2015届高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷

1、江西省临川二中2015届高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷第I卷 （100分）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。每段对话后面有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC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. What will the woman probably do next? A. Call the police. B. Go to dance. C. Criticize the neighbours.2. What has the man d

2、ecided to do? A. Further his study. B. Start to work. C. Go back to school.3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On a plane. B. In an elevator. C. On a bus.4. Why is the man happy? A. He got a good evaluation. B. He was praised by his boss. C. He got some interpersonal skills.5. Whe

3、re is the nearest petrol station? A. Beside a bank. B. At the next roundabout. C. 200 meters away from the bank.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ABC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，各个小题给出5秒钟作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What are the speakers mainly t

4、alking about?A. How long to meet. B. Whether to meet. C. When to meet.7. What does the man suggest?A. Postponing the meeting. B. Communicating face to face. C. Having a three hours meeting.听第7段材料，回答8至9题。8. Why does the woman call the man?A. To invite him to a trip. B. To ask about his decision.C. To

5、 ask for his friends number.9. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Call her before lunch. B. Make a reservation today. C. Contact his friend right now.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How does the woman feel at first?A. Annoyed. B. Frightened. C. Sad.11. Why cannot the man fix the car today?A. He cannot

6、find out the problem. B. He is too busy to fix it. C. Its seriously broken.12. What will the man do next?A. Show the woman to the bus station. B. Help the woman get the parts. C. Drive the woman to Tampa.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Artist and critic. B. Fath

7、er and daughter. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 14. When did the woman begin her painting?A. 4 weeks ago. B. 4 months ago C. 4 years ago15. Where did the woman find the stones?A. In Swiss. B. In Brazil C. In Australia.16. What does the woman think of what she has done?A. Meaningful. B. Profitable.

8、C. Unforgettable.听第10段材料，回答17至20题。17. What colors have something in common?A. Red and purple. B. Green and blue. C. Yellow and white.18. How does orange make people feel?A. Energetic. B. Cheerful. C. Imaginative.19. Which room should be painted white?A. The kitchen. B. The bathroom. C. The living ro

9、om.20. Who will be available if one callsA. A painter. B. A painter seller. C. A color expert.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASummer Adventure DaysOur Summer Adventure Days can add much excitement to your childrens summer vacation. There are programs providing all

10、 kinds of activities for children from 2 to 14.Hatchlings (Ages 2 - 5)Discover the wonders of life under the sea in this program. And learn how animals protect themselves by using their colors and the environment around them. Time: 9: 00 am - 11: 00 am， July 2-3Cost：$ 60 / Non-members，$ 50 / Me

11、mbers Junior Explorers (Ages 6-8)There is a whole world to exploreunderwater. Participants will be guided on a marine adventure that will explore the hidden treasures of the sea. Meet horseshoe crabs and stingrays, seine for fish in local waters and take a ride aboard the Atlantis Explorer Tour

12、 Boat. Craft and snack each day.Time: 9: 00 am - 2: 00 pm，August 13-17Cost：$ 310 / Non-members，$ 260 / Members Discoverers (Ages 6-9)Discover the wonders of the environment underwater. Explore the aquarium, enjoy a water adventure on the Atlantis Explorer Tour Boat, watch a beach, and find buri

13、ed treasure. Yourchildren will be offered snacks every day.Time： 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, June 27 -29Cost：$ 90 / Non-members，$ 75/ MembersWind & Wings (Ages 10-13)Take off on an adventure at Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Centers first exhibit, Butterflies & Birds. Your children will see s

14、ome seasonal creatures. Meanwhile, they will learn about how Long Islands weather affects the environment, and how our creatures survive the cold winters and hot summers.Time： 9:00 am -2: 00 pm, July 30 - August 3 Cost： S 310 / Non-members, $ 260 / Members Adventurers (Ages 13 - 14)If your

15、 children like adventures, you can think about this program. Experience some of the most exciting adventures that the aquarium can offer. Throughout this team-building experience, your children will climb a rock wall，swim in our tank and surf on the Peconic River.Time： 9: 00 am -2: 00 pm, July 23 -2

16、7 Cost： $ 400 / Non-members, $ 335 / MembersRegister online, or by calling 621-202-933221. Hatchlings is an activity where children can _.A. see some seasonal creaturesB. explore the hidden treasures of the seaC. find how undersea animals protect themselvesD. experience some

17、 of the most exciting adventures22. Which program should you attend if you want to see horseshoe crabs and stingrays?A. Junior Explorers B. Discoverers C. Wind & Wings D. Adventurers23. Which of the following about Wind & Wings is true?A. It belongs to the most exciting adventure.B

18、. It opens all the day from July 30 to August 3.C. It lets children know how creatures adapt to the weather.  D. It charges highest in Summer Adventure Days.24. Children can experience the following items in Adventurers EXCEPT _.A. climbing a rock wall B.  swimming in the ta

19、nkC. surfing on the Peconic River   D. exploring hidden treasures 25. From the advertisement we can infer that_. A. you can only register the program on the interestB. you can save some money if you are a memberC. you can only visit the Aquarium in DiscoversD. you can only attend the progr

20、ams in JulyBWhen older honeybees take on tasks usually handled by younger bees, aging of their brains is effectively reversed (逆转), a new study finds. The discovery about the bee suggests that in humans, social involvement ought to be considered in addition to drugs as a way to treat human age-relat

21、ed dementia(老年痴呆)."We know from the research that when bees stay in the nest and take care of larvae the bee babies they remain mentally competent for as long as we observe them. Social interaction between bees may play an important role," explained Gro Amdam, who led the research at Arizo

22、na State University. “However, after a long period of nursing larvae, older bees usually choose to fly out gathering food and they begin aging very quickly."And this aging seems to be similar to that in humans. "After just two weeks of hunting for food outside, foraging bees have worn wing

23、s, hairless bodies, and more importantly, lose brain function basically measured as the ability to learn new things," Amdam said in a statement.In the experiment, Amdam and his colleagues wanted to find out what would happen if they "asked" the foraging bees to take care of larval bab

24、ies again. To find out, they removed younger nurse bees from a nest, leaving the older foraging bees to face a choice: forage or care for the larvae. About 75% of the older returned to searching for food, and the others switched to caring for the nest and larvae. After 10 days, about 50 percent of t

25、he older bees that had chosen to care for the nest and larvae had "significantly improved their ability to learn new things," the researchers said in a statement. The researchers also discovered changes in the proteins (蛋白质) in the brains of the bees that had learned new things. One of the

26、 proteins that changed, called Prx6, is also found in humans and is known to help protect against dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.Other studies in the past have shown several non-drug tactics can help boost brainpower in older people, including going for walks, taking musi

27、c lessons, and gaining a sense of control over one's self and surroundings.26. According to the bee research result, which of the following might help treat the human age-related dementia?A. Reading a book. B. Watching a film. C. Attending a party. D. Jogging in the park.27. Who are us

28、ually responsible for taking care of larvae in the bee nest?A. Older honeybees. B. Younger honeybees. C. Female honeybees. D. Male honeybees.28. Foraging bees are those _.A. that go out to search for food B. that act as guards for the nest C. whose job is to lay eggs D. that keep the nest clean29. W

29、hy did researchers remove younger nurse bees from a nest?A. Because they were not good at taking care of larvae.B. Because researchers wanted them to hunt for food.C. Because the larvae were old enough to take care of themselves. D. Because researchers wanted to force some older foraging bees to car

30、e for the larvae.30. _ of the older bees chose to care for the nest and larvae in the experiment.A. One third B. One half C. One quarter D. The majorityCAs thousands of communities in the USAespecially in the Southbecame booming gateways for immigrant families from Central and South America during t

31、he 1990s and the early years of the new century, public schools struggled with the unfamiliar task of serving the large numbers of English learners arriving in their classrooms. Education programs needed to be built from scratch. “We had no teaching resources suitable for English learners here befor

32、e. We had to develop them all ourselves,” a Texas principal said. Throughout the country, districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to non-native speakers or recruit teachers from elsewhere. School staff members had to figure out how to communicate with parents who spoke no English.

33、 But even as immigration has slowed or stopped in many places, and instructional programs for English-learners have matured, serving immigrant families and their children remains work in progress in many public schools, especially those in communities that are skeptical, or sometimes unwelcoming, to

34、 the newcomers. One of the biggest challenges educators face is communicating effectively with parents who dont speak English an issue that, in part, has contributed to recent complaints of discrimination by Latino students in some cities. “The parents role is very important for the success of these

35、 students, but it's also one of the most difficult things weve had to tackle,” said Jim D. Rollins, the president of the Springdale school district, where the 19,000-student school system has gone from having no English-learners 15 years ago to more than 7,500 now. “You have to make it a priorit

36、y and work on it, work on it, and work on it.” Aside from the practical challenges, such as finding bilingual (会说两种语言的) staff members, guiding districts through such dramatic changes requires school leaders to bridge difficult political and cultural divides. For school leaders in the South, especial

37、ly in the last few years, this difficult job has been made harder still by the negative attitudes of some locals towards immigrants. 31. According to the passage, what is the problem that public schools are facing? A. Providing education for non-native English learners. B. Offering services to immig

38、rant families in the southern states. C. Offering enough communicative lessons to immigrant parents. D. Handling more cases from the immigrant Mexican communities.32. The underlined part “built from scratch” (in Paragraph 2) probably means “_”. A. constructed gradually B. painful to make C. based on

39、 past experience D. completely new 33. What is one of the things the school leaders have done to deal with the problems? A. Provide more Spanish-only classes. B. Train their teachers to speak Spanish. C. Invite more teachers from other places. D. Use bilingual parents as part-time teachers.34. What

40、do we know about the immigrant parents? A. Many of them cannot speak English. B. Most of them think education is not important. C. Few of them have attended American schools. D. Some of them feel skeptical about the local community. 35. According to Paragraph 3, what has caused some of the recent co

41、mplaints by Latino students? A. Discrimination by schools. B. Miscommunication with parents. C. Unfriendliness of the locals. D. Poor government service.DAfter the British and French invaders had burnt the Winter Palace in 1861, famous French literary giant Victor Hugo wrote the following reply to a

42、n officer named Bartlett. Sir, you ask me what I think of the expedition(远征) to China. In your opinion, the expedition was nothing short of a British-French glory. Therefore, you would like to know to what extent I appreciate this glory. Since you ask, I will answer as follows:In a corner of the wor

43、ld there existed a man-made miracle - the Winter Palace. Art has two sources: one, an ideal, from which has come European art; two, fancy, from which has come Oriental art. The Winter Palace belongs in the art of fancy. The Winter Palace, indeed, was the fruit of all of the art that an almost superm

44、an race could have fancied. The Winter Palace was a model of fancy if fancy can have a model. It took two generations of manpower to create the Winter Palace, which went through improvement and perfection over several centuries. For whom was the Winter Palace built, after all? Eventually, for the pe

45、ople. Because as time passes by, all that the people has made remains in the possession of mankind. Great artists, poets, and philosophers all knew about the Winter Palace. Many people at different times compared it to the Parthenon, the Pyramids, the Arena, the Notre Dame. If they could not see the

46、 Winter Palace with their own eyes, they could dream about it -as if in the distance they saw a breath-taking masterpiece of art as they had never known before -as if there above the horizon of European civilization was towering the outline of Asian civilization.Now, the miracle is no more! One day,

47、 two pirates broke into it. One of them robbed; the other set every building and everything in it on fire! What great victories they had won! What a heaven-sent fortune! One stuffed his pockets full to overflowing; the other filled in his bags with treasure. Then, hand in hand they made off, laughin

48、g happily.Standing before the judge of history is one robber named France and the other named Great Britain. Against both I protest. I must thank you for giving me the opportunity to make this accusation. The rulers commit crimes but the ruled do not. The government becomes a robber, but the people

49、will never.France has gained a large portion of the treasure. Now, she thinks herself the rightful owner of the property. I can only hope that there will come one day when France will disburden herself of the heavy load on her conscience and cleanse herself of the crime by returning to China all the

50、 treasure taken from the Winter Palace.Sir, such is my praise of the expedition to China.36. According to the passage, the Winter Palace_.A. was created by a superman raceB. was well known only in Asian countryC. could be seen over the European horizonD. was improved and perfected after coming into

51、being37. In Paragraph 3 Victor Hugo mentioned the Parthenon, the Pyramids, the Arena, the Notre Dame in order to _.A. compare different architectural styles B. praise European and African civilizationC. introduce some more famous buildings to Bartlette D. praise the Winter Palace and condemn the beh

52、avior of burning it38. We can infer that when Bartlette got the letter from Victor Hugo, he might felt _.A. disappointed B. satisfied C. proud D. frightened39. The underlined word “oriental” in Paragraph 3probably means _. A. western B. eastern C. ancient D. contemporary40. The phrase “two pirates”

53、in Paragraph 4 refers to _. A. Bartlette and France B. Bartlette and Great Britain C. France and Great Britain D. the rulers and the government第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从题中所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。My little daughter and I were on a flight to Florida, to spend a week with

54、 my husband. We were 41 about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and 42 to see her Dad terribly.The plane was totally 43 ，as it usually was. Because we did not get our boarding passes until we 44 at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were 45 by the aisle (过

55、道). I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, 46 we could be together. They 47 , saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a 48 several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boa

56、rding passes, and 49 the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row 50 refused to move elsewhere. She was very 51 about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody 52 to help her.There were a troop of Boy Scouts on 53 . Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma'am, I think we can help you." He then spent five minutes 54 his group so that adequate space was 55 for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without 56 ,