华中师大一附中2008―2009学年度第一学期期中检测

高三年级英语试题

本试卷共12页，全卷满分150分，考试用120分钟。

命题人：高三年级英语备课组

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

    做题时，先将答案划在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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，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 does the man like?

A．A stormy ocean．              B．Calm waves．                C．Calm water．

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

A．To do some exercise．        B．Not to go out．              C．To put on more clothes．

3．How much is the yellow tie?

A．$15．                               B．$18．                            C．$36．

4．What does the woman mean?

A．She will buy him a pencil．

B．She has pencils for him．

C．She herself has no more pencils．

5．What does the lady like to drink?

A．Dutch．                            B．Coffee．                       C．Juice．

第二节 （共15小题；每题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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6．What is the woman going to do?

A．Fill out some forms．        B．Have dinner．                C．Pack up some stuff．

7．Who is Jessica?

A．A policewoman．              B．A movie star．               C．A student．

8．What is the man going to do tomorrow afternoon?

A．Play tennis．                     B．Take judd out．              C．See a movie．

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．What sports does the man like to play after work?

A．Table tennis, running and golf．

B．Tennis, jogging and golf

C．Tennis, running and golf．

10．How often does the man play golf?

A．About once a week．       B．About once a month．    C．About once a year．

11．What time will they meet at the clubhouse?

A．At 1:30 p．m．．             B．At 1:30 a．m．．            C．At 2:30 p．m．．

听第8段材料，回答第12至15题。

12．What is the woman waiting for?

   A．She is waiting for the man．

   B．She is waiting for her mother．

   C．She is waiting for the bus．

13．According to the conversation, what is the weather usually like in Florida in March?

A．Cool．                            B．Very hot．                     C．Dry．

14．How often should the bus come to their stop?

A．Every twenty minutes．   B．Every thirty minutes．    C．Once a day．

15．Where has the man lived for ten years?

     A．Florida．                        B．New York．                   C．California．

听第9段材料，回答第16至17题。

16．Who is the man?

   A．He is the girl’s husband． B．He is the girl’s boyfriend． C．He is the girl’s brother．

17．How does the woman feel about the news?

     A．Sad．                             B．Angry．                        C．Happy．

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．How did the speaker and his wife usually get around in London?

A．Buy bus．                       B．By underground．          C．On foot．

19．Which of the following places haven’t they been to during their stay in London?

A．Buckingham Palace．       B．The British Museum．    C．The National Gallery．

20．What did they enjoy doing most in London?

A．Having some very good meals．

B．Doing some shopping．

C．Seeing some good plays．

第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分）

第一节    多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21．The dog had such ___________ to its master that it would not leave him, even when he was dead．

  A．devotion             B．contribution           C．connection                    D．application

22．Soon after the terrible earthquake ___________was sent to the people who lost their homes from all over the world．

  A．expense               B．relief                      C．attention                        D．sympathy

23．Jonathan received a promotion to the role of assistant manager and is the youngest person to ___________ that post in this internatioal company．

  A．adopt                  B．seek                       C．occupy                          D．abandon

24．Julia left the company because she found the job frustrating, and felt she wasn’t___________ anything there．

  A．attempting           B．accomplishing         C．confirming                         D．conveying

25．Jane will have to ___________ her piano practice a long time if she wants to be a professional concert performer．

  A．set up                 B．add up                    C．keep up                         D．hold up

26．To make the students understand the problem the teacher tried to explain it, but the explanation just did not ___________to the class．

  A．get through         B．get around                     C．get down                       D．get across

27．This is the second time I have been ___________ by that person; I shall never trust him again．

  A．referred to           B．set down                 C．attended to                     D．let down

28．The government must be very ___________ about setting policies and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one．

  A．particular            B．concerned               C．cautious                         D．certain

29．Technology will continue to advance and change, and you must ___________ learn and adapt or risk becoming a dinosaur．

  A．delightedly          B．practically               C．constantly                      D．properly

30．The soil is becoming poor because farmers here mostly use only one kind of chemical fertilizer for several years ___________ ．

  A．in a row                     B．on the air                C．on all sides                     D．in a way

第二节    完成句子（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

31．?Have you thought about your day off next week?

   ?Oh yes, I ____________________ (在享受)the sunshine in Hawaii next Friday afternoon while you’re all working! (enjoy)

32．?It was a red light, William．You ____________________ (应该停)the car．

   ?Sorry．I didn’t see it．(stop) 

33．The other day a warm thought suddenly ____________________ (我想到)I might use the pocket money to buy some flowers for my mother’s birthday．(come)

34．I have already told you that I’m going to buy it, ____________________ (不管它花多少钱)．(cost)

35．Why are you still working on this project? It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and you’re supposed ____________________ (完成)it by noon．(finish)

36．We rent a beach house with two small rooms, the smaller ____________________ (可以用作)a kitchen．(serve)

37．It is not just the size of the Olympic Games ____________________ (使它们)unique, but what they mean to us．(make)

38．The number of people in the world totals about 6 billion and large quantities of waste ____________________ (产生)each year．(produce)

39．The students have been told that under no conditions ____________________ (他们可以用)the mobile phone in class．(use)

40．If ____________________(有) no water on the earth, there could be no living things．(be)

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One night this summer , on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my   41  apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to  42    the opening between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the    43  every time she leaned over to talk to him, 44    he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such  45   in a public place? I thought the movie would help improve my English, but  as it   46   , it was an Italian movie.   47    about an hour I decided to give up the movie and    48   my popcorn. I’ve never understood why they gave me so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good,   49.

With time going by , I understood    50   of the romantic sounding Italians. I just heard the   51  of the popcorn chewed between my teeth. My thought started to    52  . I remembered when I was in South Korea, I   53    to watch a host on TV frequently . He seemed like a good friend to me,  until I saw him  54   on TV in New York speaking  55   English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t   56   have a Korean accent ! I felt like I had been betrayed( 背叛 ).

When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English . 57    we had picked up a few words, my mother suggested that we all should practise English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became terribly   58   and we all seemed to avoid each other. When we couldn’t avoid seeing each other , our expressions were stiff ( 僵硬的). Sitting at the dinner table we preferred silence  to   59   a difficult language. Mother   60   to say something in English but it came out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.

41.

A . warm

B. hot

C. heated

D. uncomfortable

42.

A . wander through

B. walk though

C. run through

D. look through

43.

A . room

B. seat

C. space

D. angle

44.

A . however

B. but

C. or

D. and

45.

A . excitement

B. feeling

C. privacy

D. love

46.

A . came about

B. came up

C. turned up

D. turned out

47.

A . Within

B. After

C. For

D. before

48.

A . concentrate  on

B. stare at

C. work on

D. stick with

49.

A . too　

B. either

C. anyhow

D. somehow

50.

A . much

B. something

C. nothing

D. anything

51.

A . nutrient 

B. sound 

C. explosion

D. smell

52.

A . stop

B. wander

C. imagine

D. fascinate

53.

A . started

B. began

C. devoted

D. used

54.

A . again

B. immediately

C. closely

D. clearly

55.

A . fake

B. informal 

C. perfect

D. practical

56.

A . even

B. always

C. occasionally 

D. frequently

57.

A . unless

B. If

C. Before

D. since

58.

A . noisy

B. quiet

C. exciting

D. still

59.

A . improving

B. reading

C. writing

D. speaking

60.

A . managed

B. happened

C. tried

D. had

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another．Some societies, such as America and Australia are mobile and very open, people here change jobs and move house quite often．As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time．So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal．

On the other hand there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important．A Malaysian or Mexican business person will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business．But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society．

To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first．On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society put it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer．

Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them．All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different place to place．This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with．

Some societies have “universalist” cultures．These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way．“Particularist” societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person．So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person．

This difference can cause problems．A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture．The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family．He expects that the check-in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him．The check-in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers．But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem．

61．Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians ____．

   A．like traveling better            B．easy to communicate with

   C．difficult to make real friends     D．have a long-term relationship with their neighbors

62．A person from a less mobile society will feel it _____ when a stranger keeps talking to him or her, and asking him or her questions．

  A．boring            B．friendly              C．normal                     D．rough

63．In “particularist societies”, ______．

   A．they have no rules for people to obey

   B．people obey the society’s rules completely

  C．no one obeys the society’s rules though they have

   D．the society’s rules can be changed with different persons or situations

64．The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different ______．

  A．interests              B．cultures           C．habits and customs    D．ways of life

Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say．After a good night’s sleep a problem that couldn’t be solved the night before can often appear more manageable, although the evidence until now has been anecdotal (个人体验的)．But researchers at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows a good night’s sleep can improve insight (顿悟) and problem-solving．

“If you have some newly-got memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories’ restructures them , so that after sleep the insight into problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr Jan Born , a neuroscientist (神经科学家), at the university．To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them turn a string of numbers into a new order．There was also a third, hidden rule, which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem．The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups: half were allowed to sleep after the training while the rest were forced to stay awake．Dr Jan Born and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group．“Sleep helped,” Born said in a telephone interview．“The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation in your brain of the problem you want to solve and then you sleep, so it can act on the problem．” But Born admitted that he and his team don’t know how restructuring of memories occurs or what governs it．Pierre Maquet and Perrine Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the anecdotal suggestions that sleep can help develop creative thinking．Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery, the research gives people good reason to fully respect their periods of sleep, they added．

65．The underlined phrase “sleep on it” in Paragraph 1 probably means       ．

A．to delay deciding something until the next day

    B．to get as much sleep as possible

   C．to go on sleeping without being disturbed

    D．to sleep till after the time you usually get up in the morning

66．Jan Born and his team carried out the experiment through _____．

    A．comparison        B．interview                      C．survey              D．imagination

67．It can be inferred from the passage that ______．

    A．people should sleep so long as they have time

    B．sleep is the only way to solve hard problems

   C．people have various periods of sleep

D．people know how sleep reconstructs memories

68．What would be the best title for the passage?

    A．How Sleep Works                       B．Sleep Helps Solve Problems   

    C．No Evidence, But Well Founded            D．Born’s Discovery On Sleep

Winter’s short days are more than cold．For many people, winter depression, the most common type of Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD), is as much a part of the reason as hats and scarves(围巾)．

    Winter serious SAD sufferers may need medical treatment．Those feeling a little blue can help themselves by sticking to a healthy lifestyle．Here are some tips:

    Pace yourself．Don’t expect to do everything you normally can．Set a realistic schedule．Don’t listen to negative thinking, like blaming yourself or expecting to fail．

    Get involved in activities that make you feel good or feel like you’ve achieved something．For example, play table tennis or badminton．

   If you are feeling depressed, you may feel like staying away from friends．Yet this is a time when a friend’s support can be helpful．Call them regularly．Remember, the more we put off calling or visiting a friend, the harder  No interests or pleasure in things you used to enjoy

    Increased need for sleep

    A change in eating habits, especially an appetite for sweet or starchy(含淀粉的) foods

    Weight gain

    A heavy feeling in the arms or legs

    A drop in energy level

    Difficulty in concentrating

    Overly emotional

    Avoidance of friends and social situations

    Frequent feelings of guilt

    Long-term feelings of hopelessness, and physical problems, such as headaches

69．The writer of the passage agrees that ______．

A．the cold in winter makes us suffer from SAD

     B．hats and scarves are as important as SAD

    C．everyone of us meets SAD in winter

     D．we are blue mainly because of short days in winter

70．It can be inferred that ______．

     A．a more darkness will make us sad

     B．we should wear hats and scarves in winter

     C．a healthy lifestyle prevents us from serious SAD

     D．staying away from friends makes us depressed

71．When we pace ourselves, we ______．

     A．don’t do anything we can                    B．make a practical plan

     C．expect to succeed in nothing                 D．think something of guilt

72．The passage includes the following EXCEPT _____．

     A．the earlier we meet friends, the easier it is to rebuild a friendship

     B．if we give up to unclear feelings of sadness, we’ll be caught in the SAD

    C．playing table tennis helps us achieve whatever we want

    D．feel-good hormones from a balanced diet can help keep a healthy body

Mr．Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water．Mr．Johnson took the only escape route―through the boot(行李箱)．

      Mr．Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank．“Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr．Johnson said．“I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in．”

       Mr．Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot．Then he began his struggle to escape．

       Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life．It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to loosen the back seat to get into the boot．I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came．”

       It took ten minutes to loosen the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot．Then Mr．Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock．Fifteen minutes passed by．“It was the only chance I had．Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in．I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up．”

      His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr．Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs．Lucy Bates．Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours．” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night．The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch．

73．_______________  is the most important to Mr．Johnson during his escape?

A．The hammer    B．The coin C．The screw              D．The horn

74．Mr．Johnson’s car accident happened _________________．

A．with his car standing on its boot           B．while on his way home

C．partly due to the slippery road．           D．because of the high speed

75．“Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _______．

A．luckily the door was opened in the end

B．at last I found the boot lock

C．he forced the boot lid open with all his efforts

D．The chance to escape lost

76．It may be inferred from the passage that _______．

A．the ditch was along a quiet country road

B．the accident happened on a snowy day

C．the bank lent Mr．Johnson a hand about his damage

D．Mr．Johnson was well treated for his injury

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children．But how you say it can be quite tricky．

       If you say to your children “I am sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology．

       Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done．

12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not．

77．According to the author, “tricky” means __________．

       A．simple            B．complicated            C．cautious           D．various

78．It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______．

       A．it is only an empty promise                         B．it is not necessary

       C．it is neither clear nor effective                      D．it is hurtful and insulting

79．In teaching children to say sorry ______．        

       A．parents should set them a good example        B．parents should be patient and tolerant

       C．the significance of it should be involved        D．their ages should be taken into account

80．According to the passage, apologizing properly is ________．  

       A．a social issue calling for immediate attention   B．a big problem faced by every family

       C．a sign of social progress                                D．not as simple as it seems

第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）

结合社会实际，请你谈谈出国留学的利弊：

利：

1.       发达国家条件好，设施先进，有利学习。

2.       能了解不同文化，开阔视野。

3.       能锻炼独立生活的能力。

4.       回国找工作有优势。

弊：

1.       语言不熟，沟通困难。

2.       适应期内，学习会受影响。

3.       存在安全隐患。

4.       费用太高。

注意：1．文章要包含以上所有要点，并使行文连贯。

      2．可适当发挥，谈谈自己的个人意见。

      3．生词：设施：facilities．

      4．词数130左右

      5．开头已为你拟好，不计入总词数。

  Nowadays,going to study abroad is popular with the Chinese students．

高三英语期中试题答题卡

第二节：完成句子（共10题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

31. _________________________________________________________________

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第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）

结合社会实际，请你谈谈出国留学的利弊：

利：

5.       发达国家条件好，设施先进，有利学习。

6.       能了解不同文化，开阔视野。

7.       能锻炼独立生活的能力。

8.       回国找工作有优势。

弊：

5.       语言不熟，沟通困难。

6.       适应期内，学习会受影响。

7.       存在安全隐患。

8.       费用太高。

注意：1．文章要包含以上所有要点，并使行文连贯。

      2．可适当发挥，谈谈自己的个人意见。

      3．生词：设施：facilities．

      4．词数130左右

      5．开头已为你拟好，不计入总词数。

  Nowadays,going to study abroad is popular with the Chinese students．

1----5 ACCBC   6----10 ACACB   11----15 ACABA   16----20 BBCBC

21-25: ABCBC  26-30: DDCCA

31．will be enjoying

32．should/ought to have stopped

33．came to me /came into my mind/ came to mind that

34．however /no matter how much it costs

35．to have finished

36．of which can serve as

37．that makes them

  However, never can we neglect the disadvantages．During the first period of living abroad, most students will find it difficult to communicate with the natives on account of the language problem．So they may fall behind in their studies while trying to adapt to the new society．Being alone abroad, they’re sure to be faced with safety problem．Meanwhile, the too high cost is undoubtedly a heavy burden to their families．(139 words)