08届高三年级英语月考四测试题
英 语 试 题
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。满分150分，120分钟完卷；只交第II卷。
2. 考生须按规定在试卷上填写姓名、考号，并在答题卡上填涂对应的试卷类型信息点。
第I卷（共95分）
第一部分：英语知识（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划部部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. academy A. majority B. important C. international D. behave
2. agent A. geography B. degree C. recognize D. sugar
3. touch A. couch B. encourage C. route D. trousers
4. award A. article B. particular C. worst D. perform
5. question A. destination B. suggestion C. communication D. decision
第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
6. My aunt, as easy – going old lady, did give us surprise when she lost her temper at the family party yesterday.
A. an; a B. the; a C. an; 不填 D. 不填；a
7. --- It is Saturday afternoon. Why are you burying yourself in your homework?
--- I’m doing it so that I won’t have the day after tomorrow.
A. one B. to C. that D. it
8. He ice cream on the beach if his father last year, leaving nothing but debts (欠债).
A. were to be selling…should die B. would be selling…had not died
C. would not be selling…had not died D. would not be selling…had died
9. --- I left my new textbook on the desk near the window, but now it’s gone.
--- Who do you think it?
A. to have taken B. has taken C. took D. having taken
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A. since B. after C. before D. when
11. --- Goods imported from abroad are those made in China.
--- Yes. Some of the goods made in our country are of high quality.
A. not always better than B. always no better than
C. not so well as D. always as good as
12. --- What did you do last Sunday, Peter?
--- Well, I to see a friend of mine, but in the end I at home doing nothing.
A. was going; stayed B. would go; had stayed
C. went; was staying D. had gone; stayed
13. All at once the light and we had to feel our way downstairs.
A. took off B. turned off C. went out D. put out
14. --- You ought to have given them some advice.
--- , but who cared what I said?
A. So I ought B. So ought I C. So I did D. So did I
15. I don’t remember how many years ago people began to grow crops.
A. it was when B. it was that C. was it when D. was it that
16. The river beyond our school has become clean again as new measures are to prevent it any further.
A. taken; polluting B. taking; being polluted C. taken; being polluted D. taking; to be polluted
17. No matter how frequently , the works of Shakespeare always attract large audiences.
A. performed B. performing C. being performed D. to be performed
18. They were next – door neighbors for several years, during time they met only twice.
A. which B. that C. what D. same
19. The fact puzzled Jenny much she has been unable to pass the driving test up to now.
A. why B. because C. how D. that
20. To master a foreign language like English requires hard work, so you study too hard.
A. ought to B. should C. can’t D. mustn’t
第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
E – Books for students and Teachers
Next week, I am going to some meetings near Seattle, Washington. They will be running some test programs 21 a new e – book project they plan to start in the future. Today, several companies on the Internet (Microsoft included) will offer to 22 a book manuscript (原稿，手稿) for no fee 23 for a very small fee. The book will be printed “on demand”, 24 means they do not print thousands of copies in advance, but print books one or two or ten 25 using new print technology. Thus if I had a book with one of these on – line publishers, a reader could 26 it from an Internet outlet (经销店) like Amazon.com or Barners and Noble.com. Amazon would notify (通报) the on – line publisher 27 then print a copy and Amazon would ship it to the reader, It is technology 28 makes this “individualized” system 29 . In this country, I am told that 30 lose money on 31 six books out of ten; that they break – even on 2 or 3, and 32 money on only 1 or 2. the new Internet on – line system doesn’t even have a book 33 and it “Prints on Demand” (POD), 34 the publishers won’t lose 35 money. The electronic book is like a laptop computer. One downloads the electronic book 36 the Internet into the e – book, which then displays the text on a screen. I am told that the e – book may read the text to you 37 , may offer 38 music. Amazing.
A friend e – mailed me 39 that his textbook 40 published by Universe. com. He is writing to all of his friends in education to tell them they can look at the book on the Internet. Other sites are www.com and www. netlibrary. com.
21. A. on B. in C. of D. with
22. A. buy B. publish C. print D. sell
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24. A. that B. who C. which D. this
25. A. at a time B. at the same time C. at time D. in on time
26. A. get B. order C. place D. take
27. A. which would B. which must C. who would D. who must
28. A. that B. which C. it D. who
29. A. possible B. able C. works D. book sellers
30. A. writers B. publishers C. printers D. book sellers
31. A. all B. each C. every D. any
32. A. lose B. collect C. give D. make
33. A. at all B. in all C. after all D. above all
34. A. that B. then C. or D. so
35. A. any B. no C. a lot D. all the
36. A. by B. from C. at D. of
37. A. loud B. loudly C. aloud D. louder
38. A. pop B. soft C. classic D. background
39. A. that day B. the other day C. some day D. the next day
40. A. were B. have been C. is D. had been
第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节 阅读下列五篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water, Mr Johnson took the only escape route – through the boot (行李箱).
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romeney Marsin, Kent after slipping on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sittingborrne, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape. Later her said, “It was really a halfpenny with saved my life.” It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat – and a further ten minutes to clear the sweet samples (货样) from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳手) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled (爬) clear as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms cut and bruised (出现伤痕), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled (卷缩) in a blanket, he said, “That night the car had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch… ”
41. What is the best title for this newspaper article?
A. The Story of Mr. Johnson a Sweet Salesman B. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot
C. Car Boot Can Serve As the Escape Route D. The Driver Survived a Terrible Car Accident
42. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?
A. The hammer. B. The coin. C. The screw. D. The horn.
43. The underlined part “Finally it gave” means that .
A. luckily the door was torn away in the end B. at last the wrench went broken
C. the lock came open after all the efforts D. the chance was lost at the last minute
44. It may be inferred from the passage that .
A. the ditch was along a quiet country road
B. the accident happened in a clear warm day
C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch
D. the accident was partly due to Mr. Johnson’s carelessness
B
If you are in a town in a western country, you’ll often see people walking with their dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful animal in the world. But the reason why one keeps a dog has changed. Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the fight against other animals, and he found that the dog listened to him and did what he told him to. Later people used dogs for hunting other animals, and the dogs didn’t eat what they got until their master agreed. So dogs were used for driving sheep and guarding chicks. But now the people in the towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animals. Of course they keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason is that people feel lonely in the city. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For a young wife, a dog is her child when she doesn’t, have her own. For old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now people do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.
45. are more useful than a dog in the world.
A. Some animals B. No other animals C. Many animals D. A few animals
46. In the past people kept dogs because dogs .
A. could fight against other animals B. met the people
C. did not eat other animals D. helped and listened to people
47. Now people keep dogs in the cities because dogs .
A. are like their friends B. are lonely C. fight other animals D. are afraid of the thieves
48. So a dog will in a family.
A. always be used B. not be useful C. always be a good friend D. still fight
C
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D. who have never done online shopping before
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C. You can get an account number only after you place an order online
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A. to promote the sale of books B. to show the ways of ordering
C. to help readers apply for account numbers D. to supply account numbers to readers
D
I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated (主持) at two funerals (葬礼) for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It’s my fault.”
When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty (有罪). Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping Mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense – there is a reason for everything that happens. The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.
53. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?
A. They both died of old age.
B. They died from hard work.
C. They weren’t accustomed to the change in life.
D. They died due to lack of care by family members.
54. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because .
A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow
B. they believe that they are responsible for what has happened
C. they don’t know the natural course of events
D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction
55. The underlined part “the world makes sense” in Paragraph 3 probably means that .
A. everything in the world is planned in advance
B. the world can be understood in different ways
C. there’s an explanation for everything in the world
D. we have to be wise in order to understand the world
56. People have believed since early childhood that .
A. everybody is at their command
B. life and death is an unsolved mystery
C. every story should have a happy ending
D. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens
E
In deciding upon a unit of measurement, it is possible to pick anything. For example, the average height of a man could possibly have been a unit of measurement. In fact. Some of the units used today in English – speaking countries are based on such things as the distance from a man’s elbow (肘) to the tip of his middle finger or the weight of a grain of wheat.
Because there have been so many differences in weights and measures used in different countries, all international system has been urged. If one system were to be used by all countries of the world, it would probably be the metric system. This is a system worked out by a committee(委员会) of scientists appointed(委任) in France in l789. The English-speaking countries are almost the only ones that do not use the metric system in their measures. However it is used in scientific work even in those countries.
The metric system is based on a measure of length called the “meter”. This is approximately (近似) one ten-millionth: of the distance on the Earth’s surface from pole to equator(赤道). It is about 39,37 inches. The metric system is based on 10 as is our number system, so that each unit of length is 10 times as large as the next smaller unit. There are Square and cubic units for measuring area and volume (体积) which correspond to (与……一致) the units of length.
The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of pure water. The liter is a measure used as the quart is used, but it is a little larger. The hectare(公顷), which is10, 000 square meters, is used as the acre in Britain, but is 2.471 acres. The metric system is more convenient to use than the English system because its plan is the same as that of our number system.
Here are some equivalents for the metric and English systems: one foot equals 0.305 meter; one inch equals 2.540 centimeters; one mile equals 1.609 kilometers; one quart(夸脱)equals 0.946 liter(升).
57. Metric system should be used in the world because .
A. man measured the distance which is based on the distance from a man’s elbow to the tip of his middle finger
B. the English-speaking countries used their own measurement
C. scientific work needs a unit of measurement
D. based on the weight of a grain of wheat, an informal measure of weight is used today
58. In , a committee of scientists worked out “Metric system”.
A. America B. Japan C. France D. Germany
59. Which of the following units does NOT belong to “metric system”?
A. Acre B. Hectare C. Kilometer D. Gram
60. This passage is mainly about .
A. how to work out the metric system
B. what is the metric system
C. how to change other units into the metric system
D. the development of the metric system
第二节：补全对话（共5小题，每空1分，满分5分）
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。注意：如果答案为E，涂A和B；为F涂A和C；为G涂A和D。
Charley: Come on, Steve. 61
Steve: Wait a minute. 62
Charley: OK.
Steve: By the way, can we give my sister a ride home tonight?
Charley: Sure. 63
Steve: Yeah. She wants to take some pictures.
Charley: 64
Steve: Yeah. She’d like to work for a newspaper someday.
Charley: But I think it might be difficult for her to succeed. 65
A. Well, she always enjoys sports games, doesn’t she?
B. I didn’t know Eva was interested in photography.
C. There are a lot of photographers out there.
D. You mean she’s coming to the game, too?
E. I just have to close up the shop.
F. Eva’s closing the door.
G. It’s time to go.
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第一节：单词拼写：（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句意及所给汉语或首字母提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
66. He is not interested in teaching (事业). 66.
67. The first living c sent into space is a dog named Laika. 67.
68. The boss made no (评论) about the new policy. 68.
69. It is worthwhile a to him for the wrong done by you 69.
70. The toy is the boy’s (最爱). 70.
71. Einstein d himself to world peace and progress. 71.
72. He is to celebrate his daughter’s (九岁) birthday. 72.
73. A visit to the Great Wall is a truly u experience. 73.
74. She is a woman of high (地位). 74.
75. An e is a feeling such as fear, love, anger or excitement. 75.
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
ladies and gentlemen,
May I have your attention, please? As for some parts of 76.
our city had been reported to have been infected by bird flu, 77.
we should help people especially the villagers understood 78.
the disease better, such as the danger of the disease and 79.
how avoid being infected. So we will go to the villages 80.
and introduce details about the disease to us. Everyone 81.
is supposed to be at a school gate at 8 am on Saturday. And 82.
we’ll set off right away. We will be divided into 5 group, 83.
but each is responsible for one village. Everybody is 84.
expected to be patiently and friendly during the process. 85.
And lunch should be prepared by yourself.
第三节：书面表达（满分30分）
人们对于学生网上交友持不同意见。请用英语写一篇关于学生网上交友的短文，介绍人们的不同观点，并表达自己的看法。
| 赞成的理由 | 反对的理由 | 你的看法 |
| 1. 广交朋友 2. 可自由表达思想 3. 利于外语学习 | 1. 浪费时间 2. 影响学习 3. 可能上当受骗 | ？ |
注意：1. 文章必须包括表中的全部内容。 2. 词数110左右。
参考答案
第I卷（共95分）
1—5 CABDB 6—10 ABCBA 11—15 AACCB 16—20 CAADC 21—25 ABBCA
26—30BCAAB 31—35CDADA 36—40BCDBD 41—45 BBCDB 46—50 DACCC
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第II卷（共55分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
66. career/cause 67. creature 68. comment(s) 69. apologizing 70. favourite
71. devoted 72. ninth 73. unforgettable 74. position 75. emotion
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
76. for去掉 77. had – have 78. understood – understand 79. 对
80. how后加to 81. us – them 82. a – the 83. group – groups
84. but – and 85. patiently – patient
第三节：书面表达（满分30分）
Should students make friends on line? Some say yes. The Internet helps make friends. Chatting on line, students can more freely express their feelings and opinions, and even get help with their foreign language studies.
Others, however, think student should not. They say making friends on line is a waste of time, which should be spent more meaningfully on study. Besides, some can be cheated on line.
It is my opinion that students should place their study, health and safety before other things. As for friendship, we can easily find it in our classmates and other people around us.