海安县高三英语期初试卷及听力材料

2009 届高三年级期初调研考试 英 语 试 题 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第 II 卷 (非选择题) 两部分，共 120 分。考试时间 120 分钟。 第 I 卷 (选择题 三部分 共 85 分) 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分） 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。 1. What time does the BBC news end? A. At 7:00. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:00. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library. B. In a laboratory. C. In a hotel. 3. Which sport is the woman best at? A. Volleyball. B. Tennis. C. Swimming. 4. What does the woman mean? A. They don’t have to go to the concert. B. They’ll have to rent a car as early as possible. C. The subway is fine with her. 5. How much money do they have between them? A. ＄86. B. ＄56. C. ＄46. 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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第 6 和第 8 题 6. What kind of music does the man like best? A. Classical music. B. Rock music. C. Jazz. 7. Who can play the violin? A. The woman. B. The man. C. The man’s wife. 8. When will the woman possibly hear the man’s wife play? A. Some day in the future. B. This weekend. C. This month. 听下面一段材料，回答第 9 至第 11 题 9. What is the man doing here? A. He is an English teacher here. B. He is waiting for a teacher here. C. He gives oral examinations here. 10. What was the man’s mistake in the dialogue? A. He mistook the woman for a student. B. He shouldn’t say those words. C. He would be angry after he knew the truth. 11. Who is the woman in the dialogue? A. She is a waitress. B. She is one of the teachers here. C. She is a student here. 听下面一段材料，回答第 12 至第 14 题 12. How old is the woman now? A. Ten years old. B. Nineteen years old. C. Nine years old. 13. Why does the woman like playing the piano? A. She can make a lot of money out of it. B. She has nothing else to do. C. She can do what she likes to do. 14. When did Cheryl begin to learn playing the piano? A. When she was nine years old. B. When she was ten years old. C. When she was eight years old. 听下面一段材料，回答第 15 至第 17 题 15. What did George’s sister do yesterday? A. She looked after her baby. B. She stayed at home all day. C. She did some shopping. 16. What did the woman invite George to do yesterday? A. To a concert with her. B. To go on a holiday with her. C. To dinner at her house. 17. Where did George see Mary? A. At the office. B. At the concert. C. In his sister’s home. 听下面一段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题 18. What’s discussed in the passage? A. Prisons in Britain. B. Cooking or cleaning. C. Work or study. 19. What will become of the law-breaker? A. He will be asked to do some homework. B. He will be ordered to do some cleaning. C. He will be paid for what he does. 20. How will prisoners in open prisons spend the night? A. They are free within the prison grounds. B. They can study out of the prison grounds. C. They are locked up during the night. 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） 请认真阅读下面各题，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。 21. Thank you for sending us ____ fresh vegetables of many kinds. You have done us _____ great service. A. 不填；a B. the；a C. 不填；不填 D. the；不填 22. Canada is a country ________ many different nationalities as well as one with foreign immigrants __________ the majority of its population. A. making up of; occupied with B. consisting of; making up C. made up of; consisting of D. consisted of; taking up 23.—You’re going to have a rise this month, aren’t you? —Yes. only $100. —Well, ___________. A. the more. the better B. easier said than done C. better than never D. better than nothing 24. The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing _________ should have attracted the government’s attention. A. solving B. solve C. solved D. to solve 25. Troubled by a terrible headache, Catherine wondered how she could _______ herself of the bad situation. A. throw B. remove C. move D. rid 26. ________ he got the news, Mr. Mathews hurried out of his house, and ________ his car, drove all the way to town. A. When: started B. The moment; having started C. Until; starting D. Once; to start 27.—Remember how we met the first time, Dick? —Of course I do. You _________ to the teachers’ office hurriedly and _________ me. A. were walking; didn’t notice B. had walked; weren’t noticing me C. had been walking; noticed D. walked; had noticed 28. Have you heard of it? Firefighters rushed into a burning house, three of them unfortunately _______ in and ________ their lives. A. catching; lost B. caught; lost C. caught; losing D. catching; losing 29. As is recorded in history, silkworms (蚕) were first raised by a woman in _________ is today Hebei Province. A. where B. the place C. which D. what 30. In Beijing volunteers are making use of every minute to ________ their foreign languages because language volunteers must pass a written test and an interview. A. polish up B. take up C. put up D. make up 31.—Journalists have to work very quickly in order to ________. —I know. I like that. It’s very challenging. A. earn a high salary B. meet their deadlines C. avoid being fired D. make both ends meet 32. Though the aerospace industry has made greater progress in China, the scientists will not _________ themselves ___________ this status. A. resign; to B. sign; for C. design; for D. resign; for 33. Fully __________ looking after three children at home, she no longer has time to enjoy the various activities in the club. A. attached B. occupied C. contributed D. devoted 34. The company in our city ______ those big investors from the West. A. has a link with B. has a hand in C. is in line with D. is in charge of 35. They carried out an assessment of the project this morning and the results will be assessed ______. A. on time B. after time C. before time D. over time 第二节 完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分) 请认真阅读下面短文，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。 Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 36 into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was 37 with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t 38 fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 39 I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. “I guess we all have to 40 something,” Mother said quietly. I could 41 her pain and the tension of 42 the strong feeling that were interrupted by my 43 . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 44 my shoulder and sobbed. I held her 45 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could and that was 46 . At that moment, feeling Mother’s 47 with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to 48 . She was still my mother, 49 she was something 50 : a person like me, capable of fear, 51 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 52 in her arms. A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station __53 . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very 54 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her 55 away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type. 36. A. fooled B. tricked C. puzzled D. shocked 37. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering 38. A. write B. type C. run D. wash 39. A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much 40. A. fail B. win C. forget D. gain 41. A. realize B. understand C. sense D. recognize 42. A. holding back B. putting away C. holding on D. stopping from 43. A. pain B. laughter C. arrival D. cry 44. A. by B. upon C. beside D. against 45. A. tightly B. rudely C. carefully D. politely 46. A. enough B. little C. all D. nothing 47. A. hand B. face C. hair D. back 48. A. content B. break C. fall D. shout 49. A. therefore B. although C. yet D. however 50. A. more B. excellent C. strange D. huge 51. A. wound B. pride C. success D. hurt 52. A. kindness B. memory C. comfort D. support 53. A. supplied B. offered C. paid D. contributed 54. A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious 55. A. crying B. laughing C. tapping D. sewing 第三部分 阅读理解 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) 请认真阅读下列短文，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 While others look away from trouble, this lady digs in and gets to work. Gretchen Buchenholz, the native New Yorker and mother of six, has worked on behalf of needy and marginalized families for years in the city. She does everything from buy groceries for homeless families to start schools for children. In 1974 she founded Merricat’s Castle, a nursery school that opened its doors to kids of all racial and economic backgrounds, the able-bodied as well as those with disabilities or terminal illnesses. She founded the Association to Benefit Children (ABC), the nonprofit group, some 20 years ago. The story of how she started ABC is pretty amazing. In 1984 she was on her way to a government office to get a day-care permit when, by accident, she entered a room where homeless families were waiting to be placed in a “ welfare hotel.” She saw three bare cribs (婴儿床) with babies lying in them. The children wore no diapers (their parents couldn’t afford them), and the room was filthy (不整洁). After talking to the parents and learning that they and their children were hungry, Gretchen marched out and bought bread, peanut butter, apple juice and diapers. Then she started making phone calls. She dialed the American Red Cross, City Hall and The New York Times. Gretchen has made many people see that we need to recognize these children are not different from our own, and we need to join in and help. Too often, people look away from suffering. But she sets us an example that we should gain strength to do something about it. 56. She went to the government office ______. A. to help those homeless people in the room B. to apply for a permit for ABC C. to call on the government to help those homeless children D. to get permission to look after babies during the day 57. By “But she sets us an example that we should gain strength to do something about it.”, the author means______. A. Gretchen Buchenholz is a respectable woman B. we should set up such organizations as the ABC to help those poor children C. Gretchen Buchenholz gives us the strength to face suffering in life D. we should do our bits to help those poor children 58. The children wore no diapers because______. A. they had no parents B. their parents were waiting for the government’s help C. their parents had no money to buy diapers D. Gretchen Buchenholz would buy diapers for them 59. We can infer from the passage that Gretchen Buchenholz______. A. called up City Hall to get help for those homeless people B. moved to New York at a young age C. treats the children equally whether they are normal or disabled D. starts schools for those homeless children B Can you do the math: What is one hundred times four，divided by the square root of a hundred? How can you work it out quickly? The answer is forty. Years ago, three scientists at Texas Instruments, Jerry Merryman, James Van Tassel and Jack Kilby, invented the handheld electronic calculator. Their first device could add, subtract, multiply and divide and it was small and easy to take. Yet after forty years, calculators in the classroom still add up to the same old debate. Generally calculators are considered to be useful——especially with more complex math. Some math teachers at every level support the use of calculators and students are even permitted to use them when they take college entrance tests. But it is also thought that young students should know basic calculation before they begin using them. Some education experts think calculators are used too much. Children, they say, learn to depend on these electronic brains instead of their own. Calculators may not only give students answers to questions they do not really understand, they may also keep them from discovering ideas for themselves. Other experts, though, say calculators have helped make mathematics more understandable to more students. They say calculators give students more time to understand and solve problems, and to develop a better sense of what numbers mean. That way, the reasoning goes, they can feel better about their abilities. 60. Which of the following calculation agrees with the question raised in the first paragraph? A.100 4 100  B. 2 100 4 100  C. 2 100 4 ( 100)  D.100 100 4  61. Three scientists at Texas Instruments invented . A. the first electronic calculator B. the calculator handle C. the portable electronic calculator D. the first calculator 62. We can infer from the passage that in the past. A. math teachers supported using calculators everywhere B. students were not allowed to use calculator in tests C. using calculators in classrooms was under argument D. young students had to know how to use calculators 63. According to experts, calculators benefit students in many ways EXCEPT . 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Pronunciation Power and the “Talk Now!” are interactive programs. C. The third column is about a game for ESL. D. The four products, all with CD-ROM, can improve your English. D “English may be the global language of business but it is not enough by itself for companies to gain a lasting presence in many markets,” the European Commission (委员会) says in a study published last month. The study collected by the British National Centre for Languages for the EU leader, says over 10 per cent of 2,000 small and medium-sized ( 中 等 规 模 的 ) firms in 29 European countries sampled (抽样) in the study have lost export contract (出口合同) because of lack of language skills. The study says French is used to trade with partners in Africa, Spanish in Latin America, and Russian in Eastern Europe. “The picture is far more complex than the much-quoted view that English is the world language,” the study says. Multilingual (多种语言的) Commissioner Leonard Orban admitted that English plays an important role worldwide, but he wants to improve more linguistic variety within the EU. The EU’s linguistic headaches have exploded with the group’s expansion. Languages have become a sensitive topic in Brussels where English is increasingly eclipsing (侵蚀) French as the main working language of the organization. Translation of EU papers into EU’s 23 official languages costs 1 billion euros (US $1.31 billion) a year. “We want to be open not only to official languages of the Union, but also to others like regional (区域的) languages, languages of minorities, immigrants’ (移民) languages and third countries’ languages,” Orband said. Many EU students have improved their language skills during non-formal learning activities. Young people from more than 20 different nationalities travel across Europe to participate together in many cultural programmes, language courses, thematic workshops (主题研习会) and other activities that are organized in about 100 cities. 67. When did the European Commission say that English is not enough by itself for trade? A. Last week. B. Last month. C. On Dec. 20, 2006. D. On Apr. 1, 2007. 68. Which language is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Japanese. B. Spanish. C. French. D. Russian. 69. What about English in Brussels? A. Many people are studying English. B. English is not studied by university students. C. Most of people are interested in Russian. D. English is increasingly eclipsing French. 70. What is the best title for the passage? A. Don’t Ignore That Study B. Pay much Attention to English C. Do Study Many Languages besides English D. The Other Language Is More Important than English 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 两部分 共 35 分） 第四部分 任务型阅读（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意：每空格 1 个单词。 Many people think a telephone is a necessity. But I think it is a pest (有害的事物) and a time waste. Very often you find it impossible to escape from it. If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going out, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it? You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you ever rushed crippling from the bath, or chewing from the table, or dazed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isn’t it important to have a telephone in case of sudden emergency—illness, accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity. I think perhaps I had better try to justify (证明是有理的) myself by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different circumstances—if I were a wealthy and powerful businessperson, for instance, or badly ill and had to lie in bed, I might find a telephone a necessity. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car as necessity. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular talent: one is mechanical invention, the other literature. My own business happens to be with the use of words but I see I must now stop using them, for I have had just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important. Title: The (71) ________ Different (77) about it Many people It is _(72)_____ when one wants to make a call, especially in time of (73)___________. The author It can _(74)_____ time and even be __(75)___. Not everyone, _(76)___ a businessperson or a sick person who has to stay in bed, needs it. I don’t need it because my job is writing. _(78)___ with it It always seems to ring when one is doing something else or doesn’t want it to ring. Almost _ (79)____ can ignore it even if they want to. One __(80) ____ to answer it only to find that he is misdialed. 第五部分 书面表达（满分 25 分） 高中生在成长的过程中会碰到一些烦恼。你班就这一话题正积极筹备召开一次主题班 会。请你依据下表进行必要的思考，并用英语准备一篇到会发言的材料。词数 150 左右。 pains solutions 相貌、体形不美 不必在意 不被他人理解，朋友少 加强沟通 学习滞后，压力大 ? 零花钱不多 ? 注意：1．开头已写好，不记入词数。 2．语言通顺，结构严谨，针对问号处给出自己得观点。 Good morning boys and girls, We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely. _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2009 届高三年级期初调研考试 英语参考答案及听力材料 1—5 BACCC 6—10 CCBCA 11—15 BBCAC 16—20 ABABC 21—25 ABDCD 26—30 BACDA 31—35 BABAD 36—40 DABCA 41—45 CACDA 46—50 ADBCA 51—55 DCBAC 56—60 DDCCA 61—65 CCBBC 66—70 DBADC 71. Telephone 72. necessary 73. emergency 74. waste 75. harmful 76. except 77. opinions/views 78. Problems 79. nobody 80. hurries One possible version: Good morning boys and girls, We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely. First, some of us are upset about their body styles and looks. It’s unnecessary and it’s not important at all. We needn’t care about it. It is one’s inner beauty that matters. Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers, parents and classmates. Facing this, we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying to remove the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good. Third, we may fall behind others, which makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage ourselves to work efficiently, full of determination. Last, some of us don’t have much pocket money, so they feel unhappy. Isn’t it strange? So long as we have some, that’s enough. And we can learn to spend money! That’s all. Thank you. 听力材料： 第一节 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。 现在，你有 5 秒钟的时间阅读第一小题。 Text 1 W: BBC news starts at seven. M: Does it go for an hour? W: No. It lasts half an hour. Text2 M: There is a limit of three books per person. W: Fine. I’ll be certain to return them on time. Text 3 M: Do you like any other sports besides swimming? W: Yes, I’m on the school tennis team and play volleyball sometimes. Text 4 M: I’d like to drive to the concert, but my brother will use the car tonight. W: Who needs a car? We can take the subway if we go a little earlier. Text 5 M: The radio costs ＄40, but I only have＄30. W: I have ＄16. Would you like to borrow it? 第一节到此结束。 第二节 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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第 6 至第 8 题。 现在，你有 10 秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。 Text 6 M: Are you interested in music? W: Yes, I like classical music. Beethoven is my favorite composer. How about you? M: I like all kinds of music, but jazz is my favorite and my wife is crazy about rock music. W: You play the piano, don’t you? M: A little bit, but my wife is much better than me. She can also play the violin. W: Really? I hope I can hear her play some day. M: Why not come to our house this weekend? We are going to have a party. W: I’d love to. 听下面一段材料，回答第 9 至第 11 题。 现在，你有 15 秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。 Text 7 W: Excuse me. Are you Mr. Atkins? M: Yes. You don’t know me, of course. I don’t teach here. I just give oral examinations here now and then. Don’t be nervous. W: Nervous? Who? Me? M: Now, sit down, please. I’m going to ask you a few questions. Then we’re going to have a short conversation in English. Do you understand? W: Yes, of course I do. But may I ask you something first? M: After the examination, please. Just concentrate on my questions for the moment. First of all, why are you learning English? W: Why am I learning English? M: Yes. I mean, what are you going to do with it? Are you going to be a teacher of English or what? W: Please stop just a second. I really must ask you something first. M: Very well, if you insist. W: Would you like a cup of coffee? M: Pardon? What did you say? W: You see, I’m English, too. I’m one of the teachers here. I came to ask you if you would like a cup of coffee. 听下面一段材料，回答第 12 至第 14 题。 现在，你有 15 秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。 Text 8 M: Cheryl, you are certainly good at playing the piano. That’s a lovely song, too. W: Thank you. I’m glad you like it. I have a good time playing the piano. M: How long have you been playing? W: I’ve been studying the piano for ten years, since I was nine years old. M: Really? I didn’t know that. Ten years! W: Oh, yes. Learning to play the piano takes a lot of work. But it’s all worth it. M: Worth it? Do you make money playing the piano? W: I didn’t mean it that way, but I do make some money. Sometimes, I play at wedding receptions or at parties. I get paid for doing what I like to do. I never had it so good. 听下面一段材料，回答第 15 至第 17 题。 现在，你有 15 秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。 Text 9 W: Hello, George! I wanted to speak to you yesterday, but you weren’t at your usual place for lunch. M: No, I had a free day from the newspaper office because I worked so much overtime last week. W: Oh, I see. You had a holiday. M: Well! I stayed at home and looked after the baby. W: What! You took care of the baby? Whose baby? M: Oh, it was my sister’s baby. She wanted to go shopping in the morning. So I stayed at home and did a lot of useful things. W: Oh? M: Yes. I mended my radio, washed a shirt and some socks, and cleaned out the drawers of my desk. W: I don’t call that a holiday. I wanted to ask you to a concert last night. The one at the Town Hall near where we lived. M: That’s funny! My office called me in the afternoon and asked me to go and write an article about the concert. I noticed that you weren’t there, but your friend Mary was. W: Was she indeed? That’s very strange. 听下面一段材料，回答第 18 至第 20 题。 现在，你有 15 秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。 Text 10 In Britain, if you break the law, you can be sent to prison or be fined or be ordered to do community work such as cleaning public places and helping the old. There are two sorts of prisons: the open sort and the closed sort. In the closed sort, prisoners are given very little freedom. They spend three to ten hours outside their rooms when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV and talk to other prisoners. All prisoners are expected to work. Most of them are paid for what they do, whether it is cooking or cleaning. Prisoners in open prisons are locked up at night, but for the best of the time, they are free within the prison grounds. They can exercise, have visitors, or study. And some are allowed out of the ground to study or to do community work. 听力测试到此结束。