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江苏省扬州中学 2008—2009 学年度第一学期 10 月月考

高 三 英 语 试 卷

第一部分：听力

第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）

08.10

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，并标准试卷的相应位置。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. When will the woman graduate?

A. Next month. B. Next March. C. Next year.

2. Where do you think the book is now?

A. Under the chair. B. In the kitchen. C. On the shelf.

3. What was the result?

A. Italy won the game. B. France won the game. C. Germany won the game.

4. How much is the TV set?

A. $60. B. $ 120. C. $ 90.

5. What do they say about the restaurant?

A. It’s the best place to eat in. B. They are disappointed in its recent change.

C. They like it all the time.

第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答第 6—8 题。

6. What does the woman want to do?

A. To find a house with lower rent. B. To share a room with his close friend.

C. To rent some place quiet enough to study.

7. Does the woman get familiar with the city?

A. Maybe, as she has a little information to offer the man.

B. Sure, as she knows where to find what the man needs.

C. Yes, as she is in charge of the affairs.

8. What does the man probably do?

A. A money cashier working in a supermarket.

B. A student studying in a college.

C. A manager arranging part time jobs.

听下面一段材料，回答第 9—11 题。

9. What season is it now?

A. It is spring. B. It is autumn. C. It is winter.

do we know about the woman?

A. She likes sports. B. She hates cold weather. C. She never does

housework.

11. What is the weather like now?

A. It is cloudy. B. It is sunny. C. It is snowy.

听下面一段材料，回答第 12—14 题。

12. What does the man come for?

A. He wants to join a tour to Liverpool.

B. He wants to book a ticket to Liverpool.

C. He asks for some information about the trains to Liverpool.

13. Which bus will the man take?

A. 8:10. B. 10:20. C. 12:30.

14. How much is the commission charge(手续费)?

A. ￡2. B.￡10. C.￡20

听下面一段材料，回答第 15—16 题。

15. What started Don’s career as a singer?

A. The city of Shanghai. B. A cafe shop.

16. What does Don say about his job as a singer?

A. “It helps me make a good living.”

B. “It helps me meet different people.”

C. “It helps me travel to Shanghai.”

听下面一段材料，回答第 17—20 题。

17. What is the speaker in charge of?

A. A small supermarket. B. A large supermarket.

C. A small branch of a large supermarket.

18. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. The prevention of shoplifting. B. The causes of shoplifting.

C. A musical instrument.

C. The purpose of shoplifting.

19. Who form the great part of shoplifters?

A. People in their early thirties. B. People in their twenties. C. Teenagers.

20. Which measures is NOT taken to prevent shoplifting?

A. Putting chains or alarms on goods. B. Hiring store detectives.

C. Using closed-circuit television.

第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分 35 分)

第一节 单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture(水分) from food helps to

preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose food to sun and wind.

A. a; the B. the; 不填 C. 不填; the D. the; the

22. When it comes to listening to the opinions of members of your school community, do

you think you are already “all ears”? The underlined expression most probably

means .

A. in full strength B. bearing ideas in mind

C. ready to listen attentively D. having enough preparation

23. To be living at the start of the new millennium is in the most advanced

technological era in history.

A. existing B. being existed C. to be existed D. to exist

24. Male and female students are quite different from each other the age at which

they begin to develop an intellectual self-discipline.

A. with regard to B. in the light of C. in honor to D. on account of

25. We at a very attractive hotel on the way back from Paris.

A. put up B. dropped out C. took in D. picked up

26. It was strange that you for Maggie’s address. I just got a letter from her---the

first one since her family moved on August 31, 1999.

A. should have asked B. would have asked C. shall ask D. might ask

27. , and students having returned, this college too will start out with effort

in the work that lies before them.

A. The summer vacation is over; great

B. The summer vacation being over; renewed

C. As the summer vacation over; refreshing

D. Had the summer vacation been over; sacred

28. Well, really now is start learning what to do with this software and read a lot of

references, learn and practice you can.

A. that you need do; whatever B as should you do; the longer hours

C. how you should start; the most D. what you should do; as much as

29. I really when I asked him how his wife was---they got divorced last year!

A. landed on my feet B. got off the wrong foot

C. found my feet D. put my foot in it

30. At the last place Gary worked, they an annual company picnic. All the

employees bring their families along and spend the day at a nearby park. It was

great.

A. had to have; had to B. used to have; couldn’t

C. would have; didn’t have to D. used to have; would

31. My friend Tanya Japanese for six years before she Japan. I’ve just

received a letter from her. It says she has been studying Chinese for three months and

for China in a month.

A. studied; had visited; leaves B. had been studying; visited; is leaving

C. has studied; visited; would leave D. was studying; has visited; leaves

32. the interview in Boston lasted so long, I missed my connecting flight to New

York.

A. Due to B. So long as C. As D. Despite

33. , I would like to thank Professor Osterhaus for offering me the chance to do

this study, and for all the support throughout the study period.

A. In the beginning B. At first C. To begin with D. To start

34. The hero of the book, Charles, is a conventional nineteenth-century gentleman; the

heroine Sarah, by her lover, is a “fallen woman”, whom Charles tries to help.

A. to be discarded B. to have abandoned

C. having thrown away D. having been deserted

35. Lucy’s new job paid twice as much as she had made in the restaurant.

A. working B. work C. to work D. worked

第二节 完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Write the article. Run for classes. Haven’t finished the readings. House cleaning.

Assignment to 36 in two hours. Out of breath, time, and still late.

That’s been me for the past three weeks. And then yesterday, as my fingers 37 hit

the keyboard, I 38 to look outside. Through the half open blinds of my kitchen

window, I caught the bright glow(光线) of sunshine 39 through the freshly cleaned air.

Shining 40 the yellow-green leaves of a tree. It could have been the four days of

continual rain and gray gloomy skies, or my own self, 41 endless activity. I don’t know

what it was, 42 I just sat there looking at the dancing sun rays.

Not a 43 in my head. No crowded feelings of approaching work, of people or

even friends. Just watching. I felt my body 44 . And after a long time…felt calm.

The break passed. I went back to my 45 . But something about the rhythm of the

day 46 . It was the difference between rushing to catch the bus and riding on your own

horse.

Later that evening, I 47 how we’ve come to inhabit（居住） a place where rest

and moments of peace were means to be 48 . If you weren’t tired out, over worked

and well near 49 ---you didn’t 50 to enjoy moments of peace. 51 me of the

poem Leisure, written by in the early 20th century. More 52 today than

ever before:

No time to stand beneath the boughs(树干).

And stare as long as sheep and cows.

No time to see the woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

And then we’re 53 as to why as a creature we’re so upset. If we can’t be 54

with ourselves, how can we hope to find a common 55 we can inhabit with others?

36. A. submit B. do C. handle D. sacrifice

37. A. patiently B. quickly C. anxiously D. peacefully

38. A. stopped B. meant C. desired D. happened

39. A. breaking down B. streaming down C. jumping down D. falling down

40. A. through B. from C. by D. on

41. A. fond of B. particular about C. tired of D. proud of

42. A. or else B. but C. therefore D. however

43. A. clue B. hesitation C. pause D. thought

44. A. relax B. drop C. die D. weaken

45. A. kitchen B. room C. article D. class

46. A. started B. continued C. occurred D. changed

47. A. wondered B. hoped C. imagined D. supposed

48. A. adapted B. earned C. encouraged D. arranged

49. A. comfort C. encouragement D. death

B. collapse(崩溃)

50. A. desire B. declare C. deserve D. demand

51. A. Informs B. Reminds C. Keeps D. Convinces

52. A. enjoyable B. remarkable C. applicable D. fashionable

53. A. shocked B. discouraged C. settled D. confused

54. A. at peace B. at ease C. in disagreement D. in discomfort

55. A. time B. range C. distance D. space

第三部分 阅读理解 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Could someone be swallowed by a whale and live? In 1891, a young English sailor

named James Bartley was, and he did.

Bartley was a crew member on the whaling ship Star of the East. As his boat closed in

on a whale, the animal lashed out with its tail. The whale’s blow lifted the boat into the air

and capsized it. Sailors in another boat captured the whale, and the overturned boat was

turned upright, but Bartley was missing.

The next morning, as sailors were cutting up the dead whale, they noticed a

movement in its stomach. When it was opened, Bartley was found inside it! He was

unconscious, and his face, neck, and hands had been bleached white by the whale’s

stomach juices. Other than that, he seemed unhurt.

Later, when Bartley recovered, he described his experience. He had been aware of

being in the water. Then he was in darkness, sliding along a slimy passageway. The heat

was so great that it made him pass out. When he woke up, he was back on board the ship!

56. We may infer from the context that the word “capsized” in the second paragraph

means .

A. caught hold of B. turned upside down

C. broke into pieces D. sank into the sea

57. It can be learned from the passage that .

A. the whale was caught by sailors on Bartley’s ship

B. the whale was killed by Bartley

C. the whale escaped from the sailors

D. the whale was caught by sailors on another ship

58. A suitable title for the passage might be .

A. In the Stomach of the Whale B. A Whaling Ship in the 1800s

C. A Young English Sailor D. A Sailor’s Whaling Dream

B

I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beneath all that, suntanned. It was the end

of an Inter-Rail holiday. My body couldn’t take any more punishment. My mind couldn’t

deal with any more foreign timetables, currencies or languages.

“Never again,” I said, as I stepped onto home ground. I said exactly the same thing the

following year. And the next. All I had to do was buy one train ticket and, because I was

under twenty-five years old, I could spend a whole month going anywhere I wanted in

Europe. Ordinary beds are never the same once you’ve learnt to sleep in the passage of a

train, the rhythm rocking you into a deep sleep.

Carrying all your possessions on your back in a rucksack makes you have a very basic

approach to travel, and encourages incredible wastefulness that can lead to burning socks

that have become too anti-social, and getting rid of books when finished. On the other hand,

this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit of Inter-Rail, for common sense and

reasoning can be thrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks.

All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one of those tickets in your hand.

Any system that enables young people to travel through countries at a rate of more

than one a day must be pretty social. On that first trip, my friends and I were at first

unaware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket, thinking it was just an inexpensive

way of getting to and from our chosen camp-site in southern France. But the idea of

non-stop travel proved too attractive, for there was always just one more country over the

border, always that little bit further to go. And what did the extra miles cost us? Nothing.

We were not completely uninterested in culture. But this was a first holiday without

parents, as it was for most other Inter-Railers, and in organizing our own timetable we left

out everything except the most available sights. This was the chance to escape the guided

tour, an opportunity to do something different. I took great pride in the fact that, in many

places, all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station. We were just there to

get by, and to have good time doing so. In this we were no different from most of the other

Inter-Railers with whom we shared passage floors, food and water, money and music.

The excitement of travel comes from the sudden reality of somewhere that was

previously just a name. It is as if the city in which you arrive never actually existed until

the train pulls in at the station and you are able to see it with your own tired eyes for the

first time.

59. At the end of his first trip, the writer said “Never again” because .

A. he fell ill B. he disliked trains

C. he was tired from the journey D. he had lost money

60. What does the writer mean by “this way of looking at life” in Paragraph 3?

A. Worrying about your clothes. B. Throwing unwanted things away.

C. Behaving in an anti-social way. D. Looking after your possessions.

61. Why did the writer originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?

A. To get to one place cheaply. B. To meet other young people.

C. To see a lot of famous places. D. To go on a tour of Europe.

62. What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that .

A. he could see more interesting places B. he could spend more time sightseeing

C. he could stay away from home longer D. he could make his own decisions

63. What does “it” in the last sentence of Paragraph 6 refer to?

A. A name. B. The city. C. The train. D. The station.

C

Two skulls found in Africa have been identified as the oldest human remains known to

science. The fossilized(化石) bones found in 1967 were originally thought to be 130,000

years old. But a re-dating of rock layers near those which yielded the fossils showed they

are actually about 195,000 years old---from the time modern humans appeared. The skulls,

known as Omo I and II, push back the known presence of Homo sapiens (现代人) in Africa

by 40,000 years. The previous oldest Homo sapiens skulls, dated to between 154,000 and

160,000 years old, were found near a village called Herto in the afar region of eastern

Ethiopia. Omo I and II were unearthed by famous paleontologist Richard Leakey along the

Omo River in southern Ethiopia, near the town of Kibish. Omo I’s more modern features

led to disagreement among experts over whether they were the same age. The rocks in

which they were found show they are, said an Australian archaeologist Prof. Ian

McDougall, who made the discovery. He told scientific journal “Nature”: “Omo I and Omo

II are relatively securely dated to 195,000 years old, making them the oldest anatomically

modern human fossils yet recovered”

64. By which means could scientists tell the age of fossils they have found?

A. The bones of the fossils. B. The place where they were found.

C. The history of humans. D. Identifying the rock layers of the fossils.

65. How many years older have modern humans become by the new discovery?

A. 130,000. B. 40,000. C. 195,000. D. Between 154,000 and 160,000.

66. Which of the following statements are NOT true according to the passage?

A. The new discovery of the skulls and the research proved the modern humans might

have started in Africa.

B. Prof. Ian McDougall thought Omo I and II were the oldest human fossils discovered.

C. Prof. Ian McDougall discovered that Omo I and II were not the same age.

D. Omo I and II were discovered in southern Ethiopia.

D

In the lumberyard (木材厂) by the lake, where trees from the woods were turned into

boards for construction work, there was an old brick building two floors high, and all

around the outside walls were heaped great piles of soft sawdust(锯木屑). There were

many of these golden mountains of dust covering that part of the yard right down to the

blue lake. That afternoon, bored with having nothing else to do, all the fellows followed

Michael up the ladder to the roof of the old building and they sat with their legs hanging

over the edge looking out across the lake. Suddenly Michael said, “I dare you to jump

down,” and without thinking about it, he pushed himself off the roof and fell on the

sawdust where he lay rolling around and laughing. “I dare you all!” he shouted. “You’re all

cowards(胆小鬼),” he said, encouraging them to follow him. Still laughing, he watched

them looking down from the roof, white-faced and hesitant, and then one by one they

jumped and got up grinning (咧嘴笑) with relief.

In the hot afternoon sunlight they all lay on the sawdust pile telling jokes till at last

one of the fellows said, “Come on up the old roof again and jump down.” There wasn’t

much enthusiasm among them, but they all went up to the roof again and began to jump off

in a determined, desperate way till only Michael was left and the others were all down

below grinning up at him calling, “Come on, Mike. What’s the matter with you?” Michael

wanted to jump down there and be with them, but he remained on the edge of the roof,

wetting his lips, with a silly grin on his face, wondering why it had not seemed such a long

drop the first time. For a while they thought he was only fooling them, but then they saw

him fixing his fist tight. He was trying to count to ten and then jump, and when that failed,

he tried to take a long breath and close his eyes. In a while the fellows began to laugh at

him; they were tired of waiting and it was getting on to dinnertime. “Come on, you’re a

coward, do you think we’re going to visit here all night?” they began to shout, and when he

did not move they began to get up and walk away, still shouting. “Who did this in the first

place? What’s the matter with you all?” he called.

But for a long time he remained on the edge of the roof, staring unhappily and steadily

at the ground. He remained all alone for nearly an hour while the sun, like a great orange

ball getting bigger and bigger, rolled slowly over the grey line beyond the lake. His clothes

were wet from nervous sweating. At last he closed his eyes, slipped off the roof, fell

heavily on the pile of sawdust and lay there a long time. There were no sounds in the yard,

the workmen had gone home. As he lay there he wondered why he had been unable to jump;

and then he got up slowly and walked home feeling deeply ashamed and wanting to avoid

everybody.

67. Why did the boys first decide to climb onto the roof of the building?

A. To test their courage. B. to pass the time.

C. To keep out of the way of the workmen. D. To get a better view of the woods.

68. When the boys jumped after Michael, they .

A. were not afraid at all B. wanted to do it again immediately

C. were glad they had got down safely D. found the jump easier than expected

69. How did Michael’s friends react when he didn’t make the jump immediately?

A. They left him immediately. B. They were not surprised.

C. They remembered how they had felt themselves.

D. They thought he was joking.

70. When Michael finally jumped the second time, he .

A. was proud of himself B. improved on his first jump

C. could not understand what had stopped him D. was not so angry with his friends

第四部分 任务型阅读 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)

请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后的空格内填入最恰当的单词. 每空格 1 个单词，不得用文章中的单词。

A scientist once said that studying the stars from the earth is something like looking up

at the sky from the bottom of a swimming pool. Even on the clearest night the earth’s dense

atmosphere will dim stars in the sky as it screens out (遮挡) 30 percent of their light. Air

turbulence (湍流) causes stars to winkle. Through a telescope, the stars seem to jump

around dizzily.

Because the moon has no atmosphere, astronomers are looking forward to setting up an

observatory there. On the moon, there will be no clouds to obscure the view. The sky will

appear dark at all times, so astronomers can work twenty-four hours a day. Because there is

not air turbulence, the stars will steady through a telescope.

Because the moon is relatively near the earth, moon-based astronomers will see the stars

in familiar patterns known on earth. They will not need new star maps of the sky. Stars seen

from the moon will appear to move very slowly. Because the earth rotates (自转) on its

axis once every twenty-four hours, earth-based astronomers see the stars hurry across the

sky each night. The moon rotates on its axis only once a month. To astronomers on the

moon, the stars will appear to stand almost still. Moon-based astronomers will have much

more time to focus their telescopes and take time ---exposure photographs.

On the earth, man-made radio noises jam the airwaves and interfere with the reception of

radio signals from certain stars. A radio telescope located on the far side of the moon will

be permanently protected from such interference.

It won’t be easy to put telescopes on the moon. However, astronomers are certain the job

can be done. They are convinced that the moon is an ideal place to set up an observatory.

Title : The Reasons for establishing an observatory on the moon

Main Comparison Context

There is very 72 atmosphere on the moon.

On the earth, air turbulence causes stars to twinkle like

73 .

On the moon, the sky will seem to be in 75 .

Because of clouds, there is a 76 view from the

earth.

Earth-based astronomers see stars move very 78

Stars are seen on the moon to move at a very low 79

The moon is 80 to be an ideal place to set up an

observatory.

Different 71

Different 74

Different 77

In contrast

第五部分 书面表达(满分 25 分)

假如你是江城某中学高三学生名叫李想，住在江城。你的加拿大笔友 Bob 来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡江城的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信须包括下表中的内容。

自然情况

成 就

①位于长江边、风景优美、适合居住

②经济发展迅速

③新建了不少工厂、住房、道路等。

④水、空气污染

⑤交通拥挤

⑥(内容由考生自己拟定)’

存在问题

对江城发展的看法

注意：1．回信中不能使用“江城”以外的地名。

2．词数 150 左右。信的开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。

Dear Bob，

It’s very kind of you to write me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d

like

to

Yours，

Li Xiang

命题、校对：双金麟

第二卷（非选择题，共 35 分）

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第四部分 任务型阅读 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)

Title : The Reasons for establishing an observatory on the moon

Main Comparison Context

There is very 72 atmosphere on the moon.

On the earth, air turbulence causes stars to twinkle like

73 .

On the moon, the sky will seem to be in 75 .

Because of clouds, there is a 76 view from the

earth.

Earth-based astronomers see stars move very 78

Stars are seen on the moon to move at a very low 79

The moon is 80 to be an ideal place to set up an

observatory.

Different 71

Different 74

姓名

Different 77

In contrast

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71. 72.

76.

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学号

第五部分 书面表达(满分 25 分)

假如你是江城某中学高三学生名叫李想，住在江城。你的加拿大笔友 Bob 来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡江城的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信须包括下表中的内容。

自然情况

①位于长江边、风景优美、适合居住

②经济发展迅速

③新建了不少工厂、住房、道路等

④水、空气污染

⑤交通拥挤

⑥(内容由考生自己拟定)

考试号

成

就

存在问题

对江城发展的看法

考场号

注意：1．回信中不能使用“江城”以外的地名。

2．词数 150 左右。信的开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。

Dear Bob，

It’s very kind of you to write me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d

like to

Yours，

Li Xiang

高三英语月考试卷答案

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72. thin

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BCACA

21—35 CCDAA

36—55 ACDBA

DABBC BCDAD

DBC BCDC

74. outlook 75. darkness 76 vague

56--70 BDA

71. conditions

73. flashlight

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Dear Bob，

It’s very kind of you to write me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d

like to tell you something about my hometown Jiangcheng.

Located on the bank of the Changjiang River, Jiangcheng is a beautiful city which is

quite suitable for people to live in. With its fast economical development in the past ten

years, new factories, houses and streets and roads have been built, which have invited more

and more people from other places to come to work and live here. So, more schools and

hospitals are available for its people.

However, there are some problems, such as water and air pollution and heavy traffic in

rush hours. Our city government and people should pay special attention to protecting the

environment. We should not develop at the sacrifice of our environment. So I think

everyone will want to do something to make our city more beautiful.

I hope you will come to China and pay a visit to our city. You’ll have a good time here.

Yours,

Li Xiang