高三英语第四次质量检查试题
英 语 试 题
考试时间:120分钟 试卷满分:150分
第一卷(计 115分)
注重:选择题一律做在答题卡上,否则不给分!
I.听力 (共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题, 每小题 分。满分 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秒钟的时间往返答有关小题和阅读下一小题, 每段对话仅读一遍 。
1.What kind of person is the man?
A.He is friendly. B.He is honest. C.He is funny.
2.What was said about the woman’s sister?
A.She didn’t go to school.
B.She had an accident.
C.She was badly hurt.
3.What is the man doing at the airport?
A.Answering a passenger’s question.
B.Leaving for New York City.
C.Waiting for his sister.
4.What did the woman ask the man?
A.Whether he could let her us his office.
B.Whether he had to work on the weekend.
C.Whether he could help her with her project.
5.What does the man mean?
A.His brother is coming to celebrate his birthday.
B.His brother will give him a birthday present.
C.His brother never forgets his own birthday.
第二节 (共 15 小题, 每小题 分, 满分 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, 各小题将给除秒钟的作答时间。 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?
A.A teacher. B.A leader. C.A headmaster.
7.What are those students like?
A.Shy. B.Active. C.Hard-working.
8.Why does the woman have to go?
A.Because of the students.
B.Because of her parents.
C.Because of the headmaster.
听第7段材料, 回答第9至10题。
9.Who might the man be?
A.A waiter. B.A policeman. C.The woman’s husband.
10.Where was the wallet found?
A.In the restroom. B.Under the table. C.On the table.
听第8段材料, 回答第11至14题。
11.Where does the conversation take place?
A.In a university. B.In a gift shop. C.In a restaurant.
12.Who is the woman buying the gift for?
A.Her brother’s son. B.Her brother. C.Her son.
13.How much does the woman want to spend on the gift?
A.$50. B.$30. C.$20.
14.What does NOT the man recommend?
A.A bookshelf. B.A magic car. C.A pencil-box.
听第9段材料, 回答第15至17题。
15.Where are the speakers?
A.In the dining room. B.In the office. C.In the classroom.
16.Why was the man asleep?
A.He didn’t like reading.
B.He didn’t sleep well last night.
C.He didn’t understand the meaning of the book.
17.What is the way to understand the book?
A.To find the main idea first.
B.To read the book about.
C.To read from the end.
听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18.How old is the woman?
A.70. B.85. C.100.
19.What is the secret of long life according to the woman?
A.Enough exercise.
B.Talking to people often.
C.Moving from place to place.
20.How many times has the woman got married?
A.Once only. B.Twice. C.Three times.
II.单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
从每题所给的A、B、C和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.Thank you for your visit to CCTV.COM. This site ____ and will be back online in
the not—too—distant future.
A.had updated B.will be updated
C.updated D.is being updated 22.Generall speaking, ___ graduate from ____ well—known university is more likely
to find a good job.
A.a, the B.a, a C.the, a D.the, the
23.I will fly to Hong Kong, ____ I plan to stay for three weeks.
A.where B.which C. there D.in the city
24.-- Oh, it’s you! I ____ you.
-- I’ve just had my hair cut, and I’m wearing new glasses.
A.hadn’t recognized B.didn’t recognize
C.don’t recognize D.haven’t recognized
25.____ sadly, the little boy raised his head and had the tears ____ down on purpose.
A.Seen to cry; fall B.To be seen crying; falling
C.Seen crying; falling D.To be seen cry; fall
26.The young man insisted that he ____ nothing wrong and ____ free.
A.did; set B.had done; should be set
C.should do; be set D.had done; must be set
27.Katie _________ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
A.took up B.made up C.picked up D.turned up
28.He hurried to the station only________ that the train had left.
A.to find B.finding C.found D.to have found
29.________ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account.
A.What is required B.What requires
C.It is required D.It requires
30.While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded____ Florence Nightingale.
A.in honor of B.in line with
C.in favor of D.in place of
31.Maybe you have been to many interesting places, but nowhere else in China ____ such a beautiful place.
A.you can find B.have you found
C.you have found D.can you find
32.John, together with some other American soldiers who ____ sent to Iraq, ____ killed in a bomb explosion.
A.were, were B.was, was C.were, was D.was, were
33.____ you may be right, I can’t altogether agree.
A.While B.As C.If D.Since
34.It was playing computer games that cost the boy plenty of time he ____ doing his lessons.
A.might have spent B.ought to have spent
C.must have spent D.could have spent
35.Information technology is taught in most schools, ____ we have entered the information society.
A.so B.while C.and D.for
III.完形填空(共20题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的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。
Looking back on my children, I am convinced __36___ naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought __37__ in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon gave up their pressed flowers and insects. ___38__ them, I had no ear ___39__ music and languages, I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before World War I we ____40__ our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the memory of the house we lived ___41___, of my room and my toys. I can hardly__42___ clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered ___43__ door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm __44___, the local birds and, ___45__all, the insects.
I am a __46___, not a scientist. I have a strong __47___ of natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigation. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy __48___ the midnight oil __49__ reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then ___50__ happens that brings these observations together __51__ my conscious minD.Suddenly you fancy(想象) , you see the answer ___52__ the riddle, and books, of which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist; one of the outstanding and essential __53___ required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only ___54__ but hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is __55___. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
36.A.it B.that C.what D.of
37.A.out B.about C.up D.back
38.A.Unlike B.Like C.With D.Against
39.A.of B.at C.to D.for
40.A.spent B.purchased C.wounded D.burnt
41.A.out B.in C.with D.together
42.A.remind B.rewrite C.recall D.review
43.A.near B.next C.far D.little
44.A.products B.animals C.fields D.skies
45.A.over B.on C.above D.across
46.A.naturalist B.philosopher C.chemist D.mathematician
47.A.wish B.eagerness C.imagination D.love
48.A burning B.making C.hunting D.turning
49.A.as if B.while C.though D.after
50.A.somewhat B.someone C.somewhere D.something
51.A.of B.on C.to D.over
52.A.of B.on C.to D.at
53.A.qualities B.games C.activities D.desires
54.A.self-contained B.self-discipline C.self-centered D.self-governed
55.A.made B.born C.produced D.found
IV.阅读理解(共20题;每小题2分,满分40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。
A
A lot of management training is held each year for Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics we address in our course is the retention(保护力)of quality employees----a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale in the service industry. During these discussions, I ask the participants, “What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Some time back a new manager took the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, “It was a $19 baseball glove.”
Cynthia told the group that she originally took a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)position while she looked for something better. On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check. When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that served as an office. Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.
Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us.”
The thoughtfulness, empathy and love of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.
56.Among many of the problems in the service industry, talked about in this passage, is .
A.how to ensure his employees’ high pay
B.how to attract more customers
C.how to look carefully after the employees
D.how to keep the good employees from leaving
57.Although she was a new manager, Cynthia would do her job well in keeping quality employees because she .
A.had mastered all the courses for the manager
B.had already formed good relationship with the employees
C.know the way how to deal with her employees
D.had her own personal experience
58.This passage shows us that to run a business well it is necessary for managers to let their employees know .
A.how much they can get for their job B.what good positions they can get later
C.they are very vital to the business D.they are nice as well as useful
59.The story told in this passage tells us that employees care about .
A.only how large a pay they can get
B.love from the managing people rather than only money
C.if their children could be properly taken care of
D.what position they can be offered
B
Lively beachfront dining and shopping strips , and charming harbours .
●Bondi, Bronte , Coogee and Maroubra all offer a delightful seaside town atmosphere —complete with beachwear and surf shops , pubs and outdoor cafes .
●Take a boat from Circullar Quay to one of the harbour suburbs—there is Rose Bay with its parks and harbourside restaurants , Vaucluse , home of 1820s Vaucluse House , and Watsons Bay , with a famous seafood restaurant and wonderful views up the harbour .
3.Inland
Shops , cafes , restaurants , parks and several major attractions .
●Paddington and Woollahra are famous for their cafes , small shops , art galleries , markets and nearby Centennial Park , one of Sydney’s largest open spaces .
●Visit Bondi Junction for its largest shopping center and cinema complex .
4.Activities
From surfing and diving to walks , golf and seaplane rides .
●Learn to surf at Bondi , Bronte or Coogee , go diving at Gordons Bay (where there is an underwater trail ), or watch a summer surf carnival(狂欢节) .
●Play golf at Bondi Beach , Rose Bay or Moore Park , enjoy a game of tennis , and go horse riding at Centennial Park .
60.Which of the following best shows the location of each city ?
61.From the passage, it can be concluded that Bondi enjoys great popularity for ___ .
A.swimming B.surfing C.horse-riding D.diving
62.What is the most suitable heading for Part 2?
A.Surf Shops
B.Harbour Suburbs
C.Seaside Town & Harbour Surburbs
D.Outdoor Cafes & Harbour Suburbs
63.If you want to see a film after shopping, you’d better go to _________ .
A.Paddington B.Centennial Park
C.Bondi Junction D.Gordons Bay
C
China’s economic growth “hard to predict”
The worsening global economic situation makes it difficult for China to predict its growth for next year, a senior official said on Friday.
“How fast China’s economy will grow next year is uncertain,” Liu He, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economy Work, told China Daily.
“To a large extent, the rate will be decided by the external(外部的)situation,” Liu said during a discussion with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and other economists in Beijing.
This year, GDP is estimated to grow at 9.4 or 9.5 percent, down from 10.6 percent last year, he said. However, the impact of the current financial turbulence(波动) “on our economy is much less than on the rest of the world”, he said.
Nicholas Stern, a former UK government advisor, also told China Daily it will take at least one or two years for the world to recover from the recession, which is now spreading from the US and the UK to the rest of the world.
“We don’t know how long the recession will last, but it is unlikely to be short,” he said.
Liu said China can use the downturn(衰退)as an opportunity to restructure its economy, which has relied heavily on government investment, foreign trade and low-cost technology over the past years.
“When the economy is experiencing fast growth, companies are unwilling to upgrade their technologies,” Liu said.
“The slowdown gives such firms the opportunity to enhance(提高)their competitive edge through better technologies.”
From China Daily 2008-10-25
64.How many people are mentioned in this passage?
A.only 2 B.no more than 3 C.not more than 4 D.at least 5
65.It can be inferred from Liu’s words that the impact of the current financial turbulence on China’s economy is ________ in the world.
A.more B.less C.the most D.the least
66.The underlined word “extent” probably means ________.
A.sense B.degree C.size D.depth
67.According to the passage, the reason why Liu said this downturn is an opportunity
for China to restructure its economy is that ________.
A.China’s economy will not depend on government investment in the future
B.Foreign trade will grow in the future
C.The downturn will force China’s companies to upgrade their technologies
D.Low-cost technologies will not exist in China
D
Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birthrates, that has led to the population explosion.
Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine(饥荒), infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, but if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary(当代的) societies, people feel a moral responsibility to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In America many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often “go on welfare” if they have a serious illness.
When older people become senile (衰老的) or too weak and ill to care for themselves, they create grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent (疗养的) hospitals have been built. These are often profit making organizations, although some are sponsored(主办) by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply “dumping (倒垃圾的) grounds” for the dying in which “care” is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.
68.The author believes that the population explosion results from .
A.an increase in birthrates B.the industrial development
C.a decrease in death rates D.human beings' cultural advances
69.According to the passage, which of the following statements about the old people in America is TRUE?
A.Many of them live on social security money which is hardly enough.
B.Minority of them remain in a state of near poverty after their retirement.
C.When they reach a certain age, compulsory retirement is necessary and beneficial.
D.With the growing inflation, they must suffer more from unbearable burdens than ever.
70.The underlined phrase “this need” in Paragraph 3 refers to .
A.prolonging the dying old people's lives
B.reducing the problems caused by the retired people
C.making profits through caring for the sick or weak people
D.taking care of the sick or weak people
71.Which best describes the author's attitude toward most of the nursing homes, and convalescent hospitals?
A.Sympathetic. B.Approving. C.Optimistic. D.Critical.
E
“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.
But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes,” She said. The boys said they fought less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “fashionable, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.”
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.
Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.
72.The passage is mainly about .
A.problems with technology
B.improvements of our life with technology
C.the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
D.major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
73.The writer quoted what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to .
A.share a truth about life
B.tell us what life was like long time ago
C.make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D.point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
74.The family chose to spend some time in a 1940’s house because .
A.they liked to live simple lives
B.they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions
C.they were troubled by modern inventions
D.living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
75.What does the word “available” in the suggestion offered by the writer mean?
A.Busy on line B.Free
C.Be able to D.Be found by others.
第二卷(计35分)
V.阅读短文,根据上下文、首字母或汉语意思填入适当的词(共10个空格,每空 1分,满分10分)
In our __1____ world, mobile phones are becoming more and more popular , but students in America are not a__2____ to use them in class because of many d___3_____ and harms.
Mobile phones have become a part of our life now. With mobile phones, we can _____4______ (连接) our friends and family conveniently and call for help easily when in ____5_____ (麻烦).
However, it also has a ____6____ effect on our studies and minds.
Some students are absorbed in using it to play g___7___ during class so that they cannot ___8____ (集中注重力)on the teachers’ words. Other students talk t__9___ phones every night till midnight. It does great harm to their h__10___. Besides, students may even be cheated by some strange messages.
VII.书面表达 25分
假如你是一名高三学生,经常为看电视的事跟妈妈闹意见,今天你跟妈妈达成一致意见。请根据以下表格的内容,以 An Argument 为题写一篇120字左右的英语短文。
母亲 |
儿子 |
高三学生学习任务重, 看电视浪费时间 |
学习一天很疲惫,看电视可以放松一下 |
儿子自制力差,看电视会影响视力 |
看电视也可以增长知识,了解国际国内大事,紧跟时代 |
周一至周五不准我看电视,但在周末答应我看新闻、文艺、体育或科普类节目 | |