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北京四中2008—2009学年度高三第一学期期中考英语试卷 (本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟) 第一卷 （三部分，共115分） 第一部分：听力（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。每段对话你将听一遍。 1. Why couldn’t the woman give the man some help? A. She is quite busy right now. B. She doesn’t like grammar at all. C. She is poor at grammar, too. 2. What happened to the man? A. He had to do others’ jobs. B. Nobody would like to help him. C. He had to take Jane to hospital. 3. What do we learn from the conversation? A. The woman likes the dyed hair. B. The man dislikes some young people have their hair dyed. C. Many Chinese have their hair dyed, except old people. 4. What is the man going to do? A. Go shopping and buy a pair of new trousers. B. Have his old clothes changed. C. Go to a tailor’s and have a new pair of pants made. 5. What did the man mean? A. He wanted a table near the window. B. He wanted a quiet place. C. He wanted to sit near the window to discuss something.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面6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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. The man has been treated with _____. A. tea B. a dinner C. coffee 7. Why was the man leaving? A. He was already late. B. He was going to be late. C. He had finished the meal. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. When does the conversation take place? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 9. Who is the visitor? A. Mr. Baker. B. Mrs. Jones. C. Andrew Jones.
听第8段材料，回答第10至11题。 10. The bank is on _____. A. the first floor B. the second floor C. the third floor
11. The bank is open from Monday to Friday _____. A. from 9:00 till 3:00 B. from 9:30 till 3:30 C. from 9:30 till 3:00
听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What class does the girl want to take? A. Exercise class. B. Dance class. C. Language class. 13. How many classes are there in the afternoon? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 14. Which class does the girl take? A. Morning class. B. Afternoon class. C. Evening class.
听第10段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What did the man do yesterday? A. He had a rest. B. He took some exams. C. He looked for jobs. 16. Why does the man want a job? A. Because he needs money. B. Because he needs experience. C. Because he is out of work now. 17. Where can Mark find job information? A. On television. B. In the paper. C. Over the radio.
听第11段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Which of the following is true about Mrs. Weston? A. She is a widow(寡妇) living alone. B. She lives in a nursing home with her husband. C. She is a widow living in a nursing home. 19. Which of the following statements is not true? A. She likes sitting in the park watching the world go by. B. She likes reading and writing letters by herself. C. She enjoys window-shopping. 20. What does she like to do after lunch? A. She likes to take a rest. B. She likes to be taken out in her wheelchair or in a car. C. She likes to stay indoors.
第二部分：知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：单项填空（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. There is no healthier or more enjoyable activity than on _____ horseback on _____ fine morning. A. a, a B. 不填, a C. a, 不填 D. 不填，不填 22. This old tree looks high and strong, but _____ its trunk is empty. A. actually B. truly C. surely D. really 23. Clothing made of man-made materials has certain advantages over _____ made of natural ones like cotton, wool or silk. A. one B. what C. that D. the ones 24. The speech the minister made on TV _____ the education reform made both teachers and students excited. A. being concerned B. to concern C. concerned D. concerning 25. It even leaves the scientists in wonder _____ they should call the newly-born creature, which looks half-human and half-animal. A. that B. why C. what D. how 26. —Fined $100! Sir, you know you _____ 100 km per hour, don’t you? —No, I can’t have done that, for my car doesn’t do 80. A. have driven B. had driven C. are driving D. were driving 27. He had to be called two or three times _____ he would come to his dinner. A. before B. when C. until D. as 28. Strangely, a gentleman like him sometimes _____ behave rudely in public. A. should B. ought to C. could D. might 29. _____ in gardening and volunteering work, Mrs. Black leads a busy and rich life at her old age. A. Employing B. Employed C. To employ D. Being employed 30. We had thought Carla would say a lot about her job interview, but she _____ it. A. doesn’t mention B. didn’t mention C. hasn’t mentioned D. hadn’t mentioned 31. Little Oliver can always _____ his parents, who will give him whatever he asks for. A. get away B. get round C. get down D. get up 32. Nowadays teenagers like to go to the fast food restaurants, _____, as the name says, eating doesn’t take much time. A. which B. who C. where D. that 33. I really don’t know _____ John lost his newly-bought bicycle. A. when was it that B. where it was that C. that was it when D. it was where that 34. —Shall I give you a ride as it is much too late now? —Thank you. _____. A. It couldn’t be better B. Of course, you can C. If you like D. It’s up to you 35. —Where can we get your new science fiction? —I’m sorry, it _____ and will come out next month. A. has printed B. has been printing C. is printed D. is being printed
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Cure for Sorrow There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 36 , she went to the wise man that is always 37 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 38 ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 39 you with all I have if you can.” Instead of sending her away or 40 with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never 41 sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 42 of that&nb
