1、第 1 页 共 11 页重 庆 市 中 山 外 国 语 学 校 2018 年 高 二 第 五 次 月 考英 语本 试 卷 分 第 卷 ( 选 择 题 ) 和 第 卷 ( 非 选 择 题 ) 两 部 分 。 满 分 150 分 , 考 试 时 间为 120 分 钟 。 第 卷第 一 部 分 听 力 ( 共 两 节 , 满 分 30 分 )第 一 节 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
2、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. What does the man say about the TV drama?A. It s too long. B. It s not interesting. C. There are lots of ads.2. When will Bob get to Amy s house?A. At 11:20. B. At 10:20. C. At 10:00.来 源 :学 科 网 3. What kind of music does the man like?A. J
3、azz. B. Rock. C. Opera.4. Where will the speakers go?A. To the seaside. B. To a playground. C. To a swimming pool.5. How old is the woman now?A. Sixteen years old. B. Fifteen years old. C. Eleven years old.第 二 节听 第 6 段 材 料 , 回 答 第 6、 7 题 。6. What does the man want to do?A. Work hard. B. Go to Irelan
4、d. C. Pay for the woman s vacation.7. What does the woman think of her trip last year?A. It cost a lot. B. It wasn t fun enough. C. It made her very tired.听 第 7 段 材 料 , 回 答 第 8、 9 题 。8. Where did Sara paint the pictures?A. In her bedroom. B. In the kitchen. C. In her classroom.9. What is in the sky
5、in Sara s pictures?A. A house. B. A plane. C. Her father.听 第 8 段 材 料 , 回 答 第 10 至 12 题 。10. Who is the second book about?第 2 页 共 11 页A. A famous scientist. B. A Chinese writer. C. A national hero.11. What is the woman s daughter interested in?A. Sports. B. Science. C. History.12. Where are the speak
6、ers?A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a classroom.听 第 9 段 材 料 , 回 答 第 13 至 16 题 。13. What is in the kitchen drawer?A. A ruler. B. An eraser. C. Some pens.14. What grade is the girl in?A. The fifth grade. B. The sixth grade. C. The eighth grade.15. What will the man buy for the girl?A. An MP3
7、 player. B. A computer. C. A calculator.16. How much of his own money will the man pay?A. $99. B. $89. C. $10.听 第 10 段 材 料 , 回 答 第 17 至 20 题 。17. What does the boy look like?A. He has red hair.B. He has blue eyes.C. He is wearing a white T-shirt.18. What information can the boy give?A. His name. B.
8、His address. C. His mother s name.19. Where was the boy found?A. In the toy section.B. In the book section.C. In the clothing section.20. What does the speaker want the boy s mother to do?A. Come back to the store. B. Finish her shopping. C. Pick up the boy.第 二 部 分 阅 读 理 解 ( 共 两 节 , 满 分 40 分 )第 一 节
9、( 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 ,并 在 题 卡 上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。ALAS VEGAS It was different in the light of day.There was no pop, pop, pop of gunfire, no screams. Just a quiet lot of cars第 3 页 共 11 页abandoned by those, like Kassidy Owen, wh
10、o escaped with their lives.“Its strange to hear the silence,” Owen said, “because all I remember was thenoise.”The 22-year-old was one of dozens of concertgoers who returned to the scene ofthe Route 91 Harvest festival on Wednesday morning to fetch the vehicles they leftbehind as they fled from a gu
11、nman raining down bullets from high above in the towerof the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.Survivors of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday needed their cars tomove on with their lives to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first timethey were returning to a
12、scene that would forever change them, when joy andcelebration and music turned into killing and horror.Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where theythought they were going to die.Owen had run to her car to hide and had tried to drive away, but she couldnt.People were ru
13、nning, bodies dropped to the ground, and cars bottlenecked in theparking lot. During a brief pause after more than 10 minutes of gunfire, she worried thelights of her SUV made everyone inside a shining target.“Theyre shooting again!” her best friends brother screamed. “Turn off the car!”Thats when s
14、he got out and fled.“I just remember shutting the door and running,” Owen said.Now, nearly three days later, she was back, sitting in the drivers seat of her SUV.Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.“You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.21. Why did Kass
15、idy Owen return to the scene of terror?A. To get back her car for daily life.B. To show sympathy to the victims.C. To search for her missing friends.来 源 :Zxxk.ComD. To look into the cause of the shooting.22. Where was the gunman when the mass shooting happened?A. Behind a car. B. In the parking lot.
16、 C. On the stage. D.In a tall building.第 4 页 共 11 页23. Why did Owen keep hearing the gunshots in her head?A. Because she had escaped being caught.B. Because she wanted to find the gunman.C. Because she couldnt rid herself of those terrible scenes.D. Because she had saved others lives by turning off
17、the car.24. Where is the text probably taken from?A. A story book. B. A newspaper. C. A guide book. D. A research report.BHere is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone cant make us tire It soundsabsurd(怪 诞 ) But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain
18、couldlabor without reaching a stage of fatigue(疲 劳 ) To the amazement of these scientists, theydiscovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! Ifwe took a drop of blood from a day laborer, we would find it full of fatigue toxins and fatigueproducts But if
19、 we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatiguetoxins at the end of the daySo far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or eventwelve hours of effort as at the beginning The brain is totally tireless So what makes us tired?Some s
20、cientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotionalattitudes One of Englands most outstanding scientists, J A Hadfield, says, “The greaterpart of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin In fact, fatigue of purely physicalorigin is rare ”Dr Brill, a famous Amer
21、ican scientist, goes even further, He declares, “Onehundred percent of the fatigue of sitting worker in good health is due to emotionalproblems ”What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling ofbeing bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being
22、 appreciatedthose arethe emotions that tire sitting workers Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue We get tiredbecause our emotions produce nervousness in the body25 What surprised the scientists a few years ago?A Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborers blood第 5 页 共 11 页B Albert Einste
23、in didnt feel worn after a days work.C The brain could work for many hours without fatigue.D A mental workers blood was filled with fatigue toxins26 According to the author, which of the following can make sitting workers tired?A Challenging mental work B Unpleasant emotionsC Endless tasks D Physica
24、l labor27 Whats the authors attitude towards the scientists idea?A He agrees with them B He doubts themC He argues against them D He hesitates to accept them28 We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energetic, sitting workers need to_A have some good food B discover fatigue toxinsC exer
25、cise regularly D enjoy their workCWhen Marco Polo travelled to Hangzhou, China 700 hundred years ago, never had hethought hed be creating a job of social media ambassador(大 使 ) in the 21st century in China.On May 20, one lucky foreigner would be selected to become the present Marco Polo,getting a fr
26、ee 15-day trip to the scenic city of Hangzhou in China, and rewarded $55,000 in thenext year for working part-time to promote the city to the global audience. Five finalists fromAustralia, Romania, U.S., Switzerland and France were in the final race. They came from a poolof 700 applicants from aroun
27、d the world, carefully selected by the Hangzhou TourismCommission on their familiarity with China, social media presence and adventurous spirit.Located about 100 miles southwest to Shanghai, Hangzhou is home to 844 millionpopulation and among Chinas richest cities as measures by per-capita GDP. Trad
28、itionally,Hangzhou is known for its charming West Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site with traditionalChinese stories and tales, and the Grand Canal, which travels from Hangzhou to Beijing andwas a key route of transportation in ancient China. The city s mild climate and charmingenvironment drew 97 m
29、illion tourists last year, taking up 6.5% of the citys GDP.The lucky winner would start an all-expense-paid trip to Hangzhou, which, in addition tovisits to tourist sites and tastings of delicious food, also would include a four-day ride along the第 6 页 共 11 页Grand Canal and three evenings spent at a
30、 local residents home.“It is in fact a part-time job. How you work that out efficiently is your problem,” LiamBates, perhaps the strongest competitor because of his fluent Chinese, said. “We will see howhard it is to meet these numbers.”29. The purpose of Hangzhou choosing a social media ambassador
31、is to _.A. keep Marco Polo in peoples memoriesB. attract more foreign tourists to ChinaC. encourage more foreigners to speak ChineseD. explore a new route of transportation30. From paragraph 3, we know that _.A. Hangzhou is 100 miles northwest to ShanghaiB. 8.8 million visitors came to Hangzhou in 2
32、015C. tourism plays an important part in the GDP of HangzhouD. the Grand Canal travels from Hangzhou to Shanghai31. Liam Bates was most likely to get the job mainly due to his _.A. travel experience B. fluent ChineseC. adventurous spirit D. excellent videos32. Which of the following might be the bes
33、t title for this passage?A. Hangzhou rewards international visitors to ChinaB. Liam Bates creates a dream job of social media ambassadorC. Dream job in China$55,000 to the modern-day Marco PoloD. Hangzhou, a famous city for West Lake and the Great CanalDImagine you are on a beautiful tropical beach.
34、 The blue water shines in the sun, andthe sand is warm under your feet. You notice a small fruit in the sand. It looks like a littlegreen apple. You pick it up and smell it it smells sweet. But whatever you do. Donttake a bite!This is the fruit of the manchineel tree. It is the most poisonous tree i
35、n America. Youcan find it in Florida, as well as in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.If you were to eat the fruit, it would taste delicious. But then your mouth would第 7 页 共 11 页start to burn. Your throat would tighten and make it difficult to breathe. You could evendie.The fruit isnt the
36、only risky part of the manchineel tree. The tree is full of milkywhite sap. Sap is a liquid that flows through a plant, like blood flows through a person.The manchineels sap is hazardous. If it gets on your skin, it will cause painful blisters.So dont try to cut down these trees, because you could g
37、et sap all over you!And if you try to burn manchineel wood, the smoke will choke and blind you.Manchineel trees are dangerous, but theyre also an important part of theenvironments where they grow. Manchineels protect beaches with their strong roots.The roots help stop sand and soil from washing away
38、. This is good for the plants,animals, and people living nearby. There arent many manchineel trees left in the world.So even though theyre harmful, people are trying to protect them. Still, if you see one,stay away!33. What do we know about the manchineel tree?A. It looks ugly.B. Its fruit is danger
39、ous.C. Its fruit tastes terrible.D. It grows in cool places.34. What does the underlined word “hazardous” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Clear. B. Smelly. C. Sweet. D. Unsafe.35. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To help people choose fruit.B. To introduce the manchineel tree.C. To
40、 improve peoples sense of safety.D. To attract people to tropical beaches.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 。 How Can I Fight Laziness?Lazy people will never be equal to anything in life. However, laziness can be第 8 页
41、共 11 页defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind._36_. Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and getup too early to prepare for work. These people have little interest once they arrivehome. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of interest and a tendency to pu
42、t offthings. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest,you can fight laziness throughout the day.Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Somepeople treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a mor
43、eactive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone._37_Some people fight laziness by removing the tempta tions(诱 惑 ) that surround them.A television in the living room may provide relaxation, but watching too much TV oftenleads to laziness. _38_complete a few tasks and rewar
44、d yourself with what youenjoy, such as a good dinner or a film.Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all havedifferent energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not dealt with immediately._39_ Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the h
45、ome mayeventually follow your example and perform their own task. It is difficult to practicelaziness when you are surrounded by motivated people._40_ enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthylifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.A. T
46、o fight family laziness, set an example.B. Knowing how to fight laziness is important.C. One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.D. Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness.E. With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal.F. Laziness sets in when you
47、 no longer feel in charge of your own life.G. Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for a child.第 三 部 分 英 语 知 识 运 用 ( 共 两 节 , 满 分 45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 , 从 短 文 后 各 题 所 给 的 四 个 选 项 ( A、 B、 C 和 D) 中 , 选 出 可 以 填 人空 白 处 的 最 佳 选 项 , 并 在 答 题 卡
48、上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。12-year-old Makenna is showing the world that youre never too young to havesocial conscience(良 知 ). To help the 41 people in her community, shes spent thepast three winters collecting and 42 thousands of coats.第 9 页 共 11 页It all 43 three years ago, when Makenna watched a TV show about t
49、he 44faced by the homeless during the cold winter. Deeply 45 by their condition, shesoon came up with a simple 46 to go around her neighborhood, asking peopleto 47 all the coats they could 48 . All she had to do was find a way to 49the word, collect the coats, and get them to the homeless. 50 , her parents werevery 51 and willing to help anyway they could. So in October, 2013, Makenna 52leaflets( 传 单 ) on her computer and asked her parents