1、1北京市宣武区 20052006 学年度第一学期期末检测高三英语 2006.1本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 150 分，考试时间为120 分钟。第卷（选择题，共 115 分）第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 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。1How much did the mans sister pay for her skirt?A
2、Sixteen dollars BSixty six dollars C Thirty three dollars2What time is it now?AThree thirty BThree oclock CFour oclock3What language is spoken in the film?AJapanese BChinese CEnglish4What can we infer from this conversation?AShe lent him an extra penBShe offered him a ball-penCShe said she didnt hav
3、e any extra ink5Where were the two speakers at the moment?AOn the platformBAt the information deskCNear the stairs第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听面 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 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，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，回答第 6、7 小题。6Whats wro
4、ng with Lily?AShe is sick BShe feels cold CShe gets old7How is Tailor going to the hospital?AOn foot BBy bike CBy bus听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 小题。8What is the most attractive in the film?AIts sound BIts music C Its picture9When was the film most likely to begin?AAfter 6:00 p.m. BBefore 6:00 p.m. CAt 6:00 p.m
5、. sharp听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 小题。10Why did Bob take a Chinese course?2ABecause he liked Chinese very muchBBecause he planned to go to ChinaCBecause he wanted to study Chinese culture11Where was Jenny going?ATo China BTo Japan C To Egypt12Why couldnt Jenny go on her holiday trip right away?ABecause she
6、 didnt have enough moneyBBecause she should learn the language firstCBecause she wanted to see her friends听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 小题。13What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?ADoctor-Patient BSeller-Buyer CBoss-Employee14What size did the woman want?AA size 28 BA size 38 C A size 481
7、5What color sweater did the woman buy in the end?AA gray sweater BA green sweater C A black sweater16What do you think of the woman?AShe was rude BShe was clever C She was forgetful听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 小题。17What is the island of Manhattan like?AA very large islandBA very small islandCA long，narrow
8、island18Whats the population of New York City?AOver seven millionBOver six millionCOver seven billion19Where do a great many black Americans live?AIn Manhattan BIn Harlem CIn Chinatown20Whats the height of the tallest building in New York City?A50 meters B110.25 meters C 411.75 meters第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节
9、，满分 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。21How are you getting on with your classmates?_Ive got to know them all AVery good BMuch pleasedCVery comfortable DFar better22The wings of the plane，which stretched out for 80 feet，were _ of its bodyAmore than the length t
10、wice Bmore than twice the lengthCtwice the length more than Dtwice more than the length23He kept all his letters in a _ boxAmetal strong black B strong metal blackCblack strong metal Dstrong black metal324We can go to the cinema as soon as we _ supperAhave Bhave hadCwill have Dhad25She _ writing the
11、 report after breakfast and handed it in at noonAset about Bset downCset out Dset off26You ought _ the matter to the manager the day before yesterdayAto report Bto reportingCto have reported Dhave purported27Johnson，therere a lot of chairs over there Go and fetch _ for meWhy _? Mike is sitting there
12、 doing nothingsAthat ；not he Bone；me Cit；not him Dsome；I 28Alice came back home the day before yesterdayReally? Where _ at all?Ahad she been Bhad she gone C has she gone Dhas she been29If that was _ he told you，he was telling liesAwhat Bit CwhichDthat30Id like to go to the cinema with you，Dad Sorry，
13、my darling，but the film is _ for adults onlyAPromised Bpermitted Cadmitted Dintended31Close attention is _ present movements is the international money marketAbeing paid to Bpaying to C being paid for Dpaying for32How can you know so much about whats going on in that country?Ive got a friend living
14、there who always keeps me _Ainforming Bto be informedCbeing informed Dinformed33_，I had no difficulty in finding the famous actors houseADirecting by BI was directed by JackCWith Jack directing me DJack directed me34Peter is very angry about _ to the partyAnot inviting B not being invitedCbeing not
15、invited Dnot to be invited35The house which he bought in 1999，_ he sold two years later，is again on the marketAand that Bwhich C and which Dwhen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。Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago，I was filled with excit
16、ement of having the weekend offBut I was 36 into stillness by what I sawMother was seated at the far end of the sofa， 37 ，with the second-hand green typewriter on the tableShe told me that 4she couldnt type fast and then she was out of workMy shock and embarrassment (尴尬) at finding mother in tears w
17、as a perfect proof of how 38 I understood the pressures on herSitting beside her on the sofa，I began very 39 to understand“I guess we all have to 40 sometimes” Mother said quietlyI could 41 her pain and the tension (紧张) of 42 the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrivalSuddenly，something
18、inside me 43 I reached out and put my arms around herShe broke thenShe put her face 44 my shoulder and sobbed (啜泣)I held her 45 and didnt try to talkI knew I was doing what I should，what I could 46 it was enoughIn that moment，feeling mothers 47 with feelings，I understood for the first time，her being
19、 so easy to 48 She was still my mother， 49 she was something 50 ，a person having the ability of bearing fear， 51 and failureI could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 52 in her armsA week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the rad
20、io station 53 “Its a job I can do，though，” she said simplyBut the evening practice on the old green typewriter continuedI had a very 54 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 55 across the paperI knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type
21、36Atired Bashamed C lazy Dshocked37Acrying Bsmiling Cthinking Dwhispering38Aeagerly Bworriedly Clittle Dmuch39Aquickly Bslowly Csuddenly Dproudly40Afail Bwin C fall sick Dgive in41Aknow of Bwatch C senseDrecognize42Aholding back Bputting away Csitting up Dstopping from43Alit up Bcame true C turned D
22、increased44Ato Bup C through Dagainst45Athoughtfully Btightly Ccarefully Dpolitely46Aand that Bnow that C but that Dso that47Ahand Bface C hair Dback48Acontent Bbreak C fallDunderstand49Atherefore Bhowever C yet Dthough50Amore Bmuch ClittleDhuge51Awound Bdefeat Ccut Dhurt52Akindness Bmemory C comfor
23、t Dsupport53Asupplied Boffered C paid forDcontributed54Adifferent Bhard CpleasantDserious55Aoff Baway Cout Dthrough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。5AA desert is a land of silence and spaceThe sun shines，she wind blows，and time and space seem endlessNothing is
24、soft，the sand and rocks are hard，and many of the plants even have hard needles rather than leavesThe size and location of the worlds deserts are always changingOver millions of years，as climates change and mountains rise，new dry and wet areas appearBut within the last hundred years，deserts have been
25、 increasing at a frightening speedThis is partly because of natural changes，but those most responsible for creating deserts are human beingsIn the 19th century some people living in the English colonies (殖民地) in Australia introduced rabbits into that continent from EnglandToday there are millions of
26、 rabbits that eat every plant in sightThe great desert that lies in the center of Australia is growing，Partly due to the rabbitsHuman beings can make deserts，but they also can prevent them from getting biggerIn China，wind breaks are being built in the northwest to keep the desert from growingDeserts
27、 still threaten the worldIt is believed that land that is on the way to becoming desert equals the size of AustraliaRussia，and the United States put togetherCan we stop the spread of the worlds deserts and save the land that is so important to mankind? Yes，we canAnd we must56Which statement is TRUE
28、according to the text?ANot every thing is hard in desertsBIn deserts time and space are endlessCTrees in deserts do not have big leavesDYou can only feel winds blow across deserts57From the text we can tell the reason for the increasing of desert in Australia is partly that _Athere are too many catt
29、leBthere are too many peopleCthere are too many sheep and goatsDthere are too many rabbits58The writer believes that _Adesert is a big problem to human beings and there will be no way outBman will find a way to control the desertCman will kill a number of rabbits to reduce desert areasDbirth-control
30、 will help to control the increasing of desertBLiving and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days，but living and dealing with parents can be even tougherIf I have learned anything in my 16 years，it is that communication is very important，both when you disagree and when you get along With any
31、 relationship，you need to let other person know how you are feelingIf you are not able to communicate，you drift (漂浮) apartWhen you are angry with your parents，or anyone else，not talking to them doesnt solve (解决) anythingCommunication begins with the concerns of anotherIt means that you cant just com
32、e home from school，go up to your room and take no notice of anyoneEven if you just say “hi”，and see how their day is for five minutes，it is better than nothing6To have a good relationship，you must keep communication strongLet people know how you feel，even if its just writing a noteWhen dealing with
33、parents，you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parentIf you are trying to make them see something as you see it，tell them that youll listen to what they have to say，and ask them politely to listen to youShouting or walking away only makes the situation worseThis is an e
34、xample: One night，Sophie went to a street party with her friendsShe knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks，but she didnt feel she could just ask to go homeThat would be rude After all，they had been nice enough to take her along with themNeedless to say，she was late getting homeHer p
35、arents were unhappy at first，but when Sophie explained why she was late，they let the incident goCommunication was the key factor hereIf Sophies parents had not been willing to listen，Sophie would have been in a lot of troubleCommunication isnt a one-way deal: it goes both waysJust remember: if you g
36、et into a situation like Sophies，tell the other person how you feel listening is key factors to communication59In the writers view，dealing with parents is _ than with childrenAmore difficult BeasierCmore uninteresting Dmore interesting60The main idea of the second paragraph is _Athe importance of fr
37、iendshipBto make your feeling known to othersCthe importance of communicationDthe disagreement between generations61When parents and children are in communication，the key to a happy relationship is that _Achildren should always obey their parentsBparents play the leading partCthey should be equalDpa
38、rents make the children know their feelings62The example in this passage proves that _ASophies parents are willing to listen to herBSophie is very polite to her parentsCSophie did well in explaining her being lateDcommunication is the way out of misunderstandingCWithout proper planning，tourism can c
39、ause problemsFor example，too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of the countryIf tourists create too much traffic，the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappyThey begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely They forget how much tourism can help th
40、e countrys economyIt is important to think about the people of a destination (旅行目的地 ) country and how tourism affects them Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitantsToo much tourism can be
41、a problemIf tourism grows too quickly，people must leave other 7jobs to work in the tourism industryThis means that other parts of the countrys economy can sufferOn the other hand，if there is not enough tourism，people can lose jobsBusinesses can also lose moneyIt costs a great deal of money to build
42、large hotelsAirports，first-class roads，and other support facilities (配套设施) needed by tourist attractionsFor example，a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to buildIf this room is not used most of the time，the owners of the hotel will lose moneyBuil
43、ding a hotel is just a beginningThere must be many other support facilities as well，including roads to get to the hotel，electricity，sewers (下水道) to handle waste，and water All of these support facilities cost moneyIf they are not used because there are not enough tourists，jobs and money are lost 63Wh
44、ich of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?AIt is extremely important to develop tourismBBuilding roads and hotels is importantCSupport facilities are highly necessaryDPlanning is of great importance to tourism64The underlined word “inhabitants” (in Paragr
45、aph 1) probably means _Acitizens BpassengersCpopulation Dtourists65Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _Aa bad effect on other industriesBa change of tourists customsCover-crowdedness of places of interestDpressure on traffic66It can be inferred from the text that _Athe author doesn
46、t like tourism developing so fastBlocal people will benefit from tourist attractionCother parts of a countrys economy wont benefit from tourism much Dwe cant build too many support facilities67The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will _Awaste a lot of moneyBweaken their
47、 economyChelp establish (确立 ) their customsDhelp improve their lifeDSo whats the adjective (形容词) most commonly used by teenagers to describe how they feel about school?“Bored”，according to a Gallup Poll reportIn a recent online survey，Gallup asked 785 students aged 13 to 17 to look over a list of adjectives and choose the three that best describe “how you usually feel at school”“Bored” was the clear winner，named by half the students，beating out “tired”，which was picked by 42 percentGirls an
