2015-2016学年 金陵中学 高一上 月考卷
第一部分：英语知识运用 （共2节，满分35分）
第一节：单项选择题 （每小题0.5分，共30小题，满分15分）
1. We had _______ great fun at the charity party yesterday. What ______ fun game we had at it! I have never had ______ more exciting experience.
A. a; a; a
B. the; /; /
C. /; a; a
D. a; a; the
2. Everybody showed great respect for the old doctor, _______ devoted everything he had to _______ the poor conditions of the local hospital. A. whom; improving B. who; improving improve
3. ---- What do you mean ________ saying every minute counts?
---- I just mean that every minute must be made full use of _______ the final examination. A. by; to prepare for B. to; preparing for
C. at; prepared
D. by; preparing
C. which; improve
D.
who;
4. ---- The Board of our school ______ the regulation that all the students should cut their hair short.
--- So your school doesn’t ______ long hair. A. has approved; approve of students wearing B. approved; approve students to wear C. approved of; approve students wearing D. have approved of; approve students to wear 5. ---- This was ________ scene as we had ever seen.
---- It was a long time since the girl last saw her parents, no wonder she was not ______ excited when they came. A. as a touching; a bit
B. such as moving a; much D. so a moving; greatly
C. so touching a; a little
6. --- Look, she is wearing the same dress _______ she had on the day before yesterday. ---- Oh, my sister has bought the same dress ______ she is wearing now, what a shame! ---- Doesn’t matter, she can take any dress ________ she likes. A. which; which; which
B. that; that; that
C. as; as; which D. that; as; that
7. --- He was a(n) _______ student in the near past.
--- Things are changing so fast! He is now among the top ones, and he usually gets ______ 90 marks in the exams. A. average; an average of C. middle; average
B. common; on average
D. special; above middle
8. You’d better consider ______ use you can _______ the material. A. how; make of
B. what; make of
C. what; make from
D. how; make from
9. ______ at the airport, the thief caught sight of the waiting police, and ______ the thief who attempted to run away, the police run after him all the way and were able to catch him eventually.
A. Upon arriving; at the sight of C. When arrived; at the sought of
B. As soon as arrived; saw
D. The moment he arrive; at the news
10. ---- Mr. Smith, I always feel tired recently, and I think I have tried my best but _______ I failed in almost every exam last week.
--- Tom, you’d better stop playing computer games, and try every means to pass the exams _______, or I will give you severe punishment. A. sometimes; somehow C. anyway; anyway
B. anyhow; somewhat D. somehow; somehow
11. ---- Did you take enough money with you? --- No, I needed ______ I thought I would.
--- And I think what you needed at that time was _______ money, support from classmates and friends was as important. A. not so much as; not more than C. much less than; not as much as
B. as much as; no more than D. much more than; more than
12. Pop music is so important a part of society _______ has influenced our language greatly _______ many professors in famous universities have paid special attention to it, ______ is quite an interesting social phenomenon. A. that; that; it that
B. that; as; as
C. as; that; which
D. as; which;
13. --- He used to ______ cards for many years, ______ ?
--- Yes, but now he is used to ______ a walk after supper. A. play; usedn’t he; taking C. play; didn’t he; take
B. playing; use he; taking D. playing; hasn’t he; take
14. --- Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?
--- Yes. He would never give him any rewards _______ he became one of the top students
in his grade, and he even had never praised him _______ he won the first in his class.
A. until; unless
B. before; before
C. unless, until
D. after; when
15. --- I am sorry! I didn’t mean _______ her.
--- But talking like that means _______ her. A. to hurt; hurting
B. to hurt; to hurt
C. hurting; hurting
D. hurting; to
hurt
16. I regret ______ you that Tom failed to pass the English quiz last week and that he really regretted ______ your advice on practicing more.
A. to inform; not following
B. informing; not to follow D. informing; not having followed
C. to inform; having not followed
17. --- The classroom is so dirty, and it requires _______ immediately.
--- And it is required that everyone _______ his responsibility to take care of our class. A. to be cleaned; would take C. cleaned; took
B. being cleaned; should take
D. cleaning; take
18. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should ______ change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Many such choices are ______ for your life journey, and you can’t be too serious.
A. extra; available
B. small; prepared D. necessary; useful
C. plus; accessible
19. --- What a terrible scene of the explosion in Tianjin!
---Shocking and moving! We’ll never forget the unexpected explosion and the damage
_______ caused and we will never forget the scene _______ our brave firefighters fought with the big fire to their full strength.
A. which; which
B. that; in which
C. it; where
D. they; whose
20. --- You shouldn’t have told them all ______ you knew about the secret! By the way, where were you that evening?
--- Don’t scold me like that, I really regret! That evening, ______ I’ll tell you more about later, ______ I had planned to return home early, I ended up in a small hotel tired all out.
A. that; when; where
B. what; which; when
D. who; that; which
C. which; which; when
21. --- The old worker, for _______ life used to be very hard, is giving us an important lecture, _______ he will tell us about his hard work and success. --- When and where did you get to know him?
--- It was 30 years ago and on a farm _______ we worked together.
A. whom, where, where C. which; which; when
C. whose; which; that D. what; in which; that
22. --- Mom, I’m going to the dance party tonight but I don’t think I look attractive enough. --- Oh, darling, don’t worry. _______.
A. They don’t know what beauty is C. You look perfect the way you are
B. Nobody will care about you D. Impossible is nothing
23. I _______ my time in the UK with ______, and I really hope to go back and study in Manchester again.
A. look back on; satisfaction C. look out for; regrets
B. look up to; enjoyment
D. look forward to; encouragement
24. There are a lot of books on the desk with some beautiful flowers _______ belong to Tom, ______ indicates that he is quite diligent now. He is no longer the boy ______ he used to be 2 years ago.
A. which; which; whom C. that; that; that
B. which; that; who
D. that; which; that
25. Happiness and success often come to someone ______ is good at recognizing their own strengths and he is the only one of those ______ this.
A. that; who; understand C. who; who; understands
B. that; whom; understood D. who; that; understanding
26. I’m afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It’s only a copy and so it’s ________.
A. priceless B. invaluable C. unworthy D. worthless
27. In Shanghai, people ______ thousands of tons of watermelon every summer.
A. swallow
B. eat
C. consume
D. exhaust
28. Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more ______ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.
A. skeptical
B. addicted
C. available
D. sensitive
29. In that school, English is compulsory for all students, but French and Russian are ______.
A. special
B. regional
C. optional
D. original
30. In order to catch the first train, I threatened to report the taxi driver for illegally _______ a passenger, but he pointed at his “Not for Hire” sign and drove away.
第二节： 完形填空 （共20小题， 每小题1分，满分20分）
What if you could come back and live your life all over again-----this time as your own A. differing
B. rejecting
C. composing
D. offering
guardian angel? That’s the ___31____ of the new book The Guardian Angel’s Journal by the English poet and writer Carolyn Jess-Cooke. In it, she suggests that ____32____ is not linear(直线的), but happening at the same time: past, present and future.
In first pages, the heroine(女主角) has ____33____ and to her surprise returns as an
angel named Ruth. Her wings are made of ____34___ that looks like tears down her back and that records her ___35____ life. Her task is to look ____36____ Margot from babyhood through death, to love her and protect her from ____37____.
The only problem is that she was ____38____ the Margot but she is now given the task of
____39____. She ____40_____ what will happen, and her efforts at changing Margot’s life----- ___41____ mistakes, escaping abuse(虐待), erasing self-hatred(自我憎恨)-----all come to nothing, not only because each human has free will ____42____because this angel must learn to trust! All she can do is ___43____ the child and young woman she once was.
Ruth, on the other hand, is always ____44____, always untrusting, always trying hard to
____45____ events or make them work out her way, ____46____ trusting Margot. She doesn’t even like the Margot she once was.
There is another great ___47____ between the human she was and the angel observing