西湖高级中学2012-2013学年高二3月月考英语试题

本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。满分100分,时间90分钟。

第一卷（选择题 共79分）

第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分20分)

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分, 满分5分）

1. What will the man probably do?

A.Take a rest. B.Go to a party. C.Meet his boss.

2. What do we know about the man?

A.He has been caught copying a report. B. He is not free at the moment.

C.He won't leave till the last minute.

3. What is the woman concerned about?

A.Her health. B.Her character. C.Her appearance.

4. What does the man mean?

A.The fridge will be fixed. B.The room will be warmer.

C.The lights will be switched on.

5. What does the man imply?

A.The woman already has too many shoes.

B.The new shoes do not look good enough.

C.He doesn't care where to put the new shoes.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）

6. Why doesn't the man want to fly?

A.He wants to enjoy the scenery. B.He thinks it's dangerous.

C.He likes taking the bus.

7. Which means of transport does the woman prefer?

A.The bus. B.The train. C.The car.

听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。

8. Why is the woman worried?

A. She doesn't know what to read. B. She hasn't finished her task.

C. She has no time to write her book.

9. What do we know about the man?

A. He has been to Europe with the woman.

B. He has forgotten to write his reports.

C. He has finished reading all the books.

听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。

10. What helps to impress the interviewer in the first place?

A. Appropriate body language. B. Excellent memory. C. Natural voice.

11. What should the man do before the interview?

A. Practice handshaking. B. Recite the answers to possible questions.

C. Get some information about the company.

12. What advice does the woman offer about the topic of salary?

A. Not to mention it at the first interview.

B. Not to bring it up in a roundabout(绕圈子的) way.

C. To let the interviewer mention it next time.

听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。

13. How does the man kill time?

A. By eating potato chips. B. By watching TV. C. By taking a walk.

14. What does the woman dislike?

A. The square. B. The parks. C. The city.

15. What does the man think is the most important?

A. Entertainment. B. Income. C. Quietness.

16. What do the man and woman disagree on?

A. Whether the city needs a symbol.

B. Whether the amusement park should be built.

C. Whether the square is a good place for a walk.

听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. What kind of English lessons does the speaker recommend?

A. Examination skills. B. Reading and writing.

C. Listening and speaking.

18. How can a learner take the lessons when he is not online?

A. By using the downloaded sound files.

B. By making conversations with others.

C. By reviewing words, phrases and idioms.

19. What is mentioned as an advantage of the speaker's online course?

A. It improves learners' English skills quickly.

B. It offers learners better study methods.

C. It helps learners to make friends.

20. What's the speaker's idea about learning English?

A. Being confident in learning. B. Learning English little by little.

C. Having clear learning goals.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分35分)

第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分, 满分15分)

21. It was proved that drunk-driving was________for the death of five people in Nanjing.

A. to blame B. blamed

C. being blamed D. blaming

22. A better plan was ________at yesterday's meeting.

A．put forward B．put away

C．put down D．put on

23. The teacher stressed again that the students should not________any important details while retelling the story.

A．bring out B．let out C．leave out D．make out

24. The medical team________ten doctors and six nurses.

A．makes up B．consists of

C．adds up D．consists in

25. The government of China has________time and time again its position on the relations between China and Japan.

A．clarified B．proved C．made sure D．showed

26. A quarrel________， which made him________his family.

A. was broken out; break away

B. broke out; break away from

C. was broken away; break down

D. broke down; break out

27. The girl acted properly and confidently during the job interview, which made a deep________on the employer.

A. impression　　B. expression C. permission D. admission

28. We are hoping that these measures taken by the local government will help________things a bit.

A. sweep up B. speed up C. make up D. save up

29. Tom is a promising student. I am sure that with his________effort, he will make a very successful scientist.

A. usual B. constant C. content D. normal

30. The chief editor demanded that the article ________immediately.

A. must be submitted B. would be submitted

C. submits D. be submitted

31. Once we have________some knowledge, things do not become more difficult, but comprehensible.

A. required B. acquired C. inquired D. inspired

32. —Have you finished your book report?

—Not yet. I couldn't________on it with so loud music next door last night.

A. draw B. devote C. direct D. concentrate

33. So suddenly ________that the animals in the zoo looked very frightened during the total solar eclipse (日全食)．

A. did the sky turn dark B. the sky did turn dark

C. turned the sky dark D. was the sky turned dark

34. I don't think Tom's remarks are________；he is not supposed to say so.

A. in place B. in peace

C. in surprise D. in trouble

35. Although the entrance to the cave was very narrow, those visitors managed to________through it.

A. press B. squeeze C. break D. cut

完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分, 满分20分）

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.

I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).

She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.

The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.

My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.

She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.

I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.

As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

　　36. A. sister's B. teachers' C. mother's D. roommates'

　　37. A. lives B. visits C. separates D. graduates

　　38. A. force B. leave C. find D. have

　　39. A. small B. big C. funny D. strong

　　40. A. severely B. totally C. slightly D. strictly

　　41. A. innocent B. casual C. qualified D. inexperienced

　　42. A. laughing B. staring C. glaring D. looking

　　43. A funny B. frightening C. kind D. sad

　　44. A. expecting B. imaging C. knowing D. doubting

　　45. A. for B. with C. within D. along

　　46. A. sentence B. quotes C. saying D. words

　　47. A. day B. career C. life D. age

　　48. A. easily B. carefully C. differently D. seriously

　　49. A. quick B. soon C. fast D. rapidly

　　50. A. gentler B. softer C. tighter D. warmly

　　51. A. start B. turn C. run D. wonder

　　52. A. Hers B. My wife's C. Mine D. Ours

　　53. A. gone B. grown C. born D. found

54. A. although B. where C. when D. why

　　55. A. destroyed B. beginning C. ended D. changing

第三部分 阅读理解（每题2分, 共12题, 满分24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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.

As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（选票）·

To help get his name known, Sessions earned＄700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.

Sessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They'd look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?'And I say‘I'm still in high school', "he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room·

Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his