辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学高二英语上学期第二次月考试题

沈阳铁路实验中学2015--2016学年度上学期第二次月考高二英语时间：100分钟分数：120分第一部分阅读理解( 共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AOn the black market, ivory commands more than $1,000 per kilogram, making poaching(偷猎) a problem for African wildlife. But an American pilot is trying to end the killing by training the pilots who patrol(巡逻) the skies over Africa. Patty Wagstaff who is making a difference by helping her fellow pilots deal with difficult and life-threatening conditions.Wagstaff is the lead teacher for a group of wildlife pilots in Kenya. “The pilots are good, basic pilots,”said Patty Wagstaff. “But they just haven’t had the training or the experience to mot make the mistakes yo u make when you’re not professionally trained.”Patty Wagstaff’s pilots patrol plains, flying low to the ground at near-stall speed, looking for poachers.“It’s so sad what’s happening,” she said. “ The poaching is getting worse. Flight is becoming more important because it’s been told by poachers that flying is the single biggest deterrent to them. So what these pilots are doing is really important.”Red dust kicks up the h eart of the afternoon as the airplanes start their engines. And any maintenance is basic. Every airplane has crashed at least once or has been shot at by poachers.The pilots gather every year for week-long clinics. The project is funded in part by Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, named after the famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh, who flew the first alone, non-stop flight across the Atlantic.Patty Wagstaff says her special skills help to remove objections to being taught by a woman.“When it all comes down to it, we get up in the air and I can show them a few things,” said Patty Wagstaff. “And if they give me any problems, I’ll just flip them upside down, so.”Poaching decreases when these pilots are in the air. And their love of flying combines with their love of nature.“We have this amazing resource, this global resource that you find in very few places in the world that’s becoming more and more en dangered — elephants, and everything else we fly over every day here and it belongs to everything else we fly over every day here and it belongs to everybody,” said Wagstaff.1.In the opinion of Wagstaff, Kenya’s pilots _________.A. are lack of formal trainingB. have no potential ability of flyingC. don’t know the basic knowledge of flightD. have no sense of obeying discipline2.It can be inferred in the text that_____.A. Wagstaff taught pilots to learn from LindberghB. Wagstaff could drive trouble-making pilots out of planesC. some pilots used to be ashamed of having a woman teacherD. poachers tried to find chance to kill Wagstaff3.The main idea of the passage is about _______.A. Wagstaff meets with life-threatening conditions in flightB. Wagstaff flies across Kenya to catch poachersC. Wagstaff took Lindbergh as her modelD. Wagstaff helps Kenya’s pilots battle poachers4.From what Wagstaff said in the last paragraph, we know that he thought _____.A. everybody has the duty to protect animalsB. her saw animals being killed every dayC. nowhere else can you find elephants but KenyaD. his country was rich in wild life resourcesBIt started with a nudge...People are hooking up all over the Internet. It can be just for fun, or it can get serious. Love, jealousy: an online relationship involves all the emotions of an offline one. But there are some big differences.True liesSome people find it easier to type their true thoughts t han admit to them face-to-face. So in some ways you get more honesty online. You might learn about someone much faster in a chat window than on a date.On the other hand, the Internet is the perfect place to tell lies: some small, some whoppers. It’s easy to create a whole new identity. And you can never be 100% sur e that the person you’re talking to is who they say they are.If you get involved with someone online, you need proof of who they really are before you even consider taking the relationship further.Remember that photos are no guarantee. There’s nothing to stop some old beggar sending you a picture of a swimwear model(or vice versa).Keeping it realUse the same rules to online rel ationships that you would like to meet in the real world. It’s great to joke, but set clear boundaries. And remember, it might take time before you can fully trust someone.Stepping it upWebcams and phone chats can get quite full on. It’s normal to feel nervous about having intimate conversations online. You should only go as far as you want and never feel pressured into anything you’re not co mfortable with.The final option is meeting up. It could work, but make sure you know the dangers. Alternatively, you might never want your relationship to leave the chat room, that’s fine too.5.Sometimes people online may _______.A. easily speak their mindsB. become curious about otherquicklyC. be much more emotionalD. find it fun to love someone online6.The word “whoppers” may mean _______.A. big facesB. big liesC. big placesD. big windows7.The writer seems to agree to the view that _______.A. don’t play the same jokes on the net as those in the real worldB. people who cheat online become honest easilyC. it is good for you not to meet a net friend freelyD. you shouldn’t believe words but photos on the net.8.The main idea of the passage is about _______.A. online shoppingB. online gamesC. online bullyingD. online relationshipsCLaughing is our first way of communica ting. Apes laugh. So do dogs and rats. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches you ho w to laugh. You just do.You may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fool’s Day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke, said Robert Province, who has studied laughter for decades. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke.“All language groups laugh ‘ha-ha-ha’ basically the same way, ” he said. “Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter... There’s a pattern generator in our brain that produces this sound.”Each “ha” is about one-15th of a second, repeated every fifth of a second, he said. Laughing faster or slower than that sounds more like panting(喘) or something else.Deaf people laugh without hearing, and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, illust rating that laughter isn’t dependent on a single sense but on social interactions, said Province.Other animals laugh, too. Chimps tickle(挠痒痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.Panksepp studies that rats laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to be tickled. They return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.By studying rats, Panksepp and other scientists can figure out what’s going on in the brain during laughter. And it holds promise for human ills.Professor Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces an insulin-like growth factor chemical that acts as an antidepressant and anxiety-reducer. He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new chemical target in the brain in their effort to develop drugs that fight depression(抑郁) and anxiety in people.Even so, laughter itself hasn’t been proven to be the best medicine. “No study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit,” Prov ince said,largely because it’s hard to separate laughter from just good feelings.9.The writer in the first paragraph mainly tells us that laughing is a(n) ______ ability for all the people.A. ImportantB. NecessaryC. Bo rnD. old10.Why does the writ er say “Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke”?A. Because laughter is the same sound in all the human’s languages.B. Because everyone can understand the meaning of the word laughter.C. Because people can communicate with each other by laughing.D. Because laughter is considered a basic language all people can learn.11.Which of the following phrases can summarize the main point of Para.4?A. Laughing frequencyB. Laughing numbersC. Laughing functionsD. Laughing characteristics12.From the last two paragraphs we know that _______.A. the medical functions of laughter are still under experimentB. laughing everyday can cure people of many diseasesC. laughter has no direct connection with good feelings.D. doctors are developing a kind of medicine according to laughterCWUTHE COMMUNICATIONS UNION Head of ResearchSalary: £ 55.27We are looking for a Head of Research to manage the department CWU research Department and Information Centre. You would be required to exercise control of all research work of the department and manage a team of three researchers and for support staff. The person appointed would be expected carry out research work of a stra tegic nature across the range of businesses in which the CWU has or seeks membership and to contribute to the strategic thinking and direction of the union as a whole.You will need: proven line management skills, especially in managing and motivating a team; good research skills, holding a good degree in a related subject or other similar experience; a high level of mathematical and calculating skills; the ability to produce high quality work under pressure; a commitment to and knowledge of the trade union movement and social democratic politics; and knowledge and /or experience of the postal and/or telecommunications industry.To apply, please request an application pack by emailing hr@ or by telephoning HR(Human Resources) on 020 8970 7482. When applying please state your source. Closing Date for Application: 4th August 2010Anticipated interview date:17th August 2010No agencies pleaseA.taking charge of research workB.B. seeking membership for the trade unionC. managing a team of three or four membersD. running a telecommunications company14.If you want to apply for this position, you can do all EXPECT _______.A. ask an agency for an application formB. dial 020 8971 7482 for more information.C. email hr@ for an application pack.D. send in your application before 4th August 201015.Which of the following applica nts is most likely to be employed?A. A school teacher with a master’s degree.B. A university graduate majoring in computer science.C. A director from a research centre with a master’s degree.D. A clerk from a telecommunications company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。