1、2010年广东省广州市白云中学高二上学期第二次月考英语卷 单项选择 * If you buy _MP4 player in our store, you can get a watch for _free. A a , B an; the C an; D the ; the 答案： C -Hello, Mary. How are you today I hear you werent well last week. -_. A Much better now. Thank you B Fine, thank you C Im afraid not D Better than ever, I t
2、hink 答案： A - Have you _ been to our town before - No, its the first time I _ here. A even, come B even, have come C ever, come D ever, have come 答案： D I cant tell you the exact time when I will get there, maybe at eight or at nine or still later._, Ill be there as early as I can. A Anyhow B Thus C T
3、herefore D However 答案： A He lost his way in the forest , but he managed to get through it_ A completely B eventually C quickly D extremely 答案： B It looks as if they are going to _us a lot of money for the concert hall. A demand B cost C charge D ask 答案： C Do you know the reason _he was late for the
4、class A why B that C which D who 答案： A - What a hot day! Have you had a drink -Yes, but Id like to have _ after class. A it B another C that D one 答案： B What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car on the way. A broke up B broke into C broke out D broke down 答案： D See what you
5、ve done! Dont you have a _ of right or wrong A feeling B thought C sense D knowledge 答案： C 完型填空 My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the very day and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked 31, but I couldnt find one of my husbands socks though I had looke
6、d 32 for it. The next morning, I got ready for 33 as usual, when the bell rang , the students came in. I greeted them and told them 34 we were going to do that day. .When I 35 back to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 36 . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I wa
7、s 37the headmaster would come and see all this. I asked the class to stop ,but the more I talked, the more they laughed. 38I thought I had better pay 39attention to them and 40 to write on the blackboard. As I did this, they laughed even harder. Before long, the teacher who had the room next to 41ca
8、me to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too. Good Heavens! I said, Will 42 please tell me what is so 43 Oh, God, said the teacher, You have a brown 44stuck to the back of your shirt. So thats 45 I found my husbands missing sock. Oh, well, I said to the class,
9、 Let s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电 )。 【小题1】 A hard B well C fast D slowly A nowhere B somewhere C anywhere D everywhere A breakfast B clothes C school D books A that B what C how D why A turned B looked C came D walked A smiling B laughing C shouting D qua
10、rrelling A afraid B angry C sure D surprised A But B And C However D Finally A further B more C hardly D no A want B continue C begin D go A me B mine C us D his A everyone B all C someone D he A funny B wrong C pleasant D unforgettable A handkerchief B sock C paper D leaf A why B when C how D what
11、答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 阅读理解 阅读下列材料 , 从所给的四个选项 (A、 ) 中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The people below are needed to take part in a sport. After the description of these people, there is i
12、nformation about four sports(A-D). Decide which sport would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 58-61 and then mark the correct letter(A-D) on your answer sheet. 【小题 1】 Bob is a very active man. He is very strong and healthy. Hed like to take part in an exciting sport. But he is a
13、fraid of water. 【小题 2】 Simon is very fat. He would like to lose his weight. But he is not interested in double quick and excitement activity. He enjoys water sports. 【小题 3】 Mathew hates to take part in the violent sports. He is in poor health. He wants to build up his body. 【小题 4】 Jack is brave and
14、risky and a good swimmer. He enjoys water game. He looks for excitement with his friend when they are on holiday. A Hiking is a great way to travel. You will get close to nature and take exercise at the same time. Hiking is easy to do and doesnt have to be very expensive. You can hike close to home
15、or travel to other places. The basic equipment you need for hiking is simple: good shoes, clothes and a backpack. You can hike in the mountains, in a forest or along a river. You can also go for a hike in the city. Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldnt forget safety. B Rafting is a good way t
16、o experience nature. If you want a normal rafting trip, choose a quiet stream or river that is wide and has few fallen trees or rocks. If you are looking for more excitement you may want to try whitewater rafting. You should always think about your safety and wear good clothes. You also need to lear
17、n the basic skills of rafting, such as how to handle the raft, how to paddle and how to get in and out of the raft. You should not go rafting unless you know how to swim, and you should always wear a life jacket. C Swimming is a good way for swim lovers. You can reduce your weight and become slim by
18、 swimming. You can train your willpower and increase your energy of your lung. You can swim in the swimming pool, in the lake, in the river or even in the sea. D Long running is a good sport, for example, Marathom is very popular with young people especially people with strong body and will. If you
19、have hypertension or heart disease, perhaps, it is not suitable for you. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreo
20、ver, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a giftthe book “Wh o Moved My Cheese ” The booka bestseller in the USis being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Co
21、ca-Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes. Cheese is something related to everyones livelihood-Our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well. With Chinas official entry into the WTO, the whole natio
22、n will face up to more changes and challenges. So what we should do once this “cheese” on which we are so dependent is moved “Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely,” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book. Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin Univer
23、sity of China agrees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.” “With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much
24、 larger and better piece of cheese.” Zhang smiled confidently. 【小题 1】 The whole passage is about_. A a bestseller in the US B what people think about Chinas entry into the WTO C the change in peoples attitude towards changes and challenges D how a book influences the Chinese workers 【小题 2】 The compa
25、ny in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese” in order to_. A be more competitive with foreign firms B find an excuse for their job cuts C let the workers make a living on their own D encourage the fired workers 【小题 3】 The word “cheese” in the passage can refer to_
26、. A something we depend on B a most important kind of food C change or challenge D way of life 【小题 4】 From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that_. A they have different opinions on changes and challenges B people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies C the Chine
27、se people are ready to face any changes and challenges D they are both greatly encouraged by the book 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make
28、 it cheaper by making the words shorter. You can do this by taking out “unimportant” letters in the words and using numbers instead of words (2 = to, 3 = free, 4 = for, 8 = ate, so h8 = hate, etc.). You can also keep away from using punctuation (标点 ). Here is an example: Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite
29、 (Do you want to go to the cinema tonight ) What do you think these text messages mean Whr hv U bn Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll. Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll. I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy. Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols (符号 ) to show how they feel. They ar
30、e called emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways. For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this: Why didt u call me Im so sad. ( Here are some others. Can you think of te
31、xt messages where you could use them ) laughing ( sad really sad shouting | | asleep ： 0 shocked 8 | surprised o bored 【小题 1】 Why are text messages popular A Because they are expensive. B Because they are cheap. C Because they are hard to write. D Because they are not important. 【小题 2】 The first par
32、agraph tells us that we can make the text messages shorter in ways. A one B two C three D four 【小题 3】 What does this text message “Do U wnt 2 cm ” mean It means “ ”. A Do you want to come B Do you wear two caps C Do you want two cakes D Do you go home early 【小题 4】 Why do people use emoticons A Becau
33、se they can show how users feel. B Because the symbols are beautiful. C Because text messages are short. D Because the users cant make the words shorter. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 A Our surroundings are being polluted faster than nature and mans present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is
34、 bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials. What can explain and solve this problem The fact is that pollution is caused by man, by his desire for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrializati
35、on”(工业化 )our chief aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of our modem society. But as our technological achievements
36、have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem. Isnt it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going and why It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot (飞行员 ) who told his passengers over the loudspeaker, “Ive some good news and some bad news. The goo
37、d news is that were making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that were lost and dont know where were going.” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when spoken of our modern society. 来源 : 【小题 1】 Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted because_. A the population o
38、f the world is increasing fast B people use too many man-made materials C our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years D we are producing more cars, trucks and buses 【小题 2】 People crowd into the cities for_. A they want very much to find well-paid jobs B they are anxious to enj
39、oy the achievements of our society C they have become tired of their homeland D they have a strong wish to become industrial workers 【小题 3】 The story about the airline pilot tells us that_. A man knows where the society is going B people do not welcome the rapid development of modern society C man c
40、an do little about the problem of pollution D the speaker is worried about the future of our society 【小题 4】 What does the writer really want to say in this passage A With tile development of technology pollution has become a serious problem. B Lower the speed of development to stop pollution. C Its
41、time we did something to reduce pollution. D As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 单词拼写 单词拼写（本题有 8小题，每小题 1分，共 8分） 根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出个单词的完全形式（每空限填一词） 【小题 1】 To finish such a difficult task is b_ my ability. 【小题 2】 The color of our n_ fla
42、g is red with five yellow stars on it . 【小题 3】 Mary was a_ from school because of her mothers serious illness. 【小题 4】 He cheated her, which she would never f_ and remember all her life. 【小题 5】 In the old days, many children suffered from h_ because of no food. 【小题 6】 Our school is trying its best to
43、 improve our studying and working c_. 【小题 7】 With her great efforts, she has a_ everything she wanted to do. 【小题 8】 D_ comes after November. 答案： 【小题 1】 beyond 【小题 1】 national 【小题 1】 absent 【小题 1】 forgive 【小题 1】 hunger 【小题 1】 conditions 【小题 1】 achieved 【小题 1】 December 书面表达 某英语刊物正在进行 “我的母亲 ”的征文活动。请按照下
44、面所提供的主要内容，以 “我的母亲 ”为题，写一篇 80-100词左右的征文。 Character mother, in her fifties, no school education, encourageto., take good care of Example have a bad cold ,recover( 康复 ) Your feelings 答案： My mother is a village woman， who is already in her fifties. She had very little school education， but she knows that knowledge is of great importance to young people. She often asks me how I get along with my studies and My mother and does everything she can for me， so that I can spend more time on my study. Once she was badly ill and had stayed in bed for several days.
