河北省衡水中学—度第二学期一调考试高三英语试卷

2007—2008学年度第二学期第一次调研考试高三年级英语试卷命题人：杜娟本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分.共150分，考试用时120分钟.第一卷（共三部分，共95分）第一部分：英语知识运用(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)1. national A. garbage B. final C. manner D. escape2. business A. design B. mixture C. extreme D. machine3. arithmetic A. southern B. bathroom C. otherwise D. worthy4. anxious A. anger B. conclusion C. dangerous D. branch5. repair A. culture B. inspire C. compare D. heart第二节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)6. As is reported，the CPI（consumer price index）went up mainly because of 18. 2 percentrise in food prices.A. /; /B. an; theC. /; theD. an; /7. No matter what the newspaper articles say，the newly--made temple doesn't＿a place of interest.A. head forB. make forC. offer toD. run out8. In the years , the city government will take effective measures to bring the price of thehouse under control.ingB. cameC. comeD. to come9. He is a nice listener, he feels the time is right he will give you his thoughts.A.untilB. after whichC. ifD. and when10. In the UK, what impressed exchange students most was the Student Activity, theycould get lots of information.A. whereB. thatC. whichD. when11. The most expensive Olympic tickets for the opening ceremony on August 8 and they＿up to 5,000 yuan. A Chinese official said at the press conference.A. are; costB. will be; will costC. are; will costD. will be; have cost12.Is＿＿Qinghai--Tibet Railway plays an important role in China’s railway history the topic thatyou are coming to?A. whatB. itC. thisD. that13. achievement, last week’s ministerial meeting of the WTO here earned a low,though not failing, grade.A. In terms ofB. In case ofC. As a result ofD. In face of14.＿ways to be more gentle with the earth, or we' 1 be punished for what we've done.A. To findB. FindingC. FoundD. Find15. --Andrew won't like it，you know.-- ＿？I don’t care what Andrew thinks！A. What ifB. flow comeC. So whatD. How about16. Had I known the party was so boring, I wouldn’t have come. I anything.A.hadn’t doneB. haven’t doneC. didn’t doD. wouldn’t do17. –Are you a member of the club?-- . It’s years since I a member of the club.A. Yes; wasB. No; becameC. Yes; had beenD. No; was18. China, a country with 145 million elderly people, will an aging society during this century, according to Chinese population expertsA.suggestB. remainC. replaceD. become19. The company gave away 500 dictionaries to the students at the beginning of this term and300 next term.A. anotherB. moreC. elseD. other20. ---Don’t you know that Australia was as a matter of fact used to be a nation of prisoners?A. whereB. whatC. whichD. that第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival, more commonly known in the west as Chinese New Year. 21 all Chinese festivals, the date of the new year is 22 by the lunar calendar 23 the Western calendar, so the date of the holiday 24 from late January to mid February.The Spring Festival 25 the earth 26 back to life，and the starting of plowingand sowing. In the past, feudal rulers of dynasties placed great 27 on this occasion，and ceremonies to usher in the 28 were performed.Preparations for the Spring Festival start 29 the last few days of the last month. Houses are 30 cleaned，debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes 31 ．Doors are decorated with couplets whose texts 32 good luck and praise nature. In many homes incense is 33 ，and also in the temples as a 34 of respects for ancestors.On New Year's Eve a large family dinner is served. In the south of China，sticky-sweet rice pudding called niangao is served, 35 in the north the jiaozi dumpling is popular. Most celebrating the festival 36 up till midnight, when fireworks are lit，to drive away evil spirits. New Year's Day is often 37 visiting neighbors and friends.The public holiday for the Spring Festival 38 3 days in China，but the festival 39 lasts till the 15th day of the lunar month and ends with the “Lantern Festival"．When houses are 40 with colorful lanterns, and yuanxiao，a sweet fried or boiled dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, is eaten.21. A. as B. For C. Like D. With22. A. determined B. declared C. discovered D. deposited23. A. other than B. instead C. besides D. rather than24. A. goes B. varies C. shifts D. moves25. A. celebrates B. invites C. inspires D. cultivates26. A. came B. coming C. to come D. to be coming27. A. attention B. patience C. importance D. consideration28. A. season B. period C. process D. interval29. A. for B. till C. during D. before30. A. frequently B. occasionally C. thoroughly D. casually31. A. loaned B. borrowed C. purchased D. granted32. A. seek B. require C. create D. follow33. A. arranged B. burned C. fired D. applied34. A. performance B. mark C. display D. basis35. A. though B. because C. while D. since36. A. stay B. get C. remain D. wake37. A. kept B. spent C. taken D. caught38. A. passes B. overtakes C. consumes D. lasts39. A. functionally B. nationally C. intentionally D. traditionally40. A. decorated B. covered C. filled D. surrounded第二部分：阅读理解(共45分)ACarly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's chief executive（执行官）,came out fighting on November 14th. In a conference call with analysts，she announced better-than-expected quarterly results，even though profits were down. Ms. Fiorina also repeated why she believes her＄24 billion plan to acquire Compaq is the best way forward for HP，despite disapproval by Hewlett and Packard family members. Last week Walter Hewlett，whose father cofounded the company，expressed concern that the combination would increase HP's exposure（受到危害）to the decreasing PC market.There are two ways to defend the deal. One is to point out its advantages，which is what Ms. Fiorina did this week...“Having spent the last several months planning the combination of these two companies，we a re even more convinced of the power of this combination,”Ms. Fiorina concluded.It sounds too good to be true, and it almost certainly is. But the other way to defend the deal is to point out that，even if it was a bad idea to start with, abandoning could be even worse----a view that，unsurprisingly, Ms. Fiorina chose not to advance，but is being quietly put forward by the deal's supporters.Giving up the combination would be extremely painful for a number of reasons. Since the executive teams of both firms have committed themselves to the deal，they would be completely discredited（败坏名声）if it fell apart，and would probably have to go. Under the terms of the combination agreement，HP might have to pay Compaq as much as＄675m if it backed out. The two firms would be considerably weakened；they would also be rivals (竞争对手) again，despite having shared technical and marketing information with each other over the past few months. In short，it would all be horribly messy. What can be done to save the deal? Part of the problem is that HP has no plan B. "They need a brand-recovery effort immediately,”says one industry analyst. HP must give the impression that it is strong and vital，rather than desperate，and that its future is not dependent on the deal going forward. That could make the combination look more attractive and bring investors back on board.41. What is Ms. Fiorina's attitude toward the combination of HP and Compaq?A.Forced permission.B. Strong disapproval.C. Enthusiastic support.D. Slighthesitation.42. Which of the following is not the good reason to promote the combination?A. The majority of the firm are in favor of the combination.B. No combination is even worse than combination.C. It can bring about a lot of advantages.D. There is no plan B to save the firm from trouble.43. What can we learn from paragraph 4?A. The executive teams of both firms can benefit a lot from the combination.B. The future of HP depends much on the combination.C. The two sides are eager to make this deal.D. Plan B can save HP out of trouble.44. What is the author's attitude toward the combination of HP?A. Negative.B. Supportive.C. Objective.D. Worried.BA lousy marriage might make you sick. Marital strife（婚姻不幸）and other bad personal relationships can raise your risk for heart disease, researchers reported Monday.What it likely boils down to（归结于）is stress----a well-known contributor to health problems, as well as a potential byproduct（副产品）of troubled relationships, the scientists said.In a study of 9，011 British civil servants，most of them married, those with the worst close relationships were 34 percent more likely to have heart attacks or other heart trouble during 12 years of follow-up than those with good relationships. That included partners, close relatives and friends.The study, in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine，follows previous research that has linked health problems with being single and having few close relationships. In the new study, researchers focused more on the quality of marriage and other important relationships."What we add here is that being married is in general good, but be careful about the kind of person you have married. The quality of the relationship matters.” said lead author Roberto De Vogli, a researcher with University College in London.De Vogli said his research team is doing tests to see if study participants with bad relationships have any biological evidence of stress that could contribute to heart disease.Men and women with bad relationships faced equal risks, according to the study. Volunteers filled out questionnaires asking them to rate the person to whom they felt closest on several measures. These included questions about to what extent does that person "give you worries，problems and stress?"They also were asked about whether they felt they could confide in（向……透露秘密）that person，or whether talking with that person made them feel worse.Over the following 12 years，589 participants had heart attacks or other heart problems. Those with the highest negative scores on .the questionnaire had the highest risks，even taking intoaccount other factors related to heart disease such as obesity（肥胖），high blood pressure and smoking.45. According to the text, stress isA. an unimportant contributor to health problemsB. an impossible factor to heart diseaseC. a potential byproduct of troubled relationshipsD. an obvious product of troubled relationships46. The underlined word “lousy" in the first paragraph could best be replace d byA. very cautiousB. very badC. very legalD. very selfish47. We know from the text thatA. people with the best close relationships were more likely to have heart attacksB. the previous research is mainly about the quali ty of marriage‘C. men and women with bad relationships faced different risks for heart diseaseD. the quality of the relationship is very important to people's health48. What is the passage mainly about?A. A study which links marital strife to heart disease.B. The difference between marital strife and heart disease.C. A study of 9, 011 British civil servants.D. A study which links a happy marriage with good personal relationships.CJapanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean--the giant squid（鱿鱼）.Until now the only information about the behavior of the creatures which measure up to l8 meters (59 feet) in length has been based on dead or dying squid washed up on shore or captured in commercial fishing nets.But Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, both in Tokyo have captured the first images of Architeuthis attacking bait 900 meters below the surface in the cold, dark waters of the North Pacific. "We show the first wild images of a giant squid in its natural environment,” they said in a report in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society.Little is known about the creatures because it has been so difficult to locate and study them alive. Large ships and specialist equipment, which are costly, are needed to study deep sea environments.The Japanese scientists found the squid by following sperm whales, the most effective hunters of giant squid, as they gathered to feed between September and December in the deep waters offthe coast of the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific. They used a remote long-line camera and depth logging system to capture the giant squid in the ocean depths.The most dramatic character of giant squids is the pair of extremely long tentacles（触须），distinct from the eight shorter arms. The long tentacles make up to two-thirds of the length of the dead specimens（标本）to date. The giant squid appear to be a much more active meat-eating animals than researchers had thought.49. The passage mainly tells us that＿＿．A. Scientists captured a giant squid aliveB. Scientists captured a giant squid oncameraC. giant squids are special meat--eating animalsD. giant squids mainly live in the deep sea50. According to the passage，we can infer that the word "Architeuthis" should refer to＿．A. a scientistB. the sperm whaleC. a big shipD. the giant squid51. Which of the following about giant squids is TRUE?A. They like living in the cold and deep waters.B. They mainly feed on the dead fish.C. They like playing, using their tentacles.D. They have only eight arms around themouth.52. According to the passage, the scientists located the giant squid＿＿．A. through a remote long--line cameraB. by using depth logging systemC. by following sperm whalesD. by using the bait to attract themDBritish author J.K. Rowling at the release of her latest Harry Potter book called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the Natural History Museum in London, Friday July 20, 2007.J. K. Rowling has been seen at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Ian Rankin, a fellow author and neighbor of Rowling's, as saying the creator of the "Harry Potter" books is turning to crime fiction."My wife spotted her writing her Edinburgh criminal detective novel” the newspaper quoted Rankin as telling a reporter at an Edinburgh literary festival."It is great that she has not given up writing on Edinburgh cafes," said Rankin，who is known for his own police novels set in the historic Scottish city.Rowling began to write the Potter story in the Scottish city's cafes. Then, she was a struggling single mother who wrote in cafes to save on the heating bill at home.Now she's Britain's richest woman-worth＄1billion，according to Forbes magazine-and her sevenPotter books have sold more than 335 million copies worldwide.In an interview with The Associated Press last month, Rowling said she believed she was unlikely to repeat the success of the Potter series, but confirmed she had plans to work on new books.“I'll do exactly what I did with Harry---I'll write what I really want to write.” Rowling said.53. The main idea of the passage is that .A. J. K. Rowling has turned to other professions instead of writingB. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been releasedC. J. K. Rowling begins writing detective novelsD. J. K. Rowling's secret has been found out in Edinburgh cafes54. Why did J. K. Rowling write novels in cafes instead of at home at the very beginning?A. Because the cafes were comfortable and cheap.B. Because she liked drinking coffee while writing.C. Because the environment there contributed to her writing.D. Because she lacked money and couldn't afford the heating bills.55. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. J. K. Rowling's neighbor saw her writing police novels.B. Both Rowling's and Rankin's detective novels are set in Scotland.C. Rankin is also an author and is ;good at writing crime fiction.D. J. K. Rowling was a single mother and lived hard before.56. We can infer from the passage that J. K. Rowling＿．A. is unlikely to continue writing the Potter seriesB. wouldn't like to go to cafes to write her novelsC. will be the most famous and richest female worldwideD. is expert in writing detective novels which will be as popular as Harry PotterEHow did it make you feel when you learned that KFC's Beijing restaurants pulled three more items from their menu last week? There were fears that the items may have contained the cancer causing colouring Sudan I. Do you have any desire to take the food provider to court because it fed you something dangerous?After all，the law supposedly gives people the right to fight for their rights. But some experts have said it might not be so wise to go directly to court.Qiu Baochang, a lawyer in Beijing，suggested that consumers deal with the problem by consulting KFC. "In addition to the high costs, consumers' complaints are unlikely to win their case unless they can prove they have had the banned dye at KFC,” Qiu explained.One problem for those wanting to take action against the fast food chain is that few customers ask for or keep receipts. And, this is just the first step.If they can prove that their health has been damaged by KFC，they can sue（控告）the company. But that would be almost impossible to do so because the Sudan I damage is a long-term effect and is not immediately apparent.A KFC 'spokesperson said on Monday that the company was confident of being able to handle customers' complaints. "We will obey legal procedure if we receive any complaints.”57. Why did KFC's Beijing restaurants pull three more items from their menus?A.Because the company was afraid of not being able to handle customers' complaints.B. Because colouring Sudan I may have been contained in those items.C. Because the KFC's restaurants were accused of selling poisonous food to the customers.D. Because these items were no longer popular with the customers.58. The reason why the expert suggested 'not going directly into court’ is that＿．A. the costs will be highB. consumers can't prove the food contained Sudan IC. consumers can't prove the food at KFC damaged their healthD. all of the above59. This passage most probably appears in＿＿.A. a noticeB. a book on foodC. a story bookD. a newspaper60. What is the general idea of the passage?A. KFC's Beijing restaurants pulled three more items from their menus last week.B. How the consumers dealt with the KFC problem.C. How KFC handled the customers' complains.D. Consumers never forgot to ask for or keep receipts.第二节：补全对话：（5分）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。