高二英语月考卷.docx

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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）

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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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