广东省梅州中学2006-2007学年度上学期高三英语
第一次月考试卷
总分150分
Ⅰ、听力（30分）
第一节(共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分)
听下面5段对话或独自。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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。
听第1段材料．回答第1—0题。
1、 Where does the conversation most likely take place?
A．At a gas station．
B． At a bus station．
C．In a car．
2、 Why does the car seem to be pulling to the right?
A． Because the car is out of gas．
B．Because the street is very bad．
C．Because a tire of血e car needs a little air．
3、 What will they do when they find something wrong?
A．Go back to a repair factory．
B ．Co to a gas station．
C．Go home as soon as possible．
听第2段材料，回答第4—6题。
4 、What are they probably doing?
A． They are traveling on board．
B． They are having a chess lesson．
C．They are discussing how to improve their chess skills．
5 、How long will they get to New York?
A ．An hour or so．
B．About a day．
C．About several minutes．
6、 What do we know from the dialogue?
A．The man is very good at chess．
B． The woman is very good at chess．
C．Neither the man nor出e woman is very good at chess．
听第3段材料，回答第7—9题。
7、 How long has the man stayed in the hotel by now?
A．As long as fifteen minutes．
B．Less than a quarter．
C．Less than ten minutes
8、Why does the man complain to the receptionist?
A．Something wrong with his room．
B．Something wrong with the door of his bathroom．
C．Something wrong with the water supply in his bathroom．
9、What does the hotel most want to get at present according to the conversation?
A．Lots of labor force．
B． Many visitors and guests．
C．Money to hire more workers．
听第4段材料，回答第l0—12题。
10、What are they talking about?
A．City life and country life．
B．How to enjoy life in the countryside
C．Where to spend the rest of their lives．
11、What will the woman do when she wants something to read?
A ．She will go downtown to buy some from bookshops．
B．She will go to a local library to borrow some．
C．She will wait for a mobile library to call
12、 What can we learn from the conversation?
A．Paris is not a good place to live in．
B．Pollution is very serious in Paris．
C．The weather is bad in Paris．
听第5段材料，回答第13—15题。
13、What is of the first consideration in learning a language?
A．Information． B． Translation． C． Communication．
14、How can a language learner reduce the number of his mistakes?
A ．By asking the native speakers for explanations
B．By doing as much written work as possible
C．By observing the differences between the target language and his mother tongue．
15．What can we conclude from the example of a Spanish learner of English?
A．A native Spanish speaker makes mistakes in English．
B．Both“I do it”and“I’ll do it”are correct．
C．One says“I do it”when he is very willing to do something
第二节．听取信息{共5小题；每小题1．5分，满分7．5分)
听下面一段对话。请根据题目要求，从所给的内容中获取必要的信息，填人答题卡标号为16—20的空格中。录音两遍。你有90秒的作答时间。
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Ⅱ、单项选择(15分)
21. To buy some salt, the careless housewife went downstairs, ______ the dish_______ over the gas.
A. left , cooked B. leaving ,being cooked
C.leaving ,cooking D. left , being cooked
22. It is in this very village, ______ Mary was born 35 years ago ,________ she will build her first school ,_______ inspires everyone to help her.
A. where , that , which B. that, that, that,
C. that ,when , which D. where , when, that
23. Having been attacked by terrorists ,______________.
A. doctors came to their rescue B. the tall building collapsed
C. an emergency measures was taken D. warnings were given to terrorists
24. Only those who follow their dreams _______ achieve the final success.
A. do they B. can they C. they can D. can
25. ---What do you think of the project Mr. Smith asked us to do ?
--- Well ,it is a very important task. You ____ be too careful.
A. must B. can C. cannot D. mustn’t
26. ---Did you lose the match?
--- Yes.We lost the match ___ one goal.
A.by B.at C. with D. only
27. Just in front of the house ______ with a history of 1,00 years.
A. does a tall tree stand B. stands a tall tree
C. a tall tree is standing D. a tall tree stands
28. ______ ,the boy really knows a lot .
A. As young as he is B.A child as he is
C. As child he is D. Young as he is
29. It was quite a long time _____ I made it out what had happened.
A.after B. before C. when D.since
30. Only after ______ set free _____ able to go on with his research work.
A.he was ,was he B. was he ,was he C.was he ,he was D. he was ,he was
31. Philip is ______ a good teacher. He is also his students’ good friend.
A. no more than B. not more than C. no less than D. more than
32. When first ______ to the market , these products enjoyed success.
A. introducing B. introduced C. introduce D. being introduced
33. ---- Were you busy last weekend ?
--- Very.Rather than _____ time playing cards as usual ,I devoted every effort to ____ an advertisement.
A.wasting ,making B. waste ,make
C. to waste ,make D. a waste of, making
34. We had been trying every possible means ______ a peace treaty ______ failed.
A. arranging ,and B. to arrange ,but
C.to arrange, and D. arranging ,but
35. Nobody believed his reason for being absent from class ______ he had to meet his uncle at the airport.
A. why B. that C.where D. because
Ⅲ、完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect 36 ___of Chinglish . Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal （照字面意思的）translation of the Chinese greeting with a 37___ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38 __. I was too amazed to believe her. Her words could not convince me 39 ___. So I did a 40 __on www.google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 41 ____“long time no see”. This sentence has been 42 ____ used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is 43 ___informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. 44, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 45 __will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the 46 __ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47 ____ a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48 quoting Confucius（孔子）. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “long time no see” became a 49 phrase in the real world 50 the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars 51 America to a huge pot of stew （大熔炉）. All kinds of culture are 52___ in the stew together, and they 53 the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic（少数民族的） group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be 55 in the mixed stew.
36.A. word B. sign C. example D. change
37.A. ruined B. perfect C. learned D. damaged
38.A.custom B. greeting C. habit D. proverb
39.A.almost B. in all C. at all D. after all
40.A.job B. research C. survey D. search
41.A.publishing B. printing C. containing D. expressing
42.A.seldom B. hardly C. widely D. deeply
43.A.lots of B. plenty of C. sort of D. a bit of
44.Unfornately B. Luckily C. Suddenly D. However
45.A.hardware B. software C. operator D. speaker
46.A.use B meaning C .expression D. origin
47.A.did B. published C. created D. discovered
48.A.of B. in C. with D. by
49.A.popular B. rare C. modern D. ordinary
50.A.thanks to B. as to C. in spite of D. but for
51.A.join B. add C. compare D. owe
52.A.joined B. compiled C. mixed D. done
53.A.improve B. change C. lower D. promote
54.A.owing B. putting C. taking D. contributing
55.A.mentioned B. used C. considered D. influenced
Ⅳ：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，
A
How to Make a Budget (预算)
Most likely, you aren't the family breadwinner. But doing a small job or getting a weekly allowance (零花钱) would put some money in your pocket. For kids and grown-ups alike, money is easy to spend. If you aren't careful, it can be going in no time.
Being responsible with your money is an important skill to learn --- and the sooner you start the better. Whether you are tracking your spending or saving for something special, creating a budget can help you deal with your expenses and plan for the future. All you need are paper and a pencil --- and some self-control.
First, take a look at our sample monthly budget. Then, use a separate sheet of paper to plan your own. In the first two columns (栏), list your sources (来源) of income and how much you expect to earn from them. In the third and fourth columns, list what you expect to spend your money on and the amount.
The left-hand total should be more than or equal to the right-hand total. If it is, you have an effective budget.
Budgets are not complex, but sticking to them can be tough. When planning your budget, be realistic about your expenses. If you know that you drop $18 at a movie, don't write $12 in that space simply because you wish you were spending less.
If you are eyeing a big purchase, such as a $150 skateboard, spend less and save more until you have the total amount. No matter how attractive it may be, avoid spending your savings. One day, you will thank yourself!
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expense | Amount |
| Allowance | $20.00. | Snacks | $20.00 |
| Money Earned Selling drinks | $25.00 | Music | $12.00 |
| Money earned babysitting | $12.50. | Movies | $18.00 |
| Money Earned Delivering newspapers | $30.00 | Video rental | $10.00 |
| Total | $87.50 | Total | $66.00 |
56. Who is the passage written for?
A. Children. B. Parents. C. Breadwinners. D. Bank managers.
57. The purpose of making a budget is to help people _________.
A. learn to be realistic B. increase their saving
C. manage their money well D. test their power-control
58. What should people do when planning a budget?
A. Fill in the expenses as they really are.
B. Avoid spending money on expensive things.
C. Set aside a fixed amount of money as savings.
D. List income and expenses on two pieces of paper.
59. Which of the following budgets is effective?
A
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance | $20.00 | Money Earned Walking dogs | $20.00 |
| Bus fares | $40.00 | Movies | $28.00 |
| Total | $60.00 | Total | $48.00 |
B
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance | $20.00 | Movies | $30.00 |
| Money earned Washing cars | $10.00 | Bus fares | $10.00 |
| Total | $30.00 | Total | $40.00 |
C
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance | $27.50 | Money Earned Selling drinks | $22.00 |
| Money earned | $22.50 | Birthday gifts | $28.00 |
| Total | $50.00 | Total | $50.00 |
D
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance | $26.00 | Radio rentals | $22.00 |
| Money earned Doing yard work | $24.00 | Birthday gifts | $28.00 |
| Total | $50.00 | Total | $50.00 |
B
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.
60. What does Kerrel tell us about her father?
A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
B. He depended on the nurses in his final days.
C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.
D. He told no one about his disease.
61. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. Kerrel couldn't understand her teacher.
B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.
C. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.
D. Kerrel was too tired to bear her teacher's words.
62. Why did Kerrel keep her father's disease a secret?
A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.
B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.
C. She found no one willing to listen to her.
D. She wanted to obey her mother.
63. Why did Kerrel write the passage?
A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.
B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.
C. To draw people's attention to AIDS.
D. To remembered her father.
C
Why I Don't Spare “Spare Change”
“Poor but honest.” “The deserving (值得帮助的) poor.” These words always come to my mind when I think of “the poor.” But I also think of people who, perhaps through alcohol (酒) or drugs, have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction (上瘾) really are “diseases,” as many people say, but my own feeling --- based. Of course, not on any serious study --- is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the “undeserving poor.” And that is largely why I don't give spare change to beggars.
But surely among the street people there are also some who can rightly be called “deserving.” Deserving what? My spare change? Or simply the government's assistance? It happens that I have been brought up to believe that it is proper to make contributions to charity (慈善机构), but if I give some change to a beggar, am I making a contribution to charity and thereby helping someone, or, am I perhaps simply encouraging someone not to get help? Or, maybe even worse, am I supporting a cheat?
If one believes in the value of private charity, one can either give to needy people or to charitable organizations. In giving to a beggar one may indeed be helping a person who badly needs help, but one cannot be certain that one is giving to a needy person. In giving to an organization, on the other hand, one can feel that one's money is likely to be used wisely. True, facing a beggar one may feel that this particular unfortunate person needs help at this moment --- a cup of coffee or a sandwich --- and the need will not be met unless I put my hand in my pocket right now. But I have come to think that the beggars whom I meet can get along without my spare change, and indeed perhaps they are actually better off for not having money to buy alcohol or drugs.
I know nothing about these beggars, but it's my impression that they simply prefer begging to working. I am not generalizing about street people. I am talking about the about whom I acturally meet. That's why I do not give “spare change,” and I don't think I will in the future.
64. What does the author think of beggars who take drugs?
A. They should be given a check-up.
B. They really need money to live.
C. They have no pleasure in life.
D. They are not worth helping.
65. Why doesn't the author give money to street people?
A. He doesn't think they need help.
B. He doesn't have enough money to give.
C. He is not convinced they will use it rightly.
D. He believes they can get help from the government.
66. In the second paragraph, the author presents his idea by _______.
A. asking questions for people to think about
B. giving examples to support his argument
C. raising questions and answering them
D. expressing his opinions directly
67. Which of the following opinions does the author accept?
A. Drug addiction is a disease.
B. Some street people are poor and needy.
C. Most beggars have received enough help.
D. Charitable organizations handle money properly.
D
While parents, particularly mothers, have always been attached to their infants (婴儿), societal conditions frequently made this attachment difficult to maintain (保持). First of all, the high infant death rate in the premodern times meant that such attachments often ended in hopelessness. Perhaps to prevent the sadness that infant death caused, a number of societal practices developed which worked against early attachment of mother and child.
One of these premodern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year. Another practice that discouraged maternal (母亲的) attachment was tightly wrapping (包裹) infants. Wrapping effectively prevented the close physical interactions like stroking (抚摸) and kissing that are so much a part of modern mothers' and fathers' affection for their infants.
A third practice which had the same distancing effect was wet-nursing. Breast-feeding (母乳哺育) was not popular among the well-to-do in the early modern times; infants were often fed by wet nurses hired for the purpose. In some places, such as nineteenth-century France, city infants were sent to wet nurses in the country. Often a wet nurse would feed her own child first, leaving little for the city infant --- who, in many case, died. In Rouen, the death rate for children sent to a wet nurse was 35 percent.
68. Babies were unnamed until they were two so that ________.
A. an old social custom could be kept up
B. maternal attachment could be maintained
C. they could have better chances to survive
D. their parents would not be too sad if they died
69. Why were babies wrapped?
A. To protect them from the cold.
B. To distance their mothers from them.
C. To make them feel more comfortable.
D. To make it easy for their mothers to hold them.
70. Wet nurses were women who _________.
A. babysat city infants
B. fed babies of other families
C. sent their babies to the country
D. failed to look after their babies
71. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Societal Conditions in Premodern Times
B. Practices of Reducing Maternal Attachment
C. Poor Health Service and High Infant Death Rate
D. Differences between Modern and Premodern Parents
E
A study published in September suggests there is a surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods: change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at Irvine asked volunteers to answer some questions on their personalities (个性) and food experiences. “One week later,” Loftus says, “we told those people we'd fed their answers into our smart computer and it came up with an account of their early childhood experiences.” Some accounts included one key additional detail (细节). “You got sick after eating strawberry ice-cream.” The researchers then changed this detail into a manufactured (人为促成的) memory through leading questions --- Who were you with? How did you feel? By the end of the study, up to 41% of those given a false memory believed strawberry ice-cream once made them sick, and many said they'd avoid eating it.
When Loftus published her findings, she started getting calls from people begging her to make them remember hating chocolate or French fries. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. False memories appear to work only for foods you don't eat on a regular basis. But most important, it is likely that false memories can be implanted (灌输) only in people who are unaware of the mental control. And lying to a patient is immoral, even if a doctor believes it's for the patient's benefit.
Loftus says there's nothing to stop parents from trying it with their overweight children. “I say, wake up --- parents have been lying about Father Christmas for years, and nobody seems to mind. If they can prevent diseases caused by fatness and all the other problems that come with that, you might think that's more moral lie. Decide that for yourself.”
72. Why did Loftus ask the volunteers to answer some questions?
A. To improve her computer program.
B. To find out their attitudes towards food.
C. To find out details she can make use of.
D. To predict what food they'll like in the future.
73. What did Loftus find out from her research?
A. People believe what the computer tells them.
B. People can be led to believe in something false.
C. People tend to forget their childhood experiences.
D. People are not always aware of their personalities.
74. According to the study, people may stop having a certain food if they _______.
A. learn it is harmful for health
B. lie to themselves that they don't want it
C. are willing to let doctors control their minds
D. think they once had a bad experience of eating it
75. What is the biggest concern with the method?
A. Whether it is moral. B. Who it is best for.
C. When it is effective. D. How it should be used.
下面是杂志文章，请将标有A—F的段落插入文章中标号为76—80 的合适位置，使这篇文章意义完整，结构连贯，其中一个是多余的。E的答案请涂AB, F的答案请涂CD。(10分)
_76___ . . Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock market, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or a company. 77
Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks and try to become rich. 78
Of course, investing money in the stock markets is not the safest way to make money. No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down and investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons.79
80. .All are eager to make money by “gambling” in the stock market. Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are willing to gamble”. Indeed, the stock market is an attractive part of the business world.
A. No wonder going to the stock market is often compared to gambling.
B. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.
C. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down.
D. Everyone can make much money in the Stock markets.
E. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or a company.
F. There are stock markets in large cities in many countries.
Ⅴ、 完成句子(10分)
1. At what age are children able to _____ ______ （明辩）right and wrong ?
2. The two countries ______ ______ _______（达成协议） at last after negotiating many times.
3. Being out of job for three months ,he _____ ______ ______（渴望） for a job.
4. ________ ________ I got home ________ it began to rain.（一。。。就）
5. We accepted his story ______ some ________.（有所保留）
6. The teacher _______ his whole self ______ education.（奉献。。。给）
7. We welcome good employees, ____ _____ （不管）their age or sex.
8. while the army takes both men and women ,women are _____ _____ _____（占少数）.
9. I am not sick. _____ ______ _______ （相反）I am very well.
10. I must say _____ _____ ______（为她辩护） that she works very hard.
Ⅵ、书面表达（25分）
国外某杂志社“家长学校栏目”举办征文比赛，本期主题为 “What effects do parents have on their children?”。请根据这个主题，写一篇文章，描述图片中的故事，并表明自己的看法。（文章开头已写好）
注意：词数：120左右
Parents can be examples for their children.
Here is a story.
[参考答案]
01—05 CCBAA 06—10 CBAAA 11—15 CACCA 16. Women’s exercise 17. Seven-week 18. swimming 19. Twice a week 20. 16th—18th
21—25 BABDC 26—30 ABDBA 31—35 DBABB 36—40 CABCD
41—45 CCCDB 46—50 DCDAA 51—55 CCBDD 56—60 ACADD
61—65 CACDC 66—70 ABDBB 71—75 BCBDA 76—80 FEBCA
完成句子：
1．distinguish between 2. made an agreement 3. has/had an appetite 4. Hardly had when
5. with reservation 6. devoted to 7. regardless of 8. in the minority 9. On the contrary
10. in her defense
书面表达：
One possible version:
Parents can be examples for their children.
Here is a story. One day a little boy watched his parents planting flowers in the garden, and he then learned to water and look after little plants. When he saw that the flowers were growing well, he shared the happiness with his parents. What beautiful flowers in full bloom! The boy’s father proudly picked a flower and gave it to his wife to show his love. But, to their surprise, the boy picked all the flowers and presented them to his parents. Only at this moment did the parents realize that what great effects parents’ behavior have on their children.
It is often said that parents are their children’s first teachers, so I think they should try to be good teachers and set good examples to their children.