高二下学期第一次月考英语试题

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，并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生，先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。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。

1. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a hotel B. At home C. In a library

2. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man can take part in the sports meeting.

B. The woman wants to stay home for a rest.

C. The man is down with a fever.

3. What nationality is Sheila?

A. Japanese B. English C. American

4. How are the guests going to New York?

A. By taxi B. By plane C. By bus

5. What does the man imply?

A. He has already tasted the chocolate pudding.

B. He doesn't want any chocolate pudding.

C. Chocolate is his favorite flavor.

第二节 听下面5段对话。每段对话或独白后有一个小题，从题中所给的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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What does the man reserve?

A. A King’s room for two nights .

B. A single room for one night.

C. Any room available for him.

7.Why can’t the man have what he wants?

A. He didn’t attend the meeting.

B. He didn’t reach the hotel in time.

C. He didn’t make a reservation early enough.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She was born in Hawaii.

B. She has never been to Hawaii.

C. She has been working in Hawaii for many years.

9. How will the woman most likely travel around the island after the conversation?

A. By renting a car B. By bus C. On foot

听下面一段对话，回答第10至12小题。

Why did the woman want to see the man’s license?

A. He was speeding B. He was a stranger C. He took the wrong turn

11. What is the speed limit in business areas?

A. 20 miles per hour

B. 25 miles per hour

C. 35 miles per hour.

12. What does the woman finally do?

A. She gives the man a ticket

B. She takes the man to the police station

C. She just warns him and lets him go.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至16小题。

13. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In the open air

B. In a photo studio

C. At a photo exhibition

14. What are the two speakers mostly discussing?

A. Outdoor photography

B. Photography experience

C. Photography equipment

15. Why does the woman come to see the man?

A. To look for a job

B. To ask for some advice

C. To borrow some equipment

16. What surprising information does the man tell the woman?

A. She shouldn’t go to Alaska at this time of the year

B. She’d better take some extra photography lessons.

C. She needs more photography equipment

听下面一段独白，回答第17至20小题。

17. What do we know about the pyramids?

A. The “Step” pyramid is more famous than the “Bent” pyramid

B. They have stood there for nearly 5, 000 years.

C. Some of the pyramids have fallen into ruins.

18. Why do some pyramids remain in a good state?

A. They have been taken good care of.

B. They have been buried in sand.

C. It seldom rains in Egypt

19. What causes the most damage to he pyramids?

A. Thief and stone hunters

B. The Nile River.

C. The war.

20. Why do we have a clear picture of how pyramids were built?

A. We have found paintings showing their construction plans.

B. We have studied them and the tools used to build them.

C. We have found description of how they were built.

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)

21. I’m sorry I can’t think of the exact date of it, but it was ______ Sunday because we didn’t have to go to ______ school that day.

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

22. It is well known that Germany’s car industry is ________ its beer.

A. as a symbol much as B. as much a symbol as

C. as much the symbol as D. as the symbol much as

23. Chinese, as most people think, is the most beautiful ________ in the world.

A. word B. voice C. tongue D. sound

24. —Can I borrow some of your novels?

—___________. They are at your service.

A. Don’t mention it B. With pleasure

C. Come on D. By all means

25. In modern times, people have to learn to _______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.

A. keep with B. stay with C. live with D. meet with

26. In the conference, the chairman urged both parties to _______ minor differences for the

sake of peace.

A. set aside B. turn around C. leave alone D. never mind

27. The boy was so worn out that he fell asleep ________ his mother could take off his clothes.

A. before B. after C. while D. when

28. I’m sure many people will praise your cinema if you designed it with good _____ _____ disabled people.

A. entry; to B. access; for C. entrance; to D. access; to

29. Catherine was determined, hard-working and intelligent; ____, I couldn’t speak ______

highly of her.

A. as a result; very B. anyhow; so C. after all; much D. all in all; too

30. Which do you enjoy __ your spare time, watching TV at home or going hiking in the park?

A. spending B. to spend C. having spent D. to have spent

31. It is desired that the complaints of the public _______ to the attention of the policy-makers.

A. be brought B. shall be brought

C. are brought D. could be brought

32. Who would you like to have _______ the case? We cannot have terrorists _______ away with killing innocent people！

A. investigate; get B. to investigate; got

C. investigated; getting D. investigate; getting

33. They believed what the weather forecast said and went on their exploration, ________ in heavy snow on the mountain.

A. being caught B. only to be caught

C. only to catch D. only catching

34. “Are there any post offices _____ around here?” asked the man.

A. adaptable B. convenient C. available D. accessible

35. We can never deny the fact that Hong Kong still enjoys a position which is the __ of many.

A. agreement B. sympathy C. approval D. envy

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some people seem to have been born with a (an) 36 sense of direction. Even when lost in the woods, they find their way home as surely as an animal 37 the smell of its prey. The 38 is probably that they never feel lost. Others, myself included, can manage to 39 in a department store.

When I was in the army, there was nothing I disliked so much as the 40 course, for the simple reason that I always feel lost – even with a map in my hand. For weeks I had been lying awake at night thinking of the 41 test I would have to face at the 42 of the course. At last, the 43 day arrived. It was to be my responsibility to lead a small group of soldiers back to camp from the middle of 44 . We were driven out in a 45 truck and left in a field with instructions to get back to camp as quickly as possible.

46 knowing about my problem as they did, the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking at the map blindly and they made all sorts of 47 . I folded the map up, put it in my pocket, and announced that we would head east. After walking through cornfields for over an hour, we came to a wide stream. I again looked at the map. It seemed to be covered with 48 thin blue lines, but which 49 line was this stream? 50 , we sat down to rest in the shade and I felt like 51 the map into the water. About fifteen minutes later, a boat came along and I asked the owner of the boat if he could give us a 52 to the nearest town. I 53 that we had been out for a walk and somehow got lost. The owner of the boat invited us aboard and I felt very 54 when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers pass their map-reading test! Not long afterwards, we got off the boat and, following the boat owner’s instructions, took a bus into town. When we got back to camp, the Commander Officer 55 me on having led the men back so quickly!

36. A. uncertain B. incredible C. unforgettable D. uncredible

37. A. cuts up B. cuts out C. picks up D. picks out

38. A. secret B. theory C. significance D. answer

39. A. make a bargain B. help find ways C. get lost D .be on guard

40. A. shooting B. swimming C. marching D. map-reading

41. A. drilling B. placement C. practical D. graduation

42. A. beginning B. end C. middle D. half way

43. A. evil B. frozen C. sacred D. abstract

44. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere

45. A. open B. shabby C. large D. closed

46. A. Hardly B. Well C. Frequently D. Slightly

47. A. annoying noises B. contradictory decisions

C. sympathetic comments D. helpful suggestions

48. A. just a few B. masses of C. numbered D. recognizable

49. A. particular B. special C. separate D. lonely

50. A. In anger B. In surprise C. In delight D. In despair

51. A. washing B. hiding C. researching D. throwing

52. A. hand B. lift C. boat D. direction

53. A. explained B. swore C. pretended D. whispered

54. A. clumsy B. foolish C. respectful D. hopeless

55. A. congratulated B. scolded C. praised D. criticized

第三部分 阅读理解：（共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）中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

What’s the furthest you have ever cycled?

Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling on your own from the UK to China, by bike?

For the British cyclist Pete Jones, camping in the wild and cycling long distances through