茂名市2008年初中毕业学业考试与高中阶段学校招生考试
英语试卷
第一卷（共90分）
一、听力 （共四节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分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。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。
听第一段对话，回答第1小题。
1. What did the woman do last night?
A. She went to a party. B. She went to school. C. She went to work.
听第二段对话，回答第2小题。
2. What is Davis ?
A. A film star. B. A basketball player. C. A baseball player.
听第三段对话，回答第3小题。
3. Who has borrowed Polly’s camera?
A. Jim. B. Jerry. C. Tim.
听第四段对话，回答第4小题。
4. Where will the woman do ?
A. She will stay home. B. She will visit Venice. C. She will go to see the film.
听第五段对话，回答第5小题。
5. When will the woman get her work done?
A. Before seven. B. At seven. C. After seven.
第二节（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
听下面3段对话，每段对话后有2个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，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。每段对话读两遍。
听第六段对话，回答第6－7小题。
6. When did Jenny buy the T-shirt ?
A. After breakfast. B. After lunch. C. After supper.
7. Who is James Brown ?
A. A good designer. B. A bad designer. C. A good advertiser.
听第七段对话，回答第8－9小题。
8. Who is Michael?
A. Their best friend. B. Their head teacher. C. Their maths teacher.
9. Who will Betty do next Sunday ?
A. To go hiking with her friends. B. To visit her head teacher.
C. To look after her sister.
听第八段对话，回答第10－11小题。
10. Has the woman been to the park before ?
A. Yes. B. No. C. Not known.
11. What in the park does the woman like best ?
A. The lake. B. The wooden house. C. The roses.
第三节（共9小题，每小题1分，满分9分）
听下面3段对话，每段对话后有3个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，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。每段对话读两遍。
听第九段对话，回答第12－14小题。
12. What does the woman want to get?
A. A big car. B. A dragon card. C. An ID card.
13. Where does the woman live ?
A. At 18 Banana’s Road. B. At 18 Bahamas Road. C. At 80 Bahamas Road.
14. What’s the woman’s telephone number ?
A. 364-9759. B. 364-9659. C. 364-9759.
听第十段对话，回答第15－17小题。
15. The dialogue is between _________ ?
A. two students. B. two teachers. C. a teacher and a student.
16. What does the woman think of the life of a student ?
A. Not interesting. B. Interesting. C. Amazing
17. What does the man think of the job of a teacher ?
A. Hard job. B. Easy job. C. Exciting job.
听第十一段对话，回答第18－20小题。
18. when did the dialogue happen ?
A. Before the game. B. After the game. C. During the game.
19. What does Mike think of his training ?
A. Not interesting. B. Interesting. C. Exciting.
20. What does Mike think of his football team?
A. A good team. B. A terrible team. C. A lasy team.
第四节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
听下面一篇短文，短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。
听第十二段材料，回答第21－25小题。
21. The speaker is _______ .
A. a worker B. a guess C. a manager
22. How many matters about the hotel is the speaker not happy about?
A. Two. B.Three. C. Four.
23. Which of the following is NOT true ?
A. The speaker stayed in the hotel for a week.
B. The speaker was well treated by the hotel.
C. The speaker enjoyed swimming in the hotel.
24. During his stay in the hotel, what did the speaker hear early in the morning?
A. Repairing. B. Cooking. C. Talking.
25. Which of the following does the speaker want the hotel manager to explain ?
A. Why the swimming pool was not open.
B. Why the workers didn’t repair the door of his room.
C. Why the workers didn’t pay attention to them.
二、选择填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
根据句子意思，从A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
26. －Whose book is it .
－ It is ________.
A. mine B. your C. her
27. The fastest way to travel to Shanghai is _______ air .
A. in B. by C. on
28.Have you read the book ________ I gave you yesterday ?
A. that B. when C. where
29. Our school is just ten _______ walk from my home.
A. minute’s B. minutes’ C. minute
30. We should keep the habit of taking notes when the teacher _________ .
A. will talk B. would talk C. is talking
31. She was surprised __________ me last night.
A.to see B. see C. saw
32. You _______ study hard if you want to get good grades in English.
A. can B. may C.must
33. Some of my classmates ________ from other cities.
A. comes B. is C. are
34. The man _______ came to our party with a present is my old friend.
A. when B. which C. who
35. I am not sure _______ we will visit you next Saturday.
A. whether B. that C. what
36. －Which one of those two houses would you buy?
－I would buy the _______ one, because I have a big family.
A. larger B. largest C. smaller
37. We believe that Mary ________ take the money at that time, though she was poor.
A. won’t B. wouldn’t C. is not going to
38. Since I had a lot of homework to do, I didn’t go to bed ________ 12 last night
A. until B. when C. while
39. I asked her for _________ milk, but she didn’t have ________ .
A. any; some B. some; any C. some; some
40. A: Did you see ___________ dog just now ?
B: Is it ___________ black dog ?
A: Yes. It is.
B: Oh, I just saw it passing the door.
A.the; a B. a; a C. the; 不填
三、完形填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分， 满分15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给出的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My holiday is coming. Yesterday I asked my American friends about the best way to travel within the United States. They said it was best to go by ___41____and gave me the __42___.
To fly, of course, is the fastest way, but one can’t see anything during a __43___ except the blue sky and white clouds. So it is not very interesting to one who wants to see the __44____ . Besides, airfare is very ___45__ .
To travel by train is _46___ , because passengers can walk and buy food and drinks on a train. They can also see cities and the country through the windows. But trains don’t leave or __47_ at a place every day, and don’t go to many cities.
To travel by bus, my friends tell me, is easy, cheap and convenient, though not so fast as traveling by plane or so __48__ by train. You can find buses almost in every city, big or small. That makes travel arrangement easy.
I take their _49___ . Now I have decided to go to the east coast with an interesting _50___ by bus.
41. A. bus B. train C. plane
42. A. reason B. answer C. suggestion
43. A. railway B. flight C. course
44. A. country B. heaven C. mountains
45. A. cheap B. large C. expensive
46. A. relaxing B. interested C. dear
47. A. wait B. arrive C. pass
48. A. comfortable B. convenient C. tiring
49. A. advice B. surprise C. feeling
50. A. dialogue B. movement C. trip
四、阅读理解 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面三篇短文，掌握文章内容，从每小题所给出的A,B,C,D 四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father’s death. He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.
Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.
If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a “Gou Jian”, and his story, a “Gou Jian’s story”.
51. _________ was seriously hurt and died.
A. Gou Jian’s father B. Fu Chai’s father
C. Gou Jian’s brother D. Fu Chai’s brother
52. Three years later _______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.
A. Gou Jian B. Fu Chai
C. Gou Jian’s father D. Fu Chai’s father
53. Gou Jian ________ when he was in the state of Wu.
A. ate gall bladders B. raised horses
C. trained his army D. forgot his pain
54. Which of the following is TRUE ?
A. The gall bladders tasted good. B. Gou Jian loved horse-raising.
C. Finally Gou Jian was set free. D. Finally Fu Chai was set free.
B
You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth,it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say,”I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are.
In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot of for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
56. According to the writer, textbook English is ________ everyday English.
A. quite different from B. the same as
C. more difficult than D. easier than
57. What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?
A. 困惑 B. 憧憬 C. 悲痛 D. 后悔
58. A good US student spends his / her time __________ .
A. only in doing homework B. only on sports or music
C. only in working for the public D. on studies, sports or music and public work
59. Which of the following is NOT true ?
A. The writer is now in US.
B. American girls love to have white skin.
C. US students are talented and hard working.
D. The writer regrets(后悔) that he gave up playing the piano.
60. Which is the best title for the passage ?
A. My Own Travel in the US B. My Studying in the US
C. My Opinion about the US D. My Friends in the US
C
You may have known several kinds of police, traffic police, and street police. But have you ever heard of energy-saving(节能) policemen ?
A group of 22 of these new policemen went to work last week in Beijing. They go around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and onther public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these sites have set their air conditioning(空调) no cooler than 26 ℃.
They also set up a special phone line so that people can tell them which buildings fail to follow the rule.
“If everyone sets their air conditioning at 26 ℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in one summer. That’s one-third of all the usage of the city in the season,” said a TV advertisement.
Other Chinese cities, like Wuhan in Hubei Province and Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province, are going to follow Beijing’s steps in setting up a similar police team.
As one of the fastest developing countries, China is using a lot of energy. This has a great effect on the country’s environment and limited energy.
From 1986 to 2005, the country experienced 20 warm winters continuously. Numbers show that Chinese cities have to spend billion of yuan solving(解决) environmental problems every year.
At the beginning of this month, China made its first action plan to fight pollution. It aims to reduce energy usage by 20％ and increase renewable energy up to 10％ from 7％ by 2010.
To introduce the public to a green life, last week Beijing held a show on energy-saving technology and productions. Environment-friendly machines, such as a vending machine that helps colllect used bottles, have attracted lots of attention.
“We want to tell people that there are certain ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find effective ways to do it in our daily lives,” said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer in Beijing.
61. The job of the energy-saving policemen is ______________ .
A. to set the air conditioning cooler
B. to check the use of energy in public places
C. to set up a special phone line
D. to make sure that more energy will be produced
62. Beijing will use ________ million kilowatt-hours electricity in one summer.
A. 1200 B. 800 C. 400 D. 133
63. Which of the following years’ winters were all warm in China ?
A. 1984-1988. B. 1999-2003 C. 2002-2006. D. 2005-2009.
64. In the year 2010 China’s energy usage is going to be cut by ___________ .
A. 20 ％ B.10 ％ C. 7 ％ D. 17 ％
65. According to Liu Qianguang, _______________ .
A. there is few ways to protect the environment
B. it’s difficult to find good ways to save energy
C. it’s easy for one to do something good for the environment
D. it’s not easy for one to do something good for the environment
第二卷（共60分）
五、单词拼写（共10分，每小题1分，满分10分）
根据括号内汉语,结合句子的意思，在横线上写出形式正确的英语单词。每个空格只准填一个单词。
66. Kate’s new house is on the ________________________(十二)floor.
67. The little boy likes to _____________________( 分享) his apples with the little girl.
68. ________________________( 英雄) appeared one after another after the big earthquake..
69. How many ___________________________(月) are there in a year ?
70 Listen, how__________________________(美妙) the music is !
71. Meg’s bike was _______________________________(偷) last night.
72. Children should learn to _______________________________(尊重) each other.
73. There is a _______________________(职业) player on their team.
74. We spend the night by the lake. It was very _______________________(平静) .
75.People are much________________________(富有) than ten years ago.
六、句型转换。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
请按各小题的要求转换句型，保持句子原意, 每个空格只准填一个单词。
76. Mike did not do his homework yesterday. (改为否定式问句)
____________________ Mike do his homework yesterday?
77.Tim is tall. Ted is taller. Tom is taller than Ted. (合并句子)
Tom is the______________ ___________________ all the three.
78. That book is a story-book. That book has a red cover. (合并句子)
That book ______________ has a red cover _____________ a story-book.
79. The teacher wrote some words on the blackboard. The pupils copied all of them down. (合并句子)
The pupils copied down ______________________ the teacher wrote on the blackboard.
80. Even a bottle of water is very important to the man under the bricks(砖块). (改为同义句)
Even a bottle of water ____________ a real difference _________ the man under the bricks.
七、补全对话 （共5个空格，每个空格1分满分5分）
完成下面对话，每个空格只准填一个句子，并使用正确的标点符号。
W: Tomorrow is Sunday. What shall we do, dear ?
M: (81)_______________________________________________________________________
W: The park ? Are you still interested in the park ? ?
M: (82)_______________________________________________________________________
W: Good, I love to go hiking.
M: (83) ______________________________________________________________________ .
W: What should we prepare ?
M: You must bring some food and drinks, and don’t forget your cell phone.
W: (84)_______________________________________________________________________
M: Really ? What’s wrong with it ?
W: Don’t you remember ? You dropped it into the water and it hasn’t worked ever since.
M: All right. (85)_______________________________________________________________
W: Your old one ? No, I want a new one. Tomorrow let’s go to the cell phone shop first !
八、 任务型阅读 (共5个空格，每个空格2分，满分10分)
下面是李国龙先生写的求职信及个人简历，请根据信的内容，将其简历补充完整,每个空格不得超过2个单词.
73 Xinchang Road, Beijing
June 7, 2008
Dear sir,
I am writing to introduce myself, with the hope of getting the job you advertised in Daily news.
When I was a child, I was fond of English and always got good grades. In 1994, after six years of hard work in Beijing No.4 Middle School, I entered People’s University. I studied English there for four years.
Luckily, I got my first job when I graduated. I taught English in Beijing No. 4 Middle School from 1998 to 2001. Then I got the chance to receive further education in University of Hawaii in the US. That was a precious experience of my life. I learnt a lot during those two years, especially the differences between eastern and western cultures.
I came back to People’s University in 2003. I worked as an assistant(助手) for 2 years and then as a professor. So far I have got 8 years of working experience.
I won lots of awards. I was an “Excellent Student” of People’s University in 1997, and an “Outstanding Teacher” of Beijing No. 4 middle school in 2000.
Thank you for reading my letter, and I will appreciate it very much if you can reply soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Guolong
| Curriculum Vitae(个人简历) Name: Li Guolong (86)___________________: 73 Xinchang Road, Beijing Telephone: (010) 7178 5210 Date of Birth: May 8 , 1975 Nationality: Chinese (87)____________________: 1988-1994 Beijing No. 4 Middle School 1994-1998 People’s University, Beijing Major: English 2001-2003 University of Hawaii Working Experience: 1998-2001 (88)______________________________________ Beijing No. 4 Middle School 2003-2005 (89) _______________________________________ People’s University 2005- present Professor People’s University Awards: 1997 (90)”_______________________”, People’s University 2000 “Outstanding Teacher”, Beijing No. 4 Middle School |
九、书面表达（满分25分）
联合国教科文组织(UNESCO) 想了解你校的情况,发来了一个英文表格(见下表).请参考表格里的内容提示,用英语写一篇短文,介绍你校的相关情况.要求: 内容包括表格里的全部内容,字数不少于80字,不准出现真实的姓名和校名.
| Area of the school | How many square metres? |
| Building | How many ? Low or tall ? |
| Teacher and student | How many ? |
| Teaching building | How many ? New or old ? |
| Sports field | How many ? Often in use ? |
| Teachers’apartment | How many ? New or old ? |
| Students’ apartment | How mnay ? New or old ? |
| Tree and flower | How many ? How do you like it ? |
生词: square metres: 平方米; teachers’apartment: 老师公寓
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茂名市2008年初中毕业考试与高中阶段学校招生考试
英语试卷参考答案
一、听力
1—5 ACBBC 6—10 CAACB 11—15 CBBAA 16—20 AAAAA 21—25 BACAA
二、选择填空
26—30 ABABC 31—35 ACCCA 36—40 ABABB
三、完形填空
41—45 AABAC 46—50 ABAAC
四、阅读理解
51—55 BABCD 56—60 AADBB 61—65 BABAC
五、单词拼写
66. twelfth 67. share 68. Heroes 69. months 70. beautiful/ wonderful
71. stolen 72. respect 73. professional 74. peaceful/ quiet/ tranquil 75.richer六、句型转换
76. Didn’t 77. tallest of 78. which/ that, is 79. what/ all /everything
80. makes, to
七、补全对话
81. Shall we go to the park ? / Let’s go to the park. /What do you think of going to the park? Etc.
82. How about going hiking? /Let’s go hiking then./ Go hiking ? /Hiking ?/ Etc.
83. So we must get ready for it this evening. Etc.
84. But my cell phone doesn’t work now. /But my cell phone has been broken down. Etc.
85. Would you mind using my old one ? / You can use my old one. Etc.
八、 任务型阅读
86. Address 87. Education 88. English teacher 89. Assistant
90. Excellent Student
九、书面表达
One possible version:
Our school is not very large. It covers an area of about thirty thousand square meters, with only 500 students and 46 teachers. There are only three buildings in it, none of which is very tall. The largest one is a newly built teaching building. The second largest is the students’ apartments and the third one is the teachers’apartments. The two apartments were both built in the year 1993. The school has one football field and two basketball fields, where we usually have happy hours after school. Trees and flowers are everywhere and we all love it.