1、2016学年度第二学期高二年级月考2英语试卷（满分150分，考试时间：120分钟） 2017年5月II. Grammar and VocabularySection A It was at least two months (21) _ Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew (22) _ (near), her dream for a bicycle seemed to fade(逐渐消失), for she
2、didnt mention it again. We bought some beautiful story books for her and thought she would be happy to see them. However, on December 24, she said that she wanted a bike more than anything else. It was just too late. We were busy with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last-min
3、ute gifts, (23) _ (take) the time to select the “right bike” for our little girl. So, here we were Christmas Eve around 9:00 p.m, with Almie and her six- year-old brother, Dylan, in their beds. Now we (24) _ only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. “ What if I make a little bic
4、ycle out of clay(泥) and write a note (25) _ she could trade the clay bike in for a real bike?” her dad asked.So he spent the next four hours patiently working with clay (26) _ (make) a tiny clay bike. (27) _ Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little box with the beautiful red a
5、nd white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and (28) _ (read) the note aloud. “Does this mean that I can trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?” (29) _ (smile), I said, “Yes.” Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that
6、 Daddy made for me. Id rather keep this than get (30) _ real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her very bicycle in the world!before; nearer; taking; could; that; to make; On; read; smiling; aSection B A. accounted B. average C. continuous D. rank E. Link F. compariso
7、n G additional H. associated I. risk J. confirmed K. effects Television watching is an activity which is known to be harmful to health and is distinct from getting too little exercise. But a new study suggests its damaging effects may even _31_ alongside those from smoking and obesity. Researchers w
8、ho studied television viewing habits in Australia calculated that people who watch for a(n) _32 _ of six hours a day shorten their life expectancy by almost five years. They based their calculations on data on the _33_ between television viewing and death from the Australian obesity and lifestyle st
9、udy which involved l 1,000 adults aged 25 and over. Applying these findings to the whole population over 25, who are estimated to have watched 9.8 billion hours of TV in 2008, they concluded that it _34_ for 286,000 years of life lost -equivalent to 22 minutes for each, hour watched. By_35_ , smokin
10、g one cigarette is estimated to shorten life expectancy by 11 minutes - equivalent to half an hour of TV watching. Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the authors from the University of Queensland, say the figures suggest huge loss of life may be _36_ with too much TV viewing. The UK
11、and other industrialized countries are likely to be similarly affected given the typically large amounts of time spent watching TV and the similarities in disease patterns. The researchers add: If these figures are _37_ and shown to reflect a cause and effect relationship, TV viewing is a public hea
12、lth problem comparable in size to established behavioral risk factors. Researchers from Taiwan University found even those who did as little as 92 minutes exercise a week,- equivalent to 15 minutes a day for six days a week - reduced their _38_ of death by 14 per cent. Even this small amount of exer
13、cise could postpone one in six of all deaths - similar to the _39_ of a stop-smoking programme. Each _40_ 15 minutes a day reduced the death rate by a further 4 per cent.DBEAFHJIKGIII. Reading ComprehensionSection AMeanness (being not generous and unkind) is one of human natures less attractive pers
14、onality. But few people are completely, _41_ mean. Keith Waterhouse, a journalist, explains why hes thrifty (economical).I am thrifty, you are careful, he is mean. I am generous, you are extravagant (奢侈的), he seems to have money to burn. More probably we are each a bit of all these types. I know I a
15、m. I am a very generous present-giver. I love buying presents _42_ I hate buying wrapping paper. Whenever my own _43_ come in, I collect and save the wrappings and _44_ them from one year to the next. The same _45_ to stationery. I have never written on both sides of a sheet of paper in my life. I w
16、aste writing paper as if it _46_ on trees, and I cannot go into a stationers without buying up most of their envelopes in five different sizes. _47_, I will not buy paperclips, rubber bands or ballpoint pens. I assume that _48_ numbers of these will appear all by themselves.Some of my best friends a
17、re mean about string. They carefully save every piece that comes into their _49_. I dont know why, since hardly anyone uses string these days and certainly no one has a need for 150 meters of it, which is what one lady I know has saved up.There are also people who are much too _50_ with their money.
18、 They are those who get off the bus a stop early to avoid paying a higher fare, or wander supermarkets looking for special _51_ and discounts. This is fine, as long as these economies are not _52_ on others.It is when thrift(节俭) _53_ ones social life that it becomes meanness. The famous American mul
19、timillionaire J. Paul Getty _54_ billions but is remembered for the pay phone he _55_ for the use of his guests. A psychiatrist friend of mine maintains that mean people are insecure. But then he says that about overgenerous people too. Mean people fear that their money will run out on them; overgen
20、erous ones that their friends will. 41. A. totally B. deeply C. hardly D. fairly11142. A. anyhow B. so C. for D. but43. A. presents B. parcels C. baggage D. wrappings44. A. unfold B. recycle C. repeat D. replace45. A. applies B. adapts C. acknowledges D. adopts46. A. appeared B. bore C. grew D. stro
21、ke47. A. In that case B. As a result C. Whats more D. On the other hand48. A. sufficient B. efficient C. scarce D. strange49. A. position B. possession C. potential D. proposal50. A. crazy B. careful C. free D. anxious51. A. offer B. gift C. bargain D. goods52. A. recorded B. imposed C. entitled D.
22、supposed 53. A. affectsB. benefits C. enhances D. enlarges 54. A. gave away B. gave in C. gave up D. gave off111155. A. borrowed B. planted C. installed D. ensured ADABA CDABBABAACSection BDirections: Read the following three passage, each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished state
23、ments. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)It was a rainy morning two years ago. Shirley Huxham was cycling gently downhill. As she waved to a friend, her bike slid uncontr
24、ollably on the wet road, throwing her to the ground. “Id never even thought of buying a helmet,” she says. For months she was partly paralysed(瘫痪的) down her left side and still has health problems today.Some might think that Shirley was just unlucky. How dangerous can it be to fall from a bicycle? I
25、n fact, each year on Britains roads more than 200 people are killed and at least 4,000 seriously injured on bicycles. But these numbers dont tell the whole story: the majority of the dead and injured were not wearing helmets. A study of bicycle accidents in the US found that helmets could reduce the
26、 risk of serious head injury by 85 percent. Yet it is estimated that in Britain, no more than five percent of bicycle-riders wear helmets. Why dont more cyclists wear them?People think that helmets look foolish, that theyre inconvenient, and that accidents only happen to other people.One of the wron
27、g ideas bicyclists have is that lower speeds can put them at less risk than motorcyclists, who are legally obliged to wear helmets. In fact, according to a British report, a higher percentage of bicyclists than motorcyclists suffer head injuries. And their injuries can be just as severe. Helmets, ho
28、wever, can make a big difference. Shirley wasnt just unlucky. If she had worn a helmet, she wouldnt have spent months in hospital. Why take the risk?56.The reason why Shirley got badly injured was that _. A. She was riding her bicycle downhill too fast. B. Her friends waving to her made her lose con
29、trol. C. She ignored the importance of wearing a helmet. D. The ground was barely wet. 57.Which of the following statements is right according to the passage? A. Wearing helmets will reduce the risk of being killed by 85%. B. Nearly 5 percent of bicycle-riders wear no helmet in UK. C. Motorcyclists
30、suffer more head injuries than bicyclists. D. In UK a motorcyclists wearing no helmet is against the law. 58.People dont like wearing helmets due to the following reasons except _. A. Wearing helmets makes them look silly. B. They dont think wearing a helmet is convenient. C. Falling off a bicycle o
31、nly happens to other people. D. Wearing a helmet is not fashionable at all. CDD(B) Asian Immigration to America Many Chinese immigrants began crossing the Pacific to arrive in the United States in the mid-1800s. By that time, Chinas population had reached about 430 million, and the country was suffe
32、ring from severe unemployment, poverty, and famine(饥荒). The 1848 discovery of gold in California began to tempt Chinese immigrants to the United States. Then, in 1850, the Taiping Rebellion broke out in their homeland. This rebellion against the Chinese government took some 20 million lives and caus
33、ed such suffering that thousands of Chinese left for the United States. In the early 1860s, as the Central Pacific Railroad began construction of its portion of the transcontinental railroad, the demand for railroad workers further increased Chinese immigration. Chinese immigrants mainly settled in
34、western cities, where they often worked as laborers or servants or in skilled trades. Others worked as merchants. Because native-born Americans kept them out of many businesses, some Chinese immigrants opened their own. Another group of Asians, the Japanese, also immigrated to the United States. Unt
35、il 1900, however, their numbers remained small. Between 1900 and 1908, large numbers of Japanese migrated to the United States as Japan began building both an industrial economy and an empire. Both developments interrupted the economy of Japan and caused hardships for its people, thus stimulating em
36、igration. Until 1910 Asian immigrants arriving in San Francisco first stopped at a two-story shelter at the wharf (码头). As many as 500 people at a time were often squeezed into this structure, which Chinese immigrants from Canton called muk uk, or “wooden house.” In January 1910, California opened a
37、 few barracks on Angel Island to accommodate the Asian immigrants. Most of the immigrants were young males in their teens or twenties, who nervously awaited the results of their immigration hearings in dormitories packed with double or triple tiers of bunks. This unpleasant delay could last for mont
38、hs. On the walls of the detention barracks, the immigrants wrote anonymous poems in pencil or ink. Some even carved their verse into the wood.59. Which of the following statements is NOT the reason of Chinese immigration to America? A. The population explosion led to severe unemployment, poverty, an
39、d famine. B. The discovery of gold in the United States was a great temptation to Chinese immigrants. C. The great suffering caused by Taiping Rebellion forced many people leave China. D. The United States needed great man power to complete its railroad construction.60. When Chinese immigrants got t
40、o America, they usually took the following jobs except _? A. Railroad constructors B. Family servants C. Governmental officials D. Businessmen61. The Japanese immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 1900s because _. A. the numbers of Japanese immigrants stayed low until 1900 B. the J
41、apanese immigrants to the States wanted to learn more C. the enormous social changes were taking place in Japan111 D. the Japanese immigrants wanted to do more businesses in the new world.62. What does the underlined word mean? A. Foods. B. Camps. C. Wharfs. D. Customs.ACCB(C)Management Consultant S
42、uzy Welch remembers the moment 14 years ago when her life “imploded(压破).” She was speaking to an auditorium full of insurance executives in Hawaii when she saw the faces of two of her children, then six and five, pressed against the glass door. She had parked them in a dance class, but theyd fled ou
43、t to find her. She wrapped up her remarks and canceled the Q&A. “I was trying to please everyone but pleasing no-one,” she says, “I had to rethink the way I made my decisions.” Author of the bestselling Winning (written with husband Jack Welch, former head of GE), Suzy Welch, 49, has a new book, 10-
44、10-10, that details the strategy she created after the tremendous decision-making moment. The mother of four explains: “When faced with a vital decision, ask yourself, how will my choice affect my life ten minutes from now? Ten months from now? Ten years from now? “Too often we decide something by a
45、voiding the immediate ouch. But by looking at the middle and longer time frames as well as the short-term, were accessing our real values. My business trip is an example. Had I applied the strategy to it back then, I would have declined it. I had other work travel coming up. I was needed at home. “M
46、any people have found 10-10-10 thrilling. An entrepreneur moved forward with a new business plan but without the girlfriend, who didnt share his goals. A mum of a troubled teen finally got him to a psychologist after putting it off. Often, in our most stressful moments, we make decisions by instinct
47、 only. Or we ask a friend for advice. Or we make no decision and suffer for it. We can live much more deliberately by taking control of choices and really understanding them. “Sure, theres still room for spontaneity(自发的行为). But when you look at things from three distinct time frames and assess the c
48、onsequences, never again will you say, I have no idea why I made this decision.”63. What did Suzy do to her two kids before addressing those executives 14 years ago? A. She left them in a car in a parking lot. B. She had a dance class together with the two kids. C. She fed the kids a lot of food and
49、 let them sleep. D. She just left them in a dance class.64. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Suzy and her husband used to work in GE, and they achieved great success in business. B. Suzy and her husband had four children. C. Suzy believed that many people reached a dec
50、ision by avoiding direct pains. D. Suzy failed to give up her work travel because she hadnt had her great strategies then.65. Which of the following is probably one of the strategies in Suzys book? A. When doing business, you should learn to please everyone. B. Before making a vital decision, you sh
51、ould ask yourself instead of others. C. When carrying out a new plan, youd better take your girlfriend. D. The assessment of consequences plays a vital role in decision-making.66. Suzys new book was mainly about _. A. how to deal with numbers when doing business B. how to make decisions by following
52、 her strategies C. how to obtain more benefits in business111 D. how to make detailed strategies in business 1111DADBSection C (8%)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sen
53、tences than you need. Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored （水果味道的） contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission Shoppers need to check the labels（标签）before buying drinks, though sometim
54、es the actual content can be non-existent, said Food Commission spokesperson Lan TokeloveFood production is highly competitive(67)_ It will increase profits, and consumers wont always realize they are being tricked. Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats
55、 and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavorsResearchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores. (68) Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruitIn addition, ea
56、ch juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar (69)_Lets take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.A. The products which contain real fruit are popular with p
57、eopleB. Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit.C. They found that about 60 percent of them didnt contain any fruit at allD. If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring
58、in the productsF. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging. Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have boughtUnder current UK law. Food
59、packages do no not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packed with pictures of strawberries is misleading. (70)_Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread, Tokelove said.DCBFIV. 71. Summary Writin
60、g (10%) Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.A large source of rubbish is packaging material. It often makes up more than 30 per cent of the total. To understand why this i
61、s true, think of the packaging commonly used for a simple product, such as toothpaste. The packaging includes not only the tube for the toothpaste, but also the box for the tube. This box is put into a plastic wrapper. Then, the boxes are transported in a cardboard container.Most packaging material
62、ends up in a landfill after it is thrown away. Though necessary, landfills take up valuable space, often stink, and can leak harmful substances into the soil. Landfills not included, the production of packaging material itself is a major source of air and water pollution. People are now trying to so
63、lve the problems caused by packaging materials. In 1991, Germany took the lead by requiring companies to recycle the packaging used for their goods. To do this, the companies set up recycling bins in every neighbourhood. Consumers now separate their rubbish into three categories-metal, plastic and p
64、aper cartons. They then put it into the appropriate bin. The rubbish sorted, it is transported to a recycling company for processing. The programme worked well at first. However, the amount of rubbish has begun to increase again. One reason for this is that many consumers no longer reduce waste beca
65、use they think the problem is solved. It seems that to properly deal with the problem of rubbish, everyone must remain vigilant and do their part.V. Translation (15%)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 地面是湿的，昨晚肯定下过雨了。（must）2. 任何违反交通规则的
66、人都应该受到惩罚。（deserve）3. 正是在这家二手书店里我第一次遇到了该书的作者。（It）4. 尽管在学习上遇到了很大的困难，他还是痴迷于网络游戏，这真让他父母头痛不已。（obsess）1. It must have rained, for the ground is wet.2. Anyone who breaks/violates the traffic rules/regulations deserves punishing/ punishment/ to be punished.3. It was in this second-hand bookstore that I met
67、the author of the book for the first time.4. Although meeting with great difficulties in study, he was still obsessed with online games, which troubled his parents.VI. Guided Writing (25%)Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.从2017年开始，英语高考实行“一年两考”，即考生在一年内可以考两次，选其中一次较好的成绩计入高考成绩。请你就此改革写一篇短文。文中必须包括：1. “一年两考”的概要介绍2. 你是否赞同这一做法？并给出理由
