（整理版高中英语）元月醴陵一中攸县一中浏阳一中联合考试试题英语.doc

元月醴陵一中、攸县一中、浏阳一中联合考试试题英语Part Listening Comprehension(30 marks) Section A 22.5 marksDirections: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question. You will hear each conversation TWICE. Conversation 1 1.Where does the man think he saw the woman? A. At Susans house.B. At the Dove.C. At the Basement. 2.What day is it today? A. Thursday.B. Friday. C. Saturday. Conversation 2 3.Who will be getting married tomorrow? A. Anna.B. Rachel.C. Joanne. 4. When will the speakers go to the reception hall? A. At 1:00 p.m.B. At 2:00 p.m.C. At 4:00 p.m. Conversation 3 5.What is the most probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Brother and sister. 6. What will the boy do next? A. Put some nice clothes on. B. Clean the carpet.C. Wash his clothes. Conversation 47.What are the speakers doing? A.Shopping in a mall. B.Visiting an exhibition about glasses. C.Attending a public sale.8. Who bought the set of plates and glasses at last? A . A woman in blue shirt. B. A gentleman in green hat. C. An old man wearing glasses.9.What was the final price of the set of plates and glasses? A. 1000 dollars. B. 1500 dollars. C. dollars.Conversation 510.What do we know about Jimmy?A . He was sick this morning. B. He has been delivering newspapers since last year.C. He quit his job earlier this month.11.What did the man forget to do? A. Put a stamp on the envelope with his payment. B. Put the payment in the mailbox. C.Sign the check for his payment. 12.How might the speakers pay for their paper in the future? A.By calling with their credit card information. B.By going down to the corner store. C.By paying online.Conversation 6 13.Whats the woman doing? A.Having a job interview. B. Attending a talk show. C.Trying to find a boyfriend. 14.How is the womans present life? A. Her work takes much of her time. B. She goes dating a lot. C. She has to look after her parents every day. 15. What quality matters most to the woman? A. Kindness. B. Honesty. C. Good looks.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information youve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You will hear the mini-talk TWICE Can Animals Be Made to Work for Us?Many different animals can be trained to do simple jobs if they are given 16 for doing them.Dogs 17 for a house or other property. 18 A warning system.Pigeons *Used to watch out for faults in 19 . *One pigeon can inspect 3000 to 20 balls in an hour.Apes Used to help make cars.Part Language Knowledge (45 marks) Section A (15 marks)Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.21. Turn on the television or open a magazine and you _ advertisements showing happy families. A. will often seeB. often seeC. are often seeingD. have often seen22. The number of people who _ exposed to second- hand smoking in public places_ up to 740 million in China. A. is; areB. are; areC. is; isD. are; is23. - Youve got your flat furnished, havent you? - Yes. I _ some used furniture at the Sunday Market and it was a real bargain. A. will buy B. have bought C. had bought D. bought24. _ the green hills are there , one need not worry about firewood. A. No longer thatB. So long that C. UnlessD. As long as25. Standing there _, looking quite scared. A. the homeless girl wasB. did the homeless girl C. the homeless girl didD. was the homeless girl26. People gathering at the entrance of the hall refused to leave unless their demands_. A. had been metB. were metC. would be metD. have been met 27. Without discipline and will, your dreams and ambitions would never come to life,_ even the best intentions into dust. A. to turnB. turnC. turningD. having turning28. _ with a sudden job loss, would you consider it a failure, or an opportunity for a new start in your career? A. Facing B. Faced C. To face D. Face29. The development of Chinas economy_ since the 80s of the last century. A. has been acceleratingB. had accelerated C. is acceleratingD. accelerated30. It was the belief _ Alex Haley could find his “root in Afric_ made him decide to go to Gambia. A. that; which B. which; which C.that; where D.that; that31. New surveys suggest that people are more stressed and working longer than ever with technological tools constantly _. A. updatingB. updates C. updatedD. to update32. The CCTV program, People Who Moved China, honors those_ contribution should be remembered. A. whose B. which C. theirD. who33. Whenever a natural disaster happens , we should offer _help we can to the victims. A. however B. whatever C. wheneverD. whichever34.It is heartening to see millions on the earth who had nothing _ the chance to improve their life. A. havingB. to have C. have D. who have35. The weather in the south is generally warm, but it_ be very cold sometimes. A. may B. shall C. will D. can Section B (18 marks)Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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. A man and his girlfriend got married. Everyone could tell the love they had for each other was true. A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can 36 our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit _37_with the other. Then, we can talk about how we can _38_them together and make out lives happier together. The husband 39 . So each of them went to a(n) 40 room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their _41_. “I will start, offered the wife. She _42_her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband, _43_the husband stated, “I dont have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the 44 that you are. I dont want you to 45 anything for me. The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his 46 of her, turned her head and wept. In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We dont really have to go 47 for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us?36. A. enrichB. strengthenC. lengthenD. deepen37. A. annoyingB. surprising C. satisfying D. inspiring38. A. fixB. do C. find D. set39. A. smiled B. refusedC. agreed D. hesitated40. A. spareB. separateC. emptyD. special41. A. dishesB. magazinesC. livesD. lists42. A. put awayB. handed inC. took out D. wrote down43. A. disappointedly B. unluckilyC. bitterly D. quietly44.A. appearanceB. wayC. situationD. position45. A. changeB. acceptC. decideD. drop46. A. adviceB. warningC. acceptanceD. pride47. A. leavingB. waitingC. askingD. LookingSection C(12 marks) Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. I have a 5-year-old son and an 18-month-old girl. Especially at Christmas time I wanted them to truly understand 48._ the act of giving was all about. So I made a list of people 49._ were less likely to receive gifts or love and let my 5-year-old son choose who we would give gifts to. He chose homeless people. We purchased some large inexpensive gift bags and filled 50._with can goods, used warm socks, new toothbrushes and candy bars. But 51._ my surprise my son came in with his piggy bank and said they could have his money. We filled several plastic bags with coins 52._ put all the bags in the trunk of the car. 53._was several days before we saw a man pushing 54._cart down the main street. And fortunately my son gave the bag to the man who started to cry 55._we wished him Merry Christmas. I have never forgotten the look of gratitude on his face and neither has my son. So far we have done this for three years at my sons request.Part Reading Comprehension (30 marks) Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished .statements For each of them there are four chokes marked A. B. C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage. ARobert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造签字者), was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he made some money by selling his small but genuine of early U.S. autographs (亲笔签字). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ban Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To make less the chance of detection (觉察), he sent his forgeries (伪造物) to England and Canada for sale and circulation (销售).Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don't have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.In Spring's time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's economic problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eye experts the difficult task of separating this forgeries from the originals.56. Why did Spring sell his autographs in England and Canada?A. There was a greater demand there than in America.B. There was less chance of being detected there.C. Britain was Spring's birthplace.D. The price were higher in England and Canada.57. After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for _.A. Southern moneyB. signatures of George Washington and Ben FranklinC. Southern manuscripts and lettersD. Civil War battle plans58. Robert Spring spent 15 years _.A. running a bookstore in PhiladelphiaB. corresponding with Miss Fanny JacksonC. as a forgerD. as a respectable dealer59. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to _. A. sharp-eyed expertsB. persons who aren't experts C. book dealersD. owner of the old books60. Who was Miss Fanny Jackson? A. The only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. B. A little-known girl who sold her father's papers to Robert Spring. C. Robert Spring's daughter. D. An imaginary person created by Spring. BAlong with the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Sphinx(狮身人面像) is one of the most studied ancient monument of mankinds history. The whole complex of Giza, composed of the Sphinx, the Great Pyramid, other pyramids, and distinct structures, definitely holds the key to understanding advanced past civilizations. In the examination of the mystery of the great Sphinx we run into a similar situation. The Egyptians wrote very little about the construction of the Sphinx. However, the Egyptians, Romans, and Arabs did write accounts concerning its numerous restorations, which will be discussed later in this article. In addition, it should be said that other cultures had their form of a Sphinx. For example, the Greek Sphinx was a female with a human head, breast, and the body of a feminine lion.Now there are basically two schools of thought on the origin, the age and the builder of the Sphinx in Egypt. The traditional view of Egyptologists is that Pharaoh Khafre of the Fourth Dynasty built the Sphinx along with the Great Pyramid around 2,500 BC. The evidence is that the face of the Sphinx is thought to look like Pharaoh Khafre. This theory makes the Sphinx about 5,000 years old according to Dr Zahi Hawass, director of Giza Saqqara of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization.The other school of thought doesnt believe that the Egyptians built the Sphinx, but thinks that it was built by an advanced civilization before the Egyptians. The Egyptians came later and built their tombs and temples along the sides of these great structures. This school of thought has been around for hundreds of years, but new buildings give it more credibility. Recently, Graham Hancock , the author of the famous book Finger-prints of the Gods and some American scholars have presented certain evidence that challenges the traditional thought on the Sphinx.They present proofs that may cause a rethinking of the so-called fact used to determine who built the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza and for what purpose. Their proofs consist of basically two pieces of evidence astronomical(天文学的) calculations of the stars and geological evidence that the erosion(侵蚀) of the Sphinx and other monuments of Giza was due to water rather than sand, wind or sunshine according to Robert Bauvals book The Message of the Sphinx. It is this evidence that has turned the Egyptologists world upside down.61. According to the traditional view of Egyptologists, the Sphinx was built by Pharaoh Khafre because _. A. the face of the Sphinx looks l