闸北八中2008年高三英语期中试卷
（第一学期）
考生注意：答案请做在答题卡(纸)上
第Ⅰ卷(共105分)
Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension
Part A Short Conversations
Directions:In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you’ve heard.
1. A. 1,500 years ago B. 2,000 years ago
C. 2,500 years ago
D. 3,000 years ago
2. A. At the jewelry counter. B. At the stationery counter
C. At the shoe counter
D. At the garment counter
3. A. For use B. For show
C. Both for use and for show
D. Neither for use nor for show
4. A. The quality B. The size C. The door D. The brand
5. A. To get the woman?s address B. To travel by ship
C. To buy a boat
D. To ship the goods
6. A. 84 B. 10 C. 18 D. 14
7. A. Paying with credit cards B. Paying in cash
C. Paying with check
D. Checking the credit cards
8. A. Mr. Brown likes to change often B. Mr. Brown is a man of habit
C. Mr. Brown often does the same things in the day
D. Mr. Brown will do different things now and then
9. A. The guest has to pay for the green crab
B. They will change the green crab
C. The bill for the green crab will be included in the room rent
D. They?ll draw back the green crab to the kitchen
10. A. 508 B. 507 C. 608 D. 308
Part B Passages
Directions:In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you’ve heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. The darkest room B. The cheapest room
C. The biggest room.
D. The most expensive room
12. A. The biggest room B. The most expensive room
C. The smallest room
D. The cheapest room
13. A. He was a mean man B. He was a funny man
C. The millionaire, though rich, never wasted his money
D. He was foolish man
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Because the house where he once lived became too big for him
B. Because he was used to living in the smaller house
C. Because a smaller house was more comfortable
D. Because he liked to have a smaller house
15. A. He let the man carry his clock in their truck
B. He carried it down the road in his arms
C. He asked a man to carry his clock in his car
D. He had his clock taken to his new house
16. A. Break the old clock B. Buy a new clock
C. Buy a watch
D. Put the clock onto the truck
Part C Longer Conversations
Directions: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the words you’ve heard. Write your answer in your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Entertainment in the hotel
Place Item
(17)___________ Take a walk.
Recreation Centre Play billiards, table tennis, (18)__________ and go
bowling.
Music (19) _______ Enjoy classical and modern music; have Chinese
(20)_________ and other soft drinks.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Inquiring about a Concert
When is the concert? It is on (21)__________, May 5th.
How much is the seat? It is (22)__________.
What time will the concert start? At (23)____________.
What time will the concert end? Around (24)__________ .
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. If I _____ you, I …d join the army.
A. am
B. was
C. were
D. would be
26.If he _______ tomorrow, he would find Mr Wang in the office.
A. comes
B. will come
C. should come
D. come
27. If he had worked harder, he _______.
A. would succeed
B. had succeeded
C. should succeed
D. would have succeeded
28. If he _____, he _____ that food.
A. was warned; would not take
B. had been warned; would not have taken
C. would be warned; had not taken
D. would have been warned; had not taken
29. _____ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Botanical Gardens.
A. Were
B. Should
C. Would
D. If
30.He has suggested that Miss Li _____ action at once before it is too late.
A. take
B. takes
C. will take
D. would take
31. I would have paid a visit to you _____ possible.
A. if it were
B. would it be
C. had it been
D. should it have been
32. The judge ordered that the thief _____ punished.
A. would be
B. should be
C. was to be
D. must be
33. China successfully launched a moon exploration satellite in October this year, ______
encourages the whole nation.
A. when
B. which
C. though
D. what
34. We need further information ______ we decide whether we?ll carry out the plan.
A. before
B. as
C. since
D. while
35. She must have gone out early, _____ she had not shown up at breakfast.
A. because
B. since
C. for
D. therefore
36. You?d better take the document along _____ they want to see them..
A. if
B. so that
C. in case
D. as long as
37. It is often said that an American starts a speech with a joke, _____ a Japanese has an
apology to make.
A. which
B. as
C. while
D. when
38. --- Did you remember to give her the book she asked for?
--- Yes. _____ I saw her, I remembered.
A. While
B. Suddenly
C. Right
D. The moment
39. He felt _____ duty to work for human rights and progress.
A. it his
B. his
C. that is a
D. it is his
40. _____ needs further discussion whether we?ll build a library or not.
A. That
B. It
C. This
D. The thing
Directions:Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. There is one extra word.
答题卡填涂说明：填涂复合字母选项时，请将代表该选项的两个字母同时都涂黑。如填涂(AB)项： A B C D 如填涂(BD)项： A B C D
41.□□□□41.□□□□
(A) frequently (B) incorrect (C) reported (D) careful
(AB) highly (AC) solved (AD) training (BC) confident (BD) knowledge (CD) process
Reading is your easiest way to “feel” English. It is not painful, but helps a lot. There are too many materials for you to read and you must select those you find useful, appropriate and have interest in. Besides printed materials, you can also do Web reading. Newspapers and magazines are 41 recommended for extensive reading, because the things 42 in them are always changing, so you should never get bored of that.
You can learn English quickly by seeing English films 43 , or watching English television and videos daily. Pick shows that interest you and try to imitate how they pronounce the words.
Also, try to find people to practice English. Language is for communication, which is an interactive (交互的) 44 . The best practice is conversation. You should socialize with those skillful in the language. The more you speak, the more comfortable and 45 you are with English. Of course, you can also take some intensive 46 through special tutorials, in which some of your problems would be 47 and you are taught some more.
However, you have to be 48 in finding where you “learn” your English. Someone who misleads you by giving wrong guidance would spoil your English learning. You could pick up a lot of bad habits and 49 grammar from TV or newspapers/magazines that go rather informal sometimes. If you want to get better at English, you should fight against those persistent and chronic habits and get them fixed.
Ⅲ. Cloze
Directions:For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don?t 50 them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are too 51 and too strict with their children; and they seldom give their children a 52 hand. It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children?s trust and they tend to forget how they themselves felt when 53 .
For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking. It is one of their ways to 54 that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead, at least in the back of their minds,
and do not like their plans to be upset by something 55 .
When you want your parents to let you do something, you will be more 56 if you ask for their permission before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry at their 57 in clothes, in entertainment and music. But they do not mean to 58 ; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people?s world, into which they have not yet been 59 . That?s why young people want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents do not like music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely happy.
Sometimes you are so 60 yourself that you do not want your parents to say “yes” to what you do. All you want is to be left alone and do what you like. It is 61 enough, after being a child for so many years, when you were 62 under your parents? control.
If you plan to control your 63 , you?d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of 64 , they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.
50. A. protect B. refuse C. understand D. guide
51. A. serious B. kind C. considerate D. honest
52. A. helpful B. free C. usual D. real
53. A. angry B. busy C. tired D. young
54. A. show B. say C. complain D. deny
55. A. uninterrupted B. unavoidable C. unexpected D. unrespectable
56. A. dissatisfied B. successful C. uncomfortable D. energetic
57. A. designs B. knowledge C. glance D. choices
58. A. cause any trouble B. make fun
C. keep their words
D. show respect
59. A. separated B. protected C. respected D. accepted
60. A. grateful to B. proud of C. strict with D. sorry about
61. A. strange B. funny C. confusing D. natural
62. A. completely B. occasionally C. relatively D. accidentally
63. A. study B. life C. expense D. emotion
64. A. beauty B. time C. responsibility D. leadership
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension
Directions:Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art; Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.
FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don?t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.
Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.
A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer.
Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr. Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.
65. The main purpose of this passage is to give information about __________.
A. museums throughout the world
B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A
C. art exhibitions in Florida International University
D. latest development of computer art
66. To see the art in FIU museum, people need __________.
A. floppy discs
B. a computer and a printer
C. pictures and drawings on paper
D. a computer connected to the museum by telephone line
67. The FIU museum was started when __________.
A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B. art students needed a place to show their works
C. Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art
68. “An audience” in the last paragraph refers to __________.
A. computer owners
B. art students
C. those who will enjoy art
D. computer artists
(B)
When might you need to give blood for a personality test? The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.
Some people believe that your blood group hides no secrets. It shows the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at a certain task.
This is the very reason why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job.
The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it has been brought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about these needs: “For our office members, we must have 30 percent of those with group A and 15 percent with AB, 25 percent with B.”
Do you happen to know that if your own blood group is O, you can get things done and sell the goods well? People with blood group A are thinkers, while those with blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.
69. This passage seems to lead you to believe _______.
A. your blood group could affect your work
B. blood types can never change your life
C. the idea about blood groups has little scientific basis
D. personality tests are exactly correct
70. People belonging to blood group B might be good at _______.
A. sports and games
B. smoothing away difficulties
C. doing office work
D. painting and writing
71. From the passage, we know _______.
A. four kinds of blood groups were discovered in Japan
B. people of good blood groups might do their work very well
C. knowing your own blood group, you could get a good job.
D. more and more countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups.
(C)
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries，saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more
mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
72. Why was the bike so important to the couple?
A. The man?s job was bike racing.
B. It was their only possession.
C. It was a nice Kona 18 speed.
D. They used it for work and daily life.
73. We can infer from the text that ____________.
A. the couple worked 60 hours a week.
B. people were busy before Christmas
C. the stranger brought over the bike
D. life was hard for the young family.
74. How did people get to know the couple?s problem?
A. From radio broadcasts.
B. From a newspaper.
C. From TV news.
D. From a stranger.
75. What do the couple learn from their experience?
A. Strangers are usually of little help.
B. One should take care of their bike.
C. News reports make people famous.
D. An act of kindness can mean a lot.
(D)
Generations of children who sat through endless lessons of “chalk and talk” in front of a bossy (专横的) teacher can take some relief. But the “chalk and talk” method helped them achieve better exam results. Modern classroom techniques may make school days a good deal happier, but satisfaction is not the road to success in examinations, according to university researchers.
Their three-year study, monitoring the progress of 2000 teenagers, tried to measure the influence of the “boredom factor” in 17 selected schools in the north of England. The researchers also found that the old-fashioned approach of teachers ordering pupils about is still alive and producing results. Their conclusions were welcomed yesterday by educationists who were worried by the shift to less formal lessons.
The pupils in the latest study were asked to award teachers marks to measure how frequently they followed or ignored today?s fashion for “child-centered” education. A five-point scale was given to spot the teachers who always told them what they should know and what to write down. “It was significant and not anything you would get by chance or accident. Certainly, when you compare the pupils? interest and attitude to school, there is a quite definite and highly s ignificant difference,” one of the researchers said. But the rankings were turned upside down when the team of four researchers looked at how the children did in examination. The sort of methods now frowned upon (不赞同) actually improve the final grades.
The researchers said, “There is nothing wrong with old-fashioned, didactic (说教性的) teaching in the fight place, even if it isn?t the flavor at the moment.” However, they insisted the best teachers had always mixed the two techniques to match the needs of pupils, although certain examinations forced some to concentrate more on dictation and learning by rote (死记硬背).
76. University researchers have discovered that __________.
A. modern teaching methods provide students with entertainment
B. students taught by modern techniques are happy and successful
C. traditional teaching methods help students get higher score
D. students like old teaching better than modern teaching at school
77. We can infer from Paragraph 3 that __________.
A. child-centered education promotes friendship among children
B. the research findings are not significant enough for a conclusion
C. those who show greater interest in school did better in exams
D. those who don?t show much interest in school may turn out to score higher in tests
78. The researchers suggest that __________.
A. more old methods be used in teaching
B. students be taught how to score high in exams
C. dictation be used as one of the best teaching methods
D. old and new methods be used together
79. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?
A. The Examination-based Teaching
B. Rote Learning Was the Winner
C. The Problem of Child-centered Education
D. The Problem of the Traditional Method
(E)
Directions:Read the text and choose the most suitable heading from this list for each paragraph of the text. There is one extra heading.
A. Classroom participation
B. Differences in American university education
C. Examination system
D. Competition among students
E. Honest policy in students? school work
F. Students? responsibility for learning
80.
There is considerable variety in university classrooms in the United States. Because of diverse teaching methods and non-standardized curricula (课程), no two courses are the same. Undergraduate courses are considerable different from graduate courses. The classroom atmosphere in expensive, private universities may differ from that in community colleges which are free and open to everyone.
81.
Participation (参与) in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses. Some professors base part of the final grade on the student?s oral participation.
Although there are formal lectures during which the student has a passive role (i.e., listening and taking notes), many courses are organized around classroom discussions, student questions, and informal lectures.
82.
Many teachers believe that the responsibility for learning lies with the student. If a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the information in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or give an examination. (Courses are not designed merely for students to pass exams.) The ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades.
83.
Ideally, the teacher-student relationship at universities is characterized by trust. The honor system, put forward by the teacher and the university demands that the student be honest in all areas of school work. Thus, cheating on tests, plagiarizing (抄袭) in written work, presenting other?s ideas as original, and turning in homework completed by someone else are all prohibited (禁止).
84.
Relationships between students in the classroom can be cooperative or competitive. International students should not hesitate to ask for help if it is needed. There are courses, however, where grades are calculated in relation to other student?s scores. Therefore, in classes where such a grading curve is used, students may be reluctant to share lecture notes or information for fear that their own grades will suffer.
第Ⅱ卷(共45分)
Ⅰ. Translation
Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 同学们不得不忍受室外传来的噪音。(put up with)
2. 我的教练坚持让我再试一次。(insist)
3. 你很明智提前一个月预定了机票。(It)
4. 二十五年后他才被从老师提拔为校长。(promote)
5. 使他欣慰的是，他上周献的血挽救了那个病人。(relief; donate)
6. 当再次被审问时，他才极不情愿的承认考试中作弊了。(question; reluctant)
Ⅱ. Guided Writing
Direction:Write an English composition in 120~150 words, according to the instructions given below.
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2008学年第一学期高三英语期中答题卷
第Ⅰ卷
I. Listening comprehension
Part c
17.____________ 18______________ 19____________ 20________________
21____________ 22._____________ 23____________ 24________________ 第Ⅱ卷
I. Translation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6.
第II 卷总得分 班级 姓名 学号
II. Writing .
语言分
结构分 语言分 总得分
闸北八中2008年高三英语期中试卷答案
（第一学期）
1-----5 CBBAD 6-----10 BABBA
11---13 BBC 14---16 ABC
17. Garden 18. bridge 19. Teahouse 20. tea
21. Friday 22. $ 15 23. 8:15 24. 10 o?clock 25-----30 CCDBBA 31-----35 CBBAC
36-----40 CCDAB
41. AB 42. C 43. A 44. CD 45. BC
46. AD 47. AC 48. D 49. B
50-----55 CABDAC 56-----60 BDADB 61-----64 DABC
65-----68 BDCA
69-----71 ADD
72-----75 DDBD
76-----79 CDDB
80-----84 BAFED
1.The students had to put up with the noise from outside.
2.My coach insisted that I should have another go.
My coach insisted on my trying again.
3.It is sensible of you to reserve/book your flight ticket a month ahead/in advance.
4.He was promoted from teacher to principal 25 years later.
5.To his relief, the blood he donated last week saved the patient?s life.
6.When questioned again, he was reluctant to admit cheating in the exam.