高二英语上学期第一次8月月考试题.doc

- 1 - / 25【2019【2019 最新最新】精选高二英语上学期第一次精选高二英语上学期第一次 8 8 月月考试题月月考试题注意事项：1.本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第卷(非选择题)两部分，考试时间 120 分钟，满分 150 分。2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后再选涂其它答案标号，在本试题卷上作答无效。第 I 卷(选择题,共 100 分)第一部分 听力（共两节，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。例：How much is the shirt?A19.15.B9.15.C9.18.答案是 B。1Why does the man move to New York?- 2 - / 25ATo work there.BTo look after parents.CTo make a trip.2What are the two speakers talking about?ABuying a TV.BTV channel.CSports meet. 3Why will the woman leave before eleven?ATo buy something.BTo make a work plan. CTo go home. 4What was the man doing at the moment?AHe was listening to the radio.BHe was writing something.CHe was reading a book. 5What is the weather like today?AIts rainy.BIts sunny.CIts cloudy.第二节（共 15 个小题；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，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，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 7 题。6What is the woman most probably doing?ABargaining with the man.- 3 - / 25BTelling the man her advice.CInforming the man of an appointment.7When will Mr. Emory and the man meet? AAt 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.BAt 3:00 p.m. tomorrow.CAt 3:00 p.m. the day after tomorrow.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8Which citys information does the woman hope to get?ANew York.BLas Vegas.CNew Orleans.9Which festival is mentioned in the conversation?AEaster Day.BNew Years Day.CValentines Day. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10What does the man do on weekends?AGo climbing with his parents. BMake long trips in another city. CMake short trips with friends.11What does the woman like best?ASwimming and cycling. BSwimming and sailing. CSailing and cycling12What does the man like to do in his spare time?AReading.BDancing.CPlanting.- 4 - / 25听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13When did the two speakers meet last time?AOne and a half year ago.BOne year ago.CHalf a year ago.14What gift does the woman give the boy?AA motor car. BA racing car.CA police car.15How does the woman get here? ABy plane.BBy train.CBy bus.16How long will it take to get home by car?AAbout half an hour.BAn hour.COne and a half hour.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17Where did Nat King Cole play the piano at first?AAt a bar.BIn the cinema.CAt the concert. 18Why did the lady ask the player to sing a song?AShe had paid him for this.BShe knew him very well.CShe wanted to have a change.19What was Nat King Cole best known as later?- 5 - / 25APiano player.BSinger.CPainter. 20Why did Nat King Cole succeed?AThe lady helped him a lot. BHe caught the chance. CHe continued to play where he first played. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共 20 小题)第一节 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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 AOne day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read.In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical（相同的） to my dog. I ran my fingers over the - 6 - / 25picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.My mothers call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, - 7 - / 25and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.21. The authors mother told him to borrow a book in order to_.A. encourage him to do more walking B. let him spend a meaningful summerC. help cure him of his reading problem D. make him learn more about weapons22. The book caught the authors eye because_.A. it contained pretty pictures of animals B. it reminded him of his own dogC. he found its title easy to understand D. he liked childrens stories very much23. Why could the author manage to read the book through?A. He was forced by his mother to read it. B. He identified with the story in the book.C. The book told the story of his pet dog. D. The happy ending of the story attracted him.24. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. The author has become a successful writer.B. The authors mother read the same book.C. The authors mother rewarded him with books.- 8 - / 25D. The author has had happy summers ever since.25. Which one could be the best title of the passage?A. The Charm of a BookB. Mums Strict OrderC. Reunion with My Beagle D. My Passion for ReadingBAt thirteen, I was diagnosed（诊所） with kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.In my first literature class, Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs.Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”I tried, but I didnt finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldnt get much education. But Louis didnt give up. Instead, he - 9 - / 25invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.Wasnt I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?I didnt expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day- with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep trying?”26. The author didnt finish the reading in class because_.A. he was new to the classB. he was tried of literatureC. he had an attention disorderD. he wanted to take the task home27. What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?A. He had good sightB. He made a great invention.- 10 - / 25C. He gave up readingD. He learned a lot from school28. What was Mrs.Smiths attitude to the author at the end of the story?A. AngryB. ImpatientC. SympatheticD. Encouraging29. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The disabled should be treated with respect.B. A teacher can open up a new world to students.C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.CWhy do Americans struggle with watching their weight, while the French, who consume rich food, continue to stay thin? Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers conclude that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full. However, Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over.According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating as an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at - 11 - / 25the table, while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week. The French, instead, tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.After a visit to the United States, Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Dont Get Fat, decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food. Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style changes may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity or extreme overweight among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17% and is growing.- 12 - / 2530. In what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr. Joseph Mercola?A. They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently. B. They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.C. They regard eating as a key part of their lifestyles.D. They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.31. This text is mainly the relationship between _.A. Americans and the French B. life style and obesityC. children and adults D. fast food and overweight32. Where does this text probably come from?A. A TV interview B. A food advertisement C. A health report D. A book reviewDAs Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the - 13 - / 25Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the computer. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remembered the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory (交互记忆)“.According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less - 14 - / 25intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.33. The passage begins with two questions to _. A. introduce the main topicB. show the author's attitudeC. describe how to use the Interne. D. explain how to store information34. In transactive memory, people _.A. keep the information in mindB. change the quantity of information C. organize information like a computer D. remember how to find the information35. What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research? A. We are using memory differently.B. We are becoming more intelligent.C. We have poorer memories than before.D. We need a better way to access information.第二节：七选五第二节：七选五UrbanizationUntil relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city. The first - 15 - / 25city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. 36_ . In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history- a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.Britain was only the beginning. 37 .The process of urbanization- the migration (迁移) of people from the countryside to the city- was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms. 38 .Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies. It took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. 39 . Until modern times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the - 16 - / 25ability to move this surplus from farm to city.Over the past two centuries, the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 40_ . Today, instead of needing ninety-five farmers to feed five city people, one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred non-farmers.A. That kept cities very small. B. The rest live in small towns.C. The effects of urban living on people should be considered. D. Soon many other industrial nations become urban societies.E. But even 200 years ago, only a few people could live in cities.F. Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.G. Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.第二部分 英语知识运用第一节 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可