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南通市2009届高三上学期期中调研测试 英 语 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。 第I卷 (选择题 三部分 共85分) 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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分，满分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. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a hotel. B. At an airport. C. At an office. 2. What does the woman mean? A. Martha won’t come. B. Martha will be late. C. Martha will come on time. 3. When will the football game be held? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 4. Where is Mr. Adams now? A. At the Health Center. B. At home. C. At the office. 5. What will Arnold do on Sunday? A. Go swimming. B. Play football. C. Play tennis. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，各小题将给出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 does the man make the phone call? A. To book some seats for the show. B. To get some information about the show. C. To know on what day the show will be given. 7. How much will one pay for two tickets now? A. 26 dollars. B. 30 dollars. C. 60 dollars. 8. How long will the show last? A. About two hours. B. About three hours. C. About four hours. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What is the woman? A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A tourist.
10. Which will the woman focus on? A. Reading. B. Speaking. C. Writing. 11. What is the woman like? A. Hardworking. B. Humorous. C. Helpless. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14小题。 12. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Distant relatives. B. New neighbours. C. Old classmates. 13. How does the woman’s husband work? A. Busily. B. Carefully. C. Quickly. 14. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Smith come to the woman’s place? A. To get her phone number. B. To ask her for some help. C. To give her an invitation. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17小题。 15. How soon will the conference start in Brighton? A. In a week. B. In a month. C. In three days. 16. What will the man do during the coming conference? A. Debate with some famous scientists. B. Act as the chairman of the conference. C. Read the report instead of the woman. 17. What might the woman work as? A. A secretary. B. A scientist. C. A businesswoman. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Why do people build underground houses? A. To save time and energy. B. To save land and money. C. To save land and energy. 19. In what country have underground houses been used for a long time? A. Canada. B. Japan. C. China. 20. What was the temperature inside Rinker’s house when it was -22°C outside? A. 22°C. B. 16°C. C. -16°C.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分） 第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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。 21. —Please tell the court what really happened. —Oh, I _________, and I hit a parked car. A. wouldn’t pay attention B. didn’t pay attention C. haven’t paid attention D. wasn’t paying attention 22. _________ himself with necessary knowledge and skills, the young man went to the job market with much confidence. A. Equipped B. Equipping C. Having equipped D. Being equipped 23. I didn’t like the hotel. I wish we ________ to stay there. A. haven’t decided B. hadn’t decided C. didn’t decide D. won’t decide 24. The price of the house is reasonable and I love its garden _________. We can grow flowers and vegetables there. A. in general B. in particular C. in total D. in common 25. The researchers who study jokes want to know _________ people from different nations and cultures find funny. A. why B. that C. what D. whether 26. Nowadays most perfume advertisements try to __________ male fantasies. A. belong to B. correspond to C. relate to D. cater to 27. British boarding schools have three terms a year, about twelve weeks each, with a few days’ half-term holiday ________ pupils are expected to go home. A. during which B. for which C. on which D. since which 28. —The concert hall is large enough to hold more than 3,000 people. —___________. Did you say 3,000? A. Excuse me B. I’m sorry C. What a surprise D. What a shame 29. —Oh, dear, you’re back home at last! —You can’t imagine all the difficulty I had ________ home in the heavy rain. A. walked B. walk C. to walk D. walking 30. To everyone’s surprise, _________ painting, _________ simple design of some natural scenery, won the first prize in the competition. A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a D. the; the 31. —The computer costs $ 900. —It ________ be that expensive. Anyway, it is a used one. A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. will not D. needn’t 32. The time is not far away ________ the information will be made known _______ more workers will be trained for their jobs. A. until; which B. when; that C. before; that D. as; which 33. With a large amount of work __________, the chief manager couldn’t spare time for a holiday. A. remained to be done B. remaining to be done C. remained being done D. remaining to do 34. After working at the firm for two years, Anne _________
