湖北剩州中学2015_2016学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题.doc

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1、荆州中学高二年级第二次质量检测英语卷本试题卷共16页，81题。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。祝考试顺利第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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分，满分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1. What will the woman do next?A. Tell the woman another joke.B. Look at her e-mail message.

2、C. Think about the mans words. 2. How will the man help the woman?A. By cleaning the floor.B. By turning off the water.C. By washing the plates.3. What is the mans problem?A. He cant find the milk.B. He might overcharged.C. He took .the womans bill by mistake 4. How many days does the woman plan to

3、stay in New York in all?A. 21. B. 16. C. 6.5. Why does the man come to Austria?A. To have a holiday.B. To set up a branch office.C. To take a business travel .第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

4、听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What is the conversation mainly about?A. A photo. B. A party. C. A hat.7. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Boss and worker. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What will the woman major in?A. Business administration. B. Medical science. C. Wi

5、ldlife science.9. What did the womans mother give to her?A. A credit card. B. A dress. C. A book.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. On which day will the barbecue be held? A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Saturday.11. What music will the band play?A. Hip hop. B. Jazz. C. Rock.12. Where will the barbecue tak

6、e place?A. On the sports field.B. In the garden. C. By the pool.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How long does the full-day trip last?A. About 4 hours. B. About 7 hours. C. About 9 hours.14. What does the woman think of skydiving?A. Expensive. B. Dangerous. C. Boring.15. What would be the woman most likely to d

7、o after 4 p.m.?A. See wild animals. B. Go skydiving. C. Visit the underwater world.16. What are the speakers talking about?A. Trip plans. B. Travel experience. C. Fun activities.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。.17. What is one of the principles of the American newspapers?A. They should be free of the government c

8、ontrol.B. They shouldnt include lots of advertisements.C. They should cover all the aspects of the society.18. When was the first newspaper printed in America?A. In 1690. B. In 1704. C. In 1740.19. What does the speaker say about the Boston News-Letter?A. It was published monthly at first.B. It was

9、started by Benjamin Harris.C. It used to be printed on both sides of a single page.20. Why are daily newspapers cheaper?A. The government offices money.B. The ads pay for most of the cost.C. They are published in huge qualities.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

10、出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A One morning, Anns neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day. Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers（传单）, and put them in

11、 mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Anns son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old. Four days later Ann was still looking after t

12、he dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon

13、as Ann bent over to help him the dog went silent. “If it hadnt come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to keep it. The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter recognized his l

14、ost dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him, “That dog saved my friends son.” Peter drove to Anns house to pick up his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, “Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it.

15、” 21. How did the dog help save Jack? A. By breaking the door for Ann.B. By leading Ann to Jacks room. C. By dragging Jack out of the room. D. By attending Jack when Ann was out. 22. What was Anns attitude to the dog according to Paragraph 4? A. Sympathetic B. Doubtful C. Tolerant D. Grateful23. Wha

16、t can we infer about the dog from the last paragraph? A. It would be given to Odie. B. It would be kept by Ann family. C. It would be returned to Peter. D. It would be taken away by Tracy. B Millions of Americans began 2014 with the same resolution（决心） they started 2013 with a goal of losing weight.

17、 However, setting weight loss as a goal is a mistake. To reach our goal of losing weight- the output, we need to control what we eat - the input ( 输入). That is, we tend to care about the output but not to control the input. This is a bad way to construct goals. The alternative is to focus your resol

18、ution on the input. Instead of resolving to lose weight, try an actionable resolution: “Ill stop having dessert for lunch,” or “Ill walk every day for 20 minutes.” Creating a goal that focuses on a well-specified input will likely be more effective than concentrating on the outcome. Recently a new s

19、cience behind incentives (激励), including in education, has been discussed. For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children to do better in school. In some cases, he gave students incentives based on input, like reading certain books, while in others, the inc

20、entives were based on output, like results on exams. His main finding was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect on output. Fryers conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be more effective because do not know how to do better on exam, aside from gener

21、al rules like “study harder.” Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over which they have much more control. As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have a much higher chance of success. And its easier to start again if you fail, because you know exactly what you

22、 need to do. If you want to cut down on your spending, a good goal would be making morning coffee at home instead of going to a cafe, for example. This is a well-specified action-based goal for which you can measure your success easily. Spending less money isnt a goal because its too general. Simila

23、rly, if you want to spend more time with your family, dont stop with this general wish. Think about an actionable habit that you could adopt and stick to, like a family movie night every Wednesday. In the long run, these new goals could become a habit.24.The writer thinks that setting weight loss as

24、 a goal is a mistake because _ .A. it is hard to achieve for most AmericansB. it is focused too much on the resultC. it is dependent on too many thingsD. it is based on actionable decisions25.In Roland Fryers research, some students did better than the others because _ .A. they obeyed all the genera

25、l rules B. they paid more attention to examsC. they were motivated by their classmates D. they were rewarded for reading some books26.According to the writer, which of the following statements is a good goal?A. “Ill give up dessert.” B. “Ill study harder.”C. “Ill cut down my expense” D. “Ill spend m

26、ore time with my family”27.The writer strongly believes that we should _ .A. develop good habits and focus on the outcomeB. be optimistic about final goals and stick to themC. pick specific actions that can be turned into good habitsD. set ambitious goals that can balance the input and outputC One m

27、oment it was quiet and calm in the forest, the next, the air was charged with tension(紧张). The elephant had heard the distant alarm calls of animals and her mood suddenly changed. I urged the elephant deeper into the forest. We sounded like a forest fire-crackling, snapping, trailblazing. But throug

28、h all the noise came a sharp warning cry. The elephant stopped and we heard it againthe tell-tale call of a spotted deer. I looked quickly around the shadows of the forest. Rays of sunlight shone through tree branches, beneath which the patchwork (交错) of green plants and shadow-within-shadows would

29、make tiger stripes (条纹) look more attractive. Apart from an occasional noise from the elephants stomach, the forest was silent. Gradually, the tension slipped from our bodies. The elephant seized a nearby branch and put it into her mouth. I reached forward and gently moved my hand over the elephants

30、 neck; there was a soft part, free of wrinkles and hairs, behind her ear. This was my fourth time to sense the aura of the forest in Corbett, although I saw no tigers in the end. Located at the foot of the Himalayan mountains, Corbett is home to about 135 Bengal tigers, but the forest seemed to be g

31、uarding their whereabouts( 出没处), a silent reminder of their secrecy（隐蔽） and rarity（罕见）. Still, I was happy enough touching the elephant behind the ear. If I had so desperately wanted to see a tiger, I could have gone to a zoo. After all, spotting tigers merely confirms their beauty; tracking them ca

32、n make you aware of something more.28. Which of the following was a clear signal of alarm? A. The elephant stopped.B. A spotted deer called. C. The elephant seized a branch.D. The forest was silent for a while.29. The author begins his account of the tour in the forest mainly by_. A. describing vari

33、ous sounds B. comparing different animals C. listing different activitiesD. introducing various plants30. What does the underlined part to sense the aura most probably mean? A. To see the diversity.B. To enjoy the scenery. C. To feel the atmosphere.D. To experience the freedom.31. How does the autho

34、r feel after several visits to Corbett? A. Seeing a Bengal tiger is quite thrilling. B. It is very time-consuming to travel in Corbett. C. It is really worthwhile to study the animals in Corbett. D. The process of finding Bengal tigers is most appealing.DMost people agree that honesty is a good thin

35、g. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals cant talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps

36、 them survive.Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a

37、 broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know

38、when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They dont make nests. Instead, they get into other birds nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. W

39、hen the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them. Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take

40、the winners hand and start fighting again. Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps dont

41、hear them, and they dont need to share their food.As children, many of us learn the saying “You cant fool Mother Nature.” But maybe you cant trust her, either.32. A plover protects its young from a predator by_.A. getting closer to its young B. driving away the adult predatorC. leaving its young in

42、another nest D. pretending to be injured33. By “Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky” (paragraph 5), the author means_.A. chimps are ready to attack others B. chimps are sometimes dishonestC. chimps are jealous of the winners D. chimps can be selfish too34. Which of the following is true accor

43、ding to the passage?A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winners hand.C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.35. Which of the following might be the best t

44、itle of the passage?A. Do animals lie? B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?C. How do animals learn to lie? D. How does honesty help animals survive?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。Public Speaking and Critical ThinkingWhat is critical thinking? To a certain degree, its a

45、matter of logic (逻辑)of being able to spot weaknesses in other peoples arguments and to avoid them in your own. It also includes related skills such as distinguishing fact from opinion and assessing the soundness of evidence.In the broad sense, critical thinking is focused, organized thinkingthe abil

46、ity to see clearly the relationships among ideas. 36_The greatest thinkers, scientists, and inventors have often taken information that was readily available and put it together differently to produce new ideas. That, too, is critical thinking. 37_ As the class goes on, for example, you will probabl

47、y spend a good deal of time organizing your speeches. While this may seem like a purely mechanical (机械的) exercise, it is closely connected with critical thinking. Of the structure (结构) of your speech is loose and confused, chances are that your thinking is also disordered and confused. If, on the other hand, the