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江苏省六合高级中学高二理科强化班英语月考试卷 2008-12-11命题人 王卫东I. Listening (20%):第一节 （共5小题）1. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Manager and worker.2. What do we know about Susans office?A. It needs flowers. B. It is close to a park. C. It is close to a flower shop.3. What will the man do this afternoon? A. He will make a form for the woman.B. He will lend his forms to the woman. C. He will help the woman fill out the forms.4. Why does the woman show interest in the bookstore?A. She works in a bookstore. B. She loves a man in the store. C. She sold cookbooks years ago.5. What are the speakers worried about?A. The game might be put off. B. It might rain during the game. C. There might be less fun in the match.第二节 （共15小题） 听第6段材料，回答6至7小题。6. What are the speakers talking about?A. Watching a football game. B. Going out to dinner tonight. C. Borrowing books in the city library.7. What wont the woman probably do tonight?A. Have supper. B. Watch the football game. C. Go to the city library.听第7段材料，回答8至10小题。8. Why does the man want to buy some appliances? A. Because the kitchen has been repainted.B. Because something was wrong with the appliances. C. Because the appliances in use are not modern any more.9. Which of the following appliance is not mentioned by the man?A. Dishwasher. B. Washing machine. C. Microwave Oven.10. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man has enough money to pay for all the items.B. The man will be better off in the future. C. The man may be given a discount.听第8段材料，回答11至13小题。11. How many times has the woman been sailing before? A. Twice. B. Once. C. Never.12. How will the woman pay for her trip? A. By cheque. B. By credit card. C. With cash.13. What can we learn from the conversation? A. They are talking about their travel experience.B. The woman is going to climb mountain. C. The man is planning a trip for the woman.听第9段材料，回答14至16小题。14. Where does this dialogue probably take place? A. In the car. B. In the street. C. At the airport.15. Whats the weather like in Boston now?A. Its very cold. B. Its very warm. C. It is neither too cold nor too warm.16. What will they do after they arrive at the mans house?A. They will have lunch. B. They will go swimming. C. They will get down to business immediately.听第10段材料，回答17至20小题。17. What does a man intend to do when he tells a story? A. He may want to make people believe the facts.B. He may want to make people doubt the facts. C. He may want to make people feel happy or sad, or think.18. What makes a story live?A. The facts of the story. B. The human interest of the story. C. The language of the story.19. How many copies of the English novelists new book had already been sold?A. 1,000 copies. B. 1,010 copies. C. 10,000 copies.20. When did the English novelist have a meal with his American friend?A. When they met in the publishing house.B. When all the copies of the new book had been sold. C. Four or five weeks after the new book was published.II. Multiple Choices (20%):21. Hes looked on as such a(an) _ student that all of us believed that his future would be very bright. A. absurd B. poor C. awful D. gifted.22. The board of the company had decided to _ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business. A. widen B. spreadC. lengthenD. expand23. I realized strength and courage are always _ in medals and victories, but in the struggles we overcome. A. measuredB. praised C. tested D. increased24. Without proper lessons, you could _ a lot of bad habits when laying the piano. A. keep upB. pick upC. draw upD. catch up25. -What do you think of the TV play “The Meteor Garden”? -I take no interest in it. One of the reasons is that such a life is out of our _. A. mindB. reachC. sight D. point26. What _ the experts most is the increasing level of pollution in our cities. A. facesB. concernsC. bores D. relates27. This kind of bird is dying out; seldom can you see a _ one, and its less likely to catch one_.A. lively, living B. live, live C. alive, living D. live, alive28. We had intended to do everything according to the schedule, but it didnt _ as planned.A. make up B. turn out C. go on D. come up29. Many families on low _ will be unable to afford to buy their own house. A. salary B. wages C. pays D. incomes30. I cant stand my wife spending so much time shopping. Yesterday, she bought a new dress which she actually doesnt need at all. Dont be angry. _, almost all women like shopping for new clothes. A. In allB. In general C. In particular D. In conclusion31. My computer began to return to the _ running state after I killed the virus by newly- updated Kill 3000. A. normal B. ordinary C. usual D. common 32. In Scandinavian countries it is common _ for the husband to stay at home to look after the baby. A. useB. senseC. practiceD. idea33. If he continues like this, he will _ a stone only to have it drop on his own foot, just as the old saying goes. A. end up to liftB. end up liftingC. end up in liftingD. end up with lifting34. If you have good reading strategies, what seems confusing at first _ upon further reading. A. makes senseB. worksC. countsD. pays35. Parents like to buy toys to keep little babies_.A. amusing B. amused C. amusement D. being amused36. _ the warning message, more deaths would have been caused in the earthquake according to the report from Indonesia.A Regardless of B Instead of C But for D In spite of 37. Nutrition is _ growing science, and it will surely develop with time going on, for _ new information keeps pouring in.A /; / B a; / C the; / D a; the 38. The Renminbis value _ to a new high this week. I wonder if this trend will go on.A rises B rose C has risen D had risen39. -John returned this morning, or rather 4 oclock in the morning.-Where _ he _ ? Perhaps he _ out with those fellows all the night.A has; been; hung B has; been; was hanging C had; been; had hung D had; been; was hanging40. Heavy as the huge engine, as tall as 25 metres, is _, it is powerful and works well.A to carry B to be carried C carried D being carriedIII. Cloze Test (20%):We all have dreams. Yet so few of us fulfill them. Often, a dream dies as quickly as it is born 41 we lack the confidence to keep it. When I was old enough to understand the realities of life, I realized that society puts a high 42 on youth, beauty and intellectual achievement. This discovery gave me some idea to 43 my dream.I know beauty is something I will never have. So I didnt dream of becoming beautiful. But I didnt see it as something 44 because it forced me to concentrate my energy to develop my 45 qualities. What people see in the handicapped is only their 46 of being handicapped. People are not impressed with the ability that lies 47 every handicapped person.My dream was 48 . I dreamed of becoming a typist when I was in secondary school. The employment field was a highly 49 place. It gave not only keen competition to a handicapped job-seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the 50 strong and healthy. They see the handicapped as the back row of 51 .However, I 52 to sit in the back row. I decided to take a course in typing run by the government. When I handed over the application form to the interviewer, she looked at me, then moved her eyes to my body. She advised me to 53 my choice from typing. But I was 54 to stay with it. “I will be a really good typist,” I told her. She accepted me.On the fifth month of the sixth-month course, five students were chosen to do some copy typing. I was one of them. I was very 55 and finished half of the work given to us all.More work came to me after this test. I could see quite clearly the way to 56 my dream. I was taken on as one of the typists in one of the offices immediately after my graduation. I did not 57 starting at the bottom of the ladder. Being a typist was just the beginning of the 58 . Having achieved one dream, I set out to achieve others. I worked and studied at the same time, which was no easy task. But the sacrifice proved 59 .Dreamers should keep reaching out for their dreams, 60 what the pain, until they get what they want in life.41Aeven if BbecauseCalthough Dunless42Astandard BviewCvalueDmeasure43AdevelopBrealizeCkeep Dhave44AfavorableBunusualCbeneficialDbad 45AotherBspecialCuniqueDoutstanding46ApainBmisfortuneCappearanceDsufferings47AoutsideBinsideCbeyondDbeside48AfantasticBcomplicatedCacceptableDsimple49AcompetitiveBvaluableCmysteriousDadventurous50AoriginallyBextremelyCphysicallyDfortunately51Aseats BsocietyCjobsDcommunity52Ahad BcontinuedCmeantDrefused53Achange BignoreCconfirmDprevent54AwillingBreluctantCdeterminedDglad55AhappyBefficientCdevelopingDexcited56AachievingBchangingCdevelopingDenjoying57Aavoid BriskCconsiderDmind58AexperienceBstoryCclimbDcareer59AdisappointingBrewardingCencouragingDsatisfying60Ano soonerBno wonderCno longerDno matterIV. Reading (30%):AThere is good and bad news for parents today. The word “mother” has been voted the most beautiful word in the English language. But “father” failed even to make it on to the list of the 70 best words compiled (汇编) in a survey of thousands of nonEnglish speakers across the globe. From Ankara to Zurich, “mother” was voted above “love”, “smile” and “blossom”“Mother-in-law” was also nowhere to be seen. Funny that maybe the hyphens (连字符) disqualified it .In second place was “passion”, followed by “simple”, “love” and “eternity”, with “fantastic”, “destiny”, “freedom”, “liberty” and “tranquility” completing the top 10.The results were revealed by the British Council which carried out a huge survey of more than 40,000 people in 102 non-English speaking countries.The study was undertaken to celebrate the groups 70th anniversary-and it threw up a few surprising entries to the list.“Its interesting that mother, the only word of the 70 that describes a direct relationship between people, came top of the poll (投票),” said British Council spokesman Greg Selby. “It is great to see words in the survey that are so positive and suggestive of the British Councils purposewords such as freedom, liberty, peace, renaissance and destiny”.Those surveyed were allowed to choose their words on either meaning or sound, said Mr. Selby. This explained why words that are satisfying to pronounce, like “flipflop”, made the list.Famous mothers like Kate Winslet, Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer have all done their bit to make the word popular.Kate, 28, even pulled out of Woody Allens new film to spend more time with her young family.Singer Robbie Williams is proud to declare his love for his mother, while comedian Peter Kay endured a marathon British tour to pay for a new house for his mom.The mood was added to by Britney Spears yesterday as she expressed her love for her mother. She said: “My mom was and still is a supermom. She is just so much fun and I think the reason why I relate to her so well is because shes a young mom.”She added: “Mom, thanks for being the best role model-you rock.”61Which of the following is true?A“Father” wasnt on the list of the 70 best words in a survey of English speakers all over the word.B“Mother-in-law” wasnt on the list of the words.COnly in Ankara and Zurich, “mother” was voted the first beautiful word.D“Mother” is not the only word of the 70 that shows a direct relationship between people.62What can we conclude from the passage?AIts Kate Winslet, Elle Macpherson and Clardia Schiffer that made their efforts to make the word “mother” popular.BKate stopped shooting a new film in order to stay with her family.CPeter Kay took part in a marathon in order to pay for a new house for his mother.DBritney Spears took pride in her mother.63What does the underlined part “you rock” in the last paragraph mean?AYou are fantastic.BYou like rock and roll.CYou are as solid as a rock.DYou shake.B To many web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly blind, the web is their essential window on the world: their means of communicating, capturing prey（猎物）, meeting mates and protecting themselves. A web-building spider without its web is like a men cast away on an island of solid rock，totally out of touch and destined to starve to death. So important is the web to an orb-web spiders survival that the animal will continue to construct new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16 days the starving spider builds completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets scrawnier（憔悴的）， it constructs a wider-meshed web using fewer strands（线）. Such webs would only trap larger prey, which is more economical from the perspective of a starving spider. The spider stores energy by recycling web protein. It simply eats its own web each evening and reuses it to produce new silk. In studies with radioactively，labeled materials, it was found that 95 percent of web protein reappears in the next day web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is used in walking over the strands as they are laid down Scientists are impressed by the adaptability of the spiders highly preprogrammed brain, which is larger for its size than the brain of any other invertebrate（无脊推动物）If web-building is interrupted, or if some of the existing strands are destroyed，the spider simply goes back to see where the web is left off and then finishes building a normal web. One spider will finish building the incomplete web of another.64. Which of the following best expresses the main ides of the passage?A. Secrets of Spiders AdaptabilityB. Importance of Webs to SpidersC. Secrets of the Spiders Life D. Spiders Highly programmed Brain65According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Most spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry B. One Web-building spider usually conducts one web C. Web-building spiders will probably die without their webs D. Web-building spiders have good eyesight.66. A spider conducts a wider-meshed web when_. A. it is 16 days oldB. it is getting weaker C. it has fewer wendsD. it hunts for food67. A spiders ability to finish an incomplete web proves that_. A. it has a highly preprogrammed brain B. it reuses its web protein to reproduce new silk C. the web is everything for a spiderD. it is able to rebuild a destroyed webC High school dropouts（辍学者）earn an average of $ 9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study dispels a common belief why they quit. Its much more basic than flunking out（不及格）. Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just cant cut it. They are lazy，and perhaps not too brightSo researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left. “The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic（美籍西班牙的）student will receive a diploma（证书），and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So, if failing grades dont explain why these kids quit, what does? Again，John Bridgeland：The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they werent inspired or motivated. They didnt see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.” The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US，only one state，New Mexico，has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher，says raising the compulsory（义务的）attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school “As these dropouts look back，they realize theyve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.” New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the pointthe need for reform. Its been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.68. Most high school students drop out of school because _A. they have failing gradesB. they take no interest in classesC. they are discriminated againstD. they are lazy and not intelligent69. The underlined words “stick it out” probably means“_”A. complete schoolingB. solve the problemC. love having classesD. believe in themselve