祁阳四中2006届高三月考
英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共三节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
请听下面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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18.
答案是B.
1. Why does the woman like the brick house better?
A. It has more rooms. B. It has a bigger garden C. It is more beautiful.
2. What did the woman’s father think of the car?
A. He thought it was too noisy.
B. He liked it because it was new.
C. He thought it was a good car.
3. What will Bill do next Friday?
A. Take an exam. B. Go out for a picnic. C. Travel to London.
4. What time is it now?
A. Seven thirty. B. Eight thirty. C. Eight o’clock.
5. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. Carol liked the film she saw last week better.
B. Michael didn’t like the film he saw last night.
C. Michael thought the film he saw last week was more interesting.
第二节（共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）
请听下面4段对话，每段对话后有几个小题，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。在听每段对话前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
请听第6段材料，回答第6至第8题。
6. What can we learn about the room?
A. It’s small. B. It faces the street. C. It’s for non-smokers.
7. How many nights will the man stay in the hotel?
A. Three nights. B. Two nights C. Four nights.
8. How much will Richard probably pay?
A. $114 B. $104 C. $140
请听第7段材料，回答第9至第11题。
9. What is the man speaker?
A. A professor. B. A doctor. C. A student.
10. How many times do the group meet every week?
A. Once. B. Twice C. Three times.
11. What do the group sometimes do in spring and autumn?
A. They go to catch birds.
B. They go bird-watching.
C. They have a picnic in the forest.
请听第8段材料，回答第12至第14题。
12. Who is the woman?
A. The boss. B. The customer. C. The head waitress.
13. Why does the man want to have a word with the woman?
A. He has waited for the dishes for a long time.
B. He wants to complain about the food.
C. He wants to pay the bill.
14. What do we know about the restaurant?
A. It must be a newly-opened restaurant.
B. It has many famous cooks.
C. It possibly needs more waiters.
请听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。
15. What does the man want to visit most?
A. The British Museum and the Tower of London.
B. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s.
C. Hyde Park.
16. What will be included in the tour?
A. Lunch. B. Breakfast. C. Tea at 9:50 am and 5:30 pm.
17. What is the man’s friend’s native language?
A. English. B. French. C. Chinese.
第三节（共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）
请听下面一段材料，从所听到的内容中获取必要信息，将第18至20小题补充完整，每空不超过3个单词。听力材料朗读两遍。你有45秒钟的答题时间。
The purpose of the exhibition
To show visitors the 18. __________ of the home telling something about the society in the past.
Description of the kitchen
High ceiling, 19. __________and a huge stove.
History of the kitchen
It dates back to 20. _________.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ---Mum, I wonder if I can win the game.
--- _____ it, Tim! I know you are sure to beat him.
A. Go for B. Call for C. Stand for D. Care for
22. —Was ______ problem solved?
—We were trying to think of ______ way out, but it was impossible to find one．
A．a; the B．the; a C．the; 不填 D．a; a
23. Your article must be sent by e-mail__________ it can meet the deadline.
A. or else B. so that C. in case D. until
24. Carter Druse _____ his selection for the important task to his courage, devotion and knowledge of the area.
A. led B. owed C. devoted D. offered
25. Robert, ______ back to your office in no time; there’s a Mr White wishing to see you．
A come B．to come C．having come D．coming
26. I really think I should have been invited to the dinner party. I’m unhappy that I ______．
A wasn’t B． didn’t C． haven’t D． hadn’t
27. —Kate returned
home only yesterday.
—Really? Where ______?
A. has she been B. had
she been C. has she gone D. had she gone
28. We told him to see the doctor right away, _______ advice he immediately took with pleasure.
A. that B. which C. this D. what
29. —Would you mind if
I used your cellphone?
—______.
A. Yes, do please B. Go
ahead C. Of course D. All right
30. It is nearly 12. His door is open and his car is parked outside. He ______ now.
A. may have returned B. might return
C. must have returned D. could return
31.They believed, ______ did we, that these modern paintings collected in the Shanghai Art Gallery were as valuable as those in the Museum．
A．and B．which C．neither D．so
32. She couldn’t concentrate on her study with so many problems ．
A．solved B．to solve C．solving D．being solved
33. We couldn’t persuade him to give up playing games and all our efforts were _____.
A. in turn B. in retain C. in store D. in vain
34. —Dad, I'm confused what I am going to do after graduation.
—You'd better first explore your talents and get to know yourself so as to find out __________ your real interests lie.
A. what B. where C. in which D. how
35. —You don’t see the professor from Singapore quite often, do you?
—No, we only meet ______．
A．eventually B．constantly C．occasionally D．frequently
第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分
Dear Future Me,
Happy 30th birthday! It's me, your 20-year-old 36 . Do you still remember the day when you wrote this e- mail?
The other day, Rachel was having her 30th birthday, and she was 37 out thinking that she had achieved nothing. It 38 me that I should make resolutions about what I want to 39 before my 30th.
This idea got me to 40 my future. Before, my life was 41 with the only theme ----- college. Now, looking 42 , there will be people I have to get along with though I may 43 them, and things I have to deal with which I 44 to regard as worthless. The way to 45 is not cold war or stubbornness(固执) 46 compromise and communication.
What I am going to 47 is a society, not a locked classroom. So what are you doing? Do you still lock yourself up when you 48 people around?
I know I am shy and only 49 my attention on study. But I 50 hope that you are not like me, a mind easily affected by the outside world. After years of experience, hopefully you have 51 out of that small world and hold a place of your own.
_52 , there are also things that I don’t want you to change. Are you still the guy who 53 his judgment and has faith in life? Remember: try to find something 54_ in spite of difficulties.
I hope you are the way I want to be. But no matter what you are doing or what your life is like, I’ll always 55 you. Just be happy and healthy. That’s all I asked for.
Yours
Present Me
36. A. brother B. sister C. self D. student
37. A. stressed B. tired C. excited D. confused
38. A. introduced B. forced C. showed D. reminded
39. A. receive B. achieve C. plan D. learn
40. A. consider B. dream C. imagine D. change
41. A. puzzled B. signaled C. marked D. attached
42. A. back B. ahead C. around D. out
43. A. forget B. help C. admire D. hate
44. A. used B. need C. dare D. have
45. A. get off B. get through C. get in D. get away
46. A. or B. and C. but D. while
47. A. deal B. treat C. settle D. face
48. A. have to do with B. have trouble with
C. keep in touch with D. have fun with
49. A. pay B. focus C. attract D. draw
50. A. sincerely B. hardly C. generally D. finally
51. A. raised B. lifted C. risen D. held
52. A. Therefore B. Thus C. Anyhow D. However
53. A. doubts about B. believes in C. lies in D. lives on
54. A. strange B. funny C. cheerful D. fresh
55. A. encourage B. protect C. comfort D. memorize
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和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 practical 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 are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.
56..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
57.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
58.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
59.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．
“The pen is more powerful than the sword（刀）.” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.
She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.
This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.
60.According to the passage______.
A. every English-speaking person has read Uncle Tom's Cabin
B. Uncle Tom's Cabin was not very interesting
C. those who don't speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom's Cabin
D. the book Uncle Tom's Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War
61.What do you learn about Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?
A. She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War broke out.
B. She herself encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free.
C. She was better at writing than swinging (挥舞) a sword.
D. She had once been a slave.
62.Why could Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's book cause a civil war in America?
A. She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.
B. She disclosed the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States.
C. The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it.
D. The book had been read by many Americans.
63.What can we learn from the passage?
A. We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong.
B. A writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.
C. We must understand the importance of literature and art.
D. No war can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom's Cabin.
C.
| MEGA ARRIOR ￡29.99 Ages 11+ The player controls a war machine in a battle of the future. The speed and controls are difficult. There is fast fighting with great sound and graphics. It is difficult to learn, but once you are into it, you will never want to stop. 1 | FOOTBALL FINAL ￡39.99 Ages 3+ An action packed football game that is difficult at first. Teams fight to win the Cup Final in a thrilling match. The graphics are excellent but the sound quality could be better. Overall, this is a game you will be glad you bought. 2 |
| FLIGHT FANTASY ￡35.99 Ages 9+ An amazing flying adventure but the graphics may seem boring and the controls are hard to learn. However, when you are really playing, you will love every moment. 3 | DAGGER ￡45.99 Ages 15+ The high price may put off many people. Dagger claims to offer a deadly fight between vampire clans—It does have some good points but the fighting is boring. The graphics are above average and it is easy to learn. 4 |
64. Which of the computer games is easy to learn?
A. Mega Warrior B. Football Final
C. Flight Fantasy D. Dagger
65. Which of the following statements is true?
A. All the four games include fighting.
B. The graphics of the games are of the same level.
C. Dagger has pretty good graphics and is easy to learn.
D. Football Final has better graphics and sound than the others.
66. If you want to buy a game for a ten-year-old boy, which is the cheapest?
A. Mega Warrior B. Football Final
C. Flight Fantasy D. Dagger
D．
A lot of us lose life’s tough battles by starting a frontal(正面的) attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Sam’s a being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t work any longer. His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.
Yes, the boss was, Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room(更衣室); everyone was hard at work. Sam’s supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a job. Which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?”
The room exploded in laughter while the supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job—with the only tool that could win, a laugh.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected(忽略), means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying “no”, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians(喜剧演员) on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance(忍受力) than people in any other forum.
67. Why was Sam late for his job?
A. Because he was ill.
B. Because he got up late.
C. Because he was caught in a traffic jam.
D. He was busy applying for a new job.
68. The main idea of this passage is ________.
A. Sam Maynard saved his job with humor
B. humor is important in our lives
C. early bird gets the worm
D. humor can solve racial discriminations
69. The phrase “clamped off” in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A. tried to hold back B. tried to set off C. charged D. gave out
70. Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?
A. Many lose life’s battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.
B. It wasn’t the first time that Sam came late for his work.
C. Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30.
D. Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.
E．
| THIS month saw the start of a cross-cultural programme bringing Britain and China closer together. |
| With the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, on a week-long tour of China from April 9 to April 14, there was plenty of time for greater ties to be forged. |
| With the Olympic torch set to pass from Beijing in 2008 to London in 2012, the two capitals are more strongly linked than ever. The mayors of both cities signed an agreement on April 10 to encourage further co-operation on everything from tourism and culture to education and business. |
| But things didn't stop in Beijing. Livingstone's trip also took him to Shanghai, where he signed an agreement with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng to promote ties between their cities. |
| But don't think this means that the cities will be just working together on boring business matters. Poetry is part of the package too! |
| The Shanghai metro will display poems by four British poets in a groundbreaking cultural exchange between the world's two most popular languages and its oldest and newest subway networks. |
| As part of the deal, the London underground is displaying lines in English from some of China's great wordsmiths: Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi. |
| Meanwhile, in China, the Shanghai metro will display extracts in Chinese from William Wordsworth's "Daffodils", Kathleen Jamie's "The Blue Boat", Michael Bullock's "Butterfly", and William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence". |
| Blake was also a painter and engraver who illustrated and printed his own books. Misunderstanding shadowed his career as a writer and artist and it was left to later generations to recognize his importance. |
71. The "cross-cultural programme" in the first line most probably refers to _____.
A. Livingstone's week-long tour of China
B. the handover of the Olympic torch from Beijing to London
C. the agreements that Livingstone signed in Beijing and Shanghai
D. the Shanghai metro's plan to display poems by four British poets
72. According to the passage, the following may be among the aims of the London mayor's visit, except to _____.
A. take the Olympic torch to Beijing
B. meet the committee organising the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
C. encourage Chinese companies to invest in London
D. promote understanding of each other's culture
73. The statement "But things didn't stop in Beijing" probably means _____.
A. Livingstone visited not only Beijing, but also Shanghai.
B. he signed agreements not only with Beijing, but also with Shanghai.
C. he developed stronger links not only with Beijing, but also with Shanghai
D. All above
74. "Metro" in the third paragraph means "_____".
A. a subway network B. a major city
C. people of a major city D. poets
75. If you were to give another headline to the story, which do you think is the most suitable?
A. Games will change China
B. London mayor visits Beijing
C. Beijing, London to be sister cities
D. Wordsworth on Shanghai metro
第Ⅱ卷（一部分，共35分）
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后76-85的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。每空不超过3个单词。
To many people, the word Hollywood has two meanings. Hollywood is an area in Los Angels. Hollywood is also the American movie industry.
Hollywood was just farmland at the beginning of this century. Early American movies were made in other places; for example, in New York and Chicago.
In 1917, a director was making a movie in Chicago. Because of cold weather, he couldn’t finish the movie. He took a trip to southern California, and there he found just the weather and scenery he needed to finish his movie. The director realized that southern California was the perfect place for making movies. The next year his company built a movie studio in Hollywood. Other companies followed. Before long nearly all important American movies studios were in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
The next thirty years were Hollywood’s gjreatest years. Thousands of movies were made, most by a few large and powerful studios. Directors, actors and writers worked for these studios. They made some movies that today are considered great art.
Hollywood, the area in Los Angels, also reached its high point in these years. Many famous and glamorous(富有魔力的)movie stars, like Bette Davis and Clark Gable, lived in Hollywood.
Today, Hollywood is not what it was. More movies are made outside of Hollywood. Many studios have moved. The movie stars have also moved to areas like Beverly Hills and Malibu.
But visitors to Hollywood today can go to the famous Chinese Theater and see the footprints and autographs of movie stars. They can go down the Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard, and see the golden stars in the sidewalk.
Title: 76.__________
| 77. __________of Hollywood | An area in Los Angeles | |
| 78. ___________ | ||
| 79. _________ of Hollywood | 80. __________ | What happened |
| The beginning of this century | Farmland | |
| 1917 | Found as a perfect place for 82.________ | |
| 81. _________ | Movie studios began to be built there | |
| Before long | Nearly all important movie studios were there | |
| The next thirty years | Hollywood’s 83. __________ | |
| 84. _________ | Not like what it was | |
| What to visit today | Go to the famous Chinese theater | |
| See footprints and autographs of movie stars | ||
| Go down the 85. ___________ | ||
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
某学校对中学生课余活动进行了调查，结果如下。请根据图表提供的信息描述学生每天的课余活动，并针对图表中任何一个数据中反映的情况写出你的一个看法。词数不少于100。生词：图表chart
祁阳四中2006届高三月考
英语参考答案
1~5 BCACC 6~10 BACCA 11~15 BCACA 16~17 AC
18. design 19.large work tables 20.the early 1800’s
21~35 ABCBA ABBBC DBDBC
36~55 CADBA CBDAB CDBBA CDBCA
56-59CDBA 60-63DABC 64-66DCC 67-70CBAB 71-75DADAD
76. Hollywood 77. Two meanings 78. American movie industry
79 History 80.Time 81.1918 82.making movies 83.greatest years 84.Today 85. Walk of Fame
书面表达
A survey was made in a middle school on how the students spend their spare time. The results are as follows: 39 percent of the spare time is spent in doing homework, which shows their heavy study burden; at the same time, the students also spend a lot of time in entertainment, such as watching TV, listening to music and playing computer games. Most students show little interest in doing exercise or housework.
As is shown in the chart , only 10% of the time is taken up with sports activities. I think the school should encourage the students to do more exercise after class. This way, they may be healthier and more energetic