2009年新人教版高二英语下册第一次月考试题

09年高二英语下册第一次月考试题

英语试题

满分：150分

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：( 共15小题 ,每小题2分,满分30分)

听下面 5 段对话或独白 , 每段对话或独白后有几个小题。从题中所给出的 A 、 B 、

C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷原相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后,各小题目将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第一段材料,回答第1～3 题。

1. How many women will take part in the Athens Olympics?

A. About 50%. B. 44% of all participants. C. 38.2% of all participants.

2. For the Athens Olympics, how many delegations(代表团) will be all men?

A. 26. B. 21. C. 4 or 5 or even less

3.When were women first allowed in the Olympic Games?

A. 1896. B.1912. C. 1956.

听第二段对话,回答第4～6题。

4. What is the man doing ?

A. He is walking on the street.

5. Where is the man at the moment ? B. He is looking for a bar. C. He is driving in his car. 时间：120分钟 命题老师：ZY 2009.3.14

A. He is on Queen‟s Street. B. He is on St. James Street. C. He is in the Q-Bar.

6. What is the woman telling the man about ?

A. How to find the nearest hotel.

B. How to get to her house.

C. Where to get an up-to-date map.

听第三段对话，回答第7～9题。

7. Where does the conversation take place ?

A. At a duty-free store. B. At a teahouse. C. On a plane.

8. What do we know about the woman?

A. She feels bad because of the lower pressure and jet lag.（时差）

B. Her husband is a Chinese who knows Chinese tea well.

C. She may have been to China several times.

9. What can we learn from the conversation ?

A. The speakers have been to China several times.

B. They are old friends who haven‟t seen each other for a long time.

C. The man is likely to know more about China than the woman.

听第四段独白，回答第l0～l2题。

10. What does the man think of the new webpage?

A. Better than the old page. B. Worse than the old page. C. As good as the old page.

11. What do we know about the old page?

A. The visitors are encouraged to give their contact information.

B. There are clear links to descriptions of our products and services.

C. There was little influence to the sale volume.

12. How is the feedback of the new page?

A. Positive. B. Inefficient. C. Discouraging.

听第五段对话，回答第l3～l5题。

13. With on-campus housing, students should remember that ____________ .

A. they may have to follow certain housing rules.

B. a deposit may be required to rent an apartment

C. on-campus apartments are very limited.

14. What is one advantage of off-campus living NOT mentioned in the report ?

A. Tenants（房客）are generally responsible for building upkeep.

B. Students can prepare their own meals.

C. Occupants（居住者）have freedom to select their roommates.

15. What should renters living off-campus be prepared to do?

A. Pay a refundable deposit（可偿还的押金）.

B. Provide their own furnishings.

C. Sign a housing contract.

第二节：听取信息(共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分)

听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所给的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为 16 - 20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅读时间，录音读两遍。你将有 80 秒钟的作答时间。

第二部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Every year, the village of Pettineo celebrates its unique arts festival. For a few days each summer, artists from all over Europe 21 at this village near the north coast of Sicily to enjoy the creative atmosphere. During their stay,the artists get together with the local people to paint a one-kilometer long picture that runs the

visiting artist joins a local family for a big lunch and, in exchange for the , the family receives the section of the painting that the artist has painted. As a result, though few villagers are 24 , almost every home has at least one painting by a well-known 25 artist. Visitors to the village are invited into homes to see these paintings.

The festival, which was 27 four years ago, was the idea of Antonio Presti, a local businessman. Since then, Pettineo has ring the doorbell, go into a house and admire a painting. In addition to this of paintings in people's homes, for those who have time to spare, there is an opportunity to 30 through the display of huge sculptures in the village square.

21. A. join B. crowd C. gather D. combine

22. A. size B. length C. width D. area

23. A. painting B. gift C. meal D. festival

24. A. fortunate B. delighted C. enthusiastic D. wealthy

25. A. European B. Pettineo C. Italian D. Sicilian

26. A. rarely B. eagerly C. suddenly D. secretly

27. A. made up B. put forward C. brought about D. set up

28. A. become B. developed C. grown D. changed

29. A. purchase B. sales C. exchange D. exhibition

30. A. move B. step C. wander D. run

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。 Indiana middle school and high school students can receive free help with their math and science homework, 31 is great news for parents, teachers, kids in grades six through twelve in the state of Indiana. The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has homework hotline that makes possible, and the homework hotline provides this (value) tutoring service for free. Not only is homework help 35 (complete) free to Indianan middle school and high school kids, but the call is also free charge.

Since 1991, the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 37 (help) middle school and high school kids in the state of Indiana develop the skills they need (solve) math and science problems, and Rose-Hulman college students help in a way that makes kids think and solve problems without 39 (provide) the answers. This free tutoring program is a great benefit

第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Among various programmes, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as it can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex cheating and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the

dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people‟s lives.

Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your workweek, to getting to know your neighbours.

Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire ideas of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.

Clean as it is, the Oprah is not for everyone. The show‟s main viewers are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money and ability to deal with life‟s tougher problems. Jerry Springer on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. There are 18-to-21-year-old whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show‟s exploitation.

41.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are __________.

A. more interesting B. more formal C. more detailed D. unusually popular

42. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows________.

A. show disbelief in them B. are ready to face up to them

C. remain cold to them D. are willing to get away from them

43.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

A. A new type of robot. B. National hatred.

C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.

44. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows________.

A. have become the only ones of its kind B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature C. appear at different times of the day D. attract different people

45. What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show ?

A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.

B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.

C. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show.

D. Jerry talks about the improvement of society.

B

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech．At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned．Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why ? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser．When such moments occur, don‟t worry about them, Just continue as if nothing happened．

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don‟t really matter. If you

have ever listened to Martin Luther King‟s famous speech – “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumble（结巴）his words twice during the speech．Most likely, however, you don‟t remember．Why? Because you were fixing your attention on is message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition．But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that express the speaker‟s ideas clearly and directly．Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speakers‟ attractiveness by making him more human．

As you work on your speech, don‟t worry about being imperfect．Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely．

46．The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ___________．

A．be smarter than you B．notice your mistakes

C．do better than you D．know what you are talking about

47．You don‟t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ___________．

A．your attention is on the content

B．you don‟t fully understand the speech

C．you don‟t know what the speaker plans to say

D．you find the way of speech-making more important

48．It can be inferred from the passage that ___________．

A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

B．one to two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

49．What would be the best title of the passage?

A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B．How to Make a Perfect Speech

C．Don‟t Expect a Perfect Speech

D．Don‟t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

50．Which of the following statements is true?

A．If you are careful enough, you can make a perfect speech．

B．Speech-making is a kind of performance．

C．Martin Luther King is not a good speaker．

D．Listeners are not judges and they pay more attention to the message．

C

In a book called Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas, a description is given of people helping others but doing it secretly. When difficult problems worried an individual, friends nearby would meet to discuss possible solution without the individual knowing their actions. When a solution was agreed upon, one or two of the friends would carry out the plan and solve the problem secretly , to the great delight of the worried individual. The helpers would stand by privately, content with their success. No reward was given to the problem solvers, not even a sincere “thank you”, because they were never known.

is now used

when one person helps another. However, the person helped may not be able to repay the person or group that helped them. So rather than return the favor to their helpers, they are supposed to help someone else in the future, which means they pay it forward. It is a sense of responsibility which makes us want to give back in equal measure to the one who has helped us. But , in this case, the responsibility turns to helping someone in the future.

Suppose your elderly grandmother pays part of your schooling. She may tell you there is no need to repay her because it is a gift from someone who loves you very much. Nothing would please her more than to have you use her money to get a good education.

You may never be able to repay her for such a gift. However, she not only gave you some money , but she provided you with an example that you should also help other people who need it. People with serious needs are everywhere. Many are children who need better clothes, more books and even better schools. Some are elderly people who can‟t afford their medicine or a doctor‟s care. Consider how you can “pay it forward” rather than pay money back to your grandmother.

51. The helpers in the book “Magnificent Obsession” were not rewarded because ______________.

A. they hadn‟t solved the problems thoroughly

B. they had solved the problems secretly

C. they were friends of the worried individual

D. they expected to be paid back in the future

52. The underlined word “pay it forward” means ____________________.

A. to repay someone who has helped you

B. to pay someone else who needs help

C. to help someone who has helped you

D. to help someone else who needs help

53. What does the writer suggest with the example of “your elderly grandmother”?

A. We should learn to respect our grandparents. B. We should work hard to get a good education. C. We should also lend a hand to other people in need of help. D. We should never forget to repay people for their help.

54. From the passage we know_________________.

A. everybody needs help

B. more children need help than elderly people

C. it costs a lot of money to “pay it forward”

D. nowadays many people help others without being repaid

55. By writing the passage, the author wishes people in the world to be _____________.

A. unselfish B. mysterious C. honest D. unforgettable

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。以下是景点信息：

A. Brightwood Park

Take you up to Westfield's natural preserve for a short hike or to practice skipping stones in the large pond. You can look for deer and other woodland animals or go on a nature treasure hunt.

B. Jewark Airport

The airport offers free tours covering the history of the airport, terminal operations, and

emergency vehicles and equipment for groups of 15 to 30 persons. The tours are intended for students in grades three and above. See also Newark International Airport.

C. Cheesequake State Park

The Cheesequake State Park features 1, 284 acres of open fields, a hardwood forest, a variety of wildlife and about 200 species of birds. Activities include hiking, boating, canoeing, swimming and a variety of winter sports. An interpretive Center provides live wildlife exhibits and environmental education programs, including nature walks.

D. The Model Railroad Club

The Model Railroad Club is an activity of the Union County Park System. The Club is open to visitors every Saturday afternoon for viewing the model train displays. Every fall, the Club sponsors a Light and Sound Show that will delight the model train lovers.

E. Fosterfields Living-Historical Farm

Learn about farming as it was done 100 years ago at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm. There are weekend demonstrations on planting and harvesting crops as well as special programs held throughout the year. Some of these include wool cutting and carriage driving.

F. Deutseh Museum

Germany's leading museum of science, engineering, and transportation has everything from steam engines to space exhibits--some of which are closed for remodeling until May, 2003.Don't miss the Forum der Technik, which has a world-class planetarium and an IMAX theatre.

以下是出游者的信息。请匹配适合他们的旅游景点。

56. Daniel, a young computer programmer, has been working hard and needs a holiday to relax in winter. He likes to get close to nature and enjoy water sports.

57. Henry and Ann and their two teenage sons, hope to take their holiday outdoors. They would like to find a place where they can play games, such as looking for treasure.

58. Philip, a high school student, wants to travel on weekends, and would like to learn about materials to use when building a setting for the train set.

59. Teresa, a primary school teacher, plans to take the whole class of 20 students for a holiday. The students will graduate this year, so she'd like to organize an activity without charge but it is instructive.

60. Tony, a young engineer in a modern car factory, enjoys an adventure journey once a year. This time, he would like to have journeys to the countryside, where he can try to learn about driving a horse and carriage.

第四部分：翻译和写作 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节：根据所给汉语意思，完成下列句子。（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）

61．如果你遇到任何困难，请向老师求助。

If you __________________________, please turn to the teachers for help.

62.我们祝贺他通过了这次面试。

We congratulated him _________________________________________.

63.据说他在小时候有唱歌的天赋。

He was said __________________________ when he was young.

64.我们非常同情那些贫困的孩子,以致于我们会尽力帮助他们。

We ___________________________ those poor children that we tried to help them.

65.众所周知，取笑别人是不礼貌的。

As is known to all, it is impolite _______________________________.

第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman "How have you done so much in your lifetime?” He replied, "I have dreams. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. In the night I dreamed about my dreams. And when I awoke in the morning , I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, 'You can't do that. It's impossible.' I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted." As Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the US, said, "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.".

They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter's evening Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nourish them through bad days

until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that

their dreams will come true.

So please, don't let anyone steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are impossible. "Sing your song, dream your dreams, hope your hope and pray your prayer.''

【写作内容】

1. 以约30词概括短文的内容要点；

2. 以约120个词就“梦想’这一主题发表看法，并包括如下要点：

a)请谈谈你是如何理解梦想在人生当中所起的作用的；

b)列举—个正面或负面的实例支持你的观点，可以是你自己的亲身经历也可以是他人的

例子。

【写作要求】

你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

【评分标准】

概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。

湛江市2008-2009学年度第二学期第一次月考

高二级英语答案

听力理解 （5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

1---5 BCBCA 6---10 BCCCA 11---15 CAABB

16.six 17. interesting 18. accents 19. vacation 20 words

完形填空 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

21-30 CBCDA BDADC

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

31.which 32.a 33. it 34. valuable 35. completely 36. of 37. has helped 38.to solve 39. providing 40. to

阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

41-45 DBCDC 46-50 BABCD 51-55 BDCDA

信息匹配 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

56-60 CADBE

IV、根据所给汉语意思，完成下列句子。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

61. meet with any difficulty 62.on having passed the interview

63. to have a talent/gift for singing 64. felt such great sympathy for

65.to make fun of others / to laugh at others

读写任务

By presenting examples of successful people whose dreams contributed greatly to their success, this passage emphasizes the importance of dreams and advocates that people should have dream and never give them up.

Nobody will deny that dreams play a very important part in one‟s life. I think dreams influence people in the following ways. Firstly, having dreams means intense concentration on specific goals, which undoubtedly increases the possibility of success. Besides, dreams can serve as great motivations, pushing the dreamers to go ahead with courage and overcome difficulties with effort. Lastly, those who have dreams are more likely to be self-disciplined and well-organized, which are necessary qualities for ambitious people.

It has been seen how much dreams have meant to my father‟s life. Country born and country bred, he dreamed of becoming an architect as a kid. For many years, he spared no effort to approach his dream by working extremely hard at his lessons and reading books related to architecture. Now he is an authority in architecture and is well-known at home and abroad.

To be brief, no matter who you are and what are doing, you should have your dreams and hold on to them because they give you chances to taste success.

The passage uses several examples to prove the importance of dreams and appeals to us that we should keep our dreams and try to make them came true.

Based on my personal experience, dreams are very important to a person during his lifetime. Dreams are like the hot fire in the cold winter. They can point out the way in which a person can achieve his goal. We are full of hope and power when we have dreams. The one who lose his dream will be easily defeated by others. So, dreams are where we want to go and we can get there. We can take new-elected American President Obama for an example. He is a black man and he dreamed of being a president when he was young. But as we all know, in fact, the black people don‟t have the equal right as white people have. It seems that his dream is impossible. However, Obama has never gave it up and tried his best to make dream come true. Finally, he realized his dream.

Based on that is said above, we can draw a conclusion that dreams are very important to us and we shouldn‟t give up them.

From the passage, we know that a successful businessman held on to his dreams, which was finally come true. We should believe in ourselves and struggle for it till we achieve our goals. There is no denying that dreams play an important role in our daily life. You will believe in yourself and devote yourself into your future as long as you have dreams. It does make sense whether your dreams would finally come true.

The author talks about that dreams are of great importance to one‟s success, taking a highly successful businessman as an example to show why we should have a dream and how we deal with it.

I can‟t agree more with the author. Just as the famous saying goes, life without a dream is like a sailing without a lighthouse. Once we have dreams, we will spare no effort to struggle for it. At the same time, we can nourish from our life. All in all, success will be made without a dream to make it.

Take Zhang Ning, the badminton player who won the gold medal in the 29th Olympic Games, as an example. Though she is in her thirties and is too old for a player, she has a dream to get the gold medal on her mother land. The strong desire makes her work harder then any other player in the team. Finally, she realized her dream, which others considered almost impossible.

All the statement above leads to the conclusion that we should never forget our dreams if we have them and hold on to it till them come true.