北京市重点中学高三8月开学测试英语试题及答案

1、20142015学年度第一学期高三年级开学检测英 语 试 卷（测试时间：120分钟）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分, 共7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题, 从每题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后, 你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。1. where did this conversation probably take place?a. on a bus.b. in the street.c. in a furniture store. 2. what did the man do l

2、ast night?a. he stayed in the library. b. he prepared for a test.c. he went to a party.3. how does the woman probably feel now?a. worried. b. relieved. c. confused. 4. at what time does the second show start?a. at 7:00.b. 7:10.c. 9:10.5. what does the woman mean?a. the application arrived a week ear

3、lier than expected.b. the man is not suitable for the position.c. the job has been given to someone else.第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分, 共15分）听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题, 从每题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后, 每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。6. why cant the woman have the party on the 29t

4、h?a. shell see her doctor.b. shell attend a meeting. c. shell travel to another city. 7. how long will the party run?a. four hours. b. three hours. c. two hours听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题。8. where did the man see the ad for the bike sale?a. on tvb. in a department storec. in the newspaper. 9. which bike is the

5、latest model?a. the aderson.b. the curzon.c. the instant.听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. in which order will the couple travel to the places?a. chicago, manhattan, boston, washington. b. chicago, washington, new york, boston. c. chicago, new york, washington, boston. 11. where is the hotel theyll stay at in n

6、ew york?a. on the 53rd street.b. near the theater district.c. far away from manhattan. 12. how will they go to boston?a. by train. b. by air. c. by car. 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13. which place will the travellers visit first?a. pigeon point.b. a seaside caf.c. an ice-cream factory.14. what should the trave

7、llers bring?a. food. b. medicine. c. swimsuits.15. what animals will the travellers see in the nature reserve?a. giraffes. b. monkeys. c. elephants.第三节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分, 共7.5分）听下面一段对话, 完成第16至第20五道小题, 每小题仅填写一个词, 听对话前, 你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题, 听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。 interview notes about harrods the biggest d

8、epartment store in the uk food hall: _16_ kinds of food egyptian hall: look like an egyptian building _17_ years ago get most of its power by producing _18_ itself during the _19_ sales, theres an increase in customers and _20_ 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21.i know _ maggie smit

9、h, but not _ famous one.a. a, / b. a, the c. /, the d. the, a22. _ that she was going off to sleep, i asked if shed like that little doll on her bed. a. see b. to see c. seen d. seeing23. - when do we need to pay the rest of the money for the car?- _ september 30.a. by b. inc. duringd. within24.i ha

10、vent read _ of his books, but judging from the one i have read i think hes a very promising writer.a. any b. none c. both d. either25. after the long journey, the three of them went back home, _.a. hungry and tiredly b. hungry and tired c. hungrily and tiredly d. hungrily and tired 26. the red build

11、ing is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts _aare produced bwill produce cproduced dhad been produced27. someone to notice you at a party, you should do things like singing a song.agetbgotcgettingdto get28. tom does very well in computer study and much to my joy, jane d

12、oes no _ than tom. a. better b. worse c. faster d. further29. after months of voyage, columbus arrived in _ later proved a new continentawhere bwhat cwhich dthat 30. the number of the cattle here, _ is mentioned above, has been limited to 200ait bas cthat dwhich31.- havent i told you that i like the

13、 beef well done?- yes, but i _ it longer than i usually doawas cooking bwill cook ccooked dhad cooked32. though _ in a big city, bill always prefers to sing the songs of country lifea raised bhaving raised craising dbeing raised33. he must be very drunk he wouldnt keep falling down.aandborcsodbut34.

14、 why _ we eat out when we can easily cook ourselves at home?a. may b. shall c. can d. must 35. weve always wanted a house in the country, but we about where it should be.aarguedbhad arguedcwill arguedare arguing第二节 完型填空 （ 共20小题； 每小题1.5分 满分30分）i got a guitar for my birthday, and since then i have bee

15、n struggling. it has awakened 36 side of myself within me. and it couldnt have happened at a 37 time.im a senior, im going to graduate soon and i know what 38 im going to. and now i have to deal with this little voice in my head constantly 39 me that im going to be a rock star, not a scientist.a few

16、 weeks ago i was given the 40 simple task of writing a short story. i sat down to 41 a beautiful work of fiction that would 42 my teacher and classmates. to be honest, this is an area i generally feel very 43 in. i really 44 it and such writing tasks used to take the least amount of time.so i was tr

17、ying to write my story, and 45 the room lay my beautiful birthday present. “once upon a time,” i wrote. then i stopped, 46 in my chair, and stared for a moment at the 47 . its dark red paint was 48 and i could see my reflection in its perfect surface. and then my reflection started dancing and singi

18、ng. i wasnt 49 , but it sure was. id follow its 50 . so i seized my guitar and plucked (拨动) a string. i sat rocking with my guitar until late 51 the night. i was sure i was preparing for the 52 much more efficiently now that i wasnt spending time writing stories. needless to say, no story was writte

19、n, and many 53 arose in my mind. since then, i have constantly asked, “am i 54 for not wanting to do my work anymore?” more importantly, 55 , ive learned i really am going to be a rock star.36aouterbanothercotherdany37aworsebbetter cmore certaindmore modern38aconcertbcollegecplacedcity39ateachingbad

20、visingcremindingdfooling40aseeminglybactuallycobviouslydpartly41aplanbcarryccreatedcontinue 42aruinbamusecadmiredsurprise 43ahappybrichcfortunatedstrong 44aunderstandbenjoycfeeldmind45abelowbbesidecacrossdoutside46adigestedbeditedcstayeddturned 47apaperbinstrumentcfloorddesk48arunningbfadingcdeepeni

21、ngdshining 49aplayingbdreamingcmovingdrepeating50aleadbmusiccspeeddrule51aofbatcintodfor52auniversitybfutureclifedexam53adoubtsbfearscdiscussionsdproblems54acuriousblazycalonednormal 55athoughbthereforecotherwisedeven第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，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中选出最佳答案。agrand openingbentwood truck m

22、useumsaturday, november 8, at 10:00 a. m.after eighteen months of hard work by more than 100 volunteers, the bent wood truck museum is ready to open. the old factory on the corner of palmer street and norman drive had been scheduled to be destroyed. when roger haygood heard about the plans to tear d

23、own the building, he bought it so that he could store his collection of old trucks there. then he had the idea of turning the building into a truck museum.during the past year and a half, the old building has been transformed into a treasure chest of memories. instead of a dark and dull house, the b

24、uilding has become a cheery, bright home for all kinds of trucks from the past.the museum now houses 68 trucks, and we hope to have even more soon. there is a 1959 school bus, a 1942 bakery truck, and a 1937 fire engine. our oldest vehicle is a 1919 milk truck. our newest vehicle is a 1966 tow truck

25、.you can take a ride on a fire truck, a mail truck, or an ice cream truck. rides are $ 2.00, but you can get a ticket for a free ride at any grocery store in bentwood.help us celebrate our grand opening by bringing your family and friends! there is something to interest everyone who attends. the ben

26、twood truck museum is a special piece of our history.to get to bentwood truck museum, take route 29 (kingston highway) to palmer street.go south on palmer street for one block and take a left onto norman drive.you will see the museum building and the amusement park on your left.parking is available

27、across the street, on your right.56in which of the following can visitors take a ride? aa milk truck.ban ice cream truck.ca bakery truck.da school bus.57what is special about this museum?ait is built on the ruins of an old building.bit offers visitors free rides to the museum.cit exhibits trucks dat

28、ing back to 100 years ago.dits transformed from an old factory by volunteers.58whats the purpose of writing this passage? ato introduce the old history of bentwood truck museum.bto persuade readers to attend the opening of the museum.cto explain why bentwood truck museum was set up.dto call on the v

29、isitors to take a ride in old trucks.bone of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes. it is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “i was wrong about that, ”and it is even harder to say, “i was wrong, and you were right about that. ”i ha

30、d an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. he told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where i grew up, and he asked me if i remembered the egg cartons （箱子）. then he related an incident and i began to reme

31、mber clearly the incident he was describing. i was about eight years old at the time, and i had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. on that particular day, i must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place. there must have been a sp

32、ecial sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. the cartons were stacked three or four feet high. i must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks

33、 of cartons. for some reason, i decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so i went to work. the manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. when he appeared, i was on my knees inspecting （examining）some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken

34、, but to him it looked as though i was the criminal. he severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. i protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. even though i quickly forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not. 59. the author was _ when he wr

35、ote this article. a. about 8 b. about 18 c. about 23 d. about 1560. who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons? a. the author. b. the manager. c. the woman. d. the authors mother. 61. when the manager scolded him the author _. a. was frightened and cried b. tried to explain c. did not s

36、ay anything d. felt the manager was right 62. it can be inferred that the author _. a. regrets arguing with the manager for what he didnt do b. would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale c. has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago d. expects the woman to say

37、 sorry to him for the mistake she madecthe first thing i do when i wake up is to make a mental list of all things i have to do that day. im very organized! then i get up and have my bath. often my best matchmaking ideas come while im in the bath. sometimes i have a really good idea about who might b

38、e with whom.before i did matchmaking, i was a social worker, but i knew i wanted to do something without bosses telling me what to do and that i am good at dealing with people. also i had seen too many broken marriages and too many people go downhill because they were so lonely. so i gave up my job,

39、 did a bit of research and started the matchmaking business in 1970. over the last few years weve been doing introductions throughout europe as well as here in britain. europeans want to meet british people. for every 100 people who come to us, about 65 will settle down. we keep going until clients

40、(委托人) find someone that they get on very well with. of course there are impossible people, those who will never settle. sometimes i end up giving advice to clients. a few months ago, we had a highly paid scientist with a very nice face, but every woman refused to meet him a second time. it soon beca

41、me clear that he did not like changing his shirts. so i had to be very honest and direct and told him, “but a woman cant start to love you if your shirt smells.” the job is most satisfying when i get a call from a couple telling me they have fallen in love. 63. which of the following is the best tit

42、le for this passage?a. on being a matchmaker b. dealing with peoplec. matchmakers and clients d. the most satisfying job64. what does the author mean by saying “im very organized”?a. she is especially good at organizing things.b. she has a fixed plan for her everyday activities.c. she likes to remem

43、ber things she has to do.d. she always finishes what she does on time.65. what was the personal factor that made the author change her job?a. she was warm and kind-hearted.b. she could understand people better than others.c. she liked to make her own decisions.d. she was interested in social problem

44、s.66. from the authors experience given in the last paragraph, we can conclude that to be a good matchmaker, sometimes it is better for one to be _.a. straight b. kind c. hard workingd. organizeddevery pet owner loves his pet. there is no argument here.but when we asked our readers whether they woul

45、d clone their beloved animals, the responses were split almost down the middle. of the 228 readers who answered it, 108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion.clearly, from readers response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventua

46、l sadness of owning a pet. it speaks, as well, to peoples widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure.most of the respondents who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact

47、 copy. those on the other side, however, held little hope a clone could never truly recreate a pet, many simply didnt wish to go against the natural law of life and death.both sides expressed equal love for their animals. more than a few respondents owned “the best dog/cat in the world”. they though

48、t of their pets as their “best friend”, “a member of the family,” “the light of my life.” they told moving stories of pets heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.little wonders the loss is so disturbing-and the cloning so attractive. “people become very close to their animals, and the loss can

49、be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,” says gary kowalski, author of goodbye, friend: healing wisdom for anyone who has ever lost a pet. “for me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death awayits understandable. death is always painful. its difficult to deal with. its har

50、d to accept.”but would cloning reduce the blow? this question seemed to be at the heart of this problem.67.so far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners, _.a. a lot more of them are for itb. a lot more of them are against itc. very few of them are willing

51、to tell their opinionsd. about half of them are for it and the other half against it68. while talking about the respondents from the readers, the expression “eventual sadness of owning a pet” refers to _.a. the death of ones petb. the high cost of owning a petc. the troubles one has to deal with in

52、keeping a petd. the dangers involved in the cloning of a pet69. from what gary kowalski says, we can know that he _.a. has never thought about the problem of cloningb. is going to write another book on petsc. is in favor of the idea of cloning petsd. is all against the cloning of pets70. what is the

53、 key question at the heart of the problem of cloning pets?a. can cloning make the pain one suffers less when a pet dies?b. can pet owners afford the cost of cloning?c. does cloning go against the law of nature?d. how reliably does cloning produce an exact copy of ones pet? e_71_. you need only to fo

54、llow the bright traffic signs beside the highways and it will take you to where you wish. but to a london taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. a taxi driver has to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of a london, from the smallest lane(小巷) to the most popular bar around._72_a certain london taxi driver told of his job as follows.durin