湖南省长沙县实验中学2007届高三英语第四次月考试卷

时量：120分钟 命题人：邱利辉 审题人：孔伏卿

第一卷（共三部分，共115分）

第一部分：听力部分

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. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. Clean up her room.

B. Not wait for him past noon.

C. Not worry about her raincoat

2. What does the woman imply about the weather?

A. The next few days are supposed to be warm.

B. Clouds and cool temperatures are expected.

C. It can get much better than it already is.

3. What time in Los Angeles did the man assume?

A. 10:00 a.m. B. 4:00 p.m. C. 4:00 a.m.

4. Why didn’t the woman buy the tape?

A. The tape was sold out

B. She ran out of money

C. The shop never sold the tape.

5. What do we learn from the conversation?

A. They are offered some plane tickets for their holidays.

B. They’ll stay at home during the holidays.

C. They’ll be flying somewhere for their vacation.

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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至第7题。

6. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Policeman and driver.

B. Boss and secretary.

C. Friends.

7 .Why did the woman get the ticket?

A. She is always careless.

B. She didn’t get see the sign.

C. She was not familiar with the road.

听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。

8 .What did the woman want to be when she was little?

A. A teacher B. A doctor C. A banker

9. What helped the woman decide to take her present job?

A. Her parent’s wish. B. Her education. C. Her experience.

10.Where did the woman’s parents want her to go into?

A. Bank. B. Hospital. C. Going abroad

听第8段材料，回答第11至第14题。

11. Where will the wanted person probably first go according to the police?

A. Another country B. Birmingham C. The mountains

12. Which of the following things will the man probably not go for?

A. Clothes and money. B. His passport. C. Arms.

13. How will the man probably to her?

A. He will send someone else to her.

B. He will go personally to her.

C. He will call her.

14. How will the man probably try to leave the country?

A. By ship B. By air C. By train

听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。

15. How many drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year?

A. At most 13,000 B. More than 30,000 C. About 3,000

16. Who can be excused from wearing the seat belt?

A. One who has the driver’s responsibility?

B. A child under 14.

C. One who has the doctor’s certificate.

17. What is the driver’s responsibility?

A. To make a front seat child under 14 wear a seat belt.

B. To make all the passengers wear their a seat belt.

C. To make the front belt wear a seat belt.

听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题

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第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。

21． —I’d like to run a business soon; what do you think of my idea?

—Do you know about the local market?_________________.

A. Think nothing of it B. Do as you please

C. Better safe than sorry D. It’s none of my business

22. —Have you completed your paper?

—Not yet. I _____ the last chapter.

A. wrote B. have written C. was writing D. am writing

23. If you had bought the ticket for the flight for me yesterday,

I _____ to Seattle now.

A. had flown B. am flying C. would be flying D. should have flown

24. The machine has been used much too long; ______it doesn’t work well sometimes.

A. It’s no wonder that B. There is no doubt if

C. It’s unlikely D. That’s because

25. In this area, ______little children have to do _______many jobs.

A. so ; so B. such ; such C. such ; so D. so ; such

26. Most varieties of steel _______ elements, such as carbon, silicon and phosphorus.

A. contain B. contains C. containing D. to contain

27. In fact, I can’t find ______our teacher’s address is , or I will go to visit him.

A. what B. that C. where D. which

28. —Is Tom coming to our evening party?

—He should, but he ______ not. It’s said that he’s getting out early tomorrow to New York.

A. must B. can C. need D. may

29. Ba Jie, for ______experiences were adventurous and unforgettable, was an old man always telling the truth.

A. whom B. whose C. that D. which

30. According to ______announcement by Guangzhou price Bureau, _______new measures which have been taken recently are expected to cut the operation costs of each taxi driver by 1280 yuan.

A. the ; / B. an ; the C./; the D. an ; /

31. After the Shenzhou VI capsule touched down, two astronauts succeeded in traveling around the earth, thus again _______china is a global space power.

A. proving B. to prove C. to have proved D. being proved

32. —How are you getting along with your study in the university?

—I _______off to bad start, but I’m used to it .

A. had got B. was getting C. got D. have got

33. _______in the traffic jam, the car couldn’t move a little bit

A. Sticking B. Stuck C. To stick D. Stick

34. Many representatives were in favor of his proposal that a special committee _____ to investigate the accident.

A. were set up B. was set up C. be set up D. set up

35. I wonder how he ______ that to the teacher.

A. dare to say B. dare saying C. not dare say D. dared say

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you have strong arms and feet, you might make a good waiter. You must 36 , however, not in the restaurant, but in the 37 , helping the head cook, to learn exactly 38 each dish is prepared. Then you will be able to tell the customers what the ingredients（成分）are and how the food is 39 . From this first step, you may enter the restaurant as a 40 . But you won’t be allowed to serve the customers yet. They will 41 let you do the simplest jobs, 42 the tables and carrying the plates. But all the time you must watch and learn. Later you will be taught how to 43 food, and if you are good at it you may become a waiter in charge of a number of 44 . You may even become a head waiter 45 you are afraid of hard work.

When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he 46 only two words of English— “please” and “Hello”. He 47 to get a job helping in the kitchen of an Indian restaurant, and he spent 48 little spare time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon he got a job in the restaurant as a waiter. Every night, Carlo used to go home tired, but 49 too tired to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. He always managed to 50 a third of his wages, 51 he put in the bank regularly every Friday. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always had a warm 52 for his customers. They liked him, 53 people used to come to the restaurant and ask to be served by Carlo. Now twenty five years later, Carlo is the manager of six restaurants, and he hopes to open a seventh 54 . But he still believes in the personal 55 , and every night he goes to one or another of his restaurants to welcome the customers with a friendly greeting.

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，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Margie Blank remembers the phone call from Iraq sometime before Christmas. Her son, Army specialist Joseph Darby, a military police officer in the reserves(not full-time soldiers), was on the phone and she could tell something was wrong .

Darby, 24, would later come out as the soldier who first alerted (使警觉)the world to the abuse(虐待) of Iraqi prisoners by US guards at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad on January 13. "I could tell in his voice he was not sleeping," Blank,45, recalls. "He said, '1 don't feel good.'" Darby was feeling bad about something he thought was very wrong." It was really hard on him," his mother said. "He didn't want to go against his troops, but he said he could not stand the cruelty he had discovered. He said he kept thinking, 'What if that was my mum, my brother or my wife?'" Darby slipped an anonymous(匿名信) note under a military investigator's door in January, about the mistreatment of prisoners. He later turned in a CD-ROM with1,000 photos documenting the cruelty, according to a recently disclosed internal Army report. "I told him, 'Your picture is in the paper,'" Blank said. " I said, 'Honey, you did a good thing and good always triumphs over evil.' And he said, 'You' re right, mum.'"

Darby grew up in western Pennsylvania, US. To help his family, he worked at a fast food restaurant as a teenager and as a mechanic after graduating from high school. He thought the Army might lead to a better life---even a college education. So, like many others, he ended up in Iraq.

56. How did Darby feel when he found the abuse of Iraqi prisoners?

A. Excited. B. Terrible. C. Pleased. D. Angry.

57. Blank_________.

A. worried about what Darby had done B: was proud of her son

C. cared little about her son D. encouraged her son to tell the world the truth

58. Darby joined the arm to _________.

A. travel around the world for free B. support his family

C. improve his life D. occupy Iraq

59. The purpose of writing the passage is to__________

A. criticize the US troops for their wrong doings in Iraq

B. discuss whether Darby should disclose the abuse of Iraqi prisoners

C. tell the life about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners

D. show how Darby did in face of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners

B

Scientists have long doubted that one of most powerful objects in space is a black hole. Black holes create huge amounts of gravity. The gravity produced by a black hole is so strong it can even capture（捕获）light. Black holes pull everything into them. Recently NASA exerts released information and a photograph that shows a black hole slowly destroying a star. The power gravity of the black hole is tearing the star apart. Observations from two X-ray telescopes show evidence of this.

The telescopes are NASA Chandra and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-ray. They were combined with earlier images from the German Roentgen Satellite.. Scientists have been observing the black hole more than ten years.

Stefanie Komossa works at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial (宇宙的) Physics in German.. She is the leader of an international team of researchers. Miss Komossa says stars can bend or be stretched a small amount. However, evidence shows this star has been stretched so far it is now breaking apart. She says her star moved too close to the black hole. Scientists say the black hole they are observing has a mass of about 100-million times that of the Sun. They believed the star that was destroyed was about the same size as the Sun. The black hole and the star are in a galaxy(银河系) about 700-million light years away from the Earth.

60. It can be learned from the first paragraph that the scientists seem to ______in space.

A. describe one of the most powerful objects B. worry about the huge amounts of gravity

C. open out the result of a new discovery D. remind people of the secret of nature

61. The underline, word "evidence" in the passage probably means_______. .

A. anything that gives reason for believing something

B. the act or an instance of discovering

C. information presented as objective reality

D. the act of informing or the condition of being informed

62 Which of the following is NOT right?

A. It was long time ago that the black holes began to be observed.

B. A star was pulled into the black hole because of the powerful gravity.

C. Only X-ray telescopes are used to observe the black hole in space.

D. Scientists didn't believe that the black holes exist in space.

63 The gravity produced by a black hole is so strong that_______.

A. maybe all the objects in space will be destroyed

B. it can even capture light C. none of objects in space can avoid being stretched

D. the galaxy will become a target attacked in space

C

The cicada（蝉） is a typical insect species which uses a combinatorial communication system. In their life cycle, communication is very important, for only through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and when to mate. Three different calls are employed for this purpose. Because of their limited sound producing mechanisms, cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes. The only way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is by varying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes. The congregation call consists of 12 to 40 ticks, delivered rapidly, followed by a two-second buzz. It is given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes. Once they are all together, the males use courtship calls. The preliminary call, a prolonged, slow ticking, is given when the male notices a female near him. The advanced call, a prolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate, is given when a female is almost within grasp. The preliminary call almost in variably occurs before the advanced call, although the latter is given without the preliminary call occurring first if a female is suddenly discovered very near by During typical courtship, though, the two calls together result in ticking followed by a buzzing-the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered at a slower rate. In this way, cicadas show efficient use of their minimal sound producing ability, organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call and the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.

64. The cicada congregation call___________.

A. attracts only males. B. is given by both sexes.

C. is given only by males. D. attracts only females.

65. During typical courtship, when a male first notices a female near him, he gives________.

A. the two courtship calls together. B a series of slow ticks.

C. 12 to 40 rapid ticks. D. a two-second buzz.

66. How does the congregation call differ from the two courtship calls together?

A. It is delivered at a slower rate. B. It is delivered at a faster rate.

C.. The ticks precede the buzzes. D The buzzes precede the ticks.

67. According to this passage, why is communication so important for cicadas?

A. It helps them defend themselves against other insect species.

B. It warns them of approaching danger.

C. It separates the males from the females.

D. It is necessary for the continuation of the species.

D.

His feet had touched the ground again, but South African Mike Melville’s head was still high above the clouds.

Seeing the earth from the edge of space was "an amazing experience'', said the 63-year-old pilot It was more than a personal experience. Melville and his rocket plane Space Ship One made history last Monday when it became the first private manned flight to reach space.

The spacecraft was carried by a jet (喷气机) until it reached a height of 14 kilometers. Then it separated from the jet and continued its journey beyond the earth's atmosphere. The craft reached space by traveling at three times the speed of sound.

On board, Melville was able to see the earth. He also became weightless for about 3 minutes when the craft reached its highest altitude of 100 kilometers. He even opened a bag of colorful chocolate sweets to see if they would float around in the cockpit (驾驶员座舱) --- they did.

The successful flight brought the design team, led by famous American designer Burt Rutan, closer to winning the USS10 million Ansari X Prize. The award will be given to the first privately funded (投资) spacecraft to send three people 100 kilometers above the earth. The spacecraft also

has to land safely and repeat the achievement within two weeks.

This is to prove that the craft is reliable ( 可靠的) and has the ability to carry paying customers. "The flight opens a new chapter in history, putting space within the reach of ordinary citizens," said Patti Smith, head of commercial space transportation at the US Federal Aviation Administration (联邦航空局).

It's hoped that this flight is the first step toward space tourism. Members of the public could pay US$20,000-100,000 for the chance to fly high above the earth's atmosphere, float in zero gravity and take in the sights of space.

Rutan thinks that affordable space flights will be possible within the next 10 to 15 years. And that's just the beginning. "We are heading in to orbit sooner than you think," he said.

"We do not intend to stay in low-earth orbit for ages. The next 25 years will be a wild ride ... one that history will note was done for the benefit of everyone."

68. The story is about___________.

A. a successful flight into pace B. the beginning of affordable space flights

C. competition for commercial space transportation D. the first private rocket plane

69. According to Burt Rutan, what is likely to happen?

A. He'll win the Ansari X Prize.

B. A space flight will cost much less than 100,000.

C. In a few decades, private space craft will travel high in space.

D. The Space Ship One will make another flight within two weeks.

70. The fact that chocolate sweets could float proves ＿＿＿＿

A. the spacecraft was flying faster than sound B. Melville was in space

C. Melville was high above the earth D. there was a strong wind

71 The title of this passage is _________.

A. Walk in space B. The first private manned spaceship reached space successfully

C. The first spaceship D. A manned spaceship reached space successfully

E

We sometimes think humans are the only species which can bear anxiety，but stress seems to affect the immune(免疫)system of lower animals too. In one experiment，for example，behavioral scientist Mark Lauden，at the University of Denver，gave m订d electric shocks to 24 rats. Half of the animals could turn off the electricity by turning a wheel in their cage，while the other half could not. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turned the wheel it protected both itself and its helpless partner from the shock. Lauden found that the immune reaction was below normal in the helpless rats but not in those that could turn off the electricity. What he has proved is that lack of control over an event，riot the experience itself，is what weakens the immune system.

Other researchers agree. Jay Weiss，a scientist at Duke University School of Medicine，has shown that animals who life allowed to control unpleasant stimuli(刺激)don’t develop sleep disorder or changes in brain chemistry of stressed rats. But if the animals are faced with situations they have no control over，they later behave passively when faced with experiences they can control. Such findings make researchers believe that the experience or feeling of helplessness is one of the most harmful factors in stress.

One of the most surprising examples of how the mind can change the immune reaction was discovered by chance. In 1995 Robert Ader at the University of Rochester School of Medicine experimented on mice to avoid saccharin(糖精)by feeding them at the same time with the sweetener and a drug that while harming their immune systems caused stomach upsets. Connecting the saccharin with stomach pains，the mice quickly learned to avoid the sweetener. In order to get rid of this dislike for the sweetener，Ader fed the animals with saccharin again，this time without the drug，and was astonished to find that those mice that had received the highest amount of sweetener the first time died. He believed that saccharin alone weakened their immune systems enough to kill them.

72. Lauden’s experiment showed that the immune system of those rats who could turn off the electricity______________.

A. was strengthened B. was not affected

C. was changed D. was weakened

73.According to the passage，the experience of helplessness causes rats to__________.

A. try to control unpleasant stimuli B. turn off the electricity

C. behave passively in controllable situations D. become harmful

74.The reason why the mice in Ader’s experiment avoided saccharin was that__________.

A. they disliked its taste B. it affected their immune systems

C. it 1ed to stomach pains D. they connected it with stomach pains

75.According to the passage，the most probable reason for the death of the mice in Adel’s experiment was that______________.

A. they had been weakened by the saccharin

B. the sweetener was poisonous to them

C. the immune systems had been changed by the mind

D. they had taken too much sweetener during the first experiment

（第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 阅读填空，每空不超过三个单词（共10小题。每小题1分，计10分）

Have you ever complained about your memory ? have you ever forgotten something important, and wished to have a better memory? OK, there are several ways to improve your memory. It may be helpful, if you follow them while studying.

Repetition

Practicing the material time and time again helps people remember it. The more people repeat information, the more likely they are to remember that information.

Overlearning

Overlearning ,or continuing to practice the material even after it is learned, can help to keep it in mind for a longer time. Maybe you have got bored, but you may benefit more if you can stick to it.

Distributed Practice

Learning material in short sessions over a long period is called distributed practice. This process is the opposite of cramming (囫囵吞枣), which is also called massed practice. Distributed practice is better for you to remember some tedious things.

Minimizing the Interference

People remember material better if they don’t learn other similar material soon after their effort. One way to minimize the interference is to sleep after studying the material, since people can’t learn new material while sleeping. And when you get up in the morning, you may be amazed at your good memory.

Deep Processing

People also remember material better if they learn it and think about its meaning rather than only memorize the information itself. One way to catch the meaning of the information is to use a method called elaboration. Elaboration involves associating the material being learned with other materials. For example, people could associate the new material with previously learned material, with a story from their own lives, with a clear example, or with a movie they have recently seen.

76.__________________________________

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

假如你叫李华，你和笔友Jane互寄了全家的合影。Jane看了合影后来信问为什么你没有兄弟姐妹。请用英语写封100字左右的信说明情况。内容包括以下要点：

注意：1．可适当增加细节使行文连贯；

2．字数100左右；

3．开头已给出，不计入总字数；

4．参考词汇：计划生育family program 独生子女the only child

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your letter and the photo of your family. Now I am writing to tell you why I am the only child in my family.

[参考答案]

第一 听力部分（30分）：

1-5 CBBAC 6-10 CBBCA 11-15 BCCBB 16-17 AC

18． 120 messages 19. 24-hour service 20. credit and number

第二 单项选择（15分）：

21-25 CDCAC 26-30 ACDBB 31-35 ACBCD

第三 完形填空（30分）：

36-40 BDBCA 41-45 BADAC 46-50 ACBDC 51-55 DDACB

第四 阅读理解（40分）：

56-60 BBCDC 61-65 ADBCB 66-70 BDACB 71-75 B BCDC

第五 阅读填空（10分）

76. Enhancing Memory 77. recommended

78. Repeat 79. Continue

80. Distributed Practice 81. many times

82. interference 83. Deep Processing

84. meaning 85. associating

Ⅵ．书面表达（满分25分）

One possible version

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your letter and the photo of your family. Now I am writing to tell you why I am the only child in my family.

As you know, the population of China is growing very fast. In order to control the rapid increase of population, in the 1980s the government of China began to put into practice the family program -- one child for each couple. As a result, most families have only one child.

Most people are in favor of the program because the child in the family can get more love from the family and chances are better for the child to get better education. The only child is selfish, and not so independent, though. Sometimes they feel lonely. I think, every the only child like me should learn to make more friends.

Hope that we write more often.

Best wishes.

Yours

Li Hua

更正：

第二题： B选项中. 改can 为 can’t

第七题： B选项中. 去掉get

第十三题： 改to her 为get in touch with his wife

第十六题： A选项中. 改responsibility 为 permission

第十二页； 改表格中的Reception 为 Repetition

湖南省长沙县实验中学高三英语第四次月考试卷