浙江省台州市六校2012-2013学年高二上10月月考英语试题.doc

2012学年第一学期

台州六校 高二年级月考试题
英 语2012年10月21

全卷总分：120分 考试时间：100分钟
温馨提示：所有答案一律做在答题卷上。
卷I （选择题 满分85分）
一、听力（共两节，满分14分）
第一节 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。
1. What did the man eat just now?
A. An apple. B. Some chicken. C. Some peaches.
2. How is the new house different from the old one?
A. It has more rooms.
B. It has larger rooms.
C. It has a small garden.
3. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates.
B. Colleagues.
C. Teacher and student.
4. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning.
B. At noon.
C. In the evening.
5. Why did the man call the woman?
A. To return her hat.
B. To thank her for the great party.
C. To ask her if he left something in her house.
第二节 听下面3段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where is the man going?
A. A hotel. B. A park. C. A museum.
7. Why does the woman suggest Park Street?
A. There is heavy traffic on Madison Street.
B. It is the fastest way.
C. She knows the route better.
8. Which way do the speakers finally go?
A. Madison Street. B. Park Street. C. 50th Street.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a waiting room.
B. In the doctor’s office.
C. Over the phone.
10. What’s wrong with the man?
A. He has a stomachache.
B. He has a toothache.
C. He has a headache.
11. When can the man see the doctor?
A. Right now. B. This afternoon. C. Tomorrow.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Co-workers. B. Friends. C. Coach and player.
13. Which sport does the woman do for exercise?
A. Running. B. Basketball. C. Swimming.
14. How often does the woman play volleyball?
A. Twice a week.
B. Three times a week.
C. Every day.
二、单项填空（共17小题；每小题1分，满分17分）
15.The flowers ______ my mother, but my sister thought they were for her and took them.
A. were intended for B. intended for
C. intended to give D. intended giving
16. She won a Nobel Prize for her scientific ______.
A. interests B. achievements C. behavior D. observation
17. What he said at the meeting means _______ those who had cut down the forests.
A. to argue against B. to argue for
C. arguing for D. arguing against
18. I wanted to catch ______ early train, but couldn’t get ______ ride to the station.
A. an; the B. /; the C. an; / D. the; a
19. Don’t ______ a person only because he has failed in an examination.
A. look up B. look down C. look down on D. look up to
20. Only ______ a human being.
A. when is it hungry a lion will attack B. when it is hungry a lion will attack
C. when it is hungry will a lion attack D. when is it hungry will a lion attack
21.. Have you heard that he, as well as his parents, ______ visited the Summer Palace?
—Really? No ______ he didn’t attend the meeting.
A. have; doubt B. has; choice C. have; reason D. has; wonder
22.Nowadays some parents regret not ______ more time with their kids when they were young.
A. to spend B. spending C. spend D. being spent
23.Don’t bother Tom, he is ______ with the experiment on water molecules in the lab.
A. focused B. fixed C. occupied D. concentrated
24.You must ______ a wide vocabulary if you want to learn a language well.
A. set up B. put on C. settle down D. build up
25.The laboratory was well ______ for atomic research.
A. offered B. equipped C. provided D. supplied
26. From his ______ look, we could see that he hadn’t expected that we could raise such ______ questions to him.
A. confused; confusing B. confusing; confused
C. confusing; confusing D. confused; confused
27.It is not a serious illness. I guess she will ______ soon.
A. remove B. recover C. replace D. reduce
28.John’s sister ______ herself with one glass of beer.
A. angry B. happy C. content D. pleased
29.The audience were so ______ by his humorous performance that they kept laughing all the time.
A. moved B. frightened C. entertained D. shocked
30.—Susan didn’t get an invitation to Joe’s wedding ceremony.
— ______ She doesn’t care.
A. What for? B. How is it? C. So what? D. How so?
31.Allow children the space to voice their opinions, ______ they are different from your own.
A. as if B. even if C. unless D. until
三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
In 1957, Jane Goodall first met the famous anthropologist (人类学者) Dr Louis Leakey, who later played an important role in her life. With the 32 of gaining insight into humans’ evolutionary (进化的) past, Dr Leakey 33 a pioneering long-term field study on 34 chimps. Even though Jane had no formal 35 , her patience and determination to understand animals 36 him to choose her for the study. 37 it was unusual for a woman to work in the forest of Africa, going there 38 the fulfillment (实现) of her childhood dream. In the summer of 1960 she 39 in Tanzania(坦桑尼亚) on Lake Tanganyika’s eastern shore. This marked the 40 of the longest continuous field study of animals in their 41 habitat(栖息地). Five years 42 , she earned a doctor’s degree at Cambridge University and then 43 to Tanzania to found the Gombe Stream Research Center. And in 1977, to provide on-going 44 for chimp research, Dr Goodall 45 The Jane Goodall Institute.
Today, she 46 most of her time traveling around the world, giving lectures on her 47 at Gombe and speaking to school groups about Roots &Shoots, her environmental education and humanitarian program for the 48 .
“Chimps have given me so 49 . The long hours spent with them in the 50 have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my 51 of human behavior, of our place in nature.”
32. A. way B. idea C. knowledge D. method
33. A. suggested B. achieved C. argued D. changed
34. A. modest B. special C. rude D. wild
35. A. exercise B. training C. living D. practice
36. A. devoted B. let C. made D. led
37. A. If B. Because C. Although D. Once
38. A. meant B. stopped C. intended D. inspired
39. A. arrived B. left C. reached D. went
40. A. end B. beginning C. happening D. achievement
41. A. new B. old C. man-made D. natural
42. A. later B. before C. ago D. behind
43. A. connected B. referred C. returned D. turned
44. A. environment B. evidence C. time D. support
45. A. created B. built C. founded D. set
46. A. costs B. spends C. pays D. devotes
47. A. bravery B. presence C. experiences D. appearance
48. A. animals B. youth C. human D. adults
49. A. little B. many C. much D. few
50. A. field B. university C. institute D. forest
51. A. imagination B. desire C. understanding D. protection
四、阅读理解（共17小题；每小题2分，满分34分）
第一节（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）
阅读下列三篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
People often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. Fear is another emotion(情感) that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like “he went pale and began to tremble” suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock.
However, “he opened his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese, surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues!” “Stretching out your tongue” in English is an insulting(侮辱的, 无礼的)gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in their ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people’s faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to understand body language than younger people do.
52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. We can easily understand what people’s gestures mean.
B. It is difficult to tell what people’s gestures really mean sometimes.
C. Gestures can be understood by most people but words are not.
D. Words can be better understood by older people.
53.People’s facial expressions may be misunderstood in different cultures because ______ .
A. people from different cultures have different meanings about some facial expressions
B. people speaking different languages have different facial expressions
C. people of different ages may have different interpretations (解释)
D. people of different sexes may understand a gesture differently
54.From the passage, we can conclude(得出结论) that ______ .
A. words are often more difficult to understand than gestures
B. gestures can be more effectively used than words to express feelings
C. gestures can be used to express feelings
D. gestures are used as frequently as words to express feelings
55.The best title for this passage can be ______ .
A. Gestures B. Feelings
C. Culture and Understanding D. Gestures and Feelings
B
Parents have widely different views on the problem of pocket money. Four new fathers were asked this question and this is how they answered.
Ashish Khanna: Although many argue that pocket money helps develop children’s sense of value, I don’t agree I wouldn’t give my child any pocket money. First of all, I never got pocket money and I seem to have a good value for money. If my child ever needed something and I felt it was a reasonable (合理的) request, I would buy it for him.
Sharad Sanghi: No, I wouldn’t give my child pocket money because I don’t want to create the perception (观念) of “her” money and “my” money. Besides, if I refuse to buy her something that I think is bad for her, she may buy it with her pocket money on the sly. In this way, I would lose control over my child’s requests. I feel it also encourages children to care more about money than anything else. I don’t want my child to start judging other children by the amount of money or pocket money they have.
Rakesh Shah: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because I feel that children should learn to spend money properly. I will give him a fixed amount every month and if he spends the money before the month is over, he will learn a lesson and not spend money so freely. He will learn what his limitations (限制) are and feel the difficulty when he has to pay for something that is over his own pocket.
Rajiv Patel: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because it is important that he learns to manage money. But I would not give it to him on a weekly or monthly basis. He would have to earn it. If he helped me finish some of my jobs or helped his mother with housework, I would reward him. This helps him realize that “money does not grow on trees” and it requires hard work to earn money.
56. Ashish Khanna may agree that _____.
A. he was given too much pocket money when young
B. he can take much control of his child by money
C. he will buy anything he thinks his child really needs
D. pocket money helps children develop a good value for money
57. The underlined phrase “on the sly” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to “_____”.
A. for free B. at a lower price
C. happily D. secretly
58. Who would give his child pocket money every month?
A. Ashish Khanna. B. Sharad Sanghi.
C. Rakesh Shah. D. Rajiv Patel
59. What do Rakesh Shah and Rajiv Patel have in common?
A. They want their children to learn to manage money from an early age.
B. They ask their children to get pocket money by working.
C. They teach their children the difficulty of making money.
D. They allow their children to spend money freely.

C
Nowadays, the increase in the prices of agricultural products is one of the greatest concerns of the people and the government. The government has announced a series of policies(政策) to prevent the prices from rising further. Rising housing prices is still a big concern for the people, but since farm products are needed every day, the increase in their prices has made life very difficult for them.
Many people may think the increase will help farmers. But have higher prices of farm products really benefited the farmers?
Take the increase in vegetable prices in the first half of this year for example. Though natural disasters such as droughts and spring frost did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly—in fact, prices of some products did not increase at all—vegetables have become er by as much as 20 percent compared to that of last year. This means only a small part (or even none) of the extra money that city people have paid to buy farm products has gone to the farmers. The extra cost actually has gone to middlemen.
As the fact shows, just increasing prices of farm products will have negative influence on the entire economy. On one hand, the price increase has created some abnormal phenomena, which hurts farmers’ interests. On the other hand, resources will enter the agriculture because of the high price of farm products, which would finally create negative effect on the whole economy.
In such a case, it would be better to leave the market to decide the prices instead of raising farm products’ prices to protect the interests of farmers. Actually, such a way will be better for farmers in the long run.
60. What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing the passage?
A. Farmers benefit a lot from the price increase.
B. Price increase has not helped farmers.
C. We should be sorry for farmers.
D. Price increase has a bad effect on economy.
61. Many people think the increase in the prices of farm products benefits ______ .
A. nobody B. the country C. middlemen D. f