1、第 1 页 共 15 页江苏如皋中学 2011-2012 学年度第一学期质量检测（201110）高三英语命题人 孙福平 审题人 缪益香第 I 卷 (共 85 分)第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 20 分）第一节听下面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. When will Mr Brown have to be at the airport?A. By 8:30. B. By 9:30. C. By 10:30.2. Where is the m
2、an originally from?A. Boston. B. New York. C. Los Angeles.3. What do we know about the man?A. He likes his job.B. He wont give up his job.C. He has a large family to support.4. What are the speakers doing?A. Checking the modern furniture.B. Bargaining about the rent of the room.C. Talking about the
3、expense of electricity.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A present. B. A person. C. A plan. 第 二 节听 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 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 将 给 出 5 秒
4、 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 题。6. How often will the girl attend African Music?A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.7. What else is the girl going to take this term?A. Basic Spanish. B. Business classes. C.Spanish Composition. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What d
5、oes the woman think of the traffic?A. Orderly. B. Terrible. C. Just so-so.9. What made the woman angry the other day?A. She waited an hour for a bus.B. She didnt get on a bus at rush hour.C. She had waited long when three buses arrived together.10. How does Tony Berelli get to work?A. By bus. B. On
6、foot. C. By subway. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What does the woman say about the restaurant?A. It is very old.第 2 页 共 15 页B. The fish there is fresh.C. The beef there is delicious.12. What do we know about the restaurant?A. It serves roast dinners on Sundays.B. It doesnt serve vegetarian dishes.C. I
7、t opens from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Sundays.13. What will a man do next?A. Book a table. B. Check the menu. C. Call the womans sister.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. Why does the man want to sell the computer?A. He thinks its memory is small.B. He doesnt like its colour. C. He has just bought a new o
8、ne. 15. What will be sold with the computer together?A. Headphones. B. A mouse. C. A bag. 16. How much does the man want to sell the computer for?A. 500. B. 480. C. 425. 17. What do we know about the computer?A. It has 160GB memory.B. It is white and silver.C. It is a desktop.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题
9、。18. What community is Regional Special about today?A. Indian. B. African. C. American.19. What programme will be on at 10:15 p.m.?A. The News. B. High Society. C.Sports programme.20. What will be talked about in the health programme?A. The ways to keep fit.B. The food to keep fit.C. The dangers inv
10、olved in keeping fit.第二部分：知识运用（共两节，满分 90 分）第一节：单项填空（共 40 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 40 分）21. What lessons China can draw from _ global financial crisis has become _ hot topic among us students.A. a; the B. /; a C. the; a D. /; the22. _ there are _ of 5 emperors, their wives and other royal family members.A. Buri
11、ed, the remaining B. Buried, the remainsC. Burying, the remaining D. Burying, the remains23. We may find that learning a foreign language does not have to be _ learning our mother tongue, but can in fact be as easy. A. twice harder as B. as twice hard as C. twice as hard as D. as twice hard24. The w
12、ord “media” basically refers to _ we commonly call newspapers, magazines, 第 3 页 共 15 页radios and televisions. A. which B. that C. what D. where25. I always have so many things to _ when I come back to the company after a trip abroad.A. attend to B. add to C. contribute to D. appeal to26. The maple l
13、eaf is Canadas national _.A. symbol B. sign C. sigh D. design 27. - Can I use the telephone on the table, sir?- Under no circumstances _ to use the telephone in the office for personal affairs.A. anyone is allowed B. nobody is allowedC. is anyone allowed D. is nobody allowed 28. - I dont want to mov
14、e to that city. It is heavily polluted.- Pollution is common. The city here is _.A. not less clean B. no clean C. no less clean D. no cleaner29. Misunderstandings _from lack of social communication ,unless _properly.may lead to serious problems.A. arisen; handling B. arising; handled C. arising ; ha
15、ndled D. risen; handling30. Helping others is a habit, you can develop even at an early age.A. it B. that C. what D. one 31. Mr. Lee, who as a carpenter for over 10 years, is now a very famous statesman in this country.A. has worked B. had work ed C. worked D. works32. -Time flies! The fantastic hol
16、iday is over. Well have to part.-No need to feel blue. _A. Envy has no holidays. B. A single flower does not make a spring.C. All that glitters is not gold. D. All good things come to an end.33. The company was _ willing to provide the graduates with what they needed, _ made them excited.A. more tha
17、n; which B. less than; it C. no more than; that D. not more than; what34. The microcomputer is _ ten thousand dollars, but it is _of being bought.A. worth; worth B. worthy; worthy C. worth; worthy D. worthy; worth35. Colors like red _ a sense of energy and strength.A. exchange B. convey C. transform
18、 D. transfer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，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。As an engineering student, I had a degree and three good job offers. I cant help trembling when I hear about studies that show that women are at a _36 when it comes to math. However, I discovered: just
19、because a subject is 37 to learn, it does not _38_ you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it. _39 you do, theres a strong chance you will enjoy it more than anything else.In eighth grade I took algebra（代数学）. On one test I got only 36 percent of the _4
20、0 answers. I failed the next one, too. I started to _41_ that maybe Im just not good at this. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didnt take my bad grades as a judgment of my _42 _, but 43 as an indication that I should study more. He _ 44 me aside and told me 第 4 页 共 15 页he knew I could do bet
21、ter. He let me _45 the tests, and I pulled my grade up to an A.I studied a lot in college, too. I had moments of fear while sitting below the buzzing fluorescent lights in the 46 library on Saturday afternoons, when I _47 _that the estrogen (雌性激素) in my body was 48_ me from understanding thermodynam
22、ics (热力学). But the _49 _ in my classes had to work just as hard, and I knew that I couldnt _50 to lose confidence in myself. I didnt want to choose between my femininity（女性）and a good career. _51 _ I reminded myself that those 52 _, the ones that say that math comes more naturally to men, are faulty
23、.Heres a secret: math and science dont go _53 to most people. No one was _54 born knowing calculus. A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she can do it, and that takes a leap of 55 . It also helps to have selective hearing.36. A. difficulty B. disadvantage C. trouble
24、 D. discomfort37. A. enjoyable B. humorous C. simple D. difficult38. A. sign B. state C. mean D. exhibit39. A. Once B. Where C. Although D. Until40. A. wrong B. complete C. correct D. missing41. A. think B. suggest C. choose D. decide42. A. activities B. possibilities C. characteristics D. abilities
25、43. A. extremely B. simply C. slightly D. normally44. A. pulled B. led C. knocked D. pushed45. A. design B. attend C. desert D. retake46. A. chemistry B. engineering C. biology D. geography47. A. worried B. excited C. disturbed D. astonished48. A. protecting B. awaking C. preventing D. attempting49.
26、 A. girls B. boys C. students D. professors50. A. afford B. encourage C. persuade D. manage51. A. Also B. But C. Furthermore D. So52. A. studies B. explorations C. performances D. experiments53. A. actively B. easily C. actually D. gradually54. A. never B. ever C. even D. often55. A. honesty B. know
27、ledge C. reality D. faith第三部分：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、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATemperature is measured by means of a thermometer (温度计 ). One general form of thermometer depends upon the fact that most solids and liquids expand as their temperature rises. There are one or
28、two exceptions. There is, for instance, a kind of steel called invar (from “invariable”) which does not change its dimensions as temperature changes; it is valuable for making pendulums (钟摆), since, if the length of a pendulum changes, its time of vibration changes. It is also used for making very a
29、ccurate measuring scales. In both cases, then, changes of atmospheric temperature have no effect if invar is used. Another exception is that very odd liquid, water, which has many strange properties (特性). As water gets colder it contracts (收缩), which is ordinary behavior, until it reaches the temper
30、ature of 30. above freezing point. After that, as it gets colder, it expands. This is fortunate-for considering the freezing of a pond. As the water on top gets colder, it shrinks; and 第 5 页 共 15 页so, volume for volume, it becomes heavier and sinks. This goes on until all the pond is at 30, but afte
31、r that, as the water becomes colder it expands. Therefore the colder water stays on top and freezes, covering the pond with ice. If the water went on contracting down to the freezing point, the pond would become a solid block of ice in the end. This would not worry people who live in hot climates, b
32、ut it would be very serious for those who live in cold climates, especially for those who want to break the ice and catch fish which live in the cold water beneath.56. Invar is valuable for making pendulums because _.A. it can hardly change its shape or size as temperature changes. B. it will change
33、 its dimensions without the change of temperature.C. its time of vibration doesnt change if its length changes. D. its time of vibration does change if its length changes.57. As water gets colder after reaching the temperature of 30. it will _.A. contract B. shrink C. expand D. freeze58. Which of th
34、e following statements is true, according to this passage?A. Only invar can be used to make a thermometer. B. Only water can be used to make a thermometer.C. Both invar and water can be used to make a thermometer. D. Neither invar nor water can be used to make a thermometer. 59. The best title of th
35、is passage is most likely to be _.A. Temperature Measurement B. Two ExceptionsC. Uses of Invar D. Properties of WaterBI was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted t
36、o contact the AA. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad t
37、hat I was wearing a thick coat.There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightene
38、d cat outside a small restaurant.Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street next to it was the towns only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I
39、saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he did not even raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.Discreetly(谨慎地), I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait my turn. It wa
40、s when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the call box door.60. At what time was the story set?A. An early winter morning. B. A cold wi nter afternoon.C. An early summer morning. D. A windy summer afternoon.61. Which of the following words b
41、est describe the writers impression of the town?A. Cold and frightening. B. Dirty and crowded.C. Empty and dead. D. Unusual and unpleasant.第 6 页 共 15 页62. Why didnt the man raise his head when the writer came near?A. He was annoyed at being seen by the writer.B. He was angry at being disturbed by th
42、e writer.C. He was probably fast asleep.D. He was probably murdered.CLike fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full blown. Quite the opposite, just as the cook has to under
43、go a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose-school work, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the mor
44、e effective the writing, and the more rewarding.There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe（文书）to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can
45、take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be dif
46、ficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into som
47、e “letters-to-be-read” files or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing. 63. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because .A. both are enjoyable B. both are hard to learnC. both are
48、 necessary to life D. both take a long time to prepare64. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. Writing skills are less important than experience.B. A good writer should have his own way of writing.C. A good writer should learn to write all kinds of articles.D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn.65. The author thinks that the most important reason for us to practice writing skills is
