2007-2008學年湖南師大附中高三第四次月考

1、2007-2008 學年湖南省師大附中高三第四次月考英語試題時量： 120 分鐘 滿分： 150 分鐘第一部分：聽力（共三節(jié)，滿分 30 分）做聽力部分時，請先在試題卷上作答。聽力部分結束前，你將有兩分鐘的時間將第至 17 小題的答案轉涂到答題卡上，將第18 至 20 小題的答案轉寫在答題卡上。第一節(jié) （共 5小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 7.5分）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，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10 秒鐘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。1What will the woman do

2、 tonight?A Go to a concert.B Attend a dinner party.C Watch her neighbors baby.2A In the street.B In a hotel.C In a restaurant.Where does the conversation take place?34AAt 7:30.BAt 7:45.C At 8:30.5What is the relationship between the two speakers?A Professor and assistant. B Teacher and student.C Man

3、ager and secretary.第二節(jié) （共 12 小題；每題 1.5 分，滿分 18 分）聽下面 4 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How does the man work now?A He works three nights every two weeks.B He has twice as much work as he used to have.C He has two free days for every three working days.What time will the two speakers get to the th

4、eatre if they leave now?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，每小題將給出 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 至 8 題。6 Where is the bank?A On the first floor.B On the second floor.C On the third floor.7 When is the bank open from Monday to Friday?A From 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.B From

5、 9:30 a.m. till 3:30 p.m.C From 9:30 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.8 Where is the woman?A At home.B On the street.聽第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至第 11 三個小題。 9 Where does this conversation probably take place?A At a travel service.B At a museum of art.10 Where did the woman buy the prints?A In Boston.B In New York.11 What is t

6、he woman going to do?A Make another museum tour.B Organize an exhibition of art.C Visit some European painters.聽第 8段材料，回答第 12至第 14 三個小題。 12 What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A Work choosing.B College education.13 What is the woman s husband?A A chemical engineer.B An electrical engineer

7、.14 What is the man s son going to do abroad?A. Work as a water -supply engineer.B Finish a special course in water supply.CTake a general course in civil engineering.聽第 9段材料，回答第 15至第 17 三個小題。15 What is wrong with the man?A He has a toothache.B His false teeth donCIn a hotel.CAt the woman s home.CIn

8、 a European city.CEngineering study.CA mechanical engineer.Ct fHit.e has a pain in his mouth.16 What is the woman s attitude towards thne?maA. She is worried about him.B. She is indifferent to him.C. She is polite to him.17. When will the man go to see the woman?A. This morni ng.B . This after noon.

9、C. Tomorrow morni ng.第三節(jié)（共3小題；每小題1.5分，滿分4.5分）請聽下面一段材料，將第18至第20三個小題的信息補充完整， 每小題不超過三個單詞。 聽材料前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時間。本段材料讀兩遍。the mon th to goactivity to atte ndher suggesti on to the camp18 .19 .20 .第二部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié) ，滿分45分）第一節(jié)：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. - D

10、o you know a Smith?-Yes. You can t imagine man living next to me is .A. a; a poet and no velistB . a; a poet and a no velistC . the; poet and no velistD . the; a poet and no velist22 . To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their and weak nesses.A .stre ngthsB

11、 .ben efitsC .tech niq uesD . values23 . You pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important.A .must n tB .n eed n tC .can tD . wont24 . The earthquake hit area so hard that I thought the end of the world .A . will comeB . has comeC . would have comeD . would come25 . Some develo

12、ping countries are trying to get every child into school, they are experiencingsimilar difficulties to that China faces.A . oneB . thatC . thoseD . these26. - What s your preferenee, living in the countryside or the city?-I prefer to live air is fresher.A. in whereB. in which27. Having practiced a l

13、ot, .A. his English has been improvedC. English is easy for him nowC. the place where D. whereB . he has made great improvement in EnglishD . his teacher praised him28. It is necessary that every school -age child in China school.A . atte ndsB . atte ndC . will atte ndD . atte nded29 . Is this the r

14、eason at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?A . that he expla inedB . what he expla inedC . how he expla inedD . why he expla ined30 . Using many symbols makes to put a large amount of information on a single map.A .possibleB .it possibleC.it is possibleD .that possible31. is no possibilit

15、y Jack will win the first place in the En glish con test.A .There, thatB .It, thatC.There, whetherD .It, weather32 . For years black people had bee n fighti ng for their rights. , many public places wereope n to them.A .HoweverB.As a matter of factC . For some reas onD . As a result33 . Alice isn t

16、accustomed to the life in the city the noise outside so loud.A . becauseB . withC . asD . because of34 . Last summer, I returned to the village which I had donated $ 20,000 to threemon ths .A . sinceB . agoC . beforeD . from now35 . - How do you find this kind of rice?-Pretty good. It more quickly t

17、han that kind.A . cooksB . is cookedC . is cook ingD . is being cooked第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36 55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C 和 D）中,選出最佳選項Walter Rice cupped the little tomato pla nt in his hand and showed his grandson how to do the pla nti ng, but Steve n Rice thought of red, white and blue

18、 han dlebar streamers in the wind as he set in the new plants.In June the mornings were cool, and Steve n pulled out the 36, and in spected his pla ntsfor sig ns of 37. A dry period came in July, and he passed the after noons un der the tree,look ing out at the38rows in the summer heat, liste ning f

19、or thun der through the sound oflocusts. Fin ally, it39a little in the ni ght, the n a lot more the next ni ght. Then the yellowblossoms came, more than he had ever seen; and a long time 40 the tiny green tomatoes appeared.One day he found a tomato that had escaped his 41 before. It had ripe ned42 a

20、llthe others, and Steven proudly got it to his mother 43. sThe thing was so 44 and sweet that she made san dwiches for the two of them, and had eno ugh left to make one for Steve n to take to his gran dfather,45 in his own tomato field.Walter Rice 46 in the shade beside his field, and ate the 47 Ste

21、ve n had brought him.“ A & P s going to start taking 48 in a couple more weeks, boy. It seems we just put those plants in, and now it 49ilmcteirtne. ”t waiting for a biIt s been 50time, Grandpa,” said Steven.“A long time to wait for”Walter smiled at the boy. It didn t seem long to me. But then, I wa

22、snThe mornings had become cool 52, and it was barely dawn the day Steven loadedtwen ty-five baskets of bright tomatoes on his gra ndfathers old pickup 53.They were third in line at the A&P plant, and waited in the steam clouds that smelled of ketchup（番茄醬）.Later, as they drove home with a new Western

23、 Flyer carefully tied upright in the back of the pickup, Walter asked his 54,“ Did you notice that sled they had hanging on the wall, Steven?If you start savi ng now, maybe you could have that by55 times. ” Steveas on his kn ees,look ing back at the red, white and blue han dlebar streamers play ing

24、in the wind.It ll be a long time before it snows, Grandpa,” he said.36. A.pla ntsB.bushesC.weedsD.trees37. A.cloudsB.blossomsC.in sectsD.tomatoes38. A.gree nB.yellowC.whiteD.dark39. A.blewB.sno wedC.foggedD.rained40. A.afterwardB.beforeC.forwardD.backward41 . A.thoughtB.n oticeC.un dersta ndingD.han

25、d42. A.un tilB.besideC.arou ndD.before43. A.bedroomB.kitche nC.studyD.sitting -room44. A.beautifulB.attractiveC.bigD.lovely45. A.worki ngB.play ingC.sleep ingD.waiti ng46. A.satB.layC.stoppedD.walked47. A.cakeB.apple pieC.potatoD.san dwich48. A.riceB.tomatoesC.cornD.cott on49. A.lunchB.supperC.picki

26、 ngD.meet ing50. A.shortB.longC.goodD.hard51 . A.bicycleB.giftC.carD.boat52. A.evenB.moreC.a littleD.agai n53. A.boxB.bicycleC.truckD.back54. A.wifeB.grandsonC.frie ndD.driver55. A.spri ngB.summerC.autu mnD.win ter第三部分：閱讀理解（共 20小題，每題2分，滿分40 分）第一節(jié) 選擇題（共17小題；每小題2分，滿分34分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最

27、佳選項。AWhen people advise your children to “ gean education they tell you only half the truth. What they really mea n is to get just eno ugh educati on to give man power for your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally （職業(yè)上） dead, uni ess your n ame happe ns t

28、o be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edis on and you can successfully stop study ing in primary school.Get a college degree. if possible. With a BA （學士學位）,you should start to find a job .You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a masters degree, make sure it is an MBA and on ly from a

29、first-class uni versity. Otherwise, the famous law of dimi nish ing（報酬遞減律）beg insto work.Do you know; for example, that Ion g-dista nee truck drivers make more money a year tha n full professors （正教授）？ Yes, each driver was paid $28, 000 in 1997 while a full professor man aged to get $27, 930.A PhD i

30、s the highest degree you can get, but except in few specialized field such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to in dustrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by

31、far.If you became a PhD in En glish or history or political scie nee or Ian guages or-worst of all-in philosophy, you take the risk of beco ming over-educated for our n ati onal dema nds.Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, vomiting on tables and filling out applicati ons month after

32、mon th, and the n may be tak ing a job in high school or college with the pay much less tha n a door-keeper makes.56. According to the writer, the society expects education to turn out people who will_.A. raise their paymentB. become specialized in some wayC. have a bright futureD. meet the dema nds

33、 as a source of man power57. If you don t want to be occupati on ally dead, you .A. should look for a job in a primary schoolB. must at least get a high school diplomaC. have to cha nge your n ame for Bernard Shaw or Edis onD. should go on learning and become a doctor or physicist or chemist58. The

34、underlined phrase put o“the brakes” （in Para 3） means .A. stop learning for a high degreeB. take up a masters degree at onceC. go on studying in a first-class universityD. find any interesting job59. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Neither Bernard Shaw nor Edis on fini

35、 shed high school.B. There are more PhDs tha n the society dema nds.C. The higher education level is, the more money you will earnD. If you are overeducated, you can not easily get a good job.BThe round the clock （24 小時不斷的）availability that cell phone have brought topeople s lives may Ibaking a toll

36、 on family life, a new study suggests. The study, which followedmore than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone throughout the study period were more likely to report negative “ spillover between work and home life -and, in turn, less satisfaction with thei

37、r family life.Spillover essentially （本質上）means that the line between work and home begins to becomeun clear. Work life may in vade home life whe n a pare nt is tak ing job -related calls at home, forinstanee -or family issues may start to take up work time. For example, a child may call mom atwork,

38、telling her “ microwave exploded explained Noelle Chesley, an assistant professor of sociology at the Un iversity of Wisc onsin Milwaukee and the author of the study. The problem with cell phones seems to be that they are allowing for ever more spillover between work and home.This may be especially

39、true for work ing wome n, the study found. Among men, con siste nt useof mobile phones seemed to allow more work issues to creep （潛入）into family time. But forwome n, the spillover ten ded to go in both direct ions being“ conn ected ” meant that work cut i nt home time, and family issues came into wo

40、rk life.Cell phones seem to be ope ning more lines for stressful excha nges among family members.But there may be ways to control the spillover, according to Chesley. “ Employers she said,“ could look at their policies on contacting employees after hours to make sure their expectationsare reason abl

41、e ” .“ For their paeeascopldydecide that cell phones go off duri ng familytime, ” Chesley said.60. What does the underlined phrase“ taking a toll on ” probably mean in Paragraph 1?A. ExplainingB. Protecting. C. Extending.D. Damaging.61. What is the purpose of offering the exam ple “ microwave explod

42、ed ” in Paragraph 2?A. To show the microwave is of poor quality.B. To indicate how dependent the child is.C. To indicate family issues affect work hours.D. To show work time creeps into family life.62. As a result of negative“ spillover ” , people will feelA. less satisfied with their family lifeB .

43、 less satisfied with their workC . angry with their troublesome childre nD . unwilling to get married at an early age63 . Accord ing to Chesley, what is the best soluti on to the problem caused by cell phon es?A . Refuse to use cell phon es.B . Separate work hours from family time.C . Ignore coming

44、calls during family time.D . En courage wome n to stay at home.64 . We can lear n from the passage thatA . spillover makes the line betwee n work and home un clearB . cell phones seem to be convenient to familiesC . cell phones affect men as much as wome nD . we can do nothing to solve the problemCF

45、riday opening ceremony is expected to be followed by 35,000 spectators in side Studio Olympic stadium and approximately 2 billion television viewers worldwide. International Olympic Committee(IOC) preside nt Jacques Rogge is con fide nt that the tran sportati on problems are just last-minute glitche

46、s in the race for the first winter Olympics in Italy since Cortina DAmpezzo in 1956. While Turin itself and the surrounding mountain venues are ready for the action which gets un derway for real on Saturday, the day after the ope ning cere mony, the biggest problem rema ins traffic headaches.Getting

47、 the Italian drivers to respect the lanes reserved for Olympic vehicles is proving a problem as the 2,000 bus drivers have been drafted in from all around Italy and are also unfamiliar with the local roads.“ Like with all games, the final stretch is always the most difficult one, ” said Rogge. “ Her

48、e and there, a couple of issues n eed to be solved. But there are still a few days un til the ope ning ceremony. I rvery con fide nt these will be very good games. What is importa nt is that the fun dame ntals are very good. There is no structural ( 基礎設施 )issue. There is nothing that cannot be solve

49、d in a matter of days. I m con fide nt everyth ing will be done by the ope ning ceremony.The problem over doping controls has been resolved with Rogge signing the agreement reached with the Italian government which allows controls to be carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Any athlete

50、s who are proved to have used dopes will receive severe punishment and may receive a life ban from taking part in Olympic Games.65. What does Jacques Rogge think is the biggest problem the coming Olympics facing?A. Security.B. Transportation.C. Doping.D. Structural issues.66. What is the problem wit

51、h the drivers?A. They don t obey traffic rules.B. They are not familiar with the traffic rules.C . They are mostly from other places in Italy, and are not familiar with the roads.D . They are worki ng part time.67 . Which of the followi ng is NOT true?A . At the ope ning ceremony, 35,000 people will

52、 get into the Studio Olimpic stadium.B . After the ope ning ceremony, the biggest problem is traffic troubles.C . There rema in some problems to settle before the Games ope n.D . The coming Olympics is the first to be held since 1956 Cortina DAmpezzo.68. What does Rogge mean with the final stretch i

53、s always the most difficult one”？A. The last problem is the most difficult one.B. The final games are the most difficult.C. The problems for the final games are the most difficult.D. When it comes to the final stage, the problems will be the most difficult.DIT is always hard for a small fish to live

54、 in a big pond. Pluto離開)fronedhet departure (classical pla net family clearly proves that size really matters.Astr ono mers voted on August 24 to create the first scie ntific defi niti on of the wordand Pluto obviously didn t make the cut. It turned out to be only a矮行星).“ dwarf planet”(After weeks o

55、f heated debate, over 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries voted on thedefi niti on of a“ pla net ” at a conference of the Intern ati onal Astro no micaAUnioXccordi ngto the defi niti on, a pla net must have a clear n eighborhood around its orbit( 軌道).Pluto has widelybee n con sidered a pla net since

56、 its discovery in 1930. Unfortun ately, it has a special orbit whichoverlaps with Neptune st. is all because, compared with Neptune, Pluto is very small. It is attracted by Neptune s gravity when the two planets get closer.Accord ing to IAU. a“ dwarf pla net ” should have an orbit around the Sun .It will not have aclear neighborhood around its orbit, and must no