1、2011-2012学年山西省临汾一中高二第二次月考英语试卷与答案 其他 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项 . Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways 1 Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers v
2、ariety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest. You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report.2 Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process.3 The following methods may w
3、ork best for you. Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it. Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts. Write your notes in your own words. 4 Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written. As you take notes
4、, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记 ). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time.5 A Use words, not complete sentences. B There are three practical note-taking methods. C You must write your notes on separate paper. D Otherwise, you may not be a
5、ble to read your notes later. E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes. F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes. G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it. 答案： 【小题 1】
6、 G 【小题 1】 E 【小题 1】 F 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 单项选择 * Come and look after my baby if _ tomorrow. A you are convenient B youll be convenient C it will be convenient to you D it is convenient to you 答案： D 这题考查 convenient的用法，这个形容词的主语不能是人，而是 it，而且 if条件句不能用将来时，选 D。句意是：如果明天方便的话，来照顾我的孩子。 A quarrel _, which made hi
7、m _ his family. A was broken out; break away B broke out; break away from C was broken away; break down D broke down; break out 答案： B 第一空填 break out是 “爆发 ”，第二空填 break away from，是 “脱离 ”，句意是：一次争吵发生了，使他于家人脱离了关系。选 B。 What troubled the teacher was that no one present made an answer when asked who had bro
8、ken the glasses, so he didnt know who _. A was blamed B was to be blamed C was to blame D would be blamed 答案： C 这题考查固定短语： be to blame“应受责备 ”，句意是：让老师感到麻烦的是，当问及谁打坏了眼镜时，在场的人没有回答，所以他不知道该责备谁。选 C。 Im excited that my parents _of me having a travel to Africa. cured B. suspected C. approved D. accused 答案： C
9、My cousin doesnt know what to _ at the university; he cant make up his mind about his future. A pick up B speed up C take up D put up 答案： C You should have thanked the hostess before leaving. I meant _. But I couldnt find her when I was leaving. A to B to do C doing D doing so 答案： A The girl looked
10、at me with a _expression. Maybe the problem was quite _. A puzzled; puzzling B puzzling; puzzled C puzzled; puzzled D puzzling; puzzling 答案： A I sincerely regret that I have hurt your feelings, but I didnt do it _. A technically B deliberately C constantly D instantly 答案： B It is a common practice i
11、n the USA that one needs to make a(n) _ _ before seeing a doctor. A difference B impression C appointment D decision 答案： C When he woke, he found himself _ on a chair, with his hands _ back. A seated,tying B sitting; tying C sat; tied D seated; tied 答案： D good service, the restaurant offers differen
12、t kinds of traditional Fujian dishes. A In addition B Apart from C Instead of D Except for 答案： B _ that we all went out, lying in the sun. A So the weather was fine B So fine was the weather C So fine the weather was D So was the fine weather 答案： B I found him sitting in his chair, completely _a mag
13、azine. A absorbing B being absorbed in C absorbed in D absorbing in 答案： C The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be _the present one. A as three times big as B three times as big as C as big as three times D as big three times as 答案： B The directors new film turned out to be _ fai
14、lure, but as we know, success often comes after _failure. A a; a B x; x C a; x D x; a 答案： C 这题考查冠词的用法：第一空填 a， failure这里是抽象名词具体化，表示一个失败的人或事，第二空 failure是抽象名词，不可数，不加冠词。选 C。 完型填空 完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 2分，满分 40分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16-35各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was the afternoon before Chris
15、tmas. As the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that_16_ my day was the Christmas tree in our waiting room and beautiful_17_ sent to me by my lover. When I was cleaning my office, our nurse came, saying_18_was anxious to speak with me. As I stepped out of the room,I_19_a tire
16、d-looking woman with a_20_ in her arms. _21_, she explained that her husband-a prisoner was my next_22_. She told me she wasnt _23_to visit him in prison and that he had never seen his son Her_24_ for me was to let them sit in the waiting room longer._25_my schedule wasnt full, I agreed. Hardly had
17、her husband _26_ when the womans tired face lit up. I kept watching them laugh, cry, and share their child outside. After almost an hour, I called_27_in. He seemed like a gentle and modest man. While working, I _28_what he possibly could have done to be put into prison. I tried to make him as _29_ a
18、s possible. At the end of the appointment, I _30_ him a Merry Christmasa difficult thing to say to a man headed back to _31_. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt _32_ that he hadnt been able to give his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful _33_. Il
19、l never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful roses. Im not sure who experienced the most _34_the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the _35_to share in this special moment. 【小题1】 A displeased B passed C brightened D celebrated A c
20、ards B gifts C roses D clothes A man B waiter C patient D lady A recognized B noticed C realized D knew A Happily B Excitedly C Angrily D Nervously A prisoner B patient C customer D fellow A book B gift C bag D baby A informed B reminded C allowed D invited 【小题 9】 A. request B. suggestion B. demand
21、D. order 【小题10】 A Since B Though C Unless D While A looked up B brought up C turned up D took up A guard B lady C prisoner D visitor A wondered B believed C understood D found A painful B kind C careful D comfortable A chatted B gave C wished D hoped A prison B home C hospital D work A worried B ast
22、onished C sad D pleased A opinion B message C promise D idea A joy B sadness C astonishment D worry A right B opportunity C feeling D time 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题
23、1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 阅读理解 Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to
24、 the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country. In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hu
25、nger. This, and a shortage (短缺 ) of work , forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851. For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as fa
26、rmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace. The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and frie
27、ndly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴 ) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish song which are sung without ins
28、truments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc. 【小题 1】 What does the author tell us in paragraph 1 A How the Irish fought against the English. B How Ireland gained independence. C How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland. D How two “Irelands”
29、 came into being. 【 小题 2】 We learn from the text that in Ireland . A food shortages in the 1840s led to a decrease in population B people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside C it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker D different kinds of old Irish s
30、ongs are all sung with instruments 【小题 3】 The last paragraph is mainly about . A the Irish character B Irish culture C Irish musical instruments D a famous Irish writer 【小题 4】 What can be the best title for the text A Life in Ireland B A Very Difficult History C Ireland, Past and Present D The Indep
31、endence of Ireland 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】根据第一段 Ireland has had a very difficult history.及下文描述可知，本文主要描述了爱尔兰人是如何反抗英国人的，故选 D。 【小题 1】根据 In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger.描述，可知食物短缺导致了人口减少。故选A。 【小题 1】根据 Since indep
32、endence, Ireland has revived(复兴 ) its own culture 及本段描述，可知本段主要描述了爱尔兰的文化，故选 B。 【小题 1】这篇短文主要介绍爱尔兰的历史和近代以来的发展情况。故选 C，爱尔兰的过去和现在。 Student Membership-Cambridge Arts Cinema Cambridge Arts Cinema is one of the art houses in Britain and home of the internationally celebrated Cambridge Film Festival. Since 19
33、47 generations of students have discovered the wealth of world cinema. Now you too can make most of it and save money. 【小题 1】 If youre a member of Cambridge Arts Cinema, you will enjoy free . A Darkroom Gallery shows B mailed programmes C special film events D film shows 【小题 2】 How long will the mem
34、bership for Cambridge Arts Cinema last A Four months. B Eight months. C Nine months. D One year. 【小题 3】 For what purpose is the text written A Offering students cheaper tickets B Announcing the opening of a premiere. C Telling the public of the cinemas address. D Increasing the cinemas membership. 答
35、案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda
36、 Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her. His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary : “ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down pa
37、rts of it in my diary. ” This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a
38、 play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection lf short stories All the Sad Young Men. However
39、, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940
40、.While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism. 【小题 1】 How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage A 5 B 6 C 7 D 8 【小题 2】 Which of the following is the correct order to d
41、escribe Fitzgeralds life according to the passage a. He became addicted to drinking. b. He studied at St. Paul Academy. c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise. d. The Great Gatsby won high praise. e. He failed to reorder his life. f. He joined the army and met Zelda. A f-c-e-a-b-d B b
42、-e-a-f-c-d C f-d-e-c-b-a D b-f-c-d-e-a 【小题 3】 We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald . A had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama. B was well educated and well off before he served in the army C would have completed more works if his wife hadnt broken down D helped his friend get rid
43、of drinking while his wife was in hospital 【小题 4】 The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_ . A Zeldas personal life B Zeldas illness and treatment C Fitzgeralds friendship with Graham D Fitzgeralds contributions to the literary (文学的 )world 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题
44、1】 D 【小题 1】从第二段的内容，可知提到了 Fitzgerald的五个作品。选 A 【小题 1】在这六个事件中，首先找到首先发生的事件， F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton.可知 be项最先发生，从最后一段的句子 he got totally addicted to alcohol.可知 a是最后发生。选 D。 【小题 1】推
45、理题：从最后一段的句子： Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing.可知答案：是 C 【小题 1】推理题：根据人物传记的特点，前面讲的是 F. Scott Fitzgerald 的生活，和文学作品对文学界的意义，说明下面要讲的是他的文学世界的贡献。选D Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World (NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manha
46、ttan said he didnt think twice before diving into the freezing East River. Tuesdays Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday. He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her f
47、ather, David Anderson, who had dived in after him. “I didnt think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast. ” Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头 )when he saw something falling into the water . He thought it was a d
48、oll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant ,he took off his coat and jumped into the water. When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said . Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes. Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret c
