安徽省灵璧中学高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（实验班）.doc

灵璧中学2015-2016学年下学期第一次月考高二英语试题（实验部）（考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分）第卷 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. who is answering the phone?a. elaine. b. allan macfarlane.c. bob harris.2. what happened to the driver?a. he ran into a bicycle. b. he drove too slowly. c. he ran into a tree.3. what can we learn from the dialogue?a. they like summer. b. they dont like summer. c. they think hot weather is nicer.4. when should susan go to meet professor brown?a. at 9:30.b. at 10:00. c. at 10:30.5. what does the woman plan to do this afternoon?a. buy a new pair of glasses. b. shop for some clothes. c. go to her classes.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。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. where does the conversation most likely take place?a. in a restaurant. b. in a hotel. c. on the phone.7. when does the restaurant stop serving lunch? a. at 1 p. m.b. at 2 p. m. c. at 3 p. m.8. how many people will come with the woman for lunch?a. one. b. two. c. three.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. what are the speakers talking about?a. buying a car. b. choosing a gift. c. using a computer.10. whats the relationship between the two speakers?a. husband and wife. b. professor and student. c. salesman and customer.11. what do we know about the person mentioned by speakers?a. maybe he likes something expensive. b. he is surely over sixty years old.c. he must be fond of learning.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. whats the probable relationship between the speakers?a. close friends. b. strangers.c. colleagues.13. whats the woman going to do?a. she is going to work in a post office nearby. b. she wants to do some exercise.c. she intends to post a letter.14. what does the woman have to do to reach the destination？a. she has to find the entrance inside a building complex.b. she has to turn right to the main street. c. she has to register her letter.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. what is the present condition of hotline like today?a. poor. b. popular. c. rare.16. what is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers?a. to gain the belief of teenagers. b. to make teenagers study hard.c. to protect teenagersrights.17. what does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers?a. it wont last long. b. it will be useful. c. it will save many lives.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what is the purpose of the passage?a. to report on the growing middle class of china. b. to introduce a us company.c. to analyze the current market.19. how many new babies does china have every year?a. 11 million. b. 20 million.c. 21 million.20. which of the following is true?a. the toys made by china are of poor quality. b. china has a lot of high quality toys exported. c. china is behind in toy making.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aas we all know, parents are a childs first teachersbut some parents never learned from good examplesin new york city, a nonprofit agency called covenant house tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents the twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a weekthe class is called mommy and meteacher delores clemens is a mother of five and a grandmothershe teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season she remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. the mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demandingdelores clemens says, “thats not trueyou have to hold your baby! he is crying for a reasonif you never pick him up, hes going to keep cryingpick your baby upcuddle your babyhug him! and she started to do thatthey just want a little cuddling and a little loveand it works!” delores clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be motheredaround three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from covenant houses mommy and me class every year in class, with her baby son is natashashe lived on the streetsshe is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of covenant houseas she told reporter adam phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life the world health organization says the united states has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteenthat is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing onesby comparison, northern neighbor canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor mexico has eighty-two 21. what is the text mainly about?a. parents who are a childs first teachersb. a class where teens learn mothering and are motheredc. a nonprofit agency that offers a more secure lifed. a kind teacher who help homeless young mothers22. covenant houses mommy and me class is intended to _a. help homeless young mothers become good parentsb. provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelterc. help mothers in new york be good parentsd. teach some parents how to love their children23. what can we know about delores clemens from the text?a. she has a mother of five and a grandmotherb. she thinks a crying baby should be picked up and huggedc. she teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothersd. she is very glad for the warmth and shelter of covenant house24. according to the world health organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen?a. canada b. the united states of america c. mexico d. britainbthere is a man named gregory kloehn who digs through dustbins every day, but not for the reason that most people would thinkhe isnt homelessin fact he is trying to help the homeless gregory began his life as a sculptorbut he often felt that his sculptures, which just stood in rich peoples houses for years，lacked a meaningful purposeso in 201l he decided to put his artistic energies into creating homes to sellnot ordinary homes but small structures built entirely from recycled materials the thought of creating homes for the homeless didnt occur to him until the year 2013, when a homeless couple asked him for a tarp(防水布)instead of a tarp，gregory offered them something better：a small home with a water tank, a kitchen and a trap for wastethey were so grateful that gregory decided to focus his efforts on helping house the homeless population in his cityand soon his“homeless homes project”was started before starting a new home，gregory，goes hunting for materials by digging through dustbinseverything he finds is usablerefrigerator doors become house doors；washing machine doors often serve as windows，and the tops of cars become strong roofshe put wheels at the bottom for users to move their homes around easilyeach home takes two to three days to make so far gregory has donated dozens of homes to the citys most needywhile his small low-cost mobile homes are not the final solution to the problem of homelessness，they are really practical and do provide a warm and safe place for the homeless to stay inthey are simply a way for one man to do something nice for those in need of some help gregory has written a book titled homeless architecture，where he explains techniques to build those homes and he is now working on weekend workshops“a lot of people who hear about what im doing want to get involved，” he said“maybe we can meet someplace and put a couple of homes together” 25. why did gregory turn from making sculptures to creating homes?a. he had no home to live in b. he had to make more moneyc. he lost interest in sculpture d. he wanted to help the homeless26. the author mentions the story in paragraph 3 to tell us_a. gregorys small homes were popular among the homelessb. how gregory got the idea of “homeless homes project”c. the homeless couple asked gregory to produce more homesd. housing the homeless in a city was not an easy task27. what can we conclude from paragraph 4？a. gregory has great trouble hunting for materials for his small housesb. it takes gregory a long time to produce a homec. gregorys work requires imagination and creativityd. everything in the dustbins will be used in gregorys work28. what can we infer from the last paragraph?a. gregorys project will help more homeless peopleb. gregory doesnt need to make small homes nowc. gregorys work will completely solve the homelessness problemd. a single person can make no difference to social problemscfor: doug smith, director of wolf recovery, yellowstone national parkin the world today there is so much we are losing; more and more species disappear from the earth every year. the time has come to put something back，to restore to treat some of the old wounds enforced on nature over the years.wolves are animals killing and eating other animals in north america. they play an important role in keeping the continent healthy. most places dont have enough wild country to make their restorationpossible, which means its even more important to restore wolves where conditions are right, places like yellowstone, which has both a high level of wildness, aswellas abundant creatures that wolves hunt and eat for living.some who oppose wolf restoration have a human centered point of view that the earth is here for humans, we can use it whenever we want and for whatever purpose. but wolves offer us a chance to live another waya way to learn to live with other life forms.against: larry bouret, vice president, wyoming farm bureauwhat does wolf introduction to yellowstone mean? to the average citizenit probably just means introducing wolves to yellowstone. there would be no unfavorable effects because few people live near yellowstone.but to farmers it means introducing wolves, which wander over vast areasin and out of the parkonto their farms. wolves eat meatas in the cattle, sheep that keep farmers in business. introduction apparently also means lawsuits by environmental groups attempting to remove livestock from federallands. to farmers, who own private lands in the same area, it means the possibility of financial ruin. to farmers it is a form of land use restrictions. to farmers introducing wolves means taking away the farmers livelihoods without just compensation. why do people not want a nuclear power plant built in their backyard? for the same reason farmers do not want wolves introduced into their backyard.29.what are the two passages mainly about? a. whether to remove livestock away from federal lands.b. whether to introduce wolves to yellowstone. c. how to increase the number of wolves.d. how to keep the balance of nature.30.according to the passage doug smith is _. a. a national park administrator. b. a wildlife conservationist. c. an enthusiastic hunter. d. a private land owner.31.what are the farmers concerned about? a. being controlled by wolves. b. having to sell their farmland.c. suffering heavy financial loss. d. being forced to leave their homes.32.why does larry bouret mention “nuclear power plant”? a. to summarize his opinion. b. to make his view persuasive.c. to tell the danger of nuclear power plant. d. to introduce the background of wolf recovery.dmonthly talks at london canal museum our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first thursday of each month except august. admission is at normal charges and you dont need to book. they end around 21:00.november 7ththe canal pioneers, by chris lewis. james brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. he was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. chris lewis will explain how brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”.december 5thice for the metropolis, by malcolm tucker. well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how londons ice trade grew.february 6than update on the cotswold canals, by liz payne. the stroudwater canal is moving towards reopening. the thames and severn canal will take a little longer. we will have a report on the present state of play.march 6theyots and aits-thames islands, by miranda vickers. the thames had many islands. miranda has done a review of all of them. she will tell us about those of the greatest interest. online bookings:.uk/book more info: .uk/whatson london canal museum 12-13 new wharf road, london ni 9rt .uk www. canalmuseum.mobitel:020 7713 083633.when is the talk on james brindley? a. november 7th. b. march 6th. c. february 6th. d. december 5th.34. what is the topic of the talk in february?a. the canal pioneers. b. ice for the metropolis.c. eyots and aits-thames islands. d. an update on the cotswold canals.35. who will give the talk on the islands in the thames?a. chris lewis. b. malcolm tucker. c. miranda vickers. d. liz payne.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。do you know what a big dream is? 36 or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. they often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.the selfimmediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. this inside voice is the ego (自我). its there for protecting and should be listened to. 37 most people are influenced by the inside voice. thats why only a handful of people make their dream come true. 38 family and friends are a lot like the ego. they want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams wont come true. sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.the worldif one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. 39 in the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.the way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. when children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. the truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. 40 a. family and friends b. how big dreams diec. does a big dream show ones future?d. they simply fail until they succeed.e. sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrongf. it is the last and the most terrible barrier.g. and their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.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、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。signet rings(图章戒指）were popular then. girls liked wearing them. it seemed that every girl 41 me had one. then, on my 13th birthday, my mum gave me one. i was more than 42 .my signet ring was very special because it had my initials(姓名首字母）carved into it. what made it even more 43 was that it was the only thing that wasnt being 44 , a fire had 45 in our house and taken everything away except the ring 46 we had to replace what wed lost with new things. my ring was not among the replaced things, for it remained perfect.47 , only one month after i got it, i lost it. i was sad and 48 every room for it. but it seemed to have disappeared. finally, i 49 and stopped looking for it. two years later, we sold the house.50 passed. i was visiting my parents 51 mum said she had something for me. it wasnt my birthday, nor was it any gift-giving 52 . mum noticed my 53 look. “youll 54 this one,” she said, 55.then appeared a small ring box. i opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. the family who had 56 our house 10 years before recently decided to do some 57 , which included replacing the wallpaper and carpets. when pulling the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. 58 it had my initials, they realized its owner. theyd had it 59 cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. though my finger became bigger, the ring still 60 it.41. a. besides b. except c. despite d. including42. a. joyful b. ashamed c. frightened d. upset43. a. excellent b. wonderful c. beautiful d. special44. a. replaced b. measured c. calculated d. changed45. a. turned out b. made out c. broken out d. worn out46. a. and b. but c. so d. or47. a. therefore b. however c. besides d. otherwise48. a. looked b. watched c. noted d. searched49. a. gave away b. gave out c. gave up d. gave off50. a. years b. weeks c. days d. hours51. a. while b. as c. until d. when52. a. position b. location c. occasion d. expression53. a. questioning b. moving c. amusing d. disappointing54. a. realize b. respond c. reflect d. recognize55. a. shakingb. smiling c. shouting d. crying56. a. rentedb