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1、福建省莆田市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题班级_ 姓名_ 座号_第一部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the _1_ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to _2_ in goo
2、d health, or a _3_ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to _4_ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text _5_ the title. Therefore, the scissors would _6_ before they start, _7_ halfway done when I find out the _8_ result.
3、Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth you_9_.You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be _10_ up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预料) the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left _11_. Thus you are _12_ in a difficult position and
4、 feel sad. How _13_ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life _14_ greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.In fact that is what _15_ is like, we are often _16_with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like
5、a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only _17_ we get into another. The _18_may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I _19_remember a philosophers remarks, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual(不经意) _20_ may n
6、ot be a bad one.1. A. frontB. sameC. eitherD. opposite2 A. getB. keepC. leadD. bring3. A. adviceB. newsC. theoryD. report4. A. sufferB. reduceC. preventD. cause5. A. onB. forC. withoutD. off6. A. useB. handleC. prepareD. stay7. A. orB. butC. soD. for8. A. satisfyingB. regretfulC. surprisingD. imposs
7、ible9. A. courageB. strengthC. attentionD. patience10. A. givenB. heldC. madeD. picked11. A. nearB. aloneC. aboutD. behind12. A. filledB. attractedC. caughtD. struck13. A. daresB. comesC. dealsD. does14. A. improvesB. changesC. progressesD. goes15. A. studyB. societyC. nature D. life16. A. facedB. s
8、uppliedC. connectedD. fixed17. A. beforeB. afterC. untilD. as18. A. followingB. nextC. above D. former19. A. stillB. alsoC. onceD. almost20. A. treatmentB. actionC. choiceD. remark第二部分：阅读理解（共两节；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe A-level question Have 22 continuous years of rises
9、 in A-level pass rate made the exam worthless? David Miliband, the minister for School Standards, insists the answer is a firm “no”. And he said it was wrong that “more will mean worse and more education for more people will mean lower standards”. Figures show that despite the rise in A-grades to 21
10、. 6 per cent only 22,000 out of 600,000 18-year-olds gain three A-grade passes. Put another way, that means in a primary class of 30 pupils only one will get three A-grades. The center right Bow Group, in a pamphlet published today, however, says nine out of ten scholars believe A-grades have been d
11、evalued over the past ten years.Two inquiries (调查) both set up by the Governments exams watchdogs one of which included independent teaching experts, refused to accept that there had been any “dumping down” of A-level standards. But while they conclude that the exam questions have not become easier,
12、 changes in examining methods have almost certainly made it easier to gain top-grade passes.As a result of the exams shake-up introduced in 2000, students sit six different types of exams to make up an A-level during the course of their two years of study. Only 20 per cent of the marks are set for t
13、he end-of-term exam. This makes it easier for teachers to help their pupils with the right answers.Mr Miliband said yesterday, “My argument is not that todays generation of pupils are cleverer than their parents; it is that schools and teachers are getting better at getting the best out of them.”21.
14、 From the writers point of view, the rise in A-grades to 21. 6 per cent shows _.A. it is generally thought more education means lower standardsB. the rise in the A-level pass rate has made the exam worthlessC. the quality of the 18-year-olds has become lowerD. it is still hard for the general pupils
15、 to get three A-grade passes22. The underlined word “they” in the second paragraph refers to _.A. the exams watchdogsB. the independent teaching expertsC. the A-level standardsD. the two inquiries23. As a result of the exams shake-up introduced in 2000 _.A. the pass rate for A-levels was set to rise continuouslyB. the exam became easier than it had been before 2000C. pupils could have many more choices of test after 2000D. it soon became popular with teachers and pupil
