高二英语月考试题及答案-南昌二中-学年高二下学期第一次月考8

高二下学期第一次月考英语试题
第一部分,听力(共两节，满分30分)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，并标在答题卷的相应位置。

用答题卡的考生，先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。

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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a hotel
B. At home
C. In a library
2. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man can take part in the sports meeting.
B. The woman wants to stay home for a rest.
C. The man is down with a fever.
3. What nationality is Sheila?
A. Japanese
B. English
C. American
4. How are the guests going to New York?
A. By taxi
B. By plane
C. By bus
5. What does the man imply?
A. He has already tasted the chocolate pudding.
B. He doesn't want any chocolate pudding.
C. Chocolate is his favorite flavor.
第二节听下面5段对话。

每段对话或独白后有一个小题，从题中所给的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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What does the man reserve?
A. A King’s room for two nights .
B. A single room for one night.
C. Any room available for him.
7.Why can’t the man have what he wants?
A. He didn’t attend the meeting.
B. He didn’t reach the hotel in time.
C. He didn’t make a reservation early enough.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She was born in Hawaii.
B. She has never been to Hawaii.
C. She has been working in Hawaii for many years.
9. How will the woman most likely travel around the island after the conversation?
A. By renting a car
B. By bus
C. On foot
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12小题。

10.Why did the woman want to see the man’s license?
A. He was speeding
B. He was a stranger
C. He took the wrong turn
11. What is the speed limit in business areas?
A. 20 miles per hour
B. 25 miles per hour
C. 35 miles per hour.
12. What does the woman finally do?
A. She gives the man a ticket
B. She takes the man to the police station
C. She just warns him and lets him go.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至16小题。

13. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In the open air
B. In a photo studio
C. At a photo exhibition
14. What are the two speakers mostly discussing?
A. Outdoor photography
B. Photography experience
C. Photography equipment
15. Why does the woman come to see the man?
A. To look for a job
B. To ask for some advice
C. To borrow some equipment
16. What surprising information does the man tell the woman?
A. She shouldn’t go to Alaska at this time of the year
B. She’d better take some extra photography lessons.
C. She needs more photography equipment
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20小题。

17. What do we know about the pyramids?
A. The “Step” pyramid is more famous than the “Bent” pyramid
B. They have stood there for nearly 5, 000 years.
C. Some of the pyramids have fallen into ruins.
18. Why do some pyramids remain in a good state?
A. They have been taken good care of.
B. They have been buried in sand.
C. It seldom rains in Egypt
19. What causes the most damage to he pyramids?
A. Thief and stone hunters
B. The Nile River.
C. The war.
20. Why do we have a clear picture of how pyramids were built?
A. We have found paintings showing their construction plans.
B. We have studied them and the tools used to build them.
C. We have found description of how they were built.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分。

满分15分)
21. I’m sorry I can’t think of the exact date of it, but it was ______ Sunday because we didn’t have to go to ______ school that day.
A. /; /
B. /; the
C. a; the
D. a; /
22. It is well known that Germany’s car industry is ________ its beer.
A. as a symbol much as
B. as much a symbol as
C. as much the symbol as
D. as the symbol much as
23. Chinese, as most people think, is the most beautiful ________ in the world.
A. word
B. voice
C. tongue
D. sound
24. —Can I borrow some of your novels?
—___________. They are at your service.
A. Don’t mention it
B. With pleasure
C. Come on
D. By all means
25. In modern times, people have to learn to _______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.
A. keep with
B. stay with
C. live with
D. meet with
26. In the conference, the chairman urged both parties to _______ minor differences for the
sake of peace.
A. set aside
B. turn around
C. leave alone
D. never mind
27. The boy was so worn out that he fell asleep ________ his mother could take off his clothes.
A. before
B. after
C. while
D. when
28. I’m sure many people will praise your cinema if you designed it with good _____ _____ disabled people.
A. entry; to
B. access; for
C. entrance; to
D. access; to
29. Catherine was determined, hard-working and intellige nt; ____, I couldn’t speak ______
highly of her.
A. as a result; very
B. anyhow; so
C. after all; much
D. all in all; too
30. Which do you enjoy __ your spare time, watching TV at home or going hiking in the park?
A. spending
B. to spend
C. having spent
D. to have spent
31. It is desired that the complaints of the public _______ to the attention of the policy-makers.
A. be brought
B. shall be brought
C. are brought
D. could be brought
32. Who would you like to have _______ the case? We cannot have terrorists _______ away with killing innocent people！
A. investigate; get
B. to investigate; got
C. investigated; getting
D. investigate; getting
33. They believed what the weather forecast said and went on their exploration, ________ in heavy snow on the mountain.
A. being caught
B. only to be caught
C. only to catch
D. only catching
34. “Are there any post offices _____ around here?” asked the man.
A. adaptable
B. convenient
C. available
D. accessible
35. We can never deny the fact that Hong Kong still enjoys a position which is the __ of many.
A. agreement
B. sympathy
C. approval
D. envy
第二节完形填空（共20小题，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）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some people seem to have been born with a (an) 36 sense of direction. Even when lost in the woods, they find their way home as surely as an animal 37 the smell of its prey. The 38 is probably that they never feel lost. Others, myself included, can manage to 39 in a department store.
When I was in the army, there was nothing I disliked so much as the 40 course, for the
simple reason that I always feel lost – even with a map in my hand. For weeks I had been lying
awake at night thinking of the 41 test I would have to face at the 42 of the course. At
last, the 43 day arrived. It was to be my responsibility to lead a small group of soldiers back
to camp from the middle of 44 . We were driven out in a 45 truck and left in a field
with instructions to get back to camp as quickly as possible.
46 knowing about my problem as they did, the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking
at the map blindly and they made all sorts of 47 . I folded the map up, put it in my pocket,
and announced that we would head east. After walking through cornfields for over an hour, we
came to a wide stream. I again looked at the map. It seemed to be covered with 48 thin blue
lines, but which 49 line was this stream? 50 , we sat down to rest in the shade and I felt
like 51 the map into the water. About fifteen minutes later, a boat came along and I asked
the owner of the boat if he could give us a 52 to the nearest town. I 53 that we had
been out for a walk and somehow got lost. The owner of the boat invited us aboard and I felt very
54 when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers pass their map-reading test! Not
long afterward s, we got off the boat and, following the boat owner’s instructions, took a bus into
town. When we got back to camp, the Commander Officer 55 me on having led the men
back so quickly!
36. A. uncertain B. incredible C. unforgettable D. uncredible
37. A. cuts up B. cuts out C. picks up D. picks out
38. A. secret B. theory C. significance D. answer
39. A. make a bargain B. help find ways C. get lost D .be on guard
40. A. shooting B. swimming C. marching D. map-reading
41. A. drilling B. placement C. practical D. graduation
42. A. beginning B. end C. middle D. half way
43. A. evil B. frozen C. sacred D. abstract
44. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
45. A. open B. shabby C. large D. closed
46. A. Hardly B. Well C. Frequently D. Slightly
47. A. annoying noises B. contradictory decisions
C. sympathetic comments
D. helpful suggestions
48. A. just a few B. masses of C. numbered D. recognizable
49. A. particular B. special C. separate D. lonely
50. A. In anger B. In surprise C. In delight D. In despair
51. A. washing B. hiding C. researching D. throwing
52. A. hand B. lift C. boat D. direction
53. A. explained B. swore C. pretended D. whispered
54. A. clumsy B. foolish C. respectful D. hopeless
55. A. congratulated B. scolded C. praised D. criticized
第三部分阅读理解：（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
What’s the furthest you have ever cycled?
Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling on your own from the UK to China, by bike?
For the British cyclist Pete Jones, camping in the wild and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain(无人区) are his second nature.
An experienced explorer through places such as the Tianshan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, Mr. Jones is currently taking a great journey across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.
Having lived on and off(断断续续地) in Xinjiang for three years, and having visited the country many times since 1992, Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his strong love for cycling, asking why he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car. Indeed, while there are about 400 million bicycles in China, where it has long been the preferred means of transport, rapid economic growth has caused a rapid development in car ownership. Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his goals was to “tell people cycling is a safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly means of getting about.”
In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years. Politicians also see cycling as a way to prove that they are concerned about the environment, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson often riding to work under his own steam. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating(效仿) Pete Jones in attempting to cycle all the way to China.
56.By saying “second nature”（Paragraph 3）, the author wants to say that ________.
A. Pete Jones has a gift for cycling
B. Pete Jones has a special interest in nature
C. Pete Jones has a different skill in cycling
D. cycling has become an innate part for Pete Jones
57. Which of the following can replace the underlined words in the last Paragraph?
A. on a steam bicycle
B. without help from anyone else
C. getting rid of his energy
D. giving off steam
58. The purpose for Genochio to travel between the UK and China by bike is ________.
A. the same as Pete Jones
B. to vote for the mayor of London
C. to call for more people to protect the environment
D. to raise money to buy a car
59.According to the passage, what doesn’t help Pete Jones make the great trip?
A. Being unable to afford a car
B. Having visited China many times
C. Having lived in China for some time
D. Being quite experienced in such trip
60.The author is _________ the intention of Boris Johnson’s cycling
A. supportive to
B. confident in
C. doubtful about
D. sympathetic to
B
$10 for $ 20 towards Books, Stationary, Gifts and Dresses for Booksmarts Canada
Offer Details:
1.Expires on February 28, 2013.
2.Buy up to two. Limit one per person, per transaction (交易). No gifts allowed.
3.Does not include tax. No cash value. No cash back.
4.Pay less than cover price for books.
From the Merchant:
Booksmarts Canada is an independent bookstore that specializes in remaindered books, affordable best-sellers and unique gifts. Remainders are books that a publisher printed in a greater quantity than necessary so. To create space, they sell them to stores at a discount. Some stores will simply sell the books at cover price, but Booksmarts Canada sells them at a discount to you. In addition to their revolutionary book pricing, Booksmarts Canada also sells a wide variety of unique items that you’ll want to keep for yourself and designs that you won’t see anywhere else. Books and gifts are added weekly, so there’s always something new to discover.
Booksmarts Canada is located at Highland Hills Mall; it is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, on Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and on Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Merchant’s Promise:
We want to be the best part of your day. If you’re not happy with your purchase, let us know why and we’ll do our best to make things right. If you have not used your voucher (代金券) within the first 30 days and would like to return it, please contact us and we will provide you with
a full refund. Seriously, it’s that simple!
61.February 28, 2013 is the date when _________.
A. people will begin to have a discount
B. people will buy up to two items
C. people will stop having a discount
D. people will stop to get gifts
62. When shopping in Booksmarts Canada, people _________.
A. should apply for gifts from them
B. should use the voucher offered by them
C. can only buy second-hand books
D. will pay a lot of tax for their goods
63. Which of the following statements is true of Booksmarts Canada?
A. People can find new books and gifts every week
B. Some books there will be sold at cover price.
C. The shop mainly sells best-sellers and dresses.
D. The shop is open for ten hours on Sunday.
64. When can people do shopping in Booksmarts Canada?
A. 6:00 pm on Sunday.
B. 11:00 am on Tuesday
C. 9:00 am on Thursday
D. 7:00 pm on Saturday.
65. We can learn from the last paragraph that ____________.
A. it’s convenient for people to do shopping in Booksmarts Canada.
B. Booksmarts Canada doesn’t want customers to return the voucher.
C. Booksmarts Canada hopes to promote its popularity in future.
D. people have their freedom to make a purchase and return the voucher.
C
Videodisc(视频，视盘) holds great promise of helping to meet the needs of American schoolchildren who have problems seeing, hearing, speaking, or socializing.
Almost eleven percent of the students aged 3～21 in this country have an impairment that affects their ability to benefit from a regular education program. Handicapped students require special education because they are often different from most children in one or more of the following ways: mentally retarded (发展迟缓的), learning-disabled, emotionally disturbed, visually handicapped, physically handicapped, or other health impairments. The education of these handicapped children is rewarding but challenging.
A special education student usually needs a longer period of time to acquire information. Repetitive teaching techniques are often beneficial, and indefatigable(孜孜不倦的) consistency on the part of the teacher is frequently necessary. Interactive videodisc courseware has characteristics that can be made use of to meet the challenges that special education poses. A videodisc program is patient. Repetition of any videodisc lesson can continue endlessly, and designers can assure absolute consistency within a program. Most important, according to special educator William Healey of the University of Arizona, is that videodisc “adds an extra aspect of realism for children who need graphic（图样的，生动的）representations”.
Healey explained that deaf and mentally retarded children especially have difficulty grasping figurative ( 比喻的) language and higher-order language concepts. He believes that for special education, the power of videodisc lies in the ability of the technology to visually represent language concepts normally taken for granted by non-handicapped persons. Complex figurative language forms such as idioms come most readily to mind as being difficult for handicapped learners.
66. The underlined word “impairment” probably means ________.
A. habit
B. disability
C. misconception
D. belief
67. A videodisc courseware is beneficial to those who have study difficulties because ________.
A. its fancy design is very attractive
B. it allows the user to go back to where he wants to restudy
C. the content of it is healthy and promising
D. it is developed by university professors
68. According to Professor Healey, we may infer that mentally retarded children perhaps ______.
A. need graphic representations in order to understand higher-order language concepts
B. are good at studying English idioms but often fail to grasp higher-order language concepts
C. are not very patient with videodisc which helps them to understand the world concepts
D. tend to be deaf as well and have difficulty learning the simple concept "before and after"
69. The best phrase that summarizes the main idea of the text is ________.
A. handicapped students and their problems
B. computer assisted teaching programs
C. videodisc and special education
D. normal children and handicapped kids
70. The special education mentioned in the text is mainly concerned with ______.
A．genius students from day-care centers to colleges
B．students who are fond of computer video games
C．students who are either mentally or physically disabled
D．teachers of language in the University of Arizona
D
“Welcome to the U.S.A.! Major credit cards are accepted!”
By the millions they are coming no longer the tired, the poor masses longing for a better living. These are the wealthy. “We don't have a budget,” says a tourist from Brazil, as she walks with two companions through New York City's South Street. “We just use our credit cards.”
The US has long been one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, but this year has been more impressive. First, there was the World Cup, which drew thousands from every corner of the globe; then came the weakening of the US dollar. Now the US, still the world’s superpower, can also claim to be the world's bargain basement. Nobody undersells America these days on just about everything, from consumer electronics to fashion clothes. Bottom retail prices anywhere from 30 % to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia have attracted some 47 million visitors, who are expected to leave behind $ 79 billio n in 1994. That’s up from $74 billion the year before.
True, not everyone comes just for bargains. There remains a fascination in the rest of the world with all things American, made known widely by Hollywood films and US television series. Shopping in the USA is proving attractive. Every week thousands arrive with empty suitcases ready to be filled. The buying binge（无节制）has become as important as sunbathing on a beach in Florida.
The US has come at last to appreciate what other countries learned long ago: the pouring in of foreign tourists may not always be convenient, but it does put money in the bank. And with a trade deficit(赤字) at about $130 billion and growing for the past 12 months, the US needs all the money it can get. Compared with American tourists abroad, visitors to the US stay longer and spend more money at each stop; an average of 12.2 night and $ 1624 a traveler versus the Americans’ four nights and $298.
71. From what the Brazilian tourist says, we know that tourists like her ____.
A. are unwilling to carry cash with them
B. are not good at planning their costs
C. simply don’t care how much they spend
D. often spend more money than they can afford
72. The reason why 1994 was impressive is that ____.
A. it witnessed a drop in the number of tourists to the US
B. it saw an unusually large number of tourists to the US
C. tourism was hardly affected by the weakening of the US dollar that year
D. Tourists came to the US for sightseeing rather than for bargains that year
73. By saying “nobody undersells America” (Underlined), the author means that ____.
A. no other country underestimates the competitiveness of American products
B. nobody expects the Americans to cut the prices of their commodities
C. nobody prevents the selling of American goods
D. no other country sells at a lower price than America
74. Why does the author insists that all things American are fascinating to foreigners?
A. Because they have gained much publicity through the American media
B. Because they represent th e world’s latest fashions
C. Because they reflect the most advanced technology
D. Because they are available at all tourist destinations
75. From the passage we can conclude that the US has come to realize____.
A. the weakening of the US dollar can result in trade deficits
B. tourism can make great contributions to its economy
C. the lower the retail prices, the greater in profits
D. visitors to the US are wealthier than US tourists abroad
第四部分写作（共三节, 满分35分）
第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分）
阅读下面短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

According to the US government, wind farms off the Pacific coast could
produce 900 gigawatts of electricity every year. Unfortunately, the water there
is far too deep for even the tallest windmills (see picture) to touch bottom. An
experiment under way off the coast of Norway, however, could help put them
anywhere.
The project, called Hywind, is the world's first large-scale deepwater wind
turbine (涡轮发电机). It represents totally new technology. The turbine will be
fixed 213 feet above the water on a floating spar (空心铁杆), a technology
Hywind's creator, the Norwegian company Statoil Hydro , has developed recently. The steel spar, which is filled with stones and goes 328 feet below the sea surface, will be tied to the ocean floor by three cable (缆索); these will keep the spar 79________ and prevent the turbine from moving up and down in the waves. Hywind’s stability (稳定性) in the cold and rough sea would prove that even the deepest corners of the ocean are suitable for wind power. If all goes according to plan, the turbine will start producing electricity six miles off the coast of southwestern Norway as early as September.
To produce electricity on a large scale, a commercial wind farm will have to use bigger turbines than Hywind does, but it's difficult enough to balance such a large turbine so high on a floating spar in the middle of the ocean. To make that turbine heavier, the whole spar's centre of gravity must be moved much closer to the ocean's surface. To do that, the company plans to design a new kind of wind turbine, one whose gearbox (变速箱) sits at sea level rather than behind the blades (see picture).
Hywind is a test run, but the benefits for perfecting floating wind-farm technology could be extremely large. Out at sea, the wind is often stronger and steadier than close to shore, where all existing offshore windmills are planted. Deep-sea farms are invisible from land, which helps overcome the windmill-as-eyesore objection. If the technology catches on, it will open up vast areas of the planet's surface to one of the best low-carbon power sources available.
76. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? (within 10 words)
________________________________________________________________
77. Which will be better power sources, wind out at sea or wind close to shore? Why? (within 20 words)
________________________________________________________________
78. Why must the spar’s center of gravity approach the ocean’s surface? (within 6 words)
________________________________________________________________
79. Fill in the blank in the second paragraph with a proper word.
________________________________________________________________
80. What does the underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refer to? (Using a word)
________________________________________________________________
第二节单词填空（根据首字母、中文提示或英语释义。

共10小题；满分5分）
81. The accident happened on such an evening with strong winds a__________ by heavy rain.
82. When Ben’s house was on fire last night, several neighbors rushed to his a________ and put out the fire.
83. You’ve worked so hard that you are b______ to pass the exam.
84. The way he c________ himself in your presence, talks or even behaves with other people, are signs that he likes you.
85. A _____ is a friend that you spend a lot of time with, or someone you are travelling with.
86. Tom and Jane want to get ________. That means they intend to end their marriage.
87. The other day I helped you out of the embarrassing situation, you owed me a f________.
88. When the government is going to end the existence of a custom, we say it is to be _______（废除）.
89. The mayor delivered a speech of ___ (祝贺) for the graduates at the graduation ceremony.
90. In fact everything he does is ________(相反的) to what is considered normal behavior.
第三节书面表达
根据下面的提示，用英语写一篇作文。

“贫困对于少年是好的教科书”，但是有些家长的心情十分矛盾。

一方面，家长们想为孩子创造舒适的生活和学习环境。

另一方面，又怕如此娇生惯养的孩子被宠坏，缺乏好素质，将来没出息。

要求：
1.请以“Hard life is good for children”为题，讲述“吃苦”的好处，给出一些建议，帮助家长消除疑虑。

2.词数：120左右（不包括已给出的短文开头）
Hard life is good for children
Nowadays, quite a lot of parents are in a dilemma(窘境). On one hand, _______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________。