湖北武汉二中2009届高三第一次调研测试
英 语
2008.09
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟
YCY第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共115分）
第一部分：听力（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．Which of the following things does Peter want?
A． bicycle. B．A shirt. C．Football boots.
2．What can we learn from the dialogue?
A．All the rooms in the hotel have been booked.
B．The hotel is on the beach.
C．There are lifeboats on the beach.
3．What will happen to Tom?
A．He will be fired by his company.
B．He will retire from his work.
C．He will hold a birthday party next month.
4．When will the two speakers move into their new office?
A．October 24. B．November 8. C．November 18.
5．Where will Ms Andrews have her lunch?
A．At her office. B．At the restaurant. C．At a snack bar.
第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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、7小题。
6．What is the man doing when the woman sees him?
A．He’s preparing for the performances.
B．He’s doing his homework.
C．He’s watching a concert.
7．What is the woman worried about the man?
A．His failure in the concert.
B．His scores in the coming exams.
C．The impression from the“Dream Discs”.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．In a shop. B．In an office. C．At a bus stop.
9．What’s one of the problems of the woman’s jacket?
A．It has a tear in the collar.
B．All the buttons are loose.
C．The collar is dirty.
10．How does the man deal with the matter at last?
A．He agrees to change the jacket for another one.
B．He agrees to give the money back to the woman.
C．He has to give the receipt to the woman.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．How will they travel in the end?
A．By plane. B．By bus. C．By car.
12．What will Ken do to help them?
A．Lend them a tent.
B．Ask them to stay in his cottage.
C．Help them cross the Lakes.
13．Why doesn’t the woman like to travel on the sleeper?
A．She feels sick on the sleeper.
B．It’s too expensive.
C．There’s no train from London to Edinburgh.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．How long will the celebration last?
A．8 months. B．80 days. C．18 months.
15．Where will the celebration take place?
A．All Disney theme parks around the world.
B．All Disney theme parks except Walt Disney World in Florida.
C．All Disney theme parks except Hong Kong Disneyland.
16．How does the woman feel about the interview?
A．Happy but not satisfied.
B．Happy and satisfied.
C．Neither happy nor satisfied.
听第10段独白，回答第17至20题。
17．What is the change in the plan?
A．They will visit two towns.
B．They won’t go to the countryside.
C．They will visit a wildlife park.
18．Where will they stop for coffee?
A．Near a waterfall. B．By a lake. C．On a mountain.
19．What makes the town of Brampton well known?
A．The shops. B．The university. C．The museum.
20．What time will they be back at the hotel?
A．Half past five. B．A quarter to seven. C．Seven fifteen.
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10小题，每小题1分，满分10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。
例：To make members perform well, the trainer first of all has to know their and weaknesses.
A．strengths B．benefits C．techniques D．values
答案是：A
21．—If you like, I can do some shopping for you.
—That’s a very kind .
A．service B．offer C．remark D．suggestion
22．Jack would love to go to the cinema with his dad, but the film is for adults only.
A．admitted B．intended C．promised D．permitted
23．One day I a newspaper article about one in six European mammal species threatened with extinction.
A．came across B．came about C．came after D．came at
24．Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage worldwide.
A．relatively B．actually C．comparatively D．annually
25．Many middle school teachers are too heavily with teaching to engage in research work.
A．loaded B．required C．burdened D．provided
26．He could have helped us but it now appears that he’s had a change of .
A．mind B．head C．plan D．heart
27．He didn’t mean to the house. He said he broke into the building to steal food and money and to get warm.
A．turn down B．burn down C．tear down D．pull down
28．History is about forgiving not forgetting. If some people forget history we should them.
A．repeat B．remember C．remind D．record
29．While taking a walk around the University of Cambridge, Charles was deeply everything he saw.
A．attracted by B．surprised at C．lost in D．impressed on
30．Apple and Microsoft with each other for the world market to sell more PC with their own free software.
A．compare B．compete C．fight D．deal
第二节 完成句子（共10小 题，每小题1.5分；满分15分）
阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
31．Stephen Hawking tells readers （发现是如何产生的）and how they change the world.（discovery）
32．His blood type （与……不相匹配）his fathers.（match）
33．When you write you paragraph, you should explain how the two media are similar to or
（彼此不相同）.（different）
34．The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is （你可以更好地理解它）.（understand）
35．Everyone has his or her special skills and interests, and only by discovering what we do best
（我们能够希望）reach our goals and truly make a difference.（hope）
36．People （研究植物的）have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge.（study）
37．Many of today’s travelers are looking for （不寻常的经历）.（experience）
38．—I wonder whose bicycle it is.
—I’m not sure. （可能是）my neighbor’s.（might）
39．More and more people （选择购物）in a supermarket as it offers a great variety of goods.（shop）
（没有别的方式）of transport from here except by boat.（there; means）
第三节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
Beth, my favourite dog, was murdered on November 25th, 2006. Here I use the word“murder”without 41 ， because I know the killers were my 42 members. Though the dog was not as strong and beautiful as others, she 43 my childhood and I loved her.
Beth was killed because she bit my 44 . Dad was so angry that he decided to kill her. I was unable to 45 my father and I dared not look on at that moment.
But I can imagine how 46 and painful she was when she was 47 between life and death. She 48 have been calling me for help. 49 , I could do nothing but cry.
Her death was caused by a bite, but has every one of my family thought why she went out of her 50 to bite people that day? The person just moved into our community last week and Beth was not familiar with him. She bit him to keep her owner safe. Should we 51 her life because of her 52 ?
Human beings sometimes are selfish and 53 to animals. When the animal is useful, they 54 to be kind. But once the animal makes them angry or becomes useless, people 55 it, alongside all sweet 56 about it.
How terrible! How I wish God had told me the end of her life 57 . Even if there was only one day, I would have taken a day off to 58 with her in the field. I’d untie the line around her 59 and let her run free 60 she was tried enough to go to sleep near my feet…
41．A．anger B．hesitation C．excuse D．complaint
42．A．family B．team C．human D．class
43．A．guided B．followed C．accompanied D．protected
44．A．classmate B．teacher C．friend D．neighbour
45．A．stop B．refuse C．persuade D．warn
46．A．disappointed B．separated C．helpless D．hopeless
47．A．struggling B．fighting C．shouting D．crying
48．A．should B．must C．could D．might
49．A．Instead B．Therefore C．However D．Besides
50．A．mind B．control C．place D．way
51．A．end B．kill C．complete D．give
52．A．kindness B．love C．mistake D．concern
53．A．cruel B．impolite C．rude D．stupid
54．A．determine B．appear C．pretend D．try
55．A．desert B．blame C．forget D．throw
56．A．events B．incidents C．memories D．laughs
57．A．before B．immediately C．in time D．in advance
58．A．walk B．relax C．communicate D．chase
59．A．neck B．head C．feet D．body
60．A．unless B．so C．until D．if
第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Computers can be programmed to do many things—even tell the difference between roses and lilacs. Of course, computers need a special kind of“nose”to do this. The electronic“nose”samples the air and send signals to a memory chip in the computer. The signals are compared to information stored in the memory chip. If the signals match the information for“rose”, the computer identifies the smell.
Computer noses will be able to do many things in industry. Imagine computer noses in a perfume factory. They will be able to tell if a batch of perfume being produced is incorrectly mixed. They may even be able to sniff out the good from the bad in products like packaged foods and drinks.
Computer noses, however, will have to become much better to match the smelling ability of a dog. A dog’s sense of smell is very good. Bloodhounds, for example, have over 200 million nerve cells that detect smells. Specially trained bloodhounds and other kinds of dogs are used by customs officials to find illegal drugs in suitcases. It isn’t even necessary to open the suitcase. One sniff at the lock is enough for the dog. The smell has come through the tiny openings in the lock. No computer nose can do that yet.
61．The underlined word“this”（Para.1）refers to .
A．programming a computer
B．smelling out different flowers
C．sending signals to the memory chip
D．comparing signals to the stored information
62．According to the passage, people can use a computer nose to .
A．sniff goods in a safer way
B．identify good products in industry
C．avoid the wrongly mixed perfume in a factory
D．smell out the packaged foods and drinks
63．We can learn that bloodhounds are probably .
A．detectives B．special dogs C．custom officials D．drug dealers
64．According to the passage, a computer nose a dog’s nose.
A．is just as good as B．is better than
C．can never be compared with D．has a long way to go to match
B
Can we walk out a straight line? The question is much more difficult to answer than you think. Believe it or not, your eyes and ears help you to walk!
A recent experiment held in Japan shows that it is almost impossible for people to walk exactly straight for 60 metres. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology found 20 healthy men and asked them to walk as straight as possible to a target 60 metres away at normal speed. Each man had to wear socks soaked with red ink and walk on white paper fixed flat to the floor. The footprints revealed that all walked in a winding rather than a straight line. Researchers found that people readjust the direction of walking at regular intervals. The amount of the meandering differed from subject to subject. This suggests that none of us can walk in a strictly straight line. Rather, we meander, primarily due to a slight structural or functional imbalance of our limbs（四肢）. Our body is actually semicircular, so steps by the left and right leg of a person are different. As a result, although we may start walking in a straight line, several steps afterwards we have changed direction.
Eyesight helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target. Your ears also help you walk. After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still, let alone walk straight. It’s all because your ears help you balance. Inside your inner ear there is a structure contains liquids. On the sides of the organ are many tiny hair-like structures that move around as the liquid flows. When you spin（旋转）the liquid inside also spins. The difference is that when you stop, the liquid continues to spin for a while. Dizziness（眩晕）is the result of these nerves in your ear. When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will trust your ears more, thus you walk in a curved line, or a spiral!
65．The experiment held in Japan indicates that .
A．healthy men have a better sense of direction
B．none of the participants finished the 60 metres
C．the red footbrints left by the participants were difficult to follow
D．all the participants walked in a winding rather than a straight line
66．The underlined word“meander”means .
A．to follow a winding course B．to move aimlessly
C．to walk straight D．to adjust directions
67．We can hardly stand still after turning around a lot with our eyes closed because .
A．our limbs have some difficulty in keeping balance
B．our central nerves are disturbed
C．the liquid inside our inner ear will go on turning after our body stops moving
D．our eyes determine if we can stand still
68．The purpose of writing the article is to .
A．point out the importance of noticing everyday science
B．give background information about a latest study
C．prove that ears and eyes help us to walk
D．explain why we can’t walk in strictly straight line
C
You might think that“global warming”means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation（撤离）of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.
During the 20th century, sea level rose 8 to 12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.
Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.
Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, and international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, which are a main cause of global warming.“By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years.”Laupepa told the BBC.
Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.
Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable（易受影响的）to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an“endangered nation.”
69．The text is mainly about .
A．rapid changes in earth’s temperature B．bad effects of global warming
C．moving of a country to a new place D．reasons for lowland flooding
70．According to scientists, the direct cause of more and fiercer storms is .
A．greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations
B．higher surface water temperatures of the sea
C．continuous global warming
D．rising sea levels
71．Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did NOT .
A．agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
B．sign an agreement with Tuvalu
C．allow Tuvaluans to move to the US
D．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real
D
At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.
What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”.
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long drawn-out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
72．What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A．How nurses have been looked down upon.
B．Why women have chosen many different jobs.
C．What has caused nurse shortage.
D．How teachers have influenced their students.
73．The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for .
A．not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US
B．introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students
C．not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment
D．persuading the students not to be nurses
74．The author wrote this passage in order to .
A．describe the unequal treatment of women in the US
B．warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem
C．tell us women’s free choice of jobs today
D．call on women to choose different kinds of jobs
75．It can be seen from the passage that .
A．high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses
B．women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries
C．of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed
D．nursing used to be a popular job among women
E
Bicycles for rent could become as common as newspaper stands and mail boxes on Germany’s street corners if a scheme launched by Deutsche Bahn is successful.
The German rail operator has launched a bicycle-hire scheme designed for simple one-way trips.
“It’s a new concept,”said Andreas Knie, head of the project.
Users must first register with Call-A-Bike at a cost of 15 euros（US$14.7）. With a simple phone call, they can hire one of the many bikes parked outside stations, at a cost of 3 to 5 cents per minute. At the end of their journey, they ring a computer and tell it where the bike is parked.
The bikes are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
No one will be breaking speed records with Call-A-Bike bicycles. They weigh in at 25 kilograms, at least double the weight of a normal bicycle, though they do have eight gears（齿轮）.
“They are pretty heavy, but we don’t want people taking them on the train or into the subway,” Knie said.
They are also designed with parts that do not fit a normal bicycle. Even the screws are irregular and the bike looks so odd that thieves would stand out.
Vandalism and theft have led to the downfall of previous schemes which date back to Amsterdam’s 1966“White Bike”scheme.
In that short-lived experiment, anti-establishment groups painted bikes white and left them around the Dutch capital.
However, many were taken permanently and repainted, while the police took away others on the basis that ownerless bikes were street rubbish.
Copenhagen, Vienna and Helsinki also have free bike schemes, in which users deposit a coin in Copenhagen’s case 20 crowns（US$2.50）—to free a bike from a rack.
“The advantage these schemes have is ease of use. But because they’re so cheap, people tend to hold on to the bikes and then there are none on the streets,”the person in charge said.
Oslo is also planning a bike-hire system where users will pay a symbolic fee of 50 Norwegian crowns（US$6.50）for unlimited use in the city for a year.
Users will buy an electronic identity card as a key that will register when the bike is parked or taken from a rack.
76．How many European countries have already launched the free bike schemes?
A．Four. B．Five. C．Six. D．Seven.
77．What can be learned about Amsterdam’s 1966“White Bike”scheme?
A．The bicycles were twice as heavy as a normal bicycle.
B．A heavy rain stopped the scheme from being carried out.
C．Some bicycles were damaged or stolen and the scheme failed.
D．The police ended the scheme for traffic safety
78．What will users have to buy if they want to rent a bike in Oslo?
A．A Norwegian crown. B．Call-A-Bike key.
C．An electronic identity card. D．A parking rack.
79．What can be inferred from the text?
A．Bicycles for rent have become as common as newspaper stands and mail boxes on Germany’s street corners.
B．The bikes in Germany are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
C．German bicycles for rent are designed specially so that they will draw people’s attention.
D．Germany has taken some measures to stop the bicycles for rent from being taken away.
80．Which do you think is the best title?
A．Free Bicycles for Europeans. B．Tough Transporters.
C．Customer is King. D．Unpractical Scheme.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共25分）
第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是某中学高三（1）班班长李华，你们的口语教师Julie已完成教学任务，准备回英国。请你根据以下内容要点给Julie写一封e-mail，附上她与全班同学的合影，并代表全班同学对她表示感谢。
要点：
1．Julie上课的日子非常轻松愉快；
2．Julie总是组织很多课堂活动，让大家积极参与；
3．她教的Jazz Chant“Will I ever learn to speak English?”让大家对讲英语充满信心；
4．她经常说“Never say you can’t”给大家留下了深刻的印象。
5．她用“TEAM Spirit”来鼓励大家交流和分享。
6．希望她能再到中国来。
注意： 1．词数为100左右；
2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）；
3．已给出的信的开头和结尾不得抄入答题卡。
（以下所给内容不得抄入答题卡）
Dear Julie,
Time flies and we have to say goodbye because you are going back to Britain soon. I’d like to say thanks to you on behalf of the whole class for your teaching us so well.
By the way, I am attaching your picture with the whole class. Please do check it out.
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分：听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．A 2．B 3．B 4．C 5．A 6．A 7．B 8．A 9．C 10．B 11．C 12．A 13．B 14．C 15．A 16．B 17．C 18．A 19．B 20．B
第二部分：英语语言知识运用
第一节 单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
21．B 22．B 23．A 24．D 25．C 26．A 27．B 28．C 29．A 30．B
第二节 完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分；满分15分）
31．how discoveries are made
32．does not match
33．different from/to each other
34．that you may understand it better
35．can we hope to
36．who study plants
37．an unusual experience
38．It might be
39．choose to shop
40．there is no other means
第三节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分）
41．B 42．A 43．C 44．D 45．A 46．C 47．A 48．B 49．C 50．D
51．A 52．C 53．A 54．B 55．A 56．C 57．D 58．B 59．A 60．C
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
61．B 62．B 63．B 64．D 65．D 66．A 67．C 68．D 69．B 70．B
71．A 72．C 73．D 74．B 75．D 76．B 77．C 78．C 79．D 80．A
第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）
Dear Julie,
Time flies and we have to say goodbye because you are going back to Britain soon. I’d like to say thanks to you on behalf of the whole class for your teaching us so well. We really appreciate the classes you gave to us, in which we could feel happy and relaxed. We also enjoyed the various activities you organized for us. I believe everyone has gained a lot in your lessons.
Besides, the Jazz Chant“Will I ever learn to speak English?”made us more confident to speak English. What impressed us most was“Never say you can’t ”, which you told us again and again. So even the shy were encouraged to open their mouth to speak. What’s more, you were always calling for“TEAM Spirit”and only in this way did we communicate with each other and share our ideas.
We are all looking forward to your second visit to China.
By the way, I am attaching your picture with the whole class. Please do check it out.
Yours,
Li Hua
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