1、巢湖市新世纪中学 2011/2012 学年度第二学期高二年级英语二月月考试卷(时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分)第一部分：听 力（30 分）第一节：听下面五段对话。回答对话后的一个小题，每段对话只读一遍。1. When will the man go to Beijing most probably?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.2. Where does the man work now?A. In a supermarket. B. In a restaurant C. In a school.3.
2、What will the speakers do together?A. Go camping. B. Hold a party. C. Take a ride.4. What does Mary like to do?A. Go to the museum. B. Go to the park. C. Go to the zoo.5. How much did the woman pay in total?A. 100 yuan. B. 103 yuan. C. 109 yuan.第二节：听下面五段独白并回答其后的几个小题，每段独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6. Wha
3、t will the man help the woman do?A. Look after her mom. B. Take care of her dog. C. Clean her house.7. How will the woman go to Bali?A. By train. B. By ship. C. By plane.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。8. Who is the woman probably?A. The mans teacher. B. The mans colleague. C. The mans wife.9. What didnt the
4、man do?A. Ate breakfast. B. Took a shower. C. Read the newspaper.10. Where did the man find his glasses?A. In the bathroom. B. In the living-room. C. In the kitchen.听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。11. How many languages are talked about?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.12. What is the woman doing now?A. Teaching th
5、e man. B. Helping the man. C. Interviewing the man.13. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Give him a quick reply. B. Offer him another chance. C. Learn about this job.听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What does the woman care about?A. The price. B. The weather. C. The transportation.15. How will they
6、 go to the beach?A. By car. B. By train. C. By bike.16. What will the woman do next?A. Listen to the weather report. B. Give Pete a phone call. C. Go to the town.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Why are people different from animals?A. People can learn. B. People can think. C. People can speak.18. What c
7、ant an ape do?A. Make a sentence. B. Understand things. C. Learn a few words.19. What do the scientists know?A. How children learn to speak. B. What happened inside our body when we were speaking. C. Why man can speak.20What is the speaker talking about?A. Animals language. B. Mans brain and languag
8、e. C. How to speak well.姓名 班级 第二部分：英语知识运用第一节 单项填空 （共 15 题； 满分 15 分）21. Well try our best to think of a good solution_ air pollution.A. to B. of C. for D. on22. I went to the box office at supper time, but unfortunately, all the tickets _.A. had been sold out B. had sold out C. has been selling out D
9、. has sold out23. It was 9:20 _ I hurried to the station last night.A. that B. which C. when D. what24. Many things _, the manager walked into the office hurriedly, looking worried.A. handled B. being handled C. handling D. to handle25. _ is known to us all, the earth travels round the sun once a ye
10、ar.A. That B. As C. Which D. It26. Peters jacket looked the same as Jacks, but it cost_ his.A. as much twice as B. as twice much as C. much as twice as D. twice as much as27. Mrs. White showed her students some old maps_ from the library.A. to borrow B. to be borrowed C. borrowed D. borrowing28. The
11、 fire made _ difficult to rescues the people trapped under the ruins in the earthquake.A. / B. this C. that D. it29. Eric showed me round the city, _ was very kind of him.A. Which B. that C. where D. it30. Thats the new machine _ parts are too small to be seen.A. that B. which C. whose D. what31. To
12、 improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions _ had used the products.A. whoever B. who C. whichever D. which32. Could it be in the restaurant _ you had dinner with me yesterday _ you lost your handbag?.A. that, which B. which, that C. where, that D. that, where33. Youd better not l
13、eave the hot water _ kids can reach itA. even if B. which C. where D. so that34. Their family came to Shenzhen and settled in 1985, _they have lived there.A. when B. during which C. since then D. since when35. - Was he sorry for what hed done?- _. A. No wonder. B. Well done. C. Not really. D. Go ahe
14、ad.第二节 完形填空 （共 20 题；满分 30 分）One night, my friends and I were going to watch a movie. While we were waiting for the _36_ _, an old lady got off. She had some_37_ bags in one hand and a walking stick in the other.After a few minutes I _38_ that she seemed to be looking for something. So I went over an
15、d asked,“Whats the matter, Grandmother?”She told me that she was _39_ for a big temple because she had heard they would _40_ her in and care for her for the rest of her life. I was _41_ and asked her,“Dont you have your sons or daughters to take care of you?”“I have nobody to_42_ me,” she replied.I
16、knew I just had to ask my friends to _43_ and I walked with the grandmother all the way to the temple. She said she used to have a happy _44_. As she grew older, her daughters and sons started to _45_ her from one to another and to see her as an unwelcome burden(负担). Eventually they told her to _46_
17、.She _47_ me not to be like the children she _48_. My heart cried bearing the grandmothers _49_. Why dont people realize that they too will grow_50_?Arriving at the temple I left the grandmother at the safe place. “You showed such _51_ to me,” she said. “Thank you very much.”That night, the _52_ thi
18、ng I did when I returned home after the film was hug my mom and dad and _53_ myself, “Ill always be with you to love and care for you.”A life of kindness can be inspired by the most _54_ things. Thank you, Grandmother, for your blessings and making a real _55_ in my life. 36. A. train B. bus C. tick
19、ets D. seats37. A. heavy B. new C. valuable D. empty38. A. suggested B. imagined C. believed D. noticed39. A. running B. fighting C. searching D. caring40. A. hand B. take C. show D. call41. A. surprised B. worried C. tired D. frightened42. A. listen to B. look after C. depend on D. belong to43. A.
20、work B. help C. return D. wait44. A. class B. childhood C. family D. memory45. A. pass B. carry C. follow D. devote46. A. try B. rest C. sleep D. leave47. A. encouraged B. invited C. begged D. allowed48. A. met B. raised C. taught D. comforted49. A. story B. reason C. idea D. opinion50. A. sick B. p
21、oor C. old D. fat51. A. knowledge B. advice C. pleasure D. kindness52. A. first B. same C. unusual D. general53. A. ordered B. promised C. praised D. answered54. A. difficult B. important C. limited D. unexpected55. A. experiment B. attempt C. difference D. journey第三部分 阅读理解 （共 20 题；满分 40 分）AJames Co
22、ok was born in 1728 in Marton, England. His father, a Scottish migrant farm worker, allowed James to work on coal-carrying boats at eighteen. Cook spent his free time learning math and navigation. This led to his appointment as mate(大副).Searching for something more adventurous, in 1755 he volunteere
23、d for the British Royal Navy and took part in the Seven Years War and played an active part in charting St. Lawrence River, which helped England Navy capture Quebec from the French.The First VoyageFollowing the war, Cook was given the mission to lead an expedition to observe the rare passage of Venu
24、s across the face of the sun in order to determine the accurate distance between the earth and sun. he set sail from England in August, 1768 and stopped at Tahiti where he did the observation. He proceeded to the West Indies and across the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of
25、 Africa.The Second VoyageThe Royal Navy promoted James Cook to Captain following his return and had a new mission for him, to find the Unknown Southern Land. Cook led two ships and headed to Cape Town in July, 1772. he proceeded south from Africa and turned around after encountering large amounts of
26、 floating pack ice. Actually he came within 75 miles of the Antarctica at that time. But he found no habitable southern continent and arrived back in Britain in July, 1775.The Third VoyageThe Navy wanted Cook to determine if there was a Northwest Passage, a mythical waterway between Europe and Asia
27、across the top of North America. Cook set out in July of 1776 and rounded the southern tip of Africa and headed east across the Indian Ocean until his navigation of the Bering Sea was stopped by the impassable Arctic ice.Upon yet again discovering that something did not exist, he continued his voyag
28、e. His last stop was in February, 1779 at Hawaii where he was killed in a fight with islands over the theft of a boat.Cooks explorations greatly increased European knowledge of the world. As a ship captain and skilled cartographer, he filled in many gaps on world maps. His contributions to eighteent
29、h century science helped further exploration and discovery for many generations.56. What role did James Cook play in the Seven Years War?A. He led the British Royal Navy and captured Quebec from the French. B. He worked as a volunteer in British Royal Navy and didnt play an active part. C. He charte
30、d St. Lawrence River, which helped British Royal Navy. D. He led an exploration army and was captain of the army then.57. What was the aim of Cooks last Voyage?A. To determine the accurate distance between the earth and sun.B. To find the Unknown Southern Land.C. To find a Northwest Passage between
31、Europe and Asia.D. To take possession of the island of Hawaii.58. When was Cook named Captain?A. When he was young. B. After his first voyage.C. After his second voyage. D. After his third voyage.59. Which of the following is true about Captain Cook?A. Captain Cooks destination in his first voyage w
32、as the Venus. B. Captain Cook sailed into the Antarctica during his second voyage.C. Captain Cook died in a conflict with the Hawaii local people. D. Captain Cooks greatest contribution to the world was his knowledge.BWhen you learned to ride your bike and when you learned to shoot a basketball, the
33、 old saying was practice makes perfect. Well, the same goes with writing, and with the way kids like to write today, they need all the practice that they can get. How do we do this? Well, I think that if you teach a kid how to blog correctly, you can open up a whole world of writing to them.Blogging
34、 is great because it allows you to write about almost anything you want. When I was in college, I had a course where one of the requirements was to keep a blog over the course of the semester. It was just one simple blog a week, but I found it was a lot of fun. I found that by blogging, I was able t
35、o talk about an interest, and improve my writing ability.Blogging is great because it allows kids to use the Internet to do homework, and since they spend so much time online, it kills two birds with one stone. If you allow them to write about any topic, such as entertainment, sports, movies, or som
36、ething else fun they will be motivated(激发) to write. Blogging is a lot of fun, and if it is fun, kids will want to do it. When you blog, you arent really thinking that you are doing an assignment, you are just writing about something that is interesting to you. It is really a lot easier to blog than
37、 to write a paper sometimes, and makes the writing progress a lot more practical, and you can see how it really applies. First you write, then you edit, then you proofread, and the whole process makes more sense if you are doing it for something you really want to see shine.60. In the second paragra
38、ph, the author mainly intends to tell us _.A. blogging can even benefit a college student B. how to blog over the course of the semester C. how blogging can improve ones writing ability D. its necessary to keep blogging as a habit61. The author believes blogging kills two birds with one stone probab
39、ly because _.A. kids can learn to use the Internet by blogging B. it is closely related to kids interests C. kids can do their homework while blogging D. it can keep kids from wasting time on Internet62. We can learn from the third paragraph that _.A. blogging encourages kids to writes with interest
40、s B. blogging is mainly used by kids to finish their homeworkC. kids like blogging because it is easier to learn D. blogging too much can be a waste of time for kids63. When kids blog, it is most important to let them _.A. choose their topic carefully B. start by writing something simple C. blog ove
41、r their homework mainly D. choose something that is interestingCI am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my
42、 husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓言 ) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.So heres what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, t
43、he larger house.Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who you love. And remember that love is not leisure; it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.Its s easy
44、to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. Its so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something is really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learn
45、ed from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and trey to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And thin
