柳城高级中学2014届高三上学期第二次月考（期中）

英语试题

试卷满分120分 考试时间100分钟

第一部分：听力略。

第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分）

第一节：单项选择（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。

21. There is no doubt _______international cooperation is the key to dealing with cyber crime.

A. then B. that C. wheather D. this

22. As is known to all, China _______the group of developing countries.

A. belonging to B. was belonged to C. belongs to D.is belonged to

23.The visitors saw rows of houses the roofs _______are red.

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

24. Is this museum _______some German friends visited the day before yesterday?

A. which B. that C. where D. the one

25. The police ________him to see if he had a gun.

A.searched B. searched for C. in search of D. looked for

26.We tried to _________his doubts and let him tell the truth.

A. replace B. remove C. review D. rebuild

27. The students competed _____the honor of winning _____each other _____the school sports meet.

A.in ;with;against B.against;for;at C.for;against;in D. about;in;with

28. It was lucky for him to be admitted _______the university he had longed for.

　　A. as B. with C.for D. to

29. We had to _______the engine piece by piece for transport.

A. take up B. take out C.take off D. take apart

30. It is said that a new robot _______by him in a few days.

A.will be designed B. has been designed

C. designed D. will have been designed

31.----What can I do for you,sir?

----I”d like to see the manager ________of sales department.

A. in the charge B. in charge C. is in charge D. under charge

32. I bought a dress for only 10 dollars in a sale;it was a real _________.

A. exchange B. trade C. bargain D. business

33 .How do you _______it and what should you ________it?

A. deal with;do with B. deal with;deal with

C. do with;do with D. do with;deal with

34. Do you know the thief_______by the police.

A. catching B.having caught C caught D.will be caught

35.________the money shortage, many small companies closed down.

A.As a result from B.As a result C. Resulted in D.As a result of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to 36 it well. He often receives the customers 37 and people like to buy 38 in his shop.

It was a cold day and 39 people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness . But he tried to persuade him to buy a watch in his shop.

“You’d better buy a watch for 43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

“But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

“The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer say, “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

“But you don’t know when to go to work.”

“That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”

“When do you _51_ your office, then?”

“There’s a _52_ near it, its siren can tell me the right time.”

“How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

“I always put a stick by my bed”

“But a stick can’t tell you the time”

“You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

36. A. watch B. manage C. build D repair

37. A. coldly B. luckily C. simply D. warmly

38. A. something B. everything C nothing D. anything

39. A. many B. most C. plenty of D.few

40. A. work B. reading C. shopping D. fishing

41. A. neighbors B. friends C. classmates D. workmates

42. A. good at B. famous for C. proud of D. fond of

43. A. you B. me C. yourself D. myself

44. A. helpful B. helpless C. necessary D. important

45. A. always B. sometimes C. never D. often

46. A. get up B. go to bed C. go to work D. have breakfast

47. A. show B. turn on C. turn off D. sell out

48. A. easy B. possible C. different D. probable

49. A. cook B. wash C. tidy D. rest

50. A. finish B. enjoy C. keep D. start

51. A. clean B. leave C. go to D. find

52. A. railway station B. post office C. university D. factory

53. A. sit up B. wake up C. stand up D. get up

54. A. clever B. right C. wrong D. foolish

55. A. shout B. wonder C. laugh D. request

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。　　

A

I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is a good person?

At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about thirty—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.

So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up some toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”

And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”

And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.

What do you think happened?

After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face radiant . “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”

I think I have got the answer to the question.

56. From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.

A. begging is looked down upon

B. begging is considered as a normal part of life

C. visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly

D. few people are living a poor life

57. The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.

A. got pleasure by helping the little beggar

B. wanted to please his father

C. began to like the little beggar

D. wanted to be the little beggar’s friend

58. According to the writer, being a good person means ________.

A. having the courage to correct his/her mistakes

B. being friendly to beggars

C. being ready to give

D. being able to teach children to tell right from wrong

B

The National Dark-Sky Week (NDSW) is a week during which people all over the United States turn off their lights to enjoy the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This even was started by Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia in 2003, and it is becoming more popular each year. It has been supported by the International Dark-Sky Association, the American Astronomical Society, and the Astronomical League.

This even always occurs in April, during the week of the new moon so that the sky can be as dark as possible for the best viewing conditions.

“It is my wish that people could see the night sky without other light in the sky as our ancestors saw it hundreds of years ago,” explains Barlow.

Since it only lasts a week and not everyone in the country will take part in it, how will the National Dark-Sky Week reduce light pollution? The main goal of NDSW is to increase awareness of the harmful effects of light pollution. It is not possible for all of the light pollution in this part of the world to disappear. However, it is possible to make a small difference in the quality of the night sky. Another goal of this even is to promote the use of better lighting systems that direct light toward the ground instead of up into the sky.

Jennifer Barlow states, “The night sky is a gift of such beauty that it should not be polluted by wasted light. In this way, our children will not lose touch with the wonder of our universe.”

59. This passage is mainly about ______________.

A. better lighting systems B. the National Dark-Sky Week

C. the harm of light pollution D. the beauty of the night sky

60. Which of the following statements about the National Dark-Sky Week is WRONG?

A. It is becoming more and more popular in America.

B. The event was started in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow.

C. The event takes place in the first week of every April.

D. American people are supposed to turn off their lights during that week.

61. What is Jennifer Barlow’s wish?

A. That people could spend time enjoying the beauty of the sky every night.

B. That the sky would always be as dark as possible.

C. That people could see the night sky without light pollution as our ancestors did.

D. That light would be directed up into the sky.

62. We can infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 that ________.

A. many people in America hate this event

B. he event should last a month every year

C. it may be hard to reduce light pollution t

D. light will no longer pollute the sky soon

C

Most children now chat daily either online or through their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge number of other children all over