上海理工大学附属中学2015-2016学年高二上学期第二次月考英语试题

上理工附中2015学年第一学期高二英语月考（二）
I. Listening Comprehension. （26%）
Section A Short Conversations （10%）
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient. B. Travel agent and customer. D. Manager and office clerk.
2. A. Noisy. C. Beautiful. B. Comfortable D. Convenient.
3 A. Wait at the bus stop. C. Chase the moving bus. B. Hurry to catch the bus. D. Walk to the next bus stop.
4. A. In a waiting room. B. In a professor’s office. C. In a classroom. D. In an operating room.
5. A. Consulting Mr. Brown. C. Hosting a TV program. B. Talking about the studio. D. Holding a fashion show.
6. A. She seemed to be out of shape. B. She used to have a terrific figure. C. Her gym exercise must cost her a lot. D. Her effort to keep fit is worthwhile.
7. A. She has to work at the animal doctor’s. C. She has already made an appointment. B. She is seriously sick in bed. D. She has to take care of her pet.
8. A. Enjoying a holiday. B. Talking to her assistant. C. Working in her office. D. Doing scientific research.
9. 10. A. He has already finished his essay. B. He is unwilling to help Mary. C. He has to hand in his essay tomorrow. D. He offers to drive Mary to school. A. The man blamed the woman for being careless. B. The man misunderstood the woman’s apology. C. The woman offered to pay for the man’s coffee. D. The woman spilt some coffee on the man’s suit.
Section B Passages （12%）
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor. D. On the ground floor.
12. A. A house for the old. B. A well-known hotel. C. A historic museum. D. A house of the Mill’s.
13. A. The changes of the Gella House. B. A fire in the Gella House. C. The history of the Gella family. D. The bravery of the fire fighters.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. She lived in the tree-house on her own. B. Her friends cooked for her every day. C. She climbed down to cook for herself. D. News reporters sent her food regularly.
15. A. After the company used a helicopter to annoy her. B. After the environmental organizations gave up. C. After her good friends persuaded her to give in. D. After the company agreed not to cut down the trees.
16. A. She was really an environment protector. B. She succeeded with the help of her family. C. She fought bravely for the women’s right. D. She was the organizer of this campaign.
Section C Longer Conversations （4%）
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Memo
Patient’s full name _____17____ Symer
Problem A serious _____18_____
Mailing address Apartment _____19_____, 78th Street East Manhattan
Phone number 347-891-3041
Time and date 11:30 AM,_____20_____
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (33%)
Section A 24%
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct words to completes the sentence.
21. I looked up and noticed a snake _____ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast.
A. to wind B. winding
C. wind D. wound
22. We are leaving at six o’clock, and hope _____ most of the journey by lunch time.
to make B. to have made
to be making D. to making
23. The policemen searched the room thoroughly, _____nothing _____.
A. leaving, untouched B. left, untouched
C. to leave, untouching D. left, to be untouched
24. His economic policies are claimed _____ so much to put Japan back on the map recently.
A. to have done B. to have been done
C. to be doing D. having done.
25. I’m often at a loss about starting a conversation with a stranger. Can you give me some advice on how to get a conversation ____.
A. gone B. go
C. going D. to be going
26. He seemed ____ some strange sort of dance, because he kept thrashing the air around his heads with his arms.
A. to have done B. doing
C. to be doing D. to be done
27. Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself_____ of his own dreams.
A. reminding B. to remind
C. reminded D. remind
28. Marx intended _____ a book on dialectics, yet did not have enough time to do it.
A. to have written B. to write
C. writing D. having written
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences(慰问，吊唁) on behalf of the nation, and made (29)_____ clear that he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous (令人发指的) crime, care for the victims, comfort their families.
We have endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would—as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
The majority of those (30)_____ died today were children – beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them – birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the (31)_____ (fall) were also teachers – men and women who devoted their lives to (32)_____ (help) our children fulfill their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today – for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who (33)_____ (lose). Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for blessed as they are (34)_____(have) their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. (35)_____ it is an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theatre in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago – these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, (36) ______ ______ the politics.
Section B 9%
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. hold B. failed C. basic D. ability AB. general AC. ignored AD. content BC. draw BD. express CD. interest
There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever __37__spelling or considered it unimportant as a __38__skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先,重点) it must be given over__39__ language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to encourage a child to __40__himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling.
If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s__41__, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe.” He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing not to use adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to __42__rather than spelling ability only.
I was once shocked to read a teacher’s comment on the bottom of a sensitive(敏锐的) piece of writing: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling mistakes!” It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s spelling __43__ in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had__44__ to read the composition which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to __45__attention to the mistakes, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment would have given the pupil more encouragement to seek improvement.
III. Cloze (15%)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When it comes to lowering stress at work, studies from around the world have yielded a set of five tips with advice ___46___ from having a nap at your desk to taking your pet to work.
The first tip highlighted by New Science magazine is that workers should be sociable — but not too sociable. British research has shown that __47__ is good for health, with a study of thousands of civil servants revealing that moral ___48___ from colleagues, encouragement from supervisors and clear direction from bosses kept stress levels ___49___. Male civil servants who ___50___ support in the workplace were 31 percent more likely to suffer from ___51___ and depression, and women 43 percent. ___52___, too much socializing could lead to work piling up.
The second tip is to ensure your surroundings are as ___53___ as possible. Simply being able to see your colleagues makes the working day much more ___54___ and the height of partitions（隔墙）dividing up office space affects stress levels. ___55___, the higher the partition is, the more people complain about noise from their neighbors. Research from the University of Montreal shows that the optimum（最适宜的）partition height is 1.3 meters —high enough to provide ___56___ but low enough to ensure staff do not feel ___57___.
The third piece of advice for workers is to learn to switch off. Mobile phones and other ___58___ equipment should be switched off after hours of working to allow burnt-out brain cells to recharge.
The fourth piece of advice for workers is to take a nap at your desk every day, which Is very easy to do.
Playing with a cat or dog can also ___59___ relaxation and if workers can persuade their boss to let them into the office then the day will ___60___.
( ) 46. A. differing B. ranging C. changing D. including
( ) 47. A. sociability B. responsibility C. ability D. reliability
( ) 48. A. lessons B. standard C. support D. behaviour
( ) 49. A. up B. high C. still D. down
( ) 50. A. needed B. lacked C. gained D. gave
( ) 51. A. anxiety B. ambition C. accident D. poverty
( ) 52. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Moreover
( ) 53. A. pleasant B. colourful C. serious D. wide
( ) 54. A. miserable B. understandable C. unforgettable D. manageable
( ) 55. A. Obviously B. Luckily C. Surprisingly D. Naturally
( ) 56. A. space B. privacy C. communication D. cooperation
( ) 57. A. crowded B. surrounded C. devoted D. isolated
( ) 58. A. electronic B. industrial C. office D. expensive
( ) 59. A. aid B. destroy C. leave D. reduce
( ) 60. A. go on B. draw near C. be over D. fly by
IV. Reading (6%)
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
The Library Hotel is a luxury hotel in the heart of New York City. It is a favorite for people who look for a quiet place from the hustle and bustle. Housed in a 1900 building and designed to feel more like a private club than a hotel, it has a distinctive (显著的) library theme (主题) and possesses over 6,000 books.
The hotel has 60 guest rooms located on ten separate floors (from floor 3 to floor 12) each dedicated to one of the ten classifications of knowledge: Social Science, Language, Math and Science, Technology, The Arts, Literature, History, General Knowledge, Philosophy and Religion. All of the rooms are decorated with art and library books relating to the theme of a particular floor. Guests may request their room based on their personal interests. For example, on floor 11, the philosophy floor, you can choose Room 1100.006, the Love Room. Other interesting themed rooms include dinosaurs (Room 500.005), astronomy (Room 500.006), computers (Room 600.005), music (Room 700.005), fashion design (Room 700.006) and fairy tales (Room 800.005). If you are particularly interested in a book, and it's time to leave, you can even pay for it, and take it home.
Besides the guest rooms, the hotel has several public rooms where guests can pick up a book and read as they would do in a library. In the Reading Room, guests can enjoy free food throughout the day. Two other library-style rooms include a sparkling greenhouse, called the Poetry Garden, and a sitting room with a working fireplace, called Writer's Den.
61. The phrase "hustle and bustle" in the first paragraph probably means________.
A. love of books B. busy work
C. the noisy world D. personal interests
62. We can find all the following information except_________.
A. the location' of the Library Hotel B. the arrangement of the books
C. the cost of renting a room D. the themes of the books
63. We can conclude from the passage that ________.
A. the Library Hotel is the most luxury library in New York City
B. you can get any books in the Library Hotel without being charged
C. there are some rooms free for any people wishing to read there
D. the Library Hotel is actually a private club
V. Translation (20%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1 当那只黑猩猩发现有人正朝它走来时，它假装正在睡觉。(pretend)
2 让我印象深刻的是他热衷于打猎。(impress)
3. 据报道，他们已经找到了一种长期有效的方式来清除大陆架上堆积的污染物。（report）
4. 除了唤起公众的环保意识，政府还要强制执行法律来保护处于危境中的海洋。（enforce）
上理工附中2015学年第一学期高二英语月考（二）
答题纸
Listening
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Grammar and vocabulary
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Translation
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上理工附中2015学年第一学期高二英语月考（二）
答案
1-5 DABAC 6-10 DDACD 11-13 CAB 14-16 BDA
17 Jack 18 headache 19. 539 20. Tuesday
21-28 BBAACBCA
29 it 30 who 31 fallen 32 helping
33 were lost 34 to have 35whether 36 regardless of
37—45 AC C AB BD CD AD D B BC
46---50 BACDB 51---55 ACADC 56---60 BDAAD
61—63 CCC
1 When the chimp found someone walking right up to it, it pretended to be sleeping.
2 What impresses me (deeply) is that he is crazy about hunting.
3 They are reported to have found a long-term and effective way to remove the pollutants piling up on the continental shelf.
4 Besides arousing the public’s awareness of environmental protection, the government should enforce laws to protect the oceans under threat.
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