江苏高二高中英语月考试卷带答案解析

江苏高二高中英语月考试卷
班级:___________ 姓名：___________ 分数：___________
一、单项选择
1.To persuade drivers to ______ checking their phones whenever they beep, New York state plans to introduce so-called Texting Zones along its major highways to make sure of the drivers’ safety.
A．allow B．resist C．admit D．insist
2.In his plays, Shakespeare _______ his characters live through their language.
A．will make B．had made C．was making D．Makes
3.----What do you think about that new librarian?
----She is ______ of a good clerk, for she even doesn’t know how to classify the books.
A．somebody B．nothing C．something D．nobody
4.Floyd Landis made several lame excuses blaming medicine he had been taking for an injury, but these were all ______.
A．in progress B．in vain C．in turn D．in tune
5.______his death, one of the England’s greatest writers is lost _______the world.
A．For; in B．By; in
C．By; to D．On; to
6.The approach was condemned by many as a _______from normal scientific method.
A．feature B．creature
C．structure D．departure
7.As a mother I ask your justice to be ______and not to punish my son for matters he has no control over. A．civil B．merciful
C．grateful D．supreme
8.________ has been growing concern over the health effects ________the September 11 attacks in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.
A．It; arising from B．There; causing
C．There; arising from D．It; caused
9.Mary, ________becoming a well-known singer, ________in the Voice of China.
A．bending on; participated B．bent on; participating
C．bending on; participating D．bent on; participated
10.Hearing the news of her sudden death in a car crash, I went _______with shock.
A．tense B．bitter
C．rigid D．dull
11.A book may be compared to your neighbour; if it is good, it _______last too long.
A．can’t B．needn’t
C．won’t D．shouldn’t
12.My mother opposes me ________ in the newly-decorated house for a long time, for the fresh paint
______poisonous smell.
A．staying; lets in B．staying; gives off
C．to stay; lets out D．to stay; gives out
13.In order to get his hands on the French Open title, ______he has never won, Djokovic has decided to work harder.
A．one B．the one
C．that D．it
14.The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. In fact, their capacity ______the time they can spend away from their offices is very limited.
A．in the light of B．in view of
C．in the event of D．in terms of
15.The number of stay-at-home fathers reached a record high last year, new figures show, ________ families saw a rise in female breadwinners.
A．if B．as C．although D．though
16.The sound of guns ____the peace of the countryside, which got the villagers into panic.
A．abused B．struck
C．violated D．twisted
17.He’s a good actor, ____a lot of comedians are not, and he’s a good director and a good writer as well. A．who B．what
C．where D．which
18.Don’t be ________ by his rude remarks. He’s really very kind underneath.
A．dropped off B．sent off
C．put off D．let off
19.—The car crash hasn’t brought any traffic inconvenience, has it?
—Yes. The road ________ up with several miles of vehicles within a few minutes.
A．was chocked B．has been chocked
C．had been choked D．is choked
20.The poetry of the Romantic Movement often focuses on concepts like freedom and beauty, and tends to use imagination and ______strong feelings.
A．warm up B．spring up
C．call on D．touch on
21.According to the policy, people over 60 in the countryside can get their 60-yuan pensions each month, somewhat _____the burden of their children.
A．to relieve B．relieving
C．having relieved D．relieved
22.Charles Yerkes, a wealthy American businessman, _______the job improving the system by obtaining
______of the many different lines.
A．overtook; invitation B．undertook; authority
C．underwent; reputation D．undertook; ownership
23.The news came ______Sout h Korea’s Lotte Group has agreed to trade the land needed to host a planned missile shield despite China’s recent warning, _________made the headlines all over the world.
A．that; that B．that; which
C．which; that D．when; which
24.Emphasis is laid on the necessity that all the objectives to be attained ________into account before staring a new project.
A．be taken B．should take
C．would be taken D．have to be taken
25.Many drivers are ____and push into other lanes of traffic, while some drivers ignore that speed ____. A．sensitive; harms B．impressive; kills
C．aggressive; kills D．attractive; suffers
26.As these beautiful places attract lost of tourists, their protection comes under ________.
A．threat B．control
C．repair D．construction
27.I spent a fruitless ten minutes wandering around street, _____avoiding eye contact with passers-by. A．narrowly B．gradually
C．violently D．desperately
28.---Can you attend tomorrow’s meeting?
---I am sorry, but I will have too much work ________.
A．to see to come B．seeing to come
C．to see to coming D．doing to come
29.To _______the circumstances, Oliver runs away to London, where he _______under the control of a man called Fagin.
A．escape; goes B．flee; falls
C．avoid; drops D．prevent; turns
30.Online shopkeepers are supposed to provide goods which _________the quality of their description. A．catch up on B．keep pace with
C．live up to D．hold on to
31.—Won’t Terry be upset?
—_______? He never thinks about anyone but himself.
A．Guess what B．Now what
C．Who cares D．Who knows
32.Halfway through the chapter ____ I didn’t take anything in.
A．did I realize B．had I realized
C．I realized D．I would realize
33.Nowadays many new couples like to _____their wedding photos and hang them on the wall.
A．extend B．enlarge
C．spread D．stretch
34.Beauty lies in the lover’s eyes. ______most people saw nothing but a cruel criminal, she saw an affectionate man.
A．When B．Because
C．Which D．Where
35.It is a truly delightful place, which looks the same as it _______100 years ago with its winding streets and pretty cottages.
A．could have done B．would have done
C．must have done D．should have done
36.Many new stations were constructed between 1918 and 1938, _____ by an architect named Charles Holden. A．the most famous of them were designed
B．and the most famous of which were designed
C．the most famous of them designed
D．the most famous of which designed
37.The success of Le Pen _____the withdrawal of France from EU, but Macaroon defeated her in the election this month; as a result, EU let out a sigh of relief.
A．should otherwise promote B．will have promoted
C．might as well D．would otherwise promote
38.When we learned that it was not ____we would go to a restaurant of luxury, we all felt on the top of the world because it was ______we last enjoyed ourselves.
A．long before; before long that B．long before; long before that
C．before long; not long before D．before long that; not long before
39.—Have the parts we need for the copying machine arrived yet?
—I ordered them last week, but something ________ them up.
A．holds B．is going to hold
C．will hold D．is holding
40.—His son has been out of consciousness since the accident. Will he come to, Doctor?
—It’s going to be tough, but we all expect he will be likely to ________.
A．pull over B．get over
C．pull through D．get through
二、完形填空
Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I've watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives(高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now_______o n their way to impressive careers. By society’s _______, they seem to have it made.
On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a _______ drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and _______out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine
_______ a college year's monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars. The thing is, a number of them have _______ that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some _______ of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they _______. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and _______. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the ________ to which they have so quickly become ________.
People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and ________ the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they ________ or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost
always leads them to the same conclusion; it’s ________. They have loans, bills, a mortgage(抵押贷款) to
________, retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something ________ in their lives, but it’s ________ to step off the track.
In a society that tends to ________ everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our ________ in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs ________ in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.
【1】A．much B．never C．well D．seldom
【2】A．standards B．policies C．experiments D．regulations
【3】A．least B．last C．second D．best
【4】A．moved B．cycled C．slid D．looked
【5】A．shared B．paid C．collected D．equaled
【6】A．advertised B．witnessed C．demanded D．admitted
【7】A．dream B．complain C．hear D．approve
【8】A．hate B．distribute C．applaud D．neglect
【9】A．calm B．guilty C．empty D．warm
【10】A．family B．government C．project D．lifestyle
【11】A．appointed B．accustomed C．unique D．available
【12】A．also B．yet C．instead D．rather
【13】A．let out B．turn in C．believe in D．give up
【14】A．fundamental B．practical C．unforgettable D．impossible 【15】A．take off B．drop off C．pay off D．put off
【16】A．inspiring B．missing C．sinking D．shining
【17】A．hard B．harmful C．useful D．normal
【18】A．suffer B．measure C．digest D．deliver
【19】A．disasters B．motivations C．decisions D．campaigns 【20】A．involved B．assessed C．covered D．reduced
三、阅读理解
1.This is a European Company which produces elevators all over the world. These two positions are based in their R&D center.
Please send your resume and cover letter to edison.shi@
【1】According to the ads, candidates, who are likely to be employed, should be ________.
A．honest and strict B．cooperative and experienced
C．independent and energetic D．humorous and reliable
【2】Which of the following is true about the requirements of the two positions?
A．Solid skills of Microsoft Office software are required in them.
B．Candidates who have no job experience in Mechanical engineering can apply for them.
C．Both fluent Chinese and English abilities are required in them.
D．Candidates with Master’s degree in Mechanical engineering can apply for them.
2.One of the most practical parts of my college education (and my entire education)was my student teaching. For six month, I gradually took over until I was completely teaching the class. It wasn’t quite the same as a real teaching job. However, it was definitely a good way to get some real world experience. School should prepare students for the job market. Therefore, are our kids receiving enough practical education so they can be successful in the real world?
When teaching kids, it’s important to be able to have a purpose for everything we teach. As parents and teachers, we should ask ourselves: what can this be used for when kids enter the job market? I can think about a college class I took where we had to analyze various movies. I honestly can’t think of how analyzing “Rambo” benefited me. Perhaps, I would have been better off taking an auto shop class or a carpentry class. After all, I can’t change a tire and I’m completely incapable when it comes to using power tools. The Guardian points out that the current generation is one of the most educated but lacks the skills to mend a hole in a shirt or put up a shelf. We have become a society that hires someone else to do these basic tasks. So how can we fix this?
Perhaps, learning how to think is not enough. Rather than focusing on standardized tests so much, schools need to give students more practical application. Cooking is actually helpful when teaching children about fractions, measuring and multiplication. Students can learn how to double a recipe and see the relationship between 1/4 and 1/3 cup. As kids get into the upper grades, money management should be a focus. Making a budget and learning about interest rates are good ideas. I used to give my students real restaurant menus and a budged. They had to come up with what they could buy, including the tip with a set amount of money. In college, rather than only focus on the craft of writing, I wish I would have learned more about marketing and publishing my writing. Finally, internships in both high school and college should be required.
It appears that some high schools are doing a better job of preparing students for the real world. For instance, according to NBC News, in Michigan, “the Utica Center for Science and Industry uses technology to prepare students for automotive and military industry jobs.” The program aims to combine students’ skills with employers’ needs. Students take optional courses in areas such as “multimedia, engineering or mechatronics” and also take part in activities where there isn’t one right answer. For me, giving kids the opportunity to create is the key point. So far, the program is showing success.
According to a Gallup poll, fifty-seven percent of American workers say “the type of work they do generally” does
not require “a bachelor’s or a more advanced degree.” Therefore, if a college degree isn’t helping the majority of Americans at their job, then what is required? Many jobs require a skill. Electricians and contractors have specific skill that allow them to complete their jobs. Whether students go to four-year school or not, I think it’s important for everyone to have a skill. After all, a Forbes article states that half of college graduates are working at jobs that don’t require a degree. Clearly, being smart and qualified isn’t always enough to make it in the real world.
I’m going to encourage my kids to go to college and earn a degree. I’m also going to encourage them to think outside of the box and give them a practical education too. After all, you never know where life will take you. 【1】The author mentions his student teaching in order to ________.
A．show his experiences in teaching
B．tell us the importance of experiences
C．introduce the topic of the text
D．advise us to learn well at school
【2】What does the underlined word “Rambo” in the second paragraph refer to?
A．Name of a film.B．A film producer.
C．A kind of plant.D．Name of a subject.
【3】What does the Gallup poll show us?
A．More and more Americans hate to go to school.
B．American schools don’t prepare their students for their jobs.
C．Most of the rich Americans don’t graduate from colleges.
D．Most of American jobs do not require high degrees.
【4】What’s the topic of this passage?
A．No one is too sure about his or her own life.
B．More practical education should be given to students.
C．College degree is more important than anything else.
D．Half of college graduates don’t live on their degree.
3.For years, scientist and others concerned about climate change have been talking about the need for carbon capture and storage(CCS).
That is the term for removing carbon dioxide from, say, a coal-burning power plant’s smokestack and pumping it deep underground to keep it out of the atmosphere, where it would otherwise contribute to global warming. However, currently, only one power plant in Canada captures and stores carbon on a commercial scale (and it has been having problems). Among the concerns about storage is that carbon dioxide in gaseous or liquid form that is pumped underground might escape back to the atmosphere. So storage sites would have to be monitored, potentially for decades or centuries.
But scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and other institutions have come up with a different way to store CO
reacts with the rock to form a mineral call calcite(方解石). By turning the gas into
2
stone, scientists can lock it away permanently. Volcanic rocks called basalts(玄武岩) are excellent for his process,
because they are rich in calcium, magnesium and iron, which react with CO
.
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The project called CarbFix started in Iceland, 2012, when the scientists pumped about 250 tons of carbon dioxide, mixed with water, about 1,500 feet down into porous basalt. Early sings were encouraging: The scientists found that about 95 percent of the carbon dioxide was changed into calcite. And even more importantly, they wrote, the change happened relatively quickly—in less than two years.
“It’s beyond all our expectations,” said Edda Aradottir, who manages the project. Rapid change of the CO
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means that a project would probably have to be monitored for a far shorter time than a more conventional storage site.
There are still concerns about whether the technology will prove useful in the fight against global warming. For one thing, it would have to be scaled up enormously. For another, a lot of water is needed—25 tons of it for every ton of CO
—along with the right kind of rock.
2
But the researchers say that there is enough porous basaltic rock in Iceland, including in the ocean floors and along the margins of continents. And sitting a storage project in or near the ocean could potentially solve the water problem at the same time, as the researchers say seawater would work just fine.
【1】What can we learn about CCS in Paragraphs 2 and 3?
A．Scientists believe global warming will be avoided if CO2 is pumped underground.
B．It’s been a common practice in many plants to capture and store CO2 underground.
C．There is no guarantee that CO2 will not escape even if pumped underground.
D．It requires decades to turn CO2 into liquid form and be locked underground.
【2】What materials should be involved in the project CarbFix?
A．Water, CO2, soda water and basalts
B．Water, soda water, a pump and calcite
C．CO2, basalts, a pump and calcite
D．Water, CO2, a pump and basalts
【3】According to Edda Aradottir, the result of the project was beyond the researchers’ expectations, because
________.
A．it’s disappointing to discover new problems caused by rapid change
B．it’s amazing to see 95% of the carbon dioxide turn into calcite that fast
C．it’s puzzling to find the encouraging but unexpected result of the project
D．it’s exciting to sense the problem of storing CO2 likely to be solved
【4】What is the author’s p urpose in writing the passage?
A．To inform us of a breakthrough in storing CO2.
B．To praise the efforts of scientists in storing CO2.
C．To show the different ways to fight against CO2.
D．To urge people to produce the least possible CO2.
4.Written in the first chapter of the book Pride and Prejudice is an extraordinary sentence of which even a person who has had only a brief look upon the book will not fail to receive a deep impression — It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. In terms of Sherlock Holmes, we’d better alter the sentence into “It is a fact universally accepted by readers throughout the world that an excellent book in possession of our famous detective Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly a masterpiece of all times.” Perhaps this is one of the most obvious explanations for the unrivaled popularity of “Holmes series” in the field of detective stories. Overwhelmed by the recommendations provided by my friends, I decided to take a look on this Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son originally published by Oxford University Press.
As a whole, this book is about a case concerning the Duke’s missing son. Arthur, the Duke’s son, was found out in a certain morning to have disappeared, accompanied with which was also the disappearance of the German teacher. The school master Dr. Huxtable then turned to the famous detective of the time Sherlock Holmes for help. Realizing how tough and important the case is, Holmes immediately made up his mind to accept the case and followed Dr. Huxtable back to Mackleton by train. Having formed a rough idea about the whole matter, Holmes probed into the case immediately and had a careful investigation of the entire area shortly after the
arrival, during the process of which he discovered the body of the German teacher Heidegger. Finally, primarily due to his prominent ability as a detective, he managed to unravel the mystery.
Having once started reading this fiction, I was completely immersed in the mysterious story. At the beginning, unlike other detect ive stories, this story first delineates the client’s strange behavior at length to indicate the severity of the incident in order to attract the readers to continue reading it. As is known to all, vivid depiction is essential to detective stories as it makes the story more authentic and attractive. Therefore, trying to present a “real world” to his readership, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the original “Holmes series”, has skillfully arranged the plots of the whole story from the perspective of Dr. Wat son, a friend of Homes’. In this way, he elaborately (精心)depicted every scene and character in the book. Apart from the special start, the ending of the whole story, being dramatic but reasonable, is certainly an outstanding one. After all, except the author himself, who knows that the Duke’s seemingly ordinary secretary is in fact the Duke’s bastard(私生子)? In addition, who knows that the Duke actually has already been acquainted with the whole thing before Holmes solves this complicated problem? Yet, surprising as it is, this ending seems so natural that it fits all the plots of the story perfectly well. Closing my eyes, I can even “see” the story happening just like watching a film.
As far as I am concerned, nothing is more admirable and surprising in the hero Sherlock Homes than his profound knowledge which has certainly assisted him a lot when he was studying the case. Take the bicycle tyres for instance, Holmes is capable of recognizing 42 different varieties of bicycle tyres. Except for his illimitable knowledge, Holmes also specializes in arranging the facts in order and then finding the fact leading him to a great discovery or even the truth itself. In this case, after getting rid of unrelated facts, Sherlock Homes eventually grasped the clue and discovered the amazing fact.
Needless to say, as a world-renowned masterpiece, Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son has attracted and is still charming numerous readers from all corners of the world and people from all walks of life. The “Holmes series” has alread y set up a standard against which all the following detective fictions are measured. Sherlock Holmes, beyond all doubt, has been a name firmly rooted in people’s memories. Although Dr. Watson’s closing The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1927 was a great pity to the readers, the discontinuance of the entire “Holmes series” may have actually added to the legendary stature of Sherlock Holmes.
【1】Why does the author mention the book Pride and Prejudice?
A．To show his/her impression on it.
B．To change a sentence in it to evaluate the Holmes series.
C．To quote a sentence to directly illustrate its impressiveness.
D．To state the reason why he/she began reading Sherlock Holmes and the Duck’s son.
【2】Many factors contribute to the author’s positive attitude toward the book EXCEPT that __________. A．the detailed description of a client’s strange behavior arouses the readers’ interest
B．the plots are well laid out and all scenes and characters are artfully presented
C．the book is even adapted into a film and the author really enjoys watching it
D．its ending is so surprising that it makes the author deeply impressed
【3】What kind of a person is Sherlock Holmes according to the passage?
A．Knowledgeable.B．Arbitrary.
C．Mysterious.D．Courageous.
【4】How is the passage organized?
(p=paragraph)
A．B．
C．D．
【5】What’s the passage mainly about?
A．It mainly introduces the plots of the book Sherlock Holmes and the Duck’s son.
B．It’s mainly about the author’s attitude towards Sherlock Holmes.
C．It’s mainly about the thoughts of the author after reading Sherlock Holmes and the Duck’s son.
D．It’s mainly a comparison between the book Pride and Prejudice and the Holmes series.
四、其他
“HELL is a city much like London,” said Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819. Modern academics agree. Last year Dutch researchers showed that city dwellers(居民) have a 21% higher risk of suffering from anxiety disorders than do their calmer rural countrymen, and a 39% higher risk of suffering from mood disorders. But exactly how the inner workings of the urban and rural minds cause this difference has remained unclear—until now. A study just published in Nature by Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg of the University of Heidelberg and his colleagues has used a scanning technique called functional magnetic-resonance imaging (机能性磁共振成像，简称fMRI) to examine the brains of city dwellers and countrymen when they are under stress.
In Dr Meyer-Lindenberg’s first experiment, participants lying with their heads in a scanner took maths tests that they were bound to fail (the researchers had designed success rates to be just 25-40%). To make the experience still more embarrassing, the team provided negative feedback through headphones, all the while checking participants for indications of stress, such as high blood pressure.
The city people’s general mental health did not differ from that of the rural countrymen. However, their brains dealt with the stress caused by the experimenters in different ways. These differences were noticeable in two regions: the amygdalas (杏仁核) and the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex (前扣带皮层，简称pACC).
People living in the countryside had the lowest levels of activity in their amygdalas. Those living in towns had higher levels. City dwellers had the highest. In the case of the pACC, however, what mattered was not where someone was living now, but where he or she was brought up. The more urban a person’s childhood, the more active his pACC, regardless of where he was dwelling at the time of the experiment.
The amygdalas thus seem to respond to the here-and-now while the pACC is programmed early on, and does not react in the same, flexible way as the amygdalas. Second-to-second changes in its activity might, though, be expected to be connected with changes in the amygdalas, because of its role in regulating them. fMRI allows such connections to be measured.
In the cases of those brought up in the countryside, regardless of where they now live, the connections were as expected. For those brought up in cities, however, these connections broke down. The regulatory mechanism of the native urbanite, in other words, seems to be out of order.
Dr Meyer-Lindenberg and his team conducted several more experiments to check their findings. They asked participants to complete more maths tests—and also tests in which they were mentally ups and downs—while investigators scolded them about their performance. The results matched those of the first test. They also studied another group of volunteers, who were given stress-free tasks to complete. These experiments showed no activity in either the amygdalas or the pACC, suggesting that the earlier results were indeed the result of social stress rather than mental effort.
As is usually the case in studies of this sort, the sample size was small and the result showed an association, rather than a definite, causal relationship. That association is, nevertheless, interesting. Living in cities brings many benefits, but Dr Meyer-Lindenberg’s work suggests that Shelley and his fellow Romantics had at least half a point.
Title: Do urban brains behave differently from rural ones?。