第二次月考试卷高二英语试题的三道易失分题.doc

2015-2016学年度第二学期第二次月考试卷
高二英语试题
得分率较低的三道题：

第二节 听取信息（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，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。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。
A Highway Incident
Time of the incident
On a very cold 6 afternoon.
The number of kids on the bus
There were 7 kids on the bus when the drive hurried away.
The place the bus left from
The bus slowly started leaving from the _ ___8 _.
The police’s reaction to the boy
After the police arrived at the scene, they congratulate Jack on his brave 9 .

The ending of the incident
Although that is only a small 10 _,the county district lawyer said he hoped to raise the charge to a higher one.
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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，并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
A
Amelia Earhart's (1897－1937) childhood was not the typical girl's. She liked nothing better than to explore the banks of the Missouri River, where she climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle (步枪)．She also built her own roller coaster(过山车)．
The exciting life of the American aviation (航空)pioneer is dramatized in the movie Amelia, which is due to come out on October 23.
After Earhart paid a pilot $1 to take her up for a short fly in his plane, aviation became her love and career.
As she later explained, “Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.”
Earhart found herself a flying teacher and started to learn to fly. She took all sorts of jobs to pay for the lessons and to buy a second­hand plane on her 24th birthday.
In 1932, Earhart flew solo (单人的) across the Atlantic. She became the first woman to make the solo crossing. She also made a flying suit for women and went on to design other clothes for women who led active lives. “Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done —thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action, ”she said.
When she was nearly 40, Earhart was ready for a final challenge—to be the first woman to fly around the world. However, in mid­flight, she and her navigator (导航员) disappeared in bad weather.
Earhart will be forever remembered as a brave pioneer for both aviation and women.
11．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. A movie about Earhart's exciting life has come out.
B. Earhart never did things others could and would do.
C. Earhart's love for aviation came after she flew a plane for a short time.
D. In Earhart's opinion, women should think and act more independently.
12．The underlined word in paragraph 2 means________.
A．presented B．adopted C．published D．created
13．From the passage we can know that ________.
A．Earhart showed most interest in adventure trips to the Missouri River during her childhood
B．Earhart's ambition was to fly across the Atlantic
C．Earhart challenged herself constantly
D．Besides flying, Earhart also designed planes and clothes
14．You can probably find this article in________.
A．a booklet B．a newspaper C．a guide book D．an advertisement

B
Would you like to know how to properly shake hands with strangers when necessary for the best impression?
Then listen closely. I’ll show you what certain handshakes mean and what you can do to give a handshake with the best impression.
A person who is confident gives a firm handshake.
Someone who is nervous or shy gives a wilted (畏畏缩缩) handshake.
Now here are some wonderful tips to give an excellent handshake that makes people trust, respect or like you.
1. Smile while shaking hands, but don’t smile for too long becasue it might let the other think you are not smart.
2. Make eye contact for around three seconds while shaking hands. Don’t look too powerfully, nor too long into their eyes.
3. If you’re sitting down, stand up to show respect when shaking hands except when you’re eating. Remaining seated while shaking hands may give the impression that you’re not interested in them, and will probably get them angry.
4. If you have sweaty hands, wipe out the sweat before shaking hands.
5. Hold out your arm outward to show them your enthusiasm and confidence.
6. Your palm should come in contact with their palm. It proves that you’re not hiding anything.
7. Don’ t hold their hands too hard. Shake hands firmly, but don’t give too much pressure.
15. Why is it important to give a stranger an excellent handshake?
A. Because it can prove that you are a confident person.
B. Because it can show that you are not nervous or shy.
C. Because it can cause the stranger to trust, respect or like you.
D. Because it can tell the stranger that you are polite.
16. While shaking hands, you ________.
A. should not look at the stranger B. should smile for about five seconds
C. should do it firmly D. should always look into people’s eyes
17. What will probably get people angry when shaking hands?
A. Sitting down. B. Standing up. C. Staying aside. D. Remaining in sight.

C
Chinese media and Internet users on Monday decried（谴责）a lack of morals in society after a child was struck twice by two different trucks and left bleeding on the road as more than a dozen bystanders did nothing to help the seriously injured girl.
The incident, captured by a surveillance camera and aired by Southern Television Guangdong (TVS), showed the two-year-old girl was knocked down and run over by a white truck on a narrow market street on the afternoon of Oct. 13, in Foshan City of Guangdong Province.
The driver fled the scene of the accident, leaving the girl to bleed on the sidewalk. Over the next six minutes, more than a dozen people walked by the girl, yet not one individual did anything to help her. The girl was then hit a second time by another van before an elderly trash collector came to her aid and brought the attention of the girl’s mother, according to the video and eyewitnesses.
Doctors said that the girl, who was put on life support after being hospitalized, remains in a deep coma. The girl's parents, who are migrants living in the city, are now with her.
Police said the drivers of both vehicles have been arrested. However, the apathy(冷漠) of the bystanders shown in the video has shocked the public, and people are questioning the morality of society.
High moral standards were once considered as national pride in China where individuals known for selflessly helping others were adored by the public.
But in recent years, the perception（观念）of a decline of morals has become a hot topic as profit and materialism are perceived to be affecting society’s values.
On Sept. 2. an 88-year-old man in central China collapsed, his face striking the pavement. Yet, no one came to his aid, and he ended up choking to death on the blood from his nose.
Some have linked the absence of good Samaritans (模范人物)to a previous case in which a man trying to help an elderly woman who fell was accused of harming her.
A strong chorus of opinion on the Internet says laws should exempt（免除）Samaritans from liability（责任）, yet laws themselves cannot solve society’s morality dilemma.
Cao Lin, a China Youth Daily commentator, said in a signed article published on Monday that the worry of liability should not be an excuse for not helping, and this case exposes the decline of humanity in Chinese society.
18. According to the passage, what would happen if someone helped others selflessly in the past?
A. He/she would be awarded by the government.
B. He/she would have to worry about liability.
C. He/she would be condemned by the public.
D. The public would feel proud of him/ her and thus showed love and respect for him/ her
19. Which of the following is TRUE about this passage?
A. Nobody helped the girl who was struck twice by two different vans.
B. The toddler died immediately after she was hit a second time.
C. High moral standards were once regarded as national pride in China.
D. Journalists from TVS captured the incident by using a camera.
20. In recent years, society’s values is believed to be affected by .
A. people’s perceptions B. profit and materialism
C. the apathy of bystanders D. the morals of society
21. According to Cao Lin, what is the fundamental reason for not helping the girl?
A. The decline of humanity in society.
B. Lack of laws that exempt Samaritans from liability.
C. The worry of liability.
D. The other two cases mentioned in the article-the case or an 88-year-old man and the case where a man trying to help an elderly woman who fell was accused or harming her.

D
For most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall. Soon, that will change. Electronic commerce (trade) is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices. There will, however, be a cost: protecting the consumer from being cheated will be harder. Many governments therefore want to apply street regulations to the electronic world. But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation.
Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs or their rights to refund when goods are faulty. But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence is on the screen. Even in a country where a clear right to compensation exists, the on-line customer in Tokyo, say, can hardly go to New York to get a refund (退款) for a clothes purchase.
One answer is for government to cooperate more: to recognize each other’s rules. But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules. And plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober countries to accept. There is, however, another choice. Let the electronic businesses do the regulation themselves. They do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so.
In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset. Governments, too, may compete to be trusted. For instance, customers ordering medicines on- line may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead.
Customers will still need to use their judgment, but precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than customers of the normal sort. And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down. In this way, at least, the advent(出现) of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more.
22. In case an electronic shopper bought faulty goods from a foreign country, what could he do?
A. Refuse to pay for the purchase. B. Go to the seller and ask for a refund.
C. Appeal to consumer protection law. D. Complain about it on the Internet.
23. In the author’s view, businesses would place a high emphasis on honest dealing because in the electronic world _______.
A. international cooperation would be much more frequent
B. consumers could easily seek government protection
C. a good reputation is a great advantage in competition
D. it would be easy for consumers to complain
24. We can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the FDA in the United States is______.
A. very quick B. very cautious C. very slow D. rather careless
25. According to the author, what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?
A. Self-regulation by the business. B. Strict Consumer protection laws.
C. Close international cooperation. D. Government protection.

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