江苏省常州高级中学
2006～2007学年第一学期期中质量检查高三年级英语试卷
2006．11
特别说明： 1. 以下题目的答案请全部填写在答卷纸上。
2. 本卷总分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第I卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5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，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. When will Mr. Addison return?
A. On Monday afternoon B. On Thursday night C. On Friday morning
2. What time did the second baseball game finally start?
A. At 3:45 B. At 4:45 C. At 5:45
3. Who is the man?
A. Tom’ s boss B. Tom’s doctor C. The woman’s doctor
4. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a park B. At a station C. On the street
5. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. The man is able to manage.
B. Mr. Brown will ring back soon.
C. The woman didn’t answer the phone.
第二节（共15小题； 每小题1.5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秒种， 听完后，各个小题将给出5秒种的作答时间。 每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段材料， 回答第6至7题。
6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Policeman and driver. B. Salesman and customer. C. Employer and employee.
7. How much was the woman made to pay in all?
A. $ 35 B. $ 50 C. $ 65
听下面一段材料， 回答第8至10题。
8. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a flat building. B. In the man’s office. C. In the woman’s house.
9. What is the woman looking for?
A. A two-bedroom flat. B. A three-bedroom flat. C. A ground-floor flat.
10. What does the woman think of the flat?
A. It is too small to live in.
B. It is too expensive to buy.
C. It is satisfying on the whole.
听下面一段材料， 回答第11至13题。
11. What was the robber wearing?
A. A black dress. B. A red sweater C. Tennis shoes
12. Who is the robber?
A. A man who robs women in the park.
B. A woman who robs men in the park.
C. A man who dresses up like a woman.
13. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. The robber is really quite harmless.
B. Such a case has never been heard before.
C. The man speaker has been robbed several times.
听下面一段材料， 回答第14至16题。
14. What will the woman probably do if she’s caught in a thunderstorm?
A. Stand on the ground. B. Put herself in water. C. Try to find a house.
15. What does the man think of taking a bath during a thunderstorm?
A. It is acceptable. B. It is dangerous. C. It is unbelievable.
16. What does the woman think about the man’s action?
A. It is unusual. B. It is unnecessary. C. It is very practical.
听下面一段材料， 回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker?
A. A park manager. B. A tourist guide. C. A restaurant host.
18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. A historic tree. B. A well-known park. C. A famous commander.
19. What do we know about the Washington Elm?
A. It was less than one hundred years old.
B. It was much older than people had thought.
C. Washington couldn’t have commanded under it.
20. What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A. Some historical storied are untrue.
B. Washington commanded the army on his knees.
C. The Washington Elm was destroyed before the celebration.
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)
21.---Excuse me, are you going to buy _________ book?
--- Well, I need it for _________ class but it’s too expensive.
A.a; the B.the; a C.a; / D./; the
22. The Olympic mascots are the Olympic flame，the fish，the panda，the Tibetan antelope and the
swallow，______ a close group of friends．
A．to represent B．representing C．represented D．represent
23. If you work hard enough in your company, you can expect a(an) _____________.
A. increase B. improvement C. promotion D. encouragement
24.Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society. __________, it has affected the traditional role of men.
A.Above all B.In all C.At most D.At last
25. His fear of people is deeply ________________ his unhappy childhood.
A. connected to B. related to C. connected with D. developed from
26. Science and technology have__________ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.
A.attached B.assisted C.contributed D.witnessed
27.If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, would be getting sick.
A.a lot of more us. B.more a lot of us
C.a lot of us more D.a lot more of us
28. --- What’s the matter with Tim?
--- Oh, Tim’s cellphone was left in a taxi accidentally, never ___________ again.
A. to find B. to be found C. finding D. being found
29. --- Jenny looks hot and dry.
--- So ________ you if you had a high fever.
A. will B. do C. are D. would
30. Considering your salary, you should be able to ___________ at least twenty dollars a week.
A. put forward B. put up C. put out D. put aside
31. _________________ their differences, the couple were developing an obvious and genuine affection for each other.
A. But for B. For all C. Above all D. Except for
32. I don’t think it advisable that Tim _____________ the job since he has no experience.
A. is given B. will be given C. be given D. has been given
33. You have nothing to ___________ by refusing to listen to our advice.
A. grasp B. seize C. achieve D. earn
34. ---It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?
--- Yes. I love _____ when the weather is like this. Why don’t we sit outside and have our lunch?
A. that B. one C. it D. this
35. The speech which he made __________ the project has bothered me greatly.
A. being concerned B. concerned C. be concerned D. concerning
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，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I was 11，and my family was preparing to leave the beautiful island，where we had lived for four years: my father was being transferred again．
But I had constructed a mental wall against this unsettledness．My fascination with 36 provided me with an endless source of 37 ．When I arrived on this little island，I discovered a variety of butterflies，and I began to 38 them．Catching butterflies isn’t 39 ，so I was proud of my collection． 40 there was one that I had yet to capture—the great orange tip．The problem was its 41 habitat: I could only watch these lovely insects 42 gracefully．No matter how high I climbed，these creatures were always just 43 my reach．With only a couple of days before we were to leave，I began to 44 hope of finding my great orange tip．
One morning I was at leave to wander the bush keeping a 45 eye out for my beauty．In the heat，butterflies of all sorts floated above the wildflowers on the hillsides． 46 ，the great orange tips remained high above the treetops．But then，I caught a flash of brilliant white out of the 47 of my eye．I looked up and there it was，about a meter away， 48 on a big red flower．I 49 in my tracks．After a long moment，I began to raise my net，little by little， 50 beating fast．I could scarcely believe my eyes． 51 I reached in and grabbed it，with every intention of moving it into the killing jar．But my hand 52 as I reached for the jar．There was the brilliant bloom of orange on the tips of its glowing white wings，and I could feel the creature’s 53 between my fingers．And then，on an impulse (冲动)，I tossed it into the clear，bright air and watched it float away．High above the nearby trees it 54 and then disappeared from sight． 55 is like that．
36．A．travel B．nature C．islands D．flowers
37．A．amazement B．information C．motivation D．environment
38．A．notice B．raise C．display D．collect
39．A．usual B．hard C．easy D．funny
40．A．And B．But C．Therefore D．Besides
41．A．high B．long C．fast D．often
42．A．flowing B．floating C．jumping D．running
43．A．by B．for C．against D．beyond
44．A．hold up B．put up C．give up D．keep up
45．A．careful B．tearful C．greedy D．sleepy
46．A．In turn B．In common C．As well D．As usual
47．A．edge B．touch C．corner D．sight
48．A．gathered B．settled C．performed D．ploughed
49．A．froze B．puzzled C．stared D．rushed
50．A．the tree B．the net C．my heart D．my hand
51．A．Gently B．Seriously C．Luckily D．Actively
52．A．rose B．fell C．stopped D．stretched
53．A．movement B．existence C．joy D．fear
54．A．hung B．started C．parked D．sailed
55．A．Help B．Love C．Interest D．Success
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分．满分40分）
A
Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就).Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.
Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy,”Saunders says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit. Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
56. The turning point in Saunders’ life came when _____
A. he started to play ball games
B. he got a mountain bike at 15
C. he ran his first marathon at 18
D. he started to receive Ridgway’s training
57. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.
A. dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy
B. built up his body together with Saunders
C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience
D. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic
58. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.
A. Excited B. Convinced C. Delighted D. Fascinated
59. It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.
A. was accompanied by his old playmates B. set a record in the North Pole expedition
C. was supported by other Arctic explorers D. made him well-known in the 1960s
B
The classical study of family size and IQ was conducted in the Netherlands . It was based on the military examinations of more than 386,000 Dutchmen . Researchers found that the brightest subjects came from the smallest families and had few , if any , brothers and sisters when they were born . Thus the firstborn child in a family of two was usually brighter than the last child in a family .
The effects of family size on intelligence may be explained by what a house full of children does to the home environment . It increases the amount of time a child spends with other children and decreases the amount of parental attention he or she receives . For example , a parent with one restless child is likely to sit and play with the child . The same parent with two or three restless children is more likely to ask them to play with each other . Some psychologists say that when a child interacts with an adult alone , the child learns more and therefore intelligence is increased . Researchers have also found that parents often expect more from their firstborn , which motivates such children to seek a higher standard .
Not all psychologists agree that firstborns tend to be more intelligent . They say that the data need to be examined more closely for other possible explanations . For example , in industrialized nations most large families come from lower socio-eco-nomic backgrounds . Thus environment , not family size or birth order , may be influencing intelligence . On the other hand , there may be genetic variations (基因变异) within families that also explain the cause of differences .
If firstborns have advantages in the area of intelligence , research has also shown that they may be more conforming (墨守成规) and have poorer social skills than their younger siblings (brothers and sisters ). Although more research needs to be done in this area , it is clear that such factors as birth order , the order in which boys and girls are born into a family , the number of yers that separate siblings probably have an effect on the development of intelligence , personality , and social relationships .
60．The underlined word “subjects” in the first paragraph means .
A．branches of knowledge
B．persons chosen to be studied in experiments
C．any member of a state except the top ruler
D．something to be considered
61．Psychologists are divided with regard to their opinions toward .
A．the way in which the data are explained
B．the advantages of firstborns in the area of IQ
C．the planned size of families
D．the factors influencing intelligence
62．Why are firstborns encouraged to seek a higher standard ?
A．They are more obedient and have poorer social skills .
B．Their parents spend less time with other children .
C．They obtain more attention from their parents .
D．Their parents expect more from them .
63．The best title for this passage would be .
A．Family Size and IQ B．The Preference of Boys to Girls
C．The Development of Intelligence D．Factors Influencing IQ
C
Becket not only traveled light, he lived light. In all the world he owned just the clothes he stood up in, a full suitcase and a bank account. Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily put up for a month or a year as for a single night. For long stays, not less than a month, he might take a furnished flat, sometimes even a house. But whatever the length, he rarely needed anything he did not have with him. He was, he liked to think, a self-contained person.
Becket had one occasional anxiety, the suspicion that he owned more than that would fit comfortably into the case. The feeling, when it came, was the signal for him to throw something away or just leave it lying about. This was the automatic fate of his worn-out clothes for example. Having no use for choice or variety, he kept just a raincoat, a suit, a pair of shoes and a few shirts, socks and so on; no more in the clothing line. He bought and read many books, and left them wherever he happened to be sitting when he finished them. They quickly found new owners.
Becket was a professional traveler, interested and interesting. He liked to get the feeling of a place by living in it, reading its newspapers, watching its TV, discussing its affairs. Though Becket's health gave him no cause for alarm, he made a point of seeing a doctor as soon as he arrived anywhere. "A doctor knows a place and its people better than anyone", he used to say. He never went to see a doctor; he always sent for one; that, he found, was the quickest way to confidences, which came out freely as soon as he mentioned that he was a writer.
Becket was an artist as well. He painted pictures of his places and, when he had gathered enough information, he wrote about them. He sold his work, through an agent, to newspapers and magazines. It was an agreeable sort of life for a good social mixer, and as Becket never stayed anywhere for long, he enjoyed the satisfying advantage of paying very little in tax.
64. What do we know about Becket's possessions?
A. He had enough baggage to stay for one night.
B. He carried all of them around with him.
C. He had thrown or given them away.
D. He left most of his things at home when he traveled.
65. Becket took a flat when _______.
A. there were no suitable hotels
B. he meant to stay somewhere for several nights
C. he was sure of staying a year or more
D. he expected not to move on for a month at least
66. How did Becket feel about taxation?
A. It worried him, so he kept moving from place to place.
B. He hated it, so he broke the tax laws.
C. He was pleased he could honestly avoid it.
D. He felt ashamed of not paying taxes.
67. If anything worried Becket, it was _______.
A. the thought of having too much baggage
B. his habit of leaving things lying about
C. the fact that he owned so little
D. the poor state of his clothes
D
A recent trend in Californian restaurants shows new eating habits among those out to have an interesting dining experience . Appetizers (开胃品) seem to be the name of the games as diners turn away from the more traditional three-course meal in favor of smaller snacks sampled in various types of restaurants , bars and cafes . In this way , in the course of an evening out , you might go to a restaurant for a tasty dish to eat at one end of town , to a bar with some live music at the other end , then for a coffee , and finally back to the restaurant for a further appetizer .
Reasons for this trend are the fact that so many different types of restaurants have been set up recently , each with their own particular type of food and special atmosphere , combined with the increased sophistication in the type of snacks being offered . Gone are the cheese sticks of the old days , when appetizers were not really taken seriously . Some favorite snacks of the moment are slices of hot pizza , creamy fish-based dishes and crispy cakes and so on .
Prices for appetizers are not equal to a full meal ; however , their new popularity has meant that they are by no means as cheap as they used to be . Certainly , for that special occasion , a meal in a nice restaurant , complete with the piano performance , is hard to beat . However , if we see that this trend for “butterfly eating”—moving around several different places in one evening—continues , then all the traditional style restaurants may well have to provide their own appetizer bars as well !
68．How are Californian people’s eating habits changing ?
A．People are dining out less .
B．Californian restaurants are becoming less popular .
C．Most people eat less than they used to .
D．A full restaurant meal is losing popularity .
69．All the places which serve appetizers .
A．have much the same menu B．have their own particular characteristics
C．have a bar with live music D．are located at the end of the town
70．If you go out for an evening of appetizers , you are likely to .
A．need a car or a bus or other transport
B．be bored with some kinds of snacks
C．spend more time for a full meal than you would
D．eat too much meat
71．Appetizers used to be seen as .
A．relatively important B．a full meal
C．a cheap meal D．an expensive meal
E
The 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to Paul C. Lauterbur (USA) and Peter Mansfielf (UK), for their discoveries concerning “Magnetic resonance imaging (磁共振成像技术)”. Imaging of human internal organs with exact and non-invasive (非侵入人体的) methods is very important for medical diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Shirin Ebadi (Iran), “for her efforts for democracy and human rights.” She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children. Her principal arena is the struggle for basic human rights, and she believes no society deserves to be labeled civilized unless the rights of women and children are respected. In an era for violence, she has consistently supported nonviolence. It is fundamental to her view that the supreme political power in a community must be built on democratic elections. She favors the methods of dialogue and freeing the public from ignorance as the best path to changing attitudes and resolving conflict.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided that the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2003, is to be shared between Robert F. Engle (USA), “for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying changeability, and Clive W.J. Granger (UK), “for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends.”
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2003 jointly to Alexei A. Abrikosov (USA), Vitaly L. Ginzburg (Russia) and Anthony J. Leggett (USA). The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2003 has been awarded with one half jointly to Peter Agre (USA), and the other half to Roderick Mackinnon (USA).
72. Paul C. Lauterber (USA) and Peter Mansfielf’s discoveries may likely deal with the
following .
A. the skin disease B. the mad-cow disease
C. the lung disease D. the common cold
73. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 was rewarded to Shirin Ebadi, because she made a special contribution to .
A. fighting against racism B. fighting against the Iranian government
C. avoiding the Iraqi war D. fighting for the basic human rights
74. The following Nobel Prizes for 2003 were jointly shared between the two persons EXCEPT
in the field of .
A. physics B. chemistry C. economic sciences D. physiology
75. What does “principal arena” in the passage mean?
A. Key aim. B. Only task. C. Great idea. D. Main field.
第二卷（满分35分）
第一节 短文填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
An American student Tom and a Chinese student Li Hua are talking about the Three Gorges Dam in China.
T: Hi, I’ve heard so much about the Three Gorges Dam. Can you
tell me w_____1______ it’s all about? 1. ______________
L: Sure. The Three Gorges Dam Project is a huge dam project. We
need a lot of electricity to d_____2_______ the country, 2._______________
so we decided to build this dam in Yichang, Hubei Province.
It’s o____3___ the Yangzi River. The project will 3.________________
give us electricity but won’t cause much p __4__ 4. ______________
It’s much c____5_____ than coal energy, for example. 5. _______________
T: That sounds good. But w____6____such a large dam 6. _______________
destroy the environment?
L: Well, yes, there are some negative e____7____, but the government 7. ______________
has tried to protect people, animals, and nature. Because the water in
the river will rise, many people had to move. The government helped
them find new homes and in some cases e___8____ built whole 8. ______________
new cities.
T: Well, it s____9____ like people have tried to be as careful as possible. 9.______________
I hope the project will be a success.
L: I do too. The project is almost finished and everything seems to be
w_____10_________ as planned. 10. _____________
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你叫李华，是我市某中学学生。最近你校在为一批来自英国的学生征寻住宿家庭，你有意申请。请根据下表提供的信息给校长写封信，说明你申请的理由。
| 申请理由 | |
| 住房条件 | 宽敞，整洁，环境优美 |
| 语言优势 | 擅长英语，父母是英语教授，不会有交流困难 |
| 接待经验 | 上个月刚刚接待过两名美国学生 |
| 参观游览 | 父亲可驾车陪同参观附近的名胜 |
| 其他 | ……（内容由考生自己添加） |
注意：（1）文章必须包括所有要点,适当增减细节,使内容连贯、完整。
（2）信的开头部分已写好,不记入总字数。 （3）词数120个左右。
Dear Sir,
I’m writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host families for the British students. _______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
2006-2007 高三期中答案
听力
1-5 BCABA 6-10 ACABC 11-15 BCACB 16-20 CBACA
单选
21-25 BBCAB 26-30 CDBDD 31-35 BCCCD
完形
36-40 BADCB 41-45 ABDCA 46-50 DCBAC 51-55 ACDDB
阅读
56-59 BDDB 60-63 BBDA 64-67 BDCA 68-71 DBAC 72-75 CDAD
填词
1. what 2. develop 3. on 4. pollution 5. cleaner
6. won’t 7. effects 8. even 9. sounds 10. working
作文
2006-2007 高三期中答案
听力
1－5 BCABA 6-10 ACABC
11-15 BCACB 16-20 CBACA
单选
21－25 BBCAB 26-30 CDBDD 31-35 BCCCD
完型
36-40 BADCB 41-45 ABDCA 46-50 DCBAC 51-55 ACDDB
阅读
56－59 BDDB 60-63 BBDA 64-67 BDCA
68-71 DBAC 72-75 CDAD
填词
1．what 2. develop 3. on 4. pollution 5. cleaner
6. won’t 7. effects 8.evev 9. sounds 10. working
写作
Dear sir,
I’m writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host families of the British students.
We have a large and clean house, which lies in a beautiful area of the city. I’m good at English and my parents are both professors of English, so I’m sure we won’t have any difficulty communicating with English speakers. My father is an excellent driver and we will be very glad to show foreign students around some nearby places of interest in our own car. Last month we received two American students. We had a great time. Besides, my mother cooks well, so the students will be able to enjoy delicious Chinese food. I would greatly appreciate it if I could have the chance to make friends with them.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours
Li Hua