1湖南省隆回县桃花坪中学 2015 年下期高二年级英语第一次月考试题命题： 审核：总分:150 分 考试时间：120 分钟第 I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. When can the man return the book, according to the woman? A. Next Monday. B. Next Wednesday. C. Next Friday2. Why does the man look sad? A. He was punished by his parents.B. He got a poor grade.C. He didnt work hard.3. What doesnt the man like? A. Sushi（寿司）.B. Chicken.C. Meatballs.4. What can we learn from the dialogue?A. The man is very excited.B. The woman wants a better house.C. The woman is very satisfied with her new house.5. Where will the man go at the weekend? A. Hawaii. B. New York University. C. Washington.第二节听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。26. How long has the man been traveling ? A. For one year. B. For three months. C. For half a year.7. What was the man doing during that time? A. Doing business. B. Sight-seeing. C. Visiting friends.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is Yo-Yo Ma? A. A singer. B. A cello(大提琴) player. C. A painter.9. Where was Yo-Yo Ma born? A. In China. B. In France. C. In America. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What are the two speakers talking about? A. How to deal with Christmas presents. B. Christmas traditions in different families.C. Interesting ideas for a meaningful Christmas.11. What did the man do at Christmas when he was a Child? A. Have a party with his grandparents. B. Pay visits to his neighbors.C. Go on a trip with his family.12. What does the man like during the Christmas season? A. Going shopping. B. Exchanging presents. C. Getting together with friends and family听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why didnt the woman go to the mans wedding? A. She had an appointment.B. She didnt receive the invitation. C. She .was having her computer repaired.14. Who is the woman?A. The mans client（委托人）. B. The mans friend. C. The mans assistant.315. What did the woman do yesterday? A. She stayed at home. B. She watched a movie. C. She went camping.16. What does the woman want to do for the mans wedding? A. Have lunch with him. B. Prepare food for him. C. Send him an email .听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where does Mr. Bolles advise people to publish their resume(简历)?A. A job bank. B. Campus websites（校园网站）. C. Community boards（居委会）.18. What will the website do after you publish your resume? A. It will send you job listings.B. It will call you to talk about your career（职业）. C. It will send your resume to some companies.19. How many methods are recommended to find a job in what you have heard? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.20. What is the best way to find a job, according to the experts? A. Local community libraries. B. Networking. C. Job fairs.第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解 （共两节，满分（共两节，满分 40 分）分）第一节（共 15 小题，每题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AA beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colors.It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painters bill. At the bottom of it were these words: “ Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “ After 5 p.m. I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings.”421. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress _.A. gave him two tickets for her showB. sang and danced for him for hoursC. paid him 3 pounds D. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour22. The actress got the painters bill _.A. to ask for the money of his painting work. B. to ask to pay for his watching her showC. in which he showed his thanks for the ticketsD. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction23. What kind of man was the painter?A. He was a careful man. B. He was a poor man.C. He was not friendly to others. D. He knew little about music and dances.BIn India, laughing is a serious matter. There are many laughing clubs groups who gather in parks for a big laugh to relieve (减轻) the stress of daily life.However, Doctor Ashok Aswani goes one step further he hands out free DVDs of Charlie Chaplin movies to patients as a treatment for depression（抑郁症）. “This makes them feel better,“ he says. “They enjoy it. The next visit, they ask for another movie.“ Aswani practices ayurveda, a traditional medical system used in India for thousands of years.He