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1、1四川省绵阳南山中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语 12 月月考试题(满分 150 分；考试时间：120 分钟)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 is Chases hobby? A. Skiing. B. Writing. C. Collecting stamps.2. How much will the woman pay? A

2、. $39. B. $35. C. $31.3. How does the man probably feel? A. Hopeful. B. Confused. C. Annoyed. 4. What is the topic of the conversation? A. The lighting of the restaurant. B. The friendly staff. C. A romantic meal. 5. What does the woman mean? A. She only buys things on sale. B. Even the special pric

3、e is too high.C. The man should have gotten a better deal.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 the woman talking to the man? A. She wants to see the doctor. B. She needs to email

4、her doctor.C. She needs help logging in to the patient website.7. How often does the woman seem to go to the clinic? A. Every year. B. Every two years. C. Every four years.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why does the woman look up the weather report?A. She needs to pick up her son. B. She doesnt trust the wea

5、ther news on TV.C. She wants to know if she should get her umbrella.9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Classmates. C. Co-workers.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where are the speakers talking? 2A. In a classroom. B. On the beach. C. In an apartment.11. Why

6、did Mary go to Xiamen? A. To learn some business skills. B. To escape Wuhans heat.C. To spend time with her uncle.12. What does Mary probably think about seafood? A. She thinks it was terrible. B. She doesnt like it.C. She thinks it was delicious.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How long before the schedu

7、led time did the bus leave? A. Ten minutes. B. Thirty minutes. C. An hour.14. When did the woman probably get on the next bus? A. At 4:35. B. At 4:45. C. At 5:05.15. What is the man worried about? A. The daily expense. B. The womans safety.C. The public transportation.16. What does the woman decide

8、to do in the end? A. Buy a car. B. Work for the newspaper.C. Complain to the local government.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What did customers use to complain about? A. Not getting through to the restaurants. B. Paying a lot for delivery.C. Slow service.18. What is special about DoorDash? A. You can o

9、rder from many places at once. B. You can check the progress of the delivery.C. The prices are lower than from the restaurants.19. What do we know about the work of DoorDashers? A. The hours are flexible. B. The pay isnt very good.C. Its a good way to promote themselves.20. Why do many restaurants l

10、ike DoorDash? A. They dont need to hire their own delivery workers.B. They dont need to find correct change to pay the driver.C. They can pay for things up front like a delivery car and gas.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。3AName:Off the Beaten

11、PathCover price:$30.00Our price:$19.80The best-selling Readers Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It focuses on more than 1, 000 of the United States most overlooked must-see destinations.Name:Contai

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14、weekend. These 80 well-designed projects are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow style that addresses readers in an accessible, user-friendly tone.Name:l80l Home Remedies(治疗方案)Cover price:$ 40.00Our price:$ 29.96Plenty of health complaints can be handled at home. Each and every remedy will be teste

15、d by a doctor to make sure it is safe and sound.Dozens of conditions are covered, from headaches, sunburn, bad breath, and blisters(起泡；起疮)to allergies, and hiccups(打嗝).21. You can most probably read the passage in a _ .A. travel guide B. medicine booklet C. textbook D. newspaper22. How much money co

16、uld you save if you want to buy a travel book?A. $10. 20. B. $6.46. C. $13.96. D. $19.80.23. Which of the following could help you to deal with common diseases without a doctor?A. Off the Beaten Path. B. Container Gardens by Number.C. 1801 Home Remedies. D. Best Weekend Projects.BWhat happens inside

17、 the head of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball？ That question inspired a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.4For the study, researchers

18、 at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults，men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many ti

19、mes they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions（脑震荡）in the past.Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complex new M.R.I. technique which can f

20、ind structural changes in the brain that cant be seen during most scans.According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month，the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed signi

21、ficant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic （外伤的） brain injury ”, like that after a se

22、rious concussion, the researchers reported，even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting the words

23、far more often than players who had headed the ball less.24. The passage is most probably a _.A. news report B. research report C. medicine instructions D.text for doctors25. What was used to find the structural changes in the brain?A. Learning skills. B. Advanced computers.C. Special questionnaires

24、. D. A new technique M.R.I. 26. From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have _.A. a significant effect on ones brain B. little effect on ones brainC. nothing to do with the brain injury D. ones memory improved27. What do we know about the volunteers?A. They were all researchers ab

25、out soccer B. They had serious injury on the head.C. They were adults who still played soccer D. They all head children who played soccer.COne of the main creators of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that the fast growth of the Internet is also creating serious problems.5He especia

26、lly warns of false information being easily spread around the Internet, “A great danger is that it becomes a place where untruths start to spread more than truths, or it becomes a place which becomes increasingly unfair in some way.“ In particular he mentions the phenomena of blogging. Blogging enab

27、les friends and contacts to easily spread information. However he argues that people may too easily trust information mentioned in a blog. This inaccurate information can then easily become an accepted truth on the Internet.He suggests that the most important development of the Internet will be in c

28、reating ways of allowing people to check the correctness of information by providing original sources. Sir Tim admits that this is an important challenge. Its interesting to note that Wikipedia（维基百科）has had to take steps to prevent false information being added to the biographies of living people. I

29、ts easy for anybody to edit the open source. However, some people have pointed out that it has been used to spread false materials. In seeking to raise standards, Wikipedia has sought to stop publishing the false material.At the same time there is a growing view that the Internet has had a great eff

30、ect on the way millions of people work. The last two years have seen a big growth in the use of the Internet. There appears no slow-down in the growth of the Internet with increasing access in the developing countries. Sir Tim says another major challenge will be to provide free Internet for everybo

31、dy. Sir Tim was recently launching a new joint initiative（倡议）between Southampton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create the first degree in Web science. The two schools hope to raise the standards of web content.28. What is the especially serious problem that Sir Tim refe

32、rs to?A. The growth of the Internet is too fast.B. The Internet has a side effect on young children.C. The false information spreads rapidly on the Internet.D. The Internet companies compete against each other in an unfair way. 29. What causes the biographies to have false information?A. Anybody can

33、 easily edit the biographies.B. Wikipedia doesnt take any steps.C. The Internet users refuse other users to correct it.D. Wikipedia attempts to publish false materials.30.According to the last paragraph, the purpose of the joint initiative is to_.A. enlarge the use of the InternetB. create the first

34、 degree in science and technology6C. provide free Internet access to the poor countriesD. improve the reliability of online content31. We can learn from the text that _.A. Sir Tim has built two schools recently B. Sir Tim hopes everyone can use the Internet for freeC. the Internet is harmful to the

35、peoples health D. the Internet develops slowly in the developing countriesDLast week, two companies, Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to reality very soon.Imagine never having to worry about traffic, stop lights, or road construction. A flying car would get to a place

36、much faster than one travelling by road. On the other hand, imagine having to avoid drones (无人驾驶飞机) and other flying cars. Also, what if your battery dies when you are in the air? And, how will you know where to land?Kitty Hawk is a start-up tech company supported by Google co-founder, Larry Page. A

37、ccording to the Kitty Hawk website, its car will be able to travel at speeds up to 40 kilometers an hour in the air. It says under US aviation law such a machine “does not require registration or a pilots license and may be flown in uncrowded areas for recreational（消遣的） purposes.” As of now, the car

38、 can only be flown over fresh water.Kitty Hawk is making a list of people interested in buying the flying car. They must pay a deposit of US$100. Those who get their names on the list early will receive US$2, 000 off the final cost of the car. However, Kitty Hawk has not yet announced the price. Kit

39、ty Hawk expects its first flying cars will go on sale by the end of this year.At a conference last week, Uber announced plans for flying taxis to begin carrying passengers. Unlike the Kitty Hawk company, Uber does not plan to build its flying cars. Instead, it will use the resources of partner compa

40、nies.Like the Kitty Hawk car, Uber flying taxis will use electric power. Uber says its flying taxis could travel up to 241 kilometers an hour. The company said that could reduce the travel time between San Francisco and San Jose, California from two hours on the road to 15 minutes in the air.Riders

41、could use the Uber app to book a flying taxi to take them to their destinations. The company has not yet said how costly air taxi travel would be compared to road taxi travel.32. What could the main problems for flying cars be?7A. There is not enough space for them to land.B. They may hit other flyi

42、ng cars or have a dead battery in the sky.C. Sky transportation would cause more traffic jams.D. They travel much more slowly than travelling by road.33. According to the passage, the pilots of flying cars .A. must be professional pilotsB. are not required to have a pilots licenseC. are required to

43、fly in crowded spaceD. are only allowed to fly in urgent situations34. What is Kitty Hawk doing to attract customers?A. Offering a discount to those paying a deposit early.B. Giving rewards to those visiting its website.C. Advertising its first flying cars on public media.D. Reducing the price for a

44、ll customers.35. What is the difference between Uber and Kitty Hawk in the flying car market?A. Ubers flying taxis will use electric power.B. Uber intends to build its flying cars to fly very fast.C. The trips made by Ubers flying taxis are much cheaper than road taxis.D. Uber prefers to use the res

45、ources of partners rather than build its flying cars.第二节（共 5 个小题；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。How to Love Your ParentsEven if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life. You love them for the fact th

46、at they created you, raised you, and are in part, a source of who you are. Here are some ways to love your parents. 36 . A gentle “good morning” and “I love you” will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, we might still wander at an unknown corne

47、r in an unknown world.Respect them more and cherish these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them, preparing yourself for when youre off on your own. Its OK to get angry but angry actions dont help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, write down your feelings, or talk to a friend

48、. 37 Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you dont get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over 8your head when its cold, raining, snowing, or too

49、 hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes. 38 Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them. 39 Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.Some people simply may not be able to love their parents. 40 Seek help if you a