湛江市2008-2009届高三第二次调研考试英语试卷

广东省湛江市2008-2009届高三第二次调研考试英语试卷10月5日本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共10页，满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名填写在答题卡上。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡上各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卡一并交回。

I 听力（共20小题；满分35分）听力理解（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）听第一段材料，回答第1—3三个小题。

1．Why does the man want to be an adult?A．He can learn more things．B．He needn’t do any homework．C．He can shop and cook．2．What does the man like to do when he is free?A．He likes to play computer games．B．He likes to listen to music．C．He likes to take care of younger children．3．What do we know about the woman?A．She also wants to be an adult．B．She likes to read after school．C．She likes being a teenage student．听第二段材料，回答第4—6三个小题。

4．Why did the man’s children buy the pen?A．As a present for the man’s birthday．B．As a birthday present for the man’s wife．C．As a．birthday present for the man’s mother5．What colour is the pen ?A．Red．B．Yellow．C．Purple．6．How much did the pen cost?A．$11．B．$14．C．$9．听第三段材料，回答第7—9三个小题。

7．Where does the conversation probably take place?A．In a swimming pool．B．In a gym．C．In a school hall．8．Which course are the man and the woman taking together?A．The shaping course．B．The swimming course．C．The skiing course．9．How often will they attend the course at least?A．Once a week．B．Twice a week．C．Three times a week．听第四段材料，回答第10—12三个小题。

10．Why did the man go to the bank?A．He had to pay the fine there．B．He wanted to get some small change．C．He intended to call the traffic police．11．How did the man feel about the police officer’s final decision?A．Happy．B．Sad C．Angry．12．What was the police officer’s attitude to the letter from the man?A．She believed the man had come across many misfortunes．B．She took pity on the unlucky man who had a bad day．C．She felt it funny that the man made up such a story．听第五段材料，回答第13—15三个小题。

13．How old is botany?A．100 years old．B．1,000 years old．C．10,000 years old．14．What is happening to the forests?A．They are being cut down．B．They are being polluted．C．They are not producing as much food as before．15．What is most important to James?A．Making money．B．Eating．C．Helping people．第一节听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）II．语言知识及应用（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）Never before had I seen so many snails in one place．There were a lot of them on the ___21___ going slowly about．Then farther up onto the ceiling, a number of snails were moving round ___22___ every direction．As they ___23___ themselves on, they left behind them a track of something sticky, which looked like a silvery ___24___．It was indeed frightening; it wasalmost a sea of snails．I told my friend Robert that I was ___25___ and went to get my coat hanging on a nail on the wall．Hardly had I put it on, however, when I felt that the snails had taken possession of my coat too．They were on the ___26___ as well as in the pockets．I ___27__ a cry of fear and that surprised Robert greatly．While he was laughing, I was trying hard to ___28__the snails from my coat．Robert insisted on my ___29__ to dinner．I agreed．And we two combined our efforts to collect the snails．When none of these snails were left in the hall, Robert took them to the kitchen and had them ___30___, which would be a big meal for us two．21．A．wall B ground C．door D．floor 22．A．at B to C．for D．in 23．A．forced B made C．threw D．pulled 24．A．picture B thread C．sea D．field 25．A．settling B leaving C．dealing D．managing 26．A．clothes B nail C．collar D．coat 27．A．let out B set off C．sent off D．called out 28．A．search for B get rid of C．knock out of D．put away 29．A．returning B having C．staying D．going 30．A．cooked B eaten C．sold D．fed第二节语法填空（共10小题;每小题1．5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。

A little old lady went into a pet shop and saw a lovely-looking parrot．“I would like to buy that handsome bird, please,” she said to the owner．“Oh you don’t want___31___,” the man replied．“He uses some pretty terrible___32__．Why don’t you get a puppy or a cat? ”“I want that parrot!” the woman insisted, and proceeded to put her money ___33___ the counter．The owner shrugged his shoulders and made the sale．When the woman returned home, she started playing with her new friend．She was pettinghim and poking at his feathers when all of a sudden he ___34___ （start）swearing a blue streak．The woman was so shocked ___35___she grabbed the parrot and stuck him in the refrigerator．When she took the shivering bird out___36__ （late）, she warned him that every time he used bad language he’d be put back ___37__it was cold．The parrot’s behavior was pretty good for___38___ couple of days, but then one morning while the cat was putting her paw through his cage, he got ___39__ （real）mad and started cursing again．This time the woman grabbed the ___40__and stuck him in the freezer．As he sat there shivering and looking around, he saw a frozen turkey right next to him．“Ëgad!” squawked the parrot．“What did you say?”III．阅读（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30分）ABurn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money．My rate was $75,000 a month．Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank．Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture．“Times of great change always bring out the risk-takers,” he said．“And they leave winners and losers．My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edison’s that ended up in failure．”I was lost in t hought at the notion of a Thomas Edison’s project ending in failure．Damn．It could happen to anybody! I must continue．At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field．I didn’t turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet．My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-design products by using a special software and let them modify the designs．Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice．To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regularly with venture capitalists．One said I had a great idea．But I needed to test it．Get the money somewhere．To get this money from a VC is going to cost my wife and my children! He turned down my request．Wife? Children? I barely remembered them．I was working nonstop—struggling to turn the key in the lock, to find the right way ahead．The pressure was terrible．It was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up．Two hundred thousand dollars．A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moment’s hesitation．Dad and Mom had driven out from Chicago and seen the passion in my little office and the trouble at home．With their help my company survived and has been prospering ever since．41．When the author’s company started operation, he had _______．A．$450,000 B．$400,000 C．$350,000 D．$300,000 42．Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, people have to _______．A．rely on famous people all the time B．invest as much money as possibleC．face the risks of possible failure D．think about nothing but success 43．The author’s company was engaged in ______．A．furniture design and production B．online home-design serviceC．traditional home designing D．home decoration business 44．Faced with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided ______．A．to improve his service B．to start a new businessC．to withdraw his money D．to reduce his investment45．It is implied that venture capital is often ______．A．risky B．timely C．secure D．abundantB．Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us．Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum（钟摆）and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar．As someone who understood the distinction observed, “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems lik e a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours．”Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age．They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass．For example, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach．Since most of us spend fewer days at the beach and more at the office aswe age, an increase in structured time could well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older．Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly．Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we’ve never been before．Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real idea of when we'll arrive, we experience the trip, feeling it takes long time．Although exactly long as the same, it seems to take far less time when getting back．The novelty of the outward journey had become routine．Thus taking a different route on occasions can often help slow the clock．When days become the same as beads （小珠子）on a string, they mix together, and even months become a single day．To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day -- to stop time, so to speak．Learning something new is another way to slow the passage of time．One of the reasons the days of our youth seem so full and long is that these are the days of learning and discovery．46．The quotation in the first paragraph is used to indicate ______．A．that time should not be measured by a pendulumB．the distinction between physical time and psychological timeC．that physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of timeD．that, with little regard of a clock or calendar, psychological time is quite puzzling 47．The passage is meant to ______．A．describe various definitions about timeB．state the principles of timeC．explain why time flies and how too slow it downD．show the different ideas of physicists and psychologists on time48．According to the passage, when people live a same dull routine life, time seems to _____．A．stop B．slow downC．speed up D．be in a psychological sense 49．Near the end of the third paragraph, the word "novelty" could be best replaced by_____．A．unfamiliarity B．amusement C．enjoyment D．disappointment 50．Which of the following examples does not make time seem to flow more rapidly?A．Office work structured with schedules．B．A journey to a familiar place．C．Life of a businessman filled with appointments．D．Learning something difficult and interesting．CIf you look for a book as a present for a child，you will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten．J．K Rowling’s wizard is not alone ．The past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings．Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children ．According to statistics in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading at all．In 2003, 35% didn’t．And around 6% of the children leave primary school each year unable to read properly．Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games．Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile．Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class ．In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most．Reading Recovery is aimed at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher．An evaluation this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age．International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school, they read well ,but read text often for fun than those elsewhere ．Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success ．According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage．51．Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?A．Many children’s books have been adapted from films．B．Many high-quality children’s books have been published．C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films．D．The sales of presents for children have increased．52．Statistics suggested that ．A．the number of top students increased with the use of computersB．a decreasing number of children showed interest in readingC．a minority of primary school children read properlyD．a huge percentage of children read regularly53．What do we know about Reading Recovery?A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year．B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking．C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading．D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading．54．Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________．A．take greater advantage of the projectB．show the potential to enjoy a long lifeC．are likely to succeed in their education．D．would make excellent future researchers55．The aim of this text would probably be _________．A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty．B．to encourage th e publication of more children’s booksC．to remind children of the importance of reading for funD．to introduce a way to improve early children reading第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）以下是书本信息：A．British Life by Anne CollinsWhat’s everyday life for people in Britain? Why do they talk about the weather so much? This book will tell you everything you want to know about the interesting and traditional country．B．Romeo and Juliet by ShakespeareA sad story of two lovers．The two lovers began their secret love, but their families didn’t know．It’s one of the famous plays written by Shakespeare in the literature history．C．Angels and Demons by Dan BrownRobert Langdon, the hero of Da Vinci Code, which is another history thriller, tried to solve themystery of a century-old underground organization and save the Vatican from a tomb．If you are not brave enough, don’t read it alone at night．This is the ancient mystery．D．Happy Christmas by John EscottThis is a book, but looks like a magazine．It is made out of different sections．You can learn about the history and traditions of the western-style holidays and something else like the way of making traditional food and games．E．The Beatles by Paul ShiptonJohn, Paul, George and Ringo: four young men from England were the most well-known and some of the best musicians of the 1960s．They formed the Beatles, and their music is still popular today．F．Silver Bells by Luanne RiceA sweet love story happening on Christmas．Chris Byne, a farmer who sold his Christmas trees on the streets on New York, one day he met Cathy Tierney, a librarian who lost her husband on Christmas Eve three years before．So a new love and a new hop started lasting a lifetime．以下是购书者的信息，请匹配购书者的信息与它们所对应的书本：56．Randy: Christmas is coming．Randy wants to know all information about it, such as the games, the food, the stories, the music and the movies．57．Amy: Amy has many romantic dreams．She always believes she can find her Mr．Right like the girls in the fairy stories．So she is crazy about the books with good endings only．Now she begins to bury herself in the book like that．58．Vince: Vince, as the head of his own band, is able to play all kinds of musical instruments．But he dreams of becoming musician like John Lennon, a famous singer from a rock band．Therefore, he wants to search for a book on him．59．Alan:Mystery and adventure are always boys’ dreams．Alan, one of the boys, especially prefers the ancient ones because he always regards himself as a big man with super power, but not a small boy．60．Lin Jie: Lin Jie, a student studying English in a university, will go to England to continue his further education．So he wants to find more information about the country he will study in．IV．写作（共两节，满分为40分）第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）假设你叫李华，上周，你对全校1200名学生中进行了一次“上网目的”的调查（survey）。