广东省广州市2012-2013学年高二英语12月月考试题新人教版

1、广东省龙川一中2012-2013学年高二12月月考英语试题本试卷共10页，五大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。一 听力理解。（每小题2分，共15小题，满分30分）听下面几段对话或独白。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。Conversation 11 What will the woman do this evening?A Have a class BGo to the cinema. CPick up her

2、 sister2What does Mike like doing when he is free?AWatching moviesBPlaying the piano CDoing sports.Conversation 23. Where are the two speakers now? A. On the street B. At a bookstore C. At a hotel 4. How will the man go to the bookstore? A. By taxi B. On foot C. By busConversation 35. What is the re

3、lationship between the man and the woman? A. Husband and wife. B. Customer and waitress C. Neighbors6.Where does the man want to go? A. To an Italian restaurant B. To a Chinese restaurant C. To a supermarketConversation 47. Why does the man dislike joining tours? A. Because he doesnt like the fast p

4、ace B. Because he doesnt want to eat every meal with strangers C. Both A and B8. Which of the following does the tour the woman is talking about include? A. Several free evenings B. A guide C. All the meals9. Whats their final decision ? A. To travel by themselves B. To join the tour C. To look for

5、another tourConversation 510. What kind of furniture does the woman like?A. Big furniture B. Expensive furniture C. Traditional furniture11. What does the woman think of the bookshelf？ A. It is too narrow. B. It is ugly C. It is boring12. What does the man think of the most important in design? A. T

6、he function B. The form. C. The size.Conversation 613. What are the two speakers going to do? A. Attend a birthday party B. Have dinner in a restaurant. C. Attend a dinner party 14. What does the woman think of the wine from California? A. It is good B. It is bad C. She has no idea15. What do they c

7、hoose at last?A. A bottle of white wine B. A bottle of red wine C. A bottle of champagne.二 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1630各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Carmens mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant 16 . Both

8、the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that 17 Marias blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 18 hospitals all over the country. Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 19 from one end of the r

9、oom to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a 20 of the hospital, crying. “Are you okay?” a man asked. Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with

10、a brain disease and wouldnt 21 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Franks mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 22 something from herself. Could her 23 go to Carmens mother? After reviewing the data, doctors 24 Frank that his wifes heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmens

11、mother. They were able to 25 the transplant. That cold night, when Cheryl was 26 dead, Frank came to knock at Marias door. She was 27 for Franks family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried. On New Ye

12、ars Eve, Carmen attended Cheryls 28 with Franks family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.” One day later, on New Years Day, Maria 29 with Cheryls heart. Yes, Cheryls loving heart would go on, for it was 30 in another loving mothers chest.16. A. change B. danger C. disorder D

13、. pain 17. A. matched B. replaced C. controlled D. cooperated 18. A. finding B. phoning C. touring D. interrupting 19. A. rolling B. running C. walking D. jumping 20. A. corner B. bed C. man D. nurse 21. A. put B. support C. pass D. make 22. A. save B. recycle C. donate D. separate 23. A. heart B. b

14、rain C. husband D. spirit 24. A. informed B. warned C. congratulated D. reminded 25. A. give up B. carry out C. search after D. put off 26. A. noticed B. predicted C. found D. declared 27. A. praying B. begging C. decorating D. singing 28. A. funeral B. operation C. performance D. anniversary 29. A.

15、 passed away B. woke up C. left behind D. dressed up 30. A. active B. alive C. necessary D. changeable三 语法填空(共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a ce

16、lebration at a pub for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, 31 unusual night has a different meaning: helping beggars and the homeless. Cai, 32 is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijings Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. 33 she saw an old beggar, she took the co

17、ld, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, 34 (give) the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves. The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “ 35 the first time I feel respected”.Cai said, “A beggars life is even 36 (hard) today. T

18、hats why I want to help them.” They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer 37 some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them 38 a look of surprise. “I know the 39 (active) cant help much, but it is meant 40 (show) our respect and care for beggars and the homeless

19、 who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. 四、阅读 (共25 小题；每小题2分，满分50 分)第节 阅渎理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 (A) Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to te

20、st them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you

21、and for what reason?” Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “Thats every good,” Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said. “Yes, Kate.” “I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier becau

22、se when its 11 oclock here its only 8 oclock in Los Angeles.”41.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_.A. how to telephone B. about electricity C. about time zone(时区) D. about sound42.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether_.A. it was easy to phone to Los AngelesB. her stude

23、nt could hear her from 75 feet awayC. her students had grasped her lessonD. sound waves were slower than electricity43.Tom thought that electricity was _.A. slower than sound waves B. faster than sound wavesC. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound waves44.Kate thought Tom was wrong because

24、_.A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New YorkB. electricity was slower than sound wavesC. Tom was not good at physics at allD. Toms answer had nothing to do with sound waves45.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?A. Toms B. Kates C. Bath A

25、and B D. Neither A nor B(B) Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. In the early years, these school were much alike(*similar).Only young men went to coll

26、ege. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers. In 1782, Harvard s

27、tarted a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training(训练)in Harvards law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history. As knowledge incre

28、ased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them. Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning. Theres s

29、o much to learn that one kind of school cant offer it all.46.The oldest university in the US is _.A. Yale B. Princeton C .Columbia D. Harvard 47.From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,_.A. those colleges and universities were the sameB. people, young or old, might study in the

30、 collegesC. students studied only some languages and scienceD. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers48.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were _.A. Latin and Greek B. Latin, Green, French and GermanC. French and German D .American history and German 49.As

31、knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_.A. everything that was known B. law and something about medicineC. many new subjects D. the subjects that interested students50.On the whole, the passage is about_.A. how to start a university B. how colleges have changed C. the world-famous colleges in

32、America D. what kind of lesson each college teaches . (C)So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certai

33、nly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that“ reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the

34、 conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed.Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed languag

35、e. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable ，what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest(探索)for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule

36、for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressu

37、re and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading.51. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that_.A. it

38、 is one of the most difficult school coursesB. too much time is spent in teaching about readingC. students spend endless hours in readingD. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance52.The teaching of reading will be successful if_.A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the studentsB.

39、 teachers can devise the most efficient system for readingC. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of readingD. teachers can make their teaching activities observable53.The underlined word “scrutiny” most probably means“_”.A. inquiry B. suspicion C. control D. observation54According

40、to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when_.A. teacher and learner roles are interchangeableB. teaching helps children in the search for knowledgeC. reading enriches childrens experienceD. children become highly motivated55The main idea of the passage is that_.A. teache

41、rs should do as little as possible in helping students learn to readB. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possibleC. reading is more complicated than generally believedD. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught(D)Last Friday, at least 5 people were killed by lig

42、htning in Nepal. Lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths during natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each year, and of those, 70 people die. That is, more people are killed by lightning than by tornadoes and hurri

43、canes. Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention as other disasters. "If you hear the thunder, you are in danger from lightning," said Rocky Lopes, a disaster educator at the American Red Cross. "Thunder means that lightnin

44、g is close enough to hit you at any time, so you should move indoors immediately and stay there until the storm has ended. The most important thing to remember is to seek shelter, " Lopes said. Summer is the peak time for lightning storms, so when lightning strikes across the sky, remember thes

45、e safety tips: Stop working, fishing, swimming or playing in open fields. Do not stand under a tree. Get off bicycle and motorcycles. Crouch down (蹲下) if there is no shelter. Avoid open spaces, wire fences, metal objects and electrical objects such as hair driers. 56.In the US, _ is the most common

46、cause of deaths during natural disasters. A. lightning B. tornadoes C. hurricanes D. floods57.Of the people who are struck by lightning every year in the US, about _ people are lucky enough to survive. A. 400 B. 70 C. 330 D. 558.If you hear the thunder, the most important thing you should do is to _

47、. A. stand still in the open spaces B. find shelter to hide in C. stand under the tree D. stop working in the fields59.Which of the following is NOT true? A. Floods are the most common cause of deaths in the US. B. Less than 70 people are killed by tornadoes and hurricanes each year in the US. C. Pe

48、ople don't pay as much attention to the danger of hurricanes as that of floods. D. If you hear the thunder, you should move indoors right away.60.Which of the following is the best title? A. The Danger of Lightning B. Some Safety Tips against Floods C. How Lightning Happens D. 5 People Killed by

49、 Lightning in Nepal第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。（注意：若答案是E请在答题卡将A和B同时涂黑，答案是F请将C和D同时涂黑）A. SHE WHO DARES! An outdoor adventure sports group for women in America. We meet on Wednesday morning throughout the year to participate in new and exciting outdoor sports a

50、nd challenges. No previous experience is required to join the group and we are fully supervised by qualified instructors from the Outdoor Centre.B. Three Rivers Velo Sport, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a League of American Bicyclists and Adventure Cycling Association affiliated club, as well a

51、s a member of the Indiana Bicycle Coalition, United States Cycling Federation and others. Founded in 1969, we have grown from a handful to our present size of about 350 members.C. Aestrial Sports Club. Bungy or Bungee Jumping, Parachuting, Gliding, Waterfall Jumping basically involving flying or fal

52、ling. We arrange trips around and from the US to many reputable sites; you are welcome to join us.D. Hi-Five Sports Club offers sports programs, athletic leagues, clinic, summer camp and events for Chicago area children. Focus is on developing skills.E. The No Limits Sports Club for children with Sp

53、ecial Needs is based in New York. If you are a youngster and you want to try a sport, please get in touch. We intend to promote sports for disabled children living in or around New York, from recreational activities to full Olympic or Paralympic standard.F. Bosse Sports is the new standard promising

54、 the finest, most complete family sports experience with a spirit of hospitality and warmth. Bosse Sports embraces the entire family, and provides a full range of lifestyle choices and athletic pursuits in an uncrowded and energized environment. Bosse Sports is there. For you and your family. Welcom

55、e.请阅读以下几位欲参加体育运动俱乐部的人的信息，然后匹配他们要参加的俱乐部：61. The Smiths are all lovers of sports. Mr Smith enjoys golf. Mrs Smith likes swimming. Their son is thirsty for tennis. Mr Smith is hunting for a sport club that can satisfy the whole familys different demands.62. Jim, a schoolboy in New York, has lost one of

56、 his arms in a traffic accident, but he is just crazy about sports as he used to be. Now he is looking for a special sports club to help to make his sports dream come true.63. Charlie wants to join a sports club. He likes outdoor sports very much. Cycling is the most important thing in Charlies life.64. Julia, an energetic American girl, is a beginner of outdoor sports. She would like to join a sports club to challenge herself. Howeve