河北邯郸一中

河北邯郸一中
2008—2009高三年级第一学期8月考试
英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（共95分）
一、单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分；满分20分）
A）从A、B、C、D中找出划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1．Decrease A．breast B．feast C．health D．wealth 2．explanation A．expand B．exact C．exploration D．expression 3．Courage A．cousin B．count C．outlook D．mould
4．Devoted A．believed B．advanced C．desired D．expected 5．Weather A．northern B．enthusiasmC．throughout D．worthwhile
B）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

6．—I’m afraid I can’t go to your party; I have lots of things to do.
—_______
A．What a shame! B．No problem. C．So what? D．Take it easy．7．After years as an unsuccessful businessman he’s finally _______.
A．caught it B．got it C．made it D．had it
8．Your teacher will ______ your recent illness when judging your examination A．take into consideration B．make up for
C．account for D．keep an eye out for
9．The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and ______ him of speeding.
A．charged B．accused C．blamed D．warned
10．If you_____ my advice, you_____ your failure now.
A．took; wouldn’t cry over B．had taken; wouldn’t have cried over
C．had taken; aren’t crying over D．had taken; wouldn’t be crying over 11．Some students think that learning a foreign language is slow and difficult—think of all the hours of hard work ______ they have spent learning English.
A．when B．in which C．that D．while
12. At last the man had no choice but ______ the computer from the office.
A．admit to have stolen B．admit having stolen
C．to admit to have stolen D．to admit having stolen
13．He doesn’t pronounce this word well, but he doesn’t ______ and try to pronounce it again and again.
A．take heart B．take to heart C．lose heart D．lose his heart 14．Busy ______ he is, he spares some time to study English every day.
A．although B．as C．as if D．even though
15．I thought ______ no use talking with him. _____ was a waste of time.
A．there; There B．it; There C．there; It D．it; It
16．they had lost the game, tears ran down his face.
A．Hearing the news that B．As he heard the news that
C．Having heard the news that D．Him hearing the news that
17．He is constantly _____ not to do that, but he still goes on doing it all the same.
A．being told B．telling C．told D．to tell
18．He has ______ good knowledge of many foreign languages, and one of them is English which is ______ language spoken by many people in the world.
A．the, a B．a, the C．a, a D．the, the 19．Although he likes playing tennis, he is_____ but a good tennis player.
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything 20．Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely_____ to the outside world..
A．having been lost B．to be lost C．losing D．lost
二、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One of the reasons I loved going up to the farm was the frogs.
On hot summer evenings, big green frogs would__21__ from the pond near the house, their voices like the twanging (弦声) of rubber bands. But the best__22__ to see them was in the ditch (沟) beside the road, not the__23__. The ditch was home to the frogs called spring peepers.
I learned this on the very first__24__ I went looking for the frogs. Holding a__25__ in front of me so I could see the way, I__26__ across the driveway and over the grass toward the pond. When I got there, __27__, I didn’t hear the sound I__28__. The high peeping (唧唧叫) noise seemed to come from further away. I turned around and followed the__29__.
Kneeling by the ditch beside the road, I__30__ the frogs were there. But I couldn’t see them, because I didn’t know where to__31__. I also had no idea what the spring peepers looked like—I only knew them by__32__ and from a description in a book on pond life. Hearing their lively song, though, I started__33__ with my torch.
And there he was on some grass! A frog was so __34__ that he could have stood on a coin. His slimy skin was__35__ in the pale light of my torch. He became__36__ , probably frightened by the light.
We looked at each other, his tiny__37__ sack (袋) inflating and deflating (胀缩) like a balloon as he__38__. As I took my light off his body, he slowly started to__39__ again. Wanting to disturb him and his many relatives__40__, I stood up and walked back to the driveway, listening to the calling of the frogs.
21．A．hear B．disappear C．sing D．come
22．A．time B．way C．direction D．place 23．A．pond B．river C．mountain D．wood 24．A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．dawn
25．A．stick B．torch C．flag D．light 26．A．moved B．looked C．came D．drove 27．A．therefore B．however C．generally D．surprisingly 28．A．had B．liked C．imagined D．expected 29．A．way B．sound C．frog D．road 30．A．decided B．saw C．knew D．found
31．A．stop B．listen C．go D．look 32．A．sound B．sight C．chance D．imagination 33．A．searching B．finding C．observing D．watching 34．A．big B．tiny C．ugly D．lovely 35．A．breathing B．sweating C．growing D．shining 36．A．moved B．noisy C．silent D．surprised 37．A．mouth B．nose C．throat D．head 38．A．breathed B．sang C．walked D．jumped 39．A．peep B．run C．watch D．eat
40．A．further more B．no longer C．in turn D．once again
三、阅读理解（共25小题，A节每小题2分，B节每小题1分；满分45分）
A）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A
Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.
Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.
To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams ar e sometimes called ―secret messages to ourselves‖.
41．According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.
A．the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep
B．much more hard-working than other inventors
C．the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked
D．the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams
42．The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.
A．what kind of thread to use
B．how to design a needle which would not break
C．where to put the needle
D．how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle
43．Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.
A．he also tried to invent a sewing machine
B．he got some of his ideas from dreams
C．he was one of Howe’s best friends
D．he also had difficulty in falling asleep
44．Dreams are sometimes called‖ secret messages to ourselves‖ because ________.
A．strange images are used to communicate ideas
B．images which have no meaning are used
C．we can never understand the real meaning
D．only specially trained people can understand them
B
How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments-mostly for entertainment purposes-is fair and respectful?
Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain ―collections‖of interesting ―things‖rather than protective habitats. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural homes.
Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals’ natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species’ name, diet, and natural range(分布区). The animals’ normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don’t usually take care of the animals’ natural needs.
The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This result in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis.
A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.
Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding(圈养繁殖) of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not result in their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven’t we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?
Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals’ natural habitats.
45．How would the author describe the animals’ life in zoos?
A．Dangerous B．Unhappy C．Natural D．Easy
46．In the state of zoochosis, animals_____.
A．remain in cages B．behave strangely
C．attack other animals D．enjoy moving around
47．What does the author try to argue in the passage?
A．Zoos are not worth the public support．
B．Zoos fail in their attempt to save animals.
C．Zoos should treat animals as human beings.
D．Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment.
48．The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by_____.
A．pointing out the faults in what zoos do
B．using evidence he has collected at zoos
C．questioning the way animals are protected
D．discussing the advantages of natural habitats
C
MONTREAL(Reuters)---Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost a
US citizen $10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security(安全) rules.
The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530 miles border between Canada and the US—which in some areas actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later, Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught a camera crossing the border illegally.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
Albert has requested that customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. ―I feel like I’m living in a prison,‖ he said.
49．We learn from the passage that Richard Albert is_____.
A．an American living in Township 15
B．a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C．a Canadian working in a customs station
D．an American working in a Canadian church
50．Albert was fined because he_____.
A．failed to obey traffic rules B．broke the American security rules
C．worked in St. Pamphile without a pass D．damaged the gate of the customs office 51．The underlined word ―detour‖ in Paragraph 5 means_____.
A．a drive through the town B．a race across the fields
C．a roundabout way of travelling D．a journey in the mountain area
52．What would be the best title for the text?
A．A Cross-country Trip B．A Special Border Pass
C．An Unguarded Border D．An Expensive Church Visit
D
A HOLIDAY jet pilot said that he would land and call the police after a woman refused to stop smoking.
He warned Maureen , ―Put that cigarette out, or I’ll land the plane and have you arrested.‖Maureen, 47, was so shocked she wrote to the airline’s chairman．But his reply was even ruder.
―You seem to think you have a God-given right to pollute your neighbors’ atmosphere,‖ wrote John Ferriday of Paramount Airways.
（a）Said Maureen, ―I only found out about it when I was checking in．I’m a nervous flyer so I lit a cigarette during the flight．A stewardess asked me to put it out, but I said I wanted to carry on as there was no rule against smoking on the plane.‖ She was just finishing her cigarette when
the pilot arrived.
（b）I have never seen such an unpleasant letter．She said, ―I don’t think I’ll ever fly again.‖ But there was a funny side．Maureen explained, ―We were offered duty-free cigarette from the stewardess on the plane!‖
（c）Mr. Ferriday went on; ―Believe me, you haven’t．Especially when you travel on my planes.‖
（d）―He was loud and rude,‖ said Maureen．―He said if I lit another cigarette he would land the plane at Bordeaux and hand me to the French police.‖
Maureen and her husband Michael were moved to Paramount flight just before they left Portugal．But they were not told of the company’ s no smoking policy.
Later, from her home in Birmingham, Maureen wrote to the company and received the rude reply. 53．The second half of the story has been in wrong order．（Parts a-d）Choose the rearranged order which you think is right.
A．a, c, b, d B．c, a, b, d C．c, a, d, b D．d, a, b, c
54．What was Maureen warned to do by the pilot?
A．The pilot said that she must throw her cigarette out of the plane, or he would get her off the plane．
B．The pilot said she must stop smoking immediately; otherwise he would bring down the jet and hand her to the police．
C．The pilot said that she couldn’t lit another cigarette after her first one．
D．he pilot said that he would get her arrested by the police if she kept on smoking．55．In the answer letter to Maureen, the airline’s chairman ____ .
A．made an apology to her for his worker’s rudeness
B．made sure that he would solve the problem
C．said that she had the right to smoke on his plane because the right is given by God to everyone．D．actually completely agreed with what the pilot said
56．From the story we can see that the writer probably takes the side of ____ .
A．the pilot B．the airline’s chairman
C．the stewardess D．Maureen
E
In a survey released on Thursday, more than 7,000 Beijing residents assessed the capital as average in terms of living conditions．Most agreed that it is convenient to live in Beijing as far as the facilities for shopping, leisure time activities, education and medical care are concerned．But they do not agree that life is comfortable here.
Such a survey sends a message that how a city functions to provide its citizens with suitable living conditions is a concern for many urbanites（都市人）although it will take some time before this concern finds a place on the agenda（议程）of city planners and administrators.
In the past more than two decades, economic development has always been considered as the top priority for most cities．The focus on economic growth has left almost no room on the agenda of urban planners and administrators for attention to suitable living conditions for their urban residents.
Economic development is undoubtedly the important foundation for improving living conditions, and has improved living standards considerably for most urban residents in the past two decades．But when it is made the ultimate goal of our life, and people are forced to give up
their living comforts for the realization of a certain growth rate, the quality of urban life can be negatively affected.
There are instances of development just for the sake of being considered development. Witness the destroy of buildings still in sound quality to make room for new structures, repeated change of bricks on pavements and the re- paving of roads．These economic activities lead to noise and environmental pollution and traffic jams．They worsen living conditions and even make it impossible for residents in many cities to lead a normal life.
To a certain extent, some part of a city’s economic growth is achievable on ly at the expense of the living environment for urbanites.
It is high time the city authorities gave a thought to the relationship between economic growth and living conditions in the cities．Beijing, for example, as a capital city, may put more efforts into developing its service sector, tourism and culture industry, which is not likely to cause pollution．Precaution needs to be employed in the considerations for city renovations and construction projects, which tend to affect the life of residents negatively.
If the concern for making life easier and more comfortable is always on the minds of the city authorities and on their working agenda, economic development can be realized with suitable living standard.
57．The function of using the survey is ________.
A．to introduce the serious living condition in Beijing
B．to attract readers attention on living conditions
C．to show what city planners should do about the agenda
D．to prove contradiction between development and life
58．The passage suggests that ________.
A．most people in Beijing are living an uncomfortable life here now
B．economic development is undoubtedly the most important to the cities
C．living conditions need taking into account when we develop the economy
D．economic development must have some bad effects on our life
59．The underlined word ―they‖ in paragraph 5 refers to ________.
A．economic activities B．traffic jams
C．the destructions of buildings D．repeated changes of bricks
60.The best title of this passage can be _________.
A．Keep Our Cities Comfortable B．Make Cities More Livable
C．Slow Down Economic Development D．Stop Polluting City Life
B）根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

－Would you like some coffee?
－__61___ Yo u’re working this evening, aren’t you?
－__62___ Actually, I want to ask you a favor.
－Mmm?___63___
－Do you remember me talking about Sally and David?
` －Our friends from Scotland?__64___
－They’re coming over for a couple of weeks, ___65___
－I’m glad to.
－She hasn’t been to Hong Kong before, so there are plenty of choices.
A．Yes, why?
B．And I wondered if you’d like to take Sally round some of the tourist places.
C．Yes, I do.
D．Do you have time?
E．Yes, but not until six.
F．Would to you like to meet them
G．Go on.
第Ⅱ卷（共55分）
四、单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
1．It is said that all of the ____ (音乐的) instruments are made in china.
2．The demand for phone numbers has increased since the _____ (到来) of mobile phone. 3．The boys stood there, ______(讨价) with the seller over the price.
4．Terry cannot ____(参加) in the match because he has hurt his foot.
5．His _____(发现) included 300 uses for peanuts and 200 uses for sweet potatoes.
6．The study raises the _____ (可能性) that dieting is bad for your health.
7．You will find the dictionary very _____ (有价值的) in your translating.
8．Slavery was _____ (废除) in America after the Civil War in the 19th century.
9．Can I rely on you to behave ________(负责任地) while I’m away?
10．Classrooms of some schools have seats that can be ___(调整) to the height of a person. 1．____ 2．_____ 3．_____ 4．____ 5．_____ 6．_____ 7．_____ 8．_____ 9．____ 10．_____ 五、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Time is valuable but limit. There’s a famous saying, 1．________ ―Time is money‖, this shows the importance of time. When 2．________
time has gone, it will never return back. 3．________ It is a pity when many people make poor use of time. They 4．________ spend precious time sleeping, drinking and traveling. 5．________
They don’t realize wasting time is equal to waste part of their life. 6．________
They always regret having made a little achievement so far. 7．_______
Therefore, we should form the habit of value time. Do not 8．________
put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Laziness 9．________
will not only bring us failure, but also lead us on the road 10．________
of poverty and even death.
第二节书面表达（满分30分）
假如你是某校学生会主席，请你以该校学生会的名义以“校园拒绝零食”为主题，根据下面的内容，给全校学生写一封倡议书。

内容：1．目前学校里吃零食现象很严重，有些同学每天花很多钱买零食吃；
2．吃零食是一种浪费的坏习惯；
3．零食大多数为非健康食品，容易使人发胖，甚至生病；
4．还有同学乱扔包装袋；
5．作为高中生，应当养成良好的饮食习惯，拒绝零食。

注意：1．词数100左右；
2．开头已为你写好，内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯；
3．参考词汇：零食snacks; 现象：phenomenon; 包装袋：wrapper
Dear fellow students, _______
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参考答案
1-5 BCADA 6-10 ACABD 11-15 CDCBD 16-20 BABAD
21-25CDACB 26-30ABDBC 31-35DAABD 36-40CCAAB
41-44 CDBA 45-48 BBAA 49-52ABCD 53-56 CBDD
57-60 BCAB 61-65 DEGAB
单词拼写
1．musical 2．arrival 3．bargaining 4．Participate 5．Discoveries 6．possibility 7．valuable 8．Abolished 9．responsibly 10．adjusted
短文改错：
1．limit →limited 2．this →which
3．return →turn 或去掉back 4．when →that
5．spend ∧precious →their 6．waste →wasting
7．去掉a 8．value →valuing
9．√10．on →to
写作：
Dear fellow students, our school is preparing to help students develop good habits. But there is a serious phenomenon in our school – some students are spending too much money on snacks. Eating snacks is a waste of money. It’s also a bad habit that we should get rid of. In addition, most snacks have too much fat and sugar. They are unhealthy food. Eating too much may lead to fatness and illness. What is worse, some students throw the wrappers everywhere. As high school students, we shouldn’t act like children any more.
Dear fellow students, let’s form good eating habits and say no to snacks!。