08高考英语四校联考模拟试题
考试时间：120分 试卷总分：150分
第I卷（选择题 共115分）
听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Why did Jenny go to Paris?
A. She went there for wedding holiday.
B. She went there for a new job
C. She went on business there.
2. Why doesn’t Jim go to concert?
A. He doesn’t like concert
B. He is ill in hospital.
C. He will go to pick his grandpa up at the airport.
3. What impressed the woman most?
A. The Summer Palace.
B. The Great Wall.
C. The Temple of Heaven.
4. What does the woman suggest?
A. The man should spend more time on it.
B. The man should take another English course.
C. The man should learn from his classmates.
5. What is the man going to do?
A. He is going to stay at home.
B. He is going for a picnic.
C. He is going to the party
第二节（共15小题；第小题1.5分，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。听每段对庆或独白前，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6~8题。
6. Why did Mr Cook want to speak to Mr White?
A. to have a business.
B. To visit him.
C. to make an appointment with him.
7. What can you know about the lady?
A. She is a secretary.
B. She is the boss of the company.
C. She is very rude.
8. What is Mr White’s home phone number?
A. . B. . C. .
听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。
9. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Couple. C. Teachers and students.
10. Which team will play against England for the coming match?
A. France. B. Greece. C. Portugal.
11. What do you know about the woman according to the conversation?
A. She is a football fan.
B. She likes a football fan.
C. She likes David Beckham very much.
听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。
12. What is the relationship between the tow speakers?
A. Couple B. Classmates. C. Brothers and sisters.
13. What can we know about the man when he was at school?
A. He was good at playing football.
B. He was good at all the subjects.
C. He was very tall.
14. What does the woman’s husband do in London?
A. A lawyer B. A teacher. C. A college student.
听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。
15. Where does the woman come from?
A. Beijing. B. London. C. Moscow.
16. Why doesn’t the woman like the spring of Beijing?
A. Because she thinks that the spring is so short.
B. Because she thinks that the spring is very dry and windy.
C .Because she thinks that the spring is so hot.
17. What does the man mean by saying the last sentence?
A. He likes the woman’s hometown very much.
B. He will go to the woman’s hometown.
C. He doesn’t like the weather in the woman’s hometown.
听第10段材料，回答第18~20题。
18. Why did a town in Marin County have very little water?
A. People wasted it.
B. Not enough rain.
C. Too many people lived there.
19. Why did the car wash change the way they used water?
A. They could use less soap.
B. They could wash more car.
C. They could save money.
20. Why did the family members take baths together?
A. They didn’t have enough time to do it one at a time.
B. They could not buy a lot of soap.
C. Putting all the kids in the bath together saved water.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，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。
21. The traditional approach ____ with complex problem is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.
A. to dealing B. in dealing C. dealing D. to deal
22. Having retired from business, he now _____ himself with his garden.
A. is occupied B. occupies C. is occupying D. is busy
23. －How did you how to deal with such a situation?
－Here’s a tip I ___ from my mother.
A. picked up B. took up C. kept up D. put up
24．How long do you suppose it is _________ he arrived there?
A．when B．before C．after D．since
25. We’ll order tea for twelve people on the ____ that all twelve will come.
A. moment B. situation C. surrounding D. assumption
26. John’s theft from the bank where he worked ____ when the bank examiners made an inspection.
A. came to an end B. come to life C. came to light D. came to the point
27. The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, ____.
A. her long hair flowed in the breeze B. her long hair was flowing in the breeze
C. her long hair were flowing in the breeze D. her long hair in the breeze
28. Though they are ____ people of different sorts, they always buy dresses of ____ style.
A. /, the B. the, a C. /, a D. the, the
29. It is few people, ____ have come to ask for the position, ____ fit for the job.
A. who, who do I think is B. that, I think is
C. that, who I think are D. who, that I think are
30. Never should he forget the time in the country and the happiness ____ brought to him.
A. which B. it C. that D. what
31. It is ____ me that why she ____ have broken away from the family and married such an old man.
A. against, could B. over, would C. beyond, should D. behind, must
32. It was not until ____ that ____ to study English.
A. he came to Beijing, he began B. did he come to Beijing, he began
C. he came to Beijing, did he begin D. did he come to Beijing, did he begin
33. －Are you inviting Smith to your birthday party?
—____. I’m fed up with his behavior.
A. No chance B. No way C. Not possible D. Not at all
34. It was ____ the way he said it ____ what is said that made her displeased.
A. more, than B. such, that C. just, that D. of, that
35. －I’ve heard that he bought a car.
—So he did. It a ____car.
A. splendid Japanese red B. Japanese splendid red
C. splendid red Japanese D. red splendid Japanese
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最叫选项。
__36 from the mid-18th century, the Waltz is the oldest of the ballroom dances. It is thought to be __37 on one of the German folk __38 . It was spread __39 Europe by Napoleon’s soldiers who encountered it while __40 different countries.
When the Waltz was __41 introduced into the ballrooms of the world, it was met with strong resistance, for it was the first dance where the couple danced with the man’s hand around the waist of the lady.
Nowadays, the Waltz has been developed into two styles: the __42 Viennese Waltz and the slower American and International style. And both of them are extremely__43 with dancers of all ages. The Waltz is very much alive throughout the world, __44 dance halls, weddings, and even some proms（正式的舞会） showcase the basic steps of the dance.
The idea of introducing dancing in schools was __45 primarily by worries over poor health and __46 obesity（肥胖） among students. Chinese students, nicknamed “Little Emperors”, have been growing fatter by the decade. Their __47 have expanded almost as fast as the Chinese economy. Studies suggest that one in five children __48 fat. A MOE(教育部) survey earlier this year __49 an overall decline in the physical strength of Chinese school children.
The ministry thus calls on schools to __50 that students practise some form of __51 activity for at least one hour a day. And school dancing, as part of a campaign to help students to get __52 and __53 more social graces（社交礼仪） was introduced to the schools as a __54 of regular physical education classes. Authorities hope that the combination of dance and sport in schools will help to __55 the rise in youth obesity in China.
36. A. Dates B. Date C. Dating D. Dated
37. A. from B. depended C. rooted D. based
38. A. dances B. songs C. stories D. culture
39. A. in B. to C. through D. from
40. A. visiting B. occupying C. fighting D. traveling
41. A. last B. recently C. first D. before long
42. A. slower B. happier C. faster D. stronger
43. A. welcomed B. well-received C. popular D. accepted
44. A. although B. as C. once D. until
45. A. inspired B. encouraged C. thought D. created
46. A. falling B. many C. rising D. steady
47. A. weight B. height C. appetite D. waistlines
48. A. was B. be C. are D. is
49. A. pointed B. studied C. showed D. read
50. A. ensure B. be sure C. insure D. sure
51. A. after-class B. physical C. positive D. thinking
52. A. accomplished B. fit C. thin D. fat
53. A. acquire B. require C. inquire D. enquire
54. A. help B. part C. program D. supplement
55. A. handle B. fall C. concern D. produce
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle（抽奖） when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery（彩票） game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X. If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables（变量） is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money.
Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.
Finally, Sam flipped(掷) a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.
Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $109,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner charged Sam for $10,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more. He says it’s better to be unlucky.
56. According to the passage, “the Big Cube” is ________.
A. A TV program B. A lottery game
C. A quiz show D. A real-life show
57. In order to win “the Big Cube”, a person must ______________.
A. guess the correct number on the cube B. guess two selected variables
C. accomplish two tasks assigned to him D. select between two variables
58. What is true about Sam?
A. He was a sixty-year-old man with a job to tune pianos for others.
B. He picked the first number by using a coin to help him make the decision.
C. He was hit by a little sports car when he was going out of the lottery studio.
D. His big prize was hardly enough to cover all the expenses after his accident.
59. Which is the most suitable title of this story?
A. Sam and the Lottery Game B. How to Win a Lottery Game
C. It’s Better to Be Unlucky D. Good Luck Doesn’t Come Easy
B
People express their personalities in their clothes，their cars，and their homes．Because we might choose certain foods to “tell" people something about us，our diets can also be an expression of our personalities．For example．some people earn mainly gourmet(供美食家享用的)foods，such as caviar(鱼子酱)and lobster(龙虾)，and they eat only in expensive restaurants(never in cafeterias or snack bars)．They know about the “better things in life．’’
Human beings can eat many different kinds of foods，but some people choose not to eat meat．Vegetarians often have more in common than just their diet．Their personalities might be similar too．For example, vegetarians in the United States and Canada may be creative people，and they might not enjoy competitive sports or jobs．They worry about the health of the world，and they are probably strongly opposed(反对的) to war．
Some people eat mostly fast food．One study shows that many fast—food eaters have a lot in common with one another，but they are very different from vegetarians．They are competitive and good at business. They are also usually in a hurry．Many fast—food eaters might not agree with this description of their personalities，but it is a common picture of them．
Some people also believe that people of the same astrological sign(星座)have similar food personalities．
Aries(born under the sign of Aries，between March 21 and April 20)usually like spicy(辛辣的)foods，with a lot of onions and pepper．People with the sign of Taurus(April 21 to May 22)prefer healthful fruits and vegetables，but they often eat too much．Sagittarius(November 22 to December 22)like ethnic foods from many different countries．Aquarius(January 21 to February l 9)can eat as much meat and fish as they want, but sugar and cholesterol are sometimes problems for them．
What is your food personality?
60．Why do some people mainly eat gourmet foods?
A．Because they want to show off their wealth．
B．Because foods can show their social position．
C．Because they want to enjoy the better things in life．
D．Because they are wiser than any other person．
61．According to the passage，a vegetarian may be a person _______ ．
A．who is a peace--lover
B．who values the importance of success
C．who cares little about the future of the world
D．who shows their gifts in earning money
62．According to the passage，if you were born on January 30，you may choose ______ ．
A．food which tastes spicy B．apples，bananas．carrots and so on
C．foods from different countries D．meat and fish
63．From the passage，we can draw a conclusion that______.
A．foods are used as a mirror of the human history
B．you can know a person from what he eats
C．people are particular about the foods they eat
D．what people eat may change their personalities
C
As the English language has changed at a fast speed in this century, so has the use of the English language.
After the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1927, the particular style of speech of the BBC announcers was recognized as Standard English or Received Pronunciation (RP) English. Now, most people still consider that the pronunciation and delivery of BBC announcers is the clearest and most understandable spoken English.
English has had a strong relationship with class and social position. However, since the Second World War there has been a clear change of the attitude towards speech snobbery（语言上的优越）, and marks of class distinction, such as styles of speech, have been gradually got rid of, especially by the younger generation.
As the need has arisen, new words have been invented or found from other languages and introduced into English. Similarly, old words and expressions have been put aside as their usefulness has become less or the fashions have passed. This also happens to styles and ways of speech which became fashionable at a particular time.
By the end of the 1960s it became clear that it was not necessary to speak Standard English or even correct grammar to become popular, successful and rich. The fashionable speech of the day was no longer the special right of a special class but rather a defiant（不服的）expression of classlessness.
The greatest single influence of the shaping of the English, language in modern times is the American English. Over the past 25 years the English, used by many people, particularly by those in the media, advertising and show business, has become more and more mid-Atlantic in style, delivery and accent.
In the 1970s, fashion favored careless pronunciation and a language full of jargon, slang and “in” words, much of which can’t be understood by the outside world. What is considered modern and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools and colleges.
64. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The use of the English language has not changed much in this century.
B. the BBC announcers speak Standard English.
C. English has no relationship with class and social position now.
D. Young people don’t like the special right of a special class.
65. What does the author imply by saying “there is has been a clear change of the attitude towards speech snobbery (Para 3)?
A. People all speak English like BBC announcers.
B. There is a great change of the attitude about how English should be spoken.
C. Some people still believe their way of speaking is much better than that of others.
D. Most people don’t believe their way of speaking is much better than that of others.
66. According to the author, there was a trend in the US for the young people ____.
A. to speak Standard English.
B. to speak English without class distinction
C. to speak English with class distinction
D. to speak English with grammar mistakes
67. It can be concluded from the passage that ____.
A. Standard English is taught only in school and colleges
B. the young English are defiant because they refuse to speak Standard English.
C. the English language is not influenced by American English in the last 25 years
D. there has been a great change in the English language in this century
D
Recently I was asked, “Are we anywhere near the day when you can climb into a car on Long Island, program it to take you to your niece’s house in Chicago, hit enter, and after the first hundred yards, once you hit a main road, the car takes over automatically and you just sit back and enjoy the ride?”
It is a question I worry about. But I had to answer truthfully, “Absolutely. We are without a doubt near the day.” Look, we’re already doing it with airplanes.
Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk takes off at an air base in the US, climbs to 50,000 feet, flies to Australia, and lands at an Australian air base, where there is a grandstand filled with military officials,－with no human pilot .
The necessary technology is already here. We have radar technology that can be tied to cruise（巡航）control and brakes, which automatically adjust your speed based on following distance and preprogrammed settings. It’s still a little bit raw, but it does work great. The technology can allow cars and trucks to follow each other in very closely spaced roads.
GPS can also changes speed with location. Let’s say you’re in a state with a 75-mph limit and you cross into a state with a 65-mph limit. GPS knows that and can adjust your speed accordingly.
It’s not out of the question to imagine that someday soon you’ll be able to start the car, make proper settings , then turn the front seats around and play cards and eat lunch as if you’re riding on a train. All in perfect comfort and safety, all the way to that niece’s place in Chicago.
If asked to estimate just how far time is, I’d say a working system is ten years out, practice maybe 20 years.
68. The purpose of the question asked in the first paragraph probably is ____.
A. to draw reader’s attention to his theory
B. to introduce the topic to be discussed in the passage
C. to describe the car in the future
D. to prove that his idea is right
69. What’s the key technology to automatically car driving according to the passage?
A. The technology of airplanes.
B. The technology to be developed in the future.
C. The technology of satellites.
D. The technology of radar and GPS.
70. What does the author think of the change in car driving?
A. It’s a terrible thing to come.
B. It’s a wonder to drive such a car.
C. It’s a pity to give up the skill of driving.
D. It’s very likely to come true in the future.
71. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A. Driving is dead? B. Comfortable car driving
C. Will new technology change cars? D. Cars is in the future.
E
Pets are no strangers to the White House. Many of America’s presidents have been animal lovers. In recent times, White House pets have been tame dogs and cats. Long ago, however, presidential pets, like our nation itself, were wilder!
In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson lived in the White House. Passersby often caught sight of his pet bears. Explorers had discovered these fierce bears, caught a pair of small ones, and sent them to Jefferson. While the President was excited about his bears, his enemies in Congress constantly laughed at his pets, calling the White House “The President’s Bear Garden.”
By 1825, the bears were long gone from the White House scene. Now the building was home to President John Quincy Adams and his crocodile. The green beast actually belonged to General Lafayette, a French hero who had helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. When Lafayette asked Adams babysat the huge crocodile. First lady Louisa Adams was busy raising thousands of silkworms. She used the silk from the silkworms to make cloth for her dresses.
When President Martin Van Buren moved into the White House in 1837, he brought his tigers with him. At least, Van Buren said the tigers were his. The Sultan of Oman had sent the tigers when Van Buren was elected, so Congress argued the tigers belonged to the American people. A fight over the tigers continued for months. In the end, Congress sent someone to seize the tigers and put them in a zoo.
Twenty years later, President James Buchanan received another valuable gift when he was in his first year in the White House. This time, the King of Siam sent several elephants! Buchanan had no desire to share his building with the big creatures, so he sent them to the zoo. Buchanan did, however, keep another gift－a pair of birds. They were a fitting symbol of presidential power.
72. According to the passage, we can infer that ____.
A. the pets the Presidents raised were all huge ones
B. the Presidents owned were all for their favorite ones
C. the Presidents kept the pets not only at home but in the zoo
D. the Presidents’ pets were not only cared about by their families
73. How did the presidents mentioned get their unusual pets?
A. They got them in the forest. B. They bought them at the market.
C. The pets were given to them by others. D. Their family members offered them the pets.
74. What similar political effect did Jefferson’s bears and Van Buren’s tigers have?
A. The pets made them happy and gay.
B. It took them too much time to look after them.
C. It made people believe that they were animal lovers.
D. It brought about dissatisfaction with them in Congress.
75. President James Buchanan got elephants, while President Bill Clinton, who came to power about ____ years later, kept dogs as pets.
A. nearly two handed B. over one hundred and forty
C. about one hundred D. around forty-five
第II卷（选择题 共35分）
第一节 对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
A: Come in. What can I do for you?
B: Professor Smith, are you giving your advanced maths (76)c______ again next term?
A: Yes, I’m (77) p______ on it.
B: I (78) w______ if I could take the course. I know it’s a senior course and I’m only a (79) j______, but …
A: You’re a bit young. I’ve allowed seniors to take the course and they usually have a hard time (80) k______ up.
B: I know, but maths is my (81) f______ subject. Last term I took Professor Baker’s course and I didn’t find it (82) h______ for me.
A: I (83) s______. Well, I’ll speak to Professor Baker, (84) i______ he think you’re ready, I’ll let you take it.
B: Thank you, Professor Smith, that’s (85) r______ very nice of you.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
请根据以下四幅图画和提示词，以《乐于助人新风尚》为题，用英语写一篇100字左右的短文，主要内容为：1）图中助人为乐的行为；2）你对助人为乐的看法。短文的标题已经写好，不计入单词总数。
书面表达：
The Virtue of Helping Others
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英语参考答案
听力：
1-5 C C B B B 6-10 C A B B A
11-15 C B A C C 16-20 B C B C C
单项：
21-25 ABADD 26-30CDCDB 31-35CABAC
完形：
36-40 CDACB 41-45 CCCBA 46-50 CDDCA
51-55 BBADA
阅读：
56-59 BCDC 60-63 CADB 64-67 ADBD
68-71 BDDB 72-75 CCDB
对话填空：
76. course 77. planning 78. wonder 79. junior 80. keeping
81. favorite 82. hard 83. see 84. if 85. really
书面表达：
The Virtue of Helping Others
Nowadays, the virtue of helping others is frequently seen in our daily life.
As can be seen in the pictures above, people often give up their seats to old people on buses or in subways. In public places, people are ready to help the disabled, such as helping them to go up the escalator. Some people often donate blood to the sick, and some people contribute money in order to help the poor.
In my opinion, being ready to help others is very important. When our friends, our neighbors, or even strangers are in need or in trouble, especially those disabled people, we should help them as much as possible. When everyone shows his care for others, society will become a really enjoyable place to live in.
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