辽宁省本溪满族自治县2020学年高二英语12月月考试题

2016—2017学年上学期高二12月月考试卷英语考试时间：120分钟试卷总分：150分说明：本试卷由第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷组成。

第Ⅰ卷为选择题，一律答在答题卡上；第Ⅱ卷为主观题，按要求答在答题纸相应位置上。

第Ⅰ卷（共二部分满分85 分）第二部分：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)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AIt took some t ime for spring to arrive but now it’s here that UK’s gardens are enjoying it. Many flowers that would usually be over by now are still at their best. Here are some of the best gardens right now.Kew Gardens, LondonThe rock garden is one of the places to head for at Kew right now. It will be at its peak in the days ahead. The garden has waterfalls and streams over the land, and many plants and flower buds are all at their best. Equally those who can not be missed are the flowering cherry (樱桃) trees.Open daily 9:30 am-6:30 pm, adults £16, children free.Wentworth Castle Gardens, near BarnsleyA yellow carpet surrounds Wentworth Castle at the moment, as the daffodils (水仙花) are still in full bloom. Another wonderful spot is the Victorian flower garden, created from an old bowling (保龄球) green in the 19th century.Open daily 10:00 am- 5:00 pm, adults £5.50, children £2.95, family £12.50.Harlow Carr, HarrogateThe earlier bad weather means many daffodil varieties were extremely late, but at Harlow Car plenty of the plants can be found at the moment. The garden also has one of the longest streamside plantings in the country.Open daily 9:30 am-6:00 pm, adults £8.50, children £4.25, family £20.70.Bon Stewart, NewtownardsThere are great smells as well as great sights at Bon Stewart. Lady Londonderry, who created the garden in the 1920s and 1930s, love plants with a sweet smell. So go up to rhododendron (杜鹃花) hill. It’s one of the best places here right now.Open daily 10:00 am-6:00 pm, ad ults £6.63, children £3.31, family £16.00.21．To enjoy pleasant-smelling flowers, you might visit ______.A. Kew GardensB. Harlow CarrC. Bon StewartD. Wentworth Castle Gardens22．You can probably enjoy the flowers beside the stream in ______.A. Kew Gardens and Bon StewartB. Harlow Carr and Kew GardensC. Bon Stewart and Harlow CarrD. Wentworth Castle Gardens and Bon Stewart23．What can we learn about Wentworth Castle Gardens?A. It offers a great place to play bowling.B. It is surrounded by flowering cherry trees.C. It provides the shortest visiting time in a day.D. It charges a couple with a child at least £ 13.95.BEach morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandp a laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but againthe basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead. The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.” The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless!”“So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.“Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”24. What puzzled the grandson most was _________.A. why he forgot what he read soonB. whether it was useful to read booksC. what kind of book he could understandD. how he could read books like his grandpa25. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of wa ter?A. To get him to realize the use of reading books.B. To punish him for not reading carefully.C. To clean the dirty basket in the river.D. To train him to run faster.26. What lesson can we learn from the story?A. The old are always wiser than the young.B. It is foolish to carry water with abasket.C. You can’t expect to remember all you read.D. Reading books can change a person gradually.27. What can be the best title for the text?A. Grandpa and GrandsonB. Carryin g Water in a BasketC. Baskets and BooksD. Reading for Total ChangingCBorrowing to start a business is not easy. Getting a bank loan, particularly for a new small business, is like going through the eye of a needle.Banks favor established-business people with a solid credit rating and a large bank account. They should also have experience in the business they intend to enter, and offer well-prepared business plans that show the ability to repay the loans. If you are not sucha person, then you need to double your preparations to convince the banker to lend you thatmuch needed start-up capital（资金）. If your business is new and small, bankers will needto know as much as possible about you and your business.However, many small business owners often make the mistake of not being well preparedwhen going to the bank to apply for the loan. Surprisingly, many loan applicants don't evenhave the slightest idea how or when they intend to repay the money they request. Often theydon't even know how much money they need. When asked how much mon ey they want to borrow,many peo ple give these two common responses: “How much money can I get?”and “As muchas possible.”Is it any wonder that lenders say no?So the most important thing is do your homework before you ask for a loan.28. By saying “Getting a bank loan.., is like going through the eye of a needle”, thewriter stresses______.A. the ability to borrow from a bankB. the importance of borrowing moneyC.the difficulty of getting a bank loan D. the start-up of a new small business29. Banks prefer to give a loan to those who ______.A. are in need of start-up capitalB. have the ability to pay it backC. own an old and large businessD. haven't borrowed money before30. Some small businesses fail to get a bank loan because ______.A. the form they fill in is incompleteB. their products are not technically advancedC. the amount of money they want to borrow is too bigD. they have no clear idea of how much they need to borrow31. The writer advises that before applying for a bank loan, the applicant should ____.A. fully prepareB. do some market researchC. learn a lot about the bankD. know the upper limit of the loansDThe latest target(目标)for TV advertisers is children in Asia. Asian families aregetting smaller and wealthier, and Asian children are watching more and more TV. It is saidthat the average Hong Kong child sees about 25,000 TV advertisements a year.To get the attention and the money of these young audiences, the advertisers use littleactors. “The kids share the same feelings with someone from their own age group,” says one advertiser, “so t his kind of advertisement is more effective. And, of course, the little actors earn big money.”Not everyone is happy to see kids turned into buyers. “advertising to children is wrong, ” s aid Pasty Liang, “because its aim is to make them ask their parents for money to buy things. Also, many things advertised, such as toys, are silly and encourage violence. If a child buys them, he or she will learn nothing.” Some educators believe that if young people watch the ads, they will become more and more materialistic(物质至上的).Some people even think it wrong to use little actors in TV advertisements. “It is illegal for kids to work in factories, so why are they allowed to work in ads? Also, considering the high salaries, it is bad for children to have too much money.” said Elvis Hu.As an advertiser, J.W. Lu clearly has his own opinion about this. “It is nothing wrong with children earning a lot of money or asking their parents to buy things for them. Besides, kids buy toys to have fun, not to learn from.”Anyway, governments are beginning to take action to protect children. An ad would not be allowed to appear on TV if it made children feel inferior(低人一等的) because they didn’t own the advertised product.32. The advertisers use little actors so that ______.A. the ads can attract young audiencesB. the little actors can earn big moneyC. the kids will share the same feelingsD. people will see more TV advertisements33. Who thinks it all right for kids to earn money by acting in ads?A. Elvis Hu.B. J.W. LuC. Pasty LiangD. Some educators.34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Little actors earn less money than adults.B. Advertisers want children to learn from toys.C. Some people are not for advertising to children.D. Governments are taking action to protect advertisers.35. What is the best title for the passage?A. Litt le Actors or Adult ActorsB. H ow to Get Children’s AttentionC. Opinions about TV AdvertisementsD. Children：New Target for TV Advertisements 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。