湖北省实验中学2005—2006学年度第一学期高三月考测试
英 语
2005.11.23
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分.共150分，考试时间120分钟.
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What is Andy?
A．A student. B．A parent. C．A school teacher.
2．Where is Jane?
A．Downstairs. B．In the car. C．Upstairs.
3．What will the boy most probably be in the future?
A．A businessman. B．A lawyer. C．A professor.
4．Where can this conversation most probably take place?
A．In a computer lab. B．In a physics lab. C．In a chemistry class.
5．What can be the relationship between the two speakers?
A．Doctor and nurse.
B．Doctor and patient.
C．Customer and salesman.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从所给的选项中选出最佳选项。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。听第六段材料，回答6—8题。
6．Why does the woman call Mr. Johnson?
A．To introduce a job.
B．To set up a laboratory.
C．To go to a college.
7．How did the Job Center get to know Johnson?
A．Johnson phoned them.
B．Johnson e-mailed them.
C．Johnson helped them.
8．What makes Johnson think more about it?
A．The pay. B．The employer C．The working time
听第七段材料，回答9—10题。
9．In which department can this conversation most probably take place?
A．Shoe Department. B．Clothing Department C．Jewelry Department.
10．What could be the reason if the woman does not buy the overcoat?
A．The color. B．The size C．The price
听第八段材料，回答11—14题。
11．For what was the woman in Canada?
A．For the Christmas Holiday.
B．For a research program
C．For Thanksgiving Day.
12．What did she think of the Canadians she worked with?
A．They did not like traveling.
B．They were friendly and helpful.
C．They finished all the work before Christmas.
13．What have we learned about the research program?
A．It will be finished in March.
B．It was finished before Christmas.
C．Part of it has been finished.
14．What day does Boxing Day fall on?
A．December 24. B．December 25. C．December 26.
听第九段材料，回答15—16题。
15．Why was the man surprised to see the woman?
A．She is a new teacher.
B．He thought she would leave.
C．She was not happy.
16．What do the man and the woman think of the school?
A．The kids are helpful.
B．The teachers are lovely.
C．The atmosphere of the school is pleasant.
听第十段材料，回答17—20题。
17．Why does the speaker begin with a short story?
A．To show the importance of communication.
B．To tell us the history of languages.
C．To ask people to work together.
18．What can we do when we have learned foreign languages?
A．Travel in different countries.
B．Use foreign goods.
C．Understand people from other countries.
19．How do many people learn a foreign language, according to the speaker?
A．Just speak it. B．Use it as a tool. C．Remember the grammar rules.
20．What does the speaker most probably teach?
A．Grammar. B．Conversation. C．Writing skills.
第二部分：选择填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。）
21．You’ d better some money for special use
A．pick up B．set aside C．put off D．give away
22．What the doctors really doubt is my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.
A．when B．how C．whether D．why
23．The advantage human beings have to the sun is worth discussing.
A．take of B．play with C．take on D．do with
24．—Susan, would you please go and empty that drawer?
— ?
A．What’s it B．What for C．How is it D．How come
25．—Do you really trust John?
—Who do you think trust, if not .
A．I can, he B．can I, him C．I can, him D．can I, he
26．The crazy fans patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the singer arrived.
A．had waited B．would wait
C．were waiting D．had been waiting
27．There are two lakes, covers nearly ten thousand space kilometers.
A．the larger B．the larger of which
C．the larger one that D．the larger of them
28．—Can I borrow your bike?
—Yes, you return it in time.
A．so long as B．unless C．in case D．so that
29．—What about the books?
—Books of this kind well.
A．sell B．sells C．are sold D．is sold
30． good care of, the fruit they had bought remained fresh.
A．Having taken B．Taken C．Taking D．Take
31．—Your sister nearly all her spare time to her course during the three years.
—That’s right, or she the first place in her school in the 2004 college Entrance
Examination.
A．spent, wouldn’t take B．hadn’t devoted, hadn’t taken
C．devoted, wouldn’t have taken D．hadn’t spent, couldn’t take
32．The famous writer as well as his wife and daughter, said to our party, but so
far thcy .
A．are, have attended, don’t turn up
B．is, have attended, haven’t turned up
C．is, attend, haven’t turned up
D．are, attend, don’t turn up
33． new gym in our school was completed in Oct of 2003, not in August.
A．The, the, / B．A, /, / C．A, the, the D．The, /, /
34．The furniture smells as if it has been painted.
A．reddish – brown small wooden B．small wooden reddish – brown
C．wooden reddish brown small D．small reddish – brown wooden
35．—Who is the girl talking with our teacher?
—Well, if you know, her name is Alice.
A．must B．can C．shall D．may
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was a junior in college, I took a course in D. H. Lawrence. I know this sounds stupid, but I thought it was about Lawrence of Arabia, the eccentric（古怪）British desert warrior. I’d seen the movie, and I wanted to 36 him.
I went to a used – book store to get the required novels. I was surprised by the 37 : The Rainbow, Sons and Lovers, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. This was a 38 of Lawrence of Arabia I didn’t know about, the clerk explained. Bad news. But I had taken the 39 and I needed the credits（学分）, so I was 40 . I went home to read.
Like a lot of college students, I bought 41 books hoping someone else would already have 42 the important part. And the books I bought were 43 underlined. When I started to read, I was 44 . This was hot stuff!
All the books had the same female name in the front. This girl really knew 45 to underline not only the juicy parts, but the beautiful passages about love. I 46 in the phone book and she was 47 . I 48 I’ d call her, hoping for anything from a date to copies of the papers she might have written about the author. College guys play all the angles.
I called her, introduced myself, and told her what I wanted. She was not a college student, but a 49 professor of English literature. These books had been copies she’d 50 when she’d moved to a smaller apartment. She laughed and said she’d be glad to have a 51 with me.
We liked each other right away. She lived alone, and her eyes were 52 . She proposed that if I’ d drive her to the grocery store once a week, she’d tutor me in Lawrence.
During that semester（学期）, she woke me up about love, sexuality, and women. I’m a 53 man because of her. A long time later, I told her that if she’d been 20 instead of 70, I’d have asked her to 54 me. She said she’d have 55 .
She’s dead now. I still have her books, her wisdom, and her kind of love. I got an A in the course too.
36．A．meet B．like C．be D．learn
37．A．books B．names C．stores D．titles
38．A．side B．information C．way D．view
39．A．class B．lesson C．course D．work
40．A．kept B．stuck C．stopped D．delayed
41．A．used B．new C．many D．old
42．A．read B．underlined C．written D．noticed
43．A．rarely B．never C．almost D．thoroughly
44．A．shocked B．worried C．frightened D．disappointed
45．A．where B．when C．how D．what
46．A．found her out B．picked her out C．searched her out D．looked her up
47．A．numbered B．listed C．arranged D．searched
48．A．figured B．wanted C．knew D．found
49．A．working B．kind C．retired D．strange
50．A．given B．sold C．collected D．stored
51．A．date B．speech C．meet D．appointment
52．A．falling B．failing C．dropping D．reducing
53．A．brave B．careful C．light D．better
54．A．teach B．help C．marry D．tutor
55．A．refused B．accepted C．loved D．promised
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
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A．book store B．newspaper C．magazine D．restaurant
57．Detailed information about films can be found in section.
A．The Arts B．The Dining In, Dining Out
C．The House & Home D．Weekend
58．Which section can you get only on Wednesdays?
A．The Arts B．The Dining In, Dining Out
C．The Sports D．The House & Home
59．Convenient home delivery can be ordered at a reduced price by .
A．going to the bookstore B．calling the salesman
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B
There are several explanations for why the circle is divided into 360 parts. Probably the best explanation is connected with the Babylonians（巴比伦人）.
Many, many centuries ago, large distances were measured in the Babylonian mile. The Babylonian mile equaled about seven of our miles. Because of its length, the time needed to travel the Babylonian mile became a measure of time. One day was said to be twelve Babylonian time – miles.
About one thousand years before Christ, the Babylonians began keeping records of star movements. They needed a way to record how much time passed between the moment they first say a star and then observed it again. They used the Babylonian time – mile as their measure of time. In order to have small units of time, the Babylonians divided their time – mile into thirty parts. The Babylonians believed that each trip around the sky was a circle. One complete trip around the sky, they reasoned, took one day.
You already know that one day was the same as twelve Babylonian time – miles. Since each time – mile was divided into thirty parts, the circle trip around the sky was 12×30, or 360 parts long. That is how there came to be 360 degrees in a circle.
60．The purpose of this passage is to explain .
A．how the Babylonians measured the time of star movement
B．why the circle is divided into 360 degrees
C．the Babylonian mile and the Babylonian time – mile
D．the Babylonians’ ideas about the sky
61．The Babylonian mile was first used to measure .
A．star movements B．circles C．distances D．time
62．For what was the Babylonian time – mile divided into thirty parts?
A．To make a day into 360 parts
B．To make a circle into 360 parts
C．To measure more exact distances
D．To measure more exact time
63．Suppose O on the following circle was the time the Babylonians
first saw a star, and then it took 13.5 Babylonian time – miles to
see it again, where should the time be marked on the circle?
A．90 B．135
C．315 D．45
C
Every year, thousands of young Europeans set off to explore their continent by train in the summertime. It is a necessary part of growing up and often the first time many Europeans travel without their parents. Now you too can share this adventure.
There are so many places you can not afford to miss while traveling in Europe: the Eiffel Tower of France, windmills of the Netherlands and the Colosseum of Rome. How do young people afford to visit everything they want?
The answer lies with the Eurail Pass. This ticket allows a traveler unlimited journeys by rail in European countries which are members of the scheme. Ambitious Chinese travelers can buy the ticket in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
The most popular type of Eurail Pass amongst young people, according to Zhao Jiaji, from China Air Service Ltd, is the Eurail Selectpasses. With this you can design your own trip by selecting three, four or five neighboring countries from a total 18 nations including Liechtenstein, Monaco, Hungary and Romania.
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64．Why are the three tourist spots introduced in Paragraph 2? Because .
A．they are expensive places
B．you will have to travel a long distance to visit all
C．they are famous places for sightseeing
D．they are located in different countries
65．Which of the following is not an advantage of Eurail Pass?
A．Reasonable price. B．Various choices.
C．Wide coverage. D．All kinds of discounts.
66．With the Eurail Selectpasses, you can .
A．stay in Europe for 2 months or even longer
B．enjoy a wide range of combinations of countries
C．take trains on any day you like
D．focus your trip in one or two countries
67．Which of the following is true?
A．Eurail Pass is like a passport.
B．Under 26 year olds cannot buy lst class Eurailpass.
C．In Switzerland you cannot use Eurail Selectpasses.
D．With a kind of Eurail Pass, you can enjoy unlimited train travel in France.
D
During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very life – blood of Western Canada. When the crops were good, the economy was good, when the crops failed, there was depression. People on city streets watched the fields and the price of wheat with almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasingly favorite topic of conversation.
War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crops. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative（投机的）grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debts were coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, producer groups asked for firmer controls, but governments had no wish to become involved, at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild.
Anxious to check inflation（通货膨胀）and rising living costs, the federal government appointed a board of grain supervisors to handle deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended（暂停）, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To handle the crop of 1919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with full authority to buy, sell and set prices.
68．What is the main purpose of the passage?
A．To explain how wheat is marketed today.
B．To justify（证明）suspension of trading on the Grain Exchange.
C．To describe the origins（起源）of the Canadian Wheat Board.
D．To argue for further reforms（改革）on the Canadian.
69．According to the passage, most farmers’ debts had to be paid .
A．when the autumn harvest had just been completed
B．because markets started to improve
C．as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment
D．unless crop failure caused depression
70．According to the passage, wheat prices became unmanageable because of conditions caused
by .
A．farmers B．supervisors C．weather D．war
71．According to the passage, a preliminary（初步的）step in the creation of the Canadian Wheat
Board was the appointment of .
A．the Winnipeg Brain Exchange. B．several producer groups
C．a board of supervisors D．a new government
E
The scooter（踏板车）stands third among the top new trends（倾向）according to a recent study in shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.
The gadget（小玩意）quickly moved into the position of third in popularity, behind the skateboard and DDR（跳舞毯）among trendy youth as well as the school children after it hit the market in March of this year.
Some scooter fans prefer to use it as a means of transportation. “Since I live near the bank I work for, I thought I could ride a scooter to work, ” said a young bank clerk to the policeman who stopped him in the street.
Traffic Police don’t allow scooters on the streets.
“Nothing in the traffic administration regulations（交通管理）says scooters are allowed on the street”, said a spokesman from Shanghai Traffic Team.
However, nothing in the regulations says scooters aren’t allowed on the streets, either. But considering the condition of the streets in Shanghai, police have good reasons to forbid them. Downtown streets are crowded with cars, and there are few separate lanes（车道）where scooters can go.
“The scooters can run at a top speed of 30 kilometers per hour, ” said traffic policeman surnamed Xue, “as fast as that of the motorbikes. It would be unsafe for anyone to ride at such a high speed without any protection or braking system.” He said.
“We tell them not to ride on the road, ” Xue said, “but we don’t give them fines or other punishments.”
There is no special punishment for scooter riders yet. “It’ s not a common phenomenon yet, ” said the spokesman, “there hasn’t been any traffic accident with scooters involved. We don’t feel it necessary to set a special rule about it.”
A few riders sped past Xue before he could say anything to them. “But most people pay attention to my warning and walk their scooters,” Xue said.
Michael Wang, a local middle school student of 16, was once stopped by a policeman as he was riding his scooter on the road. “The police are right to stop us, ” he said, “but young people like to have a little risk and disobedience（违背）.”
“I no longer use it, ” he said. “Now even the little kids in our neighborhood are taking up scooters. It’s out.”
“Our store used to sell tens of scooters in a single day, ” said Peng Jiangang, a worker at Sports City, which sells scooters at three places in town.
“The trend is slowly cooling off, ” Peng said. Sales of scooters rose again in July, when the summer holiday began. “Many school children bought them, ” Peng said. “a father came to buy one for his son. When he tried it in our store, he liked it and bought one he could ride as well.”
72．The scooter quickly became the third favorite in these cities because .
A．it’s a newest trend this year
B．it’s safe and it causes no accident
C．there is no administration regulation about it
D．people feel it cheap and convenient to ride it everywhere
73．In what way does the traffic policeman think the scooters dangerous?
A．It runs fast and you can’t stop it in time of danger.
B．There are so many cars in the street, so it may easily hit a car.
C．Most riders are children and they like to have a little risk.
D．There are too many of them and the streets will become more crowded.
74．According to what the policeman says .
A．traffic rules about scooters will come out in not a long time
B．most scooter riders ride their scooters at a high speed
C．scooters are not so bad if the riders obey the traffic rules
D．scooters must be forbidden in cities.
75．We know from the passage .
A．scooters will disappear soon
B．the scooter phenomenon will last long
C．school students like scooters most
D．scooters will rank（排名）first at the end of this year
第二卷（共35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
改正下面短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断。如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个对号（√）；如有错误，（每行只有一个错误）则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下面画一横线，在该行右边的横线上写出改正后的词。
Last month, I took bus to visit the Great Wall. On the way, two 76.
foreigners stopped our bus for help because they didn’t know to get 77.
to the Great Wall. Instead of offer warm – hearted assistance, many 78.
passengers showed impatient. Some even shouted, “Leave them alone!” 79.
and “Go on driving!” Thank to the kind driver and the conductor, 80.
the two got on to our bus. To my surprise, I found that I was the only 81.
passenger who can speak English among over 20. 82.
Which should we present to the world in 2008? Rude manners and 83.
difficult communication? Certain not. We must work hard together. 84.
Luckily, we still have enough time to improve ourselves. I believe 85.
the world will see a new country and new Games in 2008.
Ⅵ．书面表达（20分）
最近，你校同学正在参加某英文报组织的一场讨论。讨论的主题是：公园要不要收门票？请你根据下表所提供的信息，给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论情况。
| 60%的同学认为 | 40%的同学认为 |
| 1．不应收门票 2．公园是公众休闲的地方 3．如收票，需建大门、围墙， 会影响城市形象 | 1．应收门票，但票价不宜高 2．支付园林工人工资 3．购新花木 |
注意：1．信的开头已为你写好。
2．词数：100左右。
3．参考词汇：门票entrance fee
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks,
英语参考答案
1—5 ACACB 6—10 ABCBC 11—15 BBCCB 16—20 CACCB 21—25 BCABC
26—30 DBAAB 31—35 CCABA 36—40 CDACB 41—45 ABDAC 46—50 DBACB
51—55 ABDCB 56—60 BDBDB 61—65 CDDCD 66—70 BDCAD 71—75 BAACC
76．bus 前加a 77．know后加how 78．offer→offering 79．impatient→impatience
80．Thank→Thanks 81．got on to→got on 82．can→could 83．Which→What
84．Certain→Certainly 85．√
Writing:
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks.
Opinions are divided on the question. 60% of the students are against the idea of entrance fees. They believe a public park should be free of charge. People need a place where they can rest and enjoy themselves. Charging entrance fees will no doubt keep some people away. What is more, it will become necessary to build gates and walls, which will do harm to the appearance of a city.
On the other hand, 40% think that fees should be charged because you need money to pay gardeners and other workers, and to buy plants and young trees. They suggest, however, fees should be charged low.
Yours truly,
Li Hua