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甘谷一中20152016学年第一学期高二第一次月考英语试卷第一卷（选择题 共85分）第一节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1. seeing everything_, the professor left the lab happily.a.done b.did c.do d.doing2.the meeting _ tomorrow will be of great importance. all of us should attend it. a. held b.to be held c.being held d.is going to be held 3.the old man,_ abroad for 20 years, is on the way back to his mother land.a.to work b.working c.to have worked d.having worked4.- who are these people with banners? -a group _ itself the league for peace.a.calling b.called c.calls d.is called5. not everybody attending the meeting agreed to the suggestion _ by the chairman. a. put up b. put on c. put forward d. put out 6. the old professor is very strict both_ himself and _ his work. a. in; with b. with; in c. with; for d. for; in 7. the southern states wanted to _ the union, so the american civil war _. a. get away with; broke up b. get away from; broke up c. break away from; broke out d. break away from; was broken out 8. the island country, _ more than 50 separate islands, is one of the top attractions for tourists around the world. a. making up b. consisting of c. forming d. building up 9.i dont want the children _out in such weather.a. take b. to take c. taken d. taking10.the old man often take a walk after supper in the park with his dog _him. a. to follow b. following c. followed d. follows11.generally speaking，_according to the directions, the drug has no side effect.a. when taking b. when taken c. when to take d. when to be taken12.we were all_ by the _leader.a. inspiring; inspired b. inspired inspiring; c. inspiring; inspiring d. inspired; inspired 13.only when your identity has been checked_.a.you are allowed in b.you will be allowed inc.will you allow in d. will you be allowed in14.when i opened the door, i found my father sitting in his chair, completely _a magazine.a. absorbing in b. absorbed in c. absorbing to d. absorbed to 15. he tried to _ in japanese.a. understand himself b. make himself understanding c. make himself understood d. make to understand第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）the british isles is made up of two large islands: one is called ireland and the other 16 , or great britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is _17_ into three parts: scotland , wales and england. the united kingdom is that _18_of the british isles ruled over by the queen. it is made up of scotland, wales and england, that is, the _19_of britain, and also about one sixth of ireland, the northern part. the _20_of ireland is self-governing. the _21_name of the united kingdom is _22_“the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland”._23_ is larger and richer than scotland, wales and northern ireland, and has the most _24_of the united kingdom, so people often use the _25_ “england” and “english” when they _26_ “britain” and “british”. this sometimes makes the scots and the welsh a little _27_. the scots in particular are very _28_ of their separate nationality. the welsh too do not regard _29_as english, and have a culture and even a _30_of their own. ireland became part of the united kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “irish_31_ ” was the greatest headache of the united kingdom. _32_, ireland is divided into two: northern ireland still _33_to the united kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of ireland _34_to found an irish free state, later called eire and now the republic of ireland. the republic of ireland does not regard itself as part of britain, and is not now even a supporter of the commonwealth of nations (英联邦). unlike the major commonwealth countries it did not want to _35_british in the second world war and now wants the whole of ireland to be a republic.16. a. wales b. britain c. england d. scotland17. a. divided b. cut c. broken d. separated18. a. piece b. island c. country d. part19. a. south b. north c. part d. whole20. a. smaller b. larger c. rest d. island21. a. correct b. true c. full d. complete22. a. also b. therefore c. likely d. perhaps23. a. the uk b. the british isles c. great britain d. england24. a. colleges b. officials c. cities d. population25. a. words b. names c. spellings d. pronunciations26. a. call b. forget c. speak d. write27. a. angry b. difficult c. tired d. lonely28. a. proud b. fond c. full d. kind29. a. it b. wales c. them d. themselves30. a. capital b. language c. history d. programmers31. a. country b. question c. disease d. republic32. a. at last b. so c. meanwhile d. also33. a. returns b. belongs c. gets d. speaks34. a. hoped b. refused c. broke away d. used35. a. feel b. touch c. fight d. help第三节 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分40分）a篇then why arent you calm but trembling so much? the man with the gun asked angrily. because i thought you were the ticket-collector, and i havent even got a ticket, said john.36. john went down to the south _.a. because he lost his job b. because it was said to be very easy to find a job therec. because he needed money badly d. all of the above37. john went to london _. a. by air b. by car c. by train d. by ship 38. which is true according to the passage?_a. john got on the train without a ticket. b. john went to the station and bought a ticket.c. john got on the train together with a man. d. there were many people in his compartment.39. when he saw the man with a gun, john was trembling _.a. because he was afraid of being killed b. because he hadnt got a ticketc. because he thought the man was the ticket-collector d. both b and c b篇we live in the computer age. people use computers to do much of their work. but few people know how to look after them. remember the following when you use your computer: 1. keep you computer in a cool, dry room. too much or too little heat is bad for computers. damp is also bad for them. 2. do not let people smoke near your computer. smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer. 3. do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. pieces of food and a little water in the key board are also bad for a computer.4. keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright. they are bad for your eyes. make sure the screen is not too far from or too near to your eyes. some people use different glasses when they use a computer.40. few people know how to _ their computers.a. look at b. try out c. look for d. take care of 41. a computer works well at a temperature of _.a. 0c b. 5c c. 20c d. 65c42. smoke isnt good for many parts of a computer, is it? _.a. yes, it is b. no, it isnt c. yes, a little d. not at all43. a dirty screen or a very bright screen is _ for your eyes.a. bad b. good c. useful d. helpfulc篇midas wished to free himself of his power.he hated the gift he had so recently hoped for. he raised his arms and begged and prayed for bacchus to take away his deadly gift.bacchus showed pity. “go，” he said. “to the river pactolus. there dip yourself in. wash away your greed and its punishment.”midas did so. hardly had he touched the waters, before the goldmaking powers passed into them. the river sands changed into gold. and they remain golden to this day.44.what is the moral （寓意）of this story?a.there is more to life than riches. b.gold is more important than food.c.you cant trust your friends. d.you must make a wiser choice.45. when everything he touched turned to gold, midas felt _.a.happy and joyful b.sad and disappointedc.excited and angry d.powerful and satisfied46. what was midas wish after he could have nothing to eat? a.to have a big meal. b.to gain power to turn things to gold. c.to have his power taken away. d.to wash himself in the water.47.today when we say that a person has the “midas touch”， we mean that_. a.the person is very poor b.gold is the most important thing to that person c.everything that the person does makes money d.the person has the power to do everythingd篇when i was at university, i studied very hard. but a lot of my friends did very little work. some did just enough to pass exams. others didnt do quite enough. fred baines was one of them. he spent more time drinking in the students union than working in the library.once, at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. the test had a hundred questions. beside each question, we had to write true or false. while i was studying in my room the night before the test, fred was watching television. fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. but on that night he looked perfectly calm. then he told me of his plan.its very simple. there are a hundred questions and i have to get fifty correct to pass the test. ill take a coin (硬币) into the examination room. i havent studied a chemistry book for months, so ill just toss(抛) the coin. that way, im sure ill get half the questions right.the next day fred came cheerfully into the examination room. he sat tossing a coin for half an hour as he marked down his answers. then he left, half an hour before the rest of us. the next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor (走廊). oh, good, he said. have you got the result of the test? what mark did i get? the professor looked at him and smiled. ah, its you, baines. just a minute.then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. he threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it. im terribly sorry, baines, he said, you failed.48. fred looked perfectly calm before the chemistry test because _. a. he was already well prepared for it b. he didnt think the test was so important for him c. someone had promised to help him out d. he believed he had found out a way to pass the test without any difficulty49. the students were required to finish the test within _. a. half an hour b. an hour c. three quarters d. an hour and a half50. after the test, baines was _. a. sure that he would pass it b. anxious to know the result c. sorry that he cheated during the test d. discouraged because hed probably fail the teste篇 七选五if you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. everybody knows that._51_._52_, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. when someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. if a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his fault._53_, many of us think that his parents are to blame (受指责), and few of us know that it is just his own fault (过错). _54_but they have better memories? this is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook._55_; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. a. but if he tells us that he has a poor memoryb. they have to remember days, names, songs and storiesc. they will become strongerd. dont learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory. e. have you ever found that some people cant read or write f. yet many people do not seem to know that memory (记忆力) works in the same way.g. when someone says that he has a good memory, 第二卷（非选择题 共65分）四课文填空first there was england. waleswas 56 toengland in the 13th century . now when people 57 to england you find wales 58 as well. next england and wales were 59 to scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed _60_“great britain”._61_this was accomplished _62_conflict when king james of scotland became king of england and wales as well. finally the english government tried in the early _63_ century to form the united kingdom by getting ireland connected in the same peaceful way. however, the southern part of ireland was _64_and broke away to form its own government. so only northern ireland joined with england, wales and ireland to become the 65 and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the union jack. 五.词汇(共20小题，每题1分，满分20分) 1. the giant machine is always _ (贪吃) for more waste.2. hit by a _ (缺乏) of fresh air, my head ached. 3. the old castle built by romans do not _ (吸引) visitors. 4. wang ping _ ( 系牢) my safety belt and showed me how to use it.5. john snow_(怀疑) his neighbor of breaking his window. 6. the scientist often _(做贡献)to an academic journal. 7. chengdu belongs to sichuan_( 省)，and it is also a capital city.8. westminster abbey contained _( 雕像)in memory of dead poets and writers.9. he wanted to face the _ (挑战) and solve the problem. 10. to his _(快乐，高兴), he won the first prize in the competition11.apart from 12.lose sight of 13.leave out 14.to ones credit 15.sweep up 16.把分成 17. 损坏，破坏 18.恢复，完全复原 19.讲得通，有意义 20.得出结论 七短文改错 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）i ever worked as a tour guide. one day i saw advertisement in the newspaper. i rang up the company, but i was given the job immediate. they asked me to take a tour around the city next morning. the manager just told me to say anything that i could think about the city. my first tour is terrible. the old bus was not air-conditioned, because it was the middle of summer. it was uncomfortable inside the bus. the tourist soon became very hot and angry. i owned a very hard time. i stayed there for a few weeks, and then left and joined in a better company.八书面表达（25分）假定你是高一新生李华。开学之初，你的英语老师ms li 希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况，并征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给她写一封信。1.对英语学习的认识；自己目前的英语水平；2.自己英语学习存在的问题；3.对英语教学的建议注意：1.词数100左右： 2.信的开头和结尾已给出dear ms li,i am very happy to have you as our english teacher. thank you! li hua甘谷一中20152016学年第一学期高二第一次月考英语参考答案第一卷（选择题 共85分）一单项选择语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分