80中学高三英语试卷August 28, 2008第一卷（三部分，共115分）第一部分：听力理解（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：What is the man going to read?A．A newspaper. B．A magazine. C．A book.答案是A。
1．Where does the conversation probably take place?A．In a restaurant. B．In a cinema. C．In a zoo.2．When will the two speakers meet?A．At 8:30. B．At 9:00. C．At 9:30.3．Why did the woman make a call?A．To borrow some records.B．To select some music to dance to.C．To pass on some information of the party.4．What probably happens to the man?A．He is down with illness.B．He is worrying about the work.C．He failed the exam and doesn’t feel well.5．What are the speakers talking about?A．A record. B．Some singers. C．A live concert.第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面6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，每小题将给出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至7题。
6．What kind of message do you think it is?A．A short message.B．An e-mail message.C．A telephone message.7．When will the woman go and see Hank?A．Right after the game.B．Just before going to her house.C．Between seven and eight o’clock.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8．What are the speakers talking about?A．Watching a football game.B．Going out to dinner tonight.C．Borrowing books in the city library.9．Who will the woman probably stay with tonight?A．Her friends. B．Her parents. C．Her roommates.听第8段材料，回答第10至11题。
10．Where does this conversation take place?A．In a hotel. B．In a restaurant. C．At a conference. 11．Why can’t the man have what he wants?A．He didn’t attend the meeting.B．He didn’t reach the hotel in time.C．He didn’t make a reservation（预定）early enough.听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。
12．How does the man feel?A．Nervous. B．Upset. C．Sick.13．What’s wrong with the man?A．He had a car accident.B．He was knocked down by a car.C．He had an accident when walking on the street.14．How did it happen?A．The road-sign had a wrong direction.B．The other driver was driving very fast.C．Something was wrong with the driving mirror.听第10段材料，回答第15至17题。
15．Where did the man go?A．To the library. B．To the post office. C．To the chemistry lab. 16．What is the money on the desk for?A．Some English books.B．Some envelopes and stamps.C．Some note-books and bottles.17．Why can’t the woman go there herself?A．Because it was too far away.B．Because she was busy at that time.C．Because she was tired of doing that.听第11段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．What is the speaker?A．A freshman in the college.B．A high school graduate.C．A college graduate.19．What will the speaker do if he does well in A-level exams?A．He will take computer science at university.B．He will continue to take the tests called GCSE.C．He will spend some time working with computers.20．Where does the speaker live now?A．In Canada. B．In England. C．In the United States.第二部分：单选（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）21．—May I help you?—Yes, I’d like to try on some sports jackets just like I’m wearing.A. itB. oneC. the oneD. that22．—How can I wake up so early?—Set the alarm at 4:30,_____you’ll make it.A. orB. andC. butD. so23．It’s very dangerous to let children who are _____ go swimming in the river alone.A so young B.old enough toC..too young toD.young as to24．This article may shock some sensitive readers, I offer my apologies in advance.A. from whomB. for whomC. to whomD. towards whom25．Miss Ling expressed her strong determination _____could make her give up her career as a pilot.A. and nothingB. which nothingC. was that nothingD. that nothing26．Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ____we have to change the way we live.A. butB. althoughC. unlessD. in case27．I have kept the photo _______ I can always see it, as it reminds me of the days when I studied in Britain.A. at whichB. whereC. whenD. at the place28．In Wasdale there is a mysterious dark lake , depth has never been measured .A．that B．where C．which D．whose29．Why don't you bring _________ to his attention that now students are bearing too heavy a learning load?A. itB. thisC. thatD. what30．April Fool's Day is coming. Be careful not to be __________ when others play tricks on you. A. brought in B. caught in C. taken in D. made in31．Yi Jianlian, a promising new star, said goodbye to CBA for NBA and is ready to _____ in a new world of basketball.A.get offB.take offC.turn offe off32．I was telling them about my exciting travels when he with a story of his own .A．broke down B．broke off C．broke in D．broke out33. _____ his bookishness, curiously little is known about the worldview of Gordon Brown, the first British Prime Minister said to be a real intellectual in decades.A.ThoughB.AsC.In spite thatD.Despite34. Much new and high technology has been introduced from America, thus _____ great increase in production of the company.A.resulting inB.resulted inC.resulting fromD.resulted from35. There seems _____ people out of work nowadays.A. to have a great manyB. to be a great manyC. to have a great many ofD. to be a good many of第三部分完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel 36 .Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. As I grewolder, my friends 37 me for following what was called a “man’ s soapopera.”38 , I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. It was not untilfreshman year that I 39 I wasn’t being myself.That year, I tried many new things and activities. In my town, footballwas the sport, so I decided to play football, 40 it might give me a head41 in popularity. The team started with forty-eight athletes. 42 , there were fourteen of us left.I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter. That long season taught me a (n)43 : I wasn’t a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be 44 .After that season, I 45 back to being a wrestling fan. I came across a well-known saying: “Don’ t Dream It. Be It.”When I read this, my friend Dan and I had the 46 idea.“What if we build a wrestling ring?”we asked. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our 47 in a pile in his backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great project. Our hard work paid 48 . We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to 49 every aspect (方面) of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th . To our surprise, about one hundred friends and fans showed up to 50 us. It was the most important night of my life and a 51 success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as twohundred and fifty people training out. We 52 to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do.As my senior year winds down, I'll remember all of my high school memories. But 53 will stick out most is the memory that I did something I 54 , despite what everyone said or thought. I achieved the 55…I lived my dream.36. A. outside B. inside C. behind D. beside37. A. laughed at B. talked about C. listened to D. called on38. A.Then B. But C. And D. So39. A. admitted B. noticed C. realized D. declared40. A. thinking B. finding C. remembering D. guessing41. A. level B. start C. end D. point42. A. At the end B. At the beginning C. In return D. On one hand43. A. art B. truth C. fact D. lesson44. A. oneself B. somebody C. myself D. nobody45. A. gave B. went C. put D. set46. A. original B. perfect C. same D. correct47. A. dream B. success C. progress D. future48. A. for B. out C. off D. back49. A. discover B. learn C. improve D. show50. A. praise B. support C. teach D. follow51. A. gradual B. complete C. endless D. timeless52. A. have B. begin C. prefer D. continue53. A. why B. how C. which D. what54. A. loved B. faced C. studied D. needed55. A. task B. step C. goal D. game第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）AGlynis Davis:I first piled on the ponds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds. I put them on. I’d lost willpow er and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.Roz Juma:To be honest, I never weigh myself any more I’ve leant to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a supper-thin body. This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all. I’m happy with it.Lesley Codwin:I was very happy about winning Young Silmmer of the Year. I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem——perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.Ros Langfod:Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet …I’m really good on a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating happily chocolate——my weakness. I’d like to be slim but right now my duty is the children and home.I might take more exercise when my kids are older.56.What do you think the four women were all talking about?A. Their own slimming matter.B. Their life after marriage.C. Their work as a housewife.D. Different diets they prefer.57.Where are these short passage most likely to be taken from?A. Talks on the air.B. Advertisements on the wall.C. Book in a library.D. Magazines for children.58.What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean?A. The coach（教练）in the slimming club.B. Some tool to measure weight.C. Glynis Davis’ dear husband.D. The salesperson in a food shop.59 .Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s attitudes towards slimming?1.Glynis Davis a. I put on weight soon after got married2.Ros Jums b. Fame（名声）doesn’t necessarily mean success3.Leslcy Gowin c. Facts speak much louder than words4.Ros landford d. I like myself as I am, and to be what you areA.1-c;2-d;3-b;4-aB.1-c;2-b;3-d;4-aC.1-d;2-a;3-b;4-cD.1-a;2-b;3-c;4-dBThe first thing I do when I wake up is to make a mental list of all things I have to do that day. I’m very organized! Then I get up and have my bath. Often my best matchmaking ideas come while I’m in the bath. Sometimes I have a really good idea about who mi ght be with whom.Before I did matchmaking, I was a social worker, but I knew I wanted to do something without bosses telling me what to do and that I am good at dealing with people. Also I had seen too many broken marriages and too many people go downhill because they were so lonely. So I gave up my job, did a bit of research and started the matchmaking business in 1970.Over the last few years we’ve been doing introductions throughout Europe as well as here in Britain. Europeans want to meet British people. For every 100 people who come to us, about 65 will settle down. We keep going until clients (委托人) find someone that they get on very well with. Of course there are impossible people, those who will never settle.Sometimes I end up giving advice to clients. A few months ago, we had a highly paid scientist with a very nice face, but every woman refused to meet him a second time. It soon became clear that he did not like changing his shirts. So I had to be very honest and direct and told him, “But a woman can’t start to love you if your shirt smells.” The job is most satisfying when I get a call from a couple telling me they have fallen in love.60. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. On Being a MatchmakerB. Dealing with PeopleC. Matchmakers and ClientsD. The Most Satisfying Job61. What does the author mean by saying “I’m very organized”?A. She is especially capable of organizing things.B. She has a fixed plan for her everyday activities.C. She likes to remember things she has to do.D. She always finishes what she does on time.62. What was the personal factor that made the author change her job?A. She was warm and kind-hearted.B. She could understand people better than others.C. She liked to make her own decisions.D. She was interested in social problems.63. From the author’s experience given in the last paragraph, we c an conclude that to be a good matchmaker, sometimes it is better for one to be ____.A. straightB. kindC. hard workingD. organizedCEvery pet owner loves his pet. There is no argument here.But when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals, the responses were split almost down the middle. Of the 228 readers who answered it, 108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion.Clearly, fr om readers’ response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people’s widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure.Most of the respondents who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on theother side, however, held little hope a clone could never truly recreate a pet, many simply didn’t wish to go against the natural law of life and death.Both sides expressed equal love for their animals. More than a few respondents owned “the best dog/cat in the world”. They thought of their pets as their “best friend”, “a member of the family,” “the light of my life.” They told moving stories of pets’ h eroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.Little wonders the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. “People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,” says Gary Kowalski, author of Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. “For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away…It’s understandable. Death is always painful. It’s difficult to deal with. It’s hard to accept.”But would cloning reduce the blow? This question seemed to be at the heart of this problem.64.So far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners, ____.A. a lot more of them are for itB. a lot more of them are against itC. very few of them are willing to tell their opinionsD. about half of them are for it and the other half against it65.While talking about the respondents from the readers, the expression “eventual sadness of owninga pet” refers to ____.A. the de ath of one’s petB. the high cost of owning a petC. the troubles one has to deal with in keeping a petD. the dangers involved in the cloning of a pet66.From what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he ____.A. has never thought about the problem of cloningB. is going to write another book on petsC. is in favor of the idea of cloning petsD. is all against the cloning of pets67.What is the key question at the heart of the problem of cloning pets?A. Can cloning make the pain one suffers less when a pet dies?B. Can pet owners afford the cost of cloning?C. Does cloning go against the law of nature?D. How reliably does cloning produce an exact copy of one’s pet?DThe eruption of a volcano is one of the earth’s most spectacular(壮观的) shows of energy. The Soufriere Hill Volcano on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean began to erupt in July, 2000. It had been inactive on this British island in the West Indies for nearly 1000 years. Suddenly, on August 21, it released steam and a cloud of ash over 7,000 feet into the air. The nearby capital city, Plymouth, was covered with darkness for half an hour from the cloud.More than 300 active volcanoes are located around the Pacific Ocean alone, from Chile to Alaska, to Japan, and to New Zealand. V olcanoes are continuing to form islands such as Hawaiian Islands, the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific, and islands in the Caribbean. Eleven major active volcanoes form the Cascade Range in the northwestern United States. When these land volcanoes erupt, as Mt. St. Helens in the Cascades did in 1980, it is the result of the plates (板块) of the earth slipping and sliding(滑行). As they move, these huge plates create pressure far below the earth’s surface.Deep inside the earth, hot molten(溶化的) rock mixes with gas to create magma（岩浆）. Magma collects in chambers, which are spaces between rocks inside the earth. Gradually, the magma begins to rise as it is pressed by the rocks. It rises through an opening, or shaft, in the weakened rock above. As the magma gets near the surface, gas is released and sends magma, dust, and rock out of the crater, or top of the volcano. This stream of volcanic matter is the actual eruption.Most volcanoes erupt straight up through the top. Mt. Vesuvius, the volcano in Italy that destroyed the city of Pompeii in A.D. 79, erupted this way. However, some volcanoes, such as Mt,St. Helens, erupt laterally(横向地) or through side vents(通风孔). Lateral eruptions are very destructive because large areas of mountain are blown away. Either way, underground water springs out sharply and creates raging streams. Magma reaches the surface and is now called lava. Waves of it flow down the slopes (斜坡), burying the surrounding valleys.It takes millions of years for volcanoes to form. It takes hundreds more for them to build up to an eruption. Yet, in a matter of seconds, a volcano can blow apart in an angry roar of incredible destruction(破坏力).68. Which of the term(术语)explanation about the volcano is correct?A. Magma is the space between the rock where molten rock and gas mixture collects.B. Crater is the opening on the side of a V olcano.C. The opening at the top is called a shaft.D. Lava is the superheated mixture of gas and melted rock that flows down the slopes.69. When Mt. St. Helens erupts, ____.A. it erupts straight up through the craterB. it will take another million years to erupt againC. it is the result of the plates slipping and slidingD. It will form a new island70. What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph about Mt. Vesuvius?A. It was very destructive in eruption.B. It erupts through side vents.C. It has been silent since 79 A.D. D. Its eruption is a typical lateral one.71. According to the passage, volcanoes erupt when____.A. the Earth creates too much magmaB. they are activated by an outside force.C. the huge plates create pressure far below the earth’s surfaceD. Magma in the chambers rises through shafts in the weakened rocksEWe spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were goinghome. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it, ” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack. I’ve always wanted one like that.”What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ￡20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as th ey passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?”I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.72. In fact the husband _______ the cupboard.A. would like very much to buyB. badly wantedC. was glad to have boughtD. would rather not buy73. Other drivers thought they were _______.A. carrying a cupboard to the churchB. sending flowers to the churchC. carrying nothing but a piece of furnitureD. going to attend a funeral ceremony at the church74. The police will be more polite to those who are _______.A. driving in gathering darknessB. in great sorrowC. driving with wild glowers in the carD. carrying furniture75. From the last paragraph, what did the husband think of this matter?A. It was very strange.B. He felt ashamed of it.C. He took great pride in it.D. He was puzzled at it.第二卷（共35分）书面表达（共两节，35分）第一节情景作文(（满分20分）)：下面四幅图片描述的是，星期一早晨李华在上学路上经历的一件事。
