2015—2016学年度第一学期高二年级月考试题
英语 试 卷
一：听力（共20题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5份，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. When does the man want to play?
A. Later today. B. Tomorrow. C. Right now.
2. What does the woman want to eat?
A. Fruit. B. Eggs. C. Pancakes.
3. How does the man get to work?
A. By car B. By train C. By bus
4. Why was Mr. Johnson in the hospital?
A. His wife was ill. B. His wife had a baby. C. He went to visit his daughter.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A lightweight bag. B. Things to wear. C. The warm weather.
第二节（共15小题，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6、7题
6. What did the woman want to do today?
A. Play tennis. B. Go for a run. C. Go to the park.
7. How was the weather last weekend?
A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题
8. Which room are the speakers painting?
A. The bedroom B. The dining room. C. The living room.
9. What color does the woman wait it to be?
A. Green. B. Red. C. Blue.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. What does the woman do at night?
A. She keeps all the lights on.
B. She sleeps in a very dark room.
C. She turns a night light on in her room.
11. How old was the woman when a man broke into her home?
A. About four years old. B. About five years old. C. About eight years old.
12. What was the woman’s father carrying?
A. A knife. B. A bat C. A gun.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题
13. What is the man doing?
A. Playing with fire. B. Watching people on the street. C. Making paper airplanes.
14. What can the woman see across the street?
A. A crowd of people. B. A building. C. A big airplane.
15. What will happen to the man according to the woman?
A. He’ll get into trouble. B. He’ll get a reward. C. He’ll get sick.
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1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Brother and sister. B. Father and daughter. C. Mother and son.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20 题
2. What does the speaker do?
A. A reporter. B. A business woman. C. A writer.
3. Where does Kareen Christenson work?
A. At the Local Business magazine.
B. At the marketing department.
C. In the Twin Towers building.
4. Why does the speaker want to talk with James?
A. For an article. B. For a new movie. C. For her business.
5. At what time does the speaker want to meet James?
A. This week. B. Next week. C. Next year.
二 阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)
A
Are you having difficulty falling asleep? Try drinking a glass of warm milk. If that doesn’t work, listen to some soft, beautiful music. Still no luck? Try think about sheep jumping over a fence. If you are still awake, take a sleeping pill. People who take pills often become dependent on the drugs. So you lie awake knowing that the new workday will soon arrive. If you have been in such condition for at least one month, you may have primary insomnia(失眠症).
A new study has found that you might fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep longer if you try “cerebral hypothermia.” It is not a complex medical process. It just means cooling down your brain. Eric Nofzinger and Naniel Buysse from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School led the study. They examined twelve people who had sleeping problems. Twelve others had no sleeping problems. Each of them wore a soft plastic cap on their head at bedtime.
The caps had tubes inside filled with water. The researchers moved the water through the tubes and then changed the temperature of the water. Other studies showed that people who had sleeping problems often had more chemical reactions in the front of their brain. The researchers thought cooling down the brain might help.
On the first two nights of testing, the patients wore caps with no water. On the next two nights, the caps were worn, but the water was not cooled. Then the researchers cooled the water a little for another two nights. On the final two nights of the study, the temperature of the water was made much cooler. The researchers found that the water caps didn’ t help the patients until the temperature was about 14℃. Most of the patients fell asleep faster and slept better when the coolest water was moving around their head.
Dr Nfzinger and Dr. Buysse noted that this was only the beginning of the brain temperature study. But they believed they had discovered something important that needed more research.
21. The first paragraph is written to _________.
A. explain how serious insomnia is. B. bring forward the topic of the passage.
C. tell us the causes of sleeping problems.
D. tell us the danger of having sleeping problems.
22 From the passage we know that “cerebral hypothermia” is actually _________.
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A. a complex medical process. B. a psychological treatment.
C. a simple physical treatment. D. a difficult scientific theory.
23. In the study, researchers helped people fall asleep faster through _________.
A. increasing chemical reactions in the front of their brain.
B. making them feel safe with a cap on their head
C. asking them to drink water to cool down
D. lowering the temperature of their brain
24. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The cause of the study. B. The function of the caps.
C. Some details of the study. D. People’s reactions to the study.
B
Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeare’s World
Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in l564 and where he grew up. The property(房产)remained in the ownership of Shakespeare’s family until 1806 .The House has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the world ,for over 250 years.
◆Enter through the Visitors’ Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare's World，a lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare.
◆Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up.
◆Discover examples of furniture and needlework from Shakespeare’s period.
◆Enjoy the traditional(传统的)English garden，planted with trees and flower mentioned in the poet’s works.
The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map；nearest is Windsor Street(3 minutes’ Walk).
The House may present difficulties but the Visitors’ Centre, its exhibition．and the garden are accessible (可进入的)to wheelchair users.
The Shakespeare Coffee House (opposite the Birthplace).
25．How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children？
A．￡9.80． B．￡12.00． C．￡14.20． D．￡16.40．
26．Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare’s Birthplace？
A．Behind the exhibition hall． B．Opposite the Visiturs’Centre．
C．At Windsor Street． D．Near the Coffee House．
27．A wheelchair user may need help to enter_________．
A．the House B．the garden C．the Visitors’Centne D．the exhibition hall
C
Do dogs understand us?
Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.
A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).
In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and
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fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn't see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words.
In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.
The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive.
Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种)known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.
It's hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!
28. From paragraph 2 we know that _______ .
A. animals are as clever as human beings
B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees
C. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills
D. dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children
29. Both experiments show that_______ .
A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right
B. Rico can recognize different things including toys
C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics
D. Rico won't forget the names of objects once recognizing them
30. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie's mental abilities.
B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.
C. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.
D. Rico is born to understand its owner's commands.
31. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. To train your dog. B. To talk to your dog.
C. To be friendly to your dog. D. To be careful with your dog.
D
The Peales were a famous family of American artists．Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution．He painted portraits(肖像) of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington．His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture．
Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia．The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings．Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike．The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton （骷髅） of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801．
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists．Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese．His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington．Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits．
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James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures （小画像）．His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America．
32．The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________．
A．Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike
B．Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work
C．Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale
D．the painting of the two brothers was very large
33．The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”．
A．showed B．invented C．dug up D．looked over
34．Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?
A．Titian Peale． B．Rubens Peale．
C．Raphaelle Peale． D．Sarah Miriam Peale．
35．The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______．
A．puzzled B．admiring C．excited D．disappointed
三 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分）
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked 36 at me and said “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. 37 several seconds all I could do was to stand there and 38 down at him. My first thought was he must need 39 while doing his homework 40 he was trying to prepare me for some 41 . Finally, I asked, “What was that all about?” “ 42 .” He said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an 43 . ”
The next day I 44 his teacher at my office to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had responded . “ Basically , most of the fathers had the same reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first 45 we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The point is,” the teacher explained, “feeling 46 is an important part of 47 . It’s something all human beings 48 . What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too 49 that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be able to tell his dad that he loves him. ” The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how difficult it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say. When my son came to me 50 , I held on to him for an extra second. And just 51 he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you. ”
I didn’t know if saying that would make 52 of us healthier, but we did feel pretty 53 . Maybe 54 time when one of my children says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole 55 to think of the right answer.
36. A. down B. away C. out D. up
37. A. After B. For C. In D. On
38. A. glare B. get C. stare D. knock
39. A. money B. time C. help D. paper
40. A. or B. but C. when D. while
41. A. money B. news C. test D. explanation
42. A. Anything B. Nothing C. Important D. Interesting
43. A. experiment B. experience C. excuse D. expert
44. A. advised B. told C. called D. informed
45. A. allowed B. agreed C. suggested D. planned
46. A. loved B. helpful C. interested D. trusted
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47. A. body B. work C. study D. health
48. A. agree B. understand C. know D. require
49. A. bad B. good C. easy D. hard
50. A. that day B. that moment C. that evening D. that morning
51. A. before B. after C. because D. as
52. A. neither B. either C. most D. few
53. A. terrible B. disappointed C. bad D. good
54. A. next B. last C. each D. every
55. A. afternoon B. morning C. day D. week
四 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。
Most of us lead a busy life. 56 We think, “If I reached my goal, then I would be happy”, or “If I could get a better job, then I would enjoy life.” But why not enjoy life right now?
Firstly, take time to notice and appreciate the beauty in your own surroundings. 57 “There is a great big world of wonder and beauty around us!” And as Brodersen explains，“Look for the beauty of the sunrise and of a friend’s smile that brightens your day. Open your eyes to see the beauty you might not normally see. Doing so helps to cheer you up.”
Secondly, taking time to experience some simple pleasures also can bring joy to your heart and ease your stress. Take me for example. 58 One universal simple pleasure is finding things that make you laugh. Make time to laugh every day.
Thirdly, don’t take your family and friends for granted. Rich, rewarding relationships add greatly to the enjoyment of life. When you think of someone, why not call, e-mail or write them? 59 As Wayne Lawton explains, “Invest time in relationships. Remove the attitude, what’s in it for me? Happiness is found in putting other’s interests, desires and concerns ahead of our own whenever possible. Selfishness is a dead-end street.” 60 .
A. Be aware of beauty in nature.
B. In my spare time, I enjoy collecting stamps and reading novels.
C. Driven by the “urgent”, we forget to enjoy life.
D. A short e-mail or phone call can make a world of difference to someone.
E. You don’t need to travel far to find beauty.
F. I delight in simple things like my favorite tea drink, a bubble bath or family photos.
G. So please treasure relationship.
第二卷（50分）
一．语法填空 (每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Some years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, 61.___________ (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe that there was no time to debate who was 62__________ (blame). The most important thing for the government to do was to find out the cause of this 63. ____________ (die) disease. They invited all the best experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions 64 ____________________ (put forward). Some of the top experts picked out those suggestions and tested them to see 65 ___________ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient66. _____________ was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine 67. ___________ (test) on him. 68. ____________ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned to the top official, telling him this exciting news. For 69______________ (convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease
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and kicked70 __________ out finally.
二：短文改错 (共10分;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短文。短文中共有10处错误，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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Two years before, I traveled to Brazil and I rented for a car. Unfortunate, I had an accident and hit another car, and I needed to stay in a hospital for at least two week. I called my parents, so I did not tell them what had happened. I knew that they will be worried about myself because I was so farther away, and that my mother would not sleep if she knew. Therefore, I told them interested stories and how I was enjoying Brazil. As a result, nobody knew truth. I still think that it was the right thing to do.
三．书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，最近你发现你的好友李鹏因为一次英语考试的不及格而有了厌学的情绪。你很担心他。请根据以下的要点给李鹏写一封英语邮件，鼓励他战胜困难、努力学习。
1.分析李鹏的学习情况。他上课不注意听讲等；
2.高中生应该如何面对考试中的失败和挫折；
3.对他今后的学习提供帮助。
注意：1．短文必须包括所有要点，可以适当增加情节，使内容连贯。
2. 词数100左右。
3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇：frustration 挫折
Hi, Li Peng,
To be honest, I’m really concerned about you as I find you are tired of studying English after taking the exam. I’m writing to_
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
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短文改错 (共10分;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短文。短文中共有10处错误，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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Two years before, I traveled to Brazil and I rented for a car. Unfortunate, I had an accident and hit another car, and I needed to stay in a hospital for at least two week. I called my parents, so I did not tell them what had happened. I knew that they will be worried about myself because I was so farther away, and that my mother would not sleep if she knew. Therefore, I told them interested stories and how I was enjoying Brazil. As a result, nobody knew truth. I still think that it was the right thing to do.
三．书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，最近你发现你的好友李鹏因为一次英语考试的不及格而有了厌学的情绪。你很担心他。请根据以下的要点给李鹏写一封英语邮件，鼓励他战胜困难、努力学习。
高二英语答题纸共2页第2页
1.分析李鹏的学习情况。他上课不注意听讲等；
2.高中生应该如何面对考试中的失败和挫折；
3.对他今后的学习提供帮助。
注意：1．短文必须包括所有要点，可以适当增加情节，使内容连贯。
2. 词数100左右。
3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇：frustration 挫折
Hi, Li Peng,
To be honest, I’m really concerned about you as I find you are tired of studying English after taking the exam. I’m writing to_
_______________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
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第二次月考英语答案
1.听力1-5 BABCB 6-10 CBBCC 11-15 ABCBA 16-20AABAA
2.阅读理解21-24 BCDC 25-27 BCA 28-31 CBBC 32-35 ACDB
3.完形填空36-40 DBCCA 41-45 BBACC 46-50 ADDAC 51-55 ABDAC
4.七选五CEFDG
5.语法填空 61.causing 62. to blame 63. deadly 64.were put forward
65. whether/if 66. who/that 67.tested 68. To 69. convenience 70. it
6. 改错 1.before----ago 2.去掉for 3. Unfortunately 4. weeks 5.so---- but
6. will---- would 7.myself-----me 8. farther-----far 9. interested---- interesting
10.truth前加the
7.书面表达
Hi Li Peng,
To be honest, I’m really concerned about you as I find that you are tired of studying English after taking the exam. I’m writing to encourage you to overcome the difficulty and study harder than ever before.
It is time that we should build up good studying habits. I notice that you used to pay no attention to what the teacher had said. When the teacher was giving lessons, you sometimes seemed absent-minded and forget to take notes. As a consequence, you failed in the exams. What’s more, as students, we have had many tests or exams and it is natural that we should achieve success and suffer from failure. When we don’t do well in the exams, we will usually fall in low spirits and no longer study diligently as before. However, we should take a positive attitude towards failure and frustration, because as the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. Besides, we need to be self-confident even if we are faced with the poor results. What we can do is to analyse and find out the cause so that we will not make similar mistakes any more.
When you have trouble learning English, please come to ask me for help. Trust me, only if you make some changes will you be sure to succeed.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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