太 原 五 中

2012—2013年学年度第二学期月考(3月)

高 一 英 语

第一部分 选择题（共三节，计80分）

第一节 单项选择 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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。

1. What ________surprise you gave us by wearing such funny________ at so serious a meeting!

A. /; clothes B. a; clothing C. a; dress D. a; clothes

2. In New Zealand , people live in the houses with their doors _______ north.

A. faced B. face C. facing D. faces

3. I don’t like Tom’s way of behavior, but ________ I admire( 钦佩) his great knowledge.

A. in other words B. on the other hand

C. for one thing D. as a result

4. At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement ________.

A. has been reached B. had been reached

C. has reached D. had reached

5. I got to know him five years ago. We have been in close touch with each other ______.???? A. sometime B. sometimes???

C. ever before D. ever since

6. Tom Suddenly found his girlfriend walking ________the square, so he forced his way _____the crowd to get close to her.

A. across; across B. over; through

C. over; into D. across; through

7. He had lost his temper and his health in the war and never found ____ of them again.

A. neither B. either C. each D. all

8. This dress doesn’t look so good on you. Let’s try ______ on.

A. a better one B. a best one C. the best one D. the better one

9.The work is not very profitable(盈利的) _______ cash(现金), but I am getting valuable experience from it.

A. in terms of B. according to

C. in relation to D. in view of

10. Janet as well as the other young people who ________ sent abroad by the government _______ brought up in a small town.

A. was; was B. was; were C. were; were D. were; was

11. --- I’d like to buy the kind of cloth which _____ easily.

--- Will this one ________?

A. washes; do B. washes; work C. is washed; do D. is washed; work

12. She brought with her three friends, none of _____ I had ever met before.

A. them B. who C. whom D. these

13.When it was his turn to deliver(发表) speech, ______, he walked towards the microphone.

A. nervously and embarrassingly B. nervous and embarrassedly

C. nervously and embarrassing D. nervous and embarrassed

14. There is little chance that we will succeed in changing the law. ______, it is important that we should have a try.

A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Thus

15. I think this bike is a little better than that one, but the shopkeeper charged me almost_______ for it.

A. as many twice B. twice as many

C. twice as much D. as much twice

16. We haven’t discussed yet ______ we are going to place our new furniture.

A. that B. which C. what D. where???17. Experts are trying to work out a plan to deal with the problems caused by

global warming ______ it is too late.

A. when B. if C. before D. until

18. This year the price of rice _____ about twenty percent.

A. was raised B. has been risen for C. has risen by D. has raised to

19. In ancient China, a gold dragon on the emperor’s clothes was regarded as a _____ of power and position.

A. mark B. sign C. symbol D. feature

20. —How did you find the fashion show? zxxk???? —_______________.

A. A friend of mine showed me the way B. It was fascinating

C. The designer invited me D. By taking a No.11 bus

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Every morning a woman baked Chapati, an Indian cake, for her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She would place the extra cake on the ___(21)___ for someone to take it.

She noticed a hunchback (驼背) came every day and took the extra cake. Instead of expressing ___(22)___, he would mutter (嘀咕) the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do ___(23)___ with you. The good you do, comes back to you!”

This went on day after day. The woman felt very ___(24)___. One day, she decided to ___(25)___ him. She added poison to the cake she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the window, her hands trembled. She threw his cake into the fire ___(26)___, prepared another one and put it on the window.

As usual, the hunchback came, ___(27)___the cake and muttered the same words. The hunchback proceeded on his way, ___(28)___ nothing about the fight in the mind of the woman.

The woman had a ___(29)___ who had gone to a distant place to ___(30)___ his fortune. Every day, as the woman placed the cake on the window, she offered a ___(31)___ for him. For many months she had no news of him and she prayed for his ___(32)___ return.

That evening, there was a knock on the door. Opening it, she was surprised to find her son standing there. His clothes and shoes were ___(33)___. He was starved and ___(34)___.

Looking at his mother he said, “Mom, it’s a(n) ___(35)___ I' m here. When 1 was but a mile away, I was so starved that I collapsed (晕倒). I would have died, but for a whole ___(36)___ an old hunchback gave me.”

As the mother heard those words, her face turned ___(37)___. She leaned against the door for ___(38)___. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have ___(39)___ her own son!

It was then that she ___(40)___ the significance of the words: “The evil you do remains with you. The good you do, comes back to you!”

21.

A. door

B. roof

C. stone

D. window



22.

A. concern

B. hope

C. gratitude

D. regret



23.

A. agrees

B. remains

C. differs

D. fights



24.

A. annoyed

B. delighted

C. disappointed

D. relieved



25.

A. look into

B. get rid of

C. search for

D. argue with



26.

A. immediately

B. fortunately

C. purposely

D. carefully



27.

A. checked up

B. picked up

C. ate up

D. threw up



28.

A. asking

B. answering

C. knowing

D. wondering



29.

A. daughter

B. husband

C. relative

D. son



30.

A. get

B. have

C. seek

D. tell



31.

A. greeting

B. hello

C. kiss

D. prayer



32.

A. double

B. happy

C. safe

D. warm



33.

A. broken out

B. worn out

C. cut out

D. thrown out



34.

A. strong

B. free

C. happy

D. weak



35.

A. event

B. miracle

C. mistake

D. surprise



36.

A. cake

B. egg

C. meal

D. supply



37.

A. black

B. green

C. pale

D. yellow



38.

A. fear

B. strength

C. support

D. weight



39.

A. helped

B. killed

C. missed

D. surrounded



40.

A. valued

B. recognized

C. remembered

D. realized





第三节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。zxxk

A

A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money.

The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.

The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: “When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.”

On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited. Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately(分离地).

41. The story took place ______.

　A. France B. England 　C. Germany 　D. the US

42. Which of the following is true?

　A. The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich.

　B. A rich young man fell in love with a beautiful girl.

　C. The young man loved the girl but the girl didn't love him.

　D. The young man had enough money to buy a beautiful vase.

43. Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?

　A. He wanted to give her a Christmas present.

　B. He fell in love with her.

　C. Her birthday was coming soon.

　D. They were going to get married.

44. Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?

　A. He looked very excited.

　B. He looked pale and sad.

　C. He was poorly dressed.

　D. He said he wanted to buy a beautiful vase.

45. What do you think happened at the end of the story?

　A. The manager had cheated the young man.

　B. His fiancee must be thankful to him for the present.

　C. The guests would be angry because the servant had broken the vase.

　D. What the careful servant had done gave the trick away.

B

Drunken driving—sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murder—has become a national epidemic(流行病). Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.  A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or several glasses of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were serious in most courts, but the drunken slaughter(屠宰) has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant. Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversin