2016-2017学年度第二学期高二第一次月考英语（本试卷共四大题, 满分150分, 考试用时120分钟）第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分15分）第一节听力理解（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）听下面两段材料，每段播放两遍。
各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。
请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。
1. Where does the man have to go first?A. To his grandparents’.B. To the swimming pool.C. To the post office.2. When is the football match?A. At 12:30.B. At 1:30.C. At 2:00.听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。
3. What does the man think of the woman’s father’s idea?A. Reasonable.B. Interesting.C. Unbelievable.4. What did the woman have to do at mealtimes?A. Sit silently.B. Speak French.C. Put her hands on the table.5. What does the woman think was a good thing at school?A. Learning manners.B. Studying by herself.C. Going to church before class.第二节听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段材料，将5个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过三个单词，填入答题卡标号为6~10的空格中。
听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。
你将第二部分阅读理解（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。
AIt’s often interesting to take a look at some of the lists that arrive toward the end of the year such as top devices, best gadgets(配件), most desirable high-tech gift and more. Apart from cell phones and tablets(平板), and Apple and Samsung products, this year many other gadgets made it on the most wanted list from Yahoo Tech and the most searched list from . Read on to find out what they are.Wireless headphonePortable Bluetooth headphones represent the next evolution in headphone technology. If you have a compatible smartphone with Bluetooth, the obvious benefit is that you can get rid of the wires snaking from your backpack or pocket. Many of the wireless headphones in the market also have a built-in microphone for taking calls hands-free.Product to buy: Beats Studio Wireless. Price: 1898 yuan.Features: Signature look, and powerful audio performance with intense bass(重低音)and high-mid boosting, plus plenty of accessories.SmartwatchThe primary advantage of a smartwatch over traditional watches is that they reduce how often you have to pull your phone out of your pocket. With it, the information on your smartphone goes straight to your wrist, and you can decide first if they’re worth dealing with.Product to buy: Pebble smartwatch. Price: $ 99 (about 612 yuan).Features: Understated design, with easy setup and instant information, and customizable watch faces, plus syncs(同步)with Android or iOS.Portable Bluetooth speakerBluetooth speakers are steadily growing in popularity because they let you take the party anywhere. They can be paired with your music device, and they are able to withstand incidental bumps. Though small in size, Bluetooth speakers provide a steady soundtrack for even the lengthiest bacchanalia(狂欢).Product to buy: Logitech UE Boom. Price: 1499 yuan.Features: Water and stain resistant, 360-degree sound, 15-hour battery life, with a variety of color patterns.Fitness bandBasically, fitness bands are smartwatches without the watch. They keep track of your exercise progress and, at the same time, allow you to monitor vitals such as your heart rate, calories burned and amount of time spent exercising. Some even monitor your sleep patterns.Product to buy: Fitbit Flex. Price: 898 yuan.Features: Long battery life (five days), with silent vibrating alarm, and wireless syncing to smartphones.11. How much money is a man likely to pay for some of the products if he is an enthusiasticmusical fan?A.1510 yuan.B. 2397 yuan.C. 2510 yuan.D. 3397 yuan.12. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A. All the products can sync with Android or iOS.B. Beats Studio Wireless features plenty of accessories.C. Smartwatch and Fitness band are similar products to some degree.D. Tablets are on the most wanted list of high-tech products of this year.13. Which of the following can best summarize the common feature of the above products?A. Wearable.B. Cheap.C. Android.D. Wireless.BOne Sunday, my family had gathered at my parents’house to feast upon Mom’swonderful cooking. During the normal dinner chatter, I noticed that my father was slurring (说话含混)his words. No one mentioned this during dinner, but I felt compelled to discuss it with my mother afterward.We decided there was something seriously wrong and that Dad needed to see the doctor.Mom phoned me two days later. “The doctor found a brain tumor(肿瘤). It’s too large at this point to operate. Maybe they can do something then, but the odds are long.”Even with the treatment, my father’s condition worsened, and the doctor finally informed us that this condition was terminal(晚期的). During one of his stays in the hospital, we brought our baby daughter Chelsey with us when we visited him. By this time he had great difficulty speaking. I finally figured out that he wanted Chelsey to sit on his stomach so he could make faces at her.Watching the two of them together, I realized I was living an experience that would stay with me forever. Though grateful for the time they could share, I couldn’t shake the feeling of a clock ticking in the background.On the visit to my parents’ home during what we all know was my father’s last days, my mother took Chelsey from my arms and announced, “Your father would like to see you alone for a minute.”I entered the bedroom where my father lay on a rented hospital bed. He appeared even weaker than the day before.“How are you feeling, Dad?” I asked. “Can I do anything for you?” He tried to speak, but he couldn’t make out a word. “I’m sorry, but I can’t understand you,” I said. With great difficulty he said, “I love you.”We don’t learn courage from heroes on the evening news. We learn true courage from watching ordinary people rise above hopeless situations. In many ways my father was a strict, uncommunicative man. He found it difficult to show emotion. The bravest thing I ever saw him do was overcome that barrier to open his heart to his son and family at the end of his life.14. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The writer accompanied his father to a medical examination.B. The writer was quick to notice the strange condition of his father.C. The writer’s father got worse after the removal of the brain tumor.D. The writer’s father had known about his illness before the writer discovered it.15. What does the underlined sentence “the odds are long” mean?A. It takes a long time for Father to recover.B. Father needs love and care from his family.C. There’s little possibility for Father to recover.D. They need a proper time to operate on Father.16. The father had never said “I love you” to the writer before because ________.A. he was not so attached to the writerB. he was not used to openly showing his emotionsC. he believed in strictness and punishmentD. he thought there was no need to tell the writer17. What does the writer attempt to tell us?A. Bravely express your love for your family.B. Don’t wait to see a doctor till it is too late.C. Life is short, so live your life to the fullest.D. We don’t often value health until we lose it.CShe was born to wealth and power in an era when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Graham became one of America’s most powerful women.Despite a privileged background, Katharine had to deal, while growing up, with the high demands her mother placed on her children. Katharine’s love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in 1933. At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming lawyer who became her husband. When, in 1945, Katharine’s father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, she didn’t object and stayed at home as a wife and mother of four.While Phil’s successful efforts to restore the Post to prominence(显著)made the Grahamspopular members of the Washington social scene, Katharine privately suffered tremendous pain from her husband’s increasingly abusive behavior and wild mood swings caused bysevere depression. When Phil committed suicide(自杀), the 46-year-old Katharine foundherself thrown into a new job, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to save the family paper for her children, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.In 1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret documents disclosing the truth about the United States’involvement in the Vietnam War. What’s more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate, one of thegreatest scandals(丑闻)in American political history. Katharine managed to keep control overthe most disorder of situations when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America.18. Katharine Graham was born in a time when women were not ________.A. given the chance to receive educationB. considered as intelligent as menC. permitted to achieve their goalsD. allowed to enter every field19. When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham ____.A. was strongly against the ideaB. was not happy to be rejectedC. was willing to take her share of responsibilityD. didn’t believe her husband would do a good job20. Which of the following statements is true?A. It was Katharine Graham’s husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.B. When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.C. Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.D. Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.21. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Ups and downs of The Washington Post.B. Katharine Graham’s family life and career.C. Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisher.D. Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism.DThe trouble of having to charge your smart phone for hours a day could become a thing of the past.British scientists have created a material that replaces the screen glass for phones, i-pad and smartwatches, but uses no power—meaning that they could be charged weekly. The discovery is important because more than 90 percent of a device’s battery power illuminates (照亮)the screen.Technology firms have focused on improving battery life. But the British experts say dealing with the main power-using may give better results. Oxford University engineer Dr Peiman Hosseini, father of the material, told the Sunday Telegraph, “You have to charge smartwatches each night. But if you had smart glass, you could recharge it just once a week.”The invention uses electrical pulses to create displays that require no power and can be viewed even in direct sunlight. Dr Hosseini’s company, Bodle Technologies, hopes to have a prototype(样机)in a year.Battery life is seen as a major obstruction for modern computing and technology. While the power of technology and lifestyle gadgets has improved rapidly in recent years, batteries have not kept pace. The success of smart watches, including Apple’s version, is thought to depend on solving this problem because few users are willing to charge a watch every day.Gadget firms are also desperate to solve the problem.Apple, for example, is investigating using fuel cells to power its phones and laptops, and this year had gained a patent for a system that it claimed could power its gadget for weeks.In 2012 US energy secretary Steven Chu called for a big push to improve batteries, challenging scientists to produce a battery with five times the capacity within five years.Aside from mobile gadgets, improving battery technology is seen as key to the success of electric cars, which currently have a limited journey before they must stop to be recharged.22. Who invented the new material?A. Energy secretary.B. Apple Corps.C. Oxford University engineer.D. Technology firms.23. What can we know about the invention?A. It is a kind of glass.B. It is popular with customers.C. It has gained a patent.D. It uses power to charge the phones.24. The author uses the example of Apple in Paragraph 7 to show ________.A. what the key to success isB. why Apple products are popularC. how often batteries must be rechargedD. how gadget firms are making efforts to improve batteries25. What can be inferred from the passage?A. 90% of batteries will be replaced with smart glass.B. It is likely that mobile phones will be recharged once a week.C. Scientists are focusing on increasing the number of batteries.D. Many users are willing to pay more for watches of Apple version.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。