2008-2009年高三第四次调考英语试题

（时间：100分钟  满分：150分）

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；每小题1分，满分15分)

从四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，

21. ―Good morning , May I help you ?

  ―Oh, thank you. I’m just looking around.

  ―_______________.

  A. Thanks for coming to see me .   B. How are you feeling today?

  C. I’ll write you a check right now.  D. Take your time , then.

22. What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ______?

  A. given out   B. put out   C. held up      D. used up

23. They lost their way in the forest , and ____________.Which of the following is wrong?

  A. what made matters worse was that night began to fall .

  B. what was worse , it was getting dark

  C. to make matters worse , night was falling

  D. worse still , night has fallen.

24. _______ twice a year, whether it is a car or a truck , is the rule that every driver must

  obey in this city.

  A. Examining   B. Examined   C. Having  Examined  D. Being examined

25. Premier Wen stated in his report that the education of _____young was always ____ hot and serious topic.

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

26. Don’t ________. You will _________ new customs and different ways of thinking.

   A. lose your heart ; apply to    B. lost heart ; apply yourself to

   C. lose your heart ; adapt to    D. lose heart ; adapt yourself to

27 There is no experience you can have  _________ is more exciting than skating on real ice.

A. this         B. what         C. that        D. it 

28 The secretary asked her boss whether he had anything more  _________bofore she went back home.

A. to type      B typed       C to be typed     D has typed

29 ―Don’t you think it’s impossible to keep silent when _________?

―Yes, I know that, but I really don’t know what to say.

A speaking      B spoken to    C spoken         D speaking to

30. The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I _________the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.

A should have taken   B could have taken   C needn’t have taken 

D mustn’t have taken

31.It is usually warm in my hometown in March, but it _________ be rather cold sometimes.

A must       B can         C should          D would

32. ―It’s twenty years since we last met.

―But I still remember the story, believe it or not, _________we got lost on a rainy night.

A which          B that             C what                   D when 

33. Is it the years ________ you worked in the factory _______ have a great effect on your literary works?

A that; where     B that; that      C when; where     D when; that

34.―Do you have a minute? I have got something to tell you.

   ―Ok,_________ you make it short.

A now that    B if only     C so long as     D every time

35 Would it be _________ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?

A free          B vacant        C handy           D convenient

第二节： 完形填空  （ 共 30 小题 ； 每小题 1.5分， 满分 30 分 ）

I was shown into the waiting-room which, as  I had expected, was full. Any waiting-room――especially a dentist’s ――is not the best place in the world to 36_____ an afternoon. No matter how hard a dentist tries to make his waiting?room look 37_____, it always has an atmosphere of its own-the unpleasant smell and disordered 38_____ in the room.

This waiting-room was no exception. There were 39_____ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table 40____ like a great pile of waste paper. I took my 41____ and decided to pass the time 42______ the people around me.

A little man beside me was 43_____ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. It was 44_____ to understand what he was looking at, for 45____ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the 46_____, take another, and sink back into his chair. Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to 47____ her son from making a 48_____. He had placed an ash-tray（烟灰缸）on the floor and was making plane-noises 49____he waved a pencil in his hands. The boy had clearly become uninterested in 50______. Near him, and old man was fast asleep, and the boy’s mother was 51_____ sooner or later her son would 52____ the gentleman up. There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse 53____. The people looked 54_____ with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next luckly 55_____ was led out of the room.

36. A. spend           B. take          C. cost          D. stay

37. A. unpleasant      B. happy         C. funny         D. pleasant

38. A. teeth           B. people        C. things        D. books

39. A. dirty           B. nice          C. valuable      D. modern

40. A. tasted          B. sounded       C. looked        D. felt

41. A. chair           B. seat          C. bench         D. desk

42. A. talking with    B. watching      C. thinking about D. listening to

43. A. turning over    B. counting      C. looking up    D. looking at

44. A. interesting     B. possible      C. easy          D. hard

45.A. each            B. every         C. about         D. certain

46.A. chair           B. floor         C. bed           D. table

47.A. prevent         B. allow         C. forbid        D. fight

48.A. song            B. noise         C. mistake       D. model plane

49.A. as              B. if            C. so            D. though

50.A. reading         B. talking       C. waiting       D. singing

51.A. sure            B. sorry         C. angry         D. afraid

52.A. make            B. wake          C. call          D. turn

53.A. left            B. entered       C. smiled        D. spoke

54.A. down            B. around        C. up            D. behind

55.A. patient         B. doctor        C. boy           D. mother

第三部分： 阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题 2 分， 满分40分 ）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.

In some modem countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all ― one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns…

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

56. The writer of the passage thinks that _______.

A. education can settle most of the world’s problems

B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

C. free education won’t help to solve problems

D. all the social problems can’t be solved by education

57. The writer wants to prove that _______.

A. our society needs all kinds of jobs

B. our society needs free education for all

C. a farmer is more important than a professor

D. work with hands is the most important

58. The purpose of education is _______.

A. to choose officials for the country

B. to prepare children mainly for their future work

C. to let everyone receive education fit for him

D. to build a perfect world

59. The passage tells us about _______ of the education.

A. the means             B. the system             C. the value         D. the type

B

Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.

Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her. 

So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86. 

A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:

Sorry, I’m still alive!

60. How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?

A. She is miserable and unhappy.

B. She is cheerful and humorous.

C. She would like to live much longer.

D. She feels she is going to die very soon.

61. Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to _______.

A. smoking only a little every day

B. her giving up smoking and drinking

C. drinking two glasses of strong red wine every day

D. the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises

62. Which of the following could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph?

A. deal               B. trick                C. march             D. sport

63. Why does Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive” to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?

A. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage.

B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed.

C. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.

D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer isn’t worth the money he has already paid.

C

“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral (道德上的) freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” “Keep cool”, says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

64. What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

65. What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” ?

A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

66. If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A. the very backbone and nerve of character 

B. the patience and power to control himself

C. strong feelings

D. self-confidence

67. The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

A. explain that self-control is the key to success

B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

D

The United States will introduce a new and comprehensive(综合的) exam for students who seek to study in American and other English-speaking countries, Xinhua News Agency reported from New York.

The exam, which stands for a great change from the current English level test, was disclosed by Theresa Chang Wei Jen, associate director of the International Service of the US College Board, America’s leading educational organization.

The Advanced Placement International English Language (APIEL) will be offered for the first time throughout the world on May 10, 2002, said Jen.

However, the APIEL is a strange title to most Chinese students, and it is unlikely to soon gain the similarity of other already existing exams, such as the TOEFL(Test of English as a Foreign Language), the GRE(Graduate Record Examination), or the IELTS(International English Language Testing System).

“I have never heard of such a test and I would prefer the IELTS if I need another exam,” said Xu Jingyan, a graduating student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who wants to study in England and has already taken the TOEFL.

Most of Xu’s classmates have never heard of the APIEL. “The APIEL is designed for international students who wish to get university studies in English-speaking countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia.” said Jen.

The APIEL has been adopted, said Jen, because the TOEFL can no longer accurately reflect the abilities of students of using the English language comprehensively in an academic environment. Xinhua reported that a fairly large number of foreign students who earned high scores in TOEFL exam turned out to be very ordinary educational performers after admission.

Compared with the TOEFL, the APIEL measures a student’s ability to read, write, speak and understand English through testing his or her skills in listening comprehension, speaking with accuracy(精确) and resourcefulness, and writing with clarity and fluency(流畅), Jen said.

68. The United States will introduce a new exam because _______.

A. more and more students want to get further education in the USA

B. the Chinese people pay special attention to English studies with China’s entry into the WTO

C. the already existing exam systems seem to be far from perfect

D. it will bring the US government quite a lot of money

69. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the selection？

A. It will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL.

B. The TOEFL is more popular with the Chinese than the IELTS.

C. A student will have to take the APIEL if he or she wants to study in English―speaking countries from 2002.

D. Chinese students will prefer the IELTS rather than the APIEL even in the future.

70. The underlined word current in the second paragraph means _______.

A. modern         B. present           C. standard               D. formal

71. Please decide which of the following would be the best title for this news report.

A. The Key to English-speaking Countries

B. The Four Skills in Learning English

C. TOEFL, IELTS and GRE to be Out of Date

D. New Exam Designed for Students

E

I came to live here where I am now between Wounded Knee Greek and Grass Greek. Others came too, and we made these little grey houses of logs that you see, and they are square, It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square.

You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the respectful circle of the nation, and so long as the circle was unbroken, the people were getting rich. The flowering tree was the living center of the circle, and the circle of the four quarters nursed it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and strong wind gave strength and continuous power. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our brief. Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. Birds make their nests in circle, for theirs are the same as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. Our places were like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation’s circle, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to nurse our children.

　　But the Wasichus (Indian word for “white people”) have put us in these square boxes. Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us any more. You can look at our boys and see how it is with us. Where we were living by the power of the circle in the way we should, boys were men at twelve or thirteen years of age. But now it takes them very much longer to be bull - grown.

72. According to the passage, the Indians _______.

A. don’t have modern instruments in their homes

B. refused to move from round places

C. lived in round places, but were forced to live in square houses

D. lived in round places, but then decided to move into square houses

73. Two things being compared in the passage are _______.

A. the Indians’ past and present living conditions

B. the Indians’ past and modern beliefs

C. the Indians’ old and new power

D. people and nature

74. In the second paragraph “the four quarters” refers to _______.

A. the four rooms of the Indian’s house

B. the four kinds of natural power

C. the four seasons

D. the four directions

75. According to the author, once the Indians moved into square houses, _______.

A. they had to move to other houses  

B. boys took more time to grow into men

　　C. they forgot the old way of life          

D. everyone was not happy

第二卷（非选择题 共35分）

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

    此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

    此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

    此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

    注意：原行没有错的不要改。

This is a story told by my father: “When I was boy,                76.___________

the most exciting thing was when to celebrate the Spring              77. ___________

Festival. My grandma was the best cooker in the world               78. ___________

but could make the most delicious dishes. One time, I just           79. ___________

couldn’t wait for the Spring Festival dinner. As I was                                       80. ___________

about take a piece from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in                                   81. ___________

the kitchen looking at me. Shake her head, she said, ‘ It                                     82. ___________

isn't a good time to do that, dear.’ At once I apologize                                       83. ___________

and controlled me at my best till the dinner started. You                                     84. ___________

know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month.”           85. ___________

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

近来，越来越多的学生在校外租房而不愿住大寝室。请根据下面提示，用英语写一篇短文，说说两者各自的好处与坏处，并表明自己的观点。内容包括以下几个方面：

1、  学习时间；2、安全性；3、自由度；4、与同学交往；5、学习效果等。

词数：100---120字。

说明：宿舍（dorm）