高二年级英语学科月考试卷（2010．9. ）
（考试时间90分钟 满分100）
Listening Comprehension（14%）
Questions 1-3 are based on the following passage.
1. A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
2. A. Science books. B. History books.
C. Maths problems.
D. Newsletters from friends.
3. A. Slowly B. Fast C. From slow to fast. D. From fast to slow.
Questions 4-6 are based on the following passage.
4. A. He was asked by someone else.
B. He wanted to turn off the lights of his car.
C. He left something important in his car.
D. He wanted to check if he had locked his car.
5. A. Once. B. Twice.
C. Three times. D. Four times.
6. A. 7:30 B. 7:45 C. 7:15 D. 8:00
LONGER CONVERSATIONS:
Information about the woman
Job A(n) 7. ___________
Hobby 8. ___________ in bed
Greatest achievement Having a(n) 9.___________
Person she admires most Bill Gates
Favorite food 10. _______________
NO MORE THAN ONE WORD
Cars need gas to run and your 11.________ to work for you.
For main food groups the 12.___________ group
the meat and fish group
the 13._______ group
the bread and rice group
Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these 14._____________, you’ll be given enough energy during the day.
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
II. Grammar (15%)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
15.The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945, and their power ___________ increased enormously ever since.
A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
16._________ you have got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.
A. Now that B. After C. While D. The moment
17．It was __________ it rained heavily that they didn’t come.
A. as B. because C. for D. since
18. Strange __________ his idea sounds, it is accepted by all.
A. although B. though C. however D.while
19. __________ I saw the computer, I showed great interest in it.
A. At first B. For the first time C. Until D. The first time
20. ___________ , I am sure that the boy is honest.
A .Whatever people say B. No matter people say
C. What people say D. It doesn’t matter people say
21. We made a decision ___________ there would be a rain, we should stay at home.
A. that B. if C. that if D. whether
22. Where have you been We ____________ you everywhere.
A .have been looking for B. has looked for C. had looked for D. has been looking for
23.You ‘d better not leave the medicine _____________ kids can get it.
A. even if B. which C. where D. so that
24. I am sorry you have been waiting so long, but it will still be some time _________ Mary gets back.
A. before B. since C. till D. after
25.________________ well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
A. However B. Whatever C. No matter D. Although
26. So far this year we __________ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.
A. saw B see C. had seen D. have seen
27. I shall stay in the hotel all day____________ there is news of the missing child.
A. in case B .as long as C. in any case D. ever since
28. -----I am sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final .
-----I think so. He __________ for it for months.
A. is preparing B. was preparing C. had been preparing D.has been preparing
29. He was about to tell me the secret____________ someone patted him on the shoulder.
A. as B. until C. while D. when
30. --Dad, I' ve finished my assignment.
--Good, and ___________ you play or watch TV, you mustn't disturb me.
A. whenever B. whether C. whatever D. no matter
31.The unemployment rate in this district ___________ from 6% to 5% in the past two years.
A. has fallen B. had fallen C. is falling D. was falling
III. Vocabulary(10%)
Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words or phrases in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. compete in B. definitely C. specially D a variety of AB. despiteAC. participate AD. qualified BC. career mentsCD. stayed up ABC. adapted to
32. Although he was worn out, he __________ late preparing the election speech
33. He is determined to become a ________ doctor in the future to benefit people.
34. The aircraft carrier offers shops, cafes and ____________ entertainments.
35. Every four years the best skiers gather to _______ the downhill races .
36. His current book was __________ written for the aged who feel lonely after retirement.
37.________ the threat of war, people live and work as usual . .
38.He has invited all his battle companions to ________ in his wedding.
39. Please bear it in mind :Never make ________ on what others do behind them.
40. After her graduation from the university, she took up nursing as a _______.
41. Gradually , our eyes _________ darkness in the cave.
IV. Cloze (15%)
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing 42 .
What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, 43 revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. 44 several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber 45 some of the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in 46 to your evolving purpose, or to include fresh ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. 47 , it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to 48 . topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows 49 . Always make time to become your own 50 and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you 51 new ideas.
42. A. technique B. style C. process D. career
43. A. in particular B. as a result C. for example D. in other words
44. A. undergone B. skipped C. rejected D. replaced
45. A. rewrote B. released C. recorded D. reserved
46. A. addition B. response C. opposition D. contrast
47. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore
48. A. discuss B. switch C. exhaust D. cover
49. A. drafting B. rearranging C. performing D. training
50. A. director B. master C. audience D. visitor
51. A. personal B. valuable C. basic D. delicate
V. READING
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.
Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up -- how to catch wild elephants.
Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old fife. "Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase," she says.
But Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun. "My work," she says, "is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to
guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.
The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. "Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans," she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!
52 For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to .
A. get long lasting excitement B. keep both man and elephants safe
C. send them back to the jungle D. make the angry elephants tame
53. Before Parbati studied in a boarding school, .
A. she spent her time hunting with her father
B. she learned how to sing love songs
C. she had already been called an elephant princess
D. she was taught how to hunt tigers
54. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because __________.
A. they are caught and sent for heavy work
B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them
C. they are attacked and their land gets limited
D. dogs often bark at them and chase them
55. The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India _________.
A. people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks
B. the man-elephant relationship is getting worse
C. elephant tamers are in short supply
D. dogs are as powerful as elephants
(B)
The following card includes a brief summary and a short assessment of a research paper. It can provide a guide for further reading on the topic.
56. The research paper published is primarily concerned with
A. the way of preventing employee turnover
B. methods of improving employee performance
C. factors affecting employee turnover and performance
D. pay structures based on employee performance
57. As is mentioned in the card, the limitation of the research paper mainly lies in that .
A. the data analysis is hardly reliable B. the research sample is not wide enough
C. the findings are of no practical value
D. the research method is out-of-date
58. Who might be most interested in this piece of information
A. Job hunters.
B. Employees in blue-chip companies.
C. Mid-level managers.
D. Researchers on employee turnover.
(C)
The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added - a communications blackout caused by solar storms.
After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a flesh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.
Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London.
"The Sun's activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites," said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.
At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物质抛射) occur in the Sun's atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electrically-charged matter. " A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites, cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications," Professor Harrison added. The risk is greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest number of sunspots.
Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available.
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur.
Professor Richard Hold away, the lab's director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth "If we have advance warning, we'll be able to reduce the damage. What you don't want is things switching off for a week with no idea of what's caused the problem," he said.
59. The phrase "communications blackout" in paragraph 1 most probably refers to during the 2012 Olympics.
A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch
B. the collapse of broadcasting systems
C. the transportation breakdown in London
D. the destruction of weather satellites
60. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage
A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.
B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.
C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.
D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.
61. According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _ _
A. take images of the solar system B. provide early warning of thunderstorms
C. keep track of solar activities D. improve the communications on Earth
62. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage
A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer
B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger
C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race
D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled
VI .TRANSLATION 12%
1．我们迫不及待地跃跃欲试。
2 培训中心给了我使用英语的极大信心。
3.总统对目前的经济形势作了评论。
4. 出席会议的所有代表的英语都非常好。command
5. 尽管天气炎热， 游客们还是冲往中国馆预约处。Despite, scramble,Pavilion
6. 他被父母强迫参加了培训班， 结果， 他整天在课上看漫画。force
VII .Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 15%
某海外学校举办英语夏令营，开设了如下课程：园艺（gardening）、烹饪（cooking）、防身术（self-defence）、护理（nursing）。假如你是王跃华（不可以用自己的真实姓名），写一封申请信，报名参加其中一门课程的学习。信地内容必须包括：
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Trevor, C. O., Lansford, B. and Black, J. W., 2004, "Employee turnover (人事变更) and job performance: monitoring the influences of salary growth and promotion", Journal of Armchair Psychology, vol. 113, no.1, pp. 56-64.
In this article Trevor et al. review the influences of pay and job opportunities in respect of job performance, turnover rates and employees' job attitude. The authors use data gained through organizational surveys of blue-chip companies in Vancouver, Canada to try to identify the main cause of employee turnover and whether it is linked to salary growth. Their research focuses on assessing a range of pay structures such as pay for performance and organizational reward plans. The article is useful as Trevor et al. suggest that there are numerous reasons for employee turnover and a variety of differences in employees' job attitude and performance. The main limitation of the article is that the survey sample was restricted to mid-level management, thus the authors indicate that further, more extensive research needs to be undertaken to develop a more in-depth understanding of employee turnover and job performance. As this article was published in a professional journal, the findings can be considered reliable. It will be useful additional information for the research on pay structures.15----19 C A B B D 20-24 A C A C A
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