安徽省巢湖市柘皋中学2016-2017学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题

巢湖市柘皋中学2016-2017学年高二第二次月考英语试卷阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AA little girl lived in a small, simple house on a hill. She often played in the small garden next to the house. There she could see a wonderful house with golden windows high on the hill across the valley. She often dreamed of growing up in it instead of an ordinary house like hers.When she grew older and learned how to ride a bike, she asked her mother if she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. Her mother allowed her to go, but insisted that she should keep close to the house and do not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house on the other hill.As she stopped her bike, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She couldn’t believe her eyes as she realized all the windows were plain and rather dirty.She didn’t go any further and turned back, heartbroken as she got on her bike. However, as she glanced up she saw a sight that amazed her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened(闪闪发光) as the sun shone on her little home.She realized that she had been living in her golden house with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!21. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that the little girl .A. didn’t like living with her parents at allB. enjoyed living in her own house very muchC. didn’t like playing in the garden next to her houseD. liked the house on the hill across the valley very much22. Why did the girl want to go out one day?A. Because she wanted to enjoy a bike ride.B. Because she wanted to go to that golden house.C. Because she was tired of playing in the garden.D. Because she wante d to look a t her own house on another hill.23. When the girl finally saw the house on the hill across the valley, she probably felt .A. worriedB. excitedC. relaxedD. disappointedBExplore the possibility of using the iPad App Store in teaching.App Name: DrawpCost: $4.99Drawp is a drawing app with over 200 colors, voice recording, unlimited art storage and coloring pages designed by leading artists. The app allows kids to create items such as thank-you notes or birthday cards and even offers SimpleShare, which lets kids share artwork on Twitter safely and easily.App Name: ABC CircusCost: $1.99The app promises to teach kids letter writing, letter names and sounds, and letter phonics (语音). The game includes various visual representations for each letter, including ”A”for Ant, “B” for Bear, “C” for Camel and more. The app is simple but engaging. Kids can tap and practice their letters. The gamecan also be customized (定制) by teachers and parents, with various activities turned on or off.App Name: Polar GoFitCost: $3.99This app enables PE teachers to view and measure their students’ performance during the class. Because the GoFit app measures heart rate information, the teacher can let the students work at the right level for him or her. The Polar GoFit app is designed to be used with the web service. Simply take an iPad to a PE class and use the GoFit app to see how each student is performing.App Name: EarthViewerCost: $5.99Based on the latest scientific research, EarthViewer is like a time machine for exploring the history of the earth. This app can help students answer questions such as “What did the earth’s continents and oceans look like 250 million years ago?” or “Can you say anything about the earth’s climate as far back as our planet’s origin?”24. Drawp can help children .A. make more friendsB. share artwork online safelyC. meet leading artistsD. download birthday c ards25. If you want to teach your kids to read letters, you can download .A. DrawpB. ABC CircusC. Polar GoFitD. EarthViewer26. Polar GoFit is usually used by .A. PE teachersB. parentsC. English teachersD. students27. By playing EarthViewer, children can .A. learn human beings’ originB. learn how to protect our planetC. learn the history of the universeD. learn the earth’s climate in ancient timesCIt was 2007 and John Maloof was working on a book about Chicago’s neighborhoods. He was hoping to find a few pictures from the 1960s that he could use in the book. What he ended up finding was far more interesting.After purchasing boxes full of negatives (底片) from a local auction(拍卖) house, Maloof began developing some of the images. When he finished, he was stunned. There were tons of them — more than 30,000 pictures in these boxes. Whoever had taken these pictures was surely one of the most talented American photographers of the last hundred years.The images discovered by Maloof were taken by a woman named Vivian Maier. For nearly 40 years, Maier worked as a babysitter for wealthy families in Chicago and New York. Duringher trips to other cities around the United States, Maier took nearly 150,000 photos of the people and architecture that surrounded her.Maloof then collected 100 of the best photos and posted them online. People loved them. Major newspapers called to run stories about Maier’s work and wanted to know how Maloof discovered the images. Galleries began to exhibit her work throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. The uncovering of Vivian Maier’s images has been referred to as the greatest photographic discovery of the 21st century in America.We’ll never know the reasons why Vivian Maier decided to hide her works away in boxes, but her story is a wonderful reminder that we all carry some brilliance inside of us. How easily could Maier’s works have been forgotten? How many other brilliant artists, scientists and thinkers have their workshidden in boxes or tucked away in attics (阁楼)?We have responsibility to share our works with the world and to contribute our talents to this little corner of the universe. Choose to share your brilliance with the world.28. John Maloof’s book probably has much to do with .A. Chicago’s historyB. Vivian Maier’s lifeC. New York’s geographyD. Chicago’s famous photographers29. The underlined word “stunned” in Para.2 can be replaced by “”.A. tiredB. puzzledC. shockedD. terrified30. What do we know about Vivian Maier from the text?A. She was not good at working as a babysitter.B. She was born in a wealthy family in Chicago.C. She was the most talented photographer in America.D. She was not well known in America in the 20th century.31. What does the author want to tell us by Maier’s story?A. You never know your luck unless you try it.B. The excellent artistic works must be well protected.C. It’s worthwhile to use our talents to serve those in need.D. Everyone should learn to share his brilliance with others.DIn an exam-driven culture, a good student means one who achieves high scores. In such a system, education is just a passive reproduction of the ideas others have presented. Life skills such as self-confidence, passion for science and love for knowledge are all underestimated (低估).Finland, a current leader of educational reform in the world, has carried out a no-national-exams policy and succeeded in creating a generation of inspired and outstanding students. At the same time it is committed to quality teaching; to teach in Finland, one needs to have a master’s degree. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) measures average scores for reading, mathematics and science literacy of students in the world. Finnish students have continued to place close to the top of all the subjects on the PISA list.Pasi Sahlberg, of Finland’s Education Department, said, “Thirty years ago, Finland’s education system was a mess. Now, we manage to restart the whole system. We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test.” Dr. Sahlberg said Finnish children don’t start school until they are seven years old because the Finnish authorities don’t want to go against children’s right to be children. “The first six years of education are not about academic success,” he said. “We don’t measure children at all. It’s about being ready to learn and finding their passion.” According to the survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the smallest differences in the world between the strongest and weakest students are found in Finland.While the heavy standardized testing is a norm in many countries, the Finnish authorities think that such tests cost too much to manage and cause stress. The Finnish answer to such testing was to trust teachers and to have only a small sample of students sit for exams to keep track of school performance.However, the results of these tests are not made public.32. If you want to apply for a teacher in Finland, .A. you must speak English fluentlyB. you should have a master’s degreeC. you should be interested in teachingD. you must have th e spirit of competition33. According to Pasi Sahlberg, we can learn that .A. Finland has the most advanced technologyB. it is important to develop children’s passionC. it is children’s right to enjoy a good education systemD. Finland had the poorest education system 30 years ago34. If a student takes an exam in Finland, .A. he will be given extra help from his teachersB. he will be regarded as one of the weakest studentsC. he can’t see his scores posted for public attentionD. he will gain experience as to taking examinations35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. The happiest students and teachers in the world.B. Different voices on Finland’s education system.C. The development of no-national-exams policy.D. Finland’s no-national-exams education system.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。