英語階段測評(三)

1、階段測評（三）本試卷分第i卷（選擇題）和第ii卷（非選擇題）兩部分。共150分,第一部分考試時間120分鐘。第i卷聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題15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(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對 話僅讀一遍。1 when did the man get up this morning?a. 7 : 20. b 7 ： 40. c 8 : 00.2. who will go to china next month?a. lu

2、cy. b alice. c richard.3. what are the speakers talking about?a the man's sister. b a nim> c- an actor.4. how much does the woman have to pay?a- $2. b. $3. c. $4.5- how many years has the woman learned chinese?a 14 years. b 34 years. c 40 years.第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個

3、小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出=1i佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題給出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68題。6. why did the woman go to new york?a. to spend some time with the badyb to look after her sister.c to find a new job.7. how old was the baby when the woman left new york?a. two monthsb fiv

4、e monthsc seven months.8 what did the woman like doing most with the baby?a holding himb playing with himc feeding him聽第7段材料，回答第911題。9. why is thomas listening to loud music again and again? a to enjoy himself.b to perform at a party.c to learn to sing10 how does the woman like jazz music?a. she hat

5、es it.b she hardly listens to it.c she thinks it is too noisy.11 what will thomas do after the conversation?a. stopping listening to music.b going on listen to music.c turning up the music.聽第8段材料，回答第1214題。12 why did jane call mike?a to ask him to meet her.b to tell him about tom.c to borrow his car.

6、13 where will jane be in about one hour?a. at mike*s place.b at the airport.c at a garage14 what can we infer from the conversation?a. jane has just learned to driveb jane's car is in bad condition.c mike will go to the airport.聽第9段材料，回答第15-17題。15 what did the woman plan to do on saturday?a meet

7、 her cousin at the airportb look after her mother at homec help the man study physics16 what subject is the woman poor at?a. physics b math. c chemistry.17 where is the woman's father at the moment?a in canada. b. in paris c in london.聽第10段材料，回答第1820題。18 what kind of car does mrs. hill have?a. a

8、 fast, new car. b a fast, old car.c a slow, old car.19 what kind of pictures does mike paint?a. he often paints pictures in blackb he paints colorful picturesc he paints pictures with only a few colors20. whose car often has trouble with the engine?a mrs. hill b mike. c mrs. bates答案1-5 dacca 6-10 ac

9、cbc11-15 bcabc 16-20 cbabc聽力材料(text 1)w: when did you get up this morning?m： let me see.lt might be 7 : 20.oh, no, it is twenty to eight.(text 2)m： lucy is going back to china next month, alice.w： oh, really?m: and she will not meet richer this time.(text 3)w: i hate to say it.but jacky isn*t doing

10、well in the film.m： well.i think he's only playing a different type of role.my sister thinks he is still the best.(text 4)m： can i help you, madam?w: i want two pounds of pork and one pound of beef.m： beef is $2 a pound and pork is half its price.(text 5)m： how many years have you learned chines

11、e?w: i think i started to learn it ever since i was bornm： so how old are you?w： 14 years old.(text 6)m： i haven*t seen you for a long time.where have you been?w: i went to new york to visit my sister and stayed there for two months.actually, i really went to meet my new nephew.m： thafs great! how o

12、ld is he?w: well.he was five months old when i got there.and he could possibly be the most beautiful baby i have ever seen.m： what did you do in your sister's home?w： i helped the baby and played with him a lot, which was nice.but what i enjoyed most was feeding him(text 7)w: thomas?m： yes?w: it

13、's too noisy.m： oh, mum! didn't you listen to music when you were young?w: yes, we didbut not as loudly as you do now.can you turn it down a bit?m: yes.is that all right?w： yes, much better.but why are you spending much time listen to jazz and other loud music?m： sorry, mum, but we are going

14、 to organize a party about music born in america next month 9 and its my turn to give a performance w: what? a party? your turn? oh, goodness! do you need anyhelp?m： thanks.mum.so i have to listen to loud music again and agai nw: ok, carry on with your performance, but keep it down(text 8)w: hello,

15、mike! this is jane.mike! fve got a real problemm： what is it?w: the car*s broken down.m： oh, not again.w: yeah.i checked the oil and i checked almost everything.ifs just not starting at all.m： you have to get rid of it, you know.w: i know, i know.but look, the thing is, i've got to pick tom up a

16、t the airport.can i.m： use my car? yes, of course.w: thafll be great! it's very kind of you.m： come on when you like.i don't need it till tonight.w: ok! fll be around in about an hour.thanks a lot!m： ifs all right.see you then!w： see you!(text 9)w: oh, you are going to forgive me!m： oh, whaf

17、s the matter?w： well, do you remember that i promised i would help you study physics on saturday?m： yes, i remember.we have agreed that you help me with physics and i help you with math oh, no, no, chemistry.w: well, i hate to tell you this, but i'm afraid i can't keep my promise.m： why?w： w

18、ell, you see, terry, my cousin in canada, is coming to spend holiday with us.but my father is now on business in paris and later he will go to london.my mother is ill at homem： i am sorry to hear that.so.w： so i have to meet him at the airport.otherwise, i would be able to help you.m: i understandw:

19、 you know, i don't have a habit of breaking my word.i hope you are not upset with me.m： not at all.these things often happen(text 10)there are many different kinds of cars in the worldmy cousin thinks this is because cars are just like the drivers.he says, "rich people have expensive cars,

20、big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars” but i don*t agree with himmy neighbor, mrs. hill, is 82 years old.she drives only on tuesdays and then she drives to the bank.she never drives more than 30 kilometres an hour.do you think mrs. hill has a very old and small car? no, her car i

21、s new.ifs very large, and it can go 200 kilometres per hour.my friend mike is an artist.he paints very beautiful pictures, with lots of colors.but his car is black! mrs. bates has a very, very old car.lt often has engine trouble.does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? no.she has four re

22、staurants and two million dollars in the bank.my uncle, joe, has very small car.every sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and their dogsnow, you have read about my friends and their cars.do you agree with my cousin? maybe you have a car? does it say anythin

23、g about you?第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30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 最佳選項。ait was saturday night in londonj was waiting to catch the bus home with my friend laura.i was dressed as the cartoon character the pink panther, complete with pink cat ears attached to a hairbanda pink tail ma

24、de out of a long piece of pink cloth, and whiskers drawn on my face.laura was dressed as a cat.lt was, of course, halloween, and we had been at a halloween party.the night of october 31 is a perfect excuse to dress up in silly costumes and have a scary party.traditionally it was “all souls's day

25、”，when the ghosts of the dead rose from their gravesin the uk, however, it also means the end of british summer time.all the clocks are put back one hour on the last saturday of october.you wake up on sunday morning thinking that it is 8 a m, then remember with relief that you actually have another

26、hour in bed.the trouble is, the buses had not changed their timetables.the night bus drivers were still operating according to their original hours.however, the day bus drivers had already put their watches back, and were looking forward to that extra hour in bed.so laura and i waited and waited and

27、 waited.people who went past stared, laughed, or made funny comments "someone locks the cat out of the house tonight? ” or a who lets the cat out of the bag? ”finally the bus camethree hours later.by that time we had made friends with local shop owners as they opened for morning business, as we

28、ll as with a friendly tramp（流v良漢）sitting in the street with his doghalloween may be a party nightjust don't forget the practicalities（實際情況）when you're in the uk.it could get really scary.21 what can we learn from the passage?a. people usually dress themselves up on halloweenb halloween is on

29、 the night of oct. 30.c in the uk, halloween is celebrated in exactly the same way as other countriesd on halloween, the night bus and the day bus both operate according to the original timetable解析細節(jié)理解題。從文章第一段可知，作者和朋友打扮成卡 通動物的樣子是因為參加了萬圣節(jié)聚會，再結(jié)合第二段的內(nèi)容可知a 項正確。答案a22. why did the author and her friend ha

30、ve to wait for three hours for the bus that night?a. because the bus was delayed.b because it was halloween that night.c because the clocks were put backd because they were late for the night bus.解析細節(jié)理解題。從文章的第三段和第四段可知，鐘表被撥 慢了一小時，而夜班車還是按照原來的時間發(fā)車，故c項正確。答案c23 how did the passers-by react to the author

31、and laura's costumes?a they were scaredb the smiled at themc they were surprisedd they thought they were funny.解析細節(jié)理解題。從文章的第四段的最后一句可知，路人跟 他們開玩笑，覺得他們的打扮很好笑，故d項正確。答案d24 what did the author and laura do while waiting for the bus?a. they helped the local people.b they made friends with local shop ow

32、ners and a tramp.c they helped a tramp.d they took care of a homeless dog解析細節(jié)理解題。從文章第五段的"by that time we had made friends with local shop owners as they opened for morning business, as well as with a friendly tramp（流浪漢）sitting in the street with his dog."可知答案為b。答案bwhat kind of car will we

33、be driving in the future? rather different from the type we know today, with the next 20 years bringing greater change than the past 5o.the people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems may well accelerate the pace of the car*s development.today they are stu

34、dents on the transport design course at london's royal college of art.their vision is of a machine with three wheels instead of four, electrically powered, environmentally clean, and able to drive itself along “intelligent” roads equipped with built-in power supplies.future cars will pick up th&

35、amp;r fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road, or store it in small quantities for travelling in the city.instead of today's seating arrangementstwo in front, two or three behind, all forwardthe car will have a versatile interior with adults and children in a family cir

36、clethis view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated（精密的）road system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them .cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving control and route hnding.all the drivers will have to do is t

37、o say where to go and the computer will do the rest.lt will become impossible for cars to crash into one another.the technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile25. what kind of car will we be driving in the future?a. three-wheeledb electrically powered.c- with a versatile seati

38、ng arrangementd all of the above.解析細節(jié)理解題。從文章內(nèi)容可知，未來的汽車將會以三個 輪子代替四個輪子，采用電力驅(qū)動使環(huán)境清潔，有多功能的座位，故 選d項。答案d26. why will a future car use electrical power?a because using electrical power is able to make our environment become cleaner.b because an electrically powered car won't need to store power.c becau

39、se an electrically powered car will be easier to drive.d because using electrical power will be safer.解析細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段可知，未來的汽車將采用電 力驅(qū)動，可保持環(huán)境清潔，故選a項。答案a27 what does the underlined word “versatile” in paragraph 3 mean?a having many different kinds of skill.b easily able to change from one direction to a

40、nother.c easily able to change from one kind of activity to another.d having many different uses.解析詞義猜測題。從該詞的前后文可知，未來的汽車內(nèi)部座 位將采用可轉(zhuǎn)動式，這樣父母與孩子就可以像家人團聚時一樣坐成一 圈，故選b項。答案b28. what is the main idea of the passage?a future cars are completely different from the automobiles we know todayb the design of futur

41、e cars will be more sophisticatedc because of the new type of cars, our future environment will become cleaner.d the road system will become more sophisticated than it is today.解析主旨大意題?？v觀全文可知，文章主要講述未來的汽車 在設(shè)計、功能與操作方面大大不同于如今的汽車。故選a項。答案acall parents have sky-high hopes for their children.they want them

42、 to be confident and content.what can parents do to help their kids grow up to lead happy lives? experts advise：1 helping them find their talentsjn order to succeed, children need to feel they*re good at something.so expose your children to as many interests as possible, then let them choose those t

43、hey like best.2 applauding their achievements.a study found that students whose parents paid attention to their abilities were far more likely to do well in schooland in lifethan students whose parents didn't show such support.so celebrate your kids* achievements, no matter how small they are.3

44、praising their efforts.kids won't always come out on top.still, they deserve kudos（贊譽）for trying their best.ten-year-old april cutler, for example, has had trouble with math since second grade “ she usually gets cs on her report card, but last year she was determined to get as and worked hard at

45、 it , says her mom. “ when the first grading period ended, april was disappointed when she got a b minus in math, ” lueille continues"but my husband and i told her we were very proud that she'd improved.that inspired her to try even harder.she got a b plus for the next period!"4 lettin

46、g them make decisions and mistakes.making his/her own decisions increases a child's sense of control and builds his/her self-esteem（自尊and allowing kids to make wrong decisionsso long as doing so won't harm themhelps kids learn from their mistakes.5 encouraging them to solve their own problem

47、s.as they grow, children need practice in communicating, standing up for themselves and compromising.one of the best places to learn these skills is at home.so the next time your child runs to your complaining that her brother is blaming her, step back and let them work it out.29. what is the purpos

48、e of the passage?a. to encourage parents to admire their kids.b to show how to praise kids.c to help kids study harder.d to give advice on how to help kids become mature解析主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段中的all parents have sky-high hopes for their children.及最后的 experts advise 可知，本文主要是 關(guān)于家長如何幫助孩子成長，讓孩子變得成熟的建議。答案d30- the p

49、assage is mainly intended fora kids b parents c teachers d educators解析寫作意圖題。根據(jù)第一段中的what can parents do to help their kids grow up to lead happy lives?可知，這篇文章是寫給父 母的。答案b31 from the example of april cutler , we can learn that.a. praising kids* efforts can help them make greater progressb setting a hig

50、h goal makes kids feel discouragedc solving problems by themselves helps kids feel confidentd interest is the best teacher解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)april cutler所在的第3條的標題 “praising their efforts”以及該段的內(nèi)容可以看出，表揚孩子所付出的 努力有助于他們?nèi)〉酶蟮倪M步。答案adwhat will people die of 100 years from now? if you think that is a simple question

51、, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in biotechnology （生物科技）.with the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time.death will come mainly from accidents , murder and war.today leading killerssuch as heart disease9 cancer, and aging itself, wi

52、ll become distant memories.in discussion of technological changes, the internet gets most of attention these days.but the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times.how long can humans live? human brains were known to decide the hnal death.cells are the basic units of all li

53、ving things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever.but the upper limits will be broken by new medicine.sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will

54、 have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs.the medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells and so on, in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the pla

55、ce of old onesit is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future32 according to the passage 9 human death is now mainly caused bya diseases and

56、agingb accidents and warc accidents and agingd heart disease and war解析細節(jié)理解題。由文章第一段最后一句可知，當今生命的 主要殺手有心臟病、癌癥和衰老。答案a33 in the author's opinion, today*s most important advance in technology lies ina. medicineb the internetc brain cellsd human organs解析細節(jié)理解題。第二段前兩句的意思是“在討論技術(shù)變化 時，人們往往注意到的是網(wǎng)絡。然而藥學方面的變化可

57、能是當今技術(shù) 方面的真正大事件”,故選a。答案a34 humans may live longer in the future becausea. heart disease will be far away from usb human brains can decide the final deathc the basic materials of cells will last foreverd human organs can be repaired by new medicine解析推理判斷題。由第二段的后半部分可知，在20502100 年間，每隔10年左右，人們可以通過服藥來修復生病或衰老的器官, 這是未來生命延長的原因。答案d35 how long can humans live in the future according to the passage?a. over 100 yearsb more than 120 yearsc about 150 years.d the passage doesn't tell us.解析細節(jié)理解題。閱讀全文可知，文章沒有具體