1、 杭州市学军中学20072008学年上学期高三年级期中考试英 语 试 题 第一卷（共100分）I. 单项填空（每小题1分，满分20分） 1After much _, the store owner agreed to cut down the price by 25%. AargumentBdiscussionCsayingDbargaining2-Does he work hard at his lessons? -Yes, he _ no effort, I dare say. AwastesBsparesCspendsDshares3It is said that constant re
2、views of what you have learned will help to make your knowledge _. AdeepBinterestingCusefulDpermanent4-I cant open the top of this apple juice. -_ it. AMike has to doBDo have Mike to do BMike does haveDHave Mike do5You should make it a rule to leave things _ you can find them again. AwhenBwhereCthen
3、Dthere6-Why is it _ Mr. Smith seldom mentions his childhood? -Perhaps he suffered a lot in his childhood. AwhichBwhatChowDthat7-I think we cant repair the damaged car in the small town. -We are considering _ to Beijing to have it repaired. Ato goBgoingCto have goneDhaving gone8-Might Mary go with me
4、 to the movie, Mrs. Wilson? -Im sorry, but I dont want my daughter _ out after dark. AtakeBto takeCtakingDtaken9The little boy lifted as much as 50 kilograms. _ that I saw it, I wouldnt have believed it. AAndBButCOrDSo1,3,510No one expects you to be perfect, but we _ you to do your best always. Awil
5、l expectBhave expectedCdo expectDare expecting11-Miss Brown is very busy, isnt she? - So she is. She has _ greater responsibilities since she was promoted. Ataken offBtaken afterCtaken inDtaken on12-Are you able to cover 100 meters in 10 seconds? -_. AYes, its a piece of cake!BThats all right. CYes,
6、 its a short way.DYoure welcome.13Mr. Smith is coming to Beijing next Sunday. By the time he arrives we _ here for ten days.Ahave been stayingBhave stayedCshall stayDwill have stayed14As is known, one of the many benefits of _ foreign travel is learning how to cope with _ unexpected. Athe; /B/; anCt
7、he; theD/; the 15“Leaves are to plants _ lungs are to human beings,” the biology teacher said to the students. AthatBwhichCwhatDwhose16While crossing the mountain area, youd better carry a stick in case you _ by wild animals. Ashould be attackedBmight be attackedCmust be attackedDwould be attacked17
8、-What are the Blacks? -Mr. Black is a teacher, and his wife is _. Athe other Bthe restCanotherDother18It is the prevention of disease _ the successful treatment that has led to the rapid increase of the worlds population.Aless thanBrather thanCmore thanDbetter than19With the development of modern el
9、ectrical engineering, we can send power to _ it is needed. AhoweverBwheneverCwhereverDwhichever20-Was Tom in the chemistry lab when you arrived there? -Yes, but he _ soon afterwards. Ahad leftBleftCwould leaveDhas leftII完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）My parents fixed in me the ideas of family, faith and patriot
10、ism (爱国主义) when I was young. 21 we struggled to make ends meet, they 22 to me and my four brothers and sisters how 23 we were to live in a great country with 24 opportunities.I got my first real 25 when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be 26 as a hairstylist. The ow
11、ner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n) 27 on his rent for cleaning the parking lot (停车场) three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up waste, Dad used a little 28 that looked like a lawn mower (割草机). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and 29 waste by handIt took two to three hours t
12、o clean the lot. Id _30 in the car on the way home because of tiredness.I did this for two years, but the 31 I learned have lasted a lifetime. I _32_ discipline and a strong work ethic (道德准则), and learned at a(n) 33 age the importance of balancing lifes _ 34_ interests - in my case, school, homework
13、 and a jobThis really 35_during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking college-prep _36_ .The hard work 37 . I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in 38 and business from Harvard 39_ , I joined a big
14、Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (会议). In these jobs and in everything else Ive done, I have never forgotten those 40 in the parking lot.21ANow thatBIf onlyCEven DEven though22AstressedBannouncedCsuggestedDadmitted1,3,523AimportantBsurprisingCfortunateDsatisfying
15、24AseveralBlimitlessCfewerDinstant25AchanceBdreamCsuccessDjob26AretrainedBregardedCconsideredDrespected27AincreaseBorderCdiscountDexplanation28AbagBmachineCknifeDstick29Abrought upBgave upCmade upDpicked up30AsleepBtalkCstudyDsing31AknowledgeBinformationClessonsDskills32AcancelledBacquiredCevaluated
16、Dforgot33AcommonBlegalColdDearly34AcompetingBdevelopingCsupportingDincreasing35AturnedBchangedChelpedDimproved36AmeasuresBcoursesCmessagesDtours37Acame trueBtook offCwent aheadDpaid off38AlawBmedicineCscienceDarts39AHoweverBIndeedCLaterDBefore40ApeopleBnightsCcarsDopportunitiesIII阅读理解（每小题2分，满分50分）AT
17、he interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are
18、that this is beginning to happen in China.Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devotedSo these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using the question
19、s which try and show the applicants true personality.The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude (天资）test.According to Mark Baldwin of Al
20、liance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. “When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.”This is sometimes called the prisoners dilemma (窘境).
21、 Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they dont understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is the honest answer.41What is the purpose of the passage?ATo give a piece of advice for job interviewee
22、s.BTo tell you how to deal with job interviews.CTo describe an aptitude test.DTo advise you how to find a good job.42Now employers want to hire workers _. Awho know much more than othersBwho are better educated than othersCwho are able to solve the problemsDwho will work harder than others43Accordin
23、g to the writer, in an aptitude test, Chinese job applicants should _. Anot tell the truthBoffer a complete answerClearn to tell what they really thinkDfind out what the examiner wants to know44From the passage we know that _. Ajob applicants are always asked such questionsBmore Chinese applicants f
24、ail to find a jobCapplicants should not act as cleverly as possibleDaptitude test is becoming world-wide popularBIt has been said before, but experiencing it myself has made me want to say it again: a smile can cross all language barriers.I recently moved from Canada to a small city on the south coa
25、st of South Korea to work as an English teacher. My first few weeks in Chinhae were challenging. I knew only one fluent English speaker other than myself-my employer. So, having left my family and friends far away on a different continent and having moved to a city in which I was the only foreign En
26、glish teacher, I felt a bit shaken.At the grocery stores, I could not read the food packages and certainly did not know how to ask for help. _. Such little frustrations began to add up and I soon felt homesick and tiredI longed for some familiar food, familiar sounds, anything familiar!One night, af
27、ter a long day at work, I was feeling particularly weary -My legs were aching and I wasnt looking forward to cooking dinner. Just as I was about to push the key into the door, the old woman who was the landlady called to me and signed me into her apartment. I didnt understand a word she said, but I
28、understood her smile. I followed her into her kitchen, which smelled like the wonderful Korean foods I was coming to love. After she had put many dishes of food on the table and had set me up with a glass of cola, she sat down across from me. We were both laughing the whole time at our complete inab
29、ility to communicate in words. We did manage to have a small conversation, though. It went something like this:“Canada?” She asked slowly, pointing at my chest.“Yes,” I answered. “Korea?” I said, pointing at her. We both laughed.When it was time to leave, I said “thank you” in Korean, using some of
30、the few words I had learnedI went home to my apartment feeling less alone than I had expected to feel that evening. Chinhae felt less like a strange and frightening place, and more like a home. I dont think the old landlady knew how much her smile and her wonderful food meant to me that evening, but
31、 perhaps someday I will be able to tell her.45Why did the author feel challenged during the first few weeks in Chinhae?AChinhae is a small city.BOnly her boss was kind to her.CFew people could communicate with her.DShe had difficulty in teaching English in Korea.46Which of the following sentences ca
32、n be put in the blank?ANobody could help me.BI thought Id better learn Korean.CThe food at the grocery stores made me homesick.DOnce I bought sugar, which I thought was salt.47The underlined word “weary” (in Paragraph 4) most probably means “_”AexcitedBlonelyChomesickDtired48From the passage we can
33、infer that_. Athe author will soon move back homeBthe author was deeply moved by the old ladyCthe author learned more Korean after the dinnerDthe old lady was very lonely because she had no childrenCMost of us want to be greener, and all of us want to be richer. Although the only way to be an enviro
34、nment-friendly motorist is to change your car for a bike, if you are addicted to your wheels, going green could save you cash. As petrol prices rise, greener drivers can also be richer.Petrol is unlikely to become any cheaper. Oil prices, already at record levels, were put under more pressure this w
35、eek after President Morales of Bolivia nationalized his countrys oil and gas reserves. Turning to a more environmentally friendly car could make a big decline in motoring costs. About one in six drivers has considered following the example of Leonardo DiCaprio and David Cameron by truning to a hybri
36、d car.Hybrid cars run on petrol and batteries, making them more economical and less harmful to the environment than petrol-run vehicles. A driver who travels an average of 10,000 miles a year could save nearly300 a year on petrol by driving the Honda Civic Hybrid rather than the petrol-run version,
37、and would release (释放) only about two thirds of the carbon dioxide. But those who are more interested in their wallet than the environment may be put off by the price: the Hybrid is about 3000 more expensive than its petrol counterpart (对应物).Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Asso
38、ciation (ETA), a motor breakdown company, says that the key to cutting fuel costs is to reduce engine size. “Those who dont want to go for a green car can cut down on environmental effect and fuel costs by reducing the size of their car.” A Citroen C1 is not a hybrid car, but its low carbon dioxide
39、releases rival (竞争) the Honda and Toyota hybrids.Another way to cut costs is to change a car to run on liquid petroleum gas (LPG). Ingram Legge, director of the Greenfuel Company, which changes cars to LPG, says that there has been a rise in the number of motorists changing their cars.49The purpose
40、of the writers writing the passage is _.Ato call on us to save as much petrol as possibleBto warn us of the lack of petrol due to vehiclesCto tell us the differences between hybrid cars and petrol-run carsDto point out that we can save more if we are greener50We can learn from the passage that hybri
41、d cars_. Aare cheaper to buy and smaller in sizeBare ones that no longer use petrolCtravel at a higher speed and produce less waste airDare more environmentally friendly and can help us become richer51.Which of the following does the writer probably agree with?AAs a result of the high price of oil,
42、all people will turn to a hybrid car.BIn order to save money, youd better change your car for a bike.CThe best way to solve the lack of petrol is to develop new resources.DReducing the size of a car is also a way to cut cost and be environmentally friendly.52What is the main idea of Paragraphs 4 and
43、 5?ACitroen C1 is more environmentally friendly.BMore and more people will turn to LPG.CThe ways for drivers to cut costs.DAndrew Davis thinks highly of hybrids.DWhile in-car satellite navigation systems are considered a great surprise of the technological age, they are also destroying our ability t
44、o read maps and weakening our very sense of self, according to one of the nations leading geographers.Rita Gardener, president of the Royal Geographical Society, said, “If you are looking at a road map of Great Britain, apart from looking at roads, you will get a feel for the natural environment you
45、 are moving through and that will tell you something about the economy and the history.”“An ability to place oneself in a spatial (空间的) setting in this way is important,” Dr Gardner added, “because it provides an insight (洞察力) into the societal, environmental and economic changes that govern all our
46、 lives. It also sharpens our hunter instincts (本能) and sense of discovery.”“Look, for example, at a map of rural East Anglia,” she said, “and you will see the route from Cambridge to the coast with the A14 running through it. Youll see that Bury St Edmunds has grown dramatically in the last 15 years
47、 because there are lots of new development and new light industry. This tells you that it is on the route between the Midlands and the coast at Harwich and it has benefited from increased traffic to the Continent.” She said, “You would get none of that information from a sat-nav.”While emphasizing t
48、he importance of being able to read a map, Dr Gardner is less concerned about teaching children to memorize maps of continents, rivers and capital cities. A recent survey by National Geographic Kids magazine found that 20 per cent of children in Britain cannot find their own country on a world map,
49、she said.“It is much more important that kids know about major continents and different climate zones than that they know the name of a particular country, providing they know how to look it up in a map.”“Whats important is that when they fly on holiday from Manchester to Malaga, they have an unders
50、tanding that they are moving into a different geographical zone and they know why the Mediteranean landscape is different from what they see at home,” she said.53The passage mainly deals with _. Athe importance of geography knowledge in our lifeBthe differences between sat-nav systems and mapsCthe i
51、mportance of the ability to read mapsDthe advantage of a sat-nav system54What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 4?AHarwichBMidlandsCBury St EdmundsDEast Anglia55In Dr Gardners opinion, kids in Britain _. Ashould memorize all the continents, rivers and capital cities in mapsBhad bet
52、ter fly to Malaga to realize different landscapes between Mediterranean and UKCshould master some basic principles of geographyDcan turn to a sat-nav for help for a lack of geography knowledge56Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AThe road map tells us more than just the route fr
53、om one place to another.BWe can tell the history and economy of a region with the help of a sat-nav.CA sat-nav contains as much information as a map. DChildren who know about different climate zones can find their own country in a world map.1,3,5EHave you ever noticed what happens to an idea once yo
54、u express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mindHow can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic behind what you think, feel, or only partly understandOften, explaini
55、ng a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.”Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but i
56、f you keep a journal (日志) of your ideas the next time youre working on a big project, youll probably have more success.Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. Thats an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it b
57、etter. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem- why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and youre half-way there.Writers dont always write because they clearly understand something beforehandOften, they write about something because they want to understand it. Yo
58、u can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.57What would be the best title for the passage?AA Way on How to WriteBIncrease Your Brain Power Through WritingCBrain Power Helps Improve Your WritingDHow to Start Your Writing58According to the passage, writing can he
59、lp you a lot EXCEPT_.Ato increase your brain powerBto improve the ability to rememberCto develop your interest in studyDto strengthen the understanding of a topic59The underlined sentence “Youre half-way there” in the fourth paragraph means that _. Ayou are already successfulBtheres a long way for y
60、ou to go to reach your goalCyou are left wondering what to doDyou have been on the way to success60Which of the following statements is TRUE?AWriting can cure people of their brain disease.bBPeople who can keep all thoughts in mind are more likely to succeed.CWriting a book about one topic is the on
61、ly way to understand it.DThe more you write, the more logical you will be.FTom, James, Brown, Li Mei and Li Hua正在查找网站来帮助他们解决问题。阅读第61至65题中的各人情况说明和A至F六家网站的介绍，选出符合各人情况的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。61_ Tom: The weather report said that a hurricane would hit the city. Tom wants to find information on how
62、 to protect his family from being destroyed during the hurricane.62_ James: Before learning about a butterfly, James was asked by his biology teacher to learn more about a butterfly in the process of doing research and then write a letter to humankind.63_ Brown: Thousands of animals around the world
63、 face extinction. Many more are threatened each year. Brown focuses on the situation of endangered animals and tries to understand how all living things are connected.64_ Li Mei: Modern technology makes fishing easier. Yet overfishing has caused a lot of problems. China has taken some measures to so
64、lve the problem. Li Mei wants to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of overfishing on some threatened species and tries to find out effective solutions.65_ Li Hua: Great leaders changed our lives. Li Hua, who studies politics, wants to find out detailed information about some famous politica
65、l leaders of foreign countries.Ahttp: /.org/marine/csb/This site is devoted to saving the Chilean sea bass, or Patagonian toothfish, from extinction. It suggests actions people can take to protect the fish, and it offers the flash movie “Please Dont Eat Me!”Bhttp: /www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology
66、/ythfacts/entyouth/This site, created by the University of Kentucky Entomology (昆虫学) Department, provides photographs and facts about various insects we live with. You will find what you want to know about insects here.Chttp: /www.mountvernon.org/learn/index.cfm/This is the definitive (最完整可靠的) site
67、for thoroughly researched historical data on President George Washington. The educational resources include biographical information, a feature (专题节目) on George Washington and slavery, electronic trading cards, and an online quiz.Dhttp: /Here you will find definitions of more than 3,200 terms used i
68、n discussing visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and cross-references.Ehttp: /www.fema.gov/kids/This visually appealing government site teaches kids how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. The site also tells teacher
69、s and parents what to do to help children after a disaster. It is appropriate for all ages.Fhttp: /www.nwf.org/Find information on wildlife protection programs and wild animals through the articles, photos, quizzes, and games at this site. Learn how you can help protect wildlife which has close rela
70、tion-ship to human beings.1,3,5第二卷（共50分）IV单词拼写（每小题1分，满分10分）66You could h_ a dress for the ball if you cant afford to buy one.67Can you read this f_? Is it a three or an eight?68Buying a house often places a large financial b_ on young couples.69The stream was quite s_ so we were able to walk across
71、it.70Theyve had to c_ tomorrows football match because of the bad weather.71There were over 500 a _ for the job.72Tourism is a major source of i_ for the area.73When the sun came out the snow m_ quickly.74Neil d_ that he broke the window, but Im sure he did.75The first lesson on the t_ for Monday mo
72、rning is English.V短文改错（每小题1分，满分10分）Good morning, everyone. Yesterday I received a letter froma elderly gentleman. He told me the other day he saw76._some student in our school uniform crowd onto a bus77._without waiting their turns. On the bus they refuse78._to offer their seats for old people. What
73、 was worse, they79._said dirty words to each other. I am very much sorry for80._this. Todays youth are tomorrows old people. Respect81._the old and caring for the young is a well tradition in our82._country. Every one of us have the responsibility to keep it83._up. I hope that we can learn something
74、 from this incident84._and we should have good manners whether we are inside85._or outside the school. Thank you.VI书面表达（满分30分）班会上大家对于国产动画和国外动画进行了热烈的讨论。大家各抒己见，分别讨论了它们的优点和缺点。请根据下面的表格内容提示，用英语写一篇短文。优点缺点国产动画1 注重教育性，教育儿童帮助、尊重别人，做一个诚实、勇敢的人；2儿童可以从动画中学到知识。 1过于理想化；2缺乏想象力；3情节简单。国外动画1 以现实为基础，成年人也喜欢；2 儿童能够从中学会处理
75、现实生活中必须面对的问题。1 有的涉及暴力；2 有的被视为文化侵略。要求：1不要逐条翻译，可以适当地增加内容；2词数：100左右；3开头已经给出，但不计入总词数。参考词汇：侵略 invasionWe had a heated discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of home-made cartoonfilms and foreign ones._参考答案第一卷（共100分）I.单项填空（每小题1分，满分20分） 15DBDDB 610DBDBC 1115DADDC 1620ACBCB1,3,5II.完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分
76、30分）2125DACBD 2630ACBDA 3135.CBDAC 3640BDACBIII. 阅读理解（每小题2分，满分50分）A (41-44) ACCD B (45-48) CDDBC (49-52) DDDC D (53-56) CCCAE (57-60) BCDD F (61-65) EBFAC第二卷（共50分）IV. 单词拼写（每小题1分，满分10分）66hire 67figure 68burden 69shallow 70cancel 71applicants 72income 73melted 74denies 75timetableV. 短文改错（每小题1分，满分10分）7
77、6a-an 77student-students 78refuse-refused 79for-to 80去掉much81Respect-Respecting 82well-good 83have-has 84正确 85and you-and that youVI.书面表达（满分30分）We had a heated discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of home-made cartoon films and foreign ones.Some think Chinese cartoons focus on teaching
78、children to help and respect others and to be honest and brave. Besides, children can learn some useful knowledge. But Chinese cartoons are too ideal and there is a lack of imagination. In addition, the plots are too simple, which cant satisfy all peoples needs.However, others think foreign cartoons are based on reality. Thus, children can learn how to deal with some problems they have to face in life. They attract even adults. However, much violence is involvedWhats worse, some are even considered as a cultural invasion.