广东省广州执信中学、中山纪念中学、深圳外国语学校三校
2008届高三期末联考
英语科
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共12页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。
2、选择题每小题选出答案后，有2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用
橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。
3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。
I. 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。
听第一段对话材料，回答第1—3题。
1. What are the speakers going to do together on Wednesday?
A. go to a lecture. B. Watch a sport game. C. Go to International Evening. 2. At what time are they going to meet on Wednesday? A. Three fifteen. B. One thirty. C. Seven fifty. 3. Which of the following statements is true? A. The lecture will end earlier than the class. B. A reporter from ABC will come to give a talk. C. The football match is between Brazil and England.
听第二段材料，回答第4—6题。
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a store. B. In an office. C. In the cinema. 5. Which of the following does the woman like? A. Musicals. B. Love stories. C. Western films. 6. Which of the following statements about the woman is true? A. She hasn’t got her card yet. B. She paid $25 for the video. C. She is afraid of wild animals.
听第三段对话，回答第7—9题。 7. What is the conversation about?
A. The woman finding a place to live.
B. The man renting a place for the woman to live.
C. The woman renting a place for the man to live. 8. How many kinds of places for rent are mentioned? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 9. Which of the following is the most expensive place? A. The bedsitter. B. With a family. C. The self-contained flat.
听第四段材料，回答第10—12题。
10. What is NOT a reason why rock stars are famous according to the man? A. They wear formal clothes. B. They sing and play music well. C. Their fans go to their concerts.
11. What happens at the end of the conversation? A. The man interviews the rock star. B. The woman interviews the rock star.
C. The man has changed his opinion about the rock star. 12. Which of the following statements is true? A. Mary doesn’t like music. B. The rock star has four cars.
C. The TV man criticized the rock star.
听第五段材料，回答第13—15题。 13. What most probably is the speaker? A. A teacher. B. A tourist guide. C. A coach driver. 14. How many hours will they stay in Cambridge? A. About three. B. About two. C. About four. 15. What does the speaker tell the people NOT to do? A. Take pictures wherever they like. B. Take their belongings off the coach. C. Be back in time for the coach to leave.
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。
Kathy asks Tim to meet Diana, her sister Time Place Description of Diana (16) ________________________ in front of the main building (17) height: ______________ and _______________ age : 21 , (18) hair : _________________ (19) face: ___________, looking pretty cheerful (20) a ___________ shirt, _________ and flat shoes. Ⅱ.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。
Most children with healthy appetite are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food 21______ it is badly cooked. The 22______ a meal is cooked and served is most important and an attractively served meal will often improve a child's appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never 23______ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow 24______ else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child's hearing, he is 25______ to copy this procedure. Take it for granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a supposed dislike. At meal times it is a good 26______ to give a child a small portion and let him come back for a second helping rather than give him as 27______ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child during meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not 28______ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will 29______ learn to swallow his food, so he can hurry back to his toys. Under no circumstances must a child be coaxed (劝诱) 30______ forced to eat. 21. A. if B. until C. that D. unless 22. A. procedure B. process C. way D. method 23.A. remark B. tell C. discuss D. argue 24. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody 25. A. willing B. possible C. obliged D. likely 26. A. point B. custom C. idea D. plan 27. A. much B. little C. few D. many 28. A. agree B. allow C. force D. persuade 29. A. hurriedly B. soon C. fast D. slowly 30. A. or B. nor C. but D. neither
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，在空格处填人一个适当的 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3l-40的相应位置上。 Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student. 31_____ a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with 32_____ (inform) in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned 33_____ brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is 34_____ for learning the material assigned. When research 35______( assign), the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with minimum guidance. It is the student's responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain 36_____ a university library works; they expect students, 37______ graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference origins in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but prefer that their students should not be too dependent on them. In the United States, professors have many other duties 38 ______ teaching, such as administrative or research work. Therefore, the time 39______ a professor can spend with a student outside of class 40______( limit). If a student has problems with classroom work, the student should either approach a professor during office hours or make
an appointment. Ⅲ. 阅读(共两节，满分40分)
第—节 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读—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 One might compare the Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s to an empire, and the great film producers to its rulers. We could like the studios and their chiefs to the Mogul Empire which lasted from the early 16th to the mid-19th century in India. The ruler, the Great Mogul, exercised tremendous power and lived in a great place of impressive beauty. The second mogul empire, ruled by the moguls of Hollywood, did not survive long, but the power exercised by the great studio heads could be almost as great as that of the Great Mogul. They enjoyed almost as much wealth, and their fame was certainly more widespread. The Great Mogul could boast of having thousands of slaves, but he could not claim to control the likes of the \slaves\of the Hollywood moguls: the film stars. And even though these \thousands, the public's impression was that studios like MGM had \heaven\
What kinds of lives did those stars of yesterday live? On the surface, they were lives of extraordinary glamour and excitement, but in fact the moguls controlled them to a large extent. The aim of each studio was to make rather ordinary men and women into America's screen idols. To do this, the studio chiefs told the stars that they must not smoke or drink, decided which other stars they should go out with, said that they ought to buy a large house and enormous car, and tried to ensure that in every way, they became what the moguls believed the public wanted.
How could the film moguls tell such stars as Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor what they must or must not do, how they should or should not behave? Why did the stars allow it? There were two reasons. Firstly, these stars were \were looked after and protected in every way. Secondly, they had signed seven-year contracts. These contracts gave the moguls absolute power over them. The moguls could insist that a star must act in a particular film. If the star refused, he or she could be suspended without pay, and the time he or she did not work was added to the seven-year contract.
The film stars were, in a very real way, the \of the studios. The Great Mogul maintained control over his people for the sake of his own power and glory. The film chiefs exercised control for the sake of profit. They bought acting talent -- or a pretty face and they sold dreams. It may sound inhuman, this trading in people's lives, but it gives a new meaning to the words of the song: \while it lasted, but business is what it was really about.
41. The writer compares the Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s to the Mogul Empire because the head of each _______.
A. enjoyed almost as much power as the other one in the whole world B. enjoyed almost as much power, wealth and even fame as the other one C. had as many slaves as the other one D. was loved and respected by its members
42. It can be inferred from the passage that Hollywood stars in the 1930s and 1940s _______. A. lived an extraordinarily excited and carefree life B. didn't live as fascinating a life as the public believed
C. were the idols of every American
D. made sure they lived an independent life.
43. The speaker gave the example of Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor to illustrate _______. A. Hollywood stars were very well paid
B. Hollywood stars were given attention by their producers C. Hollywood stars had no insurance of income
D. How the Hollywood controlling system could have worked as it did 44. Why were the film stars the \
A. Because they were controlled to earn money, power, fame for the studio. B. Because they were bought and sold as slaves. C. Because they made Hollywood famous.
D. Because they were interested in doing business in Hollywood. 45. This passage mainly discusses ________.
A. film production in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s B. the similarities between the Mogul Empire and Hollywood C. the true life of Hollywood stars in the 1930s and 1940s D. why Hollywood could enjoy the fame as it did
B The American baby boom after the war made unconvincing U.S. advice to poor countries that they limit their births. However, there has hardly been a year since 1957 in which birth rates did not fall in the United States and other rich countries, and in 1976 the fall was especially sharp. Both East Germany and West Germany have fewer births than they have deaths, and the United States is only temporarily able to avoid this condition because the children of the baby boom are now an exceptionally large group of married couples.
It is true that Americans do not typically plan their births to set an example for developing nations. We are more affected by women's liberation: once women see interesting and well-paid jobs as careers available, they are less willing to provide free labor for child raising. From costing nothing, children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive. And to the high cost of children are added the uncertainties, introduced by divorce; couples are increasing to subject children to the terrible experience of marriage breakdown and themselves to the difficulty of raising a child alone.
These circumstances－women working outside the home and the instability of marriage, trend to spread with industrial society and they will affect more and more countries during the remainder of this century. Along with them goes social mobility, ambition to rise in the urban world, a main factor in bringing down the births in Europe in the 19th century.
Food shortage will happen again when the reserves resulting from the good harvests of 1976 and 1977 have been consumed. Urbanization is likely to continue, with the cities of the developing nations struggling under the weight of twice their present populations by the year 2000. The presently rich countries are approaching a stable population largely because of the changed place of women, and they incidentally are setting an example of restraint to the rest of the world. Industrial society will spread to the poor countries, and ambition will exceed resources. All this will lead to a population in the 21st century that is smaller than that was feared a few years ago. For those anxious to see world population brought under control, the news is encouraging. 46. During the years from 1957 to 1976, the birth rate of the United States _____. A. increased B. was reduced C. experiences both falls and rises D. high divorce rate