唐山一中2006—2007学年度高三年级第一学期期中考试英语试题[上学期]
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河北省唐山一中
2006—2007学年度高三年级第一学期期中考试
英语试题
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分
说明：
1．考试时间120分钟，满分150分，
2．将卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上，卷Ⅱ用蓝黑钢笔或圆珠笔答在试卷上。
3．Ⅱ卷卷头和答题卡均填涂本次考试的考号，不要误填学号，答题卡占后5位。
第I卷（选择题，共95分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分 ）
从A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出其划线部分与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1．wander A．command B．wagon C．walnut D．quality
2．inspect A．recent B．female C．welfare D．devotion
3．Pronunciation A．concentrate B．govern C．concept D．congratulate
4．anxious A．length B．bench C．brand D．granddaughter
5．arise A．raise B．bid C．praise D．delight
第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
6．To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their and weaknesses.
A．strengths B．benefits C．techniques D．values
7． ,it fades next to the story of Armstrong’s struggle against disease.
A．As the record is impressive B．As impressive as the record is
C．Impressive as the record is D．The record is impressive
8．Bank was the first crops from one continent to another on a large scale, helping to develop local economies with these new imports.
A．moving B．having moved C．to move D．moved
9． with facts and figures, customers are better to deal with the often powerful arguments given by a salesman or saleswoman.
A．Armed B．Being armed C．Having armed D．To be armed
10．She looked at several barbershops, and finally stopped at a sign ; “Madame Sofronie, Hair Goods of All Kinds.”
A．that was read B．that read C．read D．being reading
11． , working towards a career for which you are not suitable is not going to get there.
A．No matter hard you try B．However you try hard
C．How hard you try D．No matter how hard you try
12．I have always been honest and straightforward, and it doesn’t matter that I am talking to.
A．who is it B．who it is C．it is who D．it is whom
13．Look at the trouble I am in! If only I your advice.
A．followed B．would follow C．had followed D．should follow
14．---Must I give the book to the teacher?
---No, you may give it to you think is a student of Class 5.
A．whomever B．no matter who C．whatever D．anyone who
15．---You have accepted the job offered by the company, haven’t you?
---No. And . I’m now working in a better one.
A．I’m happy I didn’t B．I was happy I didn’t
C．I’m happy I have D．I was happy I have
16．He is rather difficult to make friends with, but the friendship of his, , is truer than any other.
A．once gained B．when to gain C．after gained D．while gaining
17．---The room is so dirty. we clean it?
---Of course.
A．Will B．Shall C．Would D．Do
18．---Can you finish the forms today?
---Sure, I’ve half of them already.
A．got away from B．got down to C．got around D．got through
19．Simon thought his computer was broken his little brother pointed out that he had forgotten to turn it on.
A．unless B．until C．after D．because
20．---Would you mind giving you advice on how to improve our business management?
---If you made most of the equipment, there would be rise in production.
A．/ ;/ B．the; a C．the ; the D．the; /
第三节：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21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teachers at the University of Pisa, 21 I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his 22 qualities. First of all, I respected his 23 to teaching. Because his lectures were always well—prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he 24 what he taught. Furthermore, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an 25 way, introducing such aids to 26 as oil paintings, music, and guest lecturers. Once he 27 sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. 28 , I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them 29 the telephone. Drinking coffee in the café, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would 30 a student to a game of chess. 31 ,he would join student groups to discuss a variety of 32 : agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for 33 on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was 34 by his lively sense of humor. He believed that no lesson is a success 35 , during it, the students and the professor
36 at least one loud 37 . Through his sense of humor, he made learning more 38 and more lasting. If it is 39 that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, 40 my friend is indeed a wise man.
21．A．Although B．When C．Even if D．Now that
22．A．basic B．special C．common D．particular
23．A．attention B．introduction C．relation D．devotion
24．A．insisted on B．talked about C．believed in D．agreed with
25．A．imaginative B．ordinary C．opposite D．open
26．A．listening B．understanding C．information D．discovery
27．A．also B．nearly C．even D．only
28．A．Later B．Secondly C．However D．Therefore
29．A．with B．by C．from D．on
30．A．invite B．lead C．prefer D．show
31．A．As a matter of fact B．later on
C．Other times D．In general
32．A．questions B．subjects C．matters D．contents
33．A．support B．explanation C．experience D．advice
34．A．disturbed B．moved C．attracted D．defected
35．A．for B．until C．since D．unless
36．A．hear B．suggest C．share D．demand
37．A．laugh B．cry C．shout D．question
38．A．helpful B．enjoyable C．practical D．useful
39．A．natural B．normal C．hopeful D．true
40．A．so B．for C．then D．yet
第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
From Mr. Ward Hoffman.
Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud’s article “What’s the tipping point”(Financial Times Weekend, April 9-10) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic(讽刺的).If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he needs only to ask the first American he meets in London.
Americans tip in restaurants for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement (补贴)the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US，one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up—market(高档的) restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we are encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restaurant workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non—tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated(复杂的) than that about Americas tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
※ ※ ※
From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.
Sir, I agree with most of Raj Persaud’s opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception(例外). Tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner.
It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her advantage. But frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in service and treatment will be easily felt.
Phfiip McBnde Johnson,
Great Falls, VA 22066, US
41．What can we learn from Hoffrnan’s letter?
A．Quality of service determines tipping in the US.
B．Americans don’t tip in non fast-food restaurants.
C．Tipping in US up-market restaurant is unnecessary.
D．How to tip in the United Sates is not complicated.
42．Johnson’s letter shows .
A．a stranger in a restaurant is likely to tip a bit more
B．diners receive better service if they frequent a restaurant
C．repeat dinners may get good service if they tip a bit more
D．the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers
43．From the two letters, we can learn Professor Raj Persaud _______.
A．feels doubtful about the value of tipping
B．believes tipping improves quality of service
C．wants to ask Hoffman about tipping in the US
D．thinks tipping a bit more one can get good service
44．The two letters most probably appears in a _______.
A．notice B．handbook C．book review D．newspaper
B
It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code (电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for you trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space－and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each. You add. “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
45．What changes the color of your shirt?
A．The mirror. B．The shirt itself. C．The counter. D．The medicine.
46．How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A．By pouring the breakfast in a bowl.
B．By listening to the doctor’s advice
C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D．By checking the nutrition details of the food.
47．The strawberries the children eat serve as _______.
A．breakfast B．lunch C．vaccines D．nutrition
48．How is the text organized?
A．In order of time. B．In order of frequency.
C．In order of preference. D．In order of importance.
C
“Have you ever been out on a boat and felt it lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the rush of energy as waves came over you?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves,” he said.
Scientists are working to use that energy to make electricity. Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean. “The wind starts out by making little ripples (涟漪) , but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves,” Taylor said. “Waves are one of nature’s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey.”
When waves come toward the shore, people can set up dams to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine (涡轮机). The turbine can then power an electrical generator to produce electricity.
“The resource is huge,” said Janet Swain of the Worldwatch Institute. “We will never run out of wave power.” Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil or coal. Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth’s surface-that would make wave power seem ideal for creating energy throughout the world, though there are some weak points yet to overcome.
Swain said that wave power still costs too much money. She also said that its effects on sea animals are still unknown. What is more, wave power could affect fishing and boat traffic.
Traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may someday run out. “Demand for energy to power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is rising rapidly throughout the world,” Swain said. In the future when you turn on a light, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity!
49．The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _______.
A．test the readers’ knowledge about waves
B．draw the readers’ attention to the topic
C．show Jamie Taylor’s importance
D．invite the readers to answer them
50．The underlined phrase “picking up” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ________.
A．starting again B．speeding up C．gathering D．improving
51．We can make better use of wave energy if we ________.
A．shorten its journey to thousands of homes
B．build more small power stations on the oceans
C．reduce the cost of turning it into electric power
D．quicken the steps of producing electricity
52．It can be inferred that some day we might not worry about ________.
A．air pollution B．our boat traffic
C．our power supply D．our supply of sea fish
D
It was a day to celebrate if your family had put most of its money in a bank. You will get more money back because of a recent rise in interest rates (利率).
On October 29, for the first time in nine years, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) raised interest rates. The rate for one-year renminbi deposits (存款) was increased from 1.98 per cent to 2.25 per cent. And the rate for one-year renminbi loans (贷款) went up from 5.31per cent to 5.58 per cent. Longer-term rates saw higher increases.
So what are interest rates? Banks offer some money to encourage people to keep their savings in a savings account, and ask more money in return if you borrow money from them. The percentages of the extra money are the interest rates.
If your parents have borrowed money from banks to pay for houses or cars, the interest rates rise was not good news.
An increase in the interest rates on a loan means the borrower will need to repay more to the bank. For example, a person who borrowed 10,000 yuan from the bank had to return 10,531 yuan before the interest rise. But after the interest rates are increased, he has to pay extra 27 yuan per year.
The rise came following a great demand for the cooling of the over-heating Chinese economy. For several years, pushed by a huge investment and construction projects, the country has had the fastest economic growth in the world. But this can be damaging just as it is when a person grows too fast and can no longer fit their clothes. It is hoped that with a higher interest rate people will act more cautiously and take less risks when borrowing money.
“The rate rise will help the economy to cool down. It will reduce investment in unnecessary industrial and construction projects.” said Su Ning, deputy governor (副行长) of the PBOC.
53．If we deposit 1000 RMB in the bank for one year, how much interest can we get after October
29? (The tax rate on interest rates is 20%.)
A．21.6 B．13.68 C．15.84 D．18
54．What is the purpose of the rise in the interest rates?
A．To attract greater investment.
B．To make people earn more money.
C．To carry out construction projects.
D．To cool down the over-heating Chinese economy.
55．By saying “this can be damaging just as it is when a person grows too fast and can no longer fit
their clothes” the writer ______.
A．warns that if the economy grows too rapidly, it will cause trouble
B．warns us that industry will suffer a loss
C．advises us to buy bigger clothes when we are young
D．advises us not to grow too fast
56．Which of the following is NOT a result of the increase in the interest rates on a loan?
A．People will make wiser investments.
B．People will need to repay more to the bank.
C．People will borrow more money to invest in their business.
D．People will be careful of taking money from banks to expand their business.
E
We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it .
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed－no examination is perfect－but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher.
Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them－a form of favourtism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill－respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well－respected school. This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school.
The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.
57．The word “favouritism” in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that ______.
A．bright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs.
B．children from well－respected schools tend to have good jobs
C．poor children with certificates are favoured in job markets
D．children attending ordinary schools achieve great success
58．What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author?
A．Schools for bright children would lose their reputation.
B．There would be more opportunities and excellence.
C．Children from poor families would be able to change their schools.
D．Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation.
59．The opponents of the examination system will agree that ______.
A．jobs should not be assigned by systematic selection
B．computers should be selected to take over many jobs
C．special classed are necessary to keep the school standards
D．schools with academic subjects should be done away with
60．The passage mainly focuses on ______.
A．schools and certificates B．examination and equality
C．opportunity and employment D．standards and reputation
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
（注意：此题答案涂在答题卡上。1．如果所选择的答案为A、B、C或D，直接涂该题所对应的位置；2．如果所选择的答案为E，请在该题所对应的答题卡上涂两个字母A和B；3．如果所选择的答案为F，请在该题所对应的答题卡上涂两个字母B和C；4．如果所选择的答案为G，请在该题所对应的答题卡上涂两上字母C和D。）
John: Oh, hi. Fred! 61 Why are you so late?
Fred: 62 She always keeps us in class until ten past ten.
John: Doesn’t she know that you are supposed to get out at ten?
Fred: 63 But she never looks at her watch. She just keeps talking.
John: Don’t the students complain (抱怨) about it ? 64
Fred: No. 65
John: Well, you could try and talk to her.
Fred: Maybe.
A．They don’t think so.
B．I didn’t know whether to save you a place or not.
C．Everybody is too polite.
D．I guess so.
E．Mary had a talk with me.
F．It’s our maths teacher.
G．I would say something.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共55分）
第三部分：写作（共三节，满分55分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
66．If all goes well, a Guinness (官员)will come to inspect your attempt. 66．
67． (现代)Australia is made up of six states and two territories. 67．
68．Many (政府)use ad campaigns to make people aware of social problems. 68．
69．It’s not (方便),and it’s not fair. 69．
70．If we want to become (成功)learners, we should try to adopt some of the study habits.
70．
71．What if you feel (舒服)doing a task by yourself? 71．
72．In the eleventh (世纪), the Africans made several voyages to the court of the Song Dynasty. 72．
73．His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the (仆人)as evidence that he is in love with Rachel. 73．
74．Every (星期二)and Friday he visits an elderly gentleman who lives alone. 74．
75．The clubs look for young footballers with particular qualities and, most (重要的是),talent. 75．
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
We traveled by the day. At night, when we camped, our wagons were 76．
driven to form a circle all round the campfire. The journey across 77．
the mountains and desert in the central part of the continent were 78．
the most trying part. Sometime the wagons had to be lifted and 79．
pulled up, where there were no road. Passing through the desert, 80．
we came out into the Salt Lake Valley, where looked beautiful 81．
to us. We took the road around the lake and after traveled a 82．
short time came to the Salt Lake Desert. On November 4, 1846, 83．
we entered the desert and soon lost our way. We had travel about 84．
ninety miles without water or grass for the animals to eat. We call 85．
this the “long drive”.
第三节 书面表达（满分30分）
假设你是李越，你的加拿大笔友Steve来信说，他和他的一些同学正在学中文，请你推荐两本学中文的词典，根据下表提供的信息，请你给他写一封回信。注意：词数：100左右
英汉/汉英词典
新华字典
收词（字）
18，000（英语），20，000（汉语）
10，000
价格
52元
11元
特点
大量例子、用法说明、适合初学者
中国最常用的汉语字典
参考词汇：推荐 recommend(V.) 新华字典Xinhua Dictionary(XD)
英汉/汉英词典The English—Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary (ECCED)
Dear Steve,
Yours
Li Yue
参考答案
单项选择
1—5 DCBAD 6—10 ACCAB 11—15 DBCDA 16—20 ABDBB
完形填空
21—25 ABDCA 26—30 BCBDA 31—35 CBDCD 36—40 CABDC
阅读理解
41—45 DCADB 46—50 DCABC 51—55 CCDDA 56—60 CBDAB
补全对话
61．B 62．F 63．D 64．G 65．C
单词拼写
66．official 67．Modern 68．governments 69．convenient 70．successful
71．comfortable 72．century 73．servant/servants 74．Tuesday 75．importantly
短文改错
76．去掉the 77．across改为through 78．were改为was 79．Sometime 改为Sometimes 80．road改为roads；或者were改为was 81．where改为which
82．traveled改为travelling或traveling 83．正确84．had后加to 85．call改为called
写作
Dear Steve,
I’m so pleased to learn that you and your classmates are learning Chinese. I’d like to recommend the following two dictionaries. The English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary is really a good one for beginner. It has 18,000 English words and 20,000 Chinese words. Besides plenty of examples, it has many notes telling you how to use a word. Xinhua dictionary is the most popular Chinese dictionary, and it has a vocabulary of 10,000 words. It may also be useful to some advanced learners of Chinese. Of the two, ECCED is the more expensive, costing 52 yuan, and XD costs 11 yuan.
Please let me know if you want me to buy these dictionaries for you.
Yours
Li Yue
2006—2007学年度高三年级第一学期期中考试
英语试题
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分
说明：
1．考试时间120分钟，满分150分，
2．将卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上，卷Ⅱ用蓝黑钢笔或圆珠笔答在试卷上。
3．Ⅱ卷卷头和答题卡均填涂本次考试的考号，不要误填学号，答题卡占后5位。
第I卷（选择题，共95分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分 ）
从A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出其划线部分与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1．wander A．command B．wagon C．walnut D．quality
2．inspect A．recent B．female C．welfare D．devotion
3．Pronunciation A．concentrate B．govern C．concept D．congratulate
4．anxious A．length B．bench C．brand D．granddaughter
5．arise A．raise B．bid C．praise D．delight
第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
6．To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their and weaknesses.
A．strengths B．benefits C．techniques D．values
7． ,it fades next to the story of Armstrong’s struggle against disease.
A．As the record is impressive B．As impressive as the record is
C．Impressive as the record is D．The record is impressive
8．Bank was the first crops from one continent to another on a large scale, helping to develop local economies with these new imports.
A．moving B．having moved C．to move D．moved
9． with facts and figures, customers are better to deal with the often powerful arguments given by a salesman or saleswoman.
A．Armed B．Being armed C．Having armed D．To be armed
10．She looked at several barbershops, and finally stopped at a sign ; “Madame Sofronie, Hair Goods of All Kinds.”
A．that was read B．that read C．read D．being reading
11． , working towards a career for which you are not suitable is not going to get there.
A．No matter hard you try B．However you try hard
C．How hard you try D．No matter how hard you try
12．I have always been honest and straightforward, and it doesn’t matter that I am talking to.
A．who is it B．who it is C．it is who D．it is whom
13．Look at the trouble I am in! If only I your advice.
A．followed B．would follow C．had followed D．should follow
14．---Must I give the book to the teacher?
---No, you may give it to you think is a student of Class 5.
A．whomever B．no matter who C．whatever D．anyone who
15．---You have accepted the job offered by the company, haven’t you?
---No. And . I’m now working in a better one.
A．I’m happy I didn’t B．I was happy I didn’t
C．I’m happy I have D．I was happy I have
16．He is rather difficult to make friends with, but the friendship of his, , is truer than any other.
A．once gained B．when to gain C．after gained D．while gaining
17．---The room is so dirty. we clean it?
---Of course.
A．Will B．Shall C．Would D．Do
18．---Can you finish the forms today?
---Sure, I’ve half of them already.
A．got away from B．got down to C．got around D．got through
19．Simon thought his computer was broken his little brother pointed out that he had forgotten to turn it on.
A．unless B．until C．after D．because
20．---Would you mind giving you advice on how to improve our business management?
---If you made most of the equipment, there would be rise in production.
A．/ ;/ B．the; a C．the ; the D．the; /
第三节：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21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teachers at the University of Pisa, 21 I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his 22 qualities. First of all, I respected his 23 to teaching. Because his lectures were always well—prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he 24 what he taught. Furthermore, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an 25 way, introducing such aids to 26 as oil paintings, music, and guest lecturers. Once he 27 sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. 28 , I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them 29 the telephone. Drinking coffee in the café, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would 30 a student to a game of chess. 31 ,he would join student groups to discuss a variety of 32 : agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for 33 on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was 34 by his lively sense of humor. He believed that no lesson is a success 35 , during it, the students and the professor
36 at least one loud 37 . Through his sense of humor, he made learning more 38 and more lasting. If it is 39 that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, 40 my friend is indeed a wise man.
21．A．Although B．When C．Even if D．Now that
22．A．basic B．special C．common D．particular
23．A．attention B．introduction C．relation D．devotion
24．A．insisted on B．talked about C．believed in D．agreed with
25．A．imaginative B．ordinary C．opposite D．open
26．A．listening B．understanding C．information D．discovery
27．A．also B．nearly C．even D．only
28．A．Later B．Secondly C．However D．Therefore
29．A．with B．by C．from D．on
30．A．invite B．lead C．prefer D．show
31．A．As a matter of fact B．later on
C．Other times D．In general
32．A．questions B．subjects C．matters D．contents
33．A．support B．explanation C．experience D．advice
34．A．disturbed B．moved C．attracted D．defected
35．A．for B．until C．since D．unless
36．A．hear B．suggest C．share D．demand
37．A．laugh B．cry C．shout D．question
38．A．helpful B．enjoyable C．practical D．useful
39．A．natural B．normal C．hopeful D．true
40．A．so B．for C．then D．yet
第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
From Mr. Ward Hoffman.
Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud’s article “What’s the tipping point”(Financial Times Weekend, April 9-10) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic(讽刺的).If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he needs only to ask the first American he meets in London.
Americans tip in restaurants for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement (补贴)the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US，one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up—market(高档的) restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we are encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restaurant workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non—tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated(复杂的) than that about Americas tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
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From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.
Sir, I agree with most of Raj Persaud’s opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception(例外). Tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner.
It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her advantage. But frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in service and treatment will be easily felt.
Phfiip McBnde Johnson,
Great Falls, VA 22066, US
41．What can we learn from Hoffrnan’s letter?
A．Quality of service determines tipping in the US.
B．Americans don’t tip in non fast-food restaurants.
C．Tipping in US up-market restaurant is unnecessary.
D．How to tip in the United Sates is not complicated.
42．Johnson’s letter shows .
A．a stranger in a restaurant is likely to tip a bit more
B．diners receive better service if they frequent a restaurant
C．repeat dinners may get good service if they tip a bit more
D．the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers
43．From the two letters, we can learn Professor Raj Persaud _______.
A．feels doubtful about the value of tipping
B．believes tipping improves quality of service
C．wants to ask Hoffman about tipping in the US
D．thinks tipping a bit more one can get good service
44．The two letters most probably appears in a _______.
A．notice B．handbook C．book review D．newspaper
B
It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code (电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for you trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space－and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each. You add. “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
45．What changes the color of your shirt?
A．The mirror. B．The shirt itself. C．The counter. D．The medicine.
46．How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A．By pouring the breakfast in a bowl.
B．By listening to the doctor’s advice
C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D．By checking the nutrition details of the food.
47．The strawberries the children eat serve as _______.
A．breakfast B．lunch C．vaccines D．nutrition
48．How is the text organized?
A．In order of time. B．In order of frequency.
C．In order of preference. D．In order of importance.
C
“Have you ever been out on a boat and felt it lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the rush of energy as waves came over you?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves,” he said.
Scientists are working to use that energy to make electricity. Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean. “The wind starts out by making little ripples (涟漪) , but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves,” Taylor said. “Waves are one of nature’s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey.”
When waves come toward the shore, people can set up dams to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine (涡轮机). The turbine can then power an electrical generator to produce electricity.
“The resource is huge,” said Janet Swain of the Worldwatch Institute. “We will never run out of wave power.” Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil or coal. Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth’s surface-that would make wave power seem ideal for creating energy throughout the world, though there are some weak points yet to overcome.
Swain said that wave power still costs too much money. She also said that its effects on sea animals are still unknown. What is more, wave power could affect fishing and boat traffic.
Traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may someday run out. “Demand for energy to power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is rising rapidly throughout the world,” Swain said. In the future when you turn on a light, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity!
49．The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _______.
A．test the readers’ knowledge about waves
B．draw the readers’ attention to the topic
C．show Jamie Taylor’s importance
D．invite the readers to answer them
50．The underlined phrase “picking up” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ________.
A．starting again B．speeding up C．gathering D．improving
51．We can make better use of wave energy if we ________.
A．shorten its journey to thousands of homes
B．build more small power stations on the oceans
C．reduce the cost of turning it into electric power
D．quicken the steps of producing electricity
52．It can be inferred that some day we might not worry about ________.
A．air pollution B．our boat traffic
C．our power supply D．our supply of sea fish
D
It was a day to celebrate if your family had put most of its money in a bank. You will get more money back because of a recent rise in interest rates (利率).
On October 29, for the first time in nine years, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) raised interest rates. The rate for one-year renminbi deposits (存款) was increased from 1.98 per cent to 2.25 per cent. And the rate for one-year renminbi loans (贷款) went up from 5.31per cent to 5.58 per cent. Longer-term rates saw higher increases.
So what are interest rates? Banks offer some money to encourage people to keep their savings in a savings account, and ask more money in return if you borrow money from them. The percentages of the extra money are the interest rates.
If your parents have borrowed money from banks to pay for houses or cars, the interest rates rise was not good news.
An increase in the interest rates on a loan means the borrower will need to repay more to the bank. For example, a person who borrowed 10,000 yuan from the bank had to return 10,531 yuan before the interest rise. But after the interest rates are increased, he has to pay extra 27 yuan per year.
The rise came following a great demand for the cooling of the over-heating Chinese economy. For several years, pushed by a huge investment and construction projects, the country has had the fastest economic growth in the world. But this can be damaging just as it is when a person grows too fast and can no longer fit their clothes. It is hoped that with a higher interest rate people will act more cautiously and take less risks when borrowing money.
“The rate rise will help the economy to cool down. It will reduce investment in unnecessary industrial and construction projects.” said Su Ning, deputy governor (副行长) of the PBOC.
53．If we deposit 1000 RMB in the bank for one year, how much interest can we get after October
29? (The tax rate on interest rates is 20%.)
A．21.6 B．13.68 C．15.84 D．18
54．What is the purpose of the rise in the interest rates?
A．To attract greater investment.
B．To make people earn more money.
C．To carry out construction projects.
D．To cool down the over-heating Chinese economy.
55．By saying “this can be damaging just as it is when a person grows too fast and can no longer fit
their clothes” the writer ______.
A．warns that if the economy grows too rapidly, it will cause trouble
B．warns us that industry will suffer a loss
C．advises us to buy bigger clothes when we are young
D．advises us not to grow too fast
56．Which of the following is NOT a result of the increase in the interest rates on a loan?
A．People will make wiser investments.
B．People will need to repay more to the bank.
C．People will borrow more money to invest in their business.
D．People will be careful of taking money from banks to expand their business.
E
We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it .
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed－no examination is perfect－but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher.
Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them－a form of favourtism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill－respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well－respected school. This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school.
The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.
57．The word “favouritism” in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that ______.
A．bright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs.
B．children from well－respected schools tend to have good jobs
C．poor children with certificates are favoured in job markets
D．children attending ordinary schools achieve great success
58．What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author?
A．Schools for bright children would lose their reputation.
B．There would be more opportunities and excellence.
C．Children from poor families would be able to change their schools.
D．Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation.
59．The opponents of the examination system will agree that ______.
A．jobs should not be assigned by systematic selection
B．computers should be selected to take over many jobs
C．special classed are necessary to keep the school standards
D．schools with academic subjects should be done away with
60．The passage mainly focuses on ______.
A．schools and certificates B．examination and equality
C．opportunity and employment D．standards and reputation
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
（注意：此题答案涂在答题卡上。1．如果所选择的答案为A、B、C或D，直接涂该题所对应的位置；2．如果所选择的答案为E，请在该题所对应的答题卡上涂两个字母A和B；3．如果所选择的答案为F，请在该题所对应的答题卡上涂两个字母B和C；4．如果所选择的答案为G，请在该题所对应的答题卡上涂两上字母C和D。）
John: Oh, hi. Fred! 61 Why are you so late?
Fred: 62 She always keeps us in class until ten past ten.
John: Doesn’t she know that you are supposed to get out at ten?
Fred: 63 But she never looks at her watch. She just keeps talking.
John: Don’t the students complain (抱怨) about it ? 64
Fred: No. 65
John: Well, you could try and talk to her.
Fred: Maybe.
A．They don’t think so.
B．I didn’t know whether to save you a place or not.
C．Everybody is too polite.
D．I guess so.
E．Mary had a talk with me.
F．It’s our maths teacher.
G．I would say something.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共55分）
第三部分：写作（共三节，满分55分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
66．If all goes well, a Guinness (官员)will come to inspect your attempt. 66．
67． (现代)Australia is made up of six states and two territories. 67．
68．Many (政府)use ad campaigns to make people aware of social problems. 68．
69．It’s not (方便),and it’s not fair. 69．
70．If we want to become (成功)learners, we should try to adopt some of the study habits.
70．
71．What if you feel (舒服)doing a task by yourself? 71．
72．In the eleventh (世纪), the Africans made several voyages to the court of the Song Dynasty. 72．
73．His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the (仆人)as evidence that he is in love with Rachel. 73．
74．Every (星期二)and Friday he visits an elderly gentleman who lives alone. 74．
75．The clubs look for young footballers with particular qualities and, most (重要的是),talent. 75．
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
We traveled by the day. At night, when we camped, our wagons were 76．
driven to form a circle all round the campfire. The journey across 77．
the mountains and desert in the central part of the continent were 78．
the most trying part. Sometime the wagons had to be lifted and 79．
pulled up, where there were no road. Passing through the desert, 80．
we came out into the Salt Lake Valley, where looked beautiful 81．
to us. We took the road around the lake and after traveled a 82．
short time came to the Salt Lake Desert. On November 4, 1846, 83．
we entered the desert and soon lost our way. We had travel about 84．
ninety miles without water or grass for the animals to eat. We call 85．
this the “long drive”.
第三节 书面表达（满分30分）
假设你是李越，你的加拿大笔友Steve来信说，他和他的一些同学正在学中文，请你推荐两本学中文的词典，根据下表提供的信息，请你给他写一封回信。注意：词数：100左右
英汉/汉英词典
新华字典
收词（字）
18，000（英语），20，000（汉语）
10，000
价格
52元
11元
特点
大量例子、用法说明、适合初学者
中国最常用的汉语字典
参考词汇：推荐 recommend(V.) 新华字典Xinhua Dictionary(XD)
英汉/汉英词典The English—Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary (ECCED)
Dear Steve,
Yours
Li Yue
参考答案
单项选择
1—5 DCBAD 6—10 ACCAB 11—15 DBCDA 16—20 ABDBB
完形填空
21—25 ABDCA 26—30 BCBDA 31—35 CBDCD 36—40 CABDC
阅读理解
41—45 DCADB 46—50 DCABC 51—55 CCDDA 56—60 CBDAB
补全对话
61．B 62．F 63．D 64．G 65．C
单词拼写
66．official 67．Modern 68．governments 69．convenient 70．successful
71．comfortable 72．century 73．servant/servants 74．Tuesday 75．importantly
短文改错
76．去掉the 77．across改为through 78．were改为was 79．Sometime 改为Sometimes 80．road改为roads；或者were改为was 81．where改为which
82．traveled改为travelling或traveling 83．正确84．had后加to 85．call改为called
写作
Dear Steve,
I’m so pleased to learn that you and your classmates are learning Chinese. I’d like to recommend the following two dictionaries. The English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary is really a good one for beginner. It has 18,000 English words and 20,000 Chinese words. Besides plenty of examples, it has many notes telling you how to use a word. Xinhua dictionary is the most popular Chinese dictionary, and it has a vocabulary of 10,000 words. It may also be useful to some advanced learners of Chinese. Of the two, ECCED is the more expensive, costing 52 yuan, and XD costs 11 yuan.
Please let me know if you want me to buy these dictionaries for you.
Yours
Li Yue