东莞高级中学08届高三英语模拟试题
2008.5
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 听独白或对话 (共15 小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 听第一段材料，回答1-3题。
1..What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and customer B. Husband and wife C. Two friends 2. What will the woman perhaps try?
A. Salmon B. Ravioli C. Linguine 3. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. The woman is a regular B. The man comes here often. C. They are too particular about food 听第二段材料，回答4—6 题。
4. How old was Walt when he joined the Red Cross?
A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 5. Why didn’t Walt go off to Europe immediately? A. Because he was too young B. Because he got ill
C. Because there were 50 soldiers waiting to go to the front. 6. Where did he go first after the war? A. He went on a boat trip B. He went to Chicago C. He moved to Kansas City 听第三段材料，回答7—9 题。
7. What does the man plan to do this Saturday morning?
A. Get up late B. Cut some wood C. Take a walk 8. What did people say about the wolf? A. It killed a lot of small animals B. It liked the food left by people. C. It lost its way back to the wood.
9. What do we know about the woman from the dialogue? A. She may not catch what others said. B. She is telling a lie to the man. C. She likes telling jokes to people. 听第四段材料，回答10—12 题。 10. Who is the woman?
A. A writer B. A publisher C. A policewoman 11. What is the woman’s goal for the future? A. To become a writer of serious books B. To publish love stories or love poems C. To produce films based on police stories
12. What idea comes to the woman’s mind first when planning a book? A. People B. Place C. Actions 听第五段材料，回答13至15题。 13. Where is the snow now?
A. It’s in the southwest of the speaker’s area B. It’s in the northwest of the speaker’s area. C. It’s in the southeast of the speaker’s area. 14. How about the winds today?
A. There is high wind today. B. There is high wind this afternoon. C. At night the wind would be stronger. 15. What is the temperature in most places?
A. Above zero centigrade. B. Below zero centigrade. C. Exactly zero centigrade. 第二节 听取信息 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
听下面一段独白, 请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16-20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。
The thing the man wants to do To 16 What to be used before 10 pm The washer and the dryer What to pay in advance One month’s rent and an 17 deposit When to hold parties usually On 18 What to promise to hold an party To keep quiet after 19 The things forbidden Making any changes to the flat or 20
第二部分： 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
In 1972 a twenty-year-old medical student, Mike Jones, led a five-man canoeing expedition down the upper part of the Blue Nile. The other members of the team were Mike Hopkinson, Glen Green, Steve Nash and Dave Buikingshaw.
On 3rd September they started out and at first everything went well, but then Glen capsized. He survived, but the canoe was badly 21___. The next day at the Tississat Falls there was a team crisis. Dave and Steve didn’t think it was 22 enough to continue. There was a long 23 and in the end the two Mikes continued in their canoes while the other three carried their equipment on land. The team 24 to meet at the second Portuguese bridge. The water in the gorge was very 25 and dangerous, but luckily both were 26 enough to get through . Just before they reached the bridge, Mike Jones had got caught in a whirlpool（漩涡） and it had taken him several minutes to get out.
The team met at the bridge. The canoeing was easier now, but there were other 27 . Bandits(强盗) shot at them once, but they were moving too fast. Crocodiles were a real danger, and one day Dave had to 28 his canoe to escape. Fortunately Steve had his 29 ready, so he shot the crocodile and got Dave’s canoe back.
They 30 arrived at the Shafartak Bridge, tired and very tense, on 12th September. 21. A. hurt B. destroyed C. damaged D. mined 22. A. safe B. clear C. dangerous D. harmful
23. A. quarrel B. silence C. argument D. conflict 24. A. agreed B. wanted C. hoped D. arranged 25. A. deep B. fast C. clear D. quiet 26. A. brave B. fortunate C. happy D. experienced 27. A. excitements B. lucks C. problems D. things 28. A. destroy B. abandon C. rebuild D. block 29. A. gun B. sword C. stick D. stone 30.A. luckily B. angrily C. eventually D. happily
第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Susan, who was form Fargo, North Dakota, was the daughter of a professional couple. She was a 31 (wait) at the time. She was doing 32 needed to be done at the restaurant, and I noticed her right away. She was beautiful, but she had a broken nose and two black eyes. I had the thoughts that she had been beaten up by a boyfriend and 33 I was going to save her. Actually, she 34 (be) in a car accident a few days earlier. I held up a magazine, looked over the edge, and then hid 35 behind it quickly when she walked by. It took me all day to finally keep up my courage to ask her out. 36 she said no. Just at that moment, a photographer 37 (sit) nearby took a photo of the two of us. Later, 38 guy sent to photo to me, saying, ‘Here you are asking a local girl 39 a date.’ He didn’t know that the ‘local girl’ became my wife later. I still carry this photo around today, 40 is one of my most prized possessions.
第三部分：阅读 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。
A
There was one shop in the town of Mufulira which was widely known for its racial discrimination. It was a drugstore. While Europeans were served at the counter, a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but were treated rudely by the shop assistants.
One day I was determined to make a public protest against this kind of thing, and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store. I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine. As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand he shouted at me in a bastard (怪声怪气的) language which is only used by a boss when speaking to his servants. I stood at the counter and politely requested in proper English that I should be served. The manager became angry and said, “Even if you stand there till Christmas, I will never serve you.”
I went to the District Commissioner’s office. Fortunately, he was out, for he was one of the old school . However, I saw a young District officer who was a friend of mine. He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that all I had to do was come to him personally and he wou1d buy my medicine for me. I protested that that was not good enough. I asked him to