贵州省纳雍一中学年高二月考英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、贵州省纳雍一中学年高二月考英语试题 Word版含答案纳雍一中2014-2015年度高二第一学期（12）班月考试卷第一部分：阅读理解第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。（每小题2分，共30分）A Since many of you are planning to study at a college or university in this country, you may be curious to know what you usually do in a typical week, how you can get along with your

2、fellow students, and so on. These are the questions I want to discuss with you today. First, lets talk about what your weekly schedule will look like. No matter what your major may be, you can expect to spend between four and six hours a week for each class attending lectures. Lectures are usually i

3、n very large rooms because some courses such as introduction to sociology or economics often have as many as two or three hundred students, especially at large universities. In lectures, its very important for you to take notes on what the professor says because the information a lecture is often di

4、fferent from the information in your textbooks. Also, you can expect to have exam questions based on the lectures. So it isnt enough to just read your textbooks; you have to attend lectures as well. In a typical week you will also have a couple of hours of discussion for every class you take. The di

5、scussion section is a small group meeting usually with fewer than thirty students where you can ask questions about the lectures, the reading, and the homework. In large universities, graduate students, called teaching assistants, usually direct discussion sections. If your major is chemistry, or ph

6、ysics, or another science, youll also have to spend several hours a week in the lab, or laboratory, doing experiments. This means that science majors spend more time in the classroom than non science majors do. On the other hand, people who major in subjects like literature or history usually have t

7、o read and write more than science majors do.1. The main purpose of this text is _. A. to help the students to learn about university life B. to persuade the students to attend lectures C. to encourage the students to take part in discussions D. to advise the students to choose proper majors 2. We c

8、an learn from the passage that university professors _. A. spend about 5 hours on lectures each week B. must join the students in the discussion sections C. prefer to use textbooks in their lectures D. require the students to read beyond the textbooks3. A discussion section does NOT include _. A. wo

9、rking under the guidance of university professors B. talking over what the students have read about the courses C. discussing the problems related to the students homework D. raising questions about what a professor has said in a lecture4. According to the author, science majors _. A. have to work h

10、arder than non science majors B. spend less time on their studies than non science majors C. consider experiments more important than discussions D. read and write less than non science majorsB Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures(文化). The increasingly popular design

11、museums that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall. People have argued tha

12、t design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of salesit is the honoring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tri

13、es to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale. One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled(困惑). This is partly becau

14、se design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding. In recent yea

15、rs, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the publics growing interest in the field with new ideas. Londons Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Itali

16、an fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous(幽默的) part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.5. Showcases in design mus

17、eums are different from store windows because they _. A. show more technologically advanced products B. help increase the sales of products C. show why the products have sold well D. attract more people than store windows do6. The author believes that most design museum visitors _. A. do not admire

18、mass-produced products B. are puzzled with technological exhibits C. dislike exhibits in art museums D. know the exhibits very well7. The choices open to design museums _. A. are not as strict as those to art museums B. are not aimed to interest the public C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visit

19、ors D. often contain precious exhibits8. The best title for this passage is _. A. The forms of design museums B. The exhibits of design museums C. The nature of design museums D. The choices open to design museumsC We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school an

20、d examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it. Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changedno examination is perfectbut to have to te

21、sts or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the

22、efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher. Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to thema form of favouritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an illrespected school can show certifica

23、tes to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school. This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a pr

24、isoner of his or her schools reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school. The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, di

25、fferent, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.9. The word favouritism i

26、n paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that _. A. bright children also need certificates go get satisfying jobs. B. children from wellrespected schools tend to have good jobs C. poor children with certificates are favoured in job markets D. children attending ordinary schools achieve great

27、 success10. What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author? A. Schools for bright children would lose their reputation. B. There would be more opportunities and excellence. C. Children from poor families would be able to change their schools. D. Childrens job opportunity w

28、ould be affected by their school reputation.11. The opponents of the examination system will agree that _. A. jobs should not be assigned by systematic selection B. computers should be selected to take over many jobs C. special classed are necessary to keep the school standards D. schools with acade

29、mic subjects should be done away with 12. The passage mainly focuses on _. A. schools and certificates B. examination and equality C. opportunity and employment D. standards and reputationD Handshaking, though a European practise is often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the pr

30、actice started in Europe. It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed(无武器的) hands to each other as a sign of goodwill. As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each others hands to make a deal or to reach an agreement. Th

31、is practice was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or leaving each other. Lets shake (hands) on it sometimes means agreement reached. Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet? No. Sometimes the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to

32、be polite. It is really very impolite to give your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not mean anything to him or-her. Even if, for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly. There is generally a misunderstanding(误解) among the Chinese that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese