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1、学年格致中学高二上第一次月考格致中学 二一八学年度第一学期第一次测验高二年级 英语试卷（共 11 页）(测试100分钟内完成，总分100分，试后交答题卷)友情提示：昨天，你既然经历了艰苦的学习，今天，你必将赢得可喜的收获！祝你：诚实守信，沉着冷静，细致踏实，自信自强，去迎接胜利！第I卷 I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of e

2、ach conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

3、1. A. She wants to get some rest. B. She needs time to write a paper. C. She is tired of talking to the man. D. She doesnt like coffee at all.2. A. 100 dollars. B. 200 dollars. C. 300 dollars. D. 600 dollars3. A. In a gym. B. In a grocery. C. In a hotel. D. In a library.4. A. In April. B. In May. C.

4、 In June. D. In July.5. A. The tape recorder doesnt need batteries. B. The batteries in the tape recorder need to be changed. C. They had better get a new tape recorder. D. The tape recorder is still in good condition.6. A. His jacket doesnt match his pants. B. He is wearing a dark jacket. C. His ja

5、cket doesnt fit him well. D. He has gone to work in a jacket.7. A. Teacher and student. B. Clerk and customer. C. Franks friends. D. Husband and wife.8. A. He no longer buys souvenirs like toys for his children. B. He doesnt send cards to his children as he did before. C. He still sends cards to all

6、 his children except Tod. D. Toys are still his childrens favorites though they are grown up.9. A. The book reports can be handed in after November 13. B. November 13 is the deadline for handing in the book report. C. The book reports can be handed in any time they are finished. D. November 13 is th

7、e date when the book reports are handed in.10. A. He became the club champion though his leg muscles tightened. B. He lost to the club champion because his leg muscles badly hurt. C. He failed to win the club championship for his leg muscle pain. D. He had to quit the match because of sudden pain in

8、 his leg muscles.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages andone longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. Whe

9、n you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Uses of different smoke alarms. B. The best location of smoke alarms. C. Smoke alarms in

10、 the home. D. The installation of smoke alarms.12. A. The engineer. B. The detective. C. The home owner. D. Anyone.13. A. All the smoke alarms. B. Battery-powered smoke alarms. C. Photoelectric smoke alarms. D. Hard-wired smoke alarms. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A

11、. It can identify different flowers through its built-in sensors. B. It can record various smells digitally and reproduce them. C. It can make sweet smells by mixing flowers with vapour. D. It can create smells and give them off to any scenes.15. A. It helps customers check out the perfumes before p

12、urchase. B. It helps customers locate the right brand of perfume. C. It helps recommend right perfumes to customers. D. It helps confirm that perfumes are truly genuine.16. A.A portable device. B. Smells to accompany movie scenes. C. The most sensitive human nose. D. Smells from fruits to gasoline.Q

13、uestions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a classroom. D. In an office.18. A. Because the book has been sold out. B. Because the bookstore does not carry the book at all. C. Because the book is not used for any university course. D.

14、Because the professor did not order enough copies of the book.19. A. Because it is the latest computer science book. B. Because he needs the book for his assignment. C. Because the book is written by Professor Kayne. D. Because he has to correct some spelling mistakes in it.20. A. Save a copy of the

15、 book for him when it comes in. B. Order more copies of the book within a week. C. Find another bookstore that sells the book. D. Call the computer store across the street.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent

16、and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Learning Quickly from Mistakes Mercy Cherono is one of many very successful young athletes from Kenya. She was born in

17、1991 in the village of Kipajit. She is the (21) _ (old) of six children, and some of the other children in her family are also athletes. Her father, John Koech, runs a training camp in the village. During the school holidays, the camp (22) _ attract over 50 trainees. Cherono started running in prima

18、ry school and continued when she went to secondary school in the nearby town of Sotik. At the age of 16, she participated in the 2007 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships, (23) _ (hold) in Mombasa, Kenya. It was her first international event. De

19、spite the fact (24) _ she finished 23rd in the junior race, she had launched herself into international athletics. In the same year, at the World Youth Championships at Ostrava in the Czech Republic, she won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race, (25) _ she ran in the championship record time of 8:53

20、:94. In the coming years, she continued to win gold medals at famous international championships. She is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 3,000-meter race, (26) _ (win) in Poland in 2008, and again in Canada in 2010. She also came in first in the 3,000-meter race at the 2009 Africa Junior Cha

21、mpionships. However, Cherono is not just a middle-distance runner. At the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Jordan, she won a silver medal in the junior race. She lost to the Ethiopian long-distance runner Genzebe Dibaba (27) _ she tried to jump too early to the finishing line. After the rac

22、e, Cherono claimed, “I will not repeat that mistake again.” The following year, at the same cross country race, Cherono proved herself when she won a gold medal. Incredibly, (28) _ of the three runners-up were from Kenya, too. She and the Kenyan team came home to a heros welcome. Her coach was excit

23、ed and owed the success of the Kenyan team (29) _ hard training and determination.”And her father said, “Our child is a disciplined girl who has always taken instructions.”Perhaps one day Mercy Cherono (30) _ (instruct) future champions.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chos

24、en from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. flavouredB. maintainC. medicineD.averageE. popularityF. processG. releaseH. solidI. unsweetenedJ. warnK. wonderfulScientists Make Sweet Discovery Good news for chocoholics: the treat preferred by mill

25、ions all over the world is good for you, according to American researchers at the University of California. Chocolate contains substances called flavonoids that can help 31 a healthy heart and good circulation (循环). The researchers have discovered that cocoa acts like aspirin and that eating a bar o

26、f chocolate once in a while may contribute to a healthy diet. Chocolate has also been shown to 32 endorphins in the body: these chemicals help to reduce pain and stress and make you feel happy. But who first discovered this 33 way of keeping healthy? The Olmec Indians of Mexico and Central America w

27、ere the first to grow cocoa beans, in about 1500 BC, and the Mayas were drinking 34 cocoa hundreds of years before it became fashionable in Europe. The word chocolate comes from the Nahuati word xocolati, which means “bitter water”. In 1544, a delegation of Mayan nobles visited Philip of Spain and g

28、ave him jars of cocoa as a gift. Cocoa soon became fashionable in Spain and Portugal. The Spanish were the first to add sugar to their cocoa drink. In the 17th century, chocolate was becoming fashionable with the middle-classes, not only as a drink but also as a(n) 35 . By the middle of the century,

29、 36 chocolate was becoming familiar. In 1753, a Swedish scientist renamed cocoa theobroma or “food for the gods”. In 1765, James Baker and John Hanan opened the first chocolate millin the United States, introducing chocolate to the 37 citizen. In 1876, in Switzerland, Daniel Peter had the idea of ad

30、ding milk in the chocolate-making 38 and produced the first milk chocolate. Since then, chocolate has grown enormously in 39 . One of the biggest chocolate-eating nations is Britain where a man, woman, and child eats nine kilos of chocolate a year! In fact, chocolate is the number one comfort food a

31、nd there are more “chocoholics” in Britain than anywhere else in the world. Researchers 40 that although chocolate is good for you, it should be eaten in small quantitiesand with no added milk.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words

32、 or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Young People Leading the Way on Fair Trade “Fair Trade” is a movement to ensure that producers in developing countries receive a minimum price for their goods which covers that cost of production and an extra amount to invest into the loca