湖北省枣阳市高二英语下学期第一次月考试题.doc

湖北省枣阳市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. what will the woman do next?a. help the man. b. finish her homework.c. watch a program.2. what does the woman mean?a. its too cold this winter. b. cold beer is harmful to health.c. the man should drink less beer.3. how much does the man have to pay?a. $90. b. $162. c. $180.4. why does the man have so many clocks?a. he has trouble getting up. b. he often forgets about time. c. he likes collecting clocks.5. what can we infer about the speakers?a. theyve known each other. b. theyre having coffee together.c. they think the coffee shop is too small.第2节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的a，b，c三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. what does the woman offer to do for the man? a. call his boss. b. prepare for his trip. c. record the program.7. what will the man do tomorrow? a. go on a business trip. b. attend a meeting. c. take a vacation.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. where does the man come from?a. canada. b. america. c. china.9. what is the woman doing?a. seeing off the man. b. picking up her sister. c. planning a vacation.听第8段材料，回答第10至12 题。10. what is isabels ?a. a restaurant. b. a toy shop. c. a clothing shop.11. who bought an evening dress?a. cindy. b. wendy. c. mrs. miles.12. what will the speakers do first?a. refuel the car. b. go to a party. c. have lunch.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what is the man?a. a salesman. b. a teacher. c. a student.14. what is the second point being talked about? a. the mans education. b. the mans marriage. c. the mans demand.15. how does the man find the job? a. challenging. b. relaxing. c. interesting.16. what will the man do? a. have another interview. b. wait for the reply. c. think about the business trips.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what did the speaker like best?a. big ben. b. tower bridge. c. the tower of london.18. where did the speaker take a photo?a. at trafalgar square. b. at madame tussauds.c. at the royal shakespeare theater.19. how old are the houses in stratford?a. about 50 years old. b. about 1,000 years old.c. about 2,000 years old.20. why does the speaker give the message?a. to introduce his blog. b. to tell about his trip in england.c. to recommend people to visit london. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。agovernment statistics recently showed that in the uk, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their home. a smaller number of people are killed after contact with power lines outside the home. electric shocks can cause a persons heart or breathing to stop, can also cause burns and are potentially fatal. it is essential for people to learn basic first aid techniques to deal with such emergencies.what to do? if you are the first person to reach someone who has had an electric shock, dont touch them! if they are still holding the appliance that has given them shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand! if you cant turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. you may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper. the victim must remain lying down. if they are unconscious, victims should be placed on their side. but they should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary. it is essential to maintain the victims body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. if the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation(恢复呼吸). keep the victims head low until professional help arrives. if the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.21what kind of passage is it?a. an advertisement. b. a horror story.c. a news report. d. first aid emergency advice.22the underlined sentence, “under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!” implies that .a. you should move the appliance that caused itb. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricityc. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your handsd. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands23if you cant turn off the power, you cannot separate the victim from the appliance or the power source by using _.a. a folded newspaper b. a blanketc. a broom handle d. a chair24when a person has got an electric shock, you should .a. separate the victim from the appliance and let them sit upb. keep the victim warm and help them breathe againc. move the victim onto their side if they have got neck injuriesd. keep the victims head high until professional help arrivescburning less calories while walking seems like a bad idea, but making the walk easier may actually keep people on their feet longer, and that scientists say, has substantial health benefits.analyzing the human walk, biomedical engineers steven collins and greg sawicki concluded that our ankles and calves perform motions similar to a spring coupled with a clutch that intermittently stores and releases energy.sawicki, from the university of north carolina, explained whats involved.“we found in basic science experiments that that system, your calf and achilles tendon, works a lot like a catapult. so, the muscle holds on to the tendon and your body actually stretches your achilles tendon quite a bit and then stores the energy in the tissue and then its given back to propel you forward in the world,” he said.sawicki said he and his colleague steven collins at carnegie mellon university designed a mechanical device, made of carbon fiber and metal, that performs the same sequence of energy give-and-take outside the body. the system takes over part of the work of walking, and reduces the amount of required energy by as much as seven percent.wearing the unpowered ankle exoskeleton can help people either walk farther with the same amount of energy, or restore the normal movement pattern for people who have trouble walking.sawicki said it takes only a few minutes to get used to the exoskeleton but the wearer quickly learns to tone down the muscle energy as the device takes over part of the load.“you really dont notice it until when you take it off. and when you take it off you realize that it was there and giving you the boost,” he said.sawicki added that the device is primarily intended for people recovering from surgery or a stroke. but all persons who spend a lot of time walking, such as police officers or hospital personnel, could benefit from it.at the moment there are no plans to develop the ankle exoskeleton for the market, but the inventors say some manufacturers have expressed interest.25whats the main idea of the passage?a. how to reduce energy whiling walking.b. ways to make walking easy.c. introduction to a mechanical device to make walk easierd. guidelines for people recovering from surgery.26what is true according to the passage ?a.the device can only benefit people with walking problems.b. all people could benefit from it.c. with the device, the walkers need seven percent as much as the energy otherwise.d. the device can benefit people in the long term.27what does the underlined word ” propel” mean in paragraph 3?a. put b. keep c.help d. push28what can we learn from the last paragraph?a. the ankle exoskeleton will have a bright future.b. the ankle exoskeleton hasnt appeal to manufacturers.c. the ankle exoskeleton will be launched in the market soon.d. the ankle exoskeleton will never be produced.as the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper. procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer form it. they can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely are doing nothing either. paralyzed (使失去活力) by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. but this does nothing to break the spell (魔咒). according to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the worlds population are always procrastinating. the figures are disappointing. procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who dont delay. procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior, but bbc columnist rowan pelling says they are all wrong. many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. pelling says this is non sense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. the behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones. pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent（过失的） in a society that thinks of speedy action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good. fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. piers steel, a canadian social scientist and author of the procrastination equation, believes human is “designed” to procrastinate. nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand. 29which behavior belongs to procrastination?a. never dream away the time.b. always complete the tasks ahead of time.c. never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.d. always wait to work until the “good mood” or “good time”.30according to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?a. procrastination makes people waste their time.b. speedy action is considered as a moral standard in the society.c. procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.d. procrastination is common among people.31what is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? a. ways to handle the study pressures.b. introduction to the book the procrastination equation.c. more examples to illustrate procrastinationd. measures to deal with procrastination.do you know how it is when you see someone yawn and you start yawning too? or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? well, apparently its because we have mirror neurons (神经元）in our brains.put simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our brains imitate (模仿)it，whether or not we actually perform the same action. this explains a great deal about how we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. but the idea goes further： mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions y they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.mirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. researchers have found that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. a group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to ( for example ：the hand took hold of the ball ) , the same mirror neurons were triggered as when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).any problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. much researeh suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. however, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.research into mirror neurons seems to provide us with ever more information concerning how humans behave and interact(互动）.indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent (相等物）for ncurosciencc of what einsteins theory of relativity was for physics. and the next time you feel the urge to cough in the cinema when someone else does-well，perhaps youll understand why.32mirror neurons can explain .a.why we cry when we are hurtb. why we cough when we suffer from a coldc.why we smile when we see someone else smiled.why we yawn when we see someone else stay up late33the underlined word triggered in the third paragraph probably means “a. set offb. cut offc. built upd. broken up34we can learn from the passage that mirror neurons.a.relate to human behavior and interactionb. control human physical actions and feelingsc.result in bad behavior and social disordersd.determine our knowledge and language abilities35what is the passage mainly about?a.ways to find mirror neurons.b. problems of mirror neurons.c.existence of mirror neurons.d.functions of mirror neurons.第二节（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。选项中有两项为多余选项。（每小题分，满分10分）my mother is a diligent and kind woman. she is very busy from morning till night. as a teacher, she works hard.36 both my brother and i love her dearly as she loves us.my mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. she goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 37she treats them with patience and teaches them well. for her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.38every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. she seems to be busy all the time. as she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. but she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.39she just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. she lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. that is the way to be happy and gay. if you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. what a piece of good advice this is! 40this advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. my mother is great indeed, and i always feel proud of her.a. she enjoys listening to classic music.b. as a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.c. she loves her students and cares for them.d. she never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.e. my mother is hard-working and never wastes money.f. inever forget it and always bear it in my mind.g. can you tell us something about your mother?第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 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。i used to hate myself because i wasnt “normal”. everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not 41 . i had a serious spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and i knew i would always be much 42 than others. i hated going to school and i hated others 43 at me. i hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing 44 and tall. and most of all, i hated looking in the 45 and seeing my ugly hunchback(驼背).my friends found me cold because i didnt let others get close 46 me. i thought i was going to go on like this for the rest of my life 47 angela appeared.that afternoon, i was sitting by myself in a corner of the school a spot where no one would 48 me. thats when i first heard her voice. “hi! can i sit down?” i raised my head and there she was, with a smile on her round face. “what are you looking at?” she asked. “ants,” i answered. “what are they doing?” “no 49 .” “i bet theyre playing games and making friends. dont you think so?”that was how our 50 started and it didnt stop. we talked about everything under the sun the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境) until it was sunset. then suddenly, she saw my 51 .she just stared. my heart 52 . what i feared most had happened and i knew for sure she would 53 me now. she stood up, pointing at my back and said, “i know 54 your back is hunched.” i closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be 55 . i begged in my heart for her to 56 , but she just kept on going. “i know what youve got in there. do you?” “no,” i answered 57 . she bent and whispered in my ears: “your back is hunched because youve got a pair of wings from the angles.”i was 58 . i looked into her eyes and her 59 touched my heart. from that day on, i started to learn to 60 myself because i have the wings of an angel and a kind-hearted friend.41. a. meb. itc. themd. her42. a. sadderb. slowerc. weakerd. shorter43. a. staringb. smilingc.