南昌市第二中学2013-2014学年高三上学期第一次月考

英 语

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。满分为150 分。考试用时120 分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（共 115 分）

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. What kind of dessert did the man order?

A. Ice cream. B. Chocolate cake. C. Apple pie.

2. Where is the woman going?

A. To the movies. B. To the library. C. To the class.

3. What can we learn from this conversation?

A. The woman doesn’t get along well with the man.

B. The woman doesn’t get along well with her roommate.

C. The man will talk with the woman’s roommate.

4. What does the woman want to do?

A. See a film with the man. B. Offer the man some help.

C. Listen to some great music.

5. When is the library open on weekdays?

A. Twenty-four hours a day. B. From noon until 6:00 p.m.

C. From 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.

第二节 (共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. When was the camp held?

A. On Saturday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday.

7. What’re the two speakers going to do?

A. Go to the hospital. B. Deliver a thank-you card. C. Have a barbecue.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。

8. Why has the man frequently been traveling?

A. Traveling is his hobby. B. To take photos. C. To tour around the world.

9. What is the man going to do next?

A. Travel together with the woman. B. Play the violin for the woman.

C. Show his pictures to the woman.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。

10. What is the coast in the man’s country made up of?

A. Only sandy beaches. B. Cliffs and sandy beaches. C. Rocks and sandy beaches.

11. What can we learn about the man’s country?

A. The hills rise to a height of a few thousand meters.

B. It is well known for being flat.

C. There are many lakes and rivers.

12. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the conversation?

A. The coast in the woman’s country is very varied.

B. There are waterfalls in the mountains in the woman’s country.

C. The land in the man’s country rises and falls only one hundred meters.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。

13. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Their parents. B. Their changes. C. Their relatives.

14. What does the man say about Aunt Gertrude?

A. She is looking so old. B. She is so thin now. C. She has long hair.

15. What does Cousin Emily wear?

A. An orange dress. B. A yellow dress. C. A white dress.

16. Where does Aunt Jean live now?

A. In Boston. B. In Chicago. C. In Atlantic City.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。

17. What was Midori’s mother?

A. A housewife. B. A musician. C. A singer.

18. Why wasn’t Midori allowed to touch her mother’s violin at the age of two?

A. The violin was too expensive.

B. She was too young to play the violin.

C. The violin was too heavy for her.

19. What did Johnston ask Midori to do?

A. Apply for a scholarship.

B. Go to New York City.

C. Have her performance taped.

20. When did Midori move to the United States?

A. In 1928. B. In 1982. C. In 1980.

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）

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。

21. The thief took off his shoes when he slipped into the house in order to steal something ___.

A. unnotice B. unnoticed C. unnoticing D. to unnotice

Once we discover a mistake, we should not _____ it but correct it immediately, to create

better conditions for economic development.

A. ignore B. postpone C. deny D. sheltered

23. It’s said that there are plenty of hotels in that town. There _____ be any difficulty for you to find one to stay in.

??? A. mustn’t?? ? ??????????? ?B. oughtn’t????? C.?needn’t ?????????? ? D. shouldn’t?

24. I know one of the things _____I was unsure about was _____ hard it would be to climb this mountain.

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

25. In dealing with public relations, we should make every effort to prevent the _____ in personality.

A. contact B. contrast C. conflict D. connection

26. --- Is Tom still smoking?

--- No. By next Saturday he _____ for a whole month without smoking a single cigarette.

A. will go????? ?????? ?? B. will have gone? C. goes???????? D. has been going

27. When I was younger, I’d often go for _____ drive with some friends, purely for _____ enjoyment of it.

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

28. We have been looking at houses, but haven’t found _____ we like yet.

A. one B. ones C. them D. it

29. The boy talked his mother _____ buying him a home computer.

A. of B. over C. to D. into

30. --- Have you heard that Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last year?

--- _____. He has made a positive contribution to that field.

A. Congratulations B. You must be joking C. He deserves it D. By no means

31. Please remember to _____ a stamp _____ your envelope before you post it to your friend.

A. attach; to B. fasten; to C. tie; to D. stick; by

32. I don’t understand how he can say that everything is fine _____ it’s so obvious that it’s not.

A. unless B. in case C. so that D. when

33.The government must be very _____ about setting policies and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one.

A. particular B. concerned C. cautious D. certain

34. John is very lazy. He falls ______ behind among the students.

A. very B. still C. more D. far

35. It was not until he saw his mom _________.

A. did the little child stop crying B. that the little child stopped crying

C. the little child stopped crying D. when the little child stopped crying

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _36_, it was the same score.

Later that evening, I _37_ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our _38_ much better than an IQ test. We _39_ that Michael’s score must have been a _40_ and we should treat him _41_ as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _42_ grades in the school, especially _43_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

Michael _44_ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _45_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I _46_ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the _47_ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say _48_, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the _49_ we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then _50_ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _51_ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _52_.

Children often do as _53_ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, _54_ of them. That is, tell a child he is“ _55_”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

36．A. joy B. surprise C. disappointment D. dislike

37．A. hopefully B. fearfully C. cheerfully D. tearfully

38．A. student B. son C. friend D. doctor

39．A. decided B. realized C. argued D. understood

40．A. joke B. mistake C. warning D. wonder

41．A. specially B. naturally C. strictly D. carefully

42．A. poor B. average C. good D. standard

43．A. in B. about C. of D. for

44．A. visited B. chose C. passed D. entered

45．A. allowed B. described C. required D. offered

46．A. missed B. held C. delayed D. attended

47．A. high B. same C. different D. low

48．A. curiously B. eagerly C. jokingly D. calmly

49．A. faith B. interest C. pride D. delight

50．A. looked for B. asked for C. waited for D. prepared for

51．A. received B. accepted C. organized D. discussed

52．A. imperfect B. uncertain C. impossible D. unsatisfactory

53．A. honestly B. well C. much D. bravely

54．A. expect B. learn C. hear D. speak

55．A. wise B. rude C. shy D. stupid

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As Amy Paul choked(哽住) on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in infancy---Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple’s 14-year-old son was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound,” Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul’s husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an a