Loading... Please wait...2008届高三第一次联考•英语试卷
考生注意：
1．本试卷分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共150分。考试时问120分钟。
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要求写在试卷上。 ．
4．本试卷根据2007年高考英语考试大纲确定的考查内容命制。
第I卷(三部分，共11 5分)
第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节 单项填空 (共15小题, 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. Hong Kong has a lot of advantages? including free flow of ____information, a fair competitive environment and ______efficient local government.
A. the, an B不填; the C.不填:;a.n D. the; the
22. Christmas is a holiday usually celebrated on December 25th ____ the birth of Jesus Christ.
A. in charge of B. in terms of
C. in favor of .D. in honor of
23. Six billion people already live on our planet, and the number is growing _____ 220,000 every day.
A. with B. in C.from D. by
24. These problems,____»will seriously affect the growth of teenagers and even the nation's future.
A. not if solved properly B. if solved properly
C. not if properly solved D. if not solved properly
25. Though he was always finding excuses of one sort or _____ for his being absent from work, none of us would believe him.
A. the other B. others C. another .D. some other
26. What the science teacher does and says ____ of great importance to college students. A. was B. are C. is D. were
27. The law requires governments to increase investment in public transport,_____
services and encourage people to use public transport.
A. improve B. to improve
C. improving D. have improved
28. Astronomers ____ more bad news for the former planet Pluto recently.
A. had announced ' B. have announced
C. were announced . D. are announced
29. There will be 21,880 persons for the torch relay of the 2008 Olympic Games,____it the biggest in the Games' history.
A. making B. make C. to make D. made
30. This study shows that ____ languages may differ, the order in which young kids learn the parts of speech appears to be the sane across different languages. A. since B. so C. while D. but
31. It was exciting news___ a student from China won a UN prize days ago.
A- what B. that C. while D. but
32.1____admit I was surprised it cost so little.
A. can B. need C. must D. might
33. Asia is important to America because America' s prosperity _____ trade with Asia's growing economies. .
A. depends on B. takes off C. sets up D. breaks out
34. People should avoid staying overnight in the open air in places _____ mosquitoes gather and take protective measures.
A. whose B. which C. when D. where
35.—I hope you’ll have a good time.
A. Good idea B. Thank you
C. You are quite right D. No trouble at all
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
“ 南读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C
和D)中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 ’
Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training．Therefore, the 3 6 of a job should be made even before the choice of a curriculum (课程)in high schoo1．Actually, 3 7 , most people make several job choices during their working lives， 38 because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve 39 position．The“one perfect Job”does not exist. Young people should 40 enter into a broad flexible(灵活的)training program that Will 4 1 them for a field of work rather than for a single 42_．
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans _43 benefit of help from a 44 vocational counselor(顾问)or psychologist Knowing 45 about the professional world，or themselves for that matter，they 46 their1ifework aimlessly．Some move from job to job．Others 47 to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not 48
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for its real or imagined prestige (声望) Too many high—school students—or their parents for them— choose the professional field, not 49 the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions or the extremely high educational and personal 50 . The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a "White-collar" job is 51 good reason for choosing it as life's work. 52 , these occupations are not always well paid. 53 a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the 54_ of young people should give serious __ 55_ to these fields.
36．A．procedure B．fate C．college D. choice
37．A．however B. naturally C．though D. especially
38．A．entirely B．mainly C．partly D. totally
39．A．its B．his C．our D. their
40．A．since B．therefore C．furthermore D. forever
41．A．make B．prepare C．take D. leave
42．A．job B．way C．means D. company
43．A．to B．for C．without D. with
44．A．competitive B．good C．strict D. terrible
45．A．1ittle B．few C．much D. a lot
46．A．quit B．choose C．d ream D. stop
47．A．apply B．appeal C．stick D. turn
48．A．pleased B．fit C．interested D. fond
49．A．spending B．following C．considering D. making
50．A．preferences B．requirements C．tendencies D．ambitions
51．A．a B．any C．no D. the．
52．A．Anyway B．However C．Nevertheless D．Besides．
53．A．For B．Since C．Though D．As if
54．A．majority B．many C．minority D. much
55．A．proposal B．suggestion C．consideration D. hesitation
第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，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。
A
People can enjoy visiting some major imperial temples where emperors worshipped nature on various sacred days•
Temple of Moon(Yuetan)-
Built in 1530，the roughly 8 hectare Temple of Moon，or Yuetan Park，to west of the imperial city was the site of imperial sacrifices to the moon.
In the past decades, bushes and fruit trees have been planted here．In 1969，a 180 meter--all television broadcasting tower was erected in the park，taking up about one eighth of its total space•
Opening hours：6 am～9 pm
Location：6 Yuetan Beijie，Xicheng District．Buses to get there：15，19，823．
Temple of Earth (Ditan)
The Temple of Earth，or Ditan Park，near the North Second Ring Road，is where emperors prayed to the earth for favorable weather and national prosperity．Built during the Ming Dynasty in 1 530，it is the only existing place to worship the earth．
The surrounding areas have become an open space for people to engage in leisurely activities．Since the late 1980s，traditional temple fair have been held here regularly during the Chinese lunar new year．
Opening hours：6 am～9 pm
Location：A2 Di’anmenwai，Chaoyang District．Buses to get there: 104，108，116，or take the subway to get off at Yonghegong to go north.
Temple of Sun (Ritan)
The Temple of Sun，or Ritan Park，in eastern Beijing，is located near the
Jianguomen area and adjacent(邻近的)embassy district．It is a short walk from
the Yong'anli subway station on the Line 1．The altar(祭坛)was built in l--…-30
as a place for emperors to make ritual sacrifices to the sun．
It features expansive gardens and a small lake．A mural (壁画)wall．The park’s main scenic attraction now，was a piece of artwork created about 20 years ago to draw more sightseer．The park is also known for its blossoming lotuses．
Opening hours：6 am～9 pm
Location：6 Ritan Beilu，Chaoyang District．Buses to get there：1，4，28，43，
57．120．
56．What kind of people is the text mainly written for?
A．Parents． B．Students． C．Tourists． D．Teachers-
57．You can take a No．______ bus if you want to visit The Temple of Sun
A．19 B. 104 C．108 D．120
58．If you want to worship the earth，you must go to _____.
A．Yuetan Park B．Ditan Park C．Ritan Park D．Beilu Park
59．The purpose of building a mural wall in Ritan Park was to ．
A．defend the park
B．prevent people from coming into．the park
C．attract more sightseers
D．make ritual sacrifices to the sun
B
Climate change，pollution，overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze．India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile．WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”，the group said many rivers could dry out. affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic(水生的)life．
“If these rivers die，millions will lose their livelihoods，biodiversity(生物多
样性)will be destroyed on a massive scale，there will be less fresh water and agriculture，resulting in less food security，”said．Rayi Singh，secretary—general
of WWF—India．The report。launched ahead of“World Water Day”today，also
cited the Rio Grande in．the United States，the Mekong and Indus in Asia，Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray—Darling as in need of greater protection．
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains．while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them，the report said．Fish populations，the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide，are also being threatened, it found．．The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization，damming and huge influxes(流入)of seaiment(积淀)from land conversion.
Climate change，including higher temperatures，also means serious consequences for fishery productivity，water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries(支流)flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation，WWF said．
60．What does the text mainly about?
A．Saving fresh water in our life．B．How to protect our rivers．
C．An important discovery．D．World’s top 10 rivers are at risk．
61．We can infer from the text that _____.
A．rivers’dying out could affect food security
B．there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
C．the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
D．higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
62．The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____.
A. climate change B．wasting water C．pollution D．dams
63．WWF is probably a name of _____.
A．an organization B．a newspaper C．a magazine D．a report
C
In older people with mild cognitive(认知)impairment(损害)，having a drink now and then——up to an average of one drink of alcohol each day——may delay progression to dementia(痴呆症)，．new research suggests．
“While many studies have assessed(评价)alcohol consumption and cognitive
function in the elderly，this is the first study to look at how alcohol consumption
affects the rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia，”study authors Dr．Solfrizzi and Dr．Panza，from the University of Bari in Italy，said in a statement.
In the study，reported in the medical journal Neurology，the researchers assessed the occurrence of mild cognitive impairment in 1,445 subjects and progression to dementia in 121 patients with mild cognitive impairment'．
The participants were between 65 and 84 years of age at the start of study，and they were followed for 3．5 years．Alcohol use was assessed before the survey.
Drinking was not associated with the development of mild cognitive impairment，according to the report．However，once mild impairment occurred．Subjects who had one drink per day of alcohol had an 85 percent reduced risk of dementia compared with those who didn’t drink．
The benefit was seen with both alcohol in general and with wine in particular．
Having more than one drink a day，however，offered no protection against dementia compared with abstaining(戒绝)，the report indicates．
64．“Neurology” in Paragraph 3 is most probably a name of _____．
A. a newspaper B．a magazine C．an article D．a play
65．It can be inferred that______.
A. experts have studied how alcohol consumption affects mild cognitive impairment for the first time ‘
B．the Participants didn’t have alcohol before the survey
C．drinking shouldn’t be responsible for the development of mild cognitive impairment
D．having more than a drink a day causes more benefit
66．______ was most likely to cause the people with mild cognitive impairment to
reduce risk of dementia．
A．Soft drink B．Beer C．Wine D．Milk
67．What is the text mainly about?
A．A drink a day may do harm to the brain•
B．A lot of d rink a day may slow mental decline to dementia．
C．A lot of drink a day may do harm to the brain.
D．A drink a day may slow mental decline to dementia.