福建省莆田第九中学2017_2018学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题PDF.pdf

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1、- 1 -福建省莆田第九中学福建省莆田第九中学2017-20182017-2018学年学年下下学期高二第学期高二第二二次月考次月考英语试题英语试题考试时间：考试时间：120120 分钟分钟总分值：总分值：150150 分分第一部分第一部分：听力（共两节听力（共两节，满分满分 30 分）分）第一节第一节 （共（共 5 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 7.5 分）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。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. How long did i

2、t take the man to get to the campus today?A. Half an hour.B. One hour.C. 45 minutes.2. What color is the blanket?A. Yellow.B. Blue.C. Green.3. Where is the woman probably?A.At an airport.B. In the mans company.C. In her friends house.4. What is Johnson doing now?A. He is having a meeting.B. He is ma

3、king a phone call.C. He is taking a walk outside.5. What will the speakers probably do next?A. Talk to a policeman.B. Visit the exhibition.C. Cancel their flight.第二节（共第二节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 22.5 分）分）听下面听下面 5 段对话或独白段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或

4、独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题项中选出最佳选项。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；听完秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。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. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Brother and sister.B. Classmates.C. Son and mother.7. What will the girl do on Saturday?A. Visit

5、her grandparents.B.Attend a birthday party.C. Have a class.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. Where is the woman from?- 2 -A. Spain.B. Italy.C. Finland.9. Why is the woman at the conference?A. To do research.B. To represent her company.C. To ensure computer security.10. What will the woman do next?A. Meet Rob

6、ert.B. Read an article.C. Introduce the man to her friend.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Why does the man want to get a summer job?A. To pay his brother back.B. To save for a trip.C. To save money for a course.12. How will the woman get money?A. By borrowing from her brother. B. By doing a part-time job

7、. C. By asking her parents.13. What does the man decide to do in the end?A. Study in Spain.B. Get a job in Portugal.C. Go to Latin America with the woman.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What does the woman probably do?A.Aswimmer.B.Aboxer.C.Afootballer.15. What does the woman do after lunch?A. Have a brea

8、k.B. Get back to the pool.C. Do track work and body exercises.16. How does the woman spend her most nights?A. Dancing at a club.B. Chatting online.C. Going to bed early.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Which place will have the strictest ban on smoking according to the text?A. Britain.B. Finland.C. Hong

9、Kong.18. What does the government mean by saying once and for all?A. It cant ban smoking forever.B. It wants to ban smoking now.C. It wants to ban smoking thoroughly.19. Which public place is allowed to smoke in Hong Kong?A. Restaurants.B. Cars.C. Shopping malls.20. What would be the best title for

10、this passage?A. Smoking and Cancer.B. Smoking in Hong Kong.C.Anti-smoking Laws.第二部分第二部分阅读理解阅读理解 ( (共两节共两节, , 满分满分 4040 分分) )第一节(共 15 小题, 每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分)A- 3 -Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lotmore common in the next few years. Social robots are about to b

11、ring technology tothe everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal , chief scientistat the robot company Jibo.While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will bemuch more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be ableto distinguish wh

12、en someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond moreappropriately to the user.The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be apersonalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requestsfor it to perform different tasks. The robot doesnt just de

13、liver general answersto questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in thehousehold. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicineor taking family photos.Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potentialapplication

14、s in everything from education to health care and are already finding theirway into some of these spaces.Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. Thecompanys “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can helpthe customers find items and help guide them t

15、o the products location in the store.It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different itemsbased on what the customer is shopping for.The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot,like other social robots, is not intended to replace worker

16、s, but to work alongsideother employees.“We have technologies to train social robots to do things not forus, but with us,” said Breazeal.21.How are social robots different from household robots?A. They can control their emotions.B. They are more like humans.C. They do the normal housework.D. They re

17、spond to users more slowly.22.What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?A. Communicate with you and perform operations. B. Answer your questions and makerequests.C. Take your family pictures and deliver milk.D. Obey your orders and remind youto take pills.- 4 -23.What can Oshbot work as?A.A

18、language teacher.B.A tour guide.C.A shop assistant.D.A private nurse.24.What does the passage mainly present?A.A new design idea of household robots.B. Marketing strategies for social robots.C. Information on household robots.D. An introduction to social robots.BYour house may have an effect on your

19、 figure. Experts say the way you designyour home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. Youcan make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some waysto turn your home into part of your diet plan.Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark envi

20、ronments are more likely toencourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious(难为情)when theyrein poorly lit placesand so more likely to eat lots of food .If your home doesnthave enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.Mind the colors. Research suggests warm

21、 colors fuel our appetites. In one study,people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellowor red room. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while coldcolors make us feel less hungry. So when its time to repaint, go blue.Dont forget the clockor t

22、he radio. People who eat slowly tend to consumeabout 70 fewer calories(卡路里)per meal than those who rush through their meals. Beginkeeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And whileyoure at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turnon rel

23、axing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eatabout 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. Whenwe choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake(摄入)jumps by 14 percen

24、t.And well pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall,skinny glass.25.The text is especially helpful for those who care about_.A. their home comforts B. their body shapeC. house buyingD. healthy diets26.A home environment in blue can help people _.A. digest food better B.

25、 reduce food intake- 5 -C. burn more calories D. regain their appetites27.What are people advised to do at mealtimes?_ _A. Eat quickly.B. Play fast music.C. Use smaller spoons.D. Turn down the lights.28.What can be a suitable title for the text?_A.Is Your House Making You Fat?B. Ways of Serving Dinn

26、erC. Effects of Self-ConsciousnessD.Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?CIn the United States alone, over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away eachyear. Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computersand personal digital assistants. The electronic waste stream is incre

27、asing three timesfaster than traditional garbage as a whole.Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver. A Swiss studyreported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metalswas relatively small in comparison to total waste, the concentration(含量)of gol

28、dand other precious metals was higher inso-called e-waste than in naturally occurringminerals.Electronic wastes also contain many poisonous metals. Even when the machines arerecycled and the harmful metals removed, the recycling process often is carried outin poor countries, in practically uncontrol

29、led ways which allow many poisonoussubstances to escape into the environment.Creating products out of raw materials creates much more waste material, up to100 times more, than the material contained in the finished products. Consider againthe cell-phone, and imagine the mines that produced those met

30、als, the factories neededto make the box and packaging(包装)it came in. Many wastes produced in the producingprocess are harmful as well.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that most waste is dangerous inthat“ the production, distribution, and use of productsas well as management ofthe resu

31、lting wasteall result in greenhouse gas release.”Individuals can reducetheir contribution by creating less waste at the startfor instance, buying reusableproducts and recycling.In many countries the concept of extended producer responsibility is beingconsidered or has been put in place as an incenti

32、ve(动机)for reducing waste. Ifproducers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products, would- 6 -they reduce the packaging in the first place?Governments incentive to require producers to take responsibility for thepackaging they produce is usually based on money. Why, they ask,

33、should cities ortowns be responsible for paying to deal with the bubble wrap(气泡垫)that encased yourtelevision?From the governments point of view, a primary goal of laws requiring extendedproducer responsibility is to transfer both the costs and the physical responsibilityof waste management from the

34、government and tax-payers back to the producers.29. By mentioning the Swiss study, the author intends to tell us that_.A. the weight of e-goods is rather smallB. e-waste deserves to be made good use ofC. natural minerals contain more precious metalsD. the percentage of precious metals is heavy in e-

35、waste30 . The responsibility of e-waste treatment should be extended _.A. from producers to governmentsB. from governments to producersC. from individuals to distributorsD. from distributors to governments31. What does the passage mainly talk about?_A. The increase in e-waste.B. The creation of e-wa

36、ste.C. The seriousness of e-wasteD. The management of e-waste.DEveryone looks forward to progress, whether in ones personal life or in thegeneral society. Progress indicates a persons ability to change the way he is livingat the moment. Progress must lead to a better life and a better way of doing t

37、hings.All these, however, remain true only in so far as people want to accept technologyand move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who missthe “good old days”, efficiency comes with a price. When communic

38、ation becomes moreefficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and atwhatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talkor see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets,such as mobile phones and ipads, pe

39、ople often do not take the effort to visit oneanother personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of havingto be in the persons presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarilyexcuse ourselves or turn the other person off.- 7 -With efficiency also comes mass p

40、roduction. Such is the nature of factories andthesuccessofindustrializationtoday.Factorieshaveimprovedefficiency.Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced withgreater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with theimprovements in efficiency

41、also comes the loss of the personal touch when making theseproducts. For example, many handicrafts(手工艺品)are now produced in a factory.Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that thesupply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowersthe

42、quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from onepoint of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only withprogress and the invention of new technology that many o

43、ld products can be broughtback to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.It is peoples attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence thattechnology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of makinguse of it. Everything depends on

44、peoples attitude. The worst effects of progresswill fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society.When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new“ past” is created.32.According to Paragraph 1,progress can benefit people when they are willingto_.A. live a

45、better lifeB. look for better methodsC. change ways of livingD. accept technology and advance steadily33.The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to_.A. toolsB. messagesC. barriersD. skills34.The author explains “efficiency comes with a price” by_.A. describing a processB. using examplesC

46、. following time orderD. making classification35.Compared with home-made handicrafts, machine-made products_.A. lack great accuracyB. lack the personal touchC. are of high valueD. are quite welcome第二节第二节( (共共 5 5 小题小题; ;每小题每小题 2 2 分分, ,满分满分 1010 分分) )根据短文内容根据短文内容, ,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳

47、选项处的最佳选项. .选项中有两项为多余选项选项中有两项为多余选项. .Everyone knows that fish is good for health._36.But it seems that manypeople dont cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per- 8 -person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying,storing, and cooking fish

48、isnt difficult.37.This text is about how to buy andcook fish in an easy way.38.Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that youre standing at theoceans edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isnt fresh.39.When youhave bought a fish and arrive home, youd better store the fish in the re

49、frigeratorif you dont cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridgefor only a day or two. Frozen fish isnt as tasty as the fresh one.There are many common methods used to cook fish.40.First, clean it and seasonit with your choice of spices(调料).Put the whole fish on a plate and

50、steam it ina steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound.(A larger one will takemore time.)Then, its ready to serve.A. Do not buy it.B. The easiest is to steam it.C. This is how you can do it.D. It just requires a little knowledge.E. The fish will go bad within hours.F. When buying fi