孝感高中2015—2016学年度高二上学期9月调研考试

英语试题

命题人：高二英语组 考试时间：120 分钟 分值：150分

第I卷

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。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．Where is the man’s jacket?

A．In the bedroom． B．In the car． C．In Mike’s house．

2．What did the woman do on the weekend?

A．She went on a camping trip．

B．She read a book．

C．She watched TV．

3．How will the woman go to Frazier’s Department Store?

A．By bus． B．By taxi． C．On foot．

4．What does the man think of traditional houses?

A．They are more attractive．

B．They have boring inside shapes．

C．They look unpleasant from the outside．

5．What are the speakers talking about?

A．What sport to do． B．When to do sport． C．Whether to do sport．

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。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。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。

听第6段段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What is the relationship between the speakers?

A．Teacher and student．

B．Classmates．

C．Mother and son．

7．What do we know about the man?

A．He spent little time reading English．

B．He didn’t do well in the English exam．

C．He advised the woman to speak more English．

听第7段段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What do the speakers think of the first violinist?

A．Dissatisfying． B．Popular． C．Wonderful．

9．What is said about the concert hall?

A．It offers red seats． B．It is dark inside． C．It looks like a spaceship．

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What does the man say about his new job?

A．He has much to learn．

B．His salary is quite satisfying．

C．He can deal with everything well．

11．What is the most important to the man in a job?

A．Development chances． B．Good salary． C．Work conditions．

12．What do we know about the man?

A．He doesn’t like working in foreign companies．

B．He didn’t have a clear career path in the past．

C．He is working in a state-owned company now．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．When did the washing machine first break down?

A．A few weeks ago． B．About 5 days ago． C．Yesterday．

14．What does the man think of the problem?

A．Annoying． B．Difficult． C．Easy．

15．How will the man deal with the washing machine?

A．Change a new motor．

B．Put the motor back in place．

C．Replace it for a new one．

16．What will the woman do next?

A．Pay for the repairs． B．Have something to drink．C．Check the machine．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Where does the woman live?

A．Near the sea． B．Near a forest． C．Near the mountains．

18．What is the woman good at?

A．Singing． B．Swimming． C．Skiing．

19．What is the woman’s favourite subject?

A．History． B．English． C．Geography．

20．What can we learn about the woman?

A．She is a guitarist in a band．

B．She wants to be a teacher in the future．

C．She likes spending summer in the mountains．

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30分）

A

I sometimes feel left out with my friends at the party．What can I do?

—Susan

Alice: Speak to your best friend before you arrive and ask her to make sure you don’t get left out of the group．That way, she’ll know to include you in all the fun．Make the effort to speak to some other people at the party．You might even make a new friend or two．

Sometimes I think parties get boring and I want to go home!

—Jenny

Alice: Even a great party will drag if you’re not enjoying yourself．Making the effort to dance and have a chat with your friends will beat the boredom! You don’t have to stay to the very end of the party．

Our school is having a Christmas dance party but I’m really shy．Shall I go or not?

—Emma

Alice: Part of you would like to go to the party, so give it a try．Let good friends know how you feel and make sure you’ll have people to dance with when the evening comes．Practice some fun dances so you’ll feel comfortable on the dance floor．

Whenever I go to a party, my dad comes to pick me up at 8 pm．I always have to leave earlier than the rest of my friends and I get really angry with my dad．

—Anny

Alice: Talk with your dad and let him know how you feel．It feels hard to have different rules from your friends but don’t worry too much—your friends are probably picked up soon after you anyway．

21．Alice advises Susan to _________．

A．stay with her friends B．ask her friend for help

C．leave the party at once D．make fun of her friends

22．The underlined word “drag” is closest in meaning to “_______”．

A．fail B．improve C．be boring D．be pleasant

23．What worries Anny?

A．Her dad is strict with her．

B．She always argues with her dad．

C．Nobody picks her up after the party．

D．She can’t go to the party with her friends．

24．Where can you probably find the text?

A．In a notice． B．In a guidebook．

C．In a famous novel． D．In a popular magazine．

B

The Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for the better.

Eleanor Johnson, an English professor, thinks that text messaging has made students believe that it is far more acceptable than it actually is to just make terrible spelling and grammatical errors. And she says her students over the past several years have increasingly used less formal English in their writing. Words and phrases like “guy” and “you know” now appear in research papers.

Professor Johnson supposes there is a strong relationship between the rise of informal online communication and an increase in writing mistakes. But she says there may not be much scientific information, at least not yet.

David Crystal, a British linguist(语言学家), says the actively changing nature of the Internet makes it difficult to keep up-to-date in studying its effects. But he believes its influence on language is small. The main effect of the Internet on language is the way it has added to the expressive richness of language, providing language with a new set of communicative tools that haven’t existed in the past.

Erin Jansen is founder of NetLingo.com, an online dictionary of the Internet and text messaging terms. She says the new technology has not changed existing language but has greatly added to its vocabulary. Basically it’s freedom of expression.

And what about those teachers who find these new kinds of mistakes in spelling and grammar in their students’ work? What is her message to them?

Erin Jansen said, “I am always on the students’ side and won’t get angry or upset about that. If it’s helping the kids write more or communicate more, that’s great. That’s what teachers and educators want—to get kids communicating.”

But Erin Jansen and David Crystal agree with Eleanor Johnson on at least one thing. Teachers need to make sure students understand the uses and rules of language.

25．Which of the following is Eleanor Johnson’s view on text messaging?

A．It becomes far more acceptable.

B．It causes an increase in writing mistakes.

C．It helps students learn informal expressions.

D．It makes informal expressions accepted by educators.

26．David Crystal and Erin Jansen share the view that the Internet ______.

A．has changed our language system

B．has influenced our language greatly

C．makes language richer in expression

D．makes language harder to understand

27．The author wants to tell us that _______.

A．different opinions on informal expressions exist

B．what language is now used on the Internet

C．informal expressions are popular among teachers

D．why the Internet is welcomed by all students

C

Dear Reader,

I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all—there wouldn’t be time enough in a day. That is why I am sending you this printed reply to your letter. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.

Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte’s Web? Well, many years ago I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That’s how the story of Stuart Little got started.

As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my barn（谷仓）is a very pleasant place to be, at all hours. One day when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was doomed to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save a pig’s life. I had been watching a big grey spider at her work and was impressed by how clever she was at weaving. Gradually I worked the spider into the story that you know, a story of friendship and salvation（拯救）on a farm. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)

Sometimes I’m asked how old I was when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early—as soon as I could spell. In fact, I can’t remember any time in my life when I wasn’t busy writing. I don’t know what caused me to do it, or why I enjoyed it, but I think children often find pleasure and satisfaction in trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was no good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing can be a way of earning a living.

Some of my readers want me to visit their school. Some want me to send a picture, or an autograph, or a book. And some ask questions about my family and my animals and my pets. Much as I’d like to, I can’t go visiting. I can’t send books, either—you can find them in a bookstore or a library. Many children assume that a writer owns (or even makes) his own books. This is not true—books are made by the publisher. If a writer wants a copy, he must buy it. That’s why I can’t send books. And I do not send signatures—I leave that to the movie stars. I live most of the year in the country, in New England. From our windows we can look out at the sea and the mountains. I live near my married son and three grandchildren.

Are my stories true, you ask? No, they are imaginary tales, containing fantastic characters and events. In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse; in real life, a spider doesn’t spin words in her web. In real life, a swan doesn’t blow a trumpet. B