高一英语第二学期月考测试卷
I.单项选择：
1. Don't ask him for too much. _______ , he's only a child.
A. At all B. In all C. After all D. Above all
2.--Could I speak to Mr Brown? -- ______ , I'1l go and see if he is in.
A. Who are you B. He isn't here C. I'm sorry D. Hold on, please
3. There's a voice at the door. Who ______ be?
A. must be B. must it C. can be D. can it
4. Dr Baker said." How dare you say that?" ______ the young man.
A. angrily looking at B. and looks angrily at
C. angrily looked at D. and angrily looking at
5. My aunt has gone to the U. S. A. That ______ her in the office.
A. must be B. mustn't be C. should be D. can' t be
6. It ______ outside, for people coming in are all so wet.
A. must rain B. will rain C. must be raining D. wi11 be raining
7. As I felt better, my doctor ______ me to take a holiday.
A. suggested B. hoped C. considered D. advised
8. She was not ______ frightened; in fact she was nearly frightened to death.
A. a bit B. at all C. a little D. much
9. The fire spread through the hotel very quickly, but everyone ____ go out.
A. had to B. could C. would D. was able to
10. The book _____ on the desk _____ me.
A. lies; belongs B. lying; belongs to
C. lay; is belonged to D. lying; is belonging to
11. Use the umbrella to ______ yourself from the rain.
A. prevent B. keep C. save D. protect
12. It is said that he's changed his mind ______ what you said.
A. because B. because of C. as D. for
13. -- Do you think it's a good film? -- Oh, yes. It's _____ worth ______.
A. very; watching B. well; seeing C. very; to be watched D. well; being seen
14.- Oh, it's you! I ______ you.
-- I’ve just had my hair cut, and I’m wearing new glasses.
A. didn't recognize B. hadn't recognized C. haven't recognized D. don't recognize
15.I don't want these green apples; I want the red _______.
A. apples B. one's C. ones D. one
16. Here are some children's books _______ from our library.
A. borrow B. borrowing C. borrowed D. to borrow
17. Your English teacher looks very young; He _____ be over 30.
A. mustn't B. can't C. won' t D. may not
18.--Have you _____ the invitation to the party? --Yes, I have. And I've ______ it.
A. accepted, received B. received, accepted
C. received, received D. accepted, accepted
19.--Would you mind lending me your new car? --__________.
A. No. 1'11 use it B. Of course not C. Yes, please D. Sorry, you wouldn't
20.They are ____that old building in order to build a new apartment house.
A. tearing down B. tearing up C. tearing off D. tearing into
II.完形填空：
Mr Black was a wealthy businessman, but he was not 21 with life. He did not sleep well and his food did not 22 with him. The situation lasted for some time. Finally, after a 23 of sleepless nights, he 24 to see his doctor. The doctor advised a change of 25 . "Go abroad," he said. "But I'm not good at foreign languages, "said Mr Black. "It doesn't matter, "said the doctor. "It won't 26 you to talk a little less. 27 on a trip. Take plenty of exercise. Try to 28 your weight. Avoid eating rich food. "Mr Black went to Switzerland. He did not know French or German, and had to express himself through gestures. He 29 a physical training course. The instructor made him 30 his knees, swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his head 31 , he had to lie on the ground and 32 his right and left legs in 33 . After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He almost 34 aside his financial worries and nearly forgot the importance of 35 more money. He even began to 36 individual trees and individual birds. He ate and slept well. 37 he returned home. But unfortunately his 38 did not 39 long. Soon he was a normal businessman again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his success in a competitive society, and things in 40 .
21A. good B. interested C. satisfied D. healthy
22 A. agree B. taste C. suit D. fit
23 A. great deal B. number C. course D. few
24 A. decided B. refused C. called D. expected
25 A. situation B. surroundings C. weather D. life
26 A. stop B. hurt C. help D. prevent
27 A. Leave B. Go C. Join D. Start
28 A. increase B. gain C. miss D. reduce
29 A. took part in B. joined C. attended D. entered into
30 A. bow B. bend C. kneel D. knock
31 A. timely B. fully C. rapidly D. gently
32.A. rise B. raise C. pull D. draw
33.A. time B. turn C. length D. number
34.A. lay B. pushed C. put D. stepped
35.A. collecting B. spending C. saving D making
36.A. see B. notice C. consider D search
37.A. Luckily B. Finally C. Quietly D Willingly
38.A. development B. improvement C. pleasure D freedom
39.A. seem B. go on C. last D continue
40. A. form B. general C. particular D sight
III.阅读理解：
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At one time or another most farmers have problems with mice. This is especially true of grain farmers. Mice eat a lot of gain. They also carry diseases, which people can get from eating or touching grain the mice have made dirty. Farmers can use special grain storage building or they can kill the mice. However, both methods can be costly. Farmers must buy materials to build the special grain storage buildings or chemical poisons to kill the mice. Here is way to kill mice without spending a lot of money. It is simple but effective kind of mouse trap. The method is used by some farmers in the west African country of Mali. An agricultural expert in Mali reported about the Mali mouse trap in A News Letter published by the group Educational Concerns for Hunger Development. That is private organization in the United States. The expert reported that this gardener caught 150 mice in just one night. The
gardener used four traps. The trap is easy to make. First, remove the top from a 20 liter metal or plastic container. Put it in the hole in the ground. The top edge of the container should be the level with the surface of the ground. Fill the container with water to within eight centimeters of the top. Add tiny pieces of grain wastes. They should float on the water. Also put some wastes on the ground near the trap. During the night mice will come out to eat the grain wastes. They will fall into the container and drowned. Replace the food in the trap every night.
41. According to the passage, ______ used the mouse trap first.
A. an agricultural expert in the west Africa B. farmers in the United States
C. an American gardener D. farmers in Mali
42. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Methods Used by Farmers to Kill Mice.
B. An Simple and Effective Method Used by Farmers to Kill Mice.
C. How to Kill Mice.
D. Farmers Have Problems with Mice.
43. ________ is not needed in making the mouse trap.
A. Chemical poison B. A container C. Water D. Food
44. ______ can't protect grain from being eaten by mice.
A. Special grain storage building B. Chemical poison
C. Mouse trap D. A hole in the ground
45. Which is probably the trap mentioned in the passage?
B
Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time.
In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drives very fast when they can but in Tokyo they offer spend a long time in traffic jams(交通阻塞). Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. It is different when one wants to walk.
At certain times of the day there are, a lot of people on foot in London's Oxford Street. But the streets near the Ginza in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them.
The worst time to be in the street is at 11: 30 at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 night-clubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty.
During the day, most people travel to and from work by train, Tokyo people buy six million train tickets every day. At most stations, trains arrive every two or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. Although they are usually crowded. Japanese trains are very good. They always leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep, whether his journey is long or short.
In Tokyo, I stood outside the station for five minutes. Three fire-engines raced(疾驰)past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has every day. Tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now.
46. Tokyo is different from London ill that _______.
A. it has a larger population
B. it is a cosmopolitan(世界性的)city
C. it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot
D. its people are friendlier and more polite
47. What time does the writer think is the worst time to go into the street?
A. When the night-clubs are closing. B. 8 o'clock in tire morning.
C. When the train is overcrowded. D.11:30 a.m.
48. What does the writer say about Japanese trains?
A. They are very nice and comfortable. B. There are not enough trains.
C. They often run behind time. D. They leave and arrive on time.
49. From the writer's observation, we can see that fires break out _______.
A. quite frequently B. very rarely C. occasionally D. only several times a day
50. We can infer from the passage that the writer is from _____.
A. Japan B. France C. Britain D. America
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IV.单词拼写
51. Do you know something about the a________ of Thunderstorm?
52. Chairman Hu is too busy to a_______ the meeting this evening.
53. How much money have you e_____ to support your family?
54. Mary had a very good time at the b______ last night. She was the most beautiful and attracted many guests’ attention.
55. China has accepted the agreement for the limitation of n________ weapon.
56. Don’t touch the machine or you may get an e__________ shock.
57. With great anger he t______ his paper into pieces.
58. You must f_______ your seat belts when driving.
59. After lunch, he always like to enjoy the _________(舒适) of his favorite chair.
60. Every time Miss Zhou goes to the students’__________ ( 宿舍 ), she finds them tidy and clean.
IV.改错：
The Great Wall of China built more than 2,300 years 61._____
before to protect China from invaders(入侵者)and it runs along 62._____
that was once the northern border( 边界)of the country. The wall 63._____
is more than 2,400 kilometer long and eight meters high. 64._____
It is wide enough so the top to be used as a road. Towers 65._____
were built into the wall and soldiers were kept there for 66._____
guard the country. In the thirteenth century invaders from 67._____
Mongolia crossed the wall and conquered most China. Today 68._____
The Great Wall of China is the only thing being built by 69._____
humans that can be seen from satellites in the space． 70._____