湖南省衡阳市八中届高三第二次月考英语.docx

1、湖南省衡阳市八中届高三第二次月考英语衡阳市八中2010届第二次月考英语试卷听力 （30分）第一节1. What is the man doing? A. Inviting the woman to dinner. B. Inviting the woman to a cinema C. Cooking supper2. Which bus goes to the shopping center? A. No. 10 B. No. 17 C. No. 153. Why didnt the man go to the Forest Park? A. Because he didnt like th

2、e park. B. Because he had to help his brother study. C. Because he had to look after his brother.4. What do the two speakers complain about? A. The weather B. The weather report C. The picnic5. Which of the following is true? A. John is as healthy as before B. John is weaker than before C. John is a

3、s strong as a horse第二节(1)6. How long can the battery last? A. 20 hours B. 10 hours C. 5 hours7. What does the woman think of the player? A. She thinks the sound great. B. She thinks the functions great C. She thinks the style great.8. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The MP3 can download

4、19 hours of English audio texts. B. The MP3 can be continuously operated for 25 hours C. The MP3 can download 9 hours of music.(2)9. Where did the conversation take place? A. In a rest room. B. In a fitness club. C. On the road.10. What was the woman trying to do? A. Teach the man something about th

5、e weather. B. Ask the man to stop and have a rest. C. Persuade the man to go back home.11. Why did the woman have so much knowledge about the weather? A. Because she gained it from her early experience on a farm. B. Because she worked in weather station. C. Because she learned a lot from her geograp

6、hy teacher.(3)12. What does the man suggest the woman do with old exam papers? A. Try to understand but not memorize the questions. B. Memorize the answers as quickly as possible. C. Do all the old exam papers carefully.13. What is the conversation mainly about? A. How to prepare for exams B. How to

7、 stay calm in exams C. Where to attend review sessions.14. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man knows little about exam preparation. B. The woman likes her teacher very much. C. The man is to have exams soon.(4)15. How many objects does the Library of congress have now? A. About 10 mi

8、llion B. More than 100 million C. more than 1000 million16. When is the Library of congress open to the public? A. Monday through Friday, except for public holidays. B. Monday through Thursday, except for public holidaysC. Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays17. Which is one of the re

9、gulations of the Library of Congress? A. Everyone can read the books there. B. Only authorized readers can read the books there. C. Only authorized readers can get the books out of the Library of Congress。第三节单选题 （15分）21. We hired _ one-eyed man to play in our film, and we gave him _ 100-pound check

10、for just one minute.A. a, an B. an, a C. a, a D. an, an22. My uncle promised to buy me a nice gift for my birthday, _ beyond my imagination.A. which B. that C. the one D. something23. We should believe ourselves! The brain of these people was as _ as our own.A. large and fully developed B. large and

11、 full as developedC. largely and full as developed D. large and full developed24. Have you told my father about the awarding ceremony? Yes, but he is too busy. I dont think he _. But in case he _, let him sit between us. A. is coming; is B. will come; does C. would come; will D. comes; do25 Actually

12、, _ works hard can be _ he wants to be, whether it is a pilot, an engineer or a manager. A. anyone; whoever B. whoever; whatever C. who; no matter what D. no matter who; whomever26. _ we admire his good performance in the competition, he still needs more practice to be perfect. A. As much B. Much as

13、 C. Though much D. So much 27. -Where is that _ tie I bought last month? - Cant you remember giving it to Rachel as a wedding gift? A. silk new black B. new silk black C. new black silk D. black new silk 28. The farm as well as its neighbouring hills we once spent so much time _ on a new look as rec

14、ently as last year. A. on has taken B. has taken C. on having taken D. having taken 29. Who would you rather _ the report instead of you？w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m A. have written B. have to write C. write D. have write 30. -We really enjoy ourselves at the party. Thanks again, Mr. and Mrs. White. -_. Just

15、 drop in whenever you feel like it. A. With pleasure B. Its a pleasure C. Nice having you here D. Nice you are here 31. He hid himself behind the door _ he still could see what would happen to his classmates. A. there B. which C. from which D. from where 32. Its dangerous to let the children who are

16、 _ go swimming in the river. A. too young to B. so young C. not old enough to D. so old 33. The problem isnt difficult for the children to work out, is it？ _ . Perhaps they should have been given a more difficult one. A. Yes, it is B. Yes, it isnt C. No, it is D. No, it isnt 34. -What should I do wi

17、th this passage? -_ the main idea of each paragraph. A. Finding out B. Found out C. Find out D. To find out 35. Having got up late this morning, Mike ran as fast as he could _ to catch the bus. A. hope B. to hope C. hoped D. hoping 完形填空 （30分） An Indian warship destroyed a suspected pirate vessel off

18、 the Horn of Africa last November. Finally, here is the language that pirates can understand: 36. a ship. Several countries have 37. forces to patrol Somali waters in 38. to the growing number of pirate attacks on 39. . But the pirates have only become more brazen (肆无忌惮), 40. larger ships. Pirates e

19、ven hijacked (劫持) a Saudi 41. that was carrying over $100 million of oil. Nearly 100 ships were hijacked 42. the Horn of Africa in 2008. Ransoms (赎金) paid to 43. the ships reached nearly $50 million. This has 44. much hand-wringing (much disappointment) in government circles, and some 45. decisions

20、by shipping companies. Some have decided to reroute their ships all the way 46. the Cape of Good Hope. That could 47. over $250,000 to each trip, but its better for their ship and crew to be kept by pirates for some weeks. International patrols are having little 48. . Pirates responded by moving the

21、ir armed attacks 49. offshore. In effect, theyve created a much larger field of play. The Sirius Star was 50. 450 nautical miles off the Kenyan coast, in the Indian Ocean-a 51. of water so vast that 52. forces cant possibly patrol(巡航) it. It seems that shipping firms have a decision to make: 53. the

22、 region altogether or arm their ships to defend off direct attacks. There are some creative ways to do that. A chemical tanker fought off pirates 54. with automatic weapons by releasing foam from fire hoses into the waters around the ship. In 2005, a cruise ship used a Long Range Acoustic Device, ca

23、pable of causing permanent ear damage and temporary vision loss, to defend off a pirate attack on Somalias coast. When shall 55. return to this body of water? People are still seeking the answer. 36. A. Attack B. Sink C. Control D. Drive 37. A. joined B. attended C. gathered D. united 38. A. return

24、B. turn C. response D. favor 39. A. warships B. commercial ships C. fishing ships D.passengers ships 40. A. aiming B. targeting C. intending D. taking 41. A. fishing boat B. goods ship C. passenger ship D. oil tanker 42. A. out B. about C. off D. from 43. A. charge B. seize C. keep D. free 44. A. ca

25、used B. led C. did D. brought 45. A. reasonable B. unreasonable C. negative D. sensitive 46. A. about B. over C. around D. beyond 47. A. increase B. put C. make D. add 48. A. effect B. affect C. effort D. afford 49. A. away B. further C. about D. around 50. A. forced B. left C. captured D. broken 51

26、. A. sea B. flow C. mass D. body 52. A. air B. naval C. land D. mixed 53. A. Avoid B. Protect C. Keep D. Guard 54. A. mixed B. combined C. fitted D. armed 55. A. war B. hijack C. peace D. conflict 阅读理解 (34分) A The Colonel asked Ashenden a good many questions and then suggested that he had particular

27、 qualifications for the Secret Service. Ashenden knew several European languages and the fact that he was a writer provided excellent cover: on the pretext that he was writing a book he could, without attracting attention, visit any neutral country. It was while they were discussing this point that

28、the Colonel said, You know you might get material that would be very useful to you in your work. Ill tell you an incident that occurred only recently. Very dramatic. A foreign government minister went down to a Mediterranean resort to recover from a cold and he had some very important documents with

29、 him that he kept in a dispatch case(公文箱). A day or two after he arrived, he picked up a beautiful blonde at some restaurant or other, and he got very friendly with her. He took her back to his hotel, and when he came to himself in the morning, the lady and the dispatch-case had disappeared. They ha

30、d one or two drinks up in his room and his theory is that when his back was turned the woman slipped a drug in his glass. Do you mean to say that happened the other day? said Ashenden. The week before last. Impossible, cried Ashenden. Why! Weve been putting that incident on the stage for sixty years

31、, weve written it in a thousand novels. Do you mean to say that life has only just caught up with us? Well, I can guarantee the truth of the story. said the Colonel, And believe me, the government has been put to no end of trouble by the loss of the documents. Well sir, if you cant do better than that in the Secret Service, sighed Ashenden, Im afraid that as a source of inspiration to the writer of fiction, its washout. 56 How did the Colonel suggest that Ashendens being a writer would relate to his work as a spy? A. It would make traveling a