1、安徽省巢湖市届高三教学质量第二次检测安徽省巢湖市2008届高三教学质量第二次检测英 语 试 卷本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。第卷(选择题，满分115分)第一部分：听力(共两节。满分30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1.5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 time is
2、 it now?A. 8:00 B. 7:45 C. 8:152. Where did the woman go last night?A. She went to a party. B. She went to a hospital. C. She went nowhere.3. Whats Johns opinion about his boss?A. Terrible. B. Rude. C. Fair.4. What is Tom going to do before he goes to the shop?A. To have class. B. To borrow some boo
3、ks. C. To visit his friend.5. What is the woman?A. A driver. B. A policewoman. C. A doctor.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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至8题。 6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Workm
4、ates. B. Wife and husband. C. Neighbors.7. What will the woman do if the telephone rings?A. Call the man home. B. Answer the phone. C. Go to the neighbors.8. How can we describe the man?A. Hes angry. B. Hes disappointed. C. Hes excited and anxious.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. Who is probably the woman?A. Ken
5、s wife. B. Kens neighbor. C. The bead of the maths department.10. Whats Kens problem?A. He cant find his office key. B. He is unable to talk. C. He doesnt like his class.11. What favor does Ken want someone to do tot him?A. Mark the latest homework. B. Put a notice on the classroom door.C. Return so
6、me exam papers to his students.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. Why is the man going to the States?A. Visit places of interest. B. Visit his friends. C. Attend a conference.13. How long will the conference last?A. One month. B. A fortnight. C. Seven days.14. What is the man?A. A scientist. B. A writer. C. A tr
7、aveler.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What does the boy usually do at the gym every week?A. Swim three times. B. Take a part-time job. C. Play ping-pong sometimes.16. Why doesnt the girl go to the gym?A. She doesnt like doing exercise. B. Study has been her first thing.C. The gym timetable is too tight for h
8、er.17. What is the girl probably going to do?A. Do some sports. B. Meet her teacher. C. Study even harder.听第19段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What did the 19th century scientists think?A. Different part of the brain functions differently.B. It is not easy to say what each part of the brain does.C. The way the br
9、ain works is not so simple as people might think.19. How many chemical changes take place in the brain?A. 10,000 every second. B. 6,000,000 every minute. C. 100,000 every hour.20. How can the brain keep its power?A. To increase the amount of research done on the brain.B. To say exactly what each par
10、t of the brain does.C. To give the brain plenty of exercise.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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. Helen likes music so much that I think it right to buy her MP4 as _ birthday present.A. the; an; a B. /; an; the C. /; an; a D. the; a; a22. With the polar
11、winter of the Antarctic coming, the exploring team had to wait anxiously _ spring.A. over B. in C. during D. for23. - Excuse me. Can you help me to change this 20 note for coins, please?- Oh, sure! _?A. What for B. For what C. How much D. How many24. Tens of millions of people in the United States _
12、 by the storm by 2:00 pm last Monday.A. have been affected B. had been affected C. have affected D. had affected25. The gesture, _ the index finger in a circle in front of the ear, means you have a call in Brazil.A. moves B. moved, C. moving D. to move26. Many owners feel their pets understand them,
13、 for animals are _ to sense anger and sorrow.A. slow B. quick C. easy D. difficult27. My Chinese host was always putting delicious food onto my plate as soon as I _ it.A. finished B. got C. emptied D. eaten28. - Will you see to _ that my apartment is cleaned during my absence?- No problem.A. everyth
14、ing B. yourself C. all D. it29. Its not always easy to find out misleading advertisements, but there are a few things we can _A. look after B. look out for C. look out D. look up to30. - Has Susan finished writing her composition?- No, and it _ before class was over.A. should have been finished B. s
15、hould finish C. ought to have finished D. ought to be finished31. East of our school _ two companies _ make electric motorbikes.A. are; that B. is; where C. is; that. D. are; where32. - I dont suppose Jimmy could have done well in the midterm exam last week, _?- _, he almost failed in the exam.A. ha
16、d he; Yes B. did he; No C. do I; Yes D. could he; No33. Any fool can make soap, _ it takes a smart man to sell it.A. and B. however C. for D. but34. - _ I invite Jack to the party?- Yes, itll be nice if you _.A. Will; may B. Shall; will C. Shall; shall D. Will; will35. Our town has been added to the
17、se years. It is no longer _ it was 15 years ago, _ it was poor and untidy.A. what; which B. that; which C. which; that D. what; when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。Of all the ways Casper Lewis trained his players, several stood out unusually. First, Casper
18、designed his teaching plan around what worked best 36 . His well-organized plans were excellent and interesting. 37 , unlike many coaches (教练), he never raised his voice 38 in praise. Third, he never talked about winning. Thats not what the game was about. Besides, 39 we did everything right as coac
19、hes and players, winning would take care of 40 . It did. After a few seasons of Caspers coaching, we 41 . Every player responded by 42 himself to prove to each other and to Casper that he was 43 in his good opinion of them.One day, Casper came into my office and told me he was invited to be the head
20、 coach at a well-known college. 44 Casper! I said, It shows how excellent you are that a college 45_ choose a coach from the middle school rank! I think Ill give it up, he said. I love my work here. But think of the opportunity! I let out a cry.He 46 the opportunity at last. The next year I left tha
21、t school and went on to other things in the profession. Years 47 . I was told that the school wasnt winning football games any more and kids were going out to other teams 48 . There were stories about Casper quarrelling with his players, and _49 at the judges. Casper was still using the 50 teaching
22、plan hed designed when I was assisting him. The other teams had 51 . Everyone begged.him to change. But he showed every 52 of a person who had stayed in the same position too long. The school headmaster, one of his former students, had the sad task of calling the man he deeply respected into his off
23、ice and 53 his coaching position.Up to now, I still 54 him, for I learned a lot from him as one of his 55 .36. A. in reality B. in practice C. in particular D. in case37. A. In general B. Finally C. Furthermore D. Second38. A. except B. besides C. including D. as well as39. A. unless B. though C. if
24、 D, until40. A. it B. us C. itself D. them41. A. were defeated B. gave up C. gained the lead D. were left behind42. A. challenging B. helping C. defeating D. comforting43. A. wrong B. right C. well D. handsome44. A. Anyway, B. Oh, no! C. Really? D. Congratulations!45. A. must B. ought to C. could D.
25、 should46. A. turned to B. turned down C. turned up D. turned against47. A. went by B. going by C. past D. later48. A. merrily B. angrily C. instantly D. instead49. A. staring B. shooting C. screaming D. charging50. A. different B. same C. difficult D. worn51. A. caught up B. rtin faster C. played m
26、ore D. never failed52. A. sight B. signal C. sign D. sigh53. A. took on B. took in C. took over D. took away54. A. look into B. look up to C. look down upon D. look forward to55. A. assistants B. classmates C. children D. kids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(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项
27、涂黑。ASince the previous year was such a great year for us normal and regular folks, I thought you would want to know how the other side operated. Here are some of their stories. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to b
28、e transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his fault, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free rlde. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and most likely to
29、 behave strangely. The cheat wasnt discovered for 3 days. When his handgun failed to fire at his intefided victim (受害者) during robbing in Long Beach, California, the would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He looked down into the gun barrel (枪管) and tried it again. T
30、his time it worked. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the teenager told the police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit
31、. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle - K, put a $ 20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man took out a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and ran away, leaving the $ 20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer $
