广东省汕头市金山中学10届高三上期期中考试(英语)

1、精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/(AvA)照亮人生.鑼广东省汕头市金山中学10 届高三上期期中考试英语试卷2009.10全卷满分 150 分，时间 120 分钟第一部分听力（共两节，满分 35 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上，录音结束后，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 听对话或独白（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）听下面五段对话或独白，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

2、独白读两遍。听第 1 段材料，回答第 1 3 题。1. What is the relati on ship betwee n the two speakers ?A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and stude nt.C. Aunt and n ephew.2. What s the woman s regular job ?A. She is a secretary. B. She is a teacher.C. She is a doctor.3.What does the woma n do after work ?A. She studies in Un

3、i versity of Wash ington.B. She helps her son Fred with his En glish.C. She does a part-time job in an eleme ntary school.听第 2 段材料，回答第 46 题。4. Why don t they choosegtoto the French restaura nt ?A. It s very far from home.B. It s not convenientC. It s very expensive.5.Where is the Mexica n restaura n

4、t located ?A. On Tortilla Flat.B. On Broadway.C. On Hope Street.6.Approximately whe n will the couple arrive at the restaura nt ?A. At 8:30 p.m.B. At 8:35 p.m.C. At 9:00 p.m.听第 3 段材料，回答第 79 题。7.Which day s tickets will the man get ?A. Next Monday s.B. Next Wednesday s. C. Next Tuesday s.8.How much w

5、ill he pay for the tickets ?A. $ 5.00.B. $ 9.00 .C. $ 10.00.9.If possible, how could he get the tickets for cen tral seats ?A. Two sit in one place while two sit together in the other place.B. Each of them sits in a place.C. They sit together.听第 4 段材料，回答第 10 12 题。10. Which way is a slow one ?A. To t

6、urn n ext to the school. B. To go ano ther four or five blocks.C. To turn to the精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/(AvA)照亮人生.鑼left right away.11. What color was the traffic light whe n their car came to the cross ?A. Gree n.B. Red.C. Yellow.12. What will probably happe n to them in the end ?A. Catch the trai n.B.

7、Miss the train.C. Have an accide nt.听第 5 段材料，回答第 13 15 题。13. Why did the childre n come to help the old woma n ?A. Because their pare nts wan ted them to do so.B. Because they wan ted to start a cookie store of their own some day.C. Because there was too much work for her to do alone.14. What did th

8、e children do when the old woman fell ill ?A. They took turns to look after the old woma n.B. They baked and sold cookies to pay for the doctor.C. They baked cookies for the old woma n.15. What is the message we get from the story ?A. Frie ndship is more valuable tha n anything else.B. The world is

9、full of warmth and sympathy.C. Happ in ess lies in shari ng.第二节听取信息(共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分)听下面一段对话。请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卷标号 为 16-20 的空格中。录音播放两遍。你有 90 秒钟的作答时间。An introduction to a courseName of the course(16)Lessons beginning time each dayAt (17)Class scheduleTimecontent1stclass on MondayGrammar

10、 practiceAfter a breakA double lessons of (18)After Tuesday morning s breakVocabulary developmentAfter listening skills on Wednesday morningCurrent affairsThursday begins with(19)精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/(AvA)照亮人生.鑼After Friday s breakThe (20)period第二部分语言知识及应用( (共两节，满分 35 分) )第一节完形填空( (共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分

11、 20 分) )阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30 各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an Americanhome and learn English. 21 , she would mind the children and do anything she was asked.One of her tasks was to keep track of arriving Christm

12、as presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but shebecame increasingly worried. What could she buy for her 22 with the little money she had that would comparewith the gifts she was record ing daily? 23, eve n without any of thegifts , her employer seems to have everyth ing.Ursula _ 24 _ long and hard.

13、On Christmas Eve, she went to a store. She moved slowly through crowds ofshoppers, 25 things in her mind. Fin ally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called a taxi. “ Excuse me,please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?“A poor family? ” said t!26 driver. “Yes, a very poor family.

14、” Ursula told the man of whashe was tryi ng to do. He liste ned in sile nee, and the n said,“I know a family who n eeds just abeveryth ing. ”Whe n they reached a build ing, the driver said,“ They live on the third floor.” Lhead, “ Wouldyou take this dress to them and tell them it from some one some

15、one who has everyth ing.”Early the next day, Ursula 27every one for the prese nts she received. Then, she bega n to28_ why there seemed to be none from her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished,there was a long 29 . “Yousee, ”she added, “try to do a kindness in your 30_ .

16、And this is my Christmaspresent to you.”21. A.In returnB. As a resultC. By the wayD. In a sense22. A.own familyB. classmatesC.frie ndsD. America nfamily23. A.OtherwiseB. ThereforeC.BesidesD. But24. A.talkedB. thoughtC.waitedD.worked25. A. select ingB. matchi ngC.rememberi ngD.orga nizing26. A. delig

17、htedB. an xiousC. surprisedD.respectful27. A.tha nkedB. en couragedC.praisedD.admired28. A.settleB. repeatC.argueD. expla in29. A. delayB. sile neeC.timeD.break30. A.caseB. opi nio nC.memoryD.n ame精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/（AvA）照亮人生.鑼第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当

18、的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为3140 的相应位置上。Parents should stop blaming themselves because there s not a lot they can do about it. I me;the tee nager problem. Whatever you do or 31 you choose to deal with it, at certa in times a won derful, 32（ reas on ） and helpful child will turn into a terrible an

19、 imal.I ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right froma child, should sta nd up whe never anyone en tered the room, ope n doors and shake hands 33 a gen tlema n.I saw him last week whe n I called round. 34 （ lie ） on the sofa in full

20、le ngth, he made 35 attempt to turn off theloud TV he 36（ watch ） as I walked in,and his greeti ng was no more tha n a quick gla nee at me. His mother was ashamed.“I do37_ to do with him these days, ” she said. “ He s forgotten all the manners we taught him.He has nt forgotte n them. He s just decid

21、ed that he s not going to use them. She con fesse（坦（ 白）thatshe would like to come up beh ind him and throw him dow n from the sofa onto _ 38floor.Ano ther good frie nd of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furn iture, reach across the table, stareat me and say,“I don t like your dress; it

22、 s ugly. ” One of the daughterout of school rece ntly. The 39 has left home.“ 40 did we go wrong? ” her parents are now very sad.第三部分阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 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 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。ALast August, Joe and Mary Mahoney bega n look ing at colleges for their

23、 17-year-old daughter, Maureen.With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools.They sought a university that offered the teenager isitended major, one located n ear a large city, and acampus where their daughter would be safe.“ The safe

24、ty issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasnhis worries. On campus tours other pare nts voiced similar concerns, and the same questi on was always asked:what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer “ That s not a problem here.Mahoney-began to f

25、eel uneasy.“No crime whatever? ” comntentsoney today. “I just don bUytt. ” Nor should he: in 2006 the U.S.Departme nt of Educati on had reports of n early 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses.“ Pare nts n eed to un dersta nd that times have cha nged since they went to colleges,says David

26、 Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “ Campucrime mirrors the rest of the n ati on. ”But getting accurate information isn t easy. Colleges must report crim 统计数 Wcs bylaw, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous.精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/(AvA)照亮人生.鑼“Th

27、e truth mayiot always be obvious, ” warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation sleading campus safety watchdog group.To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campusesand talk to experts around the country to findout major crime issues and effective soluti ons.41. The M

28、ahon eys visited quite a few colleges last August_.A. to express the opinions of many pare ntsB. to choose a right one for their daughterC. to check the cost of college educati onD. to find a right one near a large city42. It is ofte n difficult to get correct in formatio n on campus crime because s

29、ome colleges_ .A. receive too many visitorsB. mirror the rest of the n ati onC. hide the truth of campus crimeD. have too many watchdog groups43. The underlined word buy” in the third paragraph means_.A. believeB. admitC. mind.D. expect44. We learn from the text that“ the honest ones ” in the fourth

30、 paragraph most probably refercolleges_.A. that are protected by campus security B. that report campus crimes by lawBThe British National Health Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basichealth care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health

31、care had to be paid for by individuals.Nowadays cen tral gover nment is directly resp on sible for the NHS although it is admi nistered by localhealth authorities. About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxati on and the restis met from the Natio nal In sura nce co

32、n tributio ns paid by those in work. There are charges for prescripti onand den tal care but many people, such as childre n, preg nant wome n, pension ers, and those on In comeSupport, aeaxempt from payme nt.Most people are registered with a local doctor (a GP, or General Practitioner) who is increa

33、singly likely tobe part of a health centre which serves the community.As the population of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, althoughpatients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals many of which were built in the nin etee nth cen turyprovide n early h

34、alf a millio n beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer inEurope although Britain actually spends less per person on health care tha n most of her Europea n neighbours.C. that are free from campus crime45. What is the text mai nly about?A. Exact campus crime statist

35、ics.C. Crimes on or around campuses.D. that enjoy very good publicityB. Effective soluti ons to campus crime.D. Concerns about kids campus safety精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/(AvA)照亮人生.鑼During the 1980s there was con siderable restructuri ng of the Health Service with an in creased emphasison man agerial effi

36、cie ncy and the privatizati on of some services (for example, clea nin g). At the end of the1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals tobe self-governing, and encouraging GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose an

37、d changetheir family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questionscontinue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from.46. We can know from the first paragraph that_ .A. the orig inal aim of the NHS was to provi

38、de equal basic health care for everybodyB. people didn t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set upC. patie nts were charged for recei ving health care before 1948D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers47. What do we know about the NHS?A. It s man aged by the cen

39、 tral gover nment.B. Its cost is mai nly paid for by the Natio nal In sura nce con tributio ns.C. It hires more people tha n any other unit in Europe.D. Fewer patients go to its hospitals than before because they spend less on health care.48. All the followi ng stateme nts about GPs are true except

40、that they_ .A. take care of the local people s healthB. often take part in competitions to see who is the bestC. work un der high pressure no wadaysD. have more resp on sibilities tha n before49. What does the un derl ined word exempt “ probably mean?A. sufferi ngB. differe ntC. preve ntedD. free50.

41、 The biggest problem for the NHS is_.A. many hospitals are too old to be usedB. some services are in the charge of in dividualsC. more and more patie nts go to GPs for treatme ntD. there is not eno ugh money for further reformCHistory is full of caseswhere dreams have been a pathway to creativity an

42、d discovery. A striking exampleis provided by Dr. Otto Loewi, a pharmacologist and winner of a Nobel Prize. Loewi had spent years studyingthe chemical transmission of nerve impulse 脉搏).A major breakthrough in his research came when hedreamed of an experiment three nights in a row The first two night

43、s he woke up and wrote down the experimentquickly and untidily on paper. But the next morning, he couldn t tell what the notes mesOti the third night, hegot up after having the dream. This time , in stead of making no tes he went straight to his laboratory andperformed the important experiment. Loew

44、i later said that if the experiment had occurred to him while awakehe would not have give n it ano ther thought精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/（AvA）照亮人生.鑼Loewi sexperime nt gives some in sight into using dreams to produce creative soluti ons. Nervousfeeli ngs are reduced duri ng dream ing which may be especiall

45、y useful in sol ving problems that require a freshpoint of view.Being able to take advantage of dreams for solving is improved if you“ set ”retiri ng. Before you go to bed, try to thi nk in ten tly about a problem you wish to solve. Bury yourself in theproblem by stat ing it clearly and reviewi ng a

46、ll releva nt in formatio n . The n use the suggesti ons listed in theprevious sect ion to catch your dreams. Although this method is not guara nteed to produce an origi nal soluti onor a new in sight it is certa in to be an adve nture. About half of a group of college students using the method fora

47、week recalled a dream that helped them solve a pers onal problem51. Through Loewi s exipeent, the author tries to prove th _ .A.very little is really known about the meaning of dreamsB.it is possible to“ catch ” one s dreams by planning before going to sleepC. dreams can be useful in producing creat

48、ive solutions to one s problemsD. it helped in the study of transmission of nerve impulses52. The first paragraph is mainly organized by_ .A. classify ing types of experime ntsB . summariz ing the work of one researcherC . compari ng and explori ng historical casesD . telling in time order about one

49、 man s research53 . If Loewi had thought of the experiment while awake, he would have_.A . asked some one else to do it B . thought it was a bad ideaC . tried it out on his own D . thought it was a wise idea54 . The author probably thinks that_ .A . Loewi should not have con ducted his experime ntB

50、. dreaming is of very little value to most peopleC . n ervous feeli ngs may stop some one thi nki ng of useful ideasD . college stude nts should not try out dream experime nts55 . Accordi ng to the passage, the author seems to be in favor _of_ .A . seek ing creative soluti ons B avoidi ng scie ntifi

51、c experime ntsC . n ervous feeli ngs before dreams D . beco ming a famous scie ntist第二节 信息匹配（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息，请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应 选项字母涂黑。（如选E请涂AB，如选F请涂CD）下面是几则培训班招生广告：A . Comprehensive language skill training100 lessons in total, focusing on pronunciation, grammar and discou

52、rse 语段）.To enable the learners toyours精诚凝聚=A_A=成就梦想 鑼点亮心灯/（AvA）照亮人生.鑼master the basic knowledge of the Chinese Ianguage, to have the basic ability of liste ning, speak in g, readi ngand writ ing, so that they are able to com muni cate with others and to meet the needs of everyday life, studyand soci

53、ality. This will lay a foundation for further study of Chin ese.B.Intermediate （中等的）Chinese Comprehensive Course40 less ons in all, focus ing on the training of the comprehe nsive skills of liste ning, speak ing, read ingand writi ng of in termediate Chin ese. To en able the stude nts to recog ni ze

54、, un dersta nd and use the activeand less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourses, tomaster the new words, patter ns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourses and means ofconnections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and

55、 flue ntly in paragraphs and discourses.C.News ListeningBased on frequently used words, typical sentencesand information and concentrating on improving theability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the kno wledge andskills they have lear ned and to

56、 un dersta nd the broadcast ing and TV n ews of similar themes and releva ntlevel of difficulty with the correct ness of 80%. To build up the foun dati on for further study.D.Elementary English-Chinese Translation25 classes in total, i nclud ing various styles such as poems, popular scie nee, politi

57、cal comme nts and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and comb ine theory with practiceas well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learners with theequivale nt（对应的）Chin ese expressi ons of En glish. To en able

58、 them to know usage of Chinese and Englishwords and sentences,cultural differences and the backgro und kno wledge.E.Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business24 un its in all. Chin ese words and expressi ons in bus in ess and trade are in troduced in the form of vividsituational dialogues, notes and exer

59、cises. To enable the learners to master the words and expressi ons ofeleme ntary spoke n bus in ess Chin ese and toco mmuni cate with others in trade and bus in ess.F.Chinese Human GeographyIntroduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as naturalfeatur

60、es, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, andspecial food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and sce nery, the lear ners will have agen eral view about Chin ese geography, history, culture and regi onal fea