第四次月考英语试题

英语试题卷满分120分。考试时间100分钟。

注意事项：

1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。

2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。

4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。

5.考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。

一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

例: A computer can only do________ you have instructed it to do.

A. how B. after C. what D. when

答案是C。

1. All of ________ sudden, a loud noise came from nowhere, making everybody hold still in ________ alarm.

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

2. —What do you say if we go to a skiing resort for the winter vacation?

—________. It’s up to you.

A. Sorry, I can’t B. Whatever you want

C. Forget it D. Don’t mention it

3. Would you please repeat what the man said? I ________.

A. won’t listen B. wasn’t listening

C. haven’t listened D. hadn’t listened

4. ________, I believe, and your English will improve soon.

A. So long as you try harder B. If you try harder

C. Trying harder D. Try harder

5. We have positive opinions on human rights, which is exactly________ they disagree on.

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

6. The most successful students are usually ________ who come to all the classes.

A. that B. those C. them D. one

7. Basically, we don’t need heaters in Chongqing, but it ________ be very cold in winter.

A. must B. will C. shall D. can

8. The teacher taught us to find a planet in the solar system in his last lesson, ________ everything through jokes.

A. having explained B. explained C. to explain D. explaining

9. It was because we went on separate ways ________ I felt relieved.

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

10. He is really nervous. He ________ back and forth all the night waiting for the results.

A. walked B. had walked C. has been walking D. walks

11. If he had not joined the army, he ________ alive now.

A. would be B. will be C. would have been D. is

12. The basketball match was held from December 5th to 30th, during ________ time as many as 27 teams competed for the championship.

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

13. —I really don’t know whether I should tell my father about the exam.

—Well, don’t speak until ________.

A. speaking B. spoken to C. spoken D. speaking to

14. —How are you getting along with Jack?

—________. He’s always asking questions.

A. I’ve had enough of him B. Very well

C. I have no complaint D. It depends

15. —Peter has quit teaching.

—I know. An impatient man like him ________ to be a teacher.

A. isn’t meant B. doesn’t mean C. means D. is meant

二、完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A

When I was 5, summers in my hometown were rather hot. There were no such things as air conditioners to help 16 the summer temperatures. A screen door allowed the occasional 17 to enter the house and also kept out 18 flies and other insects.

One day my mother scolded me for not 19 my lunch and I got mad. I wanted to play outside and not be 20 to finish eating. In my angry motion to 21 the screen door with my foot, I made a 12-inch hole in the corner of the screen door. But I had no 22 , for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.

Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have scolded him, and told him about how 23 this new screen door was. However, they never said a word. They 24 the corner of the screen door broken, creating an opening, a breach(裂缝) in the defense 25 unwanted insects.

For years, every time I saw the screen door, it would constantly remind myself of my mistake. I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and 26 who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking about the same thing, 27 blaming me.

My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that stern(严厉的) words perhaps could not 28 . It has helped me to become a more patient person.

16. A. calm B. cool C. comfort D. enjoy

17. A. wind B. sunshine C. guest D. rain

18. A. annoying B. disappointing C. interesting D. amazing

19. A. eating B. wasting C. finishing D. having

20. A. scolded B. watched C. punished D. made

21. A. destroy B. repair C. open D. play

22. A. intention B. plan C. regret D. pride

23. A. expensive B. fine C. rare D. fortunate

24. A. guaranteed B. considered C. had D. left

25. A. at B. against C. for D. among

26. A. notice B. understand C. remember D. wonder

27. A. cruelly B. severely C. silently D. publicly

28. A. happen B. recognize C. demand D. deliver

B

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. But that is not 29 .

The spelling of English has always been a 30 but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary. At that time, people could spell words in 31 ways which you might find interesting.

But it made reading English much more difficult. So dictionaries were 32 to encourage everybody to spell the same. 33 , an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the late Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of the important early work on dictionaries: Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray. These men spent nearly all of their lives trying to 34 words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn’t only a(n) 35 ; it was a wonderful journey of discovery.

29. A. true B. wrong C. reliable D. responsible

30. A. success B. problem C. failure D. task

31. A. united B. various C. interesting D. permitted

32. A. found B. exploited C. invented D. researched

33. A. At times B. At once C. In fact D. In all

34. A. collect B. discover C. write D. memorize

35. A. adventure B. dictionary C. job D. book

三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A

Carrying a passenger on a bicycle is an offence punishable by law. Everyone knows that but still some of us do it.

I had done it many times before until something happened to teach me never to do it again. It was not the police. Rather it was an unforgettable, and unpleasant, experience.

It happened one evening when my friend Segaran and I wanted to go and visit another friend who lived some distance away. I had a bicycle. Segaran did not. So, as usual, he sat side-saddle on the horizontal bar of the bicycle while I pedalled. We had done it many times before, so it should not be any problem.

Near my friend’s house, we got onto a gravel(碎石) path made slippery by the recent rain. Still we managed to move along, thoroughly enjoying the rough ride.

As we passed by a stream, I made the mistake of going too near the bank. The rain had softened the soil and it could not hold our combined weight. One moment we were going along merrily, the next we were tumbling head over heels into the stream.

Splash! Splash! Splash! We plunged into the river bicycle first, followed by Segaran, then me. Normally the stream is only a few centimetres deep with clear water. When we fell in, it was a metre deep with smelly black water. The water prevented us from getting badly injured but we also had to pay the price of swallowing some of it. It tasted horrible. Segaran got the worst of it for being sandwiched between the bicycle and me. Our pride was far more hurt.

We walked all the way home. I had to push the bicycle because its front wheel was bent out of shape. From that moment I promised never to carry anyone on a bicycle again.

36. ________ taught the author never to carry a passenger on a bicycle again.

A. The police B. The experience

C. Segaran D. The visited friend

37. Where did they land when they fell off the bike?

A. Into the dirty river B. Onto the friend’s house

C. Onto the gravel path D. Into the softened soil

38. The author felt hurt mainly because ________.

A. he swallowed some dirty water

B. he got badly injured in the water

C. he made Segaran sandwiched and hurt

D. he failed in a thing he had thought was easy

39. Where does the following paragraph go back into the passage?

We retrieved ourselves and the bicycle from the stream. We were both dirty and wet. Obviously we were in no condition to visit anyone. So we decided to go home.

A. Between Paragraph 3 and 4 B. Between Paragraph 5 and 6

C. Between Paragraph 6 and 7 D. After the last paragraph

B

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