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第二部分： 英语知识运用（共35小题；共两节，满分45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15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。

1. ______ most efficient way to understand thousands of new words is to gain ______ good knowledge of basic word formation.

A. A; a B. The ; 不填 C. A ; 不填 D The ; the

2. Not only _____ a promise , but he also kept it.

A. had he made B. he had made C. did he make D. he makes

3. Rita ______ two hours every Sunday afternoon to spend with her son _________ better understanding.

A. sets out; making use of B. sets aside; to make for

C. sets down; to make for D. sets off; making up for

4. It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred to rear people which means it will be ________ one becomes a useful person.

A. before long B. long before C. after a long time D. long after

5. She ____her sister in appearance but they ____ in temperament.

A. likes; distinguish B. resembles with; different

C. resembles; differ D. is resemble; transform

6. In 1942, Columbus and his crew arrived ____was so-called the New World by the westerners.

A what B in what C where D in which

7. Is this TV set________ you wish to have_________?

A. the one; repaired B. which; it repaired

C. the one; it repaired D. which; repaired

8. The buildings in the modern times are __________ those in the old days.

A. three times high of B. three times as highly as

C. three times high than D. three times the height of

9. It is said that Chen Shuibian is _______ to flee from Taiwan because of the campaign against him.

A. possible B. perhaps C. probable D. likely

10. The enemy had no choice but ___________ their arms and ____________.

A. lie down ; give in B. lay down ; give up

C. to lay down ; give in D. to lie down ; to give up

11. With the oil ________, I have to leave the car behind and go back home on foot.

A. used up B. using up C. runs out D. run out

12. — You forgot your purse when you went out.

—Good heavens, _________________.

A. so did I B. so I did C. I did so D. I so did

13. In many families, their adornments(装饰) are made __________.

A. in hand B. hand in hand C. by hand D. at hand

14. The police are offering a(n) __________ for information about the robbery.

A. reward B. award C.prize D.gift

15．---Angela looks blue today.

---Yes, but she won’t say ______bothers her.

A. why is it that B.that it is why C.it is what D.what it is that

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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完成短文。

I just realized that while children are dogs---loyal and affectionate---teenagers are cats. It’s 36 to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, and 37 it about. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you.

Then around age 13, your little dog turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks very surprised, 38 wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of following you, it 39 . You won’t see it again until it gets 40 .

You, not 41 that the dog is now a cat, think something must be 42 with it. It seems annoyed with others, so 43 , and sort of depressed. It won’t go on family outings.

44 you’re the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you 45 that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your 46 to make your pet behave.

Only now you’re dealing with a cat, so everything that 47 before now produces the opposite of the desired 48 . Call it, and it runs away. Tell it to sit, and it jumps on the counter. The 49 you go toward it , the more it moves away.

Instead of continuing to 50 like a dog owner, you should learn to behave like a cat owner. But remember that a cat needs your 51 and your love too. Sit still, and it will come, 52 your warm, comforting lap it has not entirely 53 .

One day your grown-up child will walk into the 54 , give you a big kiss and say, “you’ve been 55 your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you.” Then you’ll realize your cat is a dog again.

36. A. funny B. easy C. relaxed D. boring

37. A. order B. show C. ask D. move

38. A. as for B. As of C. As if D. as to

39. A. walks B. disappears C. cries D. screams

40. A. hungry B. regretted C. lost D. bored

41. A. remembering B. worrying C. hearing D. realizing

42. A. pleased B. wrong C. happy D. familiar

43. A. excited B. anxious C. distant D.happy

44. A. Since B. While C. But D. Unless

45. A. expect B. think C. conclude D. pretend

46. A. work B.trouble C. efforts D. pay

47. A. ran B. started C.made D.worked

48. A. result B. answer C. achievement D. reply

49. A. better B. more C. harder D. slower

50. A. operate B. play C. act D. perform

51. A. money B. courage C. help D. reception

52. A. asking B. requiring C. finding D. seeking

53. A. left B. forgotten C. hated D. missed

54. A. office B. garden C. washroom D. kitchen

55. A. for B. in C. with D. on

第三部分： 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共7小题；每小题2分，满分34分）

阅读下列短文，从所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

On Thursday September 6,2007, the world lost an amazing musician and person. The great tenor Luciano Pavarotti lost the battle with cancer and died at 5 am in Italy. This great loss cannot go unnoticed and shouldn’t. Pavarotti was an incredible individual and he tried and succeeded in making a difference in the world. Instead of looking at his death with sorrow, we should look at his death as an inspiration.

Reviewing all of the contributions this man made with his life, we should try to contribute something great to the world we live in. Each person has a talent, and some, like Pavarotti, use their talents to create a better place for everyone. Many times, some young people feel as though they are lost, asking the same questions and getting no answers: What is my purpose in life? What am I meant to do? Of course we should take time to respectfully think about Pavarotti, but we shouldn’t dwell on sorrow because his death is something we can't change What we all can do to honour this great man is to commit to making a difference and contributing something to the world.

Even though not everyone is a musician, each person can learn something from Pavarotti’s life. The first lesson is that you do not have to become what you originally planned to be. Pavarotti was one of the greatest tenors of all time, but he did not start that way. Many people feel they are stuck on the path they’ve chosen. This is not the case! Pavarotti taught elementary school for two years and was an insurance salesman while pursuing his interest. For six years, Pavarotti sang for nothing more than just a hobby until he won an international prize. Just four years later in New York. He made 379 performances and retiried from stage opera in 2004, but continued to tour until his cancer diagnosis in 2006.

56. What does the author mean by saying “we should look at his death as an inspiration.

A. We should be inspired by his death.

B. We should be inspired to win the battle with cancer

C. We should be inspired to devote ourselves to becoming a musician.

D. We should be inspired to make contributions to the world

57. The underlined phrase “dwell on” probably means “________”.

A. talk little about B. think a lot about

C. fix one’s attention on D. look carefully at

58. In the second paragraph, the author mainly intends to tell readers about ________.

A. reviewing all of Pavarotti’s contributions B. the purpose in one’s life

C. many young people’s doubts D. how to use talents

59. What will the writer probably talk about in the 4th paragraph?

A. To describle the excellence of his performances

B. To inform readers of his cancer diagnosis

C. To tell readers other lessons we can learn from Pavarotti.

D. To introduce his successful life as a tenor.

60. In which section of a newspaper does the passage appear?

A. Entertainment B. Cover News C. Medicine D. Literature

B

When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Show or Thormas Edison, and you can successfully drop out in grade school.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA(学士学位), you are on a good start. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree(硕士学位), make sure it is an MBA, which is more likely to take effect.

Do you know, for instance, that long-distance truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary last year for those truckers was $44,000 while the full professors managed to earn just $43,030.

A doctor’s degree(博士学位) is a higher degree you can get. You’d better choose a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes. If you become a doctor of history or political science or languages, or worst of all, in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, but for our demands.

61. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. You should get enough education for society

B. Getting an education means raising your income.

C. How to provide manpower for society

D. Your parents tell you a lie about the income.

62. What is education in the writer’s opinion?

A. Something embarrassing and unnecessary

B. Something that is not as important as jobs

C. A means to provide manpower for the country.

D. Something that can help people get better paid.

63. What’s the purpose in writing this passage?

A. To show readers which jobs are better

B. To tell readers meeting society’s demands is very important

C. To look down upon doctors and professors

D. To advise people not to get a doctor’s degree.

C

I was off to go back to work one evening when I saw my two children were busy sewing things on the sewing machine. My 11-year-old daughter was, in the midst of her project, going to assist her elder brother in making a little cushion. I left, and after a few hours returned to find a mess in the kitchen and in the front room, and both children sitting in front of the television.

Havig had a long day, I was too tired to greet them and then I noticed the material my daughter had used. It had been purchased to make a color-coordinated(颜色协调的) baby blanket, and now had chunks(块) cut out of almost every piece of fabric(织物). Not stopping to listen, I exploded at the children and explained how angry I was at what had been done.

My daughter listened to me sheepishly, not trying to defend herself at all, but the pain could be seen written across her face. She retreated to her room, and spent some time there alone before she came out to say good night and once again apologize for the mistake she had made.

A few hours later, as I was preparing to go to bed, I found that there on my bed lay a beautiful, little cushion made out of the forbidden fabric, with the words “I love Mom”. Alongside it was a note apologizing again, and the innocence in which she had taken the fabric.

To this day, I still get tears in my eyes when I think of how I reacted and still feel the pain of my actions. It was I who then went to her and apologized for my actions. I display with great pride the cushion on my bed, and constantly use it to remind me that nothing in this world is greater than a child’s love.

64. The underlined in Paragraph 3 word can be replaced by “_____________”.

A. Hopefully came up B. hopefully went back

C. quietly came up D. quietly went back

65. What did the children do?

A. They cut out the material and made it into a baby blanket

B. They cut the material into pieces and used them to clean the TV set.

C. They cut the material into pieces on which they wrote apologizing words

D. They made a cushion with the material to show their love for Mom

66. What can be inferred from the text?

A. The two children are good at sewing

B. The two children are introverted(内向的)

C. The mother is often rude to her children

D. The mother is regretful for what she did

67. The passage is mainly to tell about _________.

A. a mom’s tears B. a mom’s love C. a child’s love D. a child’s complaint

D

Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non-Chinese winners were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants(申请者) from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English-language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch, she will not only be representing the United States, but also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans

Bowen, a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters, is the executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was founded in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and improve the prospects for orphaned children in China. In nearly 10 years, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present in 36 welfare(福利) institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and nurturing love for ophans.

Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch would help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile, 130-day route across five continents. Beijing oranizers say it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history.

Like Bowen, the seven other non-Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan graphic designer, live in China. Other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.

According to Olympic organizers, candidates(候选人) were selected based on an online vote, committee selection, their “love of Chinese culture and history” and devotion to “communication information of a real China to their native countries”. Each runner will carry the touch for 200 meters on Chinese soil.

68. According to the text, Jenny Bowen __________.

A. is interested in Chinese sports

B. founded Half the Sky, an organization which aims to help Chinese orphans

C. has adopted 13,000 children during 10 years

D. loves Chinese culture and history

69. Bowen hopes that being a torch runner would help __________.

A. collect educational tools, medical support, etc, for orphans

B. make Half the Sky Foundation well known

C. communicate information of America

D. draw attention to orphans in China

70. Which of the following about the 2008 torch relay is WRONG?

A. The contest for its runners is oraganized by Lenovo Group and China Daily

B. It has eight foreign runners, including an American, a German and a Venezueland.

C. It will be the longest relay with the most runners in Olympic history.

D. It will be an opportunity to communicate information of a real China to the world.

71. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A US WOMAN TO CARRY 2008 OLYMPIC TORCH IN CHINA.

B. HAPPY LIVE OF A US WOMAN IN CHINA.

C. DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE WELFARE INSTITUTIONS

D. THE LONGEST TORCH RELAY IN OLYMPIC HISTORY.

72. After reading the passage, we can infer that it is a(n) _________.

A. biography B. argument C. news report D. advertisement

第二节（共3小题；每小题2分， 满分6分）

阅读短文，简要回答第73-75题

Thanks to YouTube, any creative person with a special camera and a computer can create a video and share it online. Millions of people around the world watch these videos on their computers. So the creators of popular videos can become famous very quickly. Some videos have been watched millions of times.

YouTube viewers recently chose the best videos of last year. The Most Creative Award went to the song Here It Goes Again of the rock band. The video is very funny. It shows the band’s creativity, skillful balance and careful movements. Here It Goes Again has been viewed about fifteen million times.

The Most Inspirational Award went to Juan Mann from Australia for his Free Hugs video. In this video, Juan stands in busy public places holding a sign that says he is giving free hugs. At first, strangers look at him with distrust and walk by. But soon, people stop to put their arms around him and give him a hug. Policemen try to stop his hug campaign. But many people help him to continue his free hugs. The video is a nice example of different kinds of human interaction(互动).

The Most Charming Award went to Dony Permedi for an animated cartoon about a bird. It is called Kiwi! Akiwi bird cannot fly. But in the video, the bird works hard to make his dream of flying through the clouds come true. To see these videos and the other winners, visit www.youtube.com/ytawards. You can decide which video you think is the best and take part in a very popular part of the Internet culture.

73. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “viewed”.

____________________________________________________

74. Why don’t strangers give Juan free hugs at first? ( 回答词数不超过6个 )

_________________________________________________________________

75. What can you do by YouTube? ( 回答词数不超过8个 )

__________________________________________________________________

第二卷

第四部分：写作（共两节；满分35）

第一节 填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10）

阅读短文，根据所读内容在文后的空格处填上适当的单词，每空不超过3个单词。

Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes. Many people feel that the US has the worst taxes in the world.

Taxes are the money that people have to pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes.

Salaried people who earn more than four to five thousand per year must pay a certain part of their salaries to the federal government. The percentage varies and it depends on the salaries. The federal government has two-level income tax, that is, 15 or 28 percent. ＄17,850 is the cut-off. The tax rate is 15 percent below ＄17,850 and 28 percent above.

The second tax is for the state government: New York, California, or any of other state. Some states have an income tax which is more or less the same to that of the federal government. Of course, the percentage for the state tax is lower. Some states have a sales tax, which is a percentage charged to any item which people buy in the state. Some states use the income tax and the sales tax to raise their revenues(税收收入).

The third tax is for the city. This tax comes in two forms: property tax (residents who own a home have to pay taxes on it) and excise tax, which is collected on vehicles in a city. The cities use the money for education, police, public works, etc.

Since Americans pay such high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just to pay their taxes. People always complain about taxes. They often say that the government misuses their tax dollars. They all believe that taxes are too high in this country.

Title: 76.____________

株洲市二中2009届高三第一次月考英语答卷

第一卷

听力填空:

18. _______________________________

19. _______________________________

20. _______________________________

阅读问答:

73. ____________________________________________________________________________

74. ____________________________________________________________________________

75. ____________________________________________________________________________

阅读填空:

76. _______________________________ 77. ______________________________________

78. _______________________________ 79. ______________________________________

80. _______________________________ 81. ______________________________________

82. _______________________________ 83. ______________________________________

84. _______________________________ 85. ______________________________________

第二卷

第二节：

书面表达（满分２５分）

假设你是李华，下面是美国网友写给你的邮件, 请根据所给中文提示，结合个人生活实际写一封英文回复，并简要谈谈你对中国传统节日在年轻人当中受冷遇的现象的看法。 (100字)

Dear Li Hua,

Long time no see. How are you getting on ? Hope everything goes well.

I’ve heard that a Chinese traditional festival is coming near, during which time you eat mooncakes and have a familiy get-together. Sounds great! It appeals to me a lot. What is it? When and how do Chinese celebrate it? Could you tell me more about it?

Wish you a good festival.

Looking forward to your reply. Thank you!

Mark

参考信息:

中秋意义：庆祝丰收（古时候）；家人团圆 （现代）

庆祝方式：挂灯笼；吃团圆饭；户外赏月；吃月饼等

Keys

听力：1—5 BABCA 6—10 CBCCC 11-15　CBCAB　 16－20　BC

18. in 1916 19. National park service 20. guided tours

单选：21-25 AABBC 26-30 BADDC 31-35 ABCAD

完形 36-40 BACBA 41-45 DBCAB 46-50 CDABC 51-55 CDBDD

阅读 56-60 DBBCA 61-65 ACBDD 66-70 DCDDC 71-72 AC

回答问题 73 watch

74 Because they don’t believe him

75 Create a video and share it online

阅读填空 76 Taxes in America 77 types 78 State tax 79 Income tax

80 salaries 81 28% 82 similar 83 sales tax

84 Property 85 Excise tax

书面表达：

One possible version:

Dear Mark,

Our Chinese people are eager for the coming of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. At this time, the moon is at its fullest and brightest

The Mid-autumn Festival actually began as a thanksgiving celebration,while it is a time for family reunions nowadays. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house.On the evening,there will be a big family dinner.,and we can go to the open air to enjoy the beautiful moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival.

Many western festivals become popular in our country, especially among young people . But I prefer traditional Chinese festivals which can remind us of the meaningful history of China. It is the most valuable treasures for our nation! We should keep them alive!