河北定州中学2016-2017学年高二英语12月月考试题

D． By draining her blood, lowering her blood pressure and stopping her breathing． 18． All of the following indicate that the monkey has almost restored to her original physical state except the fact that__________． A． her heart beat again．

B． she regained her normal breath． C． she rejected a penicillin injection． D． she acted as lively as a healthy monkey．

It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy，where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants．

Despite her obvious pride，Ms．Fathi，a 22-year-old from Egypt，was amazed to find herself here．“I never in my life thought I’d work abroad，” said Ms．Fathi，who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

Twenty years ago，unmarried Arab women like Ms．Fathi，working outside their home countries，were rare．But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs，more young women are doing so．

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women，just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s．They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way． For many families，allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question．Yet this culture is changing，said Musa Shteiwi，a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman．“We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days，” he saiD． “It’s still not exactly common，but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers，role models for their friends and younger female relatives．Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community，have learned to see themselves as individuals．The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves，though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families. —From New York Times (December 22，2014)

19．It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________． A． go to work abroad after American women’s example B． didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20 century C． are commonly used to living and working separately D． expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

20．According to the passage，the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________. A． proud，homesick or independent B． honest，outstanding or optimistic C． mature，enthusiastic or energetic D． painful，desperate or conservative

21．How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility? A． The public think highly of it. B． The public care very little about it. C． The public show both interest and anxiety. D． The public are strongly against it.

22．The author intends to tell the readers that __________. A． Arab women can hardly find any work

B． flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf C． flight attendants lead quite a different life D． young Arab women’s values are changing

三、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

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Value Now No Longer Missed

John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique zither(齐特琴)and played it in the crowded subway station. The music emanating from the zither was delicately streaming the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly the charming music. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day.

However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but music feast.

I have a very friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife an acute illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is to make up for it.

It is no use crying over spilt milk. We have a lot of precious things in our life without knowing how to them. Actually, I also missed something before. The reason is simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.

Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually reliable. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and . The result is that they were always too late to cherish they had before they lost it. We would often claim to do something when we , or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the , we could no longer realize our , because we have lost it by then.

23．A. before B. throughout C. above

D. for

24．A. appreciating B. listening C. creating D. discussing 25．A. meeting B. party

C. debate D. concert

26．A. easy B. convenient C. possible D. difficult 27．A. excited B. disappointed C. regretful 28．A. special B. cheap

C. delicious

D. worried

D. wonderful

29．A. lazy B. social C. busy D. optimistic

30．A. put up withB. came down with C. came up with D. end up with 31．A. cure B. diagnose C. attack D. conquer 32．A. miserably B. helplessly C. deliberately 33．A. necessary

D. slightly

B. absolute C. impossible D. beneficial

34．A. missed B. made C. invented D. contributed 35．A. value

B. apply

C. conserve D. convey

36．A. important B. precious C. positive D. negative

37．A. to some degreeB. on the wayC. at all timesD. by no means 38．A. regrettingB. rewarding C. demanding 39．A. which

B. that C. what D. when

D. expecting

40．A. get up B. set up C. grow up D. make up 41．A. goal B. condition

C. agreement

D. destination

42．A. danger B. mistake C. purpose D. wish

四、短文改错 43．短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（删除：把多余的词用斜线（

），并在其下面写出该加的词。

）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Recently, many people have participated about a heated online debate over whether to send the old to nursing homes. People differ in their opinion. Here list the ideas of those who in favor of it. Living in nursing homes, which they say, old people can enjoy more benefits than staying at home. For one aspect, they can have more chances of communicate with each other, as they have common topics and similar hobbies. However, they can do many things together and don't feel alone. Some old people prefer living in a nursing home to live at