山西省吕梁学院附属高级中学学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题新.docx

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山西省吕梁学院附属高级中学学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题新

山西省吕梁学院附属高级中学2015-2016学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题

第一部分阅读理解（共两

节，20小题；每小题3分，满分60分）

第一小节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）

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ProverbsarequitecommoninspokenEnglish.Wedon’tnormallyputtheminacompositionoraletter.Sometimesitishelpfulifyouknowwhatcommonproverbsmean.Hereareafewexamples.

1）“Oncebitten,twiceshy.”Ifadogbitesme,IshallbetwiceascarefulinfuturewhenIseeit.Thisproverbisalsousedtoapplytomanythingsandnotonlytodogs.Ifyouhavebeencheatedatashop,youwillnotgotothesameshopagain.

2）“Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.”IfIamahunter,tryingtocatchbirds,itisbettertocatchonethantoseetwobirdsinabushbutnotabletocatchthem.Thusthismeansthatwhatyouhavealreadygotisbetterthanthechanceofbeingabletogetsomethingbiggerinfuture.

3）“Toomanycooksspoilthebroth（soup）”.Whentoomanypeopledosomething,theygetineachother’swayanddoabadjob.

4）“Topouroilontroubledwaters”istotrytocalmthingsdown.Oilislighterthanwater.Ifashipisintroubleatsea,anothershipmaycometohelpit.Thesecondshipcansendsmallboatstorescuepeople.However,itmayfirstpouroilontheseatomakethesealessrough.

5）“Don’tbeadoginamanger（槽）”means“Don’tbeselfish.”Inastable（马房）,themangeristheplacewherethehorse’sfoodisput.Sometimesadogwillsleepinthemangerandbarkwhenahorsecomestogetitsfood.Thedogdoesnotwanttoeatthehayinthemangerbutitwillnotletthehorseeatit.

6）“Heissittingonthefence”meansthatsomebodywillnotsaywhetherheisinfavorofaplanoragainstit.Heissittingonafencebetweentwoopposingsides,perhapswaitingtoseewhichsidewillwin.

7）“Hewhopaysthepipercallsthetune.”Apiperisamusician.Themanwhoemploysorpaysamusiciancansaywhattunesthemusicianwillplay.Thusthismeansthatifamanprovidesthemoneyforaplan,hecansayhowitwillbecarriedout.

8）“Youcan’tgetbloodoutofastone”meansthatyoucannotgetsomethingfromapersonwhohasnotgotanyofthethingsyouwant.e.g.youcannotgetamilliondollarsfromapoorma

n.

1.Peterhasabicyclewhichismuchtoosmallforhimbuthedoesnotwanttolethisyoungerbrotherrideonit.Hismotherisangryandsaystohim:

______.

A.Youcan’tgetbloodoutofastoneB.Don’tbeadoginamanger

C.TheearlybirdgetsthewormD.Topouroilontroubledwaters

2.Mr.Wangpaidforanewschool.Somepeopledidn’tlikethedesignoftheschoolbuttheydidn’targuewithMr.Wangbecause______.

A.hewassittingonthefenceB.oncebitten,twiceshy

C.hewhopaysthepipercallsthetuneD.abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush

3.Mrs.Linwantedtobuyanewdress.Herhusbandsuggestedthatshebuyitfromashopneartheirhome.Mrs.Lindisagreedbecauseshehadbeencheatedbythatshop.Soshesaid:

“Iwon’tgothereagainbecause______.”　

A.abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebushB.Iamsittingonthefence

C.oncebitten,twiceshyD.toomanycooksspoilthebroth

4.Mr.BrownhadquiteagoodjobinHongKongbuthethoughtthatifhewenttoSingapore,hemightgetamuchbetterjobwithmoremoneyandalargerhouse.Hiswifedidn’twanthimtoleavehisjobinHongKongandsheremindedhimthat______.

A.abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebushB.toomanycooksspoilthebroth

C.youcannotgetbloodoutofastoneD.hewhopaysthepipercallsthetune

B

Wealwaysconvinceourselvesthatlifewillbebetterafterwegetmarried,haveababy...Thenwearefrustratedthatthekidsaren’toldenoughandwe’llbemorecontentwhentheyare.Afterthatwe’refrustratedthatwehaveteenagerstodealwith.Wewillcertainlybehappywhentheyareoutofthatstage.

Wealwaystellourselvesthatourlifewillbecompletewhenourspouse（配偶）getshisorheracttogether,whenwegetanicecar,andareabletogoonanicevacationandwhenweretire.Thetruthis,there’snobettertimethanrightnow.Ifnotnow,when?

Ourlifewillalwaysbefilledwithchallenges.It’sbesttoadmitthistoourselvesanddecidetobehappyanyway.

OneofmyfavoritequotescomesfromAlfredSouza.Hesaid,“foralongtimeithadseemedtomethatlifewasabouttobegin----reallife.Buttherewasalwayssomeobstacleintheway,somethingtobegottenthroughfirst,someunfinishedbusiness,timestilltobeserved,adebttobepaid.Thenlifewouldbegin.Atlastitdawnedonmethattheseobstaclesweremylife.”Thisperspectivehashelpedmetoseethatthereisnowaytohappiness.Happinessistheway.Sotreasureeverymomentthatyouhave.

Andrememberthattimewaitsfornoone.Sostopwaitinguntilyoufinishschool;untilyougobacktoschool;untilyougetmarried;untilyougetdivorced;untilyouhavekids;untilyouretire;untilyougetanewcarorhome;untilspring;untilyouarebornagaintodecidethatthereisnobettertimethanrightnowtobehappy...

Happinessisajourney,notadestination.So,worklikeyoudon’tneedmoney,lovelikeyou’veneverbeenhurt,anddancelikenoone’swatching.

5.Whydowealwaysconvinceourselvesthatlifewillbebetterafterwegetmarried,haveababy…?

A.Becausehappylifeisalwaysinthefuture.

B.Becausewedon’trealizetreasuringeverymomentmeanshappiness.

C.Becausenoonewillbehappyuntilhegetsmarried.

D.Becauseonlyifwegettoadestination,wecanleadahappylife.

6.Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellus?

A.Timeandtidewaitsfornoman,sotreasureeverymoment.

B.Willispower,sodowhatyouwanttodo.

C.Athousandwordswillnotleavesodeepanimpressionasonedeed,sodonottalk,justdoit.

D.Sosaid,sodone.Sodowhatyousaid.

7.Accordingtothetext,whic

hofthefollowingiscorrect?

A.Lifeisboundtobecomebetterasweexpect.

B.Youshouldworkbecauseyoureallyneedmoney.

C.Youshouldn’tdancewhileothersarewatchingyou.

D.Youshouldloveasifyouhadnotbeenhurt.

C

Nowinaworldpiledhighwithsmartphones，tabletsande-readers，technologyhasenteredtheclassroominwaysunimaginable.Takingclassescanbefuntoo.AllyouhavetodoisswipeyourfingersonyourphonescreenanddownloadsomeApps,whichcanmakeyourstudymorefunandefficient.Balancingstudyandplayinacollegesettinghasneverbeeneasy----andwiththefollowingfewApps,it’llbetoughtotellthetwoapart.

Evernote

Use:

note-taking

Canbeusedon:

iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch,Android,BlackBerry,PalmOSandWindowsPhone7

Price:

free

It’shardtoimaginethatwithallthemagicalgadgets（小配件）,theeager,studioustypeswouldstilltakeoutanotepad，apencil，andahighlighter----andtakenotesinclass.Whileit’snotanactualplannerorcalendarApp，ifyoutakenotestostayorganized，thenEvernoteisforyou.ThemainthingaboutEvernoteisthatallofyournotesareautomaticallysentintothecloud（云储存平台上）---andthenyoucanaccessthemfromanyweb-connectedcomputerviatheEvernoteAppora

webbrowser.Evernotealsosupportaudioandphotonotes----ratherhandyifyouwanttorecordyourlectureortakephotosofanyprojectednotes.But,ofcourse,askforpermissionfirst.

Wikipanion

Use:

researchdatabase

Canbeusedon:

iPhone

/iPad/iPodtouch

Price:

free（WikipanionPlusfor＄4.99，or31.87yuan）

Now,youdon’tnecessarilyhavetogotoalibraryoranywherewithcomputerservicestodoresearchworkforyourpaperanymore.Youcangetaccesstotheresearchdatabasesjustonyoursmartphoneortablet.WikipaniongivesyouasimplifiedversionofWikipediawithoutleavingoutanyofthesite’sextrafeatures.Thenormallinksthatyou’dseetoeachsectionofanarticlearenolongeronthemainscreen.Instead,there’sasmalliconlocatedatthebottomoftheapp,whichcanbeusedtoaccessallthesectionsofanarticle.YoucanalsoopenthelinksinSafari（苹果浏览器）.Accordingtothedevelopers’site,loadingWikipediapageswithWikipanioni

salotfasterthanaccessingtheWikipediasitefromtheiPhone’sbrowsers.

Tobehonest，weagree.

ConqueringBilingualNewsListeningin7Days

Use:

Englishlearningapplication

Canbeusedon:

iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch

Price:

foralimitedtimeyoucangettheAppforonly＄0.99---halfprice.

StilllearningEnglishwithaworkbook?

Ifso,youarebehindthetimes.Get21thCenturyNewspaper’snewiPhoneApp,“ConqueringBilingualNewsListeningin7Days”.WhenyoudownloadtheApponyouriPhone,youcanlistentothehottestbilingualnewsselectedfromthenewspaper’sofficialwebsite（www.i2lst.cn）andreadbynativespeakers.Userscanenjoytheaudiobilingualnewswithsynchronized（同步的）subtitlesandfantasticpictureswhileimmersedinanauthenticlanguageenvironment.Withasimpletap，thesentenceyouchoosewillberepeated.“ConqueringBilingualNewsListeningin7Days”hasrankedNo.1ontheChineseeducationApplist.

8.Thispassagemainlyaimsat_____

A.studentsB.travellersC.advertisersD.teachers

9.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.YoucangetthelastAppmentionedforonly＄0.99----halfprice.

B.Wikipanionisfreeofcharge.

C.EvernotehasrankedNo.1ontheChineseeducationApplist.

D.Allthesethreeprogramsareimaginary.

10.Fromthepassage,weknowthat_______·

A.studentswouldstilltakeoutanotepad,apencil,andahighlightertotakenoteswithEvernote

B.withWikipanion,youcanrecordyourlectureortakephotosofthenotes

C.accessingtheWikipediasitefromtheiPhone’s

browserisalotfasterthanloadingWikipediapageswithWikipanion

D.withEvernote,allofyournotesareautomaticallysentintothecloud

11.Which