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普宁英才华侨中学2015-2016学年度第二学期第二次月考高二英语试题试卷说明：1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。2.将卷答案用2b铅笔涂在答题卡上，将卷答案答在答题纸上。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。请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1.hows the weather probably now?a. rainy. b. cloudy. c. sunny.2. what will the man do after school?a. watch a movie. b. play volleyball. c. play basketball.3. how much will the woman pay?a. 140 dollars. b. 160 dollars. c. 200 dollars.4. which of the following places has the woman visited?a. greenwich village. b. chinatown. c. central park.5. whats the reason the woman gives for being late?a. a flat tire. b. the bad weather. c. a traffic accident.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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. what does the woman want to buy for herself?a. a laptop. b. a dress. c. a skirt.7. when is the womans birthday?a. in two days. b. in four days.c. in six days. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. what problems do the old people in the mans state often have in august?a. food problems. b. travel problems. c. health problems.9. whats the man like?a. thin. b. strong. c. short.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.where did the man read the advertisements?a. in a newspaper. b. on the internet.c. in a magazine.11. what is the highest price that the man can accept?a. $600. b. $700.c. $800.12. how many people will live in the apartment?a. 2. b. 3. c. 4.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what activity does the woman report?a. frequent visits to the house at all hours. b. strange noises from the house late in the night.c. the fact that some houses were broken in at night.14. how long has the activity been going on at the house?a. for about several weeks. b. for about several months. c. for about a year.15. what was the polices attitude to the activity when it was first reported?a. nervous. b. indifferent. c. doubtful.16. what will the police do first?a. catch the persons in the house. b. have a neighborhood meeting.c. check the house.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. how many different kinds of cycling events are there in the olympics?a .2. b. 3. c. 4.18. what events does track cycling have?a. short, medium and long distance events. b. uphill event and downhill event. c. inside event and outside event.19. how long does the mens road race cover?a. 62 to 87 miles. b. 87 to 142 miles.c. 142 to 155 miles.20. what happened in 1996?a. mountain biking started in california. b. mountain biking became an olympic sport.c. women began to take part in cycling in the olympics.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，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应位置。aa woman in the us is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant.brenda jensen said the operation was a great success which had saved her life. thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words, “good morning. i want to go home. ”it is the first time a voice box and windpipe(气管)have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted.ms. jensen, 52, had been unable to speak on her own since her voice box was damaged during surgery in 1999. since then, she has been unable to taste or smell food, could breathe only through a hole in her windpipe and could talk only with the help of an electronic voice box.in october, surgeons at the university of california davis medical centre removed the voice box and 6cm of the windpipe from a donor body. in an 18-hour operation, this was transplanted into ms. jensens throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves.professor martin birchall from university college london, who was part of the surgery team, said, “weve learned that we can repair nerves to make even very complex organs function again. itll open the door to better facial transplants and will be extremely important as tissue engineering develops. ”a voice box transplant might be life changing, but it is not life saving. everyone who receives a transplant must take drugs to control the immune system for the rest of their lives. these drugs can reduce life expectancy, so they are normally set aside for life saving procedures. one of the reasons ms. jensen was a suitable person for this transplant was that she was already taking immune controlling drugs after a kidney-pancreas(胰腺)transplant four years ago. professor peter belafsky, part of the surgical team, said, “brenda was an exceptional(例外的)candidate for the transplant because she was highly motivated. ”anyone whos met brenda knows that she is a strong and determined person with a great outlook on life in spite of the many physical challenges shes faced over her lifetime.21.the voice box transplant operation is of great significance because it proves that_.a.facial transplants are now easier to performb.nerve repairing is a breakthrough in tissue engineeringc.new medical technology is always possible to discoverd.the drugs taken after the operation help the patient live longer22.ms.jensen was a suitable person for this transplant because she was_.a.experienced and braveb.seriously ill and motivatedc.determined and realisticd.strong-willed and prepared23.which of the following is the right chronological order of the event?a. ms. jensen received a voice box transplant operation.b. ms. jensen began to take immune controlling drugs.c. doctors removed the voice box from a donor body.d. ms. jensen had a kidney-pancreas transplant operation.a.a c d bb.d b c ac.b d c ad.c a b d24.which of the following is the best title for the passage?a.first words from new voice box.b.transplant saves a womans life.c.overcoming obstacles to speak again.d.courageous woman defeating fears.baround four years ago, i received a call from the principal of our school as to the“parents view”talk the next morning. he asked me to speak to the group. after the call, i became feverish and panicky. the time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. the whole night, i could not sleep with manyominousapprehensionsin mind. one of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that i could not come. finally, i gathered some courage. i thought, “if i miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”i reached the school in time. before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. when my turn came and i started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. i wasnt even able to read the written speech properly. i was not aware of where i was standing and what i was reading. that was the day when i realized my biggest weakness, public speaking.after my speech, i met with the principal and explained what happened to me. he told me that this happens to everyone. even the great speakers faced the same thing when they started. he suggested that i come again next time.around one month later, i was invited to refer to a topic on motivation. this time i was feeling comfortable. my speech was appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because i was able to get my idea across to them. they encouraged and praised my efforts.after delivering it successfully, i became more confident. i said to myself, “if i can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, i can now speak in front of others too. ”i started delivering lectures in my plant, on various topics like self-motivation, personality development, personal excellence, spoken english and presentation skills. this has become a passion for me. i learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.25.which of the following is the best title for the passage?a.practice makes a man a better speechmaker.b.public speaking makes a man embarrassed.c.principal provides the best chances.d.spoken english develops in making speeches.26.the author had bad feelings before the speech because_.a.he disliked the idea of giving a lectureb.he had got a high fever before thatc.he regretted accepting the invitationd.he feared he couldnt perform it properly27.what does the underlined part“ominous apprehensions”in the first paragraph mean?a.unlucky opportunities.b.negative ideas.c.curious views.d.happy comments.28.what can we conclude from the passage?a.nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.b.knowledge makes one humble;ignorance makes one proud.c.a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.d.necessity is the mother of invention.cscientists from the united states say they have found fish and other creatures living under key waters in antarctica. they made the announcement after completing three months of research at the ross ice shelfthe worlds largest floating ice sheet.the researchers hoped to find clues to explain the force of the melting ice and its effect on sea level rise. reed scherer and ross powell are with northern illinois university in dekalb, illinois. they just finished up their research on our southernmost continent. money for the project came from americas national science foundation.“we chose a study site where, in the first year, we went into the subglacial(冰川下的)lake and tried to understand the environment there, both ecologically and in terms of the ice dynamics about how the lake operates, and how the sediment(沉淀物)underneath the ice sheet operates, as well, because its the water and the sediment underneath the ice that control how fast the ice is flowing into the ocean.”says ross powell, who led the investigation. the team included scientists, engineers, machinery and other supplies across the ice from the main u. s. scientific base at mcmurdo station to the researchers camp. the camp was near a subglacial lake, where an earlier study took place.ross powell says the latest study may provide evidence that can help predict the effect of climate change on rising sea level.“what we have found is that these are very sensitive areas to the stability of how dynamic the ice is and how fast the ice may react to increases of melting both from the ocean and the atmosphere.”among the new instruments built for the project was a powerful hot water drill. the researchers used the drill to dig down some 740 meters. they collected water, sediment and other material from the grounding zone.working around the clock before the deep hole refroze, they sent a video camera down to the 400-square-meter undersea area.reed scherer says the video images they saw in the command center were a total surprise.“its a very mobile environment. the bottom is changing constantly. and so the things that we saw were all very mobile organisms, things that swim and some things that crawl. and obviously they are getting enough nutrition that they can thrive on. some of the little crustacean-like creatures called amphipods that we saw swam quite quickly and were quite active. ”this is the farthest south where fish have ever been seen. how did the creatures get here?what do they feed on?and what effect will the retreating ice have on them?ross powell says the ice and sediment cores taken from the grounding zone can offer clues.“we know that the ice is melting there at the moment and so by opening up the cores once they get back, we hope to be able to understand what the ice was doing in the past, relative to what it is doing now. and because it is melting so fast or seems to be melting fast at the moment, we anticipate that there will be some differences that well see in the history of the ice sheet from the sediment cores, once we open them up.”but ross powell says the work raises more questions than it answers.29.scientists conducted the three-month research at the ross ice shelf with the intention of_.a.predicting how climate change influences rising sea levelb.finding out whether there are life forms existing deep under antarctic icec.proving the speed of ice flowing into the ocean is controlled by waterd.discovering an explanation of the effect the melting ice has on sea level rise30.what made the researchers surprised when they saw the video images?a.researchers saw fish in the farthest south for the first time.b.a video camera was able to work well under deep icy waters.c.sediment cores present differences in the history of the ice sheet.d.the drill should dig down 740 meters to collect things.31.from sediment cores taken from the grounding zone, scientists will probably know_.a.what the ice will do in the near futureb.the ice in the grounding zone is melting at the momentc.some differences rarely exist in the history of the ice sheetd.something about the creatures under icy water in antarctica32.what can be inferred from the passage?a.scientists will conduct a follow-up study on the frozen continent.b.no creatures once appeared or lived in icy water in antarctica.c.americas national science foundation is in complete charge of the research.d.researchers have found how the sediment underneath the ice sheet operates.ddriving to the airport in the early morning, i felt excited. although i was heading abroad for my first time alone, i felt cheerful and enthusiastic. i was spending the summer in paris.while looking for more interesting things to do besides sleeping and eating, i found programs for learning languages abroad, and jumped at the chance to study french in this city known for its art, fashion, food and culture. as i arrived at the airport where i would leave my family, i still felt only great happiness. i excitedly made my way through security, leaving my loved ones behind.my connecting flight was in frankfurt, germany, 14 hours from denver. sitting in a crowded plane watching bad movies couldnt dampen my excitement. when the woman next to me asked me where i was going, i happily answered and was pleased to note a tone of jealousy in her response.but when i arrived in frankfurt, fear and anxiety began to set in. being in an enormous, busy building in a country where i couldnt speak the language was frightening, but as i found my way, i gained confidence. when i boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour, i was filled with excitement as i thought of how i would manage in a country with a new language.when i stepped on the ground of pairs for the first time, i was extremely happy and excited. i gathered my bags and joined the crowd of people waiting for friends and family. i quickly had my first experience trying to communicate in a language that i had only practiced in school. as i left the airport, i looked for familiar monuments i had read about, but the landscape looked very ordinary. then, with one sharp turn, the eiffel tower came into view, and i was finally in pairs.33.which of the following is true according to the passage?a.it was the first time that the writer had traveled abroad.b.in the new term the writer was to study french in paris.c.the crowded plane made the writer less excited.d.the writer flew to paris via another country.34.what can we learn from the passage?a.the writer was travelling with a woman friend of her parents.b.arriving in paris, the writer saw some family friends waiting for her.c.the writer was not alone when travelling to the airport in denver.d.the writer had great difficulty communicating with people in french.35.what is the passage mainly about?a.the writers excitement and happiness on her journey to paris.b.the writers exciting experiences of studying french in paris.c.the writers expectation for french art, fashion, food and culture.d.the writers excitement resulting from her first ride on a plane.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。are you new to experiencing relationships?well, let me give you some advice on having a healthy and possibly long-term relationship.36do not hide things from them;do not lie. dont be afraid to say things that arent very flattering about yourself. getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. if theres no trust, theres nothing there. so please be honest and theyll learn to open up to you.make sure you give them respect. now respect isnt just simply treating her or him nicely. theres a lot more to it. you have to learn to adjust to their liking.37dont just think about yourself;think about what your partner needs out of it as well.38always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positivity at the same time. make them feel you are someone they can really count on. this is an important step in a relationship.make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. laughter is the key to happiness. laugh a lot with them, and joke with them. laughter may seem silly, but its the secret to a lot in life. it will keep the sparks alive.39make sure the communication is good. this goes along with trust, but always communicate how you feel, even if its something that upsets you. instead of screaming, talk to them.40its important to communicate this to them, not to keep it bottled up.a.show them your personality.b.be an honest person with them.c.make sure you are helpful to your partner.d.laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.e.dont start to ne