1、 大冶市实验高中 2016 年秋季高二年级第一次月考 英语试卷 （考试时间： 120 分钟，满分： 150 分） 命题人：刘楚雄 祝考试顺利 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 ) 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从中所给的 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 did the man do during his holiday? A.He went swimming. B.He went ska
2、ting. C.He played tennis. 2.What does the woman mean? A.The seats are not in the same now. B.The performance starts at eight. C.She could only get one ticket. 3.Why should the man apologize? A.He forgot to call Jane. B.He quarreled with Jane. C.He told a lie yesterday. 4.What makes the prices differ
3、ent? A.The style. B.The material (材料 ). C.The size. 5.How often does the man exercise in summer? A.Three times a week. B.Six times a week. C.Five times a week. 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 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，各小题给出 5
4、 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或对白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、 7 题。 6.What is the man going to do tomorrow afternoon? A. Drink tea wi th the woman. B.Drink some coffee. C.Buy some tea.来源 :学科网 7.What do we know about the man ? A.He used to prefer tea to coffee. B.He knows nothing about Chinas tea culture. C.He is interested i
5、n Chinas tea culture. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、 9 题。 8.What are the speakers talking about? A.How to talk to John. B.How to push (迫使 ) John into working. C.How to solve Johns problem. 9.Why is John upset ? A.He has quarreled with his girlfriend. B.He worries about the project. C.He has some trouble with his p
6、arents. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10.Who is the woman ? A.The boss. B.The head waitress (女领班 ). C.The customer. 11.Why does the man want to have a word with the woman ? A.He has been kept waiting for too long. B.He wants to pay the bill. C.He wants to complain (抱怨 ) about the foods taste. 12.How does
7、the woman sound ? A.Impolite. B.Patient. C.Tired. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13.What is the possible relationship(关系 )between the speakers? A.Teacher and student. B.Interviewer(采访者 )and interviewee(被采访者 ). C.Friends. 14.What is the mans idea of perfect happiness? A.Being in good health. B.Living with h
8、is family. C.Having a lot of friends. 15.What is the mans greatest love? A.His work. B.His family. C.His traveling. 16.What can we learn about the mans father? A.He kept a flower shop. B.He was a teacher. C.He studied culture. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.What is the topic of the discussion? A.Wealth
9、（财富） . B.Happiness. C.Future. 18.How do many students wish to a lot of wealth? A. By working hard. B.By improving themselves. C.From their parents. 19.What is the speakers attitude towards most studentsideas? A.Disagreeable. B.Agreeable. C.Neutral (中立的 ). 20.What is the most valuable for the speaker
10、? A.Wealth. B.Fame（名声） . C.Knowledge. 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 ) 阅读下列短文，从每题 所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Advertisements(广告 )are seen everywhere in our daily life. The word advertising refers to any kind of public announcement that brings products and services to the
11、attention of people. Throughout history, advertising has been an effective way to promote (促进 ) the trading and selling of goods. In the Middle Ages, merchants employed town criers to read the public messages aloud to promote their goods. When printing was invented in the fifteenth century, pages of
12、 advertisements (ads) could be printed easily and were either hung in public places or put in books. By the end of the seventeenth century, when newspapers were beginning to be read by more people, printed materials became an important way to promote products and services.London Gazette was the firs
13、t newspaper to set aside a place just for advertising. This was so successful that by the end of the century several companies started businesses for the purpose of making newspaper ads for merchants. Advertising spread quickly throughout the eighteenth century. Ad writers were starting to pay more
14、attention to the design of the ad text. Everything, from clothes to drinks, was promoted with clever methods such as reception of the firms name or product words organized in eye-catching patterns, the use of pretty pictures and expressions easy to remember. Near the end of the nineteenth century, c
15、ompanies that were devoted to the production of ads came to be known as “advertising agencies (广告商 ).“ The agencies developed new ways to get people to think of themselves as members of a group. Throughout the twentieth century, advertising agencies promoted consumerism (消费主义 ) as a way of life， spr
16、eading the belief that people could be happy only if they bought the “right“ products. 21. What kind of advertising appeared in the 1400s? A. Merchants were employed to promote their goods. B. All product information was included in books. C. People heard advertisements shouted. D. People could read
17、 advertisements in public places. 22. What can we infer from the passage? A. In the beginning, people did not read advertisements. B. In the fifteenth century, only printing form of advertising existed. C. Newspapers are also called advertising agencies. D. Printing advertisements are the latest for
18、m of advertising. 23. What can you learn about London Gazette? A. It was an advertising agency. B. It was a newspaper had special place for advertising. C. It was the first advertisement in London. D. It was a new way of life. 24. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage. A. Th
19、e Importance of Newspaper Advertisements. B. The Value of Designs in Advertising. C. The Story of Printed Advertisements. D. The Development of Advertisement. B Im very proud of my son, who is considerate and has a loving heart. When my son was 11 years old, he got a small job helping out with a tra
20、veling carnival in our town. He didnt come home at lunch time, phoning instead to tell me he was fine and had found a few days work helping out at an exhibit. He turned up for supper as usual however after he finished work. I asked him how he had managed at lunch and he told me he had made some new
21、friends at the carnival, some young men who were twin brothers, and their mom and dad. They had paid him a few dollars and invited him for lunch in return for helping them set up their exhibit and wanted him to return the next day to help with other chores (杂务 ). I was glad he had found new friends
22、but a little worried about t he type of people who might be traveling in a carnival. “Oh, Mom, these are just normal everyday people like anyone else. They just work at a carnival instead of in a store or something“. “Come down tomorrow and meet them yourself,“ he said. So the next day I went to the
23、 carnival and to the exhibit he had directed me to. The twin brothers turned out to be Siamese (连体的 ) twins, joined at the chest. He hadnt thought this fact was noteworthy enough to mention. When I brought it to him, he said, “Yes, I noticed that too. Do you know that their mom has to make all their
24、 clothes because its so difficult to find anything to fit them? Theyre also really good cooks. Today, Joe, the one on the right, made me spaghetti (意大利面条 ) for lunch.“ What others see first in a person is not what a child considers important. Where I saw Siamese twins, he saw people having difficult
25、y buying clothes that fit, and young men who were good cooks. It was a lesson I have thought about many times over the years. 25.From the second paragraph we know that _. A. The authors son usually went home to have supper B. The authors son could make a living by helping at the exhibit C. The autho
26、rs son disliked meeting his parents at home D. The authors son was good at communicating with others 26.The author was worried about the new friends her son made because_. A. she feared the people at the carnival were not friendly to her son B. her son simply believed in strangers C. she thought peo
27、ple traveling in a carnival were not so reliable D. the carnival was suitable for children 27. By telling the story, the author tries to tell us A. ones appearance is very important. B. Its never too late to learn. C. We should not worry about our children D. Children look at people in a different w
28、ay. C Events Long March exhibit The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的 )bases in Jiangxi Province and
29、fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20. Time: 10:00 am4:00 pm. Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road Admission:8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreigners Thai elephants Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visito
30、rs at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouth-organ. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比赛 )with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and
31、 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15. Address: 189 Daduhe Road Admission: 30-40 yuan Dancing dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and soing math by tapping their tails have made the
32、 dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for chidren. Seals and sea lions also perform. Hours:10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm来源 :Zxxk.Com Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children. 28. If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the
33、 admission? A. 16 yuan B. 23 yuan C. 30 yuan D. 20 yuan 29. At the exhibition, you will see _. A. many articles written by famous writers B. many things left by the Red Army C. books on the Long March D. many photos and pictures about the Long Match. 30. Which of the following is NOT done by the Tha
34、i elephants? A. Riding bicycles. B. Blowing a mouth-organ C. Doing math D. Having a tug-of-war with people. 31. The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see_. A. not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform B. only seals and sea lions perform C. only dolphins perform D. only
35、seals perform D Xinhua News-The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the citys employment problems. The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,
36、000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or party secretaries in suburban areas. People interested in jobs in Beijings rural villages and towns can send applications to Beijing Municipal Bureau of Personnel or log on to from February 1 through March 15. “We hope university gr
37、aduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers,” Sun Zhenyu, the Deputy Director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency. The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan in the first year, 2,500 yu
38、an the second year and 3,000 the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said. Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the citys countryside. After majoring in Industial and Commercial Admini
39、stration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijings Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her eff
40、orts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year. Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to the figures provided by the Ministry of Education. The ministry predicts that 4.95 million students wil
41、l graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.In Beijing, a record of 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered
42、jobs, according to Beijing Personel Bureau. 32. From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that _. A. Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers plant organic strawberries B. local farmers can get big harvests if the y work together with her C. the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you
43、will be successful D. university graduate can realize their value no matter where they work 33. The underlined word “recruit” in the first paragraph probably means _. A. force B. employ C. encourage D. train 34. The last two paragraphs seem to tell us that _. A. it is not easy for graduates to find
44、jobs nowadays B. more and more graduates will work as junior officials C. the universities should not enroll so many students D. there are more and more jobs provided by the Ministry of Education 35. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? A. The Governments Help for Universit
45、y Graduates B. A Good Choice for University Graduates C. Job Hunting for University Graduates D. What is the Best Career? 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。 Negotiation(洽谈 )lies beneath every human communication, says Stuart Diamond, the Wharton Business School pro
46、fessor and author of Getting more. “Negotiation should not be a dance, or a fencing match or a game,” he says. “Its just a conversation. 36 ” In your local grocery store, for example, Diamond recommends connecting with the people who work there. 37 When dealing with a difficult situation, such as ta
47、lking with a customer service worker on the phone, hold back your frustration and recognize the person.” If I can, I want to get involved in a conversation, Whats your name? Where are you located?” he says. “People on the other end of the line are so tired from being beaten up all day by customers.
48、38” Discuss your goals for the phone call and ask the worker if he can help or refer you to someone else. 39 After all, it mo st likely isnt his fault. You should be thankful for his advice, Diamond says. 40 That way, you can better know the needs of others and learn how to reach your own goals by satisfying their desire
