山西大学附中5月高三英语模拟考试

山西大学附中2008年5月高三模拟考试
英语试题
（时间：100分钟命题人；陈芳审题：贾永生）
第一卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力（略）
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.More and more people in China are choosing _______ cheap wireless phone service known as ____ 'Little Smart'.
A.a;the
B.a; /
C.the;the
D.the. /
22. ---What is the man, do you know?
---I don't know exactly. But I think he is ____ but a teacher.
A.anybody
B.something
C.anything
D.everybody
23. ---Why did you come by taxi?
---My car broke down las night and I ____ it repaired.
A.didn't have
B.don't have
C.won't have
D.haven't had
24. ---Which do you enjoy ____ your holiday, going abroad or staying at home? ---Either will be OK.
A.spending
B.to spend
C.being spent
D.spend
25.During the test we were supposed to stay in our seats, kepp our eyes on our work, ____ to anyone.
A.but could but talk
B.instead of speaking
C.rather than speak
D.and not to speak
26. ---I'd like to find a job in the library.
---Good idea, it doesn't affect your studies.
A.unless
B.as long as
C.now that
D.even if
27. ---Is three more days enough time for us to finish the work?
---I don't think so and only after ____ ____ go on with it.
A.does the rain stop; we can
B.the rain will stop; can we
C.the rain stops; we can
D.the rain stops; can we
28. It is said that the thief was fined five times ____ that he should have paid.
A.as more money as
B.the anount of money
C.much money than
D.as much money than
29. ---Did you miss the last bus then?
---Yes, othereise I ____ home last night.
A.didn't walk
B.wouldn't walk
C.hadn't walked
D.wouldn't have walked
30.Living in the western part of the country has its problems, ____ getting fresh water is nt the least.
A.with which
B.for which
C.of which
D.which
31.---Have you finished your composition already?
---Yes. I ____ it in twenty minutes
A.have finished
B.finished
C.will finish
D.had finished
32..____ fashion differs from country to country reflects cultural differences.
A.That
B.What
C.Which
D.How
33.When I went back to the entrance of the supermarket, ____ I remembered ____ the guard, he was gone.
A.in which; see
B.where; seeing
C.which; to see
D.where; to see
34.They really have a great time too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints, and ____ the angles and so on.
A.bringing out
B.taking out
C.finding out
D.figuring out
35. --- congratulations to you! I hear you come first in the English Speeach Contest.
---____
A.Don't mention it.
B.Thanks. But I think I could have done better
C.There's nothing to cheer about.
D.No. No. It's a piece of cake.
第二节：完形填空（共２０小题；每小题2分，满分4０分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35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。

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches（沟渠） along
the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular 36____ flower that has
37____ caught my eye, I've noticed it blooms only in the morning hours; the 38____
sun is too warm for it. Every day for about two weeks, I see thosebeautiful 39____.
This spring I 40____ a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the 41____ window while doing the dishes and see the wildflowers. I've often thought those lovely blue flowers from the 42____ would look great in that bed aloingside other wildflowers.Everyday I 43____ past the flowers thinking, 'I'll stop on my way home and 44____ a couple up.' 'Gee（哎呀）, I don;t want to get my good clothes dirty.'
45____, I never stopped to dig any up.
One day on my way home from work, I was 46____ to see the highways department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were 47____. I thought to my self,
'Way to go, you 48____ too long. You should have done it when you first saw them
49____ in the spring.'
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn my oldest sister-in-law had
a terminal brain tumor（肿瘤）. She is 20 years 50___ than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as 51____ as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the 52____ between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's 53____ and us. I do believe God has given us some time left to 54____ some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'll 55____ and get some to transplant
in to my wildflower garden.
36 A.red B.yellow C.blue D.white
37. ually B.never C.seldom D.always
38. A.morning B.afternoon C.noon D.evening
39. A.trees B.flowers C.woods D.gardens
40. A.satrted B.cleared C.closed D.deserted
41. A.bedroom B.dining-room C.sitting-room D.kitchen
42. A.highway B.garden C.ditch D.park
43. A.rode B.walked C.drove D.ran
44. A.pick B.sell C.water D.dig
45. A.What's worse B.What's more C.Whatever the reason D.What with no reason
46. A.surprised B.excited C.delighted D.saddened
47. A.found B.gone C.discovered D.left
48. A.waited B.everybody C.nobody D.protected
49. A.growing B.blooming C.seeding D.fading
50. A.younger ter C.earlier D.older
51. A.good B.wealthy C.close D.strong
52. A.change B.result C.value D.connection
53. A.sister B.brother C.mother D.father
54. A.slip B.jog C.refresh D.collect
55 A.buy B.stop C.mow D.collect
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题3分，满分60分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
For people who are addicted t oshoppong, the post-Chritmas period means only one thing----sales! Across the country, prices are greatly reduced on clohing, electronics, home furnishings and more. London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargins.
The sales start on Boxing Day----26th December, and continue for the month of January, but the keenest bargin hunters get there early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of early morning openings for the start of their sales. At Brent Cross, in north London, more than 1,000 people were queuing at 3:30 a.m. For the 'Next' clothing store's sale ehich began at 4 a.m.. Those who were strong enough to bear difficult situations even camped outside the shops to be first in line.
Consumers who went to shops in large numbers ,with the aim of buying a lot of bargins were rewarded with discounts of as muc as 80% as department stores joined the sales. The shops were extremely crowded when the sales got into full swing, with more than half a million people shopping in London's West End.
The biggest, most famous shops such as Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty and John Lewis all have sales. In the department stores you're likely to find everything you need in the same building! It's a good time to buy a lot of cheap gadgets, and there's no better time to invest in some designer clothes.
Some people take their partners shopping with them, and buy their Christmas presents in the sale----a pratical but unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want. For a less exciting but less stressful shopping exerience, online retailers（零售商） are also here, participating January sales!
56.What's the passage mainly about?
A. People buy a lot of bargins in the department stores in London after Christmas.
B. People buy their Christmas presents in the sales in London.
C. People are prepared to do their shopping for next Christmas.
D. People participate in the January sales to do business online.
57.We can infer from the passage that ____.
A. the price of he goods on sale are not low enough to attract customers in London
B. there are lots of people who are eager to participate in the post-Christmas sales
C. there are not many goods worth spending money on in the January sales
D. there are usually no sales in the big, famous stores after Christmas
58.What are people most eager to buy in the department stores in the January sales?
A. Everything people need.
B. Christmas presents.
C. Next year's Christmas presents.
D. Gadgets and designer clothes.
59.What does 'the sales got into full swing' in the third paragraph mean?
A. The sales were going to start soon in the department stores.
B. The sales had already been happening for a period of time and were over.
C. The sales were in the most active stage.
D. All the bargins in the stores were sold out.
B
A new high speed rail link between London and Paris has brought the two capitals closer together, cutting 20 minutes off the time to Brussels.
The French open their stretch（一段路程） of the high speed line back in 1993, a year before the tunnel under the English Channel itself opened. The high speed line to Brussels was finished in 1997; and now, ten years after that, Britain has finnally got its 12 billion dollar line High Speed One.
At 11:01 the first Eurostar, named 'Tread Lightly' makes sure people understand that a train causes less harm to the environment than some other means of transportation, leaving the station smoothly heading for Paris. Just minutes later,the first fast train arrived from Brussels and passengers came out of the train in largr numbers onto the platform to give their first impression of the journey: One Of Passengers: Great, yeah, very fast and ... It's unbelievable. Great, you are right----it was a wonderful journey.
Much of the excitement here has focused not on the fast links to Europe but on the lovingly redecorated Vitorian train-shed ---- a unique and remarkble building that was built when trains were still powered by steam engines----now featuring （以…为特色） what claims to be the longest champagne bar in Europe, and it sits under what was when built the largest single span（跨度） roof in the world.
Most of Britain's mainline trains move at speeds far less than the 186 miles per hour of the Eurostar. Rail enthusiasts are already asking, if this High Speed One, when will there be a High Speed Two? The answer us still, no time soon.
60.What is the most suitable title for the passage?
A.The First Rail Link Opens
B. Britain's Mainline Trains
C.High Speed One is First Trip
D.High Speed Two, No Time Soon
61.When did the tunnel under the English Channel open?
A.In 1992
B.In 1993
C.In 1994
D.In 1995
62. Apart from its high speed, what benefit does the First Eurostar have?
A. Lower fare for passengers.
B. Less environment pollution
C. Less consumption of petroleum
D. More room for passengers.
63.What is the most attractive point of High Speed One according to the passenger?
A.The fast links to Europe.
B.The lovingly redecorated Victorian train-shed.
C.High Speed.
D.Champagne.
C
When you're a graduate, people expect you to use a register which is wider than a school-leaver's. Have some tips on how to expand your vocabulary:
Buy a large dictionary rather than one which id 'compact（简明）' or 'concise'. You need one which is big enough to define words clearly and helpfully (aroud 1,500 pages is a goog size).
Avoid dictionary which send you round in circles by just giving synonyms（同义词）. A pocket dictionary might suggest:'impetuous = rash'.
A more comprehensive dictionary will tell you that imprtuous means 'rushing with force and violence', while another gives 'liable to act without consideration', and add to your understanding by giving the derivation '14th century, from late Latin imprtuous = violent'.
It will tell you that rash means 'acting without consideration or thought', and comes from Old High German rasc = hurried. So underlying these two similiar words is the difference between violence and hurrying. There are over 600,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary； most of them have different meanings(only a small proportion are synonyms).
Avoid dictionaries which send you round in circles by using very complicated language to define the term you are looking up, leaving you struggling to understanding half a dozen new words.
Keep your dictionary at hand when you're standing. Look up unfamiliar words and words to understand what they mean.
Improve your vocabulary by reading widely.
If you haven't got your dictionary with you, note down words which yo don't understand and look them up later.
return to the list of quick-reference guides
64.The auhor takes “impetuous”as an example in order to ______.
A. tell the readers what the word means
B. show readers the advantages of a large dictionary over a small one
C. show readers hoe to use a big dictionary
D. indicate that it's not easy to learn an English word
65.In the author's opinion, a graduate should use a dictionary which ______.
A. uses complicated language to define the words
B. is simple and convenient but also opposites
C. gives not only synonyms but also opposites
D. offers exact and comprehensive information
66.This passage is intended for ______.
A.primary school students
B.high-school students
C.college students
D.all English learners
67.Where does this passenger probably come from?
A.A newspaper
B.A magazine
C.A billboard
D.The Internet
D
The reading skills of young male students may improve more when boys are tutored （辅导） by women, a Canadian study shows, contracting some school policies of hiring male teachers to improve boys' literacy（读写能力）.
Herb Katz, an education professor at the University of Alberta, took 175 boys in the third and fourth grades, identifying as struggling readers, and paired them with a research assistant who worked on their reading skills for 30 minutes a week over 10 weeks.
On average, the boys paired with female tutors felt better about their reading skills after the 10 weeks than those who were coached by a male research assistant, the study found.
Katz said the study, published in the US journal Sex Roles, may cause educational policy-makers in countries such as Ausrtalia and Britain to rethink policies that call for more male teachers to be hired to provide role models for boys whose reading skills lag behind those of their peers （同龄人）.'It tells us hat the way government respond with policy is maybe a little too quick and a little too simple,' Katz said. Boys and girls enter kindergarden with similiar reading slills, Katz said, but by the end of the third grade, boys gave lower reading scores than girls. The reasons behind that difference are not entirely clear. 'I don't know that reading skills fade so much as teachers may not recognise what boys are doing,' he said. 'We don'e really know a lot about boys, even in the early years.'
The boys involved in the study attend 12 schools in the pairie city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Most were from downtown neighbourhoods. About a third were aboriginal Canadians and 55 percent came from ethnic minority groups.
68. What's the purpose of this passenger?
A. To encourage boys to do more reading.
B. To persuade schools to hire female teachers
C. To describe good ways to develop reading skills.
D. It provides some information about a study of reading skills.
69. The underlined word “contradicting” in the first paragraph means _____.
A. finding out
B.going against
C. standing by
D. bringing about
70. We know from the passage that _____.
A. women must be better at teaching than men
B. girls do more reading than boys
C. male teachers are preferred to help reading-troubled boys in Australia
D. governments will change their policy on hiring teachers
71. According to the last paregraph but one,we know _____.
A.girls born good at reading but boys are not
B.the cause of boys’ low reading scores remains unknown
C.teachers cannot make out what boys do
D.Katz know boys better than their teachers
E
What bothers office ladies? When being asked this question, most ladies will answer, 'I'm afraid of becoming fat!' How to get into shape has been a problem office ladies for a long time. Use your intelligence, and you'll find there are several simple ways to keep slim both at home and in the office.
Exercise in the office
●Upper arm exercises
Thick upper arms are a headache for many women. Try the following method, which may help with the problem. Sit tight, have a bottle of water in each hand and keep your hands downward. Move your arms upwards until your hands are directly above your head while keeping elbows close to your head. Then move your arms downwards to the starting positions. Repeat about 20 times.
●Shape your tights（大腿）
Cross your arms on your chest. Separate your legs until the distance between your feet is as wide as that between your shoulders. Then bend your knees until yout thigh and calf almos become vertical（垂直）. Keep this position for sveral seconds then stand up.
●Exercise your calves
Sit tight, put several books under your feet, and put your tiptoes. Press your heels down as far as you can and then lift them keeping your tiptoes on the books. Repeat 20 times.
Eating a healthy diet
If you want to keep fit, you need also have nourishing food with low calories. The followings are some suggestions:
●Have soup before meat and rice.
●Eat with small slow bites. Pay attention to what you eat, or you may eat too much unconsciously.
●Eat more stewed（炖的） or steamed food instead of fried food.
●Choose food which are low in calories and fat. Avoid sweets and fried foods like candies, desserts, peanuts, etc.
●Eat foods with high in fiber like vegrtables and millet.
72.When you do ____ you must stand up instead of sitting.
A.upper arm exercise
B.the shape your thighs exercise
C.exercise your calf
D.upper arm exercises and shape your thigh
73.Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A.Vegetable contain few calories.
B.Avoid cakes but eat more sunflowers sees.
C.Nourishing food always contains few calories.
D.When you exercise your calves you put your feet in front of your seat.
74.Why do people walk in offices tend to pun on weight?
A.Too much calories.
B.Too much brainwork.
C.Less exercise.
ckof good habits.
75.Which of the following is the best title of the passenger?
A. Office Ladies' Trouble
B. Want to Keep Healthy?
C. Simple Exercise and Healthy Eating
D. Exercise Keep You Slim
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分３５分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题１分，满分１０分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。

对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√），如果有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Enivonmental pollution does greatly harm to man. It's said that tens of thousands of people die of illness was caused by pollution. The world's deserts are increasing,
and the weather is getting worse because damage to forest. The waste gas and liquid have been polluted air and rivers. If it goes on, the world won't be fir for us to live . Today people are eager to get fresh air, pleasure climate and
pure drinking water. Luckily more or more people have Realised what serious the problem is and they are trying their best to take measure to protct the environment. 76.______
77.______
78.______
79.______
80.______
81.______
82.______
83.______
84.______
85.______
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
在现实生活中，每一个人都想要获得成功，但事实并非如此。

有的人抓住了机会，而有的人却丧失了机遇。

请你分局下面的要点提示，。

1. 大部分机遇出现时，我们都忽视了。

2. 有些人知道机遇的重要性，因此获得了成功。

3. 有些人在等待机遇，而不主动争取。

4. 机遇对每一个人都平等，只要努力和聪明就能取得成功。

写一篇100词左右的短文, 开头已给出，不记入总数。

Everyone in the world wants to succeed……
2008年山大附中高考英语模拟试题参考答案
单项选择（15分）
21---25 BCDBD 26---30 BDBDC 31---35 BABDB
完形填空（40分）
36—40 CDBBA 41---45 DCCDC 46---50 DBABD 51---55 CDADB
阅读理解（60分）
56---59 ABDC 60---63 CCBD 64---67 BDCD 68---71 DBCB 72---75 DACD 短文改错（10分）
Enivonmental pollution does greatly harm to man. It's said that tens of thousands of people die of illness ^ was caused by pollution. The world's deserts are increasing,
and the weather is getting worse because ^ damage to forest. The waste gas and liquid have been polluted air and rivers.
If it goes on, the world won't be fir for us to live ^ . Today people are eager to get fresh air, pleasure climate and
pure drinking water. Luckily more or more people have
Realised what serious the problem is and they are trying
their best to take measure to protct the environment. great which
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书面表达（25分）
One possible version
Everyone in the world wants to succeed. As a matter of fact, opportunity comes every once in a while. On most occasions, it appears without being noticed. Only when the opportunity has left us, do we realise that we have lost it.
Some people know the importance of oportunity. They understand opportunity is a factor in achieving success. So they are always ready for an opportunity when it arrives.
However , other people give up their efforts to seek opportunities and grasp them. They are used to waiting for opportunity to come knocking on their doors. Most people are given opportunities, but only the more intellgent and hard-working people seize it.。