1、1湖南省益阳市箴言中学 2017-2018学年高二英语上学期 12月月考试题满分 150分 时量 120 分钟第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分） 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，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. What does the woman dislike doing?A. Dancing. B. Watching TV. C. Listening to music.2. What does
2、 the woman want the man to buy?A. Cheese. B. Sandwiches. C. Bread.3. What does the man like about the song?A. The singer. B. The words. C. The style.4. When does the woman want to leave for Florida?A. On the 26th. B. on the 28th. C. on the 30th.5. Which petrol station will the woman probably go to?A
3、. The one next to the bridge. B. The one around the corner.C. The one opposite the cinema.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分）听下而 5段对活或独白。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。6. Whats the relationship between the spe
4、akers?A. Good friends. B. Mother and son. C. Brother and sister.7. What will the woman do next?A. Gas up the car. B. Get the key. C. Pick up Lucy.听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. How to advertise the concert. B. Who will play in the concert. C. Where to give the concert.9.
5、 What do the speakers agree to do in the end?A. Put up notices. B. Send out emails. C. Hand out printed invitations.听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. Where does the man come from?A. India. B. Thailand. C. Britain.11. What does the man often to do?A. He visits friends. B. He goes swimming. C. He does the garde
6、ning.212. How does the man usually spend his holidays?A. By staying at home. B. By visiting relatives. C. By travelling around.听第 9段材枓，回答第 13至 16题。13. What is Frank Brisenskis weakness?A. His voice. B. His appearance. C. His experience.14. What does the man say about Barbara Jones?A. She was very po
7、lite. B. She was well dressed. C. She was too shy.15. What kind of person are the speakers probably looking for?A. A hotel receptionist. B. A shop assistant. C. A private secretary.16. Who do the speakers finally decide to hire?A. Barbara Jones. B. David Wallace. C. Dona.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. Whe
8、re will the Guitar Day be held?A. At the Music Centre. B. In the Plaza Theatre. C. In the Arts Centre.18. At what time can people see the first French film in the evening?A. 7:30 pm. B. 8:00 pm. C. 10:00 pm.19. Where will the cycling team go this year?A. The lake. B. The forest. C. The town.20. What
9、 can people do at Camford Castle?A. Climb its six towers. B. Try the old kitchens. C. Make medicine with plants.第二部分：阅读理解（共 20小题；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。AModern life can be stressful. Its full of pressure and hardships, worries and annoyances
10、. But after years of being dosed (给服药)up by doctors and seeking solutions on the self-help shelves, can most common complaints be cured through your next holiday?The festival doctor will see you now.Complaint Prescription (处方) Dosage (剂量)GuiltyRestart yourself at the Wanderlust Festival.A weekend at
11、 any Wanderlust Festival should restrain some of the shame you are feeling. Empty your mind with meditation (冥想) sessions in the mountains of America or adjust your feelings with a sound bath in Santiago, Chile. Sad A healthy dose of laughter at Just for Have fun at the largest comedy festival, whic
12、h attracts more than two 3Laughs in Montreal, Canada in July. million ha-ha hunters every summer. Apart from 250 comedy acts, there will be walkabout theatre, circus acts and lots of new comedy films to make you laugh to tears.Over- thinkingGet nourishing food for your thought at the UKs HowTheLight
13、GetsIn in May.Spend a week or so in the company of like-minded individuals and you will see you are not the only one overthinking things. The worlds largest philosophy festival, held in Hareous Wye, will have talks, debates and classes on culture, philosophy, politics, art and science.Heart-brokenFi
14、nd one of your favorite fish in the sea at Irelands matchmaking festival in June.A week at Liverpools matchmaking festival could be a choice as Irelands mythical matchmakers (媒人) have been pairing lovers together for centuries. Try to find Willie Dally, a fourth-generation matchmaker, for your best
15、chance of everlasting love. Those who touch his lucky book are said to fall in love and marry within six months. 21. When celebrating the festival Just for Laugh in Montreal, you will _.A. empty your mind with meditation sessionsB. burst into tears by watching comedy filmsC. be thrilled and your dep
16、ression will be removedD. have discussions on the meaning of life22. If you are thinking too much about work, you can spend a few days at _.A. the Wanderlust Festival B. Irelands matchmaking festivalC. Just for Laughs D. HowTheLightGetsIn23. According to the passage, we can learn the festival doctor
17、 specializes in _.A. offering a cure through the festival formB. celebrating the festivals with the patientsC. treating people falling ill during festivalsD. listening to peoples complaints during festivalsBLast week, my granddaughter started kindergarten, and I wished her every success. But part of
18、 me didnt. I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process. Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time, which can often be a problematic (存在问题的) victory. Fir
19、st-time success is usually a fluke (侥幸). First-time failure, however, is supposed to be the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.4In Africa they describe a good cook as “she who has broken many pots”. If youve spent enough time in the kitchen to have broken a lot of pots, probably you kn
20、ow a fair amount about cooking. I once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much credibility (可信) their failures gave them.I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I know that one column I write is going to
21、be the worst column. I try my best every day. I have learned to love that column. A successful column usually means that I am discussing my familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in a better way.My younger daughter is a trapeze artist (荡秋千演员). Sh
22、e spent three years practising a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She said she was no longer learning anything new and she was bored. And if she was bored, there was no point in subjecting (使服从于 ) her body to all that stress. S
23、he risked failure and great public embarrassment in order to feed her soul.My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, tha
24、t its not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.24. Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?A. She would learn more from failure.B. He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships.C. Its impossible to do everything successfully.D. Success is boring though good.25
25、. Whats the authors attitude toward his daughter changing her show? A. Negative. B. Worried.C. Anxious. D. Positive.26. The author develops the article mainly by .A. following the time order B. comparing different opinionsC. giving examples D. giving a cause and analyzing its effects27. The writer t
26、alked about his own experience to show that .A. we should try every possible way to avoid failureB. the thought of failure will make you work even harderC. past failures made him dare not take risks in writingD. we cannot depend on luck to live a good lifeCStudying abroad will shape you in various w
27、ays. You will learn things you never would have if you had stayed home. When you are young and unattached, you should travel. Besides, you just might save a large sum of money. College is expensive in the United States. Its cheap or free in other countries even for foreigners, so why not get out of
28、here and come back smarter?More and more American students are currently studying at German colleges. 5That number has increased 20% over the last three years. Living costs are about $7,000 a year, which is even lower than in other European countries. Germany encourages international students. They
29、create a multicultural landscape that benefits German students as well. According to a new report, Germany is home to six of the worlds 100 best universities. These schools offer around 900 degrees completely in English and many German students speak the language.You could be part of Finlands excell
30、ent education system. The Finns charge no tuition and offer a number of courses purely in English. They would be happy for you to add flavor to their school scene. Cost of living there is high. Be prepared for frosty winters that far north, but you will get that sweet midnight sun in the summer.Many
31、 other European nations offer cheap or free college for foreign students, but if South America is more your thing, try Brazil. Most of the education will take place in Portuguese, so if that is in your plan you can study near beautiful beaches and jungles. The University of Sao Paulo and State Unive
32、rsity of Campinas are both highly ranked internationally. Your money will go a long way there, too.Many of the lessons you will learn will be outside the classroom. Living on the economy in a foreign country will keep you on your toes. You will learn new customs, how to bargain, stay safe, budget an
33、d become more flexible with people. There is no better way to learn a language than by immersing yourself in it. At first, it will be the toughest thing you have ever done. Eventually, it will become second nature.28. German universities are popular among US students mainly because _.A. they offer a
34、 multicultural landscape B. they belong to the worlds best onesC. the cost of living there is reasonable D. the students can get their degrees easily29. The fourth paragraph suggests that _.A. students can learn to earn some money after classB. many universities are surrounded by beautiful sceneries
35、C. Brazil provides excellent education to foreign studentsD. students neednt worry about their expense in Brazil30. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. Foreign students are welcomed in Finland.B. Studying abroad wisely can reduce your expense.C. Students can lea
36、rn English well only by learning abroad.D. Cost of living in Finland is high because of its special climate.31. What is the authors attitude in the last paragraph?A. Critical. B. Encouraging. C. Doubtful. D. Objective.DOceanography has been defined as “The application of all sciences to the study of
37、 the sea”.Before the nineteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to the sea to further his work.For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception o
38、f early 6intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that question “What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequenc
39、e was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. They had to know the depth and profile (起伏形状) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853, for information o
40、n this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings (测深) were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.The cable
41、was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs, it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of
42、the sea.Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume be
43、ing published in 1895.32. The proposal to lay a telegraph cable from Europe to America made oceanographic studies take on .A. an academic aspect B. a business aspectC. an international aspect D. a military aspect33. The aim of the voyages Maury was responsible for in the 1840s was .A. to conduct som
44、e sounding experiments in the oceansB. to calculate the length of cable that was neededC. to measure the depths of the two oceansD. to collect samples of sea plants and animals34. It was that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies .A. the American NavyB. some early intercontinental travelersC
45、. those who earned a living from the seaD. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable35. This passage is mainly about .A. the beginnings of oceanographyB. the laying of the first undersea cableC. the investigation of ocean depthsD. the early intercontinental communications 第二节 （共 5小题；每小题 2分
46、，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。7Tips to Increase Your ProductivityWant to get more done in your day? Of course you do. 36 The good news is that everyone can increase the amount of tasks they accomplish in a day. Here are some tips to help you have a more productive day.Make a plan
47、for your day. Make sure you know how you want your day to go in advance, even before you start. 37 To work best, create the next days plan the night before so that every morning you spend time performing, not planning.Break large tasks down into bits accomplished easily. Do you have a large project
48、thats just so big that you keep putting it off? Or maybe youre just unsure of where to begin, so you put it off. 38 Therefore, you will feel a sense of accomplishment as you check the items of your list.Always set your priorities (优先事项). 39 Figure out what must be done, do that first and rank the re
49、st of your work according to importance. If you dont get to the items at the end of your list, it wont be a big problem, and you can do them another time.40 If you are the most productive in the morning, thats when you should hit it hard and do as much as you can. If you work better in the afternoon, take care of some things like emails in the morning and then accomplish the important projects in the afternoon.
