高三年级英语第二次月检测
一. 单项填空（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。
1. —How do you _____ we will go to Beijing for our holiday?
—I think we’d better fly there. It’s much more comfortable.
A. insist B. want C. suppose D. suggest
2. It’s quite obvious that the aging population in China will cause _____ heavy pressure on
_____ whole society in the future.
A. a ; / B. / ; / C. a ; the D. the ; a
3. I gave the papers to every one of the class, except, of course, the _____ who had already
come to the office to collect _____.
A. those ; them B. those ; it C. ones ; them D. ones ; it
4. We all stood on the top of the high building, _____ we could see the whole city.
A. to which B. from that C. from where D. which
5. It was ten years ______ he _____ to his homeland.
A. after; came back B. before; returned back
C. before; returned D. as; went back
6. Every week we go to the theatre! Not once since we arrived here _____ to the movies!
A. we have gone B. we have been
C. had we gone D. have we been
7. The town is no longer _____ it was five years ago, ______ it was quite dirty..
A. what; which B. that; which
C. what; when D. that; where
8. —Good afternoon. Sir.
—Good afternoon. I’d like to get a haircut,
—I’ m sorry, _____ we’ re terribly busy right now.
—No, of course not. Do you by any chance have today’s newspaper ?
A. will you please wait for a while?
B. but would you mind waiting?
C .this is the wrong place you go to.
D. I can’t go out with you.
9. —I want to choose a university to study here. Would you give me some advice?
—Of course. I think you should look at the support the university you’re interested in
______ as an overseas student.
A. what can offer you B. can offer you what
C. can offer you D. what you can offer
10. Mary felt uncomfortable _____ her sister’s blouse because it was too tight for her.
A. wearing B. to have on C. putting on D. to be on
11. To their joy the day they looked forward to _____ at last.
A. come B. coming C. came D. comes
12. _____ scores of times, but he still couldn’t understand it.
A. Having explained B. Having been explained
C. Though it was explained D. It was explained
13. In choosing employment she always set a high _____ on the interest of the work rather than on the pay offered.
A. value B. position C. cost D. price.
14. A man may usually be known by the books he reads _____ by the friends he keeps.
A. as well as B. as if C. as soon as D. as usual
15. I’m really hungry now. I wish we _____ before we came out
A. should have brought something B. were to feed
C. had breakfast D. had eaten.
二. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
He was just twelve years old when he died. But he brought courage and hope to people around the world. Nkosi Johnson, who died last June, is remembered today _16__ an AIDS fighter. This young boy challenged his government’s AIDS policies and _17_ millions of South Africans in the fight _18_ the disease.
Johnson was the longest surviving person _19_ HIV positive（艾滋病病毒携带者）. He survived with this deadly disease for 12 years _20_ it claimed（夺去）his life. At first, Johnson was _21_ to live for nine months when his foster mother（养母）, Gail Johnson, took him in at the age of two. She now runs Nkosi’s Haven across town from her house in Melville. The Haven is home to 20 children 22_ with HIV or AIDS, and 11 of _23_ mothers. Johnson attracted the world attention and stole the hearts of _24_ people throughout the world at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban in July, 2000. He stood in front of a large audience _25_ South African president Thabo Mbeki. He told them that he wanted AZT, a drug _26_ AIDS patients, _27_ to HIV-positive pregnant（怀孕的）women to prevent the disease from being passed on to their unborn babies. He _28_ a loud cheer at the end of his speech.
“ We are ordinary human beings ; we can walk and talk. You can’t get AIDS by embracing （拥抱）, kissing and holding hands. ” Johnson told the audience. His message criticized Africa, _29 has the world’s greatest proportion of people _30_ AIDS and HIV. He made a special reference to South Africa, where the greatest number of HIV-positive people—about 4.2 million , _31_ a tenth of the population—can be found. Johnson’s speech was broadcast _32_ across the world. Mbeki’s and his government were seriously criticized for their policy of holding back drugs from HIV-positive pregnant women. _33_ , the government later changed its view and promised that pregnant women with HIV would be treated.
With views _34_ his age and even a sense of humor, Johnson soon became an international sign of the fight against AIDS and HIV. Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela said Johnson _ 35_ and touched the hearts of millions of people. Mandela praised him as an “icon （偶像）of the struggle for life.”
16 .A. for B. as C. to D. with
17. A. united B. unites C. to unite D. was united
18. A. to B. with C. for D. against
19. A. was born B. bearing C. borne D. born
20. A. before B. after C. when D. until
21. A. hoped B. wanted C. required D. expected
22. A. lived B. living C. live D. to live
23. A. their B. them C. whose D. whom
24. A. thousands of B. ten thousand of C. tens of thousand D. thousands
25. A. included B. including C. to include D. includes
26. A be used to treating B. used to treat C. used to be treated D. is used to treat
27. A. given B. to be given C. to give D. giving
28. A. received B. accepted C. heard from D. learned
29. A. in which B. which C. where D. it
30. A. of B. about C. to D. with
31. A. and B. but C. or D. so
32. A. lively B. live C. living D. alive
33. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Moreover
34. A. . among B. beyond C. between D. under
35. A. inspiring B. inspires C. inspired D. had inspired
三. 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Fashion is moving into the twenty-first century. A coat that changes color with the weather, shirt strips which disappear while you are wearing it; an odour（香味儿）free blouse that can be worn for days and days… These are not sci-fi fantasies（幻想）,but the most recent developments in the fashion world, made possible advances in fibre technology.
Jackets by Stone Island change color in warm weather and cost between $400 and $500. Peter Siddell, a store buyer says: “ There’s not much more designers can do with clothes. They need to make new fabrics to keep fashion interesting.
Massimo Osti is the man who has brought these unusual fabrics to the shops. Another Osti’s invention is the sweatshirt which has logo（标志）on the chest which disappears when you breathe on it. Now there is a range of temperature-sensitive leisurewear for golfers who like to practice in all weathers. As golfers leave the warm clubhouse, their sweaters change from white to a rainbow of colors.
Unika, a Japanese firm, has developed a synthetic（合成）fibre called thermotron which changes sunlight into thermal energy（热能）and keeps the wearer up to 10ºC warmer than ordinary fibre. One ski-wear fabric turns black to absorb sunlight when the temperature drops to blow zero, and changes to white above 5ºC to reflect the sun.
Tights producers in Far East and Europe have sold many tights which have been contained with fragrances（香味）and insect repellent（驱虫药）. A department store in Britain reports good sales for magnolia-fragranced tights. The fragrance lasts up to three hand-washes.
36. When the writer says “Fashion is moving into twenty-first century”, he means _____.
A. many new types of new clothes have been made.
B. fashionable clothes are being sold well.
C. designers have made great progress.
D. fashion in clothes world is developing fast.
37. If clothes designers want to keep up with fashion, they must have _____.
A. new fashionable fabrics B. fibre technology
C. a Japanese synthetic fibre D. temperature knowledge
38. According to the text, _____ are main changes in fashionable clothes.
A. colour, model, temperature B. colour, smell, temperature
C. price, colour, temperature D. price, smell, model
39. Which of the following best describes the speciality of one ski-wear fabric?
A. It gives off fragrance.
B. It changes colour with the temperature.
C. Its colour disappears when you breathe on it.
D. It changes sunlight in thermal energy.
B
Well, how was it for you, then?
More than million of people watched the eclipse（日蚀）in Cornwall, in Southwestern Britain, and although they gazed at the same sky, they had vastly different experiences.
Some were lucky and the clouds broke just in time for them to see the full wonder of it all; some just stared at the clouds. Some said the disappointment was so great it ruined their holiday.
Few can have been as disappointed as Peter Meadows. The gardener from Enfield spent seven years planning a trip to catch the phenomenon in person but ended up to 10 miles from the right spot.
Mr. Meadow, 31, who waited to see eth eclipse in Falmouth when it was visible from eh nearby Lizard peninsula（半岛）, said: “I feel almost sick with a sense of sudden failure. To have got so close to seeing this wonderful event with his own eyes and to have just missed out is so disappointing. It ruined my holiday and I will go home with a black cloud hanging over me.
Rory Coleman,37, a director of a research institute from Straford-upon-Avon, had made more effort than most to get there; he had run all the way from John O’ Groat to Land’s End to raise money for Help the Aged. “ I’d waited over thirty years to see it,” hw said, “ But it was not like what I had dreamed.”
“I did think it was strange--- the fact that it went dark so quickly and was cold. I thought it would be completely black, like in the middle of the night, but it wasn’t.”
Bill Kambo, 38, from Ashford in Middlesex, flew down to Land’s End in his friend’s helicopter---- and has caught the bug.
He said: “At the beginning I was disappointed with all the cloud cover. But when the darkness came you could hear all eh seagulls going wild. I’m surely an eclipse follower from now on.”
40. why does the writer begin with “Well, how was it for you, then?
A. The writer didn’t watch the eclipse himself.
B. The writer wanted people to be interested in the eclipse.
C. People who watched the eclipse had different experiences.
D. People who watched the eclipse were disappointed.
41. We learn from the text that _____ didn’t see the eclipse.
A. the writer B. Bill Kambo
C. Peter Meadow D. Rory Coleman
42. We can infer from the text _____.
A. not more than a million people saw the eclipse in Cornwall.
B. more than a million people saw the eclipse in Cornwall.
C. people could see the eclipse everywhere in the UK.
D. It was a sunny day when the eclipse appeared.
43. Which of the following best describes how Bill felt about eclipse?
A. He lost interest in seeing an eclipse.
B. He would never want to watch an eclipse.
C. He was disappointed with all the clouds over.
D. He was eager to see an eclipse next time.
C
Deserts are found where there is little rainfall, or where the rainfall for a whole year falls in only a few weeks’ time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to grow if the rain is spread throughout the year. But if the ten inches falls during one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, a desert may form.
When many people think of deserts, they think of large areas of sand. Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that become smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes （沙丘）, or drifting sand, are made as winds move the sand over the desert. Grain by grain, the dune grows over the years, always changing its place and shape with the winds. Most dunes are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.
There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs and canyon（峡谷）were found from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than a hundred million years ago. Over the centuries, the water drained（流）away. Wind, sand, rain, heat, and cold all carved away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing---very, very slowly---as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.
Most deserts have surprising kinds of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things. But as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert is once quiet and lonely.
44. Desert may form where _____.
A. it rains throughout the year. B. Ten inches of rain falls
C. a little rain falls every other month D. there is little rain.
45. If ten inches of rain is falling throughout the year, _____.
A. deserts are formed B. many plants can grow
C. almost all the plants will die. D. there are no living things.
46. The underlined phrase “ adapted to “means _____’
A. 不习惯 B. 适应 C. 厌恶 D. 害怕
47. Which of the following is true?
A. The faces of the desert mountains can never change.
B. Sand dunes were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than a hundred
million years ago.
C. There are few living things in the desert.
D. Desert may be found where the rainfall for a whole year falls in only a few weeks.
48. The best title of the passage should be _____.
A. The deserts B. The Rainfall
C. The Plants and Animals in the Desert D. Desert life
D
Attend the Next Forum!
For the last twelve years CPSB has had the pleasure of hosting a learning event we call a Forum. We started offering programs in Sarasota in February in 1991 and our first Forum was held in 1992 as a small group meeting. Being from the Northern USA, this was a particularly good time to go south for the warmth of our friendships with Dr. Treffinger and Dr. Noller and to keep away from the cold winter.
The forum is the only chance to learn about various topics of the creativity and innovation （变革）and from those who have rich experience and interest in the field. The theme of the 2004 Forum includes searching for a few new methods, sharing lessons from experience, and learning and exchanging ideas on cutting-edge research.. “Space is limited, so early registration（登记，注册）is welcome.”
Meeting the Innovation Challenge
February 6 and 7, 2004 The Lido Holiday Inn
Sarasota, Florida
$750（registration includes some meals and materials）
Interested in becoming qualified to use the VIEW assessment（评估）of Problem Solving Style? The two days just before our Forum provides you just that chance. For more information on VIEW see pages 24-25.
VIEW Qualification Course
February 4 and 5, 2004 The Lido Holiday Inn
Sarasota, Florida
$650（registration includes lunch and course materials）
Special offer: If you would like to attend the VIEW qualification course and the Forum, you can register for both events for $1050.
49. According to this advertisement, at the Forum people _____.
A. come together in order to form an organization.
B. express different opinions and discuss public matters.
C. eat together to celebrate their success or victory
D. work together for the purpose of business or trade
50. If you register both the VIEW qualification course and the Forum at the same time, you will
save_____.
A. $100 B. $300 C. $350 D. $400
51. “ Space is limited, so early registration is welcome ” means _____.
A. space is limited, so you can’t register now
B. space is too limited for you to register
C. you’ll lose the good chance if you don’t register soon
D. you’ll be given a special offer if you register now
52. the main purpose of this advertisement is to _____.
A. encourage more people to attend the Forum in time
B. promise everyone can pay less money to attend the Forum
C. call on the people in the north of the USA to go south for holidays
D. introduce some new activities and topics of the Forum
E
What are the riskiest sports you can do? Well. If you thought of “dangerous sports” like hang-gliding, parachuting, or scuba- diving, you’d be wrong, because they’re not, in fact, that dangerous.
According recent statistics, the sport that causes most injuries is rugby, and football is close the second. Despite the popularity of these games, and although we teach school children to play them, they injure more people per 1,000 than motor racing, skiing, or scuba-diving.
Of course, people do get hurt in “adventure sports” and the most dangerous is climbing, which kills eight people a year. But it is not obvious which activities are dangerous. For instance, two people die every year in hang-gliding accidents, but the same number are killed by badminton, whereas six people a year die in fishing accidents!. So “exciting” isn’t always the same as “dangerous”.
This is even more true when you consider the activities of everyday life. Many more people die due to accidents in the home than from sports of any kinds. Did you know that 160 people per year are killed by toothpaste and 3,600 are killed by curtains（although how this happens is a mystery）? And if you really want to live dangerously, then have a cigarette, or get in a car, because the three biggest killers in the UK are heart disease, cancer, and car accidents, in that order. So to live longer, stop smoking, sell the car, and start jumping out of aeroplanes!
53. The purpose In writing this text is _____.
A. to advise people against smoking
B. to compare which activities are more dangerous
C. to prove that we have an active lifestyle
D. to tell people not to do dangerous sports
54. We learn from the text that _____.
A. risks don’t exist in everyday activities
B. exciting sports are always the most dangerous
C. people ought to stay at home in order to avoid getting injured
D. rugby is still a popular game although it’s dangerous, and even though a lot of people get injured
55. When the writer says “so ‘exciting’ isn’t always the same as ‘dangerous’”, what does he
mean?
A. People do get hurt in adventure sports.
B. Adventure sports are less dangerous than ordinary sports.
C. Adventure sports are popular because they are exciting.
D. Ordinary sports may cause dangerous accidents.
四. 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），请改正：
First the population is increased, and more gas 56. __________
and other fuels are used. Second, the United States 57. __________
is not completely developing all it energy sources. 58. __________
For example, the use of coal has been limited
because of coal burning causes pollution. The third reason for 59. __________
the energy problem is America’s dependence in oil 60. __________
from other countries. If these countries refuse to sell its 61. __________
oil, all American feel the efforts. But probably the most
important reason for the energy problem is which 62. _________
the United States has no acceptable alternative（更替的） 63. _________
sources of energy. Both solar power and nuclear power
are possibilities, but solar power is not complete 64.__________
developed yet, because many people feel that nuclear 65. __________
power is dangerous.
【试题答案】
一.
1—5 DCCCC 6—10 DCBCA 11—15 CDAAD
二.
16—20 BADDA 21—25 DBAAB 26—30 BBABD 31—35 CBABD
三.
A 36—39 DABD
B 40—43 CCAD
C 44—48 DBBDA
D 49—52 BCCA
E 53—55 BDD
四.
56. increase—increasing 57. are后加being 58. it—its 59. 去掉of
60. in—on 61. its—their 62. which—that 63. right
64. complete—completely 65. because—and