1、湖南省醴陵市第二中学学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题 Word版含答案 2018年下学期高二年级英语第一次月考试卷 时量：120分钟 总分：150分 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题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。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 does the woman want to do?A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.2. What will th
2、e man do for the woman?A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company CEO.4. What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.5. What are the speakers talking abo
3、ut?A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.7. What wi
4、ll the woman probably do next?A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. When will the man be home from work?A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9. Where will the speakers go?A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema. C. The UME Cinema.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
5、10. How will the speakers go to New York?A. By air. B. By Taxi. C. By bus.11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.听第9段材料，回答第13至
6、16题。13. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?A.10,500. B.12,000. C.15,000.16. How many pe
7、ople will the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A. Its comfortable. B. Its timesaving. C. Its cheap.19. What is good about living in
8、 a small town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题两分，满分30分） 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。AWorld Economic Annual Conference 2015The Start of the Davos Chal
9、lenge: Walk for Education08:45 - 09:45, at Congress Center-Weisshorn Walking to school in rural areas of some African countries can mean a distance of 6 kilometers or more every day. Evidence suggests that by giving children bikes to go to school-shortening their travel time by 75%- their school att
10、endance and learning outcomes improve greatly. You can make a difference by taking this years Davos Challenge: Walk for Education. For every recorded 6 kilometers walked in Davos, UBS(United Bank of Switzerland) in cooperation with World Bicycle Relief will donate a bicycle to schoolchildren in rura
11、l South Africa.Shaping Davos: Engaging Youth in Work09:00 - 10:00, at Congress Center-Sanada What new thinking approaches are closing the youth employment gap? Connecting live with the following cities: Chandigarh on making the nations youth more employable Abuja on reshaping the education system us
12、ing technology Orlando on making human capital competitive globally Jeddah on keeping human capital by providing opportunitiesOcean Matters 12:30 - 13:10, at Congress Center-Aspen 2 National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry takes us on a visual voyage into the depth of the ocean and explore what
13、 can be done to keep the oceans healthy.Struggle for Survival16:00 - 17:40, at Berufschule Davos Take part to experience some of the struggles and choices of people trying to survive on less than $2 a day, which is nearly half of the worlds population. After the experience, participants will discuss
14、 options for helping those trapped in poverty. Take public bus line l, 3 or 7 to the Postplatz stop. Address: Berufschule Davos, Bahnhofstrasse Platz 5. For further information, please email rsvp crossroads. org. uk or call +41 (0)79 212 9526.21. According to the passage, who may receive bicycles?A.
15、 Kids in Orlando. B. Unemployed young people.C. The South African children. D. The conference participants.22. When will Brian Skerry present his photos? A. 12:30 -13:10. B. 09:00 -10:00. C. 08:45 -09:45. D. 16:00 -17:40.23. Which event can be reached by public transport?A. Ocean Matters. B. Struggl
16、e for Survival.C. Shaping Davos: Engaging Youth in Work. D. The Start of the Davos Challenge: Walk for Education.BA couple of days ago, as the test results came out, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonalds.
17、 “Jack got a laptop for getting straight As, and Laurie got a cell-phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPad, and shes only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $10 for each A.”I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, bu
18、t what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell-phone, and the DVD player?I saw the road ahead:As the homework load increased, my income would decrease.I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organ
19、ic carrots. No more organic anything!I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns? What about the orchestra
20、? Would first chair pay more than second? Id be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but thats about it.”Dont
21、 you just hate that? Were all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and shes spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation. And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher asked if anyone got rewards for good grad
22、es, everyone in my class raised their hands and said they got ice cream cones ,” said one third-grader.24. Whats the best title for the passage?A. Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades B. New changes in Paying Kids for Good GradesC. Good Grades Mean Good RewardsD. Dont Pay Kids for Good Grades25. What
23、 does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?A. Taking care of my children would influence my work.B. I would spend less money on my childrens good grades.C. More rewards would be needed as my children grow up.D. Reducing my childrens homework load would cost me a lot.26. It ca
24、n be inferred from the passage that _.A. if you buy children pizza as a reward, they will work harderB. if you pay kids for good grades, they will take it for grantedC. children will not ask for rewards when they enter high schoolD. good grades wont help kids make great progress in the future27. The
25、 author takes her neighbor as an example to show _.A. pizza is the best way to motivate childrenB. it is necessary to reward children for their good gradesC. getting rewards for good grades is common nowadaysD. rewards are not the only way to encourage childrenCAs anyone who freelances (做自由职业) knows
26、, there are lots of advantages of working at home alone. But there are drawbacks too, like the potential loneliness. No wonder co-working spaces are becoming so popular: they permit self-employed individuals to feel like they are part of all office environments, while making them get some work done
27、too. But renting a co-working space does cost money. Now a Swedish project is aiming to change that by turning peoples under-used homes into temporary co-working spaces, available to freelancers for free. Hoffice was started by freelancers Christofer Gradin Franzen and Johline Zandra about a year ag
28、o in Stockholm when they invited a few people into their home office to work together. It was a great success and the project has since spread to a number of cities in Europe, North and South America, Australia, India and Japan. Anyone can sign up and offer their home space as a free co-working spac
29、e, or go to find a Hoffice near them. On a Hoffice day, everyone arrives and starts work at a certain hour. After 45 minutes, everyone gets up to take a break, do qigong or yoga for 10 to 15 minutes. Afterwards people can gather around again and restate their intentions and goals for the rest of the
30、 work day, as a way to motivate each other. Meals can be eaten together at a certain hour, potluck-style(家常饭)or by bringing your own lunch. This process creates an encouraging and supportive work environment. As some freelancers describe, “By working at Hoffice, we give ourselves and each other the
31、gift to spend our days in a social working environment, where we are extremely productive without ignoring our other human needs. We also make sure to give us and each other what we need to feel calm, happy, inspired and creative during the working day.” So Hoffice is not just about sharing space; its also about a free exchange of ideas. And perhaps the best thing is that Hoffices are free to use.24. Hoffice was started to_. A. change peoples attitude to work B. encourage people to be more cooperative C. improve peoples w
