福建省莆田第六中学2017-2018学年高二6月月考英语试题(A卷)

莆田六中2017-18高二下学期6月份月考英语试卷A 本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题共100分)
第一部分听力(共两节,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. What's wrong with the man?
A. He's got a toothache.
B. He's got a stomachache.
C. He's got a cold.
2. How does the man prefer to contact their friends?
A. By e-mails.
B. By phone calls.
C. By apps on smart phones.
3. Where is the man probably?
A. In a hotel.
B. In a supermarket.
C. In a bank.
4. What happened to the man?
A. His car was ruined.
B. He got a new car.
C. He's injured.
5. What makes the Japanese live so long according to the man?
A. Good habit.
B. Work environment.
C. Food and drink.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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. What kind of sweater did the man want at first?
A. A blue one with a high neck.
B. A blue one with a V-neck.
C. A brown one with a V-neck.
7. Why did the man buy the sweater?
A. He liked it very much.
B. He liked the latest fashion.
C. The salesman was very persuasive.
请听第7段材料，回答第8,9题。

8. What does the man like about the suburbs?
A. The environment.
B. The education.
C. The transportation.
9. What did the woman do last Saturday afternoon?
A. Visited the museum.
B. Read in the library.
C. Went to the park. 请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What time is it now?
A. 8:15 a.m.
B. 8:25 a.m.
C. 8:30 a.m.
11. What did the woman blaming for her lateness?
A. A wrong alarm.
B. A broken watch.
C. A traffic jam.
12. What's the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and employee.
B. Businessman and client(顾客).
C. Teacher and student.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What's the book about?
A. Literature.
B. Architecture.
C. History.
14. How much longer does the man want to keep the book?
A. A few days
B. A week.
C. Half a month.
15. Why can't the man renew the book now?
A. He has lost the library card.
B. He hasn't paid the former fine.
C. The book has been signed back in for others.
16. How does the woman feel towards the man?
A. Sad.
B. Annoyed
C. Puzzled.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Which word can best describe the man's work?
A. Typical.
B. Exiting.
C. Various.
18. What were the bad man doing when the man tried to catch them?
A. Robbing a bank.
B. Stealing from walkers.
C. Hurting people with weapons.
19. How many of the bad men run away?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Seven.
20. Where did the woman give birth to the baby?
A. In a hospital.
B. In a police car.
C. On the street.
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(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A.
Kindle
World's most advanced e-reader—higher resolution(分辨率), higher contrast touchscreen with built-in light and 8-week battery life
21. The text mainly tells us about .
A. a variety of Kindle books
B. the features of Kindle books
C. the functions of a Kindle e-reader
D. different kinds of Kindle e-readers
22. Which of the following can help Kindle owners read New York Times best sellers for free?
A. Kindle Singles.
B. Amazon Prime.
C. Kindle public library.
D. Kindle Reading Apps.
23. What can we learn from the text?
A. Most Kindle books are less than $4.99.
B. Some books can only be found on Kindle.
C. Kindle books can only be read on Kindle e-readers.
D. All Kindle books can be lent to other Kindle users.
B
Last year, Claire Noble-Randall woke up at 5:30 am every morning. She had to catch two buses to arrive in time for first-period chemistry at Ingraham High School in Seattle, US.
Ingraham starts at 8 am, but Noble-Randall often d idn’t get to sleep until after midnight. “It was really hard not to fall asleep in class,” she said.
Her mom solved the problem this year when she discovered that other parents had hired a private city tour bus to take their children to the school.
“Now, she leaves the house at a much more reasonable time 7:10 in the morning... to catch the little tour bus at 7:23 am,” said her mother, Noelle Noble.
That may be one way to help students get more sleep. But more than 3,300 people have signed an online petition (请愿) looking for a better solution from the Seattle school district. Those who have signed the petition want all high schools and middle schools to start no earlier than 8:30 am. Most of Seattle’s high schools and middle schools start at 8 am or earlier.
Later start times for teenagers is an idea that some parents around the nation, have wanted for years. They’ve provided plenty of scientific evidence that teenagers tend to be night owls and delayed start times improve their health, mood, attention, and, in some cases, learning.
But attempts to delay start times for teenagers haven’t worked. Coaches don’t want late dismissals (放学) cutting into sports practices; community groups don’t want to wait longer for gyms and fields and before- and after-school programs don ‘t want to change their schedules.
This time, however, they’ve got Seattle School Board. President Sharon Peaslee on their side. She herself is the mother of two high school students. Peaslee hopes other board members will pass her plan calling on the district to find a way to make the changes.
24. How did Noble-Randal solve her problem of early classes?
A. She quit first-period classes.
B. She found a faster way to the school.
C. She took a private city tour bus to the school.
D. Her family moved to a house near the school.
25. People who signed the online petition want schools to .
A. provide a school bus service
B. delay school start times
C. improve the quality of lessons
D. stop students from falling asleep in class
26. Why did parents’ attempts to change school start times fail?
A. Not enough people signed the petition.
B. No scientific evidence could support their idea.
C. It would influence the schools’ schedules.
D. It would influence many out-of-school activities.
27. What can we infer from the article?
A. More parents will hire a private bus for their children.
B. Seattle schools plan to change their schedules next year.
C. There will be less after-school activities and programs.
D. There is now a higher chance of delaying school start times.
C
A team of Michigan State University (MSU) researchers has developed a new，more efficient way of cloning zebra fish, a breakthrough that could have an impact on research into human health.
Zebra fish are quickly becoming the animal of choice for many researchers.
“After mice, they are the most commonly used vertebrates, that is, animals with backbones, in genetic studies，”says Jose Cibelli, the leader of the team. “They are used in cancer and heart-disease research because they have many of the same genes as people have. ”
For more than 20 years，zebra fish have also served as an excellent model for understanding both normal development and birth imperfections. More recently, research with zebra fish has extended to modeling human diseases.
Traditional cloning uses an egg and a donor(捐赠者) cell. The DNA is removed from the egg and replaced by the DNA taken from the donor. The resulting fish is an exact genetic copy of the donor. In Cibelli's technique，the egg is removed from the female zebra fish and placed in the ovarian(卵巢的) fluid of a Chinook salmon, another kind of fish, before the donor cell is placed into the egg. The previous methods of cloning zebra fish had very low survival rates. With the new technique, the number of cloned fish is increased by 15 percent.
What makes zebra fish so useful in research is that their eggs are transparent (透明的), making the fish's development easy to follow.
Improving zebra-fish cloning techniques is also important because currently the mouse is the only good model for genetic research.
“So far the mouse is the only animal from which you can delete genes in a reliable way，”Cibelli says. “What researchers do is mutate (使变异) a gene, destroy its function completely, and then study the consequence. ”
29．What do we learn about zebra fish from the text？________
A. They can be used to cure human diseases.
B．They have been used in genetic studies for 20 years.
C．They are the only vertebrates used in cloning.
D．Their survival rates are increased by the new method of cloning.
30．Researchers choose zebra fish for genetic research because ___________.
A．they have the same genes as human beings
B．they are a kind of vertebrate
C．their genes can be changed
D．their eggs are easy to observe
31．If 20 zebra fish could be cloned by the previous method，how many zebra fish can be cloned by the new one？__________
A．20. B．23. C．17. D．15.
32．What's the text mainly about？________
A．How cloning has developed.
B．A study of a new way to clone zebra fish.
C．A breakthrough in research into human health.
D．Zebra fish，the best model for genetic research.
D
The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem（生态系统）. Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna（大草原）surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat.
It is the elephant’s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and under-bushes, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages
of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.
Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well.
What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.
32. What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean?
A. Improving the quality.
B. Worsening the state.
C. Fixing the time.
D. Deciding the conditions.
33. The passage is developed mainly by_________.
A. showing the effect and then explaining the causes
B. giving examples
C. pointing out similarities and differences
D. describing the changes in space order
34. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.
B. The eating habit of African elephants.
C. Disappearance of African elephants.
D. The effect of African elephants’ search for food.
35. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage?
A. They are home to many endangered animals.
B. They result from the destruction of rain forests.
C. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds.
D. They provide food mainly for African elephants.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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。

Americans use the term "college students" to mean students either in colleges or universities. Not only that, Americans almost never say "going off to university" or "when I was in university." That sounds British._____36_____
College, university: what's the difference? ____37_____ Both offer undergraduate(本科) degrees in the arts and sciences, for example. And both can help prepare young people to earn a living.
But many colleges do not offer graduate studies. Another difference is that universities are generally bigger. _____38______
Another place of higher education, especially in technical areas, is an institute, like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yet even an institute of technology can offer a wide choice of programs and activities.
Modern universities developed from those of Europe in the Middle Ages. The word "university" came from the Latin universities, describing a group of people organized for a common purpose. ____39 ____ In England, colleges were formed to provide students with places to live in. Usually each group was studying the same thing. So college came to mean an area of study.
The first American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college. This is still true. _____40______For example, Harvard College is the undergraduate part of Harvard University.
Programs in higher learning can also be called schools, like a school of engineering or a medical school within a college or university. You know, learning all these terms is an education in itself.
A. A college can also be a part of a university.
B. There are more universities than colleges in the USA.
C. They offer more programs and do more research.
D. "College" came from collegium, a Latin word with a similar meaning.
E. Universities and colleges offer students different opportunities.
F. Instead, they say "going off to college" and "when I was in college".
G. Colleges and universities have many things in common.
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。

The Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper
Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.
Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how 41 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They 42 us with the ideas of family, faith and love.
I got my first _43_ job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He 44 space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center 45 my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three 46 _ a week, which 47 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped 48__ dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I 49__ sleep in the car on the way home.
I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have 50 a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n) 51 age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my 52 _, school, homework and a job. This 53 helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full 54 of college preparation courses.
The hard work _55_ off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to __56 _ graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. _57 , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have 58 forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to __59 _ for themselves and their families, that is 60 we should honor.
41. A. important B. different C. competitive D. fortunate
42. A. mixed B. filled C. piled D. left
43. A. true B. new C. real D. good
44. A. hired B. bought C. cleaned D. created
45. A. reduced B. afforded C. collected D. charged
46. A. mornings B. evenings C. dawns D. nights
47. A. meant B. overcame C. admitted D. allowed
48. A. lift B. empty C. throw D. hold
49. A. must B. need C. would D. should
50. A. existed B. lasted C. kept D. stayed
51. A. small B. exact C. early D. golden
52. A. mind B. way C. part D. case
53. A. really B. nearly C. simply D. merely
54. A. piece B. length C. mass D. load
55. A. made B. took C. paid D. started
56. A. receive B. offer C. require D. study
57. A. Thus B. Later C. Again D. Instead
58. A. seldom B. just C. even D. never
59. A. account B. enter C. provide D. call
60. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
56第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共50分)
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。

California is the most multicultural state in the USA. This diversity of culture is not 61. _________(surprise) when you know the history of California.
Exactly when the first people arrived in 62.________ we now know as California, no one really knows. However, 63._______is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. In the 16th century, after the 64._________(arrive) of the Europeans, the native people suffered 65._________(great). Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are
more Native Americans 66._________( live) in California than in any other state.
In the 18th century California 67.___________( rule) by Spain. Of the first Spanish 68._________(go) to California, the majority69._______ religious men. In more recent decades, California has become home to more people from Asia. It is 70.__________(believe) that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.
第四部分写作（共二节，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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。

Peru is a country in the Pacific coast of South America. It has three main geographical areas: a narrow coastal belt; the Andes Mountains run parallel to the coast; and high, flat plains in the southeast. In the high plains area are Lake Titicaca, the most highest lake in the world. It is a beautiful place which boats can travel.Peru has wide variety of plants. It gained its independent from Spain in 1821. The ancient Inca capital, Cuzco, is a popularly tourist destination. Cuzco was a lively city where both Indian and Spanish culture and art can be seen.It is a wonderful place of you to visit.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是中学生李华,你的美国朋友Jack在异国读书,写电子邮件向你描述了他在国外的种种不适应,请你根据以下要点回一封电子邮件,给他提一些建议。

1.详细了解当地文化;
2.主动和身边的人沟通;
3.加强练习当地语言;
4.调整心态适应环境。

注意:
1.词数:100左右,邮件的开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,
I am sorry to hear that ______________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua。