1、 梅州中學(xué)20072008學(xué)年高三英語(yǔ)中段考試題 高三英語(yǔ)備課組2007年10月30日第一部分：聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié)：聽對(duì)話或獨(dú)白（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在答題卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀每個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。請(qǐng)聽第1段對(duì)話，回答第13題。What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Doctor and patients fat

2、her.Doctor and patients mother.Nurse and patients uncle.How long has the patient been ill?A. Several days.Less than one day.Two days.When should the patient be sent to the doctor?A. When she feels worse and falls asleep for unknown reason.After the call and the patient is still conscious.When she fe

3、els worse and has a high fever.請(qǐng)聽第2段對(duì)話，回答第46題。How much should the customer pay for the service?A. A fixed charge.B. The list price.C. The minimum rate 6.5 pounds.How is Mr. Browns reaction to the questions he has to answer?A. Fairly relaxed.B. Quite unsatisfied.Rather impatient.What does Mr. Brown l

4、eave in a hurry to avoid ?A. Losing his license.B. Being fined.C. Losing his parking space.請(qǐng)聽第3段對(duì)話，回答第79題。What is the passage mainly about?A. The art of saying thank you.B. The secret of saying pretty.C. The importance of good manners.What does the speaker say about people of the past?A. They were n

5、icer and gentle.B. They paid more attention to their appearance.C. They were willing to spend more money on clothes.According to the speaker, how can we best improve our image?A. By decorating our homes.B. By wearing fashionable clothes.C. By being kind and generous.請(qǐng)聽第4段對(duì)話，回答第1012題。When does the ma

6、n want to take his flight?A. At 8:30 am on June 11.B. At 13:00 on June 11.C. At 8:30 pm on June 11.How much will the man pay for his return ticket for his flight?A. $900 B. $2100 C. $120012. How long will it take the man to go to the center from the airport by taxi?A. 30 minutes.B. 60 minutes.C. 120

7、 minutes.聽第5段材料，回答第13-15題。13. What do we know about the speakers friend?A. He has a tax collector.B. He was once a school teacher in India.C. He was a government official.14. What was the real purpose of the rulers invitation?A. To reward excellent tax collector. B. To declare new ways of collecting

8、 tax. C. To collect money from the person invited.15. What does the passage say about the tax collectors?A. They enjoyed being invited to dinner at the rulers palace.B. They were given some gold and silver coins by the ruler.C. They tried to collect more money than the ruler asked for.第二節(jié)：聽取信息（共5小題；

9、每小題1分，滿分5分）聽下面一段獨(dú)白。請(qǐng)根據(jù)題目要求，從聽到的內(nèi)容中獲取必要信息，填入標(biāo)號(hào)為16-20的空格中。錄音讀兩遍。你有80秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。答案做在答題卷上。LawsThe first one is about drinkingThe second one is about noiseThe third one is about 18 Dont buy alcohol under 16 Dont 17 at nightDont take any chances when crossing the roadThe other pointsThe next point is about l

10、itterThe last point is about 20 Dont 19 in a public placeDont buy cigarettes or tobacco under 16第二部分：語(yǔ)言知識(shí)及應(yīng)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié)：完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）閱讀下列短文，掌握其大意，然后從2130各題所給的A, B, C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 Its very easy to see why people have bad attitudes. A quick look at the news revealing _21_ wi

11、th crime, war and corruption (腐敗) can easily bring us down. Is it possible to _22_ a healthy, happy attitude when surrounded by these negative things? Sure it is! It is possible to wake up each morning with a good mood and _23_ the day. Having a positive _24_not only allows us to enjoy life more but

12、 also _25_ our health and relationships with others. To lead a happy life, we need to have a positive attitude. We are responsible for our own _26_; other people cant make us happy. We need to decide to make ourselves happy. This is wonderful because we dont have to wait around for someone else to d

13、o it for us. We should surround ourselves with _27_ people. We are influenced by those people with whom we spend the most time. When we have positive friends, we become positive. Otherwise, we become _28_. We should also use positive_29_. A. L. Kitselman once said, “I am are powerful words; be caref

14、ul when you use them.” We need to replace our negative self-talk with positive words. Dont say “I hate getting up in the morning.” Instead, try to say “I am _30_to see a new day.” Changing our self-talk will lead us to the changes in our behavior.21. A. affairs B. questions C. troubles D. problems 2

15、2. A. change B. refuse C. keep D. invent23. A. look forward to B. look down on C. look up to D. look back on24. A. opinion B. attitude C. influence D. answer25. A. damages B. improves C. affects D. weakens26. A. satisfaction B. decision C. happiness D. development27. A. positive B. friendly C. easy-

16、going D. good-mannered28. A. anxious B. nervous C. satisfied D. negative29. A. writings B. pictures C. expressions D. signs30. A. painful B. bored C. thankful D. surprised第二節(jié)：語(yǔ)法填空（共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)上下文填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~語(yǔ)，或使用括號(hào)中的詞語(yǔ)的適當(dāng)形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡上標(biāo)號(hào)為31-40的相應(yīng)位置。Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genove

17、se 31 (kill) right below their windows. She was 32 neighbor. Yet 33 of the 32 people helped her. No one even called the police.John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the 34 why people didnt act. They found that a person has to go through two steps 35 he can help. First

18、 he has to notice that it is 36 emergency. Is the smoke coming into the room 37 a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? Its not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and 38 important, the person faced with an emergency mus

19、t feel personally 39 (responsibility). He must feel that he must help, 40 the person wont get the help he needs.第三部分：閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。A A listener has written from China for advice about how to lose weight. Michael in Shanghai says he

20、 is 26 and has battled obesity for most of his life. Obesity , a severe weight problem, is a complex condition. A doctor may advide taking medicine along with changing ones behaviors. Experts say that the most successful weightloss plans include a well-balanced diet and exercise. People who want to

21、avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use. To lose weight, you can reduce the number of calories you take in, increase the number you use,or both. A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the US. Researchers at St

22、anford University in California studied over 300 overweight women, mostly in their thirties and forties. Each woman went on one of the four plans:Atkins, The Zone, Ornish or LEARN. The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans. At the end of the year, the wome

23、n on the Atkins diet had lost the most, more than four and one-half kilograms on average. They also did better on tests for cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Christopher Gardner, who led the study, says the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to eat less sugar. He a

24、lso says that the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. He says that there was not enough money to study men, but that men would probably have similar results. Last week, another report based on thirty-one studies suggested that only a small minority of people have l

25、ong-term success with dieting. Most dieters regained their lost weight within five years and often they become more overweight. But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.41. The example of a listener in the first paragraph is used in the passage to _.give a good example

26、 for overweight peoplesay there are many overweight people even in Chinamean that obesity is a complex problem worldwideintroduce the topic of being overweight42. The last paragraph mainly tells that _.exercise is more important than dieting for losing weightdiet is more important for losing weight

27、than exercisingpeople who go dieting regained their weightit is very important to lose some weight43. We can learn from the passage that _.taking medicine is the most effective way to lose weightexperts think that dieting is a better way to lose weightmost of the women following the Atkins diet didn

28、t regain weight a few years laterthe key of losing weight lies in that people take in less energy than needed44. The Atkins diet is more successful than other plans because _.the women were mostly in their thirties and fortiesit has more advanced equipment and better waysthe women ate less sugar tha

29、n usualthe women received written information about the food plans45. What would be the best title for the next?Proper Ways to Lose WeightFour Plans to Lose WeightWays to Gain Long-term SuccessObesity, a Severe Weight ProblemB Some children are natural-borm bosses. They have a strong need to make de

30、cisions,manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operantes under the theory of whats mine is mine and whats yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers(劍). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while

31、 his brother was using the beat-up ones.” “Examine the extended family, and youll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. Its an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be part

32、icularly bossy can gradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other. Whether its inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands at the young isnt healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of

33、 a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “ have secret feelings of weakness” and “ a desire to feel safe”. Its the parents role to provide that protection. When a “boss child” doesnt learn limits at home, the stage is

34、 set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways. “ I see more and more parents giving up their power,”

35、says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “ They bend too far because they dont want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”46Bossy children like Stephen Jackson _.

36、Amake good decisions Bshow self-centeredness Clack care from others Dhave little sense of fear 47The underlined phrase “ inheritable trait” in Paragraph2 means _. A. inborn nature Bdeveloped character Caccepted theory Dparticular environment 48The study on bossy behavior implies that parents _. A. s

37、hould give more power to their childrenB.should be strict with their childrenC.should not be so anxious about their childrenD.should not set limits for their children49Bossy children may probably become_. Arelaxed B. skillful C. hesitant D. lonely 50Whats the passage mainly about? A.How bossy behavi

38、or can be controlled B. How we can get along with bossy childrenCWhat leads to childrens bossy behaviorDWhat effect bossy behavior brings about C The goal of earthquake prediction is to give early enough warning. The U.S. Geological Survey conducts and supports research on the likelihood of future e

39、arthquakes. Scientists estimate earthquake probabilities in two ways: by studying the history of large earthquakes in a special area and the rate at which strain accumulates in the rock. Scientists study the past frequency of large earthquakes in order to determine the future likelihood of similar l

40、arge shocks. For example scientists researched the large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region during the 75 years between 1836 and 1911. For the next 68 years, no earthquakes of magnitude (震級(jí)) 6 or large occurred in the region. Beginning with a magnitude 6 shock in 1979, the earthquakes in th

41、e region increased dramatically; between 1979 and 1989, there were four magnitude 6 or greater earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. So scientists estimated that the probability of a magnitude 6.8 or larger earthquake occurring during the next 30 years in the region is about 67 percent.

42、 Another way to predict earthquakes is to study how fast strain accumulates. When plate movements build the strain in rocks to a critical level, like pulling a rubber band too tight, the rocks will suddenly break and slip to a new position. Scientists measure how much strain accumulates along a faul

43、t (斷層) each year, how much time has passed since the last earthquake, and how much strain was released in the last earthquake. This information is used to calculate the time required for the accumulating strain to build to the level that results in an earthquake. This simple model is so complicated

44、that such detailed information about faults is rare. In the United States, only the San Andreas Fault System has adequate records for using this prediction method. Scientific understanding of earthquakes is of vital importance to the Nation. As the population increases, expanding urban development a

45、nd construction encroach (侵蝕) upon areas susceptible(易受影響的) to earthquakes. With a greater understanding of the causes and effects of earthquakes, we may be able to reduce damage and loss of life from this destruction.51. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. What an earthquake is like. B. How

46、 to predict earthquakes. C. Where earthquakes often happen. D. When a fault is formed.52.That scientists study the history of large earthquakes in certain areas is to ultimately_. A. do research on the past frequency of large earthquakes B. estimate the magnitude of similar earthquakes C. forecast t

47、he possibilities of similar earthquakes D. judge the specific location of future earthquakes53. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. There were four magnitude 6 earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region between1979 and 1989. B. The accumulating strain of the fault to a certain level results

48、in the earthquake. C. About 68 years after 1911, no earthquakes occurred in the San Francisco Bay region. D. The fast increasing population on the earth is the main cause of the earthquake.54. What is the critical factor of forming a fault? A. The material of rocks. B. The existing time span of the

49、rocks. C. The plate movements around the rocks. D. The amount of strain released in the last earthquake.55. According to the passage, we can know that the San Andreas Fault System_ A. has a greater understanding of the causes and effects of earthquakes B. stores much more information about the histo

50、ry of large earthquakes C. offers the potential for doing research on the faults where strain accumulates D. illustrates specifically how rocks along a fault are formed第二節(jié)：信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分） 請(qǐng)閱讀下面應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上將對(duì)應(yīng)題號(hào)的相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)字母涂黑。首先，請(qǐng)閱讀下列書店信息：Cathys BookstoreAlthough it is not a big shop,

51、Cathys Bookstore has a strong speciality in the range andquality in imported childrens books which are great for younger readers. You can see a lot of creative books such as pop-up books, books with sound and cloth books. The comfortable seats and nice staff make it a perfect place for kids to hang

52、out. Guides for pregnancy are available too.Blue Goat Bookstore and CafThe walls of this tiny store are plastered with movie posters and the shelves are filled withquality film art books. They also have a good range of hard-to-find Chinese movies. The caf offers great traditional American coffee. It

53、s enjoyable to read a good book while enjoying a cup of American Standard.The Book MarkThe Book Mark offers a wide range of books for the whole family, in Chinese, English and other languages, including a sizable selection of childrens literature. Children can enjou regular book club gatherings and

54、a weekly thematic story hour with integrated art activities. A family membership(RMB 400)gets you and your crew the chance to borrow five books for up to two weeks at a time.The BookwormThe Bookworm has an amazing selection of English language books and magazines in town and is often cheaper than Am

55、azon(a famous shopping site). The shop owner arranges a fabulous lecture series that features both local and international authors. You can also borrow books with a family library membership(RMB 500)that allows your family to borrow up to six books for two weeks at a time.Capital LibraryWhile its ra

56、nge of books is not as impressive as the National Librarys, it does offer foreigners the option of borrowing books. It costs RMB 10 to possess a readers card and, depending on the type of card you choose, a deposit ranging from RMB 100 to RMB 500. Foreign language newspapers and periodicals can also

57、 be accessed and regular lectures are organized on weekends.Friendship Shopping Center BookstoreAlthough Friendship Shopping Center is slightly overpriced, the bookstore there is still highly recommended. The hand-pick books are very impressive and you can always find a few choices for kids. If your

58、 kid likes comics but you want to sneak in a little culture, check out the softbound comic books based on Chinese stories like The Water Margin, and even Sun Tzus Art of War.請(qǐng)閱讀下列人物信息，然后匹配他們擬要選擇的書店：56. Lynn has 2 kids, and all of them are energetic boys. Its hard for these little guys to find somewh

59、ere new to satisfy their curiosity. Now she is pregnant. She is considering to take her kids to a bookstore to read books.57. Kim is a busy business man. His wife complains about how little time he spends with the family. Kims marriage anniversary is in 2 weeks. He wants to get some books for his fa

60、mily to kill time during the time he cant stay with them.58. Petty is a college girl majoring in art. She likes to be special in every aspect, so when coming to find a place for her to hang out with friends, she would like to find somewhere with a sense of high taste.59. Liam is from Canada and now