[中学联盟]浙江省台州市书生中学2015-2016学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题
台州市书生中学 2015学年第一学期 高二英语第一次月考试卷
命题人：许佳慧 2015.10
（满分：150分 考试时间：120分
钟）
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
第I卷（选择题 共两个部分 90分）
第一部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Dad had a green comb(梳子). He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his 1 and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”
I was 2 
to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such 3 . I would excitedly turn the tap 4 and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would 5 affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.
Two years later, Dad started his own 6 , which wasn’t doing so well. That was when things started to 7 . Dad didn’t come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became 8 with him for placing our family in trouble. With 9 , an uncomfortable silence grew between us.
After my graduation, Dad’s business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home 10 . As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said ,“Hey, would you help me 11 my comb?” I looked at him a while, then 12 the comb and headed to the sink.
It hit me then: why, as a child, 13 Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to 14 the evening with Mum and me. It 15 a happy and loving family.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and 16 placed his comb on his wallet. But this time, I noticed something 17 . Dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, 18 his smile was still as 19 as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good 20 for his family.
1. A. bag B. wallet C. brush D. comb
2. A. relieved B. ashamed C. pleased D. annoyed
3 .A. courage B. joy C. sadness D. pain
4. A. on B. in C. over D. out
5. A. laugh B. shout C. smile D. stare
6. A. family B. task C. journey D. business
7. A. progress B. improve C. change D. form
8. A. mad B. satisfied C. delighted D. strict
9. A. ease B. speed C. patience D. time
10. A. early B. occasionally C. rarely D. frequently
11. A. sharpen B. clean C. repair D. keep
12. A. threw B. dropped C. took D. handed
13. A. hearing B. helping C. watching D. letting
14. A. find B. spend C. waste D. lose
15. A. meant B. affected C. broke D. supported
16. A. 
casually B. hurriedly C. carefully D. firmly
17. A. urgent B. exciting C. interesting D. different
18. A. for B. yet C. or D. so
19. A. heartwarming B. convincing C. innocent D. cautious
20. A. origin B. reputation C. education D. life
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共19小题；每小题2.5分，满分47.5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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part-- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold-weather root vegetables-- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.
The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.
Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal-- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.
Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where-- luckily for me-- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.
21. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?
A. Exciting. B. Relaxing. C. Boring. D. Annoying.
22. What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?
A. Having a swim. B. Breathing in fresh air.
C. Visiting a local farmer’s market. D. Walking in the morning sun.
23. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?
A. They are juicy. B. They are soft.
C. They taste great. D. They look nice.
24. What was the author going to that evening?
A. Eat in a restaurant. B. Check into a hotel.
C. Go to a farm. D. Buy fresh vegetables.
B
Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential (居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans available
Continental Breakfast
Breakfast and Dinner
Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis in
cludes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much.
25. The passage is probably written for _______.
- hosts willing to receive foreign students
- travellers planning to visit families in London
- English learners applying to live in English homes
- foreigners hoping to build British culture
26. Which of the following will the host provide?
- Medical care B. Room cleaning
C. Free transport D. Physical training
27. According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include?
- Dessert and coffee. B. Fruit and vegetables.
C. Bread and fruit juice. D. Cereal and cold meat.
28. Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
- To enjoy much more freedom.
- To
entertain friends as they like. - To enrich their knowledge of English.
- To experience a warmer family atmosphere.
C
Many people think that listening is a passive(被动的) business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also needs total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary（暂时的）giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to expe
rience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside , stepping into his or her shoes . Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy needed for listening well is so great that it can be achieved only by the will to extend oneself for mutual(相互的) growth.
Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply