1、2017 届山东省武城县第二中学高三下学期第二次月考（3 月）英语试题说明：本试卷分第 I 卷(选择题) 和第 II 卷( 非选择题)，共 14 页。满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。第 I 卷和第 II 卷答案全部涂写在答题纸上，考试结束后，只交答题纸。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，
2、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。1What do the speakers intend to do?ASee a film BJump the queue CGo home quickly2What has caused the mans headache?AToo little sleep BSome medicine CThe sun 3How does the man feel about the womans advice?AWorth acting on B Too difficult to follow CA foolish idea 4
3、Why does the man want the woman to leave the software with him? AHe wants to test the quality of the softwareBHe is not satisfied with the softwareCHe has no right to decide to buy the software5Where are the speakers going? ATheir kitchen BA restaurant CA supermarket第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听
4、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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6Where are two speakers?AIn an airport BIn a railway station CAt a bus stop7What does the man worry about?AThe weather BThe safety CThe woman 听第 7 段材料，回答
5、第 8 至 l 0 题。8Where are the speakers talking to each other? AOn the Internet BIn a computer store CIn front of a computer9How much will the man finally pay for the cell phone?A$l，200 B$900 C$30010What do we know about the woman?AShe has no credit cardBShe can t use the InternetCShe worries about Inte
6、rnet shopping 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11Why is Robert not sure of joining the group?AHe doesn t think he is good enough BHe doesnt have time to practiceCHe isnt interested in joining it 12What do you think Robert is?AA dancer BA singer CA student13Where will the group perform? AAt concert halls BAt r
7、estarts CAt some parties听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14What is the womans job?AA policewoman BA librarian CA student 15When did the man borrow the book? AOn September 17 BOn a rainy day CYesterday afternoon 16What do we know about the book? AThe man returned the bookBThe book was lost by the woman CThe bo
8、ok the man found was another copy 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17Where did the housewives learn about the information of free goods?AOn TV BFrom the manager CAt the supermarket18What do we know about MrsEdwards?AShe is always very luckyBShe hopes to get free shopping CShe gets disappointed easily 19What
9、 did MrsEdwards s husband try to do?ATo make her happy BTo buy things with her CTo stop her buying things20Why did MrsEdwards go back to the supermarket quickly?ATo buy another thingBTo talk to the manager CTo be the lucky customer 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 3 0 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四
10、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。AA few years ago I was working a part-time summer job at a local ice cream shopWhile handing an ice cream to an older woman at the drive-thin(餐车)window，I noticed she had a box of what appeared to be fresh tomatoesIf youve ever worked a drive-thru job，you know its h
11、ard not to look into someones car when youre inches from his or her faceAs I handed her the ice cream， I said， “Those tomatoes look delicious! What kind are they?”She replied with a big smile， “Here，have some!”Within seconds I had a handful of the prettiest tomatoes I had ever seen Those tomatoes lo
12、oked expensive “Oh，no，you dont need to give me any”I saidI weakly tried to protest：“Really，you didnt have to give me any，but I appreciate it ”The woman smiled again and said， “I hope you enjoy themAnd to answer your question，its an heirloom(祖传的)seed that my mom used to plantSo they arent like the on
13、es you get in the grocery store ”After that she sped offShe was like an adult version of the tooth fairy：I gave her ice cream and she gave me tomatoesAbout two weeks later，my boss at the ice cream store sent me a text message：“I want to let you know your gardener dropped off a box of vegetables for
14、you ”，Baffled，I replied， “My gardener?”That night，my boss showed me the boxIt was full of tomatoes，cucumbers，green beans and so onThe tomato fairy was back! I was both happy and confusedWhy was this woman being so generous?I never saw her again，but to this day her random act of kindness inspires me
15、to share my garden harvests with anyone who will have it 21Whats the authors purpose of writing the passage?ATo make an advertisement for the tomatoesBTo introduce a strange and generous woman CTo pass on the woman s act of kindness DTo make friends with strangers 22Which of the following can replac
16、e the underlined word“Baffied”? APuzzled BFrightened CDisappointed DRelaxed 23Why did the author feel happy and confused when receiving the box of vegetables?AHe didnt meet the person dropping off the vegetables BHe didnt expect the woman was so generous to himCHe thought his boss was playing a joke
17、 on himDHe didnt place an order for the tomatoes24We can infer from the text that_Athe author may become another secret gardenerBthe tomato fairy will be popular in the world Cthe author wi11 sell tomatoes instead of ice creamDthe heirloom tomato seeds will soon be spread BIf you cannot travel the w
18、orld， why not travel the Internet? Geoguessr is a new，online travel game，which is easy to play，but nearly impossible to winGeoguessr uses images from Street View from the technology company Google，whose cameras have been busy taking photographs around the worldAfter looking at an image， you guess wh
19、ere the photograph was takenHow to Play the GameImages can be searched broadly by continent，country or cityThe program shows an image of a place and a map of the worldYou can zoom(放大)in or out of imagesOr turn it around in circlesImages move forward and backward，and up and down to identify locations
20、 When you think you know where the photo was taken，click on the Google map to place your marker. You get five chances to guess the locationAfter the fifth one，you see a map showing your guesses，the correct locations，and the number of points you earnedThe mix of scenery is part of the fun and 1eaming
21、Helpful HintsHere are a few suggestions to help you identify the placesLook around and see if you can find anything to show the local languageFor example，if both French and Englishare on a billboard，Canada might be a good guessLook closely at the plants to see what the latitude(纬 度)might bePalm tree
22、s may mean a more tropical climateMake a note of whether the cars drive on the right or the left side of the roadIf cars are driving on the left，that narrows your guesses Geoguessr can be played on a computer or a mobile deviceThe more you play the game， the better you will get at geographyBe carefu
23、l，the game can get very addictiveThe good news is that Geoguessr is free and youre unlikely to run out of places to see!25What can we learn about the game Geoguessr?AIt is easy to figure out the p1aces BThe pictures shown in the game is quite limited CWe must be connected to the Internet to play the
24、 gameDWinning the game can provide us an opportunity to trave126Which of the following hints cant help you win the game?ANumbers BPlants CVehicles D Signs.27We can learn from the text that_AGeoguessr can teach players about geographyBthe game Geoguessr is only attractive to travelersCit will cost pl
25、ayers much money to play the game Deveryone can send pictures to Street ViewCGrowing up in the United States as all Indian girl，I was strongly attracted by the idea of wearing a nose ringWhen I learned that this tradition came from India， I sought parental approvalTo my surprise my mother asked me t
26、o talk to her after I learned the underlying significance of this age-old customSurprised and a little disappointed，I nevertheless agreed. I once believed that traditions were handed down through generations and to question them was regarded as disrespect to something holy This particular custom has
27、 existed in India for centuries：girls get their noses pierced(穿透)primarily as they come of age or during their wedding ceremonyI took up the challenge to reach a decisionI started looking for authentic sources that could help me understand the background of nose piercingThat summer while visiting In
28、dia，I began my questMy friends great-grandmother enlightened me about the shocking facts underlying this traditionShe told me of a farmer who had acquired a group of cattleHe realized he could pierce their noses，slipping giant hoops(箍)through them so he could control and guide themThis practice was
29、soon adopted by his village elders as part of the wedding ceremony：the nose piercing would symbolize a mans control over his wifeThis tradition showed that a woman needed to be“guided and protected”by a man! The most common nose rings are golden ones with complex designs to hide the cruel reality of
30、 contro1 I could not honestly keep up a tradition that demeans(贬低)a womans status in society, branding her as the property of a manLearning how the custom arose completely changed my thinking about nose rings as fashion statementsThen I made my decision：I did not want my nose piercedAfter all，all I
31、quest for is self-transformation and personal liberation28Why didn t the authors mother agree with her idea immediately?AHer mother was born an Indian girlBHer mother didnt have a nose ring! CHer mother thought it natural to wear a nose ringDHer mother may know something about nose piercing 29What d
32、oes a nose ring originally mean in India?AA mans occupation of a woman BA sad story of an Indian womanCA large beautiful hoop made of gold DA group of cattle 30From the passage we can learn that_. Athe author is afraid of taking up a challenge BIndian girls get their noses pierced on special days Ct
33、he author thought it normal to question a traditionDnose tings are always regarded as a fashion 31Finally the author didnt want her nose pierced because_Aher mother refused her to do thatBshe would be looked down upon Cshe feared to be controlled by a manDshe understood the truth of the custom DAt t
34、he end of the spring semester in May，students taking Georgia Techs online Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence course received some surprising newsJill Watson，one of the nine teaching assistants(TAs)that had helped them finish the challenging course for the past five months was not a she but an “
35、it”an intelligent robot!Watson is the brainchild of Ashok Goel，who teaches the popular online courseThe Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the School of Interactive Computing came up with the idea as a way to deal with the number of questions posed by students in the online forums(论坛) Ac
36、cording to Goel，every time the course is offered，the 300 or so students that enroll post over 10，000 questionsThe questions are often repetitiveThis led Goel to wonder if a smart robot would handle the questions which require standard responsesthings like dates when assignments are due Having worked
37、with IBMs Watson technology platform in the past，the professor knew it would be ideal for his artificial TA：Jill WatsonThe artificial intelligence system that uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze large amounts of data has even been cleverer than human competitors on the t
38、elevision showIt would therefore easily be able to handle routine questions that required little“thinking”The professor and his team of graduate students began by populating Jills memory with 40，000 questions and answers from past termsThen came the testing stageAt first，Jill was not very good and o
39、ften gave strange answersIt often got stuck on certain keywordsBy the end of the semester，Jill had attained enough knowledge and skills to participate in forums without any management from Goel，or the other assistants32What surprised the students who take the online course?AThe course was interestin
40、g but challengingBA teaching assistant wasnt a real personCJill Watson is a hard-working TA DThey all failed to pass their course33Whats the best title for the text?AA Robot of Georgia gives an online courseBAshok Goel Came up With the Idea of Jill Watson CJill WatsonOne of the Nine Teaching Assista
41、ntsDGeorgia Techs Teaching Assistant Turn Out to Be a Robot 34Why did Goel decide to invent a smart robot?AA number of students took his online course BA smart robot is cleverer than a human being CToo many similar questions are to be dealt with DA smart robot could be easily controlled by him35What
42、 can we infer from the text?AStudents should deal with routine questions BJill is mainly in charge of posting surprising newsCThe TAs give students homework at a certain time DGoel is satisfied with Jills present performance 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。Spring
43、 is finally hereHave you noticed that you and those around you are now in a better mood than a few months ago? Yes，this time of year is often thought of as the period when we feel happier and more content，which is called spring euphoria(幸福愉快感) In fact，spring euphoria can be scientifically explained
44、36 One of the most important factors that work is the combination of increased light and warmth 37 That means we have to work harder to stay alert during the long periods of darkness in winterThe arrival of spring bring more daylight，enjoy the energy that is no longer needed to fight off sleepinessA
45、t the same time，our hormone(荷尔蒙的)balance is also changed when spring is comingThe increased light and rising temperature brings about the release of serotonin，a brain chemical that affects how a person feels，and endorphin，a hormone that reduces the feeling of pain38 With the development of air-condi
46、tioning and heating，our welfare is no longer weather dependant 39 In warmer weather，we feel like going where we can get a cool beer or an ice creamIts a positive sign that the body reacts positively to a beautiful day40 Studies have shown that positive social contact is closely linked to a sense of
47、happinessHello，spring euphoria! Lets enjoy the period when we feel quite positive!AWe also tend to socialize moreBIn spring days，our world is a sunny placeCHowever，people are still sensitive to weather DAs a result，our moods get improved in springEIt s also wonderful to enjoy the beautiful sunshineFHuman beings are programmed to feel sleepy when its dark outsideGThe
