高二英语十二月月考试卷

宜昌市葛洲坝中学 2013-2014 学年第一学期高二年级

十二月月考试卷 英语试题

命题人：高二英语备课组 考试时间： 2013 年 12 月 第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分

30 分 ） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将 有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节 （ 共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 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，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅

读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Which route does the woman suggest?

A. The northern one.

B. The southern one.

C. The western one 2. What does the man want to do?

A. Play golf next Tuesday

B. Take a day off

C. Visit his parents

3. How did the woman find the film?

A. Touching

B. Exciting

C. Frightening 4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A picture

B. A battery 5. Where are the speakers probably? A. At their house B. At a wedding party 第二节 （共 15小题；每题 1.5 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，每小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。

6. Why was the professor angry with Jennifer? A. She cheated at the exam B. She was rude to him

7. How does the woman feel about Jennifer? A. Sympathetic B. Ashamed 听第 7 段材料，回答 8 至 9 题。 8. What is the woman 's suggestion ？

A. Meet in the city centre

B. Have a quick meal at noon

9. Where will the woman be at 2:15? A. At a gym B. At a barber 's 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。

10. Why does the woman like to surf the Internet? A. To do a course B. To get information 11. What does the man hate?

A. His computer is too slow

C. There are too many junk mails online

C. A camera C. At a clothes store

C. She talked in class C. Angry

C. Go to the yoga class together C. At Maria 's shop

C. To be in touch with her family B. He can 't follow the English soccer

12. What do the man and woman agree?

A. It 's expensive to surf the Internet

B. It 's hard to get information through the regular media

C. It 's frustrating to get rid of the disadvantage of the Net. 听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。

13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. How the man does his present job

B. What the man did after graduation

C. How the man chose his present career

14. What is the man 's parents'attitude towards his decision?

A. They were shocked and opposed it

B. They were angry and didn 'tsay any word

C. They were open-minded and supported him.

15. What did the man do when he was travelling?

A. He considered about his future

B. He worked as a temporary actor

C. He wrote a letter to his college

16. What do we know about his man?

A. He is very rich and famous

B. He hasn 'tgot a steady job yet

C. He regrets what he has gone 听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。

17. How does the speaker usually prepare for the exam?

A. By studying with her classmates

B. By sticking to a timetable

C. By making a plan

18. Why was the speaker once late for the exam?

A. She overslept at home.

B. She missed her bus stop

C. She took the wrong bus

19. What does the speaker usually do during the exam?

A. She finishes the test quickly

B. She arranges time reasonably

C. She works out the first question slowly

20. What does the speaker really dislike after the exam?

A. Discussing the answers

B. Talking about the scores

C. Dealing with the stress from her parents 第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30 分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10 分）从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，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。

21. With the development of e-commerce, we have noticed a growing _______ for young people

to buy what they want through the Internet.

A. tendency

B. range

C. influence

D. presentation

22. If you insist on smoking heavily like that, you will have to suffer the ______________ sooner or

later.

A. achievements

B. causes

C. consequences

D. exchanges

23. Life can be tough sometimes, but the elderly always tell us that we can _______ the bad into

the good with efforts and wisdom.

A. transform

B. exchange

C. transport

D. consume

24. The environmen talist said: Making money is blameless, but I can't _________ to unn ecessary

killing of wild animals for that purpose . ”

A. subscribe

B. tend

C. oppose

D. suggest

25. When asked about this major traffic accide nt, the policema n said it should not have _______

if the driver hadn 'been speeding.

A. come out

B. come about

C. come across

D. come dow n

26. Although stude nts are give n freedom to dress themselves, plai n, simple clothes are com monly

believed to be _________ for school wear.

A. con crete

B. worthwhile

C. esse ntial

D. appropriate

27. This small country has been through too many wars. What its people are eager for at this

mome nt is no thi ng but _________ peace.

A. temporary

B. perma nent

C. con temporary

D. widespread

28. After quite a long train ride, we _________ arrived in our destination city, which is famous for

its widespread maple trees.

A. con seque ntly

B. faithfully

C. flexibly

D. even tually

29. Immediate action must be taken to prevent the disease from spreading; otherwise, all young

childre n will be ________ .

A. at ran dom

B. at risk

C. at work

D. at ease

30. Being quick- min ded and good at creati ng a win-win situati on, the man ager was sent to sig n the

docume nt _______ the compa ny.

A. on acco unt of

B. in honor of

C. on behalf of

D. in favor of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn ' t like attention drawn to r And 31 otherwise assigned （指定）a seat by the teacher, I always _32 to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this 33 after I jo ined a sports team. It bega n whe n a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 34 because I didn ' htave a good sense of balanee, nor did I have the 35 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my 36 for it ” , I wouldn ' t have decided to give a try.

Gett ing up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 37 of it! When I first started 38_ the practice sessions, I didn ' even know the rules of the game, much _39 what I was doing. Sometimes I ' d get0 a nd take a shot at the wrong direct ion —which made me feel really stupid. _41 , I wasn ' t the only one “ new” at the game, st o I

d42idedn learning the game, do my

best at each practice sessi on, and not be too hard on myself for the things I did n 43 “ just yet ”. 't

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 44 a nd the “ moves ” . Bei ng part of a team was

fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 45 in me was winning over my lack of con fide nee. With time, I lear ned how to play and made friends in the _46 _____________________________ —friends who respect

my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I n ever had so much fun!

With my 47 self-c on fide nee comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from _ 48 ” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 49_

raising my hand ——even when I sometimes wasn ' t and not 100 pefcfentl had the right answer. Now I have more self-c on fide nee in myself.

31.A. as B. un til C. uni ess D. though 32. A. hoped

B. agreed

C. meant

D. chose 33. A. con ti nued B. changed C. settled D. started

34. A. idea

B. pla n

C.

belief D. say ing

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

35. A. right B. chanee C. ability 36. A. going B. look ing

C. cheeri ng 37. A. poi nt B. half C. rest 38. A. enjoy ing B. prepari ng C. atte nding

39. A. less B. later

C. worse

D. patie nee D. appl ying D. basis D. watch ing D. further

40. A. committed B. motivated C. embarrassed D. con fused 41. A. I nteresti ngly B. Fort un ately C. Obviously D. Hopefully 42. A. focus B. act C. rely D. try 43. A. want B. do C. support D. know 44. A. steps B. orders C. rules D. games 45. A. role B. part C. mi nd D. value 46. A. process B. operati on C. moveme nt D. situati on 47. A. expressed B. improved C. preserved

D. recog ni zed

48. A. dream ing B. play ing C. relaxi ng D. hidi ng 49. A. by

B. for

C. with

D. to 50. A. lucky B.happy C. sure

D. satisfied

第三部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2 : 分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项 （A 、B C 和D ）中，选出最佳选项，并

more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper ,when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short televisi on program can tell you all that you want to know?

Television has not killed reading, however. Today , newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment .Although some books with hard covers are expensive , many books are printed today as paperbacks（平装本）,which are quite cheap. A paperback collect ion of short stories , f or example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater , and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

Books are a won derful provider of kno wledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary . A good encyclopedia（百科全书）, though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject . Besides, you can have such books as history books, scie nee textbooks, cookbooks , and collect ions of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feeli ngs of your favorite poets.

51. It can be in ferred from the passage that ______ .

A. TV programs are a chief provider of kno wledge

B. readi ng is a cheap way of lear ning and havi ng fun

C. cinemas are the best choice in getting information

D. n ewspapers are an expe nsive way to enjoy on eself

52. What does the sentence “ Television has not killed reading however. ”nderlined in the second paragraph

suggest?

A. Reading is still necessary today.

B. People only need reading , though.

C. Reading is more fun than television.

D. Watching television doesn ' t help reading.

53. Which of the follow ing is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

A. Lists of history books.

B. Kinds of dicti on aries.

C. Types of books.

D. Collect ions of stories and poems.

54. What can we lear n from the passage?

A. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.

B. More people like TV programs about famous men.

C. Books with hard covers sell better tha n paperbacks.

D. A good dicti onary should be kept i n every home.

B

When you see homework coveri ng the kitche n table and toys are pil ing up around the sofa, you probably wish there was a bit more space. You are not alone. Nearly a third of pare nts say they feel squeezed into their homes but cannot afford to move to a bigger property（财产，房产）,a report reveals（指出） today.

Twenty-nine perce nt say "their property is too small to fit the size of their family —risi ng to 40 perce nt for those 34 and un der". One in four childre n is 'forced to share' a bedroom, accord ing to the Fin da-Property. Com website. Property an alyst Sama ntha Bade n said: "Afford-ability remai ns a key issue for families, with the average cost of a three-bedroom home around ￡ 193,000." Very few can afford to buy or to rent a property of the size they want and in the area they desire to live in, accord ing to Miss Bade n.

A recent report, from investment（投资）firm LV, also found that many 'space-starved parents ' are pushed into a tw?droom home which was perfect when they were a young couple, but has no space for three or so childre n. Grow n-up childre n who cannot afford to leave home are also adding to the problem facing families in Britain's 'big squeeze'.

For a home to be the correct size, which means it is not overcrowded, parents must have their own bedroom. Children under ten can share, as well as same-sex children between ten and 20. Anyone over 21 also n eeds their own room.

The report comes as official figures, published yesterday by the Land Registry, reveali ng house prices are falling sharply in every region except London. The worst —hit area is the North East where average house prices have fallen to below ￡ 100, 000 for the first time in seven years. However, they rema in un affordable for milli ons.

55. Accord ing to Paragraph 1, the report reveals ________ .

A. some families can't afford a bigger property

B. children like to do homework in the kitchen

C. only a few families have housing problem

D. people are satisfied with their living condition

56. What Miss Bade n said in Paragraph 2 means _______ .

A. no family could afford a three - bedroom home

B. most families don't have eno ugh money yet

C. it is com mon to live in a three - bedroom home

D. the price of a bigger property is still acceptable

57. The report from the investment firm LV shows _________.

A. young couples should live in a two-bedroom home

B. families with three or so childre n could n't afford a home

C. some grow n - up childre n could n't afford a separate home

D. pare nts should buy houses for their grow n - up childre n

58. What can we lear n from the last paragraph?

A. House prices are falli ng dow n everywhere.

B. People are able to buy a home of correct size.

C. The North East is now an area suitable to live in.

D. The house prices in London has not falle n dow n.

C

Eddie ' s father used to say he ' d speryteaarsmanithe ocean, breathing seawater. Now,

away from that ocea n, in the hospital bed, his body bega n to look like a beached fish. His con diti on went from fair to stable and from stable to serious. Friends went from saying, “ He' ll t

day, ” to “ He' ll be home in a week. ” In his father ' s absenee, Eddie hel码头out at the pier （

work ing evenings after his taxi job.

When Eddie was a teenager, if he ever complained or seemed bored with the pier, his father

would shout, “ What? This isn ' t good eno ugh for you? ” And later, whe n he ' d suggested

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job there after high scho ol, Eddie almost laughed, and his father again said, “ What? This isn eno ugh for you? ” And before Eddie went to war, when he' dalked of marry ing Marguerite and

beco ming an engin eer, his father said, “ What? This isn ' t good eno ugh for you? ”

And now, regardless of all that, here he was, at the pier, doing his father ' s labor.

Pare nts rarely let go of their childre n, so childre n let go of them. They move on. They move

away. It is not until much later, as the heart weakens, that children understand: their stories, and all

their accomplishments, sit on top of the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, ben eath the waters of their lives.

Fin ally, one ni ght, at his mother ' usging, Eddie visited the hospital. He en tered the room

slowly. His father, who for years had refused to speak to Eddie, now lacked the strength to even try.

“ Don' t sweat it, kid, ” the other workers told him. “ Your old man will pull through. He toughest man we ' ve ever seen. ”

When the n ews came that his father had died, Eddie felt the emptiest kind of an ger, the kind

that circles in its cage.

In the weeks that followed, Eddie ' s mother lived in a con fused state. She spoke to her husba nd

as if he were still there. She yelled at him to turn dow n the radio. She cooked eno ugh food for two.

One ni ght, whe n Eddie offered to help with the dishes, she said, “ Your father will put them aw

Eddie put a hand on her shoulder. “ Ma,” he said, softly, “ Dad' s gone. ”

“ Gone where? ”

59. In Paragraph four, the writer in dicates that _________ .

A. Children like moving away from their parents

B. Childre n ofte n feel regretful because they leave their pare nts

C. Children wouldn ' t have achieved so much without their parents ' support

D. Childre n can n ever un dersta nd how much their pare nts have devoted to them

60. The underlined sentence “ Don' t sweat it ” (Para. 6) probably means ____________ .

A. Don ' t touch it

B. Don ' t give it up

C. Don ' t let him down

D. Don ' t worry about it

61. Which of the follow ing shows the right order of the story?

a. Eddie ' s father died.

b. Eddie married Marguerite.

c. Eddie worked as a taxi driver.

d. Eddie was bored with his father ' s job.

A. dbca

B. dcab

C. bcda

D. bacd

62. From the last paragraph, we lear n that _________ .

A. Eddie ' s mother liked to listen to the radio

B. Eddie ' s mother missed her husband so much that she was at a loss

C. Eddie and his wife lived in his mother ' s apartment