安徽省临泉县第一中学2015-2016学年高二英语上学期9月月考试题.doc

安徽省临泉一中2015-2016学年上学期高二9月月考英语试题 本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）一、听力 （共两节，满分30分）第一节 共5小题 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.When can the man see the headmaster?A. At 9:30.B. At 11:45.C. At 12:40.2.Why does the man want to keep the window shut?A. He is ill.B. He wants to open it himself.C. The air inside is fresh enough.3. What is Mike?A. A teacher.B. A student.C. A writer.4. What has made working at home possible?A. Personal computers.B. Communication industry.C. Living far from companies. 5. Where is the woman?A. In a soap factory.B. In her house.C. At an information desk.第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分，共22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At home.B. On a bus.C. In the bank.7. Why do the two speakers want to buy a car?A. They have a lot of money.B. The man lives too far away from his office.C. The womans office is too far away from her home.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why wont Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?A. He cant spare the time.B. The clinic will be closed.C. Dr. Milton wont come to work.9. When is the clinic open in a week?A. From Monday to Friday.B. On weekdays except Thursday.C. During the whole week.10. What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?A. 5:30 p.m., Wednesday.B. 6:15 p.m., Wednesday.C. 6:15 p.m., Thursday.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Neighbors.B. Doctor and patient.C. Friends.12. When did the woman cough most seriously?A. In the morning.B. In the afternoon.C. At night.13. What did the man do for the woman?A. He examined the woman carefully.B. He gave her some medicine and some advice as well.C. He just told her not to worry too much.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Friends.C. Strangers.15. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a restaurant.B. At the womans home.C. At the mans home.16. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Have some soup.B. Have more rice.C. Bring his wife next time.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did Nicholas do at eighteen months?A. He began to learn French.B. He read the newspaper.C. He took telephone messages.18. Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools?A. He had too much homework.B. He almost couldnt learn anything special.C. His teachers often corrected his spelling.19. Who offered to help Nicholas finally?A. His classmates.B. His parents.C. A college.20. What is Nicholas life like now?A. Busy without any social life.B. Full but boring.C. Busy at college and free at home 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.ALong ago there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were good, but others caused people to suffer. One of the kings ideas was to set up a public arena(竞技场).When a person was accused of a crime , his future would be decided in this arena. It had two doors, side by side, exactly alike. The accused person was taken into the arena and asked to open one. Behind one door was a hungry tiger, while behind the other was a lady chosen especially for him. To this lady he would be immediately married, in honor of his innocence.The king had a beautiful daughter whom he loved very much , and she secretly loved a young commoner(平民).When the king discovered their relationship , the man was immediately put in prison, and a day was set for him to enter the arena.The princess knew behind which door stood the tiger, and behind which a lady. She also knew that the lady was one of the loveliest in the kingdom. Now and then the princess had seen her looking at and talking to the young man. The princess hated the woman behind that silent door.As he entered the arena and his eyes met the princesss, the young man knew that she knew behind which door waited the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. The princess raised her hand, and made a short, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw it. Every eye was fixed on him. He turned, and with a firm, quick step he walked across the empty space to the door on the right and opened it.Now, the point of the story is this: Did a tiger come out of that door, or did the lady? The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart. The soul of the princess loved the young man but also burned under the fires of sadness and jealousy (嫉妒).The question of her decision cannot be easily answered. And so I leave it with all of you: which came out of the open door? The lady，or the tiger?21. Whether the accused was declared guilty mainly depended on_.A. the king B. the judges C. the viewers D. luck22. From the passage we know that _.A. the princess stood behind the right door B. the princess was not jealous of the ladyC. the young man trusted the princess completelyD. the young man chose the left door in the end23. Which of the following is TRUE about the princesss decision?A. It has no influence on the life of the young man.B. It was never revealed to the young man.C. It is hard to understand why she loved the young man.D. The question of it is left open by the author.BScientists are using microlights（微型飞机) in an attempt to guide a species of bird extinct in the Alps for nearly 300 years back to old breeding grounds. The endangered Northern Bald Ibis birds are being taught to follow microlight planes to try to make them familiar with their old migration pattern.The aim is to teach the birds, which dont like flying and have a bad sense of direction, to fly the 400-mile journey to Italy in autumn and back to the Austrian Alps in spring on their own. This month, 12 birds completed the Human-led Migration (HLM) from Austria-where they were raised to Italy where the team left them to begin their new lives. It is hoped they will return to Austria next spring as they learn the habits of their ancestors.Before that we had performed five successful HLMs in total, said Dr. Johannes Fritz from the Waldrapp research team. Since 2007 we have departed from Burghausen, a Bavarian city at the river Salzach, in the middle of the historical European breeding area, where the birds used to lay eggs. It is an experimental research and conservation project. During the next few years we plan to build up two stable migratory Northern Bald Ibis groups in Europe, with breeding areas south and north of the Alps and a common wintering area in southern Tuscany. These activities have also created some exceptional migration research opportunities, with a unique chance to follow individual birds and sample them day by day.”The northern Bald Ibis birds were driven out of the Alps in the 17Th century after collectors took their chicks and eggs .It is now one of the rarest bird species on the planet. There remains just one large colony in the wild of about 350 birds on the Moroccan coast.24. According to the passage, the microlights are used for _. A. rescuing the birds that are in trouble B. directing Northern Bald Ibis birds where to fly C. accompanying Northern Bald Ibis birds as they fly D. studying the Northern Bald Ibis birds25. What can we infer from the passage?A. The Northern Bald Ibis birds have lost their migration abilityB. The Northern Bald Ibis birds are good at flying long distances.C. Austria is not suitable for Northern Bald Ibis birds to live in.D. Artificial feeding is to blame for the drop in the number of Northern Bald Ibis birds.26. How many HLMs have the scientists performed so far?A. Five. B. Six. C. Twelve. D. Thirteen.27. Which of the following is TRUE of Northern Bald Ibis birds?A. They are not popular with people near the Alps.B. Their eggs are more delicious than those of other birds.C. Their habitat will surely grow larger and larger in the future.D. They are one of the rarest species because of human activities.CThe 1950s and 60s brought many new things to American offices, including the Xerox machine (施乐复印机), word processing and perhaps less famously the first National Secretaries Day, in 1952. Secretaries of that era expected a bright future, and many saw their job as a ticket to a better life. But nearly 60 years later, on the date now promoted as Administrative Professionals Day, we re living through the end of a recession (经济衰退) in which around two million secretaries lost their jobs after bosses discovered they could handle their calendars and travel arrangements online, and found their assistants unnecessary. Clearly, technological advances havent made things turn out quite the way those mid-century futurists imagined.New technologies did make the lives of 20th-century secretaries easier. But even from the start, the relationship between secretaries and technology was fraught. As early as 1966, with the introduction of the first computerized word-processing system, secretaries were worrying that machines could, replace them.Coffee has long been a flash point for emotions about the differences between service and servility(奴性) in offices . In the 1970s, when the second wave of feminism (女权主义) began to change the traditional relationship of male boss and female secretary , more than one secretary was fired for refusing to make , fetch or serve coffee .In Los Angeles, in 1973, one secretary , Leona Pendleton, was fired for being “unqualified , and failing to obey instructions ” after refusing to make coffee . This sort of thing still happens today.Its interesting to note that strengthening their positions as being important indicators of social status has often been one way secretaries have tried to keep themselves from being dismissed.After all these years, a human being still needs to plug in Mr. Coffee and deliver his output. But that wont save an assistants job from the stomach of computerization. Secretaries can only hope that bosses wont take the human in question for granted, a sign that not everyone will be celebrating this Administrative Professionals Day.28. Why were so many secretaries fired during this recession? ,A. Many companies were closed down. B. Bosses have become less dependent on assistance.C. Secretaries no longer make coffee for their bosses.D. The social distance between secretaries and bosses has changed.29. The underlined word fraught in the third paragraph probably means _. A. optimistic B. harmonious C. worrying D. special30. What was the real reason for Leona Pendleton being dismissed?A. She was unqualified to do the job.B. Her boss was strongly against feminism.C. She often refused to obey her bosss instructions.D. She refused to make coffee for her boss.31. What can we learn from the passage?A. New technologies have never benefited secretaries.B. Futurists predictions are not likely to come true.C. Not all secretaries oppose becoming important indicators of social status D. Administrative Professionals Day is well worth celebrating.DAs a child, hopelessly unsporty, Rosie Pope nerve made the hockey (曲棍球) team. But at the age of 57, in 2003, she ran around the world.Setting off from home in Tenby，she returned four years, 10 months later，having run 20，000 miles through Europe, Siberia，Alaska，Canada，America，Greenland and Iceland. Moreover，she did it alone with a small cart of food and equipment - running with it through the frozen wastes of Siberia and the streets of New York.Now Pope is at it again: she has just completed 26 marathons in 26 days. If I can start out again at 63 and feel like 36，then anyone can，because I dont think Im a superwoman. Im a very ordinary person,” she said.Pope spent her early childhood in remote County Limerick in Ireland with her grandmother after her mother died when she was two. Her father also died at the age of 47. Pope didnt go to school regularly until she was 13; she was encouraged, instead to spend her time outside, learning about the natural world. But it was her first husband, Colin Swale, a fearless sailor, who introduced her to the world of extreme adventure. In 1973 they became the first to go around Cape Horn in a catamaran(双体船). And in 1983, after they separated, Pope went on to sail across the Atlantic alone. After discovering running at 47, she spent her fifties completing a series of marathons in far-away places.But it was the death of her second husband, Clive, a businessman and photographer, from cancer, that triggered(引发)her biggest challenge so far.She had been thinking of running for cancer awareness, when” something broke through my grief as I was licking at a world map on the wall. I thought I could do this.” Pope is now a motivational speaker. “Running around the world, or going to the moon or whatever, is only a metaphor(比喻),”she says. “The most extraordinary adventure is every day of your life.”32. When Rosie Pope was a child, she_.A. was too weak to take part in any sportB. didnt receive any education at schoolC. didnt show any talent for sportD. was encouraged to teach herself at home33. When did Rosie Pope begin marathon running?A. At the age of 57. B. Around the age of 50.C. When she was 63. D. In the year 1983.34. We can learn from the last paragraph that_.A. Pope doesnt care about cancer at allB .maps have helped Pope to sail the worldC. our real adventure exists in everyday lifeD. Pope hopes to help others by using her experience35. What is the main idea of the passage?A. It is never too late to take on a real challenge.B. Pope is a wonderful speaker，thanks to her experience.C. Nothing is impossible if Pope puts her heart into it.D. How a woman is able to run a marathon at 63.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。Is there anything more important than health? I dont think so. Health is the greatest wealth,wise people say. 36 If you have a headache,toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a hightemperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take yourtemperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. 37 The only thing you have to do is follow his advice. 38 An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness,memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there wasno medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. 39 In otherwords, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldnt smoke more than one cigarette aday. A month later the gentleman came into the doctors office. 40 He thanked thedoctor and said that hehad never felt a healthier man. But you know, doctor, he said, its not easy to begin smoking at my age.A. All these will cost a lot of money.B. You cant be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.C. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine.D. He was more worried about his illness.E. Speaking about doctors advice, I cant help telling you a funny story.F. He looked cheerful and happy.G. Healso advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks.第三部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Long before, there was a man who went to India. In those times, we didnt have airplanes or many kinds of 41 that we do now. So the man went to India 42. And when he got there, he saw a lot of 43 In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is 44. He saw some very red, long fruit, 45 was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.So hewent upand asked, How 46 per kilo? And the shopkeeper said, Two rupees.(印度货币) Two rupees in India is47; its like dirt . So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: his head was 48 and his face became red. He coughed terribly, and choked and gasped for 49. But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him 50 their heads and said, Youre 51 , man. Those are chilies（辣椒）! People use only a little bit into food for 52. You cant just eat them by the handful like that. But the 53 master said, No, I cant stop! I paid money for them,sonow I must eat them. Its my54!And you think that man was silly, right? 55 , we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We still continue just because weve 56 money, time, effort and love into it- a relationship, business or even a game. Although its