高三上学期阶段测试英语试题

高三英语练习二,10
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节听下面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 relationship between the speakers?
A. Professor and student.
B. Boss and employee.
C. Father and daughter.
2. What time does the man think they will leave?
A. 7:47.
B. 7:25.
C. 7:27.
3. What is the age of the man now?
A. 16.
B. 20.
C. 24.
4. Where are the two speakers possibly?
A. In a hotel.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In the street.
5. How does the man probably feel now?
A. Worried.
B. All right.
C. Indifferent.
第二节听下面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，你将有时间阅读处个小题，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6至7题
6. Where does the woman want to go?
A. An office.
B. A fruit shop.
C. A police station.
7. What does the woman have to do now?
A. Wait for Mark at the crossroads.
B. Walk ahead and turn right.
C. Walk a little way back.
听第7段材料，回答8至10题
8. How does the man feel about David’s way of sleeping?
A. It’s effective.
B. It’s strange.
C. It’s the best.
9. How many hours does David sleep a day?
A. Four.
B. Six.
C. Seven.
10. What does the woman think of sleeping?
A. People should develop a habit like David’s.
B. People need longer hours of sleep.
C. People have different sleeping habits.
听第8段材料，回答11至13题
11. Which statement is TRUE according to the talk?
A. They are salesperson and customer.
B. They are old school friends.
C. They are fellow workers.
12. What do we know about the woman?
A. She is fond of her work.
B. She is tired of traveling.
C. She is interested in law.
13. What is the man possibly?
A. A company manager.
B. A salesperson.
C. A lawyer.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题
14. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Strangers.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Husband and wife.
15. What will you do if others can’t follow you at English Corner?
A. Say it again and again.
B. Go on to another topic.
C. Explain it in another way.
16. What will possibly happen if strangers talk about politics?
A. They will probably not agree with each other.
B. They will be in danger.
C. They will have to stop their talk soon.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17. Whose smoking may have more effect on young people?
A. Their parents’.
B. Their friends’ .
C. Famous actors’.
18. Who is Stanton Glantz?
A. A worried parent.
B. A professor.
C. An actor.
19. According to the survey, how many of the children who regularly watch films have tried cigarettes?
A. Two thirds.
B. Almost forty percent.
C. About thirty percent.
20. Who paid the actors if they smoked in the films, according to Glantz?
A. The director.
B. The film industry.
C. The tobacco company.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单项填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. Having studied in America for three years, the young man didn’t change much, ________ a bit fatter.
A. only to get
B. only getting
C. to have got
D. having been got
22. With all the money ________, the man had to make a living by begging.
A. run out
B. to run out
C. used up
D. to use up
23. It was Mr Zhang that helped us out of the trouble. Without his help, we ______ it so easily.
A. can’t manage
B. mustn’t have managed
C. couldn’t have managed
D. couldn’t manage
24. ________ is know to us all is that the old worker, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.
A. As; whom
B. What; whose
C. It; whose
D. What; whom
25. The ground is wet all over, so I’m sure it must have rained last night, ________?
A. wasn’t it
B. didn’t it
C. isn’t it
D. doesn’t it
26. I’m sorry to tell you that we will not tell you the results of the survey until we have looked through all the _______.
A. directions
B. instructions
C. data
D. standards
27. Each country, of course, in _______ Copenhagen has its own particular priorities and concerns, which is why ________ agreement is so difficult to reach.
A. the; an
B. /; an
C. a; the
D. /; the
28. ---What on earth are the police busy with?
---They have been looking into how the plane crash _______.
A. came out
B. came up
C. came down
D. came about
29. A team of nurses ________ the doctor in performing the operation on the boy wounded in the
earthquake.
A. supported
B. encouraged
C. assisted
D. respected
30. The Chinese economy is still doing well _______ the current financial crisis.
A. on behalf of
B. in spite of
C. in terms of
D. in consequence of
31. Each of us is likely to develop a personal _______ for certain types of entertainment.
A. comparison
B. possession
C. pre ference
D. advantage
32. ______ the crisis of economy getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life.
A. As
B. With
C. When
D. If
33. ---Oh, how depressed! I’m bound to lose to him in tomorrow’s competition.
---Cheer up! In fact, he is _________ than you.
A. not more nervous
B. no more nervous
C. no less nervous
D. a little less nervous
34. Not until ___ on TV ___ that the Chinese was rescued by the European Union Task Force.
A. did I turn; did I know
B. did I turn; I knew
C. I turned; did I know
D. I turned; I had know
35. ---Tom was caught cheating in the exam. ---Just his luck. ______
A. He has to kill the fatted calf.
B. He has to face the music.
C. He must be the apple of his parents’ eve.
D. He must be a black sheep.
第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I 36 most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we 37 ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to 38 his family as cold. When we got into the 39 to go home, his father suddenly appeared. 40 , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often 41 me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant 42 or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his 43 me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his 44 morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I 45 him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt 46 . For example, I always return phone calls 47 and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the 48 : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger 49 as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I 50 and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was 51 at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be 52 . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their 53 expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my 54 . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to 55 other persons, love signs.
36. A. remember B. enjoy C. value D. admire
37. A. excitedly B. nervously C. silently D. instantly
38. A. regard B. treat C. take D. think
39. A. bus B. train C. car D. plane
40. A. Punctually B. Carefully C. Proudly D. Coldly
41. A. visited B. interrupted C. warned D. telephoned
42. A. greeting B. meeting C. apology D. explanation
43. A. interested B. angered C. encouraged D. surprised
44. A. long B. short C. warm D. polite
45. A. praised B. remembered C. blamed D. thanked
46. A. content B. guilty C. curious D. disappointed
47. A. in order B. in turn C. without delay D. without difficulty
48. A. feeling B. suggestion C. judgment D. belief
49. A. disappeared B. grew C. helped D. declined
50. A. opened B. refused C. hosted D. invited
51. A. depressed B. upset C. fascinated D. shocked
52. A. uncaring B. dishonest C. unhappy D. uncooperative
53. A. unique B. common C. pleasant D. familiar
54. A. opinion B. way C. mind D. life
55. A. send B. read C. give D. express
第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

A
Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”
During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.
Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.
He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.”He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since , the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.
Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate（协调）the group’s
building efforts on the ground.
Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.
56. At the beginning of his organization, ________.
A. Fujiyama was supported by many friends
B. things didn’t go on smoothly
C. Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras
D. many famous people joined in
57. We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.
A. diligent
B. mean
C. sympathetic
D. cheerful
58. The underlined word “siblings’” can be replaced by __________.
A. brothers’
B. brother and sister’s
C. friends’
D. couple’s
59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Help the people in need
B. Students lend a hand in America
C. Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village”
D. Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance
B
A new report says only about half of all students in the main school systems of America’s largest cities finish high school. The report notes higher rates of graduation —over 70% —in areas surrounding the cities. Researchers studied high school graduation rates from the , school year. They also identified the nation’s fifty largest cities. The largest, New York City, had a population of more than eight million. The smallest city was Wichita, Kansas. It had about three hundred and sixty thousand people.
Researchers used a system of measurement called the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates. School officials in many of the cities studied said the resulting numbers were too low. That is because different areas use different methods to find graduation rates. Critics say many methods do not give a true picture of the number of students who leave high school before finishing.
Other studies have put the national graduation rate at about 70%. But experts agree that too many students are not completing high school. They estimate the number at more than one million each year. The report was prepared for America’s Promise Alliance. The private group aims to help children receive services they need to succeed.
General Colin Powell was chairman of America’s Promise Alliance when it was formed in 1997. He attended the press conference Tuesday where the report was released. He said studies have shown that the US must do more to educate the leaders and work force of the future.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings also spoke. She said the government will propose that states use the same methods when reporting graduation rates. Alliance officials also announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates. It is to include a series of meetings to be held in every state over the next two years. The meetings will bring together elected leaders, business owners, students, parents and education officials. They wi ll develop plans to increase the number of Americans who finish high school.
60. The author wants to tell us ___________.
A. too many Americans do not finish high school
B. different methods to find graduation rates
C. services American children need to receive
D. the increase of the number of Americans who finish their high school
61. From Paragraph 1 we can infer that __________.
A. there are 8,360,000 people in the US’ fifty largest cities
B. Wichita in Kansas is the smallest city in the US
C. 50% of the people in the US don’t finish their high school education
D. high school graduation rates in or near the biggest cities are higher
62. The underlined word “picture” probably can be replaced by “_______”.
A. situation
B. scene
C. image
D. mood
63. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that _______-.
A. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings didn’t believe that number from the report
B. the government will stop using the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates
C. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates
D. the low graduation rates should be paid attention to by the government and the society
C
Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs. The latest government report shows that their share of nonfarm jobs nearly reached fifty percent in September.
Not only have more and more women entered the labor market over the years, but the depression has been harder on men. In October the unemployment rate for men was almost eleven percent compared to eight percent for women.
Industries that traditionally use lots of men have suffered deep cuts. For example, manufacturing and building lost more jobs last month. But health care and temporary employment services have had job growth. Both of those industries employ high percentages of women.
Thirty years ago, women earned sixty-two cents for every dollar that men earned. Now, for those who usually work full time, women earn about eighty percent of what men earn. And women hold fifty-one percent of good-paying management and professional jobs.
Yet a study released Thursday said men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at the four hundred large companies in California. The results have remained largely unchanged in live years of studies from the University of California, Davis.
Also, a new research paper in the journal Sex Roles looks at the experiences of women who are the main earners in their family. Rebecca Meisenbach at the University of Missouri in Columbia interviewed fifteen women. She found they all valued their independence and many enjoyed having the power of control, though not all wanted it.
But they also felt pressure, worry and guilt. Partly that was because of cultural expectations that working women will still take care of the children. Also, men who are not the main earners may feel threatened.
The job market continues to suffer the effects of last year’s financial crash. Now, a judgment has been reached in the first case involving charges of criminal wrongdoing on Wall Street.
Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year. A j ury found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tan nin not guilty of
lying to investors.
The hedge funds they supervised lost their value in two thousand seven. But jurors said there was no clear evidence that they meant to mislead investors.
The Justice Department continues to investigate other companies.
64. Why is the unemployment rate for men higher.
A. Because there are more men workers in industries.
B. Because many industries mainly employing men now don’t need so many workers.
C. More and more women take the place of men.
D. Because health care and temporary employm ent services don’t employ men.
65. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. women haven’t got complete equality as men
B. only by becoming the main earners in their family can women gain a high position
C. all women now value independence and the power of control
D. taking care of children is now shared by men and women
66. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Men hate that women earn more money.
B. It is commonly believed that women should take care of children.
C. The job market has recovered from the effect of the financial crisis.
D. Now women working full time earn more than men.
67. Why does the government accuse two managers?
A. They contributed to the financial crash.
B. They led a corrupt life.
C. They lied to investors.
D. A jury found them misleading investors.
D
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,”said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.
Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.
A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香) hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’s practical advice you can follow each day.
Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,”was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.
It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one typ e of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.
I first came to China in when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many
foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman’s studies I think not.
As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it’s important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.
Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.
68. Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer’s point?
A. Make the best of a bad job.
B. Rome was not built in a day.
C. All is not gold that glitters.
D. A good heart conquers ill fortune.
69. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?
A. She became famous through her family background.
B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life.
C. She is a British talk show host.
D. She became successful by her own effort.
70. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to sh ow __________.
A. luck is in your own hand
B. bad luck can turn into good
C. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you
D. man can conquer nature
第四部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最适当的单词。

注意：每空1个单词。

Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs; the need to protect patients from brutal news, to uphold a promise of secrecy or to advance the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should doctors reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients’own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them of risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.
But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed,
helps patients cope with illness; help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.
There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know the professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
写一篇说明文。

现在有些父母成为“孩奴”：养育孩子耗费了父母大部分收入；出现这种现象的原因在于经济压力和攀比心理；分析这种现象对于父母和国家的发展可能产生的影响。

要求：1、词数：150左右；2、可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3、开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Parents’ Being Slaves to the Children
Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s salve” is nowadays a hot topic in China.
高三英语练习二答案
1—5 BBCAB 6—10 ACBAC 11—15 BACBC 16—20 ACBCC
21—25 BCCDB 26—30 CBDCB 31—35 CBCCB
36—40 ACACB 41—45 DABBD 46—-50 DCCBC 51—55 DAABB
56—59 BCBD 60—63 ADAD 64—67 BABC 68—70 ADC
任务型阅读：
71. Lie 72. attitudes/ opinions/ viewpoints 73. favour 74. insist 75. supporting
76. leading 77. killing 78. against 79. handle/ approach 80. cheated
书面表达：
Parents’ Being Slaves to the Children
Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s salve” is nowadays a hot topic in China. It refers to young parents who have to spend a large part of their income on children. These parents feel great strain under the burden of raising a child and struggle hard to make as much money as possible.
The cost of raising a child in China is becoming greater and greater. But economic pressure is not the only reason that makes young parents “child’s slave.” Parents’ competing with each other in trying to provide the best possible living conditions for their children should also be blamed. Retailers know well that young couples only buy the most expensive things for their children, so infant and child commodities bec ome increasingly expensive.
If it continues, this problem would affect the parents and the development of our country. These parents would suffer from huge economic pressure, which may pose a threat to their marriages or physical and mental health. On the other hand, to avoid being slaves, some couples are unwilling to have children. If the birth rate decreases to a dangerous level, there would be insufficient work force in the future.
听力录音内容及参考答案
Text 1
W：You wanted to see me, Mr. Brown?
M：Yes, Miss Anderson. You’ll have to get to work on time, or your services will no longer be needed here.
Text 2
M：Are you supposed to leave at 7:25?
W：I’m not sure. All I remember is that the flight number is 747.
Text 3
W：How long have you been at this school?
M：I’ve been here for about two years. I came here when I was twenty-two.
Text 4
W：Dear, I feel hungry now. How about you?
M：So do I. Let me call room service.
Text 5
W：I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth took just fine.
M：I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
Text 6
M：Hello.
W：Hello, Mark It’s Jane. I think I’m close to your office.
M：So where are you?
W：I’m not sure. I got off the bus at the police station, walked straight down the road, and passed a fruit shop. Then I turned left, crossed the road, and that’s where I am.
M：Oh, well. You made a wrong turn. Now, get back to where you turned and make a right turn.
Walk ahead for about two hundred meters. And our office building is right across the road. Text 7
M：How can David always be so full of energy?
W：He has a strange but highly effective way of sleeping.
M：What’s that?
W：He takes a short sleep for an hour every six hours and has a total of four hours of sleep each day.
M：Where did he get that strange idea from?
W：He read it in a book which said it was the best way for human beings and he believed it.
M：How many hours do you sleep a day?
W：I need at least seven hours. I want to try to follow David’s example but it never worked out for me.
M：If I sleep during the day, I can never wake up.
W：Not everyone is the same as David, I guess.
Text 8
M：Hello. It’s …it is Carol, isn’t it?
W：Oh, Mike...oh, my goodness! I haven’t seen you for ages!
M：Nice to see you again after all these years. What have you been doing?
W：Well, I’ve tried many things since we left school. I’m now working for a large oil company, err, in charge of sales mainly, so I travel.
M：Oh, that’s great. You must really love it.
W：Oh, I do. Yeah, it’s lovely. It’s quite tiring though. But …mm…what about you, Mike? What do you do?
M：I work in a law firm. I’m practicing business law, you know.
W：Wow, tha t’s interesting.
M：Yeah. I’m happy doing what I do.
W：Good.
M：Anyway it’s great to see you. We must get together some time.
W：Yes, we should. Look, give me your address and phone number. Err. I’ve got my book here.
OK, and then I’ll give you a ring and we can fix something up.
Text 9
M：What do people usually talk about in English Corner?
W：Whatever interests them, such as weather, English study, movies, music, books, national and international affairs.
M：What if someone asks me a question but I can’t unders tand?
W：That occurs to everyone at English Corner. You can ask that person to say it again.
M：It must be pretty embarrassing if I still couldn’t understand.
W：In that case, he or she will try to explain the question to you in another way. You are expected。