山东济南地区-度高三英语上学期期中考试试题

山东济南地区2007-2008学年度高三英语上学期期中考试试题
说明：1．测试时间：120分钟总分：150分
2．客观题涂在答题卡上，主观题答在答题纸上
第I卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
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．Who is probably the man?
A．A policeman B．A passer – by C．A taxi driver
2．What is the woman doing?
A．She’s asking the way.
B．She’s looking for her dog.
C．She’s trying to find her bag.
3．What’s the man’s problem now?
A．He doesn’t know how to fix up the toy.
B．He doesn’t know which toy to buy.
C．He is thinking of the dinner tomorrow.
4．What happened to Harry?
A．He was late last week. B．He was out of work. C．He died in a fighting. 5．What does the man mean?
A．Richard was really successful.
B．Richard spoke too loud.
C．Richard was not successful
第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6—8题。

现在你将15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。

6．Why is the man able to get a room at the hotel? Because
A．it isn’t busy this time of the year.
B．there are several double rooms still available.
C．someone canceled (取消) at the last minute.
7．When is the man going to arrive at the hotel?
A．On a weekend. B．On a Wednesday. C．On a Friday. 8．What is Eric’s last name?
A．Jordan. B．Gordon. C．Borden.
听第7段材料，回答第9—11题。

现在你将15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。

9．How about the weather that day?
A．It was stormy. B．It was cloudy. C．It was rainy. 10．What did Mrs Smith think when she saw Mr White come and see her off?
A．She thought Mr White should come.
B．She didn’t think it necessary that Mr White should come.
C．She had never thought that Mr White would come.
11．How did Mrs Smiths feel about traveling by air?
A．She didn’t enjoy flying very much.
B．She thought flying was often delayed by the weather.
C．She felt there was nothing like traveling by air.
听第8段材料，回答第12—14题。

现在你将15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。

12．On his last vacation, Mark went to
A．Maine B．the South C．St. Louis 13．Debbie doesn’t want to go to Seattle because .
A．she has a job. B．she’s already been there. C．it’s too hot. 14．On his last vacation, Mark didn’t like .
A．the food B．the people C．the weather
听第9段材料，回答第15—17题。

现在你将15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。

15．Where does the woman want to go?
A．Central Park B．The subway station. C．The bus stop. 16．The woman wants to go there .
A．by bus B．on foot C．by subway 17．How many times does the woman change buses if she goes to the park by bus?
A．Once B．Twice C．Three times 听第10段材料，回答第18—20题。

现在你将15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。

18．What is the speaker’s nationality?
A．American B．Canadian C．Japanese
19．Why was she excited?
A．Because she liked to teach children.
B．Because it was her first visit to Japan.
C．Because she was paid to be a teacher for the first time.
20．How did she feel about the student s’ questions?
A．she felt angry. B．She was moved. C．She felt uncomfortable.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，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．--- Mr. Smith, you’re fined for over – speeding. Please sign here.
--- Over – speeding?
A．Are you all right? B．I’m a foreigner.
C．You can’t be serious. D．It doesn’t matter.
22．I simply don’t’ know what would have happened to you on you.
A．if we didn’t keep eyes B．had we not kept an eye
C．should we not keep an eye out D．might we not have kept our eyes
23．We need to send all these medicines to the people who are in danger in the next town. Be quick!
No delay! Every minute !
A．discounts B．accumulates C．counts D．accounts
24．A 10 –year –old boy from our city did something that even some university students find .
A．difficult to do B．it difficult to do.
C．difficult to be done D．it difficult to be done
25．--- Linda, why haven’t you started writing your composition. The examination has been on for 10 minutes.
--- I what to write about, sir.
A．have considered B．have been considering
C．was considering D．had been considering
26．It’s said that there are plenty of hotels in Wu Yi Shan. There be any difficulty for you to find somewhere to stay.
A．wouldn’t B．mustn’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t
27．The book is of great value. can be enjoyed from it until you have a deep understanding of it, though.
A．Anything B．Something C．Much D．Little
28．As Senior 3 students, it is important to a good state of mind.
A．keep up B．take up C．bring up D．make up
29．In a way I can see what you mean, even though I don’t your point of view.
A．agree B．permit C．recognize D．share
30．It is he often breaks the school rules makes his head teacher unsatisfied
with him.
A．what, that B．that, that C．that, what D．which, that
31．--- he come to help you?
--- I’d rather he .
A．May, wouldn’t B．Shall, didn’t C．Will, don’t D．May, didn’t
32．--- May I go and play with Dick this afternoon, Mum?
--- No, you can’t go out as your work .
A．had been done B．has been done C．was done D．is being done 33．That state – owned chemical plant decided to the newly – developed energy – saving measures to reduce the costs.
A．adopt B．adapt C．adjust D．admit
34．When he was a little boy, he sit there for hours doing nothing, but now, he is fairly active.
A．would B．should C．could D．might
35．I, who for the absence of the meeting, have already realized my mistake.
A．is to blame B．is to be blamed C．am to be blamed D．am to blame
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me 36 I couldn’t find something to eat.
I was 37 through a local market one day when I chanced upon a jar of 38 jam. I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the 39 time I had seen peach. I took it.
For the next few weeks, when I was 40 the need for a little treat, I would carefully 41 the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit. Mmm, delicious. I didn’t 42 it with anybody. It sat safely in my 43 , taken out on only special 44 .
One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain. Everybody scattered for 45 and so did I. But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some 46 clothes.
In my hurry to 47 further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was 48 in my clothing. One forceful yank (猛拉) and my 49 jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces.
I was so sad that I almost cried. And then, in the corner of my eye, I 50 an old woman in rags approaching. Without hesitation, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked 51 .
Still 52 , she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the 53 jam and placed it into
her toothless mouth. Carefully, like fish bones, she 54 the pieces of glass. She studied the broken container 55 she was certain that there was nothing left. Then she left.
My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me.
36．A．in order that B．if C．just in case D．unless 37．A．looking B．buying C．getting D．running 38．A．apple B．peach C．orange D．strawberry 39．A．last B．best C．other D ．first 40．A．wondering B．feeling C．questioning D．imagining 41．A．remove B．move C．discover D．uncover 42．A．divide B．eat C．share D．separate 43．A．pocket B．pack C．corner D．store 44．A．situations B．conditions C．atmosphere D．occasions 45．A．protection B．shelter C．cover D．warmth 46．A．beautiful B．rain C．warm D．dry
47．A．avoid B．get into C．defeat D．go over 48．A．hidden B．buried C．covered D．locked 49．A．expensive B．valuable C．precious D．priceless 50．A．realized B．glanced C．heard D．noticed
51．A．all right B．nice C．broken D．damaged 52．A．staying up B．looked down upon
C．bent over D．watching out
53．A．rest B．remaining C．extra D．spare 54．A．swallowed B．brought out C．ate up D．spat out
55．A．until B．unless C．after D．since
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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
When other nine – year – old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.
Liz Murray, a 22 – year – old American girl, has been writing a real – life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning
point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to tak e care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drag addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.
56．In which order did the following things happen to Liz?
a．Her mother died of AIDS. b．She worked at a petrol station.
c．She gained entry to Harvard University. d．The movie about her life was put on.
e．She had trouble finding a place to sleep.
A．b, a, e, c, d B．a, b, c, e, d C．e, d, b, a, c D．b, e, a, d, c
57．The main idea of the passage is ________.
A．how Liz managed to enter Harvard University
B．what a hard time Liz had in her childhood
C．why Liz loved her parents so much
D．how Liz struggled to change her life
58．What actually made her go towards her goal?
A．Envy and encouragement.B．Willpower and determination.
C．Decisions and understanding.D．Love and respect for her parents.
59．When she wrote “What drove me to live on...I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that ________.
A．she had little experience of social life
B．she could hardly understand the society
C．she would do something for her own life
D．she needed to travel more around the world
B
Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator (评论员), though – just an English teacher in Japan.
I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you.
People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part – time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full –time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off –even teachers with tickets for the England –Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
60．From the passage we know in Japan the write likes to live in .
A．Tokyo B．a small town
C．a city of middle size D．a big city
61．According to the writer, one had better first to do private teaching better.
A．take a TEFL course B．decide his or her own lessons
C．find students D．build up a full schedule
62．The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that .
A．there are many foreigners in Japan
B．Japan is good for nightlife
C．they can teach English privately in Japan
D．Japan has something more attractive than expected
63．The underlined word “reluctant” in the passage may probably mean .
A．kind B．unwilling C．free D．careless
C
As skies are filled with millions of migrating birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange: The fatter the bird, the better it flies.
The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics (空气动力学), which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight.
For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think. Researchers found that red knot wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice –a –year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic. Distance: 5,000 kilometers.
Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an aerodynamic
group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird' s air stream.
Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds complete difficult migrations. Researchers had thought that thinner, stronger birds would have the best chance to survive.
The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it takes to carry the additional weight.
In the study, researchers said their team studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated (模拟的) flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds' bodies so that they could measure the amount of energy burnt during the flight.
64．A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh ________ before making its nonstop migrating flight.
A．50 grams B．100 grams
C．150 grams D．200 grams
65．A ________ red knot wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.
A．stronger B．weaker C．thinner D．fatter
66．The best title for this passage may probably be ________.
A．Birds Thin Down For Journey
B．Birds Fatten Up For Journey
C．How Birds Build Up Fat For Journey
D．How Birds Burn Energy For Journey
D
For the person keeping a diary, whatever he experiences and wants to think about, he can write it down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced, and to be able to say what, in fact, the experience is. What of it is new? What of it is remarkable? Is it a good or bad thing to have happened? And why, specifically (特别的,具体的)? The questions add to themselves quickly. As one tries to find the words that are best for this experience, the experience becomes even more clear in its shape and meaning.
Beyond the value of the diary as a record, there is the value of the training it gives. The diary keeper begins to pay closer attention to what happens to and around himself. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of showing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his exp eriences. To have given up one’s experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and its possible meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and becomes clear.
67．The writer thinks of keeping a journal as _____.
A．an ordinary habit B．an adventure
C．a discovery D．an observation
68．When one keeps a journal, he has to _____.
A．consider the others’ experience
B．sharpen his ability to find the best words
C．focus on his experience
D．write a paper
69．According to the writer, keeping a journal is good for _____.
A．observation and expression B．certainty and training
C．experience and adventure D．consideration and development
70．By keeping a journal, one can _____.
A．develop the usefulness of language
B．develop his memory
C．make what he thinks about clear to everyone
D．have a good understanding of his experience
71．The passage is mainly about _____.
A．how to write a journal B．the expressions of a journal
C．the values of keeping a journal D．how to solve the problems in a journal
E
Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for consumers these days. Modern shoppers need and education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of ingredients (contents) on the back. Third, compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands and different sizes of the same brand.
Another suggestion for consumers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. The quality, however, is usually as good as the quality of well-known name brands. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.
Wise consumers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these
questions, consumers can make a wise choice.
72．All the following statements are true about the phrase “ordinary items” in Paragraph 2 except ___ _.
A．ordinary items never say “New and Improved” or “All Natural”
B．ordinary products are usually cheaper than famous brands
C．producers spend less money on packaging of ordinary items
D．the quality of ordinary items is usually as good as that of famous brands
73．What does the writer think about ads?
A．They are believable. B．They are attractive.
C．They are full of misinformation. D．They are helpful to consumers.
74．One of the author’s suggestions to consumers is ____ .
A．to make use of ads
B．not to buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”
C．to buy high quality items such as famous brands after lunch
D．to buy any ordinary items instead of famous brands
75．The author implies that ___ _.
A．going into the supermarket hungry, you may buy more than you plan to
B．the quality of ordinary items is usually high and the prices are relatively low
C．discount clothing stores are good places to go to
D．ads sometimes don’t tell the truth
第Ⅱ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）
You can find all kinds information in just 76．
a few minute on the Internet. It’s like going to a 77．
huge library without have to walk around to find 78．
your books. Recently, therefore, many people 79．
have been discussing the dangers of the Internet. 80．
They have been reports in America about people 81．
trying to steal person information for bad purposes. 82．
Finding information on the Net is easily. But not all 83．
information are good to society. For example, you 84．
can find such information like how to kill people 85．
The problem will become more serious in the future.
第二节书面表达（满分30分）
请你根据下列表格内容，写一篇短文，比较newspaper与website的异同，并谈谈你的看法。

注意：1．短文必须包括表内所有的内容，可以适当增加细节，使内容连贯；
2．首句已给出，不列入总词数；
3．词数：120词左右。

Newspapers have been popular for a long time, but in recent years, more and more people prefer to get new from the Internet.
参考答案
第一部分
1—5 ABABC 6—10 CBABC 11—15 CABCA 16—20 CBACC
第二部分
单选：21—25 CBCAB 26—30 CDADB 31—35 BDAAD
完型：36—40 CABDB 41—45 ACBDB 46—50 DABCD 51—55 ACBDA
第三部分
阅读：56—59 ADBC 60—63 CADB 64—66 DDB 67—71 BCADC 72—75 ADAD
第四部分
短文改错：
76．of 77．minutes 78．having 79．however 80．√
81．There 82．personal 83．easy 84．is 85．as
书面表达：
One possible version:
Newspapers have been popular for a long time, but in recent years, more and more people prefer to get new from the Internet.
Newspapers and websites are similar in several ways. For example, they both aim at providing information to the public. Besides that, advertising is an important way for both of them to make money.
In spite of the above similarities, there are a few differences. Websites update their news freely. As for newspapers, nothing can be changed once published. So websites offer us the latest news faster than newspapers. Furthermore, newspapers have to be paid for while most websites are free. And it is on the websites that we can express ourselves and exchange ideas with others more easily.
In my opinion, websites and newspaper play their own roles in our lives and they are part of our lives.。