宁夏青铜峡市高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题第一部分：听力（30分） 第一节：请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1.Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B. Workmates. C. Strangers. 2.Whats the date today? A. July 4. B. July 3. C. July 2. 3.What does the man mean? A. The concert last night was a failure. B. Many people attended the concert. C. People at the back of the concert hall were talking loudly. 4.What happened to the man? A. He probably swallowed the belt. B. He probably went to Italy. C. He had a big bowl of noodles. 5.Which is the best word to describe the mans character? A. Humorous. B. Strict. C. Kind. 第二节：请听第6段材料，回答第6-8题。6.How many questions are there in Peters exam paper? A. Four. B. Six. C. Five. 7.How did Peter feel about the exam? A. Quite satisfied. B. Very much disappointed. C. A little regretful. 8.Why did Peter fail to finish the last question? A. Because it was too difficult for him. B. Because he didnt have enough time. C. Because he was too nervous to see it. 请听第7段材料，回答9-11题。9.What time does the train leave and arrive? A. It leaves at 5: 00 and arrives at 7: 10 tomorrow. B. It leaves at 5: 15 and arrives at 7: 20 tomorrow. C. It leaves at 5: 00 and arrives at 7: 10 at night. 10.What is she going there for? A. To spend her holiday. B. To see her parents. C. To meet her parents. 11.Which of the three can be TRUE? A. Lucys parents will arrive in Beijing at 7: 10 a. m. . B. Lucys parents arent going with her to the station. C. Lucys parents are going to see her off. 请听第8段材料，回答第12-14题。12.What did the man ask the woman to do on Sunday afternoon? A. To come to a dinner party. B. To watch a volleyball game. C. To meet his friends. 13.What did the woman have to do then? A. To invite some friends. B. To go to Mexico City. C. To pick up her brother-in-law at the airport. 14.What did the man suggest? A. She come over after she gets back from the airport. B. She bring something to eat. C. She order pizza for dinner. 请听第9段材料，回答第15-17题。15.Why did Mark call Kathy? A. To invite her out to the movies. B. To ask her to think of a good ending for his paper. C. To invite her to a museum to walk through a new exhibit. 16.Why is Kathy interested in Indian culture? A. She studied Indian culture in a class. B. She has a paper to write about Indian culture. C. She teaches Indian culture to children. 17.Why didnt Mark accept Kathys invitation? A. He didnt have enough money. B. He wasnt interested in what she was going to do. C. He would rather work on his history project. 请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18.What is the result of air pollution? A. Loss of land. B. Killing fish. C. Illness and even death. 19.What are the forms of pollution? A. Air, water and soil. B. Oil and wood. C. Marine life. 20.What can pollution of soil cause? A. Ugliness to mans natural beauty.B. Illness and death. C. The reducing of the amount of useful land. 第二部分：阅读理解（40分） A Its time to study like a rock star! Many rock stars are smart enough to know that its cool to go to a top-rated school. Lets check out these musicians who went to Ivy League colleges. Rivers Cuomo The lead singer and guitarist of the band, Weezer, is an Ivy League rocker, graduating from Harvard with outstanding performance. Rivers Cuomo earned his bachelors degree in English after 10 year on-off work at this famous university.John Legend The Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter had scholarship offers from Harvard, Georgetown and Morehouse before attending the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English with an emphasis on African American literature. John Legend famously contributed to Kanye Wests album, “The College Dropout”. He always supports education reform and has even taken part in a public performance for dropout prevention for free. Lisa Loeb It was just a few years after she graduated from Brown University with a degree in comparative literature that singer Lisa Loeb had a hit single (畅销的单曲唱片) with her song “Stay”. The smart rocker made history with “Stay” as the only artist to ever have a number one single before being signed to a recording contract. Greg Graffin The lead singer of the L.A. punk band, Bad Religion, earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He later worked at the University of California at Los Angeles as a life science professor. Greg Graffin has said, “Evolution (进化) is a controversial topic that I research both on an academic (学术的)level and in my music.”21.We can learn from the text that John Legend _.A. won a Grammy Award at college B. majored in compara