正定中学07―08学年高二年级第一次月考
英 语 试 卷 （07.9）
本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分. 满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（95分）
注意事项：
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第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1．exactly A．expert B．examination C．excuse D．extraordinary
2．decision A．observe B．treasure C．dust D．design
3．answer A．within B．twenty C．whoever D．whether
4．height A．eight B．foreign C．weight D．neither
5．idiom A．mild B．fighting C．district D．recite
第二节 语法和词汇知识（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。
6．Mr. Smith said that he would not be late for the appointment, ______ he were late?
A．so that B．and what about C．but what if D．how about when
7．Drivers who use mobile phone on _____ road are more likely to have _____ accidents, a science report said yesterday.
A．a ; the B．the ; 不填 C．不填 ; the D．the; the
8．I’m
going to
A．relate B．suggest C．advise D．recommend
9．Our limited time should _____ the most of ______ us for the approaching examination.
A．make; to prepare B．be made; preparing C．make; preparing D．be made; to prepare
10．Reading _______ the lines, I would say they are more worried about their children’s future.
A．beyond B．along C．between D．Neither
11．_______, her house looked in a mess.
A．Being painted B．Painted C．Having been painted D．Painting
12．―Thank you very much.
―You are welcome. I was ______ pleased to help.
A．only too B．too much C．not so D．very much
13．Food is to men _____ oil is to machines.
A．it B．what C．which D．that
14．The chair looks rather fine, but in fact, it is uncomfortable to ______.
A．sit on B．sit C．be sat D．be sat on
15．These examples show us that once _____ ,the poems are better understood.
A．reciting B．having recited C．recite D．recited
16．She tried to ______ some time each day to read to her children.
A．set out B．set aside C．put away D．set off
17．People have made poems since human society _________.
A．came into use B．came into being C．come into use D．come into being
18．The
fact ______
A．whether B．what C．that D．不填
19．He has a high salary. Every year he earns ________ $100,000
A．as many as B．as much as C．so many as D．so much as
20．I don’t want any bad words ______ about him behind his back.
A．saying B．spoken C．told D．said
第三节 完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D )中,选出最佳选项。
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go
home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with the same 21 might go onto the Internet and write
about them in a 22 . In many ways, a diary and a
blog are very similar. So, what makes blogging 23 from writing in a traditional diary?
The biggest difference is that
blogging is much more 24 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats
her diary like a book full of 25 that she does not want to share.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I 26 online to read her blog. She writes about things 27 waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. When I was her age, I wrote about the same things, 28 only in my diary. Then I 29 hide my diary in a secret place because I was worried that my sister might read it!
Because blogging is such a public way of writing, it has 30 good and bad points. The biggest problem with blogging is that anyone can 31 what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 32 about her in my diary, she would never know. 33 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might read her blog and become angry. 34 , we have to be very careful of what we write.
There are also advantages to
blogging, of course. People choose to blog 35 they know that their friends will read
what they write. If I was 36 sad one day and wrote in my diary, nobody
37 me, because no one knows about it.
However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends
would quickly 38 and tell her how much they like her.
Blogs help people 39 contact with their friends and hear what
the people around them are doing. Blogs are a very good way to write about 40 , as long as people are careful
about what they write.
21. A. problems B.
questions C.
difficulties D.
worries
22. A. diary B.
notebook C.
blog D.
book
23. A. similar B.
different C.
alike D.
equal
24. A. private B.
public C.
interesting D.
selfish
25. A. secrets B. tales C. ideas D. dreams
26. A. call B. get C. surf D. go
27. A. as B. for example C. like D. as to
28. A. but B.
so C.
however D.
and
29. A. will B.
would C.
might D.
could
30. A. both B.
neither C.
either D.
all
31. A. see B.
exam C.
read D.
study
32. A. crazy B.
fashionable C.
curious D.
bad
33. A. As a result B.
Generally speaking C.
However D.
In fact
34. A. Therefore B.
Then C.
Nevertheless D.
Even so
35. A. so B. because C. when D. although
36. A. looking B. getting C. feeling D. turning
37. A. cares about B. understand C. look after D. protect
38. A. return B. reflect C. imitate D. respond
39. A. stay B. get C. lose D. break
40. A. practice B. experience C. way of life D. daily life
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题。每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
（A）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for
any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket-anything with a round ball. I was
useless.” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in
school gym classes in
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year , he met John Ridgway, who because famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean , Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland , where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.
Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You’re completely crazy,” “Saunders says .
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier , Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite , had a close encounter (遭遇)with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit .
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the
North Pale, and he’s skied more of the
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of
41．The turning point in Saunders’ life Saunders’ life came when
A．he started to play ball games
B．he got a mountain bike at age 15
C．he ran his first marathon at age 18
D．he started to receive Ridgway’s training
42．We can learn from the text that Ridgway .
A．dismissed Sounders’ dream as fantasy
B．built up his body together with Saunders
C．hired Saunders fro his cold-water experience
D．won his fame for his voyage across
the
43．What do we know about Saunders?
A．He once worked at a school in
B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.
C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.
D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.
44．The underlined word “Intrigued” it the third paragraph probably means .
A．Excited
B．Convinced
C．Delighted
D．Fascinated
45．It can he inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole .
A．was accompanied by his old playmates
B．set a record in the North Pole exposition
C．was supported by other Arctic explorers
D．made him well-known in the 1960s
B
My friends, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in
Emma had never
read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was
floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting（笔迹）.It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in
46. Alex lent Emma the book, Markings, .
A. to show his friendliness to her
B. to show his interest in reading
C. to tell her about the importance of UN
D. to let her write her name and address inside
47. How did Emma feel the moment she opened the book?
A. Pleased. B. Satisfied.
C. Worried. D. Surprised.
48. We can learn from the text the Californian .
A. met Emma at a concert
B. invited Emma to a concert
C. introduced Emma to his friend
D. left Emma his backpack
49. Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book?
A. An official of the UN.
B. A coffee shop owner.
C. A friend of the author’s.
D. Alex’s
friend form
C
A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a significant(显著的) problem.
The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation(动机), we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.
Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining(保持) or increasing motivation. Several years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.
50. What is the text mainly about?
A. Foreign students have more problems.
B. There are many ways to improve English.
C. Teaching should meet students’ needs.
D. English learning problems should be studied again.
51. Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students________.
A. had to write their papers
B. became better at speaking
C. became less interested in reading
D. had fewer problems with listening
52. We may infer from the last two paragraphs that ________.
A. different teaching methods should be used
B. grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging
C. English courses are necessary for foreign students
D. teaching content should be changed halfway.
53. The word “it” underlined in the last paragraph refers to “__________”.
A. re-think
B. activity
C. motivation
D. timetable
D
Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画) much influenced(影响) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some
strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing
watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last
time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became
my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves
and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors
should look. So I painted landscapes around
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”
54. What is the text mainly about?
A. Learning to paint in later life.
B. How to paint watercolors
C. An artist-turned teacher
D. Life after retirement
55. The author started drawing again in 1995 because_________.
A. he hoped to draw a picture of his father
B. he couldn’t stop missing his father
C. he had more time after retirement
D. he liked animals and landscapes
56. We can infer from the text that the author__________.
A. had been taught
by Krenkel and
B. painted
landscapes in
C. believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolors
D. started his retirement life at the age of seventy
57. How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?
A. Very enjoyable. B. A bit regretful C. Rather busy. D. Fairly dull.
E
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The Little
Penguin has called
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?Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance
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58. What kind of people is the text mainly written for?
A. Scientists. B. Students C. Tourists. D. Artists.
59. We can learn from the text that Little Penguins__________.
A. have been on
B. keep a Guinness record for their size
C. are trained to practice diving for visitors
D. live in large groups to protect themselves
60. How much would a couple with one child pay for a closer viewing tour?
A. $37.50. B. $62.50. C. $180.00. D. $150.00.
（B）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
-----Hi, Jane. Where are you going?
-----I’m not sure. 61 .
-----Really? Have you decided what color to use?
----- 62 . I’m thinking about white walls and light blue furniture. But I can’t decide what kind of carpet to get.
----- 63 .
-----I worry about expensive things like that. I’m afraid I won’t be able to take it back if I decide I don’t like it.
----There are a few carpet stores ahead. 64 .
----That’s a good idea. 65 .
A. I think you should look for cream color to go with the wall.
B. I want to decorate my living room.
C. Wonderful!
D. Well, not yet.
E. I’m glad I ran into you today.
F. I’ll give you a hand.
答案：
1-5BBCDC 6-10CBDDC 11-15AABAD 16-20BBCBD 21-25ACBBA 26-30DCABA 31-35CDCAB 36-40CADAD 41-45BDADB 46―50 ADADC 51―55 AADDB
56―60 CACAB 61---65 BDAFE
66. convenient 67.construction 68.loneliness 69. fantasy 70. atmosphere 71.glory 72 contributed 73. absence 74. influenced 75.consisting
76 happens---happened 77 off---on 78. 去掉 the 79. has---was 80. he---she
81. 去掉when 82. Saw---Seeing 83.√ 84. glanced 后加at 85. quick---quickly
One possible version:
Now in country areas, there are many children out of school. I think one of the reasons is that their families are too poor to afford their school. As a result, they have to stay at home to get money to keep their families. Another reason is that many parents think it useless for the girls to study and they would not like them to go to school. A third reason is that some children are not interested in their lessons, and would not like to go to school. In my opinion all the children including the girls should have the chance to receive education. All the people should pay attention to the children who will play a very important part in the future of our country.