2009届启东中学高三过关考试英语卷

1、启东中学 2009 届高三年段过关考试英语试卷本卷总分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第1卷（105 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分） 第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1分，满分 5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一小题，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 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will the man do this weekend?C. Go boating.C. Active.C. Herself.A. Stay at home.B. Go fishing.2.

2、What does the man think of John?A. Hard working.B. Lazy.3. Who looked after the woman?A. The man.B. Mary.4. What will the woman do?A. She will take the book home.B. She allows the man to take the book home.C. She will have to read the book in the office.5. What about Tom and Jack?A. They had watched

3、 a football match.B. They had finished their homework.C. They are watching a football match. 第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15分）听下面 5 段对话或对白。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，各小题将给出 5 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. Where does the woman want to vis

4、it?C. Musee du Louvre.C. August 16.C. 10 days.A. Musee d Orsay.B. Eiffel Tower.7. When will the speaker go for Paris?A. August 6. B. August 7.8. How long will the speakers stay in Paris?A. 8 days. B. 9 days. 听第 7段材料，回答第 9至 11题。9. What happened to Tom?A. He s late for school for the first time.10.11.

5、4.25.B. He s late for the exam for college.C. Hes late for school again.What sthe boy?C. A college student.C. At the library.C. Next Saturday.C. About three months.A. A middle school student. B. A high school student. Where does the conversation probably take pla

6、ce?A. At home.B. At school.听第 8段材料，回答第 12至 14 题。When will the speakers leave for Britain?A. Next Thursday.B. Next Friday.How long will the speakers stay in Britain?A. About one month.B. About two months.How will the speakers deal with their apartment when they are away?C. Ask Jim to look after it.C.

7、 In a classroom.C. $ 40.C. On the Internet.C. Japan.C. Chopsticks.A. Rent it to Jim.B. Ask someone to rent it.听第 9段材料，回答第 15至 17 题。Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In the meeting room.B. In a ticket office.How much does the man give the woman first?A. $ 28.B. $ 36.Where does the

8、man get the news of the lecture?A. In the newspaper.B. In the poster.听第 10段材料，回答第 18至 20题。Which country does the speaker come from?A. Australia.B. China.What is a very serious problem according to the speaker? A. Cigarette ends.B. Chewing gum.How many problems we have to solve to keep the street mor

9、e tidy?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.第二部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45 分） 第一节：语法和词汇知识 （共 25 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 25 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。There will be 21, 880 persons for torch relay of 2008 Olympic Games, making it biggest in the Game s history.A. the; the; theB. a; the; theC. the; /; /D. /; the

10、; theHe went back to the hall to try his at finding his lost gold watch, but never found it.A. fortuneB. bestC. resultD. hardI thought things would get better, but they are getting worse.A. as it wereB. as it wasC. as it isD. as is itThe visitor asked to have his picture taken stood the famous tower

11、.A. whereB. at whichC. thatD. whenWe try and give them they want, their religion is, so that they can face death withoutfear.B. no matter what; whateverA. no matter what; no matter whatC. whatever; no matter whatever D. whatever; whatever26. As he has our patience, well not wait for him any longer.A

12、. consumed B. exhausted C. wasted D. torn27. Look! How long like this? Three weeks! It s usual here that rain without stopping these days of the year.A. has it rained; poursB. has it been raining; poursC. is it raining; is pouring D. does it rain; pours28. Can I do the job? I m afraid not, because i

13、t skill and patience.A. asks for B. sends for C. calls forD. cares for29. Good morning, sir. Can I help you? I d like a barbecue together with a cup of orange juice. How much do you ?A. pay B. offer C. charge D. owe30. has ridden on a railway train know how another train flashes by when it is travel

14、ing inthe opposite direction.A. Anyone who; rapidlyB. Anyone that; rapidC. Whoever; rapidD. Whatever; rapidly31. As a result of the heavy snow, the highway has been closed up until further A. newsB. noticeC. messageD. information32. We have got a lot of work to , so let s start right now.A. get away

15、 B. get over C. get through D. get along33. Mum, it is nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon. Don tyou think the ice on the lake is too thin to your weight?A. bear B. catch C. stand D. take34. When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket and the disk in it with the importantdocuments gon

16、e.A. stolenB. missingC. picked D. lost35. Liza well not want to go on the trip she hates traveling.A. willB. mustC. canD. may36. Some college students are seen doing work they can find to support themselves.A .thatB. whichC. no matter whatD. whatever37. Hello! What can I do for you? I d like to buy

17、a tie this brown shirt.A. go with B. matched C. to matchD. to go38. Last term our math teacher set such a difficult problem none of us worked out.A. thatB. asC. /D. which39. Le t sdiscuss the problem a bottle of wine.A. overB. duringC. forD. upon40. The government work report by Premier Wen a variet

18、y of issues, and the prices of agriculturalproducts in particular.A. coversB. talksC. in eludesD. contains41. Is your father still in bed? No, heandfor you in the dining room now.A. is already up; waitsB. got up; wait ingC. has got up; waitedD. is already up; wait ing42. My gran dpa tran spla nts so

19、me trees to his garde nit is the best time for them every year.A. whereB. whe nC. thatD. un til43. Tim Bemers-Lee is gen erally con sideredthe World Wide Web, on which all the in formatio n isshared by all.A. to have foun dedB. havi ng foun dedC. foundingD. to found44. A scientist who speaks and wri

20、tes English is in closer touch with the scientists in othercountries thanwho doesn .A. /B. thoseC. oneD. that45. Your ability has n ever bee n in doubt the questi on isyou are prepared to work hard.A. thatB. howC. ifD. whether第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从4665各题所给的（A、B、C、D）四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21、Heaviest snow in half a cen tury hit the south of the coun try. It sno wed continu ously for half a mon th, 46_ the railways, highways, and run ways in the airfields. Ice wrapped and paralyzed （ 使瘫痪）the power and com muni cati on system. Many people were trapped in railway stati ons, bus stati ons a

22、nd airports, and 47_ in cars, buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could 48 the snow disaster, and no one was 49 from cold and hunger. Gradually, trapped people all went back home safely. Many moving stories happened during the 50. While fighting the snow, people forgot their

23、an imal friends un til a movi ng story of a swallow couple was 51 on the intern et.The swallow couple had not eate n anything for several days 52 the snow. They tried to fly into peoples home to warm themselves, but every house was closed 53. They got to a side of a balc ony（阳台）54 wind could not rea

24、ch. They jumped and flapped their wings to attract the attention of thepeople in side the house, who were busy with their own thi ngs. The wife s body was 55, she could notmove any Ion ger. The husba nd came n ear and wrapped his wife with his win gs. The husba nd lost his _56 soon because of his op

25、e ned win gs. The couple died in the cold and hun ger, one 57ano ther.The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to check his flowers and saw a _58 swallow outside the window pane. Touch ing it, he found that they were two embrac ing together. Thinking of the 59 the snow had brought to th

26、e people, he was 60 to tears. He took them in, givi ng them some warm ness which they could not 61any Ion ger. He found a small cardboard box, filled it withsome hay and 62 the swallow couple in. He buried them in the back garde n.In my hometow n in the coun tryside, a swallow family live in the roo

27、f of my house. They come back from the 63 every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have grown up, they fly tothe south for 64. I wonder if they will come back this spring as they 65.46. A. protect ingB. maintainingC. block ingD. keep ing47. A. evenB. stillC. yetD. nevertheless48. A.

28、fightB. fightingC. to fightD. fought49. A. diedB. killedC. escapedD. left50. A. processB. procedureC. practiceD. progress51. A. commonB. widespreadC. well-knownD. familiar52. A. regardless ofB. instead ofC. in addition toD. because of53. A. looselyB. tightlyC. roughlyD. lightly54. A. whereB. whatC.

29、whichD. to which55. A. frozenB. terrifiedC. worriedD. scared56. A. faithB. heartC. courageD. heat57. A. fasteningB. packingC. wrappingD. fixing58. A. deadB. liveC. livelyD. lovely59. A. needB. hardshipC. povertyD. shortage60. A. affectedB. movedC. encouragedD. satisfied61. A. findB. gainC. ownD. fee

30、l62. A. laidB. layC. letD. allowed63. A. westB. eastC. southD. north64. A. springB. winterC. summerD. autumn65. A. wereB. hadC. doD. did第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。AHeroes of Our TimeA good heartDikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disea

31、se. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship to study medicine but Coach John Thompson got a look at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the NBA, and a citizen of the United States. But he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share his fortune with other

32、s. He built a new hospital in his old hometown in the Congo. A friend has said of this good- hearted man: “ Mutombobelieves that God has given him this chance to do great things. ”Success and kindnessAfter her daughter was born, Julie Aigner-Clark searched for ways to share her love of music and art

33、with her child. So she borrowed some equipment, and b egan filming childrensinvihderooswn house.s theThe Baby Einstein Company was born, and in just five years her business grew to more than $20 million in sales. And she is using her success to help others producing child safety videos with John Wal

34、sh of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Julie says of her new pr ogram: “I believe it most important thing that I have ever done. I believe that children have the right to live in a world that isBravery and courageA few weeks ago, Wesley Autrey was waiting at a Harlem subway st

35、ation with his two little girlswhe n he saw a man fall into the path of a train. With sec onds to act, Wesley jumped onto the tracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails, and held him as the train passed right above their heads. He insists he s not a hero. He says: e got to sWwhaach othe

36、r some love. ”66. What was Mutombo praised for?A. Being a star in the NBA.C. His work in the church.B. Being a stude nt of medici ne.D. His willi ngn ess to help the n eedy.67. Mulombo believes that buildi ng the new hospital isA. helpful to his pers onal developme ntB. somethi ng he should do for h

37、is homela ndC. a cha nee for his friends to share his moneyD. a way of show ing his respect to the NBA68. What did the Baby Ein ste in Compa ny do at its beg inning?A. Produce safety equipme nt for childre n.B. Make videos to help protect childre n.C. Sell children s music and artwork.D. Look for mi

38、ss ing and exploited childre n.69. Why was Wesley Autrey praised as a hero?A. He helped a man get across the rails.B. He stopped a man from destroying the rails.C. He protected two little girls from gett ing hurt.D. He saved a pers on without con sideri ng his own safety.d better offer you more ooey

39、 to do s because Moscow has just bee n found to bBIf your boss asks you to work in Moscow this year, he even double that depe nding on where you live now. That world s most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.Using the cost of living in New York as a base

40、, Mercer determined Moscow is 34.4 percent more expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and en terta inment.A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs $4,000 a month; a CD $24.83, and an international newspaper $6.30, according to Mercer. By comparison, a

41、 fast food meal with a hamburger is a steal at $4.80.London takes the No. 2 place, up from No. 5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing and a stronger British pound relative to the dollar. Mercer estimates London is 26 percent more expensive than New York these days. Follow ing London closely

42、are Seoul and Tokyo, both of which are 22 perce nt more expensive than New York, while No. 5 Hong Kong is 19 percent more costly.Among North America n cities, New York and Los An geles are the most expe nsive and are the only two listed in the top 50 of the world s most expe nsive cities. But both h

43、ave falle n si nee last yearNew York came in 15th, dow n from 10th place, while Los An geles fell to 42nd from 29th place a year ago. San Fran cisco came in a dista nt third at No. 54, dow n 20 places from a year earlier.Toron to, mean while, is Can ada s most expe nsive city but fell 35 places to t

44、ake 82nd place worldwide.In Australia, Sydney is the priciest place to live in and No. 21 worldwide.70. What do the underlined words“a steal ” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. an act of stealingB. something deliciousC. something very cheapD. an act of buying71. London has become the second most expensive city

45、 because of .A. the high cost of clothingB. the stronger pound against the dollarC. its expensive transportation D. the high prices of fast food meals72. Which city is the third most expensive on the list?A. Tokyo.B. Hong Kong.C. Moscow.D. Sydney.73. Which city has dropped most on the list in North

46、America?A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. San Francisco.D. Toronto.CA German company was concerned about talks in Moscow trying to sell some 100 million dollars worth of equipment to a Russian State company. Talks went smoothly but differences remained. So Martin Bayer himself, the CEO of the German Com

47、pany, decided to come to Moscow to head the talks. Besides caring about his business, the CEO wanted to go to Russia to hunt bears.Martin Bayer was one of the greatest hunters of our time (and the Russians knew about it). He went to the Sahara more than hundred times and hunted lions, crocodiles; he

48、 hunted polar bears in the North Pole and tigers in the rain forests of India. But he had never hunted Russian bears.So the Russians decided to organize a bear hunt for Mr. Bayer to sweeten the talks. This wasnt a simple task. Some people in the west still believe that bears may be found and seen ev

49、erywhere in Russian cities just like squirrels may be seen in our backyards. This is not true. The closest place one may find bears in the wild is maybe 2,500 miles away from Moscow. However, a solution was quickly found. The Russian businessmen went to Moscow Circus (马戏团) and for $2,000 bought a ve

50、ry old bear. This bear used to amuse and amaze audiences in many countries for 30 years, but got and looked too old, and was retired.“ Becareful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening, the”y told to Mr. Bayer. “If compared to the Russian bears, your African lions are nothing more tha

51、n harmless cats. ” Tbhear was brought to a forest 50 miles from Moscow and was left there. Mr. Bayer was told that bears were plentiful in that forest and that many cattle and even people had been eaten in the surrounding villages.Meanwhile, an 18-year old female drove through the forest on a motorc

52、ycle and suddenly saw a bear (no bears had been seen in those places for 200 years). She was frightened, fell, left her helmet and her motorcycle and ran away.Mr. Bayer was excited and ready to hunt. This could become the most successful part of his extraordinary hunting experience. The next moment

53、Mr. Bayer saw a bear in a helmet driving on a motorcycle through the forest in front of him. The bear had a happy expression on his face, as he was doing something he had been doing in the circus for 30 years: circling on a motorcycle!Mr. Bayer lives in a private mental institution near Hamburg happ

54、ily ever after. The equipment was never sold to Russia. It was sold to Iraq instead.74. Why did the Russians invite Mr. Bayer to hunt bears?A. Russian bears are famous for their cruelty.B. They managed to find a bear for hunting.C. They expected the trade to be successful.D. There was a bear in Mosc

55、ow Circus.75. Why did the Russia ns say“ Be careful,ahdbRussare very dan gerous andfrighte ning”？A. To tell Mr. Bayer that many people had been killed by bears.B. To make Mr. Bayer feel the hunting really challenging.C. To warn Mr. Bayer to mind his safety while hun ti ng.D. To tell Mr. Bayer that t

56、he bear is really dan gerous.76. We can infer from the last paragraph that.A. Mr. Bayer has gone madB. the bear injured him badlyC. he has worked in a men tal in stituti on since the nD. the trade has gone smoothly betwee n Russia n and Iraq77. Which would be the best title of the passage?A. Mr. Bay

57、er, a Brave Hun terB. Russia n Bears, Dan gerous Ani malsC. Don t Hun t in RussiaD. Don t Deal with the Russia nsDDo you love holidays, but hate the in crease in weight that follows? You are not alone. Holidays are time for splendid meals and celebrating, especially with the traditional cultural foods.With proper pla nning, though, it is possible to keep no rm