2014—2015（上）金堂中学高2016届10月月考试题英语

命题人：李源 审题人：林维萍

(时间：120分钟 总分：150分)

注意事项：

1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。

2．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座位号、考籍号填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。

3．选择题务必用2B铅笔将答案按要求填涂在答题卡上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答案不能答在试卷上。

4．非选择题答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能超出范围；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

Ⅰ卷 选择题（共90分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节　单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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. The cakes are delicious, he’d like to have _____ third one because _____ second one is rather too small.

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

2. One of our rules is that every student _____ wear the school uniform while at school.

A. might B. could C. shall D. will

3. The news spread quickly through the village _____ the war had ended, _____ made villagers wild with joy.

A. which; that B. that; what C. that; which D. where; which

4. Only when you leave school _____ how much you love it.

A. you will find B. will you find C. you find D. did you find

5. I am quite _____ the plan that we go out and enjoy ourselves on Sunday.

A. in honor of B. in terms of C. in view of D. in favor of

6. --- Excuse me Sir, where is Room 301?

--- Just a minute. I’ll have Bob _____ you to your room.

A. show B. shows C. to show D. showing

7. --- Tom, can you answer my question?

--- Er, I’m very sorry, Miss Evens. I _____ about something else.

A. have thought B. was thinking C. will think D. had thought

8. Nowadays many housewives prefer to go to supermarkets for their shopping, because they provide a large _____ of goods.

A variation B. various C. varied D. variety

9. There’s a note pinned to the door _____ when the shop will open again.

A. saying B. says C. said D. having said

10. --- I’ve decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in Australia.

--- Oh, _____!

A. if only I could go with you B. how clever you are

C. what a pity D. I’m glad to hear that

第二节 完形填空 （共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-30各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 11 it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the 12 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 13 with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to 14 if there was any sign of it on our end.

The 15 always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 16 . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids and 17 . Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much 18 for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.

By Christmas Eve we finally had to 19 the fact that the package was 20 lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 21 and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big family Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the 22__ package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 23 the door, a man was standing there.

“I 24 this is yours,” he said, holding a package. Just then I 25 that it had been delivered to the wrong address. I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “ 26 I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 27 stranger for taking so much trouble to 28 this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 29 thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.

The real gift of that holiday season was the new 30 to my sister who lives far away from us. It seemed that my sister was just by my side now.

11. A. booked B. decorated C. mailed D. listed

12. A. appointment B. holiday C. deadline D. party

13. A. year B. month C. week D. morning

14. A. find out B. take out C. figure out D. pick out

15. A. complaint B. discussion C. conversation D. quarrel

16. A. kidding B. arguing C. chatting D. scolding

17. A. gifts B. husbands C. secrets D. clothing

18. A. food B. money C. achievement D. time

19. A. accept B. ignore C. consider D. study

20. A. nearly B. suddenly C. mostly D. simply

21. A. restaurant B. house C. office D. class

22. A. terrible B. missing C. big D. outstanding

23. A. opened B. locked C. left D. watched

24. A. understand B. forget C. know D. believe

25. A. expected B. dreamed C. realized D. remembered

26. A. because B. but C. or D. so

27. A. generous B. honest C. polite D. kind

28. A. show B. present C. return D. offer

29. A. silently B. carefully C. gently D. actually

30. A. distance B. guide C. recognition D. closeness

第二部分 阅读理解 （共25小题，满分50分）

第一节 （共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Growing up, I wanted the best education in the area I really wanted to achieve in my life. Life can teach you things that no one else can. Luckily for you, school is in session and I’ll be your teacher. Pay attention and you might make it through what I call the school of life.

Use your head

You’ve to have smarts to survive in this world. Anytime you need to make a move, stop and think. Obviously there’ll be times when you need to take action first, but if you’ve been taking the time to plan, you’ll always make the right decision.

Finish the job

In my team, you finish the job or we finish you. Your focus should be on building a foundation of solid and complete work. Figure out a list of what you have to do and start with the biggest and most difficult task. The key here is focus.

Respect your superiors

Your boss is in his position for a reason, despite what you might think of him. If he’s not the best one, be patient --- he’ll be out there soon. In the meanwhile, you have to respect him as your superior. That means following orders and biting your tongue. If you don’t respect your boss, how do you expect the people under you to do?

Keep your cool

You should never let your emotions control you. You should learn to keep calm. Never lose your cool when dealing with business or it will ruin the whole thing.

The school of life can be hard, but if you’re smart and play your cards right, you can come out with an A+. Just treat every situation as a learning experience.

31. From the passage we can infer that the author is probably _____.

A. a school teacher B. a young student

C. an experienced manager D. an actor in the school

32. It can be learnt from the passage that _____.

A. you will win your life if you fail to make your plan

B. the focus isn’t important to the job you’re engaged in

C. you should respect the boss even if he isn’t the best one

D. keeping your cool will ruin the whole thing

33. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. The hard school of life B. Learning from the school of life

C. All of your favorite education D. Hoping for a chance to succeed

B

Japan’s youth are losing interest in science and as a result, threatening the nation’s industrial progress. According to Japan Science and Technology Agency, young Japanese are surrounded by high-tech devices (设备), but are not interested in how they work.

Japanese businesses have succeeded partly because they’ve a great many engineers. A drop in interest could lead to a decline in their numbers and quality. “In the past, the young had a big interest in science and technology,” said Hirano, director of the agency’s policy department.

There are two main reasons for the problem. The first is known as “black box syndrome(综合症)” of modern technology.

Electronic devices depend on tiny silicon chips, which can only be made in big factories, whose working can’t be seen by the eyes. The devices, unlike machines of the past driven by gears and wheels, are simply boxes.

Young Japanese, brought up on video games and at home with computers, enjoy using modern technology, but this is a passive interest and different from the curiosity about how things work. “You need an active interest to get interested in science. This is declining in the young,” said Hirano.

About two-thirds of Japanese in their 20s use PCs, twice the number of those in their 50s. But only 40% of those in their 20s say they are interested in news about science and technology, compared to 60% of the 50 to 60 year olds.

“Another reason for it is that life in modern Japan is too comfortable,” he said. “A wealthy society reduces people’s desire to modernize and develop their country. To a degree, you can’t avoid this when the fruits of science and technology are fully developed.” Similarly, science in Europe and the US has also suffered a lack of interest.

34. Japanese youth’s interest in science is dropping probably because _____.

A. scientists don’t make much money in Japan

B. there are too many scientists in Japan already

C. science is more difficult for young people to learn

D. they’re not curious about how high-tech devices work

35. The underlined word “their” (in paragraph 2) refers to _____.

A. Japanese businesses’ B. Japanese e