八所中学高二年级第一学期第一次月考英语测试卷

1、八所中学高二年级第一学期第一次月考英语测试卷满分：120分 组题人：钟艳艳I单项填空(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硕，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1._your help, I got the first in the final-term English examination.A. Thanks toB. Without C. If not D. But for2. What made you so upset? _ two tickets to the pop music concert. A. Losing B. Beca

2、use of losing C. To lose D. Because I had lost3. Dont _ a person only because he has failed in an examination.A. look up B. look down C. look down on D. look up to4. I can't imagine _ that with them A. do           B. to do C. being done  &#

3、160; D. doing5. 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 in6. All the employees except the manager _ to work online at home. A. encourage B. encourage C. is encouraged D. are encouraged7. Shes tired of act

4、ing, and she _ changing for a new job, but she hasnt made up her mind yet. A. had considered B. has been considering C. considered D. is going to consider 8. It _ at the crossroads _ he was killed in the accident the other day.A. is; that B. was; that C. is; where D. was; where9. The house rent is e

5、xpensive. Ive got about half the space I had at home and Im paying _ here. A. as three times much B. as much three times C. much as three times D. three times as much10. Its worthwhile _ the trouble _ the job rules fully to new comers. A. taking, explainingB. taking, to explainC. to take, explaining

6、 D. to take, to explain11. Tom would rather _ poor than _money by dishonest methods; we all admire him. A. to be; get B. be; get C. to be; getting D. be; getting 12. The police _ determined to bring back this missing boy when his family _ almost given up all hopes.A. is; has B. are; have C. are; has

7、 D. is; have 13. The flowers _ my mother, but my sister thought they were for her and took them.A. were intended for B. intended for C. intended to give D. intended giving14. The war made _ impossible for the scientist to go on with his research. A. him B. it C. this D. that15. The experts advise _

8、our army _ modern weapons.A. to equip; with B. equipping; with C. to equip; for D. equipping; for II（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and 16 as mu

9、ch land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. 17 enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 18 as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He 19 riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was 20 or tired, h

10、e did not stop 21 he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was 22 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I 23 myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only 24 a very small area to 25 myself.” The above story i

11、s 26 to the journey of our 27 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more 28 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our 29 , time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding 30 and the things we love to do. One day 31 we look back, we will 32 that we dont really need th

12、at much, 33 then we cannot turn back time for what we have 34 . Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only 35 to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.16. A. use B. get C. work D. cover 17. A. Good B. Sure C. Strange D. Interesting18

13、. A. struggled B. ran C. expanded D. rode 19. A. gave up B. asked for C. kept on D. succeeded in20. A. hungry B. excited C. confused D. sad21. A. but B. because C. so D. if22. A. sleeping B. arguing C.smiling D. dying23. A. find B. make C. destroy D. prove24. A. push B. have C. need D. show25. A. bu

14、ry B. live C. support D. sleep26. A. similar B. certain C. useful D. special27. A. future B. life C. history D. past 28. A. friends B. money C. discoveries D. progress 29. A. freedom B. career C. honor D. health 30. A. beauty B. condition C. people D. things 31. A. when B.before C. unless D. since32

15、. A. regret B. realize C. apologize D. explain33. A. or B. until C.but D. however 34. A. saved B. won C. reduced D. missed 35. A. necessary B. probable C. possible D. suitableIII. 阅读理解(共20小题:每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A. B. C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑· AA large number of women in Western Europ

16、ean countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still mens world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.Anne Harper has a very good job for an interna

17、tional oil company. She also believes in “Women s Liberation(解放)”. “I dont wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I dont think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a

18、lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If youre a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there . or engineers or scientists?”36. What can we learn from the first paragraph? A. 60% Western European women wish that they were

19、born men. B. 60% women in West Germany wish that they were born menC. .Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys. D. 60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West Germany.37. “It is still mens world.” means “_.”A. Women have not been gi

20、ven the same chance as men B. Therere more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the worldC. Women cannot live without menD. Therere more men than women in the world38. Anne Harper considers that women should _.A.be well paid B. live a better life than menC. be really lib

21、erated D. get better jobs than men39. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Usually the best jobs are not open to women.B. Women are looked down upon because theyre the second-class citizens.C. Therere more men pilots, engineers and scientists than women ones.D. Women are le

22、ss paid than men for the same job. BYears ago people could hardly accept the ideas of a womans being a doctor. In order to get into medical school in 1847, Elizabeth Blackwell was asked to keep it a secret that she was a woman. This was contrary to her beliefs, and she refused to do it. After enteri

23、ng medical school, Elizabeth often had to summon all her courage to free the unkindness of teachers and classmates. By her great efforts, she was able to complete her studies. Many people came to her graduation just to have a look at a woman doctor. Doctor Blackwell soon found that most people were

24、not as ready as to go to a woman doctor. She had to struggle to make a living. Then came the great day when she was offered a job as a doctor in a hospital. She did so well that she was asked to organize a new hospital and medical college. The United States can now be proud of thousands of women doc

25、tors.40. How do you think Elizabeth was treated in the medical school? A. Unfairly. B. Kindly. C. Normally. D. Cruelly.41. Many people came to see Elizabeth when she graduated . A. but they didnt believe she would be famous in the future B. because they wanted to congratulate her on being a doctor C

26、. because they wanted to find out the secret of her success D. but they werent sure that she could manage to finish her schooling42. After graduation, Elizabeth found that . A. she was not right for the job and had to struggle for a living B. few people were willing to go to a woman doctor C. she mu

27、st organize a new hospital and medical college for women D. most people were ready to go to a woman doctor43. What in fact was Elizabeths great effort in the medical school? A. To study hard to complete her studies. B. To refuse to pretend to be a boy. C. To struggle for the position of the women. D

28、. To realize her idea of being a doctor.C. You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through

29、 a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!Of course he isnt really dead. With any luck he isnt even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These me

30、n are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床

31、垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntmans success depends on carefu

32、l timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment. Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stunt

33、man, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are

34、 stunt-girls too!44. Stuntmen are those who A. often dress up as actors B. prefer to lead dangerous lives C. often fight each other for their lives D. often perform seemingly dangerous actions 45. When a stuntman falls from a high building A. he needs little protection B. he will be covered with a m

35、attress C. his safety is generally all right D. his life is endangered46. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance? A. Strength. B. Speeds. C. Exactness D. Carefulness47. What can be inferred from the authors example of the Norwegian stuntman? A. The cliff is too hi

36、gh. B. The percentage of serious accidents is high C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman. DA young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house. The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed the

37、servants shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down. The servant was not angry, but smiled. Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly

38、 again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled. Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “Youre a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.” The servant smiled and said, “And Im not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.” 48. He played a joke on th

39、e servant because _. A. he hated him B. he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him C. he liked to show off himself D. he wanted to get pleasure 49. When the young man played a joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because _. A. he liked the young man s action B. maki

40、ng the young man laugh is his job C. he thought he shouldnt be angry with a child D. he was afraid to be fired 50. What did the servant do in return to the young man? A. He stole something from the house. B. He put mud into the young mans coffee. C. He had a fight with him. D. He gave a smile to the

41、 young man.51. Why did the young man stop playing jokes on the servant? A. Because he wanted to be a good man B. Because the servant told him the truth C. Because the servant showed kind and nice behaviour to him D. Because his father told him to do so EAmerican farmers entered this century with som

42、e of the same problems that they came across during the last century. The most important of the problems continued to be overproduction (生产过剩). It is true that continuingimprovements in farm machinery, better seeds, better fertilizers, and other good conditions have made farmers more and more succes

43、sful in what they do.In fact, American agriculture has become an “agribusiness”, which includes a variety of farm businesses and organizations, from small, one-family companies to huge multinational companies (跨国公司) that own a great deal of land and that produce goods and materials used by farmers.

44、The appearance of agribusiness in the late 20th century meant fewer but much larger farms. Sometimes owned by stockholders (股东) who didnt manage the farms, these large farms used more machinery and far fewer farm hands. In 1940, there were 6 million farms averaging (平均为) 67 hectares (公顷) each. In th

45、e late 1990s, there were only about 2.2 million farms averaging 190 hectares in size. During the same period, the number of farmers became smaller from 12.5 million in 1930 to 1.2 million in the 1990s. In 1900, half of the labor force were farmers, but at the end of the last century only 2% worked o

46、n the farm. And nearly 60% of the remaining farmers at the beginning of this century worked only part-time on farms; they held other, non-farm jobs to add to their farm income. The high cost spent on land and equipment makes keeping the full-time farming going on very difficult for most people.As th

47、ese numbers show, the American “family farm” rooted in the nations history and in the story of the hard-working peasants faces powerful economic challenges. Americans continue to imagine the neat barns (谷仓), fat farm animals, and beautiful fields of the traditional rural landscape, but it remains un

48、certain whether they will be willing to pay the price, either in higher food prices or in government aids to farmers who own the family farm.52. What is the most important problem the American farmers meet with now? A. The farm machinery needs to be improved.B. The farm conditions need to be develop

49、ed further.C. The farm products are more than what people need.D. The farm products cant meet the need of the people.53. How many farmers worked full-time on the farm at the beginning of this century?A. About 40% of the labor force. B. Less than 1% of the labor force. C. About 60% of the labor force

50、. D. Over 2% of the labor force.54. Why do some farmers do other part-time jobs? A. Farming cant meet their need of money. B. They all want to make a large fortune.C. Farm work doesnt need too much time. D. They want to learn how to do other jobs.55. The author used many numbers in the 2nd paragraph to _.A. explain why the farmers need to do some part-time jobsB. tell the readers that he knows about agriculture very wellC. show that the multinational companies own much landD. make it cle