1、1高二 10月月考试题英 语 A卷(共 100分)第一部分 听力理解(共两节,满分 30分)第一节 (共 5小题;每小题 1.5分,共 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. Whats the correct time?A. 8:20. B. 8:25. C. 8:15.2. Where are the two speakers?A. On a ship. B. On a train. C. On a plane.3.
2、 Where is the woman going now?A. Her brothers office B. Her own house. C. The market.4. Why cant the woman go to the party?A. She is sick. B. She has to work. C. She has to stay at home.5. What is the problem with her English?A. Her spelling is very poor. B. Her speaking is not good. C. Her pronunci
3、ation is not good.第二节 (共 15 小题;每题 1.5 分,共 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题,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。听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读各小题,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 段对话,回答第 6-8 题。6. Where are the two speakers?A. In the library. B. In a department store. C. In the street.7. Who are the two
4、 speakers?A. A woman and his husband. B. A woman and a passer-by. C. A woman and her friend.8. Where will the woman change buses?A. At the zoo. B. At the traffic lights. C. At the end of the No. 9 bus.听第 7 段对话,回答第 9-11 题。9. Why is the man going to the States?A. Visit places of interest. B. Visit his
5、 friends. C. Attend a conference.10. How long will the conference last?A. One month. B. Two weeks. C. Seven days.11. What is the man?A. A scientist. B. A writer. C. A traveler.听第 8 段对话,回答第 12-14 题。12. Where does this conversation take place?2A. At school. B. In the street. C. On the phone.13. Why is
6、 the woman going to borrow some old exam papers?A. She wants to look through them. B. Hers are missing. C. She wants to check them. 14. Why is the girl worried about her physics exam?A. Because she hasnt prepared well. B. Because she has lost her physics book.C. Because she has no old exam papers. 听
7、第 9 段对话,回答第 15-17 题。15. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library. B. In a classroom. C. In a bookstore.16. What is the man doing?A. Returning some books. B. Looking for a book. C. Writing a research paper.17. What does the woman tell the man to do?A. To return the due books. B
8、. To refer to the card list. C. To make use of the computer.听第 10 段对话,回答第 18-20 题。18. Who does the speaker talk to?A. A friend of his. B. A group of new students. C. A group of visitors.19. What is the total number of departments in the college?A. Six. B. Five. C. Four.20. Where do the teachers in t
9、he English department mainly come from?A. England and America. B. America and Australia. C. America and Canada.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中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(A )At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断 )with kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me.
10、When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able
11、 to do it.” She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”I tried, but I didnt finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home. In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Lo
12、uis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldnt get much education. But Louis didnt give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots(点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.Wasnt I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? M
13、y thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?I didnt expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs. Smi
14、th, so it was quite a surprise 3when it came back to me the next day- with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:“ See what you can do when you keep trying?”21. The author didnt finish the reading in class because.A. He was new to the class B. He was tried of literatureC. He had
15、an attention disorder D. He wanted to take the task home22. What was Mrs. Smiths attitude to the author at the end of the story?A. Angry B. Impatient C. Sympathetic D. Encouraging23. What is the main idea of the passage?A.The disabled should be treated with respect.B.A teacher can open up a new worl
16、d to students.C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.( B )Chinas new term, tuhao, may be in next years Oxford English Dictionary. The word caught the attention of the dictionarys editing team after BBCs recent program on influenti
17、al Chinese words. “If its influence continues, it is very likely to appear on our updated list of words,” said Julie Kleeman, project manager with the editing team.In Chinese tu means uncouth(粗鲁的) and hao means rich. It has traditionally been referred to rich people who throw their weight around in
18、Chinas countryside. The word became more popular with the launch of Apples new gold-colored iPhone, which is loved by Chinas rich people. The color became known as “tuhao gold”. The word is now also used by the online community to refer to people who have the cash but lack the class to go with it. K
19、leeman also mentioned other Chinese worddama, which means middle-aged women, was first used in the Western media by the Wall Street Journal in May when thousands of Chinese women were buying up record number of gold. They were the driving force in the global gold market between April and July when t
20、he gold prices had dropped. People can have an intuitive(直觉的)grasp of the meanings if they see pinyin, Kleeman said, adding that people avoid using an English word to keep the original meaning.“We have nearly 120 Chinese-linked words now in Oxford English Dictionary,” she said. Some of them are: gua
21、nxi, which means “connection”; taikonaut, a mix of taikong, meaning outer space, and astronaut.The new words will be first uploaded on the official website before the dictionaries arrive. The online version is also renewed every three months.“It at least broke our old rules. It used to take 10 years
22、 to include a new word but now we keep pace with the time,” according to a statement from ex-chief-editor John Simpson.24.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. Dama and tuhao have made it into Oxford English Dictionary.B. Some influential Chinese words appeared on one of
23、 BBCs recent programs.C. Tuhao refers to people who have both the cash and the class.D. John Simpson thinks that it is not good to break old rules.425.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Give orders to others. B.Get ready to help others. C.Go on a diet. D.Put on weight.26.Tuhao beca
24、me more popular partly because_. A.it is very likely to appear in Oxford English DictionaryB.it is often used by the online communityC. people use Chinese pinyin to keep the original meaningD. Apple launched a new gold-colored iPhone27. Whats the similarity between “tuhhao” and “dama”?A.Both take ne
25、w meanings. B.Both were created in British.C.Both will be uploaded in the next dictionary version before the official website .D.They have the same meaning.( C )The China Daily newspaper group is looking for English-language senior business editors, senior copy editors, copy editors and graphic desi
26、gners to strengthen its international team. We offer a competitive salary package, accommodation with furniture paid for 90 percent medical reimbursement(报销), a seven-day paid leave, eleven-day public holidays and a return ticket to the country of residence.Senior Business EditorYou must: (1) assist
27、 the business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them; (2) be an excellent team person who can generate ideas and think creatively and be able to rewrite articles totally if needed; (3) ideally have been working or have worked in a position of responsibility and understand what leaders
28、hip intends; (4) have had at least five years editing experience working on editing The Business Desk and be familiar with industry software.Senior Copy EditorYou must: (1) work on shifts in The Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; (2) edit or rewrite copies
29、 and give smart headlines and captions(说明文字);(3) have had at least two years editing experience working on editing desks and be familiar with industry software.Copy EditorYou must: (1) be good at editing or rewriting copies and writing smart headlines and captions; (2) be able to work on shifts for
30、different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; (3) have two years of editing experience working on copy desks, and be familiar with industry software.Graphic DesignerYou must: (1) have excellent skills in information graphics; (2) be good at illustrations and freeh
31、and drawings; (3) be experienced in newspaper or magazine layouts(布局); (4) have a good sense of typography(版面设计); (5) have good news judgment;.For enquiries or to apply, write to .28.What is NOT required about Graphic Designer?A. Have a good sense of typography. B. Have excellent skills in informati
32、on graphics.5C. Write smart headlines and captions. D. Be expert in freehand drawings.29.How many positions need editing experience?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Free accommodations are available to the workers.B. The workers there
33、can enjoy a seven-day leave without pay.C. The employees have the right to enjoy elevenday public holidays.D. The senior business editors only job is to help the business editor to set goals.31.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. China Daily: New Employees Wanted B. China
34、Daily: The Best Working ConditionC. China Daily: Newspaper D. China Daily: An International Team。( D )Our children feel stressed out by an educational system that actually uses stress as an educational technique. Its a constant pressure of homework deadlines,essays and exams. And our children are to
35、ld at a young age that failing a test means that they are failures in life. Theyll end up nowhere if they dont pass this or that exam. Our educational system is based on a very Western idea that life is a struggle and youd better measure up. Its survival of the fittest. While there is some truth to
36、this, not as much as people think.Our ancestors didnt develop a constant stress environment. Back then, stress came quickly and was over quickly, it wasnt like the stress of modern education. Stress was originally just a short-term biological response to danger; however, the constant stress of moder
37、n education rarely stops. Its long term, at least ten years and usually more.Recent research has shown that the neurological(神经系统的 )response to stress is the same response that is found in depression. So, whats the solution? A number have been proposed, including but not limited to the following.Mak
38、e sure that kids get exercise Exercise consumes(消耗) energy that would otherwise build up in the stress response and could cause physical and mental problems.Teach relaxation exercises. Allowing the mind and body to relax cuts off the stress response and reduces the neurological fatigue(疲劳),enabling
39、the individual to recover at least somewhat.Pay attention to thinking. Training the stressed student to pay attention to his or her own mind to a point where he or she is sufficiently aware to shut off the stress response when necessary.Of course,theres a logical answer to the problem. Just rearrang
40、e our teaching methods to encourage,rather than prevent,the natural curiosity and joy in learning that we are all born with. This would remove the stress and probably cut learning time in half.32.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Dealing with stress in modern education. B. Helping children liv
41、e a happy life.C. Getting rid of the modern education. D. Taking measures to learn at school.33. Children feel stressed because _.6A. they dislike the educational technique B. they have no ability to finish their homeworkC. they are convinced (相信)high grades are important D. they suffer numbers of f
42、ailures in their life34. How did our ancestors treat education?A. They thought education was the only way to success.B. They felt education could bring short-term stress.C. They believed education could bring the best out.D. They knew the importance of good education.35. If you are a teacher in a hi
43、gh school _.A. you should relax yourself as far as possible B. you should ignore the stressed studentC. you should leave students in a good mood D. you should stick to your teaching methods( E )第二节 (共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分)阅读短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 We all wish we had just a bit more time. Ju
44、st think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or spring-clean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on.36 But I can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.1. Get Out of Bed EarlierIf
45、 you normally get up at 7:30 am, try getting up at 7:00 am. That halfhour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book youve been meaning to finish. 37 2. Do the Important Tasks FirstOnce you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy
46、ones, or even the urgent ones). You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones.38 The urgent tasks will still get done, and you wont miss the important ones.3. Reduce InterruptionsIf colleagues have a habit of hanging around your
47、desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter. Constant interruptions dont just eat up time, they also break your concentration.When youve got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemail. 39
48、 Wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation.4. 40 A few minutes chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day.When youre working, work. If your concentration is slipping, take a proper break: go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a b