2015-2016学年上期月考试卷
高 二 英 语
考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第I卷 (选择题 共100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.What does the woman want to do?
A. To have an X ray.
B. To go to the hospital.
C. To help the wounded man.
2. Where and when will the meeting be held?
A. Room 303, 3:00 pm. B. Room 303, 2:00 pm. C. Room 302, 2:00 pm.
3. When would Thomas and Lily like to leave?
A. Tomorrow. B. Next Monday or Tuesday. C. This Monday.
4. What is the man’s choice?
A. He prefers train for trip.
B. He doesn’t like traveling.
C. Not mentioned.
5. According to the woman, what should the man do at first?
A. He should ask about the flat on the phone.
B. He should read the advertisements for flats in the newspaper.
C. He should phone and make an appointment.
第二节（共15小题）
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6至8题。
6. How long is it since they met each other?
A. More than one year. B. Less than one year. C. Three months.
7. Where does the man work?
A. In a food factory. B. At a university. C. At the National Bank.
8. Which of the following is true?
A. The woman speaks German better than Spanish.
B. Tom, John’s son, is in Grade Three.
C. The man has two children.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Who are the two speakers?
A. A man and his wife. B. A man and his sister. C. A man and his girlfriend.
10. Why is the man unhappy about their weekends?
A. They seldom invite friends over.
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B. They seldom go out for a picnic.
C. They seldom spend weekends together.
11. Which aspect of the picnic do the man and woman differ on?
A. Who should get the car ready.
B. How many friends they should invite.
C. What food and drink they should prepare.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Why does the man go to see the doctor?
A. Because he is seriously ill.
B. Because he wants to see death.
C. Because the doctor wants his money.
13. What does the doctor advise the man to do?
A. Take more medicine.
B. Have a holiday.
C. Give some of his money to poor people.
14. How do you find the man?
A. He is honest.
B. He is careless about his health.
C. He cares for his money beyond everything else.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. How has the man been feeling lately?
A. Lonely. B. Unhappy. C. Depressed.
16. What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. To learn English. B. To join a club. C. To do exercise.
17. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man is the woman’s elder brother.
B. You don’t feel alone when you have a close friend.
C. The man comes from north America.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why was the Mesa Verde National Park built?
A. To attract more visitors.
B. To earn money.
C. To protect the culture of ancient Native Americans.
19. What language do the words“Mesa Verde”belong to?
A. English. B. Spanish. C. French.
20.How many ruins were discovered in all?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
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）
阅读短文，掌握其大意，从所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 。
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A
I passed all the other courses that I took at my university, but I could have never passed botany. This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory looking through a microscope at plant cells, and I could never once see a cell through a microscope. This used to make my professor angry. He would wander around the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making in drawing the structure of flower cells, until he came to me. I would just be standing there. “I can’t see anything,” I would say. He would begin patiently enough, explaining how anybody can see through a microscope, but he would always end up angrily, claiming that I could too see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn’t. “It takes away from the beauty of flowers anyway.”I used to tell him. “We are not concerned with beauty in this course,” he would say.“We are concerned with the structure of flowers.” “Well,” I’d say. “I can’t see anything.” “Try it just once again,” he’d say, and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all, except now and again something unclear and milky. “You were supposed to see a clear, moving plant cells shaped like clocks.” “I see what looks like a lot of milk.” I would tell him. This, he claimed, was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly, so he would readjust it for me, or rather, for himself. And I would look again and see milk.
I failed to pass botany that year, and had to wait a year and try again, or I couldn’t graduate. The next term the same professor was eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes. “Well,” he said to me, happily, “we’re going to see cells this time, aren’t we?” “Yes, sir,” I said. Students to the right of me and to the left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; what’s more, they were . Of course, I didn’t see anything.
So the professor and I tried with every adjustment of the microscope known to man. With only once did I see anything but blackness or the familiar milk, and that time I saw, to my pleasure and amazement, something like stars. These I hurriedly drew. The professor, noting my activity, came to me, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing. “What’s that?” he asked.“That’s what I saw,” I said. “You didn’t, you didn’t, you didn’t!” he screamed, losing control of himself immediately, and he bent over and looked into the microscope. He raised his head suddenly. “That’s your eye!”he shouted.“You’ve adjusted the microscope so that it reflects! You’ve drawn your eye!”
21．Why couldn’t the writer see the flower cells through the microscope?
A. Because he had poor eyesight.
B. Because the microscope didn’t work properly.
C. Because he was not able to adjust the microscope properly.
D. Because he was just playing jokes on his professor by pretending not to have seen it.
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22．What does the writer mean by “his eyebrows high in hope”in the last paragraph?
A. His professor expected him to have seen the cells and drawn the picture of them.
B. His professor hoped he could perform his task with attention.
C. His professor wished him to learn how to draw pictures.
D. His professor looked forward to seeing all his students finish their drawings.
23．What is the thing like stars that the writer saw in the last paragraph?
A. Real stars B. His own eye C. Something unknown D. Milk
24．In what writing style did the writer write the passage?
A. Realistic B. Romantic C. Serious D. Humorous
B
Do you scream on a roller coaster ride? You slowly climb up a steep slope until an almost vertical(垂直的) drop, and then... Ahh! Thrill-seekers like me are in luck because theme parks are pushing the boundaries of technology to create the fastest, tallest, scariest roller coasters the world has ever known.
Alton Towers in Britain opened the world's first 14-1oop roller coaster a few months ago, called The Smiler. Over in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari World claims to have the world's fastest one. Ferrari World's Formula Rossa ride sends out passengers from 0-240km/h in just 4. 9 seconds. During this rapid acceleration they experience G-forces only fighter pilots usually feel: Up to 4. 8G. The designer of several rides at Alton Towers, said: "While we can stand 6-8Gs for very short periods of time, if we experience 5G for more than five seconds we're likely to "black out."
On modern roller coasters passengers experience about 3G in tight turns and loops. But while we may have reached the limit in terms of G-forces, there is no technological limit to how fast or how high roller coasters can go---it's all down to money. Alton Towers' The Smiler cost ~18m to build.
Some companies are finding other ways to keep us amused. There's a move towards indoor rides where the experience is improved by audio-visual technologies. For example, a company called Dynamic Structures is currently developing a "coal-mine-themed" ride for a client in Dubai that will combine speed and G-forces with 3D projection effects and robotics, which will trick your brain into thinking you're really falling.
I can't wait to enjoy this one. What about you: Do you like being upside down?
25. The underlined phrase "black out" in the second paragraph probably means ___
A. stop breathing B. lose consciousness for a short time
C. lose memory forever D. bleed to death
26．We can learn from the passage that __
A. all the theme parks are creating the fast roller coasters
B. the Smiler sends out passengers from 0-240km/h in just 4.9 seconds
C. it is unusual for fighter pilots to feel up to 4.8G
D. the more the money is spent, the faster the roller coaster can go
27．What is the best title for the passage?
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A. The Fastest Roller Coaster B. The Smiler and G-forces
C. Screaming for Fun D. The New Technology
C
We know that sugary sodas aren’t good for our bodies. Now it turns out that they may not be good for our minds, either. A new study of more than 260,000 people has found a link between sweetened soft-drinks and depression, and diet sodas may be making matters worse.
Americans drink far more sodas than people in other countries— as much as 170 liters per person per year. But the impact of this study isn’t limited to the United States. “Sweetened drinks, coffee and tea are commonly consumed worldwide and have important physical consequences. And they may have important mental-health consequences as well,” study author Dr Honglei Chen said in a statement.
The study studied 263,925 people between the ages of 50 and 71. Researchers followed their consumption of drinks like soda, tea coffee, and other soft drinks from 1995 to 1996 and then. 10 years later, asked them if they had been diagnosed with depression since the year 2000. More than 11,3000 of them had.
Participants who drank more than four servings of sodas per day were 30 percent more likely to develop depression than participants who did not drink sodas at all. People who stuck with fruit punch(鸡尾酒), had a 38 percent higher risk than people who didn’t drink sweetened drinks. And all that extra sugar isn’t the actual problem. Researchers say that the artificial sweetener aspartame may be to blame.
The study found a link but could not surely determine whether sodas and other sweet soft drinks cause depression. Still, the results “are consistent with a small but growing body of evidence suggesting that artificially sweetened beverages may be linked to poor health outcomes.”
But there’s a bright side for those who can’t live without their daily sodas. Adults who drank coffee had a 10 percent lower risk of depression compared to people who didn’t drink any coffee, according to the study. “Our research suggests that cutting out or down on sweetened diet drinks or replacing them with unsweetened coffee may naturally help lower your depression risk,” said Chen.
28．What has the new study of more than 260,000 people found?
A. Sugary sodas aren’t good for the physical health of old people.
B. Americans have a special tooth for sweet foods.
C. Sweetened soft-drinks may increase the risk of depression.
D. Sweetened soft-drinks have important physical consequences.
29．What do we know about the process of the study?
A. About twenty-six thousand people participated in it.
B. The oldest participants were below 80 when the study was over.
C. Most of the participants had depression when the study was over.
D. The study lasted more than ten years from the beginning to the end.
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30．It is implied in the passage that ______.
A. more research is needed to confirm the new findings
B. the new findings aren’t consistent with any previous findings
C. cutting one’s sodas intake will surely reduce one’s depression
D. the new findings won’t have an impact on people’s drinking habits
31．What should you drink in order to reduce the risk of depression?
A.Sodas. B.Unsweetened coffee.
C.Sugary coffee. D.Fruit punch.
D
Brazil is a federation that consists of twenty-six states and one federal district. The biggest majority of Brazil’s population belongs to the Christian religion and almost all of them are Catholics. This is something Brazil inherited being Portugal’s colony.
Historically, the country was a colony claimed by people from Portugal and this made Portuguese the official language. The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 and until that moment it was inhabited by semi-nomadic(半游牧的) people. The Portuguese changed Brazil into a country of slaves until 1800, when Maria I of Portugal came to live in Brazil. The Queen did not stay long in Brazil, but during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated from other countries. So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822, Brazil already had the potential to develop. The Brazilian Empire, Pedro I, abolished slavery in 1888 in the face of Princess Isabel. A lot of European people started coming to Brazil and the industry of the country started working. In the 19th and the 20th century as it has been said above foreign people immigrated to Brazil and basically 5 million European and Japanese people became the residents of Brazil. The beginning of the 20th century was especially marked by the immigration of a lot of Asian people: Japanese, Korean and Chinese immigrants. As a matter of fact Japanese people do not immigrate a lot, and the fact that the Brazilian-Japanese people are the largest Japanese minority in the world does astonish greatly.
The majority of the cultural inherits of Brazil are actually Portuguese, due to the fact that Brazil was Portugal’s colony for a very long time. The southern states mainly consist of European population and the north and the northeast consist of a mixed population including Africans, Amerindians and Europeans. Most of this population is Roman Catholic. No other country in the world has the same amount of Catholics. The modern tendency of Brazil is the growing number of people calling themselves Protestants. Around 7.4% of the population don’t believe any god. Some Brazilians, especially in the northern states are mixed Africans who prefer following the traditional African religions. Only 1.8% of the population chose Buddhism, Islam or Judaism.
Though Brazil always tried to maintain democracy, it was failed several times by the dictatorship（独裁） of Getulo Vargas. This fact could not affect the political situation in the country.
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32. Brazil was ruled by Portuguese about ______.
A. 220 years B. 300 years C. 322 years D. 328 years
33. Who might block the development of Brazil?
A. Maria I B. Pedro I C. immigrants D. Getulo Vargas
34. The writer mainly tells us the ______ of Brazil in the passage.
A. religion B. history C. culture D. political situation
35. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Brazil was isolated from other countries when Maria I stayed there.
B. The industry of the country started working in 1888.
C. Brazil has the largest population of Catholics in the world.
D. Some people in Brazil don’t believe any god.
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。选项中的两项为多途选项。
（E涂为AB,F涂为AC,G涂为AD）
Why Exercise is Cool?
1. Exercise Strengthens Muscles
Did you ever do a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground? __36_ By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, too.
2. _37__
Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble. Being flexible is having “full range of motion,” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain.
3. Exercise Keeps the Balance
__38_ Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff. __39__ If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as many calories.
Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as extra fat.
4. Exercise Makes You Feel Good
It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy — like running, jumping, and playing with your friends. It’s also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive.
But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood. _40_ It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!
A. So you want to do some aerobic (有氧的) exercise right now?
B. Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy.
C. When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical, which may make you feel happier.
D. Those are exercises that can build strength.
E. Exercise Makes You Flexible
F. Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy
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G. But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy.
第三部分 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，从所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can’t 41 what it was about, but I have never forgotten the 42 I learned that day.
I was 43 that I was right and he was wrong--and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The 44 decided to teach us a very important lesson. She 44 both of us up to the 46 of the class and 47 him on one side of her desk and me on 48 . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could 49 see that it was black. She asked the boy what 50 the object was. “White,” he answered.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, 51 it was obviously black! Another 52 started between my classmate and me, this 53 about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed 54 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 55 answer, “White.” It was an object with two 56 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 57 from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 58 in the other person’s shoes and look at the 59 through their eyes in order to 60 understand their view.
41. A. think B. suppose C. remind D. remember
42. A. lesson B. lecture C. class D. text
43. A. told B. wished C. convinced D. allowed
44. A. officer B. teacher C. doctor D. parent
45. A. told B. came C. brought D. woke
46. A. back B. front C. middle D. side
47. A. planted B. placed C. had D. fixed
48 A. the other B. another C. other D. others
49 A. happily B. fortunately C. clearly D. nearly
50. A. width B. shape C. color D. size
51. A. when B. unless C. until D. if
52. A. fight B. argument C. conversation D. game
53. A. time B. year C. month D. day
54. A. places B. seats C. attitudes D. glasses
55. A. needed to B. was able to C. hoped to D. had to
56. A. similarly B. differently C. beautifully D. surprisingly
57. A. Still B. Since C. Only D. Also
58. A. seat B. stand C. lie D. put
59. A. situation B. movement C. condition D. behavior
60. A. unexpectedly B. suddenly C. quietly D. truly
第II卷（共三节，满分50分）
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第一节 语法填空（每空填词不超过3个，每空1.5分，共10空，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。答案写在答题卡上。
W: May I see your license, please?
M: But officer, did I do something wrong?
W: Do you mean __61 (say) you didn’t see the speed limit sign back there ?
M: Um, no, madam, I guess I didn’t.
W: In other words, you drove by __62_ fast to read it. The sign says 35km/h. A school is just nearby, you know?
M: Don’t get me wrong, but my speedometer didn’t read much _63__ (fast) than that .
W: Then, why is it __64__ my radar showed you were going 45km/h? Let me put it __65__ way. I’m going to give you a ticket. Again, may I see your license, please?
M: Here it is, officer. But let me explain. I was late for an important __66__ (appoint) and I was worried that I wouldn’t make it on time. So …
W: Uha, just a minute, here. Your license is no longer valid. You __67__ (renew) it two weeks ago. I’m going to write your name up for that, too.
M: What? Really?
W: Your license became invalid on your birthday and that was two weeks ago according to the date here. You are in violation of (违犯) the law ––– driving __68__ a valid license.
M: I’m sorry, madam. I didn’t realize that.
W: Here’s the ticket for not having a valid license. But I’m only going to give you __69__ warning about exceeding the speed limit. Be __70__ (care) next time.
M: Yes, madam, I will. Thank you.
第二节短文改错（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。错误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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
Mr.Johnson is a hardworking teacher. Every day, he spends too much time with his work. With little sleep and hardly any break, so he works from morning till night. Hard work have made him very ill. “He has ruined his healthy. We are worried about him.” That is which other teachers say. Yesterday afternoon, I paid visit to Mr.Johnson. I was eager to see him, but outside her room I stopped. I had to calm myself down. Quietly I step into the room. I saw him lying in bed, looking at some of the picture we had taken together. I understood that he missed us just as many as we missed him.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分
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团队合作(teamwork)在现代是非常重要的。请根据以下要点，简要写一篇关于teamwork的演讲稿，并表明你自己的看法。词数不少于80。
–为何重要：
1．是学习和工作必需的能力； 2．可节省时间，精力，资源；
3．彼此有机会相互学习；
–合作对象：
1. 与志同道合的人合作容易理解，同甘共苦，心情愉快；
2. 与和自己差异较大的人合作可以学会宽容，并学会发掘别人优点。
参考答案
一．听力 1-5.CCBCB 6- 10.BCBAC 11- 15.BACCA 16- 20.BBCBC
二．阅读 21-24．CABD 25-27 .BDC 28-31 CDAB 32-35 CDBA
36-40 DEBGC
三．完型 41-45 DACBC 46-50 BBACC
51-55 ABAAD 56-60 BCBAD
四．语法填空61．to say 62. too 63．faster 64. that 65．another 66．appointment 67．should have renewed 68．without 69．a 70．careful
五．改错
1. with改为 on 2. so 去掉 3. have改为 has 4. healthy 改为health
5. which改为 what 6. paid 后加 a 7. her改为 his 8. step 改为 stepped 9. picture 改为pictures 10. many改为 much
书面表达：
Good morning, everyone! My topic today is “Teamwork”.
In this modern world, if we want to be informed or complete our work better and more efficiently, there is an urgent need for all of us to learn to cooperate with others. Not only can cooperation save us a lot of time, energy and resources, but also we can learn much from each other.
We’ll be lucky enough to find someone who holds the same belief to cooperate with due to the fact that we can understand each other and share our joy and sorrow happily. However, it can be difficult to cooperate with someone who is different from
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us in many respects. In this case, we'll have to learn to put up with some of his shortcomings and try to discover his advantages.
In my opinion, teamwork means we should try to listen to others’ opinions, never force our ideas on others and if he makes mistakes, and try to point them out in a polite way.
Thanks for your listening!
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