莆田第二十四中学2014-2015学年上学期高三英语月考（2）试卷

（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分）

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题；每小题l .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.Where does the conversation probably take place?

A .At the beach． B .On the plance. C.In the music hall.

2 .How is the man probably feeling now?

A .Tired. B．Sorry． C.Worried.

3. What is the probable relationship between the speaker?

A. C0-worker. B Neighbours. C. Classmates.

4. Who is going on a trip during the holiday?

A. The woman. B. The man. C. The kid.

5.What are the speakers going to do?

A．Visit Greece B .Draw pictures C Read a book.

第二节(共1 5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题．

6．When did this conversation take place?

A. At the beginning of the new term

B .During the summer vacation

C. In the last period of the term

7．Why did Tom come there?

A. To meet a new teacher. B. To say goodbye to Lily. C .To attend a history class.

8．How did Tom feel when he saw Lily?

A. Excited. B. Anxious． C .Surprised.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．Where might the speakers be?

A. At home. B. At the theatre . C. In the car．

10 .What music does the girl always favor?

A. Irish music. B. Jazz. C. Classic music.

11．When will they go to the concert together?

A. Every Friday． B .This Friday． C .Next Friday．

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12 .What is Mart?

A．An artist. B. A manager. C .A student

13. What is Matt to the girl?

A. Brother． B．Boyfriend. C .Boss.

14. How many people are there in the girl’s family at least?

A .3 . B .4 . C. 5.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where has Billy been?

A. The Forbidden City. B .The Great Wall. C. Hutongs.

16. What activity was most popular among boys?

A. Jump rope. B .Hide-and—seek. C. Soccer.

17. Why is it easy for visitors to get lost?

A. Hutongs are rare to westerners.

B. There are a lot Of twists and turns

C .There’re 3 or4 generations living together

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18 .How many countries were involved in the research?

A .45 . B. 81. C .94.

19. What do most online customers think of female models?

A .Healthy. B. Beautiful. C .Too thin.

20. In which country might people prefer skinny models?

A .New Zealand. B. Switzerland . C. China.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分40分)

单项填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

21. —What about Spring Festival evening party?

—I should say it was success.

A. a; a B. the; a C. a;不填 D. the; 不填

22. The brave soldier would prefer to _____ rather than ______ and in the end the enemy had to kill him.

A. dying, giving in B. die, to give in

C. dying, to giving in D. die, give in

23. I find these problems are easy _____

A. to be worked out B. to work them out

C. to work out D. to be worked them out

24．I thought him nice and honest ______I met her

A. first time B. for the first time

C. the first time D. by the first time

25．The famous reporter, who is said to have gone back to America last year, _____in China for almost twenty years．

A．lived B．was living C．has lived D．have been living

26．The number of deaths from heart disease will be reduced greatly if people_______ to eat more fruit and vegetables.

A. persuade B. will persuade C. be persuaded D. are persuaded

27．Some scientists believe that it won’t be long _______ robots are widely used in all walks of life．

A． since B． after C． before D． until

28．For quite a few students, their teacher’s advice is more important than ___ of their parents.

A. one B. that C. it D. any

29．This book is said to be a very special one, because it _______ many events not found in other history books.

A. covers B. writes C. prints D. reads

30．With many forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______ each year.

A. is washing away B. is being washed away

C. are washing away D. are being washed away

31．Cao Cao’s tomb is reported ______ in China, which attracts nationwide attention.

A. being found B. to be found

C. having been found D. to have been found

32．Only ____ as a translator _____ how important it is to understand foreign cultures.

A．when did I work; I realized B．when I worked; I realized

C．when did I work; did I realize D．when I worked; did I realize

33． Have you ever met with this case in your life 　　　 you can't understand others

even if they have said something several times？

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

34．We should think carefully about ______ Mr. Needham said at the meeting.

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

35．It was not until 1911, _______ the first vitamin was identified, _______ people realized the importance of it．

A． when; which B． when; that C． that; which D． that; that

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 36 water to the runners, I remember being so 37 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 38 up for the race.

That first 10,000m race was quite an 39 . I jogged（慢跑）, I walked, I jogged and I walked. 40 , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining(起决定性作用的) 41 .

At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt 42 because I was 15 years old, younger than him but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt 43 for a second.

But then I 44 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 45 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 46 was only to finish.

After a minute, it 47 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into 48 .

I 49 that I would not give up running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 50 and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my 51 .

In life we all have those moments when we 52 ourselves with others. It’s only 53 . Don’t allow those moments to 54 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 55 anything you want in life.

36. A. bring out B. pass out C. take out D. pick out

37. A. excited B. worried C. concerned D. anxious

38. A gave B. made C. signed D. dressed

39. A. achievement B. encouragement C. interest D. experience

40. A. At times B. In time C. In all D. After all

41. A. victory B. decision C. moment D. conclusion

42. A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. moved D. thrilled

43. A. relaxed B. defeated C. puzzled D. inspired

44. A. realized B. lost C. noticed D. remembered

45. A. necessary B. evident C. common D. different

46. A. motto B. plan C. goal D. direction

47. A. worried B. hit C. reached D. hurt

48. A. attraction B. devotion C. inspiration D. expectation

49. A. hoped B. promised C. decided D. suggested

50. A. slightly B. hardly C. clearly D. properly

51. A. excitement B. accomplishment C. movement D. judgement

52. A. introduce B. relate C. present D. compare

53. A. important B. natural C. strange D. ridiculous

54. A. weaken B. wound C. amuse D. cheer

55. A. reserve B. deliver C. achieve D. abandon

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，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a piece of advice, “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”

The husband agreed. So each of them tried to think of the things that annoyed them about the other and wrote down what they came up with. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes because he never thought that he had so many shortcomings.

The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. “Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.

Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her