高三第二次月考英语试卷

1、银川一中2009届高三年级第二次月考英 语 试 卷命题教师：李素萍刘宝军注意事项：.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目、试卷类型用铅笔涂写 在答题卡上。.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡 皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在试卷上。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题 5分，满分73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，你将有 10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题 和阅读下一小题。每段对话读一遍。Why can t t

2、he woman give the man directions?A. She is not familiar with the place. B. She has never heard of the place.C. She has never taken the bus before.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a television studio.B. At a job interview.C. In a supermarket.How much money did she give away?A. 13

3、 cents.B. 30 cents.C. 90 cents.What does the woman not do at home?A. Baking cakes.B. Raising children.C. Working for a firm.What does the lady mean?A. She prefers to go shopping.B. She prefers to do something else.C. She feels that either is OK.第二节（共15小题；每小题 5分，满分22.5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

4、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。听第6段材料，回答第 6、7题。When does the conversation take place?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.What will the man do?Go to a doctor.听第7段材料，回答第8. What s the man A. Suggesting.Go to work.8至10题。Go

5、 to bed.s tone in the conversation?Persuading.C. Inquiring.How s the weather been recently?A. It hasn t rained for seVdes.C. It s cloudy and rainy.Why does the woman think that it A. Because it s cloudy every day.It s cool and cloudy.s going to rain the next day?Because it has rained a lot recently.

6、C. Because she has got that from the weatherman.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。Where has the woman stayed during the fair?A. In a small room. B. In a large room. C. In another room.How much will the woman pay for her new room per night?A. 215B. 250C. 200What kind of room does the woman prefer?A. Facing Big Ben. B

7、. Facing the Thames. C. Facing the south. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。What s the relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Waitress and customer.C. Father and daughter.What are they doing?A. Discussing on how to make noodles. B. Enjoying their dinner.C. Arguing.What s the woman s attitude toward

8、 the man?A. Delighted.B. Dissatisfied. C. Respecting.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。What s the main purpose of this passage?Telling the students of important schedule changes.Telling the students of new bus and library services.Showing the excellent services for the students.At which of the following times will

9、the bus leave the main hall?A. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00.B. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30.C. 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00.In the summer holidays, what will the library have?A. No special hours.B. Special hours on weekdays.C. Special hours on weekends.What can we infer from this passage?Few students will stay i

10、n the university during the summer holidays.No breakfast will be served on weekends during the summer holidays.There will be a concert or a film each Wednesday during the summer holidays.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45分）第一节：单项填空While seeing the scenery, all of the visitors were by it.A. fascinated ; fascinate

11、dB. fascinated ; fascinatingC. fascinating ; fascinatingD. fascinating ; fascinatedThe motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his to Sri Chinmoy.A. contributionB. accomplishmentC. devotionD. conceptionIn his speech, he to the great help the club received from supporters.A. referred

12、B. mentionedC. commentedD. remarkedDont worry too much about makingmistakes. They arenatural part of learning.A. /: aB. the;/C. /; theD. the; theThe voyages of travellers before the 17 th century show that they were not the seaeven though they didnt have modern navigational aids.A. at the expense of

13、 B. at the risk of C. in the way ofD. at the mercy ofThey are going to Paris Athens.A. byB. throughC. viaD. pastIt that you didn t go to the cinema. The film was so boring.A. is just as wellB. might be as well C. had betterD. is as well asDont let yourself be doing anything you dont want to do.A. ta

14、lked overB. talked intoC. talked backD. talked withThe building Rome times has been rebuilt recently.A. dates back to B. date fromC. dating back to D. dated fromOne of the collectors collected some seeds from a tree that had him.A. interest inB. appealed to C. been attracted D. drew attention ofYoul

15、l the department until the end of the year. Next year you will be rearranged.A. be attached to B. be belonged to C. owe toD. attackTry to spend your time just on the things you find.A. worthing doing themB. worth being doneC. worthy to being doneD. worthy of being doneThe last thirty years the great

16、est number of laws stopping our rights and progress.Until today we have reached a stage we have almost no rights at all.A. saw; whichB. see; where C. are seeing; in which D. have seen; whereWhere did you come across our chemistry teacher ?It was in the supermarket I purchased mooncakes.A. thatB. whi

17、chC. whereD. whenWhen comes to codes of ethics, I think everyone should strictly obey them.thatB. thisC. itD. one第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, 36 to waist-high ruins, smel

18、ly and dirty.Before the trip, I d had my car 37. When the office employee of the garage waswriting up the bill, she 38 my Louisiana license plate.You from New Orleans? ” she asked.I said I was.No 39,“ she said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet.The next day I went for a haircut,

19、 and the same thing 40.As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to 41 there and tried to find a rental house that we could 42 while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our 43house. We looked at many places, but none was 44. We d begun to accept that we dhave to live in extremely reduced circums

20、tances 45, when I got a very 46 e-mailfrom a James Kemmedy in California. He d read some pieces d writteabout our _47 for Slate, the online magazine and wanted to give us （ no conditions attached） a new house 48 the lake from New Orleans.It sounded too good to be 49, but I replied, thanking him for

21、his exceptional50, that we had no plans to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida 51 tolet his house to me, while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather 52. I mentioned the poets offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check53 our entire rent for eig

22、ht months.Throughout this painful experience, the 54 of strangers back my faith in humanity. It s almost worth _55 your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice.36. A. destroyedB. reducedC. damagedD. made37. A. fixedB. stolenC. brokenD. improved38. A. examinedB. checkedC. watch

23、edD. noticed39. A. problemB. moneyC.chargeD. parking40. A. repeatedB. happenedC. cameD. appeared41. A. moveB. goC. leaveD. remove42. A. supplyB. furnishC. affordD. buy43. A. spoiledB. repairedC. newD. ruined44. A. satisfiedB. satisfactoryC. approvedD. agreed45. A. for a whileB. in a whileC. all the

24、whileD. after a while46. A. politeB. directC. strangeD. disappointing47. A. marriageB. lifeC. strugglesD. family48. A. acrossB.underC. inD. over49. A. correctB. trueC. accurateD. exact50. A. generosityB. possessionC. trustD. politeness51. A. attemptedB. encouragedC. offeredD. advised52. A. reasonabl

25、eB. believableC. expensiveD. practical53. A. hidingB. coveringC. consistingD. sharing54. A. qualityB. stateC. exampleD. kindness55. A. abandoningB. throwingC. losingD. gaining第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AOn July 2, 1961, the day when Ernest Hemingw

26、ay took his own life at the age of 61, a great light went out in the world of literature. News of Hemingway s death darkened the frontpages of the most major newspapers including The New York Times.Hemingway was a man who truly enjoyed life. He made those around him enjoy life. When he could no long

27、er enjoy his life, when his body failed him, when his gift for writing deserted him, he ended his life. This final act would add to the Hemingway mystery.Hemingway s literature had always been influenced by tragedy. When reading his work, one notices an element almost always lacking: the happy endin

28、g. Not only could Hemingway describe life “ as it is ” , he was also good at describing life“ as it is not” . Life is not abed of roses, a care-free world in which lovers walk hand in hand into a setting sunset. No, the sun also rises, and if its rays are too hot or too bright, or if it stays visibl

29、e for too long, the roses will wilt and die. Hemingway never avoided exploring the tragedies of life, of death, of love.There is little doubt that the events in Hemingway s fiction mirror the events in his life.Hemingway strue talent, however, lies in his ability to construct fiction which is more r

30、ealistic and truer than any life event could ever be. Every writer of fiction wishes to produce a similar construction. Many try. Many fail. Some succeed. Hemingway succeeded and he is still succeeding.Which was NOT one of the reasons why Hemingway killed himself?A. His health broke down.arssaHitmJe

31、gway is beingD. criticalHe found he no longer had the gift for writing.He was too old.He could not get pleasure from his life.In Hemingway s eyes, life.is full of painsis made up of rosescontains a lot of tragediesshould be ended by its owner 58. According to the passage, Hemingway.hasn t been a sou

32、rce of interest except for his fictionhadn t been famous before his deathexperienced many tragedies in his lifefailed to have his own way of constructing fiction 59. We can infer from the article that the authorA. admiring B. jealous C. afraidBUnless humans act now, seafood may disappear by 2048, co

33、ncludes the lead author of a new study that paints a grim picture for ocean and human health. According to the study, the loss of ocean biodiversity（生物多样性 ）is speeding up, and 29 percent of the seafood species that humans consume have already died out. If the long-term trend continues, in 30 years t

34、here will be little or no seafood available for human beings.The increasing pace of diversity loss thus endangers the ecosystems services that many human populations depend on for survival, the study says. The research also found that biodiversity loss is tightly linked to declining water quality, h

35、armful algal blooms, ocean dead caches, fish k 官l and coastal flooding.Biodiversity is a limited resource, and we are going to end up with nothing left if nothing changes/ said Boris Worm, an assistant professor of marine conservation biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. Worm led the

36、international team of scientists and economists that examined the role of marine biodiversity in maintaining ecosystem services.They examined the impact of species loss at local, regional, and global scales and in a variety of ecosystems. Everywhere they looked, they got the same result: The greater

37、 the loss of diversity, the greater the impact on ecosystem services.The good news is that areas managed for improved diversity can and do recover, raising the possibility that the problem can be reversed （彻底改变）if humans take action. Worm says, Where we protect marine areas around the world we see a

38、n increase in species diversity. We also see more productivity as well as more money being earned from those ecosystems, he said.60. What would be the best title for the text?MOVIESeafood promotes human healthBiodiversity is important for human survivalOcean biodiversity is improving D. The future o

39、f ecosystem services 61. The word grim underlined in paragraph 1 most probably means.A. horrible B. clear C. simple D. colorfulWhich of the following is NOT true according to the text?The loss of biodiversity threatens our food supplies.Its urgent to save biodiversity in the coming 30 years.Biodiver

40、sity loss is closely related to flooding.Biodiversity loss has a great effect on ecosystem services. 63. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?Biodiversity has been improved in a vast area of ocean.Its not so difficult to improve biodiversity.Theres no need to worry about the decline in biodi

41、versityIts hopeful to improve biodiversity if action is taken.CHonesty is the best policy, as the English saying goes. Unfortunately, honesty often leaves us when no one is watching, British psychologists reported last week.Researchers at UK s Newcastle University set up an experiment in their psych

42、ology department s coffee room.They set a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk on the counter and hung up a sign listing the price for drinks. People helping themselves to a cup of tea were supposed to put a few cents in the box nearby.The scientists hung a poster above the money box, and changed each

43、week between pictures of gazing （注视的）eyes and pictures of flowers. The researchers found that staff paid 2.76 times more for their drinks when the image of the eyes was hung.We were shocked by the size of the effect,“ said Gilbert Roberts, one of the researchers.Eyes are known to be a powerful perce

44、ptual （知觉的）signal for humans, scientists say.Even though the eyes were not real, they still seemed to make people behave more honestly,“ said Melissa Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study.Researchers believe the effect throws light on our evolutionary past. It may arise from behavi

45、oral characteristics that developed when early humans formed social groups to strengthen their chances of survival. For social groups to work, individuals had to co-operate, rather than act selfishly. There s an argument that if nobody is watching us, it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But

46、when we re being watched we should behave better. So people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards uS； Bateson said.The new finding indicates that people have a striking response to eyes. That might be because eyes and faces send a strong biological signal we have evolved to respond

47、to, Batesonsaid.The finding could be put to practical use. For example, images of eyes could ensure ticket sales on public transport and improve surveillance（监视）systems to deter antisocial 原 社会）behaviour.The story is written mainly to.warn you to behave honestly whether you are alone or notexplain t

48、he root of cheating in exams with no teachers presentdescribe how the experiment in Newcastle University workedinform us of a strong reaction that people have to eyesThe experiment carried out in Newcastle University made researchers think that.honesty is not the best policyevolution has a big influ

49、ence on our behaviorhumans have to form social groups to survivepeople are more relaxed when not being watched 66. From the text, we know that.no one acts selfishly when being watchedthe function of eyes is not only biological but socialthe image of eyes worked as well as the picture of flowersa wai

50、ter was there serving people drinks in the experimentThe word “ deter in the last paragraph could be replaced by.A. prevent B. discover C. watch D. researchDBee MovieBarry B. Benson is a graduate bee fresh out of college who has been discouraged at his lone career choice: making honey. On a rare tri

51、p outside the hive, Barry s life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms,he discovers humans are mass consumers of honey and decides to sue the human race for stealing beeS honey. Genres: Comedy and Animation Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.Release Date: November 2

52、 nd, 2007（wide） Distributors: Paramount PicturesU.S. Box Office: $ 125,196,072National Treasure: Book of SecretsTreasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination (暗杀)Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John W

53、ilkes Booths diary.Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller and Sequel Running Time: 2 hrs. 3 min.Release Date: December 22nd , 2007(wide) Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution U.S. Box Office: $ 170,870,795 P.S. I Love YouA grieving young widow discovers that her late husband has left her a lis

54、t of tasks revealed in 10 messages,delivered anonymously, intended to ease her out of grief and transition her to a new life Genres: Drama and Adaptation Running Time:1 hr. 59min.Release Date: December 21s: 2007(wide) Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution U.S. Box Office: $39,202,724One M

55、issed CallBeth Raymond is shocked when she witnesses the gruesome deaths of two friends just days apart. Even more disturbing, she knows that both of them had received chilling cell phone messages actual recordings of their own horrifying last moments. Impossibly, the calls were received days before

56、 they died, but each death occurred precisely when and how the messages foretold.Genres: Suspense/ Horror and RemakeRunning Time: 1hr. 27 min.Release Date: January 4 th, 2008(wide) Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution U.S. Box Office: $12,511, 473Which film has the highest box office res

57、ult in the USA? A. Bee MovieB. National Treasure: Book of SecretsC. P.S. I Love YouD. One Missed CallAccording to the passage, if you are interested in a cartoon film, you will see the film released on.A. December 21st, 2007B. December 22 nd, 2007C. November 2 nd, 2007D. January 4th, 2008In the film

58、 One Missed call, Beth Raymond is greatly disturbed because.she received chilling cell phone messagesshe witnessed the deaths of two friends in the hospitalshe foretold the horrifying last moments of her friendstwo of her friends died in the way foretold by the cell phone messagesthat had been recei

59、ved days before.第二节：(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)请将答案写在第n卷的指定位置。根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where weve never been before.But just as in face to face communication, there are some rules of behavior that should be follow

60、ed when on line. 71 Imagine how youd feel if you were in the other persons shoes.For anything you re about to send: ask yourself, Would I say this to the person s face? if the answer is no, rewrite and reread. 72If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct (本能)is to fire back in the sam