江西省白鷺洲中學(xué)08―09年度高二英語下學(xué)期第一次月考試卷

命題人： 劉麗蘭             審題人： 胡苗琴  

第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共115分）

第一部分：聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

第一節(jié)  （共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）

聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題目所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

1．Why does the woman go to the city?

       A、To meet her father.

B、To stay here.                             C、To find a job.

2．What is Frank planning to do?

A、Move to a big city.

B、Become a teacher.                           C、Go back to school.

3．What does the woman mean?

A、The plan will be put off if it is raining.

B、The plan will be cancelled if it is raining.

C、The plan will be carried out whether it is raining or not.

4．How many languages does BBC World Service use?

       A、34.                       B、35.                       C、36.

5．Where is the woman’s mother now?

       A、At home.             B、In hospital.   C、At work.

第二節(jié)  （共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）

聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C、三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的聽第6段材料，回答6至8題。

6．What are the two speakers going to do now?

A、To eat something.

B、To call their friend.                   C、To walk around town.

7．Why does the man want the woman to meet Howard?

A、He is a funny man.

B、He is the hotel manager.           C、He is leaving the town soon.

8．When will the two spekers meet Howard?

A、Before 1:00         B、At 12:30              C、After 1:00

聽第7段材料，回答9至11題。

9．Why does Alice call Don?

A、Don’s dog barks a lot.

B、Don is quarrelling with his wife.

C、Don’s dog gives off a strange smell.

10．How does Don feel at first when he gets the phone?

A、Regretful.               B、Surprised.             C、Annoyed.

11．What will Don probably do after the conversation?

A、To go on sleeping.      B、To go out a moment.

C、To feed his dog.

聽第8段材料，回答12至14題。

12．What did the man blame air pollution at first?

A、Cars.                    B、People.                 C、Factories.

13．Why did the woman dislike the man driving to school?

A、He made travelling inconvenient.

B、He missed a lot of exercise.           

C、He spent too much money on his car.

14．What is the relationship between the speakers?

A、Husband and wife.           B、Student and techer.

C、Boss and employee.

聽第9段材料，回答15至17題。

15．What do you think Robert Redford is?

A、An actor.                    B、The man’s boss.

C、The manager of the cinema.

16．What can we learn about Saturday?

A、It will be sunny.         B、They will stay home that day.

C、A good film will be on that day.

17．What will they do before they go out to the movies on Saturday?

A、Meet Ed and Jean.            B、Play tennis.

C、Have a big dinner outside.

聽第10段材料，回答18至20題。

18．Who is the speaker most probably talking to?

A、Some tourists.            B、Some students.           C、Some researchers.

19．When will the group of people probably get up tomorrow?

A、At 5:00 am.         B、At 5:30 am.         C、At 6:00 am.

20．What shouldn’t they take tomorrow?

A、The map.             B、Warm clothes.            C、Video cameras.

第二部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié)  單項填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

21．----     I didn’t pass the English exam.

    ----     next time, and you’ll succeed.

A、Working hard                                   B、Work hard  

C、To work  hard                              D、With hard work

 22．We were all shocked at the     news that he was in      prison.

A、the; the               B、the; a             C、/; /                 D、the; /

23．Excuse me, six, Mr white has arrived,      he wait outside or just come in ?

A、Shall                     B、May              C、Could           D、Must

24．I really don’t know     I had my money stolen.

A、it was where that                                    B、when was it that

C、where it was that                                    D、that it was when

25．When running around the corner, Mike was in      with another boy.

A、contact   B、connection          C、collision         D、conflict

26．      by the rising price of gas, many car owners use their cars less frequently.

A、Driven                                              B、Being driven       

C、To drive                                     D、Having driven

27．Everyone arrived Late at the party, for      reasons.

A、a number of                              B、a great deal of   

C、a variety of                              D、Large guantities of

28．----Why didn’t you go fishing with your friends yesterday ?

    ----Well, fishing is a hobby which       a great deal of patience, which I don’t have .

A、calls in                                              B、calls for              

C、calls up                                       D、calls on

29．He has put up a private company, but he     in the college for about 15years.

A、works                                             B、has been working

C、worked                                         D、had worked

30．We agreed to accept     they thought was the best tourist guide.

A、whoever                                        B、whomever 

C、whatever                                       D、whichever

31．I tried to call on you last week but your dog simply      not let me come throgh the gate.

A、could          B、would          C、might             D、should

32．The      marine organisms take      the density of water is great.

A、use of                                     B、advantage,with  

C、disadvantage of                      D、advantage, of

33．The book was boring, it wasn’t       to me.

A、benefit                                    B、benefited            

C、benefiting                              D、of benefit

34．     , his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.

A、As is believed                         B、It is believed       

C、He is believed that                 D、Who believed that

35．Mum had to cook different courses for Mike , for his tastes are      .

A、various          B、variety        C、vary     D、varied

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

Nowadays lots of students ask their parents for money to buy things they like. For me, to ask for money is like entering a(n)  36   . I learned this from  37   .

Last year my mother told me that the   38   way I would get my driver’s license before I turned eighteen depended on   39   I paid for the classes myself. “What ?”I asked in   40   .Judging by the look on my mother’s face, I knew   41  that my reasoning would have no   42   on the situation.

Three weeks later, I started working   43   a hostess at a factory, twice a week. A month later I paid $270 for driving lessons, and then over $20 to   44   my permit test ?all paid for by   45   other than yours truly. My pockets were empty   46    as soon as they were filled.

My mother thought that I’d be   47   to do things without her help. The funny thing was that even though I was totally   48   in the beginning. I truly appreciated it,  49   if I had just been handed bills from her.

When I realized that my mother wasn’t going to   50   something like a driver’s license, at first, it seemed as if she had put an immovable   51    before me and I would never   52   it. But my mother was   53   . She knew that I wanted a luxury(奢侈品) but   54   me to get it. That is as   55   as this―if I really want it, I’ll find a way to get it myself.

36．A、office                B、prison                 C、battlefield        D、bank

37．A、facts              B、experience      C、lessons            D、quarrels

38．A、best                   B、proper                  C、same                D、only

39．A、whether            B、that                   C、how                        D、when

40．A、trouble              B、disbelief             C、comfort            D、horror

41．A、hurriedly           B、jokingly             C、instantly        D、unexpectedly

42．A、effect                B、sense                    C、effort               D、result

43．A、with                  B、for                        C、like                   D、as

44．A、pass                  B、take                      C、hold                        D、gain

45．A、all                            B、any                       C、none                 D、some

46．A、almost               B、even                     C、still                   D、yet

47．A、ready                      B、likely                    C、unhappy           D、unable

48．A、terrified            B、annoyed               C、tired                        D、disturbed

49．A、more than         B、rather than        C、no more               D、no longer

50．A、pay                   B、raise                     C、buy                      D、fund

51．A、stone                 B、log                    C、block                   D、mass

52．A、get about          B、get by               C、get through         D、get over

53．A、wise                  B、mistaken           C、strict                   D、kind

54．A、dared                B、forced               C、encouraged         D、expected

55．A、well                  B、far                     C、soon                    D、simple

第三部分  閱讀理解(共20小題; 每小題2分,滿分40分)

A

  Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildife Fund said Wednesday.

  The new species were found in a remote region known as the “Green Corridor” in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam, the international conservation group said. “You can only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them,”Chris Dickinson, the WWF’s chief technical adviser in the region, said in a statement.

  The new snake species, the white-lipped keel back, generally lives near streams and eats frogs and other small animals, the WWF said . It has a yellow-white stripe along its head, red dots on its body and can grow to more than 30 inches long.

  The new butterfly species are among eight discovered in Thua Thien Hue since 1996. One is a “skipper”, a butterfly that flies in a quick, darting motion.

  Three of the new orchid species are leafless, which is unusual for orchids, the WWF said. The other new plant species include one in the aspidistra family, which produces a black flower and can exist in low light ,and arum(海芋屬植物), which produces yellow flowers surrounded by funnelshaped leaves.

  “It’s great news for Vietnam,” said Bernard O’Callaghan, Vietnam program coordinator for the World Conservation Union. “The jungles and mountains of  Vietnam are fascinating places and they continue to surprise scientists.” The WWF said all the new species are exclusive to tropical forests in Vietnam’s Annamits mountain range. It said all the species in the area are under threat from illegal logging, hunting and development.

56．Which would be the best title for this text?

A、New Plants and Animals in Vietnam

B、Importance of New Species in Vietnam

C、Great News for Vietnam

D、New Plant and Animal Species Found in Vietnam

57．Which of the following is NOT false according to the passage?

A、The new snake species was found in the “Green Corridor” in eastern Vietnam.

B、Chris Dickinson probably believes that the above mentioned species exist nowhere else in the world but tropical forests in Vietnam’s Annamits mountain range.

C、The newly-found snake species lives near streams and eats small animals except frogs.

D、The Green Corridor is the only special place to discover so many new species.

58．By saying “The jungles and mountains of Vietnam are fascinating places and they continue to surprise scientists”,the author intends to     .

A、express that scientists often get surprised at such jungles and mountains

B、warn people against walking in the jungles and mountains

C、say that scientists are eager to make important finds in the jungles and mountains

D、tell readers that scientists are afraid to go to these fascinating places

59．All these statements are true EXCEPT       .

A、“skipper” is one of the new butterfly species that can fly quickly

B、the new butterfly species was originally discovered in 1996

C、an arum is not a branch of the new orchid species

D、the local government has taken effective measures to protect these rare species

B

The Australian continent is a land like no other. Its animals, plants and landscapes have evolved (演化) over one thousand years, and there are about a million different natural species （物種）in Australia. More than 80 per cent of the country’s plants and animals are unique to Australia, along with most of the fish and almost half the birds.

Australia has more than 140 species of marsupials (有袋動物)，including koalas, wombats and the Tasmanian devil, now found only in the Australian wilderness. More than 750 species of birds have been recorded in Australia, 350 of which are found nowhere else in the world. Among them are the kookaburra, the rainbow lorikeet and fairy penguins. There are also 55 differernt species of macropods―the kangaroo family―native to Australia. They vary greatly in size and weight, ranging from half a kilogram to 90 kilograms.

The country has been making every effort to protect its natural heritage. Despite the large size of the continent, the majority of Australians live on the coast and in major cities―around 75 per cent of Australia’s population lives in city areas.

Australia is the driest continent on earth. Its center has one of the lowest rainfalls in the world and about three-quarters of the land is dry. These dry areas extend from the large central deserts to the western coast. Soils in these areas are very poor compared to other deserts. This has given Australians a great challenge.They have to make the best use of the variety of regions to meet the competing demands of agriculture, economy and conservation.

60．What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

       A、Australia is a very large country.

B、Australia has a very long history.

C、Australia has its unique natural species.

D、Australia has the largest number of plants and animals in the

world.

61．Wombats and the Tasmanian devil are the names of        .

       A、plants            B、animals         C、places            D、people

62．About        kinds of birds can only be found in Australia.

       A、140               B、350               C、400               D、750

63．Most of Australians live        .

       A、in the middle of the country           B、in the countryside

C、in the west of the country               D、in the coastal cities

C

In a survey of 1,500 European hotel managers, Americans were ranked second, behind the Japanese, as the world's best tourists. In the survey, conducted in April by the online travel site Expedia's German branch, Americans were seen as the most likely to try to speak a foreign language and the most interested in sampling local food.

Americans came in third, behind the Japanese and British, as the "most polite" tourists, and third, behind the Japanese and Germans, as "best behaved." And - we're sure this has nothing to do with how the hotel managers view Americans - Americans were ranked far and away as the world's most generous tippers and biggest spenders.

On the other hand, Americans were seen as the shabbiest dressers, the most likely to complain and the second noisiest. Who's louder? Only the Italians.

Some of the other findings: Russians were seen as the least polite travelers, followed by the Israelis and French. The stingiest tippers: the Germans, followed by the French and Israelis.

Italians, by far, were ranked as the best dressers, followed by the French and Spanish. In terms of bad dressing, the British were a distant second to Americans, followed by the Germans.

Who's the most unwilling to try speaking in a foreign language? The French, the British and the Italians, in that order.

The Chinese are the most reluctant to sample foreign food, followed closely by - this is strange - the British, whose home cuisine is probably the world's most seriously laughed at (a little unfairly, perhaps.)

And, finally, the overall award for "worst tourists in the world" goes to the French, with the Indians and Chinese taking home the silver and bronze, respectively.

64．The writer presents the passage here hoping to ________.

A．praise some travelers                       

B．criticize some travelers  

C．present the result of a survey           

D．encourage people to travel

65．Considering the best behaviour, the tourists ranking second are from _______.

A．Britain         B．America         C．Japan            D．Germany

66．According to the survey, the worst dressers in tourists are ____.

A．the British      B．Americans      C．the Germans     D．the Spanish

67．The underlined word “cuisine” can be replaced by ________.

A．cooking                    B．decoration         

C．education              D．management

D

Two University of Oklahoma scientists are starting research that they hope will someday lead to the development of a vaccine（疫苗） to fight against the HIV Virus, which causes AIDS.

  The research, to be carried out by Mark Lang, an assistant professor at the OU Health Sciences Center, and microbiologist John West , will examine the basic aspects of the immune system, rather than the complex aspects of the virus.

  They theorize that if a key function of the body’s immune system can be found exactly, it could be the first step toward developing a vaccine.

  “To develop a new vaccine, we realzed we first have to study and understand the immune system,” Lang said. 

Lang said their work will focus on researching the basic antibody responses from Natural Killer―like T―cells . A potential vaccine would contain NKT cells and would improve the immune system’s antibodies, which fight outside invaders such as HIV by preventing them from entering cells or giving the immune system enough of a boost to kill  them.

NKT cells, which have been a part of research into cancer and other diseases, have not previously been the focus of HIV research, Lang said.

The research will last 18 months, with tests being performed on mice. The Oklahoma Center is giving $300,000 toward the research, and if the research proves promising, Lang and West will apply to the National Institutes of Health for more funding.

“If we are successful, we will have made an important contribution to the field, but we will still be several steps away from an effective vaccine, ” Lang said.

Lang said that in a best ?case scenario (最好的情況)their research could lead to a vaccine ready for use in about four years.

68．The research to be carried out will focus on     .

A、the immune system                 B、the test performed on mice

C、NKT cells                               D、the HIV virus

69．The underlined part“a boost ” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “       ”.

A、growth in size                          B、an amount of time

C、a great number                        D、an increase in power

70．We can infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 8 that     .

A、other researchers need to help them

B、the research seems to be a failure

C、further research needs to be done

D、the vaccine can kill all viruses

71．What would be the best title for the passage?

A、Two Researchers Begin To Study the Immune System

B、NKT Cells Have Been a Part of Research into Cancer

C、The Relationship Between the Immune System and HIV

D、Two Scientists Work To Develop Hiv Vaccine

E

Middle school teachers in the United States are noticing a new generation of errors coming into their pupils’essays, Associated  Press has reported.

An increasing number of students hand in classwork containing words that may confuse adults. For example, they wrote “I WUNT TUBAROXTR” for “I want to be a rock star” and “DLERES PCNU” for“delicious pumpkin”. Middle school theachers say they most frequently encounter “b/c” for “because”, “w/o” for “without” and “4-ever” for “forever”.

Those simple abbreviations (縮略詞) and phonetic spellings are known as “instant messaging-speak” (即時消息式語言) or “IM-speak”. Today these words have become so common in children’s social lives that they are finding their way into essays and other writing assignments.

However, the rise of informal communication through e-mail, Internet blogs and cell phone text messaging has not stopped school teachers from telling students the importance of spelling.

“We’ve got a strict policy so they can be penalized for that―we don’t allow it. We talk about the four levels of the language: slang (俚語), colloquial (口語), informal and formal, which apply to both spoken and written language,” said Beverly Arnold, chairwoman of the English and language arts depart-ment at Owasso High School, Oklahoma.

“I think it’s critically important―for both formal and informal communication. We teach kids that they need to learn to exist in a world outside their social networks, and that repuires them to use proper grammar and spelling when they speak and write,” said Marsha Edmonds, director of curriculum in the Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Teachers use different strategies to teach spelling than they did 20 years ago, Edmonds explained. Instead of giving students random (隨意的) lists of words to master, teachers now draw on vocabulary from the literature their classes are studying or subject matter being covered in science and social studies.

But some educators, like David Warlick, 54, of Raleigh, North Carolina, see the growing young band of instant messengers as a phenomenon that should be celebrated. Teachers should cradit their stuents with inventing a new language ideal for communicating in a high-tech world, said Warlick, who has written three books on technology in the classroom.

72．Many adults feel        when seeing the “IM-speak” like “b/c”, “w/o” and “4-ever”.

       A、interested            B、puzzled         C、worried         D、disappointed

73．According to Marsha Edmonds,       .

       A、spelling is only important for formal communication

B、students need to learn to live in their social networks

C、we have four levels of the language: slang, colloquial,

informal and formal

D、students should use proper grammar and spelling when they speak and write

74．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A、“IM-speak” is becoming increasingly popular in teenagers’lives.

B、Students in the past spent less time in memorizing the new words.

C、Beverly Arnold is very strict with her students.

D、Teachers used to give students random lists of words to remember.

75．It can be inferred from the passage that        .

       A、all the teachers say “NO”to “IM-speak”

B、school teachers don’t do enough to stop students from using

 “IM-speak”

C、teachers still use old-fashioned methods to teach spelling

nowadays

D、David Warlick is a man who enjoys trying new things

第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：對話填空（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面對話，掌握其大意，并根據(jù)所給的首字母的提示，在標有題號的右邊橫線上寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確的形式，使對話通順。

A：Wow, you coat’s very dirty. Did you fall?

B：Yes, I had a terrible 76. e     on the underground train when I was on the 77. w      to work.A man came up to me and pulled out a knife. He 78.P     it right at me.

A：Oh, no. Are you all right? Did he 79. h     you ?

B：No. he didn’t, but he took my handbag.

A：Then what happened? What did you do ?

B：I 80. c     hold of his arm and he pushed me to the floor.

A：Oh,no. Why did you take his arm ? That’s 81. d     .

B：I don’t know. I didn’t think.

A：What did the other 82.P     do ? Did they help you ?

B：Yes. Two men ran 83. a     the robber and held him.

A：Did the police come?

B：Yes, the police were called and two policemen came and took the 84. r      to the 85.P      Station.

第二節(jié)： 書面表達（滿分25分）

假如你是班長，你們學(xué)校本周日將組織一次參觀首都博物館的活動，請你寫一個口頭通知。相關(guān)內(nèi)容如下：

安排：8：00在學(xué)校大門口集合，集體乘車去首都博物館；

     8：40在導(dǎo)游的帶領(lǐng)下參觀首都博物館；

     12：00參觀結(jié)束，集體乘車返回學(xué)校。

要求：1、參觀過程中請自覺遵守公共秩序；

     2、館內(nèi)禁止拍照；

     3、參觀后每人寫一篇感想。

注意：1、詞數(shù)：100左右；

     2、可根據(jù)內(nèi)容要點適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

     3、通知的開頭已為你寫好。

Dear students,

    Attention, please!