【英语】四川省邛崃市高埂中学2015-2016学年高二下学期第一次月考试题
高埂中学高2017 级高二下第一次月考英语试题
（考试时间：120 分钟满分: 150 分）
第I 卷（共90 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，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题．每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a supermarket.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In a pub.
2. When will the next bus come?
A. In forty minutes.
B. In twenty minutes.
C. In fifteen minutes.
3. What is the man going to do?
A. Drive the woman to the post office.
B. Buy the stamps for the woman.
C. Drive back home directly.
4. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She likes to sleep with the light on.
B. She will read in bed.
C. She is too tired to read.
5. What is the man trying to do?
A. Ask the woman to dinner.
B. Invite the woman to an exhibition.
C. Show the woman his paintings.
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
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至7 题。
6. What will Ben do tonight?
A. Pick up Indian visitors.
B. Arrange a hotel for visitors.
C. Go to the school play.
7. What ' s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Colleagues.
听第7 段材料，回答第8 至10 题。
8. At what time did the accident happen?
A. 3:10.
B. 3:15.
9. What can we learn about the blue car?
A. It was going at full speed.
B. It was turning to York Road.
C. It was coming along the Union Street.
10. What is the man most probably?
A. A policeman.
B. A driver. 听第8 段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did Susan use to be?
A. A journalist.
B. A teacher.
12. Why did Susan give up her job?
A. She couldn ' t get a high salary.
B. Her husband wanted her to do so.
C. She lived far away from the office.
13. What does the man want to put in the newspaper?
A. House for sale.
B. Job wanted. 听第9 段材料. 回答第14 至16 题。
14. Why did the woman quit her job?
A. She decided to go to Canada.
B. She didn ' t like the job.
C.The firm went bankrupt.
15. What can we learn about Joe? C. Travel agent and tourist.
C. 2:45
C. A witness.
C. A coach.
C. Moving service.
B. He was un willi ng to go abroad the n.
C. He ' s been in touch with the man.
16. What is the man going to do?
A. Find a perma nent job.
B. Catch the trai n.
C. Join Joe in Can ada.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who are the readers of Chicken Soup for the Child s Soul?'
A. Childre n aged betwee n 5 and 8.
B. Childre n aged between 8 and 10.
C. Childre n aged between 10 and 15.
18. How much does the book cost on li ne?
A. $9.60.
B. $11.20 .
C. $14.00.
19. Who will buy the book most probably?
A. Pare nts.
B. Teachers.
C. Childre n.
20. What does the book in clude?
A. Healthy soups for childre n.
B. Uni verse explorati on.
C. Real-life stories.
第二部分：阅读理解（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，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Welcome to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.
21 Nearpod can be used to _____ .
A. offer grammar tests
B. teach liste ning on-I ine
C. help vocabulary lear ning
D. gain flue ncy in speak ing
22. If you want to improve your speak ing skills, you can go to __________.
A. Room 501
B. Room 502
C. Room 601
D. Room 602
23. Which of the followi ng can assess your grammar lear ning?
A. Nearpod.
B. Kahoot.
C. TEO.
D. Prezi.
24. A teacher who wants to lear n on-I ine teach ing is expected to arrive by ___ .
A. 9:00 am
B. 10:30 am
C. 2:00 pm
D. 3:30 pm
B
“ Mum, what doesit mea n whe n some one tells you that they have a skelet on （骨骼）in the
closet （衣橱）？” Jessica asked. “ A skeleton in the closet? ” her mother paused thoughtfully.
it ' s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, some one in Dad' family had bee n arrested for steali ng a horse, it would be ‘ skelet on in his
family ' s closet ' . He really wouldn ' t want any neighbor to know about it. ”
“ Whypick on my family? J essica father said with an ger. “ Yourfamily history isn ' so
good, you know. Wasn ' t your grsrit-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes? ” “ Yesbut people these days say that you are not a real Australia n uni ess your
ancestors arrived as prisoners. “”Gosh,sorry I asked. I think I understand now, ”Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in 's closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony
arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica
mother sank in a fain （t 晕倒）, waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad. ” Jessica looked ianmazement as her parents began to laugh madly. thought.
D. a family treasure 26. What can we learn about some Australians
A. They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B. They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days. 27. Jessica 's mother fell down into a faint because she was
A. knocked
B. frightened
C. injured
D. surprised 28. Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?
A. She was curious about it.
B. She planned to keep it for fun.
C. She needed it for her school task.
D. She intended to scare her parents.
C.
Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships ． One strength of the human condition is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances . Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties . Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily difficulties . People with strong social ties live Ion
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica
's parents were still quite angry with each other.
her arms and walked to Jessica
's What happened? Where am I? ” she asked.
You just destroyed the school 's skeleton, Mu
explained Jessica. They ' re both crazy, ”
25. According to Jessica 's mother, “a skeleton in the close ” means
A. a family honor
B. a family secret
C. a family story ' ancestors form Paragraph 2?
ger and have better health tha n those without such ties . Studies over a range of illnesses, from
depression to heart disease, show that the presenee of social support helps people protect themselves
from ill ness, and the abse nee of such support makes poor health more likely .
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways . First, friends, relatives and coworkers may let us know that they value us . Our self respect is stre ngthe ned whe n we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties . Second, other people often provide us with informational support . They help us to explain and understand our problems and find solutions to them . Third, we typically find social compa nion ship supportive . En gag ing in leisure time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distract （转移…注意力）us from our worries and troubles . Fin ally, other people may give us importa nt support — finan cial aid, material resources, and needed services—that reduces stress by helping us solve and deal with our problems .
29 . Research shows that people ' s physical and mental health has much to do with.
A . the social medical system
B . the amount of support they get from others
C . their strength for dealing with interpersonal ties
D . their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
30 . The underlined word “ cushions ” probably means. “
A . adds up to
B . decreases the effect of
C . gets rid of
D . lays the foundation for
31 . Social compa nion ship is ben eficial in that it ____
A . helps stre ngthe n our ties with relatives
B . en ables us to get rid of our faults and mistakes
C . makes our leisure time activities more enjoyable
D . draws our atte nti on away from our worries and troubles
D
Oprah Winfrey, born in 1954, is an American talk show host, best known for her
multi-award-winning talk show. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. It's no surprise that her endorsement （ 认可 ）can bring overnight sales fortune that defeats most, if not all, marketing campaigns. The star features about 20 products each year on her “ Favorite Things ” show. There ' s even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 year old, she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people
' s stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the
world. She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first.
TIME magazine wrote,
“ People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey
' s swift rise to host of the
most popular talk show on TV. In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go, she is no match for Phil Donahue. What she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up for in plainspoken curiosity, rich humor and, above all understanding. Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah 'esye. They, in turn, often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone, much less a national TV audience. ”
“I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to fall if you
' re constantly doing what we do, raising the
bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages, you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction ” as Oprah addressed grad
Harvard on May 30, 2013.
32. The Oprah Effect refers to _____
A. the effect on a business C. the impact on talk shows 33. What can be inferred about Oprah
A. She once gave up on her choice C. It lives up to her parents
34. The message from Oprah to graduates at Harvard is that _________________________________________
A. failure is nothing to fear
B. success comes after failure
C. there is no need to set goals too high
B. the power of Oprah ' s opinions
D. the assessment of Oprah ' s talk show
s television career?
B. Her swift success has been expected.
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