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1、化隆第一中学高二下学期英语月考试题I 听力 （共两节，满分30 分 ）第一节（共 5 小题 ;每小题 1.5分 ,满分7.5分 ）1. Why didn't the woman lock the back door?A. Because the dog was still out.B. Because she lost the key to the door.C. In case Tim might come back.2. What may be the relationship between them?A. Manager and secretary. B. Teacher an

2、d student. C. Husband and wife.3. What does the man mean by saying that?A. He tells the woman to look out for the traffic.B. He asks the woman to wait for him.C. He tells the woman that shoe store is at the corner.4. When does the talk take place?A. When they are at the airport.B. The day before the

3、 woman is leaving.C. The morning when the woman is leaving.5. What will the man do next?A. Continue looking.B. Try on the suit.C. Try on the jacket.第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）听第 6 段材料，回答第6 至 8 三个小题。6. Why does the man give the woman congratulations?A. She has got a rise. B. She has found a bette

4、r job. C. She'll get married next Week.7. What date is the woman's wedding?A. The first of March.B. May the first.C. Saturday.8. What time does the woman arrange their wedding?A. At nine in the morning. B. At seven in the morning. C. At four in the afternoon.听第 7 段材料，回答第9 至 10 两个小题。9. What i

5、s the man going to help the woman to do?A. To buy some Christmas presents.B. To keep an eye on her car.C. To carry some bags for her.10. Why does the woman buy so many nice things?A. It's Christmas Day.B. It's her twin girls' birthday.C. Several guests have come to her home.听第 8 段材料，回答第1

6、1 至 13 三个小题。11. Why did the man look upset?A. Because he had a bad headache.B. Because he failed in the Chinese test.C. Because he failed in the English test.12. Why didn't the man pass the test?A. Because he was too busy to have time to prepare the test.B. Because he had a headache before the t

7、est.C. Because he had no interest in the subject.13. What did the woman advise the man to do?A. To change his attitude towards English.B. To stop playing cartoons.C. To often ask the teacher or his classmates for help,听第 9 段材料，回答第14 至 17 四个小题。14. What is the woman doing when the man speaks to her?A.

8、 She is listening to music.B. She is seeing a film. C. She is writing a letter.15. How long will Lisa stay in Japan?A. A year. B. A month.C. Two years.16. What will Lisa do before she leaves for Japan?A. She will read more Japanese novels.B. She will apply for a new program.C. She will attend a lang

9、uage class.17. What does Lisa think is most important for one to study abroad?A. The mastery of a foreign language.B. The ability to learn new things quickly.C. The experience of living in a foreign country.听第 10 段材料，回答18 至小题。18. Where do you probably hear this talk?A. Over the radio.B. In the class

10、.C. On TV.19. What does Jobs Information Service mainly do?A. Offers jobs for students. B. Talks with young people. C. Finds jobs for school graduates.When can people phone Jobs Information Service?A. At 7:00.B. At 6:30.C. At 10:00.II 、单项填空（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15分）21. People more and more computers for

11、help nowadays.A. depend; inB. rely; uponC. believe; in D. turn; on22. Whenever you are in trouble, don t hesitate me for help.A. askingB. to askC. in askingD. to asking23. At the meeting Mr. Li his idea about the project.A. put upB. put offC. put awayD. put forward24. The shop sells all kinds of cel

12、l phones, whose prices from $50 to $1000.A. rangeB. changeC. are separatedD. are varied25. Six players can a volleyball team while a football team is eleven players.A. make up; made upB. make up; made up ofC. make up of; made upD. make up of; made up of26. Unlike most young women her day, she was ab

13、le to meet other well-educated people ondifferent occasions.A. ofB. onC. forD. in27. -Do you think the thief went through the garage door?-No, if he had, I don t believe broken th-reoolivminwgindow.A. would he haveB. he hadC. he would haveD. he has28. will it take to finish this job?A. What timeB. H

14、ow longC. WhenD. Whatever29. We didn t plan the concert that way, but it to be a great success.A. worked outB. carried outC. turned outD. made out30. The president is now on a visit to Russia, at expanding relations between the two countries.A. aimsB. to aimingC. being aimedD. aimed31. The English p

15、lay my students acted at the New Yea r s party was a great success.A. for whichB. at whichC. in whichD. on which32. -Where was it the road accident happened yesterday?A. whenB. thatC. whichD. how33. Later, I wanted to return home but couldn t find a company I could use I had learnt.A. that; whatB. w

16、hen; what C. where; whatD. where; that34. There low and dirty houses by the lake.A. used to be B. would beC. had beenD. are being35. The writer was his writing that he didn t hear the ring at the door.A. attracted in B. absorbed inC. attracted to D. absorbed toIII、完形填空（共；每小题 1.5分，满分30分）Don t Take th

17、e Fun Out of Youth SportsWhen I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach （教练）said that I had lots of potential （潜力）, and I became captain of my _36_. That was before allthe fun was taken out of _37_.At first, everyone on the team got _38_ playing t

18、ime. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the _39_ started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have _40_ one-on- one training, got angry when she didn t give them more playing time in our _41_. The coach was replaced.The new coa

19、ch, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was _42_. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the _43_. Of course, all teams run drills; they are _44_. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble _45_. Younger people shouldn doing exercise

20、s _46_ for 18-year-olds.I was very thin _47_ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn at much, because I t e was afraid of being too _48_ to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual _49_.Is all this pressure necessary? I _50_ up leav

21、ing the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That s _51_, because they had so much potential. Thewere just burned-out with all the pressure they _52_ from the coach or their parents.I continued playing football at school and _53_ my love

22、for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing _54_ him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I _55_ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it s a lot easier to do it36.37.A. classA. playingB. clubB. livingC. teamC. learningD. boa

23、rdD. working38.A. greatB. equalC. rightD. extra39.A. businessB. struggleC. attemptD. pressure40.A. freeB. privateC. goodD. basic41.A. matchesB. coursesC. lessonsD. programs42.A. jumpB. playC. runD. shoot43.A. dutyB. meetingC. operationD. training44.A. necessaryB. boringC. scientificD. practical45.A.

24、 speakingB. movingC. sleepingD. breathing46.A. usedB. intendedC. madeD. described47.A. tillB. sinceC. beforeD. because48.A. fullB. tiredC. lazyD. big49.A. sizeB. shareC. spaceD. state50.A. gaveB. keptC. endedD. picked51.A. sadB. shamefulC. sillyD. serious52.A. receivedB. sufferedC. broughtD. felt53.

25、A. reconsideredB. rediscoveredC. re-formedD. replaced54.A. atB. byC. forD. around55.A. fellB. steppedC. slowedD. calmedIV、阅读理解（共；每小题 2分，满分40分）【 A】A Narrow EscapeShortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days' holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He h

26、ad rented （ 租 ） a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there. We understood the reason for this after we arrived: the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked （ 漏水 ）, making the whole house wet.On our first evening, we sat

27、around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many adventures in other countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear （ 忍受 ） to miss any of my uncle' s exciting stories. He was just in the middle

28、 of describing a rather terrible experience he had once had when suddenly there was a loud crash from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had

29、fallen right to the pillow of my bed.56. After reading the passage, we can know the meaning of the title A Narrow Escape. It means .A. 一次逃亡B.死里逃生 C.狭窄的住所 D.惊险故事57. The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that .A. there were no beds in itB. the windows were broken and the roof leakedC. i

30、t was too old for him to live inD. it was very rainy in that place58. On the first evening, the writer was very sleepy, .A. but he did not want to miss any storiesB. so he had to go to bed earlyC. because he was tired of his uncle's storiesD. and he was falling asleep while listening59. If the w

31、riter had gone to bed early, .A. his uncle must have stopped telling storiesB. his uncle would have been very sorry about itC. he would have been hurt or killedD. his brother must have stopped listening to the stories.William Faulkner of Oxford was not a native, nor was he born with the name Faulkne

32、r. He was born in Albany, Mississippi, at the end of last century, and the family spelled the name Faulkner.He published his first book when he was twenty-seven. In 1950, at the age of fifty-three, he was given the Nobel Prize for Literature. After that he kept on writing and become more successful.

33、 He was generally regarded as the great American writer of his time when he died in 1962. Millions who read his works thought he had spent almost the whole life in Mississippi. Even to the people of Oxford.Faulkner was a kind of legend( 传奇 ) in his own lifetime. There was, for example, the mystery o

34、f who put the “ uW” illinam s last name. For many years the commonly accepted story was that it was a careless printer, in setting type for The Marble Faun (1924). However, Faulkner s biographer Carvel Collins said that the writer himself added it, and at least occasionally, as early as 1918 60. At

35、the time of death, Faulkner was years old.A. 27B. 53C. 62D. 6561. The “ u” in Faulkner s name was added by .A. a careless printerB. Faulkner himselfC. Faulkner s biographer Carvel Collins D. Faulkner s parents 62. By the time he was given the Nobel Prize.A. he had published all of his important work

36、s.B. he had already been generally regarded as the great American writer.C. he had already used the name FaulknerD. his life story had been known clearly by millions of his readers.63. Which of the following we cannot conclude from the passage? A. We can find in his works something connected with th

37、e life in Mississippi.B. Although he was in England, he still loved his motherland America.C. There are some mysteries in his life stories.D. He was given the Nobel Prize for Literature because he was a kind of legend in his own lifetime.【 C】Health experts have warned for many years that cigarette s

38、moking can lead to heart disease, cancer and other medical problems. And officials say diseases caused directly by smoking kill at least three hundred and twenty thousand Americans each year. But smokers still find it rather difficult to stop .The tobacco industry says 40 million Americans continue

39、to smoke cigarette. The American Cancer Society wants to change this. Every year the group organizes a national Non-smoking Day in order to get people to give up cigarette.On the Non-smoking Day the organization is asking all smokers to stop smoking at least for 24 hours .The Cancer Society hopes th

40、is will lead many people to give up smoking completely .On that day the Cancer society officers will give telephone call advice on how to stop smoking. Some others also can call a special telephone to hear recorder messages by doctors. Some factories will offer their workers candy or chewing gum to

41、help them to keep from smoking. Some companies are offering special presents and low prizes to people who sign an agreemen t to stop smoking. And Americans who don t smoke are being askedto help just one person who is smoking during the 24-hour campaign.64. Americans die from smoking each year.A. Le

42、ss than 30B. 30 or moreC. At most 30D. At least 35. Who set the Non-smoking Day?A. Some health expertsB. People who suffer from cancerC. The governmentD. The Cancer Society66. The purpose of the Non-smoking Day is.A. to call on all the smokers to stop smoking for 12 hours on the Non-smoking DayB. to

43、 make the smokers find it easy to give up smoking on that dayC. that many of the smokers will give up smoking for everD. to make it clear that it is dangerous to smoke on that day67. What will be done to help smokers to stop smoking on the Non-smoking Day?A. Smokers can directly call doctors for som

44、e advice.B. Some workers are given some candy or chewing gum to help them to stop smoking.C. Special presents and low prizes are given to those who don t smoke on that day.D. Non-smoking has nothing to do on that day.【 D】Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special

45、 card. Women may get cards when they are sixty.Mrs. Matthews lived in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen

46、 s card, but when she used it for thetime on the bus, it made her feel very old.The bus driver had often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he noticed that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked at her and whispered, “ Don fotrget to give your mother s card back t

47、o her when you see her again.”Mrs. Matthews was very happy when she heard this.68. Senior citizens in the story refer to .A. those who have special cardsB. old people with special cardsC. people who hold high positions in the governmentD. those who wanted to travel cheaply69. Women over sixty .A. do

48、n t have to pay for taking busesB. have to pay their special cardC. have to pay the full price for their rideD. pay less for their ride if they have a special card70. Mrs. Matthews used to pay the full price for her ride because .A. she didn t know the ruleB. she wasn t old enoughC. she didn t know

49、where to get the cardD. she had reached sixty but had not got her senior citizen card 71. The driver whispered to her .A. in order to make her feel youngerB. because he thought that she shouldn t have borrowed her mother s cardC. because he wanted her to pay the full amount D. because he knew her mo

50、ther was still alive【 E】Since many of you are planning to study at a college or university in this country, you may be curious to know what you usually do in a typical week, how you can get along with your fellow students, and so on. These are the questions I want to discuss with you today.First, le

51、t s talk about what your weekly schleedwuill look like. No matter what your major may be, you can expect to spend between four and six hours a week for each class attending lectures. Lectures are usually in very large rooms because some courses such as introduction to sociology or economics often ha

52、ve as many as two or three hundred students, especially at large universities. In lectures, it vsery important for you to take notes on what the professor says because the information in a lecture is often different from the information in your textbooks. Also, you can expect to have exam questions

53、based on the lectures. So it isn ent ough to just read your textbooks; you have to attend lectures as well. In a typical week you will also have a couple of hours of discussion for every class you take. The discussion section is a small group meeting usually with fewer than thirty students where you

54、 can ask questions about the lectures, the reading, and the homework. In large universities, graduate students, called teaching assistants, usually direct discussion sections.If your major is chemistry, or physics, or another science, you ll also have to spend several hou week in the lab, or laborat

55、ory, doing experiments. This means that science majors spend more time in the classroom than non-science majors do. On the other hand, people who major in subjects like literature or history usually have to read and write more than science majors do.72. The main purpose of this text is .A. to help t

56、he students to learn about university lifeB. to persuade the students to attend lecturesC. to encourage the students to take part in discussionsD. to advise the students to choose proper majors73. We can learn from the passage that university professors .A. spend about 5 hours on lectures each weekB

57、. must join the students in the discussion sectionsC. prefer to use textbooks in their lecturesD. require the students to read beyond the textbooks74. A discussion section does NOT include .A. working under the guidance of university professorsB. talking over what the students have read about the coursesC. discussing the problems related to the students hom