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湖北省荆州中学2011届高三年级上学期期末考试 英 语 试 题 本试卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。 元月26日下午14：30—16：30 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 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 woman think of the course? A. It’s easy. B. It’s boring. C. It’s interesting. 2. What is the man willing to be? A. A door keeper. B. A window cleaner. C. A computer programmer. 3.What do we know about the woman’s jacket? A. It is dirty. B. It is worn out. C. It was left at the man’s house. 4. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Visiting a friend. B. Buying concert tickets. C. Seeing a singer. 5. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Insure her package. B. Mail her package tomorrow. C. Send her package by airmail.
第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分） 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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. Why are the man’s parents moving? A. To live with the man. B. To earn more money. C. To live in a smaller town. 7. What do we know about the man’s parents? A. They can’t speak Spanish. B. They are moving to the US. C. They hate it where they are. 8. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Colleagues. C. Neighbours. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9.Where does the man work? A. At an art studio. B. At a photo studio. C. At a design studio. 10. When will the man lose his job?
A. At the end of April. B. At the end of May. C. This summer. 11.What do we know about the man? A. He will talk with his boss again. B. He will have an interview tomorrow. C. He has got this job for ten months. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. Where did the man take the first photo? A. In Bali. B. In India. C. In Thailand. 13.What happened to the man in Fiji? A. A man hurt him. B. A girl asked him to marry her. C. A man asked him to marry his daughter, 14. What is the nationality of the girl in the third picture? A. Argentinian. B. Chilean. C. Swiss. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. How did the man change the guest rooms? A. By putting a minibar and a computer into every room. B. By decorating them in a more classical style. C. By using better quality furniture. 16. What kind of hotel is the man’s hotel now? A. A two-star hotel. B. A four-star hotel. C. A five-star hotel 17. Why does the man employ more staff now? A. The hotel is much larger now. B. The hotel offers more services now. C. The guests need a higher standard of service now.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What does the speaker suggest the listeners do? A. Come to the centre directly. B. Leave a message on the phone. C. Call the center after 8:30 a.m. 19. What do we know about Padley’s Chemist’s Shop? A. It is near a bus stop. B. It is closed on Sundays. C. It is open until 9:00 p.m. 20. Where should the listeners go to see a doctor at 8:00 p.m.? A. To the Health Centre. B. To University Hospital. C. To Padley’s Chemist’s Shop.
第二部分 英语词汇知识运用（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分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．I want to ________ the secrets of nature and apply them to the happiness of man. A. bring in B. bring out C. bring up D. bring about 22．News reports say peace talks between the two countries have ________ with no agreement reached. A. broken down B. broken out C. broken in D. broken up 23．The experiment has ________ the possibility of the existence of any life on that planet, but it does not mean there is no life on other planets. A. carried out B. pointed out C. found out D. ruled out 24．We had hoped to move into the new house at the end of the month, but things didn’t ________ as we had expected. A．show up B．work out C．take up D．pick out 25．There’s growing unrest among the poor and unemployed. The media points out that it’s the government that should have a lot to ________. A. go for B. stand for C. answer for D. care for 26．They had an accident on the road and didn’t ________ at their hotel until after midnight. A. check out B. check on C. check in D. check over 27．Although they lost their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ________ their comfortable home. A．put up with B．catch up with C．look forward to D．hold on to 28．The moment we heard the news of the earthquake, we began to ________ the work to rescue those who were trapped in the building. A．set off B．set down C．set about D．set aside 29．Hard work and lack of sleep have ________ her beauty and youth in recent years． A. worn out B. tried out C. made out D. sent out 30．Next week we’ll pay a visit to the Great Wall, so in our absence please ________ our pet dog. A. have an eye for B. keep an eye on C. keep an eye out for D. make eyes at
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。 One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered．and they all admired his heart for it was 31 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 32 .” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 33 . It was full of scars, it
