枣阳市高级中学2017-2018学年度高二上学期8月月考英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（满分100分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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.Why can't the man tell the woman the way?
A.He is lost.
B.He doesn't want to help her.
C.He is not familiar with the area.
2.How does the man feel about the play?
A.It's very good.
B.It's very terrible.
C.It's the best one he has ever seen.
3.What is the time now?
A.8:30.
B.8:20.
C.8:00.
4.What are the speakers talking about?
A.Their hobbies.
B.The players.
C.The games.
5.What color is the shirt?
A.Yellow.
B.Green.
C.Blue.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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，听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6.What is the woman?
A.A librarian.
B.A shop assistant.
C.A teacher.
7.What is the woman's suggestion?
A.Buying some books on computers.
B.Borrowing.some magazines.
C.Asking some experts for advice.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8.What is NOT needed by the man?
A.A pencil-box.
B.Notebooks.
C.A bottle of ink.
9.How many drawing pencils does the man want?
A.Two.
B.Six.
C.Twelve.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.With whom is the man talking?
A.Another student.
B.A teacher.
C.His father.
11.What has the woman mainly been thinking about?
A.The weather.
B.Going skiing.
C.Her studies.
12.What does the woman think the man should do?
A.Think further about his vacation.
B.Think more about his study.
C.Take a trip to the beach.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.What does the woman ask the man to do tonight?
A.Play some sports.
B.Join her for dinner.
C.Help with her study.
14.What is the man going to do in Miami?
A.Go sightseeing.
B.Attend a wedding.
C.Set up a coffee shop.
15.Where is the woman going now?
A.The tennis courts.
B.The coffee shop.
C.Her school.
16.What does the man decide to do at the end of the conversation?
A.Put off his trip.
B.Come back early.
C.Take tennis lessons.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.Which is the best way to learn a language?
A.Speaking the language quickly.
B.Using the language as often as you can.
C.Try to make fewer mistakes.
18.What should you do when people laugh at your mistakes?
A.Stop talking at once.
B.Keep your sense of humor.
C.Be careful next time.
19.What is the most important rule of learning English?
A.Try to make no mistakes.
B.Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
C.Be ready to speak English.
20.What is the speaker talking about?
A.How to speak English quickly.
B.How to make fewer mistakes.
C.How to learn a language.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
21．Parents in China, according to this passage, _______.
A. are too strict with their children
B. are too rich to educate their children
C. have some problems in educating their children correctly
D. are too poor to educate their children
22．The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with ______.
A. the parents’ ideas of educating their children
B. the education system
C. children’s skills
D. children’s hobbies
23．Doing some cooking at home helps children ______.
A. learn how to serve their parents
B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future
D. make their parents believe that they are clever
24．According to the last paragraph we can conclude that ______.
A. broken radios and television sets are useful
B. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life
C. an engineer must fix many broken radios
D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios
Tickets for the 2017 World Cup in Brazil have gone on sale, with fans able to apply on FIFA’s website. FIFA is expecting a similar demand to that in Germany 2006, when there were about seven applicants for every ticket of the 64 matches. And now around 3.3 million tickets will be available for the matches in 2017.
Tickets will range in price from￡58 for first-round matches to￡632 for the final at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian citizens over 60, local students and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for ￡15．
The Price of Football - World Cup 2017
Prices Items Prices
Ticket ￡58-￡112 Final ticket ￡281-￡632
Sun cream ￡9.50 T-shirt ￡13
McDonald’s meal ￡11 Water ￡1.28
Imported beer ￡3.83 Domestic beer ￡1.91
Coffee ￡2.55 Average dinner ￡29
“It’s always difficult to predict,” said FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil. “But I truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in Germany than in South Africa in 2010.” According to FIFA, the 2006 World Cup was attended by more than 3.3 million fans. Almost two million tickets were sold to the general public in South Africa, although the number of applications during the first ticketing phase was significantly lower．
All applications made before 10th October 2013 will enter a random selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requests. The sales of the leftover tickets will begin on 5th November on a first-come, first-served basis. Another phase will begin on 8th December after the draw is made. The tournament begins on 12th June, with Brazil playing the opener in Sao Paulo．
A study on the price of World Cup 2017 looked at the ticket prices and the cost of travelling to Brazil and found that our English fans face hotel costs of between￡46 and￡797 a night, while packages range from￡2,999 to￡14,999．
25．How much should a Brazilian student pay for the opening match?
A．15
B．58
C．112
D．632
26．From the passage we know that Thierry Weil_______.
A．feels proud of what they achieved in South Africa 2010
B．feels worried about the sales of the tickets for Brazil 2017
C．holds the belief that Brazil 2017 will be the greatest world cup
D．believes that more fans will attend Brazil 2017 than South Africa 2010
27．What will FIFA do if there are not enough tickets available for requests before Oct.10, 2013?
A．They will sell the spare tickets to the applicants．
B．They will sell on a first-come, first-served basis．
C．They will choose the applicants based on a random selection draw．
D．They will sell them the tickets to be sold on Dec.8．
SPORTS EVENTS
BASKETBALL:
Central Sports Centre. City Road.
All Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12
Northerners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14
BUSHWALKING (越野走)：
Meet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.
FOOTBALL:
St Martins Sports Centre
St Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8
Eastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8
Neill Park Recreation Centre
Neill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11
Essen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11
LAWN BOWLS(草坪滚木球）：
Tans Town B.C
Tans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10
Wake Hill B.C.
Wake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9
28．According to the passage, the most popular time for the sporting events may be ____.
A. Sat 8:30 pm
B. Sun noon
C. Sun 2:00 pm
D. Sat 2:00 pm
29．The purpose of the passage is to let people ____.
A. compare the prices of the matches
B. find the nearest place to watch a match
C. know the sport matches and come to watch them
D. spend their money on these matches wisely
30．You may find the passage most probably in a ____.
A. handbook
B. newspaper about match reviews
C. magazine about ball matches
D. notice
31．If you have $18, you can go to watch both ____.
A. Walk Hill vs Colls and Essen vs Springwood
B. All Stars vs Rockets and the bushwalking at Westley Station
C. Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill
D. St Matins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.
Sometimes, the word “green” means young, fresh and growing. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or an ox whose horns(角)had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had no experience in war. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(大拇指). The expression comes from the early 20th century. A person with a green thumb can make plants grow quickly and well.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling , jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster （怪物）is not a dangerous animal from outer space. It is an expression used about 400 years ago by the British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling when someone has something he wants. For example, a young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if you get a pay rise and he does not.
In most places in the world, a green light means to move ahead. In everyday speech, a green light means agree to continue with a project.
32．A greenhorn now refers to ____________.
A. a person who is new in a job
B. a new soldier.
C. a young horse
D. a cow without horns
33．A person with a green thumb is a person _______.
A. who is good at growing plants
B. whose thumbs are of green color
C. whose garden is greener than others’
D. who is younger than his neighbors
34．A man may meet the green-eyed monster if ____.
A. he sees a dangerous animal
B. he reads a sad play
C. his friend gets a prize that he wants
D. he can't get something
35．The main idea of the passage is ________.
A. a greenhorn
B. a green thumb
C. the Green Revolution
D. the word “green” and its story
第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Every one complains. Even if you argue that you are the happiest person in the world, you still complain sometimes. Sometimes you complain: without even realizing it, but rarely is it ever helpful. 36．Here are some tips to stop complaint and give up the negative thoughts:37．When you find yourself thinking or saying a negative comment about something or someone, stop and force yourself to say something positive instead. Seek the help of a cheerful friend to change you when you complain and help you to see the positive in the situation.
Make a list of things we are grateful for.
We often complain about the things we don't have without noticing those things we already have. Be grateful for what we have in our life because we are lucky simply for being ourselves. 38．
Learn to adapt to the changes. There are many things we can't change.39．
Always find the positive side of each situation, regardless of however difficult the situation is. With parents' and friends' support, we can survive any life changes.
Allow yourself to vent（发泄）your feelings every once in a while.
Constantly ignored negative thoughts could add up. If you are really going through a rough time, don't be afraid to share your feelings with a close friend or family member or see a therapist.
Find what makes you happy.
40．Maybe it is time to make the hard decision to move on to another job or career.Uncover what your biggest complaints are about and see if you can change the situation to make you happy. Choose happiness, focus on the positive, and be kind always!
A. Sometimes this list can be easy, full of hobbies you enjoy.
B. Are you constantly complaining about your present job?
C. So how can you manage to force yourselves to end complaining?
D. Set down things we are thankful for and we'll see that we don't have any reason to complain.
E. Change the way you think.
F. The best and only thing we can do is to accept them.
G. Make positive people friends.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man died and was on his way to another_41_,either the Heaven or the Hell.He saw an extremely_42_palace half way and the owner of the palace_43_him to stay and live in the palace.
The man said,"I have been working_44_during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep_45_any work."
The owner of the palace said,"_46_,there is nowhere else better than here for you.There are a wealth of_47_in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone_48_you._49_,there is_50_that needs to be done by you."Then,the man settled down in the palace.
At the beginning,the man felt very_51_at the rotation（轮流）of eating and sleeping.But_52_,he felt a bit lonely and empty.So he went to the owner and complained,"It is_53_to live by just eating and sleeping every day.Now I show no_54_in this kind of life any more.Could you help me find a_55_?"
The owner replied, "_56_,there is no job here at all."
After another several months,the man could not_57_the present life and went to the owner_58_,"I really could not stand this sort of life any more.If you do not offer me a job, I would_59_to go to the Hell instead of living here."
The owner of the palace smiled contemptuously（轻蔑地）,"Do you think it is the Heaven here?It is_60_the Hell!"
41.A.hospital
B.house
C.place
D.world
42.A.splendid
B.mysterious
C.free
D.yellow
43.A.forced
B.warned
C.invited
D.commanded
44.A.hard
B.honestly
C.comfortably
D.heavily
45.A.apart from
B.without
C.besides
D.with
46.A.If any
B.If possible
C.If necessary
D.If so
47.A.jewels
B.food
C.books
D.money
48.A.noticing
B.asking
C.stopping
D.meeting
49.A.Moreover
B.Otherwise
C.Therefore
D.However
50.A.anything
B.everything
C.something
D.nothing
51.A.surprised
B.frightened
C.mad
D.happy
52.A.easily
B.gradually
C.confidently
D.carefully
53.A.strange
B.enjoyable
C.relaxing
D.boring
54.A.patience
B.trust
C.interest
D.curiosity
55.A.job
B.way out
C.wife
D.partner
56.A.Sorry
B.Cheer up
C.All right
D.Never mind
57.A.handle
B.lose
C.bear
D.risk
58.A.indeed
B.already
C.again
D.always
59.A.hope
B.expect
C.promise
D.prefer
60.A.no longer
B.actually
C.also
D.still
第Ⅱ卷（满分50分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Sometimes our emotions can seem to defeat us.When this happens,_61_is possible to give people the wrong _62_(impress) or do something we regret.Learning to express your emotions effectively will allow you to communicate clearly and carefully,without hurting those around you or_63_(make) the situation worse.So it's important to learn to express emotions.
Firstly,you need to learn how to express your angry feelings.Anger can cause you to say things you regret,so sometimes you should control your angry feelings.If you're afraid of saying something that hurts someone,then try to think_64_(care) before you speak.Also,you can write down your angry thoughts as if you were shouting it out to the world.This allows you_65_(express) your anger.
Secondly,it's necessary to learn to express sadness.Sadness is particularly hard to deal_66_,especially when people can see you are sad.But you needn't hide it.Instead,try talking about_67_is making you sad.It doesn't matter if you cry,as it has proved that crying can reduce stress.What's more,if you feel your secrets are safe in your dairy,then write down what_68_(upset) you.
Learning to express worry is also important.If you're worried about a friend or a loved one,talk to them about your worry.This could give you some peace of mind.Also,you can choose an activity_69_you are interested in and spend some time doing it.The less you think about the problem,the_70_you will worry.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
3.错误类型不涉及单词拼写。
This year,our school called on us students to make a good use of our time and do some socially practice during the holiday,so I found a job and began to work in a small restaurant.I thought it was easy,and it turned out to be a hard one by a matter of fact.I spend the whole morning washing dish and setting tables.I didn't have lunch until it was two in the afternoon.After lunch.I immediately began to work again,does the same things until 11 pm.It took myself more than ten hours a day to work there! However,through the hard work,I've come to understand the value of hard work.I've also realized what difficult it is my parents to support the family.Therefore,I am now determined to study harder to repay my parents.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
网络购物逐渐成为我们生活的一个有机部分，请你用英文给China Daily写一封信，谈谈网络购物的利弊以及你的看法。
要点如下：
1.优点（方便、快捷、质优、价廉）；
2.缺点（质量无法保证、售后态度不好）；
3.你的看法。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear editor,
With the fast development of e-commerce,online shopping is increasingly becoming an unavoidable part of our life.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
英语试题答案
1—5 CBCCC
6—10 ABABA
11—15 CBBBA
15—20 CBBBC
21—24 CACB
25—27 ADC
28—31 DCDB
32 -35AACD
36—40 CEDFB
41—45 DACAB
46—50 DBCAD
51—55 DBDCA
56—60 ACCDB
61.it
62.impression
63.making
64.carefully
65.to express
66.with
67.what
68.is upsetting
69.that/which
70.less
短文改错：
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书面表达：
Dear editor,
With the fast development of e-commerce,online shopping is increasingly becoming an unavoidable part of our life.
The popularity of online shopping definitely has its own reasons.First and foremost,online shopping usually means something you buy are both cheaper in price and better in quality.Besides,goods you get online come to you fast as well as conveniently,saving your tiredness of shopping and walking.But the other side of the coin is also true. Goods bought online are not as fine as those from the store which you can watch,feel and smell by yourself.Some online shoppers become impatient or even unreasonable after you have paid for the goods.
In my opinion,we should improve our e-commerce laws to regulate the activities of online purchase. Meanwhile,as online customers,we should be cautious while shopping online.
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua