2012年高二英语九月月考试题
第二部分  词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
21. Mr. Wang is ______ about making predictions about the success of the project because it is so important.
  A. content          B. curious          C. creative            D. cautious
22. Old as he is, he gets my grandson to ________him on how to email and use the Internet.
  A. construct        B. instruct          C. control            D. inspect
23. ----Why didn’t you come to the party last night?
  ----I had intended to, but there was something important that I had to _______.
  A. turn to          B. attend to          C. look on            D. take on
24. We have very strict quality control, so anything that is imperfect is________.
A. rejected          B. refused          C. ignored          D. considered
25. Study can help us look to the future and _______confused thinking.
  A. clean            B. purify            C. simplify          D. clarify
26. The scenery there was beautiful beyond ________so that we couldn’t find any words to describe it.
  A. imagination      B. reach          C. description          D. belief
27. The recent study has shown that people’s attitudes towards protecting the environment aren’t ________with their behavior in daily life.
  A. reliable          B. consistent        C. positive            D. enthusiastic
28. By telling a joke, the boy tried to ________ his brother who failed an exam.
  A. delight          B. inspect          C. attract              D. challenge
29. There will be a war if the peace talks _______ between the two countries.
  A. break away      B. break down      C. break into          D. break out
30. The translation was provided for the ______of those who do not understand English.
  A. reason          B. possibility        C. convenience        D. purpose 
第二节  完形填空 （共20unequal小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full __31___ of the facts he observes. He doesn’t accept which are not __32___ on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority(权威) as the only __33___ for truth. He always __34___ ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.
  The rise of __35___ science may be considered to __36___ as far back as the __37___ of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher(哲学家) of Oxford, who lived __38___ the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the Middle __39___ to suggest that we must learn science __40___ observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself __41___ many important discoveries.
  Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later (1564-1642), was the greatest of several men, __42___ in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by degrees to show how many important __43____ could be discovered by __44___ . Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more __45___ towards the earth than small ones, __46___ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the __47___ of the Leaning(倾斜的) Tower of Pisa, let fall two __48___ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It was Galileo’s __49___ of going direct to nature, and proving our __50___ and theories by experiments, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.
31. A. speed          B. time          C. use        D. trust
32. A. worked      B. written      C. lived        D. based
33. A. advice    B. cause        C. reason        D. result
34. A. thinks          B. learns          C. has            D. checks 
35. A. natural          B. modern          C. ancient          D. physical
36. A. look            B. keep            C. date          D. take
37. A. study            B. birth            C. year              D. time
38. A. between            B. each            C. both        D. among
39. A. Schools          B. Countries          C. Days            D. Ages
40. A. in              B. by            C. on            D. with
41. A. did              B. gave          C. took            D. made
42. A. that            B. when            C. who          D. where
43. A. people          B. problems        C. truths          D. subjects
44. A. conclusion        B. decision        C. observation    D. suggestion
45. A. slowly          B. heavily          C. lightly          D. rapidly
46. A. although        B. if          C. when          D. because
47. A. top          B. foot            C. place            D. ceiling

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