湖北省宜昌市金东方高级中学2015-2016学年高二英语9月月考试题

35．What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?

A. There is still a good chance of their being recovered. B. There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed. C. They have stopped sending homing signals. D.They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.

第二节 （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。选项中有两项为多余

选项。

It can be difficult to meet new people and make friends, especially when you move

to a new city or find yourself out of your comfort zone. There are several ways that you can meet people that you might not have considered in the past. 36 .

37 You probably have several acquaintances that you see on a daily basis or a

weekly basis. If you get along well with certain people, you can see if this acquaintance would like to go out and do something socially with you. If you have common interests , you might suggest that the two of you do something together that involves your interest.

Make an effort to accept invitations. Sometimes people that you know may be having

a barbecue or other type of social gathering. Try to ensure that you are able to attend and then show up at the apponted time 38 If you meet people that you click with, you can invite your friends to your own event and ask them to extend the invitation to the friends that were at their gathering too.

Go out, even when you don’t feel like it. It turns out that when people invite

someone to join them for dinner or a movie or something else; they really want to hang out with you. 39 .

Consider joining local clubs for things that you are interested in. This is a

really great way to meet new people who have similar interests to you. Joining these kinds of groups gets you out of the house, out of your shell and out socializing at least once per week.

40 But don’t give up, everyone is different and it just takes time to get

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to know people.

A. These types of gatherings often lead to meeting different people who are friends

of friends.

B. Do you work with people that you get along well with?

C. Making new friends can make your life more exciting and fulfilled. D. If you tend to say “ no” often, people will eventually stop asking you to

go with them.

第II卷

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。

It always seems that having traditions is a good thing. They create 41 that will last a lifetime. So when our children, David and Darla, were preschoolers we started a family Christmas 42 . It was our tree-trimming (装饰) party and it would be complete with eggnog (蛋奶酒) and oatmeal cookies.

The kids were 43 as we pulled the freshly-cut tree into the house. It smelled so good. We would turn on the Christmas 44 and the tree trimming would begin.

Our hearts seemed to 45 to the rhythm of the Christmas songs. The kids’ eyes twinkled with excitement. It was a heartwarming 46 . When finished, we would sit enjoying the eggnog and oatmeal cookies.

Years later, when my daughter, Darla, was home from college, she 47 to help trim the tree. I was so 48 .

Before we 49 it, the tree trimming was finished. It was a beautiful tree and its 50 smell filled the room. As we had done every year before, in the evening I brought out the eggnog and the oatmeal cookies for our traditional 51 .

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E. Expand on current relationships.

F. If you get someone’s contact information, try contacting them. G. Trying to make new friends can be frustrating at first.

Then, amidst the laughter, Darla suddenly got very 52 and said she had something to tell me. From her 53 and body language, I knew she was 54 it.

She sat down next to me. Then very 55 and caringly, Darla looked at me in the eye and said, “Mom, I’ve 56 liked oatmeal cookies.”

Then I realized the absolute importance of what she had just said. Why didn’t she ever tell me? In all those childhood years, rather than 57 Mom’s feelings and spoil Mom’s tradition, she had endured the cookies 58 . From a child’s heart, year after year after year she had given me the gift of 59 !

My daughter taught me a very important lesson in life: The best 60 aren’t always found under the Christmas tree.

41. A. wonders B. situations C. memories D. interests 42. A. party

B. meeting

C. habit

D. tradition

43. A. excited B. curious 44. A. lights B. songs 45. A. appeal 46. A. meal

B. speak

C. helpful D. naughty C. channels D. programs C. talk

D. dance D. end D. remembered

B. greeting C. evening

C. needed

47. A. offered B. refused 48. A. apologetic 49. A. cut

B. knew

B. regretful C. puzzled D. grateful C. recalled D. asked C. pleasant D. unusual

50. A. strange B. common 51. A. dinner

B. solution C. behavior D. celebration

52. A. annoyed B. inspired C. serious D. impolite 53. A. hesitation 54. A. expecting

B. relaxation C. confidence D. attention B. fearing C. making D. discovering

D. gently

55. A. urgently B. patiently C. humorously 56. A. ever 57. A. care

B. yet B. hurt

C. never C. read

D. really D. express

58. A. silently B. painfully C. gradually D. unfairly 59. A. life

B. sight

C. love

D. forgiveness

60. A. cookies B. relatives C. stories D. gifts

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第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 My dear husband,

I am sending you this letter by e-mail so that you will be sure to read it. Please forgive us for leaving, but I think you should know 61 has happened at home since your computer entered our lives two years ago. You just spend all day playing games or 62 (chat) online. After all, both the kids and I need a normal life so we chose to leave. The children are doing well. Tommy is seven now and he is a bright and handsome boy. He has developed 63 great interest in arts. You should be very proud 64 him. Little Jennifer turned five in September. She is an 65 (attract) child and quite smart. She still remembers the day 66 you spent the whole afternoon with us on her birthday. Now we 67 (take) a trip and I have to do the packing. I have hired a housekeeper to take care of things while we are away. I believe she can put things 68 order, fill your coffee cup and bring your meals to your desk, just the way you like it. I hope you and the computer will have a 69 (love) time while we are not at home. Tommy, Jennifer and I will miss you often. Try to remember us while your computer is booting, or call me on condition 70 you think we are more important than the computer.

Love,

Your wife 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）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限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

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