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1、届高三级摸底考试英语科试题2008届高三级摸底考试英语科试题考试时间120分钟，总分150分 2007年8月25日启用注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的班级、姓名和考号填写在答题卷的密封线内；试室号、座位号填写在答题卷右上角的相应位置。2必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答；答案必须写在答题卷的各题目指定区域内相应位置上，客观题必须将所选答案涂黑；保持答题卷的整洁。第卷第一部分 听力 (共两节,满分35分)第一节 听力理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30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选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相

2、应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每题5秒钟。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第1段对话，回答第1至3三个小题。1. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates. B. Friends. C. Couple.2. How long will the man keep the record lent by the woman?A. Two weeks. B. One week. C. Three weeks.3. What present has been given to the wom

3、an?A. A flower. B. All kinds of flowers. C. A bunch of flowers.听第2段对话，回答第4至6三个小题。4. Whats the mans favourite sport? A. American football. B. Volleyball. C. Tennis.5. What does the woman think of Chinas Womens Football Team?A. Quite good. B. Fairly bad. C. So-so.6. What do you think of the man speake

4、r?A. Just a football lover.B. Just a good football watcher of all sports.C. A golf player.听第3段对话，回答第7至9三个小题。7. How has the woman got the information?A. From a report in a newspaper. B. From a friend working in a newspaper. C. From an advertisement in a newspaper.8. When will the woman be asked to ha

5、ve an interview?A. At 10:00 p.m. today.B. At 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.C. At 10:00 p.m. tomorrow.9. Who will greet the woman when she goes for an interview?A. Sam Adams. B. Jenney Jordan. C. David Jones. 听第4段对话，回答第10至12三个小题。10. How often do they have to remove the snow on the steps? A. Every day. B. Every

6、 two days. C. Every week.11. What season does the woman prefer? A. Winter. B. Fall. C. Spring.12. What can you conclude from what the man suggests? A. Go to Florida. B. To take out their shovels to remove the snow. C. To have a walk in the south.听第5段对话，回答第13至15三个小题。13. How many people lost their liv

7、es in a Jewish settlement? A. 35. B. 17. C. 52.14. How many Israeli people have died in the conflicts with the Palestinians? A. 1,000. B. 355. C. 320.15. Who are mentioned among Fridays Palestinian dead in the report? A. A general, a boy of 9 years old, a soldier and an ambulance worker. B. A genera

8、l, a boy at the age of 9, a hospital administrator and an ambulance worker. C. A general, a nine-year-old boy, a hospital administrator and a firefighter.第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卷上标号为16 20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的读题时间，录音读两遍。你有80秒钟的作答时间。A Tour to LondonThe mostfamous pl

9、acesBrief introductionThe River ThamesAs Londons main 16 , it has shaped the capitals 17 , history and geography.Big BenAs one of the 18 of London, it is also well-known for the sound of the bell.The Towerof London In the eastern part of London. Londons most visited 19 . It is Europes oldest 20 .第二部

10、分 语言知识及运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130 各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。Tow brothers founded Houston in eighteen thirty-six. Augustus and John Allen were 21 developers from New York state. They bought more than twenty-five square kilometres of land in a low-lying area n

11、ear a small river. They _22 the town after a hero of Texas history, Sam Houston. The Allens wanted to build a city that would become a center of government and commerce. They succeeded. Houston _23 became a center for the cotton trade, then later the oil industry. The Port of Houstan links the city

12、to the shipping traffic in the nearby Gulf of Mexico. The capital of the state of Texas is Austin now. But Houston at a time in its early years was the capital of the Republic of Texas. Texas was part of Mexico until a rebellion(叛乱) by Anglo-American colonists and Tejanos, Mexicans living in Texas.

13、After that, Texas was a republic 24 of Mexico for almost ten years. In eighteen forty-six, Texas became the twenty-eighth 25 .Today, two million people live in Houston. The area now 26_ more than one thousand six hundred square kilometres of southeastern Texas.Oil and gas explorations are 27 importa

14、nt to the Houston economy. But other industries have also grown over the years. One of these is the 28 _ industry.Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center. 29 train there. And it is also where the NASA space agency has its Mission Control. Controllers direct space shuttle flights from Houston, ju

15、st as they did with the old Apollo flights to the moon. Movies like “Apollo Thirteen to the moon” have only 30 the images of Houston as “Space city”.21. A. area B. land C. section D. economy22. A. built B. developed C. named D. founded23. A. soon B. long C. once D. finally24. A. immigrant B. America

16、n C. independent D. industrial25. A. state B. city C. port D. republic26. A. takes over B. spreads over C. expands to D. covers with27. A. still B. once C. hardly D. also28. A. cotton B. gas C. oil D. space29. A. Developers B. Controllers C. Astronauts D. Pilots30. A. linked to B. added to C. increa

17、sed to D. reduced to第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）仔细阅读下面的短文，根据句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词语，或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为3140的相应位置。Australia is the only country 31 is also a continent. It is the sixth 32 (large) country in the world and is in the smallest continent Oceania. It is a mainly dry country

18、 with only a few coastal areas that have adequate rainfall to support 33 large population. 34 (approximate) 80% of Australians live in the south-eastern coastal area, which includes Australias two largest cities Melbourne and Sydney. The centre of the continent, 35 is mainly desert and dry grassland

19、, has few settlements.Australia is famous for its huge, open spaces, bright sunshine, enormous number of sheep and cattle and its unusual wildlife, which includes kangaroos and koalas. Australia is a popular destination 36 tourists from all over the world who come to experience its unique ecology.Au

20、stralia is made up of six states. 37 the states in America, Australian states are autonomous in some areas of government. 38 , Australia has a federal government responsible for matters that affect people all over the country, such as 39 (defend), foreign policy and taxation. The federal parliament

21、40 (locate) in Canberra.第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。(A) “Ive changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my daddy back.” Lucien Lawrences letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to

22、 death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldnt see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while. But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and yo

23、ur tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were aliv

24、e. I still live to please them and Im still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor , I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldnt wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all mother said was “I hope this mean

25、s that now you will have more time for the children!” I havent forgotten. The values of my parents still live on. It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence has been to face t

26、he aggressors, and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? Its a serious thought, one to give me pause. I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of t

27、he dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more

28、 parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.41. According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph _.A. puts forward the subject of the text B. shows the authors pity on the kidC. acts as an introduction to the discussion D. makes a cl

29、ear statement of the authors views42. In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us _.A. how much he misses his parents now B. why his parents often appear in his dreamsC. when Lucien will get over all his sadness D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life43. What feeling did t

30、he authors mother express in her reply? A. Proud. B. Happy. C. Disappointed. D. Worried44. In the authors opinion, the value of a persons life is _. A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society C. to care what others will remember an

31、d treasure D. to share happiness and sadness with his family45. What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem? A. Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns B. Advise parents to stay with their children safely at home C. Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the de

32、athD. Try to keep violence and murder far away from society(B)Attitude is an internal state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual. Some researchers consider that attitudes come from differences between beliefs and ideas; others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here, we