1、2011-2012学年贵州省晴隆民族中学高二 5月月考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * Did you watch _ 8 oclock news this morning _ plane with 100 passengers crashed into a mountain. A /; The B the; A C the; / D /; A 答案： B The factory produces two million pairs of shoes every year, half _ are sold abroad. A of which B which of C of them D
2、 of that 答案： A We should develop the sunshine project actively, because it can save _ resources as well as reduce pollution. A power B strength C force D energy 答案： D The box looks so heavy. Shall I give you a hand Thank you. _. A Its up to you B It couldnt be better C It all depends D If you prefer
3、 答案： B Does anyone have any different opinions about the plan _ at the meeting A being made B made C having made D to be made 答案： B I wish I _ that live NBA basketball match on TV. Come on! It wasnt the first time wed missed one. A can watch B could watch C watched D had watched 答案： D How did you fi
4、nd your visit to Lijiang River To tell the truth, its hard to _ a more fascinating place. A consider B imagine C impress D recognize 答案： B I joined a club while at college, _ members were all literary lovers. A whose B where C what D which 答案： A He spoke English so well that I took _ for granted tha
5、t he was an American. A that B this C which D it 答案： D Taking medicine only gives you _ relief from pain, so I suggest you have an operation. A flexible B optional C temporary D beneficial 答案： C It was nothing but his ten years of hard work that _ his success in his research. A referred to B applied
6、 to C led to D appealed to 答案： C _ only one week left before the final examination, were kept busy going over our lessons. A For B As C Since D With 答案： D Why not join the football club Id love to, but Im afraid it will _ too much of my time. A take up B make up C hold up D pick up 答案： A _ with the
7、size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all. A Compare B Comparing C When compared D When comparing 答案： C To be honest, you can hardly imagine the difficulty that I had _ the money for buying a car. A to raise B raising C raised D raise 答案： B 完型填空 In the dining room of my
8、 grandfathers house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for three 36 to become one. The table was always spread with 37 containing love as the main ingredient (成分 ). And that grandfather clock stood like an old family friend, watching over the 38 that was a part
9、of our lives. As a child, the old clock fascinated me. I 39 and listened to it during meals. Even more wonderful to me was my grandfathers ritual (老习惯 ). He wound (上发条 ) that clock with a(n) 40 key carefully each day. I remember watching 41 my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the
10、hidden door in the clock. He inserted the key and wound not too much, nor too 42 . He never let that clock wind down and 43 . He showed us grandchildren how to open the door and let us each take 44 winding the key. After my grandfather died, it was days after the funeral 45 I remembered the clock! T
11、he tears 46 freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood there quiet. Some time later, my grandmother gave me the key. The old house was 47 . No laughter over the dinner table, no ticking or chiming of the 48 all was still. I took the key in my shaking hand and 49 the clock door. All of a
12、sudden, I was a 50 again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and blue eyes. He was there, 51 at me, at the secret of the clocks magic, at the key that held so much power. I stood there, 52 in thought for a long time. Then slowly and 53 I inserted the key and wound the clock. It spran
13、g to life. Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were breathed into the dining room, into the house and into my 54 . With the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather 55 again. 【小题1】 A persons B generations C families D stages A water B soup C rice D food A embarrassment B sorrow C laughte
14、r D depression A sang B laughed C ate D watched A big B special C black D ugly A since B unless C as D until A little B fast C high D hard A talk B run C break D stop A turns B trouble C pains D action A once B when C before D that A exposed B flowed C expressed D spread A cold B different C quiet D
15、 full A table B house C door D clock A locked B opened C turned D closed A man B father C child D god A winking B shouting C glaring D glancing A lost B lived C missed D interrupted A nervously B excitedly C steadily D carefully A account B heart C anxiety D pocket A died B disappeared C lived D smi
16、led 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 B 【小题 12】 C 【小题 13】 D 【小题 14】 B 【小题 15】 C 【小题 16】 A 【小题 17】 A 【小题 18】 D 【小题 19】 B 【小题 20】 C 【小题 1】 B考查名词。 become one成为一体，聚集一堂。在这个餐厅里一日三餐是我们一家四代人聚集一堂的时候。 【小题 2】 D考查名词。桌上摆着各种可口的用爱作为配料的食物 food。 【小
17、题 3】 C考查名词。爷爷的闹钟总是坐在那里，像一位家庭老朋友，倾听着我们的笑声，这已经是我们生活内容的一部分。 【小题 4】 D考查动词。当我还是个小孩子的时候，这座老钟使我感兴趣，在吃饭期间我注视着这座钟聆听它的声音。 【小题 5】 B 考查形容词。他每天都用一只特别的钥匙小心翼翼地给钟上发条。 【小题 6】 C考查连词。当爷爷从口袋中掏出钥匙，打开钟里面的暗门时，我记得我仔细观察。 【小题 7】 A 考查形容词。他把钥匙插进去，上发条，不能太多，也不能太少。 【小题 8】 D考查动词。他从来不让钟摆停止摆动。 【小题 9】 A考查名词。他向我们孙辈们展示如何打开钟门，并让我们轮流用上发条
18、。 【小题 10】 C 考查连词。在我心爱的爷爷去世之后，葬礼结束之后过 了好几天，我才记起这座闹钟。 It+be+时段 +before从句意思是 “过了多久才 ” 。 【小题 11】 B考查动词。当我走进餐厅的时候，我已经泪流满面。 flow流动。 【小题 12】 C考查形容词。祖母把这座老爷钟和钥匙一并交给了我。这座老房子变得很安静 quiet。结合下文 “餐桌上没有了笑声，没有了老钟的嘀嗒声和报时声 ”。 【小题 13】 D考查名词。 “没有了老钟（ clock）的嘀嗒声和报时声 ” 【小题 14】 B考查动词。 “我用自己颤抖的手拿出钥匙打开 open老钟的小门 ” 【小题 15】 C
19、考查名词。 “突然间我觉得自己又 回到了小时候 child”。 【小题 16】 A考查动词。 “他就站在那里对着我眨眼 wink。 ” 【小题 17】 A考查动词。 “我站在那里，沉溺在回忆里。 ”（ be） lost in完全沉浸于。 【小题 18】 D考查副词。 “然后我慢慢地，仔细地给钟上发条 ” 【小题 19】 B考查名词。嘀哒嘀哒。生活的气息在客厅，在家里，在我心里蔓延开来。 【小题 20】 C考查动词。在我心里爷爷再一次活了过来。 阅读理解 Children, especially at young ages, are very creative. And creativity c
20、an be a glorious thing. Look at all the amazing artists and architects that have created glorious pieces of history. Look at all the authors with the award winning books. Now I am not saying everyone is going to end up this way but creativity is an important part of growing up and becoming who you a
21、re. This should be encouraged in young children as well as the older children. Young children grow up playing with make-believe. And so many people try to make their young child see that their invisible friend isnt real or that talking when someone is not in the room is weird. To adults it is, but f
22、or small children it is them being creative. May it be them playing house, or chef, or playing with stuffed animals, it is their creative part coming out. Some kids can have fun playing with rocks and sticks and its because of their creativeness that they can do this. The invisible friend part is an
23、other part of being imaginative, and is not a bad thing since they will grow out of that phase. So encourage this and play along with them, play house or stuffed animals or whatever they want to play. Help keep their imagination running. You can even make up games, like treasure hunts, dinosaurs, or
24、 super heroes; there is just so much you can choose from. For older children, talk to them. Help them see things through others eyes, or help them see things from a different point of view. Helping children see things from other views helps them keep their minds open for new ideas and new things. Al
25、l this can help your childrens minds stay creative. The arts and music, even thoughts are an important part of life and important in our society. If we didnt have and encourage creative thinking, we wouldnt have had inventors, or philosophers, or as I said before, artists. 【 小题 1】 The underlined wor
26、d “weird” is the closest in meaning to “_”. A similar B strange C common D natural 【小题 2】 If a child plays with his invisible friend, it shows that _. A the child is longing for friendship B the child has no one to play with in life C the child has great imagination D there is something wrong with t
27、he childs mind 【小题 3】 According to the author, if a child talks alone in a room, we should _. A let him be B stop him from doing so C give him some advice D know that he is suffering from loneliness 【小题 4】 What is mainly talked about in the passage A How creative artists and architects can be. B How
28、 to help children grow up in a healthy way. C What kind of activities children like. D How to protect and encourage childrens creativity. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 D 【小题 1】 B词义理解题。结合句意 “很多人试图让他们的孩子明白他们的看不到朋友都不是真的或不在房间里的人交谈是 _”可知 weird应是贬义，所以选B：奇怪的，古怪的。 【小题 2】 C细节理解题。结合 The invisible frie
29、nd part is another part of being imaginative可知答案：。 【小题 3】 A推理判断题。结合 The invisible friend part is another part of being imaginative可知答案：。 【小题 4】 D主旨大意题。结合文章内容可知作者主要阐述了如何保护和鼓励还得创造性。 Everyone experiences stress at work, but how we cope with it varies. Feeling that youve been unfairly treated can be par
30、ticularly stressful. Researchers believe that failure to express feelings about unfair treatment at work could have serious consequences on your health, especially men, who bottle up their anger at being unfairly treated at work, are up to 5 times more likely to suffer a heart attack, or even die fr
31、om one, than those who let their frustration （沮丧） show, a Swedish study has found. The study by the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University followed 2,755 employed men who had not suffered any heart attacks. At the end of the study, 47 participants had either suffered an attack, or died fr
32、om heart disease, and many of those had been found to be covertly coping with unfair treatment at work. “After adjustment for age, socioeconomic factors, risk behaviors, job strain and biological risk factors at baseline, there was a close-response relationship between covert coping and the risk of
33、incident death,” the studys authors wrote. Covert coping was listed as “letting thing pass without saying anything” and “going away” despite feelings of being hard done by colleagues or bosses. Men who often used these coping techniques had a two to five times higher risk of developing heart disease
34、 than those who were more confrontational (对抗性的 ) at work, the study showed. The researchers said they could not answer the question of what might be a particularly healthy coping strategy at work, but listed open coping behavior when experiencing unfair treatment or facing a conflict as “protesting
35、 directly,” “talking to the person right away,” “yelling at the person right away” or “speaking to the person later when things have calmed down.” The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 【小题 1】 The study mainly shows that . A women are less likely to suffer a hea
36、rt attack than men B most people die of heart disease caused by stress C covert coping may result in certain heart trouble D employers should treat their workers equally 【小题 2】 Which of the following contributes to the accuracy of the study A The participants were all employed men. B The participant
37、s tend to bottle up their temper. C The participants should not have risk behaviors. D The participants had not a history of heart attacks. 【小题 3】 According to the text, if treated unfairly a confrontational person will . A just let it be B fight back immediately C go away silently D work even harde
38、r 【小题 4】 The last paragraph is intended to tell readers . A that the study is official B what the healthiest coping strategy is C what the helpful ways of handling unfair treatment are D that confrontation is always beneficial to peoples heart health 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 1】 C细
39、节理解题。结合文章第二段可知答案：不能正确处理工作中的不公正对待可能会导致某些心脏病。 【小题 2】 D细节理解题。结合文章第二段可知参与实验的人在实验前没有的心脏病，而结束后或患病或死于心脏病；这点增加了实验的可信度。 【小题 3】 B推理判断题。结合第四段可知 a confrontational person是指受到不公正待遇时，不采取 “letting thing pass without saying anything” and “going away”，而采取反击方式的人。 【小题 4】 C细节理解题。最后一段主要是列举了些有效处理工作中的不公正对待的一些方法。 Researcher
40、s at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have invented a new term that describes dangers associated with cigarette smoke: third-hand smoke. Study results published in January, 2009 discuss how third-hand smoke is especially dangerous for children. Have you ever walked into a room tha
41、t had the smell of cigarette smoke, regardless of the fact that a fan was moving the air and no one was smoking at the time This is what researchers are calling third-hand smoke and it represents the poisonous deposits (存积物 ) that are left behind long after a cigarette is put out. Cigarette smoke co
42、ntains gases and small particles that are deposited on every surface it comes in contact with, for example, the smokers hair and clothing, or the environment the cigarette was smoked in. Its dangerous for young children who may crawl on polluted surfaces. Third-hand smoke is a serious health risk fo
43、r our kids, especially those who live in the homes of smokers. Jonathan Winickoff, lead author of the study, explains, “When you come into contact with your baby, even if youre not smoking at the time, he or she comes in contact with those poisons. And if you breast-feed, the poisons will transfer t
44、o your baby in your breast milk.” Winickoff adds however, that nursing a baby if youre a smoker is still a better choice than bottle-feeding. Researchers involved in the study also surveyed more than 1,500 families in an effort to learn about adult attitudes regarding the danger third-hand smoke rep
45、resents to their children and how that might affect smoking in the home. Approximately 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers believe that secondhand smoke is dangerous for children. On the issue of whether third-hand smoke threatens the health of children, 65 percent of nonsmokers and 4
46、3 percent of smokers felt that third-hand smoke harms kids. When asked about rules regarding smoking in the home, approximately 88 percent of nonsmokers said they dont allow smoking, while only 27 percent of smokers forbid smoking in the home. However, both non-smokers and smokers who felt that thir
47、d-hand smoking was harmful to childrens health were more inclined to (倾向于 ) restrict smoking in their homes. 【小题 1】 The study led by Jonathan Winickoff focused on _. A bad influences long after a cigarette is smoked B third-hand smoke and secondhand smoke C the bad effects of smoking on common peopl
48、e D the terrible smell of cigarette smoke 【小题 2】 How does the text explain what third-hand smoke is A By telling results of a survey. B By giving statistics. C By making comparisons. D By giving an example. 【小题 3】 The following measures to prevent the effect of third-hand smoke are effective except _. A keeping kids out of room when you smoke B cleaning the house to get rid of poisons C making yourself clean before contacting kids D tryin
