山西省汾阳中学2011-2012学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题

1、山西省汾阳中学2011-2012 学年高二下学期第一次月考试题（英语）i 语法和词汇知识（满分15 分，每小题 1 分）1. shall i give you a ride as you live so far away? thank you. .a it couldn t be betterb of course you canc if you liked it s up to you2. i have to go to work by taxi because my car at the garage.a. will be repaired b. is repaired c. is bei

2、ng repaired d. has been repaired3. would you like to come to dinner tonight? i d like to, i m too busy.a. andb. soc. butd. as4. the surface of the table smooth enough.a. hasn t felt b. doesn t feel c. isn t feeling d. isn t felt5. professor james will give us a lecture on the western culture ,but wn

3、eh and whereyet.a. hasn t been decided b. haven t decided c. isn t being decided d.aren t decided6. i feel it is your husband who for the spoiled child.a. is to blameb .is going to blamec.is to be blamed d. shouldblame7. they all looked at the master and felt quite .a. sad; sad b. sadly; sadly c. sa

4、d; sadlyd. sadly; sad8. the boy was seen his bike riding in the street.a. to fall offb. fall offc. to jump offd. jump off9. the old man sat on the bench, the children on the playground.a. to watch ;to play b. watching; playingc. to watch; played d. watching; to play10. mary was too sleepy to keep hi

5、s eyes .a. open b. to be opened c. to open d. opening11. we shouldn t be afraid to have our shortcomings.a. pointing out b. point out c. being pointed out d. pointed out12. i advised him smoking several times .did he your advice ?a. to give up; haveb. giving up; havec. to give in; followd. to give u

6、p; take13. the schools themselvesadmit thatnot allchildren will be successful in the jobs用心爱心专心- 10 -they are beingtrained.a in thatbfor thatcin whichd for which14. tom is never late for work. why is he absent today?something to him.a. must happenb. should have happenedc. could have happenedd. must

7、have happened15. hurry up ! alice and sue are waiting for you at the school gate .oh ! i thought they without me .a. went b. are going c. have goned. had goneii .完形填空（满分 20分，每小题1分）once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all of the others

8、, including_16_. one day it was announcedto the feelings that the island would _17, so all constructed boats and left, except love.love was the _18 one who stayed until the last possible moment. whenthe islandhad almost sunk, love decided to ask for _19.richness was 20 love in a grand boat. love sai

9、d, “richness, c an you takemewith you?” richness answered, “no, i can t. there is a lot of _21 and silverin my boat. there is no _22_here for you. love decided to ask vanity（虚荣）who was _23 passing by in a beautiful vessel（船）.“vanity, please help me! i can t help you, love. you are all wet and might

10、_24 my boat, “ vanity answered.just then sadness was 25_,so love asked, “sadness, let me go with you. ”“oh love, i am so _26 that i need to be by myself! ” happiness passed by love, too, but she was so _27 that she did not even 28_ love when love called her.suddenly, there was a voice, “come, love,

11、i will _29_ you. it was a（n） _30. so blessed and overjoyed, love even forgot to ask the elder 31_ they were going.when they arrived at dry _32, the elder went her own way.33_ how much was owed the elder, love asked knowledge, another elder,“whohelped me?”it was 34_, knowledge answered.time?” asked l

12、ove. but whydid time help me? ” knowledge _35 with deep wisdom and answered, abecause only time is able to understand how valuable love is!16.a. vanityb. richnessc. timed.love17.a. floatb. sinkc. flyd. fall18.a. veryb. onlyc. likely d. first19.a. adviceb. helpc. moneyd. time20. a. passing by b. look

13、ing at c. facing to d. thinking of21.a. waterb. foodc. goldd. value22.a. wealthb. placec. needd.chance23.a. stillb. alsoc. evend. just24.a. dirtyb. damagec. turnd. steal25. a.farb. nearc. distantd. closed26. a. joyfulb. surprisedc. sadd. hurried27. a.happy b. angryc. amazedd. proud28. a.sawb. notice

14、c. catchd. hear29. a.takeb. fetchc. askd. carry30. a.adviserb. elderc. younger d. helper31. a.howb. whyc. whend. where32. a.shore b. grassc. landd. room33. a. realizingb. believingc. understanding d. questioning34. a.kindness b. timec. powerd. strength35. a.cried b. shoutedc. smiledd. flushediii.阅读理

15、解（满分60 分，每小题 3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。amy parents were in a huge argument, and i was really upset about it . i didn tknow who i should talk with about how i was feeling. so i asked mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend s house . though i knew i wouldn t tell her about my p

16、arents situation, i was looking forward to getting out of the house. i was in the middle of packing up mythings when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. mom came to tell me that i should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.i was really disappointed because i felt that we d

17、id not have much to talk about . but i knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. i went to his room and told him that i d stay with him until the power was restored. he was quite happy and said .“ great opportunity.”“what is? ” i asked.“ to talk , you and i , ” he said . ” to hold a private lit

18、tle meeting about what we re going to do with your mom and dad , and what we re going to do with ourselves now tha t we re in the situation we are in .”“ but we can t do anything about it , grandpa,” i said , surprised that herewas someone with whomi could share myfeelings and someone who was in the

19、 same “boat ” as i was .and that s how the most unbelievable friends hip between my grandfather and me started . sitting there in the dark , we talked about our feelings and fears of life from how fast things change , to how they sometimes don t change fast enough .that night, because the power went

20、 out , i found a new friend , with whom i could safely talk about all my fears and pains , whatever they may be .suddenly, the lights all came back on.“well, ” he said, “ i guess that meansyou ll to go now .i really like our talk. i hope the power will go out every fewnights!36. i wished to get out

21、of the house becausea. i was angry about my parents quarrelb. i found nobody to share my feelings withc. i wanted to escape from the dark housed. i planned to tell my friend about my trouble37. grandpa was happy to see me becausea. he could discuss the problem with me a long timec. he was afraid of

22、darkness38. what can be inferred from the passage ?a. the grandchild was eager to leave chatsc. the lights would go out again .b. he had not seen me ford. he felt quite lonelyb. they would have mored. it would no longer be dark .bformerly in japan, women were expected to stay home to do the housewor

23、k after marriage. but now this situation is changing. in the past two decades, the number of japanese young people who disagree with women staying at home has increased.people think the change in young peoples attitudes toward family life is due to the change in womens roles in japanese society. the

24、 number of womenin work force has greatly increased because of the development of the economy and a growing desire in women for employment. the number of womens jobs has increased, and they are no longer limited to such job as teaching, nursing or clerical work. women are now able to take jobs tradi

25、tionally reserved for men, such as doctors, lawyers and other highly paid jobs. many women pursue their careers after they get married, and some women continue to work after having children. others quit their jobs to take care of their babies, and begin working again when the children reach school a

26、ge. womenare playing increasingly active roles in the workplaces.however, they face the pressure of working while doing the housework. many men are now helping with someof the housework, but most housework is still done by women, including caring for the children and for older relatives. a womans wo

27、rk in the home remains heavy. therefore, working-women often feel that they have two full time jobs, one outside the home and the other inside the home. it seems that the division of labo门n the home must change.39. according to the writer, todays working women in japana. have a greater ability for w

28、ork than menb. are expected to quit their jobs upon marriagec. have no chance to work outside the homed. hold different types of jobs outside the home40. the underlined part in the last paragraph implies that.a. women should quit their jobs after they get marriedb. women should devote themselves to

29、their homes and familiesc. men and women should have more equal family responsibilitiesd. men should not do the housework41. which is the best title for the text?a. japanese family lifeb. japanese womenc. changing roles of japanese womend. social changes in japan42. which is implied in the last para

30、graph?a. womens social roles change young peoples attitudes to family.b. working women take more responsibilities than the housewives used to do.c. many men started to do housework.d. the number of mens jobs have decreased because women are doing mans jobs.cin the last 500 years, nothing about peopl

31、e-not their clothes, ideas, or languages-has changed as much as what they eat. the original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree（ 可可树 ）by south american indians. the spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. and although it was very expensive, it quickly b

32、ecame fashionable. in london, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. some still exist today.the potato is also from the new world. around 1600, the spanish brought it from peru to europe, where it soon was widely grown. ireland became so dependent on it that thousa

33、nds of irish people starved when the crop failed during the potato famine（ 饥荒 ） of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to america.there are many other foods that have traveled from south america to the old world. but some others went in the opposite direction.

34、brazil is now the worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in colombia and other south american countries. but it is native to ethiopia, a country in africa. it was first made into a drink by arabs during the 1400s.according to an arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a p

35、erson named kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee .bush. he tried one and experienced the wide-awake feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with.43. according to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last500 y

36、ears?a. food. b. clothing. c. ideology. d. language.44. the underlined word some in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to.a. some cocoa treesb. some chocolate drinksc. some shopsd. some south american indians45. thousands of irish people starved during the potato because.a. they were so

37、 dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything elseb. they were forced to leave their homeland and move to americac. the weather conditions in ireland were not suitable for growing potatoesd. the potato harvest was bad46. which country is the largest coffee producer?a. brazil. b. colombia.

38、 c. ethiopia. d. egypt.47. which of the following statements is not true, according to the passage?a. one third of the worlds population drinks coffee.b. coffee is native to colombia.c. coffee can keep one awake.d. coffee drinks were first made by arabs.da frenchman went to a small italian town and

39、was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. one night, he went out for a walk alone. it was late and the small street was dark and quiet. suddenly he felt someone behind him. he turned his head and saw an italian young man who quickly walked past him. the man was nearly out of sight when the

40、frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. he thought that it must be the italian who had taken his watch. he decided to follow him and get back the watch.soon the frenchman caught up with the italian. neither of them understood the other s language. the frenchman frightened the italian with

41、his fist(拳头pointed at the italian s watch. in the end the italian gave up his watc frenchman.when he returned to the hotel, the frenchman told his wife what had happened. he was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch

42、 and it was the italian s.48. the frenchman went to a small italian town .famine) andh to thea. aloneb. with his wifed. with an italianc. with his friend49. one night he went out for alone.a. a rideb. a walkc. a drink d. rest50. suddenly he found hiswas gone.a. watchb. moneyc. bookd. ring51. the ita

43、lian gave up his watch to him at last because .a. he had stolen the watch from the frenchman.b. he understood what the frenchman wantedc. he had picked up the watch on his w ay from work d. he was afraid of the frenchmanevery few people were coming to eat at the white rose restaurant, and its owner

44、did not know what to do. the price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling

45、 waiter gave each of them a menu（菜单 ）, the menu looked exactly thesame on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. the menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much high

46、er price! so when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous（ 慷慨 ） than he really was.53. why didn t people come to the white rose restaurant to eat at first?a. because the price was high.b. because the food was too cheap.c. because the foo

47、d was not good.d. the passage didn t mention.54. according to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly .a. poor old peopleb. rich young peoplec. men with their girl friendsd. parents with their children55. the difference between the two kinds of menu lie in .

48、a. the colorb. the shape c. the price d. thefood56. according to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid .a. always by the ladies onlyb. always by the men onlyc. sometimes by the ladiesd.either by the menor by the ladiesiv 写作（共两节，满分 35

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