湖北省枣阳市第二中学20152016学年高一英语12月月考试题

1、枣阳二中高一年级2015-2016学年度上学期12月月考英语试题时间：150分钟 分值150分 祝考试顺利 第卷 选择题 （共两部分，满分90分）第一部分：听力（共20题；每小题1.5分, 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. When did the woman get up this morning?A. At 7:00. B. At 7:30.C. At 8:30

2、. 2. What do we know about the woman? A. She is eager to see her sister. B. She has to leave without her sister. C. She will visit her sister in three months.3. What season is it now? A. Winter.B. Spring. C. Autumn.4. What color jeans does the man want? A. Blue. B. Black. C. Brown.5. What did the wo

3、man leave at the mans flat? A. Her books. B. Her jacket. C. Her mobile phone.第二节(共1 5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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。6. How does the man suggest going to the show at first? A. By b

4、us. B. By taxi.C. By subway.7. How much is a subway ticket? A. It is three times the price of taking a bus.B. It is half the price of taking a taxi.C. It is twice the price of taking a bus.听第7段对话, 回答第8、9题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The mans mother. B. The mans bad day.C. The m

5、ans daily life.9. What did the man think was the worst? A. He broke a vase. B. He fell down the stairs. C. He was scared by a electric shock.听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. Why is the man upset?A. He has quarreled with his friend. B. He has lost an e-mail from his friend. C. He has lost a long e-mail for his

6、friend.11. What do we know about Jack? A. He was cheated by a seller online. B. He lost his girlfriends ring. C. He lost 200 dollars.12. What did the seller suggest Jack do?A. Call the police. B. Call his girlfriend. C. Phone the post office.听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。13. How will the man go shopping after l

7、unch? A. By car. B. By bike. C. By taxi.14. How does the man feel about Mark?A. Upset. B. Angry. C. Worried. 15. What does the woman ask the man to do with Mark? A. Talk with him. B. Teach him swimming.C. Invite him to have a barbecue.16. What will the woman do on Sunday?A. Go boating.B. Go swimming

8、. C. Have a barbecue.听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。17. How did Katrina have an accident? A. She sped through a light. B. She drunk a lot and hit a car. C. Her car was hit by a drunk driver.18. Why does Katrina have to stay in the hospital for a few days? A. She was seriously hurt. B. She was asked to do so. C.

9、 She needs an operation.19. What will Katrina receive in the hospital? A. A card. B. A cake. C. Flowers.20. What is the probable relationship between the speaker and Katrina? A. Workmates. B. Doctor and patient. C. Policeman and driver.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）第1节 、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）This is my t

10、hird story. When I was 17，I read a quote(引用) that something like，If you live each day it was your last，someday youll most certainly be right. Since then，for the past thirty­three years，Ive looked the mirror every morning and asked myself：If today were the last day of my life，would I want to do

11、what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a ，I know I need to change something.About a year ago I was with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable，and that I should to live no longer than three to six mont

12、hs. They advised me to go home and get my in order，which is doctors practice for prepare to Later that evening when the doctors the cells taken from my pancreas(胰腺)under a microscope，they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is with surgery(外科手术).I ha

13、d the surgery and， ，Im fine now.That was the closest I had been to facing death，and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the we all share. No one has escaped it. And that is it should be，because death is very likely the single invention of life. Its lifes change agent. It cl

14、ears out the old to make for the new. Your time is ，so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma(信条)which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly，have the courage to your heart a

15、nd intuition(直觉)They already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.1A.said Bdescribed Cwent Dexpressed2A.unless Bas if Ceven if Das long as3A.in Bat Cthrough Don4A.row Bminute Csense Dword5A.connected Binfected Caffected Ddiagnosed6A.want Bdream Cexpect Dimagine7A.duties B

16、businesses Caffairs Dlife8A.work Bstart Ctalk Ddie9A.looked Bviewed Crealized Dnoticed10A.curable Bpossible Cacceptable Dsuitable11A.carefully Bthankfully Canxiously Dhopefully12A.possession Bdestination Cexpectation Dposition13A.ever Beven Cnever Dstill14A.when Bwhile Cas Dsince15A.better Bworst Cw

17、orse Dbest16A.use Bdifference Csense Dway17A.endless Brepeated Ccountless Dlimited18A.others Bother Canyones Dsome others19A.listen Bfollow Ctake Daccept20A. however Bwhatever Csomehow Dsomewhat第二节 阅读理解（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。 A You may not pay much a

18、ttention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.“The

19、lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette（礼仪）is sort of strange,” Gray told the BBC. “They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, li

20、ftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want its your own little box.If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally（对角线地）across fro

21、m each other to create distance.When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.New entrants to the lift will need to size up the s

22、ituation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple look down, or look at your phone.Why are we so awkward in lifts?“You dont have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “

23、Usually when we meet other people we have about an arms length of distance between us. And thats not possible in most elevators.”In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed（理解）as threatening or strange. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid ey

24、e contact,” she said.21The main purpose of the article is to _.A. share an interesting but awkward elevator rideB. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquetteC. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevatorB. remind us not to behave strangely when in an elevator22 According to Gray, w

25、hen people enter an elevator, they usually _.A. turn around and greet one anotherB. look around or examine their phoneC. try to keep a distance from other peopleD. make eye contact with those in the elevator23Which of the following describes how people usually stand when they are in the elevator?24T

26、he underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _.A. judge B. ignore C. put up with D. make the best of The physical education office of Peking University announced on Aug 27 that the university would build a golf course near Weiming Lake. Golf would thus become an elective co

27、urse for Peking University's students in the near future.Peking University's eastern sports ground will be rebuilt into two soccer fields and one golf course. The latter will be designed as 90 meters long and 40 meters wide, occupying only a quarter of the whole sports ground.The director of

28、 the physical education office revealed that a student would make only one stroke on the ground, and one class session would hold no more than 30 students.Some teachers suspect such an activity will be a waste of university's limited land resources, but the director thinks otherwise, for the pla

29、ce can also be used for such sports as javelin or discus throw.It is reported that currently Peking University is still discussing about fees to be charged for the after-class use of the golf links.25What is the best heading of the news?A. Golf in Peking UniversityB. One Golf Course to be Built in P

30、eking UniversityC. Peking University to Teach Students GolfD. Come to Peking University to Play Golf26What does the underlined word “suspect” mean in the sentence?A. think B. praise C. hate D. add27We can learn from the news that _.A. all the teachers support the building of the Golf courseB. the fe

31、es for the after-class use of the golf links has been setC. students of Peking University must attend the golf courseD. there are only 30 students in one Golf class period Its 2035. You have a job, a family and youre about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, you pause

32、in front of the mirror, “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic（智能电子元件） is rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medi

33、cine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. Youre not even middle-aged. As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear: “To lose weight, you shouldnt eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code（电 子源码）on the cereal

34、box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible food appears on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies. “Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astro

35、nauts went into spaceand very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trip or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advice, vaccination shots（防疫针） a

36、re a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door. Its time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and

37、 moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it. 28 What changes the color of your shirt? A. The mirror.  B. The shirt its

38、elf.   C. The counter.  D. The medicine. 29 How do the shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal? A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.   B. By listening to the doctors advice. C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.  D. By checking the nutri

39、tion details of the food. 30  The strawberries the children eat serve as _. A. breakfast    B. lunch     C. vaccines    D. nutrition 31 How is the text organized? A. In order of time       B. In order of frequency.

40、C. In order of preference（偏爱）.      D. In order of importance When the seventeenth-century settlers brought the English language to America, they immediately and necessarily began to adapt (使适应) it to their new environment. These changes were early and criticized by some peo

41、ple on both sides of the Atlantic. However, after the Revolution, Americans began to be proud of their own form of English. Noah Webster was the major early supporter of American meanings and spellings over British ones and published the earliest American dictionary, An American Dictionary of the En

42、glish Language. During the years since Webster, language differences have continued to develop, proving (证明) the truth of George Bernard Shaws often-repeated words that the two nations are “divided by a common language”.Like the American language, the earliest American literature (文学) copied English

43、 models. However, after the Revolution and the War of 1812, writers began to create a clear American literature. However, in 1820, Sydney Smith asked the famous question “Who reads an American book?”Answering to this and similar taunts (讽刺) with creative anger, American writers soon produced works t

44、hat plenty of British people read. Works by Washing-ton Irving, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain had been acclaimed greatly in Britain by the end of the nineteenth century.Even as American writers got respect in Britain, British writers continued to have great influence in America. Charles Dickens went

45、to America twice, in 1842 and 1867-68. Other major British writers who traveled and lived in the United States include D.H. Lawrence and Aldous Huxley. British best works continue to be widely read. The works of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen became popular films.At the turn of the twenty-first

46、 century, many books and writers continue to cross the Atlantic in both directions made possible by the proud heritage (继承) of the shared language.32The author of this passage seems to think _.A. British English is better than American EnglishB. American English is better than British EnglishC. the

47、same language has divided the two nationsD. the same language has connected the two nations33From the question asked by Sydney Smith, we can infer _.A. the British looked down upon American books at firstB. the British found American books difficult to understandC. the British thought highly of book

48、s written by AmericansD. the British had to translate American books into English ones34The underlined word “acclaimed” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_”.A. sold B. discussedC. welcomed D. refused35What made it possible for books and writers to cross the Atlantic in both directions?A. The War of 181

49、2. B. The American Revolution.C. The language differences. D. The common language.第II卷（非选择题）第一节、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。选项中有两项为多余选项根据短文内容。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分） 36You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or sh

50、e wants to. Heres how:Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating , sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 37 A we

51、ekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games,

52、 radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.Make good use of your time in class. 38 Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, rev

53、iew the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 39 If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and youll remember it longer.Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned a

54、bout a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont be over worried.40 You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.A. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.B. There are other methods that

55、 might help you with your studyingC. Dont forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.E. This will help you understand the next class.F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.G. Maybe you are a

56、n average student.第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为1-10的相应位置上。Most Americans have a city they like best.Over the years, American songwriters have 41 （describe）these feelings in music.More songs have been written about America's biggest city, New York, than about any other city.Many others dream.42 leaving their small towns to go there.They want to become rich and famous.Frank Sinatra sings about this dream in th