湖北省黄冈市浠水县高三9月联考英语试题

1、浠水县普通高中2012届9月份联考英语试卷命题人：钱 丹 审题人：何小松本试卷共10页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。第卷 选择题（满分110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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒中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.where does the conversation probably take place? a. in a post office. b. in a rest

2、aurant. c. in a shop.2. how much are two seat tickets? a. $35. b. $50 c. $70.3. what will the boy bring to go out? a. a hat. b. a raincoat. c. an umbrella.4. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. snakes. b. storms. c. clouds.5. what does the woman ask the man to do? a. rest for two days. b.

3、 drink more milk. c. take the medicine for a day.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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答67题。6. where does the man probably work? a. in a hotel. b. in a hospital. c. in a drugstore.7. h

4、ow does the man feel about his work? a. happy. b. nervous. c. disgusted.听第7段材料，回答810题。8. how does the man usually do home shopping? a. by tv. b. by internet. c. by mail order.9. what did the man buy last year? a. a jacket. b. a coat. c. a hat.10. what does the man think of what he bought last year?

5、a. it is unfitted. b. it is expensive. c. it is unnecessary.听第8段材料，回答1113题。11. where would the woman like to live abroad? a. in south america. b. in north australia. c. in south africa.12. what would the woman miss if she lived abroad? a. her pets. b. her friends. c. her parents.13. what might worry

6、 the woman if living abroad? a. the living expense. b. the different culture. c. the foreign language.听第9段材料，回答1416题。14. what does the man think of wearing a seatbelt? a. safe. b. important. c. unnecessary.15. why did the woman have an accident? a. she drove too fast. b. the road was too wet. c. she

7、 didnt wear a seatbelt.16. what can we learn from the conversation? a. 75 people injured in the car accidents this year. b. the womans brother died in an accident. c. the man is skillful in driving.听第10段材料，回答1720题。17. how can the listeners get this introduction? a. on tv. b. on the radio. c. on the

8、tape recorder.18. where can science books be found in this library? a. on level one. b. on level two. c. on level three.19. what can the students do on level four? a. read maps. b. study in groups. c. find the circulation desk.20. how much is the fine of two-day late for overdue books? a. 50 cents.

9、b. 1 dollar. c. 15 dollars.第二部分：词汇知识运用 （共两节，满分40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. i would like to speak for our group to express our _ for your valuable help.a. agreement b. attention c. appreciation d. anxiety22. in some african countries, girls still have no

10、 _ to education, which calls on the un to make greater efforts. a. means b. access c. approach d. way23. he wants very much to go to college, but he is _ about not passing the entrance examination. a. eager b. anxious c. patient d. worrying24. studies show that people are more _to suffer from back p

11、roblems if they always sit before computer screens for long hours. a. possible b. likely c. probable d. sure25. because of the pollution on the earth, people are _ considering settling on a new land like mars to start life fresh. a. seriously b. merely c. regularly d. shortly26. will $1,000 _ the co

12、st of the trip? im afraid not, perhaps i need another $400. a. pay b. charge c. afford d. cover27. from facts, scientists have _ that more energy is being absorbed from the sun, throwing the earths energy “out of balance” a. confirmed b. concluded c. concentrated d. centered28. the sound of her voic

13、e came _ down from an upstairs window. a. floating b. flowing c. flying d. running29. in disneyland, every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because disneyland refused to _ signs asking his guests not to step on them. a. put off b. put down c. put out d. put up30. harry, you cant go out since y

14、ou havent finished your homework; _, a heavy rain is upon us tonight. a. above all b. after all c. in addition d. in advance第二节：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。 i first went to hear a live rock concert when i was eight years old. my brother and his f

15、riends were all 31 of a heavy metal group called black wednesday. when they 32 that black wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought 33 for the performance. however, at the last minute, one of the friends couldnt go, so my brother 34 me the ticket. i was really 35 ! i reme

16、mber the buzz（嘈杂声） of the excitement inside the theatre as we all found our 36 . after a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became 37 . i could barely make out the stage in the 38 . we waited. then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band 39 t

17、he stage. my brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but i couldnt 40 what he was saying. the first song was already starting and the music was as 41 as a jet engine. i could 42 the drum beats and the bass notes in my stomach. i cant recall any of the songs that the band played. i just

18、43 that i really enjoyed the show and didnt want it to 44 . but in the end, after three encores（加演）, the show finished. we left the 45 and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. i felt a little dizzy, as if i had just 46 from a long sleep. my ears were still 47 with the beat of the last song. afte

19、r the 48 , i became a black wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. once in a while, 49 , i listen to one of their songs and 50 im back at that first show. 31.a. members b. friends c. fans d. volunteers32.a. guessb. discovered c. thought d. predicted33. a. flowers

20、b. drinks c. clothes d. tickets 34. a. booked b. offered c. returned d. found 35. a. relaxed b. embarrassed c. excited d. encouraged36. a. seats b. entrance c. spots d. space 37. a. comfortableb. quiet c. serious d. nervous 38. a. silenceb. noise c. darkness d. smoke 39. a. fell uponb. got through c

21、. broke into d. stepped onto 40. a. forgetb. hear c. repeat d. bear 41. a. loudb. hard c. sweet d. fast 42. a. feelb. touch c. enjoy d. digest 43. a. realiseb. understand c. believe d. remember 44. a. continueb. delay c. finish d. change 45. a. partyb. theatre c. opera d. stage 46. a. escapedb. trav

22、elled c. benefited d. woken 47. a. achingb. burning c. ringing d. rolling 48. a. competitionb. performance c. interview d. celebration 49. a. thoughb. otherwise c. instead d. besides 50. a. decide b. regret c. conclude d. imagine 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，从每篇短文后所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

23、上将该项涂黑。a william buttler yeats, a most famous irish writer, was born in dublin on june 13, 1865. his childhood lacked the harmony（和睦）that was typical of a happy family. later, yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. in fact, he inherited(继承) excellen

24、t taste in art from familyboth his father and his brother were painters. but he finally settled on literature, particularly drama(戏剧) and poetry. yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. he set himself the fresh task in founding an irish national theatre in the late 1890s. his

25、 early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. he didnt lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama. compared with his dramatic works, yeats poems attract much admiring notice. the subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging.

26、 though yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. as his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition. he had not enjoyed a major public lift since winning the nobel prize in 1923. yet, he continued

27、writing almost to the end of his life. had yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the age of 50 and 75. after yeats death in 1939, w. h. auden wrote, among o

28、thers, the following lines: earth, receive an honoured guest: william yeats is laid to rest. let the irish vessel（船）lie emptied of its poetry. 51. which of the following can describe yeats family? a. it filled yeats childhood with laughter. b. it was shocked by yeats choice. c. it had an artistic at

29、mosphere. d. it was a typically wealthy family. 52. according to the passage, what do we know about yeats life? a. yeats founded the first irish theatre. b. yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s. c.yeats stuck to modern forms on his poetry. d. yeats was not favored by the public until

30、 the 1923 nobel prize. 53. what kind of feeling is expressed in w.h. audens line? a. envy b. admiration c. sympathy d. emptiness 54. what is the passage mainly about? a. yeats historical influence. b. yeats artistic ambition. c. yeats national honor. d. yeats literary achievements.bdiana jacobs thou

31、ght her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.“i have two kids in college, and i want to say come home,but at the same time

32、i want to provide them with a good education,”says jacobs.the jacobs family did work out a solution: they asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan（贷款）program. they will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at

33、 least they will be able to finish school.with unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the jacobses. more students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. college administrators are concerned that they will not have enoug

34、h aid money to go around.at the same time, tuition(学费) continues to rise. a report from the national center for public policy and higher education found that college tuition and fees increased 439%from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. students borrowing has more than doubled

35、 in the last decade.“if we go on this way for another 25 years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education”says patrick m. callan, president of the center. “the middle class have been financing it through debt. they will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge am

36、ount of debt.”financial aid administrators have been having a hard rime as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. the good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says tha

37、t money will flow uninterrupted.55. according to paragraph 1, why did the plan of the jacobs family fail? a. the twins wasted too much money. b. the father was out of work. c. their savings ran out. d. the family fell apart.56. how did the jacobses manage to solve their problem? a. they asked their

38、kids to come home. b. they borrowed $20,000 from the school. c. they encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs. d. they got help from the schools and the federal government.57. financial aid administrators believe that _. a. more families will face the same problem as the jacobses. b. the gove

39、rnment will receive more letters of complaint. c. college tuition fees will double soon. d. americas unemployment will fall.58. what can we learn about the middle class families from the text? a. they blamed the government for the tuition increase. b. their income remained steady in the last decade.

40、 c. they will try their best to send kids to college. d. their debts will be paid off within 25 years.59. according to the last paragraph, the government will _. a. provide most students with scholarships. b. dismiss some financial aid administrators. c. stop the companies from making student loans.

41、 d. go on providing financial support for college students.c i got my first drivers license（执照）in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at central high school in charlotte, north carolina. four years later when it was time to renew my license i was a married woman. henry and i were living

42、 in baltimore, maryland. two weeks before my 20th birthday, henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot july afternoon. when i got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my north carolina drivers license, ready to renew, the man told me that i was under age by maryland law si

43、nce i was not yet 21. “mr. henry smith, your husband, will have to sign for you,”he said.i argued, pointing to a very large belly(肚子) of mine, “i am married and i am having a baby. why should i have to have someone sign for me to drive?” he answered coldly, “its the law, madam.”henry encouraged me t

44、o calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it. “no,”i said. i refused to have him sign for me. so i left without a maryland license.i called the north carolina motor vehicle office and renewed my license by mailusing my name susan brown. and thus it was for the next twelve years

45、. since henry was in the army i could drive under my home state license. by the time henry left the army we were once again living in maryland, and i had to take the maryland drivers exam. since then i just go in and renew every four yearssign the name susan brown, have my new picture taken, and wal

46、k out with a license to drive.60. susan got her first drivers license _. a. before she got married to henry. b. when she was twenty years old. c. after she finished high school. d. when she just moved to maryland.61. susan failed to renew her license the first time in maryland because _ a. she was f

47、orbidden to drive by maryland law. b. she lacked driving experience in maryland. c. she was to give birth to a baby soon. d. she insisted on signing for herself.62. we can infer from the text that in the u.s. _. a. american males should serve in the army b. different states may have different laws.

48、c. people have to renew their licenses in their home states. d. women should adopt their husbands family names after marriage.dthe word advertising refers to any kinds of public announcement that brings products and services to the attention of people. throughout history, advertising has been an eff

49、ective way to promote the trading and selling of goods. in the middle ages, merchants employed“town criers” to read public messages aloud to promote their goods. when printing was invented in the fifteenth century, pages of advertisements (ads) could be printed easily and were either hung in public

50、places or put in books.by the end of the seventeenth century, when newspapers were beginning to be read by more people, printed materials became an important way to promote products and services. the london gazette was the first newspaper to set aside a place just for advertising. this was so succes

51、sful that by the end of the century several companies started businesses for the purpose of making newspaper ads for merchants.advertising spread quickly throughout the eighteenth century. ad writers were starting to pay more attention to the design of the ad text. everything, from clothes to drinks

52、, was promoted with clever methods such as repetition of the firms name or product, words organized in eyecatching patterns, the use of pretty pictures and expressions easy to remember.near the end of the nineteenth century, companies that were devoted to the production of ads came to be known as “a

53、dvertising agencies(广告商)”the agencies developed new ways to get people to think of themselves as members of a group. throughout the twentieth century, advertising agencies promoted consumerism（消费主义）as a way of life, spreading the belief that people could be happy only if they bought the “right”produ

54、cts.63. what was advertising like in the middle ages? a. merchants were employed to promote products. b. ad messages were shouted out in public places. c. product information was includes in books. d. ad signs were put up in towns.64. what does the word “this”in paragraph 2 refer to? a. advertising

55、in newspapers. b. including pictures in ads. c. selling goods in markets. d. working with ad agencies.65. the 18th century advertising was special in its _. a. growing spending b. printing materials c. advertising companies d. attractive designs66. which of the following might be the best title for the text? a. the story o