株洲市二中2015年上学期高二第一次月考英 语 试 题

本试题卷分四个部分，共12页。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’ll hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter A, B or C on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1. What’s the weather probably like now?

A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.

2. What will the woman do this morning?

A. Go on a picnic. B. Do some reading. C. Watch a movie.

Conversation 2

3. How many children are there in the park?

A. 6. B. 10. C. 11.

4. What is the woman?

A. A kindergarten teacher. B. A parent. C. A policewoman.

Conversation 3

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Some movie they have seen.

B. Their favorite movies.

C. The most famous movie this month.

6. Where did the man see the movie Frozen?

A. At the cinema. B. On the computer. C. On TV.

Conversation 4

7. What is Jim doing now?

A. Learning Chinese.

B. Talking over the phone.

C. Searching for information.

8. What is the woman’s homework?

A. Comparing some athletes

B. Writing about a famous athlete

C. Writing about Chinese history

9. Who will the woman probably search more about?

A. Tiger woods. B. Phillips. C. Li Ning.

Conversation 5

10. What does the woman think of her former job?

A. It was too challenging. B. It was very relaxing. C. It didn’t pay well.

11. Why is Tony upset?

A. Because he isn’t satisfied with his job.

B. Because the woman is too busy with work.

C. Because the woman dislikes him.

12. What will the woman do tonight?

A. Go to a movie. B. Go to a birthday party. C. Write a work report.

Conversation 6

13. What was the woman doing?

A. Surfing the Internet. B. Watching TV. C. Looking after a dog.

14. Which of the following does the man want to do?

A. Stay in Las Vegas for a week.

B. Take a three-day tour to Las Vegas.

C. Stay in a three-star hotel in Las Vegas.

15. What does the woman offer to do?

A. Recommend a cheap hotel to the man.

B. Pay for the man’s travelling costs.

C. Lend some money to the man.

Section B (7.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with no more than three words.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

Title: 16.___________ tips

Take someone who has 17.___________ with us.

Learn about 18.___________ in the area.

Prepare enough 19.____________.

Remain calm. Don’t panic when someone is 20.___________ or injured.

Take a first aid kit, including some honey in it.





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 that best completes the sentence.

21. When ______ what the call was about, most of us always answer “ Nothing

really.”

A. ask B. asked C. asking D. to ask

22. Happiness and success often _____ to those who are good at recognizing their

Strengths and weaknesses .

A. came B. have come C. had come D. come

23. ______ moving forward at least a small step every day, or you will fall behind others.

A. Keep B. Keeping C. Kept D. To keep

24. There is no doubt that _______ a goal, one needs not only knowledge but also good personalities.

A. realized B. realizing C. to realize D. being realized

25. I _______ of writing a letter of complaint to the manager the whole morning. And I’d like to start it now.

A. think B. am thinking C. will think D. have been thinking

26. It______ we really lose something ______we eventually realize how important it means to us.

A. is until ; when B. is not until ; that

C. is not until ; when D. is until ; that

27. ---Why couldn’t you tell me how you felt about things?---That’s because I grew up in a family _________ we didn’t talk about feelings.? A. where???????? ? B. which???????? ? C. when?????????? D. Why

28. She came into the room happily with her elder brother ________ her.

A. follow B. followed C. to follow D. following

29. Spring has come, most flowers ________.

A. smell well B. smell sweet

C. are smelt good D. are smelling sweet

30. We ________ in the rainstorm on our way to Jimmy’s wedding, so we felt very sorry that we couldn’t share that moment of happiness.

A. are caught B. caught C. were caught D. would catch

31. Not only _______ the risk of heart attacks, but there are also other things it can

help with.

A. aspirin can reduce B. can aspirin reduce

C. is aspirin reduced D. can reduce aspirin

32. I have __________with my primary school teachers since graduation.

A. lost touch B. got in touch C. kept in touch D. been out touch

33. Upon opening up your medicine cupboard, you have the possibility _______ you will find aspirin and penicillin.

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

34. It is strongly recommended that we _________exercise after eating a lot.

A. couldn’t B. wouldn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t

35. _________ you may have, you should have determination to face the challenge.

A. However a serious problem B. What a serious problem

C. However serious a problem D. What serious a problem

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.

A man died and was on his way to another world, either the Heaven or the hell(地狱). He saw an extremely magnificent palace half way and the 　36　 of the palace asked him to stay and 　37　 in the palace.

The man said, “I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any 　38　.”

The owner of the palace said, “If so，there is 　39　 else better than here for you. There are a wealth of seafood and delicacies. In my palace you can eat whatever you want without anyone 　40　 you. Moreover, you can rest 　41　 that nothing needs to be done by you.” Then, the man settled down in the palace.

At the beginning, the man felt very 　42　 at the rotation of eating and sleeping. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely and void. So he went to the owner and 　43　, “It is 　44　 to live by just eating and sleeping every day. Now I show no interest in this kind of life any more. Could you help me find a job?”

The owner replied, “Sorry, there is no job here at all.”

After another several months, the man could not bear the present life and went to the owner again, “I really could not 　45　 this sort of life any more. If you do not offer me a job, I would prefer to go to the 　46　 instead of living here.”

The owner of the palace smiled contemptuously, “Do you think it is Heaven here? It is 　47　 the hell!”

36. A. god

B. owner

C. foreigner

D. guard



37. A. sleep

B. eat

C. live

D. drink



38. A. movement

B. hesitation

C. performance

D. work



39. A. anywhere

B. nowhere

C. everywhere

D. somewhere



40. A. stopping

B. visiting

C. keeping

D. avoiding



41. A. assured

B. convinced

C. reminded

D. informed



42. A. bored

B. initial

C. scared

D. happy



43. A. appreciated

B. motivated

C. complained

D. cried



44. A. pleasant

B. precious

C. boring

D. exciting



45. A. come up with

B. put up with

C. catch up with

D. end up with



46. A. palace

B. heaven

C. sky

D. hell



47. A. actually

B. immediately

C. directly

D. hardly





Section C (12 marks)

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

The air we breathe is freely available, without which we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, air is available 48.______ everyone, and everyone needs it.

Opportunity is in the same way; it is everywhere. It is 49.______ freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success, 50.______must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to get 51.______ opportunity, as if the opportunity will do all the work 52. ______ is impossible. Just 53.______ you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes 54.______ than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, though. You must make use of it. That's not up to the opportunity, that's up to you. It doesn't matter what “floor” the opportunity is on, 55.______ what matters is what you do with it.

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

When I was fourteen years old, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions to my hometown paper, the Houston Post. I was sent to some of the city's worst neighborhoods to try to sell subscriptions by showing the paper door-to-door. Even though I was often scrambling (moving with difficulty) around after dark in bad areas searching for tatty (简陋的) apartments, I was grateful for the work.

It was a challenge because people didn't like a stranger knocking on their door, especially a kid trying to get them to buy something. One time, a man slammed his door in my face and screamed, “I don't want the damn paper.” I forced myself to knock again and was able to tell him how great the paper was. I ended up selling him a subscription. I was