鲁迅中学2006—2007学年度第一学期期中考试试卷2006-11
高三英语 班级_______ 姓名_______
第一卷（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，满分7.5分）
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1. Where does the woman want to go?
A. New York B. Chicago C. Atlanta
2. How soon will the man’s uncle arrive?
A. In 20 minutes B. In 15 minutes C. In 5 minutes
3. What does the man mean?
A. Their new teacher is better
B. Their new teacher is the worst
C. Their old teacher is the best
4. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Customer and shopkeeper B. Husband and wife C. Mother and son
5. What will Jim do this weekend?
A. He will be invited to a party.
B. He will go for a picnic with his friends.
C. He will speak at a meeting.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分 ）
请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where is the baby?
A. In his room B. In the kitchen C. In the washroom
7. What is the baby doing?
A. He is playing games. B. He is brushing his teeth. C. He is brushing his shoes.
请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Their jobs B. Their children C. Their weekend plans
9. What is the weather like?
A. Cloudy B. Fine C. Rainy
10. What is the man going to do this weekend?
A. Go to the seaside with his children.
B. Do some gardening
C. Go to the seaside alone.
请听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At the bus stop B. At the railway station C. At the airport
12. According to the telegram, when should Jenny’s sister arrive?
A. At 19:30 on Tuesday B. At 19:30 on Thursday C. At 8:30 on Tuesday
13. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. Jenny knows Helena’s flight number
B. Helena will arrive in 10 minutes
C. Mike suggests having a coffee
请听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Interviewer and interviewee B. Boss and secretary C. Ad designer and customer
15. What do we know about Miss Brown?
A. She has just graduated from a Secretary School.
B. She has just put an ad in a newspaper
C. She can do a lot of things besides typing.
16. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. Miss Brown will have another interview.
B. Miss Brown was refused.
C. Miss Brown will probably know the result quickly.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker?
A. An engineer B. A secretary C. A teacher
18. What do we know about the listeners?
A. They are having a computer studies class.
B. They are excellent keyboard operators.
C. They have attended some typing lessons.
19. What is needed for this course?
A. Working experience B. Writing ability C. Typing skills
20. What will the listeners do next?
A. Stop to take a coffee break.
B. Start practice typing a text.
C. Begin to learn about a typewriter.
第二部分：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选择，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Instead of sending __________ e-mail, Nancy talks with her mother on __________ mobile phone once a week.
A. the; a B. an; the C. an; 不填 D. 不填；the
22. In fact, more and more people __________ to live a greener, healthier and more environmentally “green life”.
A. chose B. choose C. are choosing D. have chosen
23. Yesterday, Mother forgot to pick me up. I ______ in the school for nearly two hours.
A. was waiting B. had waited C. have waited D. waited
24. With the development of the Internet, less communication _______ by regular mail.
A. has been done B. will do C. is done D. has done
25. Jenny __________ have been here by now. I wonder what’s happened to her.
A. must B. should C. would D. might
26. It’s known to all that ______ you take exercise regularly, will you keep good health.
A. unless B. only when C. although D. if only
27. Victor apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan before hand.
A. his being not able B. him not to be able
C. his not being able D. him to be not able
28. One scholar suggested that children __________ interesting books as holiday gifts rather than money.
A. are given B. give C. be given D. will give
29. They are just college graduates and don’t realize __________ to start and run a company.
A. what takes it B. what they take C. what takes them D. what it takes
30. ---I’m really tired out.
---So am I. We __________ the discussion for nearly 2 hours.
A. had B. have C. are having D. have been having
31. Though __________ up in a big city, Bill always prefers to live a country life.
A. brought B. was brought C. bringing D. having brought
32. ---Did you know any French before you arrived in Paris?
---Never __________ it, actually.
A. have I learned B. had I learned C. I learned D. was I learning
33. One of the most significant happenings in the year 2005 was the success of Shenzhou VI, __________ all Chinese were proud.
A. of which B. for which C. which D. in which
34. The sweet-__________ flowers in the botanic garden have attracted millions of visitors to the beauty of nature.
A. smells B. smelt C. smelling D. smell
35. ---Does it rain a lot in this area?
---__________, it hardly ever rains; the climate is like that of a desert.
A. What’s more B. In other words
C. On the contrary D. As a result
第三部分：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 36 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 37 in good health, or 38 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut front article, the opposite one is likely to 39 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 40 the title. Therefore, the scissors（剪刀）would 41 before they start, 42 halfway done when I find out the 43 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 44 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 45 up. But you know the future is unpredictable（不可预料）——the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 46 . Thus you are 47 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 48 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 49 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 50 is like: we are often 51 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 52 we get into another. The 53 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 54 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “ When one door shuts, another opens in life. ”So a casual（不经意） 55 may not be a bad one.
| 36．A. front | B. same | C. either | D. opposite |
| 37．A. get | B. keep | C. lead | D. bring |
| 38．A. advice | B. news | C. a theory | D. a report |
| 39．A. suffer | B. reduce | C. prevent | D. cause |
| 40．A. on | B. for | C. without | D. off |
| 41．A. use | B. handle | C. prepare | D. stay |
| 42．A. or | B. but | C. so | D. for |
| 43A. satisfying | B. regretful | C. surprising | D. impossible |
| 44．A. courage | B. strength | C. attention | D. patience |
| 45．A. given | B. held | C. made | D. picked |
| 46．A. near | B. alone | C. about | D. behind |
| 47．A. filled | B. attracted | C. caught | D. struck |
| 48．A. dares | B. comes | C. deals | D. does |
| 49 A. improves | B. changes | C. progresses | D. goes |
| 50．A. study | B. society | C. nature | D. life |
| 51 A. faced | B. supplied | C. connected | D. fixed |
| 52．A．before | B. after | C. until | D. as |
| 53．A. following | B. next | C. above | D. former |
| 54．A. still | B. also | C. once | D. almost |
| 55A. treatment | B. action | C. choice | D. remark |
第四部分：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A,B,C,D所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
(A)
Have you ever played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!
Like many other teenage boys, Jones loved sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight a trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may catch up with the football game by the end of summer.
Jones chose the popular dance Revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks playing the game, he has lost another 10!
The health study is being done by an insurance company, which hopes that the game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims（肥胖索赔）last year cost us $77 million. We have to cut those costs”, said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console（游戏主机）, a dance mat and software for the six-month, $60,000 study.
The study is more than commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.
In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.
Researchers are looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video game in her class since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination, and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.
The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such a game to dance away your extra weight?
56. Jones’ main problem was that __________.
A. he was too short B. he was over-weighted
C. he lacked the skill in football D. he didn’t keep a healthy diet
57. The underlined part is trying to tell us __________.
A. the study is more important than the money of the insurance company
B. the study is only an insurance company’s business
C. the study involved many insurance companies
D. it’s not only the insurance company that is concerned about the study
58. It can be inferred that __________.
A. in West Virginia 25% of the children were too fat
B. the government and society think highly of the game
C. the teacher is a success in using the video game
D. the US Education Department is promoting the game all over the country
59. The most suitable title for the passage is __________.
A. Dance Away Your Weight B. Play the Video Dance Game
C. Solve the Problem of Obesity D. A Magic Video Dance Game
(B)
※Early results show that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, an economist and experienced politician, has won a 59.4 percent majority of votes cast in Liberia’s run-off, making it certain for her to become Africa’s first elected woman president.
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※The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland soccer legend George Best, the dazzling soccer icon of the 1960s and 70s who enjoyed himself in a hard-drinking playboy lifestyle, died Friday Nov. 25, 2005.
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※South Korea’s pioneering stem cell scientist Hwang woo-suk apologized last week that two members of his team had donated their egg cells for research. Hwang has quit as head of the World Stem Cell Hub, a newly established South Korean agency aiming to promote international cooperation in the field, and all other official positions.
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※Mexican writer Sergio Pitol was awarded the 2005 Cervantes prize Thursday, the Spanish-speaking world’s top literary award named after Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes. The Jury said Pitol was given the award for having contributed to the enrichment of the Spanish literary legacy with his work.
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60. George Best used to be a __________.
A. writer B. politician C. British scientist D. football player
61. According to the article, whom was the literature award named after?
A. Sergio Pitol. B. Don Quixote. C. The Jury. D. Miguel de Cervantes.
62. Most probably you can read these in a __________?
A. newspaper B. novel C. fairytale D. textbook
63. Which of the following is true?
A. Ellen Sirleaf became the first elected woman president.
B. Hwang Woo-suk has quit all the official positions.
C. George Best passed away because of his hardwork.
D. Sergio pitol has won an award for English literature.
(C)
When Johnny Cash sings, people listen. His big, deep voice rumbles out of radios and jukeboxes across North America. His records sell by the million. Country-music fans everywhere know his big hits. They love songs like “Hey Porter”, “Ring of Fire”, and “Folsom Prison Blue”.
Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year. People like what they hear----and what they see, too. Rugged and big-shouldered, the singer stands six-two without his black boots on. He’s a two-hundred-pound package of muscle and talent. And that scar(疤痕) on his cheek? It’s a bullet(子弹) hole, of course!
In the minds of most people, Johnny Cash is “Mr. Tough (violent) Guy”. He’s an ex-drug addict (上瘾者) who was once put in prison. His grandmother was an Indian. To keep from starving, he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife. Some people say he even killed a man.
In fact, most of the Johnny Cash story is just that----a story. True, years ago he had a “drug habit” for a short time. He “popped” pills. But he never used heroin or other “hard” drugs. Sometimes he’d go wild and get locked up for a few hours. But he never served a prison sentence. There’s no Indian blood in his veins. He’s been a killer only in song. As for the “bullet hole”, it’s an old scar left by a doctor who opened a cyst (囊肿).
People who know Johnny Cash well say he’s a “gentle guy:, a “generous guy”----anything but a “tough guy”. How did the stories get started? Some of them, like the story about the “Indian grandmother:, he made up long ago to add excitement to his career. Others, like the “bullet hole”, simply got started. Now there’s little the singer can do to change people’s minds. “They just want to believe it.” he says.
64. Johnny Cash is a favorite of many ____________.
A. opera lovers B. country music fans
C. hard-rock fans D. jazz music lovers
65. In truth, Johnny Cash __________.
A. invented the “Indian grandmother” B. used to kill rabbits for a living
C. had a bullet hole on his cheek D. served a long prison sentence
66. In his private life, Johnny Cash is ___________.
A. much wilder than he looks
B. much smaller than he is on stage
C. much tougher than he is in public
D. much more gentle than most people suppose
67. The passage shows us that many people believe _________.
A. only what they see B. what they are sure is true
C. only what they hear D. what they find interesting
(D)
Do dogs understand us?
Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.
A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee (黑猩猩).
In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn’t see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words.
In another experiments, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.
The correct object was chosen in seven out of 10 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination (排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive.
Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种) known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.
It’s hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can’t talk back. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!
68. From paragraph 2 we know that _____________.
A. animals are as clever as human beings
B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees
C. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills
D. dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children
69. Both experiments show that ___________.
A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right
B. Rico can recognize different things including toys
C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics
D. Rico won’t forget the names of objects once recognizing them
70. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie’s mental abilities.
B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.
C. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.
D. Rico is born to understand its owner’s commands.
71. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. To train your dog B. To talk to your dog
C. To be friendly to your dog D. To be careful with your dog
(E)
What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That’s an easy question, you say, Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so on. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource（资源） . Maybe that’s why they are fond of the expression, “Time is money.”
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend conferences or read books on time management. It seems they all what to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners –some in electronic form—to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to press more life out of their time.
To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology, and maybe an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-together, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time. But they usually don’t try that at work.
American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost an emergency to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just “drop by” unannounced. Also, people hesitate to call others late at night for fear that they might be in bed. The time may vary, but most folks think twice about calling after 10:00 p.m.
Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time, like money, slips（溜走） all too easily through our fingers. And time, like the weather, is very hard to predict. However, time is one of life’s most precious gifts.
72. The main idea of the passage is ________________________.
A. time is money B. different attitude toward time in the world
C. how to save time D. how Americans treat time
73. In the fourth paragraph, the writer mainly tells us that _________.
A. Americans respect others’ time in daily life
B. Americans seldom call after 10:00 p.m.
C. Americans inform before paying a visit to their friends
D. When planning an event, Americans usually fix time ahead of time
74. The phrase “think twice ” in the fourth paragraph probably has the same meaning as ___________.
A. think B. be careful C. be afraid D. pay attention
75. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. Americans like time better than anything else
B. Generally speaking, Americans respect their time
C. On the whole, Americans treasure their time
D. Americans consider their time is difficult to master and predict
第二卷 班级____________姓名 ____________ 学号______
第五部分. 书面表达（35分）
( A )
根据所给问题的内容写出一篇连贯完整的短文。 短文必须包括括号中的全部信息。字数不少于80。（15分）
1. Who is Zhang Feng ? ( a Senior Three student in your school)
2. Why has he been so sad recently ? (his mother is ill. Need an operation )
3. Can they afford the medical cost ? Why ? ( no, operation, cost a lot , his father, not earn much )
4. What does the Students’ Union do now? ( ask students and teachers in the school to help him )
5. How much has been collected ?
6. What have you decided to do ?
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( B )
根据提示用英文写一封信。
你叫李平。 你的朋友Fred 写信告诉你他下月从美国来，你邀请他来你家住， 你愿意为他提供一间卧室， 一日三餐， 并带他去逛北京。 你准备去机场接他，请他抵京时通知你。你盼望他的到来。
提示词：
be glad, next month
would like, invite, stay with my family
your own room, eat with
show…around, enjoy your stay
let me know, so that, meet
look forward to
Dear Fred,
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Yours
Li Ping
鲁迅中学2006—2007学年度第一学期期中考试试卷2006-11
参考答案
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. C
9. B 10. A 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. A 15 A 16. C
17. C 18. A 19.C 20. B 21. B 22. B 23. D 24. C
25. B 26. B 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. D 31. A 32. B
33. A 34. C 35. C 36．D 37．B 38．A 39．A 40．C 41．D 42．A 43．B 44．C 45．A 46．D 47．C 48．B 49．B 50．D 51．A 52．B 53．D 54．A 55．C 56. B 57. D 58. B 59. A 60. D 61, D 62. A 63. B 64. B 65. A 66. D 67. B 68. C 69. B 70. B 71. C 72. D 73. A 74. B 75. C
第五部分 书面表达
( A )
Zhang Feng is a Senior Three student in our school. He has been sad recently because his mother is ill and needs to have an operation, but his father doesn’t earn much and the operation costs a lot. . The family can’t afford it .
Fortunately, the Students’ Union got to know this and has asked the students and teachers in our school to help Zhang Feng. They have already collected more than 4,000 yuan for Zhang Feng’s mother. I’ve made up my mind to give all the spare money I have saved to help Zhang Feng’s family.
( B)
Dear Fred,
I’m very glad that you are coming next month. I would like to invite you to stay with my family when you visit Beijing. You can have your own room and eat with us. I can also show you around the city. I’m sure you will enjoy your stay here.
Please let me know when you are arriving so that I can meet you at the airport. Look forward to seeing you soon.
Yours,
Li Ping