2015年9月月初考试

高二英语试卷

考试时间120分钟 试题分数 150 命题人

注意事项： 1. 听力不计入总分；

2. 21—60题的答案请涂在答题卡上；

3. 61-70, 改错和作文请在答题纸上作答！

卷I

第一部分：听力

第一节

Whose wallet probably is it?

A. the woman’s B. The man’s C. Gina’s

2. What is the date today?

A. May 1st B. May 2nd C. May 3rd

3. Who made the woman’s personal web page?

A. She herself B. Her friend. C. The man

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A town B. An accident C. A murder

5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Relatives. B. Colleagues. D. Neighbors.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

6. What is the man doing?

A. Watching TV B. Listening to the radio. C. Reading the newspaper

7. Why are the rich and famous targets for being talked about according to the man?

A. The public are interested in them. B. The public want to laugh at them.

C. The public want to make them famous.

听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。

8. Why does the man look sad?

A. He had to stop his study. B. He failed his test again.

C. He couldn’t understand the foreigners.

9. How did the woman improve her French?

A. By reading French newspapers B. By watching French films. C. By speaking to herself.

10. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Be confident. B. Talk with foreigners C. Ask the teacher for advice.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A basketball game. B. A volleyball game. C. A football game.

12. Where did the man go to last night?

A. A club. B. A stadium . C. A meeting.

13. What did the audience think of the game?

A. Exciting B. Dangerous C. Unbelievable

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What does the woman think of the pink dress?

A. very cheap B. very dull C. of good quality

15. What color of the sweater does the man recommend?

A. White . B. Purple C. Black

16. What kind of jacket does the woman want ?

A. a leather one B. a light one C. an expensive one

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

17. What was Professor Rudd’s trouble?

A. lack of confidence B. lack of intelligence . C. absent-mindedness

18. What did the professor decided to do one hot summer day?

A. Visit his children who live near the beach.

B. Have a holiday with his children on the beach.

C. Take his children to visit his friend in a seaside town.

19. What happened to the professor when he arrived at the station ?

A. he couldn’t contact his friend. B. He couldn’t find his train tickets.

C. he couldn’t remember the destination.

20. Why did the professor come back home for the 2nd time?

A. he forgot his friend’s address. B. he lost the paper his wife had given him.

C. he forgot to take the train tickets with him.

第二部分：阅读理解（ 共 2 节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source (源头)of possible failure and public humiliation（侮辱）. When children are little we make them read aloud before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are reading. This means that when they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously. One day soon after school had started, I said to them, "Now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that's enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you what words mean. " The children sat stunned and silent. Was this teacher talking seriously？One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, Mr Holt, do you really mean that" I said just as seriously "？ I mean every word of it. During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations(插图) I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, "It can't be," and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in edition with woodcuts. I said, "Don't you find parts of it rather heavy going" She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part. " This is exactly what reading, I think ,should be ：find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, and then go on to something else. 21. According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from______ .A. reading little and thinking little? B. reading often and adventurouslyC. being made to read too much D. being made to read aloud before others22. The teacher told his students to read______ .A. for enjoyment B. for knowledgeC. for a larger vocabulary D. for higher scores in exams23. Upon hearing the teacher's talk, the children probably felt that _______.A. it sounded stupid B. it was not surprising at allC. it sounded too good to be true D. it was no different from other teachers' talk24. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.

B

No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids(金字塔) near Cairo. But a new study suggests long-ago builders could have tied wooden poles to the stones and rolled them across the sand, the scientists say. “Strictly speaking, I think what they’re suggesting is possible,” physicist Daniel Bonn said. People have long been puzzled over how the Egyptians moved such huge rocks to the pyramid site from about one kilometer away. And there’s no clear answer.

The most popular view is that Egyptian workers slid the blocks(石块) along smooth paths. Many scientists suspect workers first would have put the blocks on sleds(滑板). Then they would have dragged them along paths. To make the work easier, workers may have?lubricated（润滑） the paths?either with wet clay or with the fat from cattle. Bonn has now tested this idea by building small sleds and dragging heavy objects over sand. Evidence(证据) from the sand supports this idea. Researchers found small amounts of fat, as well as a large amount of stone and the remains of paths. However, physicist Joseph West think there might have been a simpler way, who led the new study. West said, “I was inspired while watching a television program：Why don’t they just try rolling the things ? A square (方形) could be turned into a rough sort of wheel by tying wooden poles to its sides .That should make a block of stone easier to roll than a square”. So he tried?it. He and his students tied some poles to each of four sides of a 30-kilogram stone block. That action turned the block into somewhat a wheel. The researchers found they could easily roll the block along different kinds of paths. They calculated that rolling the block required about as much force as moving it along a slippery(滑的)path. West thinks rolling has clear advantages over sliding. At least, workers wouldn’t have needed to carry cattle fat or water to smooth the paths.25.It’s widely believed that the stone blocks were moved to the pyramid site by ______.A. rolling them on roads B. pushing them over the sandC. sliding them on smooth paths D. dragging them on some poles26.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refer to?A.Rolling the blocks with poles tied. B.Rolling the blocks on wooden wheels.C.Rolling poles to move the blocks. D.rolling the blocks with fat.27. Why is rolling better than sliding according to West ?A. Because more force is needed for sliding.

B. Because rolling work can be done by fewer cattle.C. Because sliding on smooth road is more dangerous.D. Because less preparation on path is needed for rolling.28. What is the text mainly about ?A. An experiment on ways of moving blocks to the pyramid site.B. An application of the method of moving blocks to the pyramid site.C. An argument about different methods of moving blocks to the pyramid site.D. An introduction to a possible new way of moving blocks to the pyramid site.

C

Nothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability（残疾）for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey. And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin's chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). The smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we complained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right. For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter. As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrot