湖北省武汉二中2009届高三3月测试题

英语

第一部分  听力（略）

第二部分　英语知识运用（共二节，满分40分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

  　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. Once you acquire the         of always doing a little more than expected, your workmates will trust you with greater responsibilities.

       A. personality            B. reputation             C. character               D. achievement

22. The programmes on New Year’s Eve have to         to many different types of interest and taste among the public.

       A. satisfy                  B. cater                     C. apply                    D. attract

23. It is difficult for a teacher to give         attention to children in a large class. We should reform the situation in order to meet each child’s needs.

       A. private                 B. personal                C. individual             D. single

24. It is rather        that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.

       A. misleading            B. embarrassing         C. boring                  D. demanding

25. It         me that the murderer has escaped from prison.

       A. occurs                  B. indicates               C. astonishes             D. publishes

26. On her first day at school, the young teacher was deeply         by the naughty boys.

       A. defended              B. offered                 C. offended               D. frightened

27. In this warm weather the ice will soon        .

       A. spoil                    B. melt                                          C. dissolve                    D. fail

28. She wants to find a job in the kindergarten because she         working with children.

       A. adores                  B. admires                C. dreams                 D. avoids

29. He was charged with         a shotgun without a licence.

       A. possessing             B. launching              C. locating                D. prohibiting

30. The young actress is very         about her success; she says it’s as much the result of good luck as of her own abilities.

       A. crazy                    B. modest                 C. particular              D. confident

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31―50 各题后给的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 a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work－   31    up and down the stairs of her three-storey home cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was    32    jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just   33   , a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s   34    was going to be reduced by thirty percent, and they were trying to live as if it had   35    happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of    36   .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had   37   an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just   38    I had become an expert at scraping (刮掉) dirt stuck to their wooden floor,   39    that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was    40   than that, for I felt I had become a part of their   41   .

Freda stayed at home with the kids,    42   I would often see her in the morning   43　

them to school. And I’d be there when they   44    home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had    45   them grow up. Now I was fired, but the   46    thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.

I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the    47    of my relationship with my clients (主顾). Who am I   48    them? As a matter of fact, I’m    49   an employee－the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted   50    of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

31. A. stepping                 B. coming                 C. jumping                D. moving

32. A. hanging                  B. making                 C. wearing                D. changing

33. A. cleaned                  B. washed                 C. swept                   D. brushed

34. A. duty                       B. money                  C. work                    D. pay

35. A. already                   B. seldom                 C. never                    D. yet

36. A. regret                     B. surprise                C. fear                      D. loss

37. A. started                    B. developed             C. improved              D. broken

38. A. why                       B. what                     C. that                      D. which

39. A. but                        B. and                      C. or                        D. for

40. A. less                        B. least                     C. more                    D. most

41. A. life                        B. story                    C. activity                 D. experience

42. A. as                          B. so                        C. since                    D. however

43. A. taking                    B. bringing               C. meeting                D. calling

44. A. left                        B. returned                C. went                     D. marched

45. A. found                     B. noticed                 C. watched                D. realized

46. A. possible                  B. great                    C. proper                  D. strange

47. A. meaning                 B. nature                   C. result                    D. importance

48. A. for                         B. to                         C. with                     D. at

49. A. hardly                    B. certainly               C. probably               D. merely

50. A. member                 B. person                  C. relative                 D. companion

第三部分　阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项.

A

America is the land of the automobile. This county has only 6 percent of the world’s population out of 46 percent of the world’s cars. Right now, there are 97 million privately owned cars consuming 75 billion gallons of gasoline and traveling an estimated 1,000 billion miles a year. The figures also affirm something we know every time we refill our gasoline tank. The automobile is a very thirsty piece of technology. Of the total petroleum supply in the United States, 30 percent goes to quench that thirst. Every year for each passenger car, about 800 gallons of gasoline are consumed.

Other aspects of our commitment to the automobile also bear mentioning here. It takes a great deal of energy to manufacture one automobile－about 150 million BTU's of energy. This is equivalent (相等的) to 1,200 gallons of gasoline, enough to run a car for about 1,600 miles. We expend(消耗) energy in the process of shipping cars from factories to showrooms, displaying them for sale and making replacement parts for repairs. One out of six jobs in the nation is associated with the automobile business. About two gallons of gasoline are consumed in the process of making every ten gallons that are pumped into an automobile's gas tank.

Building highways and parking lots has used up much of our land. It has been estimated that we have paved over 21,000 square miles of this country's surface, and most of it to accommodate the automobile. The automobile is also the largest contributor to our nation's air pollution problem and a very serious one because most of its pollutants(污染物质) are emitted(散发) in our large metropolitan(城区的) areas.

51. To make an automobile, we need         .

       A. 75 billion gallons of gasoline                 B. 150 million BTU's of energy

       C. 1,200 gallons of gasoline                       D. 800 gallons of petroleum

52. The underlined word “quench” in this passage means          .

       A. stop                     B. satisfy                  C. reduce                 D. cool

53. The main idea of this passage is          .

       A. what the automobile costs and brings      B. how to make the automobile

       C. the energy the automobile costs              D. the problem the automobile has brought

54. Which of the following is TRUE?

       A. America has more than 50 percent of the world's cars.

       B. Manufacturing one automobile consumes very little energy.

       C. Little of land in America is occupied by building highways and parking lots.

       D. The automobile has caused serious air pollution.

B

Research on the human brain has been attracting more and more scientists in recent years, just like the booming hi-tech industry. One of the latest research topics is how to change the human brain or combine the computer and the human brain, i. e. to transplant a chip into human brain. This may make everyone's dream come true. If we compare a human brain to a hard disc, what the scientists are doing is to enlarge the applicable capacity of the hard disc. For the time being, there are some difficulties in such transplant experiments, but scientists never give up.

Experiments have started on animals. In 2003, a transplanted experiment performed in the US turned a bear into a dolphin.

The dolphin was named Ted, and the bear was named Tallin. Using the most advanced technology available deep and detailed images were made of the memory area in Ted's brain containing information about swimming by the scientists. They obtained a series of useful information, the signals transferred by the nervous system. Such information was saved into a button-sized chip, which was then transplanted into the action memory area in Tallin's brain. The information saved on the chip was released by means of electric power.

Recently, another comprehensive(复杂的) memory transplanted was performed at the Motor Nerve Research Institute of the University of California. The memory transplanted in the experiment included actions, moods, logic, words, images, etc. The experiment involved          an entire transplant of the memory area. This was what the largest such experiment done so far.

The transplant was performed making a transfer from a dog named “Genius” to a dog named “Idiot”. “Genius” could understand and follow up to 100 gestures and orders made by its master. It was a real genius in memorizing. “Idiot” was the younger brother of “Genius”. It had no contact with people at all since its birth. It became an animal with nothing in its brain, without any memory.

The operation was a complete success. When the two dogs woke up, “Idiot” had grasped all the abilities “Genius” possessed; it was good at memorizing and sensible. It could follow every gesture and any command given by its master. But “Genius” gave no response to its master, and in fact did not recognize him at all.

55. The purpose of the experiment is         .

       A. to combine the computer and the human brain

       B. to make bear swim

       C. to make some stupid dog turn clever

       D. to enlarge the applicable capacity of human brain

56. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

       A. The scientists transferred a button-sized chip with useful information in Tallin's brain.

B. The comprehensive memory transplant was performed at the Motor Nerve Research University.

       C. The second experiment wasn’t an entire transplant of the memory area.

       D. The Idiot was an animal with memory before brain experiment.

57. What does the underlined word “success” refer to?

       A. The two dogs woke up.

       B. They were both good at memorizing.

       C. The Idiot grasped all the abilities of Genius.

       D. The Genius grasped all the abilities of the Idiot.

58. According to the text, we can infer        .

       A. a person can know more after the experiment

       B. a bear can swim after being transferred a chip with relevant useful information

       C. a dog can become clever after entire transplant of the memory area

       D. any animal is more clever than before

C

Why are so many people afraid of failure? Quite because no one tells us failure is an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every people has the right to fail.

Most parents work hard at preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child's hastily made(急速赶制成的) table as “perfect” even though it doesn't stand still. Another way is to shift (转移) blame. If John fails science. His teacher is unfair or stupid.

The trouble with failure-prevention devices(方法) is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time－and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a birthday party feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick consolations(安慰), prize or say, “It doesn't matter.” The young should be allowed to experience disappointment－and be helped to master it.

Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Ask yourself “Why did I fail?” Don't blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about inquiring.

Success is not nearly as good as a teacher as failure. Even a failure that seems definitive can cause fresh thinking, a change of direction. After 12 years of studying ballet a friend of mine got an interview with a professional company. She was turned down. “Would further train help?” she asked. The ballet master shook his head. “You will never be a dancer,” he said. “You haven't the body for it.”

In such cases, the way to use failure is to take stock bravely and ask, “What have I left? What else can I do?” My friend put away her shoes and moved into dance treatment center, a field where she's both able and useful. Failure frees one to take risks because there's less to lose. Often there is recovery of energy－a way to find new possibilites.

59. The second paragraph tells us         .

       A. how a mother should praise her child

       B. Two ways of failure prevention

       C. how to shift blame

       D. parents should blame their children at the proper time

60. According to the author, what should a child know in the real world?

       A. Ways to avoid failure.

       B. No one can be best all the time at everything.

       C. No parents should offer quick consolation.

       D. He can get pleasure from failure as well as success.

61. What can make a contribution to one's life once he learns to use it?

       A. Success.               B. Sadness.               C. Failure.                D. Value.

62. After the writer's friend was turned down, she         .

       A. lost heart and was at a loss                     B. continued further train

       C. began to ask for help from experts          D. turned to a new field

D

In 1814 Thomas Raffles sent a group of his men to look for a “mountain of Buddhist sculpture in stone” that was said to be buried in the forests. Working from the tales of the local people, Mr. Raffles sent his men to work digging at one of the many hills in central Java in southeastern Asia. Two months later, one of the men working on the hill found a great sculpture of Buddha carved in stone. The temple of Borobudur had been uncovered.

The temple was built around 800A. D.. The temple was planned to be a symbol of the universe and was built over a small hill. When seeing from above, a person can easily make out the overall design of the temple. Along the six-kilometer journey through all of the walkways of the temple leading up to the highest level, hundreds of carved images of the Buddha may be found.

After the temple was completed, it became the center of Buddhist worship in the Sailendra Kingdom until 930A. D.. In that year, the nearby volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted. Tons of ash and lava covered Borobudur. Overnight, the temple disappeared. It was totally covered under layers of ash from the volcano.

The temple remained hidden until Mr. Raffles and his men uncovered it again in the 1800s. However, after Mr. Raffles left Java, working on the temple was carried on without much interest. Collectors of ancient artifacts stole priceless treasures from the temple, and soon, all work on the temple came to a standstill. People living in the area began using stones from the temple to build and repair their homes. Nature also began to wear away the uncovered parts of the temple through wind and rain.

In 1900, with Java under Dutch control, an engineer named Dr. Theodore Van Erp was given the job of saving and rebuilding the temple. However, two world wars and a limited supply of money made his work stop. In 1973,the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) stepped in and began the Borobudur Restoration Project.

It was difficult to complete the full rebuilding of the temple. It took 700 men 10 years to rebuild the temple and it cost $ 25 million. When the thousand-year-old temple was finally reopened, the President of Indonesia said through the use of modern technology, “Borobudur will be a thousand years more.”

63. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

       A. Thomas Raffles.                                    B. The Temple of Borobudur.

       C. Mount Merapi Volcano.                         D. UNESCO.

64. How did Thomas Raffles hear about the buried Buddist sculptures?

       A. People living in the area told him.          B. Collectors of ancient artifacts told him.

       C. He saw them in a dream.                        D. Dr. Theodore Van Erp told him.

65. Which of the following is true about how the temple was damaged after Mr. Raffles uncovered it?

       A. Rain washed away the temple little by little.

       B. Experts brought artifacts out for further study.

       C. The work on the temple was once stopped.

       D. The local people used the stones from the temple.

66. Who provided the money for the Borobudur Restoration Project?

       A. The people of Java.                               B. The UNESCO.

       C. Dr. Theodore Van Erp.                           D. The President of Indonesia.

E

Every city in the world has taxis to take tourists to interesting places. London is the only city in the world where taking a taxi is an interesting experience for tourists. This is partly because of the special black cabs, which are found in no other country. But it is also because of the drivers themselves. While British people are famous for being polite and reserved, London taxi drivers are well known for their willingness to talk.

Some customers say that once the door shuts and the cab moves off they are captive audience. It is impossible to get the taxi drivers to stop talking.

“They're self-confident and free thinking,” says Malcolm Linskey, the author of a history of taxi drivers in London. “They answer to nobody but themselves and that comes across in their conversation.”

They are also expensive. London has the most expensive taxis of any city in the world except Tokyo. That's why Ken Living-stone, the mayor of London, is planning to make taxi drivers discuss their fares with customers before they take a ride.

Drivers agree that their fares are expensive. That's because their black taxis cost more than other cars, they say. And the customer is also paying for a more driving expertise than anywhere else in the world.

Before someone can qualify as a London taxi driver, that person has to pass a test known simply as “The Knowledge”. This involves memorizing the name and location of every street within six miles of a point in the exact center of London. The trainee must also learn the exact location of every important building within these streets. Finally he or she must be able to use this knowledge to work out the shortest distance between any two destinations within this area.

It can take up to three years to pass “The Knowledge”. Every day it is possible to see trainee taxi drivers on the streets of London, taking careful notes of popular destinations before finding the route to their next stop. Cab driving is a job often handed down in families. Many taxi drivers take their children out in their spare time to memorize routes they will need to know when it is their turn to do “the Knowledge”.

The effect of this is to make London taxi drivers experts at their job. They also have bigger brains. Recent research by scientists at the Institute of Neurology in London found that the hippocampus―the part of the brain that remembers things－was larger and more developed in cab drivers. They have to fit the whole of London into their heads, so their brains grow bigger.

67. Taking a taxi in London is an interesting experience for tourists because of the following statements except that        .

       A. the special black cabs can't be found in other countries

       B. the drivers are polite and reserved

       C. the drivers are talkative

       D. the drivers are self-confident and free thinking

68. Taking a taxi in London is very expensive because         .

       A. the drivers answer to nobody but themselves

       B. the drivers can discuss their fares with customers before the ride

       C. the drivers are the most qualified

       D. the black cabs are the safest

69. It can be inferred from the passage that          .

       A. London has the most expensive taxis in the world

       B. “The Knowledge” is a test that can be done easily

       C. trainee taxi drivers are not often seen on the streets

       D. many taxi drivers tend to make their children taxi drivers

70. London cab drivers have bigger brains because         .

       A. they are experts at their job

       B. they have many streets and routes in their minds

       C. their hippocampus is larger and more developed

       D. their heads are bigger

第四部分　书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）

根据句中括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词的恰当形式完成句子。

71. I                      (感到内疚) forgetting to post your letter. (guilty)

72. We finally                      (使他们相信) our innocence. (convince)

73. The match                      (不得不被取消) owing to the bad weather. (cancel)

74. Cars                      (起着至关重要的作用) in our modern lives. (vital)

75. He is afraid they won’t                     . (赞成他去那里). (approve)

76. My lawyer                      (估算我公司的价值) at $ 600,000. (assess)

77. All the people                      (出席聚会的) were his supporters. (present)

78. Eating too much fat can                      (导致心脏病) and cause high blood pressure. (contribute)

79. She was found                      (拥有) dangerous drugs. (possession)

80. She                      (特别挑剔) clothes. (particular)

第二节　短文写作

下面图画描述的是你3月15日上午去一家服装店退衣服的亲身经历, 请据此用英语写一篇日记.

注意: 1. 日记必须包括图画所表现的主要内容, 可以适当增减细节, 使其连贯完整.

2. 叙述必须用第一人称.　　3. 词数100左右.

武汉二中2009届高三英语

参　考　答　案

第二部分　英语语言知识运用

第一节　多项单选（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

21－30　  BBCBC　CBAAB

第二节　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

31－50　  DCADA　DBCCC　ABABC　DBBDA

第三部分　阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

51－70　 BBAD　DACB　BBCD　BADB　BCDC

第四部分　书面表达

第一节　完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

71. feel very guilty about

72. convinced them of

73. had to be cancelled

74. play a vital part

75. approve of his going there

76. assessed the value of my company

77. present at the party

78. contribute to heart disease

79. in possession of

80. was very particular about

第二节　短文写作（25分）

March 15                                                            Sunny

This morning I went into the shop in which I bought a coat yesterday, but the salesgirl treated me coldly. First she didn’t admit I bought the coat in her shop. I told her it was here that I bought the coat yesterday. Then she admitted it but refused to change it. I was very angry and quarreled with her. Just then the manager came out. First he said “Hello” to me, then he asked about what was the matter. After he knew about all this, he said “sorry” to me and criticized the girl. At last they changed another one for me. I said goodbye to them.