江蘇省南通市08-09年度第二學期九校聯考
高三英語試卷 09.3
第一部分：聽力（共20題，每題1分，滿分20分）
第一節 聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應的位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒種的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。
1．How did the woman learn about the job opening?
A．A friend told her about it. B．She saw an ad in the newspaper.
C．She heard about it during a television interview.
2．What
does the woman mean?
A．She had attended the lecture on Friday morning.
B．She
got mixed up with the dates. C．The
man doesn’t need to remind her.
3．Where
does this conversation most probably take place?
A．In a
café.
B．In a
kitchen.
C．In a store.
4．What
does the man suggest?
A．The
woman will be more careful next time.
B．They
try to think of a solution.
C．They come
downstairs.
5．Why
is Tracy so happy?
A．She
has received the latest issue of the journal.
B．She
has won a prize for her research. C．She
has got her paper published.
第二節 聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各個小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。
聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。
6．What’s
the relationship between the speakers?
A．Husband
and wife. B．Doctor
and patient.
C．Doctor and
nurse.
7．Why
doesn’t the man’s head hurt that much?
A．Because
he’s frightened.
B．Because he’s
feeling much better.
C．Because
he’s treated.
聽第7段材料，回答第8至11題。
8．What
does the package the man chooses include?
A．Five
nights’ accommodation and a five-minute walk.
B．A
sightseeing tour on boat and accommodation.
C．The
stay and transportation.
9．What
can we learn from the conversation?
A．The
man has just got married.
B．They will take
boat to the destination.
C．The
Maid of the Mist is the most beautiful scenery.
10．How
much will the man pay for the trip?
A．$
339.
B．$ 678.
C．$ 1,356.
11．What
does the man think of the package?
A．Interesting.
B．Satisfactory.
C．Adventurous.
聽第8段材料，回答12、13題。
12．Who
uses the Internet more longer every day?
A．The
man.
B．The woman.
C．Their boss.
13．What
do we know from the conversation?
A．All
the information on the Internet is false.
B．The
woman doesn’t know the Internet at all.
C．The
man is very cautious when he does shopping online.
聽第9段材料，回答第14至17題。
14．What
is the weather like this summer?
A．Hot
and humid.
B．Very cool.
C．Rainy.
15．What
kind of situation was the boy in last summer?
A．It
rained every day so he had nothing to do but sleep.
B．He
didn’t have an air-conditioner so he left the window wide-open every night.
C．He
slept with no fan at all.
16．What
do we know about the girl?
A．She
doesn’t agree with the boy on last summer’s weather.
B．She
is not accustomed to the heat.
C．She
enjoys the summer holiday.
17．What
is NOT true on Seattle according to the boy?
A．Seattle
is a coastal city.
B．Seattle
doesn’t get hot until late July.
C．It
is rather humid in Seattle in summer.
聽第10段材料，回答第18至20題。
18．Who
are the main characters of the science fiction book?
A．A
group of soldiers. B．A
group of sailors.
C．Two
young people.
19．Where
and when does the romantic book set?
A．In
China in the 1920s.
B．In China in the
1930s.
C．In
England in the 1930s.
20．What
type of book is the third book?
A．A
biography.
B．A historical
novel.
C．A sports novel.
第二部分：英語知識運用(共兩節，滿分35分)
第一節 單項填空(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)
從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
21. When asked by his son to take him on a picnic lunch
in ______ park, Mark told him they have to wait for ______ better time.
A. the,
a B. a,
a C. a,
the D. /, a
22. After being admitted to university, you’ll have to
arrange most of the life ______ your own.
A.
by B.
for C.
of D. on
23. A large proportion of rural work force is now serving in different lines in
the city, ______
leaving the old and the children in nearly empty nestles (家).
A.
then B.
and C.
so D. thus
24. It has become a nationwide requirement that every student ______ have daily
exercise for one hour.
A. must B.
should C.
will
D. need
25. －Kate, may I use your bike for a moment?
－Sorry, it ______, so I’m afraid it’s not available at the
moment.
A. is
repaired B. has been
repaired C. is being repaired D. has
repaired
26. He found it dull to be kept in the same class with the other students, for
his English was ______ above the beginners’ level.
A. obvious rather B. obvious
much C. obviously well D.
obviously fairly
27. Toys of the children today hardly bear any resemblance to ______ of ______
when we were little kids.
A. that,
ours B. those,
us C. that,
us D. those, ours
28. Hospital staff burst into cheers after doctors
completed a 20-hour operation to have ______ one-year-old twins at the head.
A. isolated B.
separated
C. divided
D. removed
29. For more information, please send an e-mail, ______ you can also include
your suggestions to us.
A.
when
B.
where
C. which D. that
30. He told me that he had mailed part of the samples and that the rest ______
in a few days.
A. was following B. have
followed C. has
followed D. were following
31. _____, the work can be done much
better.
A. Give more time B.
Giving more time C.
More time given
D. If giving more tine
32. Tom couldn’t see there was any point in _______ they
had been investigating, so he dropped out.
A.
which B.
where C.
what D. that
33. What we have been doing may not do us any good, but ______ it will benefit
us or others, we’ll stick it out.
A. no matter
B whether
C. however D. despite
34. When we got to the scenic spot, they found everything ______ while I felt
______.
A. interesting,
differently B. interesting, different
C. interestingly,
differently
D. interestingly, different
35.
-----(At the doctor’s) It’s nothing serious,
doctor?
-----No, _______.
A. you’ll be all right soon
B.you won’t be all right
soon
C. there’s
some trouble with you
D.it’s very serious
第二節 完形填空(共20小題，每小題1分，滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳答案。
I got a guitar for my birthday, and since then I have been
struggling. It has awakened 36 side of myself within
me. And it couldn’t have happened at a 37 time.
I’m a senior, I’m going to graduate soon and I know what 38
I’m going to. And now I have to deal with this little voice in my
head constantly 39 me that I’m going to be a rock
star, not a scientist.
A few weeks ago I was given the 40 simple
task of writing a short story. I sat down to _
“Once upon a time,” I wrote. Then I stopped, 46
in my chair, and stared for a moment at the 47 .
Its dark red paint was 48 and I could see my
reflection (倒影) in its perfect surface. And then my reflection started
dancing and singing. I wasn’t 49 , but it sure was.
I’d follow its 50 . So I seized my guitar and plucked
(撥動) a string. I sat rocking with my guitar until late 51
the night. I was sure I was preparing for the 52
much more efficiently now that I wasn’t spending time writing
stories.
Needless to say, no
story was written, and many 53 arose in my mind.
Since then, I have constantly asked, “Am I 54 for
not wanting to do my work anymore?” More importantly, 55 ,
I’ve learned I really am going to be a rock star.
36．A．outer B．another C．interesting
D．relaxing
37．A．worse B．better
C．more
certain D．more modern
38．A．concert B．college
C．place
D．city
39．A．teaching B．advising
C．reminding
D．fooling
40．A．seemingly B．actually
C．obviously
D．partly
41．A．plan B．carry
C．create
D．continue
42．A．ruin B．amuse
C．admire
D．surprise
43．A．happy B．rich
C．fortunate
D．strong
44．A．understand B．enjoy
C．feel
D．mind
45．A．below B．beside
C．across
D．outside
46．A．digested B．edited
C．stayed
D．turned
47．A．paper B．instrument
C．floor
D．desk
48．A．running B．fading
C．deepening
D．shining
49．A．playing B．dreaming
C．moving
D．repeating
50．A．lead B．music
C．speed
D．rule
51．A．of B．at
C．into
D．for
52．A．university B．future
C．life
D．exam
53．A．doubts B．fears
C．discussions
D．problems
54．A．curious B．lazy
C．alone
D．normal
55．A．though B．therefore
C．otherwise
D．even
第三部分：閱讀理解(共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從題后所給的A、B、C、D四個答案中選出最佳選項。
A
BEUING (Associated Press 美聯社) ― China has a growing middle class, a
tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year．Selling educational toys
should be easy．
While China may be the world’s
biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported．Department stores here do not have
enough high quality toys．It is said that the demand for educational toys is low．A US company, BabyCare, is
trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China．
BabyCare works
basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals．People who join the
company’s “mother club” can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child
development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the
company’s educational toys and childcare books．
“We want to build a
seven-year relationship with those people,” said Matthew J．Estes, BabyCare’s president．“It starts during
pregnancy, when the anxiety and needs are highest．” BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis．Doctors, nurses, and
teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explain toys that are designed for
children at each stage of development to age six．
BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a
shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo．It plans to have 80 stores
in China within six years．
It is a new model
for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that
no other companies are in．
56．What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A．Educational toys and foreign
toy markets．
B．Problems with China’s toy market and
education．
C．Reasons for pushing sales of
educational toys in China．
D．Baby population and various kinds of
toys made in China．
57．Which of the following is a fact according to the
passage?
A．Club members buy BabyCare products for
free child care advice．
B．Doctors in Beijing help in making
BabyCare products．
C．Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for
club activities．
D．BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no
extra cost．
58．BabyCare is developing its business in China by ________．
A．opening stores in Beijing
hospitals
B．setting up children’s education centers
C．offering 18-month courses
on child care D．forming close relationships
with parents
59．Which of the following would be the most suitable title
for the passage?
A．Mothers’ Club in China．
B．BabyCare and Doctors．
C．American Company Model．
D．Educational Toys in China．
B
When we walk through the city, we all experience a kind
of information overload but we pay attention only to those that are important
to us.We don’t stop, we keep our faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead,
and in doing so, we are not just protecting ourselves but are avoiding
overloading other people as well.
We make use of
stereotypes(刻板的模式) as convenient ways to make quick judgments about
situations and people around us. They may not always be accurate, and they can
often be dangerously wrong, but they are used regularly.
The problem with the
stereotypes is that they restrict experience. By using limited clues to provide
us with a rapid opinion of other people or places we may choose to limit our
communication. We may decide not to go to certain places because we believe
they will not offer something we enjoy.
In the city, styles
of dress are particularly important with regard to self-presentation. Different
groups often use clearly identifiable styles of clothes so that they can be
easily recognized. It is becoming increasingly common for brand names to be
placed on the outside of clothes, and this labeling makes it easy to send out
information about fashion and price instantly, and lets other tell at a
distance whether an individual has similar tastes and is a suitable person to
associate with.
In England, where social
grouping or class continues to make social distinctions, clothes, hairstyles,
people’s pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues to our social
group. Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed, although in the city
where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary
determining factors of friendship and association.
60．People walking in cities ignore the surroundings because
.
A．they do not wish to talk to
other people B．everyone else is expressionless
C．the environment is already
familiar to them D．there is too much
information to take in
61．According to the passage, the main disadvantage of using
stereotypes is that they .
A．are likely to lead us into
dangerous situations
B．may make us miss some
pleasant experience
C．can rarely be relied
on
D．make us mentally lazy
62．From the passage we may conclude that
.
A．stereotypes can help to
understand people fully
B．people are becoming more interested in fashion
C．dressing can send messages
about individuals
D．stereotypes can do more
harm than good to people
63．It would appear that in England, a person’s class
.
A．might be less important in
making friends in a city
B．is mainly determined by his
pronunciation
C．plays less of a role than
it did in the past
D．is something that can be changed easily
C
Special Bridges
Help Animals Cross the Road
―Reported by Sheila Carrick
Why did the
chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Most people
know this joke. But recently, some
people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear (灰熊)
and mountain lion can cross the road.
“Millions
of animals die each year on U.S. roads,” the Federal Highway Administration
reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist
in the U.S. today. The main reason? Roadkill.
“Ecopassages”
may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over and under
roads. “These ecopassages can be
extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,” said Jodi Hilty
of the Wildlife Protection Society.
But do
animals actually use the ecopassages?
The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot
marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway. This showed that the lions used the
passage.
Builders of
ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting
trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as
different as salamanders (火蜥蜴)
and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next
time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look
around. You might see an animal
overpass!
64. The writer
uses the example of “ocelots” to show that _______.
A. wild animals
have become more dangerous
B. the driving
conditions have improved greatly
C. the measure
for protecting wildlife fails to work
D. an increasing
number of animals are killed in road accidents
65. From the news
story, we know an ecopassage is ________.
A. an underground
path for cars B.
a fence built for the safety of the area
C. a bridge for animals to get over a river D. a path for animals to cross the road
66. When the writer says that animals seem “to be catching on”, he means ________.
A. animals begin to realize the dangers on the road
B. animals begin to learn to use ecopassages
C. animals are crossing the road in groups D. animals are increasing in number
67. The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because ________.
A. wild animals may attack cars B. wild animals may jam the road
C. they may see wild animals in the park D. they may see wild animals on ecopassages
D
As you dash outdoors in the middle of winter, you might make it halfway down the block before realizing that your ears are freezing because you forgot your hat.
Now, scientists have shown that even though you’ve had an apparent memory lapse(喪失)，your brain never forgot what you should have done.
Memory works mainly by association(聯想). For example, as you try to remember where you left your keys, you might recall you last had them in the living room, which reminds you that there was an ad for soap on television, which reminds you that you need soap, and so on. And then, as you’re heading out the door to buy soap, you remember that your keys are on the kitchen counter.
Your brain knew where the keys were all along, it just took a round-about way to get there.
Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are studying associative memory in monkeys to figure out just how this complicated process works.
First,
the researchers trained a group of monkeys to remember arbitrary pairs of
symbols. The researchers showed the monkeys one symbol(cold weather)and then
gave them the choice of two other symbols, one of which (a hat)would be
associated with the first. A correct choice would earn them a sip of their
favorite juice.
Most of the monkeys performed the test perfectly, but one kept making mistakes.
“We wondered what happened in the brain when the monkeys made the wrong choice, although they apparently learned the right pairing of symbols,” said study leader Thomas Albright.
Albright and his team observed signals from the nerve cells in the monkey’s inferior temporal cortex(ITC), an area of its brain used for visual pattern recognition and for storing this type of memory.
As the monkey was deciding which symbol to choose, about a quarter of the activity in the ITC was due to the choice behavior.
Meanwhile, more than half of the activity was in a different group of nerve cells, which scientists believe represent the monkey’s memory of the correct symbol pairing, and surprisingly, these cells continued to fire even when the monkey chose the wrong symbol.
“In this sense, the cells ‘knew’ more than the monkeys let on in their behavior,” Albright said. “Thus, behavior may vary, but knowledge endures.”
68. The example of the keys and soap is given to explain the relationship between______.
A. memory lapse and human brain B. memory and association
C. memory and television ads D. memory and our daily life
69. Which of the following best explains the general idea of the text?
A. Your brain may forget something, but not always.
B. Activity is a round-about way to memory.
C. Your brain remembers what you forget. D. Monkeys have better memory than us.
70. The underlined word “endures” may best be replaced by ________.
A. disappears B. increases C. improves D. remains
第四部分：任務型閱讀(共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分)
認真閱讀下列短文，并根據所讀內容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當的單詞。
注意：每空格1個單詞。
Scientists develop non-stick chewing gum
Scientists have developed a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements, shoes and clothes.
The new gum, the result of polymer research at the University of Bristol, could be launched commercially in 2008, its developers said on Friday.
If it catches on, the product will solve a major headache for local authorities around the world.
"The
advantage of our Clean Gum is that it has a great taste, it is easy to remove
and has the potential to be environmentally degradable(可降解性),"
said Terence Cosgrove, a professor of chemistry who helped found a company
called Revolymer to commercialize the technology.
Today's chewing gums are made from synthetic latex, which is resistant to the weather and is strongly adhesive. The new gum adds a special polymer to modify its properties, making it far less sticky.
In two street trials, leading commercial gums remained stuck to the pavement three out or four times, while Clean Gum came away naturally in all cases, Revolymer said.
Title: Scientists develop non-stick chewing gum
Main Items
Contexts
High 71
1. The new gum has a great taste.
2. It is easy to 72 up.
3. It has the 73 to be environmentally degradable.
A different 74
The new gum adds a special polymer to 75 its properties.
The 76
1. The new gum will solve a major 77 for local authorities around the world.
2. The new gum can 78 off naturally in all cases.
The developers’ 79
The new gum, the 80 of polymer research at the University of Bristol, could be launched commercially in 2008.
第四部分：任務型閱讀(共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分)
Main Items
Contexts
High 71
1. The new gum has a great taste.
2. It is easy to 72 up.
3. It has the 73 to be environmentally degradable.
A different 74
The new gum adds a special polymer to 75 its properties.
The 76
1. The new gum will solve a major 77 for local authorities around the world.
2. The new gum can 78 off naturally in all cases.
The developers’ 79
The new gum, the 80 of polymer research at the University of Bristol, could be launched commercially in 2008.
71. ______________ 72. ______________ 73. ______________ 74. _____________
75. ______________ 76. ______________ 77. ______________ 78. _____________
79. ______________ 80. ______________
第五部分 書面表達 （共25分）
閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。
我國正提倡建設“節約型社會”，下圖為某校兩個學期用水、用電、用紙的情況。請對其進行簡要分析，以“How to build an economized society”為題，寫一篇作文，談談自己的想法。