湖北省十堰市第十三中学高二英语4月月考试题.doc

十堰市第十三中学20152016学年第二学期高二年级月考英语试题 第卷（选择题，共90分）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 does the woman suggest?a. waiting on the corner.b. taking a taxi.c. calling the hotel. 2 where are the speakers?a. at home.b. in a flower shop.c. at school.3 what will the man probably do?a. have dinner.b. clean the table.c. read the notebook.4 how many countries has the woman been to so far?a. four.b. three.c. two.5 when does the bakery close?a. at 7:00.b. at 6:55.c. at 7:30.第二节（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，从每题所给的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8题。6 who gave new york its nickname?a. painters.b. musicians.c. people living in new york.7 what is the woman interested in seeing?a. a painting show.b. a play.c. a modern dance show.8 what does the word “apple” in “the big apple” refer to?a. a city.b. a theatre.c. a concert.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9 what sports does the man like to play after work?a. table tennis, running and golf. b. tennis, jogging and golf. c. tennis, running and golf.10. how often does the man play golf?a. about once a week.b. about once a month.c. about once a year.11. what time will they meet at the club?a. at 1:30 pm.b. at 1:30 am.c. about 2:30 pm.听第8段材料，回答第12至15题。12. why is the woman waiting ?a. she is waiting for the man. b. she is waiting for her mother.c. she is waiting for a bus.13. according to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for march?a. cool.b. hot.c. dry.14. how often should the bus come to their stop?a. every twenty minutes.b. every half an hour.c. once a day.15. where has the man lived for ten years?a. in florida. b. in new york.c. in california.听第9段材料，回答第16至17题。16. who is the man?a. he is the girls brother.b. he is the girls boyfriend.c. he is the girls father.17. how does the woman feel about the news?a. sad. b. angry.c. excited. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. how many laws are there discussed in the speech?a. three.b. four.c. five.19. who does the speaker give advice to?a. travelers to the country. b. women who take along children. c. children under 16 years old.20. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. if you need help, please turn to your teachers.b. the traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country.c. it is against the law for anyone to buy cigarettes or tobacco.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，从每小题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ajust 10 years ago, i sat across the desk from a doctor. “yes,” he said, “there is something wrong with the left, upper lobe(肺叶). you have a moderately advanced case. youll have to give up work at once and go to bed. later on, well see.”feeling like a man who is in midcareer has suddenly been placed under sentence of death, i left the doctors office, walked over to the park, and sat down on a bench. i needed to think. in the next 3 days, i cleared up my affairs, then i went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes, but the months. two years later, i left my bed and began the long climb back. it was another year before i made it.i speak of this experience because these years that passed so slowly taught me what to value and what to believe. i realise now that this world im living in is not my oyster(牡蛎) to be opened but my opportunity to be grasped. each day, to me, is a precious thing. the sun comes up and presents me with 24 brandnew, wonderful hoursnot to pass, but to fill.ive learned to appreciate those little, allimportant things i never thought i had the time to notice before：the play of light on running water, the music of the wind in my favourite pine tree. i seem now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered freshness of childhood. how well, for instance, i recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day i first stepped upon it after the years in bed.frequently, i sit back and say to myself, “let me make note of this moment im living right now, because in it im well, happy and hard at work doing what i like best to do. it wont always be like this, so while it is, ill make the most of itand afterwards, i rememberand be grateful. all this, i owe to that long time spent on the sidelines of life.”21. which word can best describe the authors feeling after visiting the doctor?a. hopeless. b. curious. c. confused. d. energetic.22. how long did it take the author to recover from his disease?a. two years and a half. b. three years.c. three years and a half. d. four years.23. the underlined words “these years” in paragraph 3 refer to the years when the author_.a. was ill b. started his careerc. cleared up his affairsd. struggled to go back to his work24. by fighting with his disease, the author realised _.a. patients should know how to get on with doctorsb. doctors should treat patients more carefullyc. we should pay enough attention to dietsd. we should value and appreciate lifebtayka hotel de salwhere：tahua, boliviahow much：about $95 a nightwhy its cool：youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? thats something few can claim. tayka hotel de sal is made totally of saltincluding the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). the hotel sits on the salar de uyuni, a prehistoric driedup lake thats the worlds biggest salt flat. builders use the salt from the 4,633squaremile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. when rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.green magic nature resortwhere: vythiri, indiahow much: about $240 a nightwhy its cool: riding a pulleyoperated(滑轮操控的) lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. as you look out of your open windowthere is no glassyou watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel. you dont even have to come down for breakfastthe hotel will send it up on the pulleydrawn “elevator”dog bark park inn b&bwhere: cottonwood, idahohow much: $92 a nightwhy its cool: this doghouse isnt just for the family pet. sweet willy is a 30foottall dog with guest rooms in his belly. climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. you can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps to the loft in willys head, or hang out inside his nose.gamirasu cave hotelwhere: ayvali, turkeyhow much: between $130 and $475 a nightwhy its cool: experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. but your stay will be much more modern. bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65in summer.25. which of the following about tayka hotel de sal is true?a. the hotel is the cheapest among the four hotels.b. everything in the hotel is made of salt.c. rain has no effect on the hotel.d. it is located on an old lake.26. what is the similarity of the four hotels?a. being old. b. being unique. c. being natural.d. being beautiful.27. it can be inferred that _.a. it is the same man who designed the four hotelsb. green magic nature resort is the dearest in indiac. the building of dog bark park inn b&b is like a dogd. gamirasu cave hotel is the oldest among the four ones28. whats the writers purpose in writing the passage?a. to show his wide knowledge. b. to develop business in tourism.c. to attract attention from readers. d. to introduce some interesting hotels.cthe behaviour of a buildings users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the uk energy research centre (ukerc). the uk promises to reduce its carbon emissions (排放)by 80 percent by 2050, part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero carbon by 2016. but this report shows that sustainable building design on its ownthough extremely importantis not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.the study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency (效率)，which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.“technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything，”explains katy janda, a ukerc senior researcher，“consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design.” in other words，old habits die hard, even in the best designed eco home.another part of the problem is information. households and bill payers dont have the knowledge they need to change their energy use habits. without specific information，its hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices. feedback (反馈) facilities, like smart meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use; some studies have shown that households can achieve up to 15 percent energy savings using smart meters.social science research has added a further dimension (方面)，suggesting that individuals behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predictedwhether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat (恒温器) , for example.janda argues that education is the key. she calls for a focused programme to teach people about buildings and their own behaviour in them.29. as to energy use, the new research from ukerc stresses the importance of_.a. zero carbon homes b. the behaviour of building usersc. sustainable building design d. the reduction of carbon emissions30. the underlined word “which” in paragraph 2 refers to“_”a. the waysb. their homes c. developments d. existing efforts31. what are katy jandas words mainly about?a. the importance of changing building users habits.b. the necessity of making a careful building design.c. the variety of consumption patterns of building users.d. the role of technology in improving energy efficiency.32. the information gap in energy use_.a. can be bridged by feedback facilitiesb. affects the study on energy monitorsc. brings about problems for smart metersd. will be caused by building users old habits dscientists at harvard university have recycled a kidney(肾)-in a rat. the researchersremoved a kidney from a dead rat. later, the renewed kidney was put into a living rat. it wasntperfect. it did, however, show signs of working like a kidney should. its really beautiful work, edward ross, a kidney researcher at the university of floridain gainesville, told science news. he didnt work on the new study.kidneys are bean-shaped and act like guards in the body. they clean the blood byremoving waste and extra water. every day, an adults kidneys filter(过滤) enough blood to fill a bathtub half full. along the way, they produce eight cups of urine(尿) from that waste and water. when a persons kidneys fail, all of that waste stays in the body. such patients can quickly become very sick and die, unless they are regularly connected to a machine that filters their blood.at any given time, about 100,000 people in the united states are waiting for a replacement kidney. but healthy donated kidneys are difficult to get. either a living person must donate one, or a kidney must be removed from someone who just died and earlier had agreed to the donation. in either case, people receiving new kidneys face the risk that their bodies will reject the donated ones. but there may be another option. researchers use knowledge of living things to grow or improve tissue that can aid human health. harald otts team at harvard started with a used kidney.scientists added kidney cells from rats and blood vessel cells from people to the matrix（母体）. these cells attached themselves and began to multiply. before long, they formed new kidney tissue. the scientists placed this renewed kidney into another rat. there it produced a small amount of urine. this experiment shows that the lab-grown kidney can do at least some of the work performed by a healthy kidney. the results are a promising first step toward helping people with serious kidney problems. this is still very early, but theyve come a long way, ross said.33. what does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? a. the relationship between kidneys and health. b. the difficulty of curing serious kidney diseases. c. the function and importance of kidneys. d. the methods of curing kidneys diseases.34. for what purpose does the author use the figure 100,000 in paragraph 4? a. to stress used kidneys are hard to get. b. to show the great need for healthy kidneys. c. to explain many american people get kidney diseases. d. to call on people to donate kidneys.35. which of the following is true according to the text? a. the scientists are satisfied with the result of the experiment. b. ross is a kidney expert who is involved in the experiment. c. the function of the renewed kidney is the same as a healthy kidney. d. the renewed kidney produced a great deal of urine.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。 have you ever heard of homecoming? its a tradition celebrated every year in the us. at homecoming a school or university welcome back former students or alumni(校友). 36 . it means, “coming home.”this is a time when everyone can get together. 37 . there are events that encourage school spirit all throughout homecoming week, which leads to the big day on friday.a major activity that most students will take part in is choosing the homecoming king and queen. 38 . this is a group of boys and girls who represent school spirit. at the end of the week, students vote for a boy and a girl to be the king and the queen.then its time for the football game, the main event of homecoming week! 39 . almost everyone from school goes to the game: students, parents, teachers, and alumni visitors. if they win everyone is very happy. 40 . students dress up, and some might even bring a date to go with them. after the dance, homecoming is officially over, and everyone cant wait for next year!a. the last event is the homecoming dance.b. that is where the name comes from.c. homecoming usually lasts a week and happens in the fall.d. the football team faces a lot of pressure to do well for the big crowd.e. the tradition began more than 100 years ago in the united states.f. students get to pick who will be on homecoming list early in the week.g. homecoming week was not just about fun, but also a chance to try out new things.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共二节，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。every time i passed boys who were playing basketball, i stopped to silently watch them. i really 41 them. but as a girl, i once thought that i couldneverplay basketball. i like playing basketball though im not good at it. ive had a basketball42 i was a child. at first, i could play freely because no one 43 when i was just a kid. but as i grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.at school, it was always the boys who played basketball during pe classes. the girls were 44 allowed to play volleyball or badminton.my parents did not 45 me play basketball at home. basketball is not fit for girls, they said.46 when i went to play basketball with my friends, boys 47 at me on the court as if i were an alien.i was feeling 48and had lost hope of playing basketball. 49 , something changed the first day of high school. i made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. they 50 me to get back on the court.one of them told me with a smile, go your own51 , let others talk. this girl would always play basketball with me. even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about52 with me almost every day.i was inspired by them. confidence and passion 53 to my heart. i am ready to stand up and play. i will play as well as i can, 54 for me, even the sky is boundless (无垠的).basketball has become an important part of my 55 . i am interested in it. i watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. through basketball, not only do i feel happy an