高二英语5月月考试题

绵阳南山中学高2014级五月月考

英 语 试 题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分110分，考试时间100分钟。考试结束，将第II卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷（选择题 共90分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 语法和词汇知识（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。 1. The song Lost In Love was an instant ______ in Australia.

A. hit B. strike C. beat D. defeat 2. Prices of daily goods ______ through a computer can be lower than store prices.

A. are bought B. bought C. been bought D. buying 3. _______ I explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting.

A. When B. After C. As D. Since 4. —John, why are you so tired? —I ______ pingpong with Jimmy.

A. play B. played C. have played D. have been playing 5. I’m sorry to say you didn’t pass the exam-- ______, you won’t receive the diploma. A. on the whole B. believe it or not C. in other words D. after all

6. One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to ______ healthy eating habits.

A. grow B. develop C. increase D. raise 7. ______ I could say a word, she had stormed out of the room.

A. When B. As C. While D. Before 8. The teacher demanded all the exercise books ______ the next day.

A. to be handed in B. would be handed in C. be handed in D. to hand in

9. Look at the trouble I am in! If only I your advice!

A. followed B. had followed C. should follow D. would follow 10. All children are required to ______ school.

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A. attend B. go C. join D. take part in 11. Dr. Peter Spence, headmaster of the school, told us, “ fifth of pupils here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”

A. /；A B. /；The C. the; The D. a; A 12. The audience ______ to see who would win the gold medal. A. took a deep breath B. held their breath C. lost their breath D. was out of breath

13. ______ with routine office tasks, she had no time to look after her children. A. Occupying B. Occupied C. Being occupied D. To be occupied 14. —What about going for a walk? —______.

A. Go ahead, please B. Me, too C. Help yourself D. Good idea 15. Great changes ______ in the past few years, and a lot of factories ________. A. had taken place; have been set up B. have taken place; have been set up C. took place; have set up D. were taken place; were set up

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文,从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me. I was on my lunch break and had 16 the office to get something to eat. On the way, I 17 a busker (街头艺人), with a hat in front of him. I had some 18 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 19 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 20 like that type--young and ragged. 21 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 22 I had no right to place myself above 23 just because he was busking.

I 24 And dropped all the coins into his 25 , and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As 26 as it sounds, I expected something more

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to come from that moment--a feeling of 27 or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened. 28 , I walked off. \proved to be a waste of 29 ,\

On my way home at the end of the 30 , I saw the busker again and he was 31 . I watched him pick up the hat and walk 32 a cafe counter. There he poured the 33 contents into a tin collecting 34 an earthquake fund-raising (募捐) event. He was busking for charity (慈善)!

Now I donate any 35 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving. 16.

A. B. cleaned

C. prepared

D. left

searched B. chose 17.

A. B. coins B. only B. looked

C. saw D. fooled C. tins D. drugs C. rather C. sounded

D. still D. smelt D.

led 18. A. chocolates

19. A. almost B. For C. Therefore 20.

acted 21. A. But

A. B. realized

C. expected

Though

B. all C. him D. guessed B. followed

C. stopped

D. them D. arrived D. counter

22. A. declared B. hat C. pocket 23.

A. B. awkward

C. innocent

it B. sadness 24. A. waited B. Unfortunately 25.

rag 26. A. special 27. A. happiness 28. A. Disappointedly 29.

C. love D. selfish C. Coincidentally

D.

A. B. effort C. space hate B.

C. break D.

Comfortably

day C. packing up B. passing by B.

C. behind D. money C. actual D. event

A. in C. D. running off

words 30.

B. basic on D.

C. energy

to

A. B.

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moment 31. A. walking around 32.

around 33.

for B. time A.

D. total

D. with D. change

A.

chief 34.

A.

by 35.

work

A.

第二部分 阅读理解（满分55分）

第一节 :阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday．The win makes Mo Yan the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel in its history．Informed of his win today, the author, who was having dinner at home, was “overjoyed and scared\

Born in 1955 to parents who were farmers, Mo Yan－a pen name for Guan Moye，grew up in Gaomi in Shandong province in eastern China. At the age of 12, he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factory. In 1976 he joined the army and during this time began to study literature and writing．

He published his first book in 1981, but found literary success in 1987 with Hong Gaoliang Jiazu, which was successfully filmed in the same year, directed by a famous

Chinese director Zhang Yimou. In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth and his works show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs. Mo Yan is known as a prolific（多产的）writer. In addition to his novels, he has published many short stories and essays on various topics. Despite his social criticism, he is seen in

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