安溪八中2009届高中毕业班10月份质量检测
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英语试题 命题人：陈银良 081005
第一部分 听力（30分）
第一节 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。
第一节
听下面5段对话，每段对话仅读一遍。
1、How does the woman feel?
A.Sorry B.Happy C.Angry
2.How much did the man spend on his lunch?
A.＄1 B、＄5 C、＄6
3．What do we know about the stadium?
A.It is under construction B.It stands in the city cemtre
C.It is the most modern one
4.What is the woman’s attitude?
A.She forgets it B.She forgives the man C.She remains umhappy
5.What is wanted in the advertisement?
A.A waiter B.A cook C.A waitress.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白读二遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题
6．Why does the man want to borrow money and car?
A.To help Jane B.To look rich. C.To have a trip
7.What does the woman think of Jane?
A.She is bad B.She is kind C.She is beautiful
8.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Husband and wife B.Father and daughter C.Brother and sister
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9.What is the woman interested in seeing?
A.An opera B.A Broadway play. C.An exhibition of paintings
10.When did New York get its nickname?
A.In the early 20th century B.In the late 19th century C.In the early 18th century
11.Who gave New York the nickname?
A.Some architects. B.Some politicians C.Some musicians
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12．How many persons did the man book a table for?
A.2 B.3 C.4
13.Where is the table?
A.Near a window B.Far from the band platform C.In the middle of the restaurant
14.What is the man worried about?
A.Much noise from the street B.Loud music from the band
C.Bad service of the restaurant
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15．What has made it possible to work at home?
A.Special professions B.Communication industry C.Living far from companies.
16.Why do many people prefer working at home?
A.To save time B.To get more comfort. C.To make more money
17.What might happen in the future?
A.British firms could move overseas. B.We might work at home for a foreign company
C.The Spanish people would be invited to work in Paris
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．Who teaches Jane to read and write?
A.Her parents B.Her teacher C.Her grandfather
19.Why did the rich woman get angry?
浏览完整试题A.Her son was naughty B.Jane laughed at her son.
C.Jane’s mother asked her some difficult questions
20.Who do you think is the most clever?
A.Jane B.The boy C.The rich woman.
第二部分 英语知识运用（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）
21. Students should be encouraged to use ___ Internet as ____ resource.
A. 不填；a B. 不填；the C. the; the D. the; a
22. He found it increasingly difficult to read, ____ his eyesight was beginning to fail.
A. though B. for C. but D. so
23. _____ was most important to her, she told me, was her family.
A. It B. This C. What D. As
24. Thank you for all your hard work last week. I don’t think we ____ it without you.
A. can manage B. could have managed C. could manage D. can have managed
25. By the time he realizes he ____ into a trap, it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it.
A. walks B. walked C. has walked D. had walked
26. Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.
A. who B. which C. why D. when
27. Make sure you’ve got the passports and tickets and ____ before you leave.
A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
28. The fact that she never apologized ____ a lot about what kind of person she is.
A. says B. talks C. appears D. declares
29. For holidays,many people visit those islands_______ the coast of Australia.
A. in B. on C. of D. off
30. –Say, Jane, will you come with me to the game Friday?
--_____, Bob, but I promised Mary I’d go with her.
A. My pleasure B. Thanks C. Take it easy D. Forget it.
31. You’d better not leave the medicine _____ kids can get at it.
A. even if B. which C. where D. so that
32. I began to feel ___ in the new school when I saw some familiar faces
A. at home B. at heart C. at will D. at sight
33. She _______ in town but now she finds herself _______ in the country.
A. used to live;used to live B. used to living;used to living
C. used to live;used to living D. used to living; used to live
34. The manager has_________to improve the working conditions in the company.
A. accepted B. agreed C. allowed D. permitted
35. Lucy’s new job paid twice as much as she had made ____ in the restaurant.
A. working B. work C. to work D. worked
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，掌握其大意。然后从36-55各题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and negative thinking. While on the 36 , I met many new friends, but one in particular 37 . His nickname is Colorful Day and we 38 on the Web. He told me he lost his 39 at age 15, and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.
He was 40 so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind! But he continued to 41 ,“Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life. I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life and 42 . So I developed a website about her life 43 mine called Three Days to See.”
I visited his website which was well 44 and vividly presented.
I asked, How did you 45 to build such a website? he said:” Owing to the new technology, I can use software specially 46 for the blind. 47 I point the cursor(光标), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and 48 more information than we could before.
展开余下试题I then asked: Didn't you have great difficulty with it?
He hesitated and then began his 49 with a smiling face, Yes, but I have faith in myself to 50 my colorful day, and modern technology gives me this medium and 51 to do it.
His 52 attitude towards life made me believe that our fate offers, not the cup of despair , 53 the chalice (大杯) of opportunity. I returned to my lessons, and this time with a smile on my face and with 54 of a colorful future.
The Internet, which opened to me to experience 55 lives and cultures, has a charm（魅力）you couldn't find in another wise non-virtual world.
36. A. internet B. farm C. street D. stage
37. A. turns out B. stands out C. comes out D. looks out
38. A. argued B. interviewed C. told D. chatted
39. A. eyesight B. hearing C. courage D. confidence
40. A. speaking B. saying C. typing D. spelling
41. A. follow B. write C. read D. copy
42. A. friendship B. marriage C. happiness D. hardships
43. A. as well as B. as long as C. as hard as D. as soon as
44. A. helped B. produced C. delivered D. found
45. A. try B. come C. attempt D. manage
46. A. designed B. suggested C. planned D. imagined
47. A. Wherever B. However C. Whatever D. Whichever
48. A. send B. obtain C. lose D. change
49. A. webpage B. speech C. words D. complaints
50. A. create B. discover C. recognize D. organize
51. A. moment B. case C. opportunity D. occasion
52. A. hopeless B. disappointed C. excited D. optimistic
53. A. but B. and C. so D. then
54. A. eagerness B. expectations C. richness D. nervousness
55. A. strange B. difficult C. various D. dangerous
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，从每题所给的四个选项ABCD中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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The meaning of the word “volunteer ” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage(垃圾) from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay. At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people.
Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video(录像) about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for
