08届普通高中毕业班英语第一次调研考试
英语试题
一、听力（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 听力理解 (5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听下面一段对话，回答1—3三个小题
1. What are they looking for ?
A. Iliffe Road.
B. A restaurant.
C. The woman’s friend，Tom.
2. How do they find the address?
A. By asking Tom.
B. By referring to the Internet.
C. By looking up a telephone book.
3. What is the telephone number?
A. (01) .
B. (01) .
C. (01) .
听下面一段对话，回答第4－6三个小题。
4. Who answers the phone?
A. Tom.
B. Tom’s wife.
C. Susan.
5. When are they going to New Zealand ?
A. In two weeks.
B. In a couple of months.
C. In half a year.
6. Where are they going to meet?
A. At Susan’s.
B. At Tom’s.
C. In New Zealand.
听下面一段独白，回答第7－9三个小题。
7. How many people will be employed?
A. 90.
B. 9,000.
C. Not mentioned.
8. What kind of people didn’t they need?
A. Those who knew no foreign language.
B. Those who can work more than 40 hours a week.
C. Those who had no experience in office work.
9. Who will get a higher pay?
A. Those who are well educated.
B. Those who have much experience.
C. Those who can speak a second language.
听下面一段独白，回答第10－12三个小题。
10. What did the speaker use to do for a living?
A. He ran a village shop.
B. He worked in an advertising agency.
C. He worked on a farm.
11. How was the speaker’s life in the past?
A. Boring.
B. Peaceful.
C. Stressful.
12. What made the speaker change his lifestyle?
A. His desire to start his own business.
B. The problem in his family life.
C. His dream of living in the countryside.
听下面一段对话，回答第13－15三个小题。
13. What is the interview mainly about?
A. The dancer’s early life.
B. The dancer’s birth.
C. The dancer’s study.
14. Where do you think the interview probably take place ?
A. In France.
B. In Canada.
C. In America.
15. When did the dancer leave France ?
A. In about 1948.
B. In about 1931.
C. In about 1938.
第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段独白, 请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16-20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有80秒钟的作答时间。
A course
| Name of the course | Economics |
| Time to meet each day | 16.__________________ a.m. |
| Things for learners to do | 17. ______________on Monday and Wednesday |
| 18. ______________________________ on Friday | |
| Requirement | 19. _______________________ |
| Grades | 20. depending on ____________________. |
二、 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（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21～30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。
After the official ban on motorcycles and electric cycles, bikes are set to return to the major urban streets of Guangzhou, according to the city’s urban planning bureau.
The bureau 21 the above remarks in an official response to a proposal to restore and build 22 lanes at major streets by Mr. Chen Zhongqian, a local lawmaker.
“Bicycles are especially 23 and convenient for the people with a lower income in the city, who can save a lot of money by riding a bike to work, ” said Mr. Chen. “So, bicycle lanes 24 be restored or built in the city’s major street.”
The local planning bureau is quite 25 on Mr. Chen’s proposal. “Different 26 will be taken in different areas,” said Liu Yidong, the spokesman of the bureau. “We will make our efforts to set up bike lanes 27 possible, and we will design such lanes on new roads.”
28 , the city is planning to set up more parking places for bikes in the residential buildings, especially 29 near the subway stations to ease the parking situation, said the urban planning bureau. The existent parking places for motorcycles 30 into the ones for bikes.
21. A. did B. made C. took D. had
22. A. pedestrian B. bus C. bicycle D. motorcycle
23. A. necessary B. possible C. easy D. comfortable
24. A. must B. can C. may D. should
25. A. optimistic B. positive C. pessimistic D. negative
26. A. measures B. ways C. suggestions D. opinions
27. A. whatever B. however C. whenever D. wherever
28. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. On the other hand
29. A. those B. these C. that D. this
30. A. have been transformed B. have to be transformed
C. will be transformed D. are being transformed
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。
A regular inspection last month by the Ministry of Agriculture showed that food quality in 37 major cities has improved after a four-month promotional campaign.
The nationwide inspection of vegetables, pork and aquatic products
31 (find) acceptance rates had risen since August 32 the campaign was launched. The inspection found that 95.3 percent of the country's vegetables were safe in terms of pesticide residues; so were 98.4 percent of meat products because a drug some farmers 33 (use) to put in pig feed but which is now banned due to 34 damage it can cause to the human heart. 99.8 percent of aquatic products were free of chloramphenicol, and 95.7 percent were free from malachite green, both of 35 are banned fish food supplements. No pork products in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and 25 other cities 36 (pollute) with banned drugs. Aquatic products in seven cities 37 (include) Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhou were also found to be safe from 38 (legal) drugs.
Thanks to the campaign, public 39 (aware) of agricultural product quality and food safety has been strengthened.
The ministry said it will follow up the campaign by cracking down on fake agricultural supplies and develop a network that gives farmers access 40 authentic and good-quality agricultural materials.
三、 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和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A.
Any cell in the body has the potential to become malignant(恶性的), thus, cancer can, in fact, affect the heart. Cancer arises from mutations(突变) in the DNA of a cell. Usually a cancerous cell undergoes several mutations before it becomes a deadly, invasive cancer. Most of these mutations occur when the cell is dividing and replicating its DNA. The only way for a cell to reproduce a mutation is to divide and pass those mutations on to its daughter cells. With regard to the heart cells, however, they just go right on pumping and doing their job and don’t replicate to make new heart cells unless there has been some injury. With so little cell division going on in the heart there is very little chance for mutations to occur and get passed on to daughter cells.
Now think about the types of cancer that are most common—breast, colon ( ), and skin, among others. Most of the cells in these tissues are replacing themselves all the time. In addition, skin and colon cells are constantly being exposed to things that cause mutations—ultraviolet rays（紫外线） for the skin and carcinogens(致癌物质) in food for the colon. As a result, the likelihood of mutations is higher, and there is more opportunity to pass these mutations on to daughter cells during cell division. This is why these types of cancer are common. The heart, in contrast, doesn’t get exposed to many carcinogens, just those in the blood. That, combined with the fact that the heart cells do not often replicate, is why you don’t see much cancer of the heart muscle. Indeed, according to cancer statistics, it does not appear to occur at any measurable rate.
41. A cell becomes cancerous ________________.
A. if it is dividing and replicating itself
B. after it experiences several mutations in its DNA
C. when it has the power to kill other cells
D. when it is exposed to ultraviolet rays
42. Heart cells have little chance to become cancerous because _____.
A. there is little cell division in the heart
B. they are never exposed to carcinogens
C. they are replacing themselves all the time
D. they pass mutations on to daughter cells
43. The passage infers that ____________.
A. The more mutations the cell undergoes, the less likely it would develop into cancer.
B. The more replicable the cell is, the more likely it would become cancer.
C. Not all cells in our body have the potential to develop into cancer.
D. cancer only occurs in breast, colon and skin of our body.
44. The underlined word “replicating” in paragraph 1 means _______.
A. get rid of B. increase C. copy exactly D. change
45. The best title for this passage is _______.
A. Cancer and Cells B. Division and Mutations
C. How Cancer Occurs D. No Heart Cancer
B.
“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard.” Wrote Oscar Wilde. “This is the only proper basis for family life.” It’s hard to say what Wilde would have thought of this week’ s cover photo or the pictures inside of dads and their children. Several clearly fight against his idea. And that’s just what the photographers intended.
Gregory Heisler, who did the cover photograph, says he wanted the image to show genuine love. So, rather than use professional models, he went out and found some “real dads and their real kids.” Adds Heisler: “I wanted something more authentic to the experience of being a father.” This isn’t the first time that Heisler, 39, has expressed his ideas for the cover of TIME. His photographs have graced the front of the magazine some 20 times, such as Olympic athlete Jackie Joyner Kersee , director David Lynch , former President George Bush and Ted Turner for the Man of the Year issues in 1991 and 1992. But this week’s TIME cover has special meaning, he says, because he and his wife Prudence had their first child, Lucy, 16 months ago.
The pictures appearing inside were all done by photographer Jeffrey Lowe. Although Lowe has not experienced fatherhood yet, he observed many intimate(亲密的) moments of parenting by spending a lot of time with each dad and child. Of all the pictures. Lowe was most deeply touched by the father-to-be holding his wife who was carrying a baby inside her body.
While most of the credit(声望) for the pictures rightly goes to those behind the camera, Lina Freeman and Mary Worrell Bousquette, picture editors ,who work behind the scenes, should also be praised. Freeman, for instance, had the challenging task of making arrangements for the group portrait of child movie stars by Heisler that appears on page 62. She says: “My greatest reward is working with these great artists.” Bousquette edited the pictures that appeared inside. “I wanted our story to show the many faces of fatherhood,” she says. At least in this issue, those fathers are seen as well as heard. Sorry, Oscar.
46. Oscar Wilde holds the view that_________.
A. fathers should be far away from the family to make money to raise their children
B. in family life, fathers are supposed to keep a certain distance with their children
C. children seldom see or hear their father in family life
D. fathers should have a close relationship with their children in family life
47. The photographers of this week’s Time want to __________.
A. prove that Oscar Wild’s view was wrong
B. show that they are in favor of Oscar Wild’s view
C. show many faces of fathers
D. say sorry to Oscar Wild
48. We can infer from the passage that .
A. Gregory Heisler is 39 years old
B. Lina Freeman is a picture editor
C. it is the first time for Heisler to express his idea of genuine love for the cover of TIME
D. Gregory Heisler is good at making cover photographs
49. How did Jeffrey Lowe manage to show a father’s feelings?
A. By having his own child.
B. By spending time with the wife who was carrying a baby.
C. By mixing with many fathers and their children.
D. By observing many parents.
50. The author wrote this text in order to____.
A. show how professional the photographers are
B. praise the work by the photographers and the editors
C. call on people to love their fathers
D. show how great fathers are
C.
The Philippines expects that some 110,000 South Korean students will travel to the country in 2007, mainly to attend English language lessons, the Philippines Daily Inquirer has reported.
Head of Philippine Department of Tourism Team Korea, Maricon Basco Ebron, made the assessment at the recently concluded Korea Student Fair 2007, which attracted 30,000 South Korean students, all seriously planning to study abroad. In that event alone, around 8,000 students were booked by 14 Philippine-based schools.
According to Ebron, the estimated figure was based on actual figures recorded by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration in the past. The number of students would account for about 15 to 17 percent of the total visitors expected from South Korean in 2007. “Yet, that percentage is quite conservative since it does not include students with alien resident visas or those young people being brought in by South Korean retirees and businessmen,” Ebron said.
While the Philippines is not a native English-speaking country, the cheaper cost of English-based education is a major plus for South Koreans. “Sending a child to the US for one year is equivalent to sending a child to the Philippines for two years---plus the mom,” Ebron said, referring to the fact South Korean parents could easily come the Philippines to check on their children.
Oh Hyun-Sook, who works with the Philippine tourism office in Seoul, estimated the cost of South Korean university education at $4,000 per semester, or roughly four times the tuition for the same period in a major university in Metro Manila.
Meanwhile, many South Koreans enroll in short-term English as Second Language courses or study for the TOFL in the Philippines as preparation for further education in another country. Younger students come in for language camps, typically two-month courses during their summer or winter break.
According to Oh Hyun-Sook, children as young as five years old are sent abroad, both “to study the English language and to experience a different culture”. “It’s a fact that when you have English language skills, you’re more competitive, whether you work in Seoul or abroad,” Oh Hyun-Sook added.
51. In 2007, about ________ South Korean visitors will travel to The Philippines.
A. 650,000 B. 110,000 C.30,000 D. 38,000
52. The underlined word “plus” in Paragraph 4 probably means:________.
A. addition B drawback C cost D. advantage
53. We can learn from the passage that_______.
A. education situation is not so good in South Korean.
B. it takes about $16,000 to study in the major University in Metro Manila
C. education is highly valued among South Korean
D. when studying in the Philippines, South Korean students will have languages camps in summer or winter holidays.
54. The passage mainly tells us that_____________.
A. the Philippines is the first choice for many South Koreans to study English abroad
B. it costs South Koreans less money to study in the Philippines
C. South Korean students are welcome to study English in the Philippines
D. studying English in the Philippines helps South Korean students a lot
55. This passage is probably taken from _________.
A. an educational document B. a newspaper
C. a government report D. a travel magazine
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下面几则公告，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。
首先，请阅读下列职位招聘的信息：
A: BRUCE'S BRICK Inc. is looking for general laborer. Wage starts at $9/ hr, but may be increased if you have brick laying experience. Call Bruce or Sherry, 781-2453, if no answer, leave message.
B: BABYSITTER—MY HOME If you are available a few hours during the evening and
occasional weekends to care for 2 school-age children, please call Gayle Moore days 800-1111, evenings and weekends 800-4964.
C: NIGHT WATCH Oversea boy’s home at residential treatment center in Cedar View, near
Roosevelt. Will do routine bed checks, log sleeping habits, other duties as assigned. Great benefit package. Must be under 35, male. Will work 11pm-7am. Must pass background check, drug screen. Contact Nadine, 353-4498 ext. 107, email , or fax 353-4898.
D: SECRETARY for construction co. Position requires good command of Chinese & English,
bookkeeping & figure ability, organization abilities. Experience only . Salary range $930--$1100 depending on education and experience. Resume to The Burdick Group, 238 Montgomery St., SF 94111.
E: THE CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE is looking for a full-time receptionist/Admin. Person
must speak Cantonese and English. Strong Interest in health. Great personality. Love kids and people. Reliable. No experience required. For further details and application please go to the SCMP website www.classifiedpost.com and search The Chiropractic Centre. Or email for application details.
F: TECHNICIAN Residential treatment center in Cedar View is seeking to hire highly
motivated, positive role model who enjoys working with youth.. Great benefit package. Pay based on experience and education. Must certify in CPR, First Aid, and PCS. Must work some weekends, holidays. Must pass drug test, background check.. Contact Nadine, 353-4498 ext. 107, email , or fax 353-4898
请阅读下列应聘者的信息，然后匹配应聘者与所拟应聘的职位：
56. Alice, a native of Beijing , has worked as a secretary for two years. She is excellent at maths and has passed CET-4 ( College English Test, Band 4).
57. Peter , aged 36 , will do anything for a living! He once worked in a construction team. He can work at any time except weekends.
58. Jack is looking for a well paid job. He is at the age of 30 and can work at any time. He is patient and responsible. No bad habits.
59. Jane , a primary school teacher, is looking for a part-time job in the evenings or weekends.
60. Mary, a native of Guangdong, has just graduated from a vocational school as an excellent student with good spoken English. She is a kind and nice girl. She is responsible and getting along well with others.
申请者 申请职位
56. Alice A. general laborer
57. Peter B. babysitter
58. Jack C night watch
59. Jane D. secretary
60. Mary E. full time receptionist
F. technician
IV、写作（共两节，满分为40分）
第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
[写作内容] 最近的一项研究表明，广州大约50％的青少年有不吃早餐的习惯。请根据表格内容用英语写一篇题为 “Top Meal of the Day” 的短文刊登在 “Morning Post” 上。
| 原因 | 晚上学习太晚，不吃早餐可以多睡一会儿； 女孩子为保持苗条身材不吃早餐。 |
| 结果 | 课堂睡觉，注意力下降； 考试成绩不理想。 |
| 建议 | 早餐不可少，提供全天所需要的能量的30％； 早餐有助于创造思维。…… |
[写作要求] 1、只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2、文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
3、标题和第一句话已给出。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Top Meal of the Day
A recent study shows that 50% of the school kids in Guangzhou do not have breakfast.
第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150 词左右的英语短文。
China may include some traditional festivals as part of its official holidays, sources said.
The Chinese government has formed a preliminary（初步的）plan on the new legal holiday arrangement and the plan will be released "in the near future". After that, public opinion will be sought on the Internet.
As an ancient country with a civilized history of more than 5,000 years, some traditional festivals represent part of the China's cultural heritage. However, current legal holiday arrangements only include the Spring Festival, traditionally held in January or February.
Last year, Cai Jiming , a Tsinghua University professor and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC中国人民政治协商会议), proposed shortening the National Day and May Day holidays from three days to one day and distributing the days to celebrate four traditional festivals - the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day and New Year's Eve. This proposal has caused a national concern since then and quite a few experts and scholars have voiced their opinions to support it. "The new arrangement better respects people's right to rest, as there are now more holidays and they are spread through the year more reasonably," said an official.
【写作内容】
1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2、然后以约120个词写一篇议论文，阐述你对“设定法定传统节日”的看法，并包括以下要点：
1）你认为是否应该把传统节日设定为法定节日？
2）陈述你的理由。
【写作要求】
列举充分的理由支持你的论点。你可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。
2008年清远市普通高中毕业班第一次调研考试参考答案
一、听力（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 听力理解 (5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
1-5: BCCCA; 6-10: BCCBB 11-15: CBACA
第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
16. 9:50 17. Attend lectures/Go to lectures/Attend a lecture/Attend the lecture（要求写出动词和名词，名词可用单数或复数；但没有用复数，又没用a或the的，扣0.5分） 18. To have discussions
19. To write 3 papers 20. papers and participation
二、 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
21-25: BCADB 26-30: ADBAC
第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
31. found 32. when 33. used 34. the 35. which 36. were polluted 37. including
38. illegal 39. awareness 40. to
三、 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）
41-45: BABCD 46-50: BADCB 51-55: ADCAB
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）: 56-60: DACBE
IV、写作（共两节，满分为40分）
第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
Possible version: Top Meal of the Day
A recent study shows that 50% of the school kids in Guangzhou do not have breakfast.
Some students who stay up late into night studying choose to miss breakfast so that they can have a few extra minutes in bed. Besides, some schoolgirls want to stay slim and often go to school without breakfast. As a result of these, these students tend to feel sleepy all day and have bad memories, so it is hard for them to get high marks in all kinds of tests.
In fact, the morning meal plays an important part because it can provide 30 percent of the whole day’s energy. For a creative mind and better judgment, school kids should start their day with a regular breakfast.
第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
Possible version:
As authorities advocate, some traditional festivals are likely to be established as national legal holidays, which can help to keep Chinese traditional culture and customs alive especially in a world of the increasing globalization. (34 words)
Personally, I agree to the proposal of making traditional festivals legal holidays. My reasons are as follows. Firstly, the legal holidays offer citizens good chances to relax themselves and get relieved from work pressure. Secondly, the holidays help to combine national culture and customs together as well as carry forward Chinese history and culture. No doubt, maintaining our culture and traditions is absolutely necessary in today’s growing multi-culture communication. Thirdly, the holiday will also help to spread Chinese culture all over the world, making more people outside know about our great history and splendid culture, which can quicken our steps toward a more powerful country.
In a word, the addition of Chinese traditional festival holidays is sure to enhance our traditions and culture.(123words)
注意：本范文仅供参考，不能以此文作为评分标准。允许学生对传统节日的设定持赞同或反对的意见，只要理由充分、表达正确，就应给分。