河北省定州市高二英语下学期第二次月考(4月)试题(承智班)

2016-2017学年第二学期高二承智班第2次月考英语试卷
第一部分：听力
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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. What time is it in New York?
A. It’s 5：00pm.
B. It’s 7：00pm.
C. It’s 10：00pm.
2. What does the woman want to do?
A. Return a jacket.
B. Change a jacket.
C. Buy another jacket.
3. What does the woman mean?
A. She might be delayed in the lab.
B. She’ll borrow a bike after class.
C. She might be late for her chemistry class.
4. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a café.
B. At a hotel.
C. At the man’s house.
5. What did the woman think of Da na’s speech?
A. Boring.
B. Important.
C. Well-prepared.
第二节（共15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，从题中做给的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段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Why isn’t Jenny at the store?
A. She left work early.
B. She’s late for work.
C. She’s been out of work.
7. How does the man feel about Jenny?
A. Angry.
B. Curious.
C. Concerned.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. where do the speakers plan to go?
A. The woman’s home.
B. A museum.
C. A library.
9. Why does the woman want to go Saturday afternoon?
A. To enjoy nice weather.
B. To sleep late in the morning.
C. To avoid the crowd.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the woman want to learn Spanish?
A. To travel in South America.
B. To get accept into a nursing school.
C. To get money to help pay for a programme.
11. What does the man think about the woman?
A. She should study harder.
B. She takes unimportant classes.
C. She puts too much pressure on herself.
12. What does the man want to get?
A. Beer.
B. Some fish.
C. Some coffee.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the man kill time?
A. By eating potato chips.
B. By watching TV.
C. By taking a walk.
14. What does the woman dislike?
A. The square.
B. The parks.
C. The city.
15. What does the man think is the most important?
A. Entertainment.
B. Income.
C. Quietness.
16. What do the man and the woman disagree on?
A. Whether the city needs a symbol.
B. Whether the amusement park should be built.
C. Whether the square is a good place for a walk.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce two popular reality shows.
B. To try to ask audiences to join the shows.
C. To tell audiences the speaker’s favorite programme.
18. When did Big Brother star?
A. In 1997.
B. In 1999.
C. In 2000.
19. Where did the idea of Survivor come from?
A. A favorite place.
B. A TV show.
C. The poor.
20. Who will be the winner of Survivor?
A. The one who can go on to the bed.
B. The one who can find their own food.
C. The one who can collect one million dollars.
二、阅读理解
The police in Taiwan are unable to judge whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds –homing pigeons!
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind – one that avoids not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.
The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded – under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars – seems too little for a car worth many times more.
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.
21．After the car owner received a phone call, he______.
A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
B. gave the money to the thief and bad his car back in a park
C. sent some money to the thief by mail
D. told the press about it
22．The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _____.
A. the car thief who stays at home
B. one of those who put the ads in the paper
C. one of the policemen in Changwa
D. the owner of the pigeons
23．The writer ,mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show ________.
A. how easily people get fooled by criminals
B. what Chen thinks might be correct
C. the thief is extremely clever
D. the money paid is too little
24．The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to _____.
A. criminals
B. pigeons
C. the stolen cars
D. demands for money
25．We may infer that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because______.
A. he reads the ads in the newspaper
B. he lives in the same neighborhood
C. he has seen the car owners in the park
D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them
Manners nowadays in big cities like London are particularly non-existent. It's nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to push an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on a bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought to. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a man does offer his seat to an older woman, it is nearly always one from the older generation.
This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued by young men, who say that, since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rat race like anyone else.
Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it's not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for older women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit there indifferently reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves "First come, first served", while a gray-haired woman, a mother with a young child or a cripple stands? Yet this is too often seen.
Older people, tired and easy annoyed from a day's work, aren't angels, either-far from it. Many an argument or an insulting quarrel breaks out as they feel tired of pushes in the queue and shove(猛推) each other to get on buses.
If cities are to remain pleasant places to live in at all, however, it seems necessary, not only that communication in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. Shop assistant won't bother to assist, taxi drivers shout at each other as they dash dangerously round comers, bus conductors pull the bell before their desperate passengers have had time to get on or off the bus, and so on. It seems to us that it's up to the young and strong to do their small part to stop such deterioration(恶化).
26．What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A. A big strong schoolboy never pushes the elderly for a seat on a bus.
B. Young persons are sure to offer seat to the elderly.
C. Older generation have better manners than the young.
D. Elderly women are often treated politely.
27．What's the author's attitude towards the young men's argument about offering seat in public?
A. Tolerant.
B. Doubtful.
C. Positive.
D. Negative.
28．What do we know about older people when they are tired from a day's work?
A. Older people behave worse than the young.
B. Older people may also have unpleasant behaviors.
C. Older people don't like taking buses.
D. Older people are good at argument and quarrel.
29．Why does the author write this article?
A. To tell us that manners nowadays in big cities are non-existent.
B. To scold the persons who have no manners at all.
C. To warn us of the seriousness of young men's lacking good manners.
D. To call on the young to improve the situation.
People always feel headache about academic writing.Jennifer Ahern-Dodson provides some suggestions with some students and teachers.She asks about their earlier writing experiences.Were they negative or positive?She advises that you are not alone if you have had problems with your writing.She says everyone struggles with writing.
“Writing is hard.All writers struggle at some point.And even if writing has come easily for you,at some point in your work as a student,that eventually you’re going to hit a roadblock.So it’s really important to tak e a moment to think about their past writing experiences.And when the writing was going well,what was happening?When the writing wasn’t going well,what was happening?”
She says most people’s negative writing experiences happened because a very specific for mula is required for a paper including an exact length.”And so they primarily focus on,and worry about,what the final product has to look like,like how many pages for a research essay?Or if it is in the second or third language,you know,punctuation and grammar,like whether it gets communicated in the right language.
Another problem can arise when the need to do well on a paper is extremely important.“...like a timed essay exam,or a college application essay,or a research paper that is at the end of the seme ster,and it’s tied to the entire grade for the class.So worr ying about what will happen if they don’t do well–get bad grades,don’t get into college–creates,of course,significant anxiety.And that can make it harder to get the writing done.”
Then she and th e people she’s helping move to more positive projects.She says usually when writing comes easily,the writers feel they have something important to say.The teacher advises thinking about who your audience is,and what it is that you really want to say to them.
30．What does Jennifer Ahern-Dodson think of academic writing?
A. It is made up of past experiences.
B. It has positive effects.
C. It is hard for everyone.
D. It makes people think.
31．Which can best explain the underlined words“hit a roadblock”in Paragraph 2?
A. Have an accident.
B. Meet into trouble.
C. Break some record.
D. Graduate from school.
32．What can be the problem with academic writing?
A. Research subjects.
B. Required styles.
C. A certain formula.
D. Lack of patience.
33．According to Jennifer,how can we improve writing?
A. By stopping worrying.
B. By thinking positively.
C. By focusing on the subject.
D. By thinking about audience.
Sir William Osler has a few words for you: “In the Life of a young man, the most essent ial thing for happiness is the gift of friendship.” Truer words were never spoken. For what more could you ask than comradeship during the peaks and valleys of life? To whom else but a close, valuable friend can you show off your successes and complain about your failures or losses?
What is a “good friend”? How is he best described? Well, it has been my observation that although many will cry with you, few can sincerely rejoice (欣喜) with you. Therefore, in my opinion, a good friend is one who can enjoy your successes without envy; one who can say, “That was wonderful! You can do it again, even better if you want!” and mean it. Nothing taxes a friendship more than the success of one and not the other. Even the closest of friendships of ten cannot resist such pressure and fail. No wonder many minor friendships go down day by day for the same reason.
A person of good character and sound moral, of honor and humor, of courage and belief is a friend to be sought and treasured — for there are few. Too often we hear, “If you can count your good friends on more than o ne hand, consider yourself blessed.” And even then I would add, “Even if you have lost two fingers of that hand to the e lectric saw. What makes a friendship last? Well, I don’t know all the answers, but one of my observatio ns is that most good friends usually have similar tastes. They generally like and dislike many
of the same things. There also usually seems to exist a similarity of personality types - especially in the fundamental values of life such as honesty, sincerity, loyalty, and dependability. More often than not, birds of a feather do fly together. I don’t th ink it matters a lot whether one prefers jazz or hock ey to another’s Mozart or ballet. Much other matters far more: relying, sharing, giving, getting, enjoying; a sympathetic ear always there; criticism when it can help; praise - even if only because it would help. With not many people on this earth will you find this much in common. When you find one, hang on to him, for a good friend found is a rare treasure.
34．What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph two?
A. People don’t have to pay taxes to develop friendship with others.
B. Success of one person can promote his friendship with others.
C. Friendship can be affected by the difference in success between friends.
D. Nothing can affect friendship because it has gone through the peaks and valleys of life. 35．What is the main idea of Paragraph three ?
A. One is lucky to have many friends.
B. A friend should have a good character.
C. We should count our friends on more than one hand.
D. A true friend should be treasured because there are few.
36．According to the passage, which of the following plays the LEAST important role in a long-lasting friendship?
A. Hobbies.
B. Tastes.
C. Personality.
D. Sympathy.
37．The passage maily tells us _____________.
A. How good friends share the same taste and hobbies?
B. Why is friendship essetial in one’s life?
C. What is friendship and what makes it last?
D. What one can do to keep friendship last?
三、完形填空
An 18-year-old student at Stanford University was struggling to pay his fees. Not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright_______. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to_______money for their education.
They_______out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager_______a guaranteed fee of $2,000 for the piano recital（独奏会）. A deal was_______and the boys began to work to make the concert a_______.
The big day arrived. But_______, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total_______was only $ 1,600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight (困境). They gave him the entire $1,600, plus a _______for the balance $400. They promised to honour the cheque at the________possible. Paderewski tore up the cheque, ________the $1,600 and told the two boys to keep the money they needed for the fees. The boys were________, and thanked him heartedly.
It was a small act of________. But it clearly marked out Paderewski________a great human being.________should he help two people he did not even know? We all________situations like these in our lives. And________of us only think “If I help them,what will happen to me?”The truly________people think, “If I don’t help th em, what will happen to them?” They don't do it________something in return. They do it__________they feel it’s the right thing to do.
38．A. time B. task C. idea D. decision
39．A. receive B. raise C. borrow D. donate
40．A. reached B. turned C. pointed D. called
41．A. increased B. covered C. considered D. demanded
42．A. rejected B. struck C. cancelled D. attracted
43．A. success B. career C. background D. performance
44．A. uncertainly B. unbelievably C. unfortunately D. undoubtedly
45．A. cost B. bill C. collection D. allowance
46．A. benefit B. profit C. charge D. cheque
47．A. soonest B. latest C. longest D. farthest
48．A. took B. counted C. deposited D. returned
49．A. pleased B. surprised C. frightened D. interested
50．A. devotion B. kindness C. sympathy D. teamwork
51．A. like B. for C. as D. to
52．A. How B. Where C. When D. Why
53．A. come across B. deal with C. adapt to D. think of
54．A. both B. few C. none D. most
55．A. able B. rich C. great D. famous
56．A. taking B. expecting C. offering D. preparing
57．A. because B. though C. before D. so
四、七选五
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。

For generations, people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. The American Space Agency, NASA, and other space agencies have announced plans to send people to the Red Planet.58．.
In the United States, some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base.59． But actually, they are living in Hawaii. The project is called HI-SEAS. NASA has provided financial support for the work.
Six people are living on a make-believe Mars Base. They ar e isolated high on top of Mauna Loa, a volcanic mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii, whose environment is as close to Mars as we can find on Earth. 60． When measured from its base, deep in the ocean, Mauna Loa is the second largest mountain in our solar system. Because it is so high, the land is not warm or rich with plants, like the rest of Hawaii. Visually, it is very similar to what you see on Mars. They can walk across red lava rock from the volcano and see the wonderful volcanic material. There is really no visible plant life or animal life.
The six member HI-SEAS crew is mostly self-sufficient. They take care of themselves.61．But the individuals bringing those supplies cannot communicate with volunteers inside the base. The current crew has been living in the base since October, and will stay until June. Crew members communicate with the outside world through e-mail and blogs. They also produce videos on the YouTube website.62．
Food and supplies are brought to them.
A. But such a manned mission is years away.
B. Mars has the largest volcanic mountain in the solar system.
C. They are spending ei ght months in an area that looks much like the surface of Mars.
D. Mauna Loa is 2,500 meters above sea level.
E. Conditions on the surface of Mars are closer to the conditions on Earth.
F. For now, on a mountaintop in Hawaii, volunteers are getting a taste of life on a future Mars base.
G. Food and supplies are brought to them.
五、短文改错
63．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：在错词下划一横线，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。

I love camping.It’s my favorite way to spent the summer st year,my family and I went camping in the countryside.It was one of the most excited experiences I had never had.We slept in a tent and went on a long walk every day.We cook over a fire and the food always tasted wonderfully.For a whole week,I saw lovely mountain views or breathed fresh air.At night,I heard the gentle wind blowing in the tree,and I felt so peaceful.It doesn’t cost many to camp,and what I believe it’s the best way to get close nature and enjoy its beauty.
六、书面表达
64．面对繁重的高中学习任务，高中生对参加学校活动有着不同的看法，请以 Taking Part in School Activities 为题，用英文写一篇100词左右的短文，着重介绍两种不同的观点和态度，最后谈谈你的个人看法。

△很多学生持拥护态度，认为我们不能死读书，参加学校活动可以丰富学校生活，学到实践知识. △不少学生漠不关心，认为学生的任务就是学习，学生应该充分利用时间学习。

注意：1.首段已给出，不计入总词数。

2.适当分段，使用恰当的连接词，过渡词句。

参考词汇：实践知识 practical knowledge 高考 College Entrance Examination
Taking Part in School Activities
We had a heated discussion about whether senior high school students should take part in school activities. As for school activities, students mainly hold two views.
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2.把 excited 改为exciting
3.把 never 改为 ever
4.把 cook 改为cooked
5.把 wonderfully 改为wonderful
6.把 or 改为 and
7.把 tree 改为 trees
8.把 many 改为much
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64．Taking part in school activities
We had a heated discussion about whether senior high school students should take active part in school activities. As for school activities, students ma inly hold two views. Many students are very enthusiastic about school activities because they think that learning from textbooks is not their only task and they should take every chance to get some practical knowledge. Besides, after long hours’ study, they can relax themselve s by practicing in school activities.
However , a large group of students take little interest in them and spend most of their time on study. They believe that they should make full use of time to study and that school activities have nothing to do with their further development.
As far as I am concerned, I prefer the first view. On the other hand,we can learn a great deal from other students we meet in activities. Furthermore, modern society requires many
qualities of young students, so “book worms” can’t keep up with the times.。