江苏省盐城上冈高级中学2007高三第二次阶段考试

英语试题

说明:本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间为120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷  (三部分，共115分)

第一部分: 听力(共两节，满分30分)

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。标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍：

1. What can we learn from the conversation?

       A. They are both neighbors.

B. They are both students.

C. They are from the same school.

2. How does the man feel about his job?

A. He enjoys it.

      B. He doesn’t like it at all.

C. He wants to find a new job.

3. What does the man think the building will be?

       A. A market.          B. A hotel.             C. A department store.

4. What’s the most probable result of the talk?

       A. The woman will accept the man’s offer.

      B. The woman will go to the birthday party.

C. The woman will go to the concert with the man.

5. What’s the probable relationship between the man and the woman?

       A. Taxi driver and passenger.

B. Conductor and driver.

C. Boss and driver.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Who was the original owner of the Garden Villa?

       A. Jeff.                 B. A boss.              C. A computer engineer.

7. Why did the man sell the house?

       A. He no longer liked the house.

B. He was short of money.

C. He bought a new one.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How old is the girl?

       A. Fifteen.             B. Sixteen.            C. Seventeen.

9. What does the girl think of the study of English?

       A. Interesting.        B. Easy.                C. Hard.

10.What does the girl enjoy most?

       A. Listening.          B. Writing.            C. Talking.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What does the woman ask the man to do?

       A. To work at home.

B. To explain the word “SOHO”.

C. To learn more.

12.Which of the following is the bad result of using computers?

       A. People will be much lazier than before.

B. People will be more foolish than before.

C. More people will lose their jobs.

13.What does the woman think we should do in order not to fall behind?

       A. We should make more money.

B. We should learn more.

C. We should run faster.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14.Why did Jane go to New York?

       A. To learn English.

B. To visit the Whites.

C. To go sightseeing.

15.When did Jane come back from the US?

       A. On July 5^th.

B. On August 5^th.

C. On August 25^th.

16.Why did Jane like to stay with the Whites?

       A. They were her parents’ old friends.

B. She could speak English with them every day.

C. They treated her like their own daughter.

17.What in particular did Jane like about the American classes?

       A. The teachers were kind.

B. The students had more freedom.

C. There were a lot of activities in class.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.What’s one lifelong dream of Michelle’s?

       A. Flying to Paris for baking a cake at a party.

B. Getting more attention in cooking.

C. Taking part in training courses.

19.How did Michelle get the chance to work in Paris?

       A. She was chosen out of a cooking test.

B. She worked well enough to be given the chance.

C. She had already had three years of baking experience.

20.What can we know about Michelle?

       A. Cakes baked by her are enjoyed by almost everyone.

B. She has strong desire for improvement.

C. She is good in the cooking school.

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)

从所给ABCD四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，井在答题卡上将该项涂黑．

21. Don’t mind too much about ____ mistakes. They are ____ natural part of learning.

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

22. According to the contract, all belong to you ____ be taken away if you break it.

       A. shall          B. can                   C. could         D. would

23. ?Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favor?

   --Of course, what is it?

   --I ____ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.

       A. had wondered                         B. was wondering

C. would wonder                         D. did wonder

24. My teacher always encourages me ____ progress I’ve made.

       A. however a little                       B. no wonder how little

C. whatever little                         D. ever little

25. ?Could you ____ take care of my dog while I’m away?

   --Sure. Leave it to me, please.

       A. possibly            B. perhaps      C. maybe               D. probably

26. No advertisement so far ____ can have the same effect as this one.

      A. made                                        B. has been made    

C. being made                          D. to be made

27. We were next-door neighbors for three years, ____ we met only twice.

       A. for which time                        B. during whose time

C. during which time                   D. at that time

28. When he was in America, she ____ three foreign languages, but she ____ all except a few words of each.

       A. spoke; had forgotten                B. spoke; has forgotten

C. had spoken; had forgotten        D. had spoken; has forgotten

29. The famous singer is traveling across the country, ____ her new album.

       A. classifying         B. promoting  C. grouping           D. accumulating

30. Danis is ______ hunting for a new job and has no eye for his wife and children.

A. occupied in                                              B. busy for

C. absorbed to                                        D. engaged with

31. Mr. Smith was badly ill, or he _____ our dinner party.

  A. should come to                            B. would have attended   

C. would come to                      D. should have attended

32. In my opinion, learning is life long and the more knowledge you get_______.

A. the more for life are you equipped        B. the more equipped for life you are

C. the more life you are equipped for        D. you are equipped the more life

33. ?Is your school life ____ of other teens?

   --In many ways, yes.

      A. this          B. the same                    C. one                    D. that

34. ?So you know Della?

   --Yes, it was last week ____ I surfed the Internet.

      A. that          B. when                         C. why                  D. whom

35. ?Are you through with your homework?

   --Well, ____.

A. sort of                     B. go ahead                  C. why not            D. that’s OK

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day on the way to school, a little boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and watched it almost every day. One day, it started to break through a small  36  in the cocoon, but it  37  greatly. Finally, it seemed it couldn’t succeed.

       The boy felt  38  for the butterfly because he knew it was going to die  39  it didn’t get out. So he ran into the house and got a pair of  40  and cut the cocoon a little. The butterfly came out and was  41  .

       The only strange thing was that the butterfly had a swollen(肿胀的) body and dry  42 . The boy kept waiting for the swelling to go down and for the wings to grow, but  43  didn’t. The butterfly crawled around unable to  44  and then it died an early death.

       Therefore, he learned that the butterfly was supposed to struggle to get out of the cocoon. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon  45 the fluid out of its body and into its wings.  46  the struggle, the butterfly couldn’t grow, and would  47  fly. By trying to  48  the butterfly, the boy  49  hurt it.

      So if you are struggling with something, it’s probably  50  way of telling you that you are supposed to struggle. The struggle is  51  will make you stronger. The bigger you struggle, the stronger you become.

       Let this  52  help you to remember to let people have their struggle. When we do  53  for other people without their  54 , we hurt them and  55  them growing.

36. A. room                  B. hole                         C. place                 D. eye

37. A. struggled            B. shouted                    C. changed            D. waved

38. A. ashamed             B. satisfied                   C. happy               D. bad

39. A. though                B. if                             C. since                 D. while

40. A. knives                B. trousers                    C. scissors             D. shoes

41. A. free                    B. dead                        C. tired                 D. alive

42. A. wings                 B. feather                            C. stomach            D. legs

43. A. it                       B. you                          C. they                  D. he

44. A. walk                   B. fly                           C. move                D. run

45. A. pulled                 B. dropped                   C. pushed              D. flowed

46. A. Without                     B. By                           C. With                 D. For

47. A. seldom               B. hardly                      C. ever                  D. never

48. A. watch                 B. kill                          C. help                  D. love

49. A. actually                     B. gradually                  C. slowly               D. generally

50. A. people’s                     B. science’s                   C. life’s                 D. nature’s

51. A. that                    B. what                        C. how                  D. when

52. A. passage               B. boy                          C. speech               D. lesson

53. A. enough               B. too much                  C. more than          D. far from

54. A. permission          B. order                       C. attention            D. request

55. A. keep                   B. imagine                    C. prevent             D. force

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

       I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop hired me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very proud to earn my own pocket money and my parents never interfered with how I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from my mistakes, I would become more mature and responsible about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

       Like many American parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they worried a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great experience for me. In the end, my father won the argument on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had my uncles, aunts and cousins spread out through the country who could provide shelter and help if I needed it.

       Three years later, when he was eighteen, my younger brother decided to take a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a fascinating year working his way on trains and ships to earn passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

       These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries, but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start pushing their children at young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, selected the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

56. Why did the writer’s parents allow their children to do what they want?

       A. Because they thought that their children would become braver.

       B. Because they believed that their children would earn some pocket money.

       C. Because they thought that their children would find a job easier.

       D. Because they thought that it would bring good to their children’s future.

57. What does the writer think of his brother’s travel?

       A. He thought his brother gained valuable experiences during the travel.

       B. He thought his brother earned a lot of money by working.

       C. He thought his brother didn’t disappoint his father.

       D. He thought his brother’s travel was better than his to France.

58. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

       A. The writer went to France in order to see his relatives.

       B. The writer’s mother managed to prevent the children doing what she thought might be dangerous.

       C. The writer’s brother gave up his university to travel through the USA and Caribbean.

       D. American kids do things by themselves to make preparations for the future with the encouragement of their parents.

59. The best title of the passage probably is “____”.

       A. Part-time Jobs       B. Independence        C. Pocket Money       D. Experiences

B

       BEIJING (Associated Press)! China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.

       While China may be the world’s biggest toy-maker, much of the best is expected. Department stores here do not have enough high-quality toys. It is said the demand for educational toys is low.

       A US company, BabyCare, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.

       BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospital. People who join the company’s “mother’s club” get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost―if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and children books.

       “We want to build a seven-year relationship with those people”, said Mattew J. Estes, BabyCare’s president, “It starts during pregnancy, when the anxiety and needs are highest.” BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers―paid by BabyCare―advise parents, explaining toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six.

       BabyCare opened its store in China last June in a shopping centre in center Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.

       It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.

60. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?

       A. Educational toys and foreign toy makers.

B. Problems with pushing sales of educational toys in China.

C. Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.

D. Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.

61. Which of the following is the fact according to the passage?

       A. Club members buy BabyCare products for free children advice.

B. Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products.

C. Parents are encouraged to pay＄18 for club activities.

D. BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.

62. BabyCare is developing its business in China by ____.

       A. opening stores in Beijing hospital

B. offering 18-month courses on children

C. setting up children’s education centers

      D. forming close relationships with parents

63. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

       A. Mother’s Club in China                         B. BabyCare and Doctors

C. American Company Model                     D. On educational toys

C

       (1) America started the Internet Revolution, but it is my belief that it cannot finish it. Instead China will finish it. America is a very old country, over 200 years old, and so it has many prejudices and habits that defy logic（不合逻辑）. For example, America is the only country that still does not use the metric system. Because of such prejudices and habits, America cannot finish the Internet Revolution.

       (2)……

       (3) Today, America is like the Britain of the 19^th century and China is like America of that time. The symbol of success for today’s America is Silicon Valley. There, computer entrepreneurs (企业家) can become billionaires before they turn 30. However, American society does not accept these newly rich, preferring to them “computer geeks(艺人)”. Besides, American companies do not respect their employees-Chinese graduate students. They think of these workers only as tools.

       (4) Although Chinese students still desire to go to the United States, one day, as their home country becomes richer, they will want respect more than money.

       (5) China is the world’s youngest economic power, filled with great hope about the future, which means that it lacks prejudices and is able to adapt to new technology quickly. A Chinese company can install the latest computer much more cheaply than American company.

       (6) Chinese also respect entrepreneurs and computer engineers, but Americans think it is “uncool” to know how to work the computer. Every Chinese student loves the computer. Zhongguancun, China’s Silicon Valley, is quickly becoming another heart and center of Chinese company.

64. The title of this passage is ____.

  A. The Prejudices from Americans    B. The China’s Future

C. China Will Rule the Internet

D. The Life of Chinese Graduate Students in the USA

65. The writer foresees that ____.

  A. Zhongguancun is becoming the heart and center of Chinese society

B. China will be the world’s youngest economic country

C. goods made in China will be of higher quality those made in America

D. as China becomes richer, more and more graduate students abroad will return to their motherland

66. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraph (2)?

  A. The USA in the Industrial Revolution

B. The Britain in the Industrial Revolution

C. Prejudice of the Britain against technology preventing Britain’s development and the USA finishing the Industrial Revolution 

D. The different opinions between the USA and the Britain in the Industrial Revolution

67. Which “install” in the following sentences is suitable to the world “install” in paragraph (5)?

  A. The new judge was installed without delay.

B. The owner of the house had a new telephone installed.

C. The cat installed itself in a chair.

D. The new president was installed last week.

D

How Good Are US Drivers

       The CBS-TV “National Drivers’ Test”, showed that many US drivers have a lot to learn. Here’s why.

       CBS picked 1,799 sample drivers to take the test in TV studios in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles. More than two out of five of the drivers failed the test. And the average score was the lowest passing mark―51 points out of a possible 80.

       Chicago drivers did best with an average of 53 points. Los Angeles drivers came next with 52 points. New York and Philadelphia drivers got 50 points―a failing score. Drivers with 50 scores or less were rated “poorly informed” by the judges.

       Here are some of the test results:

       1. Are men drivers better than women ones?

       Yes. Men averaged 52. Women got an average of 49.

       2. Are older drivers better informed than younger drivers?

       No. Drivers under 26 averaged 52 points. Drivers from 7 to 45 averaged 51. Drivers over 45 failed with a 48 point average.

       3. Does Education matter?

       Yes. College graduates averaged 52 points. High school graduates averaged 50. Those without high school diplomas got 48. And people who had taken driver education courses scored an average of 53 points―three more than those who hadn’t.

       4. Does driving experience make a difference?

       Yes. Drivers with three or more years of experience averaged 51 points. Drivers with less experience averaged 49.

       Here are surprising facts brought out by the test.

       1. More than one out of three drivers did not know that a blinking red light means a full stop.

       2. Three in ten drivers did not know that an octagonal(eight-sided) sign means stop.

       3. More than two in three drivers did not know what to do when being “tail-gated(追尾)”.

       The answer: slow down, drive to the right, and let the drivers behind pass.

       The results of the test were turned over to the National Safety Council. They will help future safety planning.

68. The author’s purpose is to ____.

       A. prove that men are better drivers than women

B. give you safe driving directions

C. tell you the results of a national drivers’ test

D. require you to get an education

69. From the information in the article, which of the following is true?

       A. Older drivers are better informed than younger drivers.

B. Experience makes a difference among drivers.

C. Most drivers failed the test.

D. Most people don’t know what a blinking red light means.

70. Which of the following as a group was rated “poorly informed” by the judges?

       A. Men.

B. High school graduated drivers.

C. Drivers from 27~45 years of age.

D. Drivers with 3 or more years of experience.

71. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A. Education makes no difference in the passing rate of the drivers.

B. Men are better informed than women.

C. Chicago drivers are the best informed drivers in America.

D. The test result will be used as a guide for future safety planning.

E

       When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.

Certainly, most of the world’s great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.

     First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil(恶行).Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.

Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.

       It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.

72．What is mainly discussed in the passage?

       A．Moral deeds of people.                B. Religious activities of the church.

       C．Moral goodness of the giver.        D．Arguments on giving to beggars.

73．What can we infer from the sentence “But has the world changed ?”in the second paragraph?

       A．People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village.

       B．Some people will not do what was morally right in the past.

       C．We don’t meet with those who need help any more.

       D．Now it is the government’s duty to help the beggars.

74．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

       A．Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.

       B．Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.

       C．Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.

       D．Some beggars have no excuse for begging.

75．In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because

          .

       A．the cases can be so different        

B．there are so many beggars

       C．there is so much money wasted    

D．there are so many different arguments

对话填空

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M: Nice to meet you again. The (76)w____ today is perfectly fine, isn’t it?

W: Nice to meet you too. Yes, it’s getting warmer and warmer.

M: Have you got everything (77)s____?

W: Almost.

M: What can I do for you?

W: I suppose I should look for a big house. But I don’t see how I can (78)a____ one right now.

M: If (79)o____ you hadn’t spent so much money on your (80)v_____ this summer!

W: You’re right. But I really had a happy holiday.

M: Ok. Maybe you can move into my mother’s house and (81)s____ it with her for a (82)c____ of weeks.

W: Thank you. But I don’t want to trouble you too (83)m____.

M: No trouble at all.

W: How much should I pay for the(84)r____?

M: About ＄120 a week.

W: Great! That’s one-third(85)l____ than it was when I first rented house.

(76)        　　 _

(77)_____请________        　　

(78)_____不_______

(79)_____要_______

(80)_____在_______

(81)     这   　　

(82)     里    　

(83)     答   　 

(84)_____题_______

(85)_____________

第Ⅱ卷

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M: Nice to meet you again. The (76)w____ today is perfectly fine, isn’t it?

W: Nice to meet you too. Yes, it’s getting warmer and warmer.

M: Have you got everything (77)s____?

W: Almost.

M: What can I do for you?

W: I suppose I should look for a big house. But I don’t see how I can (78)a____ one right now.

M: If (79)o____ you hadn’t spent so much money on your (80)v_____ this summer!

W: You’re right. But I really had a happy holiday.

M: Ok. Maybe you can move into my mother’s house and (81)s____ it with her for a (82)c____ of weeks.

W: Thank you. But I don’t want to trouble you too (83)m____.

M: No trouble at all.

W: How much should I pay for the(84)r____?

M: About ＄120 a week.

W: Great! That’s one-third(85)l____ than it was when I first rented house.

(76)        　　

(77)_____________        　　

(78)_____________

(79)_____________

(80)_____________

(81)        　　

(82)        　　

(83)        　  

(84)_____________

(85)_____________

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

根据下面的履历表写一篇短文。

姓 名     张明      性别   男     国籍   中国

出生地    湖北      出生日期    1960年2月9日

职业     工程师     毕业学校        清华大学

       1982年大学毕业，作出人生重要决定，留学美国深造

个     经过4年的努力学习，掌握了计算机方面的先进技术

人        和管理方法

简     1989年获得博士学位

历         2001年作出回国的决定，并创办一家公司。妻子和

       女儿由于已经习惯了美国的生活方式，至今仍留在美国

注意：

1、  短文应包括表格全部内容，不要逐字逐句翻译；

2、  词数：120个左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Zhang Ming, an engineer, was born_______________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

江苏省盐城上冈高级中学2007高三第二次阶段考试

英语试题答案

听力

BACBA; BBBCC; BCBAC; BBCBB

单项填空

CABCA; ACBBA; BBDBA

完形填空

BADBC; AACBC; ADCAC; BDBDC

阅读理解

（A）  DADB

（B）   CADD

（C）   CDBB

（D）  CBBA

（E）   DBCA

对话填空

76. weather         77. settled           78. afford            79. only        80. vacation

81. share              82. couple            83. much             84. rent         85. lower

书面表达参考范文

       Zhang Ming, an engineer, was born on February 9, 1960 in Hubei, China. After he graduated from (Qinghua) Tsinghua University in 1982, he made an important decision in his life. He decided to go to the United States for his further study. After four years’ hard work, he mastered new management ideas and advanced technologies in computer field. In 1989, he got his doctor’s degree. In 2001, he made another decision. He was determined to return to his motherland and started a company. However, his wife and daughter have got used to the American way of life, so they still stay in the United States.