湖北宜昌市第一中学2015-2016学年高二英语上学期10月月考试题.doc

1、宜昌市一中高二年级十月阶段性考试英 语 考试时间： 120分钟 分值：150分本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分,考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项:1. 答第I卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上, 否则无效。第I卷第一部分：听力(共两节, 满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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

2、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。1. Where was the man born?A. In France.B. In Poland.C. In America.2. What did the boss call the woman about?A. A project.B. An appointment.C. A business trip. 3. What did the woman do today?A. She went shopping.B. She surfed the Internet.C. She climbed a moun

3、tain.4. What does the woman mean?A. The man can attend the party with his wife.B. The man should stay at home with his wife.C. The man should spend more time with his wife.5. What happened to the man?A. He had a car accident.B. He was stuck in the traffic.C. He stepped on some chewing gum.第二节：(共15小题

4、;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。 6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A job position.B. How to use a website.C. An interview they just had.7. How will the woman know t

5、he decisions?A. The man will call her.B. She needs to visit the man.C. She will receive an e-mail.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。8. What kind of film Captain America is?A. English with Chinese subtitles.B. Chinese with English subtitles.C. Spanish with Chinese subtitles.9. How much will the woman pay for the tick

6、ets?A. $15.B. $30.C. $45.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。10. What does the woman think of campus life?A. Its rich and colorful.B. Its all about studying.C. The food in the canteen is terrible.11. What does the man say about the club?A. They will take up a lot of time.B. Its hard to learn useful skills there.C. P

7、eople can make new friends there.12. What will the man probably do?A. Write a resume.B. Join the Student Service Centre.C. Check out some information about clubs.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。13. What sort of band does the man play in?A. A hip-hop one.B. A rock one.C. A jazz one.14. What is he busy with this w

8、eekend?A. A music show.B. Band practice.C. A lecture.15. How long has he been playing music?A. Eight years.B. Ten years.C. Twenty years.16. What do we know about drums from the conversation?A. They are rarely part of jazz music.B. They are the mans least favorite instrument.C. They require a deep un

9、derstanding of music.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。17. Why does the world focus on Neil Armstrong this week?A. He died last Saturday.B. He makes a miracle again.C. He was the first man to walk on the moon.18. What can we learn about Armstrongs walk on the moon?A. He made it in his sixties.B. He walked on the m

10、oon for almost 3 hours.C. He started the space race with the Soviet Union.19. What did Armstrong do in later years?A. He wrote books at home.B. He taught at a university.C. He farmed in the countryside.20. What did President Obama say about Armstrong?A. A bright star. B. A hero of all time.C. An exa

11、mple of service.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。AEducating girls quite possibly brings in a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women education may be an unusual field for economists, but incre

12、asing womens contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived（被剥夺） of an education. Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not ex

13、pect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody elses family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to schoolthe prophecy （预言） becomes self-fulfilling, tr

14、apping women in a bad circle of neglect. An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her d

15、aughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The bad circle is thus transformed into a good one. Few will question that educating women has great social benefits. B

16、ut it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are j

17、ust the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning. 21. By saying “the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling.” in Paragraph 2, the author means that _.A. girls will turn out to be less valuable than boysB. girls will be capable of realizing the

18、ir own dreamsC. girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reachD. girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home 22. The author believes that a bad circle can turn into a good circle when _.A. women care more about education B. girls can gain equal access to educationC.

19、a family has fewer but healthier children D. parents can afford their daughters education23. What does the author say about women s education?A. It deserves greater attention than other social issues.B. It is now given attention before anything else in many developing countries.C. It will bring in g

20、reater returns than other known investments.D. It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.24. The passage mainly discusses_.A. unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countriesB. the potential earning power of well-educated womenC. the major contributions of educated wom

21、en to societyD. the economic and social benefits of educating womenB Listening to music while you drive can improve your speed and ability to get away from accidents, according to Australian psychologists（心理学家）. But turning your car radio up to full volume could probably make you end up in an accide

22、nt. The performance of difficult tasks can be affected if people are subjected to loud noise. The experience of pulling up at traffic lights alongside cars with loud music made some psychologists in the University of Sydney look into whether loud music has something to do with driving. The psycholog

23、ists invited 60 men and women aged between 20 and 28 as subjects and tested them on almost the same driving tasks under three noise conditions: silence、rock music played at a gentle 55 decibels（分贝） and the same music at 85 decibels. For 10 minutes the subjects sat in front of a screen operating a si

24、mple machine like a car. They had to track a moving disk on screen， respond to traffic signals changing color and brake（刹车）in response to arrows that appeared without warning. On the tracking task. there was no difference in performance under the three noise conditions. But under both the loud and q

25、uiet music conditions. the performers “braked” at a red light about 50 milliseconds sooner than they did when there was no rock music at all. That could mean a reduction in braking distance of a couple of meters actually. the difference between life and death for a pedestrian（行人）. When it came to th

26、e arrows that appeared across the visual field. the psychologists found that when the music was quiet. people responded faster to objects in their central field of sight by about 50 milliseconds. For the people listening at 85 decibels. response times dropped by a further 50 millisecondsa whole tent

27、h of second faster than those “driving” with no music. “But theres a trade-off.” the psychologists told the European Congress of Psychology. “They lose the ability to look around the whole situation effectively. ” In responding to objects that suddenly appeared. people subjected to 85decibel rock mu

28、sic were around 100 milliseconds slower than both the other groups. Since some accidentsuch as children running into the roadtake place without any notice. drivers listening to loud music must be less safe as a result. 25. Which of the following is the best way to make driving safer?A. Loud music. B

29、. Quiet music. C. Silence. D. Heavy metal music. 26. What does the phrase “the pulling up” in paragraph two mean?A. Stopping. B. Giving somebody a lift. C. Putting up with. D. Driving. 27. Where did the researchers do the experiment?A. At crossroads. B. At a police traffic station. C. In a crowed st

30、reet. D. Under the same conditions as those of the streets. 28. Which of the following is NOT true of loud music?A. It helped the performers to brake sooner at red lights. B. It helped the performers to be more careful. C. It helped the performers to respond faster to objects stepping in the way. D.

31、 It can do more good than harm to drivers. C We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity an

32、d standards of achievement must regularly test its pupilsThe standards may be changedno examination is perfectbut to have tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standardsThere are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any contr

33、ols in school or on teachersThis would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them a fo

34、rm of favoritism will replace equalityAt the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected schoolThis defending of excellence a

35、nd opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her schools reputation(声誉), unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations

36、are an evil force because they show differences between pupilsAccording to these people, there must be no special, different, academic classThey have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selectionThe

37、selection would be who themselves are probably selected by some computers29The word made by people “favoritism” is used to describe the phenomenon that _ Achildren from well-respected schools tend to have good jobs Bbright children also need certificates go get satisfying jobs Cpoor children with ce

38、rtificates are favored in job markets Dchildren attending ordinary schools achieve great success30What would happen if exams were taken away according to the author? ASchools for bright children would lose their reputation BThere would be more opportunities and excellence CChildrens job opportunity

39、would be affected by their school reputationDChildren from poor families would be able to change their schools31The opponents of the examination system will agree that _ Acomputers should be selected to take over many jobs Bjobs should not be assigned（分配） by systematic selection Cspecial classes are

40、 necessary to keep the school standards Dschools with academic subjects should be done away with32The passage mainly focuses on _ Aexamination and equality B. schools and certificates Copportunity and employment D standards and reputationChoose Your One-Day Tours!Tour A Bath & Stonehenge including e

41、ntrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge-37until 26 March and 39 thereafter.Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costute Mutant. Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour

42、 B Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways house-32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford: Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires (尖顶)” form St Marys Church Tower.

43、Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour C Windsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace-34 until 11 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Mills favorite palace. Free time to visit Wi

44、ndsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze (迷宫) w

45、here it is easy to get lost!Tour D Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great-33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.33. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England

46、s oldest university city?A. Tour A B. Tour B C. Tour C D. Tour D 34. Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court.B. Oxford & StratfordC. Bath &Stonehenge.D. Cambridge.35. Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?A. It used to be the home o

47、f royal families.B. It used to be a well-known mazeC. It is the oldest palace in BritainD. It is a world-famous castle.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,选项中有两项为多余选项。Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs. _36_ , b

48、uy the best-fitting, best-built running shoes you can find. No one can say which brand will work best for you or feel best on your feet, so you have to rely on your experience and on the feel of each pair as you shop. When you have found shoes that seem right, walk in them for a few days to double-c

49、heck the fit._37_.As always , you should stretch(伸展) at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day. _38_,it is wise to take a day off to rest. But during the next week, set a goal of at least a mile a

50、nd a half per run. _39_.After two weeks, start timing yourself._40 _. Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.A. After six daysB. For a good marathon runnerC. Before you begin your trainingD. With each day, increase the dist

51、ance by a half mileE. If they still feel good, you can begin running in themF. Time spent for preparation raises the quality of trainingG. Now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time第II卷第三部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)“Down-to-earth” means someone or so

52、mething that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 41 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 42 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 43 of someone who acts important and proud.Down-to-earth persons 44 be important

53、members of society, of course. 45 they do not let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 46 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 47 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 48 way a

54、person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.Americans 49 another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 50 of reality. He 51 what is called “common sense”. He may hav

55、e 52 , but he does not allow them to 53 his knowledge of what is real.The opposite kind of 54 is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his-head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 55 is not in the real world. 56 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. 57 words from a teacher can usual

56、ly bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 58 to have both feet on-the ground. 59 we have both our feet on-the ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 60 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.41. A.

57、 pleasantB. sad C. commonD. surprising42. A. meets B. welcomes C. receivesD. accepts43. A. caseB. kind C. opposite D. example44. A. mustB. mayC. shouldD. will45. A. But B. SoC. ForD. And46. A. wishB. expectC. desireD. consider47. A. saidB. toldC. asked D. made48. A. someB. aC. noD. every49. A. disco

58、verB. findC. makeD. use50.A.understandingB. wishC. reasonD. expectation51. A. demandsB. lacksC. hasD. likes52. A. fortunesB. dreamsC. achievementsD. disadvantages53. A. block B. protectC. own D. gain54. A. ideaB. peopleC. attitudeD. person55. A. mindB. lifeC. bodyD. head56. A. AlwaysB. ThereforeC. H

59、oweverD. Sometimes57. A. SharpB. AllC. NoD. Bad58. A. possibleB. probableC. likelyD. able59. A. ThoughB. SinceC. WhenD. Unless60. A. towardB. forC. overD. onto第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。The adobe dwellings(土坯房） 61 (build) by the Pueblo Indians

60、of the American Southwest are admired by even 62 most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their 63 (able) to “air condition”a house without 64 （use）electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on

61、 hot days and give out that heat 65 （slow）during cool nights，thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 66 (cool) the house during the hot day: 67 the same time, they warm up again for the night This cycle 68 (go) day after day: The wall

62、s warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset（抵消）for the outside temperatures. As 69 (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly 70 thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.第四部分：写作 (共两节, 满分 35分) 第一节：短文改错 (共10小

63、题; 每小题1分, 满分10 分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。删减: 把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。修改: 在错词下面划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。One day, little Tony went to a shopping center with his parent. It was very cro

64、wded. Tony saw a toy on a shop window. He liked it so very much that he quickly walked into the shop. After looks at the toy for some time, he turned around and found where his parents were missing. Tony was scared and begun to cry. A woman saw him crying and telling him to wait outside a shop. Five

65、 minutes later, Tony saw parents. Mom said, “How nice to see you again! Dad and I were terrible worried.” Tony promised her that this would never happen again. 第四部分：第二节：书面表达 (满分25分)假如你是王明，将到美国参加一个英语学习俱乐部活动，你要在会上交流自己的英语学习体会。请根据要求写一篇发言稿。内容包括：学习方法、学习收获、学习困难。注意：1 词数 100个左右；2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；Dear friends

66、,_ 宜昌市一中高二年级十月阶段性考试英 语15 BAAAC ACABA CCCAB CABBB21-40 ABCD BADC ACBA BDA CEADG41-60 ADCBA DACDA CBADA DACCA61. built 62. the 63. ability 64. using 65. slowly 66. to cool 67. at 68. goes 69. natural 70. how短文改错第一句: parent-parEts 第三句: on-in 第四句: 删除very 第五句: looking-looking / 删除where或者where-that 第六句: b

67、egun-began 第七句: telling-told / a-the 第八句: saw 和 patents 中间加his 第十句: terrible-terribly书面表达Dear friedR, In todays world, being able to master a foreign language will be helpfulin our life. Here，Id like to share my learning methods. First, I think it useful to learn grammar and remember as many useful

68、sentence patterns as we can. I believe the more we read, the better our English will be. So I spend much timereading English newspapers and magazines after class, which helps a lot to improve my English.Besides, TV and radio programs are also of great help. Learning English not only increases myawareness of foreign cultures but also helps me to communicate with English-speaking people and make more new friends. However, sometimes I get discouraged because I keep forgetting words I have just learned. Id like to use the opportunity to seek for your advice. Thank you!