醴陵一中与浏阳一中月考英语试卷
本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。考试结束后，将答题卡收回。
PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30’) SECTION A (22.5’)
Directions: In this section you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed be three choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by making the corresponding letter (A, B, or C) on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation TWICE.
Conversation 1
1.What started Don’s career as a singer?
A. The city of Shanghai B. A café shop C. A musical instrument 2. What does Don say about his job as a singer?
A. “It helps me make a good living.” B. “It helps me travel to Shanghai.” C. “It helps me meet different people.” Conversation 2
3. What are they talking about?
A. A beautiful purse. B. A birthday present. C. Chocolates and flowers. 4.What have they finally decided to buy?
A. Some flowers. B. A purse. C. A box of sweets. Conversation 3
5.Where does the woman work?
A.In Italy B. In Japan C. In America 6. When does the woman read newspapers?
A. At night B. During the day C. In the shopping-time Conversation 4
7.What did the woman do on Friday?
A. She prepared for the exam B. She attended a class activity. C. She had a history lesson.
8.What is the weather in the desert like at night?
A. Hot and dry B. Hot and wet C. Cool and dry 9.Why is it easy to see different rocks in the desert?
A. There are very few plants. B. There are too many rocks. C. There are different colors of rocks. Conversation 5
10.What does the man want to do?
A. To find a house with lower rent. B.To share a room with his close friend. C. To rent some place quiet enough to study. 11.Does the woman get familiar with the city?
A. Maybe, as she has a little information to offer the man. B. Sure, as she knows where to find what the man needs.
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C. Yes, as she is in charge of the affairs. 12. What does the man probably do?
A. A money cashier working in a supermarket. B. A manager arranging part time jobs. C. A student studying in a college. Conversation 6
13. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. How to increase one’s speed in a bicycle race.
B. The contribution of cycling to health. C. A yearly cycling event. 14. What is different every year according to the woman?
A. The route the cyclists take B. The length of the course. C. The number of cyclists
15. According to the woman, what is provided at the relay stations?
A. Bicycle repair services B. Chocolates C. Water
SECTION B (7.5’)
Directions: in this section, you will hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You will hear the mini-talk TWICE. When Early in 16.___________ In 1884 Today Who Mankind George Eastman 19.____________ Deep sea Divers What to do Found a way to make pictures 17.___________ Invented a kind of film that 18.___________into a sinail camera Aids scientists by taking pictures through microscope and telescopes Take pictures of 20.________and animals
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE SECTION A (15’)
Directions : Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence .
21. Sustainable development is long-term ________which focuses on the environment and ________ natural resources. A. plan; preserve B. plan; preserving C. planning; preserving D. planning ;preserve
22. A giant helium(氦) balloon is telling residents of Paris how good or bad the air quality is. When it’s good, the balloon ----measuring 22 meters wide and 32 meters high---shines green. _________, it’s red.
A. Though terrible B. Whenever good C. If worse D. When bad 23. Playing QQ’s “Happy Farm” by planting, watering, fertilizing, spraying, harvesting and selling
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of virtual vegetables, fruits and flowers, we can find out _____ all the excitement is about. A. that B. if C. what D. when
24. __________the burglar from the second floor when the house owner found him stealing last
night.
A. Down jumping B. Down jumped C. Jumping down D. Jumped down 25. As a young man , he’d rather have a room of his own, however small it is, than _______ a room with someone else.
A. to share B. to have shared C. share D. sharing
26. .--- An explosion at a coal mine killed at least 62 workers and left another 13 missing.
--- Yes, _________ news came as ________ shock to us all.
A. the; the B. /; / C. /; a D. the; a
27. For Shanghai, the Expo presents an opportunity for the city to make a global impact, _______ the way the Beijing Olympics put the capital in the spotlight in 2008 .
A. be similar with B．similar with C． be similar to D. similar to 28. It was not until the subprime loan crisis（次贷危机） ____ great damage to the American financial system that Americans ____ the severity of the situation．
A．caused, realized B．had caused, realized C．caused, had realized D．was causing, had realized
29. Television has many advantages．It keeps us ____ of the latest news and also provides entertainment in the house．_______ it’s so popular worldwide.
A．informed, No wonder B．to know, No doubt C．learning, No chance D．to think, No problem
30. It’s the same in China --- many people, ________ some are not overweight at all, are always
going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, ________ are often dangerous.
A. whose; which B. of which; who C. of whom; which D. who; that 31. Chen Yang has brains．In fact，I doubt whether anyone in the class has IQ. A．a high
B．a higher C．the higher
D．the highest
32. Every hour and every minute ______precious to us because only six months are left for us to prepare for the college entrance examinations.
A. will be B. are C. is D. were
33. Bob Geldof, who organized Live Aid, ______ to raise money for the famine and it ______ to be
a great success.
A. intended; turned out B. tried; turned over C. hoped; turned in D. wished; turned up 34. — Tom looks nervous.
— So you if you had so fierce a competition. A. do B. did C. will D. would 35. I would appreciate _______ you could give me some advice on TOFEL test. A. that when B. it whether C. it if D. that if
SECTION B (18’)
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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words and phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant 36 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart
that 37 Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 38 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 39 from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 40 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 41 something from herself. Could her heart go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 42 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 43 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was declared dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 44 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s 45 with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria 46 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 47 in another loving mother’s chest.
36. A. change
B. danger
C. disorder
D. pain D. cooperated
37. A. matched B. replaced 38. A. finding 39. A. rolling 40. A. put
B. phoning B. running B. support B. recycle
C. controlled C. touring
D. interrupting
D. jumping D. make D. separate
C. walking C. pass C. donate
41. A. save
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42. A. informed 43. A. give up
B. warned
C. congratulated C. search after
D. reminded D. put off
B. carry out
44. A. praying B. begging C. decorating D. singing 45 A. funeral B. operation 46. A. passed away
B. woke up
C. performance C. left behind
D. anniversary D. dressed up D. changeable
47. A. active B. alive C. necessary
SECTION C (12’)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context.
Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored 48 the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got 49 at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, 50 he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he was surprised to find that the problem of racial discrimination(种族歧视)was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight 51 equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and 52 for his country. In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison. 53 , the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give 54 and India became an independent country in 1947. 55 , Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th,1948.
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (30’)
Directions: read the following three passages. Each passages is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked with A, B, C and D. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
SHANGHAI - Health experts in Shanghai are calling for more protection for young children as the latest research shows about half of the youngsters are suffering from secondhand smoke.
About 45 percent of children suffer passive smoking in families, 50 percent in public places, and almost 6 percent on public transportation, shows a research released by the Shanghai Children's Medical Center on Tuesday.
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