2015湖南常德一中第七次月考英语试题及答案(2)

25. Look! How much _______ Alice looks wearing her new show dress!
A. well      B. good     C. better    D. best
26. Barry must have visited the Eiffel Tower before, _______ he?
A. mustn’t          B. hadn’t    C. hasn’t       D. needn’t
27.________ seems to have been great difficulty in turning out excellent graduates.
A. That     B. What        C. It         D. There
28. Don’t let any failure discourage you, for you can never tell _______ close you may be to victory.
A. how      B. that     C. which      D. where
29. Fang Fang is such a kind girl _______ everyone likes very much.
A. like             B. which C. as           D. that
30. _______ I could express my thanks to the traveler, he had already disappeared in the rain.
A. Before      B. When C. Until      D. While
31. It’s useless envying others their success. It’s time you _______ hard.
A. must work    B. must work C. work              D. worked
32. _______ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.
A. The president will attend       B. The president to attend
C. The president attended         D. The president’s attending
33. We were invited to his birthday party. If she doesn’t go today,  _______.
A. nor do I        B. neither do I        C. neither shall I      D. nor I shall
34. Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much _______.
A. to improve    B. to be improved C. improving   D. improved
35. ---Daddy, I want to watch my favorite program I AM a Singer tonight.  
---_________ You must finish your homework.
A. Go ahead.     B. That’s great. C. Forget it.       D. Why not?
SECTION B (18 marks)
Directions: Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Attracted by the great music, many of the passers-by  36  their paces and put some money into his hat.[来源:学优高考网gkstk]
The next day, the artist came again. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he   37  the violin and began playing. On the paper it said, “Last night a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to   38  it soon.”
It caused a great excitement among the  39  and people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man hurriedly ran there. “Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would certainly come here.”
The young violinist asked   40  , “Are you Mr. George Sang?” The man nodded. “Did you lose something?” “It’s lottery,” said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang’s name was seen. “Is it?” he asked. George nodded promptly and  41   the lottery ticket and kissed it.
The story turned out to be this: George Sang bought a lottery ticket. The awards opened yesterday and he won a   42   of $500,000. He was so happy, but when he took out 50 dollars to put in the hat, the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Art College and has planned to attend  43  studies in Vienna, He has booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However he cancelled the   44  and came back to wait.
Later someone asked the violinist, “At that time you were in need to pay the   45  fee and you had to play the violin every day to make the money. Then why didn’t you  46  the lottery for yourself?” The violinist said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won’t be happy forever.”
Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much, but being   47  should always be with us.
36．A．sped up B．fastened up C．slowed down D．kept up with
37．A．adjusted B．adopted C．performed D．regulated
38．A．ask B．claim C．declare D．announce
39．A．circumstance B．environment C．surroundings D．crowd
40．A．calmly B．angrily C．carelessly D．indifferently
41．A．scratched B．tore C．seized D．caught
42．A．reward B．prize C．praise D．salary
43．A．interested B．skilled C．developed D．advanced
44．A．flight B．trip C．train D．study
45．A．show B．rent C．tuition D．travel
46．A．leave B．hold C．bring D．keep
47．A．warm-hearted B．honest C．honored D．kind-hearted
SECTION C (12 marks) 
Directions: Complete the following passage by using one word that best fits the context. 
China has ordered a ban on advertisements during television drama programs. An ad will not be allowed to run in the middle of a program running 45 minutes in length, beginning on January 1st. The authorities say ____48____ ban is important for the growth of culture. Television stations say this will cause ____49____ a loss in revenue（收入）. Most audience feel glad ____50____finally such a policy has been carried out. ____51____some still doubt whether this is an effective policy or not. Simply banning TV stations from broadcasting inserted advertisements is no use. Even if SARFT completely banned domestic TV stations from broadcasting advertisements, they could still implant advertisements into TV shows. Why can China not learn some lessons from western TV channels such ____52____ NHK and BBC? They are public channels ____53____any advertisements. But they charge their viewers. In China, TV viewers only need to pay cable Television fees, ____54____  is rather low. And TV stations make profits through broadcasting advertisements. If we can learn some lesson from western countries, ____55____will be rather helpful to the final solution of the conflict between audience and TV stations.