【月考试卷】湖南省益阳市2015-2016学年高二英语下学期月考试题

益阳市箴言中学2015—2016学年高二3月月考英语试题时量：120 分钟总分：150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. What is the man probably going to do?A. Go over the list.B. Go shopping for his mum.C. List everything his mum needs.2. What does the woman imply?A. Voluntary work can help the man establish connections with the community.B. The man’s voluntary work has left him little room in his schedule.C. Voluntary work with the environment council requires a lot of time.3. How long has the woman been on the waiting list?A. For three days.B. For three months.C. For three years.4. How much money do the speakers have in total?A. $46.B. $86.C. $56.5. Why does the man suggest the woman go early?A. The road will be busy.B. It will take a long time.C. London will be crowded.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给出的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6、7题。

6. What’s wrong with Mrs. Simpson?A. She has trouble with her heart.B. She has her leg broken.C. She feels terrible on her back.7. When can the doctor see Mrs. Simpson?A. At eleven, Tuesday morning.B. At ten, Thursday morning.C. At ten, Tuesday morning.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What’s happening to Barbara?A. Going on a diet.B. Eating less.C. Getting fat.9. How much weight did Barbara lose?A. 15 pounds in one month.B. 30 pounds in two months.C. 15 pounds in two months. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where is th e woman working?A. In a ticket office.B. In a government office.C. In a Lost & Foundoffice.11. When did the man lose his coat?A. This morning.B. This afternoon.C. Yesterday morning.12. What will happen later most probably?A. The man will get back what he’s lost.B. The man can’t get back what he’s lost.C. The man’s wife will come to help him.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What difference does the man find about Sally?A. She has put on weight.B. She is dressed beautifully.C. She has becomea cook.14. Why doesn’t the woman want to exercise?A. She finds it too tired to do it.B. She lives far away from the health club.C. She is always busy with the housework.15. What can we learn about the man?A. He is a very good cook.B. He’s a PE teacher.C. He’s a member of a health club.16. What is the good point of exercise according to the man?A. It makes you feel more tired.B. You can wear your favorite jeans. C You’ll feel full of energy.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What was the weather like during the rescue?A. Cloudy.B. Windy.C. Snowy.18. How many crew members were rescued on board?A. Two.B. Three.C. Five.19. What is the reason for the closing of the plant?A. Lack of work force.B. Too many people in the plant.C. Not enough orders for the products.20. What kind of crime did a gang of men commit?A. Robbed a bank.B. Broke the traffic law.C. Broke into a drugstore. 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。

AIn his new show, Evan Ruggiero plays guitar, sings pop standards and shows everybody his finefootwork. What makes all of these especially unusual is that Ruggiero,24,has only one leg.When he was a 19-year-old musical theater student at New Jersey's Montclair State University, Ruggiero had a rare bone cancer in his right leg. Finally his leg would have to be amputated（截）below the knee.Such a setback could have easily ended the career of a less tough person, but Ruggiero ,who has been dancing since he was five, now puts the experience into his performance. His show, "TheOne-Legged Song and Dance Man: Volume 3",explains how he returned to dance just 18 months after the amputation. His dance now relies on the use of a peg leg(假肢),he explains.The secret to his surprising success, he says, was being a "stubborn" patient who refused to give up on his dance and performing studies, despite the advice of his doctor."It was a real setback, but after it was all over, I said, 'You know what?I need to pick up right where I left off and continue my career, "' Ruggiero said. Ruggiero has come to view his peg leg as an instrument. "Tap dancers-they're always callingthemselves musicians, and their feet are their instrument, " he said.Noting that many audience members will never have seen a one-legged dancer before coming to his show, Ruggiero says he won't shy away from the physical "weakness" his performance shows because of his condition."A lot of people have come up to me, and they always say, 'You're such a role model and aninspiration, ' "he said. "I'm honored when people say that, of course, but I'm just trying to get on with my life."21. According to the passage, it is true thatA. Ruggiero is a tough person with a strong willB. the setback has ended Ruggiero's dance careerC. Ruggiero is dancing relying on others' supportD. his doctor agreed he kept on dancing and studying22. When audience attend his performance, they may noticeA. Ruggiero plays piano, sings and dancesB. Ruggiero is a dancer with the help of a peg legC. there are many tap dancers in the performanceD. Ruggiero pretends to be a physically normal person23. What's the author's attitude to Evan?A. WorryB. SympathyC. EncouragementD. PityBEven before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes.I have only one hand.”Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see aboutthat” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playg round, Mom looked carefully at the bars.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hold the bar with my other elbow （肘）. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung （横档）I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I l ooked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”For a long time, I di dn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.24. Which can be used to describe Mom’s attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?A. Cruel.B. Favorable.C. Strict.D. Sympathetic.25. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ______.A. the strength and skill to hang and swayB. the speed of one’s hand movementC. the skill to throw and catch thingsD. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar26. What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.B. The race across monkey bars was not di fficult enough for a child to give up.C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.27. When the author looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because_______.A. they felt sorry for what they had done beforeB. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurtC. they wanted to see what the author would do on the barsD. they were astonished to find the author’s progressCThe following simple exercise routine works as well as prescription medication (药物治疗 ) without the side effects.A jog a day could keep your headaches at bay: Regular cardio workouts(有氧锻炼) may prevent migraines (偏头痛 ) , a growing body of research suggests.Migraine patients had fewer headaches after doing 40-minute cycling workouts three times a week for three months, according to a Swedish study.The exercise routine worked just as well as one of the top migraine-preventing drugs-topamirate but without the side effects of depression and tremors(刺激 ). Cardio workouts can help with regular headaches, too, says Alexander Mauskop,M.D. ,director of the New York Headache Center in Manhattan.There are a couple o f theories on how it works.Breaking a sweat may relieve stress, says Dr. Mauskop. Headaches are often triggered by stress, and if you remove the trigger, you release the pain.The feel-good chemicals produced when you exercise actually block your pain sensors, acting as a natural painkiller.Since headaches can be caused by many different factors like genetics (遗传 ),lack of sleep, or certain foods, cardio won't be the solution for everyone,Dr. Mauskop says. But one German study found that it helped 65 percent of patients, which makes it as effective as the best medicines on the market.Dr. Mauskop recommends his patients do a half-hour reasonable intensity (强度 )cardio, like jogging, biking, or swimming three times a week. These workoutsare meant to be slow and steady, as opposed to high-intensity intervals that alternate between all-out runs and rest.Pushing yourself too much or increasing the intensity too quickly can trigger headaches in some people, so make sure your heart rate doesn't jump above 150 BPM.If you don't have a heart rate monitor, then breathe only through your nose. You’ll know you're going too hard if you can't keep up that breathing pattern.Your migraines could start disappearing in a couple of weeks, Dr. Mauskop says.28. According to the passage, the author may agree thatA. jogging, swimming and fishing are cardio workoutsB. neither cardio workouts nor topamirate has side effectsC. migraine patients may be cured by regular cardio workoutsD. cardio workouts will be the solution for everyone with migraines29. The underlined word "triggered" in Paragraph 7 can be replaced by _A. curedB. releasedC. causedD. monitored30. The feel-good chemicals produced can help with regular headaches becauseA. it eases the stressB. it breaks a sweatC. it prevents migrainesD. it blocks your pain sensors31. What would be the best title?A. A cure for headache.B. Side effects of migraine.C. The causes of headache.D. Advantages of cardio workouts.DThree years ago, the president of Harvard, Lawrence H. Summers, got into troublefor questioning women’s“intrinsic (内在的) aptitude (能力)”for science and engineering. Recently, a study paid for by America’s National Science Foundationhas found that girls perform as well as boys on standardized math tests. Although boys in high school performed better than girls in math 20 years ago, the researchers found that is no longer the case. The reason, they said, is simple: Girls used to take fewer advanced math courses than boys, but now they are taking justas many.“Now that enrollment in advanced math courses is equalized, we don’t see gender differences in test performance,” said Marcia C. Linn of the University of California, Berkeley, a co-author of the study. “But people are surprised by these findings, which suggests to me that the stereotypes are still ther e.”The researchers looked at the average test scores of all students, the performanceof the most gifted children and the ability to solve complex math problems. They found, in every category, that girls did as well as boys.Janet Hyde, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who led the study, said the stereotypes about girls and math, had taken a toll (造成伤害).“The stereotype that boys do better at math is still held widely by teachers and parents,” H yde said. “And teachers and parents guide girls, giving them advice about what courses to take, what careers to pursue. I still hear anecdotes about guidance counselors (顾问)steering (指导)girls away from engineering, telling them they won’t be able to do the math.”The study also analyzed the gender gap on the math section of the SAT. Since more girls than boys go to college, about 100, 000 more girls than boys take the test, including lower-achieving girls who bring down the girls’ average score.32. What might be the reason to carry out the study?A. To put Harvard University to shame for its president’s prejudice against girls.B. To find out if there’s any gender gap in science.C. To help girls to earn equal social status as boys.D. To enroll more girls in advanced math courses in the university.33. Which statement about people’s opinions of girls is NOT true?A. People still find it hard to believe average girls perform in math as well as boys.B. Highly educated people are more likely to accept the fact that girls can do well in math.C. Many teachers and parents advise girls to avoid careers like engineering based on their talent.D. Some guidance counselors think careers related with math are not suitable for girls.34. We can learn from the text EXCEPT ______.A. girls used to perform worse than boys in math because they didn’t take as manyadvanced math coursesB. the stereotype about girls and math may lead to misguided choice of future careersC. the average lower scores of girls in SAT math test prove that boys do better in mathD. the public doesn’t accept outspoken prejudice against girls’ talent for mathdespite the stereotype35. The main purpose of writing the passage is to______.A. report the findings of a research into girls’ math abilityB. criticize those who hold the wrong belief that girls cannot do well in mathC. prove that the stereotype that girls do worse in math is wrongD. help girls regain confidence in learning math well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。