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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。                     

A

The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge

                       Dare 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 of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.

Students 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 enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honor at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21^st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served.

Between March 10^th and March 15h, 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 :https:// cambridgesciencefestival.org.

21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?

A. School students.              B. Cambridge locals.

C. CSF winners.                 D. MIT artists.

22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?

A. On February 8^th.                    B. On March 10^th.

C. On March 15^th                      D. On April 21^st.

23. What type of writing is this text?

A .An exhibition guide.           B. An art show review.

C. An announcement.           D. An official report.

B

Passenger pigeons (旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.

Written accounts from the 18^th and 19^th centuries described flocks (群)so large that they  the sky for hours.

It was calculated that when it population reached its highest point ,they were more than 3billlion 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 bird 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 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.

Sadly the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were most 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 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 19^th century ,the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by American’s need for wood, which scattered (驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and 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 sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wi 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 on September 1, 1914.

24. In the 18^th and early 19teh centuries, passenger pigeons____.

   A. were the biggest bird in the world

B. lived mainly in the south of America

C. did great harm to the natural environment

D. were the largest bird population in the Us

25. The underlined word “ undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’ ____.

A. escape         B. ruin     C. liberation     D. evolution

26. 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?

A. It was ignored by the public.       B.  It was declared too late.

C. It was unfair.                D. It was strict.

C

 A typical lion tamer（驯兽师）in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip( 鞭) at a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’ the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair n front of the lion’s 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 attacking 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 achieve (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 upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is been 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 we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

It doesn’t 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 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 you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.

28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?

A. To trick the lion.           B. To show off his skills.

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?

A. They feel puzzled over choices.      B. They hold on to the wrong things.

C. They find it hard to make changes.    D. They have to do something for show

30. What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph3?

A. Tolerant.

B. Doubtful.

C. Respectful.

D. Supportive.

31. When the world is “ waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to _____

A. wait for a better chance

B. break your old habits

C. make a quick decision

D. ask for clear guidance

D.

As 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 next 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 they reflect.

Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre 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, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India , Nepal, Bhutan, and China . But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.

At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes—which had remained unstudied and were badly 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, for the world available not just to scholars but to the younger 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 languages          B. rescue disappearing languages

C. search for language communities    D. set up language research organizations.

33. What does “that tradition’ in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Having full records of the languages

B. Writing books on language teaching.

C. Telling stories about language users

D. Living with the native speaker.

34. What is Turin’s book based on?

A. The cultual studies              B. The documents available at Yale.    

C. His language research in Bhutan.   D. His personal experience in Nepal.

35. Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?

A. Write, sell and donate.         B. Record, repair and reward.

C. Collect, protect and reconnect.   D. Design, experiment and report.

第二节（共5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 yet been invented. 36 . By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future 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. Ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time?

     2. Creativity

True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new 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.Personal skills

Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what’s going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kid from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions. 39 . “Why do you think she’s crying?” “Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?” “If someone were 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 can’t forget science education.

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 don’t 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 able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.

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2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和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they aare performed on a routine(常规)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 wears 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 as a monument to someone’s  47  interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child  48  bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the  49   of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great 50  but are soon looking forward to  51  . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many  52  , who  now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work,  53  drove for hours at a time when they first  54  their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually  55  to do a lot of  56  things, which they never had  57  to do while working. But  58  after   retirement  , the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they  59  . And , like the child in January, they go searching for new  60   .

41. A. principle               B. habit                   C. weaker                D. power

42. A. parties           B. races                  C. countries              D. ages

43. A. working                 B. living                 C. playing                 D. going

44. A. confidence            B. interest                     C. anxiety              D. sorrow

45. A. same                 B. extra             C. funny                    D. expensive

46. A. well-organized         B. colorfully-printed      C. newly- collected    D. half-filled

47. A. broad                       B. passing                   C. different             D. main

48. A. silently                 B. impatiently           C. gladly    D. worriedly

49. A. promise                   B. burden            C. right               D. game

50. A. courage             B. calmness              C. confusion            D. excitement

51. A. graduation                   B. independence        C. responsibility         D. success

52. A. children                B. students                C. adults              D. retirees

53. A. carefully               B. eagerly                C. nervously            D. bravely

54. A. required                 B. obtained          C. noticed               D.discovered

55. A. need                     B. learn       C. start                      D. plan

56. A. great                B. strong           C. difficult                   D. correct

57. A. time                B. money                C. skills                   D. knowledge

58. A. only                 B. well                   C. even                      D. soon.

59. A. lost                  B. chose                C. left                D. quit

60. A. pets                     B. toys                     C. friends                 D. colleagues

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

    阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It __61____（be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it ____62____(actual)caught fire and burned. Now, ears later, this river is one of _63___most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days __64____even a few months. It took years of work__65______(reduce ) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is___66_____(clean) than ever.

   Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit __67___is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation ,don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

   While there are ___68_______(amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the___69_______(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be  70  (patience)

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假段定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

1．  只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    Nearly five years before ,and with the help by our father, my sister and I planted some cherry tomatoes（圣女果）in our back garden, since then---for all these year---we had been allowing tomatoes to self seed where they please . As result, the plants are growing somewhere. The fruits are small in size, but juicy and taste. There are so much that we often share them with our neighbors .Although we allow tomato plants to grow in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or insect attack problem. We are growing wonderfully tomatoes at on cost!  

笫二节书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，计划暑假间去英国学习英语，为期六周。下面的广告引起了你的注意，请给该校写封信，询问有关情况（箭头所指内容）

注意：1．词数100左右；

      2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

      3．参考词汇：住宿-accommodation

2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标I)

英语参考答案

选择题答案

第一部分：

1-5 ABCBA       6-10 BCACA       11-15 ACBCA    16-20CBCAB

第二部分：（共20 小题; 每小题2分，满分40分）

21-25 :ADCDB      26-30:CDAAB      31-35: CBADC       36-40 DACFG

第三部分： 41-45 ADCBA     46-50 DBCBD   51-55 ACBBD   56-60 AADCB

非选择题答案：

61. was     62. actually    63.the   64. or      65. to reduce 

66. cleaner  67. That/which   68. amazing    69. changes  70. Patient

第四部分：

第一节

Nearly five years before ,and with the help by our father, my sister and I planted some cherry tomatoes

               ago                 of

（圣女果）in our back garden, since then---for all these year---we had been allowing tomatoes to self

                                             years     have

seed where they please . As∧result, the plants are growing somewhere. The fruits are small in size, but

                      a                         everywhere

juicy and taste. There are so much that we often share them with our neighbors .Although we allow

        tasty           many

tomato plants to grow in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or insect

                                             或yet

attack problem. We are growing wonderfully tomatoes at on cost!

                          Wonderful

第二节：One Possible Version

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am a student in China and I plan to go to Britain to attend a summer school during the vacation. I’ve seen your ad, and I’d like to know something more about your six-week English course. First when will the course start and how many class hours are there per week? Besides, I wish there would not be too many students in a class. I’d also like to know how much I have to pay for the course and whether accommodation is included Would there be host family or university dormitory?

I am looking forward to your early reply.

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua