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1、“六校联考” 第一次月考 高二英语试卷 第 1 页 共 11 页“四地六校”联考2015-2016 学年下学期第一次月考高二英语试题（考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分）：第卷 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，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. Why is the man going to New York?A. To have a holiday B. To

2、 attend a meeting C. To see his grandparents2. How was the weather at noon?A. Cool B. Cold C. Hot3. Who had a car accident?A. Bill B. Dick C. John4. What do the speakers think of Carl?A. Modest B. Kind C. Stubborn5. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man missed the meeting completely.B.

3、The man was late for the meeting.C. The man attended the meeting on time.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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. When did the womans grandmother give her the necklace?A. Before her death B.

4、At the womans wedding C. On the womans birthday7. Where is the beautiful vase from?A. Canada B. Japan C. China听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a bank B. At a restaurant C. At a hotel9. How does the woman feel at last?“六校联考” 第一次月考 高二英语试卷 第 2 页 共 11 页A. Quit

5、e surprised B. Very angry C. A little impatient听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Clerk and customer B. Boss the secretary C. Doctor and patient11. Where is the recreation centre?A. On the third floor B. On the second floor C. On the ground floor12. What kind o

6、f music isnt mentioned in the conversation?A. Country music B. Classical music C. Modern music听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Whom does the woman want to buy a piano for?A. Her daughter B. Her son C. Herself14. How does the woman feel about the price of the first piano?A. Quite reasonable B. Very high C. Very

7、low15. How much will the woman pay for the piano she will take?A. $ 1,000 B. $ 620 C. $ 60016. What do we know about the store?A. It is in New York B. It will deliver the piano for free C. It is not well-known听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the problem of some university students?A. They dont spend al

8、l their time on studies.B. They dont know what to do with their free time.C. They dont have choices for outside class activities.18. How was the students high school life?A. Controlled and busyB. Regular and colorfulC. Active and independent19. What is the role of outside class activities at univers

9、ity according to the man?A. To make students healthier and happierB. To arouse students learning interestC. To enrich students life experience20. What does the man advise the students to do?A. Learn to enjoy themselves.B. Learn to be their own mastersC. Learn to develop their potential“六校联考” 第一次月考 高

10、二英语试卷 第 3 页 共 11 页第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分 32 分)第一节（共 11 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 22 分）阅读下列短文,从每小题后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AF. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he

11、joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary： “ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the per

12、son dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.” This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned

13、(1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he p

14、ublished another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed

15、novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism. 21. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage

16、?A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 822. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgeralds life according to the passage?a. He became addicted to drinking.b. He studied at St. Paul Academy. c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.e. He failed to reo

17、rder his life.f. He joined the army and met Zelda.A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a23. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.B. was well educated and well off before he served in the armyC. would have completed mo

18、re works if his wife hadnt broken downD. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital“六校联考” 第一次月考 高二英语试卷 第 4 页 共 11 页BGo, known as Weiqi in China and Baduk in South Korea, was viewed as the last game where humans can defeat machines. Lee Se-dol, one of the greatest Go players

19、, has won 18 world championships for 21 years of his professional career. AlphaGo, a computer program developed by Googles DeepMind, beat the European Go champion, an achievement that was not expected for years in October, 2015.The match between Lee and AlphaGo was seen as a representative game betw

20、een humans and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The match of the century drew great attention from news organizations, Go fans and the general public across the world as well as in South Korea.Go originated from China more than 2,500 years ago. It involves two players who take turns putting markers on

21、a net-shaped board to gain more areas on it. One can occupy the markers of the rival (对手) by surrounding the pieces of the other. Go is considered to be a lot more complex than chess where artificial intelligence scored its most famous victory to date when IBMs Deep Blue beat grandmaster Gary Kaspar

22、ov in 1997.But experts say Go presents an entirely different challenge because of the games incomputable number of move options. In other words, the computer must be capable of human-like “intuition“ (直觉) to win.“I was very surprised because I did not think that I would lose the game,“ said Mr Lee.

23、He said AlphaGos early strategy was “excellent” and that he was shocked by one unconventional move it had made that a human never would have played.AlphaGo is proud of a deep learning capability to learn for itself and discover new strategies by playing games against itself and adjusting neural netw

24、orks (神经网络) based on a trial-and-error process known as reinforcement (强化) learning.In spite of his loss, he did not regret accepting the challenge. “I had a lot of fun playing Go and Im looking forward to the future games,” he said after AlphaGo won 3-0 in a five-game match.“Playing against a machi

25、ne is very different from an actual human player. Normally, you can sense your rivals breathing, their energy. And lots of times you make decisions which depend on the physical reactions of the person youre playing against. With a machine, you cant do that”, Lee said.24. Where can we most probably r

26、ead this text?A. In a personal diary B. In a science magazine C. In a science fiction D. In a travel guide25. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Only people in South Korea pay attention to the match between Lee and AlphaGo.B. Artificial intelligence rewrote the history as AlphaGo beat Gary Kasparov i

27、n 1997.C. AlphaGos early strategy was to play by regular moves the same as human beings. D. Lee Se-dol was convinced he would finally win the match before the series started.26. What did Lee think was the cause of his loss?A. AlphaGo had an excellent “六校联考” 第一次月考 高二英语试卷 第 5 页 共 11 页strategy and unco

28、nventional moves.B. He couldnt sense AlphaGos breathing and energy in the games.C. He made decisions depending on the rivals physical reactions.D. The designer of AlphaGo was a talent who couldnt be defeated. 27. This article is mainly about _.A. The differences between playing chess and Go B. The d

29、ifficulties Lee met in the match with AlphaGoC. The introduction of a match between Lee and AlphaGoD. The development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)CForeign Minister Wang Yi took questions from the press during a news conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions (两会) on Tuesday. Here are som

30、e of the highlights from Wangs remarks.The Group of Twenty (G20) Hangzhou Summit (峰会 ) is the most important diplomatic event China has hosted this year. We will try to break new ground from three new angles. First, we want to discover new sources of growth for innovation(创新). Second, we want to inj

31、ect new power into the world economy through reform. And third, we want to explore new prospects through development.By not accepting the arbitration(仲裁) case filed by the Philippines, the Chinese government is acting entirely according to the law. The Philippines practice is unlawful, unfaithful an

32、d unreasonable. Some people are trying to make waves (in the South China Sea) and some others are showing their forces. History will prove who is merely a guest and who the real host is.As far as China-Japan relations are concerned, the problem is that some politicians in Japan have the mistaken bel

33、iefs about China. Do they view China as a friend or enemy? As a partner or an adversary? The Japanese side should give serious thought to this question.In 2015, people from the Chinese mainland made 120 million traveling-aboard visits, a growth rate of almost 10%. More than 1 million Chinese are cur

34、rently working overseas and nearly 2 million Chinese are studying overseas. We will do everything on our part to provide protection and bear in mind that diplomacy must serve the people.28. What is the best title of the passage?A. Wang Yi meets the press B. The Group of Twenty (G20) Hangzhou SummitC

35、. China-Japan relations D. The arbitration case Between China and Philippines29. What is Wang Yis attitude toward the arbitration case filed by the Philippines in the text?A. Alarmed B. Supportive C. Critical D. Sympathetic30. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. The Group

36、of Twenty (G20) Summit is hosted in Hangzhou annually.B. It is by following the law that China wont accept the arbitration case.C. The situation between China and Japan is caused by the Japanese side.“六校联考” 第一次月考 高二英语试卷 第 6 页 共 11 页D. Mainland Chinese made about 110 million traveling-aboard visits i

37、n 2014.31. The underlined word “adversary” in paragraph 4 probably means _.A. relative B. competitor C. friend D. companion第二节（共 5 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.There are so many Confucian Temples (孔庙) around the world, especially in China. If Confucius were still ali

38、ve today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. 32 While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. Its nothing personal. Most Americans dont even remember

39、the birthdays of their own national heroes.33 In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese gov

40、ernment has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. 34 The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the disadvantages of

41、Westerners philosophy. 35 So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.36 Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will n

42、eed more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.A. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture.B. So the old thinkers ideas are still alive and well.C. Hed need a f

43、an or a strong wind to help him put them out.D. Why do Americans have no knowledge about Confucius?E. Students in the United States, in the meantime, are racing to learn Chinese.F. But this doesnt mean that Americans dont care about Confucius.“六校联考” 第一次月考 高二英语试卷 第 7 页 共 11 页G. This is because China

44、is becoming increasing powerful.第三部分 英语知识运用（共一节, 满分 30 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Little Amy, a six-year-old kid, arrived home when her parents were talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no

45、money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 37 mother with whispered desperation, “ 38 a miracle（奇迹）can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She 39 all the change out and counted it carefully. Then she 40 her way six blocks to the drugstore. “What do yo

46、u want?” asked the chemist. “Its 41 my little brother,” the girl answered. “Hes really, really sick and I want to buy a 42 . His name is Andrew and he has something 43 growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.” “We dont 44 miracles here, child. Im sorry,” the chemist sai

47、d, smiling 45 at the little girl.In the shop was a 46 customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother 47 ?” “I dont know,” she replied. “Hes really sick and mommy says he needs 48 . But my daddy cant pay for it, so I have brought my 49 .”“How much do

48、 you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents, 50 I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly. “Well, what a coincidence,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents the 51 price of a miracle for your little brother. 52 me to where you live. I want to see your brother and 53 your pa

49、rents.”That well dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon(外科医生). The operation was completed without 54 and it wasnt long before Andrew was 55 again and doing well.The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost . one dollar and eleven cents . plus the 56 of a little child.37. Aforgetful B hopeful Ccheerful Dtearful 38. ASimply B J