柳铁一中2012—2013学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试题

第Ⅰ卷 (三部分, 共115分)

第一部分：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）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

What does the woman mean ?

A. Drink enough water. B. Don’t use much ice. C. Boil the water first.

Where does the man prefer to live ?

A. In the city. B. On an island. C. In the country.

3. Where are the English teachers going to have the meeting ?

A. In the meeting room. B. In the open air. C. In the teachers’ office.

4. How does the woman feel on the plane ?

A. Worried B. Comfortable. C. Annoyed.

5. Why doesn’t the man want to be a pilot ?

A. He is busy. B. He gets airsick. C. He isn’t interested in flying.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

　　听下面5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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答6－7题。6. What is the man going to do after the returning from Sydney ?

A. Stay in the city. B. Work in the supermarket. C. See his friends.

7. What interests the man most while working at the store ?

A. Selling the goods. B. Carrying the goods. C. Sorting the goods

听下面一段材料，回答8－10题。

8. How did the woman feel the first time she spoke English to a foreigner ?

A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Frightened.

9. What did the woman want to do ?

A. Chat with a foreigner.

B. Get to the nearest station.

C. Practice her spoken English.

听下面一段材料，回答11－13题。

11.What are the two speakers talking about ?

A. Two cities. B. Going home for Christmas. C. Money problems.

12. Where does the man live ?

A. In Springfield. B. In Portland. C. In Scotland.

13. How does the man prefer to travel ?

A. By air. B. By train. C. By bus.

听下面一段材料，回答14－16题。

14.What is the man going to do tonight ?

A. Go to the party. B. Stay home and watch TV. C. Design an ad.

15. Why does the woman often buy something advertised ?

A. To save money. B. To get good products. C. To save time.

16. Where are the two speakers ?

A. In China. B. In the US. C. In Europe.

听下面一段材料，回答17－20题。

17. When did the earthquake take place ?

A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.

18. What happened to the boy in the earthquake?

A. He was badly hurt.

B. He was buried under an icebox.

C. He was slightly wounded.

19. How did the boy survive the big earthquake ?

A. He stayed in an icebox.

B. His father pulled him out in time.

C. Their house escaped the earthquake.

20. How many people were killed in the earthquake ?

A. About 500. B. About 5,000. C. About 50,000.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

21.Going out is________ good means of relaxation. Would you like to go to ________ with me in the afternoon ?

A. the; the B. a; the C. the; a D. a; a

22.David is a skillful worker. I’m sure he has enough _______ to fix all the electronic ______.

A. experience; equipment B. experience; equipments

C. experiences; equipment D. experiences; equipments

23.It is still under discussion _________ the old bus station should be replaced with a modern hotel or not.

A. whether B. when C. which D. where

24. At the age of fifteen she gave up taking piano lessons to _____ her school work.

A. hold on B. call on C. put on D. concentrate on

25. Most people find it hard to ________Beijing Opera to foreigners because of cultural differences.

A. get across B. get over C. come across D. come over

26.Alice received an invitation from her boss, ________ came as a surprise.

A. it B. that C. which D. he

27. The _______, I think, he drew from his simple experiment is not scientific.

A. charge B. conclusion C. promise D. relation

28.—Do you know Anna’s telephone number ?

—________. As a matter of fact, I don’t know any Anna, either.

I think so. B. I hope so. C. I’m afraid not. D. I’d rather not.

29. When asked ________ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved.

A. what B. why C. whom D. which

30. They sold ______ boxes of such sweets last week.

A. four dozens of B. four dozen C. four dozen of D. four dozens

31. ________ a difficult situation, so you should send him a message and give him some advice.

A. As he is in B. He is in C. Being in D. He being in

32. If the weather had been better, we could have gone outing. But it ____ all day.

A. rains B. has rained C. had been rained D. rained

33.________ at the city centre, the old temple has a history of more than 500 years.

A. Locating B. Locate C. Located D. To locate

34. One of the first foreign expeditions _______ Mount Qomolangma arrived in Tibet in 1921.

A. climbing B. climbed C. had climbed D. to climb

35. Although the necklace is made of glass, it really _________ me.

A. adapts to B. occurs to C. appeals to D. prefer to

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

When you think of American culture, what first comes to your mind? McDonald’s? Coca Cola? Levi’s? Disneyland? Michael Jordan? Julia Roberts? Many people 36 American culture is a 37 of popular symbols like these. Actually, these symbols are only one 38 part of American culture—pop culture.

What is pop culture? Well, pop is 39 for popular. The origins of pop culture can often be traced to popular movies, television shows, music stars and sports figures. Pop culture is 40 promoted by business and advertising. The most 41 examples of American pop culture appear among high school and college students. Trends (趋势) 42 by famous personalities quickly become part of young people’s 43 .

American pop culture has spread around the world. One major reason for its 44 is that English is a universal language. English is the language of diplomacy, international business and transportation. 45 language and culture go together, learning English means becoming 46 of English-speaking cultures. Besides, America is a world 47 in movies, music and magazines. The kind of American culture 48 in those media is pop culture. Finally, pop culture is easy to package and to 49 . For that reason, it is easy to “sell” to the world.

Many people believe that American pop culture is what American is all 50 . Does pop culture 51 the true culture of America? Yes and no. Pop culture does 52 a portion (比例) of American society — especially the 53 young people that are tuned in to the media. But American pop culture is faddish (流行一时的) and 54 . If you want to learn about real American culture, you’ll have to go a little 55 than McDonald’s.

36.A.wonder

B. imagine

C. wish

D. pretend



37.A.behavior

B. signal

C. side

D. collection



38.A.small

B. large

C. main

D. super



39.A.good

B. eager

C. known

D. short



40.A.never

B. only

C. also

D. just



41.A.famous

B. common

C. obvious

D. helpful



42.A.set

B. pushed

C. ignored

D. caused



43.A.hobbies

B. taste

C. admiration

D. lifestyles



44.A.tendency

B. popularity

C. influence

D. preference



45.A.Although

B. Unless

C. How

D. Since



46.A.aware

B. fond

C. careful

D. tired



47.A.driver

B. worker

C. leader

D. officer



48.A.written

B. communicated

C. described

D. taught



49.A.discuss

B. display

C. copy

D. export



50.A.for

B. about

C. above

D. against



51.A.reflect

B. pay

C. form

D. affect



52.A.combine

B. follow

C. represent

D. demand



53.A.urban

B. rural

C. quiet

D. diligent



54.A.difficult

B. simple

C. ever-changing

D. ever-lasting



55.A.slower

B. farther

C. nearer

D. higher





第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be enough rain. Other times there is too much. Maybe there isn’t a lot we can do to control the rain, but there is a lot we can do to reduce problems caused by different rainfall patterns.

A new development at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes solves the problems of managing water with a “Rain Garden”. We are likely to be hearing about it a lot more often over the next few years. The idea is that the garden owner can store rainwater and use it in dry periods. They can reduce the problems caused by extra rain this way.

One of the key problems that the rain garden tries to deal with is the problem caused by too much water in the street. In a natural environment, a lot of rainwater is sent back into the air by plants. Much is also absorbed deep into the ground, and flows into streams and rivers. What happens in city environments can be completely different —— a large amount of rainwater flows straight off the hard surfaces of roofs and roads. The harder the rain, the less likely it will be absorbed into the ground —— floods are the result. Rainwater running off roads is often polluted.

The rain garden deals with living plants rather than hard surfaces. Plants are designed to hold water and release it slowly, either into the ground, to be absorbed by plant roots (and so eventually back up into the atmosphere) or to go down into the water table. Not only does the rain garden reduce the amount of water that flows onto the street, but it helps to clean it because plants are very good at breaking down pollutants(污染物).

56. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Explaining why there is a lack of rain at times.

B. Introducing several different patterns of rainfall.

C. Telling us how to avoid problems caused by rain.

D. Giving the idea that there are ways to manage rain water.

57. According to the second paragraph, “Rain Gardens" are likely to _____.

A. harm the environment in the short run

B. become popular over the next few years

C. be turned down by most new developments

D. be too expensive for common people to accept

58. We can learn from the third paragraph that _____.

A. floods are often the results of small rains

B. a heavy rain is less difficult for plants to absorb

C. the r