高二英语上学期第一次月考试题(DOC 14页).docx

1、四川省宜宾市南溪区2017-2018学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题（本试卷分第I卷和第II卷，满分150分）第 卷（共115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. Whose birthday is it today?A. Marys. B.Mikes. C. Davids.2. Whats the mans plan for this afterno

2、on?A. To learn math. B. To help the woman. C. To go swimming.3. How far is the nearest hospital ?A. About 150 meters. B.About 100 meters C. About 50 meters.4. What can we learn about the woman?A. She is bitten by a snake.B. She cant swim. C. Shes just back from a tour.5. What are the speakers going

3、to ?A. Paint the walls white. B.Get rid of the mark on the table. C. Buy a new table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67题。6. What is Emma talking about?A. Studying in New Zealand.

4、B. Growing up in New Zealand. C.Environment in New Zealand7. What does she say about the parents in New Zealand ?A. Loving and caring. B. Strict and serious. C. Funny and humorous.听第7段材料，回答89题。8. What did the woman do ten minutes ago?A. Wrote a story. B. Wrote a diary.C. Did her homework.9. What doe

5、s she probably want to become?A. A teacher. B. A writer. C. A doctor.听第8段材料，回答第1012题。10. When did the woman lose her ring probably?A. When she was eating the cake. B. When she was making the cake. C. When she was washing her hands.11. Who found the ring first?A.David. B. The woman. C. Davids father.

6、12. Where was the ring now?A.On the table. B. On the newspaper. C. Inside a piece of cake.听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。13. Who is Mr. Smith?A. A coach.B.A teacher.C. A headmaster.14. What did Steven do this afternoon?A. Practised football. B. Played a game. C. Prepared for a game.15. What happened to Steven?A.

7、He hurt his left foot. B. He met with a traffic accident. C. He was badly hurt when training.16. Where is Steven now?A. In the school clinic. B. On the way to the hospital. C. In the emergency room.听第10段材料，回答第1720题。17. How many people are missing after a landslide in Shenzhen?A. 91. B. 59. C. 32.18.

8、 How many building where workers lived were damaged?A. 3. B. 14. C. 33.19. What did the landslide also cause in the area?A.Car accidents. B. A flood . C. An explosion.20. What happened before the landslide?A. Two office buildings collapsed in the area. B. 1.500 workers were working in the area. C. A

9、bout 900 people were removed from the area.第二部分： 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。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。AMeganWhen I was younger, I spent all the money I got. After a couple of years, I began wondering why I d

10、idnt have any savings. Things had to change. It was then that I opened a bank account (账户). Even saving just a tiny amount each month can make quite a difference, so my advice would be for children like me to open an account and start saving.JamieMy advice is“be strict and know what youre spending”.

11、 I keep a budget (预算) so that I know exactly how much money I can spend on clothes, how much on going out with my friends and how much I need to save. I now work at the weekend, so I dont have to ask my parents for pocket money.LauraI always get pocket money from my parents. I would buy a coffee her

12、e or a sandwich there, and even though that only means two or three pounds a time, it soon increases in amount. One day I made a list of all the things Id bought that week and it really surprised me. Id spent 30 pounds on, well, nothing really! If I could give anyone advice, I would tell them to alw

13、ays ask themselves, “Do I really need this?”OliviaMy dad lost his job recently, so my pocket money stopped. Now Im doing a part-time job on Tuesdays and Fridays. It isnt a lot, but it is enough. Not only have I become more responsible about money and how I spend it, but I feel good that Im working f

14、or it and not just relying on my parents. My advice to anyone is not to expect money to always be there and make sure you save enough for a rainy day.21. According to the text, Megan _.A. has always spent money wiselyB. finds it hard to save any moneyC. puts some of her money in the bankD. doesnt ha

15、ve to worry about money22. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to the money _.A. Laura saved on foodB. Laura spent on unimportant thingsC. Laura received from her parentsD. Laura borrowed from her friends23. Both Jamie and Olivia _.A. have a part-time jobB. get a lot of pocket mo

16、neyC. have opened a bank accountD. spend a lot on clothes24. The text is mainly about _.A. making moneyB. borrowing moneyC. raising money D. managing moneyBBefore January 2005, young girls couldnt play soccer in Katutura, a black township in Namibia, Africa. They had no soccer balls, no playing fiel

17、d, no shoes, and no leader. Each day, girls and boys gathered at the Nordkamp Center after school. Most of the boys would play soccer in a nearby dirt field while the girls remained at the center to jump rope or read books.Center director Mary Beth Gallagher loved soccer and knew that the girls woul

18、d love it, too. So she organized a girls team with players under the age of 12. She knew it would be the youngest girls soccer team in the whole country. Because they had no other girls teams to compete with, Mary Beth arranged (安排) matches against the boys teams. The boys were bigger and stronger,

19、but the girls didnt back down.Soon news spread about the Nordkamp girls team. An American soccer team from New York heard about them and immediately sent all their uniforms and shoes to their “soccer sisters”. When the bright orange uniforms arrived, the Nordkamp girls danced happily.“You look like

20、pumpkins,” Mary Beth said.A girls voice called out, “If we are pumpkins, were beautiful pumpkins.”With their new name the Pumpkins, the experienced team was ready for a big match.On December 1, 2006, the Pumpkins gathered and walked in a big orange line to a field near the Nordkamp Center. Their fir

21、st opposing (对抗的) team laughed at the young players, but they didnt laugh for long. They quickly found out just how good the Pumpkins were. The Pumpkins beat that first team and then the next. These girls became famous, and their story was also encouraging to others in Namibia.25. Before January 200

22、5, in Katutura _.A. kids preferred jumping rope to soccerB. there was no girls soccer teamC. boys had no place to play soccerD. girls often played soccer with boys26. As for the idea of girls playing soccer, Mary Beth might _.A. think little of itB. be doubtful of itC. feel hopeful about itD. be unc

23、ertain about it27. Why was the Nordkamp girls team called the Pumpkins?A. Because of the color of its uniforms.B. Because of the heights of its players.C. Pumpkins are its players favorite food.D. Pumpkins always bring people good luck.28. What can we learn from the girls story?A. All time is no tim

24、e when it is past.B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.C. Where there is a will, there is a way.D. Self-trust is the first secret of success.CWhen a golfer plays on any golf course, he or she expects the course has a lot of hazards (障碍区) like sands, woods, and ponds of water. There is one special

25、golf course, though, where along with these hazards that stand still, the player must expect to compete against hundreds of moving hazards. The golf course is on Christmas Island. The island is an area of Australia in the Indian Ocean, the third largest ocean in the world, lying between Africa and A

26、ustralia. The moving hazards are bright red, four-and-one-half-inch (11.4cm) crabs (螃蟹).Over 150 million of these brightly colored crabs live in the islands rainforests. Every year, starting around November, the crabs migrate (迁移). They leave the rainforest and make their way to the ocean. They arri

27、ve at the coast after one to three weeks. But the males return to the rainforest earlier than the females, who return about two weeks later after producing up to 100,000 eggs.On Christmas Island there is a golf course built on the crabs migration route. During the migration season, there are hundred

28、s of red crabs moving on the course. The rules of the Christmas Island Golf Club say that all players must treat the crabs as they would treat any other hazard. They cannot move them, and they must play around them. If a walking crab happens to knock a ball while it is on the green, hitting it into

29、a hole, the ball is considered “in”.Just as the golfers must compete against a moving hazard, so must the crabs. People have built roads that run through the crabs migration route. Unluckily, up to two million crabs are killed by passing vehicles every year. People are trying to reduce the number by

30、 putting up “Crab Crossing” signs and closing certain roads during the migration season.29. What do we learn about the red crabs?A. They arrive in the rainforest in November.B. They spend most of their year in the ocean.C. The females spend two more weeks on the coast.D. The males start to migrate e

31、arlier than the females.30. The rules of the Christmas Island Golf Club _.A. attract more golf playersB. can help protect the crabs C. often make golfers confusedD. cause the crabs much trouble31. By saying “Just as the golfers . so must the crabs”, the author means _.A. the crabs must face danger o

32、n the roadB. the crabs are quite perfect moving hazardsC. golfers like competing against moving hazardsD. golfers find it hard to play on Christmas Island32. Which can be the best title for the text?A. Christmas IslandB. Great migrationC. Crab CrossingD. Crab hazardsDThe human brain contains 10 thou

33、sand million cells (细胞) and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such great numbers used to discourage us and cause us to stop thinking about the possibility of making a machine with humanlike ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a speed we can be less sure. Q

34、uite soon, in only l0 or 20 years, perhaps, we will be able to build a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to make it as intelligent as the human brain by properly programming it.I think it is certain that in decades, not centuries, machines

35、of silicon (硅) will arise to compete with their human ancestors. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have endedcarbons long control. And we will no longer be able to consider ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the world.As the intelligence of robots increa

36、ses and their cost goes down, we may achieve a lot with their help, first on the earth through their ability to complete any kind of work in harmful environments. In the end, deserts may turn into gardens. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology

37、 it will provide, the creation of a huge, man-made world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.33. In the authors opinion, the human brain _.A. is complex and intelligentB. is too complex to be reproducedC. may change a lot in 10 or 20 yearsD. will soon be repla

38、ced by machines34. The underlined word “carbon” in Paragraph 2 stands for _.A. human beingsB. an old machineC. an ocean animalD. intelligent robots35. In the last paragraph, the author mainly _.A. talks about the intelligence of robotsB. explains how to create a world in spaceC. describes what our f

39、uture life might beD. shows his worry about the environment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。How parents can help children with reading skillsMaking sure that your children read well can help them perform better in school and increase their confidence in their ability to

40、communicate well. The following ways can be very helpful.Have your children read to you.Have your children choose their favorite book and sit down to read with you each evening.36It doesnt matter whether that starts after dinner or around the time your children go to sleep.Stock (储备) your house with

41、 reading materials.37It is reported that children who have different kinds of books and magazines to choose from at home actually score higher on standardized tests.38Researchers suggest having your children read signs on the road, menus, game directions, movie listings and other daily things. This

42、will help your children try to understand the importance and applicability (适用性) of being able to read well.Pay attention to reading problems.See how well your children can sound out words, understand what they have read and use reading context (上下文) to understand the meaning of new words.39For exam

43、ple, you can take them to reading learning centers.Use other reading tools.40Take games as an example, try to use them as much as you can, since they can make children look forward to and enjoy the process of improving their reading ability.A. Read wherever it is possible.B. Take your children to a

44、library.C. Make reading an important part of each day.D. Keep some reading materials available in your house.E. Games, textbooks and books on tape are good choices.F. If your children have difficulty reading, get them some help.G. You should watch your childrens progress with their reading skills.第三

45、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和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Have you ever traveled around by bike? This spring my older brother and I41the busy city and spent a long weekend42in the countryside. Our speed was only around 14 kph, but we didnt43. We hadnt come to bre

46、ak any speed records,44. All we wanted was some45air and a break from schoolwork. We really46ourselves while cycling along traffic-free country paths. There was plenty of sunshine,47it was quite cold,48in the mornings. The good news was that soon we49as we rode along. Our only50was when my brakes (刹

47、车) started making a terrible noise. But I didnt care as it gave us an51to visit a cafwhile a bike mechanic (机修工) had a look at it. Every few kilometers there was a52where we could talk with local people. One of the women was very53and showed us the way when we got lost. On Saturday night we were54at 2 a.m. by some young people. They kept singing loudly in the next room, which made us55all night. We felt very56when we got up the next morning. Soon we57. We were more cheerful on the way when the sun came out