2016届高二年级第二次月考英语试卷

命题人：施忆香

一、听力（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 do we know about the woman?

A．She has a heart disease B．She may be a bit fat

C．She has no appetite

2．What does the woman imply?

A．Henry will come here on time B．Henry may be late

C．Everyone but Henry will come here on time

3．What did the man do during the holiday?

A．He traveled to Beijing B．He did some shopping

C．He did some work

4．What does the woman think of the English exam?

A．Difficult B．Easy C．Just so-so

5．Where is probably the dialogue taking place?

A．In a book store B．In a library C．In a classroom

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What do we know about the woman?

A．She likes sports B．She hates cold weather

C．She never does housework

7．What is the weather like now?

A．It is cloudy B．It is sunny C．It is snowy

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What’s the man’s problem?

A．He doesn’t know how to get on with Jane

B．He always forgets to pass on important messages

C．He doesn’t want others to help him with his work

9．Who will have a chat with Jane?

A．The man B．The woman C．Jane’s best friend

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What are the speakers doing?

A．They’re having a chat B．They’re looking for a lost car

C．They’re seeking for a criminal

11．Where will the man probably leave for ?

A．His wife’s house B．The other country C．Birmingham

12．How will the man escape?

A．By train B．By plane C．By car

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．What is the possible relationship between the speakers?

A．Old classmates B．Old colleagues C．Old band members

14．What did the woman use to do during lunch time?

A．She played the violin B．She did her homework

C．She watched the cheerleaders practice

15．How did the woman find the dances?

A．They were noisy B．The were boring

C．They were fun

16．Who once was the member of the band?

A．The man B．The woman C．Their bossy teacher

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What do the American children have in common?

A．After school they stay at home alone

B．They have no mothers or fathers

C．They stay with their parents

18．Why do some children wear chains?

A．They think they’re very cool B．They think they’re wealthy

C．Their keys are fastened to the chains

19．What effect do you think the working couples and single parent have on their children?

A．Their children feel scared B．Their children feel free

C．Their children feel independent

20．What is the most common way for the children to deal with their fears?

A．Hiding in a shower stall B．Watching TV C．Sleeping

二．阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee(拼写大赛). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.

Perhaps the show’s popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy(书法)to be one of their primary contributions to civilization. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet. The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It’s possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them.

But there’s still hope for the paint brush. China’s Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.

In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-olds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher’s examples before carefully attempting to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. “If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now?” we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. “The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture,” she reasons. “Students must learn now so they don’t forget when they grow up.” says the teacher.

21．What can we learn about the Character Hero?

A. It’s open to people of all ages and all walks.

B. It’s the most-viewed TV programs in China.

C. It draws great public attention across the country.

D. It aims to spread Chinese culture to the world.

22．Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters?

A. Chinese people don’t refer to dictionaries very often.

B. Chinese people needn’t write by hand as often with the help of technology.

C. Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy.

D. Chinese people are using the Latin alphabet instead of the characters.

23．According to Shen Bin, being able to write characters by hand is_________.

A. necessary for adults to survive in China

B. helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive

C. a requirement made by the Education Ministry

D. an ability to be developed only when you are students

24．Where does this text probably come from?

A. A science report. B. news report. C. An advertisement. D. Children’s literature.

B

Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious.Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees’ nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper － a little bird called a honey guide.

The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees’ nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.

Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.

25．Why is it difficult to find a wild bees’ nest?

A．It’s hidden in trees. B．It’s small in size.

C．It’s covered with wax. D．It’s hard to recognize.

26．What do the words “the follower” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A bee. ? B．A honey seeker.? C．A bird.? ? ?? D．A beekeeper.

27．The honey guide is special in the way________.

A．it goes to church B．it sings in the forest

C．it reaches into bees’ nests D．it gets its food

28．What can be the best title for the text?

A．Wild Bees B．Wax and Honey

C．HoneyLover’s Helper D．Beekeeping in Africa

C

On a wet Wednesday evening in Seoul, six government employees gathered at the office to prepare for a late-night patrol(巡逻). The mission is to find children who are studying after 10 p.m. and stop them.

In South Korea, it has come to this. To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies (called hagwons), the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew (宵禁令)— even rewarding citizens for turning in violators.

But cramming(临时死记硬背) is deeply anchored in Asia, where top grades have long been prized as essential for professional success. Before toothbrushes or printing presses, there were civil service exams that could make or break you. Chinese families have been hiring test preparation tutors since the 7th century. Nowadays South Korea has taken this competition to new extremes. In 2010, 74% of all students engaged in some kind of private after-school instruction, sometimes called shadow education, at an average cost of $2,600 per student for the year. There are more private instructors in South Korea than schoolteachers, and the most popular of them make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes. When Singapore’s Education Minister was asked last year about his nation’s reliance on private tutoring, he found one reason for hope: “We are not as bad as the Koreas.”

In Seoul, legions of students who failed to get into top universities spend the entire year after high school attending hagwons to improve their scores on university admissions tests. And they must compete even to do this. At the prestigious Daesung Institute, admission is based on students’ test scores. Only 14% of applicants are accepted. After a year of 14-hour days, about 70% gain entry to one of the nation’s top three universities.

South Koreans are not alone in their discontent. Across Asia, reformers are pushing to make schools more “American”—even as some U.S. reformers make their own schools more “Asian”. In China, universities have begun fashioning new entry tests to target students with talents beyond book learning. And Taiwanese officials recently announced that kids will no longer have to take high-stress exams to get into high school. In South Korea, the apogee of extreme education, gets its reforms right, it could be a model for other societies.

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