福建省莆田第十一中学高三英语上学期第二次月考试题(1).doc

莆田第十一中学高三第二次月考英语试卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第二部分 英语知识应用（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） 从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. how do you find the show “where is dad heading”? _. i am really crazy, you know.a. not exactlyb. its greatc. its terribled. no way22. since i won the big prize, my telephone _ ringing. people are phoning to ask how i am going to spend the money. a. didnt stopb. wont stopc. hasnt stopped d. doesnt stop23. my god ! im getting late again. what will my boss say? you can keep _ now only if you make an honest explanation. a. silentb. calmc. peacefuld. quiet24. call me when you _ at the railway station, alice. ill go there to meet you.a. arriveb. would arrivec. have arrivedd. are arriving 25. there is just _ much competition among countries to host the olympics as _ olympic medals.a. as ; to win b. as; winning c. so; to win d. so; winning26. the year 1949 _ the birth of a new countrythe peoples republic of china.a. watchedb. noticedc. sawd. recorded 27. joan has been missing for a couple of days and there is growing _ for her safety.a. attentionb. dangerc. concernd. hope 28. ondecember 10, 2013, many worlds top leaders went to johannesburg _nelson mandela, who had passed away.a. in honor ofb. in favor ofc. in search ofd. in return for 29. the young man is determined to _ a small business of his own after he graduates from college.a. set upb. make upc. bring upd. turn up 30. measures _ to stop housing prices from rising too fast, but it remains to be seen whether they will work. a. are takingb. had been takenc. have takend. are being taken 31. i am very grateful to my high school teachers, without _ help i wouldnt be so excellent.a. whomb. theirc. whichd. whose32. how long has your brother been working in this factory? _ he dropped from school in 2010.a. whenb. untilc. sinced. before33. our neighbor offered to look after our baby yesterday when we were away, _ is often the case.a. itb. thatc. whichd. as 34. practice speaking english as often as possible and _ your spoken english will improve.a. fluentlyb. graduallyc. brieflyd. entirely35. only when the countries in the middle east are no longer at war _ able to live a peaceful life.a. will the people over there beb. the people over there will bec. are the people over thered. the people over there areiii. 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分)it was raining. i went into a caf and asked for a coffee. _36_ i was waiting for my drink, i realized there were other people in the place, but i sensed _37_. i saw their bodies, but i couldnt feel their souls _38_ their souls belonged to the _39_. i stood up and walked _40_the tables. when i came to the biggest computer, i saw a thin, small man _41_ in front of it. “im steve,” he _42_ answered after i asked him a couple of times what his name was. “i cant talk with you. im _43_,” he said. he was chatting online and, _44_, he was playing a computer game a war game. i was _45_. why didnt steve want to talk with me? i tried _46_ to speak to that computer geek （怪人），_47_ not a word came out of his mouth. i touched his shoulder, but no reaction. i was _48_. i put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “_49_!” i took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the caf were looking at me. i raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest. 50 , i realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines,not with people. they were more interested in having a relationship with the 51 ,particularly steve. i wouldnt want to 52 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 53 with people. i was worried and sank in my thoughts. i didnt even _54_ that the coffee was bad, _55_ steve didnt notice there was a person next to him.36. a. beforeb. sincec. althoughd. while37. a. lonelinessb. painc. sadnessd. fear38. a. becauseb. whenc. untild. unless39. a. homeb. netc. worldd. caf40. a. besideb. betweenc. amongd. on41. a. sleepingb. laughingc. sitting d. learning42. a. quicklyb. finallyc. patientlyd. loudly43. a. thirstyb. busyc. tiredd. sick44. a. first of allb. just thenc. at the same timed. by that time45. a. surprisedb. delightedc. movedd. frightened46. a. againb. oncec. firstd. even47. a. butb. soc. ifd. or48. a. excitedb. respectedc. unhappyd. afraid49. a. shut upb. enjoy yourselfc. leave me aloned. help me out50. a. from then onb. in allc. at that momentd. above all51. a. shopb. soulc. computerd. geek52. a. tellb. planc. imagined. design53. a. other thanb. instead ofc. except ford. as well as54. a. pretendb. realizec. insist d. understand55. a. as ifb. just asc. so that d. even though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，选出最佳选项。ain the u.s. mothers day is a holiday celebrated on second sunday in may. it is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. first observance in philadelphia in 1907, it is based on suggestions by julia ward howe in 1872 and by anna jarvis in 1907. although it wasnt celebrated in the u.s. until 1907, there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient greece. in those days, however, it was rhea, the mother of the gods that was given honor.later, in the 1600s, in england there was an annual celebration called “mothering sunday. ” it was celebrated during june, on the fourth sunday. on mothering sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. it was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion. in the u.s., in 1907 ana jarvis, from philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national mothers day. jarvis persuaded her mothers church in grafton, west virginia to celebrate mothers day on the second anniversary of her mothers death, the 2nd sunday of may. the next year mothers day was also celebrated in philadelphia. jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians asking to establish a national mothers day. they were successful. president woodrow wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement recognizing mothers day as a national celebration that was to be held each year on the 2nd sunday of may.many other countries of the world celebrate their own mothers day at different times throughout the year. denmark, finland, italy, turkey, australia, and belgium celebrate mothers day on the second sunday in may, as in the u.s. 56. mothers day in the u.s. was first celebrated _.a. in 1872b. in the 1600sc. in 1907d. in 1914 57. the underlined word “observance” in the first paragraph probably means “_”.a. celebrationb. principlec. holidayd. campaign58. according to the passage , which of the following is true?a. president woodrow wilson announced mothers day as a national celebration. b. only the servants mothers were given honor on mothering sunday in england.c. all the mothers were given honor in the days of ancient greeced. ana javiss mother probably died on the 2nd sunday of may in 1907.59. what would be the best title for this passage?a. mothers day of the u.sb. mothers day of the worldc. ana jarvis and mothers dayd. styles of mothers daybchinas new buzzword, tuhao, may be in next years oxford english dictionary. “if its influence continues, it is very likely to appear on our updated list of words, ”said julie kleeman, project manager with the editing team. in chinese, tu means uncouth and hao means rich. it has traditionally been referred to rich people who throw their weight around in chinas rural areas. in recent years, people borrowed the term to describe those who spend money in an irrational(没道理的)manner. the word gained credence in september with the launch of apples new gold-colored iphone, an item loved by chinas rich people. the color became known as“tuhao gold. ”the word is now often used by the online community to refer to people who have the cash but lack the class to go with it. kleeman also mentioned two other chinese wordsdama and hukouwhich may also be taken in the dictionary. hukou means household registration in chinese and has been widely used. dama, meaning middle-aged women, was first used in the western media by the wall street journal in may when thousands of chinese women were buying up record number of gold. they were the driving force in the global gold market between april and june when the gold prices had slumped(下跌). “we have nearly 120 chinese-linked words now in oxford english dictionary, ”she said. some of them are: guanxi, literally meaning“connection”, is the system of social networks and influential relationships which facilitate business and other dealings. taikonaut is a mix of taikong, meaning outer space, and astronaut. the new words will be first uploaded on the official website before the dictionaries arrive. the online version is also renewed every three months. “it at least broke our old rules. it used to take 10 years to include a new word but now we keep the pace with the era, ”according to john simpson. 60. what does“tuhao”mean now? a. the rich who like iphone made of gold. b. the rich who find no class to belong to. c. the people who spend money reasonably. d. the people who have power in the countryside.61. why is the word “dama” popular now? a. they are wealthy middle-aged women. b. they bought gold in the global market c. they brought the gold prices down. d. they worked on the wall street. 62. which word has already been in the oxford english dictionary? a. tuhao. b. taikonaut. c. dama. d. hukou. 63. according to john, the oxford english dictionary. a. updates its new version every three months b. takes 10 years to include a new word nowc. speeds up its acceptance of new words d. has its online version to collect new wordscqingdao - water and power supplies have been restored in the east chinese city of qingdao, the site of an oil pipeline explosion on friday, the local government said on monday.crude oil began leaking (泄漏) from the pipeline at 3:00 am friday in qingdao in shandong province. the valves（阀门）of the huangdao oil warehouse were shut about 15 minutes later.the oil spill（泄漏的石油) then flowed into the citys rainwater pipe network, which empties into jiaozhou bay. explosions occurred at two locations around 10:30 am friday when workers were clearing the spill.according to the local government, about 85 percent of public heating and 90 percent of the gas supply were also brought back to normal as of monday.residents who have been taken to temporary settlements are receiving bottled water and bread.most schools and kindergartens have reopened classes after fridays oil pipeline explosion. no injuries and deaths of students or teachers have been reported following the explosions at an underground pipeline operated by sinopec. the school buildings of one middle school in the district were seriously damaged during the explosions. education authorities have arranged psychological help for students and teaching staff. all other 18 schools and kindergartens in the district reopened classes on monday. as of monday noon, the death toll from the explosion had risen to 55, with 9 people still missing and 136 hospitalized. according to local police, 49 bodies have been identified so far, and 42 of them were male victims. as of monday morning, the blood supply in qingdao was enough for the injured after more than 950 people in the city donated more than 340,000 ml of blood in the wake of the incident.64. the underlined word “restored” in the first paragraph probably means “_”.a. recoveredb. destroyedc. cutd. repaired65. explosions happened when _.a. valves of the oil warehouse were shutb. workers were clearing the spill c. the oil spill flowed into the citys water networkd. crude oil began to leak from an underground pipeline66. we can learn that by monday noon the deaths in the explosion reached at least _.a. 64b. 49c. 55d. 4267. we can learn from the passage that _.a. everything was brought back to normal right after the explosionb. no measures were taken to help the suffering people out of troublec. all the 19 schools in the district were affected by the explosion d. no more dead body was found after monday noondincreased use of the internet and mobile phones is undermining pupils ability for independent study and promoting poor grammar, it was claimed. cranfield school of management found almost six in ten schoolchildren were copying information directly from websites for homework tasks without properly reading it. more than a quarter thought it was an acceptable practice, even though they know it was considered plagiarism(剽窃). the study, based on a sample of around 260 pupils aged from 11 to 18 at a secondary school in the midlands, raised concerns that modern technology was having a destructive effect on young people. andrew kakabadse, professor of international management development at cranfield, said, “our research shows that technology obsession(痴迷)prevents spelling skills, encourages plagiarism, and disturbs classroom learning. ”“despite school policies restricting mobile phone usage, students use the phone frequently, with the majority making calls from the toilets. the mobile phone continues to be a main channel of social communication during the school day. ”the report revealed that so-called “text-speak” was increasingly finding it was into pupils school work. three in ten students admit to using text message shortcuts, such as “r u ok” in essays and classroom tasks. it followed a study earlier this year that found almost half of the teachers failed to understand some pupils writing because it was so full of confusing language. phrases such as“innit”and“gr8”were regularly found in school work. the cranfield study found that mobile use was so common that many pupils chose to ignore school rules on phones. more than a third said they would use their mobile in class, while nearly three quarters said they would not even make an excuse to leave class to answer a phone call. 68. the underlined word “undermining” in the first paragraph can best be replaced by“”. a. determiningb. keeping c.increasing d. weakening 69. it can be inferred from what kakabadse said that. a. he is in favour of students mobile phone usage at schoolb. he believes schools are responsible for technology obsessionc. the research finds a new way to improve school managementd. it is hard to limit students mobile phone usage at school70. what can we learn from the passage? a. most students writing skills are becoming worse. b. students like to invent new words in their writing. c. text message language may affect pupils language skills. d. 30% pupils often send text messages when studying. 71. whats the attitude of the author to the problem? a. anxious. b. approving. c. optimistic. d. tolerant. ewhen something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, well, its so-and-sos fault，or i know im late, but its not my fault; the car broke down. it is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. you have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. however, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. this is the winners key to success.winners are great at overcoming problems. for example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. for another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. ask to work with a different person, or dont rely on this person. you should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague(同事) fails to do his job well. this is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. winners dont have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. they are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. so, stop focusing on whose fa