四市九校2010届高三第一次联考英语试题
命题人：宁乡一中高三英语备课组
PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A
Directions: In this section you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter ( A, B or C) on the question booklet.
You will hear each conversation TWICE. Conversation one
1. How did the man manage to improve his cooking? A. He learned it from the woman. B. He learned it from cook books.
C. He learned it from cooking teachers.
2. What does the woman decide to do at the end of the conversation? A. To attend cooking classes. B. To learn from each other. C. To learn from cook books. Conversation two
3. When does the conversation probably take place? A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the evening. 4. Where is the school bag? A. Under the bed. B. Under the blanket. C. Under the desk. Conversation three
5. Why didn’t Uncle Tom fly? A. He was afraid to fly. B. He liked the train better.
C. It was much more expensive to fly. 6. How old is Uncle Tom? A. Around 45. B. Around 55. C. Around 65. Conversation four
7. What’s wrong with the man? A. He has headaches. B. He has a runny nose. C. He has a temperature. 8. When did the problem begin? A. Two weeks ago. B. Two months ago. C. Three months ago.
9. Where does the conversation take place probably? A. In a drugstore. B. In a hospital. C. At home. Conversation five
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10. What is the man? A. A teacher. B. A student 11. Where was Lynn born? A. America. B. China. 12. How long has Lynn been in China? A. A quarter of a year. B. Half of a year. Conversation six
13. Where does the conversation take place? A. A hotel. B. A store. 14. What’s wrong with the woman’s coat? A. It’s lost. B. It’s on fire. 15. What’s the Day today? A. Valentine’s Day. B. Christmas Day.
C. A tourist C. Spain. C. A year.
C. A restaurant.
C. It drops into water. C. Thanksgiving Day.
SECTION B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3WORDS.
You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE.
A traffic accident
I. What about the accident ●The time to take place
At 16 , this afternoon ●The students
Some got off the bus, some were hurt 17 . II. Why did the accident take place
Neither the two drivers had been drinking or the 18 were poor. III. The number of accidents this month 19 .
IV. The police’s advice
To be 20 in driving.
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE SECTION A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
21. Major clubs depending on their experienced leaders can be traced to the Indian culture ______ family members respect their elders. A. which B. whose C. where D. that
22. In recent years, _____ many riders－including last year’s winner, Floyd Landis, and several riders this year－have been accused of taking drugs to help them that the most difficult race no longer seems special. A. such B. as C. so D. too
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23. ______ some people believe teenagers don’t have much to do with politics, it doesn’t mean they are not involved in the world around them. A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless
24. “It’s with a great amount of shame ______ I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed
your trust.” Jones confessed. A. How B. that C. when D. until 25. The number of kidnappings in Britain _____ dramatically over the past five years. A. had increased B. increased C. is increasing D. has increased 26. Actually, suitable electronic equipment has long existed, and many companies market safety aids ______ to make it safer for aircraft to take off, fly any distance, and land, whatever the weather.
A. to design B. designed C. designing D. design
27. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they _____ their countries. A. has not left B. did not left C. had not left D. would leave 28. ______ the waterfront of the city after sunset, you couldn’t help stopping and listening to the sweet silence, interrupted only by the screaming seabirds and leaving fishing boats. A. Followed B. To follow C. Following D. Having followed
29. The textbook is filled with cases about _____ our life has developed thanks to new inventions. A. what B. where C. why D. how
30. On a Saturday and Sunday I work in a cloth shop, which is proving to be a bit of a struggle with my school work ______ so much of my time. A. taking up B. to take up C. taken up D. to be taken up 31. He worked harder and ran more than any of the other students－perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others ______ naturally to him. A. not coming B. didn’t come C. do not come D. not to come
32. Decisions about what Wang should do when he was older ______ tension in his family. A. creating B. created C. was created D. to create
33. The iphone changes the way we think about how mobile phones ______ look, feel and perform. A. shall B. should C. must D. need
34. It is worth pointing out that the mishearing or misunderstanding of instructions in English, and the use of another language, in an international conversation, ______ two recent aircraft accidents.
A. leading to B. to lead to C. led to D. have led to 35. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door ______ what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk. A. I realized B. do I realize C. did I realize D. have I realized
SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,
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B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the words or phrase that best fits the context.
The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the 36 in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the same person.
When I first knew Bill, back in college, he was one of the most easygoing, carefree people I had ever met. He was always ready to have a party. He thought 37 of going out for pizza at three o’clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old movie he really liked. Bill and I were in the same dormitory in college, and life was never 38 when he was around. With him there was one wild adventure after another. Sometimes I wonder how we ever 39 to study for our exams.
Last weekend I was in Houston on business, and I 40 Bill in the bar at the hotel. 41 , I wasn’t even sure it was he. Was this short-haired, conservatively dressed businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I approached him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 42 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 43 thing Bill cared about were possessions. Now they seemed to be his major 44 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never imagined Bill changing so much. My 45 of him remained the one I had formed at the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s foolish to expect people to remain the same, especially 46 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 47 the same way about me. 36. A. behavior B. memory C. change D. character 37. A. nothing B. much C. none D. most 38. A. dull B. alone C. pale D. messy 39. A. intended B. considered C. completed D. managed 40. A. got into B. ran into C. came into D. looked into 41. A. From the first B. For the first time C. At first D. First of all 42. A. thought B. talked C. introduced D. showed 43. A. first B. next C. last D. only 44. A. event B. interest C. subject D. idea 45. A. conclusion B. comment C. imagination D. image 46. A. when B. because C. how D. if 47. A. realized B. agreed C. acted D. felt
SECTION C
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
The generation gap is so great in Hong Kong that the teenagers there 48 turn to their parents or teachers 49 advice on anything. 50 it is sex, AIDS, school worries or family problems, adults are not considered up to the job.
Until now, no one has asked Hong Kong youth, \ 51 the emotions of Hong Kong's youth, however, has come from the work of Dr. Jeffrey Day －at the University of Hong Kong. His survey of young people does not focus, for example, on
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52 many drugs they take－but tries to answer the question why.
Dr. Day hopes the results, which 53 plans to explain in full next week, will reveal 54 troubles－as well as pleases－today's high-school students. Conclusions will be passed on not only to government departments 55 back to the schools which took part.
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
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In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8－year－old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again？That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
A revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her. “Don’t you want to win again? ” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.” I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously（自发地）told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly guided by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it. Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co－opting（借用）my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
56. What do we learn from the first paragraph？
A. A lot of distractions(娱乐，消遣) compete for children’s time nowadays. B. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities. C. Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time. D. Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing. 57. What did the author say about her own writing experience？ A. She was constantly under pressure of writing more. B. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers. C. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer. D. Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.
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