江苏省扬州中学2013-2014学年高二上学期12月月考试卷

英语试卷 2013.12

一、听力

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。

1. Who is answering the phone?

A. Elaine. B. Allan MacFarlane. C. Bob Harris.

2. What happened to the driver?

A. He ran into a bicycle. B. He drove too slowly. C. He ran into a tree.

3. What can we learn from the dialogue?

A. They like summer. B. They don't like summer. C. They think hot weather is nicer.

4. When should Susan go to meet Professor Brown?

A. At 9:30. B. At 10:00. C. At 10:30.

5. What does the woman plan to do this afternoon?

A. Buy a new pair of glasses. B. Shop for some clothes. C. Go to her classes.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where does the conversation most likely take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. On the phone.

7. When does the restaurant stop serving lunch?

A. At 1 p. m. B. At 2 p. m. C. At 3 p. m.

8. How many people will come with the woman for lunch?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Buying a car. B. Choosing a gift. C. Using a computer.

10. What's the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Professor and student. C. Salesman and customer.

11. What do we know about the person mentioned by speakers?

A. Maybe he likes something expensive. B. He is surely over sixty years old.

C. He must be fond of learning.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Close friends. B. Strangers. C. Colleagues.

13. What's the woman going to do?

A. She is going to work in a post office nearby. B. She wants to do some exercise.

C. She intends to post a letter.

14. What does the woman have to do to reach the destination？

A. She has to find the entrance inside a building complex.

B. She has to turn right to the main street.

C. She has to register her letter.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the present condition of hotline like today?

A. Poor. B. Popular. C. Rare.

16. What is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers?

A. To gain the belief of teenagers. B. To make teenagers study hard.

C. To protect teenagers' rights.

17. What does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers?

A. It won't last long. B. It will be useful. C. It will save many lives.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To report on the growing middle class of China.

B. To introduce a US company.

C. To analyze the current market.

19. How many new babies does China have every year?

A. 11 million. B. 20 million. C. 21 million.

20. Which of the following is true?

A. The toys made by China are of poor quality.

B. China has a lot of high-quality toys exported.

C. China is behind in toys-making.

二．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1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21. What I’ve just got for Christmas is ________ attractive ipad, ______ present I have been longing for.

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

22. __________he had only practiced the part a few times; he did it successfully beyond expectation.

A. Unless B. If C. Because D. Although

23. Dad is used to smoking and drinking. There is no chance________I am able to talk him into ________.

A. whether；giving it up B. of whether；giving them up

C. which；stopped it D. that; getting rid of them

24. She lay lazily in the armchair under the tree, the sun _______down through the broad leaves.

A. shone B. shining C. was shining D. to shine

25. As the job-hunting season_________，many graduates are suffering from anxiety.

A. kicks off B. takes off C. puts off D. sets off

26. --How do you find James Cameron's 3D version of Titanic?

---Fantastic! It can't be _______ and has brought us a wonderful experience.

A. as impressive B. more impressive C. most impressive D. so impressive

27. ________ is known to us all is that the old worker, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.

A. As; whom B. What; whose C. It; whose D. What; whom

28. —If he______there were poisonous snakes in the mountain, he would not have camped there.

—Luckily, he was found relatively quickly and_______to the local medical center.

A. was reminded; rushed B. had been reminded; rushed

C. was reminded; rushing D. had been reminded; rushing

29. Do you think that bridge _________2,000 metres long? It doesn’t appear so long.

A. measures B. is measured C. has been measured D. is measuring

30.——Do you know where David is? I couldn’t find him anywhere.

——Well, he_______ gone far—his coat’s still here.

A. shouldn’t have B. mustn’t have C. can’t have D. wouldn’t have

31. By the time Jack returned home from England, his son _______ from college.

A. graduated B. has graduated C. had been graduating D. had graduated

32. Many of us have a strange sense that we do remember feeling as if we _________in a dream, but can’t quite recall the details.

A. are flying B. were flying C. fly D. would fly

33. The government work report by Premier Wen conveys a variety of issues, and social justice _____.

A. in common B. in general C. in particular D. in practice

34.——Sorry, I haven’t got any grape juice, but I’ve got you some orange juice.

——_________. Thanks a lot anyway.

A. Don’t mention it B. That’ll do me C. It’s up to you D. That’s right

35. ——I wonder _________ makes the video Gangnam Style so popular.

——The unique dance moves and funny horse riding scenes.

A. how is it that B. what is it that C. how it is that D. what it is that

三、完形填空（20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Mondays are usually pretty busy for me. On one of these 36 Mondays, I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I had to 37 on that day and walked down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work, but 38 the car was nowhere to be found. I

39 right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn’t there that morning.

This was at 8:00 am in the morning. I made 40 to all the towing（拖）places, police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by 41 . By around 10:00 am, I couldn’t find it anywhere and the policemen decided that it was 42 stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely 43 .

Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise 44 to realize that my license was missing too along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole 45 and he was so sorry for me that he 46 to take me to the nearest DMV（车管局）and get a duplicate（副本的） 47 . I was totally surprised. I didn’t know why this complete stranger would want to 48

some time off his day to help me . He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then 49 me a car. I was 50 the whole day because of the continuous events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a 51 stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day. I was so 52 by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar 53 . I took some smiley shaped chocolates and

54 them on some of my colleague’s desks.

This is still a lot 55 out there in the world. We just need to take the time to discover it.

36. A. typical

B. lovely

C. strange

D. pleasant



37. A. face

B. explain

C. accomplish

D. arrange



38. A. excitedly

B. surprisingly

C. interestingly

D. hurriedly



39. A. stayed

B. looked

C. walked

D. parked



40. A. ways

B. trips

C. surveys

D. contributions



41. A. policemen

B. doctors

C. thieves

D. officials



42. A. normally

B. curiously

C. actually

D. finally



43. A. made up

B. worked out

C. figured out

D. messed up



44. A. still

B. even

C. never

D. only



45. A. message

B. secret

C. story

D. business



46. A. declined

B. offered

C. hesitated

D. approved



47. A. license

B. card

C. book

D. ticket



48. A. spend

B. leave

C. take

D. get



49. A. lent

B. presented

C. bought

D. rented



50.A. delighted

B. annoyed

C. disappointed

D. amused



51.A. complete

B. perfect

C. wonderful

D. special



52.A. moved

B. puzzled

C. shocked

D. embarrassed



53.A. honor

B. method

C. problem

D. surprise



54.A. forgot

B. threw

C. left

D. exposed



55.A. friendship

B. goodness

C. competition

D. misunderstanding





四、阅读理解（30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Former National Football League player and children’s author Tim Green has added another book to his list of accomplishments: Unstoppable. The book tells the story of a 12-year –old boy named Harrison, who survives life in a cruel foster home before he finally finds a loving family. Once he settles in and realizes his natural football ability, tragedy strikes again and he loses his leg to a deadly bone cancer. Unstoppable follows Harrison’s incredible journey as he faces many challenges in his life.

Tim Green says he decided to write a novel about a kid facing cancer after watching how his wife fought to survive her own illness. “Her mental and physical toughness were more heroic to me than anything I’d ever seen in the national sports leagues,” Green told TFK Kid Reporter Zachary J. Lewis.

After watching his wife’s battle, Green said, he knew he needed to write about a person who struggled through a serious illness. But because the targe