余杭高级中学2009学年第一学期高三第四次月考英语试卷

余杭高级中学2009学年第一学期高三第四次月考英语试卷

   命题人：沈园园     审核人： 李瑾

考生须知：

1．全卷分试卷和答卷两部分。满分为120分。

2．本卷答案必须做在答卷的相应位置上，做在试卷上无效。

3．请用钢笔或圆珠笔将班级、姓名、学号和试场号填写在答卷的相应位置。

4．考生应严格遵守考试时间和考试纪律。

第I卷（选择题，共80分）

第一部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分30分)

第一节 单项填空 (共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

1 Many people have come to realize that they should go on    _ balanced diet and make   ____ room in their day for exercise.

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

2．Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing _____ a stepping stone to future success.

A. to                            B. for                           C.as                     D.by

3. It’s quite _______ me why such things have been allowed to happen.

A. for                           B. behind                    C. against                      D. beyond

4. What disappointed us was that their determination finally_________.

A. gave off                B. gave out                    C. gave up                    D. gave in

5. It snowed heavily for three days _________ and we were separated from the outside world.

A. in the end              B. by the end                 C. on end                     D. at the end

6. It suddenly _________ to me that we could use the computer to do the job.

A. stroke                   B. occurred                   C. happened                   D. saw

7. Gun control is a subject     Americans have argued for a long time. 

A. of which                  B. with which                C. about which              D. into which

8. ——Be careful! Don’t forget you are on a ladder.

——But you are holding it for me, nothing ______________.

A. worry about              B. to worry about          C. is worried about         D. worrying about

9. She is very dear to us. We have been prepared to do ___________it takes to save her life.

A. whichever                 B. however                    C. whatever                  D. whoever

10. News came from the school office ________Wang Lin had been admitted to Beijing University.

A. which                       B. what                         C. that                          D. where

11. ——Hi, Tracy，you look pale.

——I am tired. I _______ the living room all day.

A. painted                                                         B. had painted

C. have been painting                                         D. have painted

12. The purpose of the communication is to get your message _______ to others clearly.

A. up                            B. down                        C. across                      D. on

13. You must be _________ that what you are doing is quite illegal.

A. aware                   B. confident                  C. awful                       D. magnificent

14. Why ______________ things like this? You’d better not say anything about it any more.

A. do you always say                                        B. do you often say

C. are you always saying                                   D. are you often saying

15. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ____________ its reality.

A. make up                   B. figure out                 C. look through           D． put off

16 I would love ______ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

A. to go                        B. to have gone             C. going                       D. having gone

17．——I want to go to Beijing with you.

    ——If so, your holiday arrangement must _________ mine.

A. catch up with           B. come up with           C. put up with              D. fit in with

18. With home-schooling __________ quickly in the United States, nobody knows exactly how many American children are being taught at home.

A. grown                      B. to grow                  C. growing                    D. being grown

19. Was it in the beautiful park ________ was located by the sea _________ we first met our new Chinese teacher?

A. where; that               B. which; which            C. that; that                   D. which; where

20. ——I hear that Mary won the prize of the biology contest.

——__________ She was not interested in it at all.

A. You’re kidding!       B. So what?                   C. Why not?                  D. Not really.

 

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

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。

Temperature is part of my married romance. Coming to New York from Baltimore-where there is just one small snowstorm each year—I was  21  by a fireplace in my new home, with fires  22  all day, just as what ancient people did at a wedding.

      My husband, Peter, comes from northern Ontario, where winter  23  from September to May and cold wind is  24  . “When Canadians have 30 below, they  25  it,” he says. “Cold wind is for crybabies.”

      So to marry this man I had to learn to  26  for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson, Peter piled me  27  jackets and sweaters, scarves and gloves, even a hat with earflaps. The gift of Sorel boots---comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below, was a  28  we were getting serious.   

That first winter together, living in upstate New York, I thought I’d  29  . My boots were good below freezing, but my fingers could  30  tie them. Physical adaptation is real, but it came slowly. And there is also emotional  31  to cold. Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on  32  days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build  33 .

       34 , having a warm house is important. After my first marriage ended, for years I _35   went on a second date with a man whose response to my “I’m cold.” was, “Put on a sweater.” Now I’m married to a man who  36  that cold hands do not mean a warm heart, and that a big oil bill is better than roses. But surprisingly, I’ve grown, too. I am  37 , in this new life and climate, to go and look for that cost-saving sweater.

The word comfortable did not  38  refer to being contented. Its Latin root, comfortare, means to strengthen. The Holy Spirit is Comforter; not to make us comfortable, but to make us 39 . We  40  not be warm but we are indeed comforted.    

 

21．A．set down          B．set about                 C．set up                    D．set out

22．A．lighting            B．burning                   C．going                    D．flashing

23．A．appears           B．starts                     C．keeps                    D．runs

24．A．something        B．everything               C．nothing                  D．none

25．A．suggest           B．mean                     C．overlook                 D．enjoy

26．A．wear                B．stand                      C．dress                    D．ride

27．A  under             B．over                        C．inside                     D．with

28．A．remark            B．sign                        C．warning                 D．show

29．A．sleep              B．forget                    C．die                         D．continue

30．A．hardly             B．easily                  C．tightly                   D．loosely

31．A．health               B．action                     C．feelings                  D．adaptation

32．A．rainy                B．freezing                  C．sunny                     D．happy

33．A．character         B．love                        C．hope                       D．hardship

34．A．Meanwhile       B．However                C．Therefore                D．Besides

35．A．merely            B．ever                        C．never                    D．just

36．A．wonders         B．knows                     C．states                      D．decides

37．A．unable              B．accustomed            C．interested              D．willing

38．A．originally         B．exactly                    C．actually                 D．namely

39．A．wild                 B．cold                      C．strong                     D．warm

40．A．will                 B．must                      C．can                       D．may

 

第二部分：  阅读理解 (共两节，每小题2分，满分50分)

 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，

A

At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.

Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.

One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.

They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.     

“Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.

“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp

“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.

“Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.

“I’ve often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.

“Jump in,” said Rolls.[

“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”

41．The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _______.

A. they could watch the car coming from the other direction

B. Rolls’s car could go faster than four miles an hour

C. they could make sure no one was in the way

D. the car would not hit them on the road

42．In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?

A. They greeted Rolls when the car came along.

B. They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.

C. They pretended to be attracted by something else.

D. They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.

43．The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _______.

A. teach Rolls a lesson      B. take a free ride home

C. have a talk with Rolls    D. have a car ride experience

44．After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _______.

A. dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to

B. could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance

C. could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey

D. drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge

B

Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.

    “A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”

    George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.

     Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy-television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joines said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.

     Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.

45. According to George, reading aloud to children ________.

A. help them correct mistakes

B. is helpful to their reading

C. is parents’ first duty to their children  

D. can get children out of television’s attraction

46. The underlined word “distraction” (in Paragraph 4) means something that __________.

A. can improve children’s reading

B. can help children’s right way of reading

C. can make children interested in reading

D. can make children not attentive

47. What does the fourth paragraph mainly want to show is important?

A. reading skills                  B. reading speed

C. feeding materials                     D. reading environment

48. If the passage is not completed, which of the following can follow the fifth paragraph?

A. Parents choose reading materials for their children.

B. Advice is given to control their children.

C. What TV programs children can watch during reading.

D. How children improve their reading by themselves.

49. Which one would be the best title for the passage?

A. Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents.

B. Parents Are Their Child’s First Teacher.

C. How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader.

D. How to Improve Children’s Reading Ability.

 

C

If you’re the type of traveler who just wants a suitable place to hang your hat and you don’t want to spend a fortune to do it, here are several ways to save on your next hotel room:

   *Be Flexible   Hotel rates are based on supply and demand, so be aware of peak periods. If your destination’s high season is from December through April and you’re trying to book near the end of April, you might find considerable savings if you change your travel dates by a week or two.

   *Check Hotel Web Sites  The large travel-booking Web sites often sell rooms from the middlemen who have bought up empty hotel rooms. But the major hotel chains also offer last-minute discounts, and because they’re not paying the middleman, they sometimes have better deals than the travel sites.

   *Don’t be Afraid to Bargain   Most people are so intimidated (畏缩的) by know-it-all hotel desk clerks that they don’t bargain for a better deal. But bargaining for a better deal is often worth the trouble, because most hotel general managers would prefer having a customer paying a lower-than-usual rate to no customer at all. And if you find something unfair on your hotel bill, don’t be afraid to complain. To keep your goodwill, hotels will often reduce or cancel such charges.

    *Avoid Hidden Costs  Expensive little extras hotels never mention can increase the cost of your stay. Don’t let this happen. Find out about resort fees, fees for parking and Internet use befo re you agree to stay. And don’t touch the hotel’s phone unless you absolutely have to — the rates can be more than $2 a minute even inside the United States.

50. According to the passage, which of the following will save you some money?

A. Change your visiting places in high season. 

B. Book rooms through Web sites.

C. Use the hotel’s phone. 

D. Bargain with desk clerks for your room,

51. That travelers can bargain for better deal is often based on the fact that _______.

A. managers often prefer a lower-paid customer to no customer

B. there are many places which should not be charged

C. customers are often afraid to complain the price

D. the desk clerks and managers often cheat the travelers

52. The passage was mainly written to ________.

A. advertis e hotels           B. complain high costs

C. serve the travelers        D. introduce hotel services

 

D

Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050, you might actually get your wish — if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits (半导体电路). But long before then, perhaps as early as 2010, some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality (虚拟的永生).

Researchers are confident that technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life. Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles (履历). By the 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous (神经) systems through electrical activities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions. Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher.

Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher. It would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micro sensors under your scalp (头皮) and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.

At first, the Soul Catcher’s companion system — the Soul Reader — might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details. Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (永生实体). Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine.

For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortality would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.

53．The main idea of this passage is that             .

A. human beings long for living forever

B. there are many difficulties in makin g the Soul Catcher

C. people can live forever as technology develops

D. the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance

54．According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be                .

A. a new machine on which research measures have already been made

B. a new invention in order to catch and keep human’s thoughts

C. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever

D. made of silicon circuits which can catch people’s nervous activity

55．We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is                 .

A. to be a reality sooner or later        B. fa r from certain

C. just an idea that couldn’t t be realized at all  D. a fading hope

56．The meaning of the underlined word “revitalize” in the fourth paragraph is close to ____________.

A. make dead            B. make famous                  

C. make known         D. make active

 

E

I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. If it weren’t for my job I would immediately move out for the open spaces and go back to nature．

    Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in many tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous as they are shut up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated (孤立的) from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, in the past the residents (居民) of one street all knew each other, but nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other．

    Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the residents of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go a long way to the nearest large town. The city people who leave for the country often can’t bear the stillness and quiet there．

What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city gives people a feeling of isolation, and constant noise can nearly drive you mad. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found a compromise (折衷) between the two: leave cities and move to villages within commuting (乘车往返) distance of large cities. It sounds great!

57．It seems that the writer prefers to live in the country mainly because ______．

A. the city is somehow polluted         

B. the country folks are more friendly

C. one can get better sleep in the country 

D. it’s hard for people to find jobs in the city

58．The biggest disadvantage of living in the country is that ______．

A. life there is inconvenient                                  

B. shopping is almost impossible

C. you can not see a movie or a show                   

D. life comes to an end at half past nine

59．As to which is better, city life or country life, the writer ______．

A. did some explanation                               

B. made some comparison

C. described both of them vividly                      

D. talked a lot about his preference

60．The underlined word “binds” in the third paragraph is similar in meaning to ______．

A．attracts        B．drives             

C．prevents              D．unites

                             

第二节：阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项.

Li Hua has just come back from the US and intends to give some of his relatives mentioned in 61-65 some DVDs as gifts．He brings back six DVDs （A-F）．After the description of each person, decide which DVD is the most suitable one for the people and then mark the correct letter（A-F）on your answer sheet．There is one extra DVD, which you do not need to use．

_______61．Li Hua’s Grandfather is a fan of Jules Verne, the father of modern science fiction．He dreamed to be a hero and save people in trouble when he was young．Although he is old now, he will not miss a good science fiction movie．

_______62．Li Hua’s mother works in a primary school as an English teacher．She thought English learning should be interesting, and she often puts on some English movies in class, so students can not only learn the language but history and culture．Of course the language in the movie will not be difficult and it will be better if there is a beautiful English song in it．

_______63．Li Hua’s father is a history professor in a college．He is especially interested in the history of some foreign countries such as Egypt, Germany and the UK．Now he is preparing a lecture about the history of the UK and needs some materials．

_______64．Li Hua’s elder sister loves reading love stories ever since she was a middle school student．Now, she has just fallen in love with a good guy．They both love seeing good films, and now, of course, a film about love is their favorite．

_______65．Li Hua’s elder brother is a history lover under his father’s influence．He was fond of movies about wars in history．He has seen many movies about people struggling in Japanese or Nazis’ prisons, and he would like to see something different．

A．As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me

       Based on the true story of Josef Martin Bauer’s best-selling novel, this powerful movie tells us the unbelievable journey of German soldier Clemens Forell in his dramatic escape from a Siberian（西伯利亚的） labor camp after World War II．Through the bitter cold of winter, deserted landscapes, and life－threatening adventures, Forell who was determined to return to his family makes his way, step by step, day by day, towards Persia and freedom．14,000 and 3 endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination．

B．The Prince of Egypt

This cartoon movie attracted audiences the world over with its fantastic artistry, timeless story and powerful music．This masterpiece became one of the top animated films of all time．The extraordinary tale of two brothers---one born of royal blood, one an orphan with a secret past---is brought to life as never before, with unforgettable characters voiced by many stars．One of the two brothers becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, the other the chosen leader of his people．What they do will forever change their lives---and the world．

C．The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

       A hunter, a scientist, a vampire, an invisible man, an immortal, a spy, a beast…When a masked madman known as “The Fantom（幽灵）” tries to control the world, great adventurer Allan Quatermain sets up a team of superheroes, the likes of which mankind has never seen．Now, despite fighting their own personal demons and each other, they must join forces to save the world．

D．Braveheart

       This Academy Award winning film, directed by Mel Gibson, tells the story of the great thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace, known to his countrymen as Braveheart．Gibson stars as Wallace, who leads the Scots to fight against the cruel English king Edward I after he suffers a personal tragedy at the hands of English soldiers．Willing to fight to the death for Scotland’s freedom, Wallace and his companions, whose faith in freedom is stronger than any English army, fight bravely with their enemy．

E．The wedding Planner

       Mary Fiore is the wedding planner．She’s ambitious, hard-working, extremely organized, and she knows exactly what to do and say to make any wedding a fantastic event．But when Mary falls in love with a handsome doctor, her life is turned upside down---he’s the groom in the biggest wedding of her career! Will she help him marry his rich girlfriend, or will Mary finally get to be the bride herself? As this sweet romantic comedy proves, when it comes to love, you can never plan what’s going to happen．

F．Agent Cody

       Frankie Muniz and Hilary Duff star in this “clever and lively action-adventure”（Los Angeles Times） about a junior CIA agent on a mission to save the world, stop the bad guys and win the girl’s heart…Catching your eye with cool tools, exciting special effects and the wonderful skateboard chase, Agent Cody Banks delivers great fun for the entire family．

 

第三部分  写作（共两节，满分40）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题，满分10分）

文中共有10处语言错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。注意：每处错误及其修改仅限一词，并且只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Under the help of the Internet, shopping is not a difficult work. Just clicking your mouse to choose the article you like, and the shopping is finished. You needn’t step out the room. It seems easy and quick. And there’s always a trap online. If you are careless, it will bring you trouble. You may find the color of the article is different from that you want, or the size is either too small nor too big. If you want to be different, you’d better not to buy clothes online. Once you put up the clothes you bought online and go out, you will find many people in the street wearing the same clothes like you.

第二节：书面表达（30分）

高三年级是高中生活的最后一年，在这一年中，学生们要面临着沉重的升学压力。因此，很多学生下课后也坐在教室里用功，但学习效率和成绩并不理想。由此你想告诉他们：适当的休息很有必要。现在就请你以 “A Ten-minute Break”为主题，按下列要点写一篇短文，让这些同学从中有所启发。短文的要点如下：

1．十分钟的课间休息很有必要。

2．要注意适当的休息方式。

3．你是怎样利用这十分钟的。

注意：①开头已经给出，不计入总词数；②字数100字左右。

 

A Ten—minute Break

As a Senior Three student, time seems much limited.                                                       

                                                                                          

                                                                       

参考答案

第一部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

the next class begins, I feel fresh again.

Experience tells me that making progress needs a thorough and persevering process, but we all know people who can’t find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to fail.