成都石室中学2015—2016学年度下期高2017届4月月考
英语试卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20 分） 第一节（共5 小题；每小题1分，满分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. What does the man want to do? A. Stay in bed.
B. Go to work.
C. Go out.
2. Why can’t the woman tell the time?
A. Because there is something wrong with her watch. B. Because she doesn’t want to tell the man. C. Because she has no watch.
3. Where does the conversation take place? A. In the hospital.
B. In the library.
C. In the restaurant.
4. When is the man sure to finish the project? A. By September.
B. By July.
C. By March.
5. Why can’t the man have coffee with the woman? A. Because he has to prepare for a class tomorrow. B. Because he has to prepare for an exam tomorrow. C. Because he has to prepare for a presentation tomorrow. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分 ）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Sister and brother. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife. 7. Where is Tom?
A. At football practice. B. At the library.
C. In the bathroom.
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8. How many people probably are there in the house at the moment? A. Three.
B. Five.
C. Six.
听下面一段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What is the weather like now? A. Warm.
B. Snowy.
C. Windy.
10. What do we know about the woman? A. She loves winter sports. B. She hates slippery roads. C. She heard the radio forecast.
11. What will the two speakers do tomorrow? A. Go skiing.
B. Go skating.
C. Go shopping.
听下面一段材料，回答第12第14题。 12. When did the two speakers get there? A. At 8:50.
B. At 9:10
C. At 9:15.
13. How long have they been waiting?
A. For 15 minutes. B. For 25 minutes. C. For 30munites. 14. What can we learn from the conversation? A. It’s the first time that the woman visits the museum. B. They can see some big guns used in old days. C. There is something wrong with the side door. 听下面一段材料，回答第15至第17题。 15. What was true about the exam? A. It had 15 true-false questions. B. It was 60 minutes long. C. It has three essays.
16. How did the man feel about the true-false questions? A. He liked them less than the essays. B. He didn’t think they were too hard. C. He didn’t know the answers to them. 17. How did the woman do on the essay answers?
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A. She wrote the information in a hurry. B. She didn’t know the answers. C. She wrote her answers clearly. 听下面一段材料，回答第18至第20题。 18. When did Harry Houdini’s career take off? A. In 1899.
B. In 1908.
C. In 1913.
19. Where did Houdini first introduce his escape? A. In New York. B. In England.
C. In St. Louis.
20. Which of the following is true about Houdini?
A. Houdini took Giant Milk Can Escape on tour in several countries. B. Houdini’s escape from milk can made his magic more dramatic. C. Houdini had a successful career throughout his whole life.
第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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For many people in the US, sports are not just for fun. They’re almost a “religion”. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in person. Other fans watch the games at home, sticking to their TV sets, never missing a game. Many a wife becomes a “sports widow” during her husband’s favorite season. America’s devotion to sports has created a new class of wealthy people ---professional athletes. Sports stars often receive
million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money by appearing in advertisements for soft drinks, shoes and almost everything.
Sports are an important part of American culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to play many sports. Many students try out for the school teams. Athletic events at universities attract scores of fans and benefit the whole community. Many people also enjoy non-competitive activities, like hiking, cycling, horseback riding, camping or hunting.
Many sports were imported from other countries. Europeans brought tennis, golf, bowling and
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boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Americans export sports fever as well. Satellites broadcast games to sports fans around the globe. NBA is a good example. The names of American superstars like basketball giant Michael Jordan have become household words all over the world. 21. We can infer from the first paragraph that the meaning of “widow” is_______. A. one who is serious in religion C. one who lost her husband
B. one who is devoted to sports D. one who has interest in games
22. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The US sports stars can earn a large sum of money via the media. B. American students go in for various sports and athletic events. C. Lots of American people take part in non-competitive activities. D. American people like to exchange different sports from each other. 23. The writer mainly intends to tell us _______. A. how important sports are in America C. why sports are so popular in America
B. where sports can help to make money D. what affect Americans’ everyday life B
Of all the animals in the animal kingdom, which one (aside from man) is the cleverest? There are several ways of measuring the intelligence of animals. In one test a scientist sets three same cans on a table. While the animal watches, he puts food under one of the cans. Then he leads the animal away. Some time later, he brings it back to see if it remembers which can has the food. No smelling is allowed; the animal must go directly to the correct can or it fails.
This is called a delayed- response text. The idea is to find out how long an animal’s memory can keep information. The scientists would try showing the cans to the animal one hour later, or two hours later, or even a full day later. They discovered that chimpanzees and elephants had the best memory, and were able to remember the correct can for at least twenty hours. No other animal is close. Dogs came next, but they only remembered for nine hours.
To settle the matter, the scientists designed a huge maze (迷宫) and ran the chimps and elephants through it. The maze was very difficult, with many blind paths and dead ends. It took the chimps (chimpanzees) ten minutes to find their way out. The elephants needed half an hour. Even allowing for the elephants’ slower rate of speed, the test shows that chimpanzees are the cleverest
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animals.
From this and other tests, the scientists drew the following conclusion: an animal’s intelligence depends on the size of its brain in proportion (比例) to the size of its body. The elephant’s brain weighs ten pounds. But this is only 1/600th of its 6,000 pounds body. A chimp’s brain weighs about one pound, or 1/120th of its total body weight. So in proportion to its body size, the chimp has four times as much brain as the elephant----more brain for less body. The chimp is the champ! 24. Which is the best title? A. The Elephant’s Memory C. Judging Intelligence
B. The Cleverest Animal D. The Chimp’s Brain
25. According to the passage, a rhinoceros (犀牛) that weighs 2100 pounds, and has a 3-pound brain is________. A. as clever as a chimp
B. more clever than an elephant D. as clever as an elephant
C. less clever than an elephant
26. The delayed-response test is designed to test an animal’s________. A. eyesight
B. brain
C. learning ability
D. memory
27. The passage tells that elephants ________. A. never forget things
B. are more clever than chimps D. have better memories than chimps
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Trends come and go but style is eternal. So what is the latest fashion trend that defines this season? Let’s take a look at the fashion trend in 2016 and be the first ones to embrace the latest trend. Head----It seems like everyone will be wearing a bucket hat this season. Bucket hat might sound a bit old-fashioned for some people, but the 90s trend is in season again! Spring and summer are always the seasons for casual clothes, so pairing the bucket hat with casual shorts or skirts would be your outfit to go in this spring and summer in 2016.
Bottom—Summer is the season when everyone gets ready for the humid weather. The current season trend is making everyone have a more comfortable summer because wide-leg bottoms is in trend again. Perhaps not everyone likes wide-leg bottoms because this could possibly make people look shorter, choosing a high-waist wide-leg bottom and matching it with crop top will definitely make you look taller and trendy in 2016.
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C. are slower-moving than chimps