山西省晋城市第一中学2014-2015学年高二4月月考英语试题 Word版含答案

晋城一中14-15学年高二年级四月月考试题

英 语

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。请将全部答案按要求写在答卷纸上。

第I卷（选择题，共100分）

第一部分 单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

从每题所给的Ａ、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1.——He must be busy doing his homework right now. ——I imagine ____.

A. that B. to C. so D. it

2. We need a(n) ____ team leader who can really motivate the members to work harder. A. considerable B. cautious C. dynamic D. conventional 3. When chatting with him on the mobile phone, the battery _____ dead suddenly. A. went B. came C. remained D. changed 4. We had really a bad time about six months ago, but now things are _____ .

A. looking up B. coming up C. making up D. turning up 5. ——Why did you put the wood near the fire? It is dangerous. ——Don’t worry. Wet wood won’t ____. A. burnt B. be burnt C. be burning D. burn 6. Fish have eyes and ____ appears to be a nose, and they can hear, too. A. that B. which C. it D. what

7. David got well-prepared for the university interview, for he couldn’t risk the good opportunity ____.

A. to lose B. losing C. to be lost D. being lost

8. What if you ____ to send an essay with your application? Would you have been rejected? A. forget B. would forget C. had forgotten D. should forget 9. One is to make every effort ____ he can achieve something.

A. when B. unless C. since D. before 10. ——Is there any hope of saving his life?

——His injuries are extremely serious, but he is expected to ____. A. pull in B. pull through C. pull up D. pull over 11. His wife urged ____ the family somewhere and have a good holiday.

A. he would take B. on him take C. for him to take D. he take

12. ____ that he found it difficult to stop at the busy crossing.

A. So fast he was driving B. So fast was he driving C. So fast drove he D. So fast he drove 13. A lecture ____, a lively question-and-answer session followed. A. being given B. having given C. to be given D. having been given

14. Passenger: Look out! There’s a kangaroo wandering on the road! Driver: ____ it! That was lucky. It can damage my car really badly. A. Missing B. Missed C. To miss D. Miss 15. ——“Dear Frank, when will our wedding be?

——“Ah, when? God knows.” He said, and ____ away from her, walked rapidly away. A. turning B. turned C. turn D. to turn 16. The factory produced many cars, none of ____ shipped to foreign countries. A. them B. which C. it D. what 17. ——The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online. —— ____ ? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away. A. Who says B. How come C. What for D. Why worry

18. Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and ____to ruins, the city took on a new look.

A. reducing B. reduced C. being reduced D. having reduced 19. Experts say ____ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin. A. exposed B. being exposed C. having exposed D. exposing

20. The book has helped me greatly in my daily communication, especially at work ____ a good impression is a must.

A. when B. which C. where D. as 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Urban grasshoppers change their tune for females

grasshopper

Grasshoppers that live in noisy urban environments are having to change their song, a study has found.

Researchers suggest that high levels of background noise may affect the grasshoppers’ mating process. They say the insects are forced to increase the volume of the low-frequency sections of their call. Results of the study, by scientists from the University of Bielefeld, Germany, are published in the journal Functional Ecology. The research, which shows traffic noise could upset bow-winged grasshoppers’ (Chorthippus biguttulus) mating system, is the first of its kind, according to lead researcher Ulrike Lampe.

\脊椎动物), so far,\hD student at the University of Bielefeld’s Department of

Evolutionary Biology. The scientists caught 188 male bow-winged grasshoppers from noisy roadsides and quiet rural locations.

According to Ms Lampe: \sexual selection because females can respond to male loving songs with their own low-frequency signal, if they are attracted to a male song.\a toothed file on their hind-legs against a vein that is located on their front wings. The male’s song consists of short phrases of two to three seconds. The first part of the call consists of slower ticking sounds that increase in speed, leading to a buzzing sound towards the end of the phrase.

In order to stimulate the males to begin mating calls, scientists exposed the males to a female and recorded the results in the laboratory. The team then analysed the differences between the results of each group of grasshoppers. “Results showed that compared to males from rural locations, urban grasshoppers shift the frequency peak of the lower part of their spectrum(频谱) upwards,\noise could mask signals in that part of the frequency spectrum. The team’s findings demonstrate that traffic noise could be upsetting the grasshopper’s mating system. \could affect grasshopper courtship in several ways,\females from hearing male loving songs properly, prevent females from recognising males of their own species, or impair females’ ability to estimate how attractive a male is from his song.\ 21. What is the usage of the grasshoppers’ songs? A. To make our urban hear better. B. To attract the mate grasshoppers. C. To fight against the urban noise. D. To attract the female grasshoppers. 22. How did scientist prove their conclusion? A. By using statistics. B. By arguing a topic. C. By quoting person’s theory. D. By comparing the results.

23. What does the underlined word “mask” mean?

A. Cover. B. Affect. C. Prevent. D. Destroy. 24. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Urban environment affects some animal lives. B. Urban grasshoppers have to change their tune. C. Grasshoppers shift the peak of spectrum.

D. Grasshoppers don’t like living in noisy urban areas.

B

Nearly every morning for more than half a century, 85-year-old Ruth Ziolkowski rises around

dawn and puts her feet on the ground. Since 1947, she's worked at the Crazy Horse monument to Native Americans in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where she's leading the effort to literally move a mountain.

Declared as the world's largest sculpture, Crazy Horse is only a 20-mile drive from better-known Mount Rushmore, where faces of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt are carved into granite (花岗岩). A few more miles down the road is Pine Ridge reservation, a mostly poor land.

Pine Ridge is where many Sioux Indians were put after they were caught by the U．S. Army and lost their traditional lands. Unhappy that a monument to white leaders was carved into mountains the Sioux considered sacred (神圣的), Lakota Sioux elder Chief Henry Standing Bear invited Korczak Ziolkowski to Pine Ridge, who won the New York World's Fair sculpture prize in 1939. They decided to carve a rival (与之匹敌的) monument to Native Americans featuring Crazy Horse, a Sioux fighter who helped lead the Indians to one of the most famous Indian victories over the U．S. Army in 1876.

Korczak Ziolkowski began working on the granite mountain along with volunteers including young Ruth Ross from Connecticut. Ruth and Korczak were married in 1950. Many people thought Korczak's plan was indeed crazy. Stubbornly independent, Korczak accepted only private donations. He designed a monument much larger than Mount Rushmore, with the fighter on horseback.

Some Native Americans opposed the project. They said Henry Standing Bear had no authority to invite Korczak to carve the monument, and that it was desecrating (亵渎) the Black Hills. Korczak worked on the mountain for years and died in 1982, 16 years before the giant face of Crazy Horse was completed in 1998.

The project has expanded, with a visitor center including a museum, restaurant and gift shop, and many other events. About a million people come to Crazy Horse every year. 25．Henry Standing Bear decided to carve Crazy Horse to________. A．attract tourists to pay a visit to it

B．compete against the sculptures in Mount Rushmore C．promote the development of the poor land Pine Ridge D．celebrate the Indian victory over the U．S. Army in 1876 26．According to the text, Korczak Ziolkowski ________. A．designed Crazy Horse

B．completed Crazy Horse alone C．refused to accept any donations

D．became famous because of Crazy Horse

27．What do we know about the Crazy Horse monument? A．It was finished in 1982. B．It was opposed by Ruth.

C．It was named after an Indian hero. D．It is smaller than Mount Rushmore.

28．What would be the best title for the text? A．An Indian hero

B．The history of Crazy Horse C．Mount Rushmore in America