）of Japanbut she never thought that she would win. Munros win also represents the long way Canadian writers have come. “When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. Now Canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe,” Munro said on Thursday. She is technically not the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but many like to think that she is. In 1976 Saul Bellow, who was born in Quebec but moved to Chicago when he was still a child, won the prize. Even though he was born in Canada, he is mostly considered to be an American writer. “This is a win for us all. Canad