广东省湛江市-暑假高三英语月考试卷

广东省湛江市2008--2009年暑假高三月考试卷
英语8月29日本试卷共12页，四大题，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和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。

用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。

将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。

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选项的答案信息点
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，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

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听力（共两节，满分35分）
第一节听力理解（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
每段播放两遍。

各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。

请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答第1—3题。

1．What color was the robber’s jacket?
A．Black. B．Blue C．Brown.
2．Where could the man and the women find the hotel they need?
A．About$500.
B．About$ 2,500
C．About$ 3,500.
3．Where was the man during the robbery?
A．In his car.
B．Behind the door.
C．On the floor.
听第二段对话，回答第4—6题。

4．Why won’t the speakers go to New York?
A．Their time is limited.
B．They don’t have enough money.
C．They have been there before..
5．When does this conversation take place?
A．In the summer.
B．In the winter.
C．In the fall.
6．What’s the name of the hotel where the speakers are going to stay?
A．The Wilmington Hotel.
B．The River Inn.
C．The Strawberry River Inn.
听第三段对话，回答第7—9题。

7．Where does the conversation take place?
A．On the way home.
B．In a library.
C．In a bookstore.
8．Why does the man need help?
A．He has hurt his arms.
B．He has too many books to carry.
C．He wants to discuss about his job.
9．Why does the man buy these books?
A．Because they are cheap.
B．Because he wants to open a bookshop.
C．Because he wants to give some to the woman. 听第四段独白，回答第10—12题。

10．Where did the man come across the woman?
A．In the street.
B．On the beach.
C．In the park.
11．What was the dog doing when the man was talking?
A．Looking up at the man.
B．Looking up at the woman.
C．Eating some food.
12．What can we know from the text?
A．The dog didn’t belong to the woman.
B．The woman lied to the man.
C．The dog only bit men strangers.
听第五段对话，回答第13—15题。

13．What was the students’ homework yesterday ?
A．To find out about UNESCO and World Cultural Heritage Sites.
B．To find out what UNESCO has done to save the sites
C．To find out which sites are in danger of being destroyed.
14．What did UNESCO help stop the Egyptian government from doing in 1995?
A．Building a big road near the Pyramids.
B．Building a big building near the Pyramids.
C．Moving the Pyramids to another place.
15．What is the students’ homework for today?
A．To find out how many tourists visit World Heritage Sites
B．To find out how much tourism affects World Heritage Sites.
C．To find out how UNESCO can stop tourists visiting World Heritage Sites.
第二节听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16—20的空格中。

听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。

录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

A young man’s story
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）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The idea of the blood transfusion is very simple, but that idea has saved many thousands of lives over the past century. Often, if a person is in a(n) __21__ or has an operation, he will lose a lot of blood and these are the times when a blood transfusion is needed. This __22__ means taking blood from another person and putting it into the body of the __23__. Doctors have been carrying out blood transfusions for __24__. There are several types of blood and that the correct type must always be used. So, you might be __25__ “What does this have to __26__ me?” Well, it has something to do with all of us. Hospitals need to keep back the blood ready for transfusions. The only way they can get that blood is from __27__ people like you. Every human body has five liters of blood and we take 0.25 liters from each person. This is completely __28__. In fact, your body will make enough blood to __29__ it after only a day. Giving blood only __30__ a short while and it doesn’t hurt. It costs you nothing and it could save a life. So please blood.
21．A．hospital B．accident C．action D．treatment 22．A．simply B．mainly C．partly D．largely 23．A．person B．man C．woman D．patient 24．A．centuries B．months C．years D．weeks 25．A．worrying B．considering C．thinking D．leaving 26．A．deal with B．do with C．go with D．connect with 27．A．common B．usual C．ordinary D．general 28．A．safe B．unsafe C．good D．available 29．A．recover B．return C．regain D．replace 30．A．takes B．costs C．spends D．uses
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3l-40的相应位置上。

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, __31__ (kill) over 30,000 people. After the quake, a father rushed to the school where his son was __32__ to be, only to discover that the building was flat as a pancake. After the initial (最初的)shock, he remembered the promise he __33__ to his son: “No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!” Remembering his son’s classroom was in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started digging __34__ the ruins. As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, doing nothing __35__ crying. Some parents tried to pull him off the school’s ruins, __36__ (say): “It’s too late! They are all dead! There’s nothing you can do!”
__37__ each parent he responded with the same line: “Are you going to help me now?” And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone. He dug for 12 hours…24 hours. Eventually, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and hear d his son’s voice. He screamed his son’s name, “Armand!” “It’s me, Dad! I told the __38__ kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive you’d save me and when you saved me, they __39__ (save).
“Come out, boy!” said the father.
“No, Dad! Let the other kids come out __40__. I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”
Ⅲ．阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第—节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读—则短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Mary Allen was my best friend---like the sister I had ever had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, and horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away. Mary and I dept in touch through letters (there was no e-mail, even no telephone at that time), and we saw each other on special occasions---like my weeding and Mary’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back stamped “Address Unknown”. I had no idea how to find Mary. I
thought I had lost touch with my best friend for ever.
Nevertheless, over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share with her stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sorrow when my brother and mother died. There was an empty lace in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.
One day I was reading the newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman—Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagman,” I thought, but I wrote to her anyway.
She called as soon as she got the letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly. “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother.” I was wild with joy when hearing this!
Minutes later, I heard a voice that I recognized immediately, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s life.
Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: we won’t lose each other again!
41．According to the passage, Mrs. Tobin lost touch with her friend Mary when ___.
A．her family moved away
B．she got married and started her new marriage life
C．She had her children
D．the card she had sent to Mary returned to her
42．How did Mrs. Tobin happen to get in touch with her old friend again?
A．She published an open letter to her old friend in a newspaper.
B．She wrote to a young woman looking quite like her old friend
C．She looked through the newspaper and found her old friend’s address
D．She received a phone call from her old friend’s daughter
43．Mrs. Tobin wanted to find Mary again because she __.
A．liked her best of all, even best of her own children
B．had an empty place in her heart that nobody could fill
C．wanted to tell her many things about her family life
D．was very lonely when her children formed their own families
44．The underlined phrase “caught up on each other’s life” in paragraph 4 means __ A．comparing their lives together eventually
B．wanting to know each other’s life very much
C．talking a bout each other’s life eagerly
D．telling each other anything but their lives
45．We can infer from the passage that Mrs. Tobin’s idea on the relationship between best friends is that best friends are __.
A．just like brothers and sisters
B．exactly like husband and wife
C．much like parents and children
D．more like teachers and students
B
To an outsider, Qinqiang Opera may sound harsh and
exaggerative (夸张的). But many people from Northwest
China just can’t live without it. “In my hometown, when a
baby is born, the family holds a dinner party and invites a
Qinqiang troupe to perform. When a person dies, the family also invites a Qinqiang troupe to perform at the funeral. Qinqiang is what we hear first and last in this world,” says Liu Xiang, a 32-year-old accountant from Shanxi.
Chang Zhimo, a 57-year-old engineer from Gansu, believes the opera transmits positive morals generation by generation from ancient times till modern times. “Babies sing along with adults and learn such lessons as ‘good will be rewarded with good and evil with evil’ from Qinqiang,” Chang says Yun Shizhong, a 62-year-old retired librarian from Qinghai Province, believes the musical form appeals to ordinary people. “Qinqiang is about the life of the poor, and it is performed in their own way,” Yun says. “It provides them an opportunity to release their depressive feelings. When a character in Qinqiang Opera is sad, he would beat his chest and howl.” Liu, Yun and Chang all believed something was missing from their lives after they moved to Beijing until they discovered the Great Qin Opera Youth Society of Beijing. Founded in 2004, the society is the only Qinqiang organization in the capital. The society is made up of about 40 members who came from Northwest China and work in various fields in Beijing. Aside from its elderly band members, most of the singers are in their 20s and 30s.
In 2003, a group of Qinqiang fans met through the China Qinqiang Net website (www. qinqiang. com) and came up with the idea of forming a Qinqiang troupe in Beijing. And on November 7, 2004,
the Great Qin Opera Youth Society of Beijing was founded. Since then, the members have been studying and practicing Qinqiang every Sunday without taking a day off. And rather than taking a break over the May Day and National Day golden weeks, they instead met twice a week.
Yun came to Beijing to live with his daughter after retirement. A lover of Qinqiang since his childhood, he did not have much time to be up to it when working in Qinhai. To enrich Yun’s life in Beijing, his daughter found the Great Qin Opera Youth Society on the Internet.
46．By saying “many people from Northwest China just can’t live without it”, the author means __.
A．Qinqiang Opera is an essential part of their life
B．they are native to Northwest China
C．Qinqiang Opera is native to Northwest China
D．Qinqiang Opera is the best
47．The underlined word “transmits” in the 2nd paragraph roughly means__..
A．transports
B．absorbs
C．passes down
D．sums
48．Which of the following is TRUE about Qinqiang?.
A．It is a comedy
B．It is a tragedy
C．It is an opera of the poor
D．It is a modern opera
49．What can be inferred from the 4th paragraph?
A．It was by the Great Qin Opera Youth Society of Beijing that Qinqiang fans got together
B．It was the Digital Age development of the Internet that brought Qinqiang fans together
C．Qinqiang Opera had ever broken.
D．Qinqiang Opera has hardly disappeared in China
50．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Dream of Qinqiang Opera Remains
B．Qinqiang Opera
C．The History of Qinqiang Opera
D．Qinqiang Opera Fans
C
China’s consumer inflation(通货膨胀) jumped to its highest level in 11 years in November 2007 due to rising food prices, official figures showed on Tuesday, adding to pressure for a sixth interest rate hike (increase) last year. The key inflation indicator, the Consumer Price Index（指数）, jumped 6.9 percent from two years earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement on its website. The central bank should raise the interest rate to make the real rate positive, said Zuo Xiaolei, chief economist of Galaxy Securities. At that time, China’s one-year saving interest rate stood at 3.87 percent, well below the inflation rate, indicating a loss of purchasing power for depositors. Zuo suggested a rise of 54 basis points of the interest rate to control consumers’ inflation expectation. A high expectation might lead to rush on goods, thus further pushing up prices. “The latest figure indicates the inflation pressure is speeding up,” NBS chief economist Yao Jin gyuan said.
Food prices remain the key driving forces behind the rise in November 2007, jumping 18.2 percent. Among food items, pork saw the biggest price increases, followed by a 38.8 percent rise in poultry products. Non-food items went up 1.4 percent. Adding to the price pressure, the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, jumped 4.6 percent in November 2007, the biggest monthly increase in more than two years. The CPI had hit a decade high of 6.5 percent in August 2007, before easing to 6.2 percent in September and rebounding to 6.5 percent in October. Zuo expected the price pressure to continue this year. “The CPI growth in 2008 might be 4 to 5 percent, as least for the first quarter due to the Spring Festival,” he said.
In the face of rising living costs, the country’s top leaders had decided to adopt a “tight” monetary policy, the first shift from a “prudent” one in 10 years. During the weekend, the central bank announced a one percent hike in the bank reserve ratio to 14.5 percent, the highest level since 1984. That was the 10th increase last year.
51．The best title of the passage is _____________.
A．The Consumer Price Index jumped 6.9 percent
B.．Interest rate jumped to its highest level due to rising food prices
C．The CPI growth in 2008 might be 4 to 5 percent
D．The reasons of consumer inflation
52．The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means ____________.
A．interest rate was higher than the inflation rate
B．the more you save in the bank, the more purchasing power you will lose
C．the more you save in the bank, the less purchasing power you will lose
D．depositors could get much from the high interest rate
53. Which statement is true according to the passage?
A．The central bank should lower the interest rate to make the real rate positive
B．Among food items, steak saw the biggest price increases
C．The price pressure will probably continue this year
D．The CPI had hit a decade high of 6.5 in October 2007
54．What causes the rapid rise of Consumer Price Index?
A．China’s consumer inflation B．the rise of food prices
C．the low interest rate D．the tight monetary policy
55. We can infer from the passage that ______________.
A．it will be easier to borrow money from the bank this year
B．people will lead a richer life this year
C．people can buy more products using the same money this year
D．it will be more difficult to borrow money from the bank this year
第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

以下是儿童读物的信息：
A.You and Me, Baby
★★★★★
Reading level: Baby-Grade 1
Hardcover: 40 pages
Language: English
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Only 4 left in stock---order soon (more on the way).
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B.Ruff! Ruff! Where’s Scruff?
★★★★★
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover: 16 pages
Language: English
Price: $11.16 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
Availability: In Stock. Sold by Amazon. com. Gift-wrap available.
Want it delivered Thursday, September 2.
Book Description: It’s bath time for Scruff. But does anyone know where he’s hiding? Have the cows seen him? Moo-no! How about the pigs? Oink-no! Looking for that dog is just too tough! But not for toddlers. If they look carefully, they’ll find Scruff hiding on every pop-up page!
C. The Giving Tree
★★★★★
Reading Level: Ages 4~8
Hardcover: 64 pages
Language: English
Price: $11.55
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Book Description: Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy. Every day the boy would come to the t ree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk…and the tree was happy.
D. Where the Wild Things Are
★★★★★
Reading Level: Ages 6~10
Hardcover Comic: 62 pages
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Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon. com. Gift-wrap available. Want it delivered Thursday, September 12. Order it at once, and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. E.Goodnight Moon (Board book)
★★★★★
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 30 pages
Language: English
List Price: $8.99
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Book Description: Perhaps the perfect children’s bedtime book, Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for---or attempting to postpone---his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the “quiet old lady whispering hush.”
F. Guess How Much I Love You (board book)
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Reading Level: Ages 9~12
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over $25.
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Book Description: All children want reassurance that their parents’ love runs wide and deep. In Guess How Much I Love You, a young rabbit named Little Nutbrow n Hare thinks he’s found a way to measure the boundaries of love.
以下是购书者或小读者的信息。

请匹配购书者或小读者与它们所对应的读物。

56．Mrs. Green is a nurse in a hospital in London. She has a lovely daughter. She often says to her “Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me”. She is going to send her daughter to Grade 1 this September and buy a book with 40 pages for her.
57. Joe is eleven years old. He enjoys reading picture books about animals. He often buys some new ones. Last Saturday he bought a new book. T here is such a sentence on the first page: “In a heartwarming twist on the ‘I-can-do anything-you can-do-better’ theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare”.
58．Tong Tong is five years and two months old now. His father bought him a story book for his birthday on July 2. Now he is reading “but as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and tree gave and gave and gave
59．Mr. Smith lives in New York City. He has a two-year-old grandson, who likes to listen to some
stories about animals and read picture books with a hide-and-seek adventure and lots of pop-up surprises on every page!
60．Susan is a four-year-old girl. Her mother bought her a new book today. In this book, there are many good bedtime activities---a reappearing little mouse is particularly pesky. By the end of the little rabbit’s goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper, and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two.
Ⅳ写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)
最近，你作为研究性学习课题组的成员就高中英语新教材的看法在同学中间开展了一次调查，调查的结果如下：
［写作内容］
请根据以上调查结果，写一份简单的调查报告。

报告的开头已给出。

[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。

[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整、连贯。

I recently surveyed my classmates about their views on the new English textbook．…
第二节读写任务（共l小题，满分25分）
阅读下面摘自China Daily的一则信息，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Centenarian Cao Zuozheng will be disappointed if she learns that her application to be a torchbearer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been turned down.
Last week, the 103-year-old Beijinger, as the only candidate from her residential community, was recommended to a higher authority in Beijing’s Dongcheng District.
Her whole family had kept their fingers crossed that Cao could become the oldest of the 21,880 torchbearers selected across the world.
“We appreciate Cao’s wish. But in reality, she won’t be a torchbearer due to her health condition,” Li Hua, director of Jingshan sub-district office, told China Daily.
According to Li, the office has received eight recommendations, but only one of these can be passed to a higher selection body.
She refused to reveal any details about how they made the decision, except for saying “the one we have finally chosen is a Beij ing model worker”.
Xiao Xinhua, the youngest of Cao’s four children, felt sad at hearing the news.
However, she didn’t dare inform Cao as “it will be a shock to someone who has such a great passion for the Games”.
Xiao argued her mother has no health problems.
The 103-year-old started exercising in 2004 to get fit enough to be a torchbearer.
“If she were not healthy enough, how could we put her at risk by applying for the position?” she asked.
“I personally believe that one centenarian torchbearer is more meaningful than 100 model workers.”
She said she would try to speak to the Dongcheng District Torch Relay Centre to see if there was any chance of realizing her mother’s dream.
注释：centenarian: 百岁或以上老人
torchbearer: 火炬手
给China Daily的编辑写一封信，谈你对所报道的事情的看法。

［写作内容］
一、用30个词概括阅读文章所报道的新闻大意，以介绍你去信的背景。

二、说明你的观点（或支持或反对曹姓老人当火炬手），并论述具体理由以支持你的观点。

此部分120词左右。

［写作要求］
1．可以使用实例来支持你的论点, 也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

［评分标准］
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Dear Editor,
An anxious reader。