湖南省醴陵市第二中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题.doc

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1、- 1 -2018 年下学期高二年级英语第一次月考试卷时量：120 分钟 总分：150 分第一部分 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。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. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.2. What will the man do for the

2、woman?A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company CEO.4. What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Weather. B.

3、 Clothes. C. News.第二节听下面 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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?- 2 -A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.7. What will

4、 the woman probably do next?A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. When will the man be home from work?A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9. Where will the speakers go?A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema. C. The UME Cinema.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10

5、 至 12 题。10. How will the speakers go to New York?A. By air. B. By Taxi. C. By bus.11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.听第 9

6、段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?A.10,500. B.12,000. C.15,000.-

7、 3 -16. How many people will the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A. Its comfortable. B. Its timesaving. C. Its cheap.19. Wha

8、t is good about living in a small town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题两分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。AWorld Economic Annual Conference 2

9、015The Start of the Davos Challenge: Walk for Education08:45 - 09:45, at Congress Center-WeisshornWalking to school in rural areas of some African countries can mean a distance of 6 kilometers or more every day. Evidence suggests that by giving children bikes to go to school-shortening their travel

10、time by 75%- their school attendance and learning outcomes improve greatly. You can make a difference by taking this years Davos Challenge: Walk for Education. For every recorded 6 kilometers walked in Davos, UBS(United Bank of Switzerland) in cooperation with World Bicycle Relief will donate a bicy

11、cle to schoolchildren in rural South Africa.- 4 -Shaping Davos: Engaging Youth in Work09:00 - 10:00, at Congress Center-SanadaWhat new thinking approaches are closing the youth employment gap? Connecting live with the following cities: Chandigarh on making the nations youth more employable Abuja on

12、reshaping the education system using technology Orlando on making human capital competitive globally Jeddah on keeping human capital by providing opportunitiesOcean Matters 12:30 - 13:10, at Congress Center-Aspen 2National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry takes us on a visual voyage into the dep

13、th of the ocean and explore what can be done to keep the oceans healthy.Struggle for Survival16:00 - 17:40, at Berufschule Davos Take part to experience some of the struggles and choices of people trying to survive on less than $2 a day, which is nearly half of the worlds population. After the exper

14、ience, participants will discuss options for helping those trapped in poverty.Take public bus line l, 3 or 7 to the Postplatz stop. Address: Berufschule Davos, Bahnhofstrasse Platz 5. For further information, please email rsvp crossroads. org. uk or call +41 (0)79 212 9526.21. According to the passa

15、ge, who may receive bicycles?A. Kids in Orlando. B. Unemployed young people.C. The South African children. D. The conference participants.22. When will Brian Skerry present his photos?A. 12:30 -13:10. B. 09:00 -10:00. C. 08:45 -09:45. D. 16:00 -17:40.23. Which event can be reached by public transpor

16、t?A. Ocean Matters. - 5 -B. Struggle for Survival.C. Shaping Davos: Engaging Youth in Work. D. The Start of the Davos Challenge: Walk for Education.BA couple of days ago, as the test results came out, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the las

17、t-day-of-school party at McDonalds. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight As, and Laurie got a cell-phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPad, and shes only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $10 for each A.”I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get

18、 parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell-phone, and the DVD player? I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes no more of

19、 those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything! I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goal

20、s, touchdowns? What about the orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? Id be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went

21、out for pizza, but thats about it.”Dont you just hate that? Were all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and shes spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation. And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher as

22、ked if anyone got rewards for good - 6 -grades, everyone in my class raised their hands and said they got ice cream cones ,” said one third-grader.24. Whats the best title for the passage?A. Tips on Paying Kids for Good GradesB. New changes in Paying Kids for Good GradesC. Good Grades Mean Good Rewa

23、rdsD. Dont Pay Kids for Good Grades25. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?A. Taking care of my children would influence my work.B. I would spend less money on my childrens good grades.C. More rewards would be needed as my children grow up.D. Reducing my childrens

24、homework load would cost me a lot.26. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. if you buy children pizza as a reward, they will work harderB. if you pay kids for good grades, they will take it for grantedC. children will not ask for rewards when they enter high schoolD. good grades wont help ki

25、ds make great progress in the future27. The author takes her neighbor as an example to show _.A. pizza is the best way to motivate childrenB. it is necessary to reward children for their good gradesC. getting rewards for good grades is common nowadaysD. rewards are not the only way to encourage chil

26、drenCAs anyone who freelances (做自由职业) knows, there are lots of advantages of working at home alone. But there are drawbacks too, like the potential loneliness. No wonder co-working spaces are becoming so popular: they permit self-employed individuals to feel like they are part of all office environm

27、ents, while making them get some work done too. But renting a co-working space does cost money.- 7 -Now a Swedish project is aiming to change that by turning peoples under-used homes into temporary co-working spaces, available to freelancers for free. Hoffice was started by freelancers Christofer Gr

28、adin Franzen and Johline Zandra about a year ago in Stockholm when they invited a few people into their home office to work together. It was a great success and the project has since spread to a number of cities in Europe, North and South America, Australia, India and Japan. Anyone can sign up and o

29、ffer their home space as a free co-working space, or go to find a Hoffice near them. On a Hoffice day, everyone arrives and starts work at a certain hour. After 45 minutes, everyone gets up to take a break, do qigong or yoga for 10 to 15 minutes. Afterwards people can gather around again and restate

30、 their intentions and goals for the rest of the work day, as a way to motivate each other. Meals can be eaten together at a certain hour, potluck-style(家常饭)or by bringing your own lunch.This process creates an encouraging and supportive work environment. As some freelancers describe, “By working at

31、Hoffice, we give ourselves and each other the gift to spend our days in a social working environment, where we are extremely productive without ignoring our other human needs. We also make sure to give us and each other what we need to feel calm, happy, inspired and creative during the working day.”

32、So Hoffice is not just about sharing space; its also about a free exchange of ideas. And perhaps the best thing is that Hoffices are free to use.24. Hoffice was started to_.A. change peoples attitude to work B. encourage people to be more cooperativeC. improve peoples working conditions D. provide a

33、 co-working space for free25. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. How people respond to Hoffice. B. How a Hoffice day works.C. What people share at Hoffice. D. What Hoffice means to people.- 8 -26. Some freelancers descriptions of Hoffice suggest that they_.A. work longer than before B. cant be se

34、parated from each otherC. benefit a lot from the working style D. expect more people to join them27. What do we know about Hoffice according to the text?A. It has been popular in many countries for many years. B. It has created many new job opportunities.C. It focuses on not only environment but als

35、o human needs. D. It is suitable for people from all walks of life. DWhen there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust?According to a new study in the online PLOS ONE, people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their faces. Your appearance can do a lot for y

36、ou, especially if you are in the financial industry. The more trustworthy you look, the more likely people will buy what youre selling.Researchers from Britains University of Warwick Business School, University College London, and Dartmouth College, US, did a number of experiments. The research team

37、 used computer software to make 40 faces, from the least to the most trustworthy-looking. The study said that the difference between a trustworthy face and one that isnt as trustworthy comes from features that look slightly angry or slightly happy, even when the face is at rest. However, a slightly

38、happy face is more likely to be trusted.Researchers gave participants some money and asked them which face they trusted to invest the money for them. Then researchers gave some good and bad information about the people with these faces, and asked the participants again whom they trusted. The results

39、 showed that even if they got different information, the participants didnt change their choices. They were still more likely to invest their money with the more trustworthy-looking faces.Chris Olivola, one of the studys authors, said in the University of - 9 -Warwicks press release: “It seems we ar

40、e still willing to go with our feelings about whether we think someone looks like that we can trust them. The desire to judge strangers by their faces is hard to resist.”32. According to the study, which of the following faces is most likely to be trusted? A. A sad face. B. A smiling face. C. A cryi

41、ng face. D. An angry face.33. Which of the following about the experiment is TRUE? A. The trustworthy faces were given good information.B. Researchers took photos of the 40 peoples faces in college.C. Most participants gave their money to the trustworthy-looking faces.D. Participants liked to choose

42、 the faces with good information.34. What did the researchers learn from their experiment? A. People cant rely on background information to judge others.B. People prefer good-looking faces to money.C. People often judge strangers by their faces.D. People dont trust strangers with sad faces. 35. Whic

43、h of the following can be a proper title for this passage? A. What kind of face do you trust? B. Who did the experiments?C. Why do you trust him or her? D. Why did they do the experiments? 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。A students life is never easy. 36 A lot of

44、 preparations are needed so you can be sure to go back home with a diploma and a bright future waiting for you. The following are some basic things you need to do before even seizing that passport and boarding on the plane.Knowing the country.- 10 -You shouldnt bother researching the countrys hottes

45、t tourist spots or historical places. You wont go there as a tourist, but as a student. Itll be helpful to read the most important points in their history and to read up on their culture. 37 You surely dont want to face legal problems, especially if youre away from home.Studying their language.Dont

46、expect that you can graduate abroad without knowing even the basics of the language. Before leaving your home country, take online lessons to at least master some of their words and sentences. 38 Doing this will also prepare you in communicating with those who cant speak English.39 Check the convers

47、ion（兑换）of your money to their local currency, set up your bank account so you can use it there, get an insurance, and find an apartment. The Internet or your intended school will be very helpful in finding an apartment and helping you understand local currency.Remember, youre not only carrying your

48、own reputation but your countrys reputation as well. If you act foolishly, people there might think that all of your country men are foolish as well. 40 A. Packing your clothes.B. Preparing for other needs.C. Most importantly, read about their laws.D. This will be useful in living and studying there.E. That would surely be a very bad start for your study abroad program.F. Going with their trends will keep it from being too obvious that youre a foreigner.G. And it is even more difficult if you will have to complete your study in a foreign land. - 11 -第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节：完形填