2012版高考复习方案配套月考试题英语卷（二）

The Day of the Dead, an ancient Mexican festival, is not a sad
day, but      time to celebrate        cycle of life. 

—I’ve never found a better job and I’m so glad.
—_______.

       she is not so cheerful        she used to be?

Get out of here at once. _________ not, I’ll phone the police.

—What do you think of the performance today?
—Great!         but a musical genius could perform so successfully.

By looking at a problem in as many ways as possible, creative thinkers can find solutions that would _______ remain invisible．

A．otherwise

B．yet

C．already

D．forever

—Alice, you look puzzled．Haven’t you understood it?
—Yes．I _____of another problem just now． 

Most of the professors _____ to our school were from South Africa．

The tomato juice left brown ____ on the front of my jacket．

. (2010·江西名校模拟) —I’ve heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.                           
—It ______ true because there was so little snow there then. 

As a new graduate, he doesn’t know       it takes to start a business here.

______ the danger from enemy action, people had to deal with a
severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.

—We will take the conditions into careful consideration _______ you have attached to this contract.
—Thanks. Hope for further cooperation.

After watching the movie Avadar, Mary lay in bed with her eyes_______ open while all her family were_______asleep.

The talk between the two leaders aimed at ending the long _____of
war between the two countries.

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it.  36  , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  37  faced by the typical low-income woman：“If she goes for a job interview  38  dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says，“But without a job, she can’t  39   good clothing.”
A few weeks later, Lubin  40  Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate（捐献）used business clothes that were  41   in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer  42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  43  in a Greenwich Village church basement（地下室）,which now  44   as the organization’s main office.
Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they  45  a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  46   after being on welfare（福利）for years.
_47  Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given  48  . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired  49    a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good 50  ,”she says.
Donations are now  51  in, including jewellery，6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of  handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her  52  on hold is opening Dress for Success  53  in other cities.
“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never  54  again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”
36. A. Anyway      B. Instead       C. Fortunately      D. Meanwhile

A．situation B．shops C．pollution D．position

A．particularly B．easily C．beautifully D．poorly

A．make B．find C．wear D．afford

A．reached B．called C．founded D．built

A．only B．already C．almost D．still

A．demand B．remain C．fit D．need

A．space B．support C．tailors D．methods

A．regards B．serves C．looks D．lies

A．buy B．sell C．receive D．watch

A．office B．industry C．wealth D．force

A．When B．Once C．Although D．Since

A．trousers B．jewels C．jobs D．success

A．as B．for C．to D．into

A．impression B．work C．place D．progress

A．giving B．pouring C．showing D．leading

A．own business B．new project C．law career D．personal time

A．competitions B．trades C．races D．branches

A．wear B．have C．donate D．mind

A．problem B．belief C．idea D．office

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I wanted to tell you today：Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger pay-check…
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to existinstead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, and something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this：Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
It can be inferred from the passage that_____.

How did the author form her view of life?

A．Through social experience.	B．By learning from her friends
C．Through an unfortunate experience	D．From her children and husband.

By the underlined sentence “ It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to_____.

What’s the author’s attitude towards work?

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.
The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes “the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don’t seem to learn from history ”.Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.
A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand who we are and where we are without history, much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.
I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.
What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A．Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past.

B．Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

C．Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D．Many people have no interest in studying history.

In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because_____.

Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show_____.

What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

“A very disruptive(扰乱型的) six-year old child kicked my legs and clawed at my hand，”said one teacher. “I broke up a fight and was kicked between my legs，”said another. Many people have heard stories like this.  But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.
Every child , regardless of the circumstances into which they are born，has the right to achieve their potential，regardless of their parents’ wealth and class.  And we recognize that, as a nation，it is a long way to achieve this goal.But rights come with responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of neglecting the latter.
Far too many children are behaving badly at school，even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough，but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behavior of their parents. Too many are starting school unable to hold a knife and fork, unused to eating at a table，and unable to use the lavatory properly.  
We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep，has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.         
Schools cannot right the wrongs of society and teachers cannot become substitute parents. Both parties need to work together. Parents must be helped and given confidence to take back control. They are responsible for setting boundaries for their children’s behavior and sticking to those boundaries when the going gets tough. They are responsible for setting a good example to their children and for devoting that most precious of resources—time—so that children come to school ready and are willing to learn.
In the opinion of the writer, what problem do people ignore?

The writer’s attitude to the behaviors of parents may be that of ________.

The underlined part in Para. 4 may means__________.

What might be most suitable title for the passage?

   Alex London Research Laboratory (ALRL) is part of Alex Co., Ltd., a major Australian medicine-making company. Opened in 1992, ALRL specialises in the development of new medicines for the treatment of heart diseases．
A position is now open for a Research Operations Manager(ROM) to support our growing research team at the new laboratories in Hatfield，due to open in the autumn of 2010．
Reporting to the Director，you will help set up and run the technical and scientific support services of our new laboratories now under construction．You will be expected to provide expert knowledge about and be in charge of all areas of ALRL’S Health and Safety，and to communicate (沟通)with support employees at ALRL’s laboratories based at University College London．Working closely with scientists and other operations and technical employees，you will manage a small number of research support employees providing services to help with the research activities to be carried out at the new laboratories．
Candidates(申请人) will have experience of both management and research support／technical services．Knowledge of research operations and excellent communication skills are necessary. Education to degree level is also desirable．
If you are interested in this position，please send your CV(简历) to Alex London Research
Laboratory，University College London，Hatfield，London，W1E 6B7 or by email to ALRL@alex.co.uk．For more Information，please visit www.alex.co.uk．
What can be learnt about the new laboratories from the text?

What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The technical skills of a would-be ROM．

B．The practical experience of a would-be ROM．

C．The personal information of a would-be ROM．

D．The necessary requirements for a would-be ROM．

What is the purpose of the text?

（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Making Peace with Your Parents
As a teen, you’re going through big changes physically and mentally. Your interests are expanding.   1  
Here is the challenge：Kids need to explore the world in new ways, and parents need to protect them from the dangers that all out in that world. These conflicts can easily set off fireworks in otherwise calm houses. Sometimes conflicts can’t be avoided. But by paying attention to the building blocks of successful relationships, you can work towards making home a happy and healthy place for you and your parents.
For instance, try to find a time to talk when your parents are all not angry, tired, distracted, or hungry. A good time to talk is when you’re all relaxed. Timing is everything. If the conversation begins to turn into an argument, you’d better calmly and coolly ask to stop the conversation—for now.   2 Listen to what your parents are saying, and repeat it back to them. This shows them that you’re listening.   3 
Respect is the building block of good communication. People who respect each other and care about each others’ feelings call disagree without things getting ugly.
  4 How do you build trust? Trust comes by actually doing what you say you’re going to do. Some teens find that doing fun activities with their parents can improve their relationships. Sometimes we forget that parents are more than rule-makers—they’re interesting people who like to watch movies. And go shopping—just like their teenagers!
What do you do if you are trying your best, but your relationship with your parents continues to be rocky?   5 You can find supportive adults, such as a teacher or a coach, who can lend an ear.
Remember you can only change your own behavior. Your parents are the only ones who can change theirs.

E．You are more likely to get along with your parents and have more independence if your parents believe in you.
F．And your desire to take control of your own life is growing.
G．You may consider seeking outside help.

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
John was visiting he 90-year-old grandpa, who lived in the country. In the first morning of the visit, John grandpa prepared a breakfast of bacon and eggs. John noticed some dirt on his plate, and asks, “Are these plate clean?” His grandpa replied, “They’re as cleaner as cold water can get them. Just go ahead and finish your meal.” For lunch, Grandpa made hamburgers. Again, John has found the plates were dirty, but he asked the same question. Without looking up, his grandpa gave same answer. Later, as John was left, his grandpa’s dog started to growl(咆哮), and wouldn’t let him pass. Grandpa shouted at the dog, “Cold Water, go lie down!”

书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，正在加拿大接受英语培训，住在一户当地人家里。今天主人Mr Knight不在家，你准备外出，请给Mr Knight写一则留言条，内容包括：
1．我参观历史博物馆，并在附近公园吃饭。
2．我去商场买双鞋子。
3．您的秘书Susan来电说：①与Mr Wilson在Tiny Coffee的见面取消；
②别忘了晚上八点在Union Club的活动；
③尽快给她回电话。
4．六点我回家。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3．开头已给出，不计入总字数。
Dear Mr. Knight,
In view of your being out, I have to leave a note…
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
Yours,
Li Hua