2017-2018学年重庆市巫溪中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

2017-2018学年重庆市巫溪中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

‎2017-2018学年重庆市巫溪中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题 命题人：高一英语命题小组 ‎ ‎(时间：120分钟　满分：150分)‎ 第Ⅰ卷　(选择题，共90分)‎ 第一部分：听力理解（共两节：每小题1分，满分20分）‎ 第一节 听下面5段对话。‎ ‎1.Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. In the kitchen B. In the bedroom C. In the living room.‎ ‎2.How long is the James Transport Museum open a day?‎ A. 5 hours B. 8 hours C. 9 hours ‎3. What did the woman do on Thursday?‎ ‎ A. She played at home. B. She made some cakes. C. She looked after her mother.‎ ‎4. What does the man think of Seoul?‎ ‎ A. It has cool weather. B. It makes him bored. C It is an exciting city.‎ ‎5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ ‎ A. A musician B. A book C. An experience 第二节听下面5段对话或独白。‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。‎ ‎6. What is the girl’s opinion about Spanish?‎ ‎ A. It’s OK B. It’s difficult C. It’s boring ‎7. Which subject does the girl like best?‎ ‎ A. Math B. English C. History 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。‎ ‎8. What is the man like?‎ ‎ A. He is shy B. He is sociable C. He is confident ‎9. What does the man think will probably make Sarah’s parents shocked?‎ ‎ A. His clothes B. His hair style C. His job 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。 ‎ ‎10. What does Laura look like?‎ ‎ A. She has dark black hair. B. She is tall and slim. C. She has blue eyes.‎ ‎11. What is Laura going to do next September?‎ ‎ A. Take part in a competition B. Travel to New Zealand C. Attend university ‎12. What does the woman invite the man to do ?‎ ‎ A. Travel around Africa B. Go to a movie tomorrow ‎ ‎ C. Study Creative Writing with her 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。‎ ‎13. What is the man going to do?‎ ‎ A. Go to a drugstore B. Have dinner C. Take a subway ‎14. What causes the man’s trouble?‎ ‎ A. His poor expression B. His lack of experience abroad ‎ C. The differences between languages ‎15. Where was the man told to find the drugstore?‎ ‎ A. On the first floor B. On the second floor C. On the fifth floor ‎16. What do we know about the man?‎ ‎ A. He found the toilet easily. B. He doesn’t speak English well. ‎ C. He drives on the left of the road in his country.‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。‎ ‎17. How was Baylis’ radio powered?‎ ‎ A.By electricity B. By batteries C. By hand ‎18. What does the speaker say about the mobile invented by Baylis?‎ ‎ A. It is powered by people’s walking. ‎ ‎ B. It contains a small battery in itself.‎ C. It is produced in South America.‎ ‎19. What is the educational background of Baylis?‎ ‎ A. He didn’t receive a higher education.‎ ‎ B. He majored in engineering at university.‎ C. He is a high school graduate. ‎ ‎20. How did Baylis gain his ideas?‎ ‎ A. He worked hard for them. B. They came to him by chance. ‎ C. Other people inspired him a lot.‎ 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， 选出最佳选项。‎ A For years I have had no idea what I have been doing with my life. I was a 30-year-old lawyer(律师) in New York. But being a lawyer was never my dream or goal in life. I honestly wanted to be a writer. I have a great imagination and would write amazing stories in my head. But I always knew that being a writer was never possible for me because it was a better financial decision to stay a lawyer.‎ Recently, I couldn’t fall asleep at my usual time of 10 p. m. and when I did fall asleep I had the same dream over and over again. The dream starts with me in the ocean trying to go for a swim and I’m searching for something, but I start to drown(溺水) and have no control over my body. Then a light shines through the waters and when I look up all I can see is myself in a bright white room writing a novel. Then I hear a voice say repeatedly, “Now is the time to try something new!”‎ It wasn’t just a dream；it was my opportunity to make something good out of my life. That afternoon, I quit my job at the law firm and I couldn’t have been any happier. My life started at 30, and every day since that point I haven’t stopped enjoying life. I started to write and have been on the best-sellers（畅销书） list for the last two months. Things have definitely turned around.‎ Change is a good thing; it gives us an opportunity to take a chance. So my two favorite words I live by and so should you are “change and chance”.‎ ‎21. From the first paragraph, we can know that ________.‎ A. the author prefers to be a lawyer rather than a writer B. it is unlikely that the author becomes a writer C. the author is a 30-year-old lawyer at present D. a lawyer is likely to earn more than a writer ‎22. The second paragraph mainly talks about the author’s ________.‎ A. strong desire to become a writer B. difficulty in sleeping at night.‎ C. wish to have a swim in the waters D. terrible swimming experience in the ‎ ocean.‎ ‎23. The best title of the text might be _________. ‎ A. Change and Choice B. Lawyer or Writer ‎ C. Change and Chance D. Risk or Opportunity ‎ B.‎ Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater, employees were busy cleaning up popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater’s 75-year history. This time, however the cleanup was a little different. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building’s end.‎ The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the old theater. Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say good-bye to the old building. Theater owner Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate. The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.‎ Bradford said that large modem theatres in the city made it impossible for the Plaza to compete. He added that the theater’s location was also a reason. “This used to be the center of town,” he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.”‎ Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were abandoned because of financial problems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.‎ The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater had shown its last movies. The theater will be missed.‎ ‎24. In what way was yesterday’s cleanup at the Plaza special?‎ A. It signaled the closedown of the theater.‎ B. It made room for new equipment.‎ C. It was done with the help of the audience.‎ D. It marked the 75th anniversary of The theater.‎ ‎25. Why was The Last Picture Show put on?‎ A. It was an all-time classic. B. It was about the history of the town.‎ C. The audience requested it. D. The theater owner found it suitable.‎ ‎26. What will probably happen to the building?‎ A. It will be repaired. B. It will be turned into a museum.‎ C. It will be knocked down. D. It will be sold to the city government.‎ ‎27. What can we infer about the audience?‎ A. They are disappointed with Bradford.‎ B. They are sad to say good-bye to the old theater.‎ C. They are supportive of the city officials.‎ D. They are eager to have a shopping center.‎ C Winters are long and unforgiving in North Dakota. The winter of 1996 was especially brutal. It was a hard time in my own life too. A neck injury had kept me flat in bed for nearly a year. “Just in time for Easter,”my husband, Dick, said. But how could I feel the joy when the snow was four feet deep and I had months of painful physical treatment ahead? I was doing the dishes one day, feeling hopeless when there was a tap against the glass. It was a branch of the troublesome cottonwood (棉白杨).Back in the fall of 1979, it was a new subdivision (分支）then, an eight-foot stick. The people who'd briefly occupied the house before us had placed the pipe from the pump next to it. The earth was so wet that the poor thing had fallen down, most of its bare root system pointing skyward, and blowing hopelessly back and forth in the cold wind. Dick decided to pull it out one day, but I protested. “Look at how hard it's trying!” I said, pointing to the way it strongly kept hold of the earth. “It deserves a chance.”‎ ‎  Dick borrowed some tools. We packed dry soil around the tree and put up some stakes (桩) into the ground, making it stand upright. That winter was still terrible. Surprisingly, in the spring my “rescue stick” put forth a ‎ few leaves, then with lots of branches. The year after that, we were able to remove the stakes. By the 1990s that little stick was a giant, towering over the house. Now the tapping at the window continued, louder as the wind picked up, almost as though to tell me to look up. At last, I did. I caught my breath. In the window against the icy blue sky, thousands and thousands of fresh red buds were waving in the wind. ‎ The tree was bursting with life and I had a wonderful Easter ‎28.What is the meaning of the underlined word "brutal" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?‎ A. busy. ‎ B. long.‎ C. hard.‎ D. warm.‎ ‎29.How did Dick rescue the new subdivision?‎ A. By supporting the stick firmly.‎ B. By watering the stick regularly.‎ C. By distributing chemical fertilizer.‎ D. By gathering sticks day and night.‎ ‎30. What is the author's purpose in writing the last paragraph?‎ A. To inform us of the current condition of her cottonwood.‎ B. To imply that she’d spent the hardest time and felt hopeful.‎ C. To tell us that the tree had survived from the awful winter.‎ D. To suggest what she was going to do for the coming festival.‎ ‎31. Which of the following can serve as the main idea of the passage?‎ A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.‎ B. There is no garden without its weeds.‎ C. Success is the accumulation of sweat.‎ D. Where there is life, there is hope.‎ D.‎ Revolutionary TV Ears TV Ears has helped thousands of people with various degrees of hearing loss hear the television clearly without turning up the volume(音量) and now it’s better and more affordable than ever! With TV Ears wireless technology, you set your own headset ‎ volume, while other TV listeners hear the television at a volume level that’s comfortable for them. You can even listen through the headset only and put the TV on mute(静音) if the situation calls for a quiet environment —maybe the baby is sleeping. Or perhaps you are the only one who is interested in listening to the ballgame.‎ TV Ears patented(有专利权的) technology includes a revolutionary noise reduction ear tip, not used in any other commercially available headset. This tip reduces outside noise so that television dialogue is clear and understandable. Get the technology that has proven to help the most demanding customers. That’s why TV Ears has earned the trust and confidence of audiologists(听觉学家) nationwide as well as world-famous doctors.‎ Doctor Recommended TV Ears!‎ ‎“My wife and I have used TV Ears almost daily for the past two years and find them a great help in our enjoyment of television . As a retired ear doctor, I heartily recommend TV Ears to people with normal hearing as well as those with hearing loss.”‎ ‎— Robert Forbes, M. D, CA Customer Recommended TV Ears!‎ ‎“Now my husband can have the volume as loud as he needs and I can have the TV at my hearing level. 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How much do I want to pay? How long do I want to study overseas? Do I want to live with a host family, with roommates, or alone?‎ ‎ 39 ‎ Get your passport and visa (签证) early! Before you go, learn some of the language, and read about some common customs in your host country. Learn about the money. Bring some of it, and a credit card with you.‎ Once you are there.‎ After the first few weeks overseas, many students will feel a little homesick. They may miss their family, and familiar ways of doing things. 40 When you feel sad or homesick, try to talk to others, or write about your feelings in a notebook.‎ A. Overseas study may also look good on your future resume (简历).‎ B. Make the right choice.‎ C. Why do you study overseas?‎ D. Get quick access to foreign universities.‎ E. Get ready to go.‎ F. Remember that it takes time to get used to a new place, school, and culture.‎ G. As a study abroad you will pay tuition fees (学费) to the overseas institution.‎ 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A long time ago，Bear passed Wolf on a path by a lake. As usual，he made fun of Wolf. Wolf began to run after him and Bear __41__ on a tree overhanging(悬于上方) the lake. Wolf followed，quickly becoming __42__.He was ready for a rest. He stopped for a __43__ from the lake，and when seeing Bear’s reflection(倒影) in the __44__，Wolf dived in. He almost lost his __45__ before pulling himself to the bank，and he lay on the bank and fell into a deep __46__.Seeing this，Bear climbed out，took some wet earth from the lake bottom and __47__ Wolf’s eyes with the wet earth. When Wolf awoke，he couldn’t __48__ his eyes. He tried to break the dry，hard earth on his eyes，but __49__.He began to cry. An ugly，brown bird heard the cries and came to see if he could __50__.‎ ‎“What is the __51__？”asked the bird.‎ ‎“My eyes have been covered by earth，and I cannot break it off，”cried the wolf. “Can you help me，please？”‎ ‎“I’ll __52__，”said the bird. As he pecked (啄) on the hard earth，it __53__ broke into small pieces and soon Wolf was able to __54__ again.‎ ‎“How can I repay (报答) you，for the __55__ you’ve shown？”asked Wolf.‎ ‎“That is not necessary，”replied the bird. But Wolf was so __56__ that he wanted to do __57__.He then looked at the ugly，brown bird and said， “I’ve __58__ it！”He took the bird to where the red rock was found，and using it，painted the little，brown bird __59__.‎ ‎“Now you are a redbird (红雀)，”said Wolf，“and __60__ of your children from this day on will be born with the beautiful，red feathers.” And so they were，and are today.‎ ‎41．A. played B. rested C．hid D．lived ‎ ‎42．A. tired B. interested C.satisfied D．worried ‎43．A. swim B. drink C．boat D．meal ‎44．A. stone B. tree C．water D．soil ‎45．A. food B. life C．chance D．match ‎46．A. river B．sleep C．hole D．valley ‎ ‎47．A. protected B．hurt C．covered D．filled ‎48．A. open B．find C．clean D．close ‎59．A. changed B．failed C．stopped D．ran ‎50．A. watch B．fly C．help D．call ‎51．A. color B．rule C．matter D． purpose ‎52．A. try B．go C．stand D．prepare ‎53．A. quietly B．slowly C．hardly D．nearly ‎54．A. smell B．speak C．hear D．see ‎55．A. kindness B．pleasure C.courage D．humor ‎56．A. young B．grateful C. strong D．careful ‎57．A. anything B．nothing C．everything D．something ‎58．A. made B．got C．noticed D．received ‎59．A. red B．white C．black D．blue ‎60．A. none B．one C．some D． all 第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Everyone has seen plants growing, but have you ever thought ___61____ they get the food? In the seventeenth century, a European scientist ___62_____(call) Van Helmot asked this question. Like most people, he thought that plants must get their food from soil. However, Van Helmot decided ____63____ (test) the theory with experiments.‎ ‎ First, he dried some soil, put it into a pot and weighed it. Next, he weighed a small tree, planted it in the pot and added rain water. Then, he watered it ___64____(regular) with rain water.‎ ‎ After five years, he removed the tree from the pot and weighed it again. He found that the tree had gained ____65____ huge amount of weight. When he ____66____(weigh) the soil, however, it was almost exactly the same as it had been five years earlier. So Van Helmot drew the ____67____ (conclude) that the tree grew by drinking water. How ___68____(thrill) he was! Though it turned out to be wrong , he showed the importance of the use of scientific evidence to support ideas.‎ ‎ We now know that plants and trees make their own food. Their leaves, when exposed to the air and sun, are like factories _____69____ can change the energy from the sun into chemical energy. During this process, oxygen and sugar are produced. The oxygen is released back into the air , and the sugar is used by the plant ___70_____ food.‎ 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 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—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。‎ ‎ The old saying “The early bird catches the worm.” show us the importance of planning, working hard and trying constant. To achieve outstanding results, the most people must plan ahead and work hard to overcome all kind of difficulties.‎ ‎ That has been my own experience, either. When I first started at high school, I seldom passed my exams, so I never prepared well. Later, my teacher, Mr Black, advised me plan everything in advance. She asked me to work hard as well. After a year of putting his advice to practice, I can now easily pass all my exams.‎ ‎ There are no direct roads to succeed.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假定你是李华。最近你从东京奥委会官网得知，东京奥组委在世界范围内招募志愿者(volunteer)。你有意申请，请根据写作要点，用英文写一封应征邮件。‎ 1. 表达应征的意愿；‎ 2. 陈述应征的目的；‎ ‎3. 陈述自身的条件。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎3. 开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 参考答案 ‎ ‎ 第一部分：听力理解（共两节：每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎1-5 ACACB 6-10 BCABA 11-15 CBBCA 16-20 CCAAB 第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ ‎21-23 DAC 24-27 ADCB 28-31CABD 32-35 BDAC 36-40 CABEF 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎41-45 CABCB 46-50 BCABC 51-55 CABDA 56-60 BDBAD 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ ‎61 where 62 called 63 to test 64 regularly 65 a ‎ ‎66 weighed 67 conclusion 68 thrilled 69 which/that 70 as 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ The old saying “The early bird catches the worm.” show us the importance of ‎ ‎ shows planning, working hard and trying constant. To achieve outstanding results, the ‎ ‎ constantly most people must plan ahead and work hard to overcome all kind of difficulties.‎ ‎ kind ‎ That has been my own experience, either. When I first started at high school, I ‎ ‎ too seldom passed my exams, so I never prepared well. Later, my teacher, Mr Black,‎ ‎ Because ‎ advised me plan everything in advance. She asked me to work hard as well. After a ‎ to He year of putting his advice to practice, I can now easily pass all my exams.‎ ‎ into ‎ There are no direct roads to succeed.‎ ‎ success/succeeding 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎ Dear Sir/ Madam,‎ ‎ I’m Li Hua, a high school student from China. Knowing that volunteers are in need for the coming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, I’m writing to apply for the position as a volunteer.‎ ‎ I really want to get this precious opportunity. As far as I’m concerned, it can help me gain valuable experience and build up confidence. What’s more, volunteering can also make my life enjoyable and meaningful.‎ Being an out-going student, I’m in good terms with my classmates. Besides, I have such a good knowledge of Spanish and English that I believe I am qualified with the position. Having been volunteers several times, I have accumulated rich experience. I would be appreciate it if you could take my application into consideration and offer me an opportunity.‎ ‎ Looking forward to your early reply.‎ ‎ Yours ‎ ‎ Li Hua