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湖北省黄冈市武穴市梅川高中2013-2014学年高二英语3月月考试题a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. who will the pet belong to? a. the man b. lucy c. anny 2. what advice does weihua give ? a.to visit the new science museum b. to see a nice place c. to see a new exhibition3. what will the man do next? a. he will help to find a hotel b. he will help to find a restaurant c. he will help to find a shop.4. who made an english speech at the graduation ceremony? a. only the woman b. only yang yang c. the woman and yang yang5. what are they talking about? a. what birthday present will be taken to jane. b. how to get to janes birthday party. c. the man will miss janes birthday party because of something.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8题.6. what does the man think cindys handbags? a. its nice but expensiveb. its nice and cheap c. its nice but an imitation brand7. how much is the womans handbag? a. 60 yuan.b. 16 yuan.c. 30 yuan8. what should you do first when shopping online according to the conversation? a. to go through the shopping list first.b. to apply for a users passport first. c. to click on the thing you have chosen first.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题.9. who is midori?a. she is an american violinist.b. she is a chinese violinistc. she is a japanese violinist.10. when did midori tour the united states?a. at the age of 8. b. at the age of 14. c. at the age of 40.11. why does the man admire his grandmother?a. because she was a talented violinist.b. because she was a famous singer.c. because she was an unusual skater.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题.12. why does the woman love and respect her parents? a. they instructed her and valued her opinion.b. they gave her too much freedom.c. they helped her economically.13. what can we know about the two speakers? a. they get along well with their parents.b. they are always allowed to do what they want to. c. they came from different countries14. what does the man think of his parents? a. they feel no love for him. b. they control him too much.c. they are easy to get along with.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题.15. where does the man plan to go?a. the city library. b. the bookstore. c. our school library.16. what kind of books does the man like best?a. detective stories b. short stories. c. fairy tales.17. what is a good way to save money according to the conversation?a. reading some writings on internet.b. reading some writings in the bookstore.c. reading some writings at home.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题. 18. why is it often said that eyes can speak? a. because love feeling can be expressed with our eyes.b. because wishing to attract ones attention can be expressed with our eyes.c. because much meaning can be expressed with our eyes.19. what is the meaning if a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds? a. he wishes to talk to her.b. he wishes to attract her attention.c. he wishes to remind her to be dressed unsuitable.20. how should eye contact be done? a. according to the relationship of the two peopleb. according to the place where you stay.c. according to the relation of the two people and the place where you stay.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共二节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（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选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. he created a lot of vivid characters in his best-selling novels, thus winning the _ of book-lovers all over the world. a. affectionb. sympathyc. bonusd. dignity22. i was grateful to anna for being open and giving me the opportunity to explain and _ the misunderstanding between us. a. handle b. clarifyc. raise d. develop23. it is typical of him to go into business alone instead of_ anyone else, which accounts for the breakdown of your cooperations. a.putting up with b.keeping up with c.catching up with d.teaming up with24. take care during the holidays! drinking too much can _ heart disease and cause high blood pressure. a. relate to b. contribute to c. attend to d. devote to25. in spite of numerous failures, they were determined to continue to the experiment with their new product. a.conduct b.distinguish c.evaluate d.remark26. the foundation trilogy was one of his most famous works, which was _ based on the fall of the roman empire. a. vividlyb. sharplyc. looselyd. awfully第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 my grandmothers eightieth birthday was approaching and i was at a loss as to what to give her. she had recently moved into a nursing home and didnt have room for 31 things. she insisted that she didnt need a thing. . 32 , i came up with an idea. in her 33 card, i sent her a gift certificate (礼券) for “a letter a 34 for the next year!” it was a big 35 . i knew that shed love to 36 . what was going on in my life. the letter gift certificate was a big 37 . she got fifty-two letters that first year. some were 38 and filled with homesickness. others were short and newsy. more than once what she 39 was just a funny card with a few short 40 . all showed her that i was thinking of her regularly. 41 her next birthday came around, she asked for another letter gift certificate. 42 , thats also what she wanted next eight birthdays. for nine years i wrote her. she was rarely able to 43 back. i flew home annually to 44. and soon realized that the entire nursing home staff knew all the details of my 45 , as more and more often they were 46 the letters to her. my 47 letter arrived the day after her death. i felt i had given her the best gift i could. what i hadnt counted on (指望) was how her gift would come full circle to me. months later, while 48 her things, my dad found a box full of letters from me. those letters were filled with moments and pictures i had completely forgotten. she 49 those memories for me in my letters. sometimes our gifts to others come back to us in 50 ways. 31. a. positive b. extra c. enjoyable d. unimportant 32. a. fortunately b. hopefully c. finally d. surprisingly 33. a. birthday b. christmas c. greeting d. invitation34. a. season b. month c. day d. week35. a. lie b. conflict c. promise d. problem36. a. face b. feel c. tell d. hear37. a. joke b. challenge c. mistake d. hit 38. a. long b. boring c. interesting d. formal 39. a. sold b. received c. sent d. accomplished40. a. notes b. questions c. lines d. tips41. a. although b. if c. as d. unless 42. a. after all b. in general c. in fact d. above all 43. a. look b. turn c. step d. write44. a. visit b. hunt c. work d. cook 45. a. husband b. life c. vacation d. business 46. a. reading b. sending c. clarifying d. writing47. a. short b. handwriting c. last d. open48. a. going through b. seeing through c. throwing away d. taking away 49. a. lost b. ignored c. suspected d. saved50. a. practical b. unexpected c. funny d. similar第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（a）when my father was dying, i traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. it was far more heartbreaking than id expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. after he passed away i stayed alone in his apartment. there were so many things to deal with. it all seemed endless. i was lonely. i hated the silence of the apartment. but one evening the silence was broken: i heard crying outside. i opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. he was thin and poor. he looked the way i felt. i brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. he ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep.the next morning i checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner whod moved out. so the little cat was there all alone, just like i was. as i walked back to the apartment, i tried to figure out what to do with him. having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing i needed. but as soon as i opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms. it was clear from that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere. i started calling him willis, in honor of my fathers best father. from then on,things grew easier.with willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly. when the time finally came for me to return home, i had to decide what to do about willis. there was absolutely no way i would leave without him.its now been five years since my father died. over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. but i know that we rescued each other. i may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.51. when the author first saw the cat, she _. a. didnt know what to dob. was very happyc. was angry with his cryingd. felt sympathy for him52. the underlined sentence in para.3 implies that the author _.a. loved to stay alone in the house b. needed something to fill the empty housec. was too busy and tired to keep a catd. needed something to take care of to kill time53. we can learn from the passage that _.a. willis was named after the authors fatherb. time passed quickly after the author adopted willisc. the author and willis were both homelessd. willis missed his previous owner54. whats the best title for the passage?a. a little catb. how to take care of animalsc. a painful experienced. what i got from a little cat（b） background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the usa. very soon it spread to other parts of the world. now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music.to begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing (舒适的) atmosphere. recently, however, its becoming a big business. an american marketing expert has shown that music can boost(提升) sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.but it has to be the light music. lively music has no effect at all on sales. slow music can increase receipts(收入) by 34%. this is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. yet, slow music isnt always the answer. the expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. so restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving-unless, of course, the resulting indigestion(消化不良) leads to complaints.（c） we can achieve knowledge either actively or passively（被动地）. we achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning. we achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch tv or read newspapers or magazines is passive. conditioned as we are to passive learning, its not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers. unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem. it makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor（谣言）. did you ever play the game rumor? it begins when one person writes down a message but doesnt show it to anyone. then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. that person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. the last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. then the two written statements are compared. typically, the original message has changed. thats what happens in daily life. the simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. then, too, most people listen imperfectly. and many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping（打上标记）it with their own personal style. yet those who hear it think they know. this process is also found among scholars and authors: a statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as a fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts. 59. according to the passage, passive learning may occur in _. a. doing a medical experiment b. visiting an exhibition c. solving a math problem d. doing scientific reasoning（d） there are many differing thoughts on the effectiveness of hypnosis (催眠) as a kind of treatment. however, scientific studies seem to have concluded that hypnosis is not only a true kind of treatment but also highly effective. there have been a number of controlled studies in recent decades and they all seem to agree hypnosis most definitely does work. within this essay i will discuss just two of many studies about hypnosis and how they show that hypnosis works.in a study released in the journal of clinical psychology to test the helpfulness of hypnosis in losing weight, 109 volunteers (ranging from the age of 17 to 67) completed a behavioral treatment either with or without the addition of hypnosis. the treatment took nine weeks and during return check-ups both eight months and two years after the treatment the people who used hypnosis showed a continued weight loss rate much higher than the people who didnt. those who used hypnosis were much better at achieving their ideal weight goals.in 2009, researchers at hull university found that hypnosis had an influence on brain scans. this shows that hypnosis had an influence on brain activity that can be picked up on brain scans. this shows that hypnosis is not just a placebo treatment (安慰疗法) as some doubters claim it is. “our study shows hypnosis is real,” said british psychologist dr. michael heap who was involved in the study. this piece of research shows that hypnosis works and also exactly how it works.there are also studies proving that hypnosis works for pain relief, improving skin quality, improving confidence as well as helping with many other problems. if youve ever thought about using hypnosis but were not sure whether it would work for you, you should now have all the proof you need to use hypnosis with confidence.63. the study mentioned in para.2 shows that _.a. hypnosis works immediately after being usedb. hypnosis is effective in helping people lose weightc. people will gain weight if stopping using hypnosisd. old people have difficulty in achieving ideal weight goals64. we learn from the 2009 study that hypnosis _.a. does not really workb. is just a kind of comfortc. can help improve confidenced. has visible function on the brain65. the passage mentions the following possible effects of hypnosis except _.a. easing painb. improving skin qualityc. shaping character d. helping losing weight66. what is the authors attitude towards using hypnosis?a. negative.b. approving.c. cautious.d. skeptical.（e） buying a house for most of the people is a once in a lifetime decision, which means people decide to do so only after coming across the ideal house. surprisingly, eight in every 10 home buyers are unhappy with their houses. a survey conducted by the beijing consumers association (bca) recently shows about 80 percent of the 2,315 respondents in 23 residential complexes of beijing are dissatisfied with the soaring house prices. they think the reasonable price in beijing should be between 3,000 yuan and 7,000 yuan per square meter. the quality of the buildings, the surrounding environment and traffic and property management(物业管理)are the other factors that play a role in peoples decision to buy a house. the landscapes in the residential areas are a source of unhappiness for 43.2 percent of the respondents, and about one-third say they were “bluffed” into buying “third grade” house. and more than half are not satisfied with the sport and entertainment facilities in their neighborhood. property management in the buildings, 56.5 percent of the respondents say, is way below standard compared to the high fee charged by the complexes. 60 percent of the consumers doubt the contents of developers advertisements, with only 6.3 percent being satisfied.experts have suggested consumers gather thorough knowledge about a developer