思南中学最新版高二英语下学期第一次月考试题.docx

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思南中学最新版高二英语下学期第一次月考试题

贵州省思南中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题

本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟

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第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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A

CliveRoberts．adirectoratELSEducationalServices，saysEnglishtestsarechanginggreatlyinresponsetotheglobalgrowthintheuseofEnglishasalinguafranca—thecommonlanguageusedamongpeoplewithdifferentnativelanguages．Forthatreason，alotofnewtestsarebeingdevelopedwhileoldtestsarebeingimprovedtomeettheneedsofuniversitiesandemployersworldwide.

Changesinlanguagetesting

“Alotoftestsarenowdeliveredonline，allfourskillsarebeingtested，insomecases，bycomputer，inparticularspeakingandwritingskills，whicharethemostdifficulttoassessonacomputerenvironment，”saysMr.Roberts.

Computertestingwillreducethelengthoftimerequiredfortesting，becausethetestsadjusttothetest-taker’sability．Thesecomputer-adaptivetestsalsoincreaseaccuracyinscoring．Computer-a-daptivetestschangedependingonthetest-taker’sresponses．Theycanbecomemoreorlessdifficultduringthetestingsession．Forthisreason，thesetofcorrectanswerswillbedifferentforeachtest-taker．

Culturalsensitivity

Anotherchangetolanguagetestingrelatestoculturalsensitivity．Thetermreferstomaterialonatestthatisbasedonacertaincultureorishardfortest-takersfromdifferentculturestounderstand．

Mr．Robertssaystestdevelopmentcompaniesarenowhiringpeoplewithinterculturalcommunicationbackgroundstoreviewtestitems．Thecompanieswanttomakesurethetestdoesnotupsettest-takers．

Proficiency（精通程度）inlanguage

ChangestoEnglishproficiencytestsmakethembetteratmeasuringthelearners’ability．However，Mr。

Robertssaysthechangesmaymeanthetestsaremoredifficultforsomestudents．

“Thetestshavebecomemoreproficiency-oriented．Theitemsarebeingdesignedinsuchawaythattheytestreal-worldproficiencyandnotsimplysortofanartificialenvironmentoraspecificsetofskillsthataretaughtinaclassroom．Soalotofauthentictexts，alotofauthenticlisteningpassagesarebeingused．”

ThechangesmeanstudentshavetobeabletounderstandEnglishthewayitisusedineverydaylife，notjustintextbooks．

1．Whichofthefollowingcanbestreplacetheunderlinedwords“alinguafranca”inParagraphl?

A．auniversallanguageB．asecondlanguageC．anativelanguageD．amothertongue

2．Whyisproficiencystressedinlanguagetesting?

A．Tomakethetestmoredifficult．B．Togetlearnerstolearntextbookswell．

C．Totestlearners’speakingability．D．Totestlearners’realabilitytousethelanguage．

3．whichwordscanbestdescribethenewEnglishtests?

A．Moreaccuratebuteasier．B．Lesspracticalbutharder．

C．Betterbutharder．D．Lesspopularbuteasier．

B

Guidedogshelpblindpeoplewhocannotgetaroundbythemselves．AlthoughYorkshireterriersandpoodlesaregoodcompaniondogs，guidedogsarechosenfromlagerbreeds（品种）suchasGermanshepherds，goldenretrievers，andLabradorretrievers．Theyoungdogsareraisedbyfamiliesuntiltheyareeighteenmonthsold．Duringthistime，theygetlotsofloveandattention，buttheyarealsotaughttoobey．Thenthedogsgotoaspecialschoolwhere，forfourmonths，theyworkwithasightedtrainer，anindividualwhocansee．Thedogformsacloserelationshipwiththispersonwhoteachesithowtofollowdirectionssuchasright，left，straightahead，andstop．Theyoungdogalsolearnstowatchoutfordangeroustrafficandwaituntilitissafetocrossabusystreet.

Whenthedogistwoyearsold，itstartstrainingwiththeblindpersonitwilllivewith.Thedoganditsnewownermakemanytripsfromdowntowntowheretheblindpersonlivessothedogbecomesfamiliarwiththenormalatmosphere．Duringthetraining，asightedtraineralwaysremainswiththem.Ablindpersonwhoisgettingaguidedogforthefirsttimewilltrainforaboutamonth.Iftheindividualhashadadogbefore，thetrainingtakesaboutthreeweeks．Afterthetraining，theblindpersondependsontheguidedogforbetweensevenandtwelveyears．Atthatpoint，theworkingdogbecomeafamilypetandtheownerneedstotrainwithayoungerguidedog．

4．WhichbreedwouldNOTbetrainedasaguidedog?

A．AYorkshireterrier．B．Agoldenretriever.

C．AGermanshepherd．D．ALabrador．

5．Whatdoestheguidedoglearntododuringthetraining?

A．Associatedirectionswithfood.B．Playwithyoungchildren．

C．Stayawayfrombusystreets．D．Lookoutfortrafficproblems．

6．Whogivesthedogstrainingatthespecialschool?

A．Asightedtrainer.B．Otherblindpeople.

C．Atrafficpeliceman．D．Theschooldirector．

7．What’sthispassagemainlyabout?

A．Thetimespenttrainingaguidedog．B．Theimportanceofhavingaguidedog．

C．Theprocessoftrainingaguidedog.D．Thewayofchoosingaguidedog.

C

Collegestudentsconstantlyhearthepraisesofeducation．Wehaveallbecomeusedtobelievingthatacollegeeducationisalwaysaguaranteeofaneasierlife．Iwasnineyearsoldwhenmyfourth-gradeteacherpresentedmewithatask,towritedownallofthethingsIwantedinmylife．Ifilledmypaperwiththingslike:

ownabighouseandhaveservants;berichandhaveagoodjob．Thenextdaymyteacherhandedbackmypaperandinredinkshewrote:

"GOTOCOLLEGE．"Foralongtime,IwasconvincedthatonceIobtainedaneducation,BAM!

Lifewouldbeeasier．

However,educationcannotpromiseallwishes,dreams,anddesires．Societymustrejectthefoolishideathatacollegeeducation'smainpurposeistosatisfyourdesiresandsecuresuccess．Likemostchallengingthings,educationisagamble（赌博）inwhichresultsdependentirelyonpeople'sabilitytolookpasttheirwantstoseetherealismandreasonbehindtheirwants．

Forinstance,myfirstyearofcollege,Itookasociologyclass．Inclass,weweretaughtthatThirdWorldcountrieswerepoor．Welearnedthatourqualityoflifewouldbealmostimpossibleforanaveragepersoninthosecountries．Ibegantoexaminemyowndesiretoberich．Toalwaysgoaftermoneyfeltselfishwhenknowingothershadnoneatall．Learningaboutothersociety'sfinancialsituationsforcedmetolookbeyondwhatIwanted．

Throughtheprocessofeducation,everythingoncedesiredistested．Wantingsomethingnolongerisenough;it'smoreimportanttoexaminewhywewantitandwhetherwereallywantit．Whenmydesireformoneychanged,everythingchanged．Istoppedlongingformoney-drivencareersandstoppedvaluingthepeoplewhohadthem．IbegantoexaminethethingsIpurchasedandmyreasonforwantingthem．

Educationisatooltobeusedtodevelopandadvanceourdesires,sowecandiscoverthethingsthataretrulysignificantinlife．Educationisasourcetoexpandoursocietytoseebeyondthesuperficial（表面的）appealsandthe"quickfixes",leavingthebeliefofaneffortlesslifebehindinordertodesireameaningfulone．

8．Theauthor'sfourth-gradeteacherprobablyagreedthat______．

A．theauthorwasanambitiousstudent

B．theauthorshouldsetmorerealisticgoals

C．acollegestudentwouldleadaneasierlife

D．acollegedegreewasthekeytotheauthor'sdreams

9．Whydoestheauthormentionhersociologyclass?

A．Toshareherlearningexperienceswithreaders．

B．Tosupporthernewunderstandingabouteducation．

C．ToexpresshersympathyforpeopleinThirdWorld．

D．Tostresstheimportanceoftakingasociologycourse．

10．Withacollegeeducation,theauthor______．

A．enviedrichpeopleB．lostinterestincareer

C．desiredmorematerialthingsD．stoppedalwaysseekingmorewealth

11．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?

A．Collegeeducationpromisesaneffortlesslife．

B．Collegeeducationtestsandguidesourlifedesires．

C．Collegeeducationofferssolutionstosocialproblems．

D．Collegeeducationturnsyoungpeopleintogamblers．

D

FrankLloydWrightisoftencalledthefatherofAmericanmodernarchitecture．HedesignedbuildingsandhomesacrosstheUnitedStatesformorethan70years．Hecreatedmostofhisworksfrom1900throughthe1950s，buthisopen-livingspacesandimaginativedesignsstillappearverymoderntoday．

Lastweek，theUnitedStatesnominated（提名）10ofhisbuildingsfortheUNEducational，Scientific，andCulturalOrganization—orUNESCO—theWorldHeritageList．TheWorldHeritageListrecognizesthemost，importantculturalandnaturalsitesworldwide．

The10buildings，titled．“KeyWorksofModernArchitecturebyFrankLloydWright，”werebuiltbetween1906and1969．Theyincludeseveralofhispersonalhomesandstudios，churches，governmentbuildings，privateresidences，andoneveryfamousmuseum—NewYorkCity’sGuggenheimMuseum．

TheSolomonR．GuggenheimMuseumisoneofthemostvisitedsitesinNewYorkCity．Aboutonemillionpeoplevisititeveryyear．FrankLloydWrightworkedonitfrom1943to1959．Itwasdesignedtocreateanewtypeofspacefornewtypesofart．ThemuseumremainsaninternationalsymbolofmodernarchitecturethatrepresentsWright’suniquedesign．

ManyofMr．Wright’smodernbuildingsandhomesintheU．S．MidwesthavealsobecomesymbolsofmodernAmericanarchitecture．RichardLongstrethisthepresidentoftheFrankLloydWrightBuildingConservancy．HecallsMr．Wrisht“thefatherofmodernarchitecture，fundamentallyredefiningthenatureofformandspaceduringtheearly20thcenturythatwouldhaveenduringimpactsofmodernarchitectureworldwide．”

TheUNESCOWorldHeritageCommitteewillannounceitsdecisioninmid-2016．IfFrankLloydWright’s10buildingswerechosenforthelist，theywouldbethefirstWorldHer