1、 甘肃兰州一中2008三届高第一学期月考英语试卷YCY本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分.共150分，考试时间120分钟.第I卷第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节, 满分50分）第一节：语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。1evaluateAeducateBelectricCengineDexport 2variousAFranceBaccountCwanderDparent3exactlyAexpectBexistenceCexhibitionDexplain4anxietyAdiscountB
2、strangerClanguageDabandon5treasureAmusicalBresistCthirstyDunusual第二节：语法和词汇知识（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。6I hear that you stayed at Philippines for some time.Yeah. But it was very boring five months for me.Athe; aBthe; theCa ;a Da; the7Have you ever seen a tiger in the wild?Yes. I
3、 saw when I visited the national park in southern Nepal.AitBthatConeDany 8Contrast（对比）may make something appear more beautiful than it is when alone.AseenBis seenCto be seenDhaving been seen9He isnt particular about his food.Yes. He eats anything.AnearlyBalmostCpossiblyDmostly10The old man has a str
4、ange way of speaking. Here is a recording of his speech, but no clear2,4,6 of what he has said can be made at all.AmeaningBexplanationCideaDsense11Whats wrong with Jane? She looks pale.A letter from home an attack of homesickness.Aset outBsent offCset offDsent out12Some people choose jobs for other
5、reasons money these days.AbesidesBexceptCforDwith13Father Jenny to teach Peter a lesson, and so he did.AhopedBpromisedCagreedDallowed14I regret you that you failed. In other words, you didnt reach the required standard.AtellingBhaving toldCto tellDtold15English has a large vocabulary, hasnt it?Yes.
6、more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.ATo knowBKnowingCKnowDKnown16Its thirty years since we last met.But I still remember the story, believe it or not, we got lost on a rainy night.AwhichBwhenCwhatDthat17Im dead tired. I cant walk any farther, Jenny. , Tommy
7、. You can make it!ACome onBNo problemCNo hurryDThats OK18At the beginning of the class, the noise of desks could be heard outside the classroom.Abeing opened and closedBto be opened and closedCopened and closedDto open and close19Beijing was attacked by such a terrible sandstorm few citizens had eve
8、r experienced before.Aand it wasBas CthatDwhich2,4,620I think it is you husband, you, to blame.Amore than; areBless than; who areCrather than; isDrather than; who is第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Eleven year old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神经
9、系统）.She was unable to 21 .In fact, she could hardly make any 22 . Although she believed that she had a 23 chance of recovering, the doctors said that 24 , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not 25 . There, lying in her hospital bed, s
10、he 26 that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was 27 .She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method that could be tried was used. Still she would not 28 . It seemed that she was 29 . The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about 30 that she could ma
11、ke it. Every day Angela would lie there, 31 doing her mental exercise.One day, 32 she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle（奇迹）happened: The bed began to 33 ! “Look what Im doing ! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! ” she 34 .Of course, at this very moment everyone els
12、e in the hospital was 35 .More importantly, they were running 36 safety.People were crying, and equipment was 37 . You see, it was an earthquake. But dont 38 that to Angela. She has 39 that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, shes back in
13、 school. You see, to such a person who can 40 the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isnt it?21AseeBhearCtalkDwalk22AprogressBdifferenceCmovementDachievement23ApoorBgoodClittleDspecial24AfewBallCsomeDmost25AsatisfiedBdelightedCsurprisedDdiscouraged26AinsistedBsighedCfearedDpromised27AtrueBdou
14、btfulCcertainDimpossible28Aget upBgive upCturn upDstand up29AdisappointedBproudCtroubledDundefeatable2,4,630AthinkingBexpectingCpretendingDimagining31AsadlyBmadlyCcarefullyDfaithfully32AasBsinceCafterDbefore33AflyBmoveCrollDspeak34AjumpedBwonderedCscreamedDrecovered35AfrightenedBpleasedCtouchedDenco
15、uraged36AinBbyCforDwith37ArisingBfallingCmissingDgathering38AtellBdoCgiveDshow39AnoticedBsupposedCbelievedDdiscovered40ApushBshockCshakeDsave第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题，第一节每题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AFat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team, “Foot
16、ball, tennis, cricket anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearb
17、y forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgways School of A
18、dventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgwayss cold water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long distance expediti
19、on（探险）towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（冻疮）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply loaded sled（雪橇）up and over rocky ice.Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and hes skied more of th
20、e North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900 kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis. 41What change happened to Saunders after
21、 he was 15 years old?AHe became good at most sports.BHe began to build up his body.CHe joined a sports team.DHe made friends with a runner.42The underlined word “exploits”（paragraph 3） is closest in meaning to .AjourneysBresearchesCadventuresDoperations43Which of the following is the correct order o
22、f the events that happened to Saunders?aHe ran his first marathon.bHe skied alone in the North Pole.cHe rode his bike in a forest.dHe planned an adventure to the South Pole.Aa,c,d,bBc,d,a,bCa,c,b,dDc,a,b,d44What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?AHe is a success in sports.BHe is the best
23、British skier.CHe is Ridgways favorite student.DHe is a good instructor at schoolBIts 2035. You have a job, a family and youre about 40 years old. Welcome to our future life.Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. T
24、iny preprogrammed electronics（智能电子元件）are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe youre 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. Youre not even middle-aged! As you g
25、o into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldnt eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for brea
26、kfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen cheeks its food supplies. “Ready for your trip to space, ” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially-trained astronauts went into space and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for daytrips or longer vacation. Yo
27、ur best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots （防疫针）are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the k
28、ids head for the front door. Its time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news do
29、wnloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. 45What changes the color of your shirt? AThe mirror. BThe shirt itself. CThe counter. DThe medicine. 46How do the shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal? ABy pouring the brea
30、kfast into a bowl. BBy listening to the doctors advice. CBy testing the food supplies in the kitchen. DBy checking the nutrition details of the food. 47The strawberries the children eat serve as _ _. Abreakfast Blunch Cvaccines Dnutrition 48How is the text organized? AIn order of time BIn order of f
31、requency. CIn order of preference. DIn order of importance.CTake Action for a Better World: Volunteers NeededSix months preparation in Denmark: Africa studies, team work combined with social work with risk group teenagers.Six months community work in Malawi in People to People Projects child Aid, HI
32、V/AIDS Fight and Teacher Training.Qualifications（条件）:18 years, hard working and social engagement.Please contact us by email: takeactionbetterworld. com.Part time Work with Exchange StudentsYOUTH International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers fr
33、om over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. The Community Representative is a part time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money.Applicants（申请人）best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong
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35、 student in China. Im 20, quiet and polite, and I speak reasonable English. I am looking for a summer job in an English-speaking country. I can teach Chinese or do house and garden work, and cook Chinese dishes. Can anybody offer me a job? I dont need to earn much, just enough in 2 months（July-Augus
36、t） to pay for my return ticket to China. My goal is to improve my English and see a bit more of the world.My email is: ram 3462 hotmail. comCall for Native Speakers of EnglishI am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet. You d
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38、e willing to help me, then please email me:club386449Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?AOne who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.BOne who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.COne who has a strong desire to improve his or
39、her English.DOne who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.2,4,650Where will Jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?AIn some local office in the U. S.BIn an ESL organization in China.CIn a preparation program in Denmark.DIn an exchange student center in
40、Africa.51If Mrs. Black in the U.S. hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact .Atakeactionbetterworld. comBram3462Cclub3864hotmail,comDstaffyouth.org52What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?ATo interview people online.BTo do some housework.CTo offer advice o
41、n Child Aid.DTo provide language exercises.DOld Computers Make for Unhappy Workers - SurveyLONDON（Reuters）-Dealing with the dissatisfaction of ageing and unreliable office computers leads to workers unhappiness and more sick leave, a survey showed on Wednesday.A survey carried out by of over 2,700 E
42、uropean office workers from the UK, France and Germany found that workplace dissatisfaction increased greatly with the age of computer equipment. “We do know that job satisfaction is falling in Britain and in most advanced nations,” said Stephen White, a researcher from the Work Foundation. “The act
43、ual reasons for this are the subject of very heated discussion. Its certainly one interesting theory that technology may be the cause of this in some way.” White added. A quarter of those using out-dated computers in Britain said they were “quite” or “very dissatisfied” with their everyday job compa
44、red to 16 percent of those who had enjoyed an advantage from up-to-date technology. The survey also said that among workers dealing with out-dated equipment, there was a 35 percent greater probability they would take six or more days of sick-leave per year compared with the average worker. In France
45、, where more workers use older computers, the probability jumped to 55 percent. Results also showed that women in the three countries were more likely to be using outdated equipment. In the UK, where more workers have up-to-date computers than in the other countries surveyed, the number of women usi
46、ng old equipment doubled that of men. White pointed out that there were two sides to this problem, saying that continually having to deal with new technology and new equipment can also be source of worry. “Old and faulty equipment is a major cause of office dissatisfaction, theres no question about
47、it, but you also have to say that the frequent change of equipment is also, or could be, a main cause of dissatisfaction.” 53The underlined word “this” (paragraph3) refers to_.Aworkplace dissatisfaction Bcomputer use in most jobsCthe ageing of office computers Dthe survey by 54How many office worker
48、s using old computers in Britain expressed their dissatisfaction?A16% B25% C35% D55%55According to White, why were the women surveyed more likely to use old computers?AMost office workers use old computersBThey do some of their work with computers.CDealing with new equipment can cause anxiety.DThey
49、are easier to be satisfied with new technology56What is the subject of this news story ? APoor working conditions in offices BResearch work of the Work Foundation CInfluence of technology in the workplace DDifferent attitudes to old computersEMUNICHAlbert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci were in the c
50、lub; Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are also among its most famous members.Left-handed people, however, are considered less intelligent or unskillful with their hands.Schools in many countries may allow children to write with their left hands, but in the meantime “the idea that children should be re-ed
51、ucated to write with right hands has not yet been removed from the heads of many parents and grandparents,” says Elizabeth Werthmueller of the Left-handers Initiative in Fulda in central Germany.International Left-handed Day was held on August 13, 1976 -it was a public holiday- in the USA.Nowadays i
52、nterest is steadily growing and there are several advice centers to provide advice and actively campaign against the opinion that left-handers are unskillful.Psychologist and psychotherapist（精神病医生）Johanna Barbara Sattler, who founded the first advice center for left-handers in Munich in 1985,can onl
53、y shake her head over some of the conclusions shes heard. “Left-handed people die nine years earlier than the right-handers” is one rumor.（谣言）Sattler says that the process of changing writing hands means a sudden attack on the brain. Memory and speech defects（缺点）are the results, she says, because le
54、ft or right-handedness, which scientists say is in any case inherited（遗传）, is controlled by the hemispheres（大脑半球）of the brain. These are connected to the opposite body-half by crossed nerves.In left-handers, the right hemisphere is functionally dominant（支配）. It is primarily responsible for determini
55、ng space preferences and thought. This explains why left-handed people are often described as particularly creative.But in the workplace, they often have problems in using technical devices. However, it is always better to choose another job than to be forced to use the right hand, says Expert Sattl
56、er.In contrast to 30 years ago, left-handers are no longer forced to switch to their right hand in German schools, yet many teachers still have no idea how they can help left-handers with practical advice. Instead, these children often have to hear that they have to get along with “the problem” them
57、selves.57The first paragraph tells us that _.Ascientists in the world are all left-handersBartists in the world are all left-handersCfamous people all over the world are members of this special clubDsome famous people may be left-handers58From the third paragraph, we learn that _.Astudents in many s
58、chools must write with their left handBstudents in many schools sometimes write with their left handCmany parents insist that students write with their right handDmany parents insist that students write with both hands2,4,660 It shows in this passage that left-handers are _.Aunskillful in the worksh
59、opBoften full of imagination in their workCalways trying to defeat right-handersDoften simple-minded and foolish61From the last two paragraph we find that _.Apeoples opinion about left-handers has changedBGerman students seldom get help from their teachersCleft-handers at German schools feel disappo
60、intedDleft-handers at German schools find no trouble using anything第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Good morning, Sir. Can I help you? 61 Yes, sir. Which country would you like to visit? 62 I am too tired and I just want to relax myself.Maybe you can spend your holiday in Switzerland. 63
61、 But its too cold. 64 What about Australia? There is a lot of sunshine there all the year round. 65 And I can practice my English as well.AWhere are you going?BIts a wonderful place for skiing.CId like to spend my holiday abroad.DIve no idea.EGood idea.FIt doesnt matter.GI prefer warm places.2,4,6第卷
62、第三部分：写作（共三节，满分55分）第一节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。66Our new teacher is an woman-she never seems to get tired.（精力充沛）66 67Silk from China found its way over land along the Silk Road to India and Middle East in e for spices. 67 68He worked hard and made a great contribut
63、ion, so he was （提升）to an important position. 68 69Thanks to the measures taken by the government, the gap between the city and the country reduced （逐渐）69 70More mad more people v to work for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Would you like to join them? 70 71Armed robberies are happening quite （频繁） in t
64、his area. Measures must be taken about it. 71 72House repairs, holidays and other e have reduced her bank balance to almost nothing.72 73The football match will be b live on TV this evening. 73 74Saving money year after year, his parents （积累）enough money to pay for his education abroad.74 75The womb
65、at and the small bear come from the same family but d in body shape and eating habits. 75 第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）Dear Ms. Donforth,Im writing to ask you come to our class for a visit. Ive 76 heard that you have been to Greece. In our Greece unit, we 77 have been learning about its rich culture
66、 and long history. 78 Since you have visited Greece several times, so I would like to 79 know whether you have seen the old buildings here. We have 80 learned a lot from the textbooks, but I believe you personal 81 experiences will be a lot better. Your knowledges of Greece can 82 help the whole cla
67、ss. Could you share your experiences for 83 us? It will be surely exciting and rewarding. I hoped that you 84 will think about my request and visit us as soon as possibly. 85 Sincerely, Jeremy Taylor第三节 书面表达（满分30分）随着广告业的发展，广告已与我们的生活息息相关。但是广告是利是弊？请根据下列两组讨论意见，用英语写一篇100词的文章，并说明自己的看法。文章开头已给出。注意：请将书面表达写在
68、背面！Group AGroup B虚假广告太多，坑害消费者占用报刊太多的版面，浪费纸张占用电视，广播太多的时间应该取缔广告能指导消费，使消费者了解商品广告也能给人以艺术享受但广告太多会使人心烦应当适当发展，提高质量With the development of advertising, ads have been connected with peoples life. Is it good or bad? We had a discussion.参考答案15 BDBCD 610 ACABD 1115 CABCC 1620 DAABD2125 DCBAD 2630 ACBDD 3135 DAB
69、CA 3640 CBACC4145 BCDAB 4650 DCAAC 5155 BDABC 5560 CDCBA2,4,66165 CDBGE第卷66energetic 67exchange 68promoted 69gradually 70volunteer71frequently 72expenses 73broadcast/broadcasted 74accumulated75differ76come前加to 77正确 78its改为its 79去掉so 80here改为there 81you改为your 82knowledges改为knowledge 83for改为with 84hop
70、ed改为hope 85possibly改为possibleWith the development of advertising, ads have been connected with peoples life. Is it good or bad? We had a discussion. Some people think advertisements dont tell the fact about the products advertised. Also, they take up too much time on TV and the radio, and cover too
71、much space in newspapers and magazines, which waste a lot of paper. Whats worse, there are some false advertisements that cheat people into buying their things. Therefore, they believe advertisements should be stopped.Some other people think advertisements can help us make better choices about what to buy by offering us the latest information about various goods. Moreover, many well done advertisements are popular and entertaining, which appeal to the consumers. However, too many advertisements can be annoying. So we should develop advertising properly.