安徽省马鞍山市第二中学2016-2017学年高二10月月考英语试题

马鞍山二中2016-2017学年度高二年级第一次月考

英 语 试 题

（满分100分，考试时间90分钟）

第一部分 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。

A

Secret Garden

by Johanna Basford, Scottish illustrator

It is a coloring book for adults. Like a treasure hunt, the book features all kinds of creatures, including songbirds, butterflies and sharks. Since its publication in 2013, it has sold more than 14 million copies in 22 languages worldwide.

 

Fill-Me-In

by Moose Allain, British artist

This book is not just about coloring. It gives you the opportunity to create in your own way and makes your imagination come alive. As it’s designed for both young and old, you can get one for yourself or buy it as a gift for your parents.

 

The Mindfulness Colouring Book

by Emma Farrarons, French illustrator

If you want to enjoy a kind of on-the-go-relaxation, this pocket-seized coloring book is a good choice. It was published in January 2015 and has been available in 12 languages. The book is filled with beautiful scenes and complicated patterns. They inspire you to think about your artwork,

which helps release anxiety and get rid of stress.

The Mandala Coloring Book

by Jim Gogarty, British artist

The mandala is a sacred（神圣的）symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism. It attracts people with its bright patterns and awakens in them a sense of peace. The author began drawing mandalas in 2005 and created this book later. The book features 100 customizable（可定制的）mandala drawings that you can color in.

1. Which book is related to human beliefs?
   1. Secret Garden.      B. Fill-Me-In.

3. The Mindfulness Colouring Book.   D. The Mandala Coloring Book.

2. What is the feature of Fill-Me-In?

A. It is a book for people of all ages.

B. It is designed by a British novelist.

C. It can make your life full of imagination.

D. It is simply a coloring book.

3. What do Secret Garden and The Mindfulness Colouring Book have in common?

1. They have been translated into many languages.[来源:学科网]
2. They were published in the same year.
3. They teach how to hunt treasure.
4. They are the same in size.

B

It’s a bicyclist’s dream: a bike that can’t be stolen. The Yerka, designed by three young Chilean engineering students, is the latest entry in a trend of bikes. They use their saddle seat as a lock. They can also use their handlebar（手柄）as a lock. But the inventors of the Yerka have made an improvement to it. The bike’s lower frame opens up into two arms that are then connected to the seat post and locked to a post, so thieves would have to destroy a Yerka to get it unlocked.

“That’s why our motto is ‘A bike that gets stolen is no longer a bike’. What we have here is truly an unstealable bike,” said Cristobal Cabello, who came up with the design during a

college engineering class with childhood friends Andres Roi Eggers and Juan Jose Monsalve.

 In Chile and elsewhere in Latin America, the spread of cycling lanes, storage racks and bike share programs are encouraging people to change from cars to bikes , which are cheaper and environmentally friendly. Cristobal Galban said a study by his team in 2013 found that the use of bikes has doubled among Chileans in five years.

 The main problem in Chile and elsewhere is robberies. The most effective strategy commonly used in London today is to take the bike into the office with the rider. Other strategies involve using a bike that looks so unattractive that nobody will want to steal it. But now the Yerka can help solve the problem.

 Now, while waiting for the patent（专利）to be approved and carrying out more tests the team plans to raise funds. They’re also looking for a partner who can invest $300,000 needed to produce 1,000 bikes first that they hope will be sold by mid-2016.

4. Which of the following is NOT true about the Yerka in Paragraph 1?

A. It looks very attractive   B. It aims at not being stolen

C. It leads the new trend of bikes  D. It uses its saddle seat as a lock

5. According to Cristobal Cabello, it can be inferred that the Yerka     

A. will be safe if it is fully used   B. will be broken if it gets stolen

C. will be expensive if it gets repaired D. will not be stolen even if it is unlocked

6. From the last paragraph, we can learn that the Yerka          .

A. doesn’t need a lot of money  B. can’t be bought in the market yet

C. will be popular with bike riders  D. will be affordable for ordinary people

7. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Bikes in Chile can easily get stolen  

B. Chile is encouraging the use of bikes

C. An expensive bike drew the world’s attention

D. Three Chileans designed an unstealable bike

C

To Friend or Not to Friend

We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue?