高二英语12月月考试题1(2)

山东省枣庄市第八中学东校区2016-2017学年高二英语12月月考试题

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试用时120分钟。

第一卷（三部分,共90分）

注意事项：

1．答第一卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后,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,再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。

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. Which country found lovely music is good for people’s hearts?

A. America.

B. Australia.

C. Russia.

2. What did the man do this morning?

A. Walked the dog.

B. Did the laundry.

C. Watered the plants.

3. What is the woman going to buy?

A. A book on planes.

B. Pictures of ships.

C. A book on ships.

4. Why doesn’t the woman buy the coa t?

A. It is expensive.

B. There isn’t her size.

C. She doesn’t like the color.

5. What has happened to the man?

A. He had a car accident.

B. He was struck by something.

C. He stepped on some chewing gum.

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段对话,回答第6至7题。

6. What are the two speakers doing now?

A. Travelling.

B. Making a call.

C. Seeing a doctor.

7. What’s the cause of the woman’s illness?

A. It’s the hot weather.

B. Drink too little water.

C. Eat too much.

听第7段对话,回答第8至9题。

8. What do you learn from the dialogue?

A. The man can drive properly.

B. The man is afraid to drive a car.

C. The man doesn’t like to be a passeng er.

9. Which of the following does the man prefer?

A. Driving slowly in jams.

B. Being a passenger on long empty roads.

C. Driving a car on long empty roads.

听第8段对话,回答第10至12题。

10. How far away is Hill Farm?

A. Nearly a mile.

B. Just a mile.

C. More than a mile.

11. Which is the route to Hill Farm?

A. Left track→bridge→road.

B. Road→left track→bridge.

C. Bridge→road→left track.

12. What would the man like the woman to do towards the end of the conversation?

A. Give him a ride.

B. Repeat what she said.

C. Walk him to Hill Farm. 听第9段对话,回答第13至16题。

13. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In a school canteen.

C. In a food store.

14. How many children are there in the woman’s family?

A. 10.

B. 11.

C. 12.

15. What does the woman’s father do?

A. A cab driver.

B. A shop owner.

C. A pilot.

16. What can we know from the conversation?

A. The woman is the oldest child of the family.

B. The woman gets along well with her siblings.

C. The man and the woman are classmates.

听第10段独白,回答第17至20题。

17. How often does the man have salads?

A. Sometimes but not often.

B. Almost every meal every day.

C. Never because of busy work.

18. What kind of drink does the man like best?

A. Green tea.

B. Black tea.

C. Coffee.

19. Why does the man never go to a gym?

A. He has no girlfriend.

B. He is too busy now.

C. It’s too expensive.

20. Why can’t the man usually go swimming?

A. He is too busy.

B. He can’t swim at all.

C. He is afraid to go swimming now. 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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had an erupting volcano and jungles filled with wild animals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano. It was a low-budget(小成本) movie, but to me, it represented the perfect life. But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten.

The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I’d owned was sold to pay debts that I didn’t even know existed. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce (离婚) in the family. I’d lost everything except my four teenage children.I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run

off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right.

I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava (火山岩) pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination!

The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing what I loved.

I hadn’t painted a picture in 15 years.I wondered if I could still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas (画布) in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $1,500.

The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim (火山口边缘) of the volcano. We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream

I had more than 40 years is now reality. I’m living freely and happily ever after.

21.Why did the writer go to Hawaii?

A. To realize her childhood dream.

B. To free herself from trouble.

C. To spend her holiday.

D. To make a living.

22.Which of the following is the writer’s dream?

A. Living in nature with animals.

B. Becoming a successful painter.

C. Getting close to wildlife.

D. Living a free and happy life.

23.We can infer from the passage that .

A. the writer’s husband took away most of her money

B. the writer wasn’t sure whether she could survive in Hawaii at first

C. the writer had never done painting before

D. the writer’s parents encouraged her to divorce

B

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom（繁荣）, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city,

the dance known as the tango(探戈舞)came into being.

At the b eginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. This interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞)to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy（大使馆） in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

24.The origin of the tango is associated with .

A. the capital of Argentina

B. a Spanish city

C. American soldiers

D. belly dancers

25.Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most.

C. It was often danced by two males in the beginning.

D. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

26.Before World War I, the tango spread to .

A. South Korea

B. Japan

C. France

D. America

27.What can be the best title for the text?

A. The Modern Tango Boom

B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango

D. How to Dance the Tango

C

In the English language there are striking similarities to many of the characteristics present in Spanish, French, and German. So what are the things that make English so difficult for foreign people to l earn?

English doesn’t necessarily have more regular consonant(辅音)or vowel(元音)sounds than other languages, but how the stress is placed on some of those consonants or vowels makes it such a difficult language for learners. There are hard and soft consonants like “c”taking on a “k” sound or an “s” sound depending upon the situation. There are silent letters in some words and then some consonants that take on an entirely different sound ( like “th”) when combined. The changes in the pronunciation of words make English much more difficult to learn.

Another thing that makes English difficult to learn has to do with verb tense. Some languages have very limited changes in verb tense, sometimes just present and past, which makes it relatively s imple to grasp. English, on the other hand, is a bit more difficult in this area. For example, in different situations it may be proper to use any of the following tenses: present, past, future, past perfect or present perfect. The verb “choose” can be used in the following forms depending on tense:choose, chose or chosen. This can be very difficult for a foreigner to grasp.

Slang（俚语） is more widely used in American English than proper grammar. In the US just knowing the language as it’s generally taught isn’t enough. In every single region or even close neighborhoods, the same slang terms make an almost entirely different language. In some areas there are repeatedly used terms that wouldn’t even be found in the Webster’s Dictionary. They are created by locals and only locals understand them. This can make it very difficult for someone not familiar with the language to get used to it, especially if they don’t remain in one area for a very long period.

28.The purpose of this passage is to .

A. tell us how to deal with slang terms in English

B. encourage us to speak formal English

C. tell us why English is very difficult to learn

D. give advice on how to learn English

well

29. According to the passage, the letter “c” in English.

A. is often silent

B. has at least two sounds

C. never takes on an “s” sound

D. is always stressed

30. Compared with other languages, ___________.

A. English has very limited changes in verb tense

B. English has relatively simple verb tense to grasp

C. English has more forms of verbs according to the tense

D. English has three more verb tenses

31. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A. pronunciation is the most difficult thing in English learning

B. all the slang terms should be added to the Webster’s Dictionary

C. if you want to learn English well you first should learn some slang terms

D. people may understand the local language after living in a place for years

D

Ever wonder how much a cloud weighs? What about a hurricane? A meteorologist（气象学家） has done some estimates and the results might surprise you.

Let’s start with a very simple white puffy cloud—a cumulus cloud(积云). How much does the water in a cumulus cloud weigh? Peggy LeMone, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, did the numbers. “The water in the little cloud weighs about 550 tons,”she calculates. “Or if you want to convert it to something that might be a little more meaningful...think of elephants.”Assume（假设） an elephant weighs about six tons, she says, that would mean the water inside a typical cumulus cloud would weigh about one hundred elephants.

The thought of a hundred elephants’ worth of water floating in the sky begs another question—what keeps it up there?

“First of all,the water isn’t in elephant-sized particles(微粒); it’s in tiny tiny tiny particles,” explains LeMone. And those particles float on the wa rmer air that’s rising below. But still, the concept of so much water floating in the sky was surprising even to a meteorologist like LeMone. “I had no idea how much a cloud would weigh,actually,

when I started the calculations（计算）,” she says.

So how many elephant units of water are inside a big storm cloud—10 times bigger all the way around than the “puffy”cumulus cloud? Again, LeMone did the numbers: About 200,000 elephants.

Now, come to the calculations for a hurricane about the size of Missouri and the figures get really massive. “What we’re doing is weighing the water in one cubic meter theoretically pulled from a cloud and then multiplying by the number of meters in a whole hurricane,” she explains.

The result? Forty million elephants. That means the water in one hurricane weighs more than all the elephants on the planet. Perhaps even more than all the elephants t hat have ever lived on the planet.

32.The weight of is NOT mentioned in the passage.

A. a cumulus cloud

B. a storm cloud

C. a hurricane

D. a tornado

33.How did Peggy LeMone feel about the result of her calculations?

A. She found it no t convincing.

B. She thought it needed further calculations.

C. She considered the calculations inaccurate.

D. She was quite surprised at it.

34.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. A storm cloud weights about 200,000 elephants.

B. The water in the cloud is in very tiny particles.

C. There are less than forty million elephants living on the earth.

D. The water in a hurricane weights more than that in any other kind of cloud.

35.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Surprising Results

B. Elephants in the Sky

C. How Much a Cloud Weighs

D. How Much a Hurricane Weighs

第二节信息匹配(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。（注意：E=AB, F=AC, G=AD。）

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1.You should listen actively to what the customer has to say by maintaining comfortable eye contact. 37

2. 38 It’s important for you to know that your apology must appear sincere to the customer, and not an empty excuse. And also you should show the customer you’ve accepted the responsibility and provide him with choices or you’ll do something about his complaint.

3.Talk with the client and discover the best means to resolve his problem. 39 In this case it’s important to let your customer kn ow an estimation(估计)of how long it will take to take action on his complaint.

4.A simple “thank you” is one way to let the customer know you appreciate the time and effort they’ve taken to inform you about a problem with your company’s service or product that you need to know about.

5.Create a procedure for recording different types of customer complaints. 40

A. They are a valuable source of information to determine various root causes that need to be addressed within your company.

B. You should also show your customer that you do understand him by giving full attention.

C. When you have received a complaint, you should apologize for the failure the customer has identified.

D. Listen to your customer’s complaints and you can improve your service.

E. So it’s important to learn to deal with customer complaints efficiently.

F. Don’t feel asha med of the failure in your service or products.

G. There will be times when you’ll be unable to resolve the issue immediately.

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节, 满分30分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,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 afternoon，as I was driving back home, I stopped at a busy intersection as the traffic light turned red. I waited __41__ for the light to turn green，so that I could __42__ my journey.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, an old woman __43__ and started asking for __44__. That day, I had unknowingly __45__ off the air conditioner in the car and my window was down. The old woman was standing very close to my car. As she begged for alms(施舍物), I closely __46__ her weather-beaten face, which had lots of wrinkles on it. Her eyes __47__ lots of sadness and her whole body was __48__. I sensed that this elderly lady had __49__ some incredibly hard times in her life and at this time there was no one to look after her, __50__ forced her to beg on the streets.

Seeing her condition, I immediately felt from __51__ my being a huge surge (汹涌)of __52__ for her. It was coming deep from within my heart. I normally gave loose __53__ to beggars, however, that day my inner self strongly __54__ me that I give her something substantial(大量的)so that she __55__ have a decent meal.

Without any __56__ I took out a substantial amount from my wallet and __57__ it in her hand. Her weather-beaten face lit up with a toothless smile and she __58__ me and went on her way. In the __59__ the traffic light had turned green, and it was time to move on.

As I drove back home I felt within myself a sense of joy and __60__ surging through me because I was able to do something for at least one person on this planet.

41．A. carefully B. worriedly C. patiently D. narrowly 42．A. continue B. stop C. take D. start

43．A. escaped B. disappeared C. appeared D. fled

44．A. food B. note C. direction D. money

45．A. carried B. swit ched C. put D. broke

46．A. observed B. noticed C. stared D. found

47．A. presented B. suggested C. showed D. possessed

48．A. moving B. turning C. falling D. shaking

49．A. heard B. gone through C. met D. look through

50．A. that B. who C. what D. which

51．A. in B. beyond C. within D. across

52．A. passion B. pity C. emotion D. sympathy

53．A. pound B. change C. dollar D. allowance

54．A. urged B. suggested C. ordered D. requested

55．A. will B. might C. could D. must

56．A. permission B. hesitation C. discussion D. decision

57．A. placed B. lied C. existed D. pushed

58．A. blessed B. called C. forced D. required

59．A. daytime B. meantime C. trap D. world

60．A. sadness B. sorrow C. happiness D. mixture

第二卷（共60分）

第一节：单词拼写（共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分）

1. The teacher must have the_____________(预先) teaching plan．

2. I’d like to take this______________(机会) to thank everyone for their hard work on the project.

3. I’m ___________（谨慎）about what I say because careless remarks will hurt one’s feelings.

4. The company made an __________(调整) to my salary.

5. Have you ______________(确定) decided to go to America?

6. It was very_____________(体贴) of you to let us know you were going to be late.

7. I often ________(吵架) with my brother about little things.

8. A soldier has to ________(面对) death and danger.

9. The kind lady finally __________(原谅) him for what he had said to her.

10. Her ___________(志向) is to be a supermodel.

第二节：语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Being a veterinarian(兽医),I had to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their boy Shane, loved Belker very much.

I examined Belker and found him 11 (die)of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do 12 for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia(安乐死)procedure in their home.

As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought 13 would be good for six-year-old Shane to watch. They felt Shane might learn something.

The next day, Belker’s family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting(拍) the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood 14 was happening. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped 15 (peaceful)away.

The little boy seemed to accept it without any difficulty. We sat together after Belker’s death, 16 (wonder)why animal lives are shorter than human lives.

Shane, having listened quietly, said, “I know 17 .”

18 (surprise),we all turned to him. What he said next amazed me. It has changed my life.

He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live 19 good life—like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?”

The six-year-old boy continued, “Well,dogs already know how to do that, 20 they don’t have to stay as long.”

第三节：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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误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：在错的词下划一横线，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 Mr. Smith,

I’m very much glad to hear that your international shopping center will build non-smoking supermarket. In my opinion, it is a good idea to do so, for it can not only help the smokers to smoke less, and it can also do good to other customers’ health. Since you had given up selling cigarettes, the customers who does n’t like smoking are sure to support you. In addition, smoke in the shopping center may cause fire, which is very dangerous to both your possession and the safety of the customers. In a word, the non-smoking supermarket will not effect your business. To the contrary, it will help you attract more customers who want to keep health.

Best wishes!

第四节：书面表达(满分25分)

假设你是李华,你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个有关美国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点,写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。

内容要点:

1.表示歉意;

2.理由:去机场接从法国回来的舅舅;

3.询问:是否有录音,以便补听讲座。

注意:

1.词数100左右;

2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

一卷

一．听力

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二．阅读理解

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三．完形填空CACDB ACDBD CDBAC BAABC

二卷

一．单词拼写

1. advance

2. opportunity

3. cautious

4. adjustment

5. definitely

6. considerate

7. quarrel

8. confront

9. forgave 10. ambition

二．语法填空：

11.dying 12.anything 13.it 14.what 15.peacefully

16.wondering 17. why 18.Surprised 19. a 20.so

三．改错：

第一句去掉much 此处副词very修饰glad,much常修饰形容词、副词比较级。

第一句non-smoking前加a supermarket是可数名词单数,需要加冠词,在此是泛指概念,加a。

第二句a nd→but not only...but also...是固定结构。

第三句had→have根据句中are sure to...可知应用现在的某种时态。

第三句doesn’t→don’t

第四句smoke→smoking此处smoke作may cause 的主语,应用其动名词形式。

第四句possession→possessions possession表示“财产,所有物”时,多用复数形式。表示“拥有,持有”时,为不可数名词。

第五句effect→affect effect是名词,而此处需要动词affect作谓语。

第六句To→On on the contrary是固定搭配。

第六句health→healthy keep加形容词作表语,意为“使……处于某种状态”。

四．作文：One possible version:

Dear Miss Morgan,

I am so sorry that I won’t be able to attend the lecture on American history tomorrow afternoon. My uncle is returning home from France, and I have promised to meet him at the

airport at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.

I am very interested in American society and history. I wonder if it is possible for the talk to be recorded, and if so, could I borrow the tape? It would mean a great deal to me to listen to the tape and make up for what is covered in the talk. I would appreciate it if you could allow me to ask for a leave of absence.

Thank you.

Yours,

Li Hua