2017-2018学年山西大学附中高二（上）月考英语试卷（9月份）

第一部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分）第一节（共4小题，每题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

• 1．Happy birthday!Do birthday really make people happy？Of course they do．Birthdays celebrate the day when we were born．Besides，that extra candle on the cake suggests another year of growth and maturity（成熟）-or so we hope．We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older．Most of us enjoy seeing the wonder of growth in others，as well．For instance，seeing our children develop and learn new things makes us feel proud．For Americans，like people in most cultures，growing up is a wonderful process．But growing old？That is a different story．
     Growing old is not exactly for people in youth-oriented （以年轻人为中心）American culture．Most Americans like to look young，act young and feel young．As the old saying goes， "You're young as you feel．"Older people joke about how many years young they are，rather than how many years old．People in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom．But Americans seem to favor those who are young，or at least "young at heart"．
      Many older Americans find the "golden years" to be anything but golden．Economically， "senior citizens" often try just to get by．Retirement at the age of 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal income．Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference．Older people may suffer from poor nutrition （营养），medical care，and housing．Some even have the experience of age discrimination（歧视）．American sociologist（社会学家） Pat Moore once dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets．She was often treated rudely--even cheated and robbed．However，dressed as a young person，she received much more respect．
     Unfortunately，the elderly population in America is increasing fast．Why？People are living longer．Fewer babies are being born．And middle-aged "baby boomers"（婴儿潮） are rapidly entering the group of the elderly．America may soon be a place where wrinkles（皱纹）are "in"．Marketing experts are already noticing this growing group of consumers．
  
  （1）Growing up is a wonderful thing because

  ．
  A．people can celebrate their birthdays．
  B．people can become more and mature and wiser．
  C．people can receive many presents．
  D．people will feel younger at heart．
  （2）We can infer from the second paragraph that

  ．
  A．young people lack experience and wisdom．
  B．American older people often joke about their old age．
  C．American culture is very young．
  D．different countries have different opinions on the old age．
  （3）The underlined sentence （in Paragraph 3）means "

  ．"
  A．the golden years can make the old earn lots of money and receive good medical care
  B．the old people in America are probably leading a hard life without good nutrition，medical care or housing．
  C．the old in America have to retire at the age of 65．
  D．American social security benefits are not good．
  （4）From the last paragraph we know that the underlined word "in" can be replaced by

  ．
  A．serious
  B．bad
  C．disappearing slowly
  D．growing fast
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• 2．Last August，Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter，Maureen．With a checklist of criteria in hand，the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools．They sought a university that offered the teenager's intended major，one located near a large city，and a campus where their daughter would be safe．
     "The safety issue is a big one．"says Joe Mahoney，who quickly discovered he wasn't alone in his worries．On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns，and the same question was always asked：What about crime？But when college officials always gave the same answer-"That's not a problem here．"-Mahoney began to feel uneasy．
     "No crime whatsoever？" comments Mahoney today．"I just don't buy it．" Nor should he：In 1999 the U．S．Department of Education had reports of nearly 400，000 serious crimes on or around our campuses．"Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college，"says David Nichols，author of Creating a Safe Campus．"Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation．"
     But getting accurate information isn't easy．Colleges must report crime statistics（统计数字） by law，but some hold back for fear of bad publicity，leaving the honest ones looking dangerous．"The truth may not always be obvious，"warns S．Daniel Carter of Security on Campus，Inc．，the nation's leading campus safety watchdog group．
     To help concerned parents，Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions．
  
  （1）The underlined word "buy" in the third paragraph means

  ．
  A．mind
  B．admit
  C．believe
  D．expect
  （2）We learn from the text that "the honest ones" in the fourth paragraph most probably refers to colleges

  ．
  A．that are protected by campus security
  B．that report campus crimes by law
  C．that are free from campus crime
  D．that enjoy very good publicity
  （3）What is the text mainly about？

  
  A．Exact campus crime statistics．
  B．Crimes on or around campuses．
  C．Effective solutions to campus crime．
  D．Concerns about kids' campus safety．
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• 3．Liquid Paper （修正液） was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham．She was 17 when she got a job at a Texas bank as a secretary，even though she didn't know how to type．The company she worked for sent her to a secretary school，and she was typing in no time at all．
     The 1950s had seen the widespread use of the electric typewriter，which typed faster but also meant more mistakes．Also，mistakes made by early electric typewriters were very hard to erase，which caused problems for Bette．
     In order to make extra money she used her talent to paint holiday windows at the bank．Then one day，it suddenly occurred to her that she could create a paint to cover up type-writing mistakes．
     It worked!In 1956，Bette sold her first bottles of the new product，which she called "Mistake Out"．She made it in her kitchen，and her son Michael and his friends bottled it in the family garage．
     By 1957，she was selling 100 bottles a month and had gotten a patent （专利） for her product，which she now called "Liquid Paper．" Sales continued to grow，as more and more people heard about Liquid Paper，through word-of-mouth and by reading about it in magazines．
     In the 1960s，Bette bought a machine to help her produce Liquid Paper in large quantities．In 1971，she sold 2 million bottles．In 1979，she sold the company for 47.5 million dollars．She didn't live to see the end of the contract （合同），dying in 1980，at the age of 56，in Texas．
     Bette's invention continues to be used every day by secretaries and other people in the office and wherever typewriters are used．
  
  （1）When Bette began to work in a bank，she

  ．
  A．was too young to type
  B．had graduated from secretary school
  C．had no experience in typing
  D．taught herself about typing
  （2）It can be inferred that the first Liquid Paper

  ．
  A．was produced by hand
  B．was made by machine
  C．was bottled in the kitchen
  D．was tested in the factory
  （3）What is the passage mainly about？

  
  A．A rock group．
  B．A secretary．
  C．Liquid Paper．
  D．Mistake Out．
  （4）The passage is organized mainly in order of

  ．
  A．importance
  B．time
  C．space
  D．popularity
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• 4．A new study has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression．The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination，done twice a week for only two months，reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent．
     "We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students，"said lead author Dr．Brandon Alderman．"It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression．"
     Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect in combating depression．Alderman and Dr．Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training （MAP）enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them．
     Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport．They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing，enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention．
     Shors，who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus-part of the brain involved in memory and learning-says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive．
     The idea for the human intervention（干预）came from her laboratory studies，she says，with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events．
     By learning to focus their attention and exercise，people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past，Shors says．
     "We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health．"said Alderman．"The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost．"
  
  （1）What made the research so different？

  
  A．Adopting a way of meaningful talk．
  B．Combining the two ways to treat depression．
  C．Treating depression with special medicine．
  D．Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed．
  （2）The underlined word "combating" in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by

  ．
  A．distinguishing
  B．identifying
  C．fighting
  D．examining
  （3）What did the participants do in the research？

  
  A．They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking．
  B．They thought quietly and then took exercise．
  C．They took exercise longer than they thought．
  D．They took exercise while thinking quietly．
  （4）What is Shors' main purpose of her studies？

  
  A．To offer people a new method to treat stress．
  B．To study the production of new brain cells．
  C．To find out certain brain cells of humans．
  D．To decide the links between stress and exercise．
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第二节（共1小题，每题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。

• 5．Americans use many expressions with the word"dog"．People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well．（1）

  However，dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life．The expression，to lead a dog's life，describes a person who has an unhappy existence．
     Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world．（2）

  They say that to be successful，a person has to work like a dog．This means they have to work very，very hard．Such hard work can make people dog-tired．And，the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog．
     （3）

  This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life．To be successful，people often have to learn new skills．Yet，some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks．They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things．
     （4）

  People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog．Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want．Mean dogs are often used to guard this property．They bark or attack people who try to enter the property．However，sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad．We say his bark is worse than his bite．
     Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather．The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year．A rainstorm may cool the weather．But we do not want it to rain too hard．（5）

  
  
  A．Still，people say every dog has its day．
  B．Dogs are human's best friends．
  C．Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways．
  D．We do not want it to rain cats and dogs．
  E．There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore．
  F．That means many people are competing for the same things，like good jobs．
  G．They take their dogs for walks，let them play outside and give them good food and medical care．
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第二部分：英语知识运用 （共三节，满分20分）第一节完形填空 （共20题，每题1分，共20分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

• 6．Unchangeable Love One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.
     I was expecting a quiet（1）

  of the splendid artwork.
     A young（2）

  viewing the paintings ahead of me（3）

  nonstop between themselves.I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking.I admired the man's（4）

  for putting up with her（5）

  stream of words，（6）

  by their noise，I moved on.
     I met them several times as I moved（7）

  the various rooms of art.Each time I heard her continuous flow of words，I moved away（8）

  .
     I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a（9）

  when the couple approached the（10）

  .Before they left，the man（11）

  into his pocket and pulled out a white object.He（12）

  it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the（13）

  to get his wife's jacket.
     "He's a（14）

  man." the clerk at the counter said. "Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age.During his recovery，he made a promise his life wouldn't change.So，as before，he and his wife come in（15）

  there is a new art show."
     "But what does ha get out of the art？" I asked， "He can't see."
     "Can't see!You're（16）

  .He sees a lot.More than you and I do，" the clerk said，"His wife（17）

  each pointing so he can see it in his head."
     I learned something about patience，（18）

  and love that day.I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without（19）

  and the courage of a husband who would not（20）

  blindness to change his life.And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away，hand in hand.
  
  

  （1）	A．view	B．touch	C．wander	D．scenery
  （2）	A．lady	B．man	C．clerk	D．couple
  （3）	A．informed	B．argued	C．discussed	D．chatted
  （4）	A．knowledge	B．confidence	C．patience	D．wisdom
  （5）	A．vivid	B．tasteless	C．constant	D．exciting
  （6）	A．adopted	B．disturbed	C．surprised	D．discouraged
  （7）	A．out	B．in	C．through	D．from
  （8）	A．anxiously	B．seriously	C．quickly	D．sadly
  （9）	A．comment	B．purchase	C．decision	D．list
  （10）	A．exit	B．entrance	C．front	D．queue
  （11）	A．put	B．held	C．turned	D．reached
  （12）	A．lengthened	B．made	C．brought	D．changed
  （13）	A．shop	B．coatroom	C．hall	D．counter
  （14）	A．brave	B．kind	C．rough	D．blind
  （15）	A．wherever	B．Whatever	C．whenever	D．whichever
  （16）	A．humorous	B．silly	C．wrong	D．unique
  （17）	A．describes	B．draws	C．shows	D．tells
  （18）	A．curiosity	B．courage	C．enthusiasm	D．pride
  （19）	A．support	B．hesitation	C．expectation	D．sight
  （20）	A．get	B．hope	C．stop	D．allow
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第三部分：写作 （共两节，满分10分）第一节 短文改错（共10题，每题1分，共10分）

• 18．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：把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仅限一词；
      2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
  Recently I read an article in a magazine．It was about the mother who was worried about her son just because of he always kept his hair long．The mother thought that was not right，and the son felt there was nothing unusually about it．Different generations have different opinion on the same thing．That is what is meaning by"the generation gap"．We can see them in our daily life．Most of our parents like listening to old songs when young people prefer pop songs．Every time my father finds me listening to rock music，he always shouted，"Shut it off．It's awful!"How can we deal with the generation gap？
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第二节 书面表达 （满分15分）

• 19．假定你是李华，在校报看到了一则招聘启事，请阅读启事，并根据写作要点写一封应聘邮件。
  

  English Editor Wanted An English Editor is wanted in the School Paper.If you are interested，please contact the Student Union at your earliest convenience before Dec.10.

  写作要点：1.表明写信意图；2.陈述应聘目的；3.说明应聘条件（英语好、能熟练操作电脑、有奉献精神和服务意识等）。
  要求：内容向上，语意连贯，结构完整，书写工整，字数100左右。
  Dear Ms.Chen，
      I'm Li Hua，a student from Class 21，Grade 2.__________
  Yours，
  Li Hua
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