金陵中学高三英语期中试卷及答案

江苏金陵中学2008—2009学年度高三第一学期期中试卷

英语试题

（时间120分钟，满分120分）

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，85分）

Ⅰ. 听力测试（每小题1分，共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. How long did the man prepare for the examination?

A. 3 hours

B. 4 hours

C. 8 hours

2. What does the woman mean?

A. She also thinks that those lanterns are unique.

B. She wants to help the man make unique lanterns.

C. She thinks that it’s easy to make unique lanterns.

3. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. In the boat .

B. On the bus.

C. On the train.

4. What does the woman want to drink?

A. Milk .

B. Tea with sugar.

C. Tea with milk.

5. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman wants the man to paint their room.

B. The man doe sn’t care which colour will be chosen.

C. The man prefers a different colour.

第二节

听下面5段对话或对白。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，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，回答第6至8题。

6. What is the woman complaining about?

A. Incorrect bills have been sent to her now and then.

B. The bill was sent to a wrong address.

C. The bill is not clear enough.

7. Why did the same kind of mistakes occur again and again?

A. The computer was too old to be used.

B. The new computer was not working properly.

C. The clerk was careless.

8. What does the man agree to do?

A. Get a better computer.

B. Give back the money to the woman.

C. Get the computer working correctly.

听第7段材料，回答9至11题。

9. What does the woman think of Sam?

A. Boring.

B. Funny.

C. Serious.

10. What is Sam?

A. An artist.

B. A waiter.

C. A businessman.

11. What can we know from the conversation?

A. Sam was wearing a blue and black check shirt at the party.

B. The man knows Sam very well.

C. The woman has thick wavy hair.

听第8段材料，回答12至14题。

12. How much does the moon trip cost?

A. US$1,000.

B. US$100million.

C. US$1billion.

13. Where does the cosmonaut come from?

A. America.

B. China.

C. Russia.

14. How does the woman think she can get more money?

A. Make new friends.

B. Change her job.

C. Ask the cosmonauts for it.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the woman?

A. A hotel manager.

B. A hospital official.

C. A medical receptionist.

16. What’s wrong with the man?

A. His ears are ringing.

B. Something is stuck in his ear.

C. There is some discharge in his ear.

17. When can the man see the doctor?

A. This evening.

B. Tomorrow morning.

C. Right now.

听第10段材料，回答第18题至20题。

18. Where can the tallest trees be found?

A. In San Francisco.

B. Near Los Angeles.

C. Along the northern California coast.

19. Why do many tourists visit Muir woods rather than other redwood forests?

A. It is near San Francisco.

B. It can be seen in one hour.

C. It has a good view of the coast

20. What has contributed most to the redwoods’ survival?

A. Their bark and damp climate.

B. Cool weather and daily fog.

C. Absence of natural enemies.

Ⅱ. 单项填空（每小题1分，共15分）

21. With thorough of its culture and custom in a foreign country, you could easily get along with others.

A. a; knowledge

B. /; understanding

C. a; comprehension

D. /; concept

22. The workers could hardly the boss’s bad temper but under his supervision they had to themselves to working harder.

A. tolerate; contribute

B. bear; dedicate

C. stand; resign

D. put up with; invest

23. Deeply his unhappy childhood, the boy’s seemed quite odd and strange.

A. relating to ; characters

B. associated with; personality

C. linked by; virtues

D. connecting to; morality