山东省聊城市某重点高中2012-2013学年下学期高二阶段性测试（二）英语试题

考试时间120分钟，满分120分

一．单项选择 (共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.What a（an） _____ it is that they were born in the same year and on the same day!

A. coincidence B. accident C. incident D. confidence

2.It was Sunday. I _____ up early, so I stayed in bed until 10 a.m..

A. don’t need to get B. didn’t need to get

C. shouldn’t have got D. needn’t have got

3.If you should ever need anything, don’t_____to contact me. I’ll do my best to help you.

A. attempt B. afford C. hesitate D. desire

4. She was busy texting on her cellphone ____ she was startled by cars honking and drivers shouting at her.

A. when B. while C. as if D. if only

5. I was held up for about half an hour in the traffic jam,_____ the delay.

A. it caused B. thus causing C. caused D. to cause

6. My grandfather is already over seventy, but he is still energetic and ______.

A. alive B. living C. lively D. live

7. But he still tries to be ____ in public, like holding doors open, even if people don't appreciate such gestures.

A. curious B. addicted C. permanent D. considerate

8. _____ the task ahead of time, they decided to go to Phuket Island（普吉岛） for a holiday.

A. Having accomplished B. accomplishing

C. To have accomplished D. To accomplish

9. _____ English, she has to study a second foreign language.

A. In addition that B. Beside C.In addition D. In addition to

10. We have kept in ___ touch with each other for two years and he always gives me good advice on ___ phone.

A. the; the B. /; the C. /; / D. the; /

11. No wonder others can’t understand the sentence; you ___ five words when you copied it..

A. figured out B. left out C. pointed out D. picked out

12. ---Do you think Mr. Smith’s advice is of great help to you?

---Well, it all depends._____, he gave me some chances to try.

A. Otherwise B. Somehow C. Therefore D. Anyhow

13. ---Sorry, I forgot ___ him about it.

---Never mind, I’ll tell it myself.

A. telling B. to tell C. to be told D. having told

14. Nowadays many people prefer to have the booked goods _________ to their house rather than come to the shop for them.

A. to deliver B. be delivered

C. delivered D. delivering

15. Tom likes playing the violin and is good at English. _______ his sister.

A. It is the same with B. So is C. It is so with D. So does

16. Lily didn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but she knew it was ____

Sunday because she was at _____ church.

a; the B. a; \ C. the; a D. the; \

17. ------Do remember to arrive at the railway station at 10 o’clock tomorrow.

------- _________.

A. Heard it B. Make it. C. Got it. D. Know it.

18. Don’t worry, Mary. You will ______ this climate before long.

A. come up with B. catch on C. adapt to D. put up with

19. I don’t think Jack’s plan is ________.

A. worth being considered. B. worth to be considered.

C. worthy of considering D. worthy to be considered.

20. To attract more visitors, the museum urgently needs _______.

A. to improve B. improve C. improved D. improving

二．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36~55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出一个最佳答案。

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 21 in high school.

22 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 23 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 24 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 25 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 26 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she felt it 27 . She moved on to English and history, and was 28 to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to _29 math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 30 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as enthusiastic as Jenna. “I’m sorry, 31 we have enough 32 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 33 and left. “Why is high school so 34 ?” she sighed.

Later in 35 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 36 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 37 to her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 38 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 39 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 40 fish you can be.”

21. A. decisions B. processes C. exercises D.challenges

22. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D.Otherwise

23. A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D.boring

24. A. boss B.editor C. judge D. candidate

25. A. jumped B. sank C. stopped D. raced

26. A. happy B. strange C. lonely D.sad

27. A. easy B. hard C. interesting D. amazing

28. A. disappointed B. ashamed C. glad D.shocked

29. A. prepare for B. put up C. give up D.worry about

30. A. committee B. newspaper C.radio D. team

31. A. and B. but C. so D. because

32. A. readers B. speakers C.writers D.cheerleaders

33. A. weakly B. widely C. brightly D. excitedly

34. A. ordinary B. similar C. familiar D.different

35. A. history B. physics C. math D. English

36. A. hope B. pleasure C. sorrow D. trouble

37. A. look B. adapt C. get D. stay

38. A. try B. swim C. escape D. ask

39. A. in case of B. in return for C. instead of D. in terms of

40. A. smallest B. slimmest C. gentlest D. best

三．阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.

“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!”Richard used to boast.

“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,”George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!”

George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.

However, now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow , old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival (竞争对手).Perhaps he missed him?

George was very interested in old dictionaries, He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.

“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia. ”

41. George and Rivhard were at school.

A.good friends B. roommates C. booksellers D. competitors

42. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance?

A. He envied Richard’s marriage. B. He was guilty of Richard’s death.

C. He felt lucky with no rival in town. D. He thought of Richard from time to time.

43. George got information about Richard from . .

A. a dictionary collector in Australia B.the wrapping paper of a book

C. a rare first edition of a dictionary D. the George’s rivals Dylans

44. What happened to George and Richard in the end?

A. Both George and Richard became millionaires.

B. Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success.

C. George established a successful business while Richard was missing.

D. Both of them realized their original ambitions.

B

Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert(警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones.

Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates(估计) more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.

The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act(法案), a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to the nation’s emergency alert system. The act tasked（给...派任务）the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to come up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.

“The ability to deliver accurate（精确的） and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before and during disasters and other emergencies,” FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.

Participation（参与）in the alert system by carriers—telecommunications companies—is voluntary（自愿的）, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.

The program would be optional（可选择的） for cell phone users. They also may not be charged（收费） for receiving alerts.

There would be thr