2006江苏省西亭高级中学高三第二次模拟考试
英语试卷 2006，5
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试用时120分钟。
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分:听力 (共 30 分，每小题 1.5 分)
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的三个选项A、B、C中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。 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。
1. What does the man really want to do?
A. To read the advertisement. B. To meet the manager. C. To take the job.
2. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Their favorite color.
B. The clothes the woman is wearing.
C. A present the man has bought.
3. What do the scientists think of the advertisement?
A. They are boring.
B. They are good for our eyes.
C. It’s a waste of time to advertise on TV.
4. How does the woman feel about David’s way of sleeping?
A. It’s effective. B. It’s strange. C. Both A and B.
5. How long will they still need to wait?
A. For 15 minutes. B. For 20 minutes. C. For 25 minutes.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Why did the woman want to talk to the man?
A. Because she planned to write about the evening school.
B. Because she wanted to be able to teach English better.
C. Because she tried to help newcomers to her country.
7. What does the man find is poor in learning English?
A. Speaking. B. Writing. C. Grammar.
8. When did the man learn English?
A. In his childhood.
B. When he was in the middle school.
C. After he came to America.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Who are the speakers?
A. A passer-by and a policeman.
B. A passer-by and a bus driver.
C. A passer-by and a taxi driver.
10. What is the woman’s house number?
A. 1323. B. 3023. C. 4023.
11. Why can’t the man turn left?
A. It’s rush hour. B. It’s a one-way street. C. The street is too narrow.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Brother and sister. C. Friends.
13. Where is the Chinese restaurant?
A. In Green Street. B. In Queen Street. C. In King Street.
14. What time were they to meet at the restaurant?
A. At 6:30. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:30.
听第9段材料。回答第15至17题。
15. What does the man do in the holidays?
A. Stay with his parents. B. Have a further education. C. Take a part-time job.
16. What can be learned about the woman?
A. Her parents are rich. B. She is a top student. C. Her flat is free.
17. Why does the man live in a flat with two other boys?
A. It’s cheap. B. It’s large. C. It’s quiet.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is a good title for this story?
A. Preparing to Leave Home.
B. Family Holiday Fun.
C. A Party for the Neighbors.
19. How many people are there in the Martin Family?
A. Seven. B. Five. C. Six.
20. Why did the family change their clothes?
A. To clean the house. B. To wash the clothes. C. To prepare for visitors.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（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答案。
21. About 698,000 laptops were sold in China in second quarter, 12.1 % increase from a year ago.
A. a； a B. the； a C. the；the D. a； the
22. I can’t go to the New Year’s concert, ________, 100 dollars is just too much for me to spend in one evening.
A . in other words. B that is. C in particular. D I mean
23. ----- What’s the model plane look like?
----- Well, the wings of the plane are _________ of its body.
A. more than the length twice B. twice more than the length
C. more than twice the length D. more twice than the length
24. ---- You shouldn’t have gone there alone last night.
---- But I ________, because Xiao Wang went there, too.
A. didn’t B. had to C. did D. should
25. Before leaving home, make sure to turn off the electricity, lock the door, ______ the windows open.
A. and not to leave B. instead of leaving C. rather than leave D. and not leave
26.Space exploration has been made ______ with the development of modern science and technology.
A. it possible B. it was possible C. that possible D. possible
27. The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it may be some time _________ the situation improves.
A. since B. when C. unless D. before
28. It ___ how long the shock that explosions hit London transport system will stay in people's hearts.
A. abandons B. considers C. matters. D. minds
29. . ---Thanks for your trouble.
---Not at all. I’m _______ pleased to help you.
A. too much B. too only C. so much D. only too
30. __ in faraway northwest , this place has its beautiful fresh air .
A．Being located B．Located C．locating D．To be located
31. So __ that all the living things died out gradually .
A．serious polluted the lake is B．serious polluted is the lake
C．seriously polluted the lake is D．seriously polluted is the lake
32. Teenagers are warned to be careful when making friends online, because when you can’t see a person, they could be __________.
A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody
33. Not far from the club there was a garden, ________ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.
A. whose B. its C. which D. that
34.He __________ full marks, but he was so careless as to make a spelling mistake.
A. must have gained B. can have gained
C. could have gained D. must gain
35. It is few people, _______ have come to ask for the position, _______ fit for the job.
A. who ; who do I think is B. that ; I think is
C. that ; who I think are D. who ; that I think are
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Feeling hopeless and sick at heart, Tom turned away. For a quick moment his 36 met those of the cook, and he saw there a light of such 37 and fear that no words could describe.
The cook moved quietly closer. He whispered to Tom in a rough voice, "Don't be too 38 . Mark my words." And he went away.
Tom' s thoughts did not stay focused on the cook and his 39 . His friend was in trouble. How could he 40 him? He decided to slip away as soon as possible in search of information that would 41 Jay of all doubts and bring the true criminal to justice.
He had noticed a piece of old sailcloth lying on the 42 floor. With this and a length of string (绳子) he 43 a package which looked very much like the one the police had seized. His 44 was to step to the shore and hand it over just as the cook had ordered Jay to, hoping in this way to learn the 45 about the criminal' s activities. He could then persuade the 46 of his friend' s innocence（无罪）.
By now it was 47 . Taking the blankets out of Jay' s empty bed, Tom piled them up in his own in the shape of a sleeping 48 . How real it looked! With the 49 pulled up high around the figure' s head he could almost 50 he saw it breathing. Pleased with this, Tom moved quietly to the 51 .
He was about to open it when he felt the handle 52 the other way. Someone was 53 and about to come in. Had his plan failed? Slipping quickly back behind the door 54 it opened, Tom waited.
It was the 55 who was leaning forward now over the figure in the bed. His arm swung up and a long knife plunged down.
36. A. friends B. eyes C. hands D. thoughts
37. A. worry B. joy C. excitement D. hatred
38. A. clever B. rude C. careful D. active
39. A. ideas B. words C. action D. appearance
40. A. encourage B. support C. help D. persuade
41. A. tell B. inform C. remind D. clear
42. A. ship B. plane C. ocean D. bedroom
43. A. took B. bought C. sent D. made
44. A. plan B. dream C. decision D. work
45. A. news B. reason C. truth D. story
46. A. cook B. people C. public D. police
47. A. dawn B. dark C. hot D. cloudy
48. A. bag B. bed C. figure D. toy
49. A. cloth B. blanket C. rope D. dress
50. A. find B. know C. believe D. realize
51. A. door B. room C. floor D. window
52. A. opening B. shaking C. dropping D. turning
53. A. inside B. outside C. off D. away
54. A. as B. after C. since D. because
55. A. friend B. policeman C. cook D. boy
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Sometimes people call each other “scared-cat”, but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn’t realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.
Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run.
Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger—or hit somebody—and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn’t always wise to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it’s smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside. It can actually be bad for your health. (It isn’t good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.)
Feeling that you keep all bottled up inside, don’t just go away. It’s as if bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you’d smell them, if you opened the cupboard, chances are you’d see little fruit flies hovering all over them. They’d be rotten.
You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don’t exist, but they’ll still be around. And at last you’ll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.
56. What does the word “emotions” in the second paragraph mean?
A. acts B. feelings C. measurements D. thinking
57. The best title for this article is __________.
A. Emotions Affect Our Bodies B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat
C. What Happens to An Excited Person D. Feelings That People Have
58. The author wrote this article in order to __________.
A. tell us that it isn’t good to keep feelings inside
B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings
C. compare man with a scared cat and suggest mankind learn from it.
D. make us know that it isn’t always wise to express our feelings freely
B
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit（起诉） against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company. But perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads. Nearly half of all carelessness cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. And the railroads usually won.
Most of the cases were decided in sate courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. Government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.
Court decisions always went against railroad workers. A Mr. Farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman carelessly ran his engine off the track. The court reasoned that since Farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted the risk. Therefore the accident, though avoidable had the switchmen acted carefully, was a "pure accident". In effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.
In one case where a Pennsylvania Railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spread several blocks, causing widespread damage, a jury found the company responsible for all the damage. But the court overturned the jury's decision because it argued that the railroad's carelessness was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings. Beyond them the connection was too far-off to consider.
As the century wore on, public feeling began to turn against the railroads -- against their economic and political power and high fares as well as against their coldness toward individuals.
59. Which of the following is NOT true in Farwell's case?
A. Farwell was injured because he carelessly ran his engine off the track.
B. Farwell would not have been injured if the switchman had been more careful.
C. The court argued that the victim had accepted the risk since he had willingly taken his job.
D. The court decided that the railroad should not be held responsible.
60. What must have happened after the fire case was settled in court?
A. The railroad compensated（赔偿）for the damage to the immediate buildings.
B. The railroad compensated for all the damage by the fire.
C. The railroad paid nothing for the damaged building.
D. The railroad worker paid for the property damage himself.
61. The following aroused public anger EXCEPT _____.
A. political power B. high fares C. economic loss D. indifference
62. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Railroad oppressing individuals in the US. B. History of the US railroads.
C. Railroad workers' working rights. D. Law cases concerning the railroads.
C
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A. knowledge B. techniques C. diligence D. experience
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66. Which of the following does NOT agree with what is said in the above advertisements?
A. THE STARS is the name of a famous restaurant in London.
B. CV might refer to a brief self-introduction.
C. Andrew Warburton’s office prefers those who speak other European languages besides English.
D. The secretary for the third advertisement must be energetic.
D
It’s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive (收养) parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That’s especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It's also true of children who suffer for years in foster (收养) homes because of parents who can't or won't care for them but refuse to give up custody (监护) rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have “no legal right” on her.
The ruling, though it may yet be reversed (颠倒) , sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. That's an important development, though not so much in time.
Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly’s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasn’t the Twiggs’ own daughter, but Kim only was, thus causing a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would continue to have custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.
The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused people to debate her suit. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have rights to make a decision on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just possession to be handled as adults saw fit.
Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is important. But biological parents aren’t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not have an complete ownership that cancels (取消) all the rights of children.
67. What was first of all considered in the Florida judge’s ruling?
A. The biological link. B. The child’s benefits.
C. The true practice. D. The parents’ feelings.
68. We can learn from the Kimberly case that _______.
A. children are more than just personal possessions of their parents
B. the biological link between parent and child should be paid more attention to
C. foster homes bring children more pain and suffering than care
D. biological parents shouldn't demand of custody rights after their child is adopted
69. The Twiggs demanded of custody rights to Kimberly because _______.
A. they found her unhappy in Mr. Mays’ custody B. they regarded her as their property
C. they were her biological parents D. they felt very sorry about their past mistake
70. Kimberly had been given to Mr. Mays _______.
A. by complete accident B. at his request
C. out of the hospital’s mistakes D. for better care
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It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions (感知物) , the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.
Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available (有效的) for later use. It includes not only “remembering” things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sensed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.
Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines.
Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data (数据) for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instantaccess memory of a large computer may hold up to 100000 “words” ready for instant use. An average U.S. ? teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction (片段) of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.
The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.
71. According to the passage, memory is considered to be ________.
A. the basis for decision making and problem solving
B. an ability to store experiences for future use
C. an intelligence (智慧) typically possessed by human beings
D. the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words
72. The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that ________.
A. the computer’ s memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager’s
B. the computer’ s memory capacity is much better than an adult human being’s
C. the computer’ s memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenager’s
D. the memory capacity of a teenager’s should be full made use of
73. The whole passage implies that_________.
A. only human beings have problem-solving intelligence
B. a person’s memory is different from a computer’s in every respect
C. animals are able to solve only very simple problems
D. animals solve problems by instincts (本能) and intelligence
74. The phrase “in terms of” in the last sentence can best be replaced by_______.
A. changing into B. expressed by C. making up D. made up of
75. Which of the following is the topic of the passage?
A. What life would be like without memory.
B. Memory is of complete importance to life.
C. How a person’ s memory is different from an animal’s or a computer’s.
D. What is contained in memory.
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
| Don and Dora are coworkers at a downtown office. They are talking about the salaries they will receive after the firm announced the difficult situation it is facing. Dora: Don, did you read that (76)m_________ from the boss? Don: Why? What’s it about? Dora: It says: “ (77)D_________ to the difficult business conditions, every employee’s pay must be (78)r_________ by five percent.” I’d say business is good but the boss just wants (79)m_________ money. Don: Dora, do you mind if I (80)o_________ a suggestion? Dora: Of course not, Don. Do you mind if I organize a protest in the office? Don: No, no. Actually, I was going to say that maybe you should be more (81)c_________ about the things you say. Dora: Why? I’m not (82)w_________ about losing my lower-paying job, if that’s what you (83)m_________ . Don: Maybe you should be. But more importantly, your attitude may be affecting other workers — in the wrong way. Dora: OK, I see. I will think it over before (84)t_________ any action. (85)A_________, thank you for your suggestion. | 76.__________ 77.__________ 78.__________ 79.__________ 80.__________ 81.__________ 82.__________ 83.__________ 84.__________ 85.__________ |
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是某中学高三学生李华。最近班级里面越来越多的家长在学校附近租房子和孩子住在一起，于是你班同学就“父母有没有必要陪读？”这个话题进行了讨
论。请你根据下表内容客观地介绍讨论的情况，并阐述你个人的观点。
| 70%的同学 不赞成陪读 | 1、父母陪读让学生养成依赖的习惯，不利于将来自控能力的培养，不利于培养良好的学习习惯。 |
| 2、父母陪读影响了他们的工作、学习和休息。 | |
| 30%的同学 赞成陪读 | 1、父母陪读能使学生腾出更多的专心学习，使学生身体更健康。 |
| 2、父母陪读能帮助学生确立学习目标，督促他们完成学习任务，鼓励他们独立解决困难，培养他们养成良好的学习习惯。 | |
| 个人观点 | 1、 |
| 2、 |
注意：1. 信的形式已经为你写好。 2．词数120左右。
3．参考词汇：陪读 accompany sb studying at school 督促 urge
Recently the students in our class had a discussion about whether their parents should accompany them studying at school.
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21—35 BDCAA DDCDB DCBCD
36-40 BDABC 41-45 DADAC 46-50 DBCBC 51-55 ADBAC
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76. message 77. Due 78. reduced 79. more 80. offer
81. careful 82. worried 83. mean 84. taking 85. Anyway
One possible version
Recently the students in our class had a discussion about whether our parents should accompany us studying at school.
We do have different opinions on this matter. Most of us (about 70%)think our parents should not accompany us studying at school since it make us fall into the habit of dependence, so that we won’t form the good habit of studying. What’s more, it is harmful for us to form the habit of controlling ourselves. At the same time it affects our parents’ work, studies and rest.
While about 30%of my classmates think it necessary for our parents to accompany us studying at school. Accompanying us studying at school can let us have more time to spare for our studies. Besides, we shall be more healthy for their cooking. On the other hand our parents can help us set up our aim, urge us to finish our task, encourage us to overcome difficulties and get us into the good habit of studying..
In my opinion,……