河南省信陽(yáng)市潢川第一高級(jí)中學(xué)高二英語(yǔ)月考試題含解析一、選擇題1.Demandforthesebooksishighrecently,_______theirhighprice.

A.although

B.despite

C.evenif

D.while參考答案：B略2.Hearingthenewsthathehadbeen______asgeneralmanagerofthebigcompany,he______withexcitementandjoy,forgettingthathewasshowingsomevisitorsaround.A.named;brokeout

B.appointed;erupted

C.made;wasfilled

D.chosen;wasfull參考答案：B3.Aseriousstudyofphysicsisimpossible____someknowledgeofmathematics.A．a(chǎn)gainst

B．before

C．beyond

D．without參考答案：D4.—I’vegotthemoneybackfromHenry.

--________?Afterall,heneedsourhelpnow.

A.What’swrongwithyou?

B.Howcouldyoudothat?

C.Howmuchdidyouget?

D.Whendidyoudothat?參考答案：B5.

––YouwereoutwhenIdroppedinatyouroffice.––Oh,I________ameeting.

A.washaving

B.havehad

C.amhaving

D.hadhad參考答案：A略6.Thesepoorandneedyteenagerswereexcitedtofindashopatthecornerwheretheycouldbuy______pricedbikes.A.competitively B.recently

C.reasonably

D.affordably參考答案：D考查副詞詞義辨析。competitively競(jìng)爭(zhēng)地；recently最近地，近來(lái)；reasonably合情合理地；affordably不太昂貴地，支付得起地。句意：這些貧窮的少年在拐彎處發(fā)現(xiàn)了一家商店，在這家店里，他們可以買(mǎi)得起不太昂貴的自行車(chē)。由句意可知，D選項(xiàng)正確。7.Itisgenerallyacceptedthat

boymustlearntostandupandfightlike

man.A.a;the

B.a;a

C.the;the

D.a;/參考答案：B8.—Doyouknow______theygottoknoweachother? —Itwaslastyear______theybothtaughtChineseintheUSA. A.whenitwasthat;that B.whenitwasthat;when C.whenwasitthat;when D.whenwasitthat;that參考答案：B31、Thefilmbroughtthehoursbacktome

Iwastakengoodcareofinthatfarawayvillage.A.until

B.that

C.when

D.where參考答案：C略10.—Howabout____controlledbreedingprogrammetheUSgovernmentbegantosavetheredwolf?—Ishouldsayitwas____success,youseeitsnumberhasincreasedA.a;a B.the;a

C.a;不填

Dthe;不填參考答案：B22.Thefirecausedthousandsofpounds’______ofdamage.A.value

B.priceC.worth

D.prize參考答案：C略12.HewillhavelearnedEnglishforeightyearsbythetimehe_______fromtheuniversitynextyear．

A.willgraduate

B.willhavegraduated

C.graduates

D.istograduate參考答案：C13.Throughjointefforts,thecomputerexpertandthenetworkdesignerdevelopedanewbrowserthatcould___thenetworkmuchmoreeasily.A.adapt

B.stick

C.refer

D.access參考答案：D14.3．Althoughitis

towatchprogramsonTVsometimes,Idon’tthinkpeopleshouldspendmostoftheirtimewatchingit.A．worthwhileB．worthofC．worthD．worthyof參考答案：A略15..EventuallyIreachedthepoint_____Iwasbeginningtoenjoymywork.

A.where

B.when

C.that

D.which參考答案：A略16.Eachtime,heperformshisstand-up________infrontofmillionsofpeoplewhentheshowisbroadcast________onTV.

A.play,lively

B.routine,live

C.routine,alive

D.programme,lively參考答案：B17.Thenewsspreadallovertheworld_______thatKimJongIl,topleaderoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),passedawaylastSaturdayattheageof69.A.consistently

B.instantly

C.previously

D.curiously參考答案：B18.____theoffice,theforeignvisitorswereshownroundtheteachingbuilding.A.Havingshown

B.Showing

C.Hasshown

D.Havingbeenshown參考答案：D二、填空19.Directions:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.roots

B.but

C.covered

D.reproduce

E.energyF.probably

G.gaining

H.surrounding

I.supplied

J.life

Lifeonlandprobablybeganabout430millionyearsago,thoughithasexistedinthewaterforperhapsasmuchas3,000millionyears.Whenwethinkofthefirst

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onland,we

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thinkofstrangeanimalscomingoutoftheoceans,but,infact,noanimalscouldhavebeenlivingifplantshadnotbeenonlandfirst.Plantshadtobeonlandbeforeanimalsarrived.They

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thefirstlandanimalswiththe

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andfoodnecessary,sincethey---theplantsaretheonlyformoflifethatisabletogetandstore

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.Thefirstplantstoexistoutofthewaterwereprobablycertainkindsofalgae（藻類(lèi)）whichwerefollowedbyotherplantsthatgrewclosetothegroundandneededwaterinwhichto

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.Oncethemovetolandhasbeenmade,however,evolutiontookplacequickly.Bytheendof100millionyears,plantshaddevelopedtheir

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,andsomehavegottree-likeformssinceheightwasveryimportantin

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sunlight.About300millionyearsago,muchoftheworldwas

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withforestsofhugetrees.Inmostwaystheywerelikemoderntrees.Theyhadroots,leaves,wood,butmostlytheyhadnotdevelopedseeds.參考答案：41-45JFIHE

46-49DAGC20.完成句子1．這部小說(shuō)以十八世紀(jì)的倫敦作為背景。Thenovel______________________London________the18thcentury.2．她太累了，沒(méi)有心情跳舞。She'stootiredand________________________________dancing.3．使我吃驚的是，那個(gè)人毫不費(fèi)勁地把石塊舉了起來(lái)。________________________，themanliftedtherockeffortlessly.4．地方報(bào)紙對(duì)這本新書(shū)做出了評(píng)論。Thelocalnewspaper________________________________thenewbook.5．他編造了一些借口，說(shuō)他的女兒病倒了。He________________someexcusesabouthisdaughterbeingsick.參考答案：1.issetin,in2.innomoodfor3.Tomyastonishment4.gaveareviewof5.madeup三、閱讀理解21.閱讀下列短文，從每篇短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Somechildrenarenatural-bornbosses.Theyhaveastrongneedtomakedecisions，managetheirenvironment，andleadratherthanfollow.StephenJackson，aYearOnestudent，“operatesunderthetheoryofwhat'smineismineandwhat'syoursismine，”sayshismother.“TheotherdayIboughttwonewStarWarslightsabers(劍).Later，IsawStephenwiththetwonewoneswhilehisbrotherwasusingthebeat-upones.”“Examinetheextendedfamily，andyou'llprobablyfindabossygrandparent，aunt，uncleorcousinineverygeneration.It'saninheritabletrait，”saysRussellBarkley，aprofessorattheMedicalUniversityofSouthCarolina.Otherchildrenwhomaynotbeparticularlybossycangraduallygaindominance(支配地位)whentheysensetheirparentsareweak，hesitant，orindisagreementwitheachother.Whetherit'sinbornnatureordevelopedcharacteratwork，toomuchcontrolinthehandsoftheyoungisn'thealthyforchildrenorthefamily.Fearisattherootofalotofbossybehavior，saysfamilypsychologistJohnTaylor.Children，hesaysinhisbookFromDefiancetoCooperation，“havesecretfeelingsofweakness”and“adesiretofeelsafe.”It'stheparents'roletoprovidethatprotection.Whena“bosschild”doesn'tlearnlimitsathome，thestageissetforahostoftroublesoutsidethefamily.Theoverlywillfulandunbendingchildmayhavetroubleobeyingteachersorcoaches，forexample，ortroublekeepingfriends.Itcanbeprettylonelyasthetopdogifnoonelikesyourbossyways.“Iseemoreandmoreparentsgivinguptheirpower，”saysBarkley，whohasstudiedbossybehaviorformorethan30years.“Theybendtoofarbecausetheydon'twanttobeasstrictastheirownparentswere.Buttheyalsofeellessconfidentabouttheirparentingskills.Theirkids，inturn，feelmoreanxious.”72.BossychildrenlikeStephenJackson_________.A.makegooddecisions

B.showself-centerednessC.lackcarefromothers

D.havelittlesenseoffear73.Theunderlinedphrase“inheritabletrait”inParagraph2means___________.A.inbornnature

B.developedcharacterC.acceptedtheory

D.particularenvironment74.Thestudyonbossybehaviorimpliesthatparents_________.A.shouldgivemorepowertotheirchildrenB.shouldbestrictwiththeirchildrenC.shouldnotbesoanxiousabouttheirchildrenD.shouldnotsetlimitsfortheirchildren75.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout？A.Howbossybehaviorcanbecontrolled.B.Howwecangetalongwithbossychildren.C.Whatleadstochildren'sbossybehavior.

D.Whateffectbossybehaviorbringsabout.參考答案：BABC22.Oneofthemainchallengesfacingmanycountriesishowtomaintaintheiridentityinthefaceofglobalizationandthegrowingmulti-languagetrend."OneofthemainreasonsforeconomicfailureinmanyAfricancountriesisthefactthat,withafewimportantexceptions,mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinanyoftheindependentAfricanstates."saidNevilleAlexander,DirectoroftheProjectfortheStudyofAlternativeEducationinSouthAfricaattheUniversityofCapeTown.InresponsetothespreadofEnglishandtheincreasedmulti-languagetrendsarisingfromimmigration,manycountrieshaveintroducedlanguagelawsinthelastdecade.Insome,theuseoflanguagesotherthanthenationallanguageisbannedinpublicspacessuchasadvertisingposters.Oneofthefirstsuchlegalprovisions(規(guī)定)wasthe1994"Toubonlaw"inFrance,andtheideahasbeencopiedinmanycountriessincethen.Sucheffortstogovernlanguageuseareoftenconsideredasfutilebylanguageexperts,whoarewellawareofthedifficultyincontrollingfashionsinspeechandknowfromresearchthatlanguageswitchingamongbilingualsisanaturalprocess.ItisespeciallydifficultfornativespeakersofEnglishtounderstandthedesiretomaintainthe"purity"ofalanguagebylaw.SincethetimeofShakespeare,Englishhascontinuallyabsorbedforeignwordsintoitsownlanguage.Englishisoneofthemostmixedandrapidlychanginglanguagesintheworld,butthathasnotbeenabarriertoacquiringsuperiorityandpower.AnotherreasonforthefailureofmanynativeEnglishspeakerstounderstandtheroleofthestateregulationisthatithasneverbeentheAnglo-Saxonwayofdoingthings.Englishhasneverhadastate-controlledauthorityforthelanguage,similar,forexample,totheAcademicFrancaiseinFrance.Theneedtoprotectnationallanguagesis,formostwesternEuropeans,arecentphenomenon-------especiallytheneedtoensurethatEnglishdoesnotunnecessarilytakeovertoomanyfields.Publiccommunication,educationandnewwaysofcommunicationpromotedbytechnology,maybekeyfieldstodefend.12.NevilleAlexanderbelievesthat__________.A.mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinallAfricancountriesB.globalizationhasresultedintheeconomicfailureofAfricaC.globalizationhasledtotheriseofmulti-languagetrendD.lackofmother-tongueeducationcanleadtoeconomicfailure13.Theunderlinedword"futile"(inparagraph2)mostprobablymeans"___________".A.workable

B.practicalC.useless

D.unnecessary14.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Englishhastakenoverfieldslikepubliccommunicationandeducation.B.ManyaspectsofnationalculturearethreatenedbythespreadofEnglish.C.Mostlanguageexpertsbelieveitisimportanttopromoteanationallanguage.D.Europeanshavelongrealizedtheneedtoprotectanationallanguage.15.Thebesttitleforthepassageis__________.A.FightingagainsttheruleofEnglishB.ProtectinglocallanguagesandidentitiesC.Globalizationandmulti-languagetrendD.Tomaintainthepurityoflanguagebylaw參考答案：12.D

13.C

14.B

15.B試題分析：現(xiàn)在世界全球化導(dǎo)致很多國(guó)家的獨(dú)特的文化收到了沖擊和影