2005-2006年高三年级英语期中考试试题及参考答案
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I卷（共三部分，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）
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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5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。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读二遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
第二部分 英语知识应用
第一节 单项填空（共5小题，每小题1分，计15分）
1. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _____ of it at all.
A. meaning B. sense C. idea D. significance
2. A rainstorm is _____; we’d better look for a shelter.
A. on the corner B. in the way C. around the corner D. by the way
3. I haven’t done anything wrong ---I’ve got a good ______.
A. confidence B. innocence C. consciousness D. conscience
4. When considering how to settle the problem, the most important factor---weather, he had ____.
A. left out B. left behind C. left off D. left over
5. I’m afraid we won’t be able to go much farther, for the gas _____.
A. has run out B. is run out C. was run out of D. is running out
6. The manger _____ one of the hotel servants of stealing money.
A. charged B. accused C. complained D. announced
7. _____ only 20 minutes to go before the train left, I felt uneasy in the taxi to the railway station.
A. For B. As C. Because D. With
8. Please _____ my suitcase while I go to buy my ticket.
A. have an eye for B. keep an eye on
C. take care of D. be careful on
9. ---I’m taking my driving test tomorrow.
---_________!
A. Cheers B. Good luck C. Come on D. Congratulations
10. People built a monument _____ those who died for the country.
A. in praise of B. in need of C. in time of D. in honor of
11. ---- Does Wang Hai serve in the army?
---- No, but he _____ in the army for 10 years.
A. served B. has served C. is serving D. would serve
12. The guide _____ the tourists and took them to the bus.
A. rounded up B. rounded on together
C. was gathered up D. was rounded
13. ---- I have moved into a much bigger place. So next time you come here, I can find you ____ bed in my flat.
----Oh, that’s wonderful. Then I won’t go to ____ hotel.
A. the; a B. the; / C. a; the D. a; /
14. Maths is ____ me. I can never get high grades.
A. behind B. over C. beyond D. below
15. ---- I can’t find Mr. Smith. Where did you meet him this morning?
---- It was in the hotel ____ he stayed.
A. that B. which C. the one D. where
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四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
“One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned.”-----
Mark Ortman.
With several major conferences in town, there was not a room to be rented anywhere. When an elderly couple walked in out of the ___36___ rains, the desk clerk ___37 __ they would never find lodging(临时寄宿). In an act of__38 __, he ___39 ___ them the only bed in town, his only bed.
The couple at first refused, but through ___40___ and kindness, he persuaded the couple to __41__ his offer. When they 42 the next morning, the elderly gentleman said to the desk clerk, “You are 43 person who should managing the best hotel in the United States. Maybe 44 I’ll build one.” They chuckled (laughed quietly) about that and the elderly couple left.
The 45 and the elderly couple were forgotten by the desk clerk 46 two years
47 when he received a letter from the old man 48 he come up to New York and see
him. There was a round-trip airline 49 with the letter.
The desk clerk thought, “Why not?” and took the 50 to New York. The old man met him at the airport and 51 took him to a construction site to show him an enormous castle----like structure 52 there.
“That, said the old man, “is the hotel I’m building for you to 53 !
The old man was William Waldorf Astor, and the hotel would 54 be known as the Waldorf-Astoria. The former desk clerk, George C. Boldt, 55 the first manager.
36. A. freezing B. cold C. warm D. hot
37. A. knew B. realized C. recognized D. admired
38. A. friendship B. respect C. kindness D. mercy
39. A. supplied B. offered C. gave D. provided
40. A. cause B. thought C. argument D. reason
41. A. receive B. get C. accept D. find
42. A. check out B. look out C. go out D. turn out
43. A. the kind of B. the next of C. the very D. the clever
44. A. some time B. sometimes C. sometime D. someday
45. A. affair B. matter C. incident D. thing
46. A. until B. before C. when D. as
47. A. then B. or so C. later D. after
48. A. requiring B. requesting C. demanding D. suggesting
49. A. money B. ticket C. timetable D. port
50. A. ride B. lift C. voyage D. flight
51. A. personally B. attentively C. immediately D. eagerly
52. A. being built B. being made C. being prepared D. being completed
53. A. count B. possess C. control D. manage
54. A. that way B. so C. therefore D. soon
55. A. turned B. became C. designed D. practiced
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题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、D中，选出最佳选项。
A
Name: Susan Lane Age: 22
Place: Cambridge, England Time: 2003
Cost: $ 7, 000
Organization: ARELS
Experience: “I like it was a turning point in my life. I began to understand more about my own culture by experiencing another culture and seeing how other people live.”
Name: Sara Small Age: 23
Place: Basel, Switzerland Time: 2001
Cost: $ 8, 000
Organization: Southern Cross Culture Exchange
Experience: “I love the traveling and I made a lot of friends, I found the European school system to be hard but I am fluent now in French, so it was worth it. I did miss my family and friends in Australia but I would love to do it again.”
Name: Helen Smith Age: 20
Place: California, America Time: 2002
Cost: $ 6, 000
Organization: SCCE
Experience: “I learnt how to be really independent. It was great to be on my own and I got on really well with the family I was with. I will certainly go back one day.”
Name: David Links Age: 16
Place: Berlin, Germany Time: 2001
Cost: $ 6, 500
Organization: SCCE
Experience: “I want t try something very different to Australia in culture. In Germany everything was different but I soon got settled. The family I was with were great and I really feel as though I have a second family.”
Name: Linda Marks Age: 19
Place: Beijing, China Time: 2003
Cost: $ 3, 500
Organization: BLCU
Experience: “Traveling in Chinas is extremely interesting, but learning Chinese is really a hard job. I had a few problems but there was always someone to turn to and that was great.”
Name: Peter Wang Age: 21
Place: Sydney, Australia Time: 2004
Cost: $ 5, 500
Organization: Sydney University
Experience: “There were times when it was difficult but I like experiencing a different culture. You just have to play each situation as it comes. If there is one thing you learn when you are on a student – exchange program, it is how to take care of yourself.”
56. Who referred to only good times as an exchanged student?
A. Sara Small and Susan Lane B. Peter Wang and Linda Marks
C. Helen Smith and Susan Lane D. Linda Marks and Helen Smith
57. As a result of his experience in the foreign exchange program Peter Wang learnt to become
__________.
A. independent and adaptable (适应性强的)
B. determined and independent
C. single – minded and firm
D. firm and determined
58. If a student wants to save money in taking part in a foreign exchange program, then the best
places would be __________.
A. England and America B. China and Australia
C. Germany and England D. America and China
59. What do the students talk about?
A. Their experience as exchange students.
B. Their opinions about the student exchange program.
C. The student exchange program.
D. Advantages and disadvantages about student exchange program.
B
Today the world has become too crowded, and we are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive in the end.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more are caught, we know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow in the land. However, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die and in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, for there are so few laws to stop this.
We know, too, if the population of the world countries is to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food. What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. Finally, if we educate people to think about the problem we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future.
60. Today, we have to think about the protection of our environment, because __________.
A. things are getting worse and worse
B. the limited natural resources are being used up
C. the environment is continuing to be polluted by too much waste and poison
D. if we care nothing about the protection of animals, no human beings will exist on earth
61. If we ________ , the natural resources can be used longer.
A. use them as little as possible B. make full use of them
C. use them properly and pay attention to the recycle D. learn to recycle them
62. In order to slow down the increase of the world population, ________.
A. we should encourage young people to marry later
B. we should encourage the married to use modern methods of birth control
C. we should let the people have more education
D. both A and B
63. According to the passage, the most important things we must understand are that __
A. we should keep our environment from being polluted
B. we must make enough laws to protect our natural resources
C. man will destroy himself if he doesn't solve the problems mentioned in the passage
D. we will have no enough food if the population of the world countries rises at the present rate
C
"My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy," says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, California. "Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course. ” These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP), a particular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more.
The children don't just plan any city. They map and analyze (分析) the housing, energy, and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100 years. With the aid of an architect ( 建筑师) who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations. " Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom," says the teacher who developed this program. "They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. In fact, as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected ‘ official’ and ‘ planning group’ make all the design decisions for the model city, and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser. "
CBEP is a set of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving: observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the children's own standards.
64. The Program is designed _____.
A. to direct kids to build solar collectors
B. to train young scientists for city planning
C. to develop children's problem-solving abilities
D. to help young architects know more about designing
65. An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom ______.
A. to find out kids' creative ideas B. to discuss with the teacher
C. to give children lectures D. to help kids with their program
66. Who is the designer of the program?
A. An official. B. An architect. C. A teacher. D. A scientist.
67. The children feel free in the program because______.
A. they can design future buildings themselves
B. they have new ideas and rich imagination
C. they are given enough time to design models
D. they need not worry about making mistakes
D
Everyone should visit a lighthouse at least once.
The most important reason for such a visit is to realize how our ancestors (祖先) battled nature with the basic tools they had. "They had only basic ways of creating light, and yet they found a way of using this simple technology in isolated(孤零零的) places to save ships from hitting rocks.
Secondly, visiting lighthouses will help us to understand the lives of lighthouse keepers. By their very nature, lighthouses were built on some rocks or cliffs. Thus, the lighthouse keepers often lived lonely lives. To walk around their small home and imagine the angry storm outside beating against the walls, is to take a step towards understanding the lives they had.
The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse are not all so backward-looking in time. It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the-way places. But on a pleasant sunny summer day, this very isolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience. Therefore, with the gentle waves touching all round the lighthouse, the visitor is likely to think it 13 a world preferable to the busy and noisy modem life.
Another reason for considering a visit is that the lighthouses themselves can be very attractive buildings. Mankind could often not be content just to put up a basic structure, but felt the need, even in such an isolated place, to build with an artistic touch. The result is a view for tired eyes to enjoy.
Finally, lighthouses have a romantic attraction, summed up by the image of the oil-skin coaled keeper climbing his winding stairs to take care of the light to warn ships and save lives,
68. What is the reason to look back into the past of a lighthouse?
A. To escape from the busy and noisy city.
B. To look for die tools used by our ancestors.
C. To experience the natural beauty of a lighthouse.
D. To learn about the living condition of lighthouse keepers.
69. The underlined phrase "out-of-the-way" in Paragraph 4 means
A. far-away B. dangerous C. ancient D. secret
70. Lighthouses were often built with an artistic touch _________
A. to attract visitors B. to guide passing ships
C. to give a pleasant sight D. to remember lighthouse keepers
71. How many reasons are mentioned for a visit to a Hothouse?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six,
E
Paris, Jan. 11-An armored car robbery last night ended in a wild gun battle that left two men dead and a hostage（人质）seriously wounded.
The drama began when an armored car carrying the contents of safe deposit boxes to a bank was struck by a large truck, police said.
The bank guards were helpless when the robbers jumped out of the truck and tied them up. The thieves used heavy tools and explosives to break open the armored car.
A passing police car turned to investigate the accident as the men were removing the contents of the armored car. Police said the three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway.
Stopping a private car driven by a teenaged girl, the three headed for central Paris with the police car in hot pursuit（追捕）.
A plainclothes policeman saw the car as it drove through the street of Latin Quarter. The policeman tried to stop the car, but the thieves started shooting at him, witness（目击者） said.
The girl hostage tried to slip away. Just as she was crawling away from the car, she was hit by a bullet. Police said she was out of danger at Central Hospital.
The gunmen gave up the car and got into a shop, pouring fire on more than 50 policemen that surrounded the building. After a wild gun battle, police broke into the room. They only found two of the gunmen, both seriously wounded. The third thief was believed to have escaped with over ＄1.3 million in cash and jewels.
72. The passage is about .
A. a gun battle between the policemen and the government soldiers
B. a bank robbery in Paris
C. a group of gunmen’s robbery of an armored car in the street
D. how a teenaged girl got seriously wounded
73. The thieves came and they .
A．in a police car, stole the armored car
B. in a truck, blasted（炸毁，毁坏）the armored car
C. in an armored truck, drove the money car away
D. in an armored car, opened the armored car with heavy tools
74. The three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway because .
A. a passing police car found them
B. the explosives were too strong
C. the contents of the armored car were too heavy
D. the truck broke down
75. After a wild gun battle, .
A. the robbers were shot dead
B. the police got back what they wanted
C. the police failed to get back what they wanted
D. 50 policemen were killed and two robbers were seriously wounded
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单词拼写：请将每个单词的完整形式写在下面的答题处。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. He ___________(承认) that he was too strict with his children.
2. Under no c_____________ would we give up hope of saving these sick children.
3. These ___________(坚强的，耐劳的)men overcame all their difficulties all by themselves.
4. When we carry out the plan, we should take everything we can think about into
c
5.Unlike other officials, the mayors of the country’s major cities are __________(任命) by the government.
6. I tried to concentrate on my study, but my mind was w_______________.
7. Tom enjoys cycling, while John is found of surfing. So Tom ______________(不同) from John in the interests.
8. The children a__________ from their seats when they saw the headmaster came in.
9. She __________ (忙于) herself with routine office tasks.
10. If you want to join the army you should first meet the s____________ of height.
答案部分：
1_____________2_____________3_____________4_____________5____________
6_____________7_____________8_____________9_____________10___________
第二节 书面表达(25分)
目前，学校存在少数学生考试作弊现象。某英文杂志社拟对此现象向中学生征文，标题是“My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”。请根据下列提示用英语写一篇征文稿。
内容要点如下：
| 主要原因 | 考试偏多、偏难 |
| 不用功、懒惰 | |
| 取悦父母、老师 | |
| 个人看法 | 作弊不对，违反校规 |
| 要诚实，努力学习 | |
| ……（其他看法） |
注意：1、短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；
2、短文标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
3、词数：100左右。
4、参考词汇：作弊 cheat(v.)
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.
2005-2006年高三年级英语期中考试试题参考答案
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31. AACCD 36. BACBD 41. CACDC 46. ACBBD 51. CADDB 56. CABAC
61. BDCCD 66.CDDAC 71.C CBAC
单词拼写：
1. admitted 2. circumstances 3. tough 4. consideration 5. appointed
6. wandering 7. differs 8. arose 9. occupied 10. standard