2017-2018学年四川省树德中学高二12月月考英语试题

高2016 级高二上期12 月阶段性测试英语试题
（试卷共140 分; 考试时间120 分钟）
第一部分听力（每小题1 分，共20 分）
第一节听下面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l0 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 did the man do last weekend?
A. He went camping.
B. He attended a party.
C. He stayed home with his friends.
2. When did the woman meet Anna?
A. At 7:55.
B. At 7:58.
C. At 8:02.
3. Why does the woman remember James so well?
A. He has a funny face.
B. He was the first person she met at school.
C. He was late for school on the first day.
4. What do we know about the man?
A. He is eager to meet the boss.
B. He is going to give a talk on fishing.
C. He has the same hobby as the boss.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. Bob never studies hard.
B. Bob has been studying hard lately.
C. Bob started preparing for the test long ago.
第二节听下面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，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时问。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6 段材料。

回答第6、7 题。

6. What did the woman dream about?
A. The man had an accident.
B. The boss wanted to fire the man.
C. The man was going to give up his job.
7. What's the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Doctor and patient.
C. Husband and wife.
听第7 段材料。

回答第8、9 题。

8. Why did the woman call the man?
A. To cancel a booking.
B. To make a reservation.
C. To change her trip.
9. When does the hotel have a special offer?
A. In January.
B. In February.
C. In March.
听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。

10. Who might Johnny be?
A. The man's son.
B. The man's brother.
C. The woman's brother.
11. What will the man do today?
A. Go shopping.
B. Meet some friends.
C. Play basketball.
12. What kind of life does the woman live?
A. Very busy.
B. Easy.
C. Interesting.
听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。

13. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the phone.
B. At the office.
C. In a restaurant.
14. What does the woman think is the key part of the whole operation?
A. Having early studies.
B. Having a good product.
C. Getting a good import agent.
15. What kind of company does the man work for?
A. A phone company.
B. A bicycle company.
C. A furniture design company.
16. What does the woman mean in the end?
A. She will sell the product.
B. She will help the man with the report.
C. She hasn't been convinced by the man.
听第l0 段材料，回答第17 至20 题
17. Why did the speaker's family move to New York City?
A. To move into a smaller apartment.
B. To go to a better school.
C. To experience more cultures.
18. What did the speaker dislike about her new building?
A. It was noisy outside.
B. It was far from her school.
C. It wasn't in a safe neighborhood.
19. What was the speaker's favorite thing about the city?
A. Eating delicious food.
B. Going to museums and theaters.
C. Making a lot of new friends.
20. What did the speaker mainly think of the city?
A. It was mostly positive.
B. Everything was a challenge.
C. Things changed from bad to good.
第二部分阅读理解（共三节，满分50 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like the way it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish．We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area. We would do all of the yard work on our own, even the tiring weed pulling．
Last summer I reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately identify．I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise claimed that she didn’t either．We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was．
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant，it appeared to be a sunflower with a tall skinny stalk(茎，秆) and only one head on it．I decided to baby it and weed around it．As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds，I noticed something unusual．The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin．It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun．
That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability to do the same thing. Once our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower，we can attain the same nourishment and growth as well．
Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you．You will find a way to go under or around your big obstacle in order to reach your desires．
21．The author found it unusual that．
A．the mystery plant turned out to be a sunflower
B．the sunflower had a tall stalk and only one head
C．the sunflower grew under and around a big rock
D．the sunflower had started where the stalk was seen
22．Which of the following best describes the sunflower?
A．Brave and stubborn．B．Confident and persistent．
C．Optimistic and modest．D．Mysterious and devoted．
23．What can be inferred from this passage?
A．Human beings are able to remove Obstacles．
B．The Universal truth made the sunflower survive．
C．A big rock blocked out the sunlight of the sunflower．
D．We can achieve success as long as we are self-confident．
B
The United Arab Emirates(UAE) government announced it had elected 60 “Chief Happiness Office rs” to study happiness and how to spread it abroad．Currently ranked 28th out of over 150 countries surveyed in the United Nati ons’ 2016 World Happiness Report, the UAE wants to sit within the top five by 2021. “We seek to create a society where our people’s happiness is primary,” declared the UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister.
Since the new minister took office，people working in the civil service have attended a series of happiness seminars to learn more about the plan. Dubai Police has renamed its community service department the “General Department for Community Ha ppiness”and the force often adds #YourSecurityOurHappiness to their tweets( 推特). Meanwhile, various government agencies have changed the language of their customer surveys to find out if people are “happy rather than just satisfie d” with the services，and some have investigated social media
followers to see if their Instagram and Facebook posts bring happiness．
Meik Wiking, an independent think tank in Denmark，the country which tops the UN’s happy table, thinks governments can and should play a role in public happiness. “The aim of public policy should be to improve the quality of life for people,” he says．
Sonia Edwards，who has lived in the UAE for over a decade, says：“I think it’s a bit of a public relations gimmick to be honest．I think the government wants to be seen to be making things better through this plan but I don't know how much effect it will really have.”
Edwards in Dubai adds: “There are a lot of issues here around job insecurity, workplace discrimination，high rents and expensive school fees, so if those were dealt with，we'd all be happier, but overall，happiness is not just up to the government, it’s also up to individuals and their own mindsets.”
24．What does the UAE government intend to do?
A．Create a perfect society.
B．Build a happier country.
C．Promote international trades.
D．Show its status in the world.
25．What is one of the measures the UAE takes?
A．Hold happiness seminars for civil servants．
B．Give government agencies new names．
C．Look through people’s online posts．
D．Change the daily language．
26．What does the underlined word “gimmic k” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．improvement B．principle
C．transformation D．trick
27．What might Meik Wiking and Edwards both agree with?
A．The government misses the point．
B．Happiness is somewhat subjective．
C．Policy makers count as to people’s well-being．
D．The effects of the happiness plan are uncertain．
C
MARCELA Del Sol first noticed something wasn’t right when she stumbled(绊倒) upon men’s clothing “hidden” around the house．
The 42-year-old originally from Chile says she then discovered dozens of photographs in her phone that she did not remember taking. She was the subject but something was different．Her friends started falling away and she did not know why．Her long-term relationship ended suddenly．She now knows the men's clothing belonged to one of her “a lternatives”，and the same person was responsible for separating those closest from her．
In an interview，Ms. Del Sol said she was not allowed to name any of her six alternative persons．“I can't tell you their names because they’re not happy for me to do so,” she said．“I know that sounds very irrational．I am aware that they’re not real people，not physical people，but l have a very good opinion of them.”
Ms. Del Sol has what’s known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a condition characterized by the presence of two or more split personalities that have power over a person's behavior．
In her case，the condition is blamed on a car accident she was involved in three years ago．It was July 2013，when her vehicle broke down on the side of the road．A speeding driver collided with Ms. Del Sol’s car．She wasn't physically injured but her brain experienced trauma．Shortly after，she discovered she wasn't alone inside her head．Switching between personalities happens often but there is no real pattern．It can be weeks between incidents and then，for whatever reason，it happens more frequently．
She describes her lifestyle as “secluded”(与世隔绝的)but she knows she has to make an effort. She volunteers for an organization helping abused children. She also spends time speaking out about her condition and has written a book on the subject，hoping to help others who are experiencing the same thing．
28．What led to Del Sol’s friends breaking up with her?
A．Her unpleasant photographs．B．The male personality inside her．
C．Her love for men's clothing．D．The changeable characters of her．29．What does Del Sol think of the personalities inside her?
A．They also deserve respect．B．They are gifts given by God．
C．They are too strong to resist．D．They make her life ridiculous．30．What do we know about Del Sol?
A．She makes her personalitie s’ names known．
B．Her personalities change regularly．
C．Her physical injury caused DID．
D．She tries to live a positive life．
31．What is the best title for the passage?
A．An unusual present B．An unhappy experience
C．The effect of DID on a woman D．A woman suffering DID after an accident
D
Do you have an emotional brain or a rational one? Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have found actual difference in the brains of people who respond emotionally to other s’ feelings compared with those who respond more rationally.
A study published in the journal NeuroImage has looked at whether people who have more brain cells in certain areas of the brain are better at certain types of empathy, according to Science Daily. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, and the two types investigated were cognitive(认知的) empathy and affective empathy.
“Every day people use empathy with, and without, their knowledge to get around in the social wor ld,”said Robert Eres from Monash University’s School of Psychological Sciences. “We use it for communication, to build relationships, and to increase our understanding of other s.”
“People who are high on affective empathy are often those who get quite fearful when watching a scary movie, or start crying during a sad scene. Those who have high cognitive empathy are those who are more rational, for example a psychologist helping someone,” explained Eres.
The results of the study showed that people with high scores for affective empathy had more gray matter in a part of the brain called the insula, found right in the “mi ddle” of the brain. Those who scored higher for cognitive empathy had more in a part called the midcingulate cortex—an area above the corpus callosum, which connects the two halves of the brain.
The discovery “raises new questions—like whether people could train themselves to have more empathy, and whether those areas of the brain would become larger if they did, or whether we can lose our ability to empathize if we don’t use it enough”, according to Science Daily.
“In the future we want to investigate further by testing whether training people in empathy-related tasks can lead to changes in these brain areas. We also want to investigate if damage to these brain areas, as a result of a stroke for example, can lead to empathy pr oblems,” said Eres.
Perhaps in the future we will all be able to empathize more with other people. Maybe you will cry at that sad movie after all!
32. Empathy can be used in the following situations EXCEPT that .
A. when a psychologist is helping a patient with his mental disease
B. when a teacher is comforting a student about his father’s death
C. when a mathematician is calculating the area of a farmland
D. when people are reading a story with a frightening ending
33. What does the research done by Monash University mainly show?
A. Differences in the brains of emotional and rational people.
B. Whether a rational brain works better than an emotional one.
C. What empathy is and how to improve people’s ability to empathize.
D. How to effectively train people to have more empathy cells in their brain.
34. Which of the following statements might Robert Eres disagree with?
A. People use empathy when they are or aren’t aware of it.
B. People tend to use empathy to build relationships or understand others.
C. People with higher affective empathy feel heart-broken when watching sad movies.
D. People who are more rational have been found to have more gray matter in their brains.
35. Which of the following will be one of the focuses of future investigations according to the
article?
A. How to train people in empathy-related tasks.
B. Whether people can be trained to be more empathetic.
C. Whether empathy problems can lead to damage to areas of the brain.
D. Why people seem to lose their ability to empathize if they don’t use it enough.
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（请将答案填涂在答题卷上相应位置）。

Critical Reading
Critical reading applies to non-fiction writing in which the author puts forth a position or seeks to make a statement. Critical reading is active reading. 36 . Here are the things you should do to be a critical reader.
∙Consider the context of what is written.
You may be reading something that was written by an author from a different cultural context than yours. Or, you may be reading something written some time ago in a different time context than yours. 37 .
∙Question opinions made by the author.
Don't accept what is written at face value. 38 . Look for facts, examples, and statistics that provide support. Also, look to see if the author has involved the work of authorities.
∙ 39 .
Assumptions are whatever the author must believe is true in order to propose opinions.
However, in many cases, you must read carefully in order to identify any indirect assumption. Once you identify an assumption, you must decide whether or not the assumption is valid.
∙Evaluate the sources th e author uses.
In doing this, be certain that the sources are credible as well as relevant. 40 . For example, studies done by Einstein in the early 20th century may not be appropriate if the writer is discussing the current state of knowledge in physics.
A. Analyze assumptions made by the author
B. What is written may very well reflect the author’s position. 42. China’s success can become a good example for other countries to follow, which could
benefit the 34.1percent of the desertified land in the world.
43. Duke Kunshan University is a joint- venture university set up by Duke University in the US
and Kunshan University in China.
44. The famous Usain Bolt holds the Guinness World Record of being the only athlete to win
100m and 200m Olympic titles.
45. These joint- venture universities in China provide opportunities for overseas students coming
to China to learn a wide range of classes as well as Chinese culture.
46. The worst gun shooting in modern America happened in Las Vegas, with more than 50
deaths and more than 500 injuries.
47. The reason why people try to become a world record holder is that they always want to
outperform others.
48. Under the US constitution, any US citizen without a criminal background or mental health
problems can buy guns.
49. China did not start fighting against desertification until joining the United Nati ons’
convention.
50. According to the writer, holding a Guinness World Record of growing a big vegetable
deserves as much admiration and respect as a great sportsman.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分40 分）第一节完
形填空（共20 小题；每题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。

I always had a dream. In it, I was a little girl again, rushing about, trying to get 51 for school. Deep inside I knew 52 it came from. It was some unfinished 53 in my life.
As a kid I loved school. Most of all I 54 to receive my diploma. That seemed
C. Before accepting it, be certain that the author provides abundant support for any view made more 55 even than getting married. But at 15, I had to 56 _because my parents
D. Look to see that what is written is consistent with what others have written about the subject c ouldn’t afford my 57 . Pretty soon, I married and had three children. I thought, “There
goes my dipl oma.” 58 , I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda, the youngest,
E. It involves questioning, evaluating and forming your own ideas about what the author is
saying had a serious heart disease, which made it impossible for her to _59
classroom.
in a normal
F. Moreover, if the author is writing about a subject in its current state, be sure that the sources One day, I saw an ad for evening courses. “Tha t’s the 60 . Linda always feels
are current
G. In either case, you must take into account any differences between your values and attitudes
and the author’s better in the evening, so I’ll just 61 her up for nig ht school.”
Linda was busy filling forms when the school 62 said: “Mrs. Schantz, why don’t you come back to school?”
I laughe d: “The re’s no 63 ! I’m 55!”
But he 64 me and I attended class with Linda. Surprisingly, both Linda and I felt
第三节阅读判断。

阅读下面的表述，如果其表述与报刊文章内容相符则在答题卡对应位置great there and my 65 steadily improved.
涂A 选项，如果不符合则在答题卡对应位置涂B 选项。

（共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分）
41. More than half of young people in the US believe if there were stricter gun laws, the gun
violence would decrease.
It was exciting, going to school again, but it was no 66 . Sitting in a class full of kids was 67 , even if most of them were respectful. Whenever I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Mom, you can’t 68 now!” Together we made it 69 . Finally, I got my diploma with Linda and realized my 70 of years.。