广西柳铁一中2012-2013学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、柳铁一中20122013学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试题第卷 (三部分, 共115分)第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5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. What does the woman mean ?A. Drink enough water. B. Dont use much ice. C. Boil the water first.2. Where does the man

2、 prefer to live ?A. In the city. B. On an island. C. In the country.3. Where are the English teachers going to have the meeting ? A. In the meeting room. B. In the open air. C. In the teachers office.4. How does the woman feel on the plane ?A. Worried B. Comfortable. C. Annoyed.5. Why doesnt the man

3、 want to be a pilot ? A. He is busy. B. He gets airsick. C. He isnt interested in flying.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答67题。6. What is the man going to do after the returning fr

4、om Sydney ?A. Stay in the city. B. Work in the supermarket. C. See his friends.7. What interests the man most while working at the store ? A. Selling the goods. B. Carrying the goods. C. Sorting the goods听下面一段材料，回答810题。8. How did the woman feel the first time she spoke English to a foreigner ?A. Exc

5、ited. B. Nervous. C. Frightened.9. What did the woman want to do ?A. Chat with a foreigner. B. Get to the nearest station. C. Practice her spoken English.听下面一段材料，回答1113题。11.What are the two speakers talking about ?A. Two cities. B. Going home for Christmas. C. Money problems.12. Where does the man l

6、ive ?A. In Springfield. B. In Portland. C. In Scotland. 13. How does the man prefer to travel ?A. By air. B. By train. C. By bus.听下面一段材料，回答1416题。14.What is the man going to do tonight ?A. Go to the party. B. Stay home and watch TV. C. Design an ad.15. Why does the woman often buy something advertise

7、d ?A. To save money. B. To get good products. C. To save time.16. Where are the two speakers ?A. In China. B. In the US. C. In Europe.听下面一段材料，回答1720题。17. When did the earthquake take place ?A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.18. What happened to the boy in the earthquake?A. He was badly

8、hurt. B. He was buried under an icebox. C. He was slightly wounded.19. How did the boy survive the big earthquake ?A. He stayed in an icebox. B. His father pulled him out in time. C. Their house escaped the earthquake.20. How many people were killed in the earthquake ?A. About 500. B. About 5,000. C

9、. About 50,000.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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。21.Going out is_ good means of relaxation. Would you like to go to _ with me in the afternoon ? A. the; the B. a; the C. the; a D. a; a22.David is a skillful worker. Im sure he has enough _

10、to fix all the electronic _.A. experience; equipment B. experience; equipmentsC. experiences; equipment D. experiences; equipments23.It is still under discussion _ the old bus station should be replaced with a modern hotel or not. A. whether B. when C. which D. where24. At the age of fifteen she gav

11、e up taking piano lessons to _ her school work. A. hold on B. call on C. put on D. concentrate on25. Most people find it hard to _Beijing Opera to foreigners because of cultural differences. A. get across B. get over C. come across D. come over26.Alice received an invitation from her boss, _ came as

12、 a surprise. A. it B. thatC. whichD. he27. The _, I think, he drew from his simple experiment is not scientific. A. charge B. conclusionC. promiseD. relation28.Do you know Annas telephone number ? _. As a matter of fact, I dont know any Anna, either.A. I think so. B. I hope so. C. Im afraid not. D.

13、Id rather not.29. When asked _ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved. A. what B. whyC. whomD. which30. They sold _ boxes of such sweets last week. A. four dozens of B. four dozenC. four dozen ofD. four dozens 31. _ a difficult situation, so you should send him a mes

14、sage and give him some advice. A. As he is inB. He is inC. Being inD. He being in32. If the weather had been better, we could have gone outing. But it _ all day. A. rainsB. has rainedC. had been rainedD. rained33._ at the city centre, the old temple has a history of more than 500 years. A. LocatingB

15、. LocateC. LocatedD. To locate34. One of the first foreign expeditions _ Mount Qomolangma arrived in Tibet in 1921. A. climbingB. climbedC. had climbedD. to climb35. Although the necklace is made of glass, it really _ me. A. adapts toB. occurs toC. appeals to D. prefer to 第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30

16、分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。When you think of American culture, what first comes to your mind? McDonalds? Coca Cola? Levis? Disneyland? Michael Jordan? Julia Roberts? Many people 36 American culture is a 37 of popular symbols like these. Actually, these symbols are only

17、 one 38 part of American culturepop culture.What is pop culture? Well, pop is 39 for popular. The origins of pop culture can often be traced to popular movies, television shows, music stars and sports figures. Pop culture is 40 promoted by business and advertising. The most 41 examples of American p

18、op culture appear among high school and college students. Trends (趋势) 42 by famous personalities quickly become part of young peoples 43 .American pop culture has spread around the world. One major reason for its 44 is that English is a universal language. English is the language of diplomacy, inter

19、national business and transportation. 45 language and culture go together, learning English means becoming 46 of English-speaking cultures. Besides, America is a world 47 in movies, music and magazines. The kind of American culture 48 in those media is pop culture. Finally, pop culture is easy to pa

20、ckage and to 49 . For that reason, it is easy to “sell” to the world.Many people believe that American pop culture is what American is all 50 . Does pop culture 51 the true culture of America? Yes and no. Pop culture does 52 a portion (比例) of American society especially the 53 young people that are

21、tuned in to the media. But American pop culture is faddish (流行一时的) and 54 . If you want to learn about real American culture, youll have to go a little 55 than McDonalds.36.A.wonderB. imagineC. wishD. pretend37.A.behaviorB. signalC. sideD. collection38.A.smallB. largeC. mainD. super39.A.goodB. eager

22、C. knownD. short40.A.neverB. onlyC. alsoD. just41.A.famousB. commonC. obviousD. helpful42.A.setB. pushedC. ignoredD. caused43.A.hobbiesB. tasteC. admirationD. lifestyles44.A.tendencyB. popularityC. influenceD. preference45.A.AlthoughB. UnlessC. HowD. Since46.A.awareB. fondC. carefulD. tired47.A.driv

23、erB. workerC. leaderD. officer48.A.writtenB. communicatedC. describedD. taught49.A.discussB. displayC. copyD. export50.A.forB. aboutC. aboveD. against51.A.reflectB. payC. formD. affect52.A.combineB. followC. representD. demand53.A.urbanB. ruralC. quietD. diligent54.A.difficultB. simpleC. ever-changi

24、ngD. ever-lasting55.A.slowerB. fartherC. nearerD. higher第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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。ASometimes there doesnt seem to be enough rain. Other times there is too much. Maybe there isnt a lot we can do to control the rain, but there is a lot we can do to reduc

25、e problems caused by different rainfall patterns.A new development at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes solves the problems of managing water with a “Rain Garden”. We are likely to be hearing about it a lot more often over the next few years. The idea is that the garden owner can store rainwater a

26、nd use it in dry periods. They can reduce the problems caused by extra rain this way.One of the key problems that the rain garden tries to deal with is the problem caused by too much water in the street. In a natural environment, a lot of rainwater is sent back into the air by plants. Much is also a

27、bsorbed deep into the ground, and flows into streams and rivers. What happens in city environments can be completely different a large amount of rainwater flows straight off the hard surfaces of roofs and roads. The harder the rain, the less likely it will be absorbed into the ground floods are the

28、result. Rainwater running off roads is often polluted.The rain garden deals with living plants rather than hard surfaces. Plants are designed to hold water and release it slowly, either into the ground, to be absorbed by plant roots (and so eventually back up into the atmosphere) or to go down into

29、the water table. Not only does the rain garden reduce the amount of water that flows onto the street, but it helps to clean it because plants are very good at breaking down pollutants(污染物).56.Whats the main idea of the first paragraph?A.Explaining why there is a lack of rain at times.B.Introducing s

30、everal different patterns of rainfall.C.Telling us how to avoid problems caused by rain.D.Giving the idea that there are ways to manage rain water.57.According to the second paragraph, “Rain Gardens are likely to _.A.harm the environment in the short runB.become popular over the next few yearsC.be t

31、urned down by most new developmentsD.be too expensive for common people to accept58.We can learn from the third paragraph that _.A.floods are often the results of small rainsB.a heavy rain is less difficult for plants to absorbC.the rain garden helps send rainwater back into the airD.larger amounts

32、of rainwater flow straight off in city environments59.According to the last paragraph, what does the rain garden help to clean?A. The plants B. The ground. C. The water. D. The street.BThroughout his early years, Obama was known at home and at school as “Barry”. Obamas parents met while both were at

33、tending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled(登记入读) as a foreign student. They separated when he was two years old and later divorced(离婚). His father received Masters degree in Economics from Harvard University, then returned to Kenya, where he became a finance minister be

34、fore dying in an automobile accident in 1982. His mother married another foreign student, Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Soetoros home country of Indonesia in 1967. Obama attended local schools in Jakarta, from age 6 to 10, where classes were taught in the Indonesian language. During his time

35、 in Indonesia, he first attended St. Francis Assist Catholic school for almost three years. When Obama was in third grade he wrote an essay saying that he wanted to be president. His teacher later said that his reason for becoming president was that he wanted to make everybody happy.Obama returned t

36、o Honolulu to live with his materal(母亲一方的) grandparents while attending Punahou School, a private college elementary school, from the fifth grade until his graduation in 1979. Obamas mother, Ann, died of cancer a few months after the publication of his 1995 memoir(传记), Dreams from My Father.In the m

37、emoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mothers middle class family. Of his early childhood, Obama writes, “That my father looked nothing like the people around me-that he was black as pitch(沥青), my mother white as milk .”Some of his fellow students at Punahou School later told the

38、Honolulu StarBulletin that Obama was mature(成熟的) for his age as a high school student and that he sometimes attended parties and other events in order to connect with African American college students and military service people.61. Which of the following is TURE about Lolo Soetoro?A. He got college

39、 education in Indonesia B. He is a person from Kenya in AfricaC. He is Obamas stepfather and is a blackD. He is a foreign student in America 62. Obamas mother, Ann, died of cancer in about _ while his father died in _.A. 1982; 1967 B. 1967; 1982 C. 1979; 1967 D. 1995; 198263. Which of the following

40、is NOT true?A. Obamas father was very black while his mother very whiteB. Obamas materal grandparents lived in Honolulu of Indonesia C. Obama wanted to be president because he liked making people happyD. Obamas classmates thought he was mature for his age as a high school studentCNow, there is a gro

41、wing movement to pay the students in American schools-in some cases, even just for coming to class. Students at one school in New Mexico can earn up to three hundred dollars a year for good attendance. In Baltimore, Maryland, high scores in state graduation tests can be worth more than one hundred d

42、ollars. And a New Jersey school system plans to pay students fifty dollars a week to attend after-school tutoring programs. Schools that pay students can be found in more than one-fourth of the fifty states. Other schools pay students with food or other rewards. Robert Schaefer is a public education

43、 director. He says paying students may improve performance in the short term, but students develop false expectations for the future. He sees a lack of long term planning in these programs because of the pressure on schools to raise test scores. Public schools need to show improvement under the educ

44、ation reform law. Low-performing schools may lose their federal money; teachers and administrators(行政人员) may lose their jobs. Often these schools are in poor neighborhoods where getting students to go to school can be a continual problem. Critics(评论家) say paying students sends a message that money i

45、s the only valuable reward. But some students say it makes school more exciting. And some teachers have reported getting more requests for extra help.In two thousand four, the city schools in Coshocton, Ohio, launched a program. They wanted to see if paying elementary school students as much as one

46、hundred dollars would help in passing the state exams.Now, Eric Bettinger of Case Western Reserve University (EUCWRU) has reported mixed results. Math scores increased, but only white students were able to get paid. And there was no evidence of higher scores in reading, social studies and science. O

47、fficial will decide later this year whether to continue the program.64. Paying students who show improvement in tests _.A. has been done in most American schools B. is becoming a growing practice in the USAC. is not very popular with teachersD. only aims at high scores at school65. According to the

48、text, Robert Schaefer _.A. is a very excellent teacherB. thinks highly of paying studentsC. thinks students will show improvement in study in the futureD. thinks people should make a careful plan for the paying program66. From the last paragraph we can see _.A. EBCWRU has got great success in its pa

49、ying programB. not all the students in EUCWRU have made progress in all subjectsC. only students who study math can get paidD. EBCWRU will go on with the paying program67. The text is mainly written to _.A. persuade teachers to give students more prizesB. tell people how to become an excellent stude

50、ntC. introduce something about American paying students programD. explain the advantages of American paying students programDThe koala(考拉) is possibly one of the best known Australian animals, and is found in four states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The word “koala” co

51、mes from an Australian aboriginal word meaning “no drink”.Sometimes people call them “koala bears” but koala is not a bear. It belongs to a special group of Australian mammals, called marsupial(有袋类). Female marsupials have a pouch where the baby animals live after they are born.Koalas have soft, thi

52、ck, grey or brown fur on their backs. The fur on the stomach is white. Koala that live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north because of the cold winters, whereas the koalas in the northern part of the country live in warm to hot weather most of the year so have thinner fur. A koala h

53、as a large hairless nose and round ears. Koalas dont have tails. Adult koalas measure between 7 and 14 kilograms.Koalas spend nearly all their time in the trees using their sharp, curved claws and long toes to climb about and to hold on to the tree branches. They sleep most of the day, and feed and

54、move from tree to tree mainly at night.The reason koala sleep for much of the day is because their food eucalyptus(桉树) leaves are very tough so they use a lot of energy to digest. Sleeping saves energy. Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous to almost every other animal. Koalas rarely drink water; they get

55、 water from the leaves they eat.Each koala has a home range made up of several trees that they visit regularly. They normally do not visit another koalas home trees except that a male is looking for a female to mate with.68. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the name “koala bear”?A

56、. The name was given by the native in Australia B. The word “koala” is an original English wordC. The name describes one of its living habitsD. The name is partly false69. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “punch”？A. House B. Cave C. Pocket D. Nest70. Why do the koa

57、las live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north?A. The thicker fur can protect them from the colder weather B. Its always hot in summer in the north C. Its always cold in the winter in the southD. They have to move to the north in the winter71. Why do koalas sleep much in the day?A. T

58、heir foods are poisonous B. They want to save energy for the activities at night C. They cant get enough energy from their tough foodsD. They cant get enough water from their leavesEBEIJING Chinas education authority will tighten the widely criticized policy of “extra credits” for the national colle

59、ge entrance examination to ensure a fairer chance for all exam-takers.Under the policy, high school students who win awards in national Olympic competitions could get extra credits up to 20 points for the national college entrance exam. Students with talent in sports and students who are from ethnic

60、 groups can also benefit from this policy. The extra credits have increased these students chances of being admitted by famous universities. Some parents were found to have helped their children fabricate(伪造)award experiences or falsify qualifications to get extra credits.“It has harmed education eq

61、uality，” the ministry said.Xiong Bingqi, vice-chief of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said the policy is designed to help students who have special talents but may be weak in academic performance to have a chance to receive higher education. uIt will still be needed but it is time to

62、 make the rules fairer, he said.The ministry said it will reduce the range of competitions whose winners can get extra credits, and limit the winners, privileges(优先权).The new policy will apply to students who begin high school in 2011, it said.Chen Lei, a mother of a 10-year-old girl, said she welco

63、med the ministrys policy adjustment as she does not want her daughter to become an Olympic competition geek.But not all the Chinese parents welcomed the new policy. “It is like a thunderbolt for me. My - 13-year-old son has spent so much time studying Olympic math，and participated in so many technol

64、ogical competitions during vacations. It is useless now,” said Dong Wen, a 43-year-old mother.A student said, “Many students have changed the current study plan, and they can abandon the competition. I will be interested in learning the courses which can improve my abilities.”Yuan Guiren, minister o

65、f education, told China Daily that the reform is an attempt to consider the overall quality of an applicant. “But the country will not stop the national college entrance examination as it is still the most objective way to evaluate talent in China，” lie said.72.It can be inferred from the passage th

66、at_.A. high school students with talent in sports are weak in academic performanceB. students who win awards in Olympic competitions cant get extra credits in 2011C. the number of competitions whose winners can get extra credits will be smallerD. the extra credits have reduced students chances of be

67、ing admitted by famous colleges73.What does the underlined word “geek” probably mean?A. a winner B. a smart learner C. a competitor D. a dull student74.Which person in the passage was strongly against the new policy? A. Xiong Bingqi B. Chen Lei C. Dong Wen D. Yuan Guiren75.What might be the best tit

68、le for the text?A. “Extra credits policy in China to be adjustedB. Promotion of national Olympic competitionsC. Advice on the national college entrance examD. Chinese government to push education reform 第II 卷：写作（共两小节, 满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）This morning I went to the shop to changethe coat

69、 I bought it yesterday. But the salesgirl76._treated me coldly. At first, she didnt admit that the77._coat sold in her shop and then she said I made78._it dirty. She gave various excuse to refuse my79._request. So I got angrily and quarreled with her.80._Then the manager turned up and asked how was8

70、1._thematter. Before I told him the whole thing,82._he said sorry for me and criticized the salesgirl.83._At last, they changed another coat for us. With84._satisfaction I take the new coat home happily.85._第二节 书面表达(共1题，满分25分)假设你是育才中学的李华，将参加主题为“Lets Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛，请撰写一份演讲稿，主要内容包括：1. 目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题； 2. 骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。参考词汇：低碳生活（low-carbon life）;节能（energy saving）注意1. 词数：120词左右；2. 演讲稿开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。Good morning, everyone. Im Li Hua from Yucai Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Lets Ride Bicycles” (请将短文改错和书面表达写在答题卡上，写在此试卷上无效)