天津一中2015—2016学年度高三年级

第二次月考英语学科试卷

本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）、第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试用时120分钟。考生务必将答案涂写答题纸和答题卡的规定位置上，答在试卷上的无效。祝各位考生考试顺利!

第I卷（选择题，共115分）

第一部分：听力测试（共两节，满分20分）

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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，你将有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. Why can’t the woman help the man?

A. She is too busy at the moment.

B. She doesn’t know where the station is.

C. She just wants to play a trick on him.

2. Why didn’t the man take any pictures of the tower?

A. He ran to see a film B. He didn’t take his camera. C. There was no film left.

3. How long is the river?

A. About 2,500 miles. B. About 625 miles. C. About 835 miles.

4. What will the man do for the woman？

A. Renew two books at the library.

B. Return two books at the library.

C. Borrow two books at the museum.

5. What does the woman mean？

A. John has lost some weight. B. John is slightly overweight. C. John has stopped dieting.

第二节 （共10个小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并涂在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前, 你将有时间阅读各小题（每小题5秒钟）, 听完后, 你将有5秒钟时间回答各个小题。每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至8题。

6. Why was O. Henry put into prison?

A. He was thought to have stolen money from the bank.

B. He set fire to the house of his neighbor’s.

C. He was trying to kill a person who he hated.

7. What were O. Henry’s stories mostly about?

A. His experiences in the prison. B. His childhood and sufferings. C. New York and its poor people.

8. Which was true about O. Henry?

A. He was born in North California in 1862.

B. He received quite good schooling when he was young.

C. People like his short stories mainly because of the surprising endings.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至11题。

9. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To apply for a job in her company.

B. To get some information of a position in her company.

C. To recommend his daughter to the woman.

10. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the conversation?

A. Height. B. Weight. C. Home address.

11. What can we know about the man’s daughter?

A. She is over 30 years old.

B. She is able to get along with others.

C. She can speak three foreign languages.

听下面一段独白，回答第12至15题。

12. What does a vegetarian version of a hotdog contain?

A. Pork. B. Turkey. C. Tofu.

13. What kind of hotdogs do American people enjoy most?

A. Those containing mustard and onion. B. Those shaped like a tube. C. Those cooked over a fire.

14. Why is a hotdog also called frankfurter or frank?

A. The city of Frankfurt-am-Main is said to be its birthplace.

B. The people in Frankfurt-am-Main enjoy hotdogs most.

C. The butcher Frankfurt is said to have made the first hotdog.

15. How many cities claim that it created the food?

A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

16. — Oh, you sounded just like a native.

— ______. I still have trouble expressing myself.

A. Well, not quite B. I don’t care C. Yes, you’re right D. I’m glad you like it

17. A common memory they all have ______ their school days is the school uniform.

A. on B. of C. to D. with

18. The scientific awards, like the Nobel Prize in 2015, are equal to all, ______ the research findings are good enough.

A. so B. as long as C. although D. even though

19. Schools should be lively places where individuals are encouraged to ______ to their greatest potential.

A. cultivate B. accelerate C. expand D. develop

20. It is generally believed that Watson and Crick’s discovery about DNA was ____ beginning of _____ enormous advances in _____ field of genetics.

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

21. Every 40 minutes we will take a 20-minute break, ______ your guide will give a short talk on different aspect of the Great Wall.

A. during that B. and when C. which D. during which time

22. Languages across the world are becoming extinct ______ endangered mammals and four times endangered birds.

A. at twice the rate of B. as twice fast as C. twice faster as D. twice at rate of

23. Some schools, including us, will have to make ______ in agreement with the national soccer reform.

A. attachments B. adjustments C. comments D. achievements

24. When we first met Eliza, she had no manners, but said ______ her head, without thinking.

A. no matter what entered B. anything came into

C. whatever entered D. what there was came into

25. New York State has passed a law requiring that all legal contracts _____ in simple, understandable English.

A. be written B. written C. to be written D. write

26. An increased concentration of carbon dioxide and certain other gases in the Earth’s atmosphere ______ global warming.

A. contributing to B. contribute to C. contributes to D. to contribute to

27. Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students ______ what is bothering them.

A. to talk over B. talked about C. talk about D. having talked over

28. As a Chinese saying goes,?a mountain ______ be too high or an ocean too deep. Therefore, there is no end to our self-improvement.

A. shall never B. will ever C. can never D. must ever

29. It was not until the end of the trip ______ I realized what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in trouble.

A. as B. that C. where D. when

30. He must have sensed that I ______ him. He suddenly glanced at me and said quietly, “Why are you staring at me like that?”

A. would look at B. looked at C. was looking at D. am looking at

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31-50各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth-grade teacher took the time to __31__ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.

On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam __32__ me to allow him to buy his teacher a big red heart filled with delectable(美味的) chocolates. We __33__, and he bought her a small but respectably sized heart. On his small __34__, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his__35__.

Sam has not always loved teachers. Once he publicly admitted that he __36__ school, and he was __37__ with some class projects.

Last year, Sam’s most __38__ achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He __39__ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of __40__ while working his way through another pile of homework.

I must admit I was __41__ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a __42__ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to __43__ a boy who had learned to hate school?

As I observed this teacher’s __44__ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the __45__ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He, in return, rose to her expectations __46__.

Sam began to do his homework without numerous __47__ or a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less classwork. He __48__ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.

I still don’t know how much of this __49__is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth–grade teacher, and I think there is a magic in relationships that can __50__ children when nothing else will.

31.

A.

motive

B.

encourage

C.

push

D.

change



32.

A.

advised

B.

promised

C.

begged

D.

allowed



33.

A.

compromised

B.

agreed

C.

refused

D.

argued



34.

A.

size

B.

budget

C.

plan

D.

savings



35.

A.

instruction

B.

cleverness

C.

generosity

D.

bravery



36.

A.

liked

B.

hated

C.

attended

D.

finished



37.

A.

bored

B.

excited

C.

desperated

D.

worried



38.

A.

enjoyable

B.

favorable

C.

reasonable

D.

memorable



39.

A.

struggled

B.

succeeded

C.

failed

D.

continued



40.

A.

regret

B.

anger

C.

frustration

D.

pleasure



41.

A.

interested

B.

concerned

C.

moved

D.

amazed



42.

A.

loving

B.

caring

C.

domineering

D.

beginning



43.

A.

win over

B.

pick out

C.

lift up

D.

take in



44.

A.

descriptions

B.

instructions

C.

interactions

D.

discussions



45.

A.

trivial

B.

vital

C.

peculiar

D.

primary



46.

A.

gradually

B.

rarely

C.

occasionally

D.

generally



47.

A.

occasions

B.

reminders

C.

rules

D.

suggestions



48.

A.

lost

B.

accepted

C.

earned

D.

left



49.

A.

independence

B.

meaning

C.

recovery

D.

miracle



50.

A.

await

B.

cure

C.

control

D.

inspire



第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

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