2015—2016学年第一学期月考
高二英语 2015.12
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。共120分。考试用时120分钟。 第一卷(三部分，共90分)
第一部分 听力 （共两小节；20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 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。
1. Where does the conversation take place? A. In an elevator.
B. On a bus. C. In a taxi.
2. How much does each ticket cost? A. ￡3.70.
B. ￡4.70. C. ￡7.40.
3. What item is needed the most? A. Batteries.
B. Cell phones. C. MP4s.
4. What do we know about Karen?
A. She hasn’t been in contact with the speakers. B. She has turned away from all her friends. C. She really likes her studies. 5. Why did the woman change her job?
A. She didn’t like machines. B. She was not good at doing business. C. She didn’t like accounting. 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，各小题给出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. At what time will the speakers go to see the Smiths? A. 3:30. B. 4:00. 7. How will they go there?
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C. 4:15.
A. By bus. B. By bike. 8. Where will they meet? A. At the bus stop. bookstore.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. Why does the man like Joplin’s? A. Because of the location. the salary.
10. What does the woman suggest?
C. On foot.
B. Opposite the factory. C. In front of the
B. Because of the benefits. C. Because of
A. He should reconsider. B. He should ask for more benefits. C. He should apply for it.
11. Why is the woman familiar with Joplin’s?
A. Her husband was employed there. B. She lives near there. C. She once worked there. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What’s Charles’ problem?
A. He has to rent a room. B. He has to pay the rent. C. He has to leave his home.
13. What do we know about the woman in the past?
A. She always lent money to the man. B. She got financial problems. C. She always bought lotteries. 14. How did the woman get so much money?
A. She won the lottery. B. She found a good job. C. Her uncle left it to her.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is the woman’s first impression of the television?
A. It’s too big. quality.
16. How much did the TV cost the man? A. ＄1000.
B. It’s beautiful. C. It’s of high
B. ＄1200.
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C. ＄2400.
17. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Watch less television. B. Have the old television fixed.
C. Return the television and get his money back. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What roles do fathers play nowadays?
A. They mainly stay at home looking after children.
B. They work outside the home leaving childcare to their wives. C. Besides working they help with childcare as well. 19. What do people often do on Mother’s Day?
A. Mothers and children go shopping together. B. They have outdoor picnics. C. They wear carnations.
20. What is most important on these two days?
A. What children write on cards. B. The value of gifts. C. Love and respect given to parents.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节 满分40分） 第一节 单项填空 （共20题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. In order to prepare the speech, I spent three hours_______ in the library, _________ lots of information on the topic.
A. locking; referring to B. being locked; mentioning C. locked; consulting D. in locking; having consulted
22. You can’t rely on _________ the weather will be fine for anything you plan in England, for the weather in the country seems to change daily if not hourly.
A. it that
B. that C. whether
D. it whether
23. _________ in the speech contest, the little girl was presented a reward of 10,000 yuan.
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A. To be judged the best B. Having judged the best C. Judged the best D. Judging the best
24. _________ about 6300 kilometers, the Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, running through 9 provinces of China.
A. Measured B. Being measured C. Measuring D. To measure 25. Even though you offered________ you have just offered, I would not sell it to you.
A. the money twice that B. twice the money that C. twice the money what D. the money that twice 26. ---- Never say never, and you’ll make it. ---- That’s it. ____________________. A. I can’t agree with it
C. You’ve got me there
D. Action speaks louder than words
B. You’ve got a point there
27. Maybe one day, China’s total computing power can be greater than __________ of the US, but there is still a long way to go before we get there.” A. it
B. one
C. what
D. that
28. When it comes to the majority of the latest technologies in the next 20 years, _______ has greater potential than the technology being developed in these young people’s company, _______ in my eyes will lead to a revolution. A. nothing; which which
29. The fathers expressed a common desire at the parents’ meeting held by the school, ______ desire that more sleep and freedom_______ be provided to their children. A. the; must 不填
30. _______ girls can be_______ they would like to be, whether it is a pilot or an astronaut, is being accepted all around the world.
A. What; whomever B. That; whatever C. If; whoever D. 不填; whatever 31. Each year, 500 million people from 164 countries celebrate World Environment
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B. none; where C. nothing; where D. none;
B. the; should C. a; must D. a;
Day on 5 June. It may seem like there is not much ______ an individual can do to save the world, but there is.
A. that B. which C. what D. than
32. _________more and more forests destroyed, many animals are facing the danger of dying out. A. Because B. As
C. With D. Since
33. —How many students, do you think, will be present at the speech? —I expect___________ over 200 students then. A. there being B. there to be
C. there be
D. there been
34._________ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin. A. Exposed B. Having exposed C. Being exposed exposed
35. The performance of the host, __________ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.
A. intending B. intended C. to be intended D. to intend 36. You’ll be easily to be ________ by the company if you are expert at the computer and you can drive a car as well.
A. taken to B. taken on C. taken out D. taken up 37. The audience prefers ________ singing to recorded singing, and the former makes the scene more _____________. A. lively; live B. live; live lively; alive
38. Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues _________with her stories.
A. amused B. amusing
C. to amuse D. to be amused
C. live; lively D.
D.
After
being
39. The hotel wasn’t particularly good, but I _______ in many worse hotels. A. was staying
B. stayed
C. would stay D. had stayed
40. ---- I’m sorry. Jack, please don’t ________
---- I had a little accident with the car, but it wasn’t my fault. A. be on cloud nine B. be down in the dumps
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