高一英语下学期第二次月考试题 (2)

旧州中学 2015——2016学年第二学期第二次月考试卷高一英语（时间：120分钟总分：120分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节；满分40分）（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

AIn most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means t helittle things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?”“Terrible weather ,isn’t it?” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both p eople agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. Peo ple usually agree about the weather,so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people o ften dis agreeabout religion(宗教) or politics(政治) so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus-stops, people may comment on the transport system. “The bus service is ter rible, isn’t it?”1. Small talk is _______________.A. a kind of conversation with short wordsB. a greeting used when people meet each otherC. to let people disagree about somethingD. something we talk about to start a conversation2. The favorite topic of small talk for English people is _________.A. the weatherB. politicsC. gamesD. languages3. The passage suggests that when we learn a language _________.A. we should learn about the transport system of the countryB. we should only master the grammar and the vocabularyC. we should learn the culture of the countryD. we should understand the importance of the language4. What we learn from the passage is that __________.A. different languages have different grammarB. small talk is an important part of a languageC. small talk depends on the purpose of the conversationD. in English-speaking countries we should talk about the weatherBPeople need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill．The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek god Zeus（Zus)．For five days，athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box(拳击)，run，jump and so on．There was a r elay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．People were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．5．What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？A．People stopped work and enjoyed themselves．B．The cities there were often against one another．C．People watched baseball games．D．People didn’t go to any games at all．6．What can learn from the passage?A．The Ancient Olympic Games was not very popular in Greece at that time.B．The countries at war were not allowed to take part in the The Ancient Olympic Games.C．The Ancient Olympic Games is related to religion(宗教).D．At the Olympic Games，people could only watch the m box(拳击)，run and jump. 7．What did people do at the games？A．They fought．B．They just talked to friends．C．They cheered for good athletes．D．They tried to find friends．8．The best title for the story is“_____”．A．Greece at War B．Together for the GamesC．Stop Fighting D．SportCHenry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to sell millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908----five years after Ford bad start ed his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．9．Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．A．cheap and strong B．cheap and long C．fast and expensive D．strong and slow 10．Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．A．he made many greet cars B．his cars a re manyC．he made lots of cars of the same kind D．both A and B11．The young man became a mechanic，_______．A．which was his father’s will B．which was against his own willC．which was against his father’s will D．which was the will of both12．The “Model T” was very famous_____．A．before 1908 B．between 1982 and 1908 C．before 1892 D．after 1908DNo one knows for certain why people dream, but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us learn. In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time (午睡时间) dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.“I was astonished by this finding,” Robert Stick gold told Science News. He is a cognitive neuro-scientist(神经学家）at Harvard Medical School who worked on the study of-how the brain and nervous system work, and cognitive studies look at how people learn and reason. So a cognitive neuro-scientist may study the brain processes that help people learn.In the study, 99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze (虚拟迷宫). The maze was difficult, and the study participants had to start in a different place each time they tried - making it even more difficult. They were also told to find a particular picture of a tree and remember where it was.For the first 90 minutes of a five-hour break, half of the participants stayed awake andhalf were told to take a short nap. Participants who stayed awake were asked to describe their thoughts. Participants who took a nap were asked about their dreams before sleep and after steep - and they were awakened within a minute of sleep to describe their dreams.About a dozen of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were connected to the maze. Some dreamed about the music that had been playing when they were working; others said they dreamed about seeing people in the maze. When these people tried the computer maze again, they were generally able to find the tree faster than before their naps. However, people who had other dreams, or people who didn't take a nap, didn't show the same improvement.Stick gold suggests the dream itself doesn't help a person learn - it's the other way around.13.The better performance in working out the maze is connected with .A．how people dream B．what people dreamC．when people dream D．where people dream14．It is a cognitive scientists job to study_________ .A．how people dream and learn C．the structure of the nervous systemB．whether someone is reasonable D．the process of understanding15．The purpose of the study college by 99 college students is to .A．find the hidden tree in the mazeB．test the design of a difficult virtual mazeC．train people's memoryD．see how dreams and learning are connected第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。