湖北省荆州中学2009届高三5月模拟考试
英 语
本试卷共12页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
例：How
much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15. B.￡9.15. C.￡9.18.
答案是B
1.Which city are the speakers talking about?
A．Cardiff. B．Edinburgh. C．Manchester.
2.What does the man suggest to the woman?
A．Buying a new car. B．Saving
her money C．Getting
a second-hand car.
3.Where is the man going?
A．To New
York. B．To London. C．to Goldberg.
4.What is the woman?
A．An editor. B．A
writer. C．A reporter
5.What is the relationship between the two
speakers?
A．Hostess and guest. B．Salesgirl and
customer. C．Waitress and guest.
第二节（共15小题；每小题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，各小题将出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题。
6.What does the man ask Larry to take to the
party?
A．Some oranges. B．Some
drinks. C．Something
delicious.
7.What is the woman doing while answering the
call?
A．Drinking a bottle of orange. B．Taking
part in a party
C．Writing the message down.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What are the two speakers talking about?
A．Seeing faces. B．Taking
pictures. C．Buying
cameras.
9.What kind of pictures does the man dislike?
A．Prepared for cameras. B．Taken
in daily life. C．Taken
by others.
10.How many cameras does the man use more often?
A．Twelve B．Ten. C．Two.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。高考资源网
11.What does the woman suggest the man should
do?
A．Get a higher degree. B．Look
for a better job.
C．Find a place in a university.
12.What does the woman think is unsuitable for
the man?
A．Gardening. B．Teaching. C．Doctoring.
13.What does the woman think of being a doctor?
A．It is boring. B．It
pays well. C．It
is highly demanding.
听第9段材料，回答第14是至17题。
14.When will the woman leave for her holiday?
A．Next Thursday. B．Next
Friday. C．Next
Saturday.
15.How long will the woman stay in Europe?
A．About three weeks. B．About
one month. C．About
three months.
16.How does the man know Jim Thomas?
A．He once studied in the same college with him.
B．He used to go on a summer trip with him.
C．He once worked with him.
17.What will the woman probably do with her flat
when she is away?
A．Rent it to the man. B．Rent
it to Jim Thomas.
C．Leave it to one of her friends.
听第10段材料，回答第18题至20题。
18.What did the speaker like doing at school?
A．Training people. B．Solving
problems. C．Explaining
things.
19.Why did the speaker refuse the parents’ pay?
A．She loved to help her teacher.
B．She wanted to be a maths teacher.
C．She didn’t think her work worth so much.
20.What do we know about the speaker?
A．She was fit for her job. B．She
was good at all subjects.
C．She was ready to help others.
第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共二节，满分40分）
第一节：多项选择（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例：To
make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know
their _______ and weaknesses.
A.
strengths
B. benefits
C. techniques
D. values
答案是A。
21. It would be unwise to attach too much to these opinion polls (民意测验).
A．stress B．significance
C．value D．attention
22. Last year I lost my job, which was the start
of a run of bad .
A．temper B．behavior C．luck D．situation
23.Since a lot of graduates are hunting for job,
the government should take measures to
employment .
A．promote B．increase C．emphasize D．seek
24. It is reported that trucks with vital medical supplies has succeeded
in reaching the flooded areas.
A．supplied B．marked C．equipped D．loaded
25. It is necessary for teachers to the new ideas and developments in
education.
A．keep
up with B．come
up with
C．catch up with D．put
up with
26. The magazine is intended to working women in their 20s and 30s.
A．relate
to B．adjust
to C．aim
to D．appeal
to
27. How can I for the way I treated you?
A．stand
up B．cover
up C．make
up D．keep
up
28. He is quite of the risk, but he has no choice but to
go ahead.
A．sure B．aware C．tired D．careful
29.Some of them hold the belief that the present
generation has rejected the beliefs of their parents.
A．eventually B．heavily C．largely D．completely
30. We are kept busy all day long because the
college entrance examination is .
A．on
the go B．on
the run C．on
the march D．on
the way
第二节：完形填空（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。
It was almost Christmas. We wrote
to my father, asking him to 31 an artificial tree for us and 32 it to us in several smaller boxes. Two
days before Christmas we were in a 33 . All of the boxes that my father
had sent us arrived except for the one with the tree 34 . We decided to wait one more day.
Meanwhile, in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk 35 a box under a counter. He 36 that someone would be without a tree for
Christmas. Although he was closing up and there was no 37 on Christmas, he processed the mail and
got it to Mannheim.
After putting the 38 on the proper shelf, he headed to the
snack bar. The place was 39 and he ended up sharing a table. Two men
were speaking and the clerk discovered that one of his 40 at the table was working in Mannheim. He said to the
man, “You could 41 play Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you’d
like to.” The man 42 to deliver it and the two walked to the
mail room to 43 the package.
At home in Mannheim, we were busily 44 to devise some way to put our tree
together, but couldn’t 45 a workable solution. We were
ready to give up 46 the door bell rang. There stood a
stranger holding a long 47 carton, our tree trunk. We invited him
in, 48 it was Christmas Eve and he was 49 to get home to his own family.
The next day as we watched our
little boy’s eyes light up at the 50 of our beautiful tree, I whispered a
little prayer: “Bless the stranger who brightened up our Christmas with his
kindness.”
31.A.sell
B. purchase
C. deliver
D. bring
32.A.send
B. pass
C. carry
D. take
33.A.surprise
B. hunger
C. pleasure
D. panic
34.A.leaf
B. trunk
C. stand
D. branch
35.A.watched
B. caught
C. spotted
D. broke
36.A.directed
B. whispered
C. realized
D. confirmed
37.A.delivery
B. customer
C. money
D. letter
38.A.present
B. tree
C. mail
D. package
39.A.crowded
B. small
C. noisy
D. normal
40.A.friends
B. colleagues
C. relatives
D. companions
41.A.really
B. confidently
C. kindly
D. patiently
42.A.overcame
B. agreed
C. astonished
D. struggled
43.A.fetch
B. transform
C. post
D. consult
44.A.solving
B. explaining
C. trying
D. worrying
45.A.come across
B. come back to
C. come upon
D. come up with
46.A.while
B. when
C. as
D. since
47.A.slim
B. beautiful
C. thick
D. heavy
48.A.but
B. so
C. because
D. or
49.A.in surprise
B. in the way
C. in a hurry
D. in time
50.A.sight
B. back
C. corner
D. scene
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Rules for the University
Entrance Examination
●You must be
at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are
more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The
examination takes place at the same time in different states.
●You must have
proof of your name and grade as well as official examination number. Show these
when you come to the examination center.
●Depending on
which examination you are taking, you may bring certain items into the
examination center. Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic
calculators. Other subjects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference
material. Please read the notes sent with your timetable carefully.
●You must
bring your own pencils. None will be provided for you. The following items are
not allowed in the examination center: walkmans and radios, head sets, any food
or drink, schoolbags, electronic equipment (unless specifically permitted for
various subjects), and mobile phones.
●Once in the
center, you must sit at the desk with your examination number on it. When you
sit down, place your examination number at the top corner of your desk.
●You must
remain silent during the examination. You must not disturb other people who are
taking the test.
●If you need a drink or toilet break, you should
raise your hand and wait for the supervisor (监督者) to speak to you. You
will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom. You are
not allowed to talk with anyone during the break.
●You must write your answers in the official
answer sheet. Your supervisor will provide extra paper if you wish to make
notes.
●You may leave the examination room at any time
if you do not plan to return. If you finish early and want to leave, please
move well away from the examination center.
●The
supervisor will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before
the end of the examination. When the supervisor says that the time is up, you
must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until you paper is collected.
51. What kind of examination are these rules
probably for?
A. A local exam.
B. A final exam.
C. A college
exam.
D. A national
exam.
52. What are you allowed to have with you
when you take mathematics examination?
A. Related
material.
B. Proof of
yourself.
C. A cell
phone.
D. A
dictionary.
53. What should you do if you finish the
test early and want to get a better result?
A. Take some
notes carefully.
B. Leave the
room immediately.
C. Remain in
your seat and check again.
D. Raise your
hand to inform your teacher.
54. What can be provided for you during the
exam?
A. Pencils. B.
Food and drink. C. Extra paper. D. Calculators.
B
Why do men die earlier than women? The latest
research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into
rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of ageing on
the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their
hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.
“We have found that the power of the male heart
falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the
study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
“Within the heart there are millions of cells
that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells
die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing
process.”
What surprises scientists is that the female
heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart
could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.
“This gender difference might just explain why
women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy
men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to
remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing
takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink.
The good news is that men can improve the health
of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need
regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as
they age.
55. The text mainly talks about ________.
A. men’s heart
cells
B. women’s ageing process
C. the gender
difference
D. hearts and long life
56. According to the text, the UK scientists
have known that ________.
A. women have
more cells than men when they are born
B. women can
replace the cells that enable the heart to beat
C. the female
heart loses few of the cells with age
D. women never
lose their pumping power with age
57. If you want to live longer, you should
________.
A. enable your
heart to beat much faster
B. find out the
reason for ageing
C. exercise
regularly to keep your heart healthy
D. prevent your
cells from being lost
58. We can know from the passage that
________.
A. the reason
why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out
B. scientists
are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells
C. the team has
done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss
D. women over
70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20
C
Believe it or not, optical
illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.
Japan is a case in point.
It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a
simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the
roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and
thus drivers slow down.
Now the American Automobile
Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s
success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns
of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns
reduce highway crashes.
Excessive (过多的) speed plays a major
role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the
foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its
tests in areas where speed-related hazards (危险) are the greatest
curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.
Some studies suggest that
straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially（起初） cut the average
speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within
months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.
Chevrons, scientists say, not
only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really
are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting
reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.
59. The passage mainly discusses ________.
A. a new way of highway speed
control
B. a new pattern for painting
highways
C. a new way of training drivers
D. a new type of optical
illusion
60. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that
________.
A. they should avoid
speed-related hazards
B. they are driving in the wrong
lane
C. they should slow down their
speed
D. they are coming near to the
speed limit
61. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is
that the former ________.
A. can keep drivers awake B. can cut road
accidents in half
C. will look more attractive D. will have a longer effect on
drivers
62. The American
Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ________.
A. try out the Japanese method
in certain areas
B. change the road signs across
the country
C. replace straight, horizontal
bars with chevrons
D. repeat the Japanese road
patterns
D
Just as the stock market rises
and falls in response to what people are willing to put their money behind, we
have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our
beliefs about what is possible. Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to
challenge our belief systems determines the success of our inner economy. For
example, imagine that your family of origin had a belief that musical talent
was not something they possessed. As a member of that group, you would likely
inherit that same belief about yourself. As a result, even if you had a great
desire to create music, you might be hesitant to really get behind yourself,
fearing that your investment (投资)would not pay off. Even if you had the courage
to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not inherently talented
would probably be a major obstacle(障碍) to investing your
energy in your dream.
On the other hand, if you found a
way to release that negative belief, a great flood of energy would pour forth,
greatly increasing the likelihood of your success. How much energy we are
willing to invest in the various ideas, dreams, and visions we carry within is
like the money people are, or are not, willing to invest in the various
products available for trade on the stock market. And in both cases, belief
plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something. One
way to open up the possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to
understand that belief is not the reliable guide we sometimes think. There are
other more reliable things of success that we can put our faith in, such as
passion, feeling, and sense. Some of the most successful investors in the stock
market are the ones that go against the grain, trusting their sense over the
common opinion held by common people about what will work.
In the same way, we can learn to
trust our heart’s desires and our sense to guide us, questioning any beliefs
that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves. As we take
out energy from limiting ideas about what is possible, we free up the resources
that have the power to make our inner economy prosper.
63. We can safely conclude from the first
paragraph that .
A. our belief is not
reliable.
B. belief is an obstacle to our
success.
C. belief is not so important in
our success.
D. our belief determines our
success in some way.
64. According to the passage, if a family of origin has passion
for literature, the members of the family will probably .
A. teach literature B.
hate literature
C. write poems D.
enter the field of literature
65. We can put our faith in the following things
of success except .
A. passion B. feeling C.
sense D.
stock market
66. The purpose of the author is .
A. to teach us a lesson
B. to give us some useful
suggestions
C. to tell us that our belief is
not reliable
D. to encourage us to invest in
the stock market
E
There
are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health
and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes
unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things,
persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People
who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the
pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the
wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to
be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are
continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of
society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere.
If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the
more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps
taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a
habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured
when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I
hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this
habit.
Although
in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life
since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others;
nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness
and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into
arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or
fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a
word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no
one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their
wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is
pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do
not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it
can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one
becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
67. The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” in the second
parapraph means “_______”.
A.
have a good taste with social life B.
make others unhappy
C.
tend to scold others openly D.
enjoy the pleasure of life
68. We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A.
we should pity all such unhappy people
B.
such unhappy people are dangerous to social life
C.
people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness
D.
unhappy people can not understand happy persons
69. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the
author suggests that people should _______.
A.
prevent any communication with them
B.
show no respect and politeness to them
C.
persuade them to recognize the bad effects
D.
quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes
70. In this passage, the writer mainly _______.
A.
describes two types of people
B.
laughs at the unhappy people
C.
suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness
D. tells people how to be happy in life
第四部分：（共二节，共40分）
第一节：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。
例：
We _________(起床) before dawn. It was still dark outside.(get)
答案：got
up
71. ---The fish has gone bad.
---You ______ (应把鱼存放) in the refrigerator. (keep)
72. That year in Cambridge, I remember, ______ (十个年轻力壮的中国学生)were required to take part in the Boat Race. (strong)
73. The jewellery shop is reported in the local newspaper
______ (遭到了抢劫)last night. (rob)
74. If
you had done as I told you to do, this ______ (将不会发生). (happen)
75. I told mother hardly ____my eyes (我闭上)when
I started to imagine fantastic figuers at night. (close)
76. She is now in America studying law; it will be a long
time _____ (我们才会再相逢). (meet)
77. They’ve got three children, the youngest of ______ (在学习音乐)at
college. (study)
78. Large quantities of goods and money _______(正花在)the
reconstruction of the earthquake-stricken areas. (spend)
79. My teacher told me that he was satisfied
with （我所做的事）（whatever）
80. It was nine years ago, when I came to China for the
first time, ______ (我开始)learn Chinese. (begin)
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
从学校毕业，或上大学，或步入社会，毕业意味着前进、意味着选择。请以Graduation and Moving on为题，写一篇100词左右的毕业感言。
要求：l毕业前活动：照相、留言等；2心情（依依不舍，又要前进）及原因等。首句已经给出，不计入总词数。
Graduation and Moving on
Graduation is a time when we move on，from school to university，or out into the real world．
注意：1.字数100左右 2.表达要连贯。
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