扬州中学2013-2014学年高二12月月考英语试题

江苏省扬州中学2013—2014学年第一学期月考 高二英语试卷 2013.12

一、听力

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where does the conversation most likely take place? A. In a restaurant.

B. In a hotel.

C. On the phone.

7. When does the restaurant stop serving lunch? A. At 1 p. m.

B. At 2 p. m.

C. At 3 p. m.

8. How many people will come with the woman for lunch? A. One.

B. Two.

C. Three.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What are the speakers talking about?

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A. Buying a car. B. Choosing a gift. C. Using a computer.

10. What's the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Professor and student. C. Salesman and customer. 11. What do we know about the person mentioned by speakers?

A. Maybe he likes something expensive. B. He is surely over sixty years old. C. He must be fond of learning. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the present condition of hotline like today? A. Poor.

B. Popular.

C. Rare.

16. What is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers?

A. To gain the belief of teenagers. B. To make teenagers study hard. C. To protect teenagers' rights.

17. What does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers?

A. It won't last long. B. It will be useful. C. It will save many lives. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To report on the growing middle class of China. B. To introduce a US company. C. To analyze the current market.

19. How many new babies does China have every year?

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A. 11 million. B. 20 million. C. 21 million.

20. Which of the following is true?

A. The toys made by China are of poor quality. B. China has a lot of high-quality toys exported. C. China is behind in toys-making. 二．英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 21. What I‘ve just got for Christmas is ________ attractive ipad, ______ present I have been longing for.

A. an; a B. an; the C. the; a D. the; the

22. __________he had only practiced the part a few times; he did it successfully beyond expectation.

A. Unless B. If C. Because D. Although 【答案】D 【解析】

试题分析：句意：这角色虽然他只排练了几次，但是他出人意料地演得非常成功。根据句子的逻辑关系可知用Although，A. Unless除非，B. If如果，C. Because因为，应选择D项。 考点：考查状语从句的连词

23. Dad is used to smoking and drinking. There is no chance________I am able to talk him into ________.

A. whether；giving it up B. of whether；giving them up C. which；stopped it D. that; getting rid of them

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24. She lay lazily in the armchair under the tree, the sun _______down through the broad leaves. A. shone B. shining C. was shining D. to shine

25. As the job-hunting season_________，many graduates are suffering from anxiety.

A. kicks off B. takes off C. puts off D. sets off

26. --How do you find James Cameron's 3D version of Titanic?

---Fantastic! It can't be _______ and has brought us a wonderful experience. A. as impressive

B. more impressive C. most impressive D. so impressive

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27. ________ is known to us all is that the old worker, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.

A. As; whom B. What; whose C. It; whose D. What; whom

28. —If he______there were poisonous snakes in the mountain, he would not have camped there.

—Luckily, he was found relatively quickly and_______to the local medical center. A. was reminded; rushed C. was reminded; rushing

B. had been reminded; rushed

D. had been reminded; rushing

【答案】B 【解析】

试题分析：句意：—如果他被提醒山里面有毒蛇的话，他就不会在那儿宿营了。—幸运的是他很快被发现了，而且迅速地被送到当地的医疗中心。第一空表示与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句，用过去完成时表虚拟，第二空表示病人被送到医院。是过去的事实，用一般过去式，选B。

考点：考查动词时态和虚拟语气

29. Do you think that bridge _________2,000 metres long? It doesn‘t appear so long.

A. measures B. is measured C. has been measured D. is measuring

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30.——Do you know where David is? I couldn‘t find him anywhere. ——Well, he_______ gone far—his coat‘s still here.

A. shouldn‘t have B. mustn‘t have C. can‘t have D. wouldn‘t have

31. By the time Jack returned home from England, his son _______ from college. A. graduated B. has graduated C. had been graduating D. had graduated

32. Many of us have a strange sense that we do remember feeling as if we _________in a dream, but can‘t quite recall the details.

A. are flying B. were flying C. fly D. would fly

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33. The government work report by Premier Wen conveys a variety of issues, and social justice _____.

A. in common B. in general C. in particular D. in practice

34.——Sorry, I haven‘t got any grape juice, but I‘ve got you some orange juice. ——_________. Thanks a lot anyway.

A. Don‘t mention it B. That‘ll do me C. It‘s up to you D. That‘s right

35. ——I wonder _________ makes the video Gangnam Style so popular. ——The unique dance moves and funny horse riding scenes.

A. how is it that B. what is it that C. how it is that

D. what it is that

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三、完形填空（20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Mondays are usually pretty busy for me. On one of these 36 Mondays, I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I had to 37 on that day and walked down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work, but 38 the car was nowhere to be found. I 39 right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn‘t there that morning.

This was at 8: 00 am in the morning. I made 40 to all the towing（拖）places, police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by 41 . By around 10:00 am, I couldn‘t find it anywhere and the policemen decided that it was 42 stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely 43 . Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise 44 to realize that my license was missing too along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole 45 and he was so sorry for me that he 46 to take me to the nearest DMV（车管局）and get a duplicate（副本的） 47 . I was totally surprised. I didn‘t know why this complete stranger would want to 48 some time off his day to help me . He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then 49 me a car. I was 50 the whole day because of the continuous events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a 51 stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day. I was so 52 by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar 53 . I took some smiley shaped chocolates and 54 them on some of my colleague‘s desks.

This is still a lot 55 out there in the world. We just need to take the time to discover it. 【小题1】 A. typical

B. lovely

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C. strange D. pleasant

【小题2】A. face B. explain 【小题3】A. excitedly B. surprisingly 【小题4】A. stayed B. looked 【小题5】A. ways B. trips C. accomplish D. arrange C. interestingly C. walked C. surveys D. hurriedly D. parked

D. contributions 【小题6】A. policemen B. doctors

C. thieves

【小题7】A. normally B. curiously C. actually

【小题8】A. made up B. worked out C. figured out 【小题9】A. still B. even

C. never 【答案】 【小题1】A 【小题2】C 【小题3】B 【小题4】D 【小题5】B 【小题6】A 【小题7】C

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D. officials D. finally

D. messed up D. only

【小题8】D 【小题9】D 【小题10】C 【小题11】B 【小题12】A 【小题13】C 【小题14】D 【小题15】B 【小题16】A 【小题17】A 【小题18】D 【小题19】C 【小题20】B

地，D. hurriedly沉默地，作者没有找到车应该是惊讶的，选B。

【小题4】考查动词：A. stayed停留，B. looked看，C. walked走，D. parked停车，此处是作者回忆自己停车的情景，所以用parked。选D。

【小题5】考查名词：A. ways道路，B. trips旅程，C. surveys调查，D. contributions贡献，作者丢了车，去拖车的地方和公安局找。表示到某个地方时可以用make a trip to。B 【小题6】考查名词：A. policemen警察，B. doctors医生，C. thieves小偷，D. officials官员，从前面的all the towing（拖）places, police stations可知作者认为汽车被警察拖走了，选A 【小题7】考查副词：A. normally正常地，B. curiously好奇地，C. actually实际上地，D. finally

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最后，到上午10点钟左右，作者还是找不到车，因此警察认为车实际上被偷了。选C 【小题8】考查动词：A. made up组成，编造，合好，B. worked out制定出，锻炼，C. figured out弄清楚，计算，D. messed up‖弄糟，搞乱‖，大早上发现自己的车被人偷走了，作者认为这一天都被搞乱了。选D

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四、阅读理解（30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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Former National Football League player and children‘s author Tim Green has added another book to his list of accomplishments: Unstoppable. The book tells the story of a 12-year –old boy named Harrison, who survives life in a cruel foster home before he finally finds a loving family. Once he settles in and realizes his natural football ability, tragedy strikes again and he loses his leg to a deadly bone cancer. Unstoppable follows Harrison‘s incredible journey as he faces many challenges in his life.

Tim Green says he decided to write a novel about a kid facing cancer after watching how his wife fought to survive her own illness. ―Her mental and physical toughness were more heroic to me than anything I‘d ever seen in the national sports leagues,‖ Green told TFK Kid Reporter Zachary J. Lewis.

After watching his wife‘s battle, Green said, he knew he needed to write about a person who

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struggled through a serious illness. But because the target age for his books is teen, he needed to tell the story through the eyes of someone that age.

【小题1】Who inspires Tim Green to write the novel Unstoppable? A. A boy named Harrison. B. His wife.

C. Zachary J. Lewis. .D. Jeffrey Keith

【小题2】The underlined word ―amputee‖ in Paragraph 4 most probably means________

A. a person who has survived cancer B. a person who has had a leg or an arm cut off C. a person who looks different from others D. a person who has no arms or legs 【小题3】What do we know from the last paragraph?

A. Jeffrey Keith thinks highly of Unstoppable. B. Jeffrey Keith has read Unstoppable many times. C. Unstoppable will be one the best-sellers this year. D. Jeffrey Keith is fond of reading Tim Green‘s novels.

【小题4】The novel Unstoppable intends to inspire kids that ________.

A. they should fight against disease fearlessly B. they should pursue their dreams C. they can become a writer if they want D. they can overcome any obstacles ahead 【答案】 【小题1】B 【小题2】B

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【小题3】A 【小题4】D 【解析】

B

It should be very clear that we live in a most spectacular（壮观的）time. It‘s a time when information is of primary importance. It‘s a time when new information technologies are fundamentally transforming the world in every aspect. Among the changes, which have come upon modern society, the ones in education are probably the most obvious and influential. New information technologies are accelerating changes in education, at the same time presenting revolutionary tools with the potential to make education more efficient and more effective than ever.

The application of new information technologies has remarkably promoted the process of education. Online learning is probably the best case in point. As is often the case with ―technology‖, online learning may appear to be horrible; it can sound like alphabet soup

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sometimes. Now let‘s see whether you can understand all this. You can participate in CBT at a CLC via the convenience of IDL. What does it all mean? Let me translate: GBT—Computer-Based Training; CLC—Computer Learning Center; IDL—Interactive Distance

The bottom line: the Internet is the most important educational tool in the information age and online learning will become a main part of every individual‘s learning experience in the future. That‘s exactly how we will move knowledge from the ones who have it to the ones who need it faster and cheaper, and that‘s how we‘re going to survive in the information age. 【小题1】The most suitable title for the passage should be ―___________.‖

A. Education in the information age

B. Advantages and disadvantages of online learning C. Online learning vs classroom learning D. How to survive in the information age

【小题2】In Paragraph 3 the microwave oven is mentioned as an example to indicate that_________.

A. online learning needs improving

B. online learning doesn‘t suit everyone

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C. online learning will exist alongside the traditional model D. online learning is more advanced than the traditional model

【小题3】Which of the following descriptions about online learning is NOT true according to the passage?

A. It is more efficient and effective.

B. It is convenient to both teachers and students. C. It stresses interactions between teachers and students. D. It is a cheaper way of learning.

【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. not all the people are in favor of online learning

B. it is not easy to combine online learning with classroom learning C. in the future all the courses will be available online

D. in a sense our survival in the world depends on online learning

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C

Endless playing of songs like All I Want For Christmas in shops during the festive season doesn‘t just drive us mad—the songs also make us more careless with our money, research has warned.

While repeated performance of Jingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers‘ spirits during the nightmare of Christmas shopping, the songs also have a more delicate impact.

―Background music, or ?muzak‘, can be used by marketers to impose cultures—such as the commercialization of Christmas—onto consumers and influence their behaviour, ‖experts said.

Dr. Alan Bradshaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, said, ―Festive jingles are force-fed to Christmas shoppers in a bid to change their mood, influence their sense of time and what sort of products they buy. In other words, this is an attempt to control your shopping habits in a way that you might hardly be aware of.‖

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―Often we are told that we have the freedom to choose where we want to shop, but during Christmas the use of music in this way is so common that our freedom to choose disappears.‖

Dr. Bradshaw and Prof Morris Holbrook of Columbia University examined the phenomenon and found that retailers often ―dumb down‖ the music played in shops to relax customers, meaning it is easier to control their behaviour.

It is thought that slowing down the rhythm of music in shops can trick customers into thinking less time has passed, and therefore spend more time examining the shelves, for example.

Some providers of background music have been known to promote their services by claiming they can boost profits by controlling the behaviour of customers.

―A common trick is to take a popular current song and record an instrumental version which can be slowed down or sped up at different time of the day to influence behaviour in different ways,‖ Dr Bradshaw said.

Background music is often classed as ―Muzak‖ in honor of the Seattle-based company which began producing its soft-sounding melodies in the 1930s.

【答案】 【小题1】B 【小题2】A 【小题3】B 【解析】

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D

The research tracked the health of 101,000 US nurses over three decades.

Light-to-moderate smokers were twice as likely to die of sudden heart problems as those who had never smoked.

But those who quit smoking saw their risk begin to go back down within years, a journal of the American Heart Association reports.

_________

During the study, there were 315 sudden cardiac deaths（心脏性猝死）——where the heart unexpectedly stops working.

In people aged 35 or younger, this usually because of a heart condition that runs in the family.

But in people who are older than this—as most of the nurses in the study were —it can be the first sign of coronary heart disease, where the heart‘s arteries become blocked by fatty deposits.

Of the 315 sudden deaths in the study, 75 were among current smokers, 148 were among recent or past smokers and 128 occurred in people who had never smoked.

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Reason to quit

After taking into account other heart risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and family history of heart disease, Dr Roopinder Sandhu and his colleagues found the women who smoked were twice as likely as likely to die suddenly even if they smoked ―light-to-moderate‖ amounts —between one and 14 cigarettes a day.

For every five years of continued smoking, the risk went up by 8%.

But women who quit saw their risk fall to that of someone who had never smoked, after 20 years of cessation.

【小题1】According to the research, light smokers____________.

A. are not likely to suffer from heart problems

B. are more likely to suffer from heart problems than moderate ones C. can go on smoking only if they don‘t smoke much D. have a high possibility of dying of heart disease 【小题2】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Nonsmokers wouldn‘t die of sudden cardiac death

B. Most of the nurses concerned in the research were middle aged.

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C. All age groups of people were involved in the research.

D. If the smokers had quit smoking, they wouldn‘t have died of heart disease. 【小题3】Which of the following is best suitable for the blank in the passage?

A. Raised risk B. Ways of quitting smoking C. Diseases related to smoking D. Signs of heart disease

【小题4】The underlined word ―nudge‖ in the passage probably means ―____________‖ A. push B. confidence C. study D. comparison

五、任务型阅读：（10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

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Each summer, you hear news about a sports player being rushed to the hospital or passing out because the heat was just too much. If you follow some basic safety tips, you‘ll be safe and happy playing outside for years to come.

Drinking water is crucial to your health in the heat. This is the first thing that everyone says when it is hot outside. You should not drink soda, coffee, or iced tea when you‘re playing outside, and for a few hours after you get inside too.

Be sure to take enough breaks to let your body rest. If you feel that your coach don‘t let you take enough breaks in the heat, don‘t wait until you feel awful to march to the sidelines. Once you feel bad, it‘s usually too late. Just be honest with your coach when you need breaks. He‘ll understand.

When you do have a break, don‘t sit in the sun. With the sun beating down on you, you‘ll only heat up and sweat more. Try to grab a seat in the shade under a tree, or even better, go indoors for a little while. Cooling yourself down can help you stay active longer.

The signs of dehydration（脱水）can be tough to recognize. They include a dry or sticky mouth, dry skin, a headache, and dizziness（头晕）. You might not always feel thirsty, so watch out for the signs of dehydration, and get yourself into the shade and get some water before it gets worse.

The earlier in the day you start your workout or practice, the cooler it will be. If you can start practice before the sun comes up, you have a few good hours to practice in the cool hours of the morning. Also, the earlier you practice, the earlier you can be done, which gives you some good recovery time when the heat gets bad in the afternoon. If you need more practice time, a good idea is to take a break when the heat is bad and come back to the field later in the evening, when the sun is setting.

As long as you pay attention to the above, playing sports safely in the heat isn‘t a difficult thing.

Title: Some safety tips while playing sports in the heat

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【答案】 【小题1】suitable 【小题2】 rest 【小题3】 indoors

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【小题6】原词重现：从第五段的句子：get yourself into the shade and get some water before it gets worse. 可知填shade

【小题7】词形转化题：从第六段的句子：The earlier in the day you start your workout or practice, the cooler it will be.可知把cooler改成cool

【小题8】词义归纳题：从第六段的句子：If you can start practice before the sun comes up, you have a few good hours to practice in the cool hours of the morning.可知是在日出前锻炼，填

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六．书面表达 (满分25分)

每年的4月23日是―世界读书日‖。尽管在科技日益发达的今天，人们获取知识与信息的途径有很多，我们还是鼓励更多的人阅读。 请以Reading—A Bright Way to A Better life为题写一篇英语作文，要点包括下表中的信息。

注意：1. 词数150左右。2. 不要纯粹照点翻译。3. 文中不能出现真实姓名。

Reading—A Bright Way to A Better life

Knowledge may be acquired through many ways, the best of which is reading. In the age of high technology, reading deserves to be paid attention to.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】

Reading—A Bright Way to A Better life

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【解析】

试题分析：考查提纲式作文：这是提纲式作文，要点已经给出，而且很详细，考生首先要认真阅读前面的提示，根据所给要点，灵活运用英语知识，采用不同的表达方式将各要点完整地表述出来，注意主次分明，详略得当。语言力求准确、简洁。根据情景的发展，按顺序安排好材料。同时应选用合适的连接词或过渡词，使文章具有一定的连贯性。考生必须认真查验是否有漏写情况，有无拼写错误及标点误用等

【亮点说明】本篇范文行文流畅，好的词组随处可见：deserves to be paid attention to值得被注意，. of great benefit to 对…很有益，apart from/as well as 除了， to some degree到某个程度，be worthy of being read.值得被读， keep in mind记住，be supposed to应该，还出现了非谓语动词的用法，如：reading ，improved以.及it做形式主语/宾语的句式为文章增加了亮点。长短句穿插使用，错落有致，读起来自然流畅，Knowledge may be acquired through many ways, the best of which is reading这句话用了定语从句，. Books are to mind what food is to body.

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