河南商城高中高三第一学期第一次月考英语

1、商城高中20102011 学年度高三第一学期第一次月考英语试题分值： 150 时间： 120 分第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 5小题；每小题 15 分，满分 75分） 请听下面 5 段对话 , 选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。1 Where does the conversation most probably take place? AIn a parkBIn a zoo CIn a pet store 2 What does the woman mean?A Things here are very cheapB Things here are not cheap

2、CShe doesn t know whether things here are cheap or not 3 Where are the two speakers going to plant the tree?A By the front door B At the back of the garage C At the end of the garden 4 Where does the conversation take place?AIn a shop BIn a hotel CIn a restaurant 5 What do we learn from the conversa

3、tion?A The man went to New Zealand during Christmas B The man visited New Zealand during the summer holidayCThe mans parents live in New Zealand 第二节（共 15小题; 每小题 15 分，满分 225 分） 请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。 请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6至 8 题。6 Who is the woman speaking to?AHer husband BA policeman 7 What s the

4、woman asking for?A Advice on safety B Money 8 What has happened to the womanAIt s been burnt down BIt 请听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至 11题。C A fire-fighter C Help s house? s been broken into C It s been damaged9 What does the woman want to know?A The best way to go to New York B The quickest way to go to New York

5、C The cheapest way to go to New York 10 How much does it cost the woman to go to New York by bus? A$5B $15C $5011. What do we know from the conversation?A. The woman will go to New York by bus .B. It will take the woman five hours to go to New York by bus .C. The woman won t go to New York by bus请听第

6、8段材料，回答第12至14题。12 . When will the ballet performances be on?A. This week.B. Next week .C. Next month .13. When will the man atte nd the performa nee?A . On Sun day evening .B . On Thursday eve ning .C . On Friday evening.14 . How much does the man pay for the tickets?A . $20 .B . $10 .C. $40 .请听第9段材

7、料，回答第15至17题。15 . What s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A . Good friends . B . Strangers . C. Classmates .16 . What can we know about the woma n from the con versati on?A . She won a cup in last week s tennis competitionB . She is a scie nee expert .C . She works at St Jude s Trai

8、ning .College17 . How long has the man bee n in the scie nee departme nt?A . Half a year .B . More than a year . C. Two years .请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18 . How often do people in the Historical Society meet?A . Every week .B . Every other week . C. Every three weeks .19 . What is the main purpose of the

9、Historical Society?A . To find out what they can lear n from history .B . To study the people in history .C . To learn about what happened in the past .20 . What do the Historical Society plan to do this year?A . Study the history of the town .B . Visit historic houses in the college .C . Visit more

10、 historic places .第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45分）第一节：单项填空（共 15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）21 . Dela had made up his mind to give it up ,bu t onsecond thought ,he determined to trythirdtime .A . /; aB . / ; /C.a ; aD. the ; a22 . We n eeded a new cupboard for the kitche nSo Peter madeA . itB . oneC . himselffrom some wood

11、 we hadD . ano ther23 . The middle-aged man said he would accept the job, so we have asked him tohis accepta nee inwriting .A . confirm B . conveyC. convince D . con sider24. on May Day, the Shanghai Expo has attracted tens of thousands of visitors around the world everyday.A. Having openedB. Opened

12、C. OpeningD. To open25. Never beforetowhat his parents expect of him more than it is today.A. he has failed; live up toB. he failed not; come up withC. has he failed; live up toD. did he failed; come up with26. -Don t you feel cold, Tim? You wear such a jacket in a day at-5C.-. I m boilingA. No worr

13、y B. Take it easyC. Not in the least D. That s OK27. What reallyis not failure itself, but the attitude we hav e towards it .A. mattersB. applies C. stresses D. functions28. Remember toa good state of mind eve n if you should fail ple nty of times.A . take upB . brush upC. get upD . keep up29 . The

14、boy talked his motherbuying him a home computer .A . ofB . overC . toD . i nto30 . Every time Ashtita tries to break a record, he reaches a pointhe feels he cannot physically do anymore .A . whereB . that C . whenD . which31 . Urba n crowded ness would be greatly relieved if fareson public tran spor

15、t were more reas on able.A . offere dB . charged C. paid D . spent32 . As is often poin ted out, kno wledge is a two-edged weap on which can be usedfor good or evil .A . similarly B . properly C. equallyD . widely33 . It is strange that such a thingin your school .A . will happe n B . happe nsC . sh

16、ould happe n D . happe ned34 . I don t suppose Jimmy could have done well in thmid-term exam last week,?-he almost failed in the exam .A . had he; Yes B . did he ; No C . do I ; Yes D . could I ; No35 . He is a poorly learned man, but he acts as though he .A . isB . wereC. should be D . seems like第二

17、节完形填空（共 20小题，第小题1 . 5分，满分30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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the n ame of a pers on . I have forgotte n the n ame of an old lady who was a （n）36 on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy . Yet it seems like justyesterday tha

18、t she taught me a less on in 37 . One after noon, a frie nd and I were 38rocks on to the roofof the old lady s ho39e her backyard . The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed tomissiles as they40 to the roof s edge and shot out into then .I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and s

19、ent it for a ride . The stone was too smooth, however, so it 42 from my hand as I let it go and headed 43 for a small window on the old ladyack wall, s b- I was too scared about gett ing 44 that first ni ght to be concerned about the old lady with the broke n window . However, a few days later, 45 I

20、 was sure that I hadn t been discovered, I started to feefor her misfortune .495053I made up my mind that I would 47 h my paper delivery mon ey, and in three weeks I had the seve n dollars that I 48 would cover the cost of her window . I put the money in an envelope with a( n)explaining that I was s

21、orry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the for repairing it .I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door .“ Here, I have somethingfwasoa bag of cookiesl thankedWhen I ope ned the en velope, I was shocked . In side was the “

22、 L m proud of youThe next day, I 51 the old lady her paper and was able to 52 the warm smile that I was her. She thanked me for the paper and said, her and ate the cookies as I54my route .After several cookies, I55an envelope .seve n dollars and a short note that said,36 . A . assistant B . customer

23、C. adviser D . n eighbour37 . A . selfish nessB . clever nessC . carefu In essD . forgive ness38 . A . picki ngB . kicki ngC .throw ingD . strik ing39 . A . fromB. underC . by D . around40 . A . flowedB . rolledC . droppedD . fell41 . A . yardB . kitche nC .room D . sky42 . A . steppedB . stoppedC .

24、skippedD .slipped43 . A . rightB . slowC . straight D .fast44 . A . caughtB . trappedC. lostD .hurt45 . A . butB . whe nC.befor e D . though46 . A . guiltyB. n ervousC .an xiousD . safe47 . A . borrowB. saveC. tran sferD .move48 . A . usedB . earnedC .choseD . calculated49. A . bookB . no ticeC .not

25、e D . article50 . A . periodB . dista neeC . size D . cost51 . A. handedB . showedC . left D . sold52 . A . wit nessB . bringC. returnD . wear53 . A . compari ngto B . receivi ng fromC . lear ning aboutD . playi ng with54 . A . continuedB . forgotC . followedD .chose55 . A . toreB . feltC. boughtD .

26、marked第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C D四个选项中,选出最佳答案，A并涂在答题卡上。Ask some one what they have done to help the environment recen tly and they will almost certa in ly men ti on recycling . Recycling in the home is very important of course . However, being forced to recycle often means we already ha

27、ve more material than w -e need . We are dealing with the results of that overn thegreenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place .The total amount of packagi ng has in creased by 12% betwee n 1999 and 2005 . It now makes up a t

28、hird of a typical household s waste in thlei many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard .Too much packag ing is doing serious damage to the environment . The UK, for example, is running out of it for bury ing this unn ecessary waste . If such packag ing is bu

29、r nt, it gives off gree nhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect . Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy . The solution is not to produce suchitems in the first place . Food waste is a serious problem, too . Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they

30、 need. However, few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encou raging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example .But thus is not just about supermarkets . It is about all of us . We have learned to associate packaging with quality . We have learned to think that s

31、omething unpackaged is of poor quality . This is especially true of food . But it is also applied to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary .There are sig ns of hope . As more of us recycle, we are begi nning to realize just how much unn ecessary materi

32、als are collected . We n eed to face the wastefu In ess of our con sumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb .56 . What does the un derl ined phrase-tturtsiurepti on ” refer to?A . Using too much packaging .B . Recycli ng too many wastes .C. Making more products than necessary .D . Having more

33、material than is needed .57 . The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show .A . the tendency of cutt ing household wasteB . the in crease of packagi ng recycli ngC . the rapid growth of supermarketsD . the fact of packagi ng overuse58 . According to the text, recycling .A . helps con trol the gree

34、 nhouse effectB . means burning packagi ng for en ergyC . is the soluti on to gas shortageD . leads to a waste of land59 . What can be in ferred from Paragraph 4?A . Un packaged products are of bad quality .B . Supermarkets care more about packaging .C . It is improper to judge quality by packaging

35、.D . Other products are better packaged tha n food .BThe Chinese word“ Shanzhai ” means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name forfakes （假货） after “ Shan zhai Cellph ones” produced by small workshops in souther n China became popular inthe mainland market over the past two yea

36、rs .Besides “ Shanzhai has electronic products, there are “ Shanzhaimovies, “ Shanzhai stars and even a“ Shanzhai ” Spring Festival Gala, a copy of theyear-old traditional show presented by CCTV on Chinese Lunar New Year s Eve“ Shanzhai ” has beeoamculture of its own, symbolizing anything that imita

37、tes something famous . The phe nomenon has caused a public debate over whether it is healthy or sick being a copycat .In southwestern China s Chongqing Municipality, a“ Shanzhai ” versvam by farrBieds withNest ” wobamboo attracts wide attention and the“ Shanzhai ” version “ Water Cube ” is popBlalhw

38、itte tourists toocopies of the famous Olympics buildings in Beijing .Xie Xizhang, a literature critic, said that taking the “ Shanzhai ” Gaan example, when the traditional CCTV program becomes less and less attractive to the audienee, the “ Shanzhaiversion appears naturally toattract people .Inspite

39、 of its poor techniques and operation, Shanzhai cuimeets the psychologicaldema nds of com mon people and could be a comfort to their mi nds,.” Xie saidTian Huiqun, a professor at Beijing Normal University, said that “ ShanzhaicUlture never copies classicthings, only trendy products . In that sense,

40、it s like a computer virus, multipflhing meaning .Though con troversial,“ Shan zhai ” culture is beco ming a widely accepted phenome nonTo the mainstreamculture, the rise ofShanzhaic”ture is a challenge as well as a motivation, saidXie. Tian said different kinds of cultures developing together is an

41、 ideal situation and it is for the public to choose.60. The Chinese Word“ Shanzhai ” may have its origin in .A. fake cellphones B. electronic productsC. Spring Festival Gala D. Olympics buildings61 . The underlined word imitates ” is closest in meaning toA. stealsB. copiesC. advertises D. cheats62 .

42、 According to the passage,“ Shanzhai ” culture refers toA. The action that a person imitates famous peopleB. anything that imitates something famousC. those similar names to famous brandD. products with poor techniques and quality63. We can infer that the mainstream cultureA. will be held back by“ S

43、hanzhai ” cultureB. will sooner or later be replaced by“Shanzhai ” cultureC. may develop faster because of the challenging of“ Shanzhai ” cultureD. thinks nothing of the challenge of“Shanzhai ” cultureCCollege libraries are designed primarily for research and study . To explain its use, let us choos

44、e a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of look ing up the material for the paper .Suppose your assignment is to write a paper on a novel called “ Th$un Also Rises by American writer Hemin gway . The first step is to go to the main catalog . Many small drawers on the large woode n c

45、ab in ets are lined up in alphabetical （字母的）order. Each of the drawers contains hundreds of alphabetical orderedcards. These cards are printed ref .erences to all material available in the library . Title cards are cataloged （为 编目录 ） by the firs t word of the book tit le, leaving out the articles li

46、ke“a” ,aAhdahen yBunget the cards for the books you need . On the upper left corner of each card is the call number . This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library . The library has open and closed stacks . If your book is on the open stacks, you can go to the open-s

47、tack room, and according to the call number find it out by yourself . There are only about 30,000 books on ope n stacks, while most of the 800,000 books in our library are kept in closed stacks, which are accessible only to teachers and graduate stude ntsFor un dergraduates like you, borrow ing book

48、s from the closed stacks have to be done with the help of our librarian . In that case, you must fill out a call slip （纸条） for the book, showing the call number, author and title . You can get call slips on tables n ear the catalog cab in ets . You show your call slip together with your library card

49、 to a librarian at the information desk . He or she will help you find the book out in the closed stacks .64 . What is the main purpose of this text?A . To prese nt readers a brief in troduct ion to a college library .B . To guide readers how to find books needed in a college library .C . To tell re

50、aders how to fill out a call slip in a college library .D. To show readers where to find books in a college library65. What letter you should look for on the title card for the bookA. The letter . Bt The letterh” C. The letterDs The letterThe Old Man and the Sea66. How are books arranged and shelved

51、 in the library?n amesA. By call numbers. B. By call slips of authors.C. In alphabetical order . D. By the first word of book title67. Supp ose you are an undergraduate and you want to borrow a book from the closed stacks, which is the correct order to do it?go to the main catalogb . show your call

52、slip and library cardfind out the call number d . fill out a call slipget the cards forA . a-b-e-d-cthe booksB . a-e-c-d-bC . b-a-c-d-eD . b-c-a-e-dIn so many ways, cyberspace （网络空间） mirrors the real world . People ask for information, play games, and share hobby tips . Others buy and sell products

53、. Still others look for friendship, or even loveSome Internet users want more tha n just some one to chat with . They rlook ing for serious love relati on ships . Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That an swer depe nds on whom you ask . Some of these relati on ships actually succeed . Others

54、end in tears .Uni ike the real world, however, your kno wledge about a pers on is limited to words on a computerscree n . Identity and appearanee mean very little in cyberspace . Rather, a person thoughts or at least the thoughts they type are what really counts . So even the shyest person can becom

55、e a chat-room star .Usually, this“ faceless ” com muni cati on doe snoblemst . crde ntity does n t really matter whe n youin a chat-room discussing politics or hobbies .In fact, this emphasis on the ideas themselves makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation . Where else can so many

56、people come together to chat?Suppo rters of on li ne relati on ships claim that the Internet allows couples to know how in tellige nt they are first . Personal appearanee doesn t get in the wayBut critics （批评者） of on li ne relati on ships argue that no one can truly know ano ther pers on in cyberspace . Why? Because the Internet gives users a lot of con trol over how others view them . Internet users can carefully choose their words to fit whatever image they want to give . And they don t have to worry about what their-veorbal” communicationdioing for their image .In