康杰中学2013—2014学年度第二学期月考

高一英语试题

2014.3

第一部分 知识运用 （ 共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单项填空 （ 共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

1. —I hear you saw the film Taijiong last night. ______?

—It’s totally fascinating.

A. Have you got that B. How do you find it

C. Why not ask me D. Oh, really

2. In the dark forests______, some large enough to hold several English towns.

A. lies many lakes B. lie many lakes

C. do many lakes lie D. does many lakes lie

3. The Philippines lies ______ the south of China, but Guangdong Province lies ______ the south of China.

A. to; in B. in; to C. to; to D. in; in

4. If nothing______, the oceans will turn into fish deserts.

A. does B. had been done C. will do D. is done

5. —Shall I wait here for three hours?

—Yes. Three hours ______for you to wait for such a doctor.

A. are not very long B. is not long enough

C. was not long enough D. will be too long

6. Not only John and Tom but also their sister, Mary, ______great interest in the piano lessons.

A. take B. takes C. have taken D. had taken

7. Most of the Europeans refuse to accept GM food ______Americans regard it as the fruit from high tech.

A. when B. as C. while D. the moment

8. —The tree is so tall.

—Yes. It ______nearly 20 metres.

A. measures B. is measured C. measure D. to be measured

9. It ______ to me that I might try this way to deal with this problem.

A. took place B. burst C. occurred D. happened

10. After staying in room for weeks, the lady was advised to go to the outside world to ______ her confidence as well as health.

A. take up B. make up C. carry up D. pick up

11. For ages, Bill Gates has been supporting educational programmes that ______from

kindergartens to universities.

A. range B. move C. vary D. spread

12. In China, peach is a ______of long life and therefore makes an ideal birthday present.

A. symbol B. sign C. signal D. symptom

13. Tom works very hard. His brother, ______, doesn’t do anything at all.

A. for another thing B. what’s worse

C. on the other hand D. even worse

14. It’s said that the power plant is now ______large as what it was.

A. twice as B. as twice C. twice much D. much twice

15. It’s one of the world’s largest chains of golf shops, ______in the heart of Shanghai.

A. locate B. located C. locating D. to locate

16. ______with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Face B. Facing C. Faced D. To face

17. They wanted to charge $5,000, ______ we managed to bring the price down.

A. but B. so C. when D. since

18. A post office should be built in a central ______ for the sake of the convenience.

A. position B. situation C. eruption D. connection

19. The room became ______ crowded after the desk was moved out.

A. a little B. fewer C. less D. much

20. It is reported that a powerful earthquake ______the Italian island of Sicily early this morning.

A. happened B. caused C. occurred D. struck

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，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项 （A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so 21 that we stood for several stops until a?vacant seat was 22 for her.? Then a pretty girl rushed towards me,?saying,?"Hi,?where are you going?" ?I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to 23 her. Clearly she had taken me 24

somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness,? 25 to give explanation to my girlfriend later.? Noticing my dialogue with somebody else,?my girlfriend 26 her eyes and found she was pretty.?She asked jealously,?"Who's she?" The pretty girl,?quite 27 of the situation, spoke out first,?"Hi, let me 28 myself. I'm Nancy, used to be 29 . Very glad to meet you." She behaved very 30 .? But I was 31 to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend 32 the pretty girl again turned to me,?"Will you give?me your cell phone number so that we 33 keep contacts later?" I had to submit to her 34 .

Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.?A minute later I got a short 35 on my phone－from a stranger. My girlfriend 36

my?phone and read the note. It was from the girl,?who said,?"Just now,?two thieves tried to

37 your?pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the 38 stop?but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also 39 to leave at the same stop. Because of the 40 I delayed my departure. Now you' ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck."

(???? )21. A. tiring??????(???? )22. A. ready???????(???? )23. A. identify????(???? )24. A. on??????????(???? ) 25. A. preferring??(???? )26. A. fixed???????(???? )27. A. proud???????(???? )28. A. explain?????(???? )29. A. partners????(???? )30. A. naturally??(???? )31. A. in a hurry?(???? )32. A. while??????(???? )33. A. would??????(???? )34. A. request????(???? )35. A. suggestion?(???? )36. A. removed????(???? )37. A. steal??????(???? )38. A. terminal???(???? )39. A. pretending?(???? )40. A. incident??

B. slow??????B. available?B. realize???B. by????????B. planning??B. opened????B. careful???B. enjoy?????B. neighbors?B. generouslyB. at a loss?B. before????B. can???????B. question??B. warning???B. seized????B. reach?????B. former????B. intending?B. matter????

C. crowded????C. special????C. remind?????C. with???????C. managing???C. raised?????C. afraid?????C. introduce??C. friends????C. cautiously?C. at ease????C. when???????C. should?????C. command????C. notice?????C. found??????C. get????????C. previous???C. demanding??C. accident??

D. messy????????D. suitable?????D. judge????????D. for??????????D. promising????D. focused??????D. aware????????D. help?????????D. colleagues???D. normally?????D. in time??????D. until????????D. must?????????D. opinion??????D. message??????D. caught???????D. pick?????????D. latter???????D. announcing???D. affair??????



第二部分 阅读理解（共两节,20小题;每小题2分,满分40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。

A

Perfect Disaster

All around us buildings shook. We decided to leave the town. We stopped once we had left the buildings behind us. The carts were moving in opposite directions, though the ground was perfectly flat, and they wouldn't stay in place even with their wheels blocked by stones.

In addition, it seemed as though the sea was being sucked(吸) backwards, as if it were being pushed back by the shaking of the land. Certainly the shoreline moved outwards, and many sea animals were left on dry sand.

Behind us were frightening dark clouds that opened up to show fire—like lightning, but bigger. Not long after that the clouds reached down to the ground and covered the sea. Now came the dust, though still thin. I looked back. A dense cloud appeared behind us, following us like a flood pouring across the land. Then a darkness came that was not like a moonless or cloudy night, but more like being in a closed and unlighted room. You could hear women and children crying, men shouting. Some were calling for parents, others for children; they could only recognize them by their voices.

Darkness and ashes came again, a great weight of them. We stood up and shook the ash off again and again; otherwise we would have been covered with it and crushed by the weight.

At last the cloud became thinner and thinner until it was no more than smoke or fog. Soon there was real daylight. The sight that met our still terrified eyes was a changed world, buried in ash like snow.

?????????????????????????????????????? ―from Pliny's letter to a friend

41. Pliny left the town after _____.??

A. the eruption??????????????????????? B. the sky became dark

C. the buildings began shaking???????? D. the sea went back

42. The carts wouldn't stay still because _____.

A. the earth was shaking?????????????????????????? ?? B. the sea sucked them backwards

C. the wheels had stones under them???????????? D. the lightening frightened the horses

43. The reason why it was dark is that _____.

A. it was very late at night??????????? B. clouds of ash covered the sun

C. there was a very bad storm????? D. there was no moon that night

44. People tried to find their relations by calling out their names and??????.

A. listening to their voices?????????? B. running about looking for them

C. shaking the ash off people????? D. watching people as they ran past

B

Sooner or later, most students are to take some form of English examinations. Often the more successful students are better prepared. However, sometimes students who do well have better test taking skills. These abilities really have nothing to do with understanding English better. They are skills that make taking the test easier, and therefore provide better results.

Here are some very important—and often ignored—guidelines to taking a test successfully.

Do not insist on completing each question before going to the next. This is extremely important. Remember one question may only be worth one point! You will become nervous when you fail to find out its answer, making you lose your concentration and leading to worse results. However, answering the questions you are sure you know results in your being more relaxed and feeling more confident.

Go through the test a second time working out the answers to more difficult questions. Sometimes questions asked are answered in later questions asking for different things.

Usually(but not always) a strong first impulse(冲动) means we know the answer and we don’t really have to think about it too much. Going back to think about it usually makes you unsure and often causes a mistake. This is very common, so be very careful!

If you don’t know the answer, write something. If you are answering a 4 possibility multiple choice question you will