广东省中山市普通高中2017_2018学年高二英语下学期3月月考试题04

下学期高二英语3月月考试题04I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)第一节完形填空(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was 1996. And I was at the end of a two-week __1__ in Malaysia from my teaching job in South Korea. Since my flight back to Seoul wouldn’t take off until 9 pm, I set off from the airport for a glance at the city. As the sun went down I searched for some last-minute___2___ for my friends and I prepared to go back. Then quite __3___the light went out: it was a city-wide blackout (停电). I decided to look for a taxi ___4___.I walked on to find a better position for hailing a taxi, but not a single taxi__5___. I pleaded for help from groups of___6___and was met with I-do-not-knows.I was starting to feel___7___.I found another heavily trafficked crossing and waited, thinking for sure that I would __ __8___my plane and wondering where I would sleep. I began to wave my arms and__9___at the traffic, “Stop! Help! Please” .vFinally, there was too much traffic so that the cars couldn’t move. A taxi pulled up. I began to __10___loudly on the window, begging the driver to let me in. The driver turned to__11___with his passenger, who then opened the___12__. I got in, laid my head against the window and ___13___. I was no longer concerned about the possibility of missing my flight. I only wanted to place myself in the___14___atmosphere of an international airport.Fortunately when I arrived at the airport, I was told my ___15___was delayed andI had to wait for it.1. A. holiday B. course C. goal D. plan2. A.words B. wishes C.changes D. gifts3. A. suddenly B. usually C. finally D. really4. A. exactly B. easily C. immediately D. particularly5. A. gathered B. followed C. admitted D. stopped6. A. friedns B. passengers C. passers-by D. guides7. A. puzzled B. surprised C. meaningless D. helpless8. A. catch B. find C. repair D. miss9. A. scream B. point C. stare D. laugh10. A. move B. knock C. draw D. perform11. A. quarrel B. communicate C. compete D. meet12. A. mouth B. window C. door D. bag13. A. relaxed B. apologized C. complained D. agreed14. A. nervous B. silent C. warm D. active15. A. requirement B. flight C. dinner D. schedule第二节语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing ___16___comes into his minds is, “I must be able to run __17___(fast) than the fastest lion, __18___ I will be killed by a lion.”And at just the same time, the lion __19__ (wake) out of his dream, and the first thing ___20___(flash) into his mind is, “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope; otherwise, I will starve to __21___(dead).”So almost at the same moment ___22___the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start __23___(run) toward the rising sun.Such is life -- __24___ you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without ___25___ (hesitate) when the sun rises.II 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑ADuring the summer holidays there will be a revised schedule of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorterhours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm.All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next week’s student newspaper.26.The main purpose of this announcement is to ________.A. tell students of important schedule changesB. tell students of new bus and library servicesC. show the excellent services for studentsD. ask students to renew their library cards27. At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?A. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 C. 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00B.8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 D. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:3028. Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because ________.A.they are not to be announced C. the full list is not readyB.they are hard to arrange D. the full list is too long29. In the summer holidays, the library will have __________.A.no special hours C. special hours on weekendsB.special hours on weekdays D. special hours both on weekdays and weekends30. We may infer that during the summer holidays ________.A.the student newspaper will sell more copiesB.there will be a concert or film once a weekC.many students will stay in the universityD.no breakfast will be served on weekendsBLondoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks（平装本）, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers. .There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to thetiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock（贮存）, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad（无数的）subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture（敢于去）off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small barrows（流动集售货车） which line the gutters（贫民窟）. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs（业余爱好者）, have been waiting for them. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.31. “Londoners are great readers” means that _________.A.Londoners are great because they read a lot.B.There are a great number of readers in LondonC.Londoners are readers who read only great booksD.Londoners read a lot32. Charring Cross Road ________.A. is in the suburbs of London C. contains various kinds of shopsB. is famous for its bookshops D. is the busiest street in London33. If you want to buy really cheap second-hand books, you must ________.A.venture in a most busy streetB.venture away from a busy streetC.take the risk of going to the beaten trackD.take the risk of wasting time to hunt them in less noticeable streets34. The book sellers on Farringdon Road _________.A.keep fine bookshopsB.keep only small bookshopsC.sell books on hand-cartsD.sell the same books as the bookshops on Charring Cross Road35. The best topic for this passage is ________.A.bookshops in LondonB.the biggest bookshop in the worldC.Charring Cross RoadD.buying books in LondonC“A rolling stone gathers no moss (苔藓),” but there is one living animal that does gather moss — the three-toed sloth（树懒）of South America. This slowest-moving member of the animal kingdom is so inactive that moss actually gathers on its body and turns it green — strange as it seems!Most of the sloth’s life is spent motionless, hanging upside down from a limb（大树枝）. And that is the way its hair grows. Long and coarse, the strands from receptacles for the damp jungle algae（藻类）turn the brown fur a mossy green.Actually this moss helps the animal survive because it serves as a perfect camouflage against the leafy trees and hides the sloth from the jungle’s swift-moving hunters. The sloth would have little chance of survival on the ground.With long, curved claws hooded over the limb of a leafy tree, it spends the long hot hours during the day drowsing and eating. Inch by inch, it strips the leafy limbs bare and crawls slowly down the trunk to find a new dining spot, but only at night.In addition to looking rather like a vegetable, the sloth is a strict vegetarian. Running out of its favorite leaf is about the only thing that will make a sloth move. Then its appetite（食欲）may even force the animal into swimminga stream to reach a succulent（肉质植物）. It will also force it into fightingto keep the tree all to itself. The sloth is lazy and prefers to be alone, but it will tolerate its own relatives!36. A suitable title for this passage might be ____.A. Wild AnimalsB. Animal KingdomC. Moss GrowthD. The Lazy Animal37.The author’s purpose in writing the passage is _____.A. to help children to gain a better understanding of animal lifeB. to prove that the saying “a rolling stone gathers no moss” is wrongC. to introduce a particular animal to the common readerD. to discuss with professionals the laziness of some animals38.Which of the following is NOT true about the sloth?A. The sloth does not eat any meat.B. For most of its time, the sloth remains motionless on the ground.C. To some degree, the sloth is protected by the moss growing on its body.D. The sloth has a brown fur of its own.39.According to the passage, the sloth will move about when____.A. It senses a coming danger.B. it is forced to swim in a hot day.C. it is short of its favorite food.D. it wants to keep the vegetable to itself.40.Which of the following is NOT mentioned or implied by the author?A. The sloth has only three toes.B. The sloth lives in the damp jungle of South America.C. The sloth usually tries to find a new spot for food at night.D. The sloth will never fight with other animals.DIn the future, when robots can be used both in homes and in other areas, they could improve the living standards of people. Many people burn their energy on their day-to-day tasks like cooking, cleaning after work, etc. When robots can complete such jobs, people can spend more time with their family and friends. Experts say that many major problems in the modern world are caused by miscommunication. When people have more time, they can talk freely to solve such issues and eventually create a happy society.Robots can be used on certain jobs to avoid accidents caused by careless behavior of some people. When robots are used on such work, it does not risk any human life due to accidents at the workplace. Human resources can be efficiently used byperforming tasks which demand human skills like critical thinking and problem solving. Robots can be used on low-end jobs like moving heavy things and heavy weight lifting. While some people talk about how robots can be useful to humans, others voice their concerns about reduction in human value and the creation of a lazy society due to heavy dependency on robots. When robots become cheaper to produce, employers may prefer to use more robots than humans. As the technology constantly improves the abilities of robots, it could weaken the value of humans. Many people may rely on robots heavily. Some may even develop the habit of using robots on tasks that they can easily do. This could create a lazy society.As an aging society, Japan sees it a must to build robots that take care of elderly people at their home, because without them, the nation’s health care system can’t cope. There will simply be too many elderly people to care for as the nation faces a decreasing birth rate, an aging population, and the loosening of family ties. However, many of Japan’s elderly people would prefer human helpers rather than robots. Above all, Japan wants, if not “needs”, its immigration(移民) policy is anti-immigration.In conclusion, robots can be used on anything that can eventually improve humans’ living standards but we can’t depend on them too much. Robots can be used to help humans live in harmony and form a happy society.41. According to the first paragraph, when robots can be used in homes,________A. people will spend more time on their work..B. people’s living standards will be improve.C. there would be more misunderstandings between humans.D. people may communicate more with robots than human beings.42. Compared with humans, robots are better at __________A. problem solving.B. communicating with others.C. working safely.D. critical thinking.43. Some people worry that with more robots being used ________A. people will be unwilling to work hard.B. human resourc es won’t be needed at the workplace.C. it will be harder to improve the abilities of robots.D. robots will be beyond our control.44. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. The robots are well received by elderly people in Japan.B. The Japanese government encourages foreigners to move to Japan.C. Most Japanese citizens are against robots in the home.D. Japan will try to develop robots to be used in the home.45. Which statement is the author’s opinion on robots?A. Robots bring us more problems than benefits.B. The future of robots is worrying.C. Robots can help us a lot but we need to use them properly.D. We should limit the development of robotic technology.第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）下面是几篇有关户外运动的信息, 请阅读下列资料和相关信息, 并按照要求匹配信息, 请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。