届湖北省松滋市第二中学高一下学期月考英语.docx

1、届湖北省松滋市第二中学高一下学期月考英语松滋二中2014-2015学年度高一下学期6月月考英语试卷学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、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，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. Whats wrong with Mike?A. He has a headache. B. He has a backache. C. He has a toothache.2. Who is

2、 Betty? A. The womans student. B. The womans daughter. C. The womans pet.3. What does the woman need? A. Hot water. B. Bread. C. Hot tea. 4. Why does the woman want to drop math?A. Its not interesting. B. Its not easy. C. Its not important.5. Why are the speakers probably going to do?A. Wait for the

3、 next bus. B. Walk to the company. C. Take a taxi. 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）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，各个小题将给出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至8题。6. Who went to Tibet with Li Yang last year?A. His parents. B. His uncle. C. His friends

4、. 7. How did he go there?A. By train. B. By car. C. By plane.8. Why does the woman want to go by train?A. To save money. B. To enjoy the view. C. To meet people. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. How many people are there in the mans family?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.10. What do we know about Lisa?A. She is 25 yea

5、rs old. B. She doesnt have a job. C. She lives with her parents.11. What does Sam want to be?A. An engineer. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In an office. B. In the classroom. C. In a yard.13. What is generally sold at yard sales?A.

6、Second-hand things. B. Brand-new things. C. Home-made things.14. Why do people love to go to yard sales?A. For the shopping environment. B. For the unusual experience. C. For the low prices. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What did the woman do last weekend?A. She went to Peters place. B. She went to a game. C

7、. She went to a bar.16. What did Peter bring back from the snack bar? A. A cup of juice. B. A bottle of Coke. C. A bottle of beer.17. What does the woman think about Peter?A. He is disappointing. B. He is amazing. C. He is selfless (无私的).听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. When did the heaviest snow fall?A. On Ja

8、nuary 30th. B. On January 27th. C. On January 26th.19. At how many big airports had thousands of travelers been left?A. Three. B. Two. C. One.20. What happened in Washington D. C.?A. 30,000 families lost their homes.B. The traffic was a mess (混乱).C. Hundreds of people lost their lives.二、阅读理解（共20小题,

9、每小题2分，满分40分） Shree Bose is one of the most impressive kids graduating from Fort Worth Country Day High School this year. Bose has a large circle of friends, and theres one who you may have heard of: President Obama. He has twice publicly recognized her achievements in cancer research and spoken with

10、 her in the Oval Office.If that isnt enough, Bose recently gave a TED Talk about her work with the cancer drug Cisplatin, which also won her first prize at the Google Science Fair and recognition as one of Glamour magazines Young Amazing Women of the Year.After watching her grandfather struggle with

11、 liver cancer, Bose was determined to help out in any way she could. As a high school student though, her scientific choices were limited. She reached out to various hospitals and research centers, but doctors turned down her requests because they felt she was too inexperienced medically.Only the No

12、rth Texas Science Health Center respected her determination and chose to guide her. The results were amazing.Bose chose to study a protein (蛋白质) and its reaction with the cancer drug Cisplatin. She noticed that when she prevented this protein from growing, Cisplatin was allowed to begin destroying c

13、ancer cells once again.“My project not only contributes to the understanding of the relationship between the protein and Cisplatin, but also suggests a newer, more effective treatment for patients who resist Cisplatin,” Bose said.Boses achievements arent limited to the lab, though. She was also capt

14、ain of her swim team and editor-in-chief of her school paper.Bose is currently getting practical experience at the National Institute of Health and shell be attending Harvard in the fall. She plans to study molecular biology and go to medical school. Eventually, she would like to be a doctor.1Presid

15、ent Obama has spoken with Bose because she _.A. gave a TED Talk recentlyB. is captain of her swim teamC. has a large circle of friendsD. contributed to the cancer research2According to Boses research, _ helps make Cisplatin work better.A. stopping the protein from growingB. destroying cancer cells t

16、imelyC. using the drug more frequentlyD. making the protein react with the drug3From the passage, we know that _.A. Boses research was supported from the startB. Bose plans to become a doctor in the futureC. Bose will study in the National Institute of HealthD. Boses grandfather asked her to do canc

17、er research4The passage is mainly about _.A. a research on cancer drugsB. a new effective cancer treatmentC. a doctor who has a promising futureD. a girl who did research on cancer treatment While students in Yinchuan are quite used to clear skies, Beijing teenagers are not so lucky. As another warm

18、 winter approaches, the city can expect the normal clouds of smoke caused by air pollution.But things may start to improve soon. The government is co-operating with a US-based environmental protection agency to update existing buses and trucks with clean fuel technology. The new technology could red

19、uce air pollutants in existing diesel engines(柴油机)by 40 percent. The programme will begin by testing buses in Beijing to see if the technology can be applied to them.“We encourage the development of public transports. But at the same time we need to reduce pollution from them, ”said an official.Effo

20、rts are being made to improve the capitals environment with tighter controls on emissions(排放). Some heavily polluting factories and construction sites, such as those owned by the steel giant Shougang Group, have been asked to cut production in November and December or be closed.Beijing was the third

21、 polluted city in the world at the end of last century, according to the UN. But thanks to recent measures, the capital has made some progress. Last year 224 clear days were rated as having good air quality. In 1998 the air quality index(指数)gave just 100 days as good.“I am glad to see an improvement

22、, ”said a senior 1 boy living in the northwest of Beijing. “Compared to other places, the air quality of Beijing is still worrying though. I hate pollution. Once I was riding my bike in the morning when I almost had a traffic accident because I couldnt see a car only metres away from me in fog. ”In

23、early October, the skies were covered by such a thick fog that a display show by the visiting French Air Force was called off.Rapid development, industry, traffic fumes and sandstorms from the desert all contribute to the citys bad air.5The passage is mainly about .A. a programme aiming at improving

24、 Beijings air qualityB. progress made in Beijings air qualityC. Beijings air pollutionD. the differences between Yinchuan and Beijing6Which of the following is NOT the measure taken or to be taken to improve Beijings air quality?A. Clean fuel technology will be used in public transports.B. Some fact

25、ories have been asked to cut production.C. Some construction sites have been told to be closed.D. A display show of airplanes has been called off.7We can infer from the passage that, with the aim of being an ecological city, .A. far more still needs to be doneB. nothing else needs to be doneC. all t

26、raffic has to be closedD. the development of the city has to be slowed down8Which of the following is NOT correct according to the passage?A. Beijings air quality is getting worse and worse.B. Rapid development, industry, traffic fumes and sandstorms are all the causes of bad air quality.C. People s

27、ee clouds of smoke in the sky in the winter of Beijing.D. The government is making efforts to stop air pollution. Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachuset

28、ts slaveholders. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.”For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashleys wife tried to strike Mumbets sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the As

29、hleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起诉) for her freedom.While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then s

30、he thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom- the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution.Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewi

31、ck. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.Mumbets tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery wh

32、ere she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.”9 What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?A. She was born a slave B. She was a slaveholderC. She had a famo