东城高级中学英语期中考试卷.doc

1、东城高级中学2006-2007学年第一学期期中考（高三英语科）第一部分：听力（共两节，共20小题，满分32.5分） 第一节：听对话或独白（每小题1.5分，共15小题，满分22.5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，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，每小题秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的答题时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第1段对话，回答第1-2题。1. What does the man really like?A. Folk music. B. Pop concerts. C. Operas.2.

2、 How does the man like Madonna?A. He thinks her a great dancer.B. He doesnt really like her.C. Her music is a bit too heavy for him.听第2段对话，回答第3-5题。3. What can we know about the man?A. He is a painter. B. He has just moved to a new house. C. He is unlucky these days.4. Who is Sarah?A. The woman speak

3、er. B. The mans wife. C. The neighbors wife.5. How many children does the man have?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.听第3段对话，回答第6-9题。6. What did the woman play yesterday afternoon?A. Tennis. B. Table tennis. C. Basketball.7. What are the womans favorite sports?A. Swimming and playing football.B. Running and

4、playing volleyball.C. Playing table tennis and basketball.8. What is one of the mans favorite sports?A. Playing football. B. Playing volleyball. C. Playing tennis.9. When does the man usually stop running every morning?A. At about 6:00. B. At about 6:10. C. At about 6:15.听第4段对话，回答第10-12题。10. Where d

5、oes the conversation most likely take place?A. In the street. B. At the womans home. C. Over the phone.11. What is the woman going to do tonight?A. Help her sister with English.B. Meet her friend at the station.C. Go to an exhibition with her parents.12. When can the woman most probably go to see a

6、film with the man?A. Tonight. B. This weekend. C. Sometime next week.听第5段独白，回答第13-15题。13. Why did Mr Brown want to find a house in the country?A. Because he liked living in the country.B. Because he was tired of the city life.C. Because he wanted to get to the office early.14. What does the sentence

7、 “the house was within a stones throw of a railway station” mean?A. It was close to the railway station.B. The house was as near to the station as you threw a stone.C. The newspaper was making fun of people.15. Why did Mr Brown decide to have a look at the house?A. Because the house was very cheap.B

8、. Because the house was in quiet place and the price was reasonable.C. Because the house was rather quiet.第二节：听取信息（每小题2分，共5小题，满分10分）听下面的材料。用你所听到的信息完成16至20题。材料读两遍。The date he was born:16. _, 2nd, 1981His telephone number:17. 0543 _Where did he graduate?18. _How long has he been learning English?19. _

9、 yearsWhat is he fond of?20. _, collecting money, _第二部分：语言结构（每小题2分，共10小题，满分20分）Most Americans dont like to get advice _21_ （介词）members of their family. They get advice from “_22_ (strange)”. When they need advice, they dont usually go to people they know. Many of them write letters to newspapers and

10、 magazines _23_（关系词） give advice _24_ （介词）many different subjects _25_ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, _26_ （连词）even on how to buy a house or a car.Most newspapers _27_ (regular派生词) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters

11、 there are answers _28_(write) by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, others are lawyers or educators. But two of _29_（冠词）most famous writers of advice are women without special _30_ (train) for this kind of work.第三部分：完形填空（每小题1.5分，共15小题，满分22

12、.5分）It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 31 , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The 32 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.Education is 33 , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges.

13、 It can take place 34 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 35_ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 36 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces sur

14、prises. A chance talk with a 37 may lead to a person to discover how 38 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 39 on. Education, then, is a very 40 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 41 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one

15、s entire life.Schooling, on the other hand, is a 42 experience, whose style changes 43 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 44 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and 45 , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of

16、 the subjects being taught.31. A. Then B. However C. Thus D. Therefore32. A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem33. A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple34. A. anywhere B. nowhere C. somewhere D.somewhere else35. A. part-time B. public C. standard D. strict36. A. If B. Because C. So

17、 D. Though37. A. neighbor B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher38. A. wonderful B. well C. greatly D. little39. A. babies B. grown-ups C. women D. men40. A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short41. A. that B. when C. after D. before42. A. basic B. right C. final D. irregular43. A. unusually B. differently C.

18、 little D. frequently44. A. large B. new C. fixed D. small45. A. take exams B. hold exams C. mark papers D. read papers第四部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，共10小题，满分20分）( A ) Visitors from space may have landed on our planet hundreds of times during the long, empty ages, while Man was still a dream of the distant future.

19、 Indeed, they could have landed on 90% of the earth as recently as two or three hundred years ago, and we could never have heard of it. If one searches through old newspapers and local records, one can find many reports of strange incidents that could be interpreted (解释) as visits from outer space.

20、A winter, Charles Fort, had made a collection of UFO sightings in his book. One is tempted to believe them more than any modern reports, for the simple reason that they happened long before anyone had ever thought of space travel. Yet at the same time, one cant take them too seriously, for before sc

21、ientific education was widespread, even sightings of meteors (流星) and comets (慧星) gave rise to the most unbelievable stories, as they still do today.46. According to the passage visitors from space may have landed on the earth _.A. long before man had dreamed of it B. long before there were human be

22、ingsC. in the last few hundred years D. after the space age began47. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. All observations of UFO are believableB. Charles Fort collected a lot of UFOs himselfC. Older civilization (文明) may exist on other planetsD. People have seen vi

23、sitors from other planets everywhere48. If visitors from other planets have actually landed on the earth, one can suppose that they came to _.A. make war B. play jokes C. settle down D. explore49 The passage implies that with the spread of scientific education, it has _.A. made the reported sighting

24、s unbelievable B. increased the number of UFOsC. stopped the scientific study of UFO D. given clearer pictures of UFOs50. According to the passage, _.A. UFOs are only recent observations B. UFO sightings are not new C. UFOs always are meteors and comets D. UFOs are invented by people ( B )Dog owners

25、 now have a little help understanding their furry friends . A new device called Bow-Lingual “translates” dog barks into English , Korea or Japanese. Bow-Linguals Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks . They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotio

26、ns : happiness , sadness , frustration , anger , assertion and desire .Part of the Bow-Lingual device hangs on the dogs collar . The other part is a handle-held unit for the owner . When the dogs barks , the unit displays translated phrases .Some people have scoffed at Bow-Lingual. “Who would pay US

27、$ 120 to read a dogs mind?” they ask .But those who have purchased Bow-Lingual praise the device . Pet owner Keiko Egawa , of Japan , says it helps her empathize with her dog , Harry . “Before we go to the park , he always says he wants to play,” says Egawa , “and after a walk , he always says he is

28、 hungry.” Bow Lingual is not yet available in Chinese. So youd better keep studying Studio Classroom , or soon your dog may know more English than you do !51This passage is mainly talking about .ABow-Linguals inventors Bdogs different emotions Ctalking dogs Da little help for dog owners 52Which of t

29、he following sentences is TRUE according to the passage ?ADog owners now can understand their dogs better .BBow-Lingual is a new device that enables dogs to talk in English , Korean or Japanese .CMore and more Chinese dog owners would keep studying Studio Classroom in order to know more English than

30、 their dogs .DPeople who have used the Bow-Lingual say it helps them better understand their dogs .53What does “scoffed at” mean in the 3rd paragraph ?Ashouted at Bquestioned at Claughed at Ddoubted about 54How do you understand the sentence “Bow-Lingual is not yet available in Chinese” in the last

31、paragraph ?ABow-Lingual has not yet appeared in Chinese market .BBow-Lingual can not yet recognized Chinese dogs barks .CChinese dog owners do not know yet how to use Bow-Lingual .DDog barks can not yet be translated into Chinese phrases with Bow-Lingual .55The writer of this passage is most likely

32、to be .Aa dog owner Ba reporter Can advertiser Dan expert on dog barks 第五部分：篇章结构（每小题2分，共5小题，满分10分）下面是一篇报纸上的文章，请将标有AE的段落插入文章中标号为5660的适合位置，使这篇文章意义完整，结构连贯。When you enter a supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk between the shelves. You carry a shopping basket and put your food in it. You p

33、robably hear soft, low music as you walk between the shelves. _56 .Maybe you go to the meat department first. There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. 57 . Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instea

34、d of the meat on sale. The department selling milk and milk products such as butter and milk powder is called the dairy department. 58 . One store has three different jars of low fat milk. One says “1 percent fat” on the jar. The second says “99 percent fat free.” The third says “LOW FAT” in big let

35、ters and “1 %” in small letters. As you can see, all the milk has the same amount of fat. The milk is all the same, 59 . Maybe the customers will buy the milk that costs the most. 60 . The expensive meat says “Buy me!” as you walk by. The expensive jar says “Buy me! I have less fat.”A. However, in t

36、his store the three jars of milk cost three different amounts of money.B. If you hear fast music, you walk quickly. The supermarket plays slow music, and you walk slowly and have more time to buy things.C. Most of the food in the supermarket is very pleasing. It all says “Buy me!” to the customers.D

37、. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter. You have to walk by all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat.E. Many customers like milk that has only a little fat in it.第六部分：写作（共两节，满分45分）第一节：基础写作（满分20分）请根据以下的情景说明和写作要求，使用5个规范的英语句子描述所

38、给的信息内容。情景说明 你校的英语周刊邀你根据下列提示写一篇浅显易懂的短文，说明英语的重要性：1英语在世界上被广泛使用；2通过英语，我们可以向世界介绍我们的国家，也可以学习先进国家的科技，更好地为祖国服务；3学习英语也是一件有趣的事情。写作要求 1必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给的内容；2将5个句子组织成连贯的短文；3可适当增加情节，使表达连贯。第二节：任务型写作（满分25分）请根据以下任务说明和写作要求，写一篇120词左右的英语短文。任务要求 你要参加一场英语辩论赛，主题是“中学生该不该上网”。在参赛之前，你要查阅相关资料，并准备你的辩论发言。至少包含以下的内容要点:1)因特网给人们带来的好处；

39、2)举例说明迷恋上网的害处；3)你的建议。写作要求 你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能抄袭阅读材料中的句子。阅读材料 Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet Fifteen years ago, the Internet was unheard of by most people. Today, the Internet is one of the most powerful tools throughout the world. The Internet is a collection of vario

40、us services and resources. Many fear the Internet because of its disadvantage. They claim (主张) not to use the Internet because they are simply not interested or are afraid of the possible consequences (后果). Children using the Internet has become a big concern. When children talk to others online, th

41、ey do not realize they could actually be talking to a person who may harm them later. There are many examples that children have been convinced (说服) to meet people they have talked with online.The most common thing the Internet is used for is research. Children and students are among the top ones wh

42、o use the Internet for research. Today, it is almost required that students use the Internet for research. Another popular thing to do on the Internet is to check out the news. Almost all-local news can be got through the Internet. 东城高级中学20062007学年第一学期期中考英语（答题卷） 班级：_ 姓名：_ 学号：_ 成绩：_第二节：听取信息（每小题2分，共5小

43、题，满分10分）16._17._18._19._20._ _第二部分：语言结构（每小题2分，共10小题，满分20分）21._ 22._ 23._ 24._ 25._26._ 27._ 28._ 29._ 30._123456789101112131415 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 313233343536373839404142434445 A A A A A A A A A A A

44、 A A A A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 464748495051525354555657585960 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D E E E E E 第六部分：写作（共两节，满分45分）第一节：基础写作（满分20分）_ _ _ 第

45、二节：任务型写作（满分25分） _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2006-2007学年第一学期高三英语期中考（答案）第二节：听取信息（每小题2分，共5小题，满分10分）16. October 17.2234567 18.Shandong University 19.Eight 20.Music; swimming第二部分：语言结构（每小题2分，共10小题，满分20分）21. from 22. strangers 23. that/which 24.on 25. including 26. and 27. regularly 28. written 29. the 30. training 单选题1

46、-15（每小题1.5分，共15小题，满分22.5分）BABCA CBACC BCBAB 31-45（每小题1.5分，共15小题，满分22.5分）BABAC DCDAB DACCA46-60（每小题2分，共15小题，满分30分）BCDAB DDCDB BDEAC基础写作（满分20分） Now more and more people realize English is very important and it is very necessary for us to learn it well. First, English, which is widely used all over the

47、 world, is often used as one of the working languages at international meetings and in most international business letters. Second, if we learn English well, we can not only introduce our motherland to the world but also learn modern science and technology from developed countries to better serve ou

48、r motherland. Besides, the more English you know, the more information you will get. Gradually, youll find learning English is also fun.任务型写作（满分25分） As everyone knows, People can get much information through the Internet. Meanwhile, people are also clearly aware of its disadvantages, but some childr

49、en dont realize they sometimes make friends with bad people online. In my opinion, people can use the Internet to make friends, download useful materials and go shopping online. Its really very helpful. However, there are also many disadvantages about the Internet. If you cant use it correctly, it may be harmful to you. In junior middle school, I was once crazy about playing online games and I counldnt control myself. As a result, my study results were getting from bad to worse. Besides, if you believe whatever your friends say online, you will be cheated by them some day, I think.