重庆八中高三英语下学期3月半月考（无答案）(1).doc

重庆八中高三（下）三月半月考 英语试题第一部分：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，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. whats the womans problem? a. she is too tired to open the door. b. she cant open the door herself. c. she cant find the key to the door.2. how much does each ticket cost? a. 3.70b. 4.70 c. 7.403. what are the speakers talking about? a. cookingb. shopping c. word games4. what was professor carters suggestion to the students? a. be careful with their handwriting. b. wait until the class is over. c. finish their work ahead of time.5. what is the actual color of the skirt? a. blueb. green c. yellow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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。6. what is the man? a. he is a shop-assistant. b. he is a computer technician. c. he is a trade show organizer.7. whats womans problem? a. she found it difficult to fix a cup-holder. b. she broke one part of the computer. c. she couldnt drive to the shop.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。8. whats the mans job? a. he works for a radio program. b. he sells music record. c. he works in a library.9. when did the man become interested in country music? a. after he got married. b. after he went to the country. c. after he got his recorder player.10. why did the man build his own library? a. to start a new radio program. b. to get information more easily. c. to write more country songs.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。11. whats the conversation mainly about? a. choosing subjects. b. useful knowledge c. interest in learning12. how does the man feel about the news brought by the woman? a. he is interested. b. he is surprised. c. he is doubtful.13. whats the relationship between the speakers? a. teacher and student. b. parent and child. c. classmates.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。14. what will the friends do to celebrate james birthday? a. go to see a film.b. buy him a book. c. hold a party at the kellys15. where will the man meet his friends? a. at an ice-cream shop. b. at the corner of st. georges. c. at the school gate.16. when will the man meet his friends? a. at 4:00b. at 4:15c. at 4:5017. what book does the man want to buy? a. the rebelb. the da vinci codec. kellys corner听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。18. how many types of customers are there according to the speaker? a. threeb. fourc. five19. what is the normal percentage for tipping? a. 5%b. 8%c. 15%20. what does the speaker talk about mainly? a. paymentb. servicec. tipping第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）21. it is universally acknowledged that _ you exercise regularly, you wont be able to keep fit.a. unless b. whenever c. although d. if22. excuse me, professor. what should i do with this problem? to begin with, _ the main cause. a. finding out b. found out c. find out d. to find out23. would you like some more chicken?_. delicious as it is, ive really had enough. a. yes, please b. no, thank you. c. nothing more d. id like some24. so much money _ that more than 200 people are applying for it. a. offers the jobb. the job offersc. does the job offerd. the job does offers25. try on this red skirt. you will look great _ it. a. on b. by c. in d. for26. isnt it the first time youve been in chongqing? it surprises me a lot that you seems to know the city very well. no. though i live in shanghai now, i _ here for almost three years. a. worked b. was working c. have worked d. had worked27. the headmaster asked me to remind you of the homework. dont you forget again! ok, i _.a. wont b. dont c. will d. do28. the breaking news spread quickly across the country _ the chinese tennis player, li na, won the australia open for the first time.a. how b. that c. where d. because29. i couldnt remember when it was that i met my best friend sally. i can only recall that it was _ monday and everybody was at _ school.a. /; the b. the; / c. a; / d. /; a30. it may not be who is right but what is right _ really matters at this moment.a. which b. it c. that d. this31. do you have any books related to english literature?i am afraid ive given all of them to my brother. there is _ left. a. no one b. nothing c. none d. no32. _ to learn english well by himself, he went to a night school to get more academic help. a. fail b. failed c. to fail d. having failed33. i feel so nervous! i cant imagine that there are so many people down there! _! i am sure you will surprise everyone with the best show ever!a. come on b. hold on c. take your time d. thats right34. his writings are definitely one of a kind, _ all characters are presented so vividly in such simple words. a. that b. whichc. whered. how35. if you were the policeman, what _ when the incident happened? a. would you have done b. must you have donec. would you do d. might you have done第二节 完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30 分） aon may 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. my husband, chris, fell from his horse as it 36 over a fence. chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, 37 to breathe normally. as he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of inconvenience with lots of unexpected challenges. we went from the haves to the “have-nots. or so we thought. 38 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of 39 difficulties. we came to learn that something 40 could happen in a disaster. all over the world people cared for chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. by the end of the third week in a 41 center in virginia, about 35,000 pieces of 42 had been received and sorted.we opened letter after letter. they gave us 43 and became a source of strength for us. we used them to 44 ourselves. i would go to the pile of letters marked with funny if we needed a 45 , or to the disabled box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or 46 in bed living happily.these letters, we realized, had to be shared. and so here we offer one of them to you.dear chris,my husband and i were so sorry to hear of your 47 accident last week. no doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this difficult challenge. people everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you 48 .yours sincerely,nancy reagan36. a. walked b. climbed c. pulled d. jumped37. a. able b. unable c. suitable d. unsuitable38. a. so b. for c. or d. yet39. a. sharing b. separating c. fearing d. exploiting40. a. terrible b. similar c. wonderful d. practical41. a. medical b. postal c. experimental d. mental42. a. news b. paper c. equipment d. mail43. a. effect b. effort c. comfort d. explanation44. a. encourage b. express c. control d. treat45. a. cry b. laugh c. chat d. sigh46. a. much b. never c. even d. seldom47. a. driving b. flying c. running d. riding48. a. awake b. close c. disturbed d. alive ba land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supplyall these were important factors in helping england to become the center for the industrial revolution. 49 , they were not enough. something else was needed to start the industrial process. that “something special” was men 50 individuals who could invent machines, find new 51 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society. many of them were 52 inventors than scientists. a pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research accurately while an inventor or one interested in applied science is all trying to make something that has a concrete 53 . he may try to solve a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. 54 his method, he is working to obtain a 55 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.49. a. besidesb. therefore c. however d. morever50. a. generous b. effective c. smart d. creative51. a. origins b. sourcesc. bases d. discoveries52. a. lessb. better c. more d. worse53. a. goal b. meansc. idea d. use54. a. due to b. regardless ofc. in terms ofd. as for55. a. single b. correct c. imaginable d. specific第三部分：阅读理解（共20；每小题2分，满分40分）atravel a lot, and i find out different “styles” of directions every time i ask “how can i get to the post office?”foreign tourists are often confused in japan because most streets there dont have names; in japan, people use landmarks in their directions instead of street names. for example, the japanese will say to travelers, “go straight down to the corner. turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. the post office is across from the bus stop.”in the countryside of the american midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. there are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. in kansas or iowa, for example, people will say, “go north two miles. turn east, and then go another mile.”people in los angeles, california, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “how far away is the post office?” you ask. “oh,” they answer, “its about five minutes from here.” you say, “yes, but how many miles away is it?” they dont know.its true that a person doesnt know the answer to your question sometimes. what happens in such a situation? a new yorker might say, “sorry, i have no idea.” but in yucatan, mexico, no one answers “i dont know.” people in yucatan believe that “i dont know” is impolite. they usually give an answer, often a wrong one. a tourist can get very, very lost in yucatan!56. when a tourist asks the japanese the way to a certain place they usually _a. describe the place carefullyb. show him a map of the placec. tell him the names of the streetsd. refer to recognizable buildings and places57. what is the place where people measure distance in time?a. new york. b. los angeles. c. kansas. d. iowa.58. people in yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer _a. in order to save time b. as a test c. so as to be polite d. for fun59. what can we infer from the text?a. its important for travelers to understand cultural differences.b. its useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.c. people have similar understandings of politeness.d. new yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.breading is very important to help you learn english. to learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of english. this book provides not only different kinds of english but also a good way to check your reading ability.there are four parts in the book:part 1 is messages: in this part somebody wants to send information in writing to somebody else. there is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.part 2 is people: in this part all the tests are about people. for example, there is an informal letter between friends. there is formal english in biography. there is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.part 3 is places: in this part, too, many different kinds of english are shown, some informal and some formal. there is the informal english of a holiday postcard.there is also the formal english in a letter of complaint.part 4 is things: you will find some descriptive writing in this part. there are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.you can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text.i enjoyed writing this book and i hope you enjoy using it.60. we can find the introduction to a product in .a. part 1b. part 2c. part 3d. part 461. which of the following is most probably written in informal english?a.a letter of complaint.b.a computer handbook.c.a letter to a friend.d.a story of a president.62. the passage is most probably written for .a. test designers b. students c. test-takers d. teachers 63. what is the best title of the book?a. test your reading b. help with your writing c. learn different kinds of english d. practice english in different ways cthe white house dropped a report putting together some federal data. none of the information is exactly new, but a number of graphs in the report offer a clear and convincing illustration (阐述) of the status of women today. for instance, more young women are going to college than young men for the first time in us history. but, women are much more likely to go into lower-paying fields than men when they graduate, therefore lasting the long-standing wage gap. and women, especially minority women, are still more likely to live in poverty than men. check out three of the graphs from the report below.graph i: womengraph ii: graph i:graph i:graph iii:senior obama white house adviser valerie jarrett said on a conference call with reporters that the president will use the data as a “tool” to inform policy plans, though she would not name any specific new moves the administration is considering.“you really have to look at the whole story of a womans life,” jarrett said. “this report gives us a framework to do that.” 64. the reason why american women delay having their first child, as is shown in graph i, may be that _.a. they get married at a later ageb. they dont want to have childrenc. more of them are going to college d. more of them are working outside65. from graph ii, we can know that in the usa _.a. women can receive the same education as menb. in the 1970s, only 10% of women got a bachelors degree or higherc. men are paying more attention to university education than womend. more women have finished university education than men since the 1990s66. which conclusion can we draw from graph iii? a. women with the same education level as men dont earn as much. b. the more education one has received, the more pay he or she can get. c. women under 25 years old usually dont go out to work. d. the longer one has worked, the more pay he or she can get.67. which of the following can best serve as the title of the report? a. the state of american womenb. the education american women receivec. american men and womend. competition between men and women dnowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods (gm foods）. gm foods develop from genetically modified organisms(有机体), which have had specific changes introduced into their dna by genetic engineering techniques. these techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a non-specific but stable change. for many people, the high-tech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical(伦理的）health and safety problems. particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.in fact, gm foods are already very much a part of our lives. they were first put on the market in 1996. a third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the u.s. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the department of agriculture. more than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the u.s. this year. the genetic genie is out of the bottle.however, like any new product entering the food chain, gm foods must be subjected to careful testing. in wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. in developing countries desperate to feed fast-growing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?the statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. last year the worlds population reached 6 billion. the u.n. states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. about 400 million women of childbearing age dont have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defects. as many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin a deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.how can biotech help? genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with b