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高二英语月考卷
2014-2015学年度高二英语第一次月考试题
一、语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
Inordertoknowaforeignlanguagethoroughly,fourthingsareneccessary.Firstly,wemustunderstandthelanguagewhenwehear ___1__ spoken..Secondly,wemustbeabletospeakitcorrectlywithconfidenceandwithouthesitation.__2___,wemustbeabletoreadthelanguage,andfourthly,wemustbeabletowriteit.Wemustbeabletomakesentencesthataregrammaticallycorrect.
Thereisnoeasywaytosuccess___3_____languagelearning.4goodmemoryisofgreathelp,butitisnotenoughonly_____5____(memorize)rulesfromagrammarbook.Itisnotmuchuselearningbyheartlonglistofwordsand_____6_____meaning,studyingthedictionaryandsoon.Wemustlearnbyusingthelanguage._____7_____wearesatisfiedwithonlyafewruleswehavememorized,wearenotreallylearningthelanguang.“Learnthroughuse”isagoodpieceof____8_____(advise)forthose_____9____arestudyinganewlanguage.Practiceisimportant.Wemustpractisespeakingand____10____(write)thelanguagewheneverwecan.
二、完形填空(每小题1.5分,共30分)
Whatwillmanbelikeinthefuture—in5000oreven50000yearsfromnowon?
Wecanonlymake__11__,ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbe__12__fromwhatheistoday.Formanisslowlychangingallthetime.
Letustakeanobvious__13__.Man,evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorterthanheistoday.Now,onaverage,menareaboutthreeinches__14__.Fivehundredyearsisrelativelyshortperiodoftime,sowemayassumethatmanwill__15__togrowtaller.
Again,inthemodernworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal.__16__,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20%ofthebrain'scapacity.Withtimegoingon,__17__,weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andeventuallyweshallneed__18__ones!
Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetoo:
the__19__,inparticulartheforehead,willgrowlarger.
Nowadaysoureyesarein__20__use.Infact,weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecome__21__andwehavetowearglasses.__22__oververylongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman'seyeswillgrowstronger.
Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These,__23__,arelikelytogrowweaker.Atthesametime,however,ourfingerswillgrowmore__24__becausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlife.
Butwhatabouthair?
Thiswillprobably__25__fromthebodyaltogetherincourseoftimebecauseitdoesn'tserveausefulpurposeanylonger.
Perhapsallthisgivesthe__26__thatfuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat!
Thismaywellbe__27__.Allthesame,inspiteofallthese__28__,futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.__29__willstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotions__30__toourown.
11.A.picturesB.guessesC.explanationsD.ideas
12.A.equalB.sameC.obviousD.different
13.A.exampleB.fantasyC.modelD.shape
14.A.fatterB.thinnerC.tallerD.shorter
15.A.failB.continueC.manageD.stop
16.A.EvensoB.IfsoC.AfterallD.Intime
17.A.besidesB.otherwiseC.thereforeD.however
18.A.largerB.smallerC.sillierD.cleverer
19.A.eyeB.noseC.headD.hand
20.A.perfectB.constantC.normalD.unique
21.A.strongerB.biggerC.smallerD.weaker
22.A.ButB.SoC.ThenD.Though
23.A.inotherwordsB.allinall
C.asaresultD.inaddition
24.A.effectiveB.optimisticC.painfulD.sensitive
25.A.disappearB.moveC.removeD.rise
26.A.expressionB.impressionC.influenceD.connection
27.A.falseB.perfectC.exactD.true
28.A.changesB.motivationsC.approachesD.adjustments
29.A.HeB.TheyC.WeD.It
30.A.cautiousB.roughC.previousD.Similar
三.阅读理解(40分)
A
ThomasEdisonwasoneoftensaidtobethegreatestgeniusofhisage.Thereareonlyafewmeninallofthehistory,whohavechangedthelivesofothermenasmuchastheinventorofthefirstusefulelectriclight.ButEdisoncouldneverbehappyonlybecausesomeonesaidhewasagenius.“Thereisnosuchthingasgenius,”Edisonsaid.Hesaidthatwhatpeoplecalledgeniuswasmostlyhardwork.
ButEdisonwasadreameraswellasaworker.Fromhisearliestdaysasachildhewonderedaboutthesecretsofnature.Nature,heoftensaid,isfullofsecrets.Hetriedtounderstandthem;then,hetriedtolearnwhatcouldusefullybedonewiththem.
Edisonenjoyedthinking.Heknewthatmostpeoplewilldoalmostanythinginsteadofthedifficultworkofthinking,especiallyiftheydonotthinkveryoften.Butheknew,too,thatthinkingcangivemenenjoymentandpleasure.
Edisoncouldnotunderstandhowanyonecouldbeuninterestedinlife.Ashelovedtothink,healsolovedtowork.Onthedayhebecame75yearsold,someoneaskedhimwhatideashehadaboutlife.“Work,”heanswered.“Discoveringthesecretsofnatureandusingthemtomakemenhappier.”Hesaidhehadenoughinventionsinhismindtogivehimanother100yearsofwork.
31.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Edisoninventedtheelectriclight.
B.ManyotherpeoplehavechangedEdison’slife.
C.Edisonhaschangedthelifeofmanyotherpeople.
D.Fewmeninhistorycanchangeotherpeople’slife.
32.Edisonthought____________.
A.hecouldbehappyifhewasagenius
B.geniusplaysthemostimportantpartinone’ssuccess
C.hardworkcoulddobetterthangenius
D.geniuscoulddobetterthanhardwork
33.Edisonwas____________.
A.verymuchinterestedinnature
B.interestedindiscoveringthesecretsofnature
C.interestedinchangingpeople’sideas
D.uninterestedinmakingpeoplehappierbydiscoveringthesecretsofnature
34InEdison’sopinion,____________.
A.thinkingcansupplypeoplewithenjoymentandpleasureaswellashelp
B.people’ssuccesssliesmostlyingenius
C.hardworkisthesecondimportantthinginmakingpeoplesuccessful
D.therearefewsecretsforhimtodiscoverlater
35.Thelastsentenceinthepassagemostprobablyimplies____________.
A.lifeistooshortforEdisontoinventmoreforhumanbeings
B.Edisonmade100inventionsinhislife
C.Edisonwasabletoliveandworkfor100years
D.PeopleofhistimewerereadytogiveEdisonanother100years’work
B
Tokyoisoneofthoseplacesthatyoucanloveandhateatthesametime.
InTokyotherearealwaystoomanypeopleintheplaceswhereIwanttobe.Ofcoursetherearetoomanycars.TheJapanesedriveveryfast,butinTokyotheyoftenspendalongtimeintrafficjams.TokyoisnotdifferentfromLondon,ParisandNewYorkinthat.Itisdifferentwhenonewantstowalk.
AtcertaintimesofthedaytherearealotofpeopleonfootinLondon'sOxfordStreet.ButthestreetsneartheGinzeinTokyoalwayshavealotofpeopleonfoot,andsometimesitisreallydifficulttowalk.Peopleareverypolite;therearejusttoomanyofthem.
Theworsttimetobeinthestreetisat11:
30atnight.Thatiswhenthenight-clubsareclosingandeverybodywantstogohome.Thereare35,000nightclubsinTokyo,andyoudonotoftenseeonethatisempty.Duringtheday,mostpeopletraveltoandfromworkbytrain.Tokyopeoplebuysixmilliontrainticketseveryday.Atmoststations,trainsarriveeverytwoorthreeminutes,butatcertainhourstheredonotseemtobeenoughtrains.Althoughtheyareusuallycrowded,Japanesetrainsareverygood.Theyalwaysleaveandarriveontime.OnaLondontrainyouwouldseeeverybodyreadinganewspaper.InTokyotrainseverybodyinaseatseemstobeasleep,whetherhisjourneyislongorshort.
InTokyo,Istoodoutsidethestationforfiveminutes.Threefire-enginesracedpastonthewaytooneofthemanyfiresthatTokyohaseveryday.Tokyohassomanysurprisesthatnoneofthemcanreallysurprisemenow.
36.Whatisthestorymainlyabout?
A.ThemanysurprisesthatTokyohasbroughtme.
B.DifferentmeansoftransportationinTokyo.
C.ThereasonswhythewriterlovesTokyo.
D.ThingsaboutTokyothewriterdislikes.
37Japanesetrains_____________.
AoftenleaveandarriveontimeBareoftencrowded
C.arethemainmeanspeopleusetotraveltoandfromwork
D.alloftheabove
38.TokyoisdifferentfromLondoninthat_____.
A.whereverIwanttobe,it'stoocrowded
B.therearemanytrafficjams
C.itismoredifficulttogosomewhereonfoot
D.nightclubsaresometimesempty
39.Firesbreakout____inTokyoaccordingtothewriter.
A.quitefrequentlyB.onlyafewtimesaday
C.notveryoftenD.veryseldom
40WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutTokyo?
A.Thestreetsbecomemorecrowdedat11:
30atnight.
B.Therearemoretrainsthancars.
C.Fire-enginesareverybusyinthecity.
D.Tokyopeoplearefriendly.
C
Didanyonefindthenamesof“theBritishIsles”,“GreatBritain”,“theUnitedKingdom”,“England”and“theBritishCommonwealth”whichhavethesamemeaning?
Strictlyspeaking,thesenamesallrefertosomethingdifferent.Noneofthemareexactlythesameasanyoftheothers.
TheBritishIslesrefertothemainislandsandseveralthousandsmallonesaswell,whichyoucanseeonthemap.GreatBritain,orBritain,referstothelargerofthetwomainislands.Buttheword“Britain”isoftenusedasashortformfortheUnitedKingdomoryoucallittheUK.
NowasforEngland,itreferssimplytothelargestofthethreecountriesontheislandofGreatBritain.TheUnitedKingdomisthenameofthestateandtheofficialnameofthecountry,whichmanypeoplepopularlyrefertoEngland.
Finally,theBritishCommonwealthistheusualnameforwhatisleftoftheBritishEmpire(帝国).ThischangeshowstheweakeningofBritishEmpireandtherisingofthenationalliberationmovementsthroughouttheworldtoday.
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