武汉市2009届高三毕业生二月调研考试英语试卷

武汉市2009届高三毕业生二月调研考试英语试卷 武汉市2009届高中毕业生二月调研测试 英 语 试 卷 武汉市教育科学研究院命制 2009(2(13 本试卷共l50分。考试用时l20分钟 注意事项: 1(答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证 号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2(选择题在每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;完 成句子和书面达题用0(5毫米黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上相对应的区域内。答在试题卷上无效。 3(考试结束，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分:听力(共两节，满分30分 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 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，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和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the woman ask the man to take? A. An umbrella. B. A raincoat. C. A picnic lunch. 2. When will the man go to see a movie? A. On tomorrow morning. B. On Sunday evening. C. On Saturday night. 3. What are the speakers talking about? A. What to do at weekends. B. How to spend holidays. C. How to paint their walls. 4. Where are the speakers? A. In a parking lot. B. In a grocery store. C. In a zoo. 5. Who is coming to visit Jane? A. Mary and Lucy. B. Mary. C. Lucy. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1(5分，满分22. 5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. What are the speakers talking about? A. Getting a driving license. B. The traffic problem. C. How to drive. 7. Why do some people have to drive to work? A. They live too far away. B. Other means of transport are not available. C. The traffic is terrible. 8. What is the man’s attitude towards the new traffic rule in Beijing? A. He doesn’t care. B. He is in favor of it. C. He is against it. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What is the relationship between the man and the woman? A. Teacher and student. B. Wife and husband. C. Boss and employee. 10. What are they going to do? A. To build a house. B. To rent a house. C. To buy a house. 11. How much money have they saved? A. $15,000. B. $50,000. C. $51,000. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What do we know about the woman? A. She lives close to the office. B. She is new to the company. C. She likes the big kitchen. 13. How does the man go to work? A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bus. 14. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Go to work on foot. B. Set out a little earlier. C. Visit Cindy in her flat. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. When will the dinner begin? A. At 5:30. B. At 6:30. C. 7:30. 16. What will they bring when coming for dinner? A. Some food. B. Some wine. C. Some roses. 17. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. To come home earlier. B. Not to go to work. C. Go to Anna’s separately. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Why do Americans get together on the fourth Thursday in November ? A. To make new friends. B. To meet their relatives. C. To express their thanks. 19. What should we focus on when we look for things to be thankful for? A. What we can’t get. B. What we have. C. What we want to have. 20. What is the speaker’s attitude towards the festival? A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Careless. 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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21. Tony, you have been sitting on my hat and now it is badly out of_________. A. date B. shape C. order D. balance 22. During the summer vacation she swam and sunbathed, went______and relaxed. A. skiing B. shaving C. sightseeing D. striking 23. There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn’t______falling over it in the dark. A. help B. resist C. avoid D. prevent 24. "Dick, can you______yourself away from the TV for a minute? Go and send the letter for me,please. " said Mrs. Green. A. push B. drag C. draw D. pull 25. I will never understand at all how it______. that you spent one hour washing your trousers. A. cared about B. thought about C. brought about D. came about 26. We had planned to finish our task by noon. but it didn’t quite ______. A. work out B. find out C. give out D. hand out 27. The spending cuts have ______ the research project in America several years. A. set off B. set aside C. set back D. set out 28. It is not socially ______ for parents to leave young children unattended at home. A. accessible B. adoptable C. adaptable D. acceptable 29. The final score of the match was 101:102. Rockets were only______beaten. A. narrowly B. slightly C. lightly D. nearly 30. The winter of 2008 was extremely bad. ______, most of people say it was the worst winter of their lives. A. In general B. In a word C. In all D. In fact 第二节:完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分30分) 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选 项。 I had my first chocolate bar at five. I’ll never forget the delicious, comforting taste. It was World War ?. I lived in a small town in Europe when the Russian army 31 west toward Nazi Germany. Many people in our village fled in 32 . In the 33 , I stood with my 12-year-old sister, Elyte, near the railroad station, 34 a train leaving for Germany waited. Only families were 35 to board the train. Just before departure, a woman 36 alone approached us. "I’ll take care of him," she told Elyte, and 37 me onto the train as it left the station. The entire trip I 38 for my mother. We arrived in Hamburg. Dead bodies 39 the bombed-out streets. Now that the woman had 40 escaped the small town she had no more use for me. I lived on the streets, like thousands of 41 children in that war-torn city. I 42 by stealing food. Still, there was never enough. I was skin and bones, close to 43 . Then the American troops arrived. They looked so big and 44 . Stealing food from them was easy. I’d 45 into the hall, hide under a table and make off with loaves of fresh bread. One afternoon as I hid behind a tent in search of food, a huge hand lifted me up by the 46 , an American soldier. "Got ya!" he shouted. I was scared, and I could see it 47 him. “It’s okay, kid,” he said. He reached into his uniform and handed me a chocolate bar. “Here, have some of this.” I unwrapped it and took a small 48 . As with that first taste of chocolate, I thought I’d gone to 49 . The soldier took me to an orphanage(孤独院) run by the Red Cross. Soon after, a family lived in Pennsylvania adopted me and brought me up. God, I want to pay 50 all the people who were so good to me, I prayed. 31. A. swept B. occupied C. fought D. defeated 32. A. hurry B. danger C. panic D. surprise 33. A. confusion B. settlement C. disorder D. mass 34. A. that B. which C. when D. where 35. A. prepared B. allowed C. forbidden D. organized 36. A. working B. living C. traveling D. walking 37. A. picked B. pulled C. asked D. forced 38. A. cried B. worked C. searched D. started 39. A. grew B. littered C. spread D. poured 40. A. actually B. certainly C. eventually D. gradually 41. A. another B. some C. their D. other 42. A. survived B. begged C. accompanied D. prayed 43. A. dying B. lying C. starving D. escaping 44. A. wealthy B. healthy C. lucky D. crazy 45. A. rush B. steal C. walk D. step 46. A. chest B. hand C. neck D. collar 47. A. upset B. astonished C. interested D. frightened 48. A. mouth B. piece C. sheet D. bite 49. A. earth B. world C. heaven D. sky 50. A. for B. off C. out D. back 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。 A Los Angeles: Love for Mom is a given, but buying flowers on her big day may not be. A slump in flower sales since late last year was likely to continue through Mother’s Day, another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears, which is a period of reduced trade and business activity, and increasing food and gasoline prices. “If you look at what has happened on Valentine’s Day and Christmas, the market for flowers has cooled,” said Eric Beder, an analyst at Brean Murray. “Growth has slowed in the past two quarters. Mother’s Day will probably be a slow quarter, too.” US floral sales for Mother’s Day, celebrated yesterday, will fall thirteen percent this year to , 2 billion, with consumers spending an average of ,17.65, according to the National Federation estimates. Mother’s Day, which accounts for a one-quarter of annual holiday purchases, according to the Society of American Florists, is traditionally the day when floral bouquets are delivered to the doorsteps of many mothers. But this year, the shop-owners are concerned. Gabriel Soto, who owns a flower shop beneath an office high-rise in the Los financial district, is expecting lower sales—and has ordered 30 percent fewer flowers than normal this Mother’s Day. Last month, Soto, who also operates website downtown-flowers.net, closed another store in a nearby building that was headquarters to a mortgage company. After workers lost their jobs due to the housing crisis, orders decreased. 51. The underlined word “slump” in Para. 2 probably means A. sharp increase in price B. great fear for losing jobs C. global worry of floral stores D. sudden fall by a large amount 52. According to the author, Mother’s Day should be an occasion of________. A. a large family get-together B. a big annual holiday purchase C. a great love showed to mothers D. a celebration among Americans 53. This passage implies that Americans have ______. A. met financial problems recently B. no longer bought flowers for mothers C. delivered flowers to every house for mothers D. cut back on spending because of having lost jobs 54. Which would be the best title for this passage? A. Hard time coming nearer B. Mother’s Day and crisis C. Sorry mom, love you but no flowers D. Holiday purchases have a hard time B Sleepy Hollow was a quiet village near New York’s Hudson River. One day long ago, a teacher named Ichabod Crane moved there. He was tall and skinny with long, pointy nose. His clothes flapped around him when he walked. Ichabod was an odd bird, but he thought very highly of himself! Like other teachers then, Ichabod moved around. He would spend a week with one family and move on. Often, these families amused themselves by telling ghost stories. Sleepy Hollow had many such stories, because people believed that the area was haunted. The most famous local ghost was the Headless Horseman. People said he was a soldier whose head was knocked off by a cannoball. He haunted the roads and woods, looking for his lost head. He travelled at night, returning to his burial place in the churchyard before morning. This story frightened Ichabod the most. Ichabod wanted to marry a wealthy girl. He had his eye on one of his students, Katrina Van Tassel. She was the daughter of a rich farmer. Ichabod had a rival for Katrina. He was a big, broad-shouldered fellow named Brom Bones. Brom was very mischievous, always ready, for a flight and for fun. One day, the Van Tassels held a large party. Ichabod went and found Brom already there. Folks sat around and told stories. Brom told of racing the Headless Horseman near Sleepy Hollow. The ghost had suddenly disappeared at the churchyard bridge. Ichabod shivered as he listened to the story. Brom watched him and smiled. After the party, Ichabod headed home on his old horse, Gunpowder. It was growing dark, and the road was lonely. Ichabod was feeling nervous. Suddenly, he saw a large form in the road ahead. He couldn’t see clearly in the gloom, but there was no doubt it was a horseman. “Who-o-o-o are you?” croaked Ichabod. The shadowy figure made no reply. Ichabod began to sweat. Suddenly, Gunpowder dashed forward. The other horseman started off as well. The two riders raced toward the bridge near the churchyard. “I’ll be safe if I can just cross the bridge,” thought Ichabod. When he reached the bridge, Ichabod breathed a sign of relief. But the other horseman didn’t disappear. Instead, the ghostly figure stood up in the stirrups and threw its head. The head hit Ichabod, knocking him off his horse. Ichabod was never seen in Sleepy Hollow again. Only a shattered pumpkin was found near the bridge. Some people said that the Headless Horseman had carried off Ichabod. Years later, someone saw him in New York City. Brom married Katrina, and he always laughed whenever anyone mentioned the pumpkin. 55. What does the underlined word “rival” in Para. 4 mean? A. enemy B. partner C. competitor D. student 56. What probably happened to Ichabod? A. He was scared to death and lost his head too. B. He didn’t dare to stay, so he escaped to somewhere else. C. He was so annoying that people drove him out of Sleepy Hollow. D. He raced toward the bridge with a horseman and later was carried off. 57. We can conclude from the passage that_________. A. Sleepy Hollow is a terrifying place B. it was Brom who played tricks on Ichabod with pumpkin C. the Headless Horseman always appeared at night to murder people D. Ichabod was the only teacher in there, so he thought very highly of himself 58. What is the author’s attitude towards Ichabod? A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Neutral. D. Hated. C There are two key elements to Nadal’s victories over Federer—speed and left-handed ground strokes. If tennis court surfaces get any faster, left-handed Rafeal Nadal may eventually dominate(支配) right-handed Roger Federer, for the simple reason that left-handed sportsmen in general have naturally quicker reflexes(反应). French sports researchers, led by Dr. Guy Azemar, are convinced, after 15 years of experiments, that the growing domination of left-handers in tennis can no longer be put down to their unorthodox(非正统的) technique. They say that everything points to left-handers having several thousandths of a second more time to react. The researchers were struck by the disproportionate(不相称的) success of left-handers. Left-handers dominate at the top although 90 percent of people are right-handed. Of the world’s 200 top tennis players, 16 percent are left-handed but five of the top 20 and three of the top four are left-handers. Federer, therefore, is considered to be an exception—a right-hander who can make up with technique what he loses in reflex. Dr. Azemar is convinced that the advantage is explained by the way messages are carried from the brain. “We want to show that the sorts of information needed in sport — speed and direction of attack—are treated by the right-hand side of the brain which handles the organizafon of time and space,” he said. “With left-handers the message is transmitted direct to the left-hand side of the brain first, the side which treats logic. Then it is passed to the other side causing a loss of thousandths of seconds.” 59. It is implied in the first two paragraphs that ______. A. Nadal is a better player than Federer B. Nadal can play as well as Federer C. Federer has naturally quicker reflexes D. Nadal has naturally quicker reflexes 60. The increasing domination of left-handers in tennis________. A. was once considered the result of unorthodox technique B. is possible after 15 years of experiments C. is due to their unorthodox technique D. can no longer be controlled 61. How many left-handers are there among the world’s 200 best tennis players? A. 16 B. 20 C. 32 D. 90 62. The author suggests, but does not directly say, that Federer wins because_______. A. he uses right hand B. he is the best player C. he has quicker reflexes D. he has better technique D The huge Florida wetland known as the Everglades is a slow-moving river 80 kilometres wide but only a few centimeters deep. People can the Everglades a “river of grass” because sawgrass covers most of it. Sawgrass is not really grass. It is a plant that leaves edged with tiny sharp teeth that can easily cut through clothes—and skin! Travel in the Everglades is difficult. You cannot walk through shallow water because the sawgrass will cut you. The water is too shallow for regular boats. So, we use an airboat. An airboat is a flat, open boat. Like an airplane, it has a big propeller to move it. The propeller is fixed on the rear of the boat. It makes a tremendous noise, but it does the job. The boat skims along the water’s surface. Although we can still get lose in an airboat, at least we are above the alligators(短吻鳄). While hundreds of different kinds of animals live in the Everglades, the most famous is surely the alligator. Once endangered, alligators are now protected within Everglades National Park. Visitors are likely to see them both on land and in water. For a long time, dangers have threatened the Everglades. Around 1900, some people felt this precious wetland should be drained(排干). They said it was just a big swamp and not good for anything. In the 1920s, there was a land boom in Florida. People wanted to build homes everywhere, including in the Everglades. They built canals, levees, and other water systems that stopped the rivers flowing into the Everglades. Factories were built near rivers that flowed into the wetland. These factories dumped poisonous waste that damaged the Everglades ecosystem. People are now working to preserve the Everglades National Park for the future. Right now, one big problem is the paperbark tree. This tree is an invader from Australia. Paperbark trees soak up a lot of water. In the early 1900s, people brought them to Florida because they thought they would help drain the Everglades. However, the invaders adapted too well. Paperbark trees have taken over hundreds of thousands of acres of the Everglades and killed other trees. Scientists are cutting down these invaders or spraying them with berbicides to kill them. 63. Why is it difficult to travel in Everglades? A. Airboats may make a very big noise. B. You may get lost when passing through. C. Paperbark trees soak up too much water there. D. Many different kinds of animals are to be protected. 64. Why do people use airboats instead of normal boats? A. They have big propellers to move them faster than alligators. B. The propeller makes loud noise so as to scare alligators. C. Their flat bottom can skim along the water surface. D. They can watch alligators without hurting them. 65. The following measures were taken to drain the Everglades except that people______. A. built canals and levees to stop the rivers flowing into Everglades B. built factories near rivers that flowed into the wetland C. brought Paperbark to soak up water in Everglades D. are cutting down these Paperbark trees. 66. The underlined word "invader" probably means something______. A. that moves in from another place B. that enters and takes control C. that has been brought in D. that is in danger E Identifying which jobs put the most stress on American workers is, in itself, a risky business. Everyone knows, for example, that air-traffic controllers have more than their share of white- knuckle day. But stressful jobs are not equally stressful to all people. Some air-traffic controllers thrive on the flying circus. Their secret, says Suzane Oouellette, a psychologist at the City University of New York, is “hardiness”, a balance of feeling committed, challenged and in control in the workplace. Then again, some professions are inarguably tough to take. Doctors, lawyers and police officers routinely top suicide lists. And some jobs are plain dangerous: miners have the highest job-fatality rate in the country. Less extreme but much more widespread are the psychological hazards that result from 10 years of corporate downsizing and having to keep up with the speed and volume of computers. Dr. Rupert. Burtan, a specialist in occupational medicine, says, “Many workers have too much dumped on their desks and nor enough time in which to get it all done.” That complaint is often made by secretaries, who also make most stressed-out lists. Jobs that attract idealistic types can sour(使人不愉快) when the work seems to make little meaningful difference. Besides police officers and lawyers, inner-city teachers and journalists often fall into this category. Doctors, interns and nurses can, too, when the waves of the sick seem endless. Why the recent wave exhausts basketball coaches? Sports give them tremendous responsibilities but, ultimately, little control. Coaches can only coach; they can’t actually run the plays. But if the team loses, they still get fired. Similarly, waiters and waitresses get stiffed on tips if the cook screws up. But experts say the toughest occupation may still be that of working mom. Many women who are bringing home the bacon are still expected to fry and serve it, too, “There really are relatively few couples where child care and domestic work are truly shared,” says Harriet Lerner, a psychologist at the Menninger Clinic. Even unemployed husbands do no more than 36 percent of the housework. Now that’s a study in high stress and high shame. 67. The example of air-traffic controllers is given in Para. 1 to show that______. A. it’s not easy to decide which jobs are stressful B. nobody wants to be an air-traffic controller C. they can easily succeed in their career D. their job is the most dangerous one 68. The underlined word “it” in Para. 2 refers to ______. A. the working time B. the speed of computers C. the amount of work D. the size of computers 69. What makes working mothers have the toughest occupation? A. The housework only. B. The unhappy family life. C. The full-time job. D. Their double roles. 70. It can be inferred from the passage that______. A. people often lose interest in their jobs B. people tend to choose wrong professions C. it is easy to find an ideal job in modem times D. the ideal jobs can turn stressful as well 第四部分:书面表达(共两节，满分40分) 第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。 71. ______(多么好的天气)we are having these days!(nice) 72. John said he’d been working in the office for an hour,______(这是真的). (true) 73. Joe______(在看电视)when he suddenly heard someone breaking the window. (watch) 74. He didn’t want to give up the chance to travel;______(我也不想). (nor) 75. The face______(他出生于)in 1953 is new to me. I didn’t know that he is in his fifties. (born) 76. I’ll show you a store in which you may buy all______(你所需要的). (need) 77. He woke up to find himself______(躺在地上). (lie) 78. Neither I nor my son______(起早床)on Sundays. We usually sleep till 12 at noon. (get) 79. My sister met him at the Grand Theatre yesterday afternoon, so he______(不可能参加)the meeting. (attend) 80. Don’t speak to someone with______(你眼睛却盯着)the others. (fix) 第二节:短文写作(共1题，满分25分) 假如你是李华，你的一位美国网友Jack了解到你们学校最近举行了一场关于“是否该废除三好学生称号”的讨论，他很想知道你们讨论的结果。请根据下表提供的信息，用英文给Jack写一封电子邮件。 支持废除者认为 反对废除者认为 旧的过时了 标准归纳了个人最重要的素质 少数人入选 在社会上生存就会有竞争 部分学校选举缺乏透明 利于培养学生的进取精神 注意:1.词数:100左右; 2. 短文的开头部分已经给出，不计入总词数. 参考词汇:三好学生Three Merits Students 透明transparency Dear Jack, Recently we had a discussion about whether we should say goodbye to "Three Merits Students" tide, which has been an honor for primary and middle school students for five decades. Yours, Li Hua 英语答案 第一部分:听力 l 一 5 : BACAB 6 一 10 : CBACC 11 一 15 : BCABC 16 一 2O : ACBAB 第二部 分:词汇知识运用 第一节:多项选择 21 一 25 : BCCBD 26 一 30 : ACDAD 第二节:完形 31 一 35 : ACADB 36 一 40: CBABC 41一45: DACBB 46 一 50 : DADCD 第三部 分:阅读理解 51一55: DBACC 56 一 6 ( ) : BBADA 61 一 65 : CDBCD 66 一 70 : BACDD 第四部分:书面表达 第一节:完成句子 7 1 . What nice weather 72. which was true 73 . was watching TV 74 nor did I 75 that he was born t have attended 80. your 76 (that) you need 77. lying on the ground 78. gets up early 79. couldn’ eye fixed on/upon One possible version: Dear Jack, Recently we had a discussion about whether we should say good-bye to “Three Merits Students students” title, which has been an honor for primary and middle school students for five decades. Supporters think that the traditional standards of “Three Merits Students” are out of date. It is unfair to most students as only a few can receive the title. In fact, it hurts those who fail to win the title. As we know, society is changing, and we should take that into consideration by making the award title more acceptable. What’s more, the selection process at some schools lacks transparency. Those who disagree hold the opinion that the standards sum up the most needed qualities for children’s growth. In order to survive in today’s highly competitive society, it’s necessary to rovide children chances to perform well, and compete for success from a young age. p Yours, Li Hua