育才中学2013-2014学年高二12月月考英语试题
第一卷
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) 1. What do they mainly talk about?
A. The rain. B. The jacket. C. The weather. 2. What can we infer from the talk?
A. The woman is on vacation now. B. The woman is a little worried.
C. The woman is not eager to find a job.
3. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a car shop. B. In a garage. C. In a parking lot. 4. How much will the woman lend the man?
A. 6 dollars. B. 7 dollars. C. 4 dollars. 5. What does the man offer to do?
A. Call her a taxi. B. Telephone Lisa. C. Ride his car.
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。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. What’s wrong with the woman’s bike?
A. The wheels are loose. B. The brake is loose. C. The chain is loose.
7. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a post office. B. In the street. C. In a garage.
听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. What will the two speakers have in a Chinese restaurant? A. Breakfast. B. Brunch. C. Lunch. 9. What is the weather like that day?
A. Cold. B. Cool. C. Warm. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。
10. What do the speakers mainly talk about?
A. Movie culture. B. Tonight’s plan. C. Literary works. 11. What are the speakers going to see?
A. Blue Horizons. B. The Red and Black. C. Gone with the Wind.
12. What does the woman say about Sophia Bellini and Richard Evans?
A. They are smart. B. They are an excellent pair. C. They are old but wonderful actors.
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听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。 13. Why are the two speakers upset?
A. It may snow during their vacation. B. They may not be able to take their vacation.
C. They may fail to join the graduation ceremony. 14. What can we learn about their vacation?
A. They are going skiing. B. They have made bookings for their plane. C. Their flight has been canceled.
15. What made them miss so many classes?
A. The earthquake. B. The bad winter. C. A terrible flu.
16. What are they going to do right now?
A. Talk to Professor Hampton. B. Speak to all of the other people. C. Call the travel agency.
听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A. The school clubs. B. The school history. C. The school website.
18. How many clubs are mentioned in the text?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. 19. On which day can students of the reading club get together? A. On Wednesday. B. On Saturday. C. On Thursday. 20. How long will the bike riding last at least?
A. One hour. B. Two hours. C. Three hours. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分) 21.—Will you join us in the game? —Thank you,
A. but why not? B.but I’d rather not. C. and I won’t D.and I’ll join.
22. What surprised me was not what he said but ______he said it.
A. the way B. in the way that C. in the way D. the way which 23. —I spent my summer holiday in London.
—What a _____! So did I.
A. coincidence B. conclusion C. consequence D. celebration
24. If only we ____ then the disease was curable.
A. knew B. could know C. had known D. would have known 25. --- Can you climb that tree, my boy? --- __________ ?
A. I B. Myself C. Mine D. Me
26. More and more people are signing up for Yoga classes nowadays, ______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.
A. taking B. taken C. having taken D. having been taken 27．---How much longer do you think we can ________?
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----Ten days, maybe. I’m not sure.
A.hold on B. hold up C. hold onto D. hold down 28. --- What on earth are you doing here?
--- Can’t you see I’m trying to ____the garage ____ a recreation room.
A, transform; from B. transform; into C. change; into D. turn; into 29. With my money ______, I went back home.
A. ran out of B. ran out C. running out of D. running out
30. If scientists had been able to predict it exactly, the Japan earthquake _____ such heavy losses in human lives.
A. wouldn’t cause B. didn’t cause C. hadn’t caused D. wouldn’t have caused
31. ____, the experiment will be successful. A. If carefully doing B. If it done carefully C. If carefully done D. If doing carefully
32. —Are you fond of sports, Lily?
—Not really. Honestly speaking, music _____ me more than sports.
A. appeals to B. responds to C. contributes to D. attends to
33. I wish I _____ in such activities. But as a student in Senior Three, I’m too busy to spare the time.
A. can join B. could join C. will join D. have joined
34. Every great culture in the past had its own ideas of beauty ___ in art and literature.
A. expressed B. to express C. being expressed D. to be expressed 35. —Instead of lending a hand, Jim just stood by, laughing at us in trouble. —Oh, it’s _____ of him to be so cold-hearted.
A. conventional B. typical C. ridiculous D. aggressive 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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final 36 .
He discovered the youth was 37 and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes 38.”
The president requested the youth to 39 his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever 40 your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to 41 .”
“Go and clean your mother’s 42 when you go back today, and then 43 me tomorrow morning,” the president said 44 .
The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he 45 requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell 46 he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had 47 that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say
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a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother 48 . That night, Mother and Son 49 for a very long time, longer than any talk before.
The next 50 , the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you 51 about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what 52 is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how 53 it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the 54 of family relationship.”
The president said, “You are 55 . This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”
36. A. election B. test C. interview D. competition 37. A. strong B. excellent C. humorous D. cute 38. A. maker B. cleaner C. mender D. seller 39. A. wash B. hide C. show D. dry
40. A. found B. let C. helped D. watched 41. A. study B. ignore C. work D. rest 42. A. clothes B. hands C. feet D. shoes 43. A. see B. move C. recognize D. answer 44. A. on purpose B. in patience C. by chance D. at last
45. A. carefully B. nervously C. happily D. shyly 46. A. after B. until C. because D. as 47. A. believed B. sensed C. noticed D. expected 48. A. quietly B. sadly C. excitedly D. angrily 49. A. thought B. slept C. sat D. talked 50. A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. evening 51. A. worried B. felt C. brought D. spoke 52. A. courage B. appreciation C. success D. family
53. A. important B. difficult C. different D. impossible
54. A. value B. secret C. type D. change 55. A. educated B. respected C. trusted D. hired 第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分)
(A)
A woman who lived in a coma(昏迷)for 42 years, unendingly cared for by her family, died Wednesday in her home in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Edwarda O’Bara was a 17-year-old high school student in 1970 when she became sick from her diabetes(糖尿病)medication and slipped into a diabetic coma. Just before she lost consciousness, Edwarda asked her mother, Kaye O’Bara, to never leave her side, and her family never did.
Edwarda’s father, Joe O’Bara, and Kaye took care of their daughter—reading to her, playing her music, making sure she was turned every two hours, bathed, given insulin(胰岛素)and given nourishment through a feeding tube—until their deaths in 1976 and 2008, respectively. After that, Edwarda’s sister Colleen O’Bara took over.
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Her family’s unending care for her became a story told across the world. And visitors from across the world travelled to the Miami Gardens home every year, sometimes appearing at the doorstep on random days, other times for Edwarda’s yearly birthday party, a cheerful affair with decorations, balloons and cake.
Through it all, Edwarda remained in a coma. But to her family and followers she remained alive. Colleen O’Bara described her as “the best sister in the whole wide world”.
“She taught me so much, especially after she was in the coma, ”Colleen
O’Bara said, “She taught me so much about unconditional love that I couldn’t say I had it before. She taught me about patience that I didn’t have before. I learned so much from taking care of my sister. It’s like I grew up overnight. ”
In an announcement of Edwarda’s death posted Thursday on a website, Colleen O’Bara wrote, “Yesterday while taking care of Edwarda I noticed her looking directly at me and gave me the biggest smile I had ever seen. She then closed her eyes and joined my Mom in Heaven. ”
56. How old was Edwarda O’Bara when she died? A. 56. B. 57. C. 58. D. 59.
57. Edwarda’s parents did everything below to take care of her except . A. reading to her B. playing her music
C. taking a walk with her D. turning her every two hours 58. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Edwarda’s mother looked after her for 38 years in her coma. B. Edwarda’s brother took over after her parents died.
C. Edwarda described her sister as the best one in the world. D. Edwarda learned a lot from her sister. 59. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Edwarda’s family’s selfless care for her became a story told across the world. B. Edwarda became sick from her diabetes medication and slipped into a diabetic coma. C. Edwarda died after 42 years of coma and her family kept their promise to take good care of her.
D. Edwarda smiled when she died.
(B)
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广西玉林市育才中学2013-2014学年高二英语12月月考试题
