1、高三英语期末考试说明及样题I命题指导思想考试命题要遵循选拔性考试的规律与要求,贯彻普通高中新课程的理念,反映本学科新课程标准的整体要求,考查考生初步的科学与人文素养,注重能力与素质考查,促进素质教育的实施。以教育部考试中心颁布的考试大纲为依据,考查考生对英语语言基础知识的掌握和理解程度,注重考查考生综合运用英语语言知识的能力。命题不以任何一种版本的英语教材为依据。II考试范围与内容根据普通高等学校对新生文化素质的要求,依据中华人民共和国教育部2003年颁布的普通高中课程方案(实验)和普通高中英语课程标准(实验),确定本学科考试内容。1语言知识要求考生掌握并能运用英语语音、词汇、语法基础知识以及
2、所学功能意念和话题(见附录2-6),要求词汇量为3,500左右。2语言运用2.1 听力 要求考生能听懂所熟悉话题的简短独白和对话。考生应能: (1) 理解主旨和要义; (2) 获取具体的、事实性信息; (3) 对所听内容作出推断; (4) 理解说话者的意图、观点和态度。2.2 阅读 要求考生能读懂书、报、杂志中关于一般性话题的简短文段以及公告、说明、广告等,并能从中获取相关信息。考生应能:(1) 理解主旨和要义;(2) 理解文中具体信息;(3) 根据上下文推断生词的词义;(4) 作出判断和推理;(5) 理解文章的基本结构;(6) 理解作者的意图、观点和态度。2.3 写作要求考生根据题示进行书面
3、表达。考生应能: (1) 清楚、连贯地传递信息、表达意思; (2) 有效运用所学语言知识。2.4 口语(只对参加口语考试的考生作要求)要求考生根据题示进行口头表达。考生应能:(1) 询问或传递事实性信息,表达意思和想法;(2) 做到语音、语调自然;(3) 做到语言运用得体;(4) 使用有效的交际策略。III考试形式1. 考查方式:闭卷,笔试、口试。2. 笔试考试时间:120分钟。试卷满分为150分。口试考试时间:30分钟。口试采用计算机辅助口语考试,试卷满分50分,分为A、B、C、D、E五个等级。3. 全体考生须参加笔试;考生可选择参加口试。IV试卷结构和题型笔试部分共四大题, 62小题。其中
4、客观题90分,占60%;主观题60分,占40%。笔试内容、题量、计分和时间安排如下:题序题型题量赋分时间(分钟)I听 力第一节:听力理解153030第二节:听取信息55 II语言知识及应用第一节:完形填空102015第二节:语法填空101510III阅 读第一节:阅读理解153020第二节:信息匹配5105IV写 作第一节:基础写作11510第二节:读写任务12530总 计62150120计算机辅助口语考试部分内容、题量、计分和时间安排如下:题序题型题量赋分时间A节模仿朗读110约30分钟B节角色扮演118C节口头作文122总 计350约30分钟外语口语成绩实行等级制,以ABCDE五个等级呈现
5、。考生考试成绩获得卷面分值85%以上的为A,获得卷面分值75-84%的为B,获得卷面分值60-74%的为C,获得卷面分值45-59%的为D,获得卷面分值44%以下的为E级。V试题难易比例试卷包括容易题、中等题和难题,以中等题为主。I 听力(共两节,满分35分)第一节 听力理解 (5段共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题,各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题,在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 听下面一段对话,回答第13三个小题。听下面一段对话,回答第46三个小题。听下面一段独白,回答第79三
6、个小题。听下面一段独白,回答第1012三个小题。听下面一段对话,回答第1315三个小题。题型示例听下面一段对话,回答第13三个小题。1. What are they talking about?A. Their class.B. Their grades. C. Johnnys grades.2. What subjects is Johnny good at?A. Biology and math.B. Math and English.C. English and biology.3. What will Johnnys father do according to the woman?A
7、. He will be worried.B. He will understand.C. He will get very angry.听下面一段对话,回答第46三个小题。4. When did Lisa start her first job?A. In 1970.B. About 40 years ago.C. When she was about 20.5. What were the typewriters like when Lisa started her first job?A. Old, heavy and noisy.B. Small, light but noisy.C.
8、 Heavy, strong and noisy.6. How was the new typewriter run in the university office?A. It was driven by a belt.B. It was operated by hand.C. It was powered by electricity.听下面一段独白,回答第79三个小题。7. What is the flight number?A. 600.B. 303.C. 179.8. Where is the airplane leaving for?A. Britain.B. New York.C
9、. Irish coast.9. How long will the journey take?A. About five and a half hours.B. About nine and a half hours.C. About three and a half hours.听下面一段独白,回答第1012三个小题。10. What did the speaker with other people do there in the apple season?A. Packing and selling apples.B. Picking and packing apples.C. Fin
10、ding and picking apples.11. How did the speaker feel about her visit to the country? A. It was tiring.B. It was boring.C. It was great fun.12. Which of the following does the speaker prefer?A. Living in the city.B. Living in the country.C. Living with her grandmother.听下面一段对话,回答第1315三个小题。13. What is
11、the first thing Bob might do in learning a new word?A. Understand its example sentences.B. Look it up in a dictionary.C. Read its neighbouring sentences.14. Why do people sometimes think that Bob is a little strange?A. Because he does not care about people.B. Because he says out words loud to himsel
12、f.C. Because he often reads example sentences aloud.15. What can be concluded from the conversation?A. Bob is sure of learning new words this way.B. Bob will not pass the coming exam.C. Bob has many difficulties in learning new words.第二节 听取信息(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)听下面一段独白, 请根据题目要求,从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息,填入答题卡标号为
13、16-20的空格中。听录音前,你将有10秒钟的阅题时间,录音读两遍。你将有80秒钟的作答时间。WhoWhat to doWhereWhenPandaslivein the mountainsof 16 Some peoplekill pandas for 17 Pandaslack 18 Baby pandasweigh only100 grams 19 About 50 baby pandas 20 in zoossince 1963II 语言知识及应用(共两节,满分35分)第一节:完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从2130各题所给的A、B、C和D
14、项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An 21 student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment.Many 22 find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with 23 and tur
15、ns to you for help. Not wanting the child to 24 , some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the 25 between a parents writing style and the students style on homework.Parents often have pure purposes, but the result can be 26 . Theyre cheating their kids out of the very education they w
16、ant them to get. Allowing children to master a skill 27 lifelong gains.Some ways to help without hurting:Be a model learner. If your child sees you 28 papers, magazines or literature, hell be more motivated to learn.If youre 29 that he or she is falling behind, talk with the teacher about it instead
17、 of doing the work yourself.Nick made it through fine. I didnt write his paper. Nor did his mother. Instead, we guided him together. At 30 , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But no one was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.21. A. averageB. excellentC. open-mindedD. absent-
18、minded答案 A22. A. childrenB. teachersC. parentsD. students答案 C23. A. schoolB. homeworkC. researchD. graduation答案 B24. A. loseB. graduateC. succeedD. fail答案 D25. A. differenceB. similarityC. comparisonD. distance答案 A26. A. pitifulB. successfulC. harmfulD. useful答案 C27. A. results inB. comes fromC. mak
19、es upD. takes over答案 A28. A. writingB. readingC. learningD. collecting答案 B29. A. sureB. anxiousC. worriedD. happy答案 C30. A. classroomB. homeC. graduationD. presentation答案 C第二节:语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。Sports should help
20、a man to learn fairness, not only in games but also in and for life. If two teams play 31 game, one team must lose. If a dozen teams attend an athletic competition, 32 team will get the most points and all the 33 eleven teams will get 34 points. If a school team comes out last, that is no loss of fa
21、ce. 35 that team and that school must do is admit that it 36 (lose). The only intelligent reaction 37 defeat must be: next year we will do our best to come out on top, because from now on our team will devote 38 to a stricter course of training under competent instructors.Lessons 39 (learn) in sport
22、s can help us in our dealing with other people. But even more 40 (value) are the lessons learned in extra-curricular activities in school: in speech, dramatic and musical contests, in “house” activities, and, especially, in the student council.答案 31. a; 32. One; 33. other; 34. fewer; 35. What; 36. l
23、ost; 37. to; 38. itself; 39. learned; 40. valuable III 阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节:阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have had the last laugh.
24、 There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech Information Age demands people who are flexible (灵活的) and who have good communication skills.There are many social science majors in large companies who fill important positions. For example, a number of research studies
25、found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited for change, which is the leading feature (特点) of the kind of high speed, high-pressure, high-tech world
26、we now live in.Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many companies had filled a large percentage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates. The study also showed tha
27、t the most sought-after quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as very important by 92 percent of the companies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offere
28、d a wide variety of positions.Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don t regret their choice of study.41. By saying that you may have had the last laugh in the
29、first paragraph, the author means that you may have _.A. earned as much as computer majorsB. stopped joking about computer majorsC. shared the jokes with computer majorsD. found jobs more easily than computer majors42. Compared with graduates of other subjects, social science graduates _. A. are lik
30、ely to give others pressureB. are equally good at computer skillsC. are better able to deal with difficultiesD. are ready to change when situations change43. Which of the following is true about the communication skill?A. Social science majors do not know they have had these skills.B. Many companies
31、 prefer to employ those with good communication skills.C. These skills have been considered very important by social science majors.D. Computer majors have been offered a wide variety of positions because of these skills.44. According to the text, what has made it easy for social science graduates t
32、o find jobs?A. Part-time work experience.B. Skills in expressing themselves.C. Willingness to take low-paid jobs. D. Readiness to gain high-tech knowledge. 45. The underlined word land in the last paragraph probably means _. A. successfully get B. lose regretfullyC. immediately start D. keep for som
33、e time 第二节 信息匹配(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)请阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先,请阅读下列的应用文:a. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd.
34、, 17 Browning Streetb. Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience required. Applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366 - 76564 for more information.c. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with co
35、mputers? Would you like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 457-896754d. Teacher Needed: Tommys Kindergarten needs 2 teacher/trainers to help with classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more informa
36、tion visit Tommys Kindergarten in Leicester Square No. 56e. Part Time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part time at the weekend. Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customers information. For more information contact us by calling 345-6
37、74132f. University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History. Please contact the University of Cumberland for more info
38、rmation.请阅读以下职位申请者的信息,然后匹配申请者和他/她拟要申请的职位:Jack Anderson. Jack graduated from the University of Trent with a degree in Economics two years ago. He would like an academic position.Margaret Lillian. Margaret is 21 years old and would like a part time position to help her pay her university expenses. She
39、 can only work in the evenings.Alice Fingelhamm. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer. She is looking for a full time position.Peter Florian. Peter went to business school and studied computer and secreta
40、rial skills. He is looking for his first job and would like a full time position.Lynne Nagata. Lynne, aged 65, once worked in a kindergarten. She is now a housewife, helping her daughter with her housework on weekdays. She is looking for a part time job.申请者申请职位56. Jack AndersonA. full time secretary
41、57. Margaret LillianB. part time shop assistant58. Alice FingelhammC. computer trained secretary59. Peter FlorianD. kindergarten teacher60. Lynne NagataE. part time job at the weekendF. university teaching assistantIV、写作(共两节,满分为40分)第一节:基础写作(共1小题,满分15分)某电视台计划举办英语夏令营活动,其时间安排和内容如下:时间7月15日-22日或8月15日-22日
42、内容参加英语角 学唱英语歌曲听英语讲座 表演英语短剧看英语电影 教外宾学中文写作内容电视台现就活动时间和内容征求你所能参加的时段与项目的意见,请按照以下要求以英语书信形式给予答复。信的开头和结尾已给出。1. 选择适合你的时间并说明理由;2. 虽然你认为所有的活动都很有意义,但你只能参加“听英语讲座”和“教外宾学中文”两项活动。3. 说明你选择的理由:听英语讲座以期了解英美文化的信息;教外宾学中文是因为2008北京奥运让越来越多的外宾想了解中国。写作要求只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容评分标准句子结构的准确性和复杂度;信息内容的完整性和连贯性。Dear Sir or Madame, Im glad
43、 to be invited to the English summer camp. Thank you very much. Yours truly, Li Ping第二节:读写任务(共1小题,满分25分)题型示例1阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking.
44、He notices a thousand times a day the difference between his language and others language. Bit by bit, he makes the right changes to make his language like other peoples. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things. They learn to talk, run, climb, ride a bicycle by comparing their own
45、 behaviors with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school teachers never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, even fewer chances for him to correct himself. They do it all for him. Teachers act as if the student would never notice a mistak
46、e if they did not point out it to him. They act as if the student would never correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let the student do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word means and what the answer is to th
47、at problem.写作内容1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点;2) 然后以约120个词就“学生的学习错误该不该改正”的主题发表看法,并包括如下要点:a) 以自己的学习生活为例,简述你在日常学习生活中常犯的错误;b) 你是如何看待自己的错误的;c) 老师是如何对待你的错误的;d) 你对老师做法的看法及理由。写作要求可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。评分标准概括准确、语言规范、内容合适,篇章连贯。题型示例2阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。I found out one time that doing a fav
48、our for someone could get you into trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something but I did not understand. So I leaned over and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed
49、 me that hers was out of ink. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me a
50、bout what it meant to grow up; she mentioned how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise th
51、at I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.写作内容1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点;2) 然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文,描写你或你的朋友被误解的一次经历,并包括以下要点:a) 叙述你或你的朋友被误解的一次真实或虚构的经历;b) 你或你的朋友是如何处理误解的;c)
52、 误解导致的最终结果。写作要求可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构,组织故事,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。评分标准概括准确、语言规范、内容合适,篇章连贯。附一: 听力部分录音稿这是普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语科听力部分。该部分分为听独白或对话、听取信息两节。注意,回答听力部分时,请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。停顿0010 现在是听力试音时间。M: Hello. International Friends Club. Can I help?W: Oh, hello. I read about your club in the paper t
53、oday and I thought Id phone to find out a bit more.M: Yes, certainly, well were a sort of social club for people from different countries. Its quite a new clubwe have about 50 members at the moment, but were growing all the time.W: That sounds interesting. Im British actually, and I came to Washingt
54、on about three months ago. Im looking for ways to meet people. Er, what kinds of events do you organize?M: Well, we have social get-togethers, and sports events, and we also have language evenings.W: Could you tell me something about the language evenings?M: Yes. Every day except Thursday we have a
55、language evening. People can come and practice their languagesyou know, over a drink or something. We have different languages on different evenings. MondaySpanish; TuesdayItalian; WednesdayGerman; and FridayFrench. On Thursday we usually have a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to come.W: W
56、ell, that sounds great. I really need to practise my French.M: OK. Well, if you can just give me your name and address, Ill send you the form and some more information. If you join now you can have the first month free. 试音到此结束。现在开始答题。停顿0010第一节 听独白或对话 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
57、标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第1段对话,回答第1至第3三个小题。现在,你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。停顿0015(停顿时间打点)(Text 1)WOMAN: Hi, Johnny. Whats up?JOHNNY: Look at this.WOMAN: Lets see . Uh-oh.JOHNNY: My dads going to kill me when he sees this!WOMAN: Oh, come on, its not so bad. Look, you
58、got good grades in biology and math.JOHNNY: Yes, but only in biology and math. What should I do?WOMAN: You shouldnt worry. Your dad will understand.JOHNNY: You think so?WOMAN: Sure.停顿0002重复停顿0015(停顿时间打点)听第2段对话,回答第4至第6三个小题。现在,你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。停顿0015(停顿时间打点)(Text 2)INTERVIEWER: Lisa, you work in a ver
59、y modern office nowadays. It must be very different from when you started.LISA: Oh yesvery different. I remember my first jobINTERVIEWER: When was that?LISA: Oh, about 40 years ago. I worked in a small office. It had very old, heavy and noisy typewriters. The noise was terrible!INTERVIEWER: What was
60、 the first new machine that you saw then?LISA: Well, I got a job in a university office and they had one of the new typewriters.INTERVIEWER: What was that?LISA: Well, it was electric. It had a golf ball with all the letters on it. It moved quickly backwards and forwards across the page!INTERVIEWER:
61、It must have felt great then.LISA: It certainly made typing a lot faster.INTERVIEWER: When was that?LISA: Um, I think it was about 1970, perhaps.停顿0002重复停顿0015(停顿时间打点)听第3段独白,回答第7至第9三个小题。现在,你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。停顿0015(停顿时间打点)(Text 3)Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Captain Gibson and his crew welcom
62、e you aboard Airways Flight 179 to New York. Were now flying at a height of 30,000 feet. Our speed is about 600 miles an hour. Well land in New York in five and a half hours. The temperature in New York is now 3C below zero. In a few minutes youll be able to see the Irish coast. Our lunch will be se
63、rved in half an hour. Thank you!停顿0002重复停顿0015(停顿时间打点)听第4段独白,回答第10至第12三个小题。现在,你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。停顿0015(停顿时间打点)(Text 4)JOHN: I spent the week with my grandparents in the country. They live um on a big farm, and they have chickens and lots of animals and fruit trees and fresh vegetables, and its just r
64、eally, really beautiful and peaceful. When I was there, um the apples were in season, and we went picking. And the neighbors came, and they helped pick the apples, and we packed them, and it was so much fun. And then at the end of the day, my grandma would cook a big meal, and we would just sit arou
65、nd and eat and eat and talk, and everything was delicious. It was so good. And I thought Id be bored because they dont have a TV or anything, but I wasnt. It was it was a lot of fun. But at the end of the week, I just I dont know, to tell you the truth, I prefer to live in the city, I its noisy and
66、its dirty in the city, but I I like it better than the country. You know, the countrys OK for a visit, but um its too quiet for me!停顿0002重复停顿0015(停顿时间打点)听第5段对话,回答第13至第15三个小题。现在,你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。停顿0015(停顿时间打点)(Text5)INTERVIEWER: And, Bob, youre a student learning languages. How do you remember new wo
67、rds in a foreign language?BOB: Oh, well, um if I cant understand the word by looking at the sentences around it, then um I usually just look it up in a dictionary. That seems to really help. Um You know what? I think that pronunciation is really important. (Oh.) So I say the word to myself several t
68、imes, you know, out loud. Now, sometimes people look at me and think Im a little strange, but uh I dont care. I I think doing this is really important.INTERVIEWER: Thanks. And good luck with your exam. Is it next week?BOB: Yes, uh its next Monday.停顿0002重复停顿0015(停顿时间打点)第一节到此结束。第二节 听取信息。听下面一段对话或独白。请根据
69、题目要求,从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息,填入答题纸标号为16至20的空格中。听录音前,你将有10秒钟的阅题时间,录音读两遍。你将有80秒钟的作答时间。停顿0010(停顿时间打点)Pandas are one of the most precious animals in the world. They live only in a small area in the mountains of South-western China. There are only 500 1,000 pandas in the wild and the number is falling down all t
70、he time. There are about 100 more in zoos and research stations.Although they are protected, pandas are still killed for their skins. Because their skins are very valuable.Pandas live in mountain forests, and can only eat bamboo. As the place they live in is getting smaller and smaller, pandas are i
71、n danger of dying from lack of suitable food.Zoos are making efforts to raise and produce pandas, but this is very difficult. Also, baby pandas weigh only 100 grams at birth, so they need to be looked after very carefully. Since 1963 about 50 baby pandas have been born in zoos, and around half of them are still alive today.停顿0050(停顿时间打点)重复停顿0030(停顿时间打点)第二节到此结束。现在,你有两分钟的时间,将听力部分的答案转涂到客观答题卡上。停顿0200(停顿时间打点)听力部分到此结束。附二: 语音项目表、语法项目表、功能意念项目表、话题项目表、词汇表(见普通高中英语课程标准)15