福建省四地六校2016_2017学年高二英语下学期第二次联考5月试题

2016-2017学年下学期第二次月考高二英语试题（考试时间：120 分钟总分：150 分）第Ⅰ卷第一部分：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.Why does the man usually wake up early?A. He sets his alarm for 4:00 am.B. His classes start early.C. The sun wakes him up.2.What’s the woman worried about?A. Her healthB. Her studyC. Her work3.What does the man advise to take?A. The subway.B. A bus.C. A taxi.4.What is the woman?A. A college teacher.B. A swimming coach.C. A business woman.5.What does the man like?A. Stormy oceanB. Calm wavesC. Quiet beach.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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。

6.What does the man want to have?A. Steak, fries and juiceB. Steak, fries and coffee.C. Steak, salad and water.7.Why does the man need to wait that long?A. There’re many customers.B. They are short of hands.C. Steak takes a bit longer to prepare听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9两个小题。

8.How many people will be invited?A. About 15.B. About 30C. About 50.9.Whom will the man attend the party with?A. His kid.B. His wife.C. His boss.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题10.When will the speaker meet Grace?A. At 6:20B. At 6:30.C. At 7:3011.Where does the conversation take place?A. In a carB. In a bookstoreC. At home12.Where is Grace’s house?A. On Didbrooke Street.B..On Musgrave Road.C. On Elm Street. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16三个小题。

13.What’s the woman’s survey on?A. The best type of work for the man.B. The man’s interest.C. The nearby workplace.14.What are the man’s interests?A. Buying and selling thingsB. Building and repairing thingsC. Repairing and collecting things.15.What has the man been doing this year?A. Selling newspapers in the schoolB. Building a house for his friendsC. Selling advertising space for the school newspaper.16.In which column does the woman write down “sales”?A. “Education”B. “Interests”C.“Experience”听下面一段独白，回答第1 8至第20三个小题。

17.Which is mentioned by the speaker?A. Learing from each other.B. How to find science articles.C. How to report news.18.What does the speaker say about Science News for Kids?A. Most of the articles are written by kids.B. Adults will enjoy it as wellC. It’s only for young readers19.What is the passage mainly about?A. Science experiments.B. The Internet.C. Science sites.20.What can we find at Science Daily?A. Creatures researchB. European historyC. Geography knowledge.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,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

AAt noon that day, I drove back home early. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a sound coming from the bedroom upstairs — it was the sound of m y favorite violin.“Thief!”I said to myself.I dashed upstairs. A boy who was about 12 years old was touching my violin. The boy's bag seemed to be filled with something. At first glance, l found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed he was surely a thief.Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile. I asked, "Are you Mr. Ram's nephew Rubens? I'm his housekeeper. Two years ago, Mr Ram said his nephew living in the countryside would come. It must be you." On hearing my words, the boy was surprised, but then he said quickly, "Has my uncle gone out? I think I'd better first go out for a walk and visit him in a while."I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, "Do you want to play the violin?""Yes. but I'm so poor that I can't afford one," the boy replied.I said,“The violin is mine. I give this violin to you." The boy looked at me doubtfully. He picked up the violin. Suddenly, he saw my photo on the wall. He realized that I might be the master of the house. He trembled for a moment and ran out.A few years later, in a music competition in Melbourne, I was invited to judge the final. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won first prize. After the award ceremony, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box. He said excitedly, "Mr. Brian, do you still remember me? You gave me this violin several years ago. Today, I can give it back to you without regret." It turned out that he was “Mr. Ram’s nephew Ruberns”！Tears welled up in my eyes.21. After hearing the sound of the violin, the author most probably thoughtA. a thief was in his roomB. a naughty boy was upstairsC. a guest had come to visit himD. someone was practicing the violin22. How did the boy react when he first saw the author?A. He apologized.B. He was frightened.C. He tried to run away.D. He pretended to be poor.23. Why did the author tell the boy he was the housekeeper?A. To play a joke on the boy.B. To prevent the boy from escaping.C. To make the boy become relaxed.D. To make the boy return his shoes.24. What did the author do in the end?A. let the boy go with the violin.B. He told the boy not to steal again.C. He taught the boy how to play the violin.D. He asked the boy to take part in a music competition.BDo you often feel that you haven’t afford got enough time to carry out all the plans drawn up at the beginning of the year, and a new year is drawing near unexpectedly? If you have the same feeling, you are not alone. It feels like time speeds up every year.Scientists claim that over thousands of years, great changes have taken place. However, time is mysterious and unique. No matter what happens in the world, time seems to turn a blind eye to the outside world. Whether it is in the past, at present, or in the future, time would not vary with the development of the world. It remains the same and operates at a relatively steady speed.According to a recent study, smart phones，tablets and other digital products havetrained our brains to process more information, causing us to think time is passing faster than it really is. Even just reading a simple advertisement on the digital device, the people who were experimented on thought time passed more quickly, compared with the other group that read a long monologue(独白)from a real book.“It’s almost as though we’re trying to keep step with the technology, and do things more quickly and more efficiently,” Dr. Mcoughlin from James Cook University said.“It seems like there’s something about technology itself that speeds up our pacemakers which measure the passing o f time.”Researchers note that in order to stop time from rushing by, we should reduce the time spent online and prevent the pacemaker moving fast .The findings prove what most people have known: we need to stop and smell the roses.25. Which of the following is TRUE according to the scientists?A. People have known clearly about time.B. Time is something that never changes.C. People can change the feature of time.D. Time usually keeps pace with our life.26. What makes us feel that time is getting faster?A. The healthy lifestyle.B. Reading a lot of books.C. The high tech products.D. The development of the brain.27. What's the attitude of Dr. McLoughlin to the study?A. Opposed.B. Approving.C. Doubtful.D. Unconcerned.28. By saying "we need to stop and smell the roses", the author means_________.A. we must know how to plant rosesB. it's necessary to avoid using the InternetC. people can keep working without a breakD. we should learn to slow down and enjoy our life.CThere are several r easons why cats climb trees, mostly to do with defensive purposes. Cats, as predators(捕食者)，like to understand their environment well. Cats climb trees to get a better view or their surroundings, to help them see any potential dangers or potential prey（被掠食者）.While cats are predators, they can also be easily attacked by larger animals. A tree often provides a safe hiding place. In the wild, cats climb up trees to give them a resting place that is out of predators’ range. It also helps disguise their presence, which can prevent any prey from noticing that there is a cat nearby.Sometimes some cats may climb trees for fun, or possibly to work on improving theirclimbing abilities. Kittens frequently test out their claw skills by trying to climb up everything, from bookcases to trees to a person’s leg. Climbing practice is good for cats; it can improve their strength and flexibility and teach them an important defensive skill. To prevent them from practicing indoor climbing of your furniture, however, owners may wish to buy a carpeted cat tree for climbing.If a cat has gotten up a tree and cannot get down, the owner may wonder why its remarkable climbing abilities only work in one direction. A cat’s claws curve（弯曲）inward, allowing it to take hold of surfaces while going up head first. Unfortunately, this useful climbing curve does nothing to help the animal get back down again. Eventually, most trapped kittens will either jump out of the tree or realize that they can get down by going tail first. Either way, a cat up a tree is usually nothing to panic about unless it is injured; they are intelligent animals and will find out how to get down sooner or later.29. In most cases, cats climb trees in order toA. have funB. seek foodC. defend themselvesD. please their owners30.What does the underlined word “disguise” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Find outB. Focus onC. Make clearD. Cover up31. Why do people want to buy carpeted cat treesA. To train their cats in climbing.B. To help protect their furniture.C. To improve their cats' c law skills.D. To keep their cats warm in winter.32. Seeing your cat up a tree, you are supposed toA. just take it easyB. lead it down slowlyC. feed some food to it at onceD. keep an eye on it all the timeDAfter a couple has had their first child, to their disappointment they become infertile (不生育的)and can not have more children . Many couples have difficulties having children, and sometimes it is impossible for couples to have children because they are infertile. Fortunately, cloning would allow these couples to have children. This is one reason why it is difficult to decide whether cloning is ethical（伦理的) or not. The following are some of the reasons why cloning should be allowed.As just discussed, cloning can be used to help benefit those who cannot have children through the normal, natural way. It is the desire of most couples to have childrenand when it is impossible to bear children of their own, some are willing to do anything to have a child. Cloning will allow them to have a child or many children that have the genetic（基因的）pattern of the parents.Through cloning, research can progress. We can learn enough to produce human organs without having to produce human beings. We may develop technology to allow easier genetic testing and fixing problems such as spinal cord injuries, cancer, and many more.Cloning organs for organ transplants(移植) is one of the major practical reasons that cloning should be allowed. There is always a high demand for organs. Some argue for the cloning of humans to create extra body parts. Others talk of just wanting to clone an organ to replace a faulty organ.Rejuvenation (返老还童) is also a key argument for advocates of cloning. Human cloning may one day cure heart attacks. Some scientists believe that by injecting cloned healthy heart cells into damaged heart tissue will lead to healing of the heart.33. The topic of the text is introduced by________.A. giving an exampleB. make comparisonsC. setting down general rulesD. presenting research finding34. The third paragraph is written to tell us ________ .A .cloning can benefit research B. scientific research is progressingC. human organ are in great demandD. cloning makes genetic testing easier35. Which of the following best shows the structure of the test?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.Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the Uni ted States love their dogs and treat them well. 36 However, dogs without owners to care for them leada different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. 37 They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.38 This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.39 People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner(小气的) than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. 40A. Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.B．Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.C．We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.D．Still, people say every dog has its day.E．There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.F．They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.G．That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.第三部分英语知识运用（共一节, 满分30分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。