1、20112012学年上期高二第一次月考英 语 试 题（命题人：于本根 颜玉珍 周尚清 复核人：高二备课组）考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一卷 听力部分（高二考生请注意：本次考试开始，答题卡考号为：48012+考场号2位+考场座位号2位。）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 are the speakers talking about?A. A jacket.B. A car
2、.C. A man.2. How does the man go to work now? A. By busB. By car.C. On foot.3. What will the speakers do next? A. Go on working.B. Have a rest.C. Stop to work.4. Whats the mans choice? A. Dannys.B. Browns.C. A Chinese restaurant5. When did the woman have breakfast? A. Around 7:15B. Around 7:30C. Aro
3、und 7:45第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分,满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一个小题，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6.7题。6. What do we know about the woman? A. She is visiting the company. B. She is new to the company C. She came to see the man.7. What
4、is the second thing mentioned by the man? A. Keeping the desk tidy.B. How to use the time card. C. Coming to work on time.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。8. Who is a painter? A. The woman.B. John.C. Johns sister9. What does the woman enjoy doing during her trips? A. Meeting different people.B. Trying the local food
5、C. Taking pictures.10. Why does the man like the last photo best? A. Its very amusing.B. It has beautiful scenery. C. His best friend is in it.听第8段材料，回答第11-13题。11. What type of movie is Indigo Heart? A. A comedy.B. A romance.C. An action movie.12. Which movie features Deborah Legg? A. Indigo Heart.B
6、. Phantom Knight.C. Long Vacation.13. How can one reserve a ticket? A. Call the hotlineB. Go to the speakers office. C. Do it online.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Where did Andrew find the money? A. In a phone booth.B. On his way to school. C. Outside the newspaper office.15. What did Andrew do after he foun
7、d the money? A. He took the money to a nearby bank. B. He called the police. C. He looked for its owner.16. What can be inferred from the conversation? A. A TV program covered Andrews story. B. The woman is grateful to Andrew. C. Andrew has a full-time job.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did Brian climb
8、Mt. Everest? A. At the age of 13.B. At the age of 14.C. At the age of 15.18. How many people climbed the mountain with Brian? A. 2.B. 3.C. 4.19. What did they do before they climbed the mountain? A. They had some physical examinations. B. They took some training. C. They bought some high- tech equip
9、ment.20. What impressed Brian deeply at the top of the mountain? A. The view of the other mountains below. B. The amazing snow scenery. C. The blue sky within reach.第二卷 笔试部分. 单选题 （每小题1 分, 满分15分）21. The _ look on the girls face suggested that she was _.A. surprising, astonishing B. surprised, astonis
10、h C. surprising, astonished D. surprised, astonished22. Though _money, his parents managed to send him to a key university. A. lacked B. lacking C. lacking of D. lacked in23. No matter how clever a computer becomes, it can never _ of humans, because it is made by us humans. A. take place B. instead
11、of C. take the place D. in place24. Only in this way _ our goals. A. we can reach B. can we arrive C. we can arrive D. can we reach25.The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain _ as the plane was landing. A. seat B. seating C. seated D. to be seating26.When he came , he found himself _ on
12、 a chair, with his hands _ back.A. to sit; tied B. sitting; tying C. sat; tied D. sitting; tied27.In the following two hours he was _ the performance, because it turned out to be as wonderful as he had expected.A. tired of B. absorbed in C. annoyed with D. disappointed with28. My grandfather is too
13、old to care for himself, so my aunt is looking for someone to _ him.A. treat B. cure C. attend D. examine 29.-Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest bank is?-_ oh, yes! Its past the post office, next to a big market.A.I beg your pardon? B. You asked the right question.C. Mm, let me see D. Be q
14、uiet!30.Come and see me whenever_.A. you are convenient. B. youll be convenientC. it will be convenient to you.D. it is convenient to you31.John rushed out in a hurry, _ the door_.A. leaving, unlocked B. leaving, unlockingC. left, unlocked D. to leave, unlocking32.My friend Martin was very sick with
15、 a strange fever ;_,he could neither eat nor sleep.A. as a result B. after all C. anyway D. otherwise33._with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.A. Compare B. When comparing C. Comparing D. When compared34.This basketball team had lots of excellent players, so it
16、s fans never expected that it_ have failed in the final.A. must B. might C. ought D. should35.Because all the other classmates had known each other quite well, he found himself, the new comer of the class, _ whenever there were class activities.A. picked out B. broken out C. left out D. found out.完形
17、填空 (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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Can you really make out the difference between British Isles, Britain, United Kingdom and England? These terms are familiar to us, but meanwhile 36_to us Chinese. The British Isles are made up of two large 37_: One is Bri
18、tain and the other Ireland. Britain, or Great Britain, is the 38_of the two islands, which is 39_ into three parts: England, Scotland and Wale。The United Kingdom (UK) is short for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. UK 40_ Scotland, Wales and England ( i.e. the whole of Britain
19、), and also about one-sixth of Ireland, the northern part. The 41_ of Ireland called the Republic of Ireland is another country. England is the largest of the four, and generally speaking, the richest section. Its capital is London, 42_ is also the capital of the UK. London lies on the River Thames.
20、 Much of England is rather flat, although there are 43 _ in the northeast and in the center of the country. English people tend to use the 44_ “England” and “English” when they mean “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes upsets the Welsh and the Scots as they are not included. “Why dont they use Wa
21、lsh or 45_ ？” they may wonder. London is beautiful. Today, you cannot deny the beauty, myth, and wonder of the River Thames, which has good 46_. However，in the nineteenth century, in some books, the Thames was 47_ as a grey, dirty, smutty, sooty, smoky river. These were not only existing in nineteen
22、th century. It had 48_ been like this for centuries，never clear.At that time, many ordinary people were 49 to cholera. This was the 50_ disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. No one knew the disease just came from the 51 water. So many thousands of 52_ people died every t
23、ime there was an(a) 53 . Disasters like these always remain us unforgettable lessons.Now you know England is of course different from the UK. At present, the UK played an important part in the 54_affairs. It is a member state of the United Nations, 55_ the European Union and NATO. “The UN, the UK an
24、d the US often go hand in hand in the world,” people joke. Do you think so?36A.uninterestingB.surprisingC.puzzlingD.amazing37A.landsB.islandsC.continentsD.provinces38A.largerB.largestC.smallerD.smallest39A.separatedB.dividedC.changedD.sent40A. approves ofB.disposes of C.consists ofD. complains of41A
25、.partB.halfC.restD.others42A.itB.thatC.whichD.who43A.hillsB.lakesC.riversD. plains44A.nounsB.wordsC.languageD.vocabulary45A.ScottishB.EnglandC.BritainD.English46A.appearanceB.tastesC.environmentD.surroundings47A.observedB.foundC.thoughtD.described48A.sometimesB.oftenC.almostD.always49A.broughtB.show
26、n C.led D.exposed50A.enormousB.powerfulC.terrifyingD.deadly51A.wasteB.cleanC.pollutedD.pumped52A.worriedB.woundedC.curedD.affected53A.outbreakB.warC.fightingD.flood54A.westernB.EuropeanC.internationalD.nationwide55A.except forB.as well asC.linking toD.relating to.阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）AThe Channel is the n
27、ame given to the stretch（伸展） of water which separates England and France. Ferries（轮渡） operate all year round to carry people across the Channel, and they are busy most of the year. January is the only quiet month nowadays. As well as summer holiday-makers, there are day trippers and coach traffic, n
28、ot to mention lorries and other commercial vehicles. Some ferries carry cars and their passengers, while others also connect train passengers with the continental rail network.The biggest hazard for the ferry is the wind. The crew listens to BBC weather reports four times a day. Or they sometimes ge
29、t gale(wind) warnings from local radio station.Crossing the Channel by ferry is a bit like trying to cross Oxford Street on a busy afternoon, according to one ferryboat captain. The ferries from Folkstone and Dover to Calais and Boulogne have to cross the main flow of traffic. This consists of ships
30、 traveling through the Channel to and from Northern Europe. There may be four hundred ships making the journey at any one time, and they all pass through a “choke point” which is only fifteen miles (twenty-five kilometers) wide. The cross-channel ferries have to sail right through the middle of all
31、this traffic.56. The passage is mainly concerned with _.A. cross-channel ferriesB. the weather on the ChannelC. the English ChannelD. what crossing the Channel by ferry is like 57. You may find the Channel not so busy on _.A. May 1stB. February 25thC. January 2ndD. September 5th58. The word “hazard”
32、 is closest in meaning to _.A. friendB. dangerC. enemyD. safety59. We can infer(推断) from the passage that _.A. if there is a gale warning from the BBC, the ferries will stop operating.B. the traffic on the Channel is very busy only in winterC. ferries are busiest in the afternoonD. the crew of the f
33、erry listens to the weather reports four times a day60. Where does this passage most probably appear?A. In a dictionary.B. In a novel.C. In a transportation magazine.D. In a geography textbook.BFITNESS CENTRE TIMETABLEMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday7:15 amBody Power AerobicsBody S
34、tretchAerobicsBody BurnBody Stretch10:30 amBeginner AerobicsBeginner AerobicsAerobicsBody Stretch12:30 pmBody StretchBody BurnAerobicsBeginner AerobicsBody Burn3:00 pmBeginner AerobicsBody StretchBody BurnBeginner Aerobics4:45 pmBody BurnAerobicsAerobicsBody PowerBody PowerBody Stretch5:30 pmAerobic
35、sBody PowerBody PowerBody BurnBody StretchBody Power6:30 pmAerobicsBody BurnBody BurnBeginner AerobicsBody Power7:30 pmBeginner AerobicsBody StretchBeginner AerobicAerobicsBody Power: This class uses weights and aerobic movements to increase strength while burning fat. It is suitable for all levels
36、of fitness. Aerobics（有氧运动）: This is a low to medium level of difficulty aerobics class. It is good for beginner to average levels of fitness. Beginner Aerobics: This class has low levels of difficulty and simple aerobic movements. It is mainly for people who have not exercised before or who are just
37、 returning after a long break or injury. Body Stretch: This is relaxation class which stretches all the muscle groups. It is suitable for all levels of fitness. People who exercise regularly or have a stressful lifestyle would also benefit from this class. Body burn: This is a high level of difficul
38、ty aerobics class that mainly targets fat burning. It is only for those people with a very high level of fitness. 61. On Wednesday the fitness class at 6:30 pm is _.A. Aerobics B. Body Power C. Body Burn D. Beginner Aerobics62. The two classes that are suitable for all levels of fitness are _.A. Aer
39、obics and Body Power B. Body Power and Body Stretch C. Body Burn and AerobicsD. Body Stretch and Beginner Aerobics63. Lena wants to go to the city Gym on Saturday. She has not exercised for a long time. The best time for her to go would be _.A. 3:00 pm B. 5:30 pm C. 7:15 am D. 7:30 pm64. In which cl
40、ass are weights used?A. Aerobics B. Body Burn. C. Body Power D. Body Stretch65. The main goal of the Body Burn class is to _. A. reduce stress B. reduce fat levels C. increase strength D. increase muscle size CThomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a f
41、ew men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius, ” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mo
42、stly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them. Edison enjoyed thinking. He
43、knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure. Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he als
44、o loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.66. The passage is mainl
45、y about _. A. great genius in historyB. a great inventorC. Edisons inventionsD. love for nature 67. Edison thought _.A. he could be happy if he was a geniusB. genius plays the most important part in ones successC. hard work could do better than geniusD. genius could do better than hard work68. Ediso
46、n was _.A. very much interested in dreamingB. interested in the secrets of natureC. interested in changing peoples ideasD. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature 69. In Edisons opinion, _ .A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as helpB.
47、 peoples success lies mostly in geniusC. hard work is the second important thing in making people successfulD. there are few secrets for him to discover later70. The last sentence in the passage most probably implies .A. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beingsB. Edison made 100
48、inventions in his lifeC. Edison was able to live and work for 100 years D. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years workDWhat will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place
49、 in bio-technology(生物技术). With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Todays leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.In discussion of technological changes, the
50、 Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells(细胞) are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that
51、 the life of cells could not go much beyond l20 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or s
52、o, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs. The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so onin much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.It is exciting to imagine that the advanc
53、e in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.71. The author thinks the question how people die in the future _.A. is simpleB. is funnyC. has something to do with bio-technology D.
54、 has something to do with environment72. According to the passage, human death IS now mainly caused by .A. diseases and agingB. accidents and warC. accidents and aging D. heart disease and war73.In the author s opinion, todays most important advance in technology lies in .A. medicineB. the InternetC
55、. brain cells D. human organ74.Humans may live longer in the future because .A. heart disease will be far away from usB. human brains can decide the final deathC. the basic materials of cells will last foreverD. human organs can be repaired by new medicine75.We can learn from the passage that .A. hu
56、man life will not last more than 120 years in the futureB. humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells nowC. much needs to be done before humans can have a longer lifeD. we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells. 单词拼写（每空1分，共5分）根据首字母或所给中文提示，写出正确的单词完成句子。1.The headmas
57、ter excitedly a_ the school sports meeting began.2.Obama is a good speech maker and his first speech as president made a strong i_ on his audience.3. The farmers in this area had a good harvest last year thanks to the s_ farming.4.His friends were _(热情)and encouraged him to publish his ideas.5.Berli
58、n sounds fascinating from your _(描述)。. 句子翻译（每空0.5分，共10分）1.看来水是罪魁祸首。It seemed that the water_ _ _.2.然而，爱尔兰的南部却不愿意而分离出去了，并建立了自己的政府。However, the southern part of Irland was unwilling and_ _to form its own government.3.他常常捐赠食物和衣服给红十字会。He often _ food and clothing _ the Red Cross.4. 值得称赞的是汤姆及时地把事故中的受害者送到
59、了医院。Tom, _ _ _, sent the victims in the accident to the hospital in time。5.如今只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现威尔士也是包括在内的。Now when people _ to England you find Wales _ as well.6.然而，当我到了看上去像大市场的地方时，我看不见王萍了。However , I _ _ _Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market.7.除了这些理由以外，他无话可说了_ _these reasons, he s
60、aid nothing8.在这个工厂，工人是按计件拿工资的。In the factory, the workers get _ by the piece9.美国信用评级的下降导致了世界股票的下跌。The downgrade of Americas credit rating _ _ a fall in global stock market. 书面表达（满分20分）未来的家会是怎样的？有怎样的外表？ 家具床铺地板墙壁是怎样的？家务由计算机做吗? 这种家有什么特殊的功能？假设有一天，你拜访了一个未来的家，大开眼界。请你把你想象中所见的家用英语描述出来，与大家共享。为了给读者一个深刻的印象，你必须
61、写出以下几个方面：1.描绘家的外围环境2.描绘其外表3.家里的设备和用品4.有哪些特殊功能参考词汇： 外表appearance 家具furniture 地板floor 地面ground 天花板ceiling 功能function 环保environmentally friendly 题目：I visited a home in the future20112012学年上期高二第一次月考英语试题参 考 答 案听力部分: 15 CABAA 610 BACCA 1115 BBCAB 1620 AACBA单选题： 2125 DBCDC 2630 DBCCD 3135 AADDC 完形填空：3640 C
62、BABC 4145 CCABA 4650 CDDDD 5155 CDACB阅读理解：5660 ACBAC 6165 CBACB 6670 BCBAA 7175 CAADC 单词拼写 1.announced 2.impression 3.scientific 4.enthusiastic 5.description.句子翻译 1.was to blame 2.broke away 3.contributes to 4.to his credit 5.refer, included 6.lost sight of 7.Apart from 8. paid 9. resulted in/led to
63、书面表达：范文及评议 Talking about future, we only know future is better. But how much better? No one knows. Only when I saw a house in 3011 with my own eyes did I have a deep impression. When permitted by the owner, we paid a visit to the eye-catching house.The wall, even the whole house, seemed to be made o
64、f real grass, fresh and green. The four-storey building contains five rooms, with a swimming pool, exercise room and a garden. The owner led us into his dining-room. Why? We saw nothing here: no tables, no beds, or even a single piece of furniture. A button pressed, everything needed came from under
65、 the floor. How fancy! Everything inside the house could be cleaned of themselves so the owner didnt have to wash them. The wall of the sitting room was showing a 3D film. Who should know it was a TV set if it is not pointed out？ Besides, the future house can prevent the volcano, the tsunami, flood
66、,earthquake from attacking the people. The house can float up or fly away in case of emergency! “Where is the computer?” I wondered. “What? Computer?” the word surprised the owner, “No computers like your times! They have been combined with our brains since five hundred years ago”Really splendid! No wonder human beings are always looking forward to the future!本文字数约230个，考试时不必写过多，但其中的问句感叹省略等可以参考，这使句子更优美。另外，分词作状语作定语也能美化句式。尽量讲究用词。
