广东省高州市南塘中学2011高三英语第二学期期初考试

1、 广东省高州市南塘中学20102011学年度高三第二学期期初考试英 语 试 题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1What will the weather be like?ASunny.BSnowy.CRainy.2How many students are there at the college?A300.B600.C750.3Where does the conversa

2、tion probably take place?AIn a shop.BIn a restaurant.CIn a hospital.4Who is the woman most likely to be?AMr. Blacks wife.BMr. Blacks boss.CMr. Blacks secretary.5Why does Li Lei ask Peter such a question?ABecause she wants to know if Peter is rich.BBecause she wants to improve her spoken English.CBec

3、ause she wants to borrow some money from Peter.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面6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7题。6Whats the relationship between the two speakers?AMother and son.BTeacher and parent.CDocto

4、r and patient.7Whats the matter with the man?AHe has a headache and feels bad.BHe is frightened at the blood.CHe hurts himself on the head.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8Which is the cheapest place to stay in?AA college hotel.BBed & Breakfast.CThe Youth Hostel.9What will the man have to do if he decides to sta

5、y at the Youth Hostel?ABook a bed and breakfast place.BSign up and become its member.CLook in the paper to find its office.听第8段材料，回答第10至11题。10Why does the woman think Mr Taylor is cruel?ABecause he gets angry with her very quickly.BBecause he once gave her a low mark in an exam.CBecause he always gi

6、ves his students boring lessons.11What does the man mean by saying“Now I understand”?AHe knows why the woman hates Mr Taylor.BHe knows what kind of teacher Mr Taylor is.CHe knows that the woman is not good at history.听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。12What do Russian performers do when they receive the applause（cla

7、pping hands）?AThey dont clap until they leave the stage.BThey usually clap together with their fans.CThey usually rise from their seats.13Why did people clap hands a very long time ago?ATo show that they liked or agreed to somethingBTo express their great admiration for a performer.CTo attempt to dr

8、ive the performers out of the stage.14What is the speaker mainly talking about?AThe dream of every performer.BThe history of clapping in Russia.CThe different meanings of clapping.听第10段材料，回答第15至17题。15When will the basketball team of the University of Colorado play the Oklahoma Sooners?AFriday night.

9、BSaturday night. CSunday night.16How can one book a ticket to the Walter Murphy concert?AGo to the office of the Union.BCall the Student Union at 6665771.CStop by the box office of the Museum.17What is the talk about?AThe news about the University.BThe introduction to the University.CThe students ac

10、tivities for the weekend.听第11段材料，回答第18至20题。18What does Sandra think of her present job?AShe does not enjoy it.BShe takes an interest in it.CShe finds it difficult to do.19How can you describe the man talking to Sandra?ACareless and unreasonable.BStraightforward and understanding.CDifficult to deal w

11、ith but considerate.20Why does the man finally decide to keep Sandra working for LTV?AThe man thinks that Sandra is happy at LTV.BSandra has told him how she feels about her job.CSandra has agreed to accept the job offered by the man.第二部分：英语知识运用(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

12、可以填入空白处的最佳选项。例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child he or she wants.AhoweverBwhateverCwhicheverDwhenever答案是B。21The old lady was nervous, she wasnt used to a stranger calling late at night.AorBforCsoDand22There a number of visitors from Australia during that week.AisBareCwasDwere23It was

13、 Sunday in November and Peter went hunting in forest to the west of his house.Aa, theBthe, aCthe, theDa,a 24His for success encouraged himself to devote his life to the research work.AdecisionBrequestCdesireDremark25Can I tell my best friend about it?No. I dont want anyone else to know. You tell any

14、one.AwontBmustntCdont have toDdont need to26There are only 15 minutes left for work. What shall we do?Oh, dear. There are always not any taxis when you want .Aone BitCthatDany27Why are you so late. I for more than an hour.Im terribly sorry. I overslept and missed the bus.Aam waitingBwas waitingChave

15、 been waitingDwill be waiting28Most of the students near Arthur was sitting appeared to be taking notes. So Arthur pretended to do the same.AwhichBthatCwhomDwhere29After being interviewed, the man nodded his head and rose, still his bag.AholdBheldCholdingDto hold30Please remember to send me one of y

16、our photos next time you to me.Awill writeBhave writtenCwriteDwrote31Thank God, you finally arrived .You can never imagine how I worried about you when I was told about the accident.AsafeBaloneCseparatelyDlively32Hearing that most of the members voted against her, she a smile.AworeBmanagedCperformed

17、Dcontrolled33Have you read the book“War and Peace” Tolstoy?No. Ive never heard of it.AforBbyCwithDto34No one can make a cake they havent learned how.AasBunlessCwhenDthough35How are you getting on with your business?Im glad to say it is .Aturning upBtaking upCbreaking upDpicking up第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1

18、.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Learn and EarnCharlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie 36 a salesman. One day Charlie could not 37 it any more

19、. He handed in his resignation letter（辞职信）to the boss and complained that the boss did not 38 hard working employees, but only raised those who tried to please him. He thought that it was really 39 .The boss knew that Charlie had spared no 40 for the company all these years, but in order to help Cha

20、rlie to realize the 41 between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the 42 :“Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market.”Charlie went, returned and 43 said, “Yes. ”The boss asked, “How much per kg?”Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to 44 ,“$ 12 per

21、 kg.”The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the 45 question. Jackie went, returned and said,“Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a 46 of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg, 47 from the South two days ago. The

22、y are fresh, red and of good 48 .”Charlie was 49 and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided not to 50 but to learn from Jackie.My dear friends, you know, a more 51 person is more observant, thinks more and understands in 52 .For the same matter, he sees several years ahead

23、, 53 you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you 54 ?Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How 55 are you?36AmadeBbecameCremainedDkept37AtakeBdoCgetDput38AenjoyBmeetCrepayDvalue39AunusualBunfairCcarelessDselfless40ArestBtroubleCeffectDeffo

24、rt41AcompetitionBrelationshipCdifferenceDdistance42AfollowingBfindingCshoppingDsearching43AstillBagainCevenDonly44AofferBanswerCremindDrepeat45AdifficultBfamiliarCsameDsimple46AtotalBlotCpileDnumber47AtakenBcomeCboughtDheard48AvalueBqualityCconditionDshape49AstruckBmovedCpuzzledDshape50AstayBstopCwo

25、rkDleave51AimportantBintelligentCsuccessfulDhardworking52AtimeBdepthCneedDcommon53AwhileBthoughCunlessDsince54AseeBthinkCknowDwin55AhopefulBthoughtfulChelpfulDmeaningful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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AAt first sight the planet Mars（火星）does not appear very welcoming to

26、 any kind of life. It has very little oxygen and water, the temperature at night is below-50 degrees and winds of 100 miles （161 kilometres）per hour cause severe dust storms. However, the surface of the planet seems to show that water flowed across it at some time in the past, and it is believed tha

27、t there is enough ice at the poles to cover the planet with water if it melted. Although there is no life on Mars now, some scientists think that there may have been some form of life a long time ago. At that time, the planet had active volcanoes（火山）; the atmosphere was thicker and warmer; and there

28、 was water. In fact, in some ways Mars may have been similar to Earth, where life exists.Some people believe that Mars could support life in the future if the right conditions were produced. The first step would be to warm the planet using certain gases which trap the suns heat in the planets atmosp

29、here. With warmth, water and carbon dioxide（三氧化碳）, simple plants could begin to grow. These plants could slowly make Mars fit to live on. It is judged that the whole process might take between 100,000 and 200,000 years. In the meantime, people could begin to live on the planet in special closed envi

30、ronments. They would provide a lot of useful information about conditions on Mars and the problems connected with living there.56According to the passage, the planet Mars has no on it.AwindBdustCmountainsDanimals57It is believed that on Mars now .Athere is a large amount of ice at the poles.Bthere i

31、s a thicker and warmer atmosphereCthere are some kinds of simple plantsDthere are so many active volcanoes.58What is the topic discussed in the second paragraph?ACertain gases should be used to warm Mars.BPlants should be grown to make Mars fit to live on.CMars could support life on right conditions

32、 in the future.DPeople could live on Mars in special closed environments.59A most suitable title for the passage is .ANo life on MarsBA study of MarsCThe possibility of life on MarsDThe Future conditions on MarsBDecember 06 Canada: For those of you who have beenFollowing this story, the third suspec

33、t（嫌疑犯）in the CanadianCat Mutilation（残害）case has been caught. On March 8, afterjust under a year of searching, the Find Matt Campaign receivedinformation that would comfort many. Now known as MattewKaczorowski, 21 years old, this cat mutilator was picked up by thePolice from the streets of Vancouver.

34、In May 2001, three young men took a young cat, named “Kensington” after the area of town from where she was taken,. from the street to a house. They began to cruelly treat and mutilate her to death, videotaping the attack. Two of the suspects, recognized as 21-year-old Jesse Champlain Power and 24-y

35、ear old Anthony Ryan Wennekers, were arrested shortly after the incident. Neither helped the police in an effort to find the third suspect, at the time known only as“Matt.”In May 2002, Katie set up the “Find Matt Campaign”, with the goals of raising public awareness（意识）about animal cruelty and havin

36、g as many eyes as possible look for Matt.“I dont think Matt would have been caught had it not been for Katie Woodwards information, ”said Detective Gordon Scott, one of the arresting officers.Kaczorowski faces the charges of animal cruelty, theft under $ 5,000 and possession of property taken by cri

37、me, but one charge remains absent：that of animal cruelty. According to Canadian law, this kind of crime must be charged within six months.The case is now before the Courts.While finding Matt is a big step in the right direction of this case, it is not over. It remains that Kensingtons guardian（监护人）h

38、as not yet come forward. It is important that her guardian speak out to lessen the possibility of the charges being dropped.60What does the passage mainly talk about?AA cat was killed cruelly in Canada.BA Canadian cat mutilator was caught.CPeople pay attention to animal protection.DNo crimes can esc

39、ape from being charged.61Which of the following is in correct order according to the time when the events happened?aMatt was caught by the police.b“Find Matt Campaign”was set up.cJesse and Anthony were soon arrested.dThree young men mutilate a cat to death.eKatie got the information about the third

40、suspect.Ab, e, a, d, cBe, a , d, c, bCd, c, b, e, aDa, d, b, e, c62Which one of the charges does Matt certainly have to face?AStealing less than $ 5,000.BHis possession of property.CThe crime of animal cruelty.DA six-month imprisonment.61What can we infer from the passage?ACatching Matt was easy for

41、 the police.BVery few people care about Matts case.CKatie started the Find Matt Campaign to protect animals.DThe final result of the case depends on the cats guardian.CMickeys GoalLast night was the last game for my eight-year-old sons soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one,

42、 my sons team in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement.With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my sons teammate, Mickey O Donnel. With shouts of“Kick it!” echoing（回响）across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he

43、 had. All around me the crowd erupted（沸腾）.O Donnel had scored!Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome（综合症）and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals

44、 were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted,“I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath,

45、 not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried . I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting,“Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his

46、 goal.Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied,“It was a tie. Everybody won.”64What was the score of the soccer match?ATwo to two, equal to both the teams.BThree to one in Mickeys teams favor.CTwo to one in the opposite teams favor.DEverybody won because of Mickeys

47、 goal.65The underlined word“hush”in paragraph 3 means .AcheerBcryClaughterDsilence66What did the author worry about when Mickey scored and hugged his son?AThe result of the match would fail his son.BHis son would shout at Mickey for his goal.CMickey would again hug the opposing players.DHis son woul

48、d understand Mickeys wrong goal.67It can be inferred from the passage that .Aboth teams liked and respected Mickey.Bboth teams were thankful to Mickey for his goal.CMickey didnt mind though his goal was wrong.DMickey was a kind-hearted boy and hoped everybody won.68The purpose of the author in writi

49、ng the passage is .Ato tell a joke to make readers laugh.Bto suggest we should not mind losing .Cto show enjoying a game is more than winning a game.Dto present his sons fine qualities of understanding othersDAll over the country these days, electronic mail messages are ending with this strange litt

50、le mark:-) or one of its many variants（变体），like :-（.It was 20 years ago that Scott Fahlman taught the Net how to smile. The Carnegie Mellon computer scientist has devoted his life to man-made intelligence, the practice of teaching computers how to think like humans, but the bearded scientist is perh

51、aps best known for a flash of inspiration（灵感）that helped to define（定义）Internet culture.By the early 1980s the Computer Science group at Carnegie Mellon was making heavy use of online bulletin boards or“bboards”.A good many of the posts were humorous. The problem was that if someone made a humorous r

52、emark, a few readers would fail to get the joke. This problem caused some people to suggest（only half seriously）that maybe it would be a good idea to clearly mark posts that were not to be taken seriously. After all, when using text-based online communication, we lack the body language or the tone o

53、f voice that communicates this information when we talk in person or on the phone.So on Sept. 19, 1982, Fahlman typed :-) in an online message. “I had no idea I was starting something that would soon pollute all the worlds communications channels,” he wrote later. The“smiley face”has since become co

54、mmon in online communication, allowing 12-year-old girls and corporate lawyers alike to mark their messages with a quick symbol that says, “Hey, Im only joking.”This creation caught on quickly around Carnegie Mellon, and soon spread to other universities and research labs by means of the computer ne

55、tworks of the day. Since then, the smiling icons（marks）have taken the e-mail world by storm. Now called emoticons, short for emotive（情感）icons, Fahlmans smiley face encouraged the creation of thousands of variants.Yahoo, Microsoft and America Online all put emoticons into their instant-messaging systems, while telecom companies, jewelry makers and online merchants have sent in trademark applications（申请）for products and ads that include Fahlmans smiley face.But Fahlm