2006—2007学年梅陇中学高三英语诊断卷(1)
时间:120分钟 满分:150分
第一部分 听力 (共两节,满分35分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
听第1段材料,回答1——3题。
What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. The man’s company. B. A daily newspaper. C. Computer files.
2. When does this conversation take place?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
3. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Friends. B. Coworkers. C. Boss and secretary.
听第2段材料,回答第4——6题
Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. In a service center. B. In a factory. C. In a store.
5. What do we know about the woman?
A. She acts on a rule. B. She is impolite to the man. C. She makes an exception for the man.
6. What will the man most probably do with the player at last?
A. Throw it away. B. Have it repaired. C. Return it to the woman.
听第3段材料,回答第7——9题。
7. What is wrong with the man?
A. He has a toothache. B. His false teeth don’t fit. C. He has a pain in his mouth.
8. What is the woman’s attitude towards the man?
A. She is worried about him. B. She is indifferent to him. C. She is polite to him.
9. When will the man go to see the woman?
A. This morning. B. This afternoon. C. Tomorrow morning.
听第4段材料,回答第10——12题。
10. What is the woman?
A. A girl of public relations. B. A clerk of after-sales service. C. A manager of marketing the department.
11. How long has the man have the car now?
A. For a few days. B. For a few weeks. C. For a few months.
12. What is wrong with the man’s car now?
A. The oil light is always on. B. The engine doesn’t work well. C. The wheels keep up a terrible noise.
听第5段材料,回答第13——15题。
13. Where is the speaker most probably giving the talk?
A. At the entrance to the gardens. B. In a restaurant of the gardens. C. In the old family house.
14. What does the speaker tell the people to do first?
A. Have their lunch. B. Visit the collections. C. Walk through the gardens.
15. How many sections are the gardens divided into? A. Two B. Three C. Four
第二节 听取信息 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
The Problems with the Apartment
Item
Problem
When to be dealt with
16._________________
leaking
This afternoon
17._________________
Locks being missing
18.______________________
Bathroom light
19.____________________
This afternoon
Bedroom curtains
20.____________________
Tomorrow
第二部分:语言知识及运用(共两节,满分35分)
第一节: 完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An 21 student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment.
Many 22 find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with 23 and turns to you for help. Not wanting the child to 24 , some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the 25 between a parent’s writing style and the student’s style on homework.
Parents often have pure purposes, but the result can be 26 . They’re cheating their kids out of the very education they want them to get. Allowing children to master a skill 27 lifelong gains.
Some ways to help without hurting:
Be a model learner. If your child sees you 28 papers, magazines or literature, he’ll be more motivated to learn.
If you’re 29 that he or she is falling behind, talk with the teacher about it instead of doing the work yourself.
Nick made it through fine. I didn’t write his paper. Nor did his mother. Instead, we guided him together. At 30 , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But no one was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.
21. A. average B. excellent C. open-minded D. absent-minded
22. A. children B. teachers C. parents D. students
23. A. school B. homework C. research D. graduation
24. A. lose B. graduate C. succeed D. fail
25. A. difference B. similarity C. comparison D. distance
26. A. pitiful B. successful C. harmful D. useful
27. A. results in B. comes from C. makes up D. takes over
28. A. writing B. reading C. learning D. collecting
29. A. sure B. anxious C. worried D. happy
30. A. classroom B. home C. graduation D. presentation
第二节: 语法填空(共10题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But they do not really know 31 they are talking about because they rarely get a chance 32 (eat) it. Most of the restaurants in large towns have foreign owners and serve foreign food. When visitors are invited to eat in an English home, their 33 often feel they must offer them something foreign and exotic.
Those of us 34 do know English food are aware that at its best it can be really very good. On the other hand it is true to say that it is sometimes terrible. Part of the problem is 35 we are not really interested in food. We eat to live. We do not live to eat. So we don’t generally spend the necessary time and effort 36 (need) to cook really good meals. We prefer food that is simple and easy to cook or ready food which only needs heating up 37 eating.
You can find the best English food in the country far 38 from the large towns, where life is slower and people are not in such 39 hurry. But of course, most visitors come to London. They come because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing. They do not come 40 (介词) the food, so why should they complain about it?
第三部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节: 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分为30分)
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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 peiole 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.
46. The turning point in Saunders’life came when _____
he started to play ball games B. he got a mountain bike at age 15
he ran his first marathon at age 18 D. he started to receive Ridgway’s training
47. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.
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
48. What do we know about Saunders?
He once worked at a school in Scotland. B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.
C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid. D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.
49. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.
A. Excited B. Convinced C. Delighted D. Fascinated
50. It can be inferred tat Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.
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
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers(剑)。 Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brogher was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’t an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can bradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands at the young isn’t healthy for children or the family, Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”
51. Bossy children like Stephen Jackson .
make good decisions B. show self-centeredness C. lack care from others D. have little sense of fear
52. The underlined phrase“inheritable trait” in Paragraph 2 means .
inborn nature B. developed character C. accepted theory D. particular environment
53. The study on bossy behavior implies that parents .
A. should give more power to their children B. should be strict with their children
C . should not be so anxious about their children D. should not set limits for their children
54. Bossy children may probably become .
relaxed B. skillful C. hesitant D. lonely
55. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How bossy behavior can be controlled. B. How we can get along with bossy children.
C. What leads to children’s bossy behavior. D. What effect bossy behavior brings about.
C
Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s intended major, one located near a large city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe.
“The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked: what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer — “That’s not a problem here.” — Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
“No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today. “I just don’t buy it.” Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to colleges,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.”
But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics (统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be obvious,” warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group.
To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.
56. The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ______.
A. to express the opinions of many parents B. to choose a right one for their daughter
C. to check the cost of college education D. to find a right one near a large city
57. It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges ______.
A. receive too many visitors B. mirror the rest of the nation
C. hide the truth of campus crime D. have too many watchdog groups
58. The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means ______.
A. mind B. admit C. believe D. expect
59. We learn from the text that “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph most probably refers to colleges ______.
A. that are protected by campus security B. that report campus crimes by law
C. that are free from campus crime D. the enjoy very good publicity
60. What is the text mainly about?
A. Exact campus crime statistics. B. Crimes on or around campuses.
C. Effective solutions to campus crime. D. concerns about kids’ campus safety.
第二节:信息匹配(共5小题;每小题2分,满分为10分)
阅读下列信息,从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中,选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。
The people below are all trying to choose which TV programme to watch. Read the information about six TV programmes A-F and decide which programme would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 61-65. There is one extra paragraph about one programme which you do not need to use.
61. Although Rob leads a quiet life in a small village, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific development.
62. Bella enjoys eating out but can’t afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learnt how to cook, so now might be quite a good time to find out!
63. Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys the kind of programme which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work.
64. Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers classical music, she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches.
65.Ron’s wife is in hospital. He wants to finds a programme suitable for his three-year-old son while he gets on with the housework and prepares a meal.
TODAY’S TELEVISION PROGRAMME PREVIEW
A. TV1 7:20 p.m. Find out more about Australia’s animal life. This film was made last year by one of Australia’s best-known cameramen, Dougie Bond. He spent over 200 hours filming the birds, animals and fish that inhabit this beautiful continent and for the first time brings some of these unusual animals to our TV screens.
B. TV3 9:00 p.m. The popular science programme is back with the latest in technology and medicine. This week, cars that run on sunlight and the story of one baby’s fight to live.
C. TV2 8:10p.m. Do you think what goes into the food most of us eat every day of the week? Tonight’s programme takes a serious scientific look at the bread industry. Whether you bake your own bread or just enjoy buying it, this programme will give you an interesting insight into something most of us eat every day of the week.
D. TV1 5:15p.m. Busy parents? Bored children? Do you want something educational to entertain your children while you do something else? This popular magazine programme is for the under-fives. More music, fun, songs and games with Carla and Larry.
E. TV3 8:45p.m. If you’ve always wanted to cook, now’s your chance to learn. In the studio are two chefs who will take you through some simple recipes step by step. This is a repeat of the popular series shown last year, and available from good bookshops.
F. TV3 7:40p.m. The latest new music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, raga and new jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what’s happening on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow’s young artists.
第四部分:写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:基础写作(满分15分)
请根据下面四幅图画内容,用5个规范的英语句子记述昨天发生在你叔叔身上的事。
参考词汇:吊销驾照 revoke a driving license
[写作要求] 1 标题: An Unlucky Event 2 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给内容;
3 将5个句子组织成连贯的短文。(不少于60词)
第二节:任务型写作(满分25分) 阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
From Sept.1st, Chinese children can watch only domestic cartoon programs during 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every day, according to a new regulation by China’s TV watchdog. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television decided to ban all foreign cartoons during the “golden hours”. No foreign cartoons or programs of introducing foreign cartoons can be shown during the period on all domestic cartoon channels and children channels, the regulation says. Only after 8 p.m. can foreign cartoons appear on TV, it requires. This move is , according to experts, a move to further give the domestic cartoon industry a boost.
China’s prime time ban on foreign cartoons was imposed in response to requests the country’s kids and parents, a senior official with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said here on Thursday.
Zhao Shi, SARFT’s deputy director, said at a news briefing that “The ban meets the demands of children and parents who want to watch domestic cartoon programs in prime time.”
In contrast to Zhao’s remarks, a survey conducted earlier shows about 80 percent of the interviewed Chinese children like foreign cartoons and a certain number of them said they didn’t like domestic cartoons.
[写作内容] 1) 概括短文的内容要点,该部分的词数不少于30词;
2) 就“Do you support new TV cartoon rule?”这个主题发表你的看法,至少包含以下的内容要点,该部分的词数大约120词左右;
支持该禁令 b)国产动画产业有潜力,但仍在发展阶段,需要空间;
c) 如果年轻一代只看外国动画,他们可能不了解中国文化; d) 支持该禁令的其他理由。
[写作要求] 你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不要抄袭阅读材料的中的句子。
2006—2007学年梅陇中学高三英语诊断卷(1)
参考答案
一、听力: 维克多英语听力模拟(4)
1----15 CAACA BBCAB CBACC
16. Washing machine 17. Windows 18. next week 19. making noises 20. torn
二、完形填空
21-25 ACBDA 26-30 CABCC
三、语法填空:
21. what 22. to eat 23. hosts 24. who 25. that 26. needed 27. before 28. away 29. a 30. for
四、阅读理解
46-50 BDADB 51-55 BABDC 56—60?BCCBD
信息匹配 61.B 62.E 63.A 64.F 65.D
五、基础写作
Yesterday evening my uncle was invited to dinner by his friends and he was so glad that he drank a lot of beer, as a result, he got drunk. After the meal, his friends tried to persuade him not to drive home, but he didn’t listen to them, saying “No problem” and insisted on doing so. He got into the car and drove away, but a few minutes later, his car crashed into a tall tree. He was badly injured and was taken to hospital. Unfortunately he had to stay in hospital for several days and what’s worse, he was fined by the police and his driving license was revoked.
任务型写作
Foreign cartoons are banned during the “golden hours” by the SARFT from sept.1st. The move is believed to help improve the domestic cartoon industry. An official said that many children and parents supported the ban because they wanted to watch the domestic cartoons in prime time. But it seems that many children just have the opposite opinion about it according to a survey.
I think that this ban is reasonable and practical for developing the Chinese cartoon industry. Chinese cartoons have great potential but are still developing. Cartoon channels should provide them with airtime. We should give them more support and encouragement. Our country has a long history and a unique culture. Finally, I believe, with the development of domestic cartoon, more and more young Chinese will form the habit of watching them and hereby they will know more about Chinese culture, which in turn will arouse their love for our motherland.