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1、山西大学附中2014-2015学年第一学期高二开学月考英语试题考试时间：80分钟 满分：100分 注意：请将正确答案填涂到答题卡上，否则不计分。第卷（选择题，共50分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第1节 （共10小题，每题2分，满分20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。第2节 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。A The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.
2、” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.” “If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.” “I cant write you ou
3、t a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.” I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?” “We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tel
4、ls us whether you can fly with us or not.” “So when it goes down, you go down with it.” “Thats good, sir.” “How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, an
5、d since its down it wont answer us.” After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?” “I couldnt tell without asking the computer.” “Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying t
6、o Washington, ” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.” “Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?” “I wouldnt know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “On
7、ly IT knows. It cant tell me.” By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.1. The best title for the article is _.A. When the
8、 Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening WordsC. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer2. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?A. She could sell a ticket.B. She could write out a ticket.C. She could answer the passengers questions. D
9、. She could do nothing.3. Why do you think they had not a backup computer?A. Because it was easy downB. Because it was very expensive.C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. Because it was not as big as the main computer.4. The last paragraph suggests that _.A. a modern computer wont be down. B. c
10、omputers can take the place of humansC. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleD. there will be great changes in computersB This column is part of a series on websites that are useful for English language learningActivities for ESL StudentsIncludes various types of tests, exercises and pu
11、zzles designed to help people studying English as a second language （ESL）The activities include grammar, vocabulary and idiom tests at easy, medium and difficult levelsThe specially designed Chinese-English vocabulary tests can help Chinese memorize English wordshttp:/a4eslorg/Interesting Things for
12、 ESL StudentsContains a comprehensive list of audio clips （听力剪辑） from the Special English programs of Voice of America （VOA）The list covers news of all kinds on VOAThe listening and vocabulary exercises and the word list designed with the clips will help English learners improve listening ability an
13、d increase vocabularyhttp:/wwwmanythingsorg/voa/World-EnglishThis site provides a list of radio or TV channels offering English news clipsIt includes the BBC radio program clips from England, CNN and ABC news clips from the US, and other news clips from other English-speaking countriesClick on the l
14、inks and you will be taken to channels where you can listen to clipsThis is a good way to practice listeninghttp:/wwwworld-englishorg/listeninghtmlListen to EnglishOffers a large number of materials for English learners to practice listeningThe materials include business English, English literature,
15、 history, movies, and politicsStudents can improve their English while enjoying the beauty of the English of literature, songs, movies, and news in different countrieshttp:/eleastoncorn/listen, html5If you want to test how well you are learning English, which website can you enter?Ahttp:/a4eslorg/Bhttp:/wwwmanythingsorg/voa/Chttp:/wwwworld-englishorg/listeninghtmlDhttp:/eleastoncom/listen, html6According to this passage, you had better listen to clips of _ programs to learn more English wordsAVOA BBBC C
