广东省江门市第一中学高二下学期英语2月月考试题 含答案

江门市第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期英语2月月考试题I 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）We all have dreams. Yet so few of us realize them. Often, a dream dies as quickly as it is born __ 1 we lack the confidence to keep it. When I was old enough, I realized that society puts a high ___2____ on youth, beauty and intellectual achievement. This discovery gave me some idea to develop my dream although I was ___3___.My dream was 4 . I dreamed of becoming a ___5___. The employment field was a highly 6 place. It gave not only fierce competition to a disabled job –seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the ___7___ strong and healthy. They see the disabled as the back row of society.However, I ___8___ to sit in the back row. I decided to take a course. When I handed over the application form to the interviewer, she looked at me and advised me to __9___ my choice from typing. But I was ___10____ to stay with it. She accepted me.On the fifth month of the six-month course, five students were chosen to do some copy typing. I was one of them. I was very ___11___ and finished half of the work given to us all.More work came to me after this test. I could see quite clearly the way to __12___ my dream. I became a typist in one of the offices immediately after my graduation. I did not ___13___ starting at the bottom of the ladder. Being a typist was just the beginning. Having achieved one dream, I set out to achieve others. There was no easy task. But the sacrifice proved ___14____ .Dreamers should keep reaching out for their dreams, whatever the __15___ is, until they get what they want in life.1. A. even if B. because C. although D. unless2. A. standard B. view C. value D. measure3. A. disabled B. talented C. excited D. measure4. A. fantastic B. complicated C. acceptable D. simple5. A. teacher B. typist C. scientist D. doctor6. A. competitive B. valuable C. mysterious D. adventurous7. A. originally B. extremely C. physically D. fortunately8. A．had B．continued C．meant D．refused9. A．change B．ignore C．confirm D．prevent10. A．willing B．reluctant C．determined D．glad11. A．happy B．efficient C．developing D．excited12. A．achieving B．changing C．turning D．enjoying13. A．avoid B．risk C．consider D．mind14.A．disappointing B．rewarding C．encouraging D．satisfying15. A．happiness B．pain C．sorrow D．excitement第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）Dr Isaac Asimov was an American author and biochemist who ____16____(bear)in Russia in 1920. Asimov went to the United States with his family at the age of three. He grew up in New York, ___17_____(graduate)from Columbia University in 1939. In 1948, he earned a PhD ___18____. He began to write stories ___19___ science-fiction magazines in 1939. He was a very successful writer who produced ___20___ amazing number of books: he wrote over 400 volumes. Asimov is ___21____(well) known for his science fiction and popular science book, of ___22__ the Foundation series, the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series are the most popul ar. Asimov’s books cover ____23____(vary)topics in science, and he developed a set of ethics for robots and machine intelligence which influence many ___24___ writers. ____25____(have) a further knowledge, you can surf the related information on the website 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）ADo dogs understand us?Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn't see anyone to get clues, the scientists believeRico must understand the meanings of certain words.In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive.Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种)known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.It's hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!26. Which of the following best explains the underlined word “A border collie”?A. a parrot which is betterB. a dog which is foolishC. a dog which is smarterD. a dog which is better27. From paragraph 2 we know that __ .A. animals are as clever as human beingsB. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzeesC. dogs have similar 'learning abilities as 3-year-old childrenD. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills28. Both experiments show that .A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands rightB. Rico can recognize different things including toysC. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematicsD. Rico won't forget the names of objects once recognizing them29. Which of the following statements is true?A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie's mental abilities.B. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.C. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.D. Rico is born to understand its owner's commands.30. What does the writer want to tell us?A. To be friendly to your dog.B. To train your dog.C. To talk to your dog.D. To be careful with your dog.BIn the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life--style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories, He called it ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ because ‘Jones’ is a very common name in the United States.’Keeping up with the Joneses’ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are ‘Jonses’ in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.31. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.A. want others to know or to think that they are richB. want to be as rich as their neighboursC. don’t want others to know they are richD. want to be happy32. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.A. live outside New York CityB. live in New York CityC. live in apartmentsD. have many neighbours33. The underlined word “neighbourhood” in the second paragraph means ________.A. a person who lives near anotherB. people living in an areaC. an area in another town or cityD. an area near the place referred to34. Arthur Momand used the name ‘Jones’ in his series of short stories because’ Jones’ is ________.A. an important nameB. a popular name in the United StatesC. his neighbour’s nameD. not a good name35. According to the writer, it is to keep up with the Joneses.A. correctB. impossibleC. interestingD. goodCThe way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment , self - improvement.Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. 36．According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _______ .A. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains singleB. he finds more fun in dating than in marriageC. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitementD. he is unwilling to take on family responsibilities37．Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ____________ .A. a moral dutyB. a rewarding taskC. a thankless jobD. a source of inevitable pain38. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from __________ .A. hatredB. prejudiceC. misunderstandingD. ignorance39．To understand what true happiness is one must ____________ .A. have as much fun as possible du ring one’s lifetimeB. be able to distinguish happiness from funC. make every effort to liberate oneself from painD. put up with pain under all circumstances40．What is the author trying to tell us?A. attaining happiness is necessary for everyone.B. It is important to make commitments.C. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．D. It is pain that leads to happiness.DBoys’ schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (男子气概), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype, a US study says.Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their abilities to express their emotions, rather than feeling they had to obey to the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being ignored by theBritish education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.“But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom”, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James of the University of Virginia.Teache rs could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have sharper vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be give n “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine (女性的) and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to give in to a stereotype(陈词滥调) that men should be “masterful and in charge” in rela tionships. “In mixed schools boys feel pressed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.41. The author believes that a single-sex school would ____ .A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freelyB. force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”C. help to form masculine aggressiveness in boysD. naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys42. What does Tony Little say about the British education system?A. It fails more boys than girls academically.B. It focuses more on mixed school education.C. It places more pressure on boys than on girls.D. It fails to give boys the attention they need.43. It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys _____ .A. grow up more healthilyB. perform relatively betterC. behave more responsiblyD. receive a better education44. According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is _____.A. boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-mindedB. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested inC. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spiritD. teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys45. Which of the following is the characteristic of boys according to Abigail James’report?A. They have sharper vision.B. They enjoy being in charge.C. They act the same to stereotypes.D. 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