万州二中高级高二上期十月月考英语试题命题人：宋婷婷审题人：许传俊考试时间：120分钟满分：150分本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷注意事项：1．答第Ⅰ卷时，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2．选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。

不能答在试卷上，否则无效。

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. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Brother and sister.C. Customer and shop assistant.2. How much does the woman have to pay for the pen?A. 78.4 yuanB. 88.2 yuan.C. 98 yuan.3. What are the two speakers doing?A. Swimming in the sea.B. Taking a sunbath.C. Enjoying a walk4. Where does the conversation take place?A. At home.B. At school.C. Over the phone.5. What did the man visit today?A. The Lama Temple.B. The Summer Place.C. The Confucius Temple.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What is the man doing?A. Doing a survey about a service.B. Trying to recommend a product.C. Showing how to operate a robot.7. How does the woman react in the end?A. She says she’s busy.B. She is very curious.C. She shows no interest.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Buy her an iPad4.B. Give her some money.C. Give his iPad4 to her.9. How does the man react to the woman’s request?A. He is happy about it.B. He is interested in it.C. He refuses her request.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. How did the woman find her airplane ride?A. Terrible.B. Relaxing.C. Exciting.11. Why didn’t the woman listen to music?A. Because she didn’t like music.B. Because she wanted to chat with the couple.C. Because her ears ached when she did that.12. What did the woman do this morning?A. She watched a movie.B. She went to see a doctor.C. She bought a pair of earphones.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. Why didn’t the woman go to the man’s party?A. Because she took her grandmother to hospital.B. Because she hadn’t received the man’s invitation.C. Because she went to see her grandmother at the hospital.14. What do we know about the woman’s grandmother?A. She doesn’t know about traffic rules.B. She got hurt when she was driving.C. She’ll stay in hospital for just a few days.15. Who mostly went to the man’s party?A. His friends.B. His classmates.C. His relatives.16. Where will the speakers most probably go next?A. A Chinese restaurant.B. An Italian restaurant.C. A French restaurant.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What can we know about family farming?A. It is a big failure at all.B. It is a new kind of farming.C. It is common around the world.18. What’s the purpose of making 2014 the “International Year of Family Farming”?A. To increase public understanding of family farming.B. To attract more people to work on agriculture.C. To create a festival for family farmers.19. What is a problem family farms face?A. Family farmers retire too young.B. It’s hard for family farms to find workers.C. Family farms don’t provide good worker benefits.20. How many goals of the FAO are mentioned in the text?A. 4.B.5.C. 6.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。

AYou probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams(1860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(1907-1964)If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.Sandra Day O’Connor(1930-present)When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(1913-2005)On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.21. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?A. Jane Addams.B. Rosa Parks.C. Sandra Day O’Connor.D. Rachel Carson.22. What is Jane Addams famous for in history?A. Her efforts to win a prize.B. Her lack of proper training in law.C. Her social work.D. Her community background.23. What is the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm?A. Her lack of proper training in law.B. The discrimination against women.C. Her little work experience in court.D. The poor financial conditions.24. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A. They are highly educated.B. They are truly creative.C. They are peace-lovers.D. They are pioneers.BI can’t remember the first time one of my children told me, “I hate you.” I can, however, tell you that it still happens occasionally, but it doesn’t bother me. As their father, I often say things that are unpopular. If they hate me once in a while, I know I’m doing a good job.There are three other words that I won’t allow in my house, however. Last week, I was watching my older son play with a paper airplane. After he accidentally threw it into a wall and it came apart, his eyes were filled with tears.“I hate myself,” he said. It wasn’t the first time he’d said it, and I was concerned that he’d started to actually believe it.I knelt down next to him and made him look into my eyes. I told him that I never wanted to hear those words again, and that he needed to respect himself.The difference between your kid telling you they hate you and they saying they hate themselves is that, five minutes later, they’ve already forgotten they “hate you”. Self-hate is much more potentially poisonous and for young people, it can linger into the rest of their life.Kids who start to believe they hate themselves sometimes struggle to form new friendships. As teenagers, they avoid the chance to connect with a potential love interest, because they assume they’ll be rejected. And as adults, they might choose not to apply for the dream job because they assume it won’t work out.I know this is true, because I didn’t have a high opinion of myself as a child. I found myself struggling in many areas, and I’d hate to see my children suffer the same fate.Sometimes, words are just words. But some words can make the kind of impact I’d very much like to avoid for my children. I don’t fear strong language; I fear language that makes us weak.25. How did the author feel on hearing his kids saying “I hate you”?A. Depressed.B. Annoyed.C. Unconcerned.D. Excited.26. Why won’t the author allow the three words “I hate myself”?A. Because the influence of thinking in this way is negative.B. Because it hurts parents to hear their kids saying so.C. Because it doesn’t make any sense to blame oneself.D. Because the impoliteness of saying so is unbearable.27. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “linger” in paragraph 5?A. come to an endB. continue to existC. begin to changeD. become out of dateCOn March 17, people around the world celebrate the Irish holiday of Saint Patrick’s Day. It is a major holiday in Ireland, but the rest of the world has influenced its celebration as much as the Irish themselves.Most Americans think of Saint Patrick’s Day as a big party centered around drinking alcohol. But its beginnings in Ireland were religious, says Mike Cronin, a professor of Irish history with Boston College of Massachusetts.Ireland is a mostly Roman Catholic country. Saint Patrick lived in Ireland more than 2,000 years ago. He is widely considered to have established Christianity in the country. The Church honored him with a holy day in the 17th century. March 17 marks the date of his death. The average Irish person honored March 17 quietly. Attending church services was the main activity. In fact, most businesses that served alcohol would close in honor of the day.In the early 1900s, Ireland’s government made St. Patrick’s Day an official holiday. By the 1960s, towns across Ireland started celebrating the holiday with parades and music. In Ireland today, St. Patrick’s Day is a four-day public celebration that includes parades, music, food, and games.For Irish people living outside Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day became a chance to celebrate their Irish identity and culture. Now, countries and cities around the world celebrate March 17 in creative ways. Many countries hold Saint Patrick’s Day parades. Famous monuments, including the Great Wall of China, the Niagara Falls, and the Gateway of India in Mumbai will all be colored by green light for the day.Cronin says that the worldwide popularity of Saint Patrick’s Day has helped the Irish government, which uses the holiday as a form of diplomacy. And for a small island of 4.5 to 5 million people it’s quite remarkable that they have that kind of soft power.28. How did average Irish people celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in the 17th century?A. Drinking alcohol.B. Parading in the streets.C. Attending church services peacefully.D. Coloring well-known monuments green.29. What can we learn from the passage?A. Saint Patrick’s Day is the most significant day in the US.B. Saint Patrick’s Day plays a role in foreign affairs in Ireland today.C. Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide today as in the 17th century.D. On Saint Patrick’s Day, parades and parties are held throughout America.30. What is the passage mainly about?A. The origin of Saint Patrick’s Day.B. The celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day.C. The influence of Saint Patrick’s Day on the world.D. The role of Saint Patrick’s Day in Irish diplomacy.31. What is Cronin’s attitude towards the popularity of Saint Patrick’s Day?A. Unclear.B. Neutral.C. Negative.D. Positive.DAs a child, visiting the zoo was more a punishment than a treat. I didn’t find the chimps’ tea parties funny, nor the bird shows entertaining. Feeding time for seals was less painful, but their performances still seemed like they belonged more in a circus（马戏团）.And I hated circuses, especially the animal acts — men teasing lions, girls balancing on elephants and monkeys playing football. I knew that every trick a circus animal did was unnatural, achieved through strict training and quite possibly cruelty.Happily, during my lifetime public attitudes and the law have changed. Circuses using wild animals are now almost extinct, and zoos have definitely evolved.When my children were young, I occasionally took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in tiny cages and the gorillas looked bored as they sat peeling bananas and staring at teasing visitors. Each cage had a sign which listed the animal’s name and where it came from. But, back then, there was little information included about the environmental challenges they faced.As a result, environmentalists and animal lovers often oppose zoos. “Animals belong in the wild,” is a common and understandable complaint. But what do the animals themselves prefer?Generally speaking, zoo animals have a longer life. But — you may protest — they are not free. What? Free to be hunted and killed, free to die of hunger or thirst? Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isn’t so bad.Not that such conditions are acceptable in modern zoos, due to the work of BIAZA, the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. These days every zoo requires BIAZA’s approval to operate, and the association sets the standards, observes conditions in zoos and develops animal-research programmes, both in the UK and abroad. BIAZA also organizes the animal exchanges between zoos all over the world.Consequently, today, most zoo animals are born and raised in zoos, live in large, comfortable enclosures and are cared for by well-trained, knowledgeable and caring zoo employees. Of course it’s no substitute for living in the wild but unfortunately this isn’t always possible. Meanwhile, why not visit your local zoo and decide for yourself?32. The passage is mainly about __________.A. how zoos have improvedB. whether a zoo should be closed downC. a new environmental organizationD. the difference between zoos and circuses33. From Paragraph 2, we can guess that the writer believes circus animals __________.A. had much shorter lives than those in the wildB. were not treated well by their trainersC. should have been placed in zoosD. were not as intelligent as those in zoos34. Which of the following roles are performed by BIAZA?A. Organizing animal study projects and training zoo workers.B. Checking zoo conditions and arranging animal exchanges.C. Designing zoos and approving zoo operations.D. Caring for ill animals and setting zoo standards.35. Which of the following statements about zoos would the writer agree with?A. Zoo animals should be freed into the wild.B. Zoos are more popular now than in the past.C. Zoo animals are more restricted than in the past.D. Zoos now provide caring living conditions for animals.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。