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2017-2018学年上学期成都石室中学高二年级
第一次月考测试卷
英 语
试卷说明：
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试用时120分钟，满分150分。
第I卷（选择题，共90分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1分，满分20分） 第一节
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 will the woman do on Friday night? A. See a movie.
B. Write essays.
C. Visit the man.
2. What are the speakers talking about? A. Birthday gifts.
B. Cooking skills.
C. Mother’s hobbies.
3. How does the man advise the woman to go to the Scotch House? A. On foot.
B. By subway.
C. By car.
4. What does the man think of his trip? A. Terrible.
B. Wonderful.
C. Just so-so.
5. What happened to the woman? A. She missed the bus. B. She had an accident.
C. She almost lost her wallet.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。 6. What seems to be the man’s problem? A. He couldn’t find his book.
B. He didn’t do his homework. C. He missed his grammar class. 7. What is James’ phone number? A. 6141819.
B. 6141480.
听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。 8. What happened to the woman this morning? A. She got up late.
B. She lost her bag.
9. What did the woman leave at home? A. Her wallet.
B. Her keys.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。 10. What does the man think of his job? A. Boring.
B. Relaxing.
11. What does the man do when he receives a tip? A. He rushes to report the news. B. He calls the police at once. C. He writes an article immediately.
12. What will the speakers do next? A. Take a break.
B. Continue the interview.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。 13. What present will John get?
A. A bike. B. A boy car. 14. Who is learning Chinese?
A. John.
B. Jane.
15. When will the woman buy the gifts? A. On Friday.
B. On Saturday.
16. What will the man take the kids to do? A. To play football.
B. To go to the McDonald’s.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。 17. Why did the speaker go to Tangle woods?
A. To enjoy the music festival. B. To go to college nearby.
C. 6141418.
C. She quarreled with her brother.
C. Her schoolbag.
C. Interesting.
C. Report the news together.
C. A football.
C. Jack.
C. On Sunday.
C. To buy Christmas gifts.
C. To enter a competition.
18. How many concerts are there in the summer musical season? A. About 9.
B. About 15.
C. About 50.
19. When does the summer musical season end? A. In July.
B. In August.
C. In September.
20. What is the disadvantage of sitting outside?
A. The audience might get wet. B. The sound effects are poor. C. There’re too many people.
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，从每题所给的四个选项 (A 、B 、C 和 D )中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
In my mind, there is a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart. Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. Despite his hard training at all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.
This teenager lived alone with his father, and the relationship between the two of them was very special. Even though the son was always on the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him.
The young man loved football and was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he’d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a benchwarmer. Besides, his faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a “walk-on”. Everyone firmly believed that he could never make the cut, but he did.
The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but actually he never got the real chance to play in a game.
It was at the end of his senior football season that the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became totally silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, “My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?” The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and
said, “Take the rest of the week off, son. And don’t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.”
Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter, when the team was ten points
behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were surprised to see their faithful teammate back so soon. “Coach, please let me play. I’ve just got to play today,” said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close play-off game. But the young man insisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. “All right,” he said. “You can go in.” Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before, was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, passed, blocked, and tackled like a star. His team began to succeed. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid got a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown.
Finally, after the stands had emptied, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “Kid, you were unbelievably fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?”
He looked at the coach, tears in his eyes, and said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?” The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could make it!”
21．What’s the writer’s attitude toward the young boy in this passage? A. Appreciative.
B. Critical.
C. Grateful.
D. Negative.
22．From the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. the young man’s coach played an important role in his growth B. the young man’s father had a great positive influence on him C. not until his father passed away did the young man train hard D. the young man’s road to success in football was always smooth 23．Why did the young man return to the match on Saturday? A. He hoped his dead father could be proud of his performance.
B. He thought he was much better than other players in his team. C. He wanted to defeat the opposing team in this significant game. D. He planned to make money to cure his father of his blindness. 24．What’s the best title of the passage? A.A thrilling football match B. Determined father and son C. The power of dreams
D. The encouragement of a coach
B
Petrol and diesel cars may still dominate our roads, but their days are numbered. A recent university study found that current electric cars could be used for 87 percent of daily car journeys in the US. That figure could rise to 98 percent by 2020.
One hurdle to the widespread adoption of electric cars has been “range anxiety” --- drivers’ concerns about running out of juice on a journey. While petrol stations are conveniently located across national road systems, the necessary network of electric charging stations is still being developed. That said, charging points are becoming increasingly common throughout the USA.
Attitudes towards electric vehicles have changed quite considerably over the last few years. Not that long ago, electric cars were met with distrust, and their large price tags drove customers away. Thanks to improvements in battery capacity, recharging times, performance and price, the current generation of electric cars is starting to persuade critics. Plug-in cars will soon give international combustion engine models a run for their money.
As well as advancements on the road, electric vehicles are taking to the seas and skies. Electric boats are among the oldest methods of electric travel, having enjoyed several decades of popularity from the late 19th to the early 20th century before petrol-powered outboard motors took over. Now, the global drive for renewable energy sources is bringing electric boats back. Steps towards electric air travel are also being made, with Airbus and NASA among the organizations developing and testing battery powered planes. The experiments could soon make commercial electric flight a reality.
Electric vehicles do not produce any emissions. Were the US to act on the study’s findings and replace 87 percent of its cars with electric vehicles, it would reduce the national demand for petrol by 61 percent. However, because of the production processes and the generation of electricity required to charge these
vehicles, they can not claim to be completely emission-free. That said, as many countries continue to increase their use of renewable energy sources, electric vehicles will become even cleaner.
25. Which is the best title for the passage? A. My Dream Car
B. History of Electric Cars C. Problems with Petrol Cars
D. Driving into the Future
26. As used in Paragraph 2, the underlined word “hurdle” means ______. A. aim B. barrier
C. consequence D. step
27. In the past, why did many people refuse to buy the electric cars? A. They were not good value. B. They were very poorly made. C. They were not widely promoted.
D. They couldn’t travel at a high speed.
28. What is the function of Paragraph 4? A. To introduce the history of electric travel. B. To explain why the world needs more electric cars. C. To show why more people have interests in electric cars. D. To describe different ways electric vehicles can be used.
C
I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness. Everyone said the path to happiness was success, so I searched for that ideal job, that perfect boyfriend, that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled, I felt anxious and adrift. Eventually, I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy.
And what’s the difference between being happy and having meaning in life? Many psychologists define happiness as a state of comfort and ease, feeling good in the moment. Meaning, though, is deeper. The renowned psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you. Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but I came to see that seeking meaning is the more fulfilling path.
There are four pillars (支柱) of a meaningful life.
The first pillar is belonging. Belonging comes from being in relationships where you’re valued for who you are intrinsically and where you value others as well. For many people, belonging is the most essential source of meaning.
For others, the key to meaning is the second pillar: purpose. Finding your purpose is not the same thing as finding that job that makes you happy. A hospital custodian told me her purpose is healing sick people. Many parents tell me, “My purpose is raising my children.” The key to purpose is using your strengths to serve others. Without something worthwhile to do, people flounder.
The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself, but in a completely different way: transcendence (超然). Transcendent experiences can change you. Transcendent states are those rare moments when you’re lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life, your sense of self fades away, and you feel connected to a higher reality. For me, I’m a writer, and it happens through writing. Sometimes I get so in the zone that I lose all sense of time and place.
The fourth pillar is storytelling, the story you tell yourself about yourself. Creating a narrative from the events of your life brings clarity. It helps you understand how you became you. But we don’t always realize that we’re the authors of our stories and can change the way we’re telling them. Your life isn’t just a list of events. You can edit, interpret and retell your story, even as you’re constrained by the facts.
That’s the power of meaning. Happiness comes and goes. But when life is really good and when things are really bad, having meaning gives you something to hold on to.
29. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs? A. Life can be fulfilled by landing ideal jobs. B. Life dilemma is easy for us to get out of. C. Happiness is the core values in our culture. D. Happiness is what most people pursue.
30. From the four pillars of a meaningful life, we can know that ________. A. nothing is as essential a source of meaning as belonging B. purpose is less about what you want than what you give C. transcendent fades easily and rarely makes us cheerful D. the way of telling stories guarantees a meaningful life 31. The passage aims to tell us that ________. A. meaning is more important than happiness B. seeking meaning does more good than bad C. chasing happiness can make people unhappy
D. meaning has deeper psychological significance
D
Our days are filled with continual interruptions. Email, texts, meetings, needy colleagues—and the list goes on. Many companies even encourage us to perform multiple things at once, creating open office spaces that promote impromptu (临时的) dialogues to go along with jobs that require us to handle totally different tasks at the same time.
But a growing number of researchers say that trying to perform multiple tasks makes you less productive. It turns out that you get more done when you focus on a single task.
That’s because our brains are hardwired to do one thing at a time. When we think we are multi-tasking, we’re really not. Instead, as far as our brains are concerned, we are fully switching back and forth between tasks.
Doing that repeatedly tires out the brain and lowers cognitive ability, research shows. “It’s never multitasking,” says Devora Zack, author of the book Single Tasking. “And it completely backfires in every sense of the word.”
Multitasking “produces shallower thinking, reduces creativity, increases errors and lowers our ability to block irrelevant information,” says Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, founder and chief director, Center for Brain Health at The University of Texas at Dallas. Because the brain was not built to multitask, over time it can lead to heightened levels of stress and depression and lower overall intellectual capacity, she says.
Yet despite mounting evidence that multitasking isn’t effective, old attitudes combined with new technology make multitasking popular in most work places.
We have ourselves to blame, in part. When we do a lot of things at once, say, answering emails while writing a report or taking a call while we’re in a meeting, it makes us feel busy and productive, says Dr. Christine Carter, executive director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
“Busyness is a sign of importance, which serves the old guard,” says Carter. “There is the myth that the more time you spend in the office, the better worker you are.”
She sees that attitude as a hangover from the prime of industrialization when we clocked in and out of factories and offices. Back then the myth was manageable, because people usually left work at the office when they went home in the evenings. “The whole thing got blown out of balance with the rise of laptops and email,” she says.
“Complicating matters,” writes Chapman, “technology is actually rewiring our brains to be addicted to interruption, as we anxiously wait for the next ping signaling a new email, text or social media post.” In other words, like any addiction, even though we know interruptions are bad for us, they are hard to switch off.
“We suffer as a society from scattered brain syndrome”, says Single Tasking author Zack. “It’s everywhere—throughout our work lives and personal lives.”