湖南省益阳市箴言中学2014-2015学年高二上学期1月月考试题 英语

本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读和书面表达。时量120分钟。满分150分。

Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

Section A （22.5 marks）

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Policeman and witness.

2. What caused the fire?

A. The rubbish. B. The curtains. C. The lamp.

Conversation 2

What does the man want to do?

A. Get high-speed Internet. B. Open an online shop.

C. Have his computer checked.

4. When does the man fix for the appointment?

A. At 3:00 pm on Friday. B. At 11:00 am on Saturday.

C. At 3:00 pm on Saturday.

Conversation 3

Where will the two speakers go?

A. Bath. B. Wells. C. Stratford.

6. How will the two speakers go there?

A. By train. B. By bus. C. By car.

Conversation 4

How long has Michael Wilson been cooking?

A. Since he was twenty years old. B. For about twenty years.

C. Since he was a kid.

8. What kind of food is popular in Northern Europe?

A. Rice. B. Beef. C. Chicken.

9. What does Michael Wilson probably use in his dishes?

A. Fancy sauces. B. Expensive spices. C. Local fruits and vegetables.

Conversation 5

10. Why does the man need a book?

A. To kill time on the plane. B. To learn more about China.

C. To read it when he is in China.

11. What will the woman do?

A. Get the book for the man. B. Tell the man some good books.

C. Tell the man how to get the book.

12. When will the man leave for China?

A. On August 14th. B. On August 15th. C. On August 16th.

Section B（7.5 marks）

Directions: In this section, you will hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the mini-talk TWICE.

Weather report for 16__________



Most places

Dry with a good deal of 17



 18 coast

A bit foggy



Northwest

Cloudy with some heavy showers



Southern half

 Rainy in 19 _______



Southwest

The temperatures will reach 26 ℃



Northern half

Dry and be quite 20





Part II Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. --- The Chinese government is trying to protect the giant panda.

--- I know. By 2020, they _________ about 69,500 square miles of land to the country’s nature

reserve system.

A. add B. are adding C. will add D. will have added

22. I tried all I could do ______ the topic at the meeting, but failed.

A. avoid mentioning B. to avoid mentioning

C. avoiding to mention D. avoiding mentioning

23. Everyone queued up before the booking office in silence, having nothing to do but _________.

A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. waited

24. Don’t take up other people’s personal space, ______ will bring much inconvenience to them.

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

25. —Yao Yuan,a disabled woman,won the National Championships Cup last week.

—My goodness! She _______a lot of difficulties!

A. may go through B. might go through

C. must have gone through D. ought to have gone through

26. Not until the teenager left his hometown ________ how much he loved it.

A. did he know B. he knew C. had he known D. he had known

27. ____________ with the efforts that the students made, all the teachers nodded and smiled.

A. Satisfying B. Having satisfied C. Satisfied D. To be satisfied

28. --- Why didn’t you tell me the news of the meeting?

--- I knew nothing about it, or I _______ you.

A. would tell B. had told C. told D. would have told

Every thing on the news _____ a whole new meaning when you have a personal connection

with the people.

A. takes up B. takes on C. takes away D. takes off

30. We __________ back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map.

A. are B. were C. will be D. would be

31. All the things _________ must be done well．

A．worth to do B．worthy of being done C．worthy doing D．worth of doing

Regardless of the sign ____“stop”, he intended to drive ahead but was prevented by a

policeman.

A. telling B. going C. writing D. saying

33. --- When it comes to __________with naughty kids, Sarah knows various skills.

--- Do you know she is on the way to _________ a kindergarten teacher?

A. dealing; becoming B. deal; become C. dealing; become D. deal; becoming

We are all able to live a green life. For instance, we can get something repaired ____buy a

new one.

A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than

35. It rained heavily in the south, ______ serious flooding in several provinces.

A. caused B. having caused C. causing D. to cause

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

My friend had mentioned that her father had a lot of children’s toys that he was looking to give away. She knew I had a three-year-old daughter so she thought of me first. I told her I would 36 it if I could get some nice things for my daughter, which I wouldn’t otherwise have been able

to 37 .

When I met her father, he began to explain that he was 38 once too and that he would hate to 39 things that could be very 40 . At first, he thought of taking everything to the Salvation Army but then he 41 to see if anyone he knew could use them first.

When he was 42 me around, I saw a bed, a slide(滑板)，a kitchen set and many other things that made me surprised. As my eyes were wide and beginning to tear up a bit, he told me not to feel guilty. He said I was 43 him by getting rid of them.

As I was looking around, I did feel guilty, but I tried to remain more grateful than guilty because he told me to. Every time I tried to 44 him for giving my daughter all these 45 things, he would thank me right back and was grateful that these toys would be put to good use.

So, sometimes when we are helped by others, the others that helped us are helped as a side –effect. In the 46 of charity , it makes sense to feel grateful, but guilt is just as normal, I know we could have lived without a slide, which is why I do feel guilty, but I am grateful all the same because my daughter 47 enjoys all these nice things!

36. A. wear B. repair C. appreciate D. check

37. A. believe B. afford C. see D. spare

38. A. handsome B. young C. poor D. healthy

39. A. throw away B. hand out C. add up D. pick out

40. A. suitable B. expensive C. useful D. dangerous

41. A. continued B. forgot C. had D. decided

42. A. driving B. showing C. turning D. sending

43. A. helping B. saving C. troubling D. guiding

44. A. praise B. move C. call D. thank

45. A. wonderful B. cheap C. strange D. foreign

46. A. habit B. end C. eyes D. corners

47. A. sadly B. hardly C. secretly D. really

Section C (12 marks)

Directions:Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

With the widespread use of the computer, many middle school and primary school students can type very fast.48 ____, their handwriting is becoming worse 49 ____ before. Wrongly written characters and untidy writing are the common problems. The biggest problem is 50 they don’t think it is necessary to practice handwriting any more since typing can take the place of 51 . To me, I always prefer handwriting 52 ______ typing. I think handwriting is 53 ______ better way to express my feeling. 54 ____, Chinese characters are the important part of Chinese culture and typing can never take the place of it. Therefore as a Chinese, we should 55 stop practicing writing them to avoid the wrongly written character and the untidy writing.

Part III Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened