2005—2006学年度第一学期高三英语期中试题
第一部分 听力(共两节;满分30分)
第一节(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， 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，并标在试卷相应位置。听完每段话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读两遍。
听第1段材料, 回答第1-2题.
1.How much luggage does the woman have ?
A. one camara B. two bags C. None
2.What’s the possible relation between the two speakers?
A. Shop assistant and customer B. customs officer and traveler C. Repairman and customer
听第2段材料, 回答第3-4题.
3. Where is the woman interested in going?
A. New York B. Boston C. New York and Boston
4.What dost the woman think of the first train ?
A.It will arrive too late B. The ticket is too expensive C. It will leave the next morning
听第3段材料, 回答第5-6题.
5.Where does the conversation most probably take place ?
A. In a shop B .At a tailor’s C. In a hotel
6.What time will the man get the clothes ?
A. at 9 tomorrow morning B. at 9 :30tomorrow morning C. before 9 tomorrow morning.
听第4段材料, 回答第7-9题.
7.What happened to the man ？
A. He found his house was broken into . B. He locked himself out
B. C. He forgot to lock the front door
8.When did he lock all the windows ?
A. On Saturday. B. On Friday C. On Friday night
9.What is the woman most probably going to do?
A. To look around . B. To talk to others C. To ask more questions
听第5段材料, 回答第10_12题.
10.Why can’t the man find Susan’s home?
A. Because he hasn’t been told how to get there
B. Because he forgot to bring the map Susan gave him
C. Because he is so forgetful that he can’t remember her address .
11.Where is the bank ?
A. It is near the bus stop . B. It is on the corner beside the bus stop
C. It is on the corner across the street .
12.Where is Susan’s house ?
A. It is the seventh house from the corner on the man’s right
B. It is the seventh house from the corner on the man’s left
C.It is the seventeenth house from the corner on the man’s right.
听第6段材料，回答第13-15题。
13.How many counties did Mr Bell visit last summer ?
A. only one . B. three. C. four.
14.Why did Mr. Bell feel very tired after returning home?
A. He visited too many places in a hurry
B. His holiday was not long enough for him to travel in Europe
C. He was on the train or on a bus all day long during his holiday .
15.what will be a good idea to spend a two_week summer holiday?
A.visisting only one city by the sea with some friends
B. Visiting only a few cities near the sea with some friends .
D. Visiting some museums and famous places in different cities .
第二节：听取信息（共5小题：每小题1.5分,满分7.5分）
听下面一段独白, 请根据题目要求, 从所给的内容中获取必要的信息,填入答题卡标号为16-20的空格中.录音读两遍.你有90秒钟的作答时间)
| What is asked about? | 16.The speaker’s __________________ |
| Population | 17.____________ |
| Location | 18.on the coast about __________from London |
| Where did the speaker’s father work? | 19._________ |
| What’s his hope? | 20 To ____________ |
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节；满分45分）
第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21.To learn English well, writing and reading are also important ________listening and speaking.
A. beside B. besides C. except D. except for
22.After we had finished __________, he proposed to set out ______the job immediately.
A. to eat; to do B. eating, doing C. to eat; doing D. eating, to do
23. Nowhere_____ such great enthusiasm for learning _______in this country.
A. has the world ever seen, as B. the world has ever seen, as
C. has the world ever seen, like D. the world has ever seen, like
24. After the students put up Christmas decorations, the classroom _______ a holiday appearance.
A. took up B. took in C. took on D. took away
25.He made some marks in the article where ________.
A. he was necessary B. necessary C. it necessary D. was necessary
26.You will find his book of great _____ in helping you to learn English well.
A. price B. cost C. value D. usefulness
27.He ________ his leg when he ________ in a football match against another school.
A. broke, played B. was breaking, was playing
C. broke, was playing D. was breaking, played
28.Only in this way ____get rid of the bad habit ---smoking.
A. can you B. you can C. you will D. can
29. The prices of the computer ________ here now are still unknown.
A. shown B. being shown C. showing D. to be shown
30. it was not ____she took off her dark glasses _______ I realized she was a famous film star.
A. when, that B. when, then C. until, when D. until, that
31. Ten dollars _______ not buy as much as ________ used to.
A. do, they B. does it C. did, they D. does, that
32. I doubt ______ he will come to our party on time.
A. that B. whether C. what D. how
33. Shall we ___our discussion and have some tea or coffee ,please ?
A. break off B. break down C. break into D. break out
34. I will lend you the money on condition_______ you pay it back in one month.
A. which B. that C. when D. where
35. “China Daily” is _______ a newspaper. It helps greatly to improve our English.
A. no more than B. not more than C. more than D. not less than
第二节 完形填空（共20小题； 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I am a student in a common agriculture（农业） university. As you know, few people think ___36___of an agriculture university, especially one which is not ___37____. It is ten times ___38____ difficult for a graduate from our university to ___39____ a satisfactory （满意）job than for those who ___40___more respected subjects at a famous university. ___41___ graduates from our university can ___42____ to be treated coldly.
Last year, a __43___ form our university attended（举行） a talent fair (人才市场) held in Guangzhou. He joined a queue to __44___ in his recommendation (推荐) form for an interview (面试). When his ___45___came, the interviewer asked him, “ Which university did you graduate from?” When the graduate told him the ___46__of our university, the interviewer said with a sneer, “What? I’ve never ___47___ of that university. Go! Next one!” He waved his hand ___48___even taking a look at the recommendation form and took no notice of the graduate’s request（要求） for a chance to show his skills and __49___.
Another interviewer told the graduate, “Sorry, if you had graduated from Beijing Agriculture University, we would take you on.”
How___50____the graduate was! Wonder what these employers really want: the name of a famous university __51___ knowledge and technology?
It is true that ___52__ students from common universities don’t have the same abilities as __53__ from key ones on the whole, but that doesn’t __54___ that all of us are less able students. I am sure that we are going to try to do as well as those students from key universities. We will _55__ the employers with our skills. So, give us a chance.
36. A. lowly B. highly C. little D. greatly
37. A. well-known B. beautiful C. important D. skillful
38.A.greater B .less C. fewer D. more
39. A. accept B. find C. search D. leave
40. A. study B. understand C. change D. follow
41.A. Worst B. Least C. Most D. Best
42. A. need B. wish C. expect D. hope
43. A. teacher B. graduate C. parent D. professor
44. A. give B. share C. let D. hand
45. A. time B. turn C. chance D. interview
46. A. address B. telephone C. name D. number
47. A. seen B. notice C. listened D. heard
48. A. wish B. away C. up D. without
49. A. books B. subjects C. request D. knowledge
50.A. pleased B. surprised C. angry D. sorry
51.A. or B. and C. but D. so
52. A. much B. some C. many D. most
53.A.this B. these C. those D. that
54.A. explain B. mean C. say D. translate
55. A. impress B. warn C. prove D. disappoint
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
The idea of fighting a noise by making more noise sounds strange, but that’s exactly what motor engineers are doing in Germany and some other countries.
Carmakers’ research and development laboratories have already proved that mixing in more noise with the help of loudspeakers （喇叭）can reduce the unwanted noise.
Physicists have known about the technique for a long time. Sound is made up of pressure waves in the air. If two sound waves of the same frequency(频率)mix so that the highest point of one wave happens at the same time with the lowest point of the other wave, the result is no sound. Therefore, by producing a perfect copy of the noise and delaying（推迟） it by half a wave cycle(周期), we can kill the unwanted noise. Using this technique, many carmakers are racing to develop noise-killing systems both inside and out side the cars.
Another good thing about the use of noise-killing systems is that is saves the need for a silencer, which not only reduces the weight of a car, but also makes the motor burn less oil and work better.
Some engineers believe that the noise-killing system will be used in most cars in the future. But the carmakers haven’t decided if they will put it into production because it would add several hundred to the cost of their cars.
56.Which of the following gives a general idea of how the noise-killing system works?
A. By producing pressure waves going in the opposite direction.
B. By mixing high frequency sound waves with low frequency sound wave.
C. By making copies of the unwanted sound waves and letting them out a little later.
D. By mixing new sound waves with the noise and sending them out together.
57.Besides its main function(功能) the noise-killing system can______.
A. make a car lighter B. make a car quieter
C. reduce the cost of a silencer D. improve the performance of a silencer
58. The noise-killing system is not yet popular mainly because______
A. it increases the cost of car production B. carmakers are not sure if it is necessary
C. it is still being tried out D. people still have their doubts
B.
Britons Learn to Forgive
LEEDS, ENGLAND—A Leeds University psychology(心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
“The hatred(憎恨) we hold within us is a cancer,” Professor Ken Hart said, and he added that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop(实验班) in London a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.
“These are people who are sick and tired of living with the memory. They realize their bitterness（痛苦） is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves.” said Canadian-born Hart.
The students meet in groups of eight to ten for the two- hour workshop with a visit to an adviser every fortnight.
The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people.
“People have lots of negative（消极的） attitudes towards forgiveness （原谅）,” he said. “ People confuse(把……混同)forgiveness with for getting.”
Forgiveness is something of changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.
Hart and his team have created instructions（说明） to provide the training （训练）needed.
“The main idea is to give you guidelines(准则) on how to look at various angers which affect you, and how to change your attitude toward the person you are angry with,” said Norman Glaring bull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project. Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people “want to get free of the past”.
59.From this passage we can find that__________.
A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred
B. high blood pressure can only be cured by
psychology professors
C. without hatred, people have less trouble connected with blood and heart
D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies
60. If you are angry with somebody, you should________
A. try your best to defeat him or her B. never meet him or her again
C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you D. make yourself not think of it any more
61. In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can_________.
A. meet their enemies B. change their minds
C. enjoy the professor’s speech D. learn how to quarrel with others
62.if you are member in Hart’s workshop, you’ll have to____.
A. pay much money to Hart B. go to the workshop every night
C. attend a gathering twice a month D. Pour out everything stored in your mind
63.The author wrote this passage in order to ________.
A. persuade us to go to Hart’s workshop B. tell us the news about Hart’s workshop
C. tell us how to run a workshop like Hart’s D. help us to look at various angers
C
Many people go to school for an education. They learn Languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize(记住)some facts or a formula(公式)。It is usually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a mats problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo didn’t get every-thing from school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind(人类).
Above all, they knew how to use their brains.
64.Whether he is more ____________or less, a teacher can’t teach his students everything they want to know.
A. important B. useful C. difficulty D. knowledgeable(有知识的)。
65. A teacher’s job is mainly to train his students to master the ability of __________.
A. learning by themselves B. making a living
C. reading and thinking D. studying all the subjects
66.The reason for scientists’ success is that _______.
A. they read books that were not taught at school.
B. they worked all their lives
C. they wasted not a single moment
D. they knew how to use their brains
D
Make it with your own hands
Yang Yu works for a German company in Beijing. Though he enjoys the computer business, it is hard for him to relax after work.
“For a long time, I had no choice except to go to a bar for a drink.” He said.
Yang started looking for something a little less destructive(破坏性) and a little more constructive (建设性).
He found it .
Yang builds model tanks. His tanks don’t look as professionally （专业地）made as those displayed in stores, but he likes doing it.
“Playing with store bought tanks with expensive price tags is not as much fun,” he said.
“When I was younger, I liked wearing blue army uniforms and holding a wooden gun to shoot at imaginary enemy tanks. Now I enjoy putting together tanks----inexpensively.”
His bookshelves now hold not books but plastic（塑料的） tank models that Yang made.
A growing number of young people are like Yang, creating (making) things on their own. They like to do it themselves.
Though many “ ready-made” craft items (手工艺品) are valuable in China, some people, increasingly（增加地） known as DIYers-do-it-yourselfers-appreciate the sense of involvement in the process of making personalized products eco-nominally.
DIY, as lifestyle（生活方式）, is beginning to catch on.
Besides making tanks, many create things from their own kitchen dishes to assembling (fit together) personal computers.
However new the DIY fad (新奇的时尚) may be to the younger generation, many people remember when DIY was a way of life.
During the 1960s and 1970 when materials（材料） were in short supply, people were forced to use their own hands to do many things. Whitewashing the wall or sewing clothes was a part of life.
There was no choice（选择）: if you wanted something done, you did it yourself; if you needed a piece of equipment（设备）, you made it yourself. And if it took longer, that was also a point of pride, You were self- sufficient.
But times have changed and the concept of DIY is different.
Now it’s more a form of self-expression, as well as a way to economize.
67. What does Yang Yu most enjoy doing in his spare time?
A. Computer business.
B. Going to bar for a drink.
C. Doing something by himself.
D. Wearing blue army uniforms and holding a wooden gun to shoot at imaginary enemy tanks.
68.What are put on Yang Yu’s bookshelf?
A. Books B. Plastic C. Tanks made by himself D. Enemy tanks
69. Why does Yang Yu build tanks?
A. They are valuable B. He wants to save money
C. His family needs them D. For fun
70. What is the writer’s attitude in this passage?
A. His tanks don’t look as professionally as those in stores.
B. Store-bought tanks are too expensive
C. DIY was a way of life in the past.
D. DIY is a good way of life.
E
Is There Anything Wrong with Her Ears?
It was Friday afternoon. A school meeting was held on the playground. Lily, my desk mate, looked very excited because she for the first time had won the first place in the final examination. But before this she was thought not to be clever. She often asked foolish questions that made her classmates laugh at her.
Now the meeting began. When the headmaster announced her name and called her to the rostrum(主席台) to take the prize she didn’t seem to hear until the headmaster repeated several times.
I felt strange. “ is there anything wrong with her ears?” Later I asked her why she couldn’t hear her name being called clearly. She replied with a smile. “Oh, yes, I have good ears. I was only afraid the others hadn’t heard.”
71. Which of the following is true?
A. Lily had been successful in passing the final examination.
B. Sometimes others thought Lily was not clever.
C. Lily had won the first place in the final examination.
D. All of the above
72.Lily often asked foolish questions, for she______.
A. was slow in thought
B. wanted to laugh at her classmates
C. liked to make her classmates laugh at her
D. wanted to question her desk mates or classmates
73. Lily _________ hear her name called at first.
A. didn’t B. pretended not to C. wasn’t able to D. really didn’t
74. Lily wished _______ to know her success.
A. everybody B. her deskmate C. someone D. no one
75. After reading the passage you may realize that
A. a student who is proud of his success always wins the first place
B. a clever student can make rapid progress whether he studies hard or not
C. a student who seems not to be clever can make rapid progress as well if he studies hard
D. a clever student usually wins the first place
第四部分 写作（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
One day, some children were playing hide- and –seek （捉迷藏） 76._________________
in an garden. The garden was big and full of man – made (人造的) 77.___________________
stones. The children knew them very well because 78.____________________
they played there very often. Then the youngest of 79.____________________
them saw a tall jar, he had an idea. He decided climb 80.____________________
into it and hide himself. However it was filled of 81.____________________
water. As soon as he got into it and then began to 82.____________________
drown, he let out a cry of help. When all were frightened.(害怕) 83.____________________
one of them were picked up a stone and threw it hard 84.____________________
at the jar. The jar was broke and the boy was saved. 85.____________________
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
最近，你校组织高三学生开展了一场讨论。讨论的主题是：周末双休日要不要上课。请根据下表提供的信息，写一篇短文，客观地介绍以下评论的情况。
| 30% | 30% | 40% |
| 1． 要上课。 2． 高考明年6月举行，要捉紧时间复习 | 1． 不要上课。 2． 休息好， 提高学习效率 | 1． 其中一天学习，一天休息。 2． 学习与休息两头兼顾。 |
注意：
1． 短文的开头已为你写好：
2． 词数：100 左右
Recently ,the students of Senior 3 in our school have had a discussion about whether we should have class3es on weekends .
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2003-2004期中英语参考答案
〈一〉1-5： BACBB 6-10 CACBB 11-15 CCCCC 16-20：ABCAB
〈二〉21-25 BDACB 26-30：CCABD 31-35 BBABC
〈三〉36-40 BADBA 41-45 CCBDB 46-50 CDDDC 51-55 ABCBA
〈四〉56-60 CAACD 61-65 BCBDA 66-70 DCCDD 71-75 DABAC
〈五〉76. V 77.an→Q 78.them→it
79. then→when 80. decided to
81.of→with/ filled →full 82. then 83. of →for 84. were 85. broke→ broken