2008-2009年高三第一次调考英语试题

           （时间：100分钟   满分150分）        

命题人：张金周   审题人：贾凤云

第一部分：听力（略）

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）

第一节．单项填空（共15小题，15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，填在各题对应的答题卡上。

21．―You haven’t been to Beijing, have you ?

    ―       .And how I wish to go there again ?

    A．Yes, I have    B．No, I have  

    C．Yes, I haven’t  D No, I haven’t                 

22．―Did you lock the door ?

    ―No,I        ,but I forget.

    A．should  B must have  C must  D should have           

23．―It’s getting cold .

    ―Yes , I’m afraid it        be snowing tonight .

    A．can            B．must           C．should         D．might

24．It’s not surprising that Mr Johnson suddenly fell ill dying .

           he is already at the age of eighty .

    A．Above all      B．In all         C．At all         D．After all

25．My father asked me to repeat        telephone number        second time so that he could write it down .

A．the ; a  B．an; the C．an ; a   D．the; the

26．       good , the food was soon sold out .

A．Tasted   B．Tasting C．Being tasted     D．Having tasted

27．When watching TV,        .

    A．my mother came in                B．the window was shaking

    C．he heard a terrible noise        D．Tim was reading

28．Do you really believe that Mr Smith has blamed us for the accident , especially        ?

    A．you and me     B．I and you      C．you and I      D．you and we

29．A short time before she        , the old lady        a will , leaving all her money to her brother .

    A．died ; has written               B．has died ; wrote

C．had died ; wrote                D．died ; had written

30．―It is around 100 years, known to us all,        the first modern Olympic Games was held.

  ―It really is. But where        ?

A．that, was that   B．since, was it    C．after, is that   D．when, is it

31． Ten minutes earlier ______ we could have avoided the accident.

    A or     B but     C and     D so

32．Early in the day        the exciting news        the enemy were defeated .

A．come ; that B．comes ; that     C．came ; that D．came ; what

33． why are you killing your time this way? Can’t you find something  _____doing at all?

A．useful   B．valuable    C．worth  D．good

34．          into many languages, Harry Potter is popular with children and adults as well all over the world.

    A．Being translated.           B．Having translated

    C．To be translated.           D．Having been translated

35．I really hope the 29^th Olympic Games _______ in Beijing now will be a great success.

    A  held    B being held    C to be held    D holding

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从36―55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项填入答题卡。

Twenty years ago , Mark Thatcher , the son of Mrs Thatcher , was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. This sad news, so unexpected , shook the unusually calm and   36     politician off her balance . Though she did her best to    37     as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual , people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under    38     . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to    39     from her shock.

One day when she was to   40     at a lunch party , a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the     41    of her missing son again . She was totally mentally    42     for the question and lost her    43     . Tears were rolling down her eyes     44    she sobbingly (啜泣地) told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him . She said that all the countries concerned (有关的) had    45     to do their best to help her find her son . With that she     46    down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while . Gradually she   47      down and started to speak as planned . It was a very   48      scene which exposed a new side of Mrs Thatcher’s    49     the public do not usually see , so people began to    50     about the Iron Woman’s motherly love , a   51      that is common to all human race .

Later Mark returned safe and sound to his mother’s   52      , good-humored and all smiles as usual     53    nothing unusual had     54    happened . The Iron Woman , however , broke down again and was    55     sobbing for the second time .

36．A．unhappy        B．unsuccessful   C．unhurried      D．unhealthy

37．A．seem           B．look           C．act            D．pretend

38．A．construction   B．control        C．difficulties   D．pressure

39．A．learn          B．separate       C．reduce         D．recover

40．A．arrive         B．eat            C．speak          D．call

41．A．subject        B．object         C．argument       D．report

42．A．ready          B．unprepared     C．famous         D．anxious

43．A．life           B．son            C．belief         D．self-control

44．A．because        B．that           C．thus           D．as

45．A．permitted      B．admitted       C．promised       D．managed

46．A．fell           B．wrote          C．broke          D．brought

47．A．sat            B．calmed         C．turned         D．handed

48．A．moving         B．merry          C．funny          D．serious

49．A．thought        B．action         C．position       D．character

50．A．worry          B．think          C．set            D．talk

51．A．habit          B．hobby          C．feeling        D．thought

52．A．office         B．attention      C．side           D．home

53．A．as if          B．as             C．so that        D．though

54．A．never          B．ever           C．yet            D．already

55．A．made           B．heard          C．felt           D．seen

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分．满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中．选出最佳选项填入答题卡。

A

Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.

    It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different.

56. Which of the following sentences best describes the writer's point on Paragraph 1?

  A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.

  B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.

  C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.

  D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.

57. It is suggested in Paragraph 2 that _______.

  A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence

  B. close relation usually have similar intelligence

  C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence

  D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence

58. Whether a person can reach his intelligence depends on ________.

  A. his reading   B. his surroundings   C. his parents    D. his health

59. The best title for this article would be ________.

  A. On Intelligence

  B. What Does Intelligence Mean

  C. We Are Born with Intelligence

  D. Environments Play a Part in Developing Intelligence

B

The idea of fighting a noise by making more noise sounds strange, .but that's exactly what motor engineers are doing in Germany and some other countries Carmakers' research and development laboratories have already proved that mixing in more noise with the help of loudspeakers can reduce the unwanted noise.

    Physicists have known about the technique for a long time. Sound is made up of pressure waves in the air. If two sound waves of the same frequency mix so that the highest point of one wave happens at the same time with the lowest point of the other wave, the result is no sound. Therefore, by producing a perfect copy of the noise and delaying it by half a wave cycle, we can kill the unwanted noise. Using this technique many carmakers are racing to develop noise-killing systems both inside and outside the cars.

    Another good thing about the use of noise-killing systems is that it saves the need for a silencer, which not only reduces the weight of a car, but also makes the motor burn less oil and work better.

    Some engineers believe that the carmakers haven't decided if they will put it into production because it would add several hundred dollars to the cost of their cars.

60. Which of the following gives a general idea of how the noise-killing system works?

A. By producing pressure waves going in the opposite direction.

B. By mixing high frequency sound waves with low frequency sound waves.

C. By making copies of the unwanted sound waves and letting them out a little later.

D. By mixing new sound waves with the noise and sending them out together.

61. Besides its main function the noise-killing system can _______.

A. make a car lighter           B. make a car quieter

C. reduce the cost of a silencer   D. improve the performance of a silencer

62. The noise-killing system is not yet popular mainly because ________.

A. it increases the cost of car production

B. carmakers are not sure if it is necessary

C. it is still being tried out

D. people still have their doubts

C

Flight attendants(航班服务员) are part of those working on airplane passenger flights. They serve as a connection between the airline and its passengers. They satisfy the personal needs and comforts of the passengers while carrying out normal duties. They try to make the passengers' trip so enjoyable that they will want to fly with the airline again. Attendants receive training that helps them work calmly in an emergency and ensure the safety of the passengers.

    The first flight attendants on U.S. airlines were men. But from the 1930's until the 1970's, the airlines hired only women as attendants. Though men have now returned to the position, the majority of flight attendants are women.

    Long-distance flights have as many as 14 attendants on the largest jets and 6 on other planes. Most short-run jet flights have at least 3 attendants.

    Flight attendants check on flight conditions, food, and emergency equipment. They give safety instructions to the passengers, make flight announcements before and after take-off, and try to make the passengers as comfortable as possible.

    Flight attendants are trained at special schools. The course lasts from three to seven weeks. The training includes wide classroom work and practical in-flight experience in a model cabin (机舱).

The airline pays flight attendants' expenses while they are away from their basic station.

63. The underlined word "emergency" in the first paragraph should mean _______.

A. something that happens strangely    B. something that happens suddenly

C. any kind of difficulty              D. misunderstanding from passengers

64. Of the following, which are flight attendants' duties while they are on flights?

  a. Receiving flight training.

  b. Giving safety instructions.

  c. Checking on emergency equipment.

  d. Satisfying passengers' personal needs.

  e. Receiving expenses from the airline.

  f. Preparing food for passengers.

  A. a b c d f       B. b c d f    C. b c d e f      D. a b c e

65. Who served as flight attendants on U.S. airlines?

  A. First men, then women only, and now mainly men.

  B. First men and women, then men, and now men and women.

  C. First men, then only women, and now more women than men.

  D. First men, then men and women, and now mainly women.

66. The number of attendants on a flight depends on ________.

  A. how many passengers are on the flight

  B. how many attendants have received special training

  C. whether attendants want to be on the flight

  D. the length of the trip and the type of the airplane

D

Erik Weihenmayer wants to climb Mount Everest. He loves to climb, and there is no place greater for climbers than the peak of 29,035 feet, the world's highest mountain.

    Weihenmayer is blind. He has been blind since age 13, when an eye disease robbed him of his sight. His new book, Touch the Top of the World. A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See, describes his blindness and climbing. He is the first blind man to attempt Everest. The team reached the base camp at 17,800 feet last Wednesday and began its climb Saturday. If all goes well, Weihenmayer will reach the top on about May 15.

    "I'm not just some broken blind guy," Weihenmayer, aged 32, said for hours before he left Los Angeles on Friday for Katmandu, Nepal. "I put my life in my fellow climbers' hands, and they put their lives in my hands. It's an honor to reach that state."

    "I want to experience the sense of adventure. Blindness has nothing to do with that. But a message of the climb is that a blind person can join a team and climb the highest mountain in the world."

    Weihenmayer has climbed the highest peaks on four continents. North America's Mount McKinley, South America's Aconcagua, Africa's Kilimanjaro and Antarctica's Vinson Massif. He is an expert rock and ice climber, having scaled EL Captain in Yosemite National Park. When he was 16, he attended a school that taught blind people to be independent. One day, a group went rock-climbing. "I really liked it," Weihenmayer said, "You can solve problems. It is sense in your inner mind. People didn't think blind people could go out and became expert rock climbers."

67. The underlined world "peak" in Line 3, Paragraph 1 means _______.

A. to make smaller               B. the edge of a cap

C. the highest point of mountains   D. to reach the highest point

68.The distance between the top of Mount Everest and the base camp was probably_______.

 A. 29,035 feet   B. 17,800 feet   C. 11,235 feet   D. not told in the passage

69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Weihenmayer likes the sense of being dependent on other people since he is blind.

B. Weihenmayer and his teammates will reach the top of Mount Everest exactly on May 15.

C. Weihenmayer loves climbing because he enjoys solving problems and the sense of adventure.

D.Weihenmayer will have climbed the highest mountains on four continents after climbing Mount Everest.

70. The third paragraph shows mainly Erik shares all the following with his friends EXCEPT_____.

A. understanding              B. friendship

C. complete dependence        D. visual (视觉的) communication

E

   One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

   He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton(人体骨架) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgoten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

   When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

7l. Who wrote the story?

   A.Rupert's teacher.                B.The neighbour's teacher.

   C.A medical school teacher.         D.The teacher's neighbour.

72. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

   A. He needed it for the summer term in London.   

   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.   

   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

73. What happened at the airport?

   A. The skeleton went missing.      B. The skeleton was stolen.

   C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.   D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

74. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

   A. He is very angry.                 B. He think it rather funny

   C. He feels helpless without Rupert.    D. He feels good without Rupert.

75. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

   A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.     

   B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

   C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

   D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

第II卷（共35分）

第一节：短文改错（10分）

Dear Bill,

Very gladly to receive your letter of July 13. Thank you for your  76._____

congratulations. I was very exciting when I heard that Beijing         77.______

won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Immediately I called on        78.______

Wei Guo and Li Hong to my house. After brief discussion we             79.______

decided to put up with a wall newspaper for our class. We hurried to      80.______

our classrooms and began to work. Wei Guo wrote a poem. Li Hong         81.______

copied some news from the newspapers. I draw an Olympic flag.           82.______

The next Monday, our classmates were both surprised or overjoyed        83.______

when they saw the wall newspaper. I hope you can go to China          84.______

to watch the Olympic Games in 2008. Then I’ll be very happy to        85.______

be your guide.

                                                sincerely yours,

                                                     Zhang Hua

第二节：书面表达(25分)   

面对中学生“出国热”，社会对此有不同的看法。请你以Studying Abroad为题，根据以下提供的信息，谈谈自己的看法。

Advantages

Disadvantages

1.良好的语言环境，更利于语言学习。

2.拓宽视野，学习国外先进的科学技术。

3.传播各民族间的不同文化。

1.年纪小，缺乏生活经验，自理能力差。

2.情感孤独，思乡。

3.生活学习费用高。

注意: 1）第一句已为你写好，不计入总词数。    2）词数100 左右。

3）参考词汇：媒介，中间人 mediator

Studying Abroad

In recent years, studying abroad has been popular.________________________     

21―25 ADDDA   26―30 BCADB   31―35 CCCDB    36―40 CDBDC

41―45 ABDDC   46―50 CBADD   51―55 CCABD    56―60 DBBAC

61―65 AABBC   66―70 DCCCD   71―75 DBABB

76．gladly→glad    77．exciting→excited   78．on      79．After ^ brief→a

80．with                81．classrooms→classroom         82．draw→drew

83．or→and 84．go→come        85．√

One possible version:

Studying Abroad

     In recent years, studying abroad has been popular. Tens of thousands of Chinese students have gone to foreign countries to study. Many people are trying their best to apply to go abroad.

     There are many advantages in attending schools abroad. First, students who have studied abroad can act as mediators between people of different cultures. Second, we can learn much more advanced knowledge of science and technology from foreign countries. Third, we can learn foreign languages more quickly.

     However, there are some disadvantages. Most of the students are too young to live by themselves without any living experience. Besides, being far away from their home country, they may feel lonely and homesick. Of course the costs are much.