1、高2013级高二下期第一学月考试英语试题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题)考试时间120 分钟，总分150分第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5个小题：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秒钟的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 does the woman think is more difficult?A. Chess. B. Football. C. Volleyball.2. What does the
2、 woman do now?A. A painter. B. A teacher. C. An actress.3. How is the man going home?A. By train. B. By bus. C. By taxi.4. What can we learn from the conversation?A. It is nine thirty now.B. The last plane left five minutes ago.C. The man will leave Chicago in half an hour.5. Why isnt the man cheerf
3、ul?A. The questions are too hard.B. He hasnt finished the questions.C. The questions have little to do with the book.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who is making the telephone call
4、?A. Mary. B. Steve. C. Tina.7. When does the play start?A. At 7:00. B. At 8:00. C. At 9:00.听第7段材料，回答第8,9题。8. Why doesnt the woman work for the former company?A. The salary is low.B. Her office is far from home.C. The company is small.9. How much money does the woman want for a year?A. About 12,000.
5、B. About 20,000. C. About 200,000.听第8段材料，回答10至12题。10. Where are the speakers?A. At the airport. B. At the mans home. C. At a cafe.11. How many people are there in the mans family?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.12. What do we know about Jamie?A. He has been married. B. He is a college student. C. He is y
6、ounger than Julian.听第9段材料，回答13至16题。13. How did the woman get to know about the club?A. From a newspaper ad. B. From her mother. C. From her friends.14. What activity is the woman interested in?A. Culture. B. Sports. C. Language.15. When will the club members practise German?A. On Monday evening. B.
7、On Wednesday evening. C. On Friday evening.16. What will the woman do next?A. Send a form.B. Write down her name.C. Give her personal information to the man.听第10段材料，回答17至20题。17. What is the womans major?A. Painting. B. English. C. Japanese.18. When did the woman last see Lily?A. Three days ago. B. O
8、ne week ago. C. Three years ago.19. What is Lilys problem?A. She lacks chances to speak Chinese.B. She finds it difficult to write Chinese words.C. She doesnt know how to remember Chinese words.20. Where does the woman plan to further her study?A. In China. B. In Italy. C. In England.第二部分：完形填空（共20小题
9、；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 In my second year of high school, our class was arranged to run the mile. I will always remember that day. Because of the scars from operation on my leg, I had not worn 21 for two years for fear of being laughed at. Yet that d
10、ay, it didnt 22 . I was ready to wear shorts, heart and mind. I had no sooner got to the starting line than I heard the loud whispers. “How fat!” “How ugly!” I 23 it.Then the coach shouted, “Ready. Go!” I rushed out like an arrow, 24 I was determined to finish first. As I came around the 25 of the f
11、our laps, there were students all over the 26 . By the time I started the third lap, only a few of my classmates remained there, and I began limping (蹒跚前行). When I was running the fourth lap, I was 27 . Then I realized that nobody had given up. 28 , everyone had already finished. As I ran that last
12、lap, I 29 . I realized that anyone else in my class had 30me. 12 minutes and 42 seconds after starting, I crossed the finish 31 , fell to the ground and was flooded with sweat. Suddenly my 32 ran up to me and picked me up, yelling, “You did it! You finished!” He looked at me 33 , waving a piece of p
13、aper in his hand. It was my goal for the day. He read it in a 34 voice to everyone. It simply said, “I will 35 running the mile tomorrow. No pain or defeat will 36 me. I am sure to make it and I 37finish.” My face 38. My tears went away and I had a smile on my face. And my classmates cheered. It was
14、 then that I realized winning isnt 39 finishing first. Sometimes40 is just finishing.21. A. trousersB. skirts C.shortsD. socks22. A. matterB. careC.sufferD. mind23. A. ignoredB. workedC.turnedD. picked24. A. althoughB. so C. because D. while25. A. firstB. lastC. thirdD. fourth26. A. groundB. trackC.
15、 fieldD. earth27. A. pleasedB. absentC. aloneD. lonely28. A. BesidesB. Instead C. OtherwiseD. Therefore29. A. criedB. laughedC. cheeredD. shouted30. A. wonB. hitC. struckD. beaten31. A. lineB. trackC. limitD. lap32. A. motherB. sister C. coachD. companion33. A. Angrily B. Calmly C. excitedlyD. sadly
16、34. A. lowB. softC. loudD. deep35. A. startB. finish C. walkD. win36. A. stopB. findC. loseD. help37. A. mightB. mayC. shouldD. will38. A. lit upB. showed up C. picked upD. turned up39. A. sometimes B. always C. usually D. occasionally40. A. finishingB. beginning C. winning D. losing第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分
17、40分)第一节（共15小题；每题2分，满分30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项.并在答且卡上将该项涂黑。 ASongzaIf you dont want to hunt for music yourself, the Times，Songza is meant to play you the right music at the right time, as USA Today put it.Songza starts by figuring out the date and time when you start to use it on yo
18、ur smartphone. It then suggests the six most popular activities for that time of day. For example, on a Saturday morning, you might be provided with the choices Waking Up, Cooking Breakfast or Singing in the Shower. Once you choose one of these types, youre able to listen to the songs that best suit
19、 that situation.CarrotIn order to be more organized, you must have tried one of those to-do list apps. But there is one problem with these apps-you can easily give up and they dont bother you. Now, there is a new app, Carrot. In fact, Carrot is a task manager with a personality. When you succeed in
20、finishing your tasks, for example, Carrot rewards you with a message that says: Good. Soon youll be completing other peoples to-do lists or Youre an unstoppable task- killing machine sent from the future. But if you fail to perform your tasks, Carrot might say: My anger for you already burns with th
21、e heat of 10,000 suns. And it may change its background from white to black to show how angry it is.DuolingoHave you ever wanted to learn another foreign language? You might say: English is hard enough. I dont want to go through that again.Relax-learning a foreign language doesnt always mean you hav
22、e to sit in a class and take endless exams. An app named Duolingo has been designed to help you memorize new words and grammar in creative ways, such as online lessons, games and interesting exercises.41. Songza is a popular App because _.A. it is one of the 50 Best Apps listed by The TimesB. it tel
23、ls you what to do at different time of dayC. it can wake you up on a Saturday morningD. it plays you the right music at the right time42. If Carrot changes its background from white to black, it means_.A. it has got angry with you B. its no longer a task managerC. youve finished your tasks D. it won
24、t bother you any more43. A person interested in learning another foreign language can turn to _.A. Songza B. Carrot C. Duolingo D. The Times44. The best title for the passage is_.A. Music, Tasks And Languages B. The Advantages of the AppsC. The Meaning of New Apps D. The Apps Just for YouBWhen I was
25、 11, my job that summer was to look after my two-year-old brother, Joey. One thing that helped me not to get bored was spending time with my neighbor, a young mother-to-be.They called her Catuzza. During the day, she missed her husband a lot. So she enjoyed the company Joey and I provided. She alway
26、s smiled as if she was wondering about her own child in her body. Sometimes when the baby kicked, she would let us feel it.After that summer, my family moved to another part of the city. Joey grew up to join the army, went to college, established a career in New York-and, suddenly, discovered at age
27、 35 that he had a terrible disease. Doctors did a surgery on his heart but didnt give him much hope. However, Joey was determined to live, and be drew strength from the doctor he eventually found a respected expert at St. Peters Hospital This doctor would keep Joey alive. The doctors name, Joey told
28、 me, was Frank Lizzi.Frank Lizzi? I asked. Thats a familiar name. When we were small, our neighbor was named Frank Lizzi.Was Dr. Lizzis mother named Catuzza? Thats right. Joey answered, Besides, we are not far apart in age. Dr. Lizzi is just two years younger than I.Only then did the realization hit
29、 me. The unborn baby who had kicked inside Catuzza all those years before had grown up to be the doctor who saved my brothers life. I was very surprised at the mystery of connections. Never would any of us have imagined that this unborn baby would one day return that touch, carrying with it the same
30、 miracle (奇迹) of life itself.45. When the author was 11, his job that summer was to_.A. feel the unborn baby kick B. provide company for CatuzzaC. take care of his younger brother D. spend time with the unborn baby46. According to the passage,_.A. Joey would have died without Dr. Lizzis helpB. Joey
31、had been weak since he was youngC. Dr. Lizzi did the surgery on Joeys heartD. Joey stayed alive thanks to the surgery47. We can infer from the text that_.A. Joey and Dr. Lizzi are of the same ageB. it was Catuzza who actually saved JoeyC. Dr. Lizzi remembered Joey all the timeD. later the two famili
32、es became neighbors again48.The underlined sentence “only then did the realization hit me.”probably means_.A. I suddenly figured out who Dr. Lizzi wasB. I realized then how lucky my brother wasC. Dr. Lizzi hit me on the head all of a suddenD. I didnt realize how old Dr. Lizzi was until then CA man e
33、nters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk. Thats all -milk. At the same time, a woman enters the same store and also buys milk. Besides, she buys chicken to make dinner that night. Then she gets coffee for breakfast and remembers stamps to mail the bills.And that is the differen
34、ce between the female and male brains simply explained in a store. Generally speaking, men do one thing at a time while women do many. Doing many things at one time is often called multi-tasking,”, a very popular word these days.Now scientific research supports this theory about male and female brai
35、ns. A recent study has proved what we have known all along-men and women think differently.Last year, some scientists studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old. They found that male brains have more connections only on one side of the brain. In the female brain, they found more
36、activities and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason”. The right one is known as the “creative” side.Regina Verma, a professor in the brain study, says when women are asked to do something difficult they might use differ
37、ent parts of the brain. Men, she adds, generally use just one side of the brain. As a result, men generally deal directly with a problem. In fact, there is a strong connection between the understanding and the “action” parts of mens brains. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, lik
38、e the part connected with reason and the part connected with sensitivity (敏感性) when solving a problem. They take a less direct path to find a solution.49. In Paragraph 1, the writer is trying to A. introduce the topic of the passageB. describe how shopping is going ohC. compare behaviors of men and
39、womenD. tell us that women buy more than men50. Whats the finding of the study?A. Women can find a solution to a problem directly.B. Men use different parts of the brain to solve a problem.C. Men and women think differently when solving problems.D. A female brain has more connections on one side of
40、the brain.51. In which section of a newspaper are we more likely to read this article?A. Science. B. Business. C. Education. D. Life.DFour Simple Keys to Transform Your LifeThe Power of ChoiceEvery one of us makes countless choices every dayEvery choice we make has an effect on our livesEven insigni
41、ficant choices can affect what we experience and how we feelWhen hunger strikes, we can reach for a healthy, nutritious snack, or we can choose the sugar high of junk foodThe more important the decision, the greater its effectFor instance, how do I act towards that person who treated me badly? Do I
42、generally choose to be passive, or do I actively set clear intentions(意图） and create what I want in my life? Every choice we make, however big or small, affects us in some wayHow Do You Make Choices? If you are interested in living a richer, fuller life, there is a foundation upon which you can base
43、 all of your decisions which can make life better not only for you, but also for those around youThis foundation is to choose based on whats best for allImagine a world where every parent, spouse（配偶）, friend, teacher, businessperson, and politician truly did their best to choose whats best for all i
44、nvolved in every decision they made We would certainly live in a more caring, supportive worldIts the IntentionBut how do I know what is really best? you might askThe answer is simpleIt doesnt matterWhat matters is not the choice you make, but rather the intention behind your choiceWhat matters is t
45、hat whatever decision you make, you are clear in your intention of choosing based on whats best for allIf it later turns out that you made what appears to have been a bad choice, theres no need for guiltKnowing that you did your best to choose with a sincere desire for whats best for all, your consc
46、ience stays clear and openThis then allows you to more easily learn from your mistakes, and to live with a clear heart and mindWhats Best for Me, Too! Choosing whats best does not mean you have to always sacrifice yourself for othersAn over-exhausted mother can lose her temper（脾气） easilySome time of
47、f for this mother might seem selfish, yet in the long run, it can help her to be a better mother to her childrenSo as we move through each day of our lives, let us remember to include ourselves as we do our best to choose whats best for all52Which of the following is FALSE?AWhenever hunger strikes,
48、we will reach for a junk snack BEvery choice, however big or small, has an influence on usCEven small choices affect how we feelDWe make choices every day53How should we make choices?ATo be interested in a richer, fuller life BTo make life better for ourselvesCTo imagine a world where everyone did t
49、heir bestDTo choose based on whats best for all 54Why does the author say, What matters is not the choice you make, but rather the intention behind your choice?ABecause the choice you make is not importantBBecause you may have made a bad choiceCBecause this allows you to stay clear and improve D. Be
50、cause there is no need for guilt55How to choose what is best for us?AWe need to devote all our life to others BWe need to put away some time for ourselves CWe need to sacrifice ourselves for othersDWe need to be selfless every minute第二节（共5小题；每题2分，满分10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。选项中有两
51、项为多余选项。 Health is the most important thing in the world. Nothing is more important than health. If one takes away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes we can still survive. 56 That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and exercise regularly. How can we keep healthy? In order to eat h
52、ealthily, I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies which are junk foods. 57 Besides, I may eat little meat. 58 Taking exercise every day helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping us healthy. And also keeping high mood is good for ment
53、al health. We can renew our spirits and release our stress by taking exercise. Whats more, I think friends are an important part of ones health. 59 I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of healt
54、h. It is good to stay with my friends. By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy. These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them. 60 A. Many st
55、udies show that people with a narrow range of social contacts often get sick.B. There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.C. On the other hand, doing exercise is very important.D. But if our health were taken away, it is certain that we would surely die.E. I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep healthy.F. I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruits which are full of vitamins.G. Some people appear fat because they often eat too much.
