高二英语三月月考测试卷
2010—2011学年度高二英语3月月考测试试题
（时间：120分钟;满分：150分）
第I卷（选择题共115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．How does the man feel about the class?
A. He does not understand it .
B. He does not like it .
C. He is used to it .
2．What does the woman mean?
A．They are good friends . B. She likes the man’s friends.
C. She has the same friend as the man.
3．What did the woman like doing when she was young?
A．Riding a bicycle with friends. B. Traveling around the country .
C. Reading alone.
4．When can the woman get the computers?
A．On Tuesday B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.
5．What time will the speakers get to Beijing?
A．At 11:00 B. At 12:30. C. At 12:45.
第二节（共15小题；每小题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6~8题。
6．Where are the speakers?
A．In a classroom B．In a theatre. C. In an office
7．Why does the man plan to leave early?
A He is going on vacation.
B. He is going to a performance.
C. He is going to the post office.
8．What does the woman offer to do?
A．Clean the office. B. Pick up the man’s son. C. Finish the man’s work. 听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。
9．What has the woman just done?
A．She has just opened her own restaurant.
B. She has just got a head cook position in a retaurant.
C. She has just finished her cooking study.
10．How long haven’t the two speakers met with each other?
A．Three years. B．Seven years. C．Five years.
11．Why did the woman change her mind about cooking?
A．Because she wanted go abroad for further study.
B Because she was interested in cooking Frenchfood
C. Because she failed in cooking for her family.
听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。
12．What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Father and teacher.
C. Mother and teacher.
13. What does the woman think of computer games ?
A．They help kids to learn better computer skills.
B．They separate kids from reality.
C．They can give kids much mental development.
14．How long can Nick play the computer games every day according to the rule? A．An hour． B. Two hours C. Half an hour.
听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。
15．What are the speaks talking about?
A．Popular sports events. B. TV programs people like best.
C. Things people do in their spare time .
16．How did the woman do the research?
A．She talked to people. B. She sent letters to people.
C.She collected information from newspapers.
17．What do most people do in their spare time？
A．Go to movies. B. Read books. C. Watch TV.
听第10段材料，回答第18~20题。
18．How many students fail to graduate from high school every year in America?
A. One third of all students.
B. 26,000 students.
C. 7,000 students. 19．Who came to attend the conference?
A. Famous scientists and leaders.
B.Famous teachers and authors.
C. Famous businessmen and stars.
20 What do we know about get schooled?
A. It’s a four-year program.
B. It aims to help more high school kids graduate.
C. It’s started by some politicians.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题, 每小题1分,满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中,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。
21．In face of ___failure , it is the most important to keep up ___ good state of mood ．A．/; a B．a; / C．the; / D．/; /
22 ----How can they inform Audrey of their project?
----________ they had her email address.
A．What if B．Only if C．If only D．Now that
23. This article is so badly organized that I can hardly _____what the writer is trying to say .
A. make out b. hold out C. rule out D. hang out
24. When it comes to ____the foreign language French, the young man suggests____ to Paris.
A. learn; moving
B. learning; to move
C. learning; moving
D. learn; to move 25．_______ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.
A. The president will attend
B. The president to attend
C. The president attended
D. The president’s attending
26.—Shall I help you?
—Sure. Such a difficult case is ______ I could handle myself.
A. rather than
B. less than
C. or rather
D. more than
27. Mr Li is such a considerate person ____all his collegues like to work with.
A. that
B. so
C. which
D. as
28---.I think the Internet is playing an important role in our daily life . Don’t you think so? ---Yes.____.
A. Great minds think alike
B. Early birds catch worms
C. Facts speak louder than words
D. No pains , no gains
29. I_____him to give up the foolish idea but he insisted ______having a try.
A. suggested , in
B. . advised, on
C. persuaded , on
D. allowed , in
30. How long do you think_ _____the computer company launches a new model?
A. it will be before
B. will it be until
C. will it be when
D. it will be that
31. An unlocked door is an _______ to car stealing.
A. interest
B. attention C . invitation D. addiction
32. Class regulations require ______ is the last to leave the classroom ______ off all the lights.
A. who; should turn
B. whomever; turn
C. whoever; turning
D. whoever; turn
33．Frankly speaking , I’d rather you anything about it for the time being. A．have done B．haven’t done C．didn’t do D．don’t do
34．---- We haven’t heard from Jane for a long time.
---- What do you suppose ____ to her?
A．was happened B．has happened C．to happen D．having happened 35.—Can I pay the bill by check?
—Sorry, Madam, but it is our managing rule that payment ______ be made in cash.
A. may
B. shall
C. will
D. can
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While on a family canoe trip on the Fox River a few years ago, Grant and Colton Shepard were disturb-ed by what they saw in the water. “We were there to enjoy the 36 ,” says Grant, 11, “ 37 we saw a lot of litter(垃圾).”
The brothers, who live in Riverside, Illinois, went home and took action. They 38 the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 39 to monitor local rivers and streams carefully. They 40 training workshops to become familiar with the organisms(微生物) that are found in local 41 .
Ever since, the two boys have been taking weekly 42 from two rivers. They study them to make certain that the underwater ecosystem is 43 . Sometimes they find strange things. “We_44_ discovered a big picnic table that had 45 underwater!” says Grant.
It’s not just rivers that these kid volunteers 46 . They have devoted themselves to keeping their environment 47 balanced. “In the future, we’re going to need more resources. 48 we protect them now, they won’t be there for us,” says Colton, 14.
Every year, 49 their campaign for a cleaner world, the brothers 50 at least 100 days without using a car. Their purpose is to cut down on the 51 gases that cars give off into the air.
The brothers have also been active in helping 52 Illinois’ precious grassland. For the past two years, they have spent 53 one Saturday a month clearing away non-native plants from a 100-acre rare oak(橡木) grassland. “The plants and bushes 54 our heritage because they prevent the old oaks from growing 55 ,” says Grant.
36 A. garden B. grass C. beauty D. trip
37 A. because B. so C. though D. but
38 A. contacted B. reminded C. informed D. interviewed
39 A. preparing B. offering C. advising D. agreeing
40 A. produced B. provided C. attended D. held
41 A. forests B. lakes C. waters D. schools
42 A. wastes B. samples C. polluters D. liquids
43 A. in order B. in place C. in danger D. in balance
44 A. never B. often C. once D. seldom
45 A. put B. deserted C. sunk D. left
46 A. pick out B. care about C. look out D. take over
47 A. slightly B. regularly C. totally D. finally
48 A. Even B. As long as C. Before D. Unless
49 A. for the purpose of B. as a result of C. as part of D. as well as
50A. walk B. run C. choose D. go
51 A. extra B. harmful C. useless D. various
52 A. decorate B. plough C. design D. restore
53 A. at least B. by turns C. as usual D. at most
54 A. destroy B. threaten C. change D. replace
55 A. rightly B. nicely C. properly D. separately
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。
A
If you’re looking for the place that has everything, there’s only one place to visit, and that’s New York. It’s a whole world in a city.
The World of Theatre: All of New York is a stage. And it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many hit shows in one place? Only in New York!
The World of Music: Spend an evening with Beethoven at Lincoln Center. Swing to the great jazz of Greenwich Village. Or rock yourself silly at the hottest dance sports found anywhere.
The World of Art: From Rembrandt to Picasso. From Egyptian tombs to Indian teepees.
Whatever kind of art you like, you’ll find it in New York.
The World of Fine Dining: Whether it’s a roast Beijing duck in Chinatown, lasagna in Little Italy, or the finest French coq au vin found anywhere, there’s a world of great taste waiting for you in New York.
The World of Sights: What other city has a Statue of Liberty（自由女神像）? A Rockefeller Center? Or a Bronx Zoo? Where else can you take a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park? Only in New York!
56. Which of the following programmes can a visitor have only in New York?
A. To enjoy roast Beijing duck.
B. To taste the finest French coq au vin.
C. To spend an evening with Beethoven.
D. To see the Statue of Liberty.
57. From the text we know that “Rembrandt” is most likely the name of a famous ________.
A. singer
B. painting
C. play
D. painter
58. What the writer really wanted to do is to ________.
A. try to persuade readers to pay a visit to New York
B. give readers some information about New York
C. supply readers with some wonderful programmes in New York
D. help readers to get a better understanding of New York
B
The terrible college entrance exam is not only a big challenge for Chinese high school students, but also a very important exam in the lives of South Korean students.
Although the long, cold winter has already started in South Korea, the annual (一年一度的) national exams have made the atmosphere very heated.
More than 675,000 South Korean high school graduates（毕业生）took the college entrance exam last Wednesday. They usually take exams in Korean, maths, sociology (社会学), history and foreign languages.
Officially there is one college place for every 1.33 students. But because all the students want to go to the top universities in the country, the competition can reach one place for 10 students. The students want to attend these colleges for both their famous names and better job opportunities.
Because students face fierce competition, they have to study very hard to realize their dreams. Park Seung said he and his classmates often go to school before 7:30 am. After school has finished at 6:30 pm, most of them go to the library to continue their study instead of returning home. Since many libraries in South Korea are open 24 hours a day, they often stay long into the night. Many of the Senior 3 students only sleep for three to
four hours a day.
“I feel a lot of pressure，but I have to study very hard in order to make my dream come true. This is my lifetime goal and it will be a turning point in my life which could decide my future,” Park said.
The exam day is a very serious day for the whole of South Korea. Vehicles are not allowed within a 200-metre radius (范围) of all the test sites to make sure the students have quiet surroundings. Tooting (吹奏) of horns is forbidden, even airplanes are ordered to avoid landing and take-off near the test sites during listening comprehension test hours. Students are told their scores in December before they apply for college. This is followed by face-to-face oral tests（口试）. There are public and private universities in South Korea. Many private universities are well-known, but their fees can be 18, 000 yuan each term. This has made a lot of students think again.
59. In South Korean ________.
A. there is only one college
B. there is only one top college
C. there are only top universities
D. there are a number of colleges
60. We can infer that there are almost ________ college places for high school graduates.
A. 675, 000
B. 507, 520
C. 500, 000
D. 600, 000
61. Airplanes are not permitted to land near the test sites ________.
A. when the test begins
B. when the test is going on
C. during some period of the test
D. during the tests
62. Before students are allowed to colleges ________.
A. they will be interviewed
B. they will ask questions of colleges
C. they will not be tested any more
D. first they will pay all the education fee at all
C
You are seeing a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!
Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen（特技演员）.That is to say, they perform tricks.
They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall onto hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress（床垫）. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They sometimes get seriously injured, and even killed. A Norwegian（挪威的）stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute （降落伞) failed to open and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stunt girls, too.
63. What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A. Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman.
B. Parachutes must be of good quality.
C. The percentage of serious accidents is high.
D. The cliff was too high.
64. Stuntmen are those who ________.
A. often dress up as actors
B. like to lead dangerous lives
C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions
D. often fight each other for their lives
65. Stuntmen earn their living by ________.
A. playing their dirty tricks
B. selling their special（特别的）skills
C. jumping out of high windows
D. jumping from fast moving trains
66. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ________.
A. he needs little protection
B. he will be covered with a mattress
C. his life is in danger
D. his safety is generally all right
67. Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance?
A. Strength.
B. Exactness.
C. Speed.
D. Carefulness.
D.
"Penn Station," I told the cab driver and got in．The young, heavy-set man looked friendly and we naturally started a conversation, which went from the weather and quickly varied into the struggles of a cab driver's life．
"What do you do besides your job?" he asked curiously．"I help a nonprofit organization trying to bring some goodness in the world," I responded．"Do they pay you well?" "Well, no, but I get by．I don't have many material things in life, but I've realized that I don't need all that to keep me happy．If I die tomorrow, I want to go out knowing
that I've made a few people smile．"
The young cab driver, perhaps in his late thirties, looked back through the sliding glass as if extending his hand for a hand shake---"Man, it is nice to meet you．" Although we were strangers, both of us felt deeply conn-ected as human beings．And by now, 7 minutes into our ride, we were on a first-name basis．He even spelled his name for me: H-a-k-e-e-m．
Hakeem and I talked a bit about simple acts of generosity,the power of a pay-it-forward mindset and how that can promote trust and connection in our communities．He understood the idea, but it seemed very abstract and foreign to him．We arrived at Penn Station and traded e-mail addresses after I paid my ride fare．As I was heading out, I turned to him and said, "Hakeem, here's a ＄20．Whenever you feel like it, you give a ride to people and tell them that someone before them has paid for their fare．See what happens．"
Hearing this, Hakeem was visibly moved．"Really? Are you sure?"
68．The phrase "get by" in Paragraph Two probably means “____．”
A．receive some profits by helping the organization
B．receive no profit by helping the organization
C．gain some fame by helping the organization
D．gain some happiness by helping the organization
69．From the description that Hakeem looked back through the sliding glass the author expects to indicate that _______．
A．Hakeem was inspired by his words
B．Hakeem didn't believe what he had said
C．Hakeem was carefully driving while talking with the author
D．Hakeem felt a little tired and wanted to shake his hand
70．Hakeem understood the idea of a pay-it-forward act_________．
A．as soon as the author had told him about it
B．after the author set an example to him
C．after he made some further explanations
D．after he saw a scene of it acted out
71．We can learn from the passage that the author's goal of an act of kindness was____ A．to help people in trouble B．to strengthen friendship among friends
C．to make people happy D．to contribute to people's trust and connection．
E
An early invention by Albert Einstein has been rebuilt by scientists at Oxford University．They are trying to develop an environmentally friendly refrigerator that runs without elec-tricity．
We all know that modern fridges cause damage to the environment．They work by using a kind of man-made greenhouse gas called Freon(氟里昂）, which is far more dam-aging than carbon dioxide．
Now Malcolm McCulloch, an electrical engineer at Oxford, is leading a three-year project to develop appliances that can be used in places without electricity．
His team has completed a prototype （样机）of a fridge patented in 1930 by Einstein．It used only pressurized gases to keep things cold．The design was partly used in the first refrigerators, but the technology was dropped when more efficient compressors （压缩机）became popular in the 1950s．That meant a switch to using Freon．
Einstein's idea uses butane （丁烷）and water and takes advantage of the fact that liquids boils at lower temperatures, when the air pressure around them is lower．"If you go to the top of Mount Qomolangma, water boils at a much lower temperat-ure than it does when you're at sea level and that's because the pressure is much lower up there," said McCulloch．At one side is the evaporator （蒸发器）, a bottle that contains liquid butane．"If you introduce a new vapor above the butane, the liquid boiling temper-ature decreases and, as it boils off, it takes energy from the surroundings to do so," says McCulloch．"That's what makes it cold．"
The gas fridges based on Einstein's design were replaced by Freon-compressor fridges partly because Einstein's design was not very efficient．But McCulloch thinks that by changing the design and replacing the types of gases used it will be possible to quadruple （翻两番）the efficiency．
However, McCulloch's fridge is still in its early stages．"It's very much a prototype," he said．"Give us another month and we'll have it working．"
72．According to the passage,an early invention by Albert Einstein __
A．has been rediscovered because it costs much less and works more efficiently
B．is being redesigned because it could be used in places without electricity
C．has just been found to be energy-saving and environmentally friendly
D．will be fully made use of and become the fridge of the future
73．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A．Freon was used in fridges long before the 1950s．
B．Freon is what makes current fridges big polluters．
C．McCulloch thinks he could improve Einstein's design by using other types of vapors．
D．The fridge Malcolm McCulloch and his team designed will be put into production soon．
74．We can learn from the text that the prototype completed _______．
A．changed the air pressure around it
B．was tested on the top of Mount Everest
C．increased the liquid boiling temperature
D．used only pressurized gases to keep things cold
75．McCulloch's words in Paragraph 6 _____．
A．serve as an explanation for the principle behind Einstein's fridge
B．give you the reason why Einstein's fridge was not efficient
C．tell you how to take advantage of low air pressure
D．show you how Einstein's fridge works
第II卷（共两节，满分35分）
第一节任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Robot（机器人）revolution
The day that a robot wakes you up, cleans your room and walks your dog might still be a few decades off. But increasingly, engineers are saying that robots are going to make the leap（跳跃）from the factory floor to your family room.
Companies like Sony and General Electric are working on designs for small robots. Products like the Roomba, a robot that can clean floors, are flying off the shelves. On the cover of a recent issue of Scientific American magazine, Bill Gates predicted the “Dawn of the Ag e of Robots”.
What’s behind this new era (时代)? It’s partly a matter of technology. Devices that can recognize and respond（回应）to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk, crawl（爬行）or ride on wheels. They are being made smaller and smaller. They are also becoming more and more energy efficient.
A bigger part of the story is on the demand side. From the day Robert Adler invented the television remote control in the 1950s, people around the world have tirelessly searched for ways to get lazier.
Also take into consideration the increasing wealth of rich people, the time appears ripe to introduce robots to ease our daily lives.
To be sure, robots that walk on two legs and talk like people are still too complex for our present engineering abilities. Today’s robot revolution is to make them for everyday use. Robots will do basic housework such as cleaning or gardening, or just help you have more fun on the basketball court.
What makes a robot different from an ordinary cleaning machine is not the presence of computer chips (芯片). Nowadays even your microwave has a computer chip. It is the ability to sense and make changes to the environment（环境）in real time.
For example, a floor-cleaning robot should be able to sense your scared cat and move out of the way. Today’s computing ability is, for the first time, able to make machines that could “think”, at least in certain limited ways.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
随着科技的进步，多媒体已走进很多学校的课堂。课间休息时，有些学校利用它来播放音乐。你班就“课间是否要播放音乐”展开讨论。请你根据下表所提供的信息用英语写一篇短文，陈述讨论结果。（字数100 词左右，不计开头）
Our class held a discussion about whether music should be played during the break or not.________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
高二英语参考答案
听力部分：1-5 BACAB 6-10 CBCAC 11-15BABCC 16-20ACACB
单项选择:21—25 ACACD 26—30DDABA 31-35 CDCBB
完型填空:36-40 CDABC 41-45 CBDCC
46-50 BCDCD 51-55 BDABC
阅读理解: 56-60 DDADB 61-65 CAACB
66-70 DBDAB 71-75CBBDA
任务型读写:
76. respond 77. factory 78. riding 79. ways
80. future’s /tomorrow’s81.environment 82walk
83.clean 84.wake 85.accompany
书面表达
One possible version
Our class held a discussion about whether music should be played during the break or not .The opinions are divided .
Most of the students think that music should be played .As we know, music can produce a lively and happy atmosphere .Besides , after hard study , music can bring us relaxation , which reduces the tiredness .This can help us make full preparations for the next class .Listening to music also makes us feel happy .
On the other hand , some students don’t think so .In their opinion , they can’t get the expected effect from playing music , for the class break time is too short .What is needed most during the class break is peace instead of noise produced by music .
In my opinion…..