河北省衡水中学滁州分校2017_2018学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题

河北省衡水中学滁州分校2017-2018学年下学期第一次月考

高二英语

注意事项：

1．你现在拿到的这份试卷是满分150分，作答时间为120分钟

2．答题前请在答题卷上填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息

3．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上

第I卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．When will the man leave for London?

A．This Thursday B．This Friday C．This Saturday

2．What will the two speakers do first?

A．Look for the new tie B．Fix the shelf C．Paint the shelf 3．Where is the Language Arts building?

A．On the right of the bridge

B．At the end of Centre Walk

C．Opposite the Physical Education building

4．Which country are the two foreign girls from?

A．China B．Korea C．Thailand

5．What does the man think the woman should have chosen?

A．Biology B．Medicine C．History

第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.Why is the man sad today?

A.He lost his job.

B.He was criticized by his boss.

C. He has too much work to do.

7.What will the man do tomorrow?

A.Drive the woman to her workplace.

B. Have a talk with his boss.

C.Have some job interviews

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.Where did Jim spend his summer holiday?

A.At home.

B.On a farm.

C. In a fruit garden.

9.What did Cathy have to do in her summer holiday?

A.Help her uncle get in rice.

B.Look after the fruit garden.

C.Take care of her mother

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What does the man think of the offer?

A.It’s a good opportunity.

B.Nothing can be learned from it.

C.It takes too much time.

11.What does the man advise the woman to do?

A.Have a talk with her mother.

B.Turn down the part-time offer.

C.Hunt for another job.

12.What can we know about the woman?

A.She is a senior now.

B.Her mother says no again to the job offer.

C.She can’t balance her study and part-time job.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A.Father and daughter.

B.Husband and wife.

C. Doctor and patient.

14.When is May’s birthday?

A.This Sunday.

B. Next Saturday.

C. Next Sunday.

15. What does the speakers plan to buy for May?

A.A cell phone.

B. A computer.

C. A birthday cake.

16.What can we know from the conversation?

A.The man has a terrible pain.

B.The speakers bought a present on line.

C.The speakers want to give May a surprise.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What was the lawyer famous for?

A. His cheating.

B. His not paying his bills.

C. His famous cases.

18. How much did the lawyer offer to the doctor for treating his wife at first?

A.Nothing.

B. $500

C.$50

19. Why did the man’s wife die soon after the doctor’s treatment?

A. She was killed by the doctor.

B. She was seriously ill.

C. She took some medicine.

20.What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A.A dying wife.

B. A mean lawyer.

C. A skilled doctor.

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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

One of the many great lines in the movie Apollo 13 came from Ed Harris, who played NASA Director of Operations, Gene Kranz. The famous line was, “Gentleman, failure is not an option.” He said the words because he had a clear purpose that the three astronauts trapped in space must be sent home safely. The driving force behind their seeking of a solution was motivated by a true purpose.

Here is the simple principle. If you have a big enough ‘why’ in life, you will always figure out the ‘how.’ A person without a purpose in life is like a boat without a rudder, floating aimlessly without a direction and going nowhere. In all walks of life, when referri ng to someone’s success, we often hear the words “focus and determination”. But Merriam Webster defines the word “purpose” as the reason why