益阳市箴言中学2015—2016学年高二12月月考
英语试题
时量：120 分钟 总分：150
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. What will the woman do?
A. Return her shoes. B. Have her shoes repaired. C. Buy new shoes.
2. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a travel agency.
3. Who will probably decide the place to go?
A. The man. B. The woman. C. Harry.
4. What makes the man so happy?
A. Tom will play football with him.
B. Tom will tell him the best news.
C. Tom will play football more than hours.
5. What does the woman like to watch in her spare time?
A. Advertisements. B. TV plays. C. Art shows.
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6至8题。
6. Why is the woman so excited?
A. Her grandpa will come here.
B. Her grandpa will cook for them.
C. Her grandpa will give her a valuable present.
7. How does her grandpa come here?
A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By train.
8. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The grandpa is independent.
B. The grandpa will arrive at 6:00 a.m.
C. The speakers will book a room for the grandpa.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Which two countries will have a football match tonight?
A. Brazil and Japan. B. China and England. C. Brazil and England.
10. What is the man busy with recently?
A. His driving test. B. His final exam. C. His basketball training.
11. When will the match start?
A. At 1:00 a.m. B. At 1:00 p.m. C. At 11:00 p.m.
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听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What is the matter with the woman’s computer?
A. The screen is broken.
B. The printer doesn’t work.
C. The computer has stopped working.
13. Where does the conversation take place?
A. Over the phone. B. At home. C. In an office.
14. What is the cause of the problem?
A. The screen is too old.
B. The printer has no ink.
C. The connector was loose.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Why is the house very convenient according to the man?
A. It’s near the bus stop.
B. It’s near the city center.
C. It’s near the subway station.
16. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. To cut down the rent.
B. To do some repair work.
C. To discuss with the landlord.
17. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman hasn’t made the decision yet.
B. The man doesn’t know how much the rent is.
C. The woman doesn’t think the house is good.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How often is the lab class given?
A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.
19. What is the result if one misses three lab classes?
A. He can’t graduate. B. He will get a low mark. C. He will be dropped.
20. What is forbidden in the lab?
A. Washing hands. B. Wearing caps. C. Wearing large clothes.
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。
A
Founded in 1764 by French traders, St. Louis today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the United States. There are many attractive destinations for tourists.
American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
Dog lovers who visit St. Louis won’t want to miss this 14,000-square-foot museum. Inside are over 500 paintings, prints, watercolors, and a variety of other dog art objects.
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The Museum is open year round, Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM, and Sunday 1 PM to 5 PM. Admission is ＄1 for children up to 13, ＄2.50 for senior citizens, and ＄5 for others.
Anheuser Busch Brewery
The Anheuser Buxch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers. The tour includes the historic Brew House. Then the tour continues to the modern Bevo Packaging Plant. The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale stables. The tours are always free.
Gateway Arch
Designed by Eero Sarinen and Hannskari Bandel, it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build. It is the tallest of the country’s National Monuments. The Arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. About one million people per year come to the top of the Arch, where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city.
St. Louis Zoo
First version of the St. Louis Zoo opened in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair, but in the century since it has grown into one of the foremost zoos in the world. The Zooline Raiload passenger train takes visitors around the Zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species.
The Zoo is open every day but Christmas and New Year, with summer hours of 8 AM to 7 PM, and hours the rest of the year of 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission to the Zoo is free.
21. If a senior high school student plans to visit American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
with his parents and his five-year-old brother, he has to pay ______.
A. ＄8.5 B. ＄12 C. ＄13.5 D. ＄16
22. Which of the following statements about Gateway Arch is TRUE?
A. It was built in three years.
B. You can see the city clearly on the top of the Arch.
C. It is the largest of the country’s National Monuments.
D. President Jefferson was buried there.
23. If you plan to visit St. Louis Zoo, you can go there ______.
A. at 8:30 am in summer B. at 5:30 pm in autumn C. on Christmas D. on New Year
B
My father was, by nature, a cheerful, kindly man. Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farm-hand for Thomas Butterworth near the town of Bidwell, Ohio. On Saturday evenings he drove his horse into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farm-hands. He was quite happy in his position in life.
It was in his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother, a school teacher. Something happened to the two people. The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them. Mother induced father to give up his place as a farm-hand,
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sell his horse and start an independent enterprise of his own. They rented ten acres of poor stony land and launched into chicken raising.
One inexperienced in such matters can have no idea of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken. It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny fluffy thing, then becomes naked, gets diseases, and dies. A few hens, and now and then a rooster, intended to serve God’s mysterious ends, struggle through to maturity. The hens lay eggs out of which come other chickens and the awful cycle is thus made complete. It is all unbelievably complex. Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms. One hopes for so much from a chicken and is so awfully disappointed. Small chickens, look so bright and in fact so awfully stupid. They are so much like people they mix one up in one’s judgments of life. If disease does not kill them they wait until your expectations are thoroughly aroused and then walk under the wheels of a carriage.
In later life I have seen how a literature has been built up on the subject of fortunes to be made out of the raising of chickens. It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is a hopeful literature and declares that much may be done by simple ambitious people who own a few hens. Do not be misguided by it. It was not written for you. Go hunt for gold on the frozen hills of Alaska, put your faith in the honesty of a politician, believe if you will that good will defeat evil, but do not read and believe the literature that is written concerning the hen.
For ten years my father and mother struggled to make our chicken farm pay and then they gave up that struggle and began another. They moved into the town of Bidwell, Ohio and began the restaurant business, with the tiny hope of looking for a new place from which to start on our upward journey through life.
24. Which of the following is the right order of what happened?
a. Father got married to Mother, a school teacher.
b. Father quitted working at Butterworth’s.
c. My parents launched a business in Bidwell.
d. Father socialized in town on Saturday evenings
e. My parents started their job of chicken farming.
A. d-a-b-e-c B. d-a-c-b-e C. d-b-a-e-c D. d-b-a-c-e
25. By saying “Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms”, the author means that chicken farming _____.
A. is so complex that only philosophers can comprehend it
B. gives you a philosophical insight into life
C. exposes you to a complete circle of life
D. allows you the time to judge the life
26. In the author’s opinion, the literature about chicken raising _____.
A. is full of hope and positive energy
B. proves the victory of good over evil
C. persuades you to believe in politicians
D. tends to be blindly optimistic about its rewards
27. What’s the author’s attitude towards parents’ dream of
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rise to success?
A. approving B. optimistic C. skeptical D. indifferent
C
Cooking Kills Four Million People a Year
Polluted airborne particles（大气悬浮颗粒）kill 7 million people a year, reports the World Health Organization.
That news may not come as a surprise to anyone who has seen images of chimneys in Beijing, Delhi or Mexico. But those factories—or even the jammed roadways of modern cities—are not the biggest killer. Each year, some 4.3 million people die earlier than they should because of polluted air inside their homes, says the WHO.
What’s causing the air inside people’s homes to be so poisonous that it kills around 11,000 people a day? Stoves. “Having an open fire in your kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour.” says Kirk Smith, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, whose research suggests that household air pollution from cooking killed between 3.5 million and 4 million people in 2013.
Not all stoves cause this kind of harm. The ones Smith’s talking about are those that the 3 billion people in the developing world use for heat and cooking, which burn solid fuels such as wood, coal, or crop waste instead of gas. The smoke from those fires produces harmful fine particles and carbon monoxide into homes. Poor ventilation then prevents that smoke from escaping, raising fine particle levels 100 times higher than the limits that the WHO considers acceptable.
Breathing this air day in day out eventually causes a lot of diseases: more than a third of the 4.3 million die of a stroke, while a quarter die of heart disease. And around one-third of annual lung disease deaths worldwide are due to waste from coal stoves.
Exposure tends to be extremely harmful for the people who spend the most time around the fire—usually women and young children. In fact, the WHO reports that household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood lung disease.
28. According to Kirk Smith’s research, ________.
A. factories are the biggest killer worldwide nowadays
B. burning 400 cigarettes an hour is extremely dangerous
C. household air pollution from cooking is surprisingly harmful
D. some 4.3 million people die earlier each year than they should
29. What should be the deadly killer in a household kitchen?
A. Cooking smoke. B. Coal . C. Poor gas. D. Wood.
30. The underlined word “ventilation” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A. cooking B. airing C. burning D. cooling
31. The author intends to tell people ________.
A. how to avoid polluted air in their homes
B. to stop cooking in the household kitchen
C. how to prevent childhood lung diseases in household
D. to guard against household pollution from cooking
D
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value
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it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity （繁荣）. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit（追求）of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among those who are against competition are young people who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot.
Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to disappear can we discover a new meaning in competition.
32. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Two Mistaken Beliefs about Competition
B. Competition! What Self-respect Depends on
C. New Meaning Found in Competition
D. Competition! Why Friends Turn into Enemies
33. Why do some young people suffering from competitive pressures seek failure?
A. Because they are aware that they will not succeed in competition.
B. Because they don’t think it worthwhile to compete with others.
C. Because they are fed up with the great efforts needed to compete with others.
D. Because they are afraid that they would not be valued if they lost.
34. Which of the following will the author probably agree with?
A. One should treat competition as a life-and-death affair.
B. One should make every effort to avoid competition.
C. One should be given rewards after competing with others.
D. One should get rid of the fear of failure in competition.
35. The true competitors and those with a desire to fail both believe ________.
A. one’s dream can be achieved if he has mastered good communication skills
B. one’s self-worth comes from how well he performs in comparison with others
C. one’s failure happens when he is suffering from emotional problems
D. one’s success is based on how hard he has tried
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。选项中有两项为多于选项。
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How to get motivated
You must think positively no matter how big a challenge is. If you think positively you will feel better and will be able to overcome challenges in life. Furthermore, meet an optimistic person and you will notice how motivated he is towards life. 36 On the other hand, negative thinking will only cause more depression in your life.
37 Don’t be jealous of those who are successful around you. Instead, take inspiration from their success stories. This will make you motivated to get what you want. Moreover, you can also read books that are written by inspirational and successful personalities.
There is a famous quote that reads, “A healthy body leads to a healthy mind.” If your mind is healthy you will think positively. 38 Whether you are working out in the gym or going for a long walk, make sure that you include an exercise plan in your daily routine.
39 Therefore, it is important to break your routine and do something different. Either you go on a vacation or learn a new skill, it is important to break the monotony (千篇一律) in your daily life.
Human beings are extraordinary individuals who are able to complete the hardest tasks and achieve the impossible. It is important to get out of your comfort zone and try something different. 40 .
A. Keeping yourself motivated is not a difficult task.
B. You might lose motivation by doing the same things over and over again.
C. One of the best ways to motivate oneself is to get inspired by other’s success.
D. Remember, positive thinking gives you motivation to achieve what you want.
E. By doing so you will get motivated and your attitudes towards life will be positive.
F. Do things that make you happy and find inspiration in possibly everything you see.
G. Therefore, it is important to exercise.
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。
One night, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to 41 me but needs me to work in Brazil
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. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done 42 and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to 43 your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me 44 for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the 45 decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d
46 wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her 47 and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large
48 apartment, I became 49 how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then 50 I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on 51 family and work. 52 difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a 53 attitude.
Back home , I 54 myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she 55 to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be 56 . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable 57 .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the 58 has really taught me. Sacrifices 59 in the end. The separation between us has proved to be 60 for me.
41. A. attract B. promote C. surprise D. praise
42. A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
43. A. leave B. refuse C. contact D. forgive
44. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting
45. A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough
46. A. eagerly B. politely C. nervously D. curiously
47. A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence
48. A. Comfortable B. Expensive C. Empty D. Modern
49. A. Interested in B. aware of C. doubtful D. satisfied with
50. A. when B. where C. which D. that
51. A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
52. A. Depending on B. supplied with C. Faced with D. Insisting on
53. A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general
54. A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded
55. A. managed B. offered C. attempted D. expected
56. A. grateful B. energetic C. independent D. practical
57. A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals
58. A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion
59. A. pay off B. come back C. run out D. turn up
60. A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
第II卷
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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。
Laughter is the greatest medicine. It helps those 61 cannot work out become fit.
First of all, laughing out loud helps improve your general 62 (fit). This is because laughter
63 ( strength) the heart and the lungs. So, it is easy 64 (understand) why some exercises include laughter.
65 , a good laugh can relax your muscles. As you laugh, the muscles 66 (participate)
in the laugh become active. After you laugh, these muscles start to relax. This movement is like a deep-breathing exercise, 67 it is very useful for people with breathing problems.
Also, laughter makes us feel a sense of happiness. Experts say that the positive feelings 68
(produce) by laughter not only make us happy but also help us reduce pain.
The next time you feel upset or 69 (disappoint), do not worry.
Enjoying a funny comedy or reading some jokes will drive 70 your negative feelings and make you feel much better.
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处错误，每句中最多有两处，每处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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Dear friends
I have a problem, and I don’t know what to do. I really hoped someone can help me find a solution! I’ve been very sad in the past few months. I feel catching between what I want, what my parents want and that what my basketball coach wants.
I have always been a average student. My parents feel that I need to spend more time improve my marks so I can go to a good university. They make me to feel like I’m a bad son when I don’t obey them and focus on which I think is best for me.
I want to go to a good university, but I also want to play basketball. I’m so confusing. Whichever way I look at it, I’ll never really good at anything unless I quit do everything else. I’m really tired of feeling worried about this and being sad. I am uncertain what to do!
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第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
请阅读下面短文，并按要求用英语写一篇120词左右的文章。
The Elephant and the Fly
An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came，flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more.
This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, “Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you stay for a while in one place? ”
The fly answered, “I am attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. My senses pull me constantly in all directions and I cannot resist them. What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?”
The elephant said, “My senses do not rule my attention. Whatever I do, I get involved in it. Now that I am eating, I am completely absorbed in eating. In this way I can enjoy my food and chew it better. I rule and control my attention. When you are in charge of your senses and attention, your mind will become calm.”
【写作内容】
1．简要概括短文内容；
2．然后就“专注”这一主题发表你的看法，包括以下要点：
（1）看完故事后的感受及启发；
（2）描述一次你或他人因受太多干扰而使学习、生活或工作受到影响的经历；
（3）你打算在高二这一年里如何保持专注。
【写作要求】
1．可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
英语参考答案：
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
1—5 BACAB 6—10 ACACA 11—15 ACACC 16—20 AABCC
阅读理解
21-23 DBA 24-27 ABDC 28-31 CABD 32-35 ADDB
完形填空
BCACD ABCBD BCCDA CDBAA
36-40 DCGBE
1. who 2. fitness 3. strengthens 4. to understand 5. Second 6. participating
7. so 8. produced 9. disappointed 10. away
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1. hoped 2. caught 3. 去掉that 4. an 5. improving
6. 去掉to 7. what 8. confused 9. never后加be 10. doing
书面表达 (满分25分)
An elephant was constantly disturbed by a restless fly, who wondered about the secret of remaining calm. The elephant revealed that calmness would be obtained when one’s senses and attention were focused.
Inspired by what the elephant said, I realized the ability to focus one’s attention is the key to success. Any person, if easily distracted, is unable to achieve his success.
This reminds me of what happened in my primary school. I once signed up for too many various after-class activities. As a result, I didn’t spend enough time on my studies. Consequently, I fell behind and failed in exams.
Since then I know that one should focus on one thing before it is well done. As a Senior Two student, having set a clear goal, I will give priority to it, trying to resist any temptation. I’m fully aware that only with a determined mind can I achieve my goal.
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