高三第一学期英语期中考试[下学期]

宜兴中学2006-2007学年度上学期高三年级期中考试
英 语 试 题
说明：1.本试卷分第一卷和第二卷两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟。
2.班级、姓名和学号请写在二卷的左上角。
3.第一卷答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上，考试完毕交第二卷和答题卡
第一卷 （三部分，共115分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的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. What is the woman probably going to do ?
A. Help the man. B. Send some letters. C. Close the post office.
( )2. What does the woman think about Peter?
A. He is angry. B. He is happy. C. He is hungry..
( )3. What did the man offer to do?
A. Take the bricks down. B. Bring the box to town. C. Carry the heavy box.
( )4. What time does the next plane to London leave?
A. 10:00 B. 11:00 C. 12:00
( )5. Who hasn’t been to the zoo for a long time?
A. The man. B. The woman C. Neither of them has.
第二节（共15小题每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）????
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6和第7题
( )6. Why did Tony call Mary?
A. To invite her to his party.
B. To tell her that he can’t go to the party.
C. To tell her that one of his legs was injured.
( )7. How did Tony injure his leg?
A. He fell off the bike. B. He fell from a tree. C. He ran into a tree.
听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题
( )8. Where does the conversation probably happen?
A. In a shop B. In the street C. In the home
( )9. What is the woman going to buy?
A. A real car. B. A toy car. C. A beautiful car.
( )10. Which car is more expensive?
A. The black one. B. The green one. C. The blue one.
听第8八段材料，回答第11至第13题
( )11. Why was the man kept in hospital?
A. His left leg was broken. B. He was seriously ill. C. He had an car accident.
( )12. How did the accident happen?
A. Someone knocked into the back of his car.
B. He had drunk too much and lost his control.
C. He drove too fast.
( )13. Where was the man going that day?
A. He was going to work. B. He was going home. C. He was going to a party.
听9段材料，回答第14至第16题
( )14. Why does the woman change the first overcoat?
A. It’s too expensive. B. It’s too large. C. It’s a bit small.
( )15. What does the woman want to buy?
A. An overcoat. B. Silver and wool C. An overcoat and a jacket.
( )16. How much does the woman pay for what she buys?
A.＄170 B.＄215 C.＄385
听10段材料，回答第17至第20题
( )17. When does Anna write this letter?
A. On December 24th B. On December 25th C. Before Christmas
( )18. What will Anna buy for her elder brother?
A. A radio B. A record C. A toy
( )19. What will Anna give to her little brother as a Christmas present?
A. A book B. A toy C. A record
( )20. Why didn’t Anna’s elder brother come for Christmas last year?
A. He was too busy to come home B. He felt sad.
C. The roads were too dangerous for him to drive home.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ---Do you mind if I keep pets in this building? ---- _____ .
A. I’d rather you didn’t actually B. Of course not, it’s not allowed here
C. Great！I love pets D. No, you can’t
22. When he entered the school gate, ______ he had forgotten to take this notebook.
A. he occurred that B. that occurred to him
C. it occurred that D. to him that occurred
23. The building they are building will be ______ the old one.
A. four times the height of B. four times as higher as
C. higher four times than D. as four times high as
24. _______ from the cold for three days, the man decided to see a doctor.
A. Suffered B. Suffering C. Being suffered D. Having suffered
25. --- He was nearly drowned in a pool.
--- Oh， when was _______ exactly?
--- It was in 1983 _____ he was swimming with his friends.
A. this; that B. that; when C. that ; that D. what ; when
26. Mr Wang is waiting outside, Doctor Smith. _____ he come in now or wait for a moment?
A. Will B. Can C. Shall D. Would
27. I became a teacher in 1993. I _____ for 13 years by next summer.
A. has taught B. will teach C. has been teaching D. will have been teaching
28. Now that you have a job, you must exert (努力) yourself in ______ you do at work.
A. however B. no matter what C. no matter how D. whatever
29. The party last night was ____ success. We sang and danced until it came to ____ end at 12:00.
A. a; an B. a; the C. the ; an D.不填；an
30. Getting a right job can be difficult ____the students____ prepared to deal with the job interview.
A. if ; won’t B. unless; will C. unless; are D. if ; are
31. Rather than ____ for help from someone else, however difficult he task is, I prefer to complete it by myself.
A. to ask B. asking C. ask D. to have asked
32. Her health _______ under the pressure of work and she had to stay in hospital for a month.
A. broke up B. broke away C. broke out D. broke down
33. All the leading newspapers ________ the news that China planned to build a permanent space station.
A. printed B. reported C. broadcast D. published
34. If I _____ with her last summer, I _____ with her now.
A. worked; am getting on well B. had worked; would get on well
C. had worked; would have got on well D. had worked; will get on well
35. Kathy _____ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
A. picked up B. took up C. made up D. turned up
第二节：完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a（n） 36 bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will 37 you up in the morning! Here is how it 38 .
The bed 39 an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 40 music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 41 , “Wake up, darling, please. ”A few minutes later, a second recording 42 . The sound recording can be loud music or 43 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss 44 , “Wake up immediately, 45 you’ll be late! ”
If you don’t get up 46 the second recording, you 47 be sorry! A mechanical “foot”is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 48 minutes. What! You’re 49 in bed! Slowly the 50 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 51 , the bed is vertical （垂直的）. You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 52 .
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 53 a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees －－“All-Honda Idea Contest. ”The employees think of new 54 . If their ideas win, the employees win 55 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.
36. A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
37. A. get B. catch C. make D. let
38. A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
39. A. is separated from B. is made up of C. is connected to D. is made into
40. A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
41. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
42. A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
43. A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
44. A. shouts B. calls C. whispers D. persuades
45. A. and B. but C. so D. or
46. A. before B. until C. since D. after
47. A. can B. will C. may D. would
48. A. other B. another C. more D. one
49. A. still B. yet C. already D. even
50. A. end B. middle C. body D. top
51. A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. Otherwise
52. A. angry B. work C. happy D. awake
53. A. achieve B. win C. gain D. defeat
54. A. ideas B. thoughts C. facts D. ways
55. A. praises B. contests C. prizes D. medals
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers, I often feel like cutting and keeping it. But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the opposite side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to keep in good health, or advice about how to be oneself in society. If I cut the front essay, the opposite one is bound to suffer damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the subject. As a result, the scissors would stay before they start, or halfway done when I find out the result that inevitably causes my regret.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both deserving (worthy) your attention. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be given up. But you know the future is unpredictable — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind. Thus you are caught in a fix and feel sad. How come that nice opportunities and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one alternative (choice) to the other.
In fact, that is what life is like: we are often faced with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we take up another. The former may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I still remember a philosopher’s (哲学家) remarks: “ When one door shuts, another opens in life. ” So a passive choice may not be a bad one.
Whatever we do in our lifetime, wherever life’s storm makes us go, there must be something
we can achieve, some shore we can land on. Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative door open for everyone. While the front door is closed, there must be another open for you.
56. The main idea of the passage is________.
A. where there is a will, there is a way B. cutting newspapers gives us a lesson
C. all roads lead to Rome D. an equal chance is provided for everyone.
57. After reading the passage, we may know the writer is a person of ______.
A. observation B . curiosity C. encouragement D. consideration
58. The word “fix” in “you are caught in a fix” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. difficult situation B. your preference of one choice
C. what is left behind D. two things are to be done at the same time
59. The underlined part in the passage tells us _________.
A. life is like cutting newspapers B. we can’t kill two birds with one stone
C. life sometimes changes completely D. it is often difficult to make a choice in our life
60. Which of the statements below is true according to the passage?
A. Cutting newspapers is a hard job.
B. When you are caught in a fix, you have met two good things.
C. There must be a way that is better than the other.
D. You should maintain a positive attitude towards your choice.
B
Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milky Way (银河系) ? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut-eye. They would have to sleep for years.
European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a space flight to distant planets. "If there was an effective technology, it could make deep-space travel a reality," said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month.
What seems like science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep-like state where they don't age. They have now moved on to small, non-hibernating mammals (哺乳动物)like rats.
A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex. "it's like moving from a simple Apple computer to a supercomputer," said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy's University of Pavia. Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person's metabolism (新陈代谢) to lower so they would need less energy.
Medical research, however, is just half of a space flight hibernation system. There is the challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter(栖身所). Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature, It would also have to monitor (监控) life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator.
According to Ayre, the six-person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to .Jupiter's moon (卫星) Callisto, could be an opportunity to use human hibernation. The mission aims to send six humans on a five-year flight to Callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 2045.
61. According to the text, the hibernation research _________.
A. is just an idea B. is always a science fiction
C. has already finished successfully D. has made some progress
62. In a hibernating state, a person needs _________.
A. less sleep B. more food C. less energy D. more movement
63. The first try of the hibernation technology _________ the six-person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiter's mo6n Callisto.
A. will be B. has been planned for C. is certain to be D. may be
64. What is the best title of the text?
A. Hibernation Study for Space Travel B. Welcome to Our Space Travel
C. To Hibernate, to Live Longer D. Welcome to the Milky Way
C
Let's pretend we're sailing down the Rhine River on a pleasure boat. The Rhine is one of the main waterways of Germany, and the river traffic is heavy. It's interesting to watch the many boats going up and down the river. But the river traffic is not nearly so interesting as the beautiful scenery along the banks and hillsides. The boat is passing many old castles. We can see people working in the vineyards (葡萄园) on the hillsides. There are vineyards as far as the eye can see. Wine from the Rhine Valley is famous all over the world.
Suddenly our boat slows down and begins to turn a little. We are coming to a sharp bend in the river. On our right we can see a rocky cliff over 400 feet high. At first it looks quite ordinary, but there is nothing ordinary about it. There are many stories, poems, and songs about the cliff. We are looking at the Lorelei.
The someone on the boat begins to sing in German, the song of the Lorelei. It is a song about a beautiful siren (美女) who has lured many sailors to their deaths.
The siren is supposed to sit on the rock combing her long golden hair and singing. The sailors who hear her forget to steer, and the current of river hurls their boats on the rocks and dashes them to pieces.
Soon other people on the boat begin to sing. The beautiful song adds to special magic to the moment, and you begin to realize why so many people have made this trip down the Rhine to see the rock of the Lorelei.
65.The more interesting thing to those who are sailing down the Rhine River on a pleasure boat is .
A. to watch many boats going up and down the river
B. to see the beautiful scene along the banks and hillsides
C. to hear a song about beautiful siren
D. to see a beautiful siren combing her golden hair
66. Which of the following is famous all over the world?
A. The Rhine River. B. The River Traffic.
C. Wine from the Rhine Valley. D. The Lorelei.
67. We can see a rocky cliff over 400 feet high .
A. on our right when coming to a sharp bend B. on the Rhine hillsides
C. from the Rhine Valley D. on the boat
68. The song of the Lorelei is about .
A. The Rhine wine B. a rocky cliff
C. the beautiful scenery along the Rhine River D. a beautiful and dangerous woman genie
D
On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.
"Children are affected by the same time crisis that affects their parents," says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double income and "male breadwinner" households spent comparable amounts of time interacting(相互影响) with their parents. 19 hours and 22 hours respectively(各自的). In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers. )
All work and no play could make for some very messed up kids. "Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself," says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.
The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing "free time" watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they’re spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?
69. By mentioning "the same time crisis" Sandra Hofferth means .
A. children have little time to play with their parents
B. children are not taken good care of by their working parents
C. both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time
D. both parents and children have trouble managing their time
70. According to the author a child develops better if .
A. he has plenty of time reading and studying
B. he is left to play with his peers in his own way
C. he has more time participating in school activities
D. he is free to interact with his working parents
71. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids .
A. are engaged in more and more structured activities
B. are increasingly neglected by their working mothers
C. are spending more and more time watching TV
D. are involved less and less in household work
72. We can infer from the passage that .
A. extracurricular(课外活动)activities promote children’s intelligence
B. most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off
C. efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful
D. most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children
E
73. What does Passage①tell us about the boy?
A. He was injured in the head when he was 14.
B. He has waited for the payout for a long time.
C. He has lived in the same place since the accident.
D. He was run over by a taxi when riding on the pavement.
74. What can we learn about Lee and Collier counties from Passage②?
A. They both became safe places. B. They won the same place in a race.
C. They had the same number of accidents. D. They joined hands in reducing accidents.
75. Which passage would give more information on the prevention of road accidents?
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
第二卷 （共35分）
第一部分：对话填空（10分）
76. ________
77. ________
78. ________
79. ________
80. ________
81. ________
82. ________
83. ________
84. ________
85. ________
第二部分：书面表达（25分）
人们对于学生网上交友持不同意见。请你用英语写一篇关于学生网上交友的短文，介绍人们的不同观点，并表达自己的看法。
赞成的理由
反对的理由
你的看法
1、广交朋友
2、可自由表达思想
3、利于外语学习
1、浪费时间
2、影响学习
3、可能上当受骗
？
注意：1、文章必须包括表中的全部内容；
2、词数为100左右；
3、参考词汇：网络朋友——on-line friend(s) 上当受骗——to be cheated
宜兴市新庄中学2006-2007学年高三期中考试答案卷
一：选择题（1—75题）一律按题号顺序做在答题卡上，注意图卡标准
二；写作 1. 对话填空





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宜兴中学2006—2007学年度上学期高三年级期中考试
第一卷
听力： BACBC BAABC CCACC ACBBC
单项填空： ACADC CDDAC CDBBA
完形填空： BAACD BCCAD DBCAD BDBAC
阅读理解： CCADD DCDAB CADCB ADBCD
第二卷
对话填空： 76. bought 77. ran 78. possibly 79. back 80. foolish
81. following 82. either 83. fault 84. true 85. insist
书面表达：
Should students make friends on line? Some people say “yes”. The Internet helps to make many friends. Chatting on the line, students can more freely express their feelings and opinions, and even get help with their foreign language studies.
Others, however, think students should not. They say making friends on line is a waste of time, which should be spent more meaningfully on study. Besides, some students get cheated on line.
It is my opinion that students should place their study, health, and safety before other things. As for friendship, we can readily find it in our classmates and other people around us. (103 words)