临沭一中高14级高二上学期月度学业水平测试
英语试题 2015年10月
说明:本试卷分第I卷(选择题)、第II卷 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )(非选择题)和答题纸三部分。第I卷1至8页。第II卷9至10页。试题答案请用2B铅笔或0.5mm签字笔填涂到答题卡规定位置上,书写在试题上的答案无效。满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
第I卷 (选择题 100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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )中所给的A、B、C三个选择项中选出最佳选项,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. Why is the woman moving
A. The present flat is too expensive.
B. There is too much noise from the neighbor.
C. She wants to save money to buy a piano.
2. How does the man think the woman plays the guitar
A. Worse than he. B. As well as he. C. Better than he.
3. How long has the speaker been waiting
A. Half an hour. B. An hour. C. An hour and a half.
4. What can we learn from the conversation
A. The man had forgot ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ten the whole thing. B. The woman refused the man’s offer.
C. The man had hurt the woman’s feelings.
5. Why won’t the woman eat any more
A. She is los ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing weight. B. She isn’t feeling well. C. She has had enough.
第二节(共15小题;第小题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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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6至8题。
6. What does the man want
A. less work. B. More fun. C. A holiday.
7. How does the man feel
A. Dissatisfied. B. Excited about the holiday. C. Tired.
8. What does the man show towards his older generation
A. Hate. B. Dislike. C. Envy.
听下面一段材料,回答9至11题。
9. When did the woman go to see Kate
A. Two days ago. B. Two weeks ago. C. A week ago.
10. What do we know about Kate
A. The doctor’s advice does her no good.
B. She hasn’t got well though she has seen a doctor.
C. She’s too busy to see a doctor.
11. Who will go to see Kate
A. The woman. B. The man. C. Both of them.
听下面一段材料,回答12至13题。
12. Why does the man hire some bikes
A. To visit the island with his friend.
B. To go to visit the bicycle rental shop.
C. To go traveling abroad.
13. What does the woman suggest the man do
A. See her tomorr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow. B. Go to the beach. C. Hire a motorbike.
听下面一段材料,回答14至16题。
14. Why does Julia want to leave her present job
A. She does not like the job.
B. She wants to travel and teach English.
C. She wants to do something different.
15. What can we learn from the dialogue
A. The company will move out of London.
B. Julia will go abroad soon.
C. Tom will refuse to let Julia leave.
16. Who is Tom
A. Julia’s husband. B. Julia’s brother. C. Julia’s boss.
听下面一段材料,回答17至20题。
17. Where do you suppose John lived
A. In the northea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )st of England. B. In the southwest of England. C. In London.
18. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text
A. It was easier to find jobs in the south.
B. John has lost his job before going to the south.
C. He didn’t want to get a job in the northeast of England.
19. How many people we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re there in John’s car when the men with a gun came in
A. The car wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s full. B. Only five people were there. C. He was alone in the car.
20. Why was John shaking before the man with a gun
A. Because he was afraid of the gun.
B. Because he was afraid of the ticket collector.
C. Because he found the man was very strong.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑.
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Ellie Wen,18,was vo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lunteering at a community center in Los Angeles.The center was set up to help immigrant families.She happened to meet adults in an EFL(English as a foreign language)class.“When I saw them struggling hard,I wondered how people in poor countries could learn English,”Ellie said.
So she started a Website,“Repeat After Us”,where people can listen to English and practice their accents.Volunteers have helped Ellie record more than 6,600 texts,including Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”.
Hard work pays off ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ).There were so many times that Ellie was discouraged,but she stuck to it.The Website crashed early on,and all the recordings were lost.But volunteers worked together vigorously to start over,and the visitors returned to the site.
“Just follow your ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) idea and know that the world is so kind.Even if you do have trouble,people will help you,” Ellie said.
“I was really excite ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d the first month,when we had 49 visitors,”she said.Now,more than 480,000 people from a11 over the world have visited the site.“I get e-mails from China,Egypt,India,and Brazil.”They say,“Thank you so much for this resource,we’ve been waiting for it for so long!” Ellie loves knowing she is helping so many people.
Gloria Barron Priz ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e winners like Ellie are enthusiastic about the work they do.And they encourage others to join in if they see a need.Anybody can be negative,but it needs somebody brave to be positive.Are you the brave one?
21.Choose the right order of the following.
a.Ellie started a Website,Repeat After Us.
b.Ellie happened to meet adults in an EFL class.
c.All the recordings were lost.
d.Ellie became a Gloria Barron Prize winner.
e.More than 480,000 people from all over the world visited the site.
A.c—b—a—e—d B.b—a—c—e—d C.a—e—d—c—b D.b—c—a—e—d
22.Which of the following statements is true
A.The Gloria Barron Prize honors people showing leadership and courage.
B.Each year ten win ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ners share US$2,000 to support their higher education.
C.People can practice their English via Ellie’s website.
D.Ellie Wen was badly paid at a community center in Los Angeles.
23.The writer mainly talks about_____.
A.how to open up a website with the help of others
B.the Gloria Barron Prize and the story of one of its winners
C.how to teach immigrant families English via the Internet
D.young people who help others in various ways
B
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For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it.They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones.They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc.In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
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24.According to the author, you'd better __________
A.never be angry
B.laugh and laugh when you get angry
C.cool down your anger before you express it
D.admit you are wrong when you are angry.
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A.is not as danger as B.is no better than
C.is more harmful than D.is much better than
26.Which of the following statement is right
A.If you were angry, you would be cancered.
B.Once you are angry, you must be cancered.
C.Anger may cause you to suffer from a cancer.
D.Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered
27.What is the passage mainly about
A.The types of an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ger. B.The damage to health caused by being angry.
C.Causes of anger. D.How to release anger.
C
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28.What does the author do
A.She’s a teacher. B.She’s a media person.
C.She’s a housewife. D.She’s a businesswoman.
29.What does the author want to tell us
A.How to expose bad tricks. B.How to spend money wisely.
C.How to reserve airline seats. D.How to make a business deal.
30. Why did Delta give the author’s family credits
A.Their flight had been cancelled. B.They had early bookings.
C.Their flight had been delayed. D.They took a later flight.
31. What can we learn about the author
A.She is interes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ted in cheap products. B.She seldom makes a compromise.
C.She is very str ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ict with her children. D.She rarely misses a good deal.
D
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go to visit their grandparents. They would be excited because their grandfather would give them a few coins. Then they would buy toys or sweets. The grandparents commented that, behaving like this, the children would never learn to manage their money. So they planned a special test, in which the children would have to show, over the course of a year, just what they could manage to get with those few coins.
Some thought that they would save their money, but Ruben and Nico continued spending it all on sweets. So they give up saving.
Monty decided to manage his money by exchanging it: buying and selling things, or betting (打赌) it with others. Soon he surprised the whole family. He had accumulated (积聚) lots of money. However, Monty was not very careful, and he got involved in more and more risky deals. A few months later he became penniless after a losing bet. Alex, had a will of iron. He saved the money and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. Even better, with so much money, he managed to buy sweets at a reduced price, so that on the day of the competition he was presented with enough sweets for much more than a year. And even then, he still had enough left over for a toy. He was the clear winner, and other children learned the advantages of knowing how to save and how to wait.
There was also Julia. Poor Julia didn’t enjoy the competition, because even though she had had a wonderful secret plan, she had spent her money without giving her plan enough time to work. However, she was so sure that her plan was a good one, that she decided to carry on with it, and maybe change the expressions on her relatives’ faces, who had seemed to be saying “What a poor girl she is. She couldn’t manage to save anything”.
When she was about to complete the second year of her plan, Julia surprised everyone by turning up at the grandparents’ house with a violin and a lot of money. She did it really well.
32. Who saved nothing at the end of the first year
A. Ruben, Julia and Alex B. Ruben, Monty and Julia
C. Ruben, Nico and Monty D. Ruben, Nico and Alex
22. From Monty’s story, the children learned ______________________.
A. to save and to wait. B. to be careful and self-disciplined
C. to set a achievable goal. D. to buy and to sell things
23. Why did the grandparents plan a test on the children
A. Because they wanted the children to learn to manage money.
B. Because they wanted the children to learn to save money.
C. Because they wanted the children to learn to spend money.
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35. The underl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ined sentence in the fourth paragraph means ______________.
A. Julia will bring disasters to herself and her family.
B. Julia is too stupid to do anything well.
C. Julia is not good at managing money.
D. Julia has so many secrets that nobody likes her.
第二节(共5小题:每小题2分,满分l0分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
(特别提醒:如选E,请在答题卡上同时涂黑AB,同理可知:F=AC,G=AD)
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38 One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before.The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect.This story shows an important principle about managing time:No one can do it a11.Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs(利弊权衡).The problem is that many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last.They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves. 39
So what is the solution There’s an easy way.Decide what you want in your life,and put that first.On a daily basis,that should include regular meals,enough sleep and time with your family.Exercise,leisure,friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. 40 The choice is yours:whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life.Take a nap.Take a walk.Take time to play the piano.Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office.Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers.Fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.
A.The point is to do something for yourself every day.
B.Most people do not take time to relax themselves.
C.However,she went along with my idea.
D.They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own.
E.Above all,you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly.
F.This woman had made two major breakthroughs.
G.A patient came to see me about the stress in her life.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题:每题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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All that seemed to 45 as I got older, though.For some 46 reason people were suddenly greeting me with a 47 smile when I walked past them.Their eyes seemed to 48 up brightly when they said “hello” to me and many times they would even 49 to chat happily with me for a few minutes.At first I didn’t know what 50 had happened to me.Had the whole world suddenly gotten kinder without 51 me
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41.A.However B.Besides C.Therefore D.Otherwise
42.A.heads B.eyes C.feet D.1egs
43.A. 1augh B.nod C.shout D.whisper
44.A.something B.anything C.everything D. nothing
45.A.remain B.fade C.change D.return
46.A.possible B.terrible C.familiar D.special
47.A.warm B.bitter C.cold D.funny
48.A.pick B.grow C.light D.keep
49.A.move B.prefer C.continue D.stop
50. A.on purpose B.in fact C.on earth D.in detail
51.A.contacting B.informing C.understanding D.warning
52.A. secret B.idea C.thought D.answer
53.A.mirrors B.paintings C.shelves D.toys
54. A.saddest B.healthiest C.happiest D.toughest
55.A.explained B.realized C.predicted D.recognized
56.A.reflected B.delivered C.returned D.paid
57.A.accept B.avoid C.share D.1ocate
58.A.character B.image C.example D.picture
59.A.succeed B.encourage C.possess D.see
60.A.shine B.sing C.appear D.show
临沭一中高14级高二上学期月度学业水平测试
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第二节 单词拼写:根据汉语提示或首字母写出正确单词。每题1分,共15分。
1. I tried to ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ke the necessary a __________________ to this new situation.
2. There are two b ______________on the machine: one for start, and the other for stop.
3. We are still ____________________ (乐观的), whatever the result may be.
4. I wish to turn on the light. Where is the _____________________(开关)?
5. China ____________(实现) the Eleventh Five-year Plan smoothly in spite of financial crisis.
6. The new railw ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ay station being _______________ (建设) is expected to be finished next week.
7. The retired work ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er is very _____________________ (热情的) about neighborhood affairs.
8. The Song Dynas ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ty c __________________ three great inventions to world civilization.
9. The news was ______________________(宣布)on the radio.
10. He accepted hi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s friend’s c__________________ to swim in the river.
11. I keep my refer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ence book near my desk for c_______________________.
12. What he ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )wrote isn’t ______________________(一致) with what he told us.
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15. It was a t_____________________ story of violence and murder.
第四部分:写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
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第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
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请根据下图的百分比信息写一篇120词左右的英文短文,说明该现象并发表自己的看法。开头段已给出。
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临沭一中高14级高二上学期月度学业水平测试
英语参考答案与解析及录音稿
第I卷
第一部分:听力部分(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
1-5 BCACA 6 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )-10 BACAB 11-15 BACCA 16-20 CACCB
阅读理解 21-2BCB 24-27 CBCB 28-31 BBDD 32-35 CBAC 36-40 GCFDA
完形填空 41-45 ABBDC ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 46-50 DACDC 51-55 BDACB 56-60 ACBDA
单词拼写
1.adjustment 2. buttons 3. optimistic 4. switch 5. accomplished 6. constructed
7. enthusiastic 8. contributed 9. announced 10. challenge 11. convenience
12. consistent 13. statue 14. attracted 15. thrilling
【答案解析】
第二行:1.时态:go→ went前后时态一致。2.head→headed第三行:3.删掉so,前一分句为as soon as 引导的时间状语从句,主句前再不需要连词。4. 介词误用Before→After根据题意是等了半个小时以后,而不是以前。故用After.
第四行:5.副词误用:impatiently→impient这里是形容词和前面的get形成系表结构。6.连词误用:and→but根据句意需要转折,而不是顺承。
第五行:7.主谓一致误用: were→ was there be 句型中be 和最近的名词保持一致。8.fish前加a.根据题意这里是钓了一条鱼及根据fish后的was,故在此加a.
第六行:9.名词复数误用:minute→minutes few修饰的名词要用复数形式。
10.非谓语误用:Felt→Feeling根据句意,feel 和句子主语之间是主动关系而非被动关系
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