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第一卷（二部分 共80分)

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

1. Leona Lewis, who came out ___ first in a British talent show, turned ____ super star.

A. \, \ B. the, a C. the, the D. \, the

2. —Excuse me, could you tell me the time, please?

— sorry, I don’t have a watch with me.

— _________.

A. Thanks a lot B. What a pity

C .I’m sorry to hear that D. Thanks all the same

3. They have to _______ the custom that people _______ each other the best luck.

A. obey; wish B. follow; make C. carry out; hope D. follow; kiss

4. -– Do you think we should accept that offer?

-- Yes, we should, for we ______such bad luck up till now, and time ______ out.

A. have had; is running B. had; is running

C. have; has been run D. have had; has been run

5. There was a nice little present for everyone, with a suitable poem _______ to it.

A. attracted B. attacked C. attached D. attributed

6. This is a very special flower and it can _______ a strong sweet perfume at night.

A. give in B. give out C. give up D. give away

7. The factory produced many famous cars, many of them ____ to foreign countries.

A. shipped B. were shipped C. was shipped D. shipping

8.Many _______ trees must be planted every year.

A. thousand B.thousand of C.thousands of D.thousands

9. Our house is on the top of the hill，and in winter the winds be pretty cold．

A．need B．can C．must D．shall

10. It will not be long before that young journalist _______ me again.

A. will meet B. met C. meets D. would meet

11. I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good_______.

A. to be breathed B. to breathe C. breathing D. being breathed

12. I’ll give you my friend’s home address,______ he can be reached most evenings.

A. which B. when C. whom D. where

13. — Who should be responsible for the accident?

— The boss, not the workers. They just carried out orders ________.

A. as told B. as are told C. are telling D. as they told

14. —Shall we go to the movie tonight?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　 —No, I'd rather ___ at home with our baby. You'd better not leave it to the babysitter at night.
　A.you stayed　B.you stay　C.stayed　D.stay

15. ______ you eat the correct foods ______ be able to keep fit and stay healthy.

A. Only if; will you B. Only if; you will

C. Unless; will you D. Unless; you will

16. ______ , I believe, and you will find Tom is very outgoing.

A Having a talk with the student B One talk with the student

C Given a talk with the student D If you have a talk with the student

17. Polar bears live on sea ice，which they use as a platform for hunting seals.

A. most B. almost C. nearly D. mostly

18. The influence of environment ________ plants is the key to ________ differences between species.

A. to; explain B. on; explaining C. upon; explains D. for; explained

19. The NBA star Yao Ming wants to set up a Hope Project School, ________ poor children in remote areas to receive education.

A. aims at helping B. aiming at helping

C. aims to helping D. aimed to help

20. They are good friends, but Pam hates ________ when Ray calls her at work.

A. that B. / C. it D. this

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分；满分20分）

Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often 21 that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so 22 with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily 23 up their new home, the light suddenly 24 . Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along 25 and had to wait 26 in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 27 on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the 28 night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a 29 to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be 30 , so he went to the door and opened it 31 . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door 32 . “What a nuisance（讨厌）!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to 33 things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. 34 this time she was 35 two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She 36 me here to give you these.” Terry was very 37 by what he saw.

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 38 in life. It was his 39 and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was 40 nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

21. A. complaining B. reflecting C. praying D. pretending

22. A. inspired B. disappointed C. thrilled D. encouraged

23. A. looking B. turning C. coming D. tidying

24. A. went on B. went down C. went out D. went through

25. A. candles B. matches C. lights D. flashlights

26. A. happily B. patiently C. hopefully D. helplessly

27. A. steps B. words C. knocks D. screams

28. A. dark B. quiet C. noisy D. crowded

29. A. newcomer B. stranger C. guest D. settler

30. A. called B. disturbed C. watched D. offered

31. A. surprisedly B. delightedly C. impatiently D. willingly

32. A. gently B. kindly C. politely D. violently

33. A. lend B. sell C. purchase D. borrow

34. A. And B. But C. So D. For

35. A. holding B. hiding C. fetching D. seeking

36. A. suggested B. forbade C. sent D. forced

37. A. frightened B. pleased C. puzzled D. surprised

38. A. failure B. success C. complaint D. determination

39. A. warmth B. coldness C. kindness D. sympathy

40. A. doubtfully B. hardly C. just D. probably

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)

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Farmers use different kinds of soil conservation methods to protect their land from damage by farming and the forces of nature. One important form of soil conservation is the use of windbreaks. Windbreaks are barriers formed by trees and other plants with many leaves. Farmers plant them in lines around their fields.

Windbreaks stop the wind from blowing soil away. They also keep the wind from destroying or damaging crops. They are very important for growing grains, such as wheat. There have been studies done on windbreaks in parts of West Africa, for example. These found that grain harvests can be twenty percent higher in fields protected by windbreaks compared to fields without such protection.

However, windbreaks seem to work best when they allow a little wind to pass through. If the wall of trees and plants stops wind completely, then violent air motions will take place close to the ground. These motions will lift soil into the air where it will be blown away.

For this reason, a windbreak is best if it has only sixty to eighty percent of the trees and plants needed to make a solid line. An easy rule to remember is that windbreaks can protect areas up to ten times the height of the tallest trees in the windbreak.

There should be at least two lines in each windbreak. One line should be large trees. The second line, right next to it, can be shorter trees and other plants with leaves. Locally grown trees and plants are best for windbreaks.

41．What is the best title for the passage?

A. Building a windbreak to protect soil B. Building a windbreak to protect crops

C. Using a windbreak to improve grains D. Using a windbreak to improve plants

42. In the third paragraph the author tells us windbreaks

A. Do not work at all B. Do not stop wind fully

C. Will not take place D. Will not allow wind to pass through

43. Windbreaks consist of ___.

A. trees B. plants C. soil and wind D. trees and plants

44. According to the passage, which of the following statement is wrong?

A. Windbreaks are barriers

B. Windbreaks can be used to make fences

C. In general, there are two lines in all in every windbreak

D. Windbreaks can protect areas

B

Arriving in New York

There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or taxi to any place in New York.

Public transport

In New York there’s a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for ten journeys because it’s cheaper. But you don’t have to use public transport—there are lots of places you can go to on foot, like the Empire State Building, 5th Avenue and Central Park. In New York taking the taxi is a part of the city experience, so you should take the taxi at least once during your visit!

Hotels

There are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is the Plaza on 5th Avenue. But you don’t have to pay a lot for stay in the city; there are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.

Eating out

There are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldn’t eat at McDonald’s every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown.

Shopping

Shopping in New York is fun. There are big shops on 5th Avenue. They are open seven days a week. But be careful when you look at the prices. You have to pay a special 8% tax on everything you buy in New York.

Places to see

Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York—Times Square, the Statue of Liberty. And you shouldn’t go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.

45. How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York?

A. $ 10.8 B. $10.08. C. $18. D. $ 10.

46. When you visit New York, you should _______.

A. eat at McDonald’s every day B. take a taxi whenever you go out

C. stay at the best hotel D. climb the Statue of Liberty

47. From the passage, we can learn that________.

A. you should take a bus to travel because it’s much cheaper.

B. New York is not a good place for shopping, for things are expensive.

C. people can visit many places of interest in New York on foot.

D. you are not allowed to go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty.

C

Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.

Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.

The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvements to the nation's emergency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.

“The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies,” FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.

Participation in the alert system by carriers –telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.

The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.

There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.

The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or a nationwide disease. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child kidnapping emergencies.

The service could be in place by 2010.

48. What is the purpose of the approved plan?

A. To warn people of emergencies through messages.

B. To popularize the use of cell phones.

C. To estimate the monthly number of messages.

D. To promote the wireless industry.

49. The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ____.

A. CTIA B. the Warning Alert and Response Network Act

C. FCC D. federal regulators

50. An alert message will NOT be sent if _____.

A. a child gets robbed in the street B. a university shooting happens

C. a natural disaster happens D. a terrorist attack occurs

51. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students

B. Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry

C. Cell Phone Alerts of National Disasters

D. Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon

D

During London’s 8-minute show at the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, fans were thrilled by the performance of a young British singer with the famous rock guitarist Jimmy Page. Who was that curly-haired singer?

She’s Leona Lewis，a 23-year-old pop and R&B singer-songwriter and the winner of the 2006 UK television talent show The X Factor. Her UK debut single(首张单曲唱片), A Moment Like This, broke a world record after it was downloaded over 50, 000 times within 30 minutes．

Leona was a working-class girl from London，with a normal family, a steady boyfriend and a job as a receptionist(接待员)when she tried out for the show. Her father was a part-time DJ, and there was always music in the house. From an early age, she was always jumping on the coffee table, singing along to Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. When she went to stage school, everyone else in her class was richer than she was. But she didn’t feel left out. She just focused on her singing. Lewis wrote her first song at the age of twelve, and won a number of talent competitions. After leaving school, Lewis took a number of jobs to pay to get into a recording studio, including waitress and several receptionist jobs.

Her efforts finally paid off. Her first album, Spirit, released in several countries in 2008, went to No．1 in the US，New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Germany, South Africa and Switzerland. The second album is planned for release in 2009, and it has been reported that she is planning a ￡15 million (190 million Yuan)world tour in 2010.

Leona has succeeded before everyone’s eyes, turning from a pretty 21-year-old girl in 2006 into a star singer in 2008．But to some degree, she still seems to be the girl next door. Although she landed her feet on the ground, she hash’t changed. She is very polite and respectful, but she knows what she wants.

52. The first paragraph is written to ．

A. introduce the topic B. ask readers a question

C. make a brief summary D. bring in a discussion

53. Besides Leona’s continuous efforts， also contributes to her success．

A. her boyfriend’s support B. family music environment

C. guitarist Jimmy Page’s help D. her working—class background

54. From the passage we know Leona ．

A. sang her first song at the age of twelve and won a number of prizes

B. still works as a receptionist though she is a famous singer now

C. took interest and put a lot of efforts in music when still a child

D. was born into a working—class family and became a DJ at an early age

55. This passage mainly tells us ．

A. London’s 8-minute show at the Closing Ceremony

B. the successful performance of Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page

C. Leona Lewis’early life story, career and achievements

D. Leona Lewis’albums A Moment me This and spirit

E

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them, Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don’t really matter .If you have ever listen to Martin Luther King’s famous speech – “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles（结巴） his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that express the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speakers’ attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being imperfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

56. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ___________.

A. be smarter than you B. notice your mistakes

C. do better than you D. know what you are talking about

57. You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ___________.

A. your attention is on the content

B. you don’t fully understand the speech

C. you know what the speaker plans to say

D. you find the way of speech-making more important

58. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

A. giving a speech is like giving a performance

B. one to two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

59. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B. How to Make a Perfect Speech

C. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech

D. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

60. Which of the following statements is true?

A. If you are careful enough, you can make a perfect speech.

B. Speech-making is a kind of performance.

C. Listeners are not judges and they pay more attention to the message.

D. Martin Luther King is not a good speaker.

第二卷(共40分)

第三部分：写作（共三节，满分40分）

第一节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限写一词）。

第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）

注重：本题所有的标记和答案都写在答题纸上。

early in this year. Then I waited for the results. By mid-July，

I still hadn’t received an answer. There are only two weeks

left, but I gave up. Then, on August l, they called and said I

had been chosen, I was shocked. “Please give her a few minutes

to think about it, ”I said. Then I called my mom to help me buy

a plane ticket. I was so exciting. I would be in Beijing the next day!

My task was to stand at the gate of a stadium and offered help

to tourist. While working, I couldn’t watch the Games. But it was all

worth it. Besides, I also got free ticket to one of the football matches．

第三节：书面表达（满分25分）

下列图表反映的是某校2005年与2008年学生健康状况调查的部分数据。请你用英文为某报写一份

报告，反映该校三年间学生健康状况的变化情况，并提出相应的改进措施。

注重：1. 报告必须包括图表中的所有内容; 2. 词数: 100左右。

鄞州高级中学高三（英语）期中考试答案

1---5 ADDAC 6---10 BABBC 11---15 BDAAA 16---20 BDBBC

21---25. ABDCA 26---30.DCBAB 31---35.CDDBA 36---40. ADABC

41---45 ABDCA 46---50 DCACA 51---55 DABCC 56---60 BABCC

61. appointed 62. shortcomings 63. exploration 64. citizen 65. typical

66. delicate 67. generations 68. tolerate 69.expense 70. Psychology

71. eagerly---eager 72. in去掉 73. are---were 74.but---so 75.her---me

76. 正确 77.exciting---excited 78. offered---offer 79. tourist---tourists 80. ∨a

One Possible Version

A recent survey shows that the health of the students in our school has been going from bad to worse in the past three years.

The number of near-sighted students has increased from 78.2% in 2005 to 92.5% this year, while that of overweight students from 36% to 52.4%. Nearly 10% more students lack sleep because of more homework to do. Besides, over 15% more students become mentally unhealthy.

To improve students’ health, we call for less homework. Only in this way can students get plenty of sleep and meanwhile prevent them from being near-sighted. Proper diets and exercise should also be paid attention to so that they won’t easily put on weight. With their heavy burdens removed, students can then keep in normal mental health.