省淳中2008-2009学年高二第二次月考英语试卷.doc

省淳中2008-2009学年高二第二次月考英语试卷第一卷（选择题 共85分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，请先将答案划在试卷上。该部分录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 (共5小题; 每小题1分，满分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答案。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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man usually do on Sunday?A. He often does some reading. B. He often goes shopping C. He often goes swimming2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. boss and employee. B. Salesman and customer. C. Friends.3. How much will the man spend?A. $34. B. $44. C. $68.4. Where does this conversation take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In a museum. C. In a theater.5. Why is the climate getting warmer?A. The suns heat is getting stronger and stronger.B. The ice at the Poles is beginning to melt.C. Pollution is stopping the suns heat leaving the atmosphere.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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7题。6. What does the woman want to know?A. The best way to go to New York.B. Detailed information about New York.C. The cheapest way to get to New York.7. How does the man advise the woman to go to New York?A. By train. B. By bus. C. By car.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is the man looking for?A. A bicycle. B. A toy car. C. A book.9. Why doesnt the man take the one that the woman mentioned?A. Its too expensive. B. Its not the latest model. C. It has been ordered.10. When will the new models arrive?A. In one week. B. In two days. C. The next day.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.Where is the man now working?A. In a library. B. In a new factory. C. In a bookstore.12. What can we know about the mans old job?A. He was better paid. B. He could read when he was free.C. He was busier.13. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Visit a friend coming from USA.B. Visit her and have dinner with her family.C. Have dinner together in a new restaurant.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why does the woman want to see the mans driving license?A. He was speeding. B. He was a stranger. C. He took the wrong turn.15. What is the speed limit in business areas of that city?A. 25 miles per hour. B. 20 miles per hour. C. 35 miles per hour.16. What did the police officer finally do?A. She took the man to the police station.B. She just warned him and let him go.C. She gave him a ticket. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the man feel when he found that he was locked in?A. Not worried. B. Frightened. C. Pitiful on himself.18. What did the man want to do after he found him locked?A. Cry for help. B. Make the best of it. C. Call the police.19. What did people find when the shop was reopened?A. A man in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him.B. A woman in bed with numbers of food beside her.C. A man sleeping in bed with lots of food beside him.20. Why did the judge do nothing for the store?A. He thought the store had done all this for the man.B. He thought the man had stolen nothing valuable from the store.C. He thought the store became famous because of this.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节，单项填空（共15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答案, 并在答题卡上涂黑。21. The football match was televised _ from the government stadium.A. alive B. live C. living D. lively22. -It is said that he has defalcated (挪用公款). But I dont believe it - No, I dont believe so. He has written an open letter to the public _ the rumor(谣言) about him.A. answering for B. in spite of C. in response to D. instead of 23. What are you going to do this afternoon?-I am going to the cinema with some friends. The film _ quite early, so we _ to the bookstore after that A. finished; are going B. finished; goC. finishes; are going D. finishes; go24. Although the working mother is very busy, she still _ a lot of time to _ children.A. devotes; look after B. spends; looking after C. devotes; looking after D. provides; looking after25. The project_ by the end of 2009, will expand the citys telephone network to cover 2,000,000 users.A. being accomplished B. to be accomplished C. accomplished D. having been accomplished26. To turn her dream into reality, she should first _ the hard life here which she hasnt got used to so farA. adapt to B. devote to C come to D. adopt to27. - I told him to take _ he considered helpful to him and his family from everything _ I was having then.- You were really kind to him.A. what; what B. what; whichever C. whatever; that D. whichever; that28. Her husbands sudden physical disability and the closure of her factory could have_ her future happiness, but she was not discouraged and faced the challenge bravely.A. taken B. caused C. cost D. spent29. You _ things about. Look, what a mess in your room.A. always throw B. have always thrown C. are always throwing D. have always been thrown.30. I can always find time to read. For example, I always take something to read when I go to the doctors _ I have to wait.A. in case B. so that C. as if D. in order31. - Hello! May I speak to Jack, please?-Yes, speaking.-Oh, I _ your voice at first.A. dont recognize B. didnt recognize C. hadnt recognized D. havent recognized.32. A large crowd _ wildly as the pilot _ her plane safely in California.A. had cheered; was landing B. had cheered; landedC. was cheering; had landed D. was cheering; landed33. Hearing Sang Lans moving story, we couldnt help wondering how she could _ facing such a misfortune.A. have remained cheerful B. be remained cheerful C. be remained cheerfully D. remain cheerful.34. We plan to reach the North Pole in the mid-July, and by then we _ for six weeks.A. are walking B. have been walking C. will be walking D. will have been walking 35. Its true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. _, they dont like to take the new one.A. Though B. Somehow C. Therefore D. Either第二节，完型填空（共20题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从3655各个小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas 36 for her father.She 37 that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was 38 satisfied with perfume(香水). 39_, shopping at this time of the year was a most 40 job. People 41 on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost 42 you over in their hurry in order to 43 something cheap ahead of you.Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on 44 . They are 45 silk, the shop assistant told her with a smile, trying to 46 her to buy one. But Edith knew from past 47 that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, 48 where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the 49 were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father 50 smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was 51 to please him.When she got home, with her small but 52 present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already 53 table. Her mother was in great 54 . Your father has at last decided to stop smoking, she told her daughter happily. Edith was so 55 that she could not say a single word.36. A. suit B. card C. thing D. gift37. A. believed B. wished C. hoped D. supposed38. A. never B. seldom C. always D. scarcely39. A. Therefore B. Fortunately C. Besides D. Finally40. A. unhappy B. careful C. exciting D. tiring41. A. walked B. stepped C. lifted D. stood42. A. turned B. hit C. brought D. knocked43. A. watch B. find C. grasp D. sell44. A. time B. show C. board D. duty45. A. real B. cheap C. poor D. exact46. A. hope B. ask C. advise D. persuade47. A. experience B. things C. books D. school48. A. stopped B. saw C. asked D. looked49. A. counters B. cigarettes C. shapes D. prices50. A. always B. nearly C. only D. never51. A. hardly B. impossibly C. possibly D. certainly52. A. cheap B. well-chosen C. expensive D. ready-made53. A. on B. by C. beside D. at54. A. excitement B. anger C. sadness D. disappointment55. A. glad B. happy C. surprised D. excited第三部分 阅读理解（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA special laboratory at the University of Chicago is busy only at night. It is a dream laboratory where researchers are at work studying dreamers. Their findings have proved that everyone dreams from three to seven times a night, although in normal life a person may remember none or only one of his dreams. While the subjects usually students sleep, special machines record their brain waves and eye movements as well as the body movements that signal the end of a dream. Surprisingly, all subjects sleep soundly. Observers report that a person usually fidgets (烦躁不安) before a dream. Once the dream has started, his body relaxes and his eyes become more active, as if the curtain had gone up on a show. As soon as the machine shows that the dream is over, a buzzer wakens the sleeper. He sits up, records his dream, and goes back to sleep, perhaps to dream some more. Researchers have found that if the dreamer is awoken immediately after his dream, he can usually recall the entire dream. If he is allowed to sleep even five more minutes, his memory of the dream will have disappeared. 56. According to the passage, researchers at the University of Chicago are studying _. A. the reason of dreams B. the meaning of dreamsC. what happens in dreamsD. dreamers while they dream57. The result of their research shows that _. A. dreams are easily rememberedB. dreams are likely to be frighteningC. everyone dreams every night D. persons dream only one dream a night58. The researchers were surprised to find that _. A. people sleep soundly while they dream B. dream memories are often incompleteC. sleepers fidget while dreaming D. dreamers can record their own dreams59. A person would be most likely to remember the dream that _. A. was of most interest to himB. happened immediately after he went to sleepC. happened just before he woke upD. was much frighteningBTokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time.In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast, but in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. It is different when one wants to walk.At certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in Londons Oxford Street. But the streets near the Ginze in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them. The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30 at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 nightclubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty.During the day, most people travel to and from work by train. Tokyo people buy six million train tickets every day. At most stations, trains arrive every two or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. Although they are usually crowded, Japanese trains are very good. They always leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep, whether his journey is long or short.In Tokyo, I stood outside the station for five minutes. Three fire-engines raced past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has every day. Tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now.60. Tokyo is different from London in that _.A. wherever I want to be, its too crowdedB. there are many traffic jamsC. it is more difficult to go somewhere on footD. night clubs are sometimes empty61. Japanese trains _.A. often leave and arrive on time B. are often crowdedC. are the main means people use to travel to and from work D. all of the above62. Fires break out _ in Tokyo according to the writer.A. quite frequently B. only a few times a day C. not very often D. very seldom63. Which of the following is NOT true about Tokyo? A. The streets become more crowded at 11:30 at night.B. There are more trains than cars.C. Fire-engines are very busy in the city. D. Tokyo people are friendly.CAlthough fully prepared, the special medical team was happy they did not need to give first aid to the astronauts when Shenzhou VI spaceship landed in Inner Mongolia.They arrived at the primary landing site as soon as the spacecraft began its orbit shift for the return. There they received information about the astronauts health conditions.When the re-entry module (返回舱) landed, medical workers were ready to open the gate and help the astronauts walk out.The astronauts stayed in the module for a while to get used to gravity again. A medical helicopter was ready for the astronauts to change clothing, be disinfected (消毒) and receive a 40-minute physical check-up.If the astronauts were in poor condition, medical workers would enter the module for first aid and take them to the helicopter for further medical treatment.Threats (威胁) to the health of astronauts in space are very different from those on earth. Zero gravity in space may cause motion sickness. Astronauts may feel dizzy and want to throw up.A long stay in a zero gravity environment may also cause Calcium (钙) loss in bones and weakness of muscles. Strong shakings and noise during launching and landing and cosmic radiation (宇宙射线) also may be harmful to astronauts, according to experts.Astronauts are equipped for emergencies. Their kit contains 25 items with four major purposes.64. What is the best title for this passage?A. Medical workers B. The return of Shenzhou VIC. Emergency equipment D. Prepare for space landing 65. The sentence They had been living in zero gravity in space. can be put at the end of _.A. the second paragraph B. the fourth paragraph C. the seventh paragraph D. the last paragraph 66. Life-saving food is also a must for the astronauts, which is used _.A. to signal for help B. for medical needs C. for space survival D. for self-defenceDA few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco. A street musician, whom my friend happened to know from his own musician days, was playing the saxophone on a street corner. His name was Clifford, and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance. After he finished, my friend introduced him to me and his daughter. Clifford asked her if she played any instruments. When she replied that she was taking trumpet lessons and played in her junior high school band, he said, Thats fine, little lady. Learn your instrument well and you can play anything.Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as correct not only for a trumpet player but also for a reader. If you learn to read well, you can read anything you want and not just newspapers and magazines, but more difficult material like philosophy, film criticism and whatever interests you as your confidence grows. You would not be limited in any way. If you have the vocabulary, or at least a good dictionary near at hand, you can pick up a book, concentrate on it, and make sense of the authors words.In the United States, reading instruction often ends at elementary school, so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school. They must take their assignments armed only with their elementary school reading skills. The result, too often, is frustration and loss of confidence. And the assigned reading in your college courses is even greater than it was in high school. Developing Reading Skills is designed to complete several tasks: to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension, to help you cope with reading assignments with confidence, and to teach you to become an active reader.67. The talk between the girl and Clifford serves as an introduction to _.A. the importance of reading B. the connection between playing instruments and readingC. the necessity of learning to play an instrument D. the variety of reading materials 68. We can infer from the last paragraph that Developing Reading Skills _.A. is directed to elementary school studentsB. centres around vocabulary building skillsC. is aimed at helping students read betterD. offers elementary reading