1、湖南省湘潭市届高三第一次模拟考试英语湖南省湘潭市2010届高三第一次模拟考试英 语 试 题SECTION A Directions: In this section, youll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by mar
2、king the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation Twice. Conversation 11What did the man do at the weekend? AHe watched TV. BHe played basketball. CHe went to the cinema.2What does the woman think of the mans roommate? AHes stupid. BHes strange. CHes
3、careful.Conversation 23Where does this conversation take place? AIn a street. BIn a fruit shop. CIn a post office.4How can the woman find the bridge? AGo down the street and turn left. BGo across the bridge and turn right. CGo along the street and turn right.Conversation 35What does the man want to
4、see the staff manager for? ATo give him a report. BTo ask for a job. CTo tell him something new. 6When do you think the man probably can see the manager? A9:30 B10:30 C12:40Conversation 47Whom do you think the woman was angry with? AThe man BThe repairman. CThe shopkeeper. 8Why couldnt the woman fin
5、d the repair shop? AShe missed the right turn. BThe man gave her the wrong directions. CShe was a bad driver.9Why did the man tell her to turn to these television repairmen? AThe shop was easy to find. BOne of the repairmen was his friend. CThey did good work and the price was reasonable.Conversatio
6、n 510How does the woman think about her work? AIt is very good. BIt is hard to say now. CIt keeps her very busy.11Where does the woman live now? AIn her workplace. BIn a big apartment. CIn the city center.12What are the two speakers talking about? AThe womans life in a new city. BThe womans travel e
7、xperience. CThe womans co-workers.Conversation 613Who will go to see Kate? AThe woman. BThe man. CBoth of them.14When did the woman go to see Kate? AA week ago. BTwo days ago. CTen days ago.15What do we know about Kate? AShe is too busy to see a doctor. BThe doctors advice does her no good. CShe has
8、nt really recovered though shes seen a doctor.SECTION BDirections: In this section, youll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information youve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.Youll hear the mini-talk TWICE.Program 16 Time Saturday after
9、noon, 17 Contentthe best way to grow all kinds of 18 good advice for all gardenersspeakerMary Greenmany popular books on gardening19 planting an apple tree.showing you the best place20 telling you about rosesPART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGESECTION A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences the
10、re are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21She threatened to take the magazine to _ court if they didnt publish _ immediate apology. Athe; an BX; an Cthe; the DX; the22 _ a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do
11、 them, as far as most of its population is concerned, it is indeed a great sporting nation. ASince BAs long as CWhile DWhen23We offer an excellent all-round education to our students. _, we expect students to work hard. AAt first BAs a result CAfter all DIn return24Ive personally never subscribed to
12、 the view that either sex is superior to _. Athe other Banother Cthe others Dothers25Now that Lucy is out of a job, she _ going back to school, but she hasnt decided yet. Ahad considered Bhas been considering Cconsidered Dis going to consider26The open-air celebration has been put off _ the bad weat
13、her. Ain terms of Bregardless of Cin response to Dowing to27 Excuse me, but I want to use your computer to type a report. You _ have my computer if you dont take care of it. Ashant Bmight not Cneednt Dshouldnt28As the Internet is expanding day by day, the opportunities for crime _ as well. Ahas Bis
14、Chave Dare29“If he added, “_ to carry out the plan, we would surely make a big profit for our company. Ato permit Bto be permitted Cpermitting Dpermitted30 All those adaptations are making Florida even to older people. Aattractive Bmore attractive Cattractively Dmore attractively31If we use the foss
15、il fuels at a high rate, they in the foreseeable future. Awill use up Buses up Cis used up Dwill be used up32What is it about a treeless, old city like St. Samothene makes people love it so much? Athat Bit Cwhere Dthis33Jiang Yingrong ranked first in the “Supervoice” in September in 2009, but half a
16、 year ago few people could have imagined she such a great success. Awas achieving Bachieved Cwas to achieve Dhad achieved34Between the two periods of classes is a break, we can have a short rest. Athen Bwhere Cwhen Dwhich35According to WHO, more than 4 million children are estimated from Aids room 2
17、005. Ato die Bto have died Cdying Dhaving diedSECTION BDirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the contest.Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I ha
18、d one I would like to 36 with you .I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph when we realized we were 37 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $20 bill. I was so excited because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spend
19、ing it on 38 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 39 , I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I 40 Id not actually handed my money to the cashier. I has just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.My conscience open
20、ed its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I was so upset that I 41 to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream for fear that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why dont you use the change from the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so 42 of my cash now.For the next two years, when
21、ever I was 43 of the incident, Id say to myself, “Dont think about it.”Ive learned two things from this 44 . Maybe I was a fool for 45 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 46 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what youve done, your conscience will catch
22、 up with you.This reflects the saying, “A coward dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies on.” I have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If Id been a 47 and gone back to pay for the pizza, Id have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.36Asay Bspare Cshar
23、e Dexplain37Alost Btired Chungry Danxious38Arest Bfood Ctravel Ddrink39AUnluckily BFinally CImmediately DActually40Aforgot Bpretended Cnoticed Drealized41Arefused Bwanted Choped Dmeant42Asure Bupset Cproud Dpleased43Aasked Breminded Cthought Dtold44Aexperience Bopportunity Cstory Dmistake45Aturning
24、Btaking Chanding Dgiving46A free Bcheap Ctasty Doily47Acoward Bfool Closer DheroSECTION CDirections: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural exp
25、eriences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. 48 three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even 49 things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes they will, 50 h
26、as even been sure they will. A person with a sense of humor is 51 likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reactions than a humorless person. “The awareness of being unclear” is 52 more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners often find t
27、hemselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, 53 do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know 54 some system or organization works, or they cant be sure of different peoples roles in what is g
28、oing 55 .PART THREE READING COMPREHENSIONDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.AMa
29、ny everyday American expressions are based on colors.Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers founding many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery（
30、辣的）taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the
31、twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health.The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. A blacklist（黑名单）is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organi
