株洲市二中2012年高一年级下学期英语第1次月考试卷

株洲市二中2012年高一年级下学期英语月考试卷命题人：胡蓉等审题人：朱超英时量：120分钟分值：150分PART ONE: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 points)Section A (22.5 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B, or C) on the question booklet.You will hear each Conversation TWICE.Conversation 11.What is the man reading?A. A magazineB. A Chinese playC. A newspaper2.What are they going to Beihai Park for?A.For a visitB. To see Beijing OperaC. To learn Beijing Opera Conversation 23.What does the man think of the first coffee table?A. Too expensiveB. Difficult to cleanC. Unsuitable in color4.Which one is the man likely to buy?A.The second oneB. The third oneC. None of them Conversation 35.Who does the housework?A. EliseB. LindaC. Richard6.What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. HouseworkB. HospitalC. BabiesConversation 47.Where did the woman find a job?A. DowntownB. In the fieldC. Near her home8.Why didn’t the woman continue her sports after she got back home?A. It was too lateB. It was a hard jobC. It took too much time9.How is the field ten years ago?A. Nobody expects sports tracks.B. There were no sports tracks there.C. There were too many houses.Conversation 510.What’s the name of Paul’s new book?A. The adventures of the MartiansB. Travel to MarsC. Martian Culture11.How many people traveled to Mars?A. 5B. 6C. 712.What do the Martians look like?A. They look like human beings on the earth.B. They are little green man.C. Not mentioned.Conversation 613.What would Betty like to see?A. A playB. An operaC. A film14.Why does the woman dislike going on Sunday?A. Because the traffic is usually terrible.B. Because it is too crowded.C. Because she wants to have a good rest on Sunday.15.Which day is suitable for both of the speakers?A.WednesdayB. FridayC. SaturdaySection B (7.5 points)Direction: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.You’ll hear the short passage TWICE.The damage of the stormEvent A stormPlace The 16 part of the cityWhen 17Loss Where AccidentIn Main Street The car park was 18 completely.In White Street Some big trees were uprooted because the speed of the windsreached 19 kilometers per hour.In 20 street A tree fell on a bus.PART TWO: LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 points)Section A (15 points)Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21.I was just going to cut my rose bushes but someone ______ it. Was it you?A. has doneB. had doneC. would doD. will do22.The message is very important, so it is supposed______ as soon as possible.A. to be sentB. to sendC. being sentD. sending23._____ I can’t understand is _____ she wants to go abroad.A. What; whyB. Which; howC. That; whyD. What; because24.--- ―Where is Mother?‖---She is in the kitchen. She______ the housework all morning.‖A. is doingB. was doingC. has doneD. has been doing25._____he suddenly passed away last week made us surprised.A WhatB ItC ThatD Which26.--- ―Oh it’s you! I _______ you.‖--- ―I’ve had my hair cut.‖A. didn’t realizeB. haven’t realizedC. didn’t recognizeD. don’t recognized27.---My room gets very cold at night.---_______.A. So is mineB. So mine isC. So does mineD. So mine does28.The diamond ring disappeared in the locked suitcase, _____made the woman_______.A. that; puzzlingB. that; puzzledC. which; puzzlingD. which; puzzled29.My parents live in a small village. They always keep candles in the house ______there is apower cut.A. ifB. unlessC. in caseD. so that30.–Is there any possibility ________you could pick me up at the airport?–No problem.A. whenB. thatC. whetherD. what31.Our country has ______great changes in the past 30 years, which are the result of reform andopening up.A. appearedB. happenedC. taken placeD. witnessed32.We really wonder ________we can rely on him.A thatB whetherC itD where33.Who is the boy with ______you were talking a moment ago?A. thatB. whoC. whomD. which34.People have always been ______about how living things on the earth exactly began.A. embarrassedB. curiousC. ashamedD. anxious35.We thought_____ strange that Lucy didn’t attend the meeting yesterday.A thatB itC thisD whatSection B (18 points)Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overheadlight outside my door was burned out and I had 36 finding the hole. When I 37 to open the door, I touched around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was once installed, but no switch!Not discouraged easily, I remembered 38 a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage earlier in the day. I found the bed in the 39 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing happened! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 40 to find another lamp. So I 41 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and, no drawstring! I finally stumbled around until I found a desk lamp which actually 42 !That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than 43 light is the light that shines from people—the light of love and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 44 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 45 of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you offer may be a beacon of hope and encourage. And if you feel that your light is 46 a candle in a forest remember—there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to 47 the light of one small candle.36.A. confidence B. respect C. admiration D. difficulty37.A. managed B. failed C. wished D. meant38.A. equipping B. producing C. spotting D. removing39.A. light B. dark C. room D. corner40.A. machine B. street C. room D. car41.A. wound B. forced C. made D. lost42.A. helped B. affected C. worked D. inspired43.A. mental B. psychological C. electrical D. physical44.A. lonely B. colourful C. friendly D. complex45.A. short B. favour C. face D. need46.A. not more than B. other than C. no more than D. rather than47.A. put out B. give out C. get over D. set upSection C (12 points)Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.On the first day of classes at a Los Angeles high school, several American boys came up to a Chinese boy and said: ―Hi, what’s up?‖48 hearing their greeting, the boy, 49 had just moved to the US with his parents, raised his head and looked at the sky.This is a story told by David Chen, 50 31-year-old actor in Taiwan who recently launched a Sina mini-blog, on which he teaches easy English expressions.―51 me, the mini-blog is like a mirror. When I read the comments, I see myself more clearly.‖Chen made a breakthrough last year 52 he had a double-eyelid surgery. ―I like making changes and I think it’s necessary,‖ he said. ―I know many fans like my pretty boy image. But now I’m growing up, I want to look rougher and 53 mature.‖―When you have a new haircut, you do not need to explain it. 54 is just like changing your mood to do so—if you feel ha ppy, that’s great,‖ said Chen. ―Young people should realize that sometimes you can just do what you want to do. You will eventually get support from others if youdare to be 55 .‖PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.ADo you want to know something about the history of weather? Don’t look at the sky. Don’t look for old weather reports. Looking at tree rings is more important. Correct weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of the weather even further back.It is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainful. It is also expected that little sunlight and rainfall would limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be determined by reading the pattern of rings in a tree trunk. To find the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurred. If the rings are closed together, then the climate was bad for the tree.Studying tree rings is important not only for the history of weather, but also for the history of man. In a region of New Mexico you can find only sand ---- no trees and no people. However, many centuries ago a large population lived there. They left suddenly. Why?A scientist studied pattern of dead tree rings which had grown there. He decided that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were necessary to make fires and buildings. So, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move. In this instance studying tree rings uncovers an exciting fact about the history of man.56.It is understood that in a favorable climate_________.A. tree rings grow togetherB. tree rings grow far apartC. trees in New Mexico will grow big and tallD. people can cut down most of the trees in New Mexico57.The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell_______.A. whether in that area the climate was favorable or notB. whether a particular tree was healthy or notC. whether people took good care of the trees or notD. how old the trees were58.By studying the dead tree rings, the scientist discovered________.A. where the people had leftB. what the people used to eatC. how the people leftD. why the people had to leave59.The people had to leave the region of New Mexico because_________.A. they had cut down all the treesB. there were many trees thereC. they had no waterD. bad weather stopped the growth of trees60.The main idea of the passage is _________.A. tree rings reflect the history of weather and the history of manB. destroying tree will do man no goodC. studying tree ring is the only way to know the history of weatherD. man shouldn’t cut so many treesBWilliam Shakespeare was born in 1564 at Stratford-on-Avon in England. At that time Elizabeth I had been Queen for years.We do not know much about Shakespeare’s life. However, we do know that his father was a shopkeeper and that his mother was the daughter of a farmer. William went to Stratford Grammar School, where he learnt Latin, scripture and mathematics.When he left school, William was employed by his father. He married a local girl, Anne Hatheway, when he was eighteen. Three years later he left Stratford and went to London.We do not know anything about Shakespeare’s life between the years 1585 and 1590. We are certain, however, that by the end of 1590 he had joined a group of actors and had started writing plays. During the next twenty years he wrote thirty-two plays. He possibly wrote more plays, which he did not have published or performed.Shakespeare went back to Stratford-on-Avon a few years before he died in 1616 at the age of 52.61.Shakespeare went to Stratford Grammar School because he_________.A.wanted to get marriedB.wanted to learn to write playsC.wanted to make a living by himselfD.was going to learn mathematics and other courses62.Shakespeare’s mother was probably born in _______.A. the citiesB. a rich familyC. the United StatesD. the countryside63.We may conclude that________.A. Shakespeare went to London after his marriageB. Shakespeare went to Stratford Grammar School for grammar learningC. Shakespeare started to write plays at the age of 30.D. Shakespeare wrote 32 plays in his lifetime64.Shakespeare died in ________.A. EnglishB. LondonC. the 15th centuryD. the 16th century65.The good title of the text should be________.A. Stratford-on-AvonB. Anne HathewayC. William ShakespeareD. Scripture and mathematicsCMany people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.66.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.B. People who work in London prefer to live in the country.C. Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London, some people who work inLondon prefer to live inside London.D. Because of certain advantages of living outside London, many people who work inLondon prefer to live outside London.67.One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.A. getting a small flat with a gardenB. having a small flat with a gardenC. renting a small flat without a gardenD. buying a small flat without a garden68.When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those _______ have the reward ofone who has shared the secret of Nature.A. who live in the countryB. who have spent time working in the gardenC. who have a garden of their ownD. who have been digging, planting and watering69.People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live itoutside London.A. their life was meaninglessB. their life was invaluableC. the y didn’t deserve a happy lifeD. they were not worthy of their happy life70.The underlined word rest in the last paragraph refers to ________.A. the rest timeB. the rest peopleC. the rest of the countryD. the rest of the parks and of the seaPART FOUR: WRITINGSection A (10 points)Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.When you go to Japan or get in touch with Japanese people, you will find that the Japanesepeople pay much attention to telephone numbers as well as to the numbers in daily life. Since lucky numbers are connected with something nice, people can remember them very easily. So they have been used as advertisements for the shops.They like to use different telephone numbers in different places. The owners of bathrooms, for example, like to use 4626, because when it is read in Japanese, it has the same pronunciation as ―have a good bath‖. Both the cloth shops and the butcher’s like to use 4129 better than any other number because this number can either be read as ―good dress‖ or ―good meat‖.On the other hand, there are also telephone numbers which are regarded as forbidden by the Japanese people. 1567, for example, ha s the sound of ―kill people‖, while 4219 has that of ―people die‖. It is said some people had bad luck when they used telephone numbers like that, so all the people don’t use them.At present, there are about 44,000,000 telephones in Japan, yet it is almost impossible for everyone to have a lucky number. So these numbers have become commodities (商品期货) and can be sold as goods, of which the price can reach as high as 222,000 Japanese yean.Title: Japanese taking telephone numbers into much 71.______________Topic People → telephone numbersTelephone numbers LuckynumbersLucky telephone numbers → 72. __________ for the shopsDifferent places → different telephone numbersPlaces Numbers 73. ________74. ________ 4626Sounding like ―have agood bat h‖The cloth shopsand the butcher’s75. ______Sounding like ―gooddress‖ or ―76. ______‖77. ____Regarded as forbidden → bringing in bad luckNumbers Meanings1567 Sounding like ―kill people‖4219 Sounding like ―78. ______‖79._______ Luc ky telephone numbers → commodities sold at 80._____________Section B (10 points)Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit.What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?Yes, there is really a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an ―Official Taste Tester‖ for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream -- as well as for developing over 75 flavors (味道).Some people think that it would be easy to do this job, after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No -- there’s more to th e job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this ―cool‖ field.In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses (评价) 60 ice-cream samples. He first lets the ice cream warm up about 10 degrees higher to about -8℃. Harrison explains, ―You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.‖While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. ―Tasting begins with the eyes,‖ he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, ―Does the product have the color expected from that flavor?‖ Next it’s time to taste!Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy -- working cool.81.What is John Harrison? (Please answer within 4 words)82.According to John Harrison, to be qualified in the ―cool field‖, it is helpful to ____________.(Please answer within only 6 words)83.What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream? (Please answer within 8 words)84.At what degree is the ice cream usually kept? (Please answer within 5 words)SECTION C (25 points)假设你是某中学学生李明，请你给在美国的网友David写一封信，告诉他你的一次难忘的野炊，主要内容如下：1.简述与朋友或同学的难忘的聚会；2.描述当时野炊的情况（包括天气情况）；3.谈谈自己的体会和感受。