四川省棠湖中学学年高二英语上学期第三次月考试题.docx

1、四川省棠湖中学学年高二英语上学期第三次月考试题2018年秋四川省棠湖中学高二第三学月考试英语试题本试卷分第卷（选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。第 卷（选择题，满分100分）注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。21-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第一部分:听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题;每小题

2、1.5分，满分7.5分） 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 time is it now?A. 7:00. B. 7:30. C. 8:00. 2. Whatwillthewomanprobably do next?A. Call her neighbors. B. Put out the fire. C. Call the fire department. 3. What was the weather like?A.

3、Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Snowy. 4. What might be the matter with the man on the ground?A. He has a headache. B. He has a car accident. C. He has a heart trouble. 5. What can we know about the two speakers?A. Theylosttheirway. B. They took he wrong bus. C. Theycantfindtheirmap. 第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分

4、）听下面3段材料。每段材料有几个小题，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。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段材料读两遍。听下面一段材料。回答第6至8小题。6. Whatdoesthewomancomplainabout?A. Theweather. B. The noise. C. Thetraffic. B. 7. Whyisntthewomansatisfiedwithherlivingconditions?A. Theflatistooold. B. Theflatistoodirty. C. T

5、heflatis overcrowded. 听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Official and farmer.C. Journalist and visitor.9. Where does the man live now?A. In a polluted city.B. On a lonely island.C. By a beautiful mountain.10. Why does the woman come to the mountain?A. To

6、look for a place to move in.B. To see whether the mountain is polluted.C. To have a look at the mans small house.听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。11. What is the most urgent problem of all?A. The climate.B. The garbage. C. The water.12. Which examples of coastal cities does the man give?A. New York and Hong Kong.B

7、. Shanghai and Hong Kong.C. New York and Shanghai.13. How does the man feel about the situation?A. Optimistic. B. Sad. C. Negative.听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。14. Who are the two people in the conversation?A. A wife and her husband.B. A traveler and a villager.C. A reporter and a local officer.15. How many pe

8、ople have already left the island?A. About six thousand.B. About eleven thousand.C. About sixteen thousand.16. When will people be able to return to their homes?A. At the moment.B. One week later.C. They dont know.听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。17. What time did Elaine arrive at the office?A. At 9:00. B. At 8:4

9、5. C. At 8:15.18. What happened to Elaine on the first day of her new job?A. Things were confusing.B. Everybody was friendly.C. Her boss was surprised to see her.19. Who had interviewed Elaine before?A. Tim. B. John. C. The secretary.20. What did Elaine discover finally?A. She hadnt been hired after

10、 all.B. She had been on the wrong floor.C. She had been in the wrong building.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASome students prefer a part-time job after class to earn some money and improve themselves. Here are some good companies:IN-N-Out BurgerIt is t

11、he best hamburger shop in the west of America. Regarded as one of the best employers, it offers flexible hours and the highest part-time salaries(薪水). Above all, the company treats its employees the way they would like to be treated:like family. However, there is no discount offered to its employees

12、.Position: selling assistant (experience required)Website: www.in-n-out.cmStarbucks CoffeeStarbucks has been at the forefront(前沿) of the United States coffee revolution. Working hours are flexible. Fit twenty hours of work into your week. There is also a 30% discount and a free pound of coffee or bo

13、x of tea every week.Position: assistant coffee taster(experience required)Website: www.Starbucks.ComWhole Foods MarketWhole Foods Market is the worlds largest natural and organic food selling company. With its focus on organic ingredients, Whole Foods Market is all about health. Working hours are fl

14、exible. Benefits include paid-time off and a 20% discount so you can eat like a king or at least like a top chef in training. There are also training courses on health and food every week.Position: secretaryWebsite:.Lands EndLands End is a Wisconsin-based clothes store that focuses on casual comfort

15、 and warmth for the great outdoors. Employees(even part-time employees) have the chance to go to a company-owned entertainment centre and get a 25% discount on theme parks and movies, and an invitation to the yearly company picnic. Besides, for part-time employees,working hours are flexible and they

16、 can come to work anytime they like as long as they work for 4 hours a day.Position:salespersonWebsite:21.Which company offers its employees the best discount?A. In-N-Out Burger. B. Whole Foods Market.C. Starbucks Coffee. D. Lands End.22. Which website should you visit if you are interested in selli

17、ng clothes? A. www.in-n- B. C. D. 23. What do the four companies have in common? A. Training courses are offered. B. Working hours are flexible. C. Related experience is required. D. Employees can get high salaries.BOh my God, the robots are taking over! Were doomed! Doomed! Now that Ive gotten that

18、 out of my system, its become clear that while we may or may not be doomed, the robots are taking over. The latest example is the governments new guidelines for self-driving cars.Tesla, Google and Uber are already testing driverless cars in cities across America. Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick

19、 is among those predicting that by 2021, self-driving cars will play a big part in urban settings.Nearly 40,000 people died last year in this nation in automobile-related accidents, and we believe driverless cars can save tens of thousands of lives annually.It makes sense. Robot drivers are less lik

20、ely to get drunk, drive without a license, text while driving or feel agitated at the scene of a traffic jam. On the other hand, I wonder how these highly sensitive cars will react with walkers constantly dashing into the street. Will they jam on the brakes every 10 seconds?But theres a bigger pictu

21、re. Not only are robots replacing humans behind the wheel, but behind the work desk, in warehouses, senior homes, you name it. Robots arent just taking over in the workplace.The question is, where cant a robot function better than a human? How about writing songs? A robot can go through every combin

22、ation of notes in record time and come up with a pleasing melody. The lyrics might be a different story. Is a Grammy-winning song co-written by Hank Human and R-3071 in our future?Finally, its only a matter of time until we have robot politicians and presidential candidates. Why not? They can be pro

23、grammed to be experts in world and domestic affairs and come up with the best solutions without corruption and bad humors.Actually, its too bad such technology isnt available in 2018. Pretty sure the robot would win in a landslide.24. What does the underlined word “agitated” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. E

24、xhausted. B. Embarrassed. C. Disappointed. D. Anxious.25. What doubt does the writer have about self-driving cars?A. How passengers behave in it. B. How robot drivers get the license.C. How they respond to walkers on a busy street. D. How they avoid crashing into other cars.26. The last question ask

25、ed in Paragraph 6 reflects the writers.A. eagerness to listen to songs written by robots B. doubt about robots ability to write songsC. confidence in robots winning Grammy Awards D. curiosity about the future Grammy songs27. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A. Robots will control t

26、he world in every field. B. Robots can drive cars and write music.C. Robots are being used in our daily life. D. Robots are coming but not soon enough.C People who play computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts foun

27、d people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive(认知的) skills didnt get any smarter.More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills, for at least 10 minutes a day, three time

28、s a week.They were compared to more than 2,700 people who didnt play any brain games, but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Internet. All participants were given an “IQ test” before and after the experiment.Researchers said the people who did the brain training didnt do any better on the te

29、st after six weeks than people who had simply been on the Internet.“If youre(playing these games) because theyre fun, thats absolutely fine,” said Adrian Owen, assistant director at Britains Medical Research Council. “But if youre expecting these games to improve your IQ, our data suggests this isnt

30、 the case.”Computer games that are supposed to improve memory, reasoning and other cognitive skills are played by millions of people worldwide, though few studies have examined if the games work.“There is precious little evidence to suggest the skills used in these games transfer to the real world,”

31、 said Art Kramer, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, US.Instead of playing brain games, Kramer said people would be better off getting some exercise. He said physical activity can help produce new brain cells.Other experts said brain games might be useful, but only if they werent fun.“If you set the level for these games to a very high level where you dont get the answers very often and it really annoys you, then it may be useful,” said Philip Adey, a professor of psychology at Kings College in Lo