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长沙市第一中学2016-2017学年度下学年高二英语第二次月考试题

时量:120分钟 总分:150分 普通班

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2.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试题上无效。

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Section A（22.5 marks）

Directions:In this section,you will hear six conversations between two speakers.For each conversation,there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A,B and C.Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1.What do the two speakers think of Maria’s singing?

A.Bad. B.Excellent. C.Ordinary.

2.What will Maria probably become in the future?

A.A musician. B.A writer. C.A teacher.

Conversation 2

3.What is the woman?

A.A tour guide. B.A shop assistant. C.A hotel waitress.

4.How many members are there in the group?

A.15 people. B.20 people. C.25 people.

Conversation 3

5.What are the two speakers doing?

A.Debating about money. B.Betting on the winning team. C.Watching the match.

6.Which team does the man support?

A.The Yankees. B.The Bull. C.The Red Sox.

Conversation 4

7.What do we know about Mrs. Smith?

A.She taught the man to cook. B.She is very unfriendly. C.She is an excellent cook.

8.Where did the man speaker have the picnic?

A.On an island. B.On a hill. C.In a boat.

9.What does the man speaker think of the picnic?

A.Disappointing and tiring. B.Pleasant and unforgettable. C.Hard to say.

Conversation 5

10.Why does Jim have to be fired?

A.There is a crisis and new machine. B.He is late for job. C.He’s got other job offers.

11.What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A.Headmaster and teacher. B.Manager and secretary. C.Director and actress.

12.What do we know about the man speaker?

A.He has ever been dismissed. B.He needn’t talk to Jim himself. C.He asked Sara to work here.

Conversation 6

13.Why do the speakers have to speak louder?

A.They are very scared. B.The lights have gone off. C.They are going inside the Pyramid.

14.How does the woman find the way out?

A.She has a local guide. B.She’s got some matches. C.She has got a torch.

15.How does the man speaker find the trip?

A.Attractive. B.Frightening. C.Fantastic.

Section B（7.5 marks）

Directions:In this section,you will hear a short passage.Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

 17

Strengths



Jane’s husband

big and strong and handsome

very much of 19



 16 husband

just the 18

good at 20 ;much of a family man





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）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

We now think of chocolate as sweet, but once it was bitter. We think of it as a candy, but once it was a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it’s an ingredient(配料) in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called “mole” and pour it over chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers. Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say “Ugh!” and run away. Workers must first dry and then roast the beans. This removes the bitter taste. The word “chocolate” comes from a Mayan word. The Maya was an ancient people who once lived in Mexico. They valued the cacao tree. Some used the beans for money, while others crushed them to make a drink. When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they started drinking cacao too. Because the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. No one had the idea of adding sugar. The Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes. Wealthy people drank cacao and said it was good for the digestion（消化）. In the 1800s, the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao. It quickly became a cheap and popular drink. Soon afterwards, a factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate. Later on, another factory mixed milk and chocolate together. People liked the taste of milk chocolate even better. Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie. Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and, of course, an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.

21. It was ________that discovered sugar could remove the bitter taste of cacao. A. The workers in a chocolate factory B. The Spaniards C. Americans D. The owner of a chocolate factory22. According to the passage which of the following statements is true? A. Nobody had the idea of adding sugar until the sixteenth century. B. The word “chocolate” comes from a Mexican word. C. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys like them. D. Workers must dry and roast the beans to remove the bitter taste.23. The Spaniards think that cacao was a medicine because________ A. it was strong and bitter. B. it was good for digestion. C. it cured man’s diseases. D. it was a kind of drink for good health.24. Which is the right time order of the events about chocolate? a. Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England. b. A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate. c. The Spaniards started drinking cacao. d. It was found that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao. e. A factory mixed milk and chocolate together.  A. a-b-c-d-e　 B. c-d-e-b-a　　 C. c-d-a-b-e　　 D. c-d-b-e-a

B

Who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

Jane Addams (1860 - 1935)

Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She created shelters, education opportunities and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964)

Rachel Carson was born in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania in America. The popular 1962 book “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson made people realize the dangers and the harmful effects of pollution on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.

Angela Merkel (1954 - )

In 2005, Germans chose Angela Merkel as their first woman head of the country. She had been a scientist in the past. As Germany’s leader, she has had an effect on the whole world.

Sandra Day O’Connor (1930 - )

When Sandra Day O’Connor finished her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work because she was a woman. However, she became the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981 after years of hard work.

Margaret Thatcher (1925 -2013)

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first woman Prime Minister. She served until 1990, which made her the first British leader to serve three terms in a row. Because of her high standards and strong will, people called her Britain’s Iron Lady.

Marie Curie (1867-1924)

Polish-born scientist Marie Curie discovered that some types of metal give off energy called radiation (辐射). Her research led to new medical treatments and arms. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.

25.Who once won the Nobel Prize?

A．Jane Addams and Marie Curie.

B．Jane Addams and Margaret Thatcher.

C．Marie Curie and Angela Merkel.

D．Marie Curie and Rachel Carson.

26.We can infer from the text that Rachel Carson worked to _____.

A．help the poor B．spread geographic knowledge

C．protect the environment D．protect the rights of women

27.What do Angela Merkel and Margaret Thatcher have in common?

A．Both of them were scientists before coming to power.

B．Both of them are the first woman head of their country.

C．Both of them are famous for being strict.

D．Both of them are still in office now.

28.Who once failed to find a job?

A．Jane Addams. B．Sandra Day O’Connor.

C．Rachel Carson. D．Margaret Thatcher.

C

Read a lot, I mean a lot! You have to increase your ability for reading. Many students are in the habit of reading only when their exams are approaching while some others read only what they are taught or things that must be read because it is in their curriculum. But listen to me now, I am telling you from my own experience that it is a very bad habit and it is not enough to improve your intelligence.

You have to learn and get ready to become versatile in your reading. The fact that you are studying medicine in school does not mean that you should not know one or two things on politics.

Many people have complained to me that they find it hard to read stuffs like novels but I just shake my head in pity for them because it is obvious they have failed to realize the truth in that wise saying by Margaret Fuller that “today a reader, tomorrow a leader!”

When you read, you get to “see” so many places and it will be as if you have visited those places in real life. This is because reading will improve your imagination and creativity and understanding. You also get experience from learning about how people dealt with their various problems thereby saving you from going through the pains and difficulties they must have gone through!

Reading will also help you in improving your vocabulary because you will certainly start coming across so many new words which you will try as much as possible to get used to with the help of the dictionary. The good thing about increasing your vocabulary is that it will also improve your thinking ability. After all, we think in words and the more words you know, the easier it will become for you to express yourself or your thoughts.

And when you read, make sure you read so wide because the more you read, the more you know and the more you know the more intelligent you can become.

29. The underlined word “versatile” in Paragraph 2 is closest in