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20042005学年度第一学期梯级强化训练月考试题高二英语（一）Units 12考生注意：本试卷满分120分，考试时间90分钟。第I卷 （共95分）I听力（共20分）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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a hotel.B. In an office.C. On the phone.2. Why didnt the man visit the Great Wall?A. He was ill.B. He had no time.C. He didnt know the way to it.3. Whats the woman going to do?A. Shes going to gain some weight.B. Shes going to lose some weight.C. Shes going to put on some weight.4. Why wont the woman do for her mothers birthday?A. Buy a cake.B. Do the cooking.C. She will have a day off.5. What happens to the man?A. He is chosen to be the best student in the class.B. He wins the first place in the final exam. C. He wins the first in the 100-metre run.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。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。6. When are they going to meet?A. Wednesday morning.B. Friday.C. Wednesday evening.7. What most probably is the woman?A. She is a film star.B. She is a musician. C. She is a football player.8. What are they going to do?A. They are going to see a film.B. They are going to have dinner together.C. They are going to enjoy a concert.听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。9. When will the party take place?A. On May 2nd.B. On May 3rd.C. On May 4th.10. What will take place at the party?A. Some famous singers will sing some songs.B. Some students will attend the speech contest.C. Some writers and actors will come.11. Who organizes the party?A. The Students Union.B. Some writers and actors.C. Some teachers.听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。12. What is the woman doing?A. She is warning the man to drive slowly and carefully.B. She is talking with the man about her driving experience.C. She is learning to drive.13. Whats the result of the dialogue?A. The policeman will punish David. B. Nobody sees him, so he drives away.C. He stops in front of the traffic lights.14. Where does the dialogue take place?A. In a park.B. In a shop. C. In the street.听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。15. What does the woman like doing?A. Going to te folk concert. B. Going to the theatre. C. Going to the cinema.16. What does Sam like doing?A. Travelling. B. Watching football. C. Swimming.17. What will the speakers do tomorrow?A. They are going to watch football games. B. They are going to have a chat again.C. They are going to an exhibition. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。18. How often did Mr. Grey walk from the station to his office?A. Never.B. Seldom. C. Always.19. Why did he walk from the station to his office?A. To save money.B. To buy something necessary.C. To have some exercise.20. Which of the following statements may be true?A. The stranger once asked Mr. Grey for money.B. The stranger and Mr. Grey knew each other very well.C. The stranger was going to give Mr. Grey his money back.II单项选择 (共15小题；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选项。21. Mr. William is well-known _ a poet, but not _ novels.A. for, as B. as, forC. to, withD. with, for22.Go on _ the oter exercise after you have finished this one.A. to read B. to be readC. readingD. being read23. Ive always dreamt _ coming to China, and now the dream has come _.A. about, real B. of, trueC. out, truthD. from, truly24. I will not take an umbrella with me today. _ it rains later in the day?A. HowB. WhatC. How aboutD. What if25. If you keep practicing your son in football, he _ to be a famous player.A. wantsB. hopesC. wishesD. promises26. I _ you for sixteen years and I still dont know what goes on in your mind.A. have marriedB. have got married toC. have married with D. have been married to27. Her parents had had a very anxious moment but everything _ all right in the end.A. turned upB. carried outC. turned outD. carried away28. Mary had to wok at evenings and weekends. Only in this way _ able to complete the report by the deadline.A. was she B. she wasC. had she been D. she had been29. The matter _ your fate cannot be taken for granted.A. relating to B. related toC. relate to D. to relate to30. At first, the government had great difficulty _people to leave Rio and to settle In Brasilia.A. persuading B. persuade C. with persuading D. to persuade 31. _ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.A. As long asB. As far asC. Just as D. Even if32. It is believed that if a book is _ it will surely _ the reader.A. interested, interestB. interesting, be interestedC. interested, be interestingD. interesting, interest33. The computer center, _ last year, is very popular among the students in this school.A. openedB. openingC. to be openedD. having opened34. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him _.A. not toB. not to doC. not do itD. do not to35. Joe seldom does her homework in the morning.A. So does Mary B. Mary does tooC. Nor does Mary D. Mary doesnt toIII完型填空 (共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。What on earth shall we call him? It is Saddam Hussein, or Mr Hussein? As we all know, Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq, has been a 36 name since the Persian Gulf War in 1991. nowadays, the US again 37 the future of the unending war with Iraq. But the question of 38 to call the Iraqi present is becoming a bit of media problem.The USs 39 newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, 40 the Iraqi leader as Hussein. Hussein is the name he 41 from his father,which some people use as a surname. By contrast ,USA Today is still 42 the use of his first name Saddam, as is AP(The Associated Press美联社)，which sets style（称呼） 43 for 1,700 US and 5,000 television and radio outlets 44 the US.CNN splits the difference (折中)using neither Saddam nor Hussein on second reference, but 45 Saddam Hussein, or “ the Iraqi president.” The AP recently 46 papers of the Saddam-on-second-reference rule. Although AP style is not being 47 upon member papers, its rulings tend to be 48 . if only it were corrected！ However, changing the 49 in every story sent by AP could be time-consuming (费时的) and might 50 to errors. One reason some newspapers adopted（采用）the usage of 51 for the last war is that King Hussein of Jordan(约旦)（he had one name 52 , like Queen Elizabeth）, was still 53 , and there was concern about mixing up the two. But the king 54 in 1999, and now what connects Saddam with the US readers and listeners is more 55 than anything else.36.A. welcomeB.familiarC.hatefulD.beloved37.A.weighsB.changesC.decidesD.guesses38.A.whoB.whichC.whatD.why39.A.thickestB.dearestC.oldestD.largest40.A.look onB.refer toC.think ofD.object to41.A.earnedB.sharedC.receivedD.struggled42.A.insisting onB.sticking toC.dealing withD.working out43.A.ordersB.lawsC.effectsD.rules44.A.acrossB.throughC.towardsD.from45.A.wellB.alsoC.ratherD.for46.A.advisedB.showedC.remindedD.presented47.A.printedB.publishedC.occurredD.forced48.A.respectedB.forbiddenC.rejectedD.corrected49.A.titleB.nameC.ruleD.word50.A.turnB.causeC.happenD.lead51.A.kingB.presidentC.HusseinD.Saddam52.A.trulyB.onlyC.namelyD.naturally53.A.activeB.youngC.aliveD.powerful54.A.diedB.retiredC.changedD.failed55.A.habitualB.fashionableC.meaningfulD.confusable. 阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AWithout plants, people could not live. We eat plants. We take in oxygen that plants make. And we need plants for another reason: We need them because they are beautiful.Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.Everywhere people need beautiful plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden.Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and take good care of them? Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. After six months, the beloved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves.56. In the experiment, the two plants were _.A. talked to in two different waysB. of different kindsC. both given love and taken good care ofD. grown in the same place57. At the end of six months_.A. the plants were of the same size B. one plant had longer roots than the other C. one plant had longer roots; the other plant had a thicker stem D. one plant had a thicker stem; the other plant had more leaves58. Tompkins and Bird believe that plants _.A. can talk to each otherB. can take care of each other C. should be grown in different places D. need love and care59. The experiment tells us that _.A. without plants people could not liveB. we should talk to plants and give them love C. we should grow as many plants as possibleD. plants need plenty of water, sunshine and fertilizerBThe Spirit rover went for its longest trip on the surface of Mars (火星), traveling just over 26.4meters but stopping short of the distance NASA has hoped it would cover, scientists said today.Engineers had hoped the rover would travel 49.2 meters on its way to a crater known as “Bonneville” to examine rocks and soil for evidence(证据)that water may gave existed on the Red Planet, mission manager Jim Erickson said.“Spirit. shes put some more territory behind her,” Erickson said. “Were close but not as close as wed wanted to be.”Spirits longest previous distance covered in a day was 21 meters. That occurred last week. Before setting off for the crater. Spirit made a careful study of a flaky(有薄层的)rock called “Mini”.Scientists want to know why the rock is flaky when nearby rocks are not. Erickson said flakiness may indicate layeringa possible sigh the rock was formed over time instead of all at once, as may be the case with spit from a volcano. Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reconsidered their judgment of the distance to the “Bonneville” crater, saying its about 345meters from Spirits landing place. The robot still has 240meters to got to reach.60. Which of the following would be the best title of this passage?A. Worries of the NASA about the Mars rover B. Long way for Spirit to go C. The longest walk of Mars rover up to now D. Unexpected problems the NASA met with61. The Spirit rover had covered about meters in all when the news was given. A. 49 B. 76C. 47D. 10062. The Spirit rover traveled shorter distance than expected because . A. she was ordered to examine some other rocks and soil B. it took her more time than expected to study rocks and soil on her way C. something was wrong with her operating system D. a crater blocked her way63. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means . A. she has set some new historical record B. she has covered some more distance C. she has left some more rocks behind her D. she has studied some more rocks and soilCA good modern newspaper is a extraordinary piece of reading. Its a remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business from fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features (特写) as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art theater and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any reader is interested in. what brings this variety together in one place is its topicality (时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. but immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient （短暂的） value. For all these reasons, not two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that days paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need and without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.64.A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its_. A.wide coverage B. uniform style C. speed in reporting news D. popularity65.According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the “same newspaper” is that_. A.people scan for the news they are interested in B.different people prefer different newspaper C.people are rarely interested in the same kind of news D.people have different views about what a good newspaper is66.It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers _. A.apply reading techniques skillfully B. jump from one newspaper to another C.appreciate the variety of a newspaper D. usually read a newspaper selectively67.The best title for this passage would be_. A.The importance of Newspaper Topicality B.The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper C. The Variety of a Good Newspaper D. Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper DA superstar usually is someone who has become famous in sports， or popular music， someone like the singer Michael Jackson In the middle nineteen eighties， Michael Jackson made a record called “Thriller” It quickly became the most popular recording in the history of music， and it made Michael Jackson a superstarThe word super means something that is very goodAnd of course， a star is a person who is famousSo people use superstar to describe the top people in sports，films and musicOne of the famous sports superstars in the United States was boxer Muhammed AliAs a young man， he won a gold medal in the Olympics as a boxerThen he became the heavy weight boxing champion of the worldBefore long， he was known as one of the greatest and most famous boxers in sports historyMuhammed Ali said when he was a champion he was more famous than the president of the United States or RussiaHe was a true superstarEveryone knew his nameBut like the stars in the sky， a superstar fades away as time passesMany young people， for example，know little these days about Muhammed AliSuperstars，loved by millions of people today， but forgotten tomorrow68. This article mainly talks about _.AMichael JacksonBsuperstarsCMuhammed AliDthe meaning of two words “super” and “star”69. Michael Jackson is famous for _Ahis songsBhis filmsChis reportDhis heavy weight70. Which word below can be used to describe Muhammed Ali?AFriendly BCleverCFoolishDFamous71. If a person _, we call him a superstarAis the leader of a country Bis a very famous football playerCis loved by millions of people Dfades away as time passesE George Banks was a clever journalist. He worked for a good newspaper, and he liked arguing with anybody, and about anything. Sometimes the people whom he argued with were as clever as he was, but often they were not. He did not mind arguing with stupid people at all: he knew that he could never persuade them to agree, because they could never really understand what he was saying, and the stupider they were, the surer they were that they were fight, but he often found that stupid people said very amusing things. At the end of one argument which George had with one of these less clever people, the man said something which George has always remembered and which has always amused him. It was, “Well, sir, you should never forget this: there are always three answers to every question, your answer, my answer, and the correct answer.”72. George liked arguing . A. neither with an