2009年福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查
英语
本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间：120分钟；试卷总分：150分
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
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。听完每段对活后，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.What’s Betty doing?
A. Having a meal.
B. Playing the disc.
C. Washing the dishes.
2.What does the man do?
A. A taxi driver.
B. A bus conductor.
C. A hotel manager.
3.What is Jane worried about?
A. Seeing the doctor.
B. Missing her lessons.
C. Staying home by herself.
4.How is the weather there?
A. Rainy.
B. Pleasant.
C. Cloudy.
5.How much will the man pay for the T-shirt if he wants to buy it?
A. $ 80.
B. $ 100.
C. $ 120.
第二节（共15小题；每题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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第６段材料，回答第６、７题
6.Who is going to pay the rent?
A. Peter’s mother.
B. Peter’s father.
C. Peter.
7.What does the young man have to do before moving out?
A. Get a college degree.
B. Find a job.
C. Persuade his father.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题
8.Why are they going to eat out?
A. They like eating Korean food.
B. There is little food in the fridge.
C. They are fed up with hamburgers.
9.What kind of food does the woman prefer?
A. Dumplings.
B. Guangdong food.
C. Noodles.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10.What are they talking about?
A. English learning.
B. Teachers of English.
C. Teacher’s troubles.
11.What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Mother and son.
C. Friends.
12.Why doesn’t the man do well in English?
A. He is too busy.
B. He doesn’t have enough practice.
C. He doesn’t have a good teacher.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题
13.Where does the dialogue take place?
A. At home.
B. At the office.
C. At the garage.’
14.Why is the man late?
A. He ran into his sister.
B. His car broke down.
C. The traffic was heavy.
15.Who asked the man to call back?
A. Tommy.
B. Bob.
C. His sister.
16.How many calls did the woman get?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17.What is the speaker talking about?
A. Online communication.
B. Making new friends.
C. Online shopping.
18.Where do many o f the speaker’s friends live?
A. Nearby.
B. Far away.
C. Abroad.
19.How does the speaker get in touch with her friends?
A. By visiting and talking.
B. By meeting and playing.
C. By writing and calling.
20.What is special about the call in the e-mail service?
A. Free of charge.
B. Low price.
C. High discount.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从每题所给的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。
21.I wonder we haven’t received her invitations yet. Her wedding is only two days away.
A. how
B. why
C. that
D. when
22.The computer programs are a puzzle to me. The more I think of them, the more questions I
think of .
A. ask
B. asked
C. being asked
D. to ask
23.-- Anything special in today’s papers?
-- Y es. “Confidence is more important than gold” by Premier Wen as a headline in many
of today’s newspap ers.
A. is used
B. are used
C. has used
D. have used
24.The result of the football match is really .
I agree. Our team shouldn’t have lost the two scores.
A. pleasant
B. cheerful
C. relaxing
D. annoying
25.-- Is this the dictionary you want?
-- Oh, that’s n ot what I want. I mean the New English-Chinese Dictionary.
A. possibly
B. probably
C. exactly
D. generally
26.Since the beginning of the vacation, I across the country, and my next stop is the Wuyi
Mountains.
A. had traveled
B. will travel
C. have been traveling
D. was traveling
27.The direct flight has proved successful, Taiwan another tourist destination for people
on the mainland.
A. made
B. making
C. make
D. makes
28.-- Could you please buy me an MP4 as well as a digital camera, Mum?
-- Y ou can choose , not both, my dear.
A. each
B. any
C. either
D. none
29.Was it at half past five when we were still sound asleep he got up?
A. that
B. before
C. when
D. after
30.-- Why you be talking so loudly while others are studying?
-- I am terribly sorry.
A. shall
B. must
C. will
D. may
31.-- If you don’t bring a birthday present to Lucy, you may.
-- Thank you for reminding me. Surely I’ll buy her one this evening.
A. leave her alone
B. let her down
C. hold her back
D. cheer her up
32.-- I didn’t go to the movie last night because of the rain.
-- What a pity! If I had got the ticket, I it.
A. wouldn’t have missed
B. wouldn’t miss
C. didn’t miss
D. hadn’t missed
33.-- Mr. Black, this is our language lab. Would you like to go in and have a look?
-- OK. .
A. Help yourself
B. This way, please
C. Follow me
D. After you
34.It was extremely hot last summer. , it was the hottest summer of the last 50 years.
A. At last
B. In fact
C. On average
D. For example
35.Many people agree that never in history a more splendid opening ceremony than that of
the Beijing Olympics.
A. there were
B. has there been
C. there has been
D. were there
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，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine, a 36 was lying on the grass, reading a book with 37 concentration. Near her, another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was 38 with his back against a tree and had a 39 on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was _40 in his task, like the first child.
_41 the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of 42 , while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, 43 them, and encouraging their efforts.
_44 I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it 45 to me that a visitor here would 46 have thought be had entered a formal school. He would have been even more 47 if he had been told that the children he was 48 came from different kinds of academic levels.
That 49 has been staying with me ever since. I have been 50 about some problems. Why in many schools are our children 51 asked to acquire skills in a way 52 from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a 53 school child so often become a defeated school
failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said,” 54 of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we 55 our teaching is misleading.”In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
36. A. gardener B. child C. teacher D. visitor
37. A. poor B. little C. complete D. slight
38. A. sitting B. standing C. sleeping D. listening
39. A. toy B. pencil C. flower D. notebook
40. A. laid B. set C. defeated D. lost
41. A. Over B. Above C. Inside D. Outside
42. A. ways B. ideas C. opinions D. views
43. A. referring to B. smiling at C. pointing to D. staring at
44. A. Unless B. As C. Until D. Before
45. A. happened B. went C. occurred D. got
46. A. already B. never C. rather D. ever
47. A. satisfied B. disappointed C. delighted D. surprised
48. A. helping B. teaching C. encouraging D. observing
49. A. scene B. sign C. look D. semen
50. A. dreaming B. regretting C. wondering D. joking
51. A. seldom B. hardly C. often D. badly
52. A. taken B. prevented C. learned D. separated
53. A. slow B. lively C. lucky D. friendly
54. A. Much B. Any C. Little D. None
55. A. turn B. feed C. draw D. base
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。
A
Bargaining is an art at Xiu Shui Market in Beijing. The following tips can help you get good offers for most things you buy, especially for clothing.
Be aware that the starting price offered by the seller is at least 40% over the general price acceptable. It’s usually 80% over. It can be up to 150% over. So, always try to drop the seller’s offering price as much as possible before opening your mouth with a price.
Have an idea of the value of what you want. You can consult your Chinese friends or the hotel staff about the price. You may not be able to get the lowest prices stated at Xiu Shui Market, especially on weekends or festival seasons when there are lots of tourists around.
Do walk away once you’ve offered your final price while the seller is not ready to accept. If you get called back, you know you are close. If you do not get called back, go to a similar stall(摊位) and try again with a slightly higher price. Note that if you’v e made a deal, you am then expected to buy the item.
You will help your chances at getting a good price by being confident, patient, and friendly. Treat it as a kind of game to get the most out of it—getting angry or rode will never help to bring the price down.
56.When can you get the lowest price at Xiu Shui Market according to the passage?
A. When the sellers are busy.
B. On crowded weekends.
C. When there’re few buyers.
D. On festival seasons.
57.The underlined part “a deal” (in Paragraph 4) most probably mea ns .
A. an appointment with someone
B. an agreement in business
C. a choice in shopping
D. a delivery of goods
58.ff the seller accepts your final price, you should .
A. walk away and wait for the seller to call you back
B. go on bargaining for a lower price
C. go to a similar stall for a better price
D. pay the seller for what you want
59.From the tips we can learn that the seller’s offer may be affected by.
A. the buyer’s manners
B. the seller’s position
C. Chinese friends
D. hotel staff
B
For a song to become popular, people need to bear it. In order for people to hear it, the program directors at radio stations have to play it on the air. A song’s popularity is direc tly related to how often it is played. That is a big responsibility for program directors. How do they decide what gets played and what doesn’t?
In the past, disc jockeys(音乐节目主持人) decided what music was played on the radio. These DJs had an ear for music and an understanding of what their audience wanted to hear. Today, that is all changing. Most major radio stations are owned by a few large national businesses. The decision of what gets played on the radio is made by executives(主管) who have little or no interest in music. They do, however, know how to run a business, and they know what sells. So, the music industry designs and creates pop entertainers, and executives in the radio industry make sure that their music is played on the radio. This explains why you do not often hear anything new and fresh on the radio. The executives do not want to give air time to music that has not been tested on the market. It is too risky. They prefer to go with music that they already know will sell. They know it will sell because it sold last week and last month and last year. They just have to change it a little.
One of the most criticized(批评) practices in the music industry is the practice of “payola”. This is when record companies pay radio stations to play the music of a given artist. This practice makes many people lose trust in the music industry and is therefore against the law. A radio station can accept money in exchange for air time of a song, but they have to make it clear that the song is being played because its air time was paid for. They cannot present the song as if it were part of the normal play schedule(时刻表).
Payola affects both artists and audiences. The artists who work with small record companies that cannot pay a lot of money to radio stations have a much harder time getting exposure. It creates an unfair playing field. Music lovers suffer because they are not able to hear all the music
that is available.
60.According to the passage, most major radio stations belong to .
A. national businesses
B. program directors
C. pop entertainers
D. record companies
61.“Payola” is the practice of.
A. artists paying radio stations to play their songs
B. record companies buying air time for certain music
C. radio station paying record company for new songs
D. program directors deciding what music gets played
62.Who can make the largest profits from payola?
A. Disc Jockeys.
B. The given artists.
C. Business executives.
D. Program directors.
63.It can be concluded from the passage that the author .
A. has a positive attitude towards the practice of “payola”
B. is dissatisfied with the present situation in music industry
C. is calling for a change in the normal play schedule
D. thinks that the radio stations are doing the right thing
C
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D
“You’re going to the United States to live? How wonderful! You’re really lucky!”
Does this sound familiar? Perhaps your family and friends said similar things to you when you left home. But does it seem true all the time? Is your life in this new country always wonderful and exciting? A great many facts show that it’s not easy for newcomers to adjust to life in a new culture. They have to experience culture shock.
What causes culture shock? Maybe the weather is unpleasant. Perhaps the customs are different. Perhaps the public service systems such as the telephone, post office, or transportation are difficult to figure out and you make mistakes. The simplest things seem difficult. The language may be difficult. The food may seem strange to you. If you don’t look similar to the natives, you may feel strange. You may feel as ff everyone is watching you. In fact, you are always watching yourself.
Everyone experiences culture shock in some form or another. But culture shock comes as a surprise to most people. A lot of the time, the people with the worst culture shock are the people who never had any difficulties in their own countries. They were active and successful in their community(社区). They had hobbies or pastimes which they enjoyed. When they come to a new country, they do not have the same positions or hobbies as they already had in their countries. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.
Culture shock produces a feeling of disorientation(晕头转向), which may be homesickness, imagined illness, or even paranoia(偏执症). When people feel the disorientation of culture shock,
they sometimes feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the unfamiliar environment. They want to create an escape within their room to give themselves a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to familiarize the person more with the culture. Familiarity and experienc e are the long-term ways to settle the problem of culture shock.
67.Who is the passage mainly for?
A. The family and friends of those who came to the US.
B. Those who have got rid of culture shock.
C. People who have just moved to a foreign country.
D. People who can easily adjust their life in the US.
68.The underlined part “you are always watching yourself’” (in Paragraph 3) means .
A. you are always feeling homesick
B. you are always worried too much about yourself
C. you are always looking at yourself in the mirror
D. you are always nervous about meeting other people
69.Which of the following would be a case of culture shock for newcomers?
A. They have trouble using public telephones.
B. Their positions or hobbies stay the same.
C. They are active and successful in the new community.
D. They have got used to the life in the new country.
70.Which of the following may cause newcomers to lack a sense of security?
A. A new identity.
B. Local food.
C. A new serf-image.
D. Strange environment.
71.The best way for the newcomers to overcome culture shock is .
A. to stay inside to protect themselves
B. to make a study of the new hobbies
C. to adapt themselves to the new environment
D. to ask people for help when having difficulties
E
When we Americans shop at th e grocery stores today, we don’t seem to be surprised at the sight of strawberries in the winter or perfect tomatoes from Holland. In the space of a generation, we’ve become accustomed to eating food that’s never grown roots in local soil. In fact, most produce(农产品) grown in the United States travels an average of 1,500 miles before it gets sold.
Trucking, shipping and flying in food from around the country and the globe has a very bad effect on the environment and on public health. Take grapes for example. Every year, nearly 270 million pounds of grapes arrive in California, most of them shipped from Chile to the Port of Los Angeles. Their 5,900-mile journey in cargo ships and trucks gives off 7,000 tons of global warming pollution each year, and enough air pollution to cause dozens of asthma(哮喘) attacks
and hundreds of missed school clays in California.
The way we eat has a great influence on the health of the planet. By choosing to eat lower on the food chain, and focusing on local and organic(有机的) produce, we can reduce global warming and air pollution, avoid poisonous chemicals, support local farmers and enjoy fresh, tasty food.
People are rediscovering the benefits of buying local food. How your food is grown, stored, transported, processed and cooked can all influence how it affects climate and the environment. Transportation-related influences are particularly important for imported foods. NRDC calculated the transportation influences of importing fresh produce and wine widely consumed in California. They directly compared the climate and air quality influenced by importing these foods instead of growing and consuming them in California. Their analysis shows that—all else being equal—locally grown foods are a better choice.
72.From the passage we can learn that most produce sold at the grocery stores in the US .
A. is grown by local farmers
B. is from foreign countries
C. comes from far away
D. is out of season
73.What would be the effect of transportation of foods?
A. It pollutes the foods during the transportation.
B. It makes the cost of the foods much higher.
C. It makes the foods less fresh and tasteless.
D. It causes air pollution and global warming.
74.Which of the following may have a bad effect on the health of the planet?
A. Eating higher on the food chain.
B. Eating locally grown foods.
C. Eating more organic produce.
D. Eating fresh and tasty foods.
75.The main purpose of the passage is .
A. to help the local farmers grow and sell their produce
B. to tell people that imported foods are less healthy
C. to warn people of the harmfulness of food transportation
D. to get local people to reject the imported foods
第二卷（共35分）
注意事项：
用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。在试卷上作答，答案无效。
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
Dear Sally,
Hi! I’m Li Ying, your new pen friend from Fujian, China. I got your name
and address from a magazine and thought I would w to you. Well, 76.
let me start by telling you something about . I’m a high school77.
student of seventeen. I have many hobbies, among __ reading novels and 78. collecting (邮票) are my favorites. I love the outdoors, especially 79.
the sea and I’ve been on several tours abroad. I also enjoy (听) 80.
to both pop and classical music. In a word, I’m a (谦虚的) , 81.
patient and caring person. I guess life in London must wonderful82.
with so many places of i to visit and so much tasty food to enjoy. I 83.
hope to visit London d my holidays because I really like to 84.
learn more about your culture. I’m 1forward to hearing from you. 85. Yours,
Li Ying
第二节：书面表达（满分：25分）
某英语报向中学生征集关于开展研究性学习的文章。请你根据提示，用英语写一篇介绍你校研究性学习活动的短文。
注意：
1．开头语已给出，不计入总词数；
2．可根据内容要点适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；
3．词数：120左右。
参考词汇：agricultural chemicals 农药
Nowadays we are required to do research work apart from the lessons we learn in school. We are very interested in this kind of activity.
2009年福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查
英语参考答案
1-5: CABBA 6-10: CBCBA 11-15: CBACB 16-20: BABCA
21-25: BDADC 26-30: CBCAB 31-35: BADBB
36-40: BCADD 41-45: CABBC 46-50: BDDAC 51-55: CDBAD
56-59: CBDA 60-63: ABCB 64-66: CDB 67-71: CBADC 72-75: CDAC
76. write 77. myself 78. which 79. stamps 80. listening 81. modest
82. be 83. interest 84. during 85. looking
书面表达：
内容要点
1．研究课题学生自定；
2．自己小组的研究课题(家乡河流污染问题)；
3．三大污染源；
4．建议；
5．感想。
One possible version:
Nowadays we are required to do research work apart from the lessons we learn in school. We are very interested in this kind of activity. We have a variety of subjects to choose from, such as local customs, changes of people’s living condition s, and protection of the environment.
Last term our group made a study of the pollution in a river in my hometown. The river used to be clean, but now it is dirty and the water gives off a terrible smell. Our research shows that the river is mainly polluted by the waste water from the factories. Waste water from people’s daily life and agricultural chemicals also lead to the pollution of the river. To deal with the problem, we call for people to be aware of how serious the situation is and do something about it.
Through our research, not only did we gain practical experience, but also we developed various abilities. We find such research very valuable and helpful.
听力录音稿
(Text 1)
M:Betty, I don’t know why you like doing the dishes so much?
W: Are you joking? Come and try it now.
(Text 2)
W: Do you think you can take me to the Sunnyside Hotel in 15 minutes?
M: Well, many buses are coming and going at this rush hour. Anyhow, I’ll try my best.
(Text 3)
M:What’s wrong with you, Jane? You look pale.
W:I’m not quite myself today.
M:Oh, I’ m sorry to hear that.
W:I’m afraid I’ll have to miss some of the lessons.
M:Don’t worry about that. I’ll help you when you’ve recov ered.
(Text 4)
W: How nice it is here!
M: It certainly is.
W:I’ve heard the weather here is good, just like spring most of the year.
M:That’s just like Kunming, my hometown. We have four seasons of spring.
(Text 5 )
M: Excuse me, what does this T-shirt cost?
W: 100 dollars, but you can have it for 20% off.
(Text 6)
M: Mum, I want to move out.
W: Hey, sounds great to me, Peter. But you have to pay for rent and everything else.
M: I thought I could just get you and Dad to pay for an apartment. I found a cheap one.
W:We aren’t paying your rent, young man. Get a job.
M: You are right. I have to be independent.
W:Well, the newspaper is over there. Look in the ads, but I don’t know what you’re going to find without a college degree.
(Text 7)
W:I’m tired of ha ving hamburgers.
M:Me, too. There’re some dumplings and noodles in the fridge. I’ll cook some for you.
W:Please don’t. Why not eat out for a change?
M:Good idea. Let’s go to that newly-decorated Korean Restaurant.
W:Well, I’m afraid the food doesn’t ag ree with me. Most of the foods there are hot.
M: Then, how about going to Chinatown?
W: I am thinking of that. I like Chinese food, the Guangdong food, I mean.
M:OK, let’s go.
(Text 8)
W:What’s the trouble? You don’t look happy.
M: I am really unhappy. I haven’t been doin8 well in English.
W: Have you got a good teacher?
M:Oh, the teacher’s quite all right. Maybe I haven’t been working hard enough. You’re very good at English. Can you tell me your experience in learning it?
W:Certainly. Don’t worry. The beginning’s always difficult.
M: How long do you think it takes one to be able to speak English well?
W: Two or three years.
M: What a long time! What is the best way to master it?
W: Well, there is nothing better than constant practice.
M: You are quite right. I’m determined to study it well.
(Text 9)
W: Is that you, dear?
M:Yes, sorry I’m late. I ran into a lot of traffic on my way home.
W: Bob Saunders called about half an hour ago.
M: Oh, yes? What did he want?
W:I’m not sure, but it sounded urgent. He asked you to call him back as soon as you got home. M: Did he leave a number?
W:No, he didn’t. He’s still at the office.
M: Any other calls for me?
W:A couple. Your sister called about Tommy’s birthday, and there was a call from the garage to say that the car will be ready at ten tomorrow.
M:What’s wrong with it?
W: The man said the engine needs repairing.
M: Did he say how much it was going to cost?
W: A hundred pounds, including tax.
(Text 10)
Not all of my friends live close to me. In fact, many of them live far away. Last year, one of my good friends moved to another city far away from where I live. And another friend moved to a different country two summers ago. We talk and write to each other often. But we do not spend money writing to each other or talking with each other on the telephone. We use our computers instead.
When I write to my friends, I use e-mail, E-mail is great! I can send a long letter to my friend in another city or another country for free! And it is fast. It only takes a second or two to reach my friend. With e-mail, my friends and I can write back and forth to each other several times in the same day!
Sometimes I use my computer to call them. How do I do that? My e-mail service has a special computer-calling service. My friend also uses the same e-mail service, so we can call each other all the time. And the call is free!
I might not be able to play with my friends, but computers keep us dose. I think computers are great!