烟台开发区高级中学

2014届高三第二次月考

英语试题

命题时间：2013年12月19日

第I卷（共100分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

从每题所给的A、B、C和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。

1. As some experts say, shopping by television will never take ____ place of shopping in stores, because many people find shopping at a store is _____ great joy.

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

2. Among the performers in the circus were some boys, _____ the youngest was only seven.

A. of whom B. which C. that D. of those

3. After driving for an hour, Mr. Zhang finally arrived at the theme park, only _____ no parking space left.

A. finding B. found C. to find D. find

4. Helen, I can’t make the decision for you about which dress to buy. You will have to use your _____.

A. argument B. judgment C. experiment D. announcement

5. I _____ for a lecture this afternoon, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to meet you at the airport.

A. have prepared B. will have prepared

C. have been preparing D. will be preparing

6. --- Is Jack on duty today?

--- It _____ be him; it’s his turn tomorrow.

A. mustn’t B. won’t C. can’t D. needn’t

7. ______ by a pile of papers, Jack felt as if he would never finish doing all of them.

A. Surrounding B. Surrounded C. To be surrounded D. Having surrounded

8. We _____ along, when all of a sudden a car pulled straight out in front of us.

A. had driven B. drove C. are driving D. were driving

9. It’s up to you to decide. It doesn’t make any difference to me _____ you go or stay.

A. whether B. when C. how D. that

10. ----- You used to study French, didn’t you?

----- No. I just _____ some words when I was in France on business.

A. picked up B. took up C. put up D. added up

11. Every year, millions of people visit Shanghai, and many of _____ are foreigners.

A. that B. what C. them D. whom

12. To the boss’s disappointment, his work is _____ satisfactory.

A. far away B. far from C. out of D. free from

13. It is I _____ my parents who _____ to blame for the accident.

A. other than; are B. rather than; am

C. better than; am D. more than; are

14. Many experts hold the view _____ teachers’ development is _____ the key to better education lies.

A. which; where B. which; which C. that; where D. that; in which

15. ----- Why weren’t you at the meeting yesterday?

----- I _____ for a long-distance call from my aunt in America then.

A. waited B. was waiting

C. had been waiting D. had waited

16. ----- Oh, how depressing! I am bound to lose to him in tomorrow’s competition.

----- Cheer up! In fact, he is _____ than you.

A. not more nervous B. no more nervous

C. no less nervous D. a little less nervous

17. With most of the problems _____, I felt a great weight taken off my mind.

A. to solve B. solved C. solving D. being solved

18. I wonder why Ann didn’t get _____ the job. She is the right person for it.

A. to be offered B. to offer C. offering D. offered

19. We hope the measures to control house prices, _____ are taken by the government, will succeed.

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

20. ----- Can you understand what I said?

----- Sorry, _____. Can you repeat it?

A. that’s all right B. I managed somehow

C. that’s a good point D. I didn’t get it

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）www.sdzxlm.com

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－35各题所给的A,B,C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When my grandmother moved into a retirement community named Seventy Five State Street last December, I didn’t know quite what to expect. I imagined the place as a terrible nursing home where the residents would need ____21___ to go to the bathroom and where the staff was cruel. To prove my assumption ___22__, my aunt took me to see my grandmother.

The view of my grandmother’s room was beautiful. Her two rooms with a private bath were __23___ for someone in her 80s. The sofa and chairs were very comfortable. You could tell she ___24__ it.

After our ___25__, my grandmother brought up the idea of my ___26__ at the retirement community. It was __27___ to visit, but to spend hours talking to old people and hearing their long, boring stories of family and wars didn’t ___28__ me, especially since it would be during my summer vacation. However, it was still winter, and with my busy life, I put the __29__ in the back of my mind. But my grandmother was ___30__ about her idea. To my surprise, she talked to the director without my ___31__. Eventually, I was ___32__ to have a try.

After scheduling my first day, I became a little ___33__. I wasn’t sure if the residents would ___34__ me. When I finally went in for the beano (雇工宴席) on that summer afternoon, I was ___35__ by what I saw. Instead of a large beano hall crowded with ___36__ people, I found a warm, inviting center. I was immediately drawn into the nicely wallpapered, air-conditioned room.

Over the next two months, I ___37__ more than 100 hours at Seventy Five State Street doing the beano, social gatherings, picnics and talking to people one-on-one. ___38__, the experience turned out to be well worth my time and efforts.

It’s a(an) ___39__ feeling to walk down the halls of Seventy Five State Street and be stopped by a resident who doesn’t always know your name, ___40__ who knows you’re someone who cares.

21. A. time B. help C. permission D. guidance

22. A. reasonable B. good C. wrong D. honest

23. A. terrible B. possible C. necessary D. great

24. A. bought B. cleaned C. destroyed D. liked

25. A. walk B. ride C. visit D. report

26. A. staying B. volunteering C. studying D. arriving

27. A. hard B. nice C. strange D. useless

28. A. interest B. worry C. shock D. satisfy

29. A. story B. dream C. suggestion D goal

30. A. concerned B. careless C. angry D. excited

31. A. promise B. presence C. agreement D. preparation

32. A. told B. persuaded C. allowed D. invited

33. A. bored B. eager C. anxious D. upset

34. A. praise B. believe C. accept D. remember

35. A. surprised B. frightened C. cheated D. encouraged

36. A. famous B. common C. busy D. old

37. A. wasted B. saved C. waited D. spent

38. A. Unfortunately B. Certainly C. Hopefully D. Basically

39. A. horrible B. mixed C. awesome D. real

40. A. but B. and C. if D. unless

第三部分： 阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Sdzxlm.com

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Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big ambition — to play the drums in a band. But one big obstacle lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.

One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.

With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.

It wasn’t long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.

Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: “If those old people next – door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.”

41. Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?

A. Because she didn't want others to hear her play.

B. Because she didn't want to disturb others.

C. Because she didn't have a large house.

D. Because she liked to play in strange places.

42. Brenda started to give concerts _______.

A. after she practiced in her space bubble

B. when she became part of the unique space journey

C. after she became a real musical astronaut

D. when people came to see her in the space bubble

43. Brenda became famous because _______.

A. she made a space suit B. she became a real musical astronaut

C. she played drums in her space bubble D. she played drums in a band

44. Which of the following can be used to describe Brenda?

A. kind, hardworking and clever B. brave, kind and hardworking

C. lovely, brave and kind D. nervous, kind and clever

45. We can draw a conclusion from the passage that: “_______”.

A. He laughs best who laughs la