奉新一中2014届高三上学期第二次月考

英 语

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题；第小题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. Where does this conversation take place?

A. At a hospital. B. At a department store. C. At a restaurant.

2. How much is the food and drink?

A..$2.65. B. $2.75. C. $2.95.

3. What's the man doing?

A. Watching TV. B. Turning down the TV. C. Answering the phone.

4. According to the man, what does he like to do if possible?

A. To visit museums. B. To make a good plan. C. To visit the Modern Museum.

5. What news did the woman get from the man?

A. Sam will leave New York very soon.

B. Sam's sister will leave for Los Angeles very soon.

C. Sam' s sister will leave for New York very soon.

第二节

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，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒中；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7题。

6. Who could the man be?

A. A manager. B. A policeman. C. The woman's husband.

7. Where was the wallet found?

A. In the restroom. B. Under the table. C. On the table.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10三个小题。

8. What are the speakers talking about?

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

9. What' s the relationship between the two" speakers?

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

10. What do we know about the person mentioned by the 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11至13三个小题。

11. Why does the girl borrow money from her father?

A. To see a film. B. To watch a play. C. To go to a concert.

12. How much money does the girl need?

A. Eighteen dollars. B. Thirty-six dollars. C. Fifty-four dollars.

13. How many children want to go to the concert?

A.Three B.Four C.Five

听第9段材料，回答第14至17三个小题。

14. What are the two speakers' nationalities?

A. British and Chinese. B. Chinese and French. C. Chinese and American.

15. What problem was a newspaper article about?

A. The problem of rapid growth of cars in cities in America.

B. The problem of rapid growth of cities in America.

C. The problem of rapid growth of skyscrapers.

16.'Do Americans carry out a birth control policy?

A. Yes, they do. B. No, they don't. C. We can't know.

17. What attitudes do most Americans take towards having children?

A. Most Americans decide not to have any children.

B. Most Americans decide to have as many children as they can.

C. Most Americans decide to have only one or two children.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20三个小题。

18. Why does the speaker give the lecture?

A. To give some advice on the cycling tour.

B. To explain the advantages of the cycling tour.

C. To tell the listeners what to take for the cycling tour.

第二部分:单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. At ___________ recent sports science conference, hundreds of participants discussed ___________ benefit of barefoot walking.

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

22. ___________ the ability to speak, so he had to communicate with his friends and family by using sign language.

A. As he lost B. His being lost C. Having lost D. He lost

23. __________ our team seems to lack at the moment is the determination to win the match．

A．That B．What C．Whether D．If

24. —Jenny has failed to seek advice from Professor Li on the problem again．

—What a shame! If only she __________ before he went abroad on business．

A．arrived B．had arrived C．should have arrived D．could have arrived

25.—Roderick had an accident yesterday.

—How come? He ___________ very carefully.

A．drove B．drives C．had driven D．has driven

26.— I heard the voices, but couldn’t __________ what they were saying.

— Why not go over? It won’t do you any harm.

A. leave out B. bring out C. hold out D. make out

27.— How do you know so much about what’s going on in the countryside?

— I’ve got a friend there who keeps me __________ .

A. informing B. to be informed C. informed D. being informed

28. Is English Literature a（n）___________ course, or does everyone have to learn it?

A．potential B．typical C．optional D．critical

29. My history teacher never buys books from online shops, and ___________ .

A. neither doesn’t his wife B. his wife doesn’t either C. his wife does too D. so does his wife

30. The moment I saw him, his name simply ___________ me, and I stood there not knowing how to address him.

A. choked B. escaped C. failed D. confused

31. More and more talented young people are attracted to the famous university, ___________ they expect to develop themselves in many ways.

A．when B．which C．why D．where

32. An ipad 2，___________ to be most useful and fashionable，is very popular with some teenagers．

A．considered B．considering C．consider D．to be considered

33. Most men don’t cry __________ , but they sometimes cry when they are alone.

A. in public B. on purpose C. by accident D. in peace

34. Online information helps you a lot with house-hunting, but you can’t really tell if you’ll like a place __________ you see it．

A．where B．since C．when D．until

35. — Her brother is said to be very bright.

— __________ She wouldn’t accept his help even if he offered it.

A．No wonder. B. So what? C. No doubt. D. What for?

第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

“Hi! How are you? ” A woman smiled as she took the seat beside me. She had to lower herself slowly, squeezing her fat body into the seat, 36 all available space. I 37 a little towards the window, feeling worried silently about the long hours of 38 I was going to experience with this monster（巨物）beside me.

She said, “My name is Laura. I’m from Britain. If we’re going to spend six hours side by side on this 39 , we’d better be friends. ” Then she started a conversation with me and didn’t 40 my unfriendly reactions. She talked 41 about herself and her trip to Hong Kong.

I gave her one-word answers to her questions about me. Not affected by my 42 , she nodded as she made 43 about my answers. She was warm and considerate, 44 that I had room to stretch in my seat.

I couldn’t help but let down my 45 slowly. Laura was an interesting conversationalist. During our conversation, Laura 46 to make every crew member on the plane who 47 us walk away laughing at her jokes.

I asked Laura, “Have you ever 48 losing some weight? ”“No. I don’t trust the advertisements from slimming centers at all. ”“You aren’t worried about the diseases that come with being 49 ? ”“Not at all. You only 50 the diseases if you’re worried about your weight all the time. I eat 51 and walk regularly; I’m

this size 52 I was born to be big! There is more to life than worrying about weight all day long. ” She drank her wine. “Besides, God gave me so much happiness that I need a 53 body to hold all of it! Why would I lose weight to lose my happiness? ”

54 by her unusual reasoning, I smiled. I suddenly 55 that Laura was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my life.

36. A. filling B. making C. finding D. clearing

37. A. walked B. turned C. moved D. backed

38. A. noise B. pain C. silence D. discomfort

39. A. bus B. train C. flight D. ship

40. A. look into B. take notice of C. look for D. take control of

41. A. excitedly B. nervously C. angrily D. sadly

42. A. doubt B. disappointment C. coldness D. dissatisfaction

43. A. notes B. comments C. Predictions D. conclusions

44. A. finding out B. believing in C. making sure D. feeling like

45. A. attention B. attitude C. idea D. guard

46. A. managed B. pretended C. forgot D. failed

47. A. charged B. served C. treated D. warned

48. A. suffered from B. cared about C. benefited from D. thought about

49. A. overweight B. critical C. embarrassed D. anxious

50. A. prevent B. get C. understand D. remove

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分， 满分40分)

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Most children of her age would struggle to sit through an opera. But at just seven years old, Alma Deutscher has already composed her own．

The talented youngster has become a classical music sensation after her first major composition was highly commended by the English National Opera. And not only is Alma an accomplished composer, she is also a skilled violinist and pianist．

Alma wrote her own sonata （奏呜曲） at the age of six, followed by her opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, this year. She said: "The music comes to me when I'm relaxing. I go and sit down on a seat or lie down. I like thinking about fairies a lot, and princesses, and beautiful dresses.” She added that her best compositions are created when she is on the swing in the garden at her home in Dorking, Surrey, but she keeps a tape recorder by her bed for when inspiration strikes．The idea for The Sweeper of Dreams - which narrowly missed out on a place in the final of an English National Opera contest for adult composers - came in a dream．

Alma's father Guy, an Israeli-born linguist and amateur flautist（长笛演奏者）, said he realized his daughter had a connection with music when she was a baby. She was given her first violin for her third birthday and in less than a year she was playing Handel sonatas．In addition to weekly piano and violin lessons, she is taught at home, and practices and composes for between four and five hours a day. But her parents refuse to let her take part in competitions or music exams, and have turned down invitations to appear on television shows．Mr．Deutscher added: "She works hard but she has a very happy childhood and we are absolutely determined to protect this.”

"I don't mind if I am famous or not, I just want to be good:' she add