江苏省常州高级中学高三期初调研2006.8.30
第一卷(共125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. What does the man mean?
A. Of course, you can. B. No, please don’t. C. Never.
2. Where did the man meet Elaine?
A. In the library. B. At the high school. C. At the college.
3. What is the weather probably like?
A. Cloudy. B. Rainy C. Cold
4. What does the woman suggest?
A. The radio batteries have been replaced. B. They should get a new radio.
C. They don’t really need to hear the radio.
5. What do you think of the woman?
A. she can’t afford any dictionary. B. She has a better dictionary.
C. She’ll plan for a good dictionary.
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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个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；听完后，每小题将给出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6～8题。
6. Where are the two speakers?
A. In the library. B. In a department store. C. In the street.
7. Who are the two speakers?
A. A woman and his husband. B.A woman and a passer-by. C. A woman and her friend.
8. Where will the woman change the buses?
A. At the zoo. B. At the traffic lights. C. At the end of the No. 9 bus.
听第7段材料，回答第9～10题。
9. What are they talking about?
A. Changjiang Travel. B. TV programmes. C. A football match.
10. When does the football match start?
A. 1:00 a. m.. B. 1:00 p.m.. C. 9:00 a.m..
听第8段材料，回答第11～12题。
11.When does the conversation probably take place?
A. On Monday B. On Wednesday. C. On Friday.
12.Where can Mr Crumble find the man today?
A. At the man’s house. B. In the man’s office. C. In the meeting room.
听第9段材料，回答第13～16题。
13. What is inside the man’s parcel?
A. Two shirts and a tie. B. Two shirts, a tie and a suit. C. Two shorts, a tie and a suit.
14. How long does it take for the man’s parcel to go to Toronto by airmail?
A. Two weeks. B. One week. C. Three or four days.
15. What’s the weight of the man’s parcel?
A. Three pounds and eight ounces. B. three pounds and seven ounces.
C. Two pounds and eight ounces.
16. How much should the man pay by airmail?
A. $18.25. B. $18.52. C. $28.25
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。
17. What causes most accidents?
A. fire and matches. B. Fire and hot water. C. Knives and some medicine.
18. What do some children like doing?
A. Touching pots of boiling water. B. Playing with matches.
C. Taking medicine.
19. Why has the clothing of many children caught fire?
A. The children have been too near to a fire.
B. Some children have dropped matches on their clothing.
C. Hot oil has fallen over their clothing.
20. Which is the best way to prevent accidents in the home?
A. To wear clothes that do not burn easily.
B. Not to keep knives and medicine in the house.
C. To keep off anything that appears unsafe.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分65分）
第一节：单项填空（共35小题；每小题1分，满分35分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
21. When you finish reading _______book, you will have _____ better understanding of life.
A. a; the B. the; a C./; the D. a;/
22. I would gladly pay ______for the unusual stamp because it’s of great value to my collection.
A. twice as much B. twice so much C. twice as much as D. so much twice
23. ------How can I use this washing machine?
----Well, just refer to the __________.
A. explanations B. expressions C. introductions D. directions
24. ----There must be a dozen pens in this house but I can never find one when I need them.
----Keep looking. _______is sure to turn up.
A. One B. It C. That D. This
25.The lady tried on all the dresses in the shop but found _______that satisfied her.
A. nothing B. no one C. none D. some
26. The price of oil has been going up this year, and this ______ causes the price the goods connected with it to go to too.
A. in case B. in turn C. after all D. once again
27.------Have you received Jack’s plan?
-----Yes, but I don’t think his plan is ________.
A. worth being considered B. worthy to be considered
C. worthy of considering D. worth to be considered
28. As the proverb ______, an enemy in disguise is a wolf in sheep’s____________.
A. runs; dress B. says; clothes C. speak; cloth D. goes; clothing
29. The film “A World Without Thieves” ______ a great success and brought in a large profit to the cinema.
A. appreciated B. enjoyed C. won D. seized
30. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally_______.
A. pulled through B. pulled over C. pulled up D. pulled out
31. There _______be any difficulty about passing the road test since you have practiced a lot in the driving school.
A. mustn’t B. shan’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
32. The teacher commanded that all his students ______their homework after class.
A. would hand in B. should hand in C. handed in D. might hand in
33. If Dorothy had not been badly hurt in a car accident, ______ last month’s marathon race.
A. she would have taken part in B. she would take part in
C. she might take part in D. she must have taken part in
34. ---Did you tell Julia about the result?
----Oh, no. I forgot. I ________her now.
A. will be calling B. will call C. call D. am to call
35. The little boy ______while watching TV . So his mother sent him to bed at once.
A. had fallen asleep B. fell asleep C. was falling asleep D. falls asleep
36. -----Just a moment. I’ve got a special gift for you.
----Good . I ______when I was going to be treated well.
A. wonder B. was wondering C. wondered D. have wondered
37. You’d better not call the manager between 7 and 8 this evening, for he _____an important meeting then.
A. will have B. would have C. will be having D. will have had
38. Now that she is out of a job. Lucy _______going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.
A. had considered B. has been considering C. considered D. is going to consider
39. I don’t want _______like I’m speaking ill of anybody, but the manager’s plan is unfair.
A. to sound B. to be sounded C. sounding D. to have sounded
40. ________ to understand what he doesn’t , he makes a fool of himself.
A. Always pretending B. Always pretended
C. Having always pretended D. Always being pretended
41. The international agreement, ______ encourage children not to smoke and help people kick the habit, was signed on February 27.
A. intending to B. being intended to C. intended to D. to intend to
42.The actress was reported missing 3 days ago, and her body was later found _______in the bushes.
A. hidden B. hiding C. to be hiding D. was hidden
43.I hope you don’t mind me asking, _____where did you buy those shoes?
A. so B. and C. yet D. but
44. Watch what you say, ______ you might be beaten.
A. and B. or C. if not D. unless
45. Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer _______it was 20 years ago, _____it was so poorly equipped.
A. what; when B. that; which C. what; which D. which; that
46. She was so angry at all _____he was doing _____she walked out, and closed the door behind her.
A. what; what B. that; that C. what; that D. that; what
47. I am afraid I won’t have any influence over my 19-year-old daughter _____her mind is made up.
A. once B. the moment C. as soon as D. since
48. All of us are still wondering ______he gave away all his money to the Hope Project _____he himself could use it for a better life.
A. how; while B. why; when C. that; when D. why; but
49.The boy sitting by the window is only one of the students who __________from the countryside in our school
A. was B. were C. is D. are
50. Although many of the houses in the small town ______still in need of repair, there _____ lots of improvement in their appearance.
A. are; has been B. is; have been C. is; are D. are; was
51. Was it not until she took off her dark glasses that _______she was a famous film star?
A. did you realize B. you realized C. you had realized D. had you realized
52. ________, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
A. Other things to be equal B. Other things is equal
C. Were other things equal D. Other things being equal
53. Here ____________ and there___________.
A. comes the bus; he goes B. the bus comes; goes he
C. is coming the bus; he is coming D. the bus is coming; is going he
54.------It was careless of you to have left the house without turning off the gas.
----My. God! ________.
A. So were you. B. So was I. C. So did I. D. So I did.
55. -----Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favour, please?
----, _________sir. What’s it then?
A. Just a minute. B. It’s very nice of you. C. That’s all right. D. At your service.
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，掌握其大意，然后从56—75各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Time is passing, and more and more
disaster victims are growing ____56___. All the roadways are blocked or washed
out, so there is no way to ____57_____ food on the ground. You must take to the
____58______.
"When there is no other
way to get food there, we locate an open area where to ___59___ the food,"
says WFP spokesperson Maggie Carrington. "Air drops are the most ____60____
way to transport food, so they're the ____61_____resort(对策)."
They can also be very
dangerous. Three days ___62____ a scheduled drop, WFP officials secure a drop
zone, contact local officials, and ___63____ residents to stay clear of the
area. WFP staff ___64____ is in radio contact with the airplane pilot to ensure
____65_____ during the drop.
"If you ___66____
someone with food, they can get seriously hurt—or ___67___," says
Carrington.
That's because a
single sack of food ___68____ 120 pounds. Packaged in plastic grain bags, WFP
rations(配额) are triple-bagged so they don't _____69______when
they hit the ground. They must survive 1,600-foot drop from an airplane.
Once on the ground,
food supplies are hauled onto ___70___ by local villagers and driven to a
nearby warehouse. They are then distributed, or ___71___, by WFP staff
and organizations like CARE and Catholic Charities.
This phase(阶段)
is ____72_____ watched. Survivors must present registration cards, which they
receive before the food drop. __73____ card contains information about their _____74____,
including their ages and number of ____75_____.
"To prevent
people from getting hurt in a rush to get food, we try to make sure local
villagers have an organized way to distribute the food," says Carrington.
56.A.thirsty B.
tired C.hungry D.impatient
57.A.sell B. offer C.take D.deliver
58.A. road B. air C. sea D. land
59.A. fall B. drop C. throw D. draw
60.A. expensive B. easy C. convenient D. cheap
61.A. first B. last C. least D. most
62. A. as soon as B. after C. before D. until
63. A. warn B. allow C. beg D. order
64. A. in the office B. on the ground C. on the road D. in the air
65. A. safety B. time C. place D. direction
66. A. beat B. strike C. attack D. hit
67. A. damaged B. killed C. wounded D. died
68. A. values B. measures C. weighs D. contains
69. A. increase B. reduce C. explode D. leak
70. A. cars B. ships C. trucks D. trains
71. A. given up B. given off C. given out D. given away
72. A. deadly B. gladly C. carefully D. closely
73. A. either B. each C. every D. one
74. A. health B. education C. name D. family
75. A. children B. relatives C. wages D. houses
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分；满分40分）
A
PITTSBURGH – For most people, snakes seem unpleasant or even threatening. But Howie Choset sees in their delicate movements a way to save lives.
The 37-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor has spent years developing snake-like robots he hopes will eventually slide through fallen buildings in search of victims trapped after natural disasters or other emergencies.
Dan Kara is president of Robotics Trends, a Northboro, Mass.-based company that publishes an online industry magazine and runs robotics trade shows. He said there are other snake-like robots being developed, mainly at universities, but didn’t know of one that could climb pipes.
The Carnegie Mellon machines are designed to carry cameras and electronic sensors and can be controlled with a joystick(操纵杆). They move smoothly with the help of small electric motors, or servos, commonly used by hobbyists in model airplanes.
Built from lightweight materials, the robots are about the size of a human arm or smaller. They can sense which way is up, but are only as good as their human operators, Choset added.
Sam Stover, a search term manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency based in Indiana, said snake-type robots would offer greater mobility than equipment currently available, such as cameras attached to extendable roles.
“It just allows us to do something we’ve not been able to do before,” Stover said, “We needed them yesterday.”
He said sniffer( 嗅探者) dogs are still the best search tool for rescue workers, but that they can only be used effectively when workers have access to damaged building.
Stover, among the rescue workers who handled the aftermath (后果) of Hurricane Katrina, said snake robots would have helped rescuers search flooded houses in that disaster.
Choset said the robots may not be ready for use for another five to ten years, depending on funding.
76. Which institution is responsible for the development of Choset’s robots?
A. Robotics Trends.
B. Pittsburgh City Council.
C. Carnegie Mellon University.
D. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
77. Choset believes that his invention ______.
A. can be attached to an electronic arm
B. can be used by hobbyists in model airplanes
C. can find victims more quickly than a sniffer dog
D. can sense its way no better than its operators
78. By saying “We needed them yesterday” , Stover means that snake-like robots _____.
A. could help handle the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
B. would have been put to use in past rescue work
C. helped rescuers search flooded houses yesterday
D. were in greater need yesterday than today
79. What is the text mainly about?
A. Snake-like robots used in industries.
B. Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues.
C. The development of snake-like robots.
D. The working principles of snake-like robots.
B
Amongst
the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified
as science fiction．Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds
of people．Further more，some of the most successful films
of recent years have been based on science fiction stories．
It is often
thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature，but its ancestors can be found in
books written hundreds of years ago．These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form
of ideal society，a theme which
is still often found in modern stories．
Most of the
classics of science fiction，however，have been written within the last one hundred years．Books by writers such as Jules
Verne and H. G. Wells，to mention just two well-known authors , have been translated into
many languages．
Modern
science fiction writers don’t write about men from Mars or space adventure stories．They are more interested in
predicting the results of technical developments on society and the human mind；or in imagining future worlds which
are a reflection of the world which we live in now．Because of this their writing has
obvious political undertones(含义)．
In an age
where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction，the writers may find it difficult
to keep ahead of scientific advances．Those who are sufficiently clear-sighted to see the way we are going，however，may provide a valuable lesson on
how to deal with the problems which society will inevitable face as it tries to
master its new technology and come to terms with (接受)continually changing view of the
world．
80.Science fiction appeared_________________________.
A. a few
years ago B. within the last one hundred
years
C. hundreds
of years ago D. thousands of years ago
81. Which of the following is less likely to be written in modern science
fiction?
A. Imagination
of the future world．
B. Prediction of technical developments
on society．
C. Prediction
of technical developments on human mind．
D. Space
adventure．
82. It can be concluded that modern science fiction writers——．
A. show their
political views in their works
B. are worse
than those in the past
C. are
following the model set by Jules Verne and H．G．Wells
D. are
interested in fiction stories only
83. Which impression can you get from the passage?
A. Science
fiction is a fairly new development in literature．
B. Science
fiction is quite popular．
C. Science
fiction describes things happening in the developed countries．
D. Science
fiction reflects the technical advances in the past．
84. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Science
fiction often overtakes science fact．
B. Writers
may find it easy to keep ahead of scientific advances．
C. Science
fiction helps us to face challenges of the future．
D. Science
fiction is based on successful films．
C
In
tomorrow’s offices，there will be more bosses and fewer assistants．New technologies have made clerical
work so efficient that fewer workers are necessary，so one assistant may serve several
bosses．
Bosses in
the United States are spending twice as much time resolving employee disputes as
they did just a decade ago．Corporate downsizing has made workers more insecure and
competitive，increasing
the number of personality conflicts that managers are forced to settle．
Fighting
age bias(偏见) may be a
critical workplace issue of the future．As companies look to older，more experienced workers to solve labor shortages in the next
century，managers will
need to overcome the view that older workers are less productive，less flexible，and more expensive．
Electronic
networking will give more power to workers at the bottom of the corporate pecking
order(权势等级)．Computer networks allow employee to
skip over chains of command and communicate directly with senior managers．The relative anonymity(匿名)of electronic communications will
make low-status individuals less inhibited（抑制） about expressing their points of view and offering valuable ideas．
85. What causes personality conflicts according to the passage?
A. Computer
networking B.
Age bias
C. Labour
shortage D. Corporate
downsizing
86. “Corporate Downsizing” means——．
A. workers
are less secure about their jobs
B. workers
conduct less paper work
C. the number
of workers is reduced
D. the number
of personality conflicts is decreased
87. Because of the computer networks，——．
A. experienced
older workers are more competitive
B. younger managers feel
threatened
C. 1ow-status
workers have more chances to express their views
D. clerical
work is more efficient
D
Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front porch will disappear．And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you．You’ll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want．You’ll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear．Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear．Save it in your own personal computer if you like．These are among the predictions from communication experts working on the newspaper of the future．Pictured as part of broader home based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events．
Most of the technology is available now, but convincing（说服）more people that they don’t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism．Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable．
Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace news-print with computer screens．It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial（金融的）interests in the paper industry．
88．The best title for this passage is __________．
A. Computer Newspapers Are Well Liked
B. Newspapers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computers
C. Paper Newspapers Are out of Fashion
D. Communications Technology in the Future
89．It might take 30 or 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers because __________．
A. it is technologically impossible now
B. computer newspapers are too expensive
C. both the general people and professional journalists are against them
D. traditional newspapers are easy to read
90．Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computer newspapers?
A. They are cheaper than newspapers．
B. They are convenient to use．
C. You can get more information from them quickly．
D. You can easily save information for future use．
91．The reason why journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers is that __________．
A. they don’t know how to use computers
B. they think computer newspapers take too much time to read
C. they are afraid that they might be unfit for their jobs
D. they have been trained to work for traditional newspapers
92．We can infer from the passage that __________．
A. all technological changes are good
B. all technologies will eventually replace old ones
C. new technologies will replace old ones sooner or later
D. traditional newspapers will stay for another century
E
Beijing, July 24, 2005(Xinhuanet)--- More than 42.8 million people have traveled to China from overseas during the first six months this year, up 6.87 percent compared with the same period of last year. At the same time, the foreign exchange income from tourism reached 8.5 billion U.S. dollars, and increase of 10.68 percent over the previous year’s figure for the same period, Tuesday’s China Daily reported.
The number of tourists coming from the Macao Special Administrative Region increased by 34.2 percent in comparison with the figure of January – June period of last year, according to the statistics released（发布） by the National Tourism Administration. Many of them went to Zhuhai, a neighboring city of Macao, to do shopping and have dinner in this special economic zone in South China’s Guangdong Province, bringing 700 million U. S. dollars of income to the province. Tourists from Taiwan Province accounted for（占） 1.7 million, up 15.9 percent over the same period of 2000. In the first six months of this year, the number of tourists from Thailand and the Republic of Korea, two of China’s top tourist source countries, increased by 28.8 and 19 percent respectively（分别）.
The main reasons for overseas travelers to come to China are sightseeing, vacation and business conferences, China Daily reported, saying that the tourism trade will be further increased as a result of Beijing’s successful bidding for the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
93.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The two cities of Zhuhai and Macao are next to each other.
B. Among the places mentioned, the number of tourists to China from Taiwan increased the most.
C. Thailand and the Republic of Korea are two major countries of tourists of China.
D. The tourism business will be optimistic（乐观） in the future.
94. It can be figured out that during the first six months of 2004 about _______ people traveled to China from overseas, and the foreign exchange income was _________ U. S. dollars.
A. 40 million; 7.59 billion B. 25.5 million; 8.5 billion
C. 42.8 million; 8.5 billion D. 35 million; 6.9 billion
95. Which of the following can’t explain why there is an increase in the number of overseas tourists to China these years?
A. They come to China for sightseeing.
B. They come to China for holiday.
C. They come to China for business conferences.
D. They come to China as a result of Beijing’s successful bidding for the right to host the 2008
Olympic Games.
第二卷 书面表达（满分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。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：120左右。
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school…
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My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school。________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.
As students, we often take examinations at school, but sometimes we have too many examinations which are too difficult for us. On the other hand, some of us are lazy and don’t work hard at their lessons. So when taking examinations, they sometimes cheat in order to get better results to please their parents and teachers.
In my opinion, it is wrong to cheat in examinations because it breaks the rules of schools, we students should be honest and try to get good results by studying hard instead of cheating in examinations. What’s more, we should improve our study methods and get well prepared for examinations.