江西省九江外国语学校高二英语上学期第一次月考试题.doc

江西省九江外国语学校2014-2015学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 ：请听下面5段对话， 选出最佳选项。which language does mr. white speak well?a. french b. spanish c. japanese2. what are the two speakers mainly talking about? a. friends b. lifestyles c. only children3. how long has the woman been playing the piano? a. for about 15 years b. for about 9 years c. for about 6 years4. how will the two speakers probably go to the cinema? a. by bus b. by subway c. by taxi5. where is the mans brother probably now? a. in china b. in new zealand c. in korea第二节： 请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料， 回答第6、7题。where can the man see a park?a. on front street b. on king street c. on columbia street7. when will the man go to the womans house? a. at six pm b. at seven pm c. at eight pm请听第7段材料， 回答第8、9题。8. how does james look now? a. worried b. nervous c. excited9. what is the reason that the man failed in the second interview? a. his sex b. his experience c. his background 请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. why did the man come back late? a. he went shopping. b. he went to pick up his father. c. he helped an old lady on his way home11. when will the two speakers have dinner? a. around 700 pm b. around 730 pm c. around 800 pm12. what will the man do right now? a. give tom a call b. do some reading c. help in the kitchen请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13.when did mr. smith come to the united states? a. three years ago b. four years ago c. six years ago 14. who did the cooking when the man started his restaurant? a. his wife b. he himself c. a hired cook15. where the mans second restaurant? a. on the western side of town b. on the eastern side of town c. on the northern side of town16. what does the man say contributed to his success? a. the restaurants location and food b. the restaurants atmosphere and food c. the restaurants food and size请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. how many boys were there at the school? a. 14 b. 40 c. 4418. what were the boys doing when the fire broke out? a. sleeping b. playing tennis c. watching games19. who is mr. phillips? a. the schools headmaster b. the master on duty c. a fire fighter20. where did the fire probably start? a. in the dormitory b. in the classroom c. in the games room第二部分：语法填空 15分（每空1.5分） 第二节 完型填空 (共一篇, 20小题目, 满分30分)阅读下列短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案a person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. he may have the belief that he is not able to do it. a child may think he is 31 because he does not understand 32 to make the use of his mental abilities(智能). older people may be mistaken that they are unable to learn things new because of their 33. a person who believe that he is incapable(无能) will not make a real 34, because he feels that it would be useless. he wont go at a job with confidence necessary for 35, and he wont work in his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. he is 36 likely to fail, and the failure will 37 his belief in his ability.alfred adler, a famous doctor, had a/an 38 like this. when he was a small boy, he had a poor 39 in maths. his teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 40 too much of him. in this way, they two 41 the idea. he accepted their mistaken thinking of his ability, 42 that it was useless to 43 and was very poor at maths, 44 as they expected. one day he worked at a 45 which none of the other students had been able to solve. adler 46 in solving the problem. this gave him confidence. he now 47 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at 48.he not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned 49 in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 50 himself as well as others by his ability. 31. a. cleverb. shyc. useless d. stupid32. a. whatb. howc. whyd. which33. a. abilityb. agec. braind. knowledge34. a. decisionb. successc. effortd. trouble35. a. workb. studyc. improvementd. success36. a. trulyb. reallyc. howeverd. therefore37. a. destroyb strengthenc. leaved. pass38. a. experienceb. examplec. thoughtd. story39. a. stateb. mindc. startd. ending40. a. blameb. expectc. getd. win41. a. developedb. organizedc. discoveredd. found42. a. refusedb. promisedc. heardd. felt43. a. manageb. succeedc. tryd. act44. a. onlyb. almostc. justd. then45. a. problemb. questionc. topicd. theme46. a. gaveb. succeededc. failedd. believed47. a. livedb. workedc. playedd. graduated48. a. lessonsb. medicinec. subjectsd. maths49. a. earlyb. deeplyc. lated. simply50. a. proveb. lovec. amazed. disappoint第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读短文,从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中,选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ain most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. in english-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “nice day, isnt it?” “terrible weather, isnt it?” but there is something special about small talk. it must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. the purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. this makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. people usually agree about the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. but people often disagree about religion(宗教) or politics(政治) so these are not suitable topics for small talk. the topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. at football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching. “great game, isnt it?” at bus-stops, people may comment on the transport system. “the bus service is terrible, isnt it?”51. small talk is _. a. a kind of conversation with short words b. a greeting used when people meet each otherc. to let people disagree about something d. something we talk about to start a conversation52. the favorite topic of small talk for english people is _. a. the weather b. politics c. games d. languages53. the passage suggests that when we learn a language _. a. we should learn about the transport system of the country b. we should only master the grammar and the vocabulary c. we should learn the culture of the country d. we should understand the importance of the languagebflorence nightingale（南丁格尔） was born in a rich family. when she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. she also traveled a great deal with her mother and father. as a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. she enjoyed helping them. at last mind was made up. “im going to be a nurse,” she decided. “nursing isnt the right work for a lady,” her father told her. “then i will make it so ”, she smiled. and she went to learn nursing in germany and france. when she returned to england, florence started a nursing home . during the crimean war in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. what they saw there was terrible. dirt and death were everywhere to be seen and smelled. the officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. but the brave nurse went to work. florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. but they were more than enough for this kind woman. after she returned to england, she was honored for her services by queen victoria. but florence said that her work had just begun. she raised money to build the nightingale home for nurses in london. she also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries. florence nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today. 56. when she was a child, florence _. a. loved to travel very much b. knew what her duty in life was c. loved to help the sick people d. want to learn music and drawing in the future57. what made florence make up her mind to become a nurse？ a. her fathers support. b. her desire to help the sick. c. her education in germany and france. d. her knowledge from reading great books. 58. during the crimean war in 1854, florence served in the front hospital where _. a. she earned a little money b. work was very difficult c. few soldiers died because of her work d. she didnt have enough food or clothes 59. why was florence honored by queen victoria？ a. she built the nightingale home for nurses. b. she wrote a book on public health. c. she worked as a nurse all her life. d. she did a great deal of work during the crimean war. 60. the passage can best be described as _. a. the life story of a famous woman b. a description of the nursing work c. an example of successful education d. the history of nursing in englandc 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（誓约）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 heres what i wanted to tell you today get a life. a real life, not a desire of the next promotion（提升）, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. get a life in which you are not alone. find people you love, and who love you. and remember that love is not leisure（空闲）, 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, our minutes. it is so easy to exist instead of to live. i learned to live many years ago. something really, really bad happened to me, 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.61. the best title of this passage probably is _.a. love your friends b. live a real life c. dont waste time d. be a good mother and wife62. how did the author form her view of life?a. by working and social experience. b. learning from her friends.c. through an unfortunate experience. d. because of her children and husband.63. the underlined sentence “it is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph probably has the same meaning as _.a. it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life. b. it is very hard to live a real life c. it is so easy to make a living. d. it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life.64. whats the authors attitude towards work?a. try our best to serve others. b. to earn enough money to make life better.c. try our best to get higher position and pay. d. dont let it affect your real life.65. it can be inferred from the passage that _.a. the author is a success in personal life. b. the author didnt try her best to work well.c. the author spent all her time caring for her children. d. the author doesnt travel muchd in recent years, there has been a steady attack on salt from the doctors salt is bad for youregardless of your health. politicians also got aboard. “there is a direct relationship,” us congressman neal smith said, “between the amount of sodium(钠) a person consumes and heart disease, circulatory(循环的) disorders, stroke and even early death.”frightening, if true! but many doctors and medical researchers are now beginning to feel the salt scare has gone too far. “all these remarks and cry about salt is unnecessary,” dr. dustan insists. “for most of us it probably does not make much difference how much salt we eat.” dustans most recent short-term study of 150 people showed that those with normal blood pressure experienced no change at all when placed on an extremely low-salt diet, or later when salt was reintroduced. of the hypertensive(高血压的) patients, however, half of those on the low-salt diet did experience a drop in blood pressure, which returned to previous level when salt was reintroduced.“an adequate to somewhat excessive(过度的) salt intake has probably saved many more lives than it has cost in the general population,” said dr. john h laragh. “so an opinion that the whole population should avoid salt makes no sense.”medical experts agree that everyone should practice reasonable “moderation”(节制) in salt consumption. for the average person, a moderate amount might run from four to ten grams a day, or roughly 1/2 to 1/3 teaspoons. one to two grams of salt would come from the natural sodium in food. the rest would be added in processing, preparation or at the table.“na is not your enemy,” says comeks dr. laragh. “salt is the no.1 natural component of all human tissue, and the idea that you do not need it is wrong. unless your doctor has proven that you have a salt-related health problem, there is no reason to give it up.”66why is salt attacked by doctors and politicians?a. its unnecessary. b. it does no good to human health. c. it is hated by most people. d. it will always lead to heart disease and circulatory disorders. 67from dr. dustans study in paragraph 2 we can infer that _. aa low-salt diet may be good to some patients bthe amount of salt intake has nothing to do with ones blood pressure cthe reduction of salt intake can completely cure a hypertensive patient dan extremely low-salt diet makes no difference to anyone68in the 3rd paragraph, dr. laragh implied that _. apeople should not be afraid of taking much excessive salt bdoctors should not advise people to avoid salt can adequate to somewhat excessive salt intake is suggested to ill people dexcessive salt intake has killed some patients in the general population第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）第一节：阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）1 the canadian scientists say that getting older really does make one wiser. the over-55s use their brains more efficiently (高效率地) than younger people, as they are much more likely to get rid of mistakes. younger people, _, give the impression of being sharper, simply by coming up with answers more quickly. but this may be a sign of inexperience rather than wisdom.2 according to their experiment on sorting words into pairs, scientists found surprising differences between the brains of the older and younger participants when they made a mistake. to the younger ones, the mistake immediately activated(激活) several different parts of the brain to help them decide what to do next. the older people, however, didnt start thinking about what they were going to do until the game restarted. 3 dr oury monchi said, “when