房山区2011—2012学年度统练试卷

高 三 年 级 英 语

    

第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

1. When did the man see Jim?

   A.  At 3 o’clock.          B.  At 4 o’clock.      C.  At 5 o’clock.

2. How is the woman going to the West Railway Station?

   A. On foot.               B. By bus.             C. By taxi.

3. Who was the woman with at Christmas?

   A. Her friends.            B. Nobody.            C. Her family.

4. Where are the two people?

   A. On a ship.             B. On a plane.          C. On a bus.

5. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?

   A. Husband and wife.      B. Teacher and student.   C. Boss and employee.

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分)

听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What do we know about the woman?

  A. She feels nervous.

  B. She doesn’t work hard.

  C. She has never taken any test.

7. What is the man’s opinion about the test?

  A. Waiting for the test.   B. Waiting for the good luck.    C. Always working hard.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What is the woman probably going to do this morning?

  A. Go to see the doctor.

  B. Go to work.

  C. Visit the man’s home.

9. What is the probably cause of the woman’s cold?

  A. She has been working so hard.

  B. The weather has been terrible.

  C. The man’s family infects her.

听第8段材料，回答第l0至12题。

10. What does the woman think of Sandy Bay Beach at first?

   A. It is far away.

   B. It will be too crowded.

   C. It seldom has many tourists.

11. What does the woman suggest having on the little beach?

   A. Coffee and cakes.   B. Cakes and a salad.  C. Chicken and a salad.

12. Why does the woman give up having lunch in town?

   A. There will be a lot of traffic.

   B. There will be no place to park.

   C. There are few good restaurants.

听第9段材料，回答第l3至15题。

13. What does the speaker like in Africa?

A. Meeting new people.

B. The beautiful natural scenery.

C. Seeing animals run freely in the wild.

14. Which country has the speaker visited?

   A. Spain.         B. Ireland.        C. New Zealand.

15. What does the speaker think of travelling?

   A. It is tiring.       B. It is expensive.    C. It is relaxing.

 

第三节(共5小题；每小题l.5分，共7.5分)

听下面一段对话，完成第l6至第20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。

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第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共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. ---Tom, you didn't come to the party last night?   

---I ____, but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.

    A. had to       B. didn't       C. was going to      D. wouldn't

22. I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I _____ there several years ago.

   A. went         B. had been     C. are going        D. have been  

23. Only after he read the passage over again ______ its main idea.

A. that he knew    B. did he know  .C. he could know   D. he did know

24. ---Dad, can we move into our new house now? 

---No, it _________. The decoration has not been finished yet.

A. was painted    B. is painting    C. is painted       D. is being painted

25. ---Susan is so excited! 

---Oh, yes! She is busy preparing for her adventurous trip to Africa that she _____ for years.

A. has been expecting          B. was expecting   

C. had been expecting          D. would be expecting

26. Could I speak to ____ is in charge of the Department Store please?  

    A. who          B. what        C. whoever        D. whatever  

27. ________ the boy didn't take medicine made his mother angry.

A. That          B. What        C. How           D. Which   

28. _______ hearing the terrible news, he burst into tears.

A. To            B. On             C. For                 D. At

29. The foreign guests, ____ were government officials, were warmly welcomed at the airport.

       A. most of them    B. most of which          C. most of whom         D. all of those

30. A small car is big enough for a family of three ____ you need more space for

 baggage.  

A. once           B. because            C. if              D. unless   

31. ---What do you think of the American singer Lady Gaga’s performance?

---Too crazy, but if she _________ come to China to hold concerts, I would buy tickets for her live show.

A. would         B. will              C. should        D. might

32.  _______around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest for the 

2008 Olympic Games. 

A. Having shown     B. To be shown        C. To show         D. Having been shown

33. The firefighters would not allow anyone______ into the room on fire to collect anything.

   A. to risk going     B. risking to go      C. to risk to go    D. risk going

34. Mary’s mother kept telling her daughter not to spend too much time surfing the Internet, but ______ didn’t help.

A. this              B. that                C. which              D. it

35. ---Is Johnson on duty today?

---It ________ be him，but I’m not sure.

A. will            B. may           C. need         D. must 

 

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共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。

It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was   36  my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps around the ring. The   37    cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs(四肢), but every second I  38  it. You could hear the faint   39    of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was  40  because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the  41  and I was able to  42  what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it  43  . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step  44   the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be  45  to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit. ks5u

She tried to  46  but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.  47  , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he  48 . It really made the  49  seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was  _50 . I had    51  in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have   52  her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot   53   . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different emotions: terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of__54__ . Then she was laughing.

As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  __55__  he saved my sister’s.

 

36.  A. picking       B. setting                C. catching                 D. warming

37.  A. gently               B. hardly                C. bitterly                   D. perfectly

38.  A. enjoyed      B. witnessed      C. challenged       D. hated

39.  A. noise         B. laughter       C. shout                      D. sob

40.  A. dark                   B. bright                 C. windy                     D. cloudy

41.  A. impression         B. quality                C. quiet                       D. significance

42.  A. rely on                B. put on        C. insist on            D. focus on

43.  A. let out        B. took place                                              C. participated in    D. held on

44.  A. into               B. out of           C. close to              D. towards

45.  A. content               B. frightened     C. able            D. proud

46.  A. scream                B. worry                  C. evaluate                 D. escape

47.  A. Accidentally   B. Suddenly           C. Generally               D. Normally

48.  A. sped up              B. wore out        C. broke down          D. rose up

49.  A. comment            B. contest                C. moment            D. technique

50.  A. advancing          B. dreaming            C. concluding        D. breathing

51.  A. that                    B. it                         C. neither                   D. none

52.  A. missed                B. recognized     C. hit             D. acknowledged

53.  A. when                  B. what                   C. how                       D. why

54.  A. pride                  B. sadness               C. stress                      D. relief

55.  A. if                       B. so that                C. as if                        D. because

 

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30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

 On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand, but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed up to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!

 

56. The metal box was used for ________.

A. carrying the bags of sand          B. keeping drinking-water

C. carrying ropes of the basket        D. changing weight

57. The balloon landed ________.

A. in London     B. on the sea     C. on a lake   D. in a foreign country

58. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.

B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.

C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.

D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.

 

B

Nelson Mandela is respected and admired across the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist regime(政权).

     Mandela who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid (种族隔离) in 1994, retired 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.

     “He’s loved by all people, whether you’re while or black, whether you’re young or old,” said Ali Bacher, South Africa’s former cricket (板球) chief.

      His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait(肖像) has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan area was named in his honour and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness --- the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.

      His popular appeal is similar to that of John F. Kennedy with US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in this times have achieved his level of admiration, said Tom Lodge, head of the political science department of the University of the Witwatersrand.

      “Sometimes it isn’t completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career. He’s a very, very clever man.” However, he is far from perfect.

     Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, brief mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings.

    Then they returned to their flowing praises.

    “Through the ages, the human race has had its icons (偶像) --- men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generations,” The Mail and Guardian Weekly said. “In our generation, the gods presented us Nelson Mandela.”

     59. Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because _____.

       A. he’s as popular as Kennedy and Churchill

       B. he spent 27 in prison

       C. he’s a great fighter against the racialism

       D. he’s the first all-race elections president

    60. Which of the following statements about Mandela’s portrait is true?

       A. It helps develop business.

       B. It appears on the Statue of Freedom.

       C. It is used to raise money for the Statue of Freedom.

       D. It is similar to that of John F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill.

    61. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means “________.”

       A. Mandela is as great as a god  

B. We are proud to live in Mandela’s time

       C. Mandela lives together with us all 

D. We are proud to know Mandela

    62. What can we infer from the text?

       A. Mandela is very skilled politician.

       B. Most articles specially stressed Mandela’s shortcomings.

       C. The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela’s birthday.

       D. The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela’s birthday.

 

C

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s．Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women．Right? Wrong．Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size．Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain．The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”．While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes．

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women．This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time．When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time．

There are other important differences between two sexes．As white matter is the key to spatial（空间的） tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things．“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher．That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for direction and women often need to!

The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿） are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one．A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others．These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills．It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research．

If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t．“The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it．” says a biologist．

 

63. The passage mainly tells us ________．

A. the difference between men’s and women’s brains

B. the changes in brain throughout our lives

C. that men are better at spatial tasks

D. that brain differences are related to our ancestors

64. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

A. Women’s grey matter is 10% less than men’s.

B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter．

C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain．

D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter．

65. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls．

B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills.

C. Women may have stronger feelings than men．

D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills．

66. What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

A. Defensive.      B. Persuasive.          C. Supportive．      D. Objective.

 

D

Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.

The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business around the world, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging. (聚合)

The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.

Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.

67. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. All international managers can learn culture.
B. Business diversity is not necessary.
C. Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.
D. Most people do not know foreign culture well.

68. The two schools of thought __________.
A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual

      cultures
B. both advocate that different policies be set up in different countries
C. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world
D. globalization is the irresistible trend of our times

69. This article is supposed to be most useful for those _________.
A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity
B. who have connections to more than one type of culture
C. who want to travel abroad
D. who want to run business on International Scale

70. According to Fortune, successful international companies _______.
A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas
B. all have the quality of patience
C. will follow the overseas local cultures
D. adopt the policy of internationalization

 

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项

中有两项为多余选项。

The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health. Scientific research shows that it causes many kinds of diseases.     71     However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes. He lives with his wife，Evelyn，who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage. The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.

No one knows for sure why Mr. Gilson has lung cancer. However，doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people’s cigarettes.  __72    The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that about 53，000 people die in the United States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.

The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals. In the past, scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker’s health.      73     They discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic (有毒的) chemicals in their bodies.     74    For example，we cannot avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants，hotels and other public places. Even though many public places have nonsmoking areas，smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted. It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke. In the United States，nine million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker.

Research shows that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are sick more often than children who live in homes where no one smokes and that the children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer when they are adults as the children of nonsmokers. The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where both parents smoke.

    75     As a result，they have passed laws which prohibit people from smoking in many public places.

 

A. Recently，though，scientists changed their opinion after they studied a large group of nonsmokers.

B. As a matter of fact，almost all of US breathe tobacco smoke at times，whether we realize it or not.

C. In fact，many people who smoke get lung cancer.

D. However, secondhand smoke is dangerous to all people，old or young.

E. People are becoming very aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

F. This smoke is called secondhand smoke.

G. Many people, including doctors, parents, teachers, and others, are concerned about the health risks of cigarette smoking.

 

房山区2011—2012学年度统练试题

高三年级英语参考答案

第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）

1--5 ACBBC     

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）

6—7 AC     8—9 AB    10—12 BCA    13—15 CAB       

第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）

每小题1.5分。如出现拼写错误不计分；出现大小写、单复数错误扣0.5分；如每小题超过一个词不计分。

16. August     17. Australian    18. cash     19. 350      20. economy

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

21—25 CABDA    26—30 CABCD     31—35 CDADB

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

36—40 DCABA     41—45 CDBAC  46—50 ABDCB  51—55 BACDD   

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

(A)56—58 DDB         (B)59—62 CABA      (C)63—66 ACBD 

(D) 67—70 CCDB

第二节71---75 CFABE