09年高中毕业班英语第一次高考模拟考试

09年高中毕业班英语第一次高考模拟考试

英语

2008.9

满分：150分时间120分钟

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己姓名和考生号填写在答题卷上。用2B铅笔将答题

卡试卷类型（B）涂黑。不按要求填涂的，答卷无效。

2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净

后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应位置上，如需

改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4. 考生必须保持答题卷的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卷交回。

Ⅰ. 听力（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：听对话或独白（共15题；每小题2分，满分30 分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第1－3小题。

1. Why can’t Karen concentrate on the book?

A. She’s worried about the lecture.

B. She finds it too hard.

C. She lacks interest in it.

2. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?

A. The lectures are boring.

B. She prefers music to English.

C. The course is poorly designed.

3. What is Karen thinking of doing?

A. Changing the university.

B. Spending less of her parents’ money.

C. Giving up the course.

听第二段对话，回答第4-6小题：

4. On what condition does the man decide to buy the watch?

A. He finds out the price low enough.

B. He is given an oral promise.

C. He is given a written promise.

5. Why does the man’s watch go wrong?

A. He forgot to wind it.

B. He dropped it once.

C. It goes wrong on its own.

6. When and how will the man get his old watch?

A. It’ll be mailed to him next Saturday.

B. The woman will deliver it to the man next Saturday.

C. He will come to get it himself next Saturday.

听第三段对话，回答第7-9小题：

7. How is the woman planning to collect money?

A. By getting donations.

B. By putting ads.

C. By doing part-time jobs.

8. How will the people be paid?

A. They work for no money.

B. They will be paid by the day.

C. They will get very limited pay.

9. What do we know about the programs?

A. The programs haven’t been decided yet.

B. There are already good programs.

C. They don’t have to decide the programs.

听第四段独白，回答第10-12小题：

10. What’s the most serious eating problem of women?

A. Eating too much and being too fat.

B. Eating too little and being too weak.

C. Eating no meat and being too thin.

11. What’s the reason for the eating problem?

A. Many women can’t get enough food.

B. The society fails to provide enough food.

C. The society demands women to be thin.

12. What’s the speaker’s opinion?

A. Women should eat as much as they can.

B. Women should first of all be healthy.

C. It’s meaningful for women to be beautiful.

听第五段对话，回答第13-15小题：

13. What’s the man doing when the woman calls him?

A. Reading a poem.

B. Writing a book.

C. Reading a novel.

14. Why doesn’t the woman like reading novels?

A. Because it takes too much time.

B. Because it requires less attention.

C. Because novels don’t tell deep meanings.

15. What does the man like least?

A. Novels.

B. Poems.

C. Short stories.

第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卷上标号为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。听第二遍录音之前

Ⅱ.语言知识及运用（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）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Guardian newspaper once printed a story about a man who tripped over his shoelace in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Falling down some steps, he ___21____ three priceless Qing Dynasty vases, which fell to the ground and broke into more than 400 pieces. He was sitting there in ___ 22___ when the museum staff arrived. Everyone stood around in silence --- only the man kept pointing to the ___23___, saying, ―There it is! That’s what made me fall.‖

Man has been blaming others at least since Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent(蛇). Roman emperors liked to kill.____ 24___ who brought bad news; and in the Middle Ages a prince would often be given a ―whipping boy‖ --- an unlucky servant who could be ___25____ whenever his master had misbehaved. Today, you’ll see how blaming others has turned into big __26_____ business. In one famous case, McDonald’s was ordered to pay $2.7 million to a woman who ____27____ burned herself with hot coffee. Although the amount was later ___28_____ to $480,000, this case ____29___ businesses so much that they began to create 30 for their products that even an idiot would understand. For example, ―Hot coffee can be dangerous‖ (takeaway coffee cups) and ―Don’t pour liquids into your television set‖ (instruction booklet).

21. A. broke down B. knocked over C. crashed into D. slid down

22. A. terror B. amazement C. sadness D. shock

23. A. shoelace B. vase C. steps D. pieces

24. A. servants B. ministers C. messengers D. slaves

25. A. killed B. sentenced C. rewarded D. beaten

26. A. legal B. public C. lawless D. legendary

27. A. deliberately B. accidentally C. carelessly D. attentively

28. A. increased B. reduced C. raised D. dropped

29. A. surprised B. excited C. inspired D. terrified

30. A. advertisements B. posters C. warnings D. instructions

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卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

The following is about the Beijing Olympics. As is well-known, the__31___(open) ceremony of the Beijing Olympics held here on Friday night features the four great inventions__32_ancient Chinese: papermaking, movable type printing, compass and gunpowder. The invention of papermaking is one of China's special contributions to the spread and the __33_(develop) of human civilizations. Movable type printing began_34_engraving printing of Sui Dynasty. Bi Sheng of Song Dynasty improved the movable type printing by making the___35_(bake) clay into movable characters for type-setting printing; thus he accomplished__36_significant revolution in printing history. The compass__37_(introduce) to Europe approximately in the 12th century. 38__ application to the navigation resulted in the voyage of Columbus' discovery of the New World __39_Magellan's global navigation. Gunpowder was invented in the Song Dynasty in China. It is a mixture of chemicals,_40_people took as medicine in ancient times, hence the name "gunpowder" in Chinese means "burning medicines".

Ⅲ. 阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, and very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that's what your parents want, you may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure, it's possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college, I'll give you a car!" or worse "If you don't graduate from college, you won't get a car.") But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference.

Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if you don't have motivation, you won't get far. Think about this analogy. You have a car with a full tank of gas, a well-tuned engine, good set of tires, quadraphonic CD system, and a sleek, polished exterior(外表). There it sits.

This car has incredible potential. However, until a driver sits behind the wheel, puts the key in the ignition(点火装置), and cranks it up, the car doesn't function. You guessed it; the KEY is MOTIVATION.

Interest is an important motivator for a student. So is a desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Often success in an endeavor(努力) leads to more interest and a greater desire to learn, creating an upward spiral(螺旋形) of motivation toward a goal you have established.

So be honest with yourself. Are you genuinely interested in being in college? Have you set realistic goals for yourself? How can you develop the internal motivation that really counts? When it comes to motivation, KNOWING is not as important as DOING.

41. Why does the writer give the example of a car in the second paragraph?

A.Because people can never go far without a good car.

B. Because a good car motivates some college students to study harder.

C. Because a good car is a symbol of being a success.

D. Because motivation leads people to success like it starts a car.

42. What is the CORRECT comparison between the internal motivation and the external (外部的)motivation?

A. Only the internal motivation can result in success.

B. Internal motivation is more important than external motivation.

C. Internal motivation and external motivation has equal importance.

D. External motivation is enough for people to achieve success.

43. According to the article the following factors can push people towards their goals EXCEPT __________?

A. interest

B. the desire to learn

C. the knowledge of motivation

D. the sense of success

44. What’s the main purpose of the article?

A. To encourage everyone to develop motivation for whatever they are doing..

B. To inspire college students to set goals for their college life.

C. To imply that the less motivated college students quit the college.

D. To call on parents to give up their over-protection of their children.

45. What may be the writer’s advice to the potential readers?

A. The goals you set for yourself shouldn’t be far beyond your reach.

B. You needn’t attend college if you are really not interested in it.

C. You should work harder to win praise from others.

D. Honesty is the best policy to solve problems in your life.

B

My destination is the River Walk, one of the most popular places in all of Texas. In the first half of 20th century, to control flooding, the city fathers began redirecting the San Antonio River. They built a network of canals that pass through the downtown area. At nearly every street corner, stairs lead down to walkways on both sides of the canals.

The River Walk is linked with cafes, bars, shops --- and, of course, plenty of bridges. You can easily cross over to the other side without having to return to the street. It’s a constant party along the River Walk, with music and festivals throughout the year. The Mud Festival, for example, takes place each January, when the city empties this section of the river to clean it out. That’s when the Mud King and Mud Queen are crowned.

No visit to Texas would be complete without seeing a rodeo --- another aspect of this part of the country that is completely foreign to someone from New England. The announcer walks on stage and gets the crowd excited with talk about the courageous cowboys who’ll be performing. While he’s talking, a band plays sad songs about love gone wrong.

Suddenly the announcer calls for silence. He takes off his tall hat and asks us to join him in prayer. We pray for the cowboys who are, we are told, risking their lives to entertain us, as well as for the bulls and other animals taking part in the shows. We pray for the tourists who are visiting. The rodeo gets going and the fun begins.

Our prayers for the cowboys and animals are answered, and nobody gets hurt. But as we walk over to the cowboy dance hall after the show to enjoy a Texas-size barbecue, it’s clear that not enough prayers were said for the bulls’ less athletic relatives --- the ones not chosen for rodeo work. They’ll be our meal. It seems that moving too slowly has its disadvantages, too.

46.What do you know about the River Walk from the article?

A. People hold parties to celebrate festivals here every day.

B. It refers to the sidewalks on either side of this section of the San Antonio River.

C. There are many bridges that connect the River Walk and the Main Street.

D. Stairs link the River Walk to cafes, bars and shops in the street.

47. Which of the following statements about Mud festival is NOT true?

A. Mud Festival dates back to the first half of 20th century.

B. Mud Festival is held in January every year.

C. Mud King and Mud Queen are chosen in the festival

D. Mud Festival is celebrated to clear the mud of the San Antonio River.

48. What does the underlined word ―rodeo‖ refer to?

A. One aspect of the American country life.

B. The concert given by a band.

C. The cowboys’ performance.

D. The grand Texas-size barbecue.

49. Why do some bulls become the visitors’ meal?

A. Because they do not run as fast as those taking part in the shows.

B. Because the visitors do not pray enough for them before the shows.

C. Because they lose the competition to their relatives in the shows.

D. Because they are only beef cattle intended as people’s food.

50. Which of the following words can NOT be used to describe the writer’s mood?

A. light-hearted

B. excited

C. anxious

D. humorous

C

An oasis is a fertile spot in the middle of a desert, an island of life in an ocean of temperature extremes. Any oasis always contains one or more springs. Oases make it possible to survive long walks through the desert. In large deserts such as the Sahara, towns group around sources of water such as oases and rivers.

What causes an oasis? An oasis is actually a spot in the desert where the altitude is low enough that the water table is right below the surface, resulting in the presence of springs. Even in a desert, it rains occasionally, and this produces a water table just above the bedrock, usually several hundred feet below the surface. Sand is very porous, so most water runs right through it and down to the bedrock.

Deserts consist of many millions of tons of sand. There is only one natural force capable of moving it in considerable amounts: the wind. Although, in an average dust storm, ten cubic feet of air only holds about an ounce of sand, a cubic mile of air can move about 4,600 tons of it, leading to considerable erosion（侵蚀）. A severe storm is capable of moving as much as 100 million tons of sand.

In certain areas where large quantities of sand are moved by storms, erosion make holes all the way down to the water table, putting it just below the surface. Seeds planted in the ground there are capable of sprouting（发芽）and extending roots into the moist land, producing an oasis.

Sometimes, the oasis produced by the wind can be very large when vast areas of desert are wiped clean by storms. The great Kharga oasis in the Sahara, for example, is over 100 miles long and 12 to 50 miles in width. The oasis was produced when erosion caused the edges of a great depression to sink down to the water table.

51. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Where there is an oasis, there is a town.

B. Where there is an oasis, there is a spring.

C. It often rains around an oasis.

D. An oasis is right in the center of a desert.

52. The underlined word ―porous‖ in the second paragraph probably means _______.

A. allowing liquid or air to pass through slowly

B. small enough to move easily

C. light enough to carry conveniently

D. easy enough to cross smoothly

53. According to the passage, what makes it possible for a dust storm to come into being?

A. Occasional rain and lack of plants.

B. Seeds planted in the ground.

C. Strong wind and a large amount of sand.

D. Extreme temperature and dust.

54. What do we know about the great Kharga oasis in the passage?

A. It is less than 100 miles in length.

B. It is just below the surface.

C. It is right in the middle of the Sahara.

D. It results from the wind and erosion.

55. This passage is most likely to be found in ________.

A. a travel guide

B. a story book

C. a technical report

D. a geography book

第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

以下是几部电影的故事简介：

A. In the 2002 film 28 Weeks Later, a virus killed almost everyone in Britain. The story in 28 Weeks Later takes place

seven months after that. British families come back together to start their lives again, and the Americans have come to help. The Americans say they’ve made a small area of London safe --- but they’re wrong. The virus is still alive. And now, people will learn that it’s more dangerous than ever.

B. Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life --- a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry. When Gerry’s life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. But to her surprise, Holly discovered that Gerry had written her 10 letters before he died. These letters guided Holly through her grief and in rediscovering herself.

C. Scientist Robert Neville might be the only man in the world who isn’t infected with a virus. He has spent three days in New York City searching for other people like him. But the only people he can find are ―the infected‖. They come out at night and now they’re looking for him. Robert’s only chance to save himself is to find a cure for the virus before it’s too late.

D. Three American brothers all have big problems. Francis has just had a bad car accident. Jack has a cheating girlfriend. Peter is not happy that he’s going to be a father. And the brothers haven’t spoken to each other for a year. To become close again, they decide to go on a train trip through India. But things go wrong when they take drugs, get into trouble and have to leave the train in the middle of the desert.

E. New Yorker Erica loves her life. She has a great job at a radio station and a great boyfriend, who she plans to marry. But everything changes one night when someone attacks Erica and her boyfriend. The attacker kills her boyfriend, and Erica is badly hurt. She doesn’t think she’ll ever be happy again. Erica cannot forget the attack and spends most of her time trying to find her boyfriend’s killer. This film is for older teens.

F. Joy and Jack meet one night in Las Vegas, in the US state of Nevada. They get very drunk and have a wild night. The next day, they remember that one of them won a huge jackpot with the other’s lucky coin. They then

remember they got married! So now they’re rich and married, but can they fall in love?

以下是电影的宣传海报，请匹配电影海报和与其对应的电影故事简介：

56. I Am Legend 57. The Brave One

58. What Happens in Vegas

59. P.S. I love You

60. The Darjeeling Limited

IV、写作（共两节，满分为40分）

第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

假设你是学校学生会的一员，为了拥有一个更美好的校园，你发出了全员环保的倡议，并制作了如下图的海

报。

[写作内容]

1.环保是我们中学生义不容辞的责任。

2.我们可以养成这些环保习惯。

3.让我们人人都为地球母亲尽一份绵薄之力吧。

要求: 1. 用五句话完成 2. 注意文章的地道性和连贯性

第二节：任务型写作

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A Man had two dogs: a Hound（猎犬）and a Housedog. When the two dogs were still young, the Man gave them different trainings. The Hound was made to run miles to trace animals. It had to fight with big animals. Every day, the Man would lead the Hound out to the forest and hunt in the mountains. These hard experiences helped him build up a strong body and great determination. While the Hound was trained to assist him in his sports, the Housedog was taught to watch the house. The Housedog was told to remain at home. It would bark at those strange visitors. Its task was to protect the possessions. When the Man returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much hurt at this, scolded his companion, saying, "It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, enjoy the fruits of my hard work." The Housedog replied, "Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others."

Children are not to be blamed for the assignments of their parents.

[写作内容]

1)以约30个词概括寓言内容。；

2)以约120个词，从“猎犬”或者“家狗”中任选一个角度发表你的看法，

并包括如下要点:

(1) 請你对“猎狗”或“家狗”所受的培训导致的结果进行评价，并说出理由；

(2) 假如所受培训的是你，你愿意接受哪种培训呢？为什么？

[写作要求]

a)可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的

句子;

b)标题自定

[评分标准]

概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

宝安区2009年高中毕业班第一次高考模拟考

英语录音稿

这里是宝安区2009年高中毕业班第一次高考模拟考英语科听力部分。

该部分分为听力理解和听取信息两节。注意，做题时，先在试卷上作答。录音播完后，请在两分钟内将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卷上。

现在是听力试音时间。

M: Hello. International Friends Club. Can I help?

W: Oh, hello. I read about your club in the paper today and I thought I’d phone to find out a bit more.

M: Yes, certainly.Well, we’re a sort of social club for people from different countries. It’s quite a new club--- we have about 50members at the moment, but we’re growing all the time.

W: That sounds interesting. I’m British actually, and I cam e to Washington about three months ago. I’m looking for ways to meet people. Er., What kinds of events do you organize?

M: Well, we have social get-togethers, and sports events, and we also have language evenings.

W: Could you tell me something about the language evenings?.

M: Yes. Every day except Thursday we have a language evening. People can come and practice their languages—You know, over a drink or something. We have different languages on

different evenings. Monday--- Spanish; Tuesday---Italian; Wednesday---German; and

Friday—French. On Thursday we usually have a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants

to come.

W: Well, that sounds great. I really need to practice my French.

M: OK. Well, if you can just give me your name and address, I’ll send you the form and some more information. If you join now you can have the first month free.

试音到此结束

现在开始答题

停顿00’10’’

第一节：听对话或独白（共15题；每小题2分，满分30 分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第1段对话，回答第1至第3三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

停顿00’15’’（停顿时间打点）

Text 1

M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you?

W: Pardon?

M: The book! You haven’t turned the page in the last ten minutes.

W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven’t. I need to get thro ugh it, though, but I keep wandering away.

M: So it doesn’t really hold your interest?

W: No, not really. I wouldn’t bother with it, to be honest. But I have to read it for a lecture. I’m at a university.

M: I’m sorry to hear that.

W: I should say, I don’t like Dickens at all really. Indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less.

M: It’s not just the book, it’s the c ourse as well?

W: Yeah, in a way, although the cou rse itself isn’t really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact. And the lecture is fine, as to me. You see, I prefer music to English, but my parents took me out of it.

M: So the courses are O K as such, it’s just that had i t been left to you, you would choose a different one.

W: Oh, they had my best interest and heart of course, my parents, they always do, do they? They believe that my job

prospect would be pretty limited with the degree of philosophy. Plus, they give me a really generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that I’m wastin g my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.

停顿00’02’’

重复

停顿00’15’’

（停顿时间打点）

听第2段对话，回答第4至第6三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

停顿00’15’’

（停顿时间打点）

Text 2

M: Can you tell me the price of that gold watch in your window?

W: Do you mean this one, sir?

M: Yes.

W: This is a capital watch; it’s one hundred and fifty dollars.

M: Well, if I buy it and find it is not a good time-keeper, or goes wrong in any way, will you take it back or change it?

W: I will promise to do that, sir. We guarantee them for five years, and I will have it written for you if you wish. M: All right. I will take it.

W: Here you are, sir.

M: By the way, I’ve a watch here that wants mending. It doesn’t keep time; it loses.

W: Do you ever forget to wind it?

M: Oh, no, it isn’t that; I always wind it before going to bed.

W: Did you let it fall, sir?

M: Yes, I dropped it some time ago, and it has been out of order ever since.

W: Can you leave it here for two or three days, so that we can find out what’s wrong and put it right for you?

M: Yes, if you won’t keep it too long.

W: It’ll be ready by next Saturday morning. Shall I send it?

M: No, you needn’t trouble; I’ll call in for it.

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重复

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听第3段对话，回答第7至第9三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

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Text 3

M: Hello, Helen.

W: Hi, Kavin.

M: Your idea of setting up a radio station is great. But I have some questions for you.

W: Oh, what are they?

M: I think money is the first problem. What do we have in terms of funding?

W: Hmm, not a lot.

M: We could get some donations.

W: We’ve thought about that, but in the end we decided to be self-sufficient. If we put on a few advertisements, we could manage.

M: Is everyone going to work on the volunteer basis?

W: Yes, it’s amazing! We have so many people wanting to take a part. In the end, we have to agree

that those who hope to go into a career if it should be considered first.

M: T hat’s right. You won’t get people who’ll just do it for money. And have you thought about the programs?

W: W ell, we haven’t made our ideas clear enough. Each one of us will think about what we are good at. And then we’ll meet again to decide who will be in charge of what programs.

M: Sounds good!

W: And w e’ll set up some standards to make sure that the programs are good enough.

M: You’re really a good programmer. I hope your new radio station will be a great success!

W: Thanks!

停顿2秒重复

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听第4段独白，回答第10至第12三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

停顿00’15’’

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Text 4

You might think that the most dangerous type of eating, for women, is overeating. But according to medical records, that’s not the case. Most of the women who die of eating problems suffer from starving themselves. While overeaters find themselves quite OK except that they are just fat, those who starve themselves have a different experience.

To look beautiful, many women eat very little. But without enough food, they are weak in health. They may feel

sick in different moments – at meetings, in the shopping malls, or while walking around. This becomes especially dangerous when they are driving or operating machines.

The reason for this is society’s demand on women to be overly thin. It’s reported that over 100 women die each year in the United States alone, just because they want to meet this demand.

What we should know is that when your life is in danger, is it meaningful to achieve that kind of beauty? It’s necessary for those who want to keep skinny to reconsider the meaning of beauty.

停顿00’02’’

听第5段对话，回答第13至第15三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

Text 5

W: Hey, Mike. What are you reading? You seem so involved in that book.

M: I’m reading a novel The Call of the Wild. It’s rather famous. I’m rather moved by the story.

W: I’ve heard of it. Is it a story that tells of a dog in the Gold Rush?

M: Bingo! It’s one of literary classics. I strongly recommended you to read it. It tells a lot.

W: OK, I will. But I prefer short stories since they take less time and require less attention. And they often uncover some deep meaning as well.

M: Well, I still prefer novels, because I enjoy the course of careful reading. And I also like poems.

W: Me too. The beauty of sound in poems is wonderful and we can learn a lot.

M: That’s true. We should find some time and read poems together.

W: What a good idea! So that we can exchange our ideas. Let’s do it. Tomorrow afternoon after class, OK?

M: I’d love to.

第二节听取信息。

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。听第二遍录音之前将有30秒钟的停顿时间。

Once a very popular and prosperous business activity, Japan’s karaoke industry has slowed d own. As the economic problems have been lasting, Japanese have less to sing. Karaoke companies are now trying hard to develop new ideas to attract singers back to karaoke. These include a new, high-tech machine that allows people to sing like famous singers, and ―theme rooms‖, which are designed with the use of Asian cartoon figures, intending to attract younger crowds. The new karaoke machine is being developed by a professor from the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The machine uses a technology called C-Sound that automatically adjusts the speed and tone of any song being played to match the way the singer is singing. In the past, a DJ has to operate the machine and make the adjustment, but the new product is the first machine to do it automatically.

听力部分到此结束，现在开始做笔试试题。

宝安区2009年高中毕业班第一次高考模拟考试

英语参考答案

1-3 CBC 4-6 CBC 7-9 BAA 10-12 BCB 13-15 CAC

16. slowed down 17. develop new ideas 18. high－tech 19. cartoon figures

20. the speed and tone

21---25 B D A C D 26---30 A B B D C

31. opening 32. by 33. development 34. with 35. baked 36. a

37. was introduced 38. Its 39. and 40. which

41---45 D B C B A 46--50 B A C D C 51-55 BACDD 56—60 C E F B D

IV、写作（共两节，满分为40分）

第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

Dear friends,

Do you want to live in a beautiful world? So it is our obligation to maintain the ecological balance. To fulfill this task, we should bear the following ecological codes in mind. First, while sticking to the habit of walking to school, we should eat at least five kinds of fruits and vegetables a day. It’s also important to recycle everything recyclable and cherish our school’s environment by picking up any litter and turning off the taps and the lights. Let’s all take action now and contribute to the prosperity of our mother—the earth.

Thank you!

The Students’ Union

第二节：任务型写作

A possible version:

As is described in the story, the hound and the housedog were given different trainings because their master assigned them different tasks. Therefore the two dogs led two kinds of lives. (31 words)

It is evident that what the hound gets from its training is of life-long benefit. First, through the hard experience, the hound has gained the ability for survival. Second, the training has cultivated the hound’s independence. Last but not least, a strong character with great determination has been formed, which will help the hound bravely face challenges.

If I were to be trained, I would prefer the training the hound has received. Take myself for example, having been brought up in a comfortable environment, I was dependent. Then the military training I received when I was in Primary School taught me how to shoulder life responsibility. The tight schedule, the strict rules, the serious officers and the hard training made me suddenly realize what life is like. From then on, I became independent and strong-willed. Therefore, I believe we need hard training to upgrade ourselves.

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