1、新舟中学2016-2017学年度第一学期第二次月考高二年级 英语试卷本试卷分为第I卷，第卷和第卷三部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。I单项选择（每题1.5分，共10小题，满分15分）（ ）1.Sometimes the same word has _ meaning，which can be _.Adifferent slightly；confused Bslight different；confusingCslightly different；confusing Ddifferent slight；confused （ ）2._ surprised us most was that w
2、ith all his money, he _ worry about a little thing like 5 cents.AIt; couldBWhat; couldCWhat; should DIt; should （ ）3. Would you permit me _here?-Sorry, we dont permit _ here in the reading room.Asmoking; smoking Bto smoke; to smoke Csmoking; to smoke Dto smoke; smoking （ ） 4. The teacher as well as
3、the students who_fond of football,_ playing together.Aare; is Bare; are Cis; are Dis; is （ ）5. Youd better take another flight to New York, for the AA 505 Flight _ have been cancelled. But you should call the airport to make sure.Amust Bmight Cwould Dshould （ ）6.-Youre supposed to hand in the travel
4、 diary as soon as possible.-I see. Im going to_ until 11:30 p.m. once more. Acheer up Bput up Cturn up D. stay up. （ ）7. Though difficult, I _ him find a job, which made him very pleased. A. tried to help B. managed to help C. tried helping D. succeeded to help （ ）8. You deserve a good rest _ youve
5、finished the work.Aunless BwhileCnow that Deven if （ ）9. -Would you like some fried rice?-I would rather eat noodles _ have fried rice.Athat Bthan Cwhat Das （ ）10. The notice came around two in the afternoon _ the meeting would be postponed.A. when B. that C. whether D. how .课文语法填空(共10小空，每小空1.5分。满分1
6、5分)Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp 11. _. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. 12. _ her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. 13. _, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was 14. _ for a woman to live in
7、 the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was 15. _ allowed to begin her project. Her work 16. _the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was 17. _ chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fr
8、uit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group18. _ a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate 19. _ each other, and her study of their body language helped her 20. _ out their social system.第卷. 阅读理解(共两节，满分40)第一节（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
9、项涂黑。Passage A Were one of the biggest ESL professional organizations in Shanghai, China and we have 10 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and 5 kindergartens in Shanghai and 1 in Suzhou. For these schools, we only need oral English teachers.We also own an international school whose name is Shanghai
10、World Foreign Language Primary and Middle School. For this school, we need classroom teachers and subject teachers to teach Science, PE, and Music in English.We prefer to hire experienced teachers with TESOL or Teachers Certificate. If you want to know more about us, please visit our website at Date
11、s and DurationsWe need 1 teacher for every position as below:1. Classroom Teacher Position in Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School (From 17th Feb 2009, 12 months)2. Subject Teacher Position in Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School (From 1st Sep 2009, 10 months)3. Oral English teach
12、ers in Shanghai Changning Experimental Primary School (From 3rd March 2009, 3 months)Basic requirements for the Positions1. Native English speakers for all of the above positions2. Bachelor Degree at least (Position 1 and 2) with related teaching experience3. TESOL or related certificate (Position 3
13、)Working Conditions and Environment The schools are the top schools in Shanghai with libraries and public computer rooms. Every teacher will have the office desk, free access to the Internet. We provide teaching materials and teaching guidelines.Salary, International Travel Allowance and BonusThe sa
14、lary ranges from 6,000 RMB to 10,000 RMB per month according to the position you apply for, which can ensure you have a comfortable life in Shanghai. We will offer you part or full international travel allowances depending on how long you will work for us. Generally, we will pay you a return ticket
15、for one year contract.( ) 21. The ESL professional organization in Shanghai wants to take on_. .Asome language teachers to work in ShanghaiBsome native English teachers to work in SuzhouCsome language teachers to work in SuzhouDsome native English teachers to work in Shanghai( ) 22. If you want to b
16、e hired as a classroom teacher by the above organization, you should_ .Aspeak several languages Bhave Bachelor DegreeCpresent good teaching plans Dknow how to teach middle school students( ) 23. The passage is probably taken from a_ .AnovelBtravel guide Cnews report DWebsitePassage BElizabeth Freema
17、n was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.” For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashleys
18、 wife tried to strike Mumbets sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起诉) for her freedom. Wh
19、ile serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom- the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new c
20、onstitution. Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois
21、, one of the founders of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights. Mumbets tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty year
22、s. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.” ( ) 24. What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?AShe was born a slave BShe was a slaveholderCShe had a famous sister DShe was born into a rich family( ) 25.Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys
23、?AShe found an employer BShe wanted to be a lawyerCShe was hit and got angry DShe had to take care of her sister( ) 26. What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?AShe should always obey her ownersordersBShe should be as free and equal as whitesCHow to be a good servantDHow t
24、o apply for a job( ) 27.What did Mumbet do after the trial?AShe chose to work for a lawyer BShe found the NAACPCShe continued to serve the Ashleys DShe went to live with her grandchildren( ) 28.What is the test mainly about?AA story of a famous writer and spokespersonBThe friendship between a lawyer
25、 and a slaveCThe life of a brave African American womanDA trial that shocked the whole worldPassage CSeveral days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what wa
26、s special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a giftthe book “Who Moved My Cheese?”The booka bestseller in the USis being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak
27、 and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes.Cheese is something related to everyones livelihood-Our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.With Chinas official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face up t
28、o more changes and challenges. So what we should do once this “cheese” on which we are so dependent is moved?“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely,” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book.Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agr
29、ees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.” “With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and bette
30、r piece of cheese.” Zhang smiled confidently.（ ）29. The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese”in order to_.Abe more competitive with foreign firms Bfind an excuse for their job cutsClet the workers make a living on their own Dencourage the fired workers
31、（ ）30. The word “cheese” in the passage can refer to_.Asomething we depend on Ba most important kind of foodCchallenges Dways of life（ ）31.From what Heng wei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that their attitude towards the book is _Anegative Bsupportive C skeptical D. sympathetic Passage D
32、Astronomy is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about heavens. But the six planets that he could see with his eyes alone limited man. The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star.
33、 They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as he seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. Until there were telescopes, man did not know much about the moon.
34、He did not know that the planet called Saturn (土星) had rings around it. His sight was so limited that he could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Pluto (冥王星), the last of the nine planets to be discovered was seen until 1930. Before the spectrosc
35、opes (分光镜), man didnt know what kind of gas was in the sun or other stars, without radio telescopes (射电望远镜), we did not know that radio noise came from far in space. Today, astronomy is a growing science. We have learned more in the past fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.（ ）32. Thou
36、sands of years ago, people observed the stars with the limitation of their _.Aeyesight Bland Cwealth Dknowledge（ ）33. When the Greeks watched the stars, they could _ .A. know what the stars were made ofB. not see their places in the skyC. watch the stars move as the seasons changedD. help themselves
37、 study the heavens（ ）34. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?AAstronomy is the oldest science that humans have known.BAstronomy is developing fast with the help of technology.CIn the early 1700s, people didnt know the existence of Neptune.DOver 2,000 years ago, the Greeks knew the planet Sa
38、turn had rings around it.（ ）35. This passage mainly talks about _.Atools used in astronomyBthe development of astronomy in the last 50 yearsCGreeks achievements in astronomyDnew tools and the development of astronomy第二节（共5个小题，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。 36. _You probably th
39、ink you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Heres how.Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of
40、 your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 37._ A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area
41、. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.Make good use of your time in class. 38._. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Takin
42、g notes will help you remember what the teacher says.Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher has mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 39._ If you do these thin
43、gs regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and youll remember it longer.Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont be over w
44、orried.40._ .You will probably discover them after you have tried these.AThere are other methods that might help you with your studying.BDont forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.CTake advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.DNo one can become a top student unle
45、ss he or she works hard.E. Maybe you are an average student.F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.G. This will help you understand the next class.完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分) One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the
46、 smallest fault. Its like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 41 Once I heard a bald man said, “Whenever I enter a room 42 I see is hair.” Once youve 43 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 44 make you happy. Then do one of the
47、three things: get it, replace it with a different 45, or forget about it and 46 the tiles in your life that are not missing. We all know people who have a relatively 47 life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but 48 remain happy. The first 49 is gratitude. All h
48、appy people are 50 . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 51 , but its truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy. The second secret is 52 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 53 are those pursui
49、t that give our lives purpose - anything 54 studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 55 to experience. Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 56 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We 57 a spiritual
50、faith, or a philosophy, it should 58 this truth: if you choose to find the 59 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is 60 your decision to make.( ) 41. A. different( ) 42. A. nothing( ) 43. A. determined( ) 44
51、. A. completely( ) 45. A. tile( ) 46. A. look on( ) 47. A. peaceful( ) 48. A. certainly( ) 49. A. secret( ) 50. A. wealthy( ) 51. A. upset( ) 52. A. admitted( ) 53. A. sources( ) 54. A. among( ) 55. A. probable( ) 56. A. value( ) 57. A. need( ) 58. A. involve( ) 59. A. worst( ) 60. A. hardlyB. missi
52、ngB. noneB. predictedB. naturallyB. brickB. turn onB. difficultB. merelyB. factorB. gratefulB. quarrelB. assumingB. resultsB. fromB. possibleB. destinationB. lackB. includeB. bestB. nearlyC. shortC. allC. assumedC. hopefullyC. ceilingC. count onC. easyC. hardlyC. ruleC. proudC. complainC. provingC.
53、answersC. throughC. likelyC. survivalC. demandC. absorbC. positiveC. exactlyD. brokenD. anythingD. imaginedD. reallyD. house D. focus onD. ordinaryD. generally D. key D. generousD. depress D. realizing D. goals D. for D. capable D. existence D. expectD. meanD. negativeD. largely 第卷.语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5
54、分，满分15分）The International Red Cross and Red Crescent(弯月) Museum was opened in Geneva in 1988. 61 tells the story of men and women who, in the course of the major events of the last 150 years,have given assistance 62 victims of wars and natural disasters. The organization63 (found) in 1863, and was b
55、ased on an idea by a Swiss businessman calledHenry Dunant. He had witnessed too many 64 (die) and wounds at the Battle of Solferino in Italyfour years65 (early), in which 40,000 people were killed, wounded or missing. He had seen thelack of medical services and the great suffering of many of the wou
56、nded, 66 simply died from lack of care. TheInternational Red Cross/Red Crescent exists 67 (help) the victims of conflicts and disastersregardless of their nationality.68 symbol of the organization was originally just the red cross. It has no religious significance; the founders69 the movement adopte
57、d it in honor of Switzerland. However, the original symbol, the red cross, could hurt Muslim soldiers feelings, 70 a second symbol, the red crescent, was used.Both are now official symbols.短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 下面短文中共有10 处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号()，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划
58、掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Barbara Herrera has been my best friends since childhood. We are all from Chicago, but now I live in San Francisco and Barbara lives in Atlanta. We didnt see each other very often. I often write to Barbara and tell of her abou
59、t all the things that is happening at my company. And she often writes to me about my work. There are also other ways we communicate with each other. Sometimes we talk on phone, or send emails to each other. We are really luckily. In this new age of communication, there are so much ways we can keep
60、in touch with each other. We live in different cities, so were in touch all the time.书面表达 （满分25分）最近，你们学校每天晚上组织学生收看新闻联播。对此，有人表示反对，认为学习任务繁重，耽误学习；也有人表示赞同，认为能使自己身心放松，而且了解国内外大事。请你写一篇100-120词左右的短文，发表一下自己的观点。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。注意写在答题卡上Recently our school has set aside some time for students to watch The Daily
61、News Broadcasting. 新舟中学2016-2017学年度第一学期第二次月考高二年级 英语试卷答案I单项选择（每题1.5分，共10小题，满分15分）1-5 CCD AB 6-10 DBCBB.课文语法填空(共10小空，每小空1.5分。满分15分)11. behaviour 12.Since 13.However 14.unusual 15.she 16.changed 17.that 18.hunting 19.with 20.workIII阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）21-25DBDAC 26-30BACDA 31-35 BACDD 3640 EBC G A.完型
62、填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)41-45: BCADA 46-50: DCDAB 51-55: CDABC 56-60: DABCD.语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）61. It 62. to 63. was founded 64. deaths 65. earlier66. who 67. to help 68. The 69. of 70. and/soV短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）71.friends 改为 friend 72. all 改为 both 73.didnt 改为 dont 74. 去掉 tell of 中的of 75.is
63、 改为are 76.my work 中的my改为 her 77.phone 前加the 78. luckily 改为lucky 79.much 改为 many 80.so 改为but.书面表达(满分25分)话题作文 ，文章结构：1.陈述正方观点 2陈述反方观点 3陈述个人观点Recently our school has set aside some time for students to watch The Daily News Broadcasting. Some people approve of the idea, and they think it is a good way to
64、 relax after a days hard work. Besides, they can also take advantage of the chance to know what is happening at home and abroad.However, others are strongly against it. They say they bear so heavy a learning load that they cant spare any time for TV. Therefore, they think it is a waste of time.As for me, Im in favor of the idea. Being buried in books all day does harm to us students both physically and mentally. By watching TV, we can have access to the information that cannot be obtained from books and help us to communicate and understand each other better
