08届高考英语第五次月考试卷
总分：150分 时量：120分钟
第一部分 听力（共三节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What color is the Mary’s coat?
A. Yellow. B. Black. C. Brown.
2. When is the film?
A. 7:00. B. 7:15 C. 7:30
3. What does John need to do now?
A. Play soccer. B. Get sick. C. Take a rest.
4. What problem does the woman think the man have?
A. He may spend more money on food next semester.
B. He may not have enough time to cook.
C. He may not enjoy cooking.
5. What was the man’s opinion of the presentation?
A. He thought it was good.
B. He was bored.
C. He found it confusing.
第二节 （共12小题，满分18分）
听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项，听每段对话前，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。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第8两个小题。
6. Where does the woman plan to go?
A. Nowhere. B. Up north. C. Charles Baker’s.
7. Who do you think is Charles Baker’s?
A. An experienced doctor.
B. Mark’s sister. C. Their friend.
8. How many people will go?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.
听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。
9. Why does the man want to make an appointment?
A. For his yearly physical examination.
B. To have one of his teeth pulled out.
C. To have his neck operated on.
10. How many time is the man given for his appointment?
A．An afternoon. B. Half an hour. C. Two hours.
11. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man is known to the doctor.
B. David lives 1864 Elm Street.
C. The woman is an operator.
听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。
12. Why does the man want to order some coffee?
A. He is sleepy.
B. Coffee will help him relax.
C. Coffee is his favorite drink.
13. How will they go to the airport?
A. The hotel will arrange a taxi for them.
B. They will call a taxi themselves.
C. Their friend will take them to the airport.
14. When will they get up?
A. At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 8:00.
听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17四个小题。
15. What are they talking about?
A. News about a friend and their own business.
B. Information they read in the newspaper.
C. A classroom lecture.
16. What kind of business does the man probably own?
A. A hotel. B. A shop. C. A factory.
17. What’s the man’s opinion of Paul?
A. He is lucky.
B. He is a good businessman.
C. He shouldn’t have moved.
第三节（共3小题，满分4.5分）
听下面一段材料，将第18至第20三个小题的信息补充完整，每个小题不超过三个单词。 听材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每个小题5秒钟； 听完后，各小题将给出15秒钟的作答时间。本材料读两遍
British Radio and TV
National radio is controlled by the BBC. There are four stations.
| Station | Programmes |
| Radio 1 | A pop music station with (18)__________ |
| Radio 2 | A light music and report on sport |
| Radio 3 | (19)__________ |
| Radio 4 | News, drama and general interests |
Many people think the programmes on British TV have a very high standard, but some people worry about the amount of (20)__________ on TV.
第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节 单项填空 (共15小题, 满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
21. Statistics indicate that ______ unemployment has caused over 70 percent of low-income residents to live in ______ poverty.
A. the ; the B. an ; the C. \ ; a D. \ ; \
22. He found her eyes_____ him with an eager expression.
A. fixing on B. fixed upon C. fix to D. to fix up
23. --- Tom has a good memory.
---So he does. He can remember every______ in great detail.
A. incident B. accident C. affair D. event
24. Being out of work and having two young children, they found it impossible to___.
A. make it B. make ends meet
C. make every effort D. make preparations
25. ____ the warning message, more
lives would have been lost in the flood.
A. Regardless of B. Instead of C. But for D. Except for
26. John received an invitation to
dinner, and with his work ____, he gladly accepted it.
A. finishing B. having
finished C. was
finished D. finished
27. Australia, _____ from other
continents for millions of years, ____ many plants and animals that can be
found nowhere else in the world.
A. is separated; has B.
having been separated; has
C. separating, have D.
having separated; have
28. It was not until then
____ they come to realize the
importance of strengthening the peace and harmony of the world.
A. what
B. when C.
that
D. which
29. About 90 percent of the
equipment presented by the administration, as well as the facilities of our
own, _______ made good use of in the teaching.
A. have
B. has
C. have been D.
has been
30. -- The dialogue should ________ a question, not a puzzle.
-- I am _______
A. have started with; to blame B. start with; to be blamed
C. have started from; to blame D. start from; to be blamed
31. The young man charged for breaking the law insisted that he ____ nothing wrong and _____ free.
A. did； set B. had done； should be set
C. do； be set D. had done； must be set
32. On the top of the hill _______, ________ the old man once lived.
A. a temple stands there; in which B. a temple standing; on which
C. does a temple stand; where D. stands a temple; where
33. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people_____ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.
A. begin B. began C. have begun D .had begun
34. The habit of having eight hours’ sleep a night she was accustomed to ______ greatly since last year.
A. change B. has changed C. changing D. have changed
35. The Hope Project gives hands to those parents in remote villages ______ a high pay for their children to go to school.
A. burdening with B. burdened with
C. being burdened with D. having been burdened with
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A store owner was putting a sign above his door that read “Puppies For Sale”. Signs like that have a way of 36 small children, and 37 enough, a little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign. “ 38 are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked.
The store owner replied, “Anywhere from $30 39 $ 50.”
The little boy 40 in his pocket and pulled out some 41 . “I have $ 2.37,” he said. “ 42 I look at them?”
The store owner 43 and whistled and out came a lady, who ran down the passage of his store 44 by five puppies. One puppy was 45 . Immediately the little boy singled out the puppy and said, “What’s 46 with that little dog?”
The store owner explained that the doctor had 47 the little puppy and discovered that it didn’t have a hip socket. It would always be lame. The little boy said surprisingly, “That’s the little puppy that I want to buy.”
The store owner said, “No, you don’t need to buy that little dog. If you really want him, I’ll just give him to you.”
The little boy got quite upset. He looked 48 into the store owner’s eyes, pointing his finger and said, “I don’t want you to give him to me. That little dog is 49 every bit as much as all the other dogs and I’ll pay 50 price. In fact I’ll give you $2.37 now, and 50 cents a month 51 I have him paid for.”
The store owner answered, “You really don’t want to buy this little dog. He is 52 going to be able to jump and play with you like the other puppies.”
To his surprise, the little boy reached down and 53 up his trousers to show a badly twisted, disabled left leg 54 by a big metal brace (支架). He looked up at the store owner and softly replied, “Well, I don’t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who 55 !”
36. A. absorbing B. attracting C. bargaining D. greeting
37. A. sure B. luckily C. surprisingly D. interestingly
38. A. What B. How come C. When D. How much
39. A. on B. at C. to D. between
40. A. put B. arrived C. reached D. filled
41. A. coin B. note C. penny D. change
42. A. Can B. Should C. Will D. Must
43. A. performed B. smiled C. disagreed D. announced
44. A. applied B. guided C. followed D. linked
45. A. falling behind B. leaving behind C. lending a hand D. putting forward
46. A. the price B. the matter C. the weight D. the name
47. A. tested B. studied C. examined D. experimented
48 A. straight B. deeply C. closely D. totally
49. A. worth B. worthy C. deserve D. cost
50. A. half B. lower C. higher D. full
51. A. unless B. after C. until D. once
52. A. always B. often C. no D. never
53. A. took B. rolled C. moved D. tied
54. A. supported B. assisted C. adjusted D. surrounded
55. A. encourages B. cooperates C. understands D. recognizes
第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 选择题（共17小题， 满分34分）
A
Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even when things do not go as one wants them to. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not.
A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in her own reactions than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention.
“The awareness of being unclear” is a more difficult concept than patience an a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate who newly arrived in the United States said, “Things are just so different here.”
56. The passage mainly tells us____.
A. it’s not easy to travel abroad
B. humor is very important in communication
C. some characteristics in communicating with foreigners
D. three main useful ways to make a success in life
57. According to the passage, which one is more difficult?
A. Patience
B. The awareness of being unclear
C. The sense of humor
D. Understanding each other
58. According to the writer, the Chinese student is ____.
A. not used to the culture in America
B. recently back from the moon
C. interested in the study of the moon
D. a hard-working student
59. It can be inferred that ____.
A. it is necessary to learn the language before you go to the country
B. Americans are used to the culture of other country
C. one needs many characteristics to live in another country
D. when living in a foreign land one should get enough courage
B
They’re everywhere. They’re on scooters(踏板滑车), purses, clothing, cell phones and even DVD players. People just can’t seem to get enough of their favorite cartoon characters.
Why Cartoons?
What is the consumers appeal of these animated characters? “People think the cartoons are like themselves,” says Errata Wang, a student at National Kaosiung Normal University.
Douglas Holt, a product researcher, agrees. Holt says people express their identities with the products they use and wear. Some cartoon characters represent specific qualities. These qualities come from a story or idea attached to the character. For example, people believe Astro Boy, a classic Japanese animated character, represents bravery and kindness. Consumers are attracted to these qualities.
For All Ages
Children aren’t the only enthusiastic consumers. For many adults, owning cartoon products is a chance to show that they are young. The Japanese character Doraemon has childlike humor, but his innocence(天真纯洁) has gained popularity with people of all ages. Owning products with animated characters can also be a statement of personal history. The characters remind adults of their childhood. Adults who grew up loving characters like Mickey Mouse and Snoopy want the world to know it.
Mysteriously Attractive
Most cartoon products have films or TV series to support their success. One outstanding exception is Hello Kitty. The cat’s popularity has continued without the help of media. Sanfio, the company that owns Hello Kitty, keeps her personality vague. This mystery helps the company sell more than 20,000 different Hello Kitty products.
Even though Hello Kitty’s personality is a mystery, her attraction is not. There may be many reasons why people love cartoon products. But the biggest reason is simple: They’re just so cute!
60. Which of the following is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. There’s no enough favorite cartoon characters for people.
B. Cartoon characters are becoming very popular with people.
C. Some products are well sold with cartoon characters on them.
D. You can see cartoon characters every moment and everywhere.
61. Which of the following descriptions is right according to the passage?
A. Hello Kitty stands for mystery
B. Astro Boy is lovely and brave
C. Doraemon is innocent
D. Hello Kitty is not attractive
62. What is the most probable meaning of the underlined word “vague”?
A. mysterious B. outstanding C. appreciated D. annoying
63. Some consumers are attracted to cartoon products because ____.
A. some products remind them of their toys in the childhood.
B. they like the high qualities of animated characters.
C. the cartoon characters and consumers look alike.
D. owning cartoon products can show they are young at age.
C
There is an old saying：No one thinks he’s a bad driver．Here’s an updated 21st century version：No one thinks he sends annoying（令人烦恼的）e-mails．But，plenty of us do．
A Princeton University research found that 22 per cent of Americans say e-mail has added to their work pressures and caused misunderstandings．Here’s a guide on e-mail etiquette（礼节）to help you avoid being annoying．
Experts say there are three types of e-mails with different rules-close friends，office and public e-mails．
The close friends e-mail
You can send your lover，your closest friends and your siblings（brothers and sisters） anything，from jokes to “you got to see this!”．But bear in mind that not everyone shares your sense of humour and you may expose them to viruses．
The office e-mail
Don’t add to people’s workload．Keep e-mails short and to the point.
◆Make the subject line factual and brief．
◆Write in clear，concise（简练的）sentences.
◆Provide your name and phone number at the end．
The public e-mail
Occasionally we have to send an e-mail to a group of people．If possible，write your public e-mails with a who，what，when，where structure．For example：
Who：All members of the soccer team
What：Team photo
When：Saturday，March 25，at noon
Where：Playing field 2．
Finally，before you hit “Send”，check the following：
◆Is the e-mail a “flame”? Never send an e-mail in anger，It could stay around forever and haunt（萦绕心头）your professional and personal life.
◆Check the “To” field．Is this really who you want to send the message to?
◆Spell-check the message．Does it have an error that can affect you badly?
64．The writer uses the old saying at the beginning of the passage to show that ________.
A．many people are good at driving
B．not everyone can be a good driver
C．many people can be good at sending non-annoying e-mails
D．many people think highly of themselves
65．The writer may want to tell the reader that ________.
A．mails online are often sent to wrong places
B．different e-mails should be written in different ways
C．sending office e-mails is sure to add to people’s workload
D．the public e-mail is usually sent to a large number of people
66．According to the writer，________.
A．e-mails with some misspellings may have a bad effect
B．before sending an e-mail，the sender should ask someone to check it
C．jokes sent to a close friend online are also forbidden
D．about 80％ of Americans like sending and receiving e-mails
67．If an e-mail is a “flame”，the sender of it must be very ________ at the moment．
A．angry B．excited C．worried D．disappointed
D
One of the most exciting questions to which scientists are seeking an answer is, “Are there living things anywhere in the universe? Is the earth the only body in the whole enormous universe where human beings or anything like human being exist?”
First we must consider what goes to make a human being whether plant or animal, and then what conditions living things need in order to go on living. Living things, like everything else, are made of atoms, and these atoms are grouped into molecules. A molecule is the very smallest bit you can have of any substance. When you break up a molecule of water, for example, you no longer have water at all, but only the atoms of which water is made—one atom of oxygen and two of hydrogen. The molecules of living things are made, not of two or three atoms, but of hundreds or thousands arranged in different, complicated patterns.
If they become too hot, there complicated molecule of living things break up into their separate atoms and cease to be living. Therefore, there cannot be life on the sun or any of the stars because they are far too hot, and there cannot be any life on a planet (which goes around the sun) if it is too close to the sun, as Mercury(水星) is.
However, living things need energy to make them breathe, grow and move. Non-living things, like rocks and metals, don’t need this. On earth plants and animals get their energy from the light and heat of the sun. Therefore planets that are very far from the sun and extremely cold and are not places where living things could exist.
68. Which of the following is true?
A. A molecule consists of a number of atoms
B. An atom consists of a number of molecules
C. Water is made up of two different molecules
D. Water is made up of a complicated pattern of atoms
69. Which of these is Not true? The sun____.
A. sometimes makes life possible
B. gives energy to living things
C. helps plants to grow
D. makes rocks and metals
70. All planets ____.
A. have atmospheres suitable for life
B. have very little atmosphere
C. go round the earth
D. go round the sun or other stars
71. The writer thinks that there may be living creatures on ____.
A. some of the planets going round the sun
B. other sun
C. other stars
D. planets going round other stars
72. The underlined word “cease” means____.
A. begin B. wish C. stop D. allow
第二节 简答题（共3小题， 满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第73至第75小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。
Peaceful Use of Space Resources Drives China’s Space Program
China’s successful launch of its second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 has drawn worldwide applause. It has become the third nation in the world capable of putting men into space.
It is widely believed that the latest progress made by China will surely make the country’s 1.3 billion people more confident in their future in terms of social and economic progress.
However, some people in and outside China describe China’s manned space program as a prestige project which yields little economic benefit.
They argue that billions of US dollars spent on the decade-old space program may be better used for poverty relief and education as millions of Chinese still have a poor living and many children cannot afford basic schooling. However, mankind does need to make use of space resources for sustainable human development, and people do this not to achieve fame but to benefit the world.
Space technology has become increasingly important for the exploration and peaceful use of space resources due to the shrinking reserve of natural resources on the earth.
Lunar energy is sufficient for human need for about 10,000 years, which is attractive to the mankind being troubled by high oil prices and limited oil reserve.
China has benefited from its investment in space sector. Space technology has become part of people’s daily life, such as weather forecast, telecommunications, disaster reduction, and resources prospecting.
Striving hard to feed its 1.3 billion people and more in the future, China has been developing improved species of crops on the basis of space technology, mostly through recoverable satellites and spacecraft.
Information obtained from Shenzhou-3 and Shenzhou-4 in Earth observation has been used for maritime (海上的) pollution control and desertification(沙漠化) control projects, which is useful for China and other parts of the world.
China has listed space technology and information technology among the country’s seven high-tech fields in its national high-tech research and development program initiated in 1986.
73. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “prestige”.
74. Why do some people think China’s manned space program yields little economic benefits?(回答词数不超过13个)
75.What’s the author’s attitude to China’s manned space program? (回答词数不超过6个)
第四部分 书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 填空（共10小题，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意：每空不超过3 个单词。
The field of accounting is divided into three broad divisions: public, private, and governmental. A certified public accountant(CPA) must pass a series of examinations, after which he or she receives a certificate. CPAs can offer their services to the public on an individual consultant basis for which they receive a fee. In this respect and many others, they are similar to doctors or lawyers. Like them, CPAs may be self-employed; or they may be employed by an accounting firm.
Many accountants work in government offices or for nonprofit organizations. These two areas are often joined together under the term governmental and institutional accounting. The two are similar because they both have legal restrictions on the way in which they receive and spend funds. Therefore, a legal background is sometimes necessary for this type of accounting practice.
Private accountants handle the financial records of a business. Like those who work for the government or nonprofit organizations, they are salaried rather than paid a fee.
Many people have chosen accounting as a profession because of its many advantages. Once on the job, private or governmental, they have security, and they are usually given the chance to move upward in the company--- sometimes, to the top. Salaries for people with accounting training are usually good, even on the lower levels, and for those who rise to the top of the profession, salaries are correspondingly high.
Divisions of 76
| Accountants | 77 | Private | 78 |
| Payment | Receiving a fee | 79 | Getting salaried |
| Employment or work | 80 | Handling the 81 | Employed by the government or 82 |
| Employed by an accounting firm | |||
| 83 | Free to offer the public their services | Having security | |
| Usually given 84 to promotion | |||
| 85 | |||
第二节 写作（满分25分）
作为中学生，你肯定经历过多次考试，体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据提示内容，简要概述中学生中普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，说明你的观点。
| 消极态度 | 积极态度 | 你的结论 |
| 当考试结果不尽人意时，情绪低落，丧失信心，不再继续努力 | 当考试失败时，------ | …… |
要求；1．题目自拟；
2．词数：100—120。