英语广东省珠海市普通高中学年高二下月考试题1.docx

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英语广东省珠海市普通高中学年高二下月考试题1

广东省珠海市普通高中2017-2018学年高二下3月月考

英语试题1

I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

Weallhavedreams.Yetsofewofusrealizethem.Often,adreamdiesasquicklyasitisborn1welacktheconfidencetokeepit.WhenIwasoldenough,Irealizedthatsocietyputsahigh___2___onyouth,beautyandintellectualachievement.ThisdiscoverygavemesomeideatodevelopmydreamalthoughIwas___3___.

Mydreamwas4.Idreamedofbecominga___5___.Theemploymentfieldwasahighly6place.Itgavenotonlyfiercecompetitiontoadisabledjob–seekerbutalsotheunfriendlytreatmentfromthe___7___strongandhealthy.Theyseethedisabledasthebackrowofsociety.

However,I___8___tositinthebackrow.Idecidedtotakeacourse.WhenIhandedovertheapplicationformtotheinterviewer,shelookedatmeandadvisedmeto__9___mychoicefromtyping.ButIwas___10____tostaywithit.Sheacceptedme.

Onthefifthmonthofthesix-monthcourse,fivestudentswerechosentodosomecopytyping.Iwasoneofthem.Iwasvery___11___andfinishedhalfoftheworkgiventousall.

Moreworkcametomeafterthistest.Icouldseequiteclearlythewayto__12___mydream.Ibecameatypistinoneoftheofficesimmediatelyaftermygraduation.Ididnot___13___startingatthebottomoftheladder.Beingatypistwasjustthebeginning.Havingachievedonedream,Isetouttoachieveothers.Therewasnoeasytask.Butthesacrificeproved___14____.

Dreamersshouldkeepreachingoutfortheirdreams,whateverthe__15___is,untiltheygetwhattheywantinlife.

1.A.evenifB.becauseC.althoughD.unless

2.A.standardB.viewC.valueD.measure

3.A.disabledB.talentedC.excitedD.measure

4.A.fantasticB.complicatedC.acceptableD.simple

5.A.teacherB.typistC.scientistD.doctor

6.A.competitiveB.valuableC.mysteriousD.adventurous

7.A.originallyB.extremelyC.physicallyD.fortunately

8.A．hadB．continuedC．meantD．refused

9.A．changeB．ignoreC．confirmD．prevent

10.A．willingB．reluctantC．determinedD．glad

11.A．happyB．efficientC．developingD．excited

12.A．achievingB．changingC．turningD．enjoying

13.A．avoidB．riskC．considerD．mind

14.A．disappointingB．rewardingC．encouragingD．satisfying

15.A．happinessB．painC．sorrowD．excitement

第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

DrIsaacAsimovwasanAmericanauthorandbiochemistwho____16____（bear）inRussiain1920.AsimovwenttotheUnitedStateswithhisfamilyattheageofthree.HegrewupinNewYork,___17_____（graduate）fromColumbiaUniversityin1939.In1948,heearnedaPhD___18____.Hebegantowritestories___19___science-fictionmagazinesin1939.Hewasaverysuccessfulwriterwhoproduced___20___amazingnumberofbooks:

hewroteover400volumes.Asimovis___21____（well）knownforhissciencefictionandpopularsciencebook,of___22__theFoundationseries,theGalacticEmpireseriesandtheRobotseriesarethemostpopular.Asimov’sbookscover____23____（vary）topicsinscience,andhedevelopedasetofethicsforrobotsandmachineintelligencewhichinfluencemany___24___writers.____25____（have）afurtherknowledge,youcansurftherelatedinformationonthewebsitewww.I

II阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

Dodogsunderstandus?

Becarefulwhatyousayaroundyourdog.Itmightunderstandmorethanyouthink.

AbordercollienamedRicorecognizesthenamesofabout200objects,sayresearchersinGermany.Thedogalsoappearstobeabletolearnnewwordsaseasilyasa3-year-oldchild.Itsword-learningskillsareasgoodasthoseofaparrotorchimpanzee（黑猩猩）.

Inoneexperiment,theresearcherstookall200itemsthatRicoissupposedtoknowanddividedtheminto20groupsof10objects.Thentheownertoldthedogtogoandfetchoneoftheitemsandbringitback.Infourtests,Ricogot37outof40commandsright.Asthedogcouldn’tseeanyonetogetclues,thescientistsbelieveRicomustunderstandthemeaningsofcertainwords.

Inanotherexperiment,thescientiststookonetoythatRicohadneverseenbeforeandputitinaroomwithseventoyswhosenamesthedogalreadyknew.TheownerthentoldRicotofetchtheobject,usingawordthedoghadneverheardbefore.

Thecorrectobjectwaschoseninsevenoutofl0tests,suggestingthatthedoghadworkedouttheanswerbyprocessofelimination（排除法）.Amonthlater,Ricorememberedhalfofthenewnames,whichisevenmoreimpressive.

Ricoisthoughttobesmarterthantheaveragedog.Foronething,Ricoisabordercollie,abreed（品种）knownforitsmentalabilities.Inaddition,the9-year-olddoghasbeentrainedtofetchtoysbytheirnamessincetheageofninemonths.

It’shardtoknowifalldogsunderstandatleastsomeofthewordswesay.Eveniftheydo,theycan’ttalkback.Still,itwouldn’thurttosweet-talkyourdogeverynowandthen.Youmightjustgetabig,wetkissinreturn!

26.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainstheunderlinedword“Abordercollie”?

A.aparrotwhichisbetter.

B.adogwhichisfoolish.

C.adogwhichissmarter.

D.adogwhichisbetter.

27.Fromparagraph2weknowthat.

A.animalsareascleverashumanbeings

B.dogsaresmarterthanparrotsandchimpanzees

C.dogshavesimilar‘learningabilitiesas3-year-oldchildren

D.chimpanzeeshaveverygoodword-learningskills

28.Bothexperimentsshowthat.

A.Ricoissmartenoughtogetallcommandsright

B.Ricocanrecognizedifferentthingsincludingtoys

C.Ricohasdevelopedtheabilityoflearningmathematics

D.Ricowon’tforgetthenamesofobjectsoncerecognizingthem

29.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Thepurposeoftheexperimentsistoshowthebordercollie’smentalabilities.

B.Thebordercollieisworld-famousforrecognizingobjects.

C.Ricohasabettermemorypartlybecauseofitsproperearlytraining.

D.Ricoisborntounderstanditsowner’scommands.

30.Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellus?

A.Tobefriendlytoyourdog.

B.Totrainyourdog.

C.Totalktoyourdog.

D.Tobecarefulwithyourdog.

B

IntheUnitedStates,whenonebecomesrich,hewantspeopletoknowit.Andevenifhedoesnotbecomeveryrich,hewantspeopletothinkthatheis.Thatiswhat‘keepingupwiththeJoneses’isabout,Itisthestoryofsomeonewhotriedtolookasrichashisneighbors.

Theexpressionwasfirstusedin1913byayoungAmericancalledArthurMomand.Hetoldthisstoryabouthimself.Hebeganearning$125aweekattheageof23.Thatwasalotofmoneyinthosedays.HegotmarriedandmovedwithhiswifetoaverywealthyneighborhoodoutsideNewYorkCity.Whenhesawthatrichpeoplerodehorses,Momandwenthorsebackridingeveryday.Whenhesawthatrichpeoplehadservants,Momandandhiswifealsohiredaservantandgavebigpartiesfortheirnewneighbours.

Itwaslikearace,butonecouldneverfinishthisracebecauseonewasalwaystryingtokeepup.TheraceendedforMomandandhiswifewhentheycouldnolongerpayfortheirnewwayoflife.TheymovedbacktoanapartmentinNewYorkCity.

Momandlookedaroundhimandnoticedthatmanypeopledothingsjusttokeepupwithrichlife--styleoftheirneighbours.Hesawthefunnysideofitandstartedtowriteaseriesofshortstories,Hecalledit‘KeepingupwiththeJoneses’because‘Jones’isaverycommonnameintheUnitedStates.’KeepingupwiththeJoneses’cametomeankeepingupwithrichlifestyleofthepeoplearoundyou.Momand’sseriesappearedindifferentnewspapersacrossthecountryforover28years.

PeopleneverseemtogettiredofkeepingupwiththeJoneses.Andthereare‘Jonses’ineverycityoftheworld.ButonemustgettiredoftryingtokeepupwiththeJonesesbecausenomatterwhatonedoes,Mr.Jonesalwaysseemstobeahead.

31.SomepeoplewanttokeepupwiththeJonesesbecausethey______.

A.wantotherstoknowortothinkthattheyarerich

B.wanttobeasrichastheirneighbours

C.don’twantotherstoknowtheyarerich

D.wanttobehappy

32.Itcanbeinferredfromthestorythatrichpeopleliketo________.

A.liveoutsideNewYorkCity

B.liveinNewYorkCity

C.liveinapartments

D.havemanyneighbours

33.Theunderlinedword“neighbourhood”inthesecondparagraphmeans________.

A.apersonwholivesnearanother

B.peoplelivinginanarea

C.anareainanothertownorcity

D.anareaneartheplacereferredto

34.ArthurMomandusedthename‘Jones’inhisseriesofshortstoriesbecause’Jones’is________.

A.animportantname

B.apopularnameintheUnitedStates

C.hisneighbour’sname

D.notagoodname

35.Accordingtothewriter,itistokeepupwiththeJoneses.

A.correct

B.impossible

C.interesting

D.good

C

Thewaypeopleholdtothebeliefthatafun-filled,painfreelifeequalshappinessactuallyreducestheirchancesofeverattainingrealhappiness.Iffunandpleasureareequaltohappinessthenpainmustbeequaltounhappiness.Butinfact,theoppositeistrue:

moreoftenthannotthingsthatleadtohappinessinvolvesomepain.

Asaresult,manypeopleavoidtheveryattemptsthatarethesourceoftruehappiness.Theyfearthepaininevitablybroughtbysuchthingsasmarriage,raisingchildren,professionalachievement,religiouscommitment,self-improvement.

Askabachelor（单身汉）whyheresistsmarriageeventhoughhefindsdatingtobelessandlesssatisfying.Ifheishonesthewilltellyouthatheisafraidofmakingacommitment.Forcommitmentisinfactquitepainful.Thesinglelifeisfilledwithfun,adventure,excitement.Marriagehassuchmoments,buttheyarenotitsmostdistinguishingfeatures.

Coupleswithinfa