衡阳市八中2015年下学期高二第二次月考试题
高 二 英 语
注意：本堂考试，时量：120分钟，满分150分。
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分。）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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. What is the woman probably?
A. A secretary. B. A teacher. C. A guide.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. She rarely fails the exams.
B. She is preparing for the coming exams.
C. She is a frequent visitor to the library.
3. Who is a language genius according to the speakers’ language teacher?
A. The woman. B. The man. C. Jack.
4. Where are the speakers probably?
A. At a police station. B. At a cell phone shop. C. At a car repair shop.
5. How much will the woman pay for the book?
A. 30 dollars. B. 28.5 dollars. C. 25 dollars.
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，选出最佳选项。
请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. When did the woman get thirty yuan a month?
A. At the age of 13. B. At the age of 15. C. At the age of 17.
7. What does the man advise the woman to do to get more pocket money?
A. Study harder. B. Help to do some housework. C. Get a part-time job.
请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What is the second question the woman asks?
A. Whether she can get a table at 8:30.
B. Whether Italian dishes are served.
C. How many Italian dishes are on the menu.
9. What is the woman’s number?
A. 5530-0318. B. 5513-0380. C. 5513-0318.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman apologize?
A. The man’s flight has been cancelled.
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B. The man’s flight has been put off.
C. The man’s flight has taken off.
11. How many times at least was the announcement made according to the woman?
A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.
12. How will the man get to Washington?
A. By bus. B. By plane. C. By cab.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the woman probably doing?
A. Reading a story. B. Writing a book. C. Having a coffee.
14. Where is Maria originally from?
A. Singapore. B. Britain. C. America.
15. What did Maria do in 1996?
A. She went to New York for a break.
B. She went to coffee bars quite often.
C. She opened ten more coffee bars.
16. How many coffee bars does Maria have at the moment?
A. 80. B. 85. C. 86.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When did the speaker put her house up for sale?
A. When she got a job in a company.
B. When her husband became the general manager.
C. When she became a housewife.
l8. When did the speaker’s agent bring a couple to visit her house?
A. At midnight. B. In the afternoon. C. In the morning.
19. Where did the speaker hear the man say something to his wife?
A. In the bathroom. B. In the bedroom. C. In the kitchen.
20. What did the buyers think of the house?
A. It was very tidy. B. It was big enough. C. It was like their own 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。
A
Being an astronaut sounds cool, doesn't it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity.
However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment, and that's very sad. What's worse, they can't even let their sadness show – because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity.
Of course, astronauts can still produce tears. But crying is much more difficult in space, reported The Atlantic in January. Without gravity, tears don't flow downward out of the eyes like they do here on Earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go – they just stick to your eyes.
In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his
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spacewalks. "Tears," he said, "don't fall off your eye．．．They just kind of stay there." Besides making your vision unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on Earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that's not the case in space. The space environment dries out astronauts' eyes, and when tears suddenly wet the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. "My right eye is painful like crazy." Feustel told his teammate during the walk.
Since gravity doesn't work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of the tears. Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe the tears away. Another choice is to just wait – "When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eye and float around," astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic.
There are lots of small things – things like crying that we are so used to on Earth. We usually take them for granted, until they become a problem in a totally different environment, like space. There, astronauts can't talk to each other directly. They also can't eat or drink in normal ways. They can't even burp, because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up everything in their stomach, according to the UK National Space Center.
Thus, perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say: "Gravity, you're the best."
21. What can we conclude from Paragraphs 2 and 3?
A. Astronauts are unable to feel sad in space． B. Astronauts produce fewer tears in space．
C. Tears produced in space flow down more slowly． D. Tears produced in space don't flow downward．
22. What effect do tears have on astronauts?
A. They cause physical pain． B. They bring comfort to them．
C. They make their vision clearer． D. They float around and cause trouble．
23. What can the astronaut do to get rid of the tears?
A. Rub his eyes against his helmet to let the tears float forward．
B. Rub his eyes by hand to let the tears float around．
C. Get the tears big enough to fall off his eyes．
D. Get the tears big enough to break away from his eyes．
24. What's the second-to-last paragraph mainly about?
A. Suggestions on how astronauts can stay comfortable in space．
B. Other basic things that are difficult to do in space．
C. Why burping is impossible in space．
D. Things that humans can't do without gravity．
B
Precision agriculture (精确农业) is a way of thinking about how to improve production and get more from existing resources. It often involves the use of technology. An example found mostly in wealthier countries is a computerguided tractor. The computer does most of the driving. It uses signals from satellites in the Global Positioning System. GPS technology helps the tractor cut rows in straight lines and put the right amount of fertilizer in the right place.
Jimmy Messick is a farmer in northern Virginia, not far from Washington. He says
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the GPS guidance system makes it easy to come back later and plant the seed in his fields of corn. Because of the GPS guidance, Messick now pays half what he once did for fertilizer. Bruce Erickson is an agronomist (农学家) at Purdue University in Indiana. He says saving even a little bit of seed, pesticide or fertilizer leads directly to cost savings and less environmental damage.
Raj Khosla is an agronomist at Colorado State University. He says farmers in the developing world can use precision agriculture even without hightech tractors. "We do not necessarily have to have complex, large machines to practice what could be done as simply as using bottle caps," Mr Khosla says. The idea is to use a bottle cap to pour a measured amount of fertilizer right next to each plant. It takes more work than simply throwing handfuls of fertilizer across a field. But Mr Khosla says when researchers taught this bottle cap method to farmers in subSaharan Africa, they discovered that it was worth the extra effort if they could only afford a small amount of fertilizer. "There was a huge difference, more than double, in terms of productivity," Mr Khosla says.
Of course, new technology is not always so cheap. But Mr Khosla says farmers could form a cooperative or combine their resources to pay for new equipment. He and other researchers worked with a farmer in India to precisely level his wheat fields. That kept the fields from developing wet and dry areas that reduced productivity. The farmer also added better fertilizer and insect control. As a result, he was able to grow almost three times as much wheat on the same amount of land. Mr Khosla says with the extra money the farmer made and a small loan, he bought his own precision leveler. And now, for a fee, he offers that as a service to his neighbors and other farmers.
25. With GPS technology, farmers can________.
A. apply fertilizer precisely B. cut rows without using tractors
C. find the way to their fields easily D. connect with their family conveniently
26. The example of the bottle cap method intends to show precision agriculture________.
A. is worth the extra effort B. saves both money and time
C. takes more work than the traditional way D. can be put into practice without hightech tractors
27. According to the passage the common advantage(s) about precision agriculture is (are) ________．
A. reducing the amount of time and fertilizer
B. saving both cost and human strength
C. solving the problem of pest and disease damage
D. increasing productivity and protecting the environment
28. We can conclude from the passage that precision agriculture________.
A. has become a trend B. is a good investment
C. means extra but worthwhile work D. is an expensive and unpopular way
C
Go on a slow jog for just five minutes a day and you may gain a few extra years of life. This is all according to an American study, which focuses on the effect of
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jogging on life span. According to the research, even a short period of time may improve your chances of avoiding cardio ( 心的) and vascular (血管) diseases, which may lead to premature death.
"From a more traditional health perspective, five minutes sounds brave. But if it is energetic, intensive and the running steps are swift, why ever not?" said a medical doctor Tommi Vasankari from the UKK institute, as he considers the health benefits of quick spurts (冲刺) of exercise.
The researchers selected 55,000 clients from health centers and got through information collected over a period of 15 years. Of the sample, approximately one fourth of individuals claimed to have running as a hobby. From studying the information of those who passed away during the time period, it was evident that runners had a 45 percent lesser risk of dying from heart disease. Running increased the average life span by three years.
Then, the researchers faced a surprise: the amount run by the individuals had no effect on life span. The findings were then published in The New York Times newspaper. According to Vasankari, the findings should be treated with care, because the individuals themselves were the sources of the information used in the study. "It is not objectively measured data. It makes it difficult to know whether an individual has run on average five or seven minutes."
Quick jogs, however, have reached the standard of health recommendations, Vasankari continues. According to American recommendations, heavy exercise should be practiced for an hour and fifteen minutes each week.
29. Among 55,000 clients, about ____ people take running as a hobby.
A. 2200 B. 14,000 C. 28,000 D. 42,000
30. In the opinion of Vasankari, __________.
A. he ignored the benefits of jogging B. jogging actually does him good
C. quick jogs are worth considering D. people should start heavy exercise
31. What’s the purpose of the author writing this passage?
A. To encourage people to take up jog every day.
B. To show jogging plays a key role in our daily life.
C. To tell us five-minute jogging a day can increase life.
D. To analyse why scientists focus on the study of jogging.
D
As thermal power companies have long been major sources causing air pollution in China, the government has decided to provide power price subsidies(津贴) for environmental-reformed thermal power stations. The Yiyang Power Plant in central China's Hunan Province is constructing facilities of desulfurization(脱硫), denitrification (脱氮), and dust-extraction. Once completed, the facilities will work to purify exhaust flue gases and reduce over 90 percent of pollutants.
Under the government's new power pricing policies, the Yiyang Power Plant will receive 0.023 yuan per kilowatt hour in government subsidies. Feng Ping, director
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of the Office of Power Price Management in Hunan said, "The power plant’s enthusiasm of denitrification has greatly increased. The reformation of facilities at thermal power plants in Hunan will be completed by the end of next year and put into operation."
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has also raised electricity prices for industries plagued(困扰) by high energy consumption and over-capacity, such as steel and cement. A cement plant in the city of Shaoguan in south China's Guangdong Province has stopped operation due to a substantial increase in electricity price. Yu Bolin is head of the cement plant. "The production of one-ton cement consumes 125 kilowatt hours of electricity, and the cost of that amount of electricity has now increased by more than 30 yuan. However, the profit of one-ton cement was only 20 to 30 yuan. Therefore, the price hike of electricity squeezes out our profits."
Yu says he is now planning to transform his plant to produce environmental-friendly construction materials so as to enjoy lower electricity prices. Apart from the cement sector, the National Development and Reform Commission has planned to carry out the different power pricing measures in industries of flat glass, steel, electrolytic aluminum and others to control over-capacity. The measures have been carried out in Guangdong in advance. The Guangdong government has also introduced preferential measures to underdeveloped areas to encourage growth. Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of NDRC, says China is likely to achieve this year's goal of energy consumption reduction.
32. What’s the function of the Yiyang Power Plant’s constructing facilities?
A. To clean gases and decrease pollutants. B. To reduce the price of gases.
C. To improve the environment. D. To reduce air and water pollution.
33. According to Feng Ping, we can learn that _____.
A. he is director of the Office of Power Price Management in Yiyang
B. the reformation of facilities at thermal power plants in Hunan will be a dream
C. the power plant’s enthusiasm of denitrification has been greatly improved
D. the reformation of facilities will be carried out at once
34. According to Yu Bolin, we can conclude that_____.
A. he is in charge of the cement plant in Hunan
B. the cement plant produces environmental-friendly materials to achieve higher electricity prices
C. to enjoy lower electricity prices, he’ll manufacture environmental-friendly materials
D. he has planned to transform his plant to carry out the different power pricing measures
35. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. China reacts to air pollution.
B. China is sparing no efforts to better the environment and set up environmental-reformed thermal power
stations.
C. Thermal power companies have long been causing air pollution.
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D. China is likely to achieve this year’s goal of energy consumption reduction.
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。
Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
36 Some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. Others burst with anger and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones. They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 37
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
38 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, and then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, " 39 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably." Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 40
A. They say that laughter is much healthier than anger.
B. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.
C. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.
D. Anger may cause you a cancer.
E. Do not express your anger while angry.
F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.
G. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
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和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。
My nephew’s 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot, July weekend. I persuaded him to 41 inside and joined him in a game. After 42 for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I 43 my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable
44 of peace and quiet.
"Look，Alice, " he said enthusiastically as he 45 over to the chair where I was sitting "I found a kite. Could we go outside and 46 it?"
Glancing out of a nearby window, I noticed it was 47 outside. "I'm sorry.
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Tripper," I said, sad to see his 48 eyes. "The wind is not 49 today. The kite won't fly."
The 50 10-year-old replied, "I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly, " he answered 51 he hurried out to the back door.
Up and down in the yard he ran, 52 the kite attached to a small length of string. He ran back and forth, as hard as his ten-year-old legs would carry him, looking back 53 at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.
I asked, "How did it 54 ?"
"Fine," he said, not wanting to admit 55 . "I got it to fly some. "
As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, "I guess I'll have to wait for the 56 ."
At that moment I heard another voice speak to my 57 . "Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way 58 waiting for the wind."
And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to 59 what we want to do. We wait for the wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted our own 60 . We must learn how to rely on it in the first place!
41．
A. live
B. stay
C. study
D. lie
42．
A. playing
B. resting
C. challenging
D. arguing
43．
A. cleaned up
B. jumped off
C. fell into
D. cut down
44．
A. moments
B. hours
C. times
D. periods
45．
A. sent
B. ran
C. left
D. climbed
46．
A. decorate
B. drop
C. hang
D. fly
47．
A. hot
B. still
C. noisy
D. fine
48．
A. bright
B. disappointed
C. dull
D. satisfied
49．
A. staying
B. stopping
C. going
D. blowing
50．
A. clever
B. talented
C. determined
D. fearless
51．
A. after
B. unless
C. as
D. until
52．
A. following
B. making
C. pulling
D. watching
53．
A. angrily
B. nervously
C. doubtfully
D. hopefully
54．
A. go
B. come
C. make
D. fly
55．
A. win
B. defeat
C. mistake
D. luck
56．
A. wind
B. order
C. news
D. sunshine
57．
A. heart
B. memory
C. dream
D. world
58．
A. because of
B. instead of
C. except for
D. as for
59．
A. imagine
B. decide
C. apply
D. accomplish
60．
A. courage
B. patience
C. strength
D. knowledge
第II卷
注意事项：
用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分。）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
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A few years ago, I studied in Salem. I had just met 61 friend who lived in Boston. Sometimes on weekends, I would take the train to see him and then 62 (usual ) take the last train back at night.
One Saturday evening, I took the last train back to Salem. I was tired, so I fell asleep in spite of the fact that 63 was a less than 30-minute ride. About an hour after I boarded the train, a man woke me up and said, “I heard you order a ticket to Salem before we got 64 , so I just let you know this is the stop for Gloucester. I’m sorry I didn’t wake you up earlier 65 I fell asleep too.” Hearing that, I was 66 (fright). My phone was dead and I 67 (spend) my last bit of cash on the train ticket.
I went to the conductor to tell her I had fallen asleep 68 that I didn’t have money, with tears 69
(run) down my face. She then handed me ＄40 and said, “I will call you a taxi when we get to Gloucester.” I asked how I could repay her and she asked me 70 (give) ＄40 to my favorite charity. I would never forget that woman’s kindness.
第四部分 写作（共两节 满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分。）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I recently took a three-day trip to Linfen. The city, lie in southwestern Shanxi province, is about a five-hour high-speed train ride from Beijing. I arrive late in the afternoon and visited the Fen River Park, in which was built along Fen River, the mother river of Shanxi.
That struck me most was the size of the park. It was big than most of the park I had seen in Beijing. I stayed at the Swan Hotel near the park. The hotel offered a nicely environment and food, and poor internet service. After getting my strength back, I went see the Hukou Waterfall the next day. I could hear a sound of the waterfall as the bus approached the entrance to the scenic spot.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
心理健康对我们非常重要，它决定着我们的生活质量。请写一篇题为 How to keep mental health的文章，向校报英文版Mental Health 投稿。文章应包含以下内容：
1. 心理健康的重要性；
2. 保持心理健康的建议：了解自我，接纳自我；善于与他人相处；热爱生活与工作。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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衡阳市八中2015年下学期高二第二次月考考试
英语(答案)
听力：（每小题1.5分，共30分） 1-5. ABCAB 6-10. ABBCA 11-15. CBAAC 16-20. BBCAC
阅读理解：(每小题2分, 共30分) 21-24. DADB 25-28.ADDB 29-31. BCC 32-35.ACCB
七选五：(每小题2分, 共10分)36-40.FGCEA
完型填空：(每小题1.5分, 共30分) 41-45.BACAB 46-50.DBBDC 51-55.CCDAB 56-60. AABDC
语法填空：(每小题1.5分,共15分) 61. a 62. usually 63. it 64. on 65. because
66. frightened 67. had spent 68. and 69.running 70.to give
短文改错：(每小题1分,共10分)
71. lie→ lying 72. arrive→arrived 73. 去掉in 74. That→What
75. big→bigger 76. park→parks 77. nicely→nice 78. and→but
79. see的前面加to 80. a→the
作文： How to keep mental health
Mental health is something that decides whether we can live a happy life or not. However, mental health is easy to be overlooked, which can result in serious mental diseases. Here is some advice on keeping mental health.
First, know your own potential and accept yourself for who you are. Instead of having unpractical and high expectations and demands for yourself, you should make
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practical goals for your life.
Second, be sociable and make as many friends as possible. Try to be a person easy to get along with. When you are discouraged, you can share your trouble with your friends, whose comfort and help can greatly relieve your suffering and help you out.
Third, love your life and work. Try to display your talent in your work and you can get pleasure and satisfaction from your achievements, which can help you keep a good mood.
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