高二英语上学期第四次月考试题.doc

山西省应县第一中学校2015-2016学年高二英语上学期第四次月考试题第一部分 听力（共两节,每题0.5分，满分10分）第一节听下面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. At what time does the office open?A. 7:45. B. 8:00. C. 8:15.2. Where are the two speakers most probably?A. In the park. B. At a theatre. C. In a restaurant. 3. Why was the mans sister late again?A. She got up late. B. The traffic was bad. C. The bus broke down.4. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son. B.Hostess and guest. C. boss and employee.5. What will the two speakers do this afternoon?A. Go fishing. B. Go shopping. C. Go swimming.第二节听下面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，你有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What date is it today?A. Feb.26th. B. Feb.28th. C. Mar.1st.7. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man has lost the book. B. The man has to return the book today.C. The man has made a mistake.听下面一段对话，回答第8至9题。8. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a park. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.9. What do we know about the man?A. He feels like some more fruit. B. He has had too many meat balls.C. He prefers meat balls to ice cream.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What time is it now?A. 4:50. B.4:15 C. 3:5011. Where are the two speakers now?A. At the airport. B. At the train station. C. At the underground station.12. What day is it today?A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Wednesday.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What is the man probably going to be?A. A lawyer. B. A businessmen. C. A doctor. 14. What did the woman plan to study at first?A. Medicine. B. Business. C. English.15. Why does the woman want to learn English?A. English is easier to learn. B. English is very interestingC. English is very important16. What are the two speakers?A. Lawyers. B. Students. C. Doctors.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What was the speaker like five years ago?A. He rarely watched TV. B. He spent much time outside. C. He didnt like talking too much.18. What made the speaker start exercising?A. His terrible shape. B. His poor health. C. His friends encouragement.19. What did the speaker start to do a year and a half ago?A. Go swimming. B. Climb mountains. C. Play tennis. 20. What do we know about the speaker?A. He has changed a lot. B. He has bad habits. C. He is still out of shape. 第二部分 阅读理解第一节：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。(每小题2.5分, 满分50分)A Adam Braun started the organization Pencils of Promise in 2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance to receive education. Six years later, the non-profit group is building many new schools. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It all started when Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him on the street. The boy asked for money, Mr Braun asked the boy what he would want if he could have anything in the world. “I thought the answer was going to be a house, or a car or a boat. But his answer was a pencil. So I give him my pencil and he just lit up with joy. I realized he never had been to school before, and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world”. Braun said. Mr. Braun started working in a company after he graduated from college. But he never forgot the boy and the problem he represented. So he decided to start Pencils of Promise.Mr. Braun raised money for his project and he paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school in Laos five years ago. Since then , his group has helped pay for more than 200 schools in rural areas of Laos , Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana. His organization works closely with the local education agencies. The officials organize the main program of studies, and his group provides learning materials about health, water and waste systems. Pencils of Promise also works closely with communities. Leslie Engle Young is a Pencils of Promise employee. She says the local people are willing to combine efforts and resources for childrens education. Thanks to kind-hearted people like Adam Braun, many children can receive education as they should. Theyre role models to us.21. Adam Braun started Pencils of Promise to _. A. provide free pencils for all childrenB. provide children in Africa with foodC. help poor children receive educationD. encourage children to keep their promise22.How did Adam Braun feel when the boy told him what he wanted?A. Relaxed. B.Surprised. C. Angry D. Happy23.Which of the following is TRUE about Pencils of Promise?A. Its first school was built in 2009B. It has difficulty in raising money.C. It has helped build over 200 schools in India.D. It gets a lot of help from developed countries. B A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk. That is allmilk. At the same time, a woman enters the same grocery store also to buy milk. She buys it. But, she also buys chicken and lemons to make dinner that night. Then she remembers to buy food for her son to eat at school. She also gets a bottle of wine for drinks with friends and a birthday card for her husbands niece. Then she gets coffee for breakfast, ice cream for dessert. That is the difference between the female and male brains simply explained in a grocery store. Generally speaking, men do one thing at a time. Woman do many , which is often called “multi-tasking”, a very popular word these days.A recent study has proved what we have known all alongmen and women think differently. Scientist at the university of Pennsylvania studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old. They found that male brains have more connections on one side of the brain. In female brain, they found more activity and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason” The right one is known as the “creative” side. Regina Verma is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She co-wrote the report. She says when women are asked to do something difficult they might use different parts of the brain. Men, she adds, generally use just one side of the brain. As a result, men generally deal directly with a problem. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, like the part connected with reason and the part connected with sensitivity when solving a problem. Women take a less direct path to find a solution.24. The first paragraph is written to _.A. advise readers to buy milk. B. introduce the topic of the text.C. introduce Regina Vermas report D. explain why women like shopping25. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “multi-tasking”?A. Buying one thing at a time.B. Focusing on details of a problem.C. Going through some difficult tests.D. Doing more than one thing at a time.26.How does a woman solve a problem?A. Creatively B. Indirectly. C. Independently. D. Blindly.27. What is the main idea of the text?A. Woman are good at shopping.B. Men are good at solving problems.C. Men and women really think differently.D. Women use two sides of the brain to think.C Ricky lived in a beautiful house. Though he didnt help much around the house, he was still pleased when his parents bought him a butler(管家)robot. Since it arrived, cooking , cleaning and gathering up old clothes from Rickys bedroom floor were all done by the robot. On that first day, Ricky had left his bedroom in a truly disastrous (灾难性的)state before he went to sleep. When he woke up the next morning, everything was perfectly clean and tidy. In fact, it was too clean; Ricky couldnt find his favorite T-shirt, nor his favorite toy. The same was starting to happen to other things. Ricky stared at the robot and decided to spy on it . He followed it around the house. Finally he caught it red-handed(当场的)the robot was picking up one of his toys to hide it. Ricky ran to his parents and said that the robot was badly programmed. Hearing the boys complaints, the robot returned with one of the toys toys and some clothes. “Here, Sir. I did not know it was bothering you ,”said the robot, with its metallic(金属般的) voice. “You have been stealing my stuff for weeks!”the boy answered , very angry.“They were left on the floor. I thought you didnt like them. I am programmed to collect all that are not wanted and send them to those who need them. I am a maximum efficiency machine. Do you see?” the robot explained, with a certain pride. Ricky started feeling ashamed of having treated those things as though they were useless. It was true that many other people would be delighted to treat those things with all the care in the world. He understood that the robot was not misprogrammed, and that, or rather, it had been programmed extremely well! Since then, Ricky decided to become a maximum efficiency boy.28. Before the butler robot arrived, Ricky _. A. did little housework B. Had to cook by himself C. had no one to talk with D. always kept his bedroom clean29. What happened to the butler robot?A. It was destroyed by Ricky. B. It was not well programmed.C. It was misunderstood by Ricky. D. It broke many of Rickys toys.30. What influence did the robot have on Ricky?A. Ricky would help those who need help.B.Ricky would do everything well and efficiently.C. Ricky would do as much homework as he could.D. Ricky would design more robots like the butler robot.31. Which of the following can describe the changes of Rickys feelings?A. Pleased doubtful-angry-ashamed.B. Angry-happy-ashamed-surprisedC. Pleased-angry-doubtful-ashamed.D. Surprised-happy-ashamed-angry.D Environmentalists claim(声称)the planet is in bad shape. Species are being driven to die out at record rates ,and rivers are so Poisonous (有毒的) that fishes are floating on the surface, dead. However, theres a growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn(颠覆) our most basic assumptions about the worlds environment. Rivers , seas and the atmosphere are all getting cleaner. The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, a professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups and the “ bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse. Lomborgs book doesnt deny global warming -probably the biggest environmental threat-but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics. The Worldwatch Institute claims that “deforestation has been accelerating (加快) over the last 30 years,”but Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Due to agricultural development, the world has lost about 20 percent of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest areas depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures ,the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30 percent of total land area, since the 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US， UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years . Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by about 15 percent. Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50 percent of all species will have died out within 50 years, but other studies show only 0.08 percent of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful . Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.32. What is the main idea of Lomborgs book The Skeptical Environmentalist?A. Our planet is in bad shape. B. The worlds environment is improving.C. Conservation efforts have been successful.D.The total amount of forests in the world is not declining.33. The underlined word “depleting” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_”.A. reducing B. limiting C. expanding D. changing 34. Which of the following can prove the environment is improving?A. It is obvious that the bald eagle will survive. B. In the last 50 years the number of whales has increased.C.The total area of forests in the world has increased significantly. D.The effects of global warming are not as bad as many people think.35.It seems that Lomborg is pretty _about our planets future.A.worried B. uncertain C. optimistic Dcareful第二节：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。选项中有两项是多余选项。(每小题2.5分) When youre climbing a hill or playing sports , your back is all wet and so is your face. Why? Because you are sweating.36 when your body gets hotter than that , your brain doesnt like it. It wants your body to stay cool and comfortable. So the part of your brain that controls temperature sends a message to your body, telling it to sweat. Then sweat glands (腺) in your skin start making sweat. The sweat leaves your skin through tiny holes called pores. When the sweat hits the air, the air makes it turn from a liquid to a vapor. 37 Sweat is a great cooling system .38 Then you need to put liquid back in your body by drinking plenty of water. Sweat isnt just wet; it can be stinky (臭的)，too . 39 Its the bacteria that live on your skin that mix with sweat and give it a stinky smell.And when you reach puberty(青春期)，special hormones affect the glands in your armpits -these glands make sweat that can really smell. Luckily, regular washing with soap and water can usually keep stinky sweat under control. So dont worry about sweat -its totally normal and everybody sweats. Sometimes too much sweating can be a sign that there is something wrong in the body, but this is rare in kids. 40A. Sweat by itself doesnt smell at all.B. As the sweat leaves off your skin, you cool down. C. When people sweat, they lose water in their bodies.D. Your body works best when its temperature is about 37C.E. The vapor turns into drops of water when it comes across cold air.F. But if you think you have a sweat problem , talk to your parents or your doctor about it. G. If youre sweating a lot on a hot day or after playing hard, you could be losing too much water through your skin. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。 At 27, I bought my parents a house. They didnt know it was all my 41 at the time. I sold a tech company in 2010. Everyone was extremely 42 me, but no one knew the exact amount that I made; everyone thought that I did really 43. In fact, I only made just over a hundred thousand dollars.I 44 the amount on purpose because I wanted to use all the money to buy my parents a 45, and I knew that my parents would 46 accept me doing so with the money from my 47. So with no one 48, I took all my money out of my 49 (after paying taxes ) and bought my parents a 1-storey house in Texas, where I 50. I did this because they had been 51 in a small two-storey house in Texas since their marriage, which, in recent years , could no longer meet my 52 and increasingly wheel-chair-bound(坐轮椅的) dads need.Everyone thought that I had made a large amount of money and that this was one of many things I used the money on . 53, this was my dream gift. This gift 54 my dad to live out the 55 of his life in dignity and it brought a great stabilizing(稳定的) force to our family life. It stands as the 56 thing that I have ever done.Since then , I have made more money, my dad 57, and my mom lives in that house, now full of great 58. we look back with great 59 at those last few years with my dad, and I am glad that I could make it as 60 for him as possible.41.A. secret B. patience C. power D. money42.A. sorry for B. polite to C. proud of D. strict with43.A. well B. hard C. patiently D. carefully44.A. wasted B. hid C. spent D. fixed45.A. house B. car C. ring D. tool46.A. seldom B. never C.always D.often47.A. novel B. job C. sale D. bank48.A. discussing B. knowing C. warning D. remembering49.A. courage B. energy C.field D.account 50.A. grew up B. got off C. stayed on D. broke in 51.A. studying B. living C. working D. writing52.A. sick B. lonely C. nervous D. busy53.A. At last B. Above all C. In reality D. At present54.A. expected B. advised C.persuaded D. allowed55.A. past B. year C. rest D. time 56.A. only B. usual C. easiest D. nicest 57.A. gave upB. passed away C. took off D. calmed down58.A. memories B. chances C. deeds D. thoughts 59.A. expression B. reasonC. joy D. respect60.A. cool B. quiet C. safe D. comfortable第二节：语法填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。每空不得多于3个单词，出现拼写，大小写，词性错误都不给分。1. A small fishing boat was carried miles out to sea by the powerful fish as it pulled 61 the line. 62（realize） that this was no ordinary fish, the fisherman made every effort not to damage it in any way . When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long. It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright red tail. The fish, 63 has since been sent to a museum where it is being examined by a scientist ,64（call）an oarfish. Such creatures have rarely been seen alive by man as they live at a 65（deep） of six hundred feet.2.A group of adults, largely succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to complain about the stress they were 66 (face) with in work