蘭州第一中學(xué)2018-2019學(xué)年高二英語9月月考試題

1、學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精蘭州一中2018-20191學(xué)期9月考試題高二英語說明：本試卷分第i卷（選擇題）和第ii卷(非選擇題）兩部分。滿分120分，考試時間100分鐘。答案寫在答題卡上，交卷時只交答題卡。 第i卷（選擇題）第一部分: (共三節(jié)，滿分60分）第一節(jié)閱讀理解（共10小題，每小題2分，滿分20分）a the u。s. department of labor statistics (統(tǒng)計） show that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing

2、. already there have been more than enough teachers， engineers， physicists, aerospace experts, and other specialists. yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that arent there。 the result is that graduates cannot enter the profession

3、s for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree. on the other hand， there is a great need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians， mechanics, plumbers， tv repairmen。 these people have more work than they can deal with, and their ann

4、ual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates。 the old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than bluecollar workers no longer holds true。 the law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen. the reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degre

5、e is a passport to a prosperous future。 a large part of american society matches success in life equally with a college degree. parents begin indoctrinating （灌輸） their children with this myth before they are out of grade school。 high school teachers play their part by acting as if high school educat

6、ion were a preparation for college rather than for life。 under this pressure the kids fall in line。 whether they want to go to college or not doesnt matter. everybody should go to college, so of course they must go。 and every year college enrollments （入學(xué)） go up and up, and more and more graduates ar

7、e overeducated for the kinds of jobs available to them.one result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college， half of them do not graduate with their class。 many of them drop out w

8、ithin the first year。 some struggle on for two or three years and then give up。1。 its implied but not stated in the passage that _ 。 a。 many other countries are facing the same problem b。 whitecollar workers in the us used to make more money than bluecollar workers c. fewer students will prefer to g

9、o to college in the future d。 the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on american higher education2。 which of the following is not a reason why college enrollments go up every year？ a. many people believe that the only way to success is a college education。 b。 many parents want their childr

10、en to go to college. c。 high school teachers urge their students to go to college。 d。 every young man and woman wants to go to college。3.by saying that“many people go to college who do not belong there， the author means that _ 。 a. many people who are not fit for college education go to college b. m

11、any people who do not have enough money go to college c。 many people who go to college drop out within the first year d. many people who go to college have their hopes destroyed4。 we can infer from the passage that the author believes that _ 。 a。 every young man and woman should go to college b. col

12、lege education is a bad thing c. people with a college education should receive higher pay d. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs b one of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes。 it is extremely hard somet

13、imes to say a simple thing like“i was wrong about that,” and it is even harder to say，“i was wrong， and you were right about that?！眎 had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago。 he told me he had been the manager of a certain store in the neig

14、hborhood where i grew up, and he asked me if i remembered the egg cartons (in many countries, eggs are sold by the dozen and are put in cartons.） then he related an incident (event， matter） and i began to remember unclearly the incident he was describing。i was about eight years old at the time。 i we

15、nt into the store with my mother to do some shopping。 on that particular day, i must have found my way to the food department where the incident took place。there must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there were lots of eggs in dozen and halfdozen cartons。 the cartons were put three

16、or four feet high。 i must have stopped in front of the piles of egg cartons. just then a woman came by pushing her shopping cart and knocked off the cartons。 for some reason， i decided it was up to me to put the eggs back together, so i went to work。the manager heard the noise and came rushing over

17、to see what had happened。 when he appeared, i was on my knees looking at some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken， but to him it looked as though i was the one who just did it. he severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs。 i tried to explain, but it did no goo

18、d. even though i quickly forgot all about the incident, it is plain that the manager did not。5。 which is the correct order of the following?a. i forgot all about the incident。 b。 i went into the store.c. a woman knocked off the egg cartons。 d。 i stood in front of the egg cartons。e. the manager remin

19、ded me of the incident。 f. the manager didnt believe my explanation。g. i picked up the unbroken eggs.a. b； d； g； c; a; f； e b。 b； d； c； g； f; e; a c. b; c； d ;g； e; f； a d. b； d； c; g; f； a; e6. the word “reprimanded in the last paragraph most exactly means “_ ”. a。 frightened b。 scolded c。 warned d

20、. comforted7. the best title for this passage should be_ 。 a。 a case of mistake b. the manager i never forget c。 the manager and i d。 an incident 15 years agocone morning， more than a hundred years ago， an american inventor called elias howe finally fell asleep。 he had been working all night on the

21、design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.though he was tired， howe slept badly。 he turned and turned。 then he had a dream。he dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted t

22、o kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine。 when he tried to do so， howe ran into the same problem as before。 the thread kept getting caught around the needle。 the king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill howe. they came up towards him with their spears rai

23、sed. but suddenly the inventor noticed something. there was a hole in the tip of each spear。 the inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle， he should make it run through a small hole in the

24、center of the needle。 this was the simple idea that finally made howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine。elias howes was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way。thomas edison, the inventor of the electric light， said his best ideas came into him in d

25、reams. so did the great physicist albert einstein。 charlotte bronte also drew in her dreams in writing jane eyre.to know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep。 even then, a part of your mind is still working. this unconscious(無意識的)， but still active part unders

26、tands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. it stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed。 it is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. howe

27、ver, the unconscious part acts in a special way. it uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. this is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”。8. the problem howe was trying to solve was_。 a。 what kind of thread to use b。 how to design a needle w

28、hich would not break c. where to put the needle d. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle9。 thomas edison is spoken of because _ . a. he also tried to invent a sewing machineb. he got some of his ideas from dreams c. he was one of howes best friends d。 he also had difficulty

29、 in falling asleep10。 dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves” because _ 。 a. strange images are used to communicate ideas b。 images which have no meaning are used c. we can never understand the real meaning d. only specially trained people can understand them第二節(jié)（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)

30、短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項.選項中有兩項為多于選項. what will you do if you cant eat everything bought in the canteen? _11_ according to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people。 _12_ according to xinhua news agency， the food wasted by chinese people is about 50 million tons of

31、 grain every year， which could feed 200 million people。food waste， which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries。 in the west， for instance， consumerism, the belief that its a good thing to use a lot of goods and services,

32、 is often to blame for food waste。 _13_ chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous。 many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. on campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. students nowadays are well protected

33、by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat。 _14_ there are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas。 they dont have enough food to eat。 many children die

34、for lack of nutrition each year in some african countries. and farmers work very hard to grow the crops。 _15_ its also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. a。 students waste is extremely serious. b。 china, in turn, features its own eating culture

35、。 c。 but canteen waste is extremely the tip of the iceberg. d. students can never realize the serious food crisis. e. compared with them， some live in a different world. f. so theres no excuse that we should waste our food。 g. most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.第三節(jié) 完形填空(共 20 小題； 每小

36、題 1。5分， 滿分30 分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的a、b、c、d四個選項中，選出最佳選項. weve heard it before-weve heard it on the news, from teachers， from parents children and teenagers today are growing up too fast. there are not too many people that will 16 with that statement。 teenagers are faced with serious problems and decis

37、ions at an early 17 。 in fact most teenagers daily schedules are as 18 as those of an adults。 i have been working since i was thirteen， and always in 19 in which i was working with adults。 i have had to learn to think and 20 like an adult to be taken seriously。 so, i count myself as one who has grow

38、n up too fast. i just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting on the 21 eighteen yearsthinking about myself， what i have gained, and what 22 i have yet to achieve。 we are expected to work hard, get excellent 23 , be in a good relationship， and know what we want to do

39、 24 . the list goes on and on。 but the 25 is clear: we live in a society today that is 26 our childhood. we no longer have many years to be careless and fancyfree. we are expected to 27 the strict school rules and to excel (擅長）in everything we do. ive known these things for a long time, and knew tha

40、t they 28 me。 but， i never really admitted it until last night, when i learned a 29 lesson, taught to me by my boss where i work. we had finished a job at a remote site. it was about 11:30 at night， and we had 30 to his house. we were talking about the 31 he had been making to his home。 one of the t

41、hings he said was “i 32 my basketball hoop（圈）. ”then he threw a basketball to me. i hadnt 33 a basketball in five years. we proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time 34 like children. then i realized something: i am still a child.

42、oh， the law says im an adult。 but， we are still really and truly children. we all need to have 35 once in a while. 16. a. argueb。 disagreec。 satisfyd。 discuss 17。 a. ageb. stagec. yeard. grade 18. a. certainb. busyc。 carefuld。 perfect 19。 a。 companiesb。 placesc。 positionsd。 offices 20. a。 studyb. sp

43、eakc. workd. act 21。 a。 lastb。 otherc. restd。 coming 22. a。 purposesb. successc. goalsd。 jobs 23. a. textbooksb。 gradesc. teachersd。 schools 24。 a. in life b。 in timec. for agesd。 for ever 25。 a. informationb. messagec。 noticed. idea 26. a。 ruiningb。 correctingc。 envyingd. shortening 27。 a. respectb

44、。 acceptc. learnd. follow 28。 a. inspiredb。 disappointedc。 affectedd. frightened 29。 a. valuableb。 seriousc。 importantd. useful 30. a。 walkedb。 flown backc. gone backd。 driven 31. a。 furnitureb. improvementsc。 equipmentd。 arrangements 32. a. movedb. fixedc。 soldd。 broke 33。 a. playedb。 caughtc。 kick

45、edd。 held 34。 a。 laughingb。 shoutingc。 runningd. shooting 35。 a。 a restb。 a talkc。 fund。 sports 第ii卷(非選擇題)第二部分（共兩節(jié) , 滿分25分）第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫（一空一詞 共15小題,每小題1分,滿分15分）36。 she was even less _(熱情的） about going to see the film.37。 only because of the color he disliked, the boy r_(拋棄） his new shoes.38。 he c_ his sp

46、eech with an interesting story。39. i know he s_ me of my honesty。40。 she opened the door _(謹(jǐn)慎） so as not to wake the baby.41. the football team, c_ of 22 players and three coaches， was set up about 3 years ago。42。 d_ into three groups, the students began cleaning the classroom.43。 these gates are al

47、ways open for the _(方便) of visitors。44. the _(輝煌的) image of lei feng will forever live in the heart of the people.45. her parents gave her so much money that shes got no _（動機(jī)） to get a job。46。 i recognized her the _(立刻) i saw her。47. they argued that the plan would damage the islands _(生態(tài)）。48。 so a_

48、 was he in his work that he didnt notice that it was raining hard。49。 the beauty of the scenery here is beyond d_, that is, the beauty of the scenery is hard to describe。50。 _(缺乏） in confidence, he didnt accomplish his speech。第二節(jié) （共10小題，每小題1分,滿分10分） 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式（不多于3個單詞） the “selfie

49、” is used to describe the selftaken photo， often from a smartphone。 someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up _51_ ( post） one or two of those. he picks the one that he feels make him look the _52_ （ good）。 in that picture, he gains confidence. for that moment, everything

50、 bad or terrible that has happened to him _53_（ remove）, because that smile is what gives him the _54_ ( determine） to love himself。 i read _55_ poem recently and the young man said, “if i ask you _56_ you love， the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. you love to read. you love to write.

51、you love your mom, you daughter， or your friends. how long do you think you can go on and on before you say i love _57_( i ) ” that statement hit me like a ton of bricks。 ive struggled with confidence all my life. i still do。 and in _58_ way am i saying that taking a selfie is a gateway _59_ confide

52、nce. _60_ , the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié) 短文改錯 (共10小題；每小題1分,滿分10分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處.錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（/）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（)劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1、每處錯誤及其修

53、改均僅限一詞；2、只允許修改10處,多者（從第11處起）不計分 i was taking a train to londons victoria station. i had noticed that the carriage was noise and filled with people。 before long, a train inspector comes to check out tickets. a passenger realized he couldnt find his ticket but became quite upset. then everyone in the carriage began searching the ticket， that was eventually found under a seat several rows from its owner. the