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湖北省宜昌金东方高中2012-2013学年高二英语3月月考试题考试时间：120分钟满分：150分第一部分：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 want? a. a card. b. a book. c. a bike.2. how many times has the team won the championship? a. twice. b. three. c. four.3. where is the conversation taking place? a. in a pet store. b. in a museum. c. in a park.4. how does mike feel? a. puzzled. b. satisfied. c. worried.5. what does the woman mean? a. she doesnt understand the man. b. shes unable to help the man. c. she gave the change to someone else.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几个小题，从每题所给的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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. which place would the man like to go? a. an exciting modern city. b. a popular tourist attraction. c. a quiet and far-away place.9. what does the woman worry about? a. the weather. b. the food and water. c. the language.10. what does the woman plan to do now? a. travel with the man. b. do some gardening. c. go to the travel agency.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. how often does the man contact his aunt? a. once a month. b. once a week. c. seldom.12. why didnt his aunt chat with him online? a. shes not interested in using the computer. b. she does not have a computer in her house. c. her kids keep her busy all the time.13. what will he do next? a. ask his uncle for help. b. teach his aunt himself. c. ask his cousins for help.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. who is the woman? a. a police officer. b. an immigration official. c. an air hostess.15. which line is for the residents? a. the line on the mans right. b. the line on the womans left. c. the line on the womans right.16. how long will the man study in the uk? a. for a few months. b. for a year. c. for two years.17. how will the man pay for living costs and tuition fees? a. his father has paid for that in advance. b. he has won a scholarship. c. he will take a part-time job to pay for that.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what is the talk mainly about? a. how to keep young. b. how to improve memory. c. how to open our mind.19. what is the key to achieving this goal? a. going back to schoolb. paying no attention to age c. using the mind as much as possible20. what did the man who entered school at 70 become later? a. an active lawyer. b. a successful doctor. c. a highly paid artist.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。21. the system has been designed to give students quick and easy _ to the digital resources of the library.a. passageb. accessc. wayd. approach22. women like taking photos better than men because photos are the _of youth and can remind them of their past beauty.a. witnessb.guidancec. evidenced. approval23. his boss was _with him for being rude to his customers and said he would be fired if he was caught again.a.satisfied b. annoyedc. adequated. absurd24. my sister was against my suggestion while my brother was _it.a. in favour of b. in memory of c.in charge ofd. in place of25. some species of birds are said to stop and rest in the three gorges on their _migration. a. firmb. narrowc. annuald. holy26. despite the fact that she was poor, the kind-hearted woman adopted the child _by his parents.a. adaptedb. abandonedc. resignedd. declared27. devoted to wildlife _all his life, the scientist was awarded the nobel prize.a. conventionb.conservationc. preventiond. conversation28. every time grandma got _after climbing the stairs, i was quite concerned about her health.a. out of sightb. out of controlc. out of breathd. out of reach29. the professor was busy flying from one city to another giving his lecture, without any time to _to look after his children.a. set outb. set offc. set downd. set aside30. according to witnesses, police armed with guns rushed to the suspects suv and arrested him before he could _.a. resignb. fleec. obeyd. yell第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）as sixth graders, kids were separating into groups, but i wasnt sure where i belonged.our teacher gave us a task called “secret friends” for the coming week. we were supposed to do nice things 31 our friends without letting them know who was doing it. we could leave 32 notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks. before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we 33 a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days.soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving 34 instead of notes. everyone was getting cool presents except me. my friend 35 what the teacher had told us without a fault. i received nothing but hand-made cards with nice words about me.on the last morning, i finally got a package. when i 36 it, the girls around all 37 . it was perfumed powder, an “old lady” gift. my face went red.i tried to forget about the 38 gift, but when the same girls 39 it again during the break in the bathroom, i joined in, “how stupid! my grandmother wouldn t 40 want it. ” the girls laughed at my 41 and filed (排着队走) out of the bathroom. washing my hands, i let the water run through my fingers 42 i thought about my words. it wasnt 43 like me to say things like that.“im your secret friend. ” it was rochelle. “ i m sorry about the gift, ” she 44 to me, tears streaming down her face.from a poor family, she was a 45 at school for those with rich parents. yet she just took all the 46 and the horrible treatment silently.i was sick to my stomach as my 47 words ran through my mind. she had heard everything. how could i have been so cruel?later i learned she had felt bad all week about not being able to leave me any cool present and her mum had given up her only luxury (奢侈品).and i had 48 everything for her.i told her that i had only said those things to try to 49 .“we arent that different from each other, are we? ” she smiled 50 . her simple words, spoken from her heart, found their way straight into mine.31. a. for b. behind c. through d. like32. a. convincing b. reminding c. rewarding d. encouraging33. a. drew b. dragged c. found d. picked34. a. chances b. help c. hope d. gifts35. a. learned b. copied c. followed d. discovered36. a. discovered b. opened c. grasped d. held37. a. blamed b. shouted c. laughed d. commented 38. a. special b. valuable c. worrying d. embarrassing39. a. mentioned b. saw c. showed d. suggested 40. a. just b. ever c. even d. only 41. a. remarks b. feeling c. suffering d. expression42. a. if b. as c. since d. because43. a. exactly b. perfectly c. normally d. necessarily44. a. waved b. came c. pointed d. whispered45. a. goal b. target c. centre d. wonder46. a. challenge b. puzzle c. teasing d. ignoring47. a. powerful b. hurtful c. tense d. scary48. a. ruined b. stolen c. changed d. disturbed49. a. turn off b. show off c. get in d. fit in50. a. optimistically b. understandingly c. positively d. honestly第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）a the new mayor of hillsdale, michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. then he has to do his homework. michael sessions, 18, beat former mayor douglas ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of hillsdale. he is americas youngest mayor. as sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. the day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（选票）. to help get his name known, sessions earned700 by selling apples over the summer. he spent the money on posters and put them on the hillsdales lawns. sessions month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the towns future in the kitchens of his neighbors. theyd look at me, and sayhow old are you again? how much experience do you have?and i sayim still in high school, he said. sessions promised hillsdales voters he would renew local economy. “i was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. one day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room. sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “from 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., i11 be a student. from 3 to 6, i11 be the mayor of hillsdale, he said. “he did a very brave thing that couldnt have been easy for him to do, said jack vettel, a councilman in hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest. of detroit. he does care about this town. hes been here all his life. ” sessions will receive3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office. 51. what is true of sessions election campaign according to the text? a. sessions launched his election campaign on sept. 22. b. sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital. c. sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome. d. sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience. 52. in order to gain more support from the voters sessions had to do all these things except. a. put up postersb. renew the economy c. sell applesd. talk to neighbors in kitchens53. what can we infer from the passage? a. american mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. b. in america, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics. c. all teenagers are allowed to enter political elections. d. american mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term. 54. which of the following would best summarize the text? a. schoolboy becomes americans youngest mayor. b. how to become a teenage mayor. c. hard work is the ticket to success. d. never too young to shake the world. bvideo glasses they make geeks (书呆子) look cool in movies. now, thanks to scientists, the reality could be even cooler. professor babak parviz of the university of washington in the us and his team have created an electronic contact lens (隐形眼镜), which could allow you to watch tv and see electronic documents and e-mails directly on your eye, according to p on november 22. the new lens can be put onto your eyeball and removed just like a normal contact lens. it contains several components (部件), including an led light, an electronic circuit (电路) and an antenna that picks up power and information through a wireless connection. in order not to block peoples normal field of vision, the researchers have kept all the components extremely tiny. parviz is an expert at making parts on a nanoscale (纳米尺度) that are thousands of times thinner than a human hair. apart from its size, another challenge facing researchers is that the human eye can only focus on things a few centimeters away or farther. anything too close to our eyes will appear blurry. to solve this problem, parviz used a thin, special lens called a “fresnel lens” to magnify the display. so far, the lens has only one pixel (像素) and cannot show anything other than a dot. to display a short e-mail or text message would need hundreds of pixels at least. but the new invention has proven that it is possible to develop more complex information lenses. researchers tested the lens in a rabbits eye and it did not appear to cause any health problems. according to parviz, one day people will be able to see all the information they need directly from their contact lenses. we may even be able to zoom in on faraway views when enjoying scenery outdoors. parviz is now also trying to develop medical uses for the lens. he is working on putting a blood sugar sensor into it to pick up the wearers blood sugar level and other important medical information. c after years of hearing drivers complain about scratches on their cars, japans nissan motor company has officially: announced the next big thinga paint that not only resists scratches and scrapes, but actually repairs itself within a few days. the new material, developed by nippon paint company, contains an elastic rubbery-like resin(弹性树脂）that is able to heal minor marks caused by car wash equipment, parking lot encounters, road debris(石头碎片）or even on-purpose destruction. the automaker admits its results vary depending on the temperature and the depth of the damage, but adds this is the only paint like it in the world, and tests prove it works. minor scratches, the most common type, are said to slowly fade over about a week. and once theyre gone, there is no trace that they were ever there. the special paint is said to last for at least three years after it is first applied, but there is no word yet on whether more can be added after that period. nissan claims car washes are the worst offenders for this type of damage, accounting for at least 80 percent of all incidents but the complete auto-healing wont come without scratching your wallet. the vehicle maker notes the special paint adds about100 u. s. to the price of a car. it plans to use its new chemical mixture only on its x -trail suvs in japan for now, as it looks for a more widespread presentation. and while plans to offer the feature overseas havent been made yet, if its a hit there, you can be almost sure market forces will drive it to these shores, as well. dhappy april fools day. in celebration of the day, we have put together a list of some of the greatest hoaxes in history. they are the lies that have been designed for innocent people who are ready to believe them. instant color tvin 1962 there was only one tv channel in sweden, and in broadcast in black and white. the stations technical expert, kjell stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a newly developed technology, all viewers could now quickly and easily transform their existing sets to display color reception. all they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen , and they would begin to see their favorite shows in color. reportedly, hundreds of thousands of people, were taken in. actual color tv transmission only started to appear in sweden on april 1,1970.san serriffe in 1977 the british newspaper the guardian published a special seven-page supplement(增刊)in honor of the tenth anniversary of san serriffe, a small republic located in the indian ocean. a series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this unknown nation. the guardians phones rang all day as readers asked for more information about the beautiful holiday spot. few noticed that everything about the island was made up.nixon for presidentin 1992 american national public radios talk of the nation program announced that richard nichard nixon , in a surprise move ,was running for president again. his new campaign slogan was,“i didnt do anything wrong, and i wont do it again.” accompanying this announcement were audio clips(片断)of nixon delivering his election speech. listeners responded immediately to the announcement , flooding the show with calls expressing shock and anger. only during the second half of the show did the host john hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke, nixons voice was copied by comedian rich little.63. which of the following western countries is not mentioned in the text? a. india b. the uk c. the united states d. sweden64. who worked as a host on the radio? a. kjell stensson b. rich little c. richard nixon d. john hockenberry65. when did the small republic san serriffe come into being? a.in 1962 b. in 1977 c. in 1992 d. never66. where can we probably read this article? a. in an ad. b. in a magazine c. in a novel d. in a news reportei have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: seize the moment. just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet. too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they havent thought about it, dont have it on their schedule, didnt know it was coming or are too strict to depart from their routine.i cant count the times i called my sister and said,“how about going to lunch in half an hour?” she would gasp and stammer(结结巴巴地说), “i cant. i have clothes on the line. my hair is dirty. i wish i had known yesterday. i had a late breakfast. it looks like rain.”and my personal favorite response:“its just monday.”she died a few years ago. we never did have lunch together. from then on, ive tried to be a little more flexible. life has a way of going faster as we get older. the days get shorter, and the list of promises made to ourselves gets longer. one morning, we awaken, and all have to show for our lives i