山东省桓台第二中学高三12月月考英语试题及答案

1、桓台第二中学2014届高三12月月考（一轮检测）英语试题 2013年12月本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）两部分，共6页。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷以及答题卡和答题纸一并交回。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目填涂在试卷、答题卡和答题纸规定的地方。第i卷(选择题，共100分)第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）第一节 语法和词汇知识（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。1i made second thorough search of the roo

2、m before finding ring under my bed.aa; aba; thecthe; thedthe; a2. most companies marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention _ to keeping them. a. payingb. to payc. paidd. having paid3. _ is surprising is that there are so many chinese restaurants in toronto. a. it b. tha

3、t c. such d. what 4. what if we meet with a situation _ none of us are able to deal with? a. where b. in which c. whatd. that 5. honey, id like to go to south-africa for the world cup this weekend. _ you must help me with the decoration of the house. a. go ahead. b. thats great! c. forget it! d. why

4、?6. jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week! sorry, sir, but i was _ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam. a. held up b. put up c. taken up d. given up 7. _ how mirrors produce image, we need to know what light does. a. understanding b. having understood c. to und

5、erstand d. understood 8. _ everyone here, i wish you a pleasant journey back to your country.a. by means of b. on behalf of c. in search of d. for fear of9. at no time _ the rules of the game. it was unfair to punish them.a. they actually broke b. do they actually breakc. did they actually break d.

6、they had actually broken10. laura was away in paris for over a week. when she got home, there was a pile of mail _for her.a. waited b. to wait c. waiting d. was waiting11education should not be considered to be a _ in a modern society. aprivilege bacquaintance cadvantage daffection 12. the local peo

7、ple continued to the better management of the limited water resources in the area. a .answer for bpush for caccount for dcater for13. the doctor told us to call him up during the night there should be any emergency ain case beven though cas if dever since14. the cooperation is to the success of the

8、scheme.a. cozy b. vital c. booming d. allergic15a bottle of beer? . i will have to drive back home after the party.aby all meansbanything but thatcit dependsdhelp yourself16which car is better, the red one or the black one?i prefer the red one, but it is really a matter of personal .atastebstylecaff

9、airdtradition17we can see many examples in our life positive thinking changes a person completely.awhichbthatcwhendwhere18.this is the second time i have been by that person； i shall never trust him again.a. referred to b. set down c. attended to d. let down19the man caught driving insisted that he

10、any alcohol and that he be fined. adidnt drink；couldnt bwasnt drinking；wouldnt chadnt drunk；shouldnt dwouldnt drink；shouldnt20-charlie is good at playing the piano，but he doesnt like singing- . aneither is mary bso does marycneither does mary dso it is with mary 第2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，从

11、短文后所给各题四个选项（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 believe in the american dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. i wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 21 chasing the same thing.one year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell 22 .

12、 i found myself homeless and alone. i had my truck and $56. i 23 the countryside for some place i could rent for the 24 possible amount. i came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 25 the potomac river in west virginia. it was 26 , full of broken glass and rubbish. i found the o

13、wner, rented it, and 27 a corner to camp in.the locals knew nothing about me, 28 slowly, they started teaching me the 29 of being a neighbor. they dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began 30 around to chat. they started to teach me a belief in a 31 american dreamnot the one of individual

14、achievement but of 32 .what i had believed in, all those things i thought were 33 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 34 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 35 with my neighbors.four years later, i moved back into 36 i saw many people were having a really hard tim

15、e, 37 their jobs and homes. i managed to rent a big enough house to 38 a handful of people. there are four of us now in the house, but over time ive had nine people come in and move on to other places. wed all be in 39 if we hadnt banded together.the american dream i believe in now is a shared one.

16、its not so much about what i can get for myself; its about 40 we can all get by together.21. a. separately b. equally c. violently d. naturally22. a. off b. apart c. over d. out23. a. crossed b. left c. toured d. searched24. a. fullest b. largest c. fairest d. cheapest25. a. at b. through c. over d.

17、 round26. a. occupied b. abandoned c. emptied d. robbed27. a. turned b. approached c. cleared d. cut28. a. but b. although c. otherwise d. for29. a. benefit b. lesson c. nature d. art30. a. sticking b. looking c. swinging d. turning31. a. wild b. real c. different d. remote32. a. neighborliness b. h

18、appiness c. friendliness d. kindness33. a. unique b. expensive c. rare d. necessary34. a. up b. down c. deep d. along35. a. cooperation b. relationships c. satisfaction d. appointments36. a. reality b. society c. town d. life37. a. creating b. losing c. quitting d. offering38. a. put in b. turn in c

19、. take in d. get in39. a. yards b. shelters c. camps d. cottages40. a. when b. what c. whether d. how第二部分 阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。awhen i came home to london at the end of my first term at university in december 1968, i was flat broke, and more broke be

20、cause it was christmas, so i went to an employment agency for a job.would you like to work for the beatles? they asked. dont you have anything better? i asked. fifteen minutes later i got the job. when i asked why they accepted me when millions would have done the job for free, the answer was “thats

21、 just the proble.” yes. i owed the job to the fact that i was not a crazy fan.but of course i was a fan. it was difficult not to be. i worked over the winter holiday in 1968 and also during easter 1969. i had to take a taxi in the days to deliver papers sealed in envelopes to the beatles house. i to

22、ok the envelopes to the address, handed them over to whoever answered the door and lift. who would entrust（委托）such papers to an unknown student today the envelopes would be opened and the contents of the papers copied and sold to the press, i t never occurred to me to do that. much has been lost in

23、40 years!i am always asked how many autographs（签名） i collected, and the answer is none. how uncool would it have been to ask for an autograph? far better just to hear the beatles s greets“hi, boy.” hows it going?”more than 40 years later, this remains the best job i have ever had. it met my immediat

24、e material need and provides a memory that can be my life treasure. for a child of the 60s, this was its peak. if some details of the memory are not so fresh, its because they werent important then. at 19, you take man you things that happen for granted. at 61, they become gold dust. if i had known

25、that then, i would have kept a diary.41the author when he came home according to the first paragraph. agot sickbwas pennilesscbroke his armsdhad to leave school42the author was offered the job as a mailboy because .athe agency was in urgent need of helping handsbthe beatles wanted to help poor young

26、 mencthe boy seemed not to be a fan of the beatlesdthe poor boy couldnt do heavy physical work43from the 5th paragraph, we can learn that the author the beatles.adislikedbrespectedcdoubteddenvied 班级 姓名 考号 44the reason why the author didnt collect the autographs of the beatles was that . ahe had no c

27、hance to do thatbhe had no enough che was not allowed to collectdhe preferred to talk with the beatles45how does the author find his job as a mailboy when he was 19?ait was an experience worth treasuring.bit was foolish of him not to make more money.che reached the peak of his life i

28、n the university.dit helped him develop a habit of keeping a diary. bchildren will find it more difficult to buy cigarettes as vending machines(自动售货机)selling tobacco will be officially banned in england todayaccording to the british heart foundation(bhf)，around 200，000 young people start smoking reg

29、ularly in england each year and 11 per cent of l1-to-15-year-old regular smokers in england and wales get their cigarettes from vending machines. betty mcbride, director of policy and communications at the british heart foundation，said，“thousands of children who are at risk of addiction regularly ge

30、t tobacco from these machines，which of course，dont ask them to prove their agewith the tobacco industry increasingly depending on young smokers to keep their profits，theyre fighting tooth and nail to stop any changes that might hit their bottom line” other measures to protect young people from the d

31、angers of smoking are also on the wayin april 2013 large retailers(零售商)in england and scotland will have to get rid of all tobacco displays and small shops will be expected to do that from april 2015wales and northern ireland also plan to make similar regulations the uk government is due to begin a

32、public consultation before the end of the year on whether to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes which would reduce their marketing appeal to young people，help to make health warnings more effective and，alongside other measures，help to reduce the number of smokers in the long term46according to

33、 the text，vending machines selling cigarettes . aoffer cheaper products bhave more varieties of products cdont check buyers personal information dkeep a record of every purchase47the tobacco industry may be against the new regulation because amore children will be at risk of tobacco addiction bit wi

34、ll bring inconvenience to its consumers cyoung smokers will be discouraged dmany vending machines will be left unused 48small stores in scotland awill be banned from selling tobacco next yearbcan still present cigarettes for around 2 yearscmust get rid of all tobacco advertisementsdmust show warning

35、s about cigarettes in 201349it can be inferred from the text that aplain packaging is a must for cigarettes bthe number of tobacco companies will be limited ctobaccos harm to health will be put down on packages dopinions will be asked for on plans of tobacco controlling50what is the best title for t

36、he text? acigarette vending machines banned bthe youths addiction to cuks efforts to improve peoples dstrong opposition from tobacco industry c you dont need to get in a time-traveling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives, such as the way we shops

37、everal new technologies that are to change your buying habits already existlets see whats in store for your future shoppingtry it on, virtually （虚拟的）want to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses? you dont need to guess which pair looks best on you. go and see the ebay fashion iphone app （程序） to t

38、ry a pair of eyewear youre checking out on a picture of your facebut what if you want to buy something bigger? thanks to microsoft kinects motion tracking camera, you can cover clothes on your screen bodyyou can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experien

39、ceget a perfect, custom fiteveryones body is shaped differentlyto get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changedbut by using 3d scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectlysome companies scan your body using high-tech to get the most accurate measureme

40、nts, so they can make special clothes just for youhigh-tech shopping carts and checkout countershigh-tech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarketsmicrosoft kinect-enabled carts are currently under testthe cart can follow you along the aisles （通道）, controlled merely

41、by your movement and your voicein china, a supermarket chain introduced tablet-equipped carts that guide shoppers around the stores aislesin the united states, several supermarkets use a device called scan it that gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shopwhile its great

42、 not having to line up at a checkout counter, we wouldnt mind it if the store used toshibas new object recognition scannerthe machine identifies a product as soon as its placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code51whats the best title for this text?aways for

43、future shopping binfluence of new technologycinventions to change habits da new time-traveling machine52according to paragraph 2, the ebay fashion iphone app can _amake vivid pictures of our facebhelp us sell more clothes onlineccreate us a virtual dressing roomdchoose suitable eyeglasses for us53wh

44、ich of the following can get the most accurate shape of our body?aobject recognition scanner bthe ebay fashion iphone appc3d scanning technology dmicrosoft kinect-enabled carts54the object recognition scanner can identify a product more quickly by_athe customers voice bits shape and colorcthe custom

45、ers movement dthe bar code on it55what can we infer from this text?acheckout counters will disappear from supermarkets in futurebbuyers can use scan it to go around the supermarket by themselveschigh-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarketsdthe new technologies are only drea

46、ms that are impossible to come true d spring will soon be upon us and a new term is here all over the world spring is the season of new life: flowers bloom, baby animals are born, and the weather becomes warmerduring this time of year, people usually walk around with a spring in their steps and a fe

47、eling of fresh beginningshowever, for a fresh beginning it takes more than the bright colors and fresh air of springwe need to look at ourselves, set new goals, and decide how to improve ourselves luckily, we don t have to wait for the beginning of a new year to try and become better peoplewe can do

48、 this whenever we likethe milestone of a new term is just a good place to start. sometimes it s difficult to take the first step in achieving newly set goals, but an old saying is to begin is to be half-way there i agree with this because taking on a new task or changing habits can seem daunting at

49、first, but once we begin, they get easierfor example, spending less time on qq or playing video games and more time studying or communicating face-to-face can be difficult habits to change at firstbut once we settle into the new routine and start to see the results, it s difficult not to wonder why

50、we didnt do it sooner. the trick with deciding on a resolution for a new term is not to set unrealistic targets.if we do this, its easy to lose motivation because the end goal seems so far away try to make many small targets you want to reach on the way to your ultimate goalthis way, you can see you

51、r progress easily56in paragraph one, the author wants to tell us that spring is a time ato take a walk around outdoors bto enjoy fresh air and bright colors cto set goals for a fresh beginning dfor animals to have babies 57a new years resolution is aa decision made to improve ourselves ba ceremony t

52、o celebrate new year ca promise made to your parents da recall of what happened last year58which of the following might the author agree with according to paragraph four? abe swift to hear, slow to speak ball that ends well is well c well begun is half done dall roads lead to rome 59what does the un

53、derlined word daunting probably mean in paragraph four? achangeable b difficult c lovely d confusing60what does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph? aif you see no progress, youll be discouraged bwhatever happens, stick to your dreams cnever lose heart when meeting with difficulties dyo

54、ur goals should be realistic and small第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）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。linguistic(语言学的) puzzles how did language begin? what was the worlds first language? do all languages come from one original language? 61 . in the 4th century bc, the greek historian herodotus wrote this account: psamtik i, an e