2005年春湖北省部分重点中学期中联考

2005年春湖北省部分重点中学期中联考

高三英语试题

命题：华中科大附中审题：红安一中

第I卷 (三部分，共115分)

第一部分：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 can't the woman give the man some help?

A. She is quite busy right now.

B. She doesn't like grammar at all.

C. She is poor in grammar, too.

2. What did the woman promise to do?

A. To receive some guests.

B. To have a talk with Scott.

C. To have h]nch with both Scott and his daughter.

3. How much will the woman pay if she buys two pounds of tomatoes?

A. $0.80.

B. $2.2.

C. $0.30.

4. What happened to the man?

A. He had to do others' jobs.

B. Nobody would like to help him.

C. He had to take Jane to hospital.

5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a coffee house.

B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.

第二节：(共15小题：每小题1．5分，满分22．5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独自前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. When does the conversation take place?

A. In the middle of the summer vacation.

B. At the beginning of the school term.

C. At the end of the school term.

7. Why is the woman buying the tickets?

A. The man doesn't have much money.

B. She owes Bob some money.

C. She's got a student prize.

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8. What is the man going to do?

A. To buy his own ticket.

B. To pay their supper.

C. To go on holiday with the woman.

听第7段材料，回答第9至10题。

9. What can we learn about the man?

A. His grandfather was seriously iii,

B. The teacher excused the man.

C. The man was tired of learning.

10. What did the teacher do to the man?

A. She allotted tile man to see his grandfathen

B. She was very angry and would punish the man.

C. She went together with the man to the hospital.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does the woman say she will be late?

A. She will have to work longer hours.

B. She will go home first.

C. She will go to the restaurant straight from work,

12. What's their plan for the day?

A. Having dinner at a restaurant,

B. Seeing a film some other time.

C. Seeing a film after the dinner.

13. What is their final decision?

A. They'll miss the first part of the film.

B. They'll put offtheir dinner until 8,

C. They'll do everything according to their plan.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Why does the woman say this washing machine is one of their most popular mo

A. lhe man just needs to plug it.

B, It's very simple to use.

C. There aren't so many buttons.

15. What do you do when you want a cold wash and a cold rinse(用清水冲洗)?

A. Press the first button down.

B. Press the middle button down,

C. Press the button on the right.

16. What do you do if you wash extra-dirty clothes?

A. Choose the super wash cycle.

B. Turn on the speed and cycle control button.

C. Pull tile knob out.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker?

A. A laboratory assistant.

B. A doctor.

C. A teacher of a laboratory class.

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18. How will late arrivals be treated?

A. Allowed to enter the class with information repeated for them.

B. Not given any special consideration.

C. Dropped from the class iflate three times.

19. What happens if a student misses three classes?

A. ]'hey can make up the classes.

B. ]'hey will be dropped from the class.

C. 'lhey may be allowed to remain if they have a good excuse.

20. What shouhl be done if long hair is worn?

A. It must be fastened tightly.

B. It Will be cut.

C. The students will be asked to leave the class.

第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分) 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．

21. I don't want to be interrupted, for my paper is due tomorrow. If _______asks where I am,

jnst say I've gone out.

A. someone

B. anyone

C. everyone

D. no one

22. After Japan marked the Diaoyu Island as its own land on a new map, some citizens _____________ an anti-Japanese movement.

A. called on

B. called in

C. called off

D. called lor

23. In _________ world, where computers rule our work and life online searches have become

_____________ necessity.

A. a; a

B. a; the

C. the; a

D. the; /

24. —Your MP3 looks nice. Can I borrow it?

—Yes,_____________.

A. out of the question

B. help yourself

C. go ahead

D. it's my birthday present

25. Sara and Kathleen, _____ nearly three years apart in age, were as close as twins could be.

A. as

B. though

C. yet

D. since

26. The sales figure in our store will greatly increase once our customers __________ our

friends not only customers.

A. are considering

B. has been considered

C. are considered

D. will be considered

27. —Hi, Linda, you don't seem to be as fresh as before these days.

—A bad dream ___________ me. I have to see a doctor to find a way out.

A. disturbed

B. was disturbing

C. has disturbed

D. has been disturbing

28. —Would you please do me a favor and check the information?

—I'm __________ glad to help.

A. more than

B. by no means

C. less than

D. far from

29. -I'm calling to remind you of your identification card..

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—Why?

—The law says every tourist _________ carry his when traveling here.

A. need

B. should

C. shall

D. would

30. He, with several tough tasks ____________, has been elected as one of the Ten

Figures 2004 in China.

A. to complete

B. complete

C. complettug

D. completed

31. It was only for this particular reason __________ a letter to complain about the service

in the restaurant.

A. did he write

B. that he wrote

C. wily he wrote

D. which he wrote

32 —Have you heard the new benefit system is to take effect?

—Yes. That's great, yet some worry it may ___________ laziness.

A. encourage

B. develop

C. cause

D. prevent

33. —It's said the tarmers had a good harvest this yeah

—Right especially the wheat clop. It was proved to be very big beyond

_____________

A. doubt

B. wonder

C. expectation

D. explanation

34. All the people present are deep in thought,wondering ____________ these troubles will lead.

A. whether

B. how

C. which

D. where

35. —How do you find the film you saw last night?

—Come om I won't trust the movie reviews any more._________________.

A. It couldn't be a worse one

B. you'd better see it yourself

C. lt's worth seeing

D. Don't expect too much of it

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题：每小题1．5分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、(·和D)中，

选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，

Throughout history man has had to accept the tact that all living things most die, but

people now live longer than they used to, 36 ， all living things still show the 37

of aging, which will eventually 38 death, the organs and the 39 they form

don't function as well as they 40 in childhood and adolescence (青春期). The hod>

provides less 41 against disease and is more prone (易于...... 的) to

accident.

A number of related causes may 42 to aging. Some cells of the body have

a fairly

43 life, but they are not 44 when they die. As a person ages, 45 ot

brain cells and muscle cells decreases. Other body cells died and are replaced

by new cells, lu an aging person the 46 cells may not be as viable (能

生存的) or as capable 47

as those of a young person.

Another factor in aging may be changes within the cells 48 . Some of the protein

chemicals in cells are 49 to change with age and become less elastic. This

is 50

the skin of old people shrink ([收缩) in 51 . There may be other more important

chemical changes in the cells. Some complex cells chemicals, 52 DNA and RNA, store

and 53 information that the cells need. Aging may 54 this process and change

the information carrying molecules 55 they do not transmit (收缩) the inlormation as

well.

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36. A. Yet B. Therefore C. Thus D. Otherwise

37. A. truth B. effect C. fact D. sign

38. A. result in B. lie in C. end in D. conclude

to

39. A. hands B. heads C. body D. legs

40. A. made B. (lid C. grew D. had

41. A. prevention B. protection C. strength D. vitamin

42. A. contribute B. compare C. lead D. come

43. A. good B. short C. long D. strong

44. A. repeated B. replied C. replaced D. rearranged

45. A. the amount B. a lot C. the number D. a plenty

46. A. fresh B. normal C. old D. new

47. A. of B. to C. with D. for

48. A. of themselves B. itself C. by themselves D. themselves

49. A. told B. known C. said D. reported

50. A. because B. that C. why D. what

51. A. height B. length C. weight D. body

52. A. for example B. something like C. that is D. such as

53. A. pass on B. spread to C. carry ont D. change into

54. A. stop B. affect C. improve D. damage

55. A. so that B. providing that C. in case D. if

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，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I was in the southern most district in India when the tsunami waves struck Madras tile

morning of December 26.

I visited some of the affected areas. My uncle Bose who is involved in social work took me to a spot that stuck me most.

Kotilpadu, live days alter the killer' waves hit, was deserted except for a few residents

coming from the relief camps to pick up some goods.

Most of the about 600 houses were severely damaged. A tractor was pulling clown the

damaged houses so that they did not fall later and cause more deaths.

An(r/her tractor was pulling out the remains of the buildings--- and sometimes

decomposed (腐烂的) bodies-- from a water channel running parallel to the sea. The channel separates tile densely populated village from the mainland. On that lateful

Day, the day alter Christmas, children were playing in the channel.

A good number of women were bathing, washing clothes and gossiping there. When the

giant waves hit, the village people conldn't cross over to the mainland because of the channel

in-between. This explains why most people who died in the village are women and children.

And there was an open place where a couple of days ago about 500 bodies were dumped

for identification. The entire town and surrounding areas smelled of bodies.

I asked a reporter to cover this out-of-the-way fishing village too. The tsunami did

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not discriminate between fishing folk and urban people on the beach for a holiday. But at least Ihis time, thc-dead were cared for better than the thousands of poor people who were killed by the Orissa llnods arotmd the turn of the century. I hope service organizations don't make the mistake of keeping fishing folk away fi'om the sea lor a long time. The best thing they could do would be to give them fishing

nets and boats and counsel them so that they could go back to the sea with confidence.

Life has to move on. A livelihood (生计) is the basic need for a life of dignity (尊严). I hope more people will help with the relief and rehabilitation.

56. Which nf the following words best describes the small village after the tsunami?

A. Deserted.

B. Grief.

C. Frightened.

D. Panic.

57. The unclerlined word "This" in the seventh paragraph probably refers to __

A. women bathing and gossiping there

B. children playing with water in the channel

C. the channel preventing them from crossing over

D. giant waves hitting villages without warning earlier'

58. Fronl the passage, we learn the writer eventually eries to __

A. express his sympathy over the dead

B. describe the ruined village by tsunami

C. help to deliver fishing nets and boats

D. call on to aid villagers to move on with their life

59. Which drawing shows the correct locations of the village, the channel, the sea and the

mainland?

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B

Skiing is my favorite sport，even though I have only skied for 4 days in my whole life! Last year my father promised that if my brother did well in his exams,

he would take us lbr a special holiday. When Victor got straight 'A's, Dad said, 'How about a weekend visit to the

Botanical Gardens?' But my mother said, 'No, you promised it. I think you ought to keep your

word.' And, despite the expense, he did.

Victor's dream was to see some real snow. So we flew to Seoul, and then took a bus to

Muju Resort. As it climbed through the mountains, we saw the snow on the trees, I was dying

to get out and play with it. At last we reached the resort, and scrambled out of the bus quickly.

No one in my lamily had ever touched snow before. We were all like little children: we picked

it up, made snowballs, and threw them at each other.

Then I noticed that the tour guide was watching us, with a smile on his face. ‘I think we should go and check in' my Dad said. and so we did. Our room overlooked one Of the ski ski slopes.The slopes were floodlit, and we watched people skiing until 10p.m. We couldn't wait to try it ourselves.

The next day we had our first skiing lesson and we found we couldn't even walk. Our

instructor took us onto a gentle slope, and showed us some basic skills. If you want to go up hill,you have to stand sideways, and go up step by step. lfyou want to stop, you must point the.tips of your skis together. But the tips mustn't cross, or you'll fall. To be honest, that first lesson wasn't a great success, and I spent a lot of time sitting down.

However, the next day, I definitely improved. I only fell over a few times, and I managed

to do a few longer runs. Although it was very cold, I spent most of that holiday skiing.

But it was all over too soon. I have decided to do a part-time job this summer, and

perhaps 1 can earn enough money for another super skiing holiday.

60. What made Father hesitate when it came to him to decide the destination of their holiday?

A. The excellent exam-results of her brother.

B. Her mother's mention of her father's promise.

C. The great attraction of the Botanical Gardens.

D. The expensive costs of the special holiday.

61. We eau learn from the passage that _____________

A. the slopes can be skied on even in the evening

B. the hotel we live in lies in the bottom of the mountains

C. the snow in Muju Resort is artificially made

D. the family behave like children in the resort

62. [t can be concluded that the writer

A. complains a lot about her instructor

B. improves slowly during the skiing

C. feels great about herself after her first lesson

D. falls over all the times throughout the skiing

63. The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. a happy experience of a sporting holiday

B. a description of a beautiful resort in Seoul

C. some necessary skills needed for skiing

D. a heated discussion over the special holiday

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C

The two largest US record companies, Universal Music (with a 27% share of the market)

and BMG (with a 17% share), announced Wednesday that they were forming a joint venture

(合资企业) to create luternet sites to promote and sell music.

The move recognizes the growing importance of the Internet, both in building an audience

for musicians and in selling music. This year, about 2 percent of the CDs sold in the USA will

llc bought over the internet.

The Universal -BMG venture will build off several sites where BMG has already started

h, promote its artists. These include https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,, a rhythm-and-blues site; https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,, tot

untraditional music , and https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,, for country music. These sites will feature

information about and interviews with artists, chat rooms for tans and love music broadcasts.

Besides promoting their own records, they will probably sell advertising.

Moreover, these sites will link users to a new Internet music store founded by BMG and

I rniversal called https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,. Unlike the above sites, which will promote only Universal and BMG artists, Getmusic will also sell the music of artists frnm the other major companies and independent record companies.

This deal sets the stage for record companies to allow people to download music to their

computer by law, and will prevent copying without paying the record companies and artists.

64. The joint venture shmdd be _____________.

A. an organization in cooperation

B. a recognized rule for guidance

C. a mixed idea after exchange

D. a group of adYenturers

65. If you want to download music by artists from other music companies, you'd better visit

__________.

A. https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,

B. https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,

C. https://www.360docs.net/doc/b05662826.html,

D. Twangthis. Com

66. What makes it possible for the joint venture to be formed by Universal Music and BMG?

A. They both have a big share of the music market.

B. They both have already had web sites to sell music.

C. They both have the same system to promote their artists.

D. They both have the same idea to prevent copying music by law.

67. The headline of this news report will probably be _____________.

A. A New Joint Venture

B. Web Sites For Music

C. Universal Music And BMG Hand In Hand

D. Market Music On The Web

D

In a wealthy neighborhood in SeouL anxious parents frightened toddlers (初学走路的孩

子) into Dr. Nam Il woo's(name) office and demand that he operate on the children's tongues.

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It is simple: ,lust a snip (剪) on the tongue-tie anti it is supposedly longer, more flexible (灵活) and —some South Koreans believe —better able to pronounce, like “rice”. so it does not sound like “lice”.

"Parents are eager to have their children speak English. and so they want to have them

get the operation，" said Nam. who performs about 10 operations a month, almost all on

children younger than 5.

In this competitive society, fluent and unaccented English is the top goal o! language study.It is not unusual for 6-month-old baby to be put in front of the TV for as long as five hours a day to watch instruction videos, or for 7-year-olds to be sent out alter dinner for English courses. South Korean parents will spend nearly a month's salary Ol1 monthly tuition at English-language kindergartens and up to $ 50 an hour for tutors. It is supposed to be a $3-billion-a-sear industry and that doesn't include the thousands of children sent abroad to improve their skills.

Linguists sneer al the idea that South Koreans' tongues are too short to speak English

properly. "Since westerners are taller they might have longer tongues. Bu! this operation

lengthens the tongue by only a mm or two and that has nothing to do with it." said

linguist Lee Ho Young. The real problem for South Koreans. as for Japanese. is that their own languages

make no difference between Ls and Rs, so then' ears cannot discover the difference. Lee added.

68. South Korean parents have their toddlers operated on tongues because they believe the

operation may ____________.

A. help them grow taller fast

B. help them speak pure English

C. decrease the chance of the attack of some illness

D. stop them speaking with any Korean accents

69. From this passage, we can conclude that. in South Korea. there is an existing social fact

thai __________.

A. parents care much about their children's English training

B. parents are always running after fashion

C. its rising industry totals up to US $ 3 billion a year

D. children in this country are enjoying their playful childhood

70. In some South Korean linguists' noint of view._____________.

A. South Korean parents and their children are too crazy for English

B. the operation may work well except for its high charge

C. much nore money should have been spent on English training for children

D. English learners should research on their mother tongue so as to lind a briOge between

71. By writing this passage, the writer means to _____________.

A. advertise Dr. Nam fl Woo's expert operation

B. show his puzzle about the overheated English education

C. report what he has researched through interviewing people and linguists

D. express his satisfaction with the rapid development of national industries

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Offering a powerful new tool against terrorism (恐怖主义) , researchers have found away to detect lies: in the liar's blushing lace. The technique, described in the journal Nature.

uses a thermal camera (热敏相机) to detect sudden shills of blood flow in the lace. The system

performed as a traditional polygraph (测谎仪) , the scientists report.

Pushed by technological advances, and with fresh interest since Sept. 11, the discovery is part of the development in the scientific study of detection. Although the lie remains a

mysterious phenomenon, researchers in recent years have found a number of new methods

that might take the place of the polygraph, from brain scans, to slight changes in eye

movement, to sparks of electrical activity that signal a person has seen a victim or a crime

scene before. The new finding says, when a person tells a lie, there is a sudden rush of blood to the area around the eyes. Although the changes is not ordinary visible, the bloods warms the skin, causing bands of color to appear through a camera sensitive (感应器) to heat.

One advantage of the camera can provide answers quickly, and doesn't require a highly

trained expert to operate it or explain its results. In theory, this new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened.

But some scientists said the technology would need to be improved before it was ready for use; for it is possible that there are other reactions that cause a sudden change in flood flow in the face and there is also the danger that people will learn to fool the machine, the same way they try to fool polygraph examiners by controlling their breathing or taking drugs to relax themselves.

72. Compared with a traditional polygraph, the new tool's progress lies in the fact that

_____________

A. it is moveable

B. it is easier to operate

C. it gives immediate conclusion

D. it can be used in public places

73. Different from the other tried ways, this new technology studies ___________

to detect lies.

A. brain waves

B. eye movements

C. electrical sparks

D. change in facial blood flow

74. We can infer that ____________ inspires (鼓舞；激励) the finding of the new way of detection.

A. the need of personal security

B. the data collected in the tried ways

C. the threaten from terrorism

D. the desire for public security

75.1t is NOT true that this new technology ____________

A. is incomparable as a result of perfect development and necessary tests

B. is likely to be used widely to screen large number of people

C. faces the danger of being fooled by experienced and drug-taking liars

D. needs to be improved before being put into use

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高三英语试题

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第Ⅱ卷(两部分，共35分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右

边

横线上画一个勾(√)：如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线

划

掉、此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。词

行

错—个词：在错的词下面划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出该正后的词。

汁意：原行没有错的不要改。

Hello, everyone, this is the captain speak, and I want 76.____________

to welcome you to Flight 18 heading Seattle. Ont flight 77.____________

time today is 2 honrs and 14 minutes, but we will be 78.____________

tlving at an average height of 29,000 feet. The local time 79.____________

in Seattle was a quarter to twelve, and the cra'rent weather 80.____________

is sumy, but it is a chance of rain later in the day.

81.____________

We will be arrived at Gate B. And we will be announcing 82.____________

Io connecting flights on our nearing to the Seattle airport.

83.____________

On behalf o[ Sky Airlines and the crew, l want to wish

you enjoyable stay in the Seattle area or at your final 84.____________

destination. Sit back and enjoy the plane.

85.___________

高三英语第11页 (共12页)

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华，你的笔友Sam来信询问近几年我国高考的变化。请你根据下表提供的

信息，如实相告。

生词：考生—exam-taker；直辖市—municipality

Thanks for )our letter. Since you'd like to know the changes in our Entrance Examinations For College, I'm writing to tell you what I know.

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Best wishes,

Yours,

Li Hua

高三英语第12页 (共12页)

2005年春湖北省部分重点中学期中联考

高三英语参考答案

1.C

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. C

7. A

8. B

9. C

10. B

11.A 12. C 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B

20. A

21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C

30. D 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. A

36.A 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. B 41. B 42. A 43. C 44. C

45. C

46. D 47. A 48. D 40. B 50. C 51. A 52. D 53. A 54. B

55. A

56. A 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. D 61. A 62. C 63. A 64. A

65. C

66. C 67. D 68. B 69. A 70. D 71. B 72 .B 73. D 74. C

75. A

76. speak—speaking 77. ∧for 78. but—and 79.√ 80. was—is 81. it —there

82. arrived—arriving 83. 去掉第一个to 84. ∧an 85. plane—flight

要点：

1．担心夏日炎热会影响到考生，开考日期由7月7日提前1个月到6月7日。

1． 2000年前全国采用同一试卷统一考试。

3． 2000年以来，部分省份或直辖市开始单独命题，如，北京、湖北、广东。

4. 单独命题省市可以自行决定，除了语文、数学和英语3门基础科目外，还考哪些科目。

One possible version:

Dear Sam,

Thanks for your letter. Since you'd like to know the changes in our Entrance

Examinations For College, I'm writing to tell you what I know.

The first change is the date. The examinations used to fall on July 7. Ihe worry that

summer heat might afl'eet exam-takers made it necessary to have them earlier. Now, the

examinations come on June 7, one month earlier,.

The second change lies in papers. Same papers for the examinations were used nationally

until 2000, when some provinces or municipalities, like, Beijing , Hubei, and Guangdong,

began to make their papers separately.

Due to the change of exam-paper~making, the provinces and municipalities using their

own papers can decide which subjects the examinations will cover, besides the 3 basic subjects

-Chinese, math and English. (103 words)

Best wishes

Sincereiy yours

Li Hua