广东省湛江市第六中学高二英语10月月考试题新人教版(1).doc

湛江市第六中学2014-2015年度高二10月月考英语（总分：150分；考试时间：2小时）i. 语言知识及运用（共两节，满分45分）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和d项中，选出最佳选项。 i was in hospital for weeks because of a serious disease. after my operation i had a problem with _1_ and i found walking was a huge problem. i had to have nurses_2_ me with everything. it was a really difficult time because it was close to christmas and i really _3_ my children.while i was in hospital, one nurse that looked after me had a huge influence on my recovery. one day she gave me a gift. i was deeply _4_. it was a poster with a picture of an empty beach and a poem printed on it.i _5_ to get back home four days before christmas, and since then i have made significant _6_. i can even walk by myself now. i have the poster up on my bedroom wall. the _7_ of the poem is footprints. its about a man and his _8_ with the lord. he would always walk along the beach with the lord. there were _9_ two sets of footprints in the sand: one _10_ to him, and the other to the lord. however, once he found that along the _11_ of his life there was only one set of footprints at the very lowest and _12_ times of his life. this really bothered him so he questioned the lord about it, “lord, you said youd walk with me _13_, but i have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. i dont understand why it is that when i _14_ you most, you always leave me.”the lord replied, “i would _15_ leave you. during your times of suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that i carried you.”sometimes i forget and think i am alone but i am never, and none of us are.1aadjustmentbchallengecdirectiondbalance2aassistbundertakecpreparedinspire3aconsideredbattendedcmisseddtroubled4asurprisedbsatisfiedcdisappointed dtouched5amanaged bagreedcadjustedddevoted6acontributionbdevelopmentcimpressiondprogress7aendbcontentctopicdtitle8astorybdialoguecappointmentdagreement9aroughly bsimplycusuallydseldom 10 abelongedbpointedcoweddrelated11. aborder bcornerc. pathdexit12alongestblatestchappiestdsaddest13aby the wayball the waycon the waydin the way14aneedbdisturbcchargedtrust15anever bevenceverdso第二节: 语法填空（共10小题； 每小题15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卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。 a few years ago, sars 16._(break) out in the chinese mainland, causing some people to be killed. and some nearly got close to 17._(die). the situation was so severe that there was 18._ time to debate who was to blame. 19._ most important thing for the government to do was to find out the cause of this deadly disease. they invited all the most 20._(experience) experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. some of the top experts then tested them to see 21._ they were available. doctor zhong nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope 22._ picking up and had the new medicine tested on him. 23._ his great joy, this patient recovered! doctor zhong made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, 24._(tell) him this exciting new. for convenience, he moved to live in his office. his method did make sense. not soon after that, the 25._ hospitals also controlled his terrible disease and kicked it out finally.ii阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节: 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。athe winter olympics, which is also called the white olympics, were first held as a separate competition in 1924 at chamonix mont blanc, france. at this time, many colorful stamps had been published to mark the great games. the first stamp marking the opening of the white olympics was issued on january 25, 1932 in the united states to celebrate the third white olympics. from then on, issuing stamps during the white olympics became a tradition. to observe the fourth winter olympic games, a group of stamps were published in germany in november, 1935. the five rings of the olympics were printed on the front of the sportswear. it was the first time that the symbol appeared on stamps of the winter olympics. in the 1950s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. when the winter olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those games. china also published four stamps in february, 1980, when the chinese sportsmen began to march into the area of the white olympics. japan is the only country in asia that has ever held the white olympics. altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise funds for this sports meet. different kinds of sports were printed on these small stamps. people can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some athletics.26. when was the first stamp of the white olympics opening issued? a. 1924 b. 1932 c. 1935 d. 195027. people have published stamps marking the winter olympics _. a. since the first white olympics in 1932 b. when the first olympics games started c. since the third winter olympics in 1932 d. on the same day of the third olympics28. when was the first time that the symbol appeared on stamps of the winter olympics? a. the first winter olympics. b. the second winter olympics. c. the third winter olympics. d. the fourth winter olympics .29. from the passage we can see that _. a. the chinese sportsmen began to take part in the winter olympics in 1980s b. it was in 1980 that the chinese began to publish stamps. c. the chinese began to take part in the olympics games in the 1980s. d. china held the winter olympics in 1980.30. which of the following statements in not true? a. the third winter olympics opened on january 25, 1932. b. publishing stamps is a way of raising money for the sports meet. c. in asia only japan held the winter olympics. d. in the 1950s all the countries published stamps to mark the games.b it does not come as a surprise that dubai has a growing problem with traffic. the local rulers have explored all the traditional ways to get traffic moving again, including higher prices for parking, fuel and insurance. but at a recent meeting in hamburg, hussain lootah, director-general of the dubai municipality, showed that the city may choose a stricter method: setting an income level for car ownership.mr lootahs method is unlikely to be copied widely, but leaders of other big cities around the world are starting to think about taking drastic（激烈的）action of their own, including complete car bans in inner cities. but the efforts may not be enough to reduce traffic and pollution. the problems will only get worse: the number of cars sold globally each year will grow from around 80 million today to more than 100 million by the end of 2020, according to his automovie.there are already some car-free communities around the world. but these are typically small and often tourist destinations, such as sark island in the english channel and michigans mackinac island. the largest car-free urban area is probablyvenice, where it is impossible to build roads and bridges to link the more than 100 small islands the city sits on.although hamburg does not want to go “car-free” within twenty years, as many media reports wrongly stated earlier this year, it is weaving a green network of parks,playground, sports, fields, bike paths and the like which will allow walkers or cyclists to more easily travel through the city.such plans may work in a city such as hamburg where the greens have a big influence. but in many other cities the political resistance（阻力）even to less far-reaching measures is hard to overcome. michael bloomberg, new yorks former leader, tried twice to introduce a jam（阻塞）charge for much of manhattan, but his plans were refused by state lawmakers.31. what does the first paragraph mainly tell us? a. dubai government tries to solve traffic problems. b. dubai government tries to reduce prices for parking. c. dubai government tries to improve its local incomes. d. dubai government tries to offer more insurance to locals.32. why is it still hard to reduce traffic problems? a. because leaders take gentle measure toward them. b. because more cars will be sold globally each year. c. because mr lootahs method wont be copied widely. d. because complete car bans in inner cities are not made.33. venice is the largest car-free urban area because of its _. a. car free laws b. high prices for parking c. too many tourist environment d. natural geographical environment34. what can be learned from the passage? a. cars wont be banned within twenty years in hamburg. b. mr lootahs method has made dubai a complete car-free city. c. more people in hamburg will begin to walk instead of driving cars. d. new york will become a car-free city with michael bloombergs help.35. what made michael bloombergs plans fail? a. traffic jams b. the greens force. c. political resistance d. his retirement.cat the age of 16, clara barton was advised to become a teacher since she was quite shy. she taught in massachusetts for ten years, and was invited to bordentown, new jersey to teach in a school. she saw that these communities needed complimentary education for their citizens, and she took action by creating a free school, one of the first in her state. but later, ignoring her, officials named a male instead as the head teacher. disappointed, she left her job and moved to washington d.c., becoming the first woman employed by the us patent office.clara barton was forever changed by her experience with the army in the civil war. she saw doctors use leaves when dealing with injuries since they had nothing else. the medical supplies（供给）were well behind the army, who were moving faster than their medical supply lines. she brought in a truck of medical supplies that she collected personally some years ago. miss barton continued to work on the battlefields throughout the war.she helped in the identification of 13,000 dead union soldiers. this non-stop work made her fully exhausted, and upon recommendation（推荐）by her physicians, she traveled to europe where she recovered energy and enriched herself.while in europe, and still in poor health, miss barton was moved by the hardship on people brought about by the france-prussia war. she helped in their relief effort（救灾工作）, which encouraged her to create the red cross, which served the whole army and common people under a neutral（中立的）flag.clara barton returned to america and then began the establishment of the american red cross. the u.s. government did not think there would ever be another war after the civil war. but she convinced them that the red cross would be valuable to serve in times of natural disasters as well. this was her lasting legacy（遗产）, an agency that still provides aid to all people today.36. what does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?a. public. b. personal. c. free. d. advanced.37. why did clara barton bring her personal medical supplies?a. there were no medical supplies at all.b. their medical supplies couldnt catch up with the army.c. their medical supplies werent good enough to treat soldiers.d. the enemies cut off their connection between the army and medical supplies.38. clara barton set up the red cross because of _.a. her poor health b. her experience in europec. the lack of supplies for the army d. her work in the u.s. patent army39. the u.s. government agreed to establish the red cross because clara barton _. a. gave a lot of her legacy b. said there might be wars in the future c. explained it would help people in peacetime as well d. claimed it could save people from the france-prussia war40. what does this passage mainly talk about? a. the history of american civil war. b. a general introduction to clara barton. c. clara bartons contributions to the u.s. d. how the american red cross was established.dplastic bags that can stop bread and cheese from going mouldy（发霉的）after just a few days have been developed by scientists. the technology, which uses chemicals that prevent bacteria and fungi（霉菌） from growing allows food to last longer. it could mean an end to throwing away supermarket bread and cheese after just a couple of days.the company , janssen, has spent two years developing the technology with plastics company symphony environmental. they are now in discussions with several food factories and supermarkets to use the bags on their products. the technology could also be used to make credit cards and the new plastic bank notes healthier to humans. tests have shown that the plastic can increase the shelf-life of bread and cheese without letting the food go bad. michael stephen, director of symphony environmental, said the plastic also had the possibility to do the same for fruit, vegetables and even meat.in britain around 15 million tons of food are thrown away each year, mostly because they have spoiled（腐败）or gone bad. bread is the most wasted food, with families throwing away nearly 4,4 million tons a year-about a third of all the bread bought by uk families. tesco, britains biggest supermarket, revealed last month that almost half of the bread sold in its stores ended up in the bin.the technology developed by janssen and symphony, which they have called d2p, fixes anti-bacterial and anti-fungal chemicals into the plastic. they have found it can control bacteria which can cause food poisoning. it can also control the growth of fungi that grows on bread and others.mr. stephen said:”first we expect that it is only used in door handles to help reduce the diffuse of bacteria. it can also be put into man-made fibers（纤维）so we are doing some experiments to put it into clothes and shoes to stop the bacteria that can cause them to smell.”41. what would happen when people use the plastic bags produced by janssen? a. the sales of bread and cheese would increase soon. b. bread and cheese could be stored in a fridge for years. c. it could keep bread and cheese fresh for more days than before. d. supermarket bread and cheese would be on sale sooner or later.42. it can be inferred from the second paragraph that _. a. the technology is still being tested in the laboratory b. the technology may be put into wide use sooner or later c. the company janssen developed the technology with some supermarkets d. many food factories and supermarkets have agreed to use this kind of plastic bag43. the purpose of mentioning the problem in britain in paragraph 3 is to _. a. criticize the common plastic b. show the popularity of bread c. show the necessity of this plastic d. criticize the bad quality of bread44. what does the underlined word “diffuse” mean? a. protection b. type. c. activity d. spread.45. whats the main idea of this passage? a. new plastic bags have been developed for storing food. b. plastic bags are not suitable for storing bread and cheese. c. too much food is thrown away every day all over the world. d. food poisoning is mainly caused by bacteria growing on bread or others.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。首先请阅读下列火山湖的简介：heaven lake, china the lake covers an area of almost 10 square kilometers with an average depth of 213 meters and maximum（最大的）depth of 384 meters. from mid-october to mid-june, it is covered with ice.b. crater lake, oregon, united states this lake is actually called crater lake. it is the deepest in the u.s. with a depth of 594 meters!c. quilotoa, ecuador the crater has formed a 250-meter-deep lake. this lake has a greenish color as a result of various kinds of dissolved stones.d. lake pinatubo, philippines lake pinatubo is the summit（顶点）crater lake of mount pinatubo formed after its eruption on june15,1991. it is the deepest lake in the philippines at 800 meters.e. blue lake, mount gambier, south australia the blue lake in mount gambier, south australia is a large lake. it is one of the four crater lakes on mount gambier. of the four lakes, only two remain, as the other two have dried up over the past 30 to 40 years as the water table has dropped.f. yak loum crater lake, cambodia the beautiful lake lies in a 4,000-year-old crater. due to the lakes extreme depth of 48 meters, its water is uncommonly clean and clear.以下是游客对这些火山湖的评论，请匹配简介和评论。46. we made a brief stop at the quilotoa. it would have been a pity to come all this way and not see the deep green lake though there werent any plants around it. it can honestly say that of all i have visited this lake is the best attraction.47. as we crossed the state line, we were treated to the amazing views of oregon. we were heading for the deepest lake in the u.s.a. they had just opened the roads a few weeks before as the snow wouldnt melt until july.48. i visited the 800-meter-deep lake. a trail called the skyway was made by the government of the philippines. now you need to hike about 5 kilometers from the last parking are to reach the crater and would spend about two hours on average.49. ive been to a crater lake with my family during our asian journey. located about 4.8 km away from the provincial capital, banlung, in northeastern cambodia, the beautiful round lake has a history of 4,000 years.50. if you have a chance to go to australia you must pay a visit to the lake. a