益阳市箴言中学2014—2015学年高一10月月考英语

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PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 marks)

Section A （15 marks）

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1 Where does the conversation take place?

A. At the restaurant B At school C At home

2 What did the girl eat for lunch？

A. A sandwich and chips

B. A burger ,salad and water

C.A piece of bread and some juice

Conversation2

3 What day is it today?

A Monday B Saturday C Sunday

4 What will the man do?

A Borrow the woman’s computer

B Go to the library to finish his paper

C Have the woman take care of his sister

Conversation3

5 What’s the purpose of the expert’s visit?

A To tell about the study programs.

B To give information on the internet.

C To offer students advice on their study.

6 What does the man think of the lecture？

A Worthwhile B Useless C Easy

Conversation4

7 What did the woman do during the weekend？

A She had dinner in a restaurant.

B She watched a movie in a cinema.

C She celebrate her mother’s birthday.

8 What does the woman think of the movie?

A Interesting B Boring C Confusing

9 What do the speakers plan to do on Saturday？

A Buy a birthday present B Visit some friends C Hold a party

Conversation 5

10What do we know about the man?

A He is a fan of the quiz show

B He is a very humorous person

C He doesn’t think Frank Jones funny.

11 What does the man think of the questions of the quiz show?

A They are quite easy. B They are very serious. C They are harder and harder.

12 What kind of questions is the woman good at?

A Ones on math and science

B Ones on history and literature

C Ones on pop music and movie stars

Conversation 6

13 Why did Susan get a job before going to university？

A She didn’t want to go to college.

B Her parents didn’t give her enough money.

C She wanted to help her parents support her family.

14 What did Susan like in the shop？

A the workmates B the clean workmates C the smell of the baking

15 What does Susan say about serving customers?

A She enjoyed the busy part of the day.

B She hated serving them at lunchtime.

C She liked to plan a party or a wedding for them.

Section B (5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. You will hear the short passage TWICE.

The magazine good living

I first edition

Cooking directions for 16

A special free gift —a DVD showing how to prepare 17

II second edition

An article about the 18

A special collection of dishes for 19

Some recipes designed especially for 20

PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

SECTION A （15 marks）

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B ,C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. Hearing his travelling _______, I knew that he was an _____ traveller.

A. experiences; experienced B. experience: experience

C. experiences ; experiencing D. experience; experiencing

22. In our hometown, wood can ___________ a fire.

A. be used to make B. be used to making C. use to make D. used to making

23. With everything ________, he felt tired but happy.

A. to do B. done C. had been done D. to be done

24. Don’t forget the day ____ you were received into the Youth League.

A. when B. that C. at which D. where25. Is this school ____ we visited three years ago?

A. the one B. which C. that D. where

26. Mary, along with her parents, _________to the countryside to visit her grandparents every weekend.

A. go B. goes C. went D gone

27. Maybe, but _____ he has been so rude to us ,I feel like we have to punish him or he won’t respect us.

A. when B. why C. now that D .though

28. Some students think physics is the most difficult subject they have learned.

A. which B. that C. who D. as

29. My younger sister wants to have a mobile phone colour is red.

A. its B. which C. that D. whose

30.He also told us that the best way ____ _ respect was to devote ourselves _____ study and achieve high grades.

A. to earn; at B. earning; to C. earn; to D. to earn; to

31.Eric runs in after the ball, ____ _by a big dog, walking very slowly.

A. followed B. following C. to follow D. follow

32. I found that the homework was not as heavy as I used to get in my old school.

A. that B. which C. what D. when

33. ____ _ the small sculpture did not look very beautiful when it was finished, I still like it very much.

A. Though B. Because C. Where D. As

34.The boy used to be poor in maths, but he _____ great progress since he came to our class last term.

A . had made B. has made C. is making D. was making

35. When parents come to visit the school and talk to the teachers,we often play songs by students, and we also give messages to inform the parents events such as outings and school plays.

A. sing, of B. singing, with C. sung, of D. to sing, to

SECTION B （12 marks）

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C. and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They're 36 to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often 37 the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there're many young men in their shop. Of course people 38 them and their friends often call on them and talk with them. We can always hear their rooms are full of 39 .

It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next 40 . It was a little far from our town. So they had to 41 earlier than usual to catch a six o'clock train. After 42 a few friends came to see them while they were preparing some food and drinks for the picnic. Mr. King and his wife had to stop 43 them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the 44 on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn't tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few 45 and had an idea. She said to her husband, "Oh, it's eleven o'clock! You'd better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to 46 !

　Mr. king heard this and stood up and said 47 to the visitors and they left soon.

36. A. rude B. friendly C. cold D. distant

37. A. help B. hurt C. select D. respect

38. A. deserve B. understand C. achieve D. like

39. A. cry B. shout C. laugh D. noise

40. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. day

41. A. go to work B. get up C. go to sleep D. open the shop

42. A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. meal

43. A. accepting B. to receive C. receiving D. to accept

44. A. phone B. photo C. clock D. picture

45. A. minutes B. hours C. days D. months

46. A. go home B. go to bed C. go shopping D. have a rest

47. A. hello B. goodbye C. sorry D. good night

Section C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Mom and Dad arrived back from vacation a day earlier 48 expected in order to give the boys a surprise. They got so angry 49 they saw the house was 50 a mess that Dad shouted at Daniel, the elder brother, 51 was in charge of the house when they were away. Daniel shut the door angrily, 52 their parents never gave him a chance to explain. Eric, 53 younger brother, wanted to explain to his parents what had happened, 54 Daniel didn’t think that their parents wanted to know the truth.

At the end of the play, both Mom and Dad thought maybe they were 55 hard on the boys. However, Dad decided to punish Daniel for his rudeness so that he would show respect to his parents in future.

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION （20 marks）

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

As we all know, it was Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence (《独立宣言》). He wrote it in two weeks, and after a few changes, it was accepted by the Congress (国会). As a result, he became famous.

Born in 1743 in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, a wonderful student at school and almost talented(天才的 ) lawyer later, was much interested in politics.

Jefferson was elected the Governor of Virginia in 1779, and he was sent to France as the representative of the American government in 1784. Sixteen years later, at the age of 57, he was elected president after Washington and Adams.

Far from a handsome man, he was tall with long arms and big hands. Jefferson, who was an amusing(令人愉快的) talker in conversation but a poor speaker, was generally good-natured.

Jefferson was regarded as a defender of freedom in America. As a president, he protected the right of free speech. Interestingly enough, in his eight years as president, Jefferson never vetoed (否