高三英语第一学期联考试题
本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分，考试用时120分钟
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力
1. What is the weather like now?
A.sunny B.cloudy C.rainy
2. which city are they talking about?
A.Cardiff B.Edinburgh C.Manchester
3. when will Mr Brown have to be at the airport?
A.By 8:30 B.By 9:30 C.By 10:30
4. what are the two speakers doing ?
A. Checking the modern furniture
B. Talking about the expense of electricity
C. Bargaining about the rent of the room
5. what do we know about the woman?
A. she doesn’t like David”s class
B. She won’t take David” class
C. She will graduate very soon
6. when did the man arrive at the class?
A.at 8:10 B.At 8:50 C.At 9:00
7. How did the man come to the school?
A.Bu bus B.By bike C.By car
8. What season is it now?
A.Spring B.Autumn C.Winter
9. what does the man want to sell?
A.furniture B.Garden supplies C.An apartment
10. why does the man want to sell his belongs ?
A.He needs money B.He is moving C.He likes new things
11. why does the man decide to make changes in what has been written?
A. To make it claearer to understand
B. To make it longer to read
C. To make it cheaper to print
12. what is the relationship between the two speakers ?
A.strangers B.Neighbours C.Friends
13. who is visiting the woman for the weekend ?
A.Her sister B.Her student C.her teacher
14. How does the woman know Bob?
A. He has just been introduced to her
B. She has taken lessons from him
C. They have met at a party before
15. whose name is Prince?
A.The man’s cat’s B.The woman’s sons C.The woman’s dog’s
16. How did the man express his anger ?
A. He shouted at the dog
B. He frightened the woman
C. He told the woman the truth
17. what will the woman probably do in the end?
A .Take her dog into the room
B.Kill her dog with poison
C.Get the poison
18. what does the speaker think of the advertisements online?
A. They are always true
B. They are seldom useful
C. They are sometimes false
19. what advice does the speaker give online shoppers?
A. Be careful not to be cheated
B. Try not to do shopping online
C. Never trust the advertisements
20. How does the speaker like online shopping?
A. popular and practical
B. Convenient and timesaving
C. Comfortable and interesting
第二部分 ：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空
21. Pay attention to ____road sign while driving in _____foreign country ,especially in the UK.
A. a ; a B.the ;the C. the; a D. a; the
22.---You couldn’t have chosen any gift better for me.
-----________.
A. Oh,I’d choose a better one for you next time.
B. You’ve got a gift for music,haven’t you?
C. I’m glad that you like it so much.
D. .Sorry ,but don’t blame me,dear
23.—Where have you been?we___you back much earlier.
-----I had meant to start earlier ,but something unexpected happened at the last moment.
A. were expecting B.are expecting C.have expected D. expect
24.Once a decesion is made ,there is ___for argument .But you may put forward any suggestion before that.
A. no space B.no room C.no place D. no position
25. How close parents are to their children ___great effect on the characters of the children
A. have B.to have C.having D.has
26.Hoq surprising!This kind of animal can run on ____hind legs very quickly.
A.her B./ C.its D.their
27.Having no money but ______to know ,he simply said he would go without dinner.
A.not to want anyone B.not wanting anyone C.wanted no one D.to want no one
28.CCTV is exactly like a widow on the world ___you will sit by it and fis your attention on what it shows.
A. if B.as C.while D.unless
29---_________I tell your parents what has happened to you ?
---No, you _____!They will be worried about me.
A.will ;needn’t B. Would ; can’t C. Should ; mustn’t D.Must, don’t have to
30 Don’t be discouraged .____things as they are and you will enjoy every day of your life.
A. Taking B.To take C.Taken D.Take
31.---What did the lady come to your company for ?
----She wanted a job,___sort of job.
A. one B. any C.the same D.another
32.By the end of this month ,we surely ___a satisfactory solution to the problem
A. have found B.will be finding C. will have found D. are finding
33.If Tom carries on working like that ,he’ll ____sooner or later.
A.give out B.keep out C.hold out D wear out
34.In some countries ,___is called “equality” does not really mean equal rights for all people
A.which B, what C. that D. who
35.On the night of the play ,Jack was at the entrance early and he was already dressed in a policeman’s clothes ___the end of the first scene.
A.by B.after C.at D.in
第二节：完型填空（共20题；每小题1.5 分。满分30分）.
The United States is a sports –loving country .Almost everyone in the country __36 ___ sports or is a sports fan of one kind or another.But why do Americans take part in sports__37 __ much more than people of many other countries ?In the __38 ___or two when the earliest settlers came to the newly –discovered continent,they found there was only a __39___ land .Life at that time was __40__indeed.Skill in hunting ,fishing ,swimming __41__was necessary and important to them .In order to __42__,they had to__43__,they had to swim and they had to hunt wild__44___.Today ,of course ,life has become much easier. Present-day Americans don’t have to fish,to hunt ,to swim__45__in order to live .But the devotion __46__and deep love of those activities __47__ as a need ,a pleasure or a hobby to the people__48__.
Secondly ,most Americans stick more than any other people to the rule of thumb: Work__49_ you work and play while you play .In America there are probably more serious social __50__than in many other countries ,but their work week is shorter than that of the other countries .The work week for most Americans is forty hours or __51__.We are trying the application of “Flexible time” and the “Job –sharing”system (采用弹性工作制)---a __52___of still fewer work __53__.This gives the workers plenty of __54___time to take part in __55___.And this is the reason why the United States had become one of the greatest sports countries.
36.A.attends B. joins C.is engaged to D.goes in for
37.A.rather B.too C.very D.so
38.A.last century B.last year C.next year D.next century
39.A.wild B.empty C.strange D.dangerous
40.A.simple B.hard C.rich D.easy
41.A.and that B.and etc C.and something D.and so on
42.A.eat B.live C.play D.enjoy
43.A.run B.jump C.fish D.last
44.A.animals B.fish C.vegetables Dplants
45.A.just B.much C.therefore D.almost
46.A.in B.for C.of D.to
47.A.regard B.take C.remain D.meet
48.A.as a result B.as a whole C.on the whole D.as a rule
49.A.as B.while C.as long as D.when
50.A.questions B.problems C.troubles D.mistakes
51.A.more B.so C.less D.much
52.A.love B.devotion C.week D.system
53.A.time B.weeks C.months D.hours
54.A.free B.spare Cwork D.play
55.A.sports B.exercises C.fights D.competitions
第三节：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
You may have heard the saying, “ One picture is worth 1,000 words.” Many photographers believe this is true.They use photographs to tell different groups of people in our country what is happening to other groups.
Photography has grown more and more popular as a hobby in recent years .But photography has also become more important to national communication .
Before television,photos were the best way for people in one part of the country to learn about the troubles of another part.
During this country’s hard times ,in the 1930s,two photographers ,Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans ,used Photographs to record the lives of poor people in rural America.Those who saw the photos could see the sadness in the people’s faces.The pictures showed the struggles many people were having.People felt great sympathy for each other when they saw these photos.
Dickey Chapelle was a wartime photographer –journalist .From 1945 to 1965,she worked on combat duty ,traveling with the troops and recording everything with her camera.She took photos of battle and of the misery of wounded soliders .National magazines printed her photos.They told a powerful story about the hardship of war.
Today ,many photographers use movies to tell important stories .Some stories are about teenage problems in Harlem ,some are about the struggles of migrant workers in Texas.These photographers are using cameras to communicate stories cross-country from one group to another
56.The story does not say so ,but it makes you think that _____
A. people in rural America like to take pictures
B. photography is a way of recording history
C. hobbies are important to Americans
D. photography has become a popular hobby recently
57.On the whole,this story is about_____
A. how to start a camera club
B. the wars in 1940
C. the importance of serious photography
D. three great photographers
58.Which
statement does the story lead you to believe?
A.photographers earn a lot of money
for their families
B.photographs from a connection between people
C.Cameras are no longer important today
D.Owing to photography ,there are less sadness and less sympathy in the world nowadays
B
Have you ever wondered how plants produce other plants?
Pollen（花粉） is a yellow powder that contains the male cell of plants.It is found on stalk-like parts of the plant called stsmens .Then ,when pollen is carried to the pistils,or female parts ,of the plant,pollination（授粉） takes place.Pollination is the way in which plants are fertilized.In order for most plants to reproduce or make new plants ,pollination is necessary.
Pollination can take place in many ways .the wind helps pollinate corn .The stamens of the corn plant grow above the leaves ,and the wind blows the pollen from the stamens onto the pistils.
Sometimes the stamens grow inside the flowers of a plant .Insects help to pollinate these plants .The monarch buttery ,for example,feeds on milk-weed nectar（花蜜）.While the butterfly is feeding,its legs get covered with pollen .When the butterfly moves to other milkweed plants,some of the pollen comes off its feet.The pollen lands on the plants’ pistils and fertilizes them.
People who grow fruit often use hand-pollination.They do this only with healthy trees.The pollen from these trees is collected and placed,by hand ,on the pistils of other healthy trees.Hand-pollination usually results in larger and better-tasting fruit .With this method,the pollination is not simply left to chance.
59.The female part of a plant is called the ____.
A. cell B.stalk C.stamen D.pistil
60.Compared to hand –pollination,the pollination of milkweed is _____.
A. left to chance B.carefully controlled
B. done by the wind D.more scientific
61.Why does hand-pollination ,the pollination of milkweed is ____.
A. It is safer than waiting for the wind to do it
B. The pollen ripens faster
C. Only healthy trees are selected as parents
D. The pollination takes place unexpectedly
C
Priscilla Ouchida’s house turned out to be a horrible dream .When she and her engineer husband married a few years ago ,they built a $100,000 ,three-bedroom home in California.Tightly sealed to prevent air leaks,the house was equipped with small double-paned（双层玻璃的） widows and several other energy –saving qualities .Problems began as soon as the couple moved in,however.Priscilla”s eyes burned .Her throat was often dry .She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep .It was as though she had suddenly developed a strange illness.
Experts finally found the cause of her illness.The level of formaldehyde（甲醛） gas in her kitchen was twice the largest amount allowed by federal standards for chemical workers .The source of the gas? Her new kitchen cabinets and wall-to –wall carpeting.
The Ouchidas suffered the effects of indoors air pollution,which is not given enough attention partly because of the nation’s drive to save energy .The problem itself isn’t new . “The indoor environment was dirty long before energy saving came along ,”says Moschandreas,a pollution scientist at Geomet Technologies in Maryland .”Energy saving had worsened the situation in some cases.”
The problem appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes rather than old ones.Back in the days when energy was cheap ,home builders didn’t worry much about unsealed cracks（裂缝）.Because of such leaks,the air in an average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour .As a result ,the pollutants caused by most households seldom built up to dangerous levels.
62.It can be learned from the passage that the Ouchidas’ house______.
A. is well worth the money spent on its construction
B. is almost faultless from the point of energy saving
C. failed to meet energy saving standards
D. was designed and constructed in a scientific way
63.What made the Ouchidas’ new house a horrible dream?
A. Lack of fresh air
B. Poor quality of building materials
C. Gas leakage in the kitchen
D. The newly painted walls
64.Why didn’t people care about cracks in the past?
A. Because indoor cleanness was not emphasized
B. Because energy used to be inexpensive
C. Because environmental protection was not taken into consideration
D. Because they had to build their houses in that way
65.This passage is most probably taken from an article with the title “______”
A. Energy saving B.House building
B. Air Pollution Indoor D.Traps in buildingConstruction
D.
Long after the 1998 World Cup was won,disappointed fans were still questioning the refereeing on their decisions that denied victory to their team.A researcher was aked to study the performance of some top referees.
The researcher organized an experimental tournament involving four youth teams.Each match lasted an hour ,divided into three periods of 20 minutes ,during which different referees were in charge.
Observers noted down the rederees’ errors,of which there were 61 over the tournament .Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes ,each referee made almost 23 mistakes ,a very high number.
The researcher then studied the videotapes to study the matches carefully .Surprisingly ,he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident .When the officials got it right ,they were ,on average ,17 meters away from the action .The average distance in the case of error was 12 meters .The research shows the optimum distance is about 20 meters.
There also seemed to be an optimum speed .Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second .The average speed for errors was 4 meters per second..
If FIFA,football’s international ruling body ,wants to improve the standard of referees at the next World Cup,it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance,rather than rushing to keep up with the ball ,the researcher argues.
He also says that FIFA’s insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be misguided.If keeping up with the action is not so important ,their physical condition is less important.
66.The experiment done by the researcher was meant to ______
A. review the decisions of referees at the 1988World Cup.
B. Find out the cause of errors made by football referees.
C. Set a standard for football refereeing
D. Re-examine the rules for football refereeing
67.The number of refereeing errors in the experimental matches was ____
A. slightly above average
B. higher than in the 1988 World Cup
C. quite unexpected
D. as high as in a standard match
68.The findings of the experiment show that ______.
A. errors are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball
B. The farther the referee is from the incident,the fewer the errors
C. The more slowly the referee runs ,the more likely errors will occur
D. Errors are less likely when a referee stays in one spot
69.The word “ officials” (Para .4) most probably refers to _____
A.the researchers involved
in the experiment
B.the inspectors of the football tournament
C. the referees of the football tournament
D. the observers at the site of the experiment
70.What is one of the possible conclusions of the experiment?
A. the ideal retirement age for an experienced football referee is 45
B. Age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a football referee.
C. A football referee should be as young and energetic as possible
D. An experienced football referee can do well even when in poor physical condition.
E
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet .The spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Service in World War Ⅱ and late laid the roots for the CIA(美国中央情报局)was very interested in information .Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great name”of discovering information –spying as a “profession”（职业）.These days the Net ,which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail,is resharping Donovan’s job as well.
The latest revolution isn’t simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen’s e-mail .That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades.In the past three or four years,the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying.The spies call it “open-source intelligence （情报）,and as the Net grows ,it is becoming increasingly to affect people’s lives. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could collected the most facts about Burundi .The winner was a tiny Virginia company called open source solutions ,whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
Among the firms making the biggest splash in this new world is Straitford,Inc .,a private intelligence-analysis （情报分析）firm based in Austin,Texas.Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia ) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott International .people may find its forecasts online at www.straitford.com.
Straitford president Geroge Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of tool for both collecting and giving out information, a spymaster’s dream. Last week his frim was busy searching for information from the far corners of the world and saying there would be a crisis (危机)in Ukraine. “As soon as that report runs ,we’ll suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,”says Friedman,a former political science professor . “And we’ll hear back from some of them .” Open-source spying does have its risks,of couese ,since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad .That’s where Straitford earns its keep .
Friedman relies on only 20 people in Austin .Several of his staff members have military-intelligence (军事情报) backgrounds .He sees the firm ‘s outsider position as the key to its success.Straitford’s brief don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and –forthing,by which people avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong .Straitford ,says Friedman ,takes pride in its independent voice.
71.The Internet has ______
A.received
support from fans like Donovan
B.reshaping the intelligence services
C. offered people more chances to enjoy many common pastimes.
D. Made spying a job respected by people.
72.Donovan’s story is mentioned in the text to ______.
A. introduce the topic of online spying
B. show how he fought for the U.S.
C. give us an example of the information war
D. honor his special services to the CIA
73.The underlined phrase “making the biggest splash” (Line 1,Prara.3)most probably means ____
A. causing the biggest trouble
B. making the greatest effort
C. achieving the greatest success
D. enjoying the widest popularity
74.It can be learned from Para.4 that ______
A.what
Straitford said about Ukraine has proved true
B. Straitford can promise that all its information is true
C. Straitford cam never prove the truthfulness of its information
D. Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information
75. Straitford is most proud of its____
A. independent outsiders B.Outsider position
C.working starff D.military background
第四部分：写作
第一节：短文改错
Dear Professor Yang ,
I’m a self –teaching student in Hunan province.My 76._____
Major is English .Owing for lack of guidance on how to 77.______
Improving my oral English ,I can’t talk with others in 78._______
English smooth ,although I can read English articles 79.______
Very fast .I’m afraid of that talking with others in 80._______
English ,but I don’t know how I can start a conversation. 81._______
When spoken ,I always think in Chinese first and try to 82._______
Translate every word into English then .Every day,I read 83.______
English for one hour or so ,but I didn’t think I have made 84.______
Any progress in my oral English .I almost lose my heart . 85.______
I will appreciate your precious advice.
Sophia
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是中国在美国华盛顿的留学生陈明，你在学校图书馆找到了一份临时工作，且Smith教授也要你做他的实验助手,这两份工作使你有400美元的收入，足以应付日常开支；同时教授也同意你住在他家，不收房租；请你写信告诉你的父母亲，让他们不必担心，说你会珍惜这难得的机会，努力学习，以便将来更好的为祖国服务。
要求：字数在100词左右，语法基本正确，无拼写错误。
February 3,2004
Dear Dad and Mun,
Glad to get your letter dated February 1st
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答案
听力部分（略）
单项填空 CCABD CBACD BCABA
完型填空 DDAAB DBCAA DCBBB CDDAA
阅读理解 BCBDA CBABC ACACB BACDB
短文改错 76 self –taught 77.for—to 78.improving—improve
79.smooth—smoothly 80.that 去掉 81.but---because
82.spoken后添to /spoken---speaking
83. √ 84.didn’t ---don’t 85.my去掉
书面表达
Dear Dad and Mum,
Glad to get your letter dated February 1st
Please don’t be worried about me.Now everything here is OK with me .The school library has offered me a job .Professor Smith also wants me to help him in the lab .Altogether I can get $400 a month ,which is enough to cover my daily expenses. What’s more ,professor Smith has invited me to stay in his house without paying for it .
Certainly I will value this good chance and try my best to learn as much and as well as I can so as to serve my motherland in the future.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon .