高三英语第二学期苏南八校期初联考高三英语试题.docx

1、高三英语第二学期苏南八校期初联考高三英语试题2008-2009学年第二学期苏南八校期初联考高三英语试题第卷（考试时间：120分钟 总分：120分）第一部分：听力（共20分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。1. What is Jenny learning now?A. French. B. Typing and sewing . C. Cooking.2. What happened to

2、Billy? A. His leg was broken. B. He fell off his bike. C. He broke his arm.3. What are the two speakers doing? A. Talking about a divorce. B. Looking at a picture. C. Talking about the mans mother.4. Who is answering the phone? A. Helen. B. George. C. Ben5. What does the woman often do on Saturday m

3、orning? A. Do some washing and cleaning. B. Go shopping. C. Visit some friends.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话或独白。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出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67题。6. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a coffee shop. B. In an office. C. In a dep

4、artment store.7. Why was the woman awarded?A. For her hard work. B. For her funny talks. C. For her excellent service.听第7段材料，回答810题。8. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Partners.9. What does Grace do? A. A college student B. A dance inst

5、ructor C. An actor10. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The woman has never seen Grace before. B. The woman is good at dancing. C. They have practiced for 3 hours.听第8段材料，回答第1113题11. Who is the man? A. The womans husband. B. Toms cousin. C. Toms father 12. Which meal is going to be served?

6、A. Breakfast B. Lunch. C. Supper13. How does the boy like to set the table? A. Spoons on the right, knives and forks on the left. B. Forks on the left, knives and spoons on the right. C. It doesnt tell clearly.听第9 段材料，回答第1416题14. Where is the conversation probably taking place? A. In a caf. B. In an

7、 office. C. In a meeting room.15. What will the meeting be about? A. About a mistake. B. About the workflow. C. About the relationship among workmates16. What can we infer from the conversation? A. The woman is the mans workmate. B. The meeting with Freddy Foods was successful. C. Greg and Jeff are

8、having a difficult relationship.听第10 段材料，回答第1720 题FounderSimon CowellSet up timeIn 2003Group memberFour 17 singers: a Spanish, 18 , a Frenchman and a SwissFeatureOpera- style pop songsSale of its first albumOver 19 copiesTime to release its second albumIn 20 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

9、1 分，满分15分）21.Help others whenever you can_ you will make the world a nicer place to live in. A. and B. or C. unless D. but22. -Has your father returned from Africa yet? -Yes, but he _here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia. A. was B. has been C. will be D. would be23. The b

10、ody quickly _ itself to changes in temperature. A. adjusts B. adopts C. adapt D. gets used to24. -Ill come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening. -Im sorry, by then my performance _and I _reporters in the meeting room. A. will end; will meet B. will have ended; will be meeting C. will be

11、ended; am going to meet D. is to end; will meet25. Youd better take some medicine with you before you leave _someone gets sick. A. so that B. the moment C. as long as D. in case26. If Dorothy had not been badly hurt in the car accident, _last months marathon race. A. she would have taken part in B.

12、she would take part in C. she might take part in D. she must have taken part in27. Dont be _by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. A. taken off B. taken out C. taken away D. taken in28. The cat is the only one of her pets she will have _on her bed. A. it sleep B. it sleeping C. slept

13、 D. sleeping29. My brother was against my suggestion while my sister was _ it. A. in honor of B. in search of C. in favor of D. in the charge of30. With nothing _behind, he felt _. A. left; relieved B. leaving; relief C. left; relieving D. leaving; relieved31. _they are closest friends is not clear

14、though they live together. A. That B. If C. What D. Whether32. -Come in, please. This way. _. -Thanks. Oh, you have a nice place here. -Im glad you like it. A. Take it easy B. Make yourself at home C. Help yourself D. How do you like it?33. The cancer risks _with smoking have been well proved. A. co

15、mbined B. associated C. caused D. joined44. I cant thank you _much for your kindness. I owe my success to you. A. so B. very C. too D. as35. These people will be given a chance to help themselves instead of being dependent on other people. _, they will enjoy a higher standard of living. A. However B

16、. As a result C. On the contrary D. On the other hand.第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分） 阅读下面短文、从每题所给的A、B、C 、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University 36 anger may help you 37 the negativ

17、e effects of stress and help you become healthier. “Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger,” said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “ The more you display anger, the lower your 38 responses.” Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,20

18、0. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered(干扰) with them by asking them to 39 faster or ask them other questions. If they made any 40 , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry 41 the researchers wer

19、e 42 them. Lerner used a 43 video camera and recorded all their facial 44 during the test. The researchers 45 their reactions as fear, anger and disgust, Other researchers recorded the students blood pressure, pulse and production of a high-stress hormone(荷尔蒙) called cortisol. People whose faces sho

20、wed more 46 during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as Diabetes, heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people feel fear, negative impacts (冲击、影响) 47 , but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to

21、 the 48 . “Having that sense of anger 49 people to actually feel some power in what 50 is a maddening (令人发狂的) situation,” Lerner said.” Lerner previously studied Americans emotional response to the 9.11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with 51 were more op

22、timistic. These people are healthier 52 with those who were frightened during the event. So in maddening 53 , anger is not a 54 thing to have. Its a 55 response than fear.36. A. shows B. suggests C. expresses D. insists37. A. drop B. reduce C. lose D. throw38. A. mistake B. sadness C. stress D. ange

23、r39. A. read B. write C. speak D. count40. A. mistakes B. decisions C. changes D. losses41. A. unless B. because C. if D. until42. A. watching B. stopping C. interrupting D. recording43. A. rented B. stolen C. borrowed D. hidden44. A. spots B. points C. expressions D. smiles45. A. chose B. regarded

24、C. treated D. described46. A. fear B. anger C. regret D. happiness47. A. decrease B. increase C. climb D. spread48. A. plan B. method C. study D. project49. A. hopes B. leads C. lets D. drives50. A. actually B. really C. otherwise D. luckily51. A. pain B. joy C. sorrow D. anger52. A. compared B. con

25、nected C. satisfied D. pleased53. A. situations B. conditions C. positions D. persons54. A. bad B. good C. proper D. wonderful55. A. shorter B. bigger C. faster D. healthier第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。AIt may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perf

26、ect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say

27、. If you lose you place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, dont worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened. Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech,

28、that doesnt really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther Kings famous speech-I have a Dream, you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you dont remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his

29、 way of speech-making. People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perf

30、ect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speakers ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speakers attractiveness by making him more human. As you work on your speech, dont worry about being perfect. Once you free you min

31、d of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.56. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will _.A. be smarter than you B. notice your mistakesC. do better than you D. know what you are talking about57 You dont remember obvious mistakes in a speech because _.A. you fix your attention on the content