2002年新化十六中期中测试题(高三英语)
Ⅰ、听力（30分）
每听1个对话后回答1个问题。
1.What has the woman just got?
A.A new skirt B.A pair of new shoes C.A new shirt
2.What will the woman buy?
A.Envelopes B.Stamps C.Books
3.How much is the change?
A.￡185. B.￡4.13. C.￡3.23.
4.Why does the woman not like her job?
A.Because it's difficult. B.Because it's dirty. C.Because it's boring.
5.What did the man tell the woman to do?
A.To take a walk. B.To take a plane. C.To take a ship.
听下段对话后回答6-9题。
6.What is the topic of the dialogue?
A.The weather. B.Life in the country. C.A weekend.
7.Where did Alice spend the nights in the country?
A.In a farmer's house. B.In the open. C.At a hotel.
8.What was the weather like in the country?
A.It was fine. B.It rained once. C.It was terrible.
9.How long did it take Alice to come back from the country?
A.Four hours. B.Nine hours. C.Twelve hours.
听下段对话后回答10-13题。
10.Where are the two speakers?
A.In the woman speaker's office. B.In the woman speaker's house.
C.In a hospital.
11.Why did the man come into the room?
A.Because he worked there himself.
B.Because he wanted to talk to Kate.
C.Because he wanted Jane to type a letter for him.
12.What was Jane doing on the day when the dialogue took place?
A.She was taking a rest. B.She was taking an exam.
C.She was preparing for an exam.
13.What will Kate do next year?
A.Go to Japan. B.Change her job. C.Go to night school.
听下段对话后回答14-17题。
14.Why did the woman want to talk to the man?
A.She was interested in foreigners.
B.She planned to write about the evening school.
C.She tried to help newcomers to her country.
15.When did the conversation take place?
A.In the morning. B.At noon. C.In the evening.
16.What did the man think he was poor in,talking about his English?
A.Speaking. B.Writing. C.Grammar.
17.What was the man going to do after the conversation?
A.To see his uncle. B.To have classes. C.To work in the shop.
听下段独白后回答18-20题。
18.What happened the day before?
A.Some thieves stole paintings from the musuem.
B.Some stolen paintings were sold at a very high price.
C.The police found the stolen paintings with the help of the guard.
19.How much were the paintings worth?
A.About a million pounds. B.About twenty-five thousand pounds.
C.More than two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
20.When was the break-in discovered?
A.Twelve at night. B.Six in the morning. C.Six in the afternoon.
二、选择。（25分）
21.You know gold is the heaviest,and lead,a soft heavy grey metal,is_____metal in the world.
A.a heavy B.the heavier C.other D.the second heaviest
22.Madame Curie was given two Nobel Prizes in_____of her research in physics and chemistry.
A.time B.honour C.search D.need
23.Please put the vegetables into the fridge,otherwise they will go____.
A.out B.away C.bad D.shortly
24.Ann:How did you find the talk this morning?
Mary:Very_____.We can't go through it.
A.disappointing B.disappointed C.missing D.lost
25.Let's_____everything and find out where the trouble is.
A.put away B.go over C.give up D.turn in
26.Boiling water____steam.
A.gives up B.gives in C.gives off D.gives away
27.Loud noises have bad______on hearing.
A.listening B.work C.weakness D.effect
28.We admire Lei Feng for his____and his willingness to help others.
A.self B.selfish C.best self D.selflessness
29.Don't worry.The school provides the students_____some reference books.
A.for B.to C.with D.on
30.Disney's new ideas made his movies more________and interesting.
A.likely B.loving C.live D.lively
31.A:Milk____sugar?
B:Milk_____no sugar,thank you.
A.or;but B.for ; with C.and; but D.but;and
32.I thought I would fail the English test,but everything____all right.
A.turned on B.turned out C.turned to D.turned
33.Cook went up and down the St Lawrence River to____all the dangerous rocks and a path for the warships_______.
A.see;present B.chart;to follow C.defend;past D.find; to pass
34.Cook_____in charge of this expedition as_____captain of the ship Endeavour.
A.was;a B.is ;the C.was to be; / D.would be;the
35.I prefer walking_____swimming.You see the rivers are so swift and dangerous to swim in.
A.like B.as C.than D.to
35.The water level of the river kept_____as a result of the heavy rain.
A.raising B.rising C.up and down D.change
36.My mother does not enjoy eating______meat and_____fish at all.She likes fresh things.
A.salt;smoke B.salting; smoked C.salted;smoked D.dead; live
37.Mr Baker intends to_____a firm of his own in the near future.
A.set off B.set sail C.set out D.set up
38.I can hardly imagine Peter_____across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat in 5 days.
A.sailing B.crossing C.to go D.travel
39.There's a hole in the street.Will you please help me _____?
A.round it up B.fix it up C.put it up D.make it up
40.Make sure you____the fire properly, or you may start a bush fire.
A.will go out B.put out C.had turned out D.to come out
41.He was late as a_____of the heavy snow.
A.result B.sign C.way D.need
42.Two thirds of Australia_______dry or desert.
A.is B.was C.are D.were
43.Mr recent visit to Shenzhen was great.I visited some friends,and spent the ____days going round shopping.
A.few last sunny B.last few sunny C.last sunny few D.few sunny last
44.He replied______,"Aren't you making the same mistakes?"
A.laugh B.laughter C.laughing D.laughingly
45._____the low level of sales,they decided to reduce the price.
A.To worry B.Worrying C.Worried by D.Having worried
三、完形填空。（25分）
It was January 1848.Aman was 46 near the small village of San Francisco,California.Suddenly,he saw something 47 gold.
By the next year the California gold rush had 48 .Thousands of 49 came to California.They were called "forty-niners" 50 the year 1849.The forty-niners came from all around the 51 .They even came from other 52 ,including Mexico,Australia,China,France and England.They 53 their families and jobs,and made the 54 trip to California.They all shared a 55 .They all wanted to 56 a fortune in gold.Towns and camps grew 57 wherever gold was found.These towns were rough(崎岖的；喧闹的) 58 .There was almost always a saloon(大厅), 59 the men drank whiskey and gambled(赌) at cards.In 60 towns ,men stole and sometimes 61 for gold.
Did the miners make their fortune?Some 62 ,especially those who came early were 63 .In 1848,miners usually made about twenty dollars a day.In 1852 miners made about six dollars a day.Many 64 people came to California to make money from the 65 . 66 were very high.A loaf of bread, 67 cost five cents in New York,cost almost a 68 in San Francisco.
In 1848,San Francisco had been a 69 .Six years later it was a city with a 70 of 50 000.In 1850,California had enough people to become a state.
46.A.walking B.farming C.digging D.working
47.A.new B.old C.good D.shiny
48.A.begun B.come C.gone D.appeared
49.A.thieves B.robbers C.men D.boys
50.A.before B.after C.since D.about
51.A.world B.village C.town D.US
52.A.cities B.capitals C.countries D.states
53.A.left B.knew C.found D.returned to.
54.A.comfortable B.easy C.difficult D.short
55.A.seat B.dream C.bed Droom
56.A.make B.give C.find D.do
57.A.slowly B.quickly C.strangely D.poorly
58.A.people B.villages C.places D.grasses
59.A.when B.while C.which D.where
60.A.mining B.farming C.newly-opened D.old
61.A.robbed B.killed C.talked D.shouted
62.A.made B.had C.did D.have
63.A.luckly B.poor C.sad D.well
64.A.old B.other C.known D.strange
65.A.cards B.cents C.dollar D.miners
66.A.Villages B.Towns C.Cities D.Prices
67.A.which B.that C.what D.whom
68.A.cent B.dollar C.yuan D.pound
69.A.country B.city C.town D.village
70.A.number B.amount C.population D.people
四、阅读理解。（40分）
(A)
ELLINGTON---An old taxi driver in New Zealand was fined ＄100 and had his drive licence(执照) called off a monty and all because he was "working too hard".Norman Elvy,60,is said to have been working seven days a week for the past 37 years.And he has been in trouble twice this year for failing to take a 24-hour break at least every seven days,local(当地的)newspapers reported recently."I thought the government wanted us to work harder,"he said in court(法庭). (China Daily,1991)
71.Norman Elvy was fined ＄100 because______.
A.he was too careful B.he worked for 37 years
C.he worked the whole day D.he worked every day
72.Because he didn't take a 24-hour rest at least every seven days_____.
A.he had two car accidents B.he had his car broken down
C.he was punished by the police D.he could hardly control his car
73.Norman Elvy hadn't taken a 24-hour rest at least every seven days for____years.
A.23 B.60 C.37 D.24
74.Norman Elvy was a kind of man who________.
A.liked money very much B.didn't know how to enjoy himself
C.was devoted to his work D.loved his car
75.Which of the following is true?
A.It is dangerous to drive. B.He shouldn't have worked hard.
C.He should relax himself now and then. D.The government wanted him to work harder.
(B)A Wonderful World
We have just climbed out of a spaceship onto the surface of the moon.Behind us is the ship,half in the sunlight and half in deep shadow.A few miles ahead is a wall of mountains against the black sky.And there,as though resting on the mountains,is a great ball of light,beautifully coloured in blue and green and brown with shining white at the top.It is our own faraway world--the earth.
We take a step,but float up and down.We examine the valleys and the floor of craters(火山口)with great interest and care.
Not a sound can be heard.There is no air to carry sound,and no wind.There are no smells,no plants, There is nothing but rock and dust,blinding sunlight and cold black shadows.
76.The ball,as if resting on the mountains,is_________.
A.the sun B.the earth C.a star D.a satellite
77.The sky we see on the moon is ____________.
A.blue B.green C.black D.white
78.We float up and down on the moon because_____________.
A.we take a step with great strength B.we are lighter on the moon
C.we are so glad with that we jump like jumpers D.we do it like that on purpose.
79.People ____can't hear any sound because there is no____to carry it.
A.on the moon;air B.in the spaceship;sound
C.out of the spaceship;water D.in the valleys;light
80."Blinding sunlight "means________.
A.poor sunlight B.too strong sunlight
C.no sunlight D.invisible sunlight
(C)
The famous painting by the American artist,Henry Farney,shows a scene during an important period in history of the United States--the coming of the telegraph to the west.
The building of the telegraph line to the western part of the United States in the last quarter of the 19th century improved communication(交际)with the eastern part of the country.American Indians in the western part of the U.S.had never seen telegraph poles and wire.They had never seen or heard of such an invention .To them poles and wires were strange sights indeed!
Obviously the Indian in the painting has been hunting because we can see the body of a deer on the back of one of his horses.But he has stopped to investigate(调查)the stange sounds that he has heard coming from the telegraph wire.By putting his ear against the pole,he can hear the sounds coming over the wire more clearly.He thinks the wire is"talking ".In a way he is right for the wire is carrying messages from east to west and west to east--messages of people"talking"by telegraph wire!
81.The Indians were interested in the telegraph because_______.
A.they didn't understand telegraph messages
B.they liked the new inventions
C.they found the poles and wire strange
D.they wanted to send telegraph messages
82.The effect of the telegraph line to the west was that ______.
A.the Indians' business was improved
B.the telegraph line changed the Indians' life
C.the communication between east and west became easier
D.hunting became more and more difficult
83.The Indian in the painting has stopped hunting because_______.
A.he is tired,cold and hungry
B.he wants to study the strange sounds from the wire
C.he wants to feed his horses
D.he is looking for telegraph poles
84.The Indian puts his ear against the pole because_______.
A.he can hear the sounds better B.he can talk through the wire
C.someone is talking to him D.he can hear messages
85.The business of telegraph in the western part of the U.S.started____.
A.about 200 years ago B.about 100 years ago
C.in the late 1900s D.in the early 1900s
(D)
One day a student went to see his teacher.He had been given an important position and now was going to say goodbye to his teacher.The old man asked him how he would live among the high officials.The student said ,"I'll be all right .I have prepared a hundred high hats,one for each official I meet.I'm sure I'll succeed."The old man got angry on hearing this."What?"cried he."Is this what ten years of my teaching had made of you?Nothing but a flatter(奉承者)?""Excuse me,honoured master,"the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly."But you have always been absorbed in your studies and devoted to your work and don't know how vulgar(庸俗)the world has come to be.There are few men in the world who are above flattering like you.""There is something in what you said,"the teacher nodded.So they separated in a friendly way,with one of the student's high hats sold.
86.The student went to see his teacher because_______.
A.he had not seen him for a long time
B.he wanted his teacher to give him a job
C.he would go to work among high officials
D.he would go to a place for away from his teacher
87.The teacher asked the student how he would live among the high officials,because________.
A.he wanted the student to be a good friend of the high officials
B.the teacher wondered if the student could get on well with the officials
C.the teacher had planned to teach him a lesson
D.the teacher wanted to take good care of the student
88.The student prepared 100 high hats in order to________.
A.help others B.flatter others
C.show he was clever D.make money by selling them
89.The teacher got angry on hearing the student's words because__________.
A.the student would not act as he had been taught
B.the student didn't give the teacher a high hat
C.the teacher didn't think the student had prepared enough high hats
D.the student was not polite to him
90.From the above passage ,we can conclude that ________.
A.there are few people in the world who want to be flattered
B.no one in the world likes to flatter others
C.sometimes one is ready to accept flattering even if he doesn't want it at all
五、改错。（10分）
If you take a notice in some places,you will see the 91._________
fact most smokers are young people and even some are 92._________
middle school students.It is said that in China a number 93.__________
of the people smoked is about 45 percent.Why do 94.___________
such many people smoke?Some think smoking is a pleasure;95._________
others believe they can refresh themselves with smoking. 96._________
In fact ,smoking is a bad habit ,which do great harm to 97._________
health.Many illness have something to do on smoking. 98.__________
Smoking itself is a waste .It spends lots of money. 99.___________
Besides,many fires are caused by careless smokers.Now more and more people want to give up smoking.
If you are a smoker,don't start. 100.____________
六、汉译英。（20分）
101、当心有车！
102、这种风俗习惯已经代代相传。
103、在澳大利亚常用直升飞机来把牛羊赶到一起。
104、出门之前务必关掉煤气。
105、不要把烟头扔出窗外，否则会招致火灾。