广东惠州市2008届高三第二次调研考试试题（英语）.doc

1、广东惠州市2008届高三第二次调研考试英语试题（2007.11）本试卷共10页，四大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的

2、答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 听力（共两节，满分35分）第一节：听对话或独白（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）每段播放两遍。每段材料后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A，B，C，D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第1段材料，回答13题。1. Where does the woman work?A. Tokyo B. London C. Oxford2. What are the speakers goin

3、g to do together tomorrow evening?A. Visit Jane. B. Have dinner. C. See customers.3. Who is probably Jane?A. Tonys customer. B. Tonys boss. C. Tonys wife.听第2段材料，回答46题。4. Who is the woman talking to?A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A secretary.5. What does the man say about Frank?A. He is quiet. B. He

4、is active. C. He is honest.6. What does the woman think good students should be like?A. They should ask questions.B. They should be attentive in class.C. They should not be afraid of making mistakes.听第3段材料，回答79题。7. How does the man feel about the delay of his flight?A. Calm B. Glad C. Angry8. Which

5、is the right boarding gate for the man?A. Gate 5 B. Gate 20 C. Gate 389. When will the plan probably take off?A. At 3:30p.m. B. At 3:40p.m. C. At 3:50p.m.听第4段对话，回答10-12题。10. Why does the man ask the woman for help?A. He has to read a report. B. He has to write a report.C. He has to wait for a call.1

6、1. Which of the following is suggested by the woman?A. A pie. B. A salad. C. A sandwich.12. What does the woman think of the man?A. Lazy B.Greedy C. Curious听第5段对话，回答13-15题。13. Where is the woman going now?A. To an art museum. B. To a Chinese restaurant.C. To an underground station.14. Why does the w

7、oman come to the city?A. For business. B. For traveling. C. For shopping.15. According to the man, which is the best means of transport to the restaurant?A. The bus. B. The taxi. C. The underground. 第二节：听取信息（共5小题，每小题分，满分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，填入答题卡标号为1620的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅读时间，录音读两遍，你将有80

8、秒钟的作答时间。PeopleActivityTimeAncient EgyptiansBegan their New YearAt the end of (16)_.Ancient BabyloniansHeld a festival to (17)_ the next farming cycleOn March 23.JapaneseHang (18)_ across the front of their houses to keep out evil spirits and bring happiness and good luck.To welcome the New Year.Hind

9、usLeave shrines (19)_their beds so they see beautiful objects when they wake upTo welcome the New Year.(20)_Enjoy the traditional polar bear swimTo welcome the New Year.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：完型填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的A，B，C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In Mr. Allen class, which is a h

10、igh school of the New Jersy, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding 21 sometimes become so noisy-Even the two students getting married often begin to laugh- that the loud laughter drowns out the 22 of the “minister”.The teacher, Mr. Allen, wants young students to understand tha

11、t there are many changes that must take place after marrying and believes that the 23 for these psychological and financial changes should be understood before people marry.Mr. Allen doesnt introduce his students to main problems faced in marriage such as illness or being out of work, he also 24 the

12、m to the difficult and particular problems they will face every day. He wants to introduce young people to all the worries that can bring the 25 point to a marriage. He even makes his students know the problem of 26 and the fact that divorced men must pay child support money for their children and s

13、ometimes pay their wives every month.It has been uneasy for some students to see the problems that a 27 couple often faces. 28 they took the course, they had not worried much about the problems of marriage. However, both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen s course is 29 and have favored the co

14、urse publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have asked the school to 30 the course again.21. A. conferences B. competitions C. ceremonies D. celebrations22. A. whisper B. announcement C. scream D. voice23. A. possibility B. responsibility C. need D. benefit24. A. exposes B. expl

15、ains C. extends D. exhausts25. A. uniting B. burning C. breaking D. freezing26. A. wedding B. divorce C. participation D. division27. A. divorced B. complained C. quarreled D. married28. A. Until B. After C. If D. Because29. A. acceptable B. flexible C. valuable D. unbelievable30. A. afford B. offer

16、 C. establish D. affect第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing abilities. 31 (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes 32 t

17、ime. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. 33 we persist in this practice, gradually well learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many difficulties. In the first place, it often happens 34 we have trouble finding app

18、ropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. 35 (second), there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. 36 it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.As far as I am concerned, my 37 (suggest) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English

19、 dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something 38 (beat) us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 39 great use to keep a diary in English for 40 development of our w

20、riting skills. 阅读（共两节，满分40分）.第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A，B，C，D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADear God,Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell

21、 them.I am blessed with a dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is. How sad it is that I am unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my p

22、en.How does a daughter to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter re

23、alizes what her mother really is?How does a grown woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice (when asked) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying: “I told you so”, when she could have uttered these words dozens of times? For being essentia

24、lly herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?I dont know how, dear God, except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine. A daughter41. According to the pas

25、sage, the writers friends _ before their mothers died.A. never completely said thank-you to their mothersB. could tell them their appreciationC. lived to their motherD. were very thankful42. What does the writer think of her mother? A. Changing B. Outstanding C. Happy D. Loving, thoughtful, and forg

26、iving43. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. The writers mother is still alive.B. The writer has been a mother.C. She has said thank-you to her mother dozens of times.D. She wishes God to bless her mother.44. The underlined expression “flow easily from my pen” means _. A.

27、express easily in words B. write out without any difficulty in ink C. move out of her pen easily D. speak the words as soon as possible45. Why does the daughter write the letter?A. She feels sorry to her mother.B. She expects God to retell her appreciation to her mother.C. She wants to tell God how

28、much she loves her mother.D. She wants to pry for her mother.BTwo American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago.The scientists say that the human body has changed

29、 very little since human first appeared on earth, but the way we live has changed greatly. Our body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of sicknesses. These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times. So they are called “diseases of civilizati

30、on (文明)”. Many cancers and diseases of the blood system, including heart attacks and strokes (中风) are examples of such diseases.Scientists noted that early stone-age people used very little alcohol (酒精) or tobacco, probably none. Ancient people also got a great deal of physical exercise, but a chang

31、e in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and life today.Stone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than farm animals. They also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables, and fruits. They did not use milk and other dairy products, and they mad

32、e a very little use of grains. But today, we eat a large amount of dairy products and grain foods. We eat six times more salt than stone-age people. We eat more sugar. We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein (蛋白质) and much less vitamin C.People today probably do not want to live

33、as people thousands of years ago did, but scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate as those ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods.46. The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate _.A. more foods as humans living 10,000 years ag

34、o didB. as humans living 10,000 years agoC. more kinds of food eaten by people living 10,000 years ago D. more of the same kind of food eaten by people over 10,000 years ago47. New kinds of sicknesses have been found because _.A. the human body has changed compared with human first appearing on eart

35、h.B. the way we live has changed a littleC. our body cant deal with the changes in life styleD. the way we live today is proper for the human body48. What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses?A. Ancient people did a great deal of physical exercise

36、.B. People today have a lot of alcohol.C. People today have more tobacco.D. Food is quite different between life today and life in ancient times.49. Stone-age people were much healthier than people today because they ate a lot of _. A. milk and other dairy products B. grain foods and farm animals C.

37、 salt and sugar D. wild animals, fresh wild vegetables and fruits50. From this article, we know that the following choices are good to our health except _.A. protein and vitamin CB. milk and grain foodsC. wild animals, vegetables and fruitsD. a huge amount of fatty, salty and sweet foodsC A woman th

38、ought she was in heaven when beer instead of water flowed from the kitchen tap (龙头) in her flat in west Norway.“We had a happy Saturday evening and ate a nice dinner. I was just going to clean up, ” said Haldis Gundersen, 50, from her home in Kristiandsund, west Norway. “I turned on the kitchen tap

39、and beer came out. We thought we were in heaven.”The price of beer in Norway may be the most expensive in the world with 0.4 liter costing about 50 crowns (4.3 pounds) in a bar. Gundersen said she tried the beer but it tasted a little strange and was not fizzy. It was said that a worker in a bar two

40、 floors below had mixed up the pipes on Saturday evening, wrongly connecting a new barrel to a water pipe leading to Gundersens flat. Per Egil Myvang, the local beer distributor (发行商), said he had helped workers reconnect the pipes by telephone. “The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you

41、 have to be really creative to connect them together,” he told local newspaper.Gundersen joked about having the bar send up free beer for her next party. “But maybe it would be easier if they just invited me down for a beer.” she said.51. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. A

42、n interesting eventB. Two misconnected pipesC. Beer flowed from the kitchen tapD. A strange thing happened at a Saturday party52. Haldis Gundersen found beer in the kitchen tap when _.A. she was cookingB. a happy Saturday party was going onC. she wanted to do the cleaning-upD. her guests were enjoyi

43、ng the nice dinner53. The author would probably agree that _.A. beer in Norway is very popular and cheapB. beer will be sent up free for Haldis againC. the local beer distributor was very annoyedD. the water and beer pipes are put close to each other54. Whats the real meaning of the underlined part

44、in paragraph 3?A. You are very clever to connect the two pipes.B. It is so careless of you to misconnect the two pipes.C. You create a new method of connecting pipes.D. The two pipes are close together, so it is easy to mix them up.55. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. the bar got water

45、in its beer tapsB. the person in charge came to reconnect the pipesC. the beer running out of the kitchen tap tasted normalD. with the running beer, the woman felt nervous第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是几位男性朋友征婚的有关信息：A: Zheng Ming, 30 years old, comes from H

46、unan Province and would like to find a girlfriend who is about 20-28 years old, unmarried, with a degree of secondary school. He is 170 centimeters tall and works as an IT technician in Shenzhen.B: Li Zhaoxin, 33 years old, comes from Guangzhou. He is a civil servant, divorced, with a bachelors degr

47、ee. He owns a house in the downtown. He is looking for a companion who is also living in Guangzhou, 23-33 years old, unmarried, with a degree of secondary school. The girl should be at least 156 centimeters tall.C: Thomas Lee, comes from Sydney, Australia. He is 48 years old, 168 centimeters tall, u

48、nmarried. He owns a Doctors degree and is now working as an architect in Shenzhen, a house assigned by the company. He hopes to find companion who is about 28-38 years old, without any ill habits. It doesnt matter if she was divorced.D: Wang Zhi, 27 years old, comes from Chongqing, Sichuan Province.

49、 He is a doctor with a Masters degree, who is now working in Shenzhen Peoples Hospital. He is 175 centimeters tall and looking for a girlfriend between 21-26 years old, unmarried. She should be at least 160 centimeters tall, a music lover and has a college degree, who is supposed to be working in Sh

50、enzhen, too.E: Chen Sheng, who is now 66 years old, retired, has a house of his own in Shenzhen. He lost his wife three years ago, who was killed in a car accident. He would like to find a companion who is about 50-60 years old, spouse (配偶) lost, and is supposed to be considerate.F: Huang Zhong, 24

51、years old, is serving in the army in Guangxi Province. He is 171 centimeters tall, unmarried, with a bachelors degree. He likes playing basketball and football in his spare time. He is hoping to find a girlfriend working in Guangdong Province, 155-170 centimeters tall, unmarried, and with a degree o

52、f high school. 以下是几位女性朋友的寻偶要求，请为每个女性匹配一位合适的伴侣：56. Sun Mei, 23, is a clerk in a bank, who is an amateur in table tennis. She would like a male friend who is a soldier and not shorter than 170 centimeters. It will be appropriate if he is a sports fan just as she is.57. Tang Xiaoli, 29, 160 centimeters

53、 tall, unmarried, has just come to Guangdong Province and took up a job as an accountant (会计). After graduating from high school, she decided to continue learning for a higher degree while working. She hopes to find a companion who has a house of his own and at least got a bachelors degree.58. Liu F

54、enghua, 56, a retired teacher from high school. She devoted all herself to teaching while she was at school and earned a high respect from the students that she had taught before. She is now helping taking care of her grandson, whose parents want her to find a spouse after their fathers death of a h

55、eart attack 4 years ago.59. Xie Qun, 24, works as a secretary in a lawyers office in Shenzhen. She is 161 centimeters tall and just graduated from college a year ago. She loves listening to all kinds of music, especially classical music.60. Zhang Ying, 35 years old, married once, is a kindergarten t

56、eacher. She is very caring and loves children very much. Besides, she enjoys learning languages in her free time, such as English and French. After divorce, she is willing to find a companion who has no housing problems and devoted to family. 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）人们对于学生网上交友持不同意见。以下是正反两方所

57、持观点。赞成的理由反对的理由你的看法广交朋友可自由表达思想利于外语学习浪费时间影响学习可能上当受骗？写作内容根据以上内容，写一篇关于学生网上交友的短文。1 介绍正反两方观点；2 表达自己的看法。写作要求1 只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容；2 已给出的句子不包括在五句话中；3 不要逐字逐句翻译所给信息。评分标准句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。Should students make friends on line? Some people say yes. _第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。I am Hilary, a

58、girl who plays the piano. I can still remember one May I took part in my schools big Talent showcase.Though I was eager to show off my stuff, I had a feeling that I was going to mess up. I tried going over my music in my mind. Still I just knew I would mess up. When its my turn to perform, I walked

59、to the piano as calmly as possible, sat down, took a deep breath and played the first part. Then I forgot the next note! I froze.With determination, I played the beginning again, and froze again. I kept playing the beginning again and again, and messing up. About the fourth time around, the announce

60、r told me to move on to my next song. The crowd in the audience was cheering for me, but I just kept messing up! But I knew the song! Why not keep trying? I was determined to get it right!I concentrated, positioned my fingers on the keys and ready to start again. Then I heard my moms scream of encou

61、ragement. That scream got me going! I tried again. Guess what? I finally completed my song! It felt great to finish that song. I went on to the next one and completed it perfectly.写作内容1 约30个词概括短文的要点；2 然后以”Never give up”为主题，以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写你或你的朋友的一次难忘的经历，并包括以下要点：（1） 叙述你或你的朋友的很难忘的一次真实或虚构的经历；（2） 你或你的朋友

62、是如何处理该事情的；（3） 经历后的感受。写作要求可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。评分标准概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。_惠州市2008届高三第二次调研考试英语参考答案听力部分第一节：15 ABCAB 610 BBABC 1115 ABABC第二节：16. September 17. kick off 18. straw rope 19. next to 20. Canadians完型填空：2125 CDCAC 2630 BDACB语法填空：31. Compared (没大写扣0.5分) 32. less 33. If (没大写扣0.5分) 34. t

63、hat 35. Secondly 没(大写扣0.5分) 36. And (没大写扣0.5分) 37. suggestion 38. beats 39. of 40. the阅读理解：4145 ADCBC 4650 DCDDD 5155 CCDBA信息匹配：5660 FBEDC基础写作：Should students make friends on line? Some people say yes. The internet helps make friends chatting on line so that students can express their feelings and o

64、pinions more freely, and even get help with their foreign language studies. Others, however, think students should not. They say making friends on line is a waste of time, which should be spent more meaningfully on study; besides, some students get cheated on line.It is my opinion that students should place their study, health and safety before other things.读写任务：Summary:Hilary froze again and again while performing in the schools showcase though she had prepared for a long time. With the encouragement of her mother, she was brave enough to try and succeeded in the end.