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沫若中学2015年下期高2017届第二次月考英语试卷第卷 客观题第一部分 听力（满分30分）第一节（共5 小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a car factory.   B. In a parking lot.   C. In a street.   2.How many cups do the speakers have now? A. 10.            B. 20.               C. 30. 3.What has the man heard about Tim? A. He was taken to the emergency room.  B. He left Xinhua Hospital and went back home. C. He was injured seriously yesterday. 4. What does the women mean? A. The man forgets things easily. B. The man shouldnt get annoyed.C. The man should make more copies.5. When did the man go to Lhasa with his parents? A. This autumn.         B. Last autumn.          C. Last summer.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，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How did the woman spend her Spring Festival? A. She did housework every day.             B. She did her homework.   C.She visited Taiwan with her parents .7.What will the woman probably do?   A. Bring the man some food.                B. Show the man her photos.  C. Visit Taiwan with the man some day.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Who took the womans temperature?   A. The man.          B. The mans nurse.          C. The woman herself. 9. What does the man tell the woman to do?   A. Drink water and stay warm.            B. Stay at home for a few days.   C. Take some medicine for a few days.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。Which of the following does the man care about most?   A. The material.           B. The brand.             C. The appearance. 11. What color does the mans son like best    A. Black.                B. Grey.                 C. Blue. 12. How much will the man pay for the trousers?    A. 120 yuan.           B.130 yuan.              C. 150 yuan.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who is new in the neighborhood?     A. The woman.          B. The man.             C. Mr. Johnson. 14. How often did the man use to jog? A. Every day.           B. Every two days.        C. Twice a week. 15. How will the man probably go to the beach? A. By bike.              B. By car.                 C. On foot. 16. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Mr. Johnson likes jogging very much. B. The woman has lots of sunglasses. C. Beach volleyball is another popular activity there. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What is the first thing for parents to consider when buying a toy? A. The price of the toy.      B. The size of the toy.        C. The material of  the toy. 18. Which of the following should be taken into consideration especially? A. The strength of the kids.   B. The height of the kids.      C. The age of the kids. 19. How many tips does the speaker give? A. 3.                     B. 4.                        C. 5.  20. Which of the following toys would be safe, according to these tips? A. A cloth tiger.        B. A metal horse.          C. A doll with glass balls for eyes.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）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AJoan Ryan is an award-winning journalist and author. She was a pioneer in sports journalism, becoming one of the first female sports columnists（专栏作家） in the country. She covered every major sporting event from the super Bowl to the Olympics as well as championship fights.What made Joan decide to be a sports writer? “Ten years ago, I was editing news stories at orlando Sentinel in Florida my first job out of college. I didnt know any female sports writers. But I wanted to be one.”Today，Joan is the sports columnist for the San Francisco Examiner in California.When she landed her job eight years ago，she was the only woman sports writer on any major American newspaper. (She is now one of about six.)Was it difficult to pioneer as a female sports writer？You bet！Take for example，the first time Joan tried to get an interview in the men's locker room. “It was the U.S. Football League. I wanted to interview one of the players，Joe Cribbs，because he had just broken a finger. As soon as I stepped into the locker roomwhere all sports writers interview athletesthe room went crazy. Guys started shouting at me.It was really terrible.Suddenly I felt something move up my leg.It was the handle of the razor（剃刀）that someone usde to cut the bandage.I shouted and walked out.”Joan ended up interviewing Cribbsoutside the locker room.“As I think back，I feel this was an important moment for me as a journalist. I went back and wrote my story and made my beadline. Now I kown for sure that nothing can stop me form getting the story. ”If you want to be a sports writer ,Joan suggests that you read “the best fiction writers” and learn how to write well. Her other suggestions：“Don't let anyone keep you from doing what you want to do. Just pretend you have courage”.21We learn from the text that Joan Ryan . Aloves playing sports and reporting sports eventsBbecame a sports writer immediately after graduationCwas the chief editor of Orlando Sentinel in FloridaDis one of the first female writers in the sports field22The underlined part “You bet” in Paragraph 4 can be best replaced by“ ”AOf course BIt all depends CNo problem DNot a bit23What can we infer from Paragraphs 4 and 5 ?AJoe Cribbs didn't like to be interviewed. BJoan Ryan was discouraged by her first interview experience.CJoan Ryan disliked doing interviews in the locker room.DJoan Ryan managed to interview Joe Cribbs.24 According to Joan Ryan，to become a sports writer，one must .Ahave the courage to face difficulties Bread as many books as possibleChave excellent interview skills Dlearn writing from other sports writersBThe National Parks and Wildlife Service（NPWS）is part of the Department of Environment and Conservationthe main government conservation agency（保护机构）in New South Wales, Australia. On the NPWS site you can find out about parks and reserves，Australian plants and animals，and conservation programs to join. NPWSAustralia.gov.au.Learn about Australian animals on our animals website. Look at their physical features, food, homes, environment, and social groups.Three types of animals can be found here：those found in the air，on the ground，and in the water. AOban，the Knowledge Keeper，has collected a variety of interesting Australian animal stories on this website. Discover how the kangaroo got its pouch（育儿袋）and how the cockatoo（凤头鹦鹉）got its crest（冠），among other stories. OThis site has a lot of amazing Australian creatures. It contains pictures of forty-five Australian animals that you can print and color. Each picture provides information on the exact coloring for each animal. In addition to printing pictures of the animals，you can copy a printout，put it into a painting program，and color the animal there. FantasticAnimals.orgQueensland in Australia has many different types of Australian antive plants and animals. Learn about threatened wildlife and find out what you can do to help. QueenslandAustralia.orgReady for some Australian fun-time games? This website has many to choose from.There are puzzles，mind games，quizzes，and a coloring book. A link（链接）on this site has free Australian greeting cards that you can send. AussieGSome of Australia's interesting animals are non-native animals.This website gives information about some of the most destructive non-native animals in Australia and explains efforts to control their populations. Red foxes，rabbits，cane toads，and feral pigs are just four of the problematic Australian animals. Australian I25What do we know about Oban? AIt shows lots of parks and reserves. BIt offers interesting stories about Australian animals.CIt has information about endangered animals . DIt offers many conservation programs26If a kid wants to play mind games for fun，he should visit .AO BQueenslandAustralia.org CFantasticAnimals.org DAussieG 27What can be inferred from the text?AQueensland has lots of non-native animals. BNon-native animals have caused problems in Australia.CThe NPWS site deals with environmental problems.DVisitors can send free cards on all these websitesCIn many sports，physical contact is part of the game. But when athletes hit their heads，the hit can cause concussions（脑震荡）.Concussions have long been a concern for professional athletes，but they've become more common among young players too. Between 2001 and 2009，the number of kids under 19 visiting doctors for concussions each year increased by 62 percent.Engineers are developing new helmets（头盔），and new rules are limiting physical contact in some sports. But are these efforts enough to protect kids' brains?Concussions can happen during many types of activities. But sports like football and soccer are especially risky. When you run or jump，your body is moving at an increased speed. A sudden hit causes you to move faster in a different direction.“It's like when you're in a bus and it makes a sudden stop，”says Dr.Kevin Crutchfield，an expert at a sports concussion center in Baltimore，Maryland.“You hit the inside of the bus.”This hit damages the brain. It affects the way the brain functions（运转）. So some sports require athletes to wear helmets.Helmets help reduce the force of a hit.The hard outer shell spreads the force over a larger area. Inside a helmet，a plastic or air-filled lining also helps soften the blow.Steve Rowson is an engineer at Virginia Tech. In his lab，he tests how helmets hold up against different types of hits. No helmet can prevent concussions completely，says Rowson. But he's found that when wearing a newer football helmet，the player's head doesn't gain speed as much after a hit.That lowers the risk of concussions.Many youth sports teams have set limits on physical contact to reduce the risk of concussions. In soccer，most concussions happen as a result of headersshots or passes made with the head.That's why many people think kids shouldn't head the ball until high school.These efforts should help，says Crutchfield. But the best way to prevent long-term brain injuries，he says，is to stop playing immediately if you suffer concussion. “Protect yourself today so you can play again tomorrow.” 28Concussions among young players .Aare rare before 2001 Bare mostly caused by wearing no helmetsCcause kids to lose interest in sports Dseem extremely worrying 29The author mentions the sudden stop of the bus to .Agive a better explanation of concussions Bshow human brains are easily damagedCstress it's dangerous to ride buses. Dremind people to wear helmets while playing sports30What does Steve Rowson think of the newer football helmets?AThey vary a lot in size BThey allow the players to move their heads more freely.CThey slow down the players' running speed. DThey work better than the old ones. 31Dr.Crutchfield suggests that after receiving a concussion，young players should .Anever head the ball Bstop playing the sport for a while Cpaly other kinds of sports Davoid dangerous sports DAccording to Mars Inc. and Barry Callebaut，two of the world's biggest chocolate makers，people are eating more cocoa than farmers can grow. That means the world is in the middle of a chocolate shortageand it could get worse.Last year，people across the world ate 70,000 metric tons more cocoa than was produced. Chocolate makers say that shortage could reach 1 million metric tons by 2020，and 2 million metric tons by 2030.Experts say that there are several reasons for this. Higher temperatures and dry weather in West Africa，where about 70 percent of the world's cocoa beans are grown，have greatly hurt production there.Plant diseases have also destroyed crops.The International Cocoa Organization （ICCO）estimates（估计）that the disease has reduced the world's cocoa production by 30 to 40 percent.As the shortage continues，experts say chocolate bars will get smaller and less tasty. Farmers have been producing a new strain（品种）of cacao，the seed from which cocoa is made，called CCN-51. This strain is resistant（抗的）to the plant disease and produces about seven times more cocoa beans than typical cocoa strains，but it's less tasty. Producers will also add ingredients such as vanilla and vegetable fat to chocolate so that they can use less cocoa，and chocolate bars will contain more fillers like nuts and raisins.At the same time，the price of chocolate has been increasing. Cocoa prices have risen by more than 60 percent since 2012.But it's not all doom and gloom for chocolate.One Central American research organization has developed more new strains of cacao that are diseaes-resistant but still taste good. And some experts say the shortage has been exaggerated（夸大）.“While our estimates show that supply shortages are likely to occur during the next several years，”the ICCO said in a statement，“supplies of cocoa beans should last until production growth increases.”In other words，the world's chocolate lovers may not need to panic just yet.32The main reasons for the cocoa shortage are .Ahot and dry climate and plant diseases Bhigh temperatures and loss of landCcold weather and a water shortage Denvironmental damage and people's waste33What do we know about CCN-51?AIt's a new brand of chocolate. BIt can resist diseases and has high production.CIt enjoys great popularity across the world. DIt's tastier than typical cocoa strains. 34The underlined part “it's not all doom and gloom” can be replaced by .Ait's not good Bit's not all bad news Cit's not always clear Dit's not helpful 35What is the ICCO's attitude towards the cocoa supply shortage?ADoubtful BCautious CUnconcerned DOptimistic 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。ExerciseExercise is a way of keeping the body healthy through being active. Another name for exercise is physical fitness. Most people exercise in their spare time. Sports are some of the most popular ways to get exercise.The two main kinds of exercise are aerobic exercise(有氧运动)and anaerobic exercise(无氧运动).Sports such as football and basketball are great forms of exercise . 36 Aerobic exercise is energetic movement that lasts for a certain period of time. 37 The lungs and the heart work harder to bring in extra oxygen. Swimming, cycling, running and rapid walking are good examples of aerobic exercise.Anaerobic exercise is a powerful burst (爆发) of movement followed by a period of rest. During anaerobic exercise the muscles(肌肉)need more energy than the body can make with its supply of oxygen. After the exercise a person feels out of breath because the mus