扬大附中东部分校2007-2008学年度第一学期

1、扬大附中东部分校2007-2008学年度第一学期高三英语第一次月考试题(考试时间: 120分钟 分值: 120 分)命题人：尹慕峰审核人：尹慕峰第一卷 (选择题共85分)注意事项：1答选择题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考试科目、试卷类型等写在答题纸上，并贴好条形码 2每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。 3主观题请在规定区域答题。请务必保持答题纸的整洁，不要折叠，考试结束，将答题纸交回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.分，满分5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所

2、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 is the man?A. A worker. B. A driver. C. A teacher. 2. What is the man going to do this weekend?A. Meet a friend of his. B. Go to Beijing. C. Hold a birthday party. 3. What did the woman buy her husband for Christmas?A. A

3、 book. B. A watch. C. A record. 4. How does the woman feel? A. Surprised. B. Light-hearted. C. Worried.5. What does the man tell the woman?A. She is mistaken. B. His dog likes chasing cats. C. There is another cat that looks like hers. 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

4、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，回答第6至8题。6. What is the woman going to do?A. Buy a birthday gift for David. B. Buy a pet for her husband. C. Buy some animals for the zoo. 7. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the conversation?A. 2. B. 3.

5、 C. 4.8. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man likes keeping rabbits. B. The man built a zoo. C. The man doesnt like snakes. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. How many goals did Jacks team score?A. 3. B. 2. C. 1. 10. What do we know about the woman?A. She watched the game on TV.B. She knew about the

6、 game over the radio.C. She watched the match at the stadium.11. When is Jacks next match?A. On Friday this week. B. On Saturday this week. C. On Friday next week. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A flight timetable. B. Hiring a taxi. C. The way to Union Street.13. Wh

7、ere is the woman going on Saturday? A. Garden Hotel. B. The airport. C. The railway station.14. What time does the woman want to leave?A. At 7:00 am. B. At 7:00 pm. C. At 5:00 pm. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. Who is the man going to meet tomorrow? A. Dave. B. Tony. C. His girlfriend.16. What is the probabl

8、e relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Close friend. C. Boss and secretary. 17. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner? A. In a restaurant. B. In the womans house. C. At the mans home. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What is the topic of this passage?A. Chinas education. B.

9、 Chinas history. C. Chinas development.19. How many school-age children have dropped out of school?A. Over 2 million. B. Over 4 million. C. Over 12 million. 20. What is the biggest problem in helping the poor children? A. Lacking love from society. B. Lacking money. C. Parents ignorance.第二部分：英语知识运用(

10、共两节，满分35分)第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21. -Could you tell me the way to _ Johnsons, please?-Sorry, we dont have _ Johnson here in the village. A. the; theB. the; aC. /; theD. the; /22. - Dont I _ in the matter? -Of course, you can voice your opinion freely.A. get the right B. have the sayC. have a sa

11、y D. have no saying23. _ to their own work, most of the parents spend little time with their children.A. Devoting B. To be devotedC. Having devoted D. Devoted24. The transportation will improve a lot in Changzhou, with another three bridges _ over the Grand Canal in the near future.A. to be construc

12、ted B. to construct C. being constructed D. constructing25. Yi Jianlian, a promising new star, said goodbye to CBA for NBA and is ready to _ in a new world of basketball. A. get off B. take off C. turn off D. come off 26. -Jack has spent an hour in shoes shop. Hasnt he decided which shoes to buy? -M

13、aybe. Young as he is, he is _ about his appearance. A. special B. curiousC. particularD. serious27. Most students in our class prefer taking pains in our studies to _ with a better education. A. equip B. equippingC. be equippedD. being equipped28. _to sunlight for too much time will do harm to ones

14、skin.A. Exposed B. Having exposed C. Being exposed D. After being exposed29. The number of travelers during the spring festival this year is half_ _ A. of last years B. those of last years C. that of last years D. it of last years30. -Will $ 200 _ the cost of the damage? -Im afraid not. I need at le

15、ast $ 100 more.A. doB. includeC. coverD. afford31. I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice _ I picked up the phone. A. while B. after C. in case D. the minute32. The_ house smelled as if it hadnt been lived in for years.A. little white wooden B. little wooden whiteC. white wooden litt

16、le D. wooden white little33. The training wont stop until the players reach the point _ they can perform accurately. A. thatB. whereC. howD. when34. Perseverance is a kind of qualityand thats _ it takes to do anything well.A. what B. that C. which D. why35. -Andrew wont like it, you know. - _? I don

17、t care what Andrew thinks!A. So what B. How come C. What if D. How about第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655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。“What r u doing? Im waiting 4 u.” It is a common thing to see teenagers tapping away on their mobile phones. But parents and teachers are _36_

18、 that a “lost generation” may grow up with great technology skills, but be unable to _37_.The Qilu Evening News, in east Chinas Shandong Province, has reported that parents of primary school students are facing a huge _38_ in getting their children to improve their handwriting. Schools have set up s

19、pecial handwriting classes for _39_. In a(an) _40_ of text messages, _41_, computer games and Microsoft Word, is it any _42_ that teens view handwriting as _43_ as binding(裹绑) your feet? I learnt to _44_ when I was five years old. Armed with a big pencil, I _45_ to make sense of the alphabet. Being

20、able to communicate through _46_ defines us as being capable (有能力的) of intelligent thought, _47_ us from animals.Okay, so most teenagers wont be able to write in a few years, whats the big deal? Well, using a keyboard all the time may be affecting the _48_ of your hands. A study _49_ recently on the

21、 under 25s showed that thumbs are taking over from fingers as the hands most flexible and strong finger.The Chinese _50_ view handwriting as a(an) _51_ of a persons character. Beautiful handwriting has always been a _52_ part of Chinese culture, but now its future is _53_. _54_ we lose our skills al

22、together, remember that a letter written by hand is _55_ a thousand times more than a quick email.36.A.unhappyB.worriedC.doubtfulD.disappointed37. A.phraseB.contactC.communicateD.write38. A.hardshipB.projectC.challengeD.task39. A.familiesB.citizensC.parentsD.pupils40. A.ageB.worldC.periodD.craze41.

23、A.signalsB.telephoneC.videoD.email42. A.reasonB.funC.wonderD.chance43. A.unusualB.old fashionedC.strangeD.unnecessary44. A.walkB.speakC.writeD.tap45. A.realizedB.wantedC.continuedD.struggled46. A.alphabetsB.charactersC.signsD.writing47. A.separatingB.liftingC.divdingD.freeing48. A.sizeB.lengthC.stre

24、ngthD.shape49. A.carried outB.found outC.worked outD.picked out50. A.normallyB.officiallyC.traditionallyD.funnily51. A.indicationB.symbolC.showD.proof52. A.changingB.difficultC.keyD.necessary53. A.unclearB.unimportantC.ruinedD.unusual54. A.BeforeB.OtherwiseC.UnlessD.Since55. A.aboutB.almostC.equalin

25、gD.worth第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AEvery kid wishes to be an adult. But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become kidults (kid+adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle-choice among young people across Asia

26、.Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory. Other kidults still enjoy childrens storie

27、s and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a childrens book!Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, child

28、-like emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society, said Lee Sojung, professor of Foreign Studies at Hankuk University(韩国外国语大学). He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enj

29、oy together. He may be right.Tim Greenhalgh,a professor,explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They value childhood because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.56. We can infer from

30、the article that _.A. Kidults miss their childhood so much that they cant give up their toysB. Bloomsbury knows some kidults dont want people to know that they are kidultsC. Kidults like to have vitamins very muchD. Some toys are so interesting that even adults like them very much57. According to th

31、e author, being a kidult is good in some way except that _.A. it can improve the relationship between parents and their kidsB. it can help kidults feel relaxedC. it is helpful to solve some social problemsD. it can make people loyal to ones parents58. According to the writer, _.A. being a kidult is

32、nothing wrong B. kidults have mental problemsC. our society is very dull D. some people can never grow upBNew friends. Fresh lifestyle. Better career opportunities.Those are attractions of overseas study for young people in China. Start early, finish strong, some of them say.More than 300 universiti

33、es from 27 countries and regions were represented at last weekends international education exposition (展览).The US has always been on the top destination list for Chinese students, with its high education standards and enough scholarship.Good news:Its easier to get a US student visa (签证) nowadays. La

34、st year, the refusal rate was only 20 to 30 per cent, much lower than a few years before, according to US Embassy.Concerns: Therere a lot to prepare. The TOFEL, GRE. Its longer time to apply to US universities than schools in the UK or Australia.Useful link: www, usembassychina, org. cnEasier access

35、 to visas and international environment are the UKs great attractions fox Chinese students.Good news: There many new scholarships this year, both from the government and universities, such as the Scotland International Scholarship.Concerns: Money. Money. Money. Its expensive to study in the UK, with

36、 an average cost of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year.Useful link: www, educationuk, org. cnCanadas multicultural environment is good for students studies and careers.Good news: Students are allowed to take off- campus part-time jobs during their studies from last year. Itll help pay living expenses. S

37、tudents can get two-year work permits after graduation.Concerns: Only a limited number of scholar- ships are available. They rarely cover the full cost of a study programme.Useful link: www. studycanada, caGood climate, high quality education, favour-able immigration (移民) policy: these make Australi

38、a one of the most popular choices among Chinese students.Good news: A new E-visa policy ensure a quick application process ( four weeks com-pared with 12 weeks before )Concerns: Tuition fees (学费) have risen in past years. The total cost is about 200,000 yuan to attend a university located in big cit

39、ies like Sydney or Melbourne.Useful link:www. students, idp. comeTulips, windmills and wooden shoes: this was the image that once drew tourists. But Holland has more to offer.Good news: From 2005, Holland and China started recognizing each others education certificates. And from 2006, the government

40、 provides 4 million euros for scholarships to Chinese students every year.Concerns: Not many Chinese know about Dutch education. Speaking Dutch sounds not easy.Useful link:www. nesobeijing, comItaly is getting a lot of attention this year in China, with the China-Italy Year. Its art, culture and fas

41、hion appeal to many.Good news:China and Italy will recognize each others educational certificates soon. Its government-funded universities are tuition free to international students.Concerns :The language is a problem. Most classes are taught in Italy.Useful link: www, studyinitaly, cn59. If you wan

42、t to have more chances of getting scholarship to study in a foreign country, youd better choose _.A. Canada B. the UK C. the US D. Australia60. Many young people go to study in the US because _.A. it is not very difficult for them to get a student visaB. it is easier for them to pass the TOFEL or GR

43、EC. they dont spend much time applying to US universitiesD. they think they can receive good university education61. If you want to go on staying in the country after you finish studying there, you will choose _.A. the Netherlands or Australia B. Canada or AustraliaC. the US or the UK D. Canada or I

44、taly62. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. Students go to the Netherlands usually for its beautiful scenery.B. You can apply for your visa to study in Australia on the Internet.C. You may have trouble with language if you study in Italy.D. The UK is the country with very

45、 high expenses.CWhile football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes made by referees (裁判) because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased. For Cairos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy.

46、 The company has developed a tiny chip(芯片) that fits inside a football and determines whether the ball has crossed the goal line, by being able to discover its exact location on the field. The world football organization, FIFA, has shown interest in the technology. It is very possible that the new t

47、echnology will be used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.Weve been testing the technology at the main soccer stadium in Nuremberg for some time and more recently in an under-17 FIFA Cup in Peru, said Gunter Rohmer, a director of the company. The technology has performed well, and were pretty optimist

48、ic that it will be used at the games in Germany next year.The chip only weighs 12 grams, and is placed in the center of the football. It sends 2,000 signals a second to a receiver network of 12 antennas(天线),placed around the field. The receivers then send information about the balls location to a ce

49、ntral computer, and because it works in real time, it can immediately tell the referee whether a goal has been scored. The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air. Oliver Braun, one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive. Ger

50、many sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next years World Cup.63. Carlos Technologies

51、is pleased because _. A. football fans are angry with referees B. their new product can satisfy football fans C. their new product will have a good market D. they can sell a lot of football in the future64. In the first sentence in Paragraph 2,. mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising

52、that money cannot buy means _. A. Carlos Technologies cant afford the high price for advertising their product B. Mistakes in production are also a kind of advertisement C. Carios Technologies has already spent a lot of money on advertising their product D. Referees mistakes will be of great help fo

53、r the sale of Carlos Technologies new product65. The underlined word feedback probably means _. A. information given back by a user B. advice given by someoneC. supplying food to customers D. food given back by consumers66. The new product has drawn attention from some _.A. famous people B. referees

54、 C. big companies D. countriesDRe-gifting only with careAt this busiest gift-giving time of the year, many of us wonder what to do with the unwanted presents we get. Is it all right to re-gift-to give the unwanted present to someone else?A gift is a symbol of what a relationship means to us. The best gifts meet the needs or satisfy the desires of the receiver. A gift should be about pleasing the other person, not showing o