宜昌市金东方2014-2015年高二6月月考英语试题及答案

宜昌金东方高级中学2015年春季学期6月月考高二英语试题满分：150分，用时：120分钟★祝考试顺利★本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。

考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。

第 I 卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man probably do?A. A shop assistant.B. A policeman.C. A postman.2. How old is the man's daughter?A. Six months old.B. One year old.C. Two years old.3. When did the woman plan to go to Spain?A. In spring.B. In summer.C. In autumn.4. Where will the speakers go first?A. A restaurant.B. A cinema.C. A hospital.5. What does the man think of the lecture?A. It was interesting.B. It was far beyond his understanding.C. It was long but easy to understand.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段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the man usually do at home?A. Do the washing-up.B. Wash clothes.C. Clean the car.7. What does the man promise to do at last?A. Do all the housework from next weekend.B. Clean the kitchen after cooking.C. Prepare meals every day.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How long will the man most probably rent the bike?A. From 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.B. From 9:00 am to 7:00 pm.C. From 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.9. What will happen if the man brings the bike back after 7:00 pm?A. He has to pay for the helmet.B. He can't get the 50 dollars back.C. He has to pay 50 dollars' extra money.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the woman a bit nervous?A. She is afraid of getting up late.B. She is a newcomer to the school.C. She isn’t ready for the coming exam.11. What must the students do before morning reading?A. Hand in homework.B. Do morning exercises.C. Go to the teacher’s office.12. What can the students do if they feel hungry?A. Ask the teacher for some food.B. Have something to eat in class.C. Eat something during the break.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where is the woman going first?A. Bergner’s.B. Penny’s.C. Lisa’s.14. When should the woman have called Helen?A.At 3:45.B.At 4:15.C.At 4:45.15. What’s the man’s telephone number?A.61199621.B.61299621.C.61299622.16. What’s the relationship between the man and the woman?A. Husband and wife.B. Boss and employee.C. Friends.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What kind of English lessons does the speaker recommend?A. Examination skills.B. Reading and writing.C. Listening and speaking.18. How can a learner take the lessons when he is not online?A. By using the downloaded sound files.B. By making conversations with others.C. By reviewing words, phrases and idioms.19. What is mentioned as an advantage of the speaker’s online course?A. It helps learners to make friends.B. It offers learners better study methods.C. It improves learners’ listening and speaking skills quickly.20. What is the speaker’s idea about learning English?A. Being confident in learning.B. Learning English little by little.C. Having clear learning goals.第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，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。

AIt was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn't go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind, “I'll send Mum someroses.”While John was picking his flo wers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, madam?” He asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen(一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨).“No, I have to have red roses,” he said. “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn't get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as rose is her favourite.”After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty－five dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother. As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon John realized it was not a park but a cemetery(墓地). Crying, the young man carefully put down the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.21. The assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because_________.A. carnations were nicer than rosesB. roses were saved for JohnC. roses were more expensive than carnationsD. carnations were special flowers for Mother's Day22. The young man cried at the cemetery because he ______.A. had spent all his money on the rosesB. wasn't able to tell his mother he loved her himselfC. felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowersD. hadn't got enough money for his sick mother23. At last Joh n changed his mind and went home because he wanted to ______.A. tell his mother he loved her himselfB. ask his mother for more moneyC. tell his mother the young man's storyD. ask his mother if she liked roses24. The writer writes the passage in order to tell us ______.A. Buy roses for your mother when she is illB. Let your mother know how much you love herC. Work hard to get more money for your motherD. Send your mother flowers on Mother's DayBLife is difficult．It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it．Then life is no longer difficult．Most do not fully see this truth．Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy．It seems to them that difficulties represent （代表）a special kind of suffering especially on them or else on their families, their class, or even their nation．What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one．Problems , depending on their nature(性质,本性), cause us sadness，or loneliness or regret or anger or fear．These are uncomfortable feelings，often as painfulas any kind of physical pain．And since life causes an endless series of problems，life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy．Yet，it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning．Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure．When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we enc ourage the human ability to solve problems，just as in school we set problems for our children to solve．It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn．As Benjamin Franklin said,“ Those things that hurt , instruct(指导)．”It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems．25. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that_______.A．most people feel life is easyB．the writer feels life is easyC．the writer likes to complain about his problemsD．most people complain about how hard their lives are26．According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to______.A．encourage them to learn B．teach them to face the pain of solving the problem C．help them learn to deal with pain D．teach them how to respect the problems27. From the passage，it can be inferred(暗示) that _________.A．everybody has problemsB．we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of lifeC．life is difficult because our problems bring us painD．people like to complain about their problems28．The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that_______.A．we do not learn from experience B．we do not learn when we are in painC．pain teaches us important lessons D．pain cannot be avoidedCDo successful businessmen need an office? Increasingly the answer seems to be no.Chris Ward, author of the book Out of Office explains how President Barack Obama’s first inauguration (就职) speech was written by 27-year-old Jon Favreau sitting in Starbucks (星巴克); how Richard Tait, creator of Cranium, started the board game in a coffee shop; how Michael Acton Smith invented the children’s virtual world Moshi Monsters in his local Caffè Nero; and how JK Rowling, the novelist behind Harry Potter, believes a café is the best place to write.It is a convincing view, and for basic start-ups it makes much more sense to work from home and public spaces such as cafés than renting an expensive office. Offices are hard to find, costly to decorate and involve much tiring administration. Moreover, by staying independent you avoid the misery（痛苦） of a daily commute(往返上下班), which for many is the worst part of a job.Thanks to mobile communications, WiFi and cloud storage, together with the increasing heavy-duty equipment such as photocopiers, fax machines and desktop PCs, the traditional office is becoming redundant for many sorts of organizations and workers. Of course, factory managers, surgeons, chefs and industrial chemists are still tied to special locations. But many of us – from software engineers and copywriters to architects and fashion designers – can operate almost anywhere. That freedom, and a willingness to adapt, can make one’s career more enjoyable and, sometimes, more efficient.29. The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us__________.A. Obama didn’t write his inauguration speech by himselfB. People don’t have to work in an officeC. A café is the best place to writeD. Many writers like to write in a coffee shop30. The underlined word “redundant” in the last paragraph most probably mean_________.A. uncomfortableB.reasonableC. unnecessaryD. popular31. What can we infer from the text?A. Many people hate commuting daily.B. The tradition office will no longer exist.C. Working in public places will reduce efficiency.D. Chefs can work anywhere.DBlind tasting is a very strange activity. Contrary to what many imagine, it has nothingto do with blindfolds. It means tasting a wine without seeing the label and it can giveshocking surprises. I tasted seven champagnes(香槟) blind with a group of professionals recently. There was a shock when they discovered the wine most of them preferred carrieda label which they regarded as their least favorite. That sort of result is especially commonwith champagne, the most image-driven(视觉导向) rather than quality-drive n wine of all.But it happens all the time when wine is tasted blind.Because I’m interested in how wines really taste instead of how I think they should,I taste wine blind as often as I can, especially when assessing(评价) similar young wines.But blind tasting when you know absolutely nothing about the wine in front of you is something completely different. The most difficult Master of Wine exams include three sessions duringwhich you have a dozen glasses in front of you and nothing more helpful than a printed exampaper asking you to identify (鉴定) each wine as closely as possible, and assess its quality.Now that the MW is behind me, I taste wine completely blind only very rarely, and neverin public. So my blind tastings these days are round the dinner table with good friendsand once a year when I act as a judge, with Hugh Johnson, in the Oxford v Cambridgewine-tasting competition. This is the most extraordinary match, always held before the BoatRace but taken just as seriously nowadays. This year’s taste-off took place at the endof last month, as usual in the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Pall Mall in London.32. Which of the following is true about Blind tasting?A. Blind tasting is the professional way to identify a wine.B. Blind tasting usually has the right result.C. Blind tasting means tasting a wine with one’s eyes covered.D. Blind tasting is tasting a wine without seeing the label.33. Why did the professionals get shocked at the result of their blind tasting?A. They got all the results correctly.B. They didn’t recognize their favorite at all.C. The writer made no mistakes.D. Champagnes can not be tasted blind.34. Which of the following interests the writer most?A. Assessing young wines.B. Master of wine exams.C. Tasting wine blind in public.D. Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition.35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The Boat Race is taken more seriously than the wine race.B. The Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition is held annually.C. I didn’t act as a judge last year.D. Pall Mall is chosen as the competition place for the first time.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。