广东省潮州市二级中学高三英语上学期第二次月考试题新人教版(1).doc

2014-2015学年度第一学期高三级第二次月考英语科试卷(总分:135分；时间：120分钟)语言知识应用 （共两节；满分45分）第一节: 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 returning from a trip overseas, i sensed that something was wrong between keith, one of my two sons, and me. so i asked him, “keith, have i done anything that really 1 your feeling?”immediately, he said, “yes. last christmas you promised us a special 2 that i really wanted but you never gave it to me.” the 3 was that id completely forgotten about it. i 4 , “is there anything else ive done wrong, but didnt apologized for?” again, his 5 was immediate, “remember last christmas when mom said you had to go to the 6 because stephen was going to be born? you left us at home and 7 in a hurry. remember?” “well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” i couldnt believe he 8 all the details! “after you came back from the hospital you were 9 . when you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everything had been thrown all over the place, and you 10 me.” “and you didnt do it?” i asked.“no, i didnt. i was just searching for my gift.”my heart sank. i felt 11. i hugged keith and asked him to 12 me. his honesty made me think of our other son, kevin. maybe id hurt his feelings, too. i went to ask him the samequestion. kevins answer was as immediate as his 13 , “last christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”though christmas had passed, i took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what i had promised. the 14 thing wasnt the toy. the problem was id made a promise too 15 and didnt keep it as their father.1ashowed bhurt cattended dexpressed2acandy bbook cpicture dtoy3achallenge bmessage cidea dfact4acomplained bapologized ccontinued dexplained5asuggestion banswer cmemory dblame6ahospital bchurch cschool dgarden7asettled down bwent on cset off dgot up8aknew bimagined cdiscovered dremembered9aangry bworried chappy dsatisfied10apraised bpunished chelped deducated11aterrible bhopeless cinspired dencouraged12asupport bcriticize csuspect dforgive13amother bbrother csister dfather14astrange binteresting cimportant ddifficult15alightly brudely cequallydtruly第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1625的相应位置上。once upon a time, a poor traveller stopped under a tree. from his bag he took out a bowl of 16 (boil) rice and started to eat. nearby was a small shop, where a woman was selling fried fish to travellers able to pay for 17 . when the man finished eating and got up to leave, she shouted, “you have not paid me for your meal!” “but i ordered nothing from you!” he said.“everyone can see that you 18 (enjoy) the smell of my fried fish with your rice,” argued the woman. “if you hadnt smelt the fish, your meal would not have been so 19_ (please)!”soon a crowd gathered. 20 they supported the traveller, they also agreed that the wind was blowing from the shop to the place 21 he had eaten, carrying the smell of the fried fish to him.at last, the woman took him to a judge and after 22 (tell) the judge the story, she insisted that 23 the man had enjoyed her fish smell, he should pay 25 cents. after hearing the evidence, the judge asked the man to drop 24 25-cent coin on the ground. “here is your payment, the sound of 25 cents 25 the smell of the fried fish.”阅读(共两节，满分50分)第节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从2645 题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aeveryone has got two personalities the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and realyou dont show your secret personality when youre awake because you can control your behaviour，but when youre asleep， your sleeping position shows the real youin a normal night，of course，people frequently change their positionthe important position is the one that you go to sleep in if you go to sleep on your back，youre a very open personyou normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideasyou dont like to upset people，so you never express your real feelingsyoure quite shy and you arent very confident if you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive（不坦率的）personyou worry a lot and youre always easily upsetyoure very stubborn（顽固的），but you arent very ambitiousyou usually live for today not for tomorrowthis means that you enjoy having a good time if you sleep curled up（卷曲），you are probably a very nervous personyou have a low opinion of yourself and so youre often defensiveyoure shy and you dont normally like meeting peopleyou prefer to be on your ownyoure easily hurt if you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced personalityyou know your strengths and weaknessesyoure usually careful you have a confident personalityyou sometimes feel anxious，but you dont often get depressedyou always say what you think even if it annoys people 26according to the writer，you naturally show your secret and real personality _.aonly in a normal night bonly when you go to sleep conly when you refuse to show yourself to the world donly when you change sleeping position 27which is not mentioned in the second paragraph about a persons personality？ ahe or she is always open with others bhe or she always likes new ideas earlier than others che or she is always easily upset dhe or she tends to believe in others 28point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach？ ahe or she is careful not to offend others bhe or she doesnt want to stick to his or her opinion che or she cant be successful in any business dhe or she likes to bring others happiness 29maybe you dont want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled upwhy？ ahe or she would rather be alone than communicate with you bhe or she is rarely ready to help you che or she prefers staying at home to going out dhe or she wouldnt like to get help from you 30it appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _ahe or she always shows sympathy for people bhe or she is confident，but not stubborn che or she has more strengths than weaknesses d. he or she often considers annoying people b the internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card (信用卡) fraud. your card information could even be for sale in an illegal web site(非法网站). web sites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care. on-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought. the thieves then go shopping with your card number or sell the information over the internet. computers hackers(黑客) have broken down security(安全) systems, raising questions about the safety of cardholder information. several months ago, 25, 000 customers of cd universe, an on-line music retailer(零售商), were not lucky. their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a web site after the retailer refused to pay us $157, 828 to get back the information.credit-card firms are now fighting against on-line fraud. mastercard is working on plans for web only credit card, with a lower credit limit. the card could be used only for shopping on-line. however, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated(欺骗).ask about your credit-card firms on-line rules: under british law, cardholders have to pay the first us $78 of any fraudulent(欺骗性的) spending.and shop only at secure sites; send your credit-card information only if the web site offers advanced secure system.if the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. the website address may also start https: /the extra “s” stands for secure. if in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.keep your password(密码) safe: most on-line sites require a user name and password before placing an order. treat your passwords with care.31. what do most people worry about the internet according to this passage?a. a lot of stolen credit-cards were sold on the internet. b. many web sites are destroyed. c. many illegal web sites are on the internet.d. fraud on the internet. 32. what is the meaning of “fraud”?a. cheating.b. sale. c. payment. d. safety.33. how can the thieves get the information of the credit card?a. the customers give them the information.b. the customers sell the information to them.c. the thieves buy the information from credit-card firms.d. the thieves steal the information from web sites.34. how many pieces of advice does the passage give to you?a. four.b. three.c. five.d. six.35. you are shopping on the site: http: / www. shopping. com, and you want to buy a tv set, what does this article suggest to do?a. order the tv set at once. b. do not buy the tv set on this site.c. e-mail the site your credit-card information.d. tell the site your password and buy the tv set for you.cin the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil. im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book i am recommending to my mother. over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. surely it cant be the same pencil? the pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one. “im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” i say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “you still use a pencil. cant you afford a pen?” my mother replies a little sharply. “it works perfectly well. ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. i never knew when i might want to note down an idea, and i was always in the kitchen in these days.” immediately i can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. my mother smiles and says, “one day i was cooking and watching baby pauline, and i had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. one of the children must have taken the paper. so i just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. it turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem i was working on.” this storywhich happened before i was bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. i feel embarrassed that i complain about not having enough child-free time to work. later, when my mother is in the bathroom, i go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks i recognize as mathematics. those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.36. why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?a. to leave messages. b. to list her everyday tasks.c. to note down maths problems. d. to write down a flash of inspiration. 37. what is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand? a. it has great value for the family. b. it needs to be replaced by a better one. c. it brings her back to her lonely childhood. d .it should be passed on to the next generation. 38. the author feels embarrassed for _ a. blaming her mother wrongly. b. giving her mother a lot of trouble. c. not making good use of time as her mother did. d. not making any breakthrough in her field.39. what can be inferred from the last paragraph?a .the mother is successful in her career. b. the family members like traveling. c. the author had little time to play when young. d. the marks on the breadboard have disappeared. 40. in the authors mind,her mother is_a. strange in behavior. b. keen on her research. c. fond of collecting old things. d. careless about her appearance.dif english means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?according to a new study by a british university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. this is the area of the brain which processes information. it is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.the study also found the effect is greater, the younger people learn a second language.a team led by dr andrea mechelli, from university college london, took a group of britons who only spoke english. they were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. but the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.it means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.professor dylan vaughan jones of the university of wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “you are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”the findings were matched in a study of native italian speakers who had learned english as a second language between the ages of two and 34. reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. the results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.41. the main subject talked about in this passage is_.a. science on learning a second language b. mans ability of learning a second languagec. language can help brain power d. language learning and maths study42. in the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_.a. say language is also a kind of physical laborb. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a languagec. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the languaged. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well43. the underlined word “bilingual” probably means_.a. a researcher on language learningb. a second language learnerc. a person who can speak two languages d. an active language learner 44. we may know from the scientific findings that_.a. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density isb. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesnt know a second languagec. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on peoples braind. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time45. in the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_.a. learning a second language is the same as studying mathsb. italian is the best choice for you as a second languagec. youd better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second languaged. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjects第二节 信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先请阅读下列餐馆的信息：a. pasta house new italian restaurant located in the heart of the city. simple but delicious inexpensive meals. also has a good range of vegetable-only meals. its always crowded so be ready to order take-away or share a table. open 11 a.m. to midnight.b. a taste of india famous for its spicy curries and many southern indian dishes using chilli. you will usually be able to find a table during the week but if youre planning to go on the weekend make sure you book a table in advance. open noon to midnight.c. paris match this is the finest french restaurant in the city. wonderful food you can enjoy in luxurious surrounding. the perfect place to have a romantic meal or impress a business partner, but be prepared for a large bill. open noon to 2 a.m. booking essential.d. mountain diner not fancy but tasty. excellent asian and european dishes. countryside location surrounded by forest. its at least an hours drive from the city so you might want to stay at the nearby mountain hotel overnight. open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.e. owl caf open 24 hours a day the caf has a large selection of set breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for you to choose from, or you can enjoy one of their many delicious snacks and desserts over a cup of freshly made coffee. f. greek bistro a lively restaurant that serves great-value greek food and has live greek mu