《山西新绛汾河学校2015—2016学年高三第二次月考英语试题》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《山西新绛汾河学校2015—2016学年高三第二次月考英语试题（12页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、汾 河 中 学 2015 2016 学 年 高 三 年 级 第 二 次 月 考英 语 试 题本试卷分第I 卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150 分，考试用时120分钟。 2015,09,27 祝考试顺利第 I 卷（选择题）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60 分）第一节（共15 小题；每小题3 分，满分45 分）A Cold weather can hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people Sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the war
2、m shelter (住所 ) as they areSome owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to living outdoorsThis can put their pets in danger of serious illnessThere are things you can do to keep your animal warm and safe. Keep your pets inside as much as
3、you can when the weather is badIf you have to take them out, stay outside with themWhen youre cold enough to go inside, they probably are too If you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water. If
4、left alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelterThey can dig into snow banks or hide somewhereWatch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good qualityKeep an eye on your pets waterSometimes owners dont realize that a water bowl
5、 has frozen and their pet cant get anything to drinkAnimals that dont have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them. 21What do we learn about pets from Paragraph 1? AThey are often forgotten by their owners. BThey are used to living outdo
6、ors. CThey build their own shelter. DThey like to stay in warm places. 22Why are pet owners asked to stay with their pets when they are out in cold weather? ATo know when to bring them inside. BTo keep them from eating bad food. CTo help them find shelters. DTo keep them company. 23If pets are left
7、on their own outdoors in cold weather, they may _. Adig deep holes for fun Brun short of clean water Cdirty the snow nearby Dget lost in the wild B The way we do things round here Some years ago, I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that star
8、ted, “Dear John, I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.“ That “quite“ saddened me. I thought he was saying “were kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.“ Then I discovered that in American English “quite“ sometimes means “very“, while in Britis
9、h English it means “fairly“. So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I dont just mean the words people speak. It is body language, dress, manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures（文化
10、）Some of these differences may be only on the surface dress, food and hours of workwhile others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate（气候），while getting on with business. Some of the difference
11、s may be an improvement. People are more polite; the service is better; you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However, other differences can be troubling, like punctuality（准时）If you invite people to a party at 7 oclock your guests will consider it polite to tur
12、n up exactly on time in Germany, five minutes early in the American Midwest, an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word “late“ because there is nothing wrong with the times people arr
13、ive. It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country. 24. The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought_A. the American bank didnt think much of him B. the American bank might hire another person C. its difficult to get used to American culture D. its easy to misun
14、derstand Americans 25The word “highlights“ in Paragraph 2 probably means_. A. encourages B. helps to narrow C. increases D. draws attention to 26. According to the author, what should we do with most cultural differences? A. Ask the native people for help. B. Understand and accept them. C. Do things
15、 in our own way. D. Do in-depth research. 27. When invited to a party the people who are usually punctual are_. A. Italians B. Germans C. Greeks D. the British C For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic. ” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes ( 音调 ). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far ap
