安徽省蚌埠市2017-2018学年高二英语8月月考试题(含解析)

1、2017 年 8 月初月考新高二英语试卷注意事项：1.本试卷分为第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分，共 8 页。满分 150 分，考 试时间为 120 分钟。2作答选择题必须用2B 铅笔。作答第 II 卷时必须使用 0.5 毫米的黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡（卷）上的指定位置，在其它位置作答一律无效。第 I 卷（选择题，共两部分，满分80 分）亠卄卄*第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50 分）第一节（共 5 篇 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 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。AIf you have to attend a

2、party or other social events where a lot of people will be prese nt, do youfeel con fide nt that you will make a good impressi on on others?A .Or do you feel shy? In any case, you should in crease your con fide nee at social eve nts.Whenever you are meeting new people at any social event, you should

3、 wear properV、clothes. Before you atte nd the eve nt, try to find out how other people will bedress ing.If every one else is weari ng bus in ess clothes, you should, too. If the eventis in formal, you should wear in formal clothes so that you fit in.If you are going to meet people from a certa in bu

4、s in ess or professi on, trylook ing through a few professi onal magaz ines or check ing on the Internet ahead oftime to get some con versati on ideaswhich are related to their fieldsof in terest.This can preve nt you gett ing ton gue-tied at the event.When you are at the eve nt, don t worry about w

5、hether or not other people youare talk ing with like you. In stead, try your best to find reas ons to like them.Whenyou are making con versati on with people, be sure to keep good eye con tact, and makeyour facial expression soft. Nod to show you re listening.Let your faceand body relax so that you

6、can make n atural gestures.After the eve nt is over, take a bit of time to think of your social performa nee and the con2versatio n you had with people. Tell yourself exactly what you did very3well at the eve nt. For example, perhaps you made a big effort to really liste n to the people you weretalk

7、 ing with,or you may have asked several people some good questio ns that really got them talk ing.By doing so, your con versati on con fide nee will gradually improve.1. What should you find out before attending a social event?A. how other people will be dress ing.B. a few professi onal magaz inesC.

8、 some con versati on ideasD. reas ons to like other peopleA. Atte nding a party with your good friendsB. Ig noring eye con tact with othersC. Weari ng in formal clothes and shoesD. Caring much about what others think of you3. After coming back from a social party, we n eed to form the habit of_A. Lo

9、ok ing for the positive thi ngs in our performa neeB. Call ing the host to show that we are tha nkfulC. Communicating with the people we met once againD. Thinking about how to improve our social ability4. What is the passage mainly about?A. How to take part in social events.B. How to believe in ours

10、elves in daily life.C. How to be more con fide nt at social events.D. How to get along with others at social events.【答案】1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C【解析】文章讲述了在社交活动中怎样增加自信，活动之前和活动中应该做的事。1. A纟田节推理题。根据第二段 Before you attend the event, try to find out how other peoplewill be dress in g.可知在参加社交活动前要先注意其他人的穿着，再决定自己穿什

11、么。故 选 A.2. What should you avoid in a social event accord ing to the 4thparagraph?42. D细节推理题。 根据第四段 don t worry about whether or not other people you are talking with like you.可知在社交活动中应该避免太在意别人对你的看法，故选 D.3. A细节推理题。根据最后一段 After the event is over, take a bit of time to think of your social performance

12、 and theconversation you had with people. Tell yourself exactly what you did very well at the event. 可知活动后要回想自己的对话和表现，尤其是做得好的地方来增加信心。故选 A.4. C推理判断题。 文章主要讲述的是在社交活动中怎样增加自信， 活动之前和活动中应该做的事。 与 C 项相符，故选C.【名师点睛】细节推理题的解题思路与应试技巧 细节题是针对文中某个细节、 某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题， 正确答案的根据一定可以 在原文中找到，即原文的改写往往成为正确选项。1、直接信息题对此类题型， 考

13、生可以首先从问题中找到关键词， 然后以此为线索， 运用略读及查阅的技巧 在文中迅速寻找这一细节， 找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍， 仔细比较所给选项与文 中细节的细微区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。如小题 2 题干是 What should you avoid in a social event according to the 4thparagraph?根据第四段 don t worry about whether or not other people you are talking with like you.可知在社交活动中应该避免太在意别人对你的看法，所以答案是C

14、aring much about what others thinkof you.2、间接信息题做这类题目时考生需要对原文信息进行加工处理然后再进行进一步的推 J 里或鉴别，这是介于事实细节题和推理判断题之间的一种题型对考比来说有一定难度.小题 3 题干是 After conning back from a socialparty, we need to form the habit of_根扌居最后段 After the event isover, take a bit of time to think of your social performance and the conversat

15、ion you had with people. Tellyourself exactly what you did very well at the event.nJ 舌动后要冋想自己 的对话和表现尤其是做得好的地片5来增加信心.所以答案是 Looking 血 the positive things in our performance. . .BTry this: For an entire day, forget about the clock. Eat when you re hungryand sleep when you re tired. What do you think wi

16、ll happen?You may be surpris ed to find that your day is much like most other days. You IIprobably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Eventhough you don t know what time it is, your body does.These patter ns of daily life are called circadia n rhythms （生理节奏），and they

17、are more tha n just habits. In side our bodies are several clocklike systems thatfollow a roughly 24-hour cycle. Throughout the day and night, our inner clocks direct/Qicha nges in temperature, body chemicals, hun ger, sleep in ess and more.Every ones rhythms are differe nt,which is why you might li

18、ke to stay up latewhile your sister always wan ts to go to bed early. But on the whole, every one isprogrammed to fell tired at night and energetic during the day.Learning about our body clocks may help scientistsunderstand why problems arisewhen we act out of step with our circadian rhythms. For ex

19、ample, traveling acrosstime zones can make people wake up in the middle of the night. Regularly stayingup late can make kids do worse in tests.“There i s a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are importantparts of how healthy we are, ” says Steven Shea, director of the Sleep DisordersPr

20、ogram at Brigham and Wome n s Hospital in Bost on.One way to learn about how our body clocks tick is to mess them up and see what happens. That s whatneurologist （神经病学家） Frank Scheer and his workmates did in a recent study.Staying up night after night, their studies suggest, could make kids extra hu

21、ngry and more likely to gain weight.And regularly sleeping too little, Scheer says, may be one cause of the recent increase in childhood obesity.5. What will happen if you forget about the clock according to the passage?A. You will feel upset.B. You will behave normally.6C. Your body will not know w

22、hat time it is.D. You will probably get hungry more easily.6. Mike feels energetic at 12 midnight while Tom feels sleepy. What advice would be given by the writer?A. Both should see a doctor.B. Tom should see a doctor.C. Both should take it easy.D. Mike should have a watch.7. How do Frank Scheer and

23、 his workmates study body clocks?A. By seeing what happens when they are messed up.B. By asking questions and collecting answers.C. By studying people traveling across time zones.D. By programming people with man-made clocks.8. What will the writer most probably talk about next?A. Other examples of

24、what people will do when their body clocks go wrong.B. Medicines that can keep people from putting on weight.C. Why it is important to have a normal body clock.D. What circadian rhythms are. 【答案】 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 【解析】 研究表明长期形成的生理节奏会保持我们的日常生活， 生物钟紊乱会影响我们的生 活。5. B推理判断题。根据第二段You II probably get hung

25、ry when you normally eat and tiredwhe n you no rmally sleep.禾口第三段 These patter nsof daily life are called circadia nrhythms （生理节奏），and they are more than just habits.可知即使没有时间，由于生理节奏的原因，我们的作息也会和平时一样。故选B.6. C推理判断题。根据第四段 Everyone s rhythms are different 可知每个人的生理节奏是不 同的，所以晚上 12 点时Mike 精力充沛和 Tom 已经困了是生理节

26、奏不同， 并不是身体有问题， 不必太在意。故选 C.7. A细节推理题。根据倒数第二段One way to learn about how our body clocks tick is tomess them up and see what happens.可知 Frank Scheer 和他的团队通过打乱生物钟来观7察变化，故选 A.8. A推理判断题。倒数第二段是Frank Scheer 和他的团队通过打乱生物钟来观察变化；最后一i段是写调查结果：熬夜和睡眠不规律会导致孩子们肥胖；下文应该写生物钟紊乱的其他影响及例子。故选 A.【名师点睛】推理判断题的常见考查形式及解题方法：推理判断题属

27、于主观题，要求在理解表面文字的基础上，做出判断和推论，从而得到文章的Jr隐含的意思和深层的意思，也就是通过文章中的文字信息，上下逻辑关系及事物的发展变化等已知的信息，推断出作者没有直接表达的态度和观点。本题推理判断题主要是推测文章的观点或结论。小题1 问题是 What will happen if youforget about the clock according to the passage?根据第二段 You ll probably gethungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep.和第三段 Thesep

28、atter ns of daily life are called circadia n rhythms （生理节奏），and they are more than just habits.可知即使没有时间，由于生理节奏的原因，我们的作息也会和平时一样。所以答案是 You will behave normally. 小题 2 问题是 Mike feels en ergetic at 12 mid night while Tom feels sleepy.What advice would be give n by the writer?根据第四段Everyone s rhythms are d

29、ifferent可知每个人生理节奏是不同的，所以晚上 12 点时 Mike精力充沛和 Tom 已经困了是生理节奏不同，并不是身体有问题，不必太在意。所以答案是Both should take it easy.CEach year, we are exposed to ten thousand ads on average. They try to sell us their products by using beautiful art,videos, images or slogans that are catchy. The most famous companies have highl

30、y popular logos that can berecognized by almost everybody. For those of you who have seen the movie Finding Forrester, there is that scenewhere Jamal walks up to some guy with a BMW and asks him what the car logo means. The man did not know the answer and since that day, whe never I see a famous com

31、pa ny logoI try to find the meaning of it.Many think the horse on the Ferrari logo represents the horsepower of the cars they manufacture. The story behind it8is far more interesting.During World War I, a pilot,Count Fran cesco Baracca, pain ted the horse on his airpla ne to bring him luck. He had i

32、t on his plane because it wasthe logo of his squadron （空军中队）. Baracca s mother the n convin ced Enzo Ferrari to put the logo on his raci ngcars in the early1930 s to bring good luck to the drivers. The logo then stayed the same ever since. The yellow on the backgro undreprese nts the birthplace of E

33、nzo Ferrari.Starbucks started in 1971, in Seattle. The mermaid （美人鱼） represented on the logo is now known by any coffeedrinker. It is a mythological sea creature with the look of a female, the on ly differe nee being that they have a tail of afish. The reas on why Starbucks incorporated one in their

34、 company logo is that it was believed that mermaids used tosing to sailors in order to make them walk away from their ship or to ground their ships. In the 1500s, spices, tea andcoffee were popular merchandise to trade. So the mermaid in the logo of Starbucks is the one that“ brings ” coffee and tea

35、 to the stores.9. The writer became in terested in logos of some famous brands after_.A. he watched an attractive movieB. he saw a scene in a movieC. he walked up to some guy with a BMWD. he no ticed some famous logos10. Many compa nies use logos because_ .A. people enjoy beautiful logosB. people ar

36、e more likely to buy their productsC. people can recog nize the products more easilyD. people are interested in the meanings of the logos11. Which of the followi ng is true accord ing to Paragraph3?A. Starbucks was once a compa ny tradi ng spices, tea and coffee.B. Heari ng mermaids sing, sailors wo

37、uld know the right direct ion.C. Starbucks has a history of more tha n five hun dred years.D. The logo of Starbucks is believed to make the bus in ess years.12.The underlined word“incorporated ” in the third paragraph probably means- -A. in cluded B. aba ndoned9C. corrected D. desig ned【答案】9. B 10.

38、B 11. D 12. AI【解析】广告和商标随处可见是我们生活中的一部分，作者对观察著名公司的商标感兴趣。文中介绍了几个品牌的商标图案及其由来。9. B纟田节推理题。根据第一段 there is that scene where Jamal walks up to some guy witha BMWand asks him what the car logo means. The man did not know the answer and since that day, whe never I seea famous compa ny logo I try to find the me

39、aning of it.可知作者是由于看到了电影Finding Forrester 中的一幕，后来就对观察著名公司的商标产生了兴趣。故选 B.10. B推理判断题。根据第一段They try to sell us their products by usi ng beautiful art,videos, images or sloga ns that are catchy.可知多数公司使用商标是为了通过展示来销售产品，故选 B.11. D推理判断题。根据最后一段 The mermaid （美人鱼） representedon the logo is now known和 So the mer

40、maid in the logo of Starbucks is the one that“brings ” coffee and tea to the stores.可知星巴克的标志被认为是商业时代的标志。故选 D.12. A猜测词义题。A. in eluded 包括，列入；B. aba ndoned 抛弃；C. corrected 纠正；D. desig ned 设计。划线句子的意思是：星巴克在他们的公司标志中加入这个图案的原因是人们相信美人鱼过去常常向水手们唱歌，以便让他们离开自己的船，或将他们的船搁浅。“incorporated ”在此指加入，列入”之意，与included 同义，故选

41、 A.DWhat s the biggest online shopping day in the world? Not Valentine s Day.Not Cyber Mon day or Black Friday. The winner is Chi na s Si ngles Day, ce lebratedby any coffee drin ker.10on November, or 11.11.Singles Day began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives. Sin gl

42、e stude nts, looking for an excuse to buy themselves prese nts, started it on November11,1993, reported The Guardia n. It issymbolized by the four mumber ones in the date of November and is also called Double Eleve n, in reference to theday it was started, said the BBC. It became a major shopp ing d

43、ay in 2009. The CEOof an on li ne shopp ing site-Alibaba- tried to in crease sales at the e-commerce compa ny. The CEO, Daniel Zhan g, la un ched an annual on line sale on that day, said Fortune. When it first began, “Sigles Day was very much an offline comfort toactual sin gle people, ” no ted the

44、website atlas Obscura. ” A small group of stude nts at Nanjing Uni versity aresaid to have chose n 11.11 as a day that sin gles could do activities like karaoke together.” It quickly became acultural phenomenon.Last year, Alibaba sold more tha n $1 billio n worth of products in the first three minut

45、es of the sales,reported Bloomberg News. Total sales on Singles Day soaredto $9 billio n withi n 24 hours. That s four times bigger tha n Cyber Mon day in theU.S., which is the Mon day after Than ksgivi ng and traditi on allya big shopp ing day.By comparison, online sales in the U.S. last year on Bl

46、ack Friday were just $1.5 billi on, reported TechCr un ch.Today, Singles Day is very successful. Analysts say that this year,sales onChina s Sin gles Day will in crease to a new high. In the U.S., Jennifer Wang, a15. C11co-fo un der of a compa ny targeti ng Chin ese-America ns, said, “ We expect to

47、have 3million people coming to click Dealmoon for the Singles Day launch. ” Someobservers think Singles Day could catch on globally.13. How did the author in troduce the topic of the passage?A. By describing a holiday. B. By asking a questionC. By making a list. D. By telling a story14. What s the s

48、econd paragraph mainly about?A. How Singles Day came into being.B. Why Singles Day became popular.C. When Singles Day was started. D. Who f irst celebrated Singles Day.15. Why did China s Singles Day become a major shopping day?A. Because si ngles celebrated their happy lives on November.B. Because

49、stude nts at Nanjing uni versity took part in activities together.C. Because an annual on li ne sale was started on that day by Alibaba.D. Because sin gle stude nts chose that day to buy themselves gifts.16. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word“soared ” in1 QParagraph3?A. In c

50、reased sharply. B. Decreased quickly.C. Retur ned gradually. D. Appeared sudde nly.【答案】13. B 14. A 15. C 16. AJiV11【解析】文章讲述了双11 成为世界销售量最多的购物节的过程及具体情况。Tk13. B推理判断题。根据开头What s the biggest on li ne shoppi ng day in the world? NotValentine s Day. Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday.可知作者采用了提问题的方式引出文章的话题，故选

51、B.14. A推理判断题。根据第二段Sin gle stude nts, look ing for an excuse to buy themselvespresents, started it on November11,1993下文的 It is symbolized by the four numberones in the date of November11 and is also called Double Eleve n, in reference to the day it was started可知12本段介绍的是双11 节日的产生，故选 A.推理判断题。根据第二段 The

52、CEO of an online shopping site -Alibaba- tried to increase sales at the e-commercecompany. The CEO, Daniel Zhang, launched an annual online sale on that day, 和 A small group of students atNanjing University are said to have chosen 11.11 as a day that singles could do activities like karaoke together

53、. ” Itquickly became a cultural phenomenon. 可知在中国双 11 成为购物节是 因为当天有网上促销活动，故选 C.16. A 猜测词义题。划线句子的意思是：在双 11 当天销售额在 24 小时内飙升到 90 亿。“ soared ” 指飙升，骤然上升；和 increased sharply 同义，故选 A.EEnglish is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven humanbeings canspeak it. More than

54、 half of the world s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages,English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as many as two million words.However, let s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in apineapple and n

55、o hamin a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which arent sweet, are meat.We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes（自相矛盾的说法 ）, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it that a writer writ

56、es, but fingers dont fing, grocers dontgroce, and hammersdont ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, twogeese-so one moose, two meese?Howcan a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? Howcanoverlook and

57、 oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hellone day and cold as hell the next?English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That s wh y,when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights

58、 are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch,I start it;but when I wind up this essay, I end it.17. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?A. En glish has a long history. B. En glish is widely spread.13C. En glish makes a great differe nee D. En glish is used to tran slate

59、 books.18. Which of the followi ng in eludes two items that have the similar meaning?A. A wise man and a wise guy. B. Overlook and oversee.C. Quite a lot and quite a few. D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.Tk19. The underlined words“wind up ” in the last paragraph probably meanj“A. blow B. roll upC. ge

60、t hurt D. fin ish20. What does the last paragraph want to show?A. Huma n beings are very clever.B. En glish is difficult to lear n.C. There are too many words in En glish.D. The same words have differe nt meanin gs.【答案】17. C 18. C 19. D 20. A【解析】英语是世界上使用最广的语言，文章通过列举英语词汇的多变性、多义性来说明发明英语的人类的聪明智慧。17. C推