广东省执信、中山、外国语学校高三三校期末联考英语试题(08.1)

广东省广州执信中学、中山纪念中学、深圳外国语学校三校
2008届高三期末联考
英语科
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共12页，满分为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学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。

2、选择题每小题选出答案后，有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；不能答在试卷上。

3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；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和平整。

I. 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。

听第一段对话材料，回答第1—3题。

1. What are the speakers going to do together on Wednesday?
A. go to a lecture.
B. Watch a sport game.
C. Go to International Evening.
2. At what time are they going to meet on Wednesday?
A. Three fifteen.
B. One thirty.
C. Seven fifty.
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The lecture will end earlier than the class.
B. A reporter from ABC will come to give a talk.
C. The football match is between Brazil and England.
听第二段材料，回答第4—6题。

4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a store.
B. In an office.
C. In the cinema.
5. Which of the following does the woman like?
A. Musicals.
B. Love stories.
C. Western films.
6. Which of the following statements about the woman is true?
A. She hasn’t got her card yet.
B. She paid $25 for the video.
C. She is afraid of wild animals.
听第三段对话，回答第7—9题。

7. What is the conversation about?
A. The woman finding a place to live.
B. The man renting a place for the woman to live.
C. The woman renting a place for the man to live.
8. How many kinds of places for rent are mentioned?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
9. Which of the following is the most expensive place?
A. The bedsitter.
B. With a family.
C. The self-contained flat.
听第四段材料，回答第10—12题。

10. What is NOT a reason why rock stars are famous according to the man?
A. They wear formal clothes.
B. They sing and play music well.
C. Their fans go to their concerts.
11. What happens at the end of the conversation?
A. The man interviews the rock star.
B. The woman interviews the rock star.
C. The man has changed his opinion about the rock star.
12. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Mary doesn’t like music.
B. The rock star has four cars.
C. The TV man criticized the rock star.
听第五段材料，回答第13—15题。

13. What most probably is the speaker?
A. A teacher.
B. A tourist guide.
C. A coach driver.
14. How many hours will they stay in Cambridge?
A. About three.
B. About two.
C. About four.
15. What does the speaker tell the people NOT to do?
A. Take pictures wherever they like.
B. Take their belongings off the coach.
C. Be back in time for the coach to leave.
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80秒钟
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。

Most children with healthy appetite are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food 21______ it is badly cooked. The 22______ a meal is cooked and served is most important and an attractively served meal will often improve a child's appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never 23______ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow 24______ else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child's hearing, he is 25______ to copy this procedure. Take it for granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a supposed dislike. At meal times it is a good 26______ to give a child a small portion and let him come back for a second helping rather than give him as 27______ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child during meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not 28______ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will 29______ learn to swallow his food, so he can hurry back to his toys. Under no circumstances must a child be coaxed (劝诱) 30______ forced to eat.
21. A. if B. until C. that D. unless
22. A. procedure B. process C. way D. method
23.A. remark B. tell C. discuss D. argue
24. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody
25. A. willing B. possible C. obliged D. likely
26. A. point B. custom C. idea D. plan
27. A. much B. little C. few D. many
28. A. agree B. allow C. force D. persuade
29. A. hurriedly B. soon C. fast D. slowly
30. A. or B. nor C. but D. neither
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，在空格处填人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。

Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student. 31_____ a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with 32_____ (inform) in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned 33_____ brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is 34_____ for learning the material assigned. When research 35______( assign), the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with minimum guidance. It is the student's responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain 36_____ a university library works; they expect students, 37______ graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference origins in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but prefer that their students should not be too dependent on them. In the United States, professors have many other duties 38 ______ teaching, such as administrative or research work. Therefore, the time 39______ a professor can spend with a student outside of class 40______( limit). If a student has problems with classroom work, the student should either approach a professor during office hours or make
an appointment.
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—列短文，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
One might compare the Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s to an empire, and the great film producers to its rulers. We could like the studios and their chiefs to the Mogul Empire which lasted from the early 16th to the mid-19th century in India. The ruler, the Great Mogul, exercised tremendous power and lived in a great place of impressive beauty. The second mogul empire, ruled by the moguls of Hollywood, did not survive long, but the power exercised by the great studio heads could be almost as great as that of the Great Mogul. They enjoyed almost as much wealth, and their fame was certainly more widespread. The Great Mogul could boast of having thousands of slaves, but he could not claim to control the likes of the "golden slaves" of the Hollywood moguls: the film stars. And even though these "golden slaves" were not numbered in thousands, the public's impression was that studios like MGM had "more stars than there are in heaven".
What kinds of lives did those stars of yesterday live? On the surface, they were lives of extraordinary glamour and excitement, but in fact the moguls controlled them to a large extent. The aim of each studio was to make rather ordinary men and women into America's screen idols. To do this, the studio chiefs told the stars that they must not smoke or drink, decided which other stars they should go out with, said that they ought to buy a large house and enormous car, and tried to ensure that in every way, they became what the moguls believed the public wanted.
How could the film moguls tell such stars as Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor what they must or must not do, how they should or should not behave? Why did the stars allow it? There were two reasons. Firstly, these stars were "the best-paid slaves in history". They were looked after and protected in every way. Secondly, they had signed seven-year contracts. These contracts gave the moguls absolute power over them. The moguls could insist that a star must act in a particular film. If the star refused, he or she could be suspended without pay, and the time he or she did not work was added to the seven-year contract.
The film stars were, in a very real way, the "property" of the studios. The Great Mogul maintained control over his people for the sake of his own power and glory. The film chiefs exercised control for the sake of profit. They bought acting talent -- or a pretty face and they sold dreams. It may sound inhuman, this trading in people's lives, but it gives a new meaning to the words of the song: "There's no business like show business". It was a great show in Hollywood, while it lasted, but business is what it was really about.
41. The writer compares the Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s to the Mogul Empire
because the head of each _______.
A. enjoyed almost as much power as the other one in the whole world
B. enjoyed almost as much power, wealth and even fame as the other one
C. had as many slaves as the other one
D. was loved and respected by its members
42. It can be inferred from the passage that Hollywood stars in the 1930s and 1940s _______.
A. lived an extraordinarily excited and carefree life
B. didn't live as fascinating a life as the public believed
C. were the idols of every American
D. made sure they lived an independent life.
43. The speaker gave the example of Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor to illustrate _______.
A. Hollywood stars were very well paid
B. Hollywood stars were given attention by their producers
C. Hollywood stars had no insurance of income
D. How the Hollywood controlling system could have worked as it did
44. Why were the film stars the "property" of the studios?
A. Because they were controlled to earn money, power, fame for the studio.
B. Because they were bought and sold as slaves.
C. Because they made Hollywood famous.
D. Because they were interested in doing business in Hollywood.
45. This passage mainly discusses ________.
A. film production in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s
B. the similarities between the Mogul Empire and Hollywood
C. the true life of Hollywood stars in the 1930s and 1940s
D. why Hollywood could enjoy the fame as it did
B
The American baby boom after the war made unconvincing U.S. advice to poor countries that they limit their births. However, there has hardly been a year since 1957 in which birth rates did not fall in the United States and other rich countries, and in 1976 the fall was especially sharp. Both East Germany and West Germany have fewer births than they have deaths, and the United States is only temporarily able to avoid this condition because the children of the baby boom are now an exceptionally large group of married couples.
It is true that Americans do not typically plan their births to set an example for developing nations. We are more affected by women's liberation: once women see interesting and well-paid jobs as careers available, they are less willing to provide free labor for child raising. From costing nothing, children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive. And to the high cost of children are added the uncertainties, introduced by divorce; couples are increasing to subject children to the terrible experience of marriage breakdown and themselves to the difficulty of raising a child alone.
These circumstances－women working outside the home and the instability of marriage, trend to spread with industrial society and they will affect more and more countries during the remainder of this century. Along with them goes social mobility, ambition to rise in the urban world, a main factor in bringing down the births in Europe in the 19th century.
Food shortage will happen again when the reserves resulting from the good harvests of 1976 and 1977 have been consumed. Urbanization is likely to continue, with the cities of the developing nations struggling under the weight of twice their present populations by the year 2000. The presently rich countries are approaching a stable population largely because of the changed place of women, and they incidentally are setting an example of restraint to the rest of the world. Industrial society will spread to the poor countries, and ambition will exceed resources. All this will lead to a population in the 21st century that is smaller than that was feared a few years ago. For those anxious to see world population brought under control, the news is encouraging.
46. During the years from 1957 to 1976, the birth rate of the United States _____.
A. increased
B. was reduced
C. experiences both falls and rises
D. high divorce rate
47. What influences the birth rate most in the United States is _____.
A. highly paid jobs
B. women's working for independence
C. expenses of child raising
D. high divorce rate
48. The sentence "From costing nothing, children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive" implies that _____.
A. food and clothing for babies are becoming incredibly expensive
B. prices are going up dramatically all the time
C. to raise children, women have to give up interesting and well-paid jobs
D. social development has made child-raising inexpensive
49. A chief factor in bringing down the births in Europe in the 19th century is_____.
A. birth control
B. women’s strong desire for working
C. the instability of marriage
D. the changed place of women
50. The population in 21st century, according to the writer _____.
A. will be smaller than a few year ago
B. will not be as small as people expect
C. will prove to be threat to the world
D. will not continue as serious a problem as expected
C
Researchers in London and Bristol have found that men are particularly likely to give way to depression if their partners are also depressed.
The finding highlights the importance of paying attention to the partners of depressed mothers, as young children themselves vulnerable (容易受伤的) to social problems if both parents are depressed.
Researchers in London and at the University of Bristol launched their study to investigate whether family structure affects the likelihood of depression in men around the time their child is born. They looked at men from traditional families, men with children from a previous relationship, men whose partners had children by a former partner, and men who were not living with their partners.
All 7018 participants filled out a questionnaire on depression, and answered questions about their age, education level and employment status. Details about the quality of their relationships with their partners, networks of friends and previous life events were also recorded.
About 3.5 per cent of the men and 13 per cent of their partners suffered depression around the time their child was born. While men in step-families or who were not living with their partners were twice as likely to get depressed as those in traditional families, this could be explained by other factors that are more common in non-traditional families, such as poor education and relationship conflicts.
Even allowing for all these factors, however, the partners of women who were suffering from prenatal (产前的) depression were significantly more likely to become depressed themselves, the researchers report in an American Journal. Ten per cent of women who were depressed had depressed partners. For the healthy women, the figure was only 2.6 per cent.
Previous research suggests that families with two depressed parents may need special attention. A researcher in Atlanta has found that primary schoolchildren with two troubled parents have difficulty relating to their peers. "It's extremely important to look at the whole family," she
says.
51. What can we conclude from paragraphs one and two of this passage?
A. Men often beat their children.
B. Depressed women often have depressed partners.
C. All young children are vulnerable to social problems.
D. Women with children often have depressed partners.
52. Why did researchers in London and Bristol carry out such and investigation?
A. To see what kind of family environment is ideal for children to grow up in.
B. To study whether family structure affects depression in men when their child is born.
C. To investigate why so many men get depressed when a child is born.
D. To see whether it is true that behind every depressed man there is a depressed woman.
53. What kind of men were NOT included as objects in the study?
A. Men from traditional families.
B. Men with children from a previous relationship.
C. Men who were not living with their partners.
D. Men who have no children.
54. What kind of men are least likely to get depressed when their child was born?
A. Men in stepfamilies.
B. Men who were not living with their partners.
C. Men in traditional families.
D. Men in nontraditional families.
55. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Ten per cent of women who were depressed had depressed partners.
B. 2.6 per cent of healthy women were depressed.
C. Special attention should be paid to families in which both the father and the mother were
depressed.
D. Primary schoolchildren whose parents were both depressed couldn't get along well with their
peers.
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。

选E涂AB; 选F涂CD。

The people below are all looking for entertainments to amuse themselves in March in Shanghai. After the description of these people, there is information about six advertisements of activities A－F. Decide what activities would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 56－60 and then mark the correct letter (A－F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one activity which you do not need to use.
( ) 56. Raymond, a foreign student studying history in Shanghai Fudan University, is planning for his weekend in the first week of March. As he has a phone from his father from home, he is surely to return to his dormitory before 9:00 p.m.
( ) 57. Vanessa, has been working in Shanghai for a couple of months and has got a number of friends, who are interested in western music and dance. What they want to do is to amuse themselves and learn something new.
( ) 58. Jack and his friends usually enjoy their joyful weekend by attending late night activities. As they are music fans, they would like to listen to a live concert.
( ) 59. Smith is interested in a variety of music and he is free in early March. He would like to amuse himself by attending concerts, no matter what price they might be.
( ) 60. Alice, a French girl of 26, is returning home in 2 days. She and her companies want to do shopping in the evening and bought some presents for their family and friends back home.
This March is a busy month i n Shanghai. There’s a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
A.Brightman’s Solo Concert
Brightman, the versatile singer who shifts freely between opera, musicals, trip hop and folk songs, is to give a solo concert in Shanghai in March. The event will be part of a global tour promoting her new album “Harem”.
Her concert in Shanghai has outrageously high ticket price between 2,500 and 380 yuan, but
Positioning the mall in the middle and middle upper income group, the target consumers are of 20-35 age groups. Each floor presents a specific theme like popular young fashion, casual wear
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof. It’s always interesting to visit, but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibit ion. There are lots of mummies and more gold than you’ve ever seen before. Let us know if
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it’s become an art form. The most famous Sushi artist is Yuki Kamura. She’s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She’ll be at Sushi
E.Live Music- Late Night jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trum pet player. He’s coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie’s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors will demonstrate the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Wee frees,
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)
你们学校团委最近组织了一次“有烦恼向谁倾诉”的调查活动。

请用英语给校报写一篇新闻稿，反映调查结果。

[写作内容]
请根据以上的调查数据，写一篇短文。

[写作要求]
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2．短文的开头已为你写好。

[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Recently our League Committee has carried out a survey－“To whom do you go when in trouble?” The results are as follows.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
第二节读写任务(共l小题，满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

January 10, 2008
Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter to reflect some problems I came across recently and appeal to the improvement of the service industry.
This weekend I bought an English dictionary in a bookstore near my home since its cover is elaborately designed. But when I went home and carefully, I found that several pages of the dictionary have been cracked and befouled. What is worse, the misprints spread everywhere in the dictionary and seriously affect my comprehension. Since there was such damage and misprints to the dictionary, I went to the bookstore to require for a replace. But to my surprise, the staff of the bookstore turns down my request rudely and even denied the poor quality of the dictionary.
Today’s fast-paced and market-oriented economy calls for much higher standard for service industry. However, to my regret, many of the commercials fail to achieve this standard and the quality of the staff needs to be improved. It’s self-evident that the poor quality of practitioners in the service industry will not only deeply disappoint customers but also hamper the development of our country’s economy. As a result, I expect your newspaper to appeal to the service industry to
attach more importance to the service improvement.
Thank you for you attention!
Sincerely yours
Mary
[写作内容]
1．以约30个词概括这封信中，作者与书店交涉的经过；
2．假如你是书店的经理John Harder, 请你以约120个词就以上顾客提出的问题给顾客一封回信，并包括下面要点：
(1) 我们接受顾客的批评，并同情顾客的感受；
(2) 我们同意上门道歉，并带另一本新的词典给顾客；
(3) 我们同意顾客对改进服务的观点，并将努力改进服务。

[写作要求]
1．作文中可使用实例或其它方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

信的开头已为你写好。

[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Dear Mary,
Thank you for your letter, which the editor sent to me yesterday. In your letter, _________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
John Harder
The Manager
广东省广州执信中学、中山纪念中学、深圳外国语学校三校
2008届高三期末联考
英语科
成绩：座位号：________
注意事项：1、本答卷为第二部分非选择题答题区。

考生必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在各题目指定区域内的相应位置上答题，超出指定区域的答案无效。

2、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。

IV. 写作
基础写作
Recently our League Committee has carried out a survey－“To whom do you go when in trouble?” The results are as follows.
61% of the students surveyed select friends or schoolmates as their ideal listeners when they have trouble. They also want to tell others they trust about something personal, for they think they have a better understanding of each other in the same age group. Another 22% choose teachers and parents to talk to, because in their opinion, teachers and parents are rich in life and education experience. Nevertheless, there are 17% who don’t share their troubles at all. They find it hard to get along well with others.
读写任务:
Dear Mary,
Thank you for your letter, which the editor sent to me yesterday. In your letter, I know that you bought a dictionary with a lot of problems, and our workers in charge of the department were so rude to you, which brought me lots of trouble.
First of all, we are very sorry to have brought you so much trouble. It is our fault to give you this dictionary. If I were you, I would also complain about it. Now, we take it seriously. We will go to your house in person to make an apology for it and bring you a good dictionary if it is convenient to you.
Yes, we do need to improve our service, which is beneficial to our customers and our bookstore. We also really want a great success in our business field, so I would sincerely appreciate your advice.
If it is convenient to you, please give us some help or suggestions about our service. Thanks a lot!
Yours sincerely,
John Harder
The Manager
英语科参考答案
I、听力
1.-5 BACBB 6-10 AACCA 11-15 CCBAA
16. 9:00 tomorrow morning 17. average height; quite slim 18. short brown
19. attractive 20. light blue; trousers
II、语言知识及应用
21-25 DCCBD 26-30 CABBA
31. If / When 32. information 33. with 34. responsible 35. is assigned 36. how
37. particularly/especially 38. besides 39. which/ that 40. is limited
III、阅读
IV. 写作
基础写作
Recently our League Committee has carried out a survey－“To whom do you go when in t rouble?” The results are as follows.
61% of the students surveyed select friends or schoolmates as their ideal listeners when they have trouble. They also want to tell others they trust about something personal, for they think they have a better understanding of each other in the same age group. Another 22% choose teachers and parents to talk to, because in their opinion, teachers and parents are rich in life and education experience. Nevertheless, there are 17% who don’t share their troubles at all. Th ey find it hard to get along well with others.
读写任务:
Dear Mary,
Thank you for your letter, which the editor sent to me yesterday. In your letter, I know that you bought a dictionary with a lot of problems, and our workers in charge of the department were so rude to you, which brought me lots of trouble.
First of all, we are very sorry to have brought you so much trouble. It is our fault to give you this dictionary. If I were you, I would also complain about it. Now, we take it seriously. We will go to your house in person to make an apology for it and bring you a good dictionary if it is convenient to you.
Yes, we do need to improve our service, which is beneficial to our customers and our bookstore. We also really want a great success in our business field, so I would sincerely appreciate your advice.
If it is convenient to you, please give us some help or suggestions about our service. Thanks a lot!
Yours sincerely,
John Harder
The Manager
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