广西贺州市高二英语上学期第二次月考试题

2017-2018学年度第一学期高二第二次月考英语试题（时间：120分钟，总分：150分）注意事项：1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷选择题（含听力）和第Ⅱ卷非选择题两部分。

2．作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上。

写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）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. What day is it today?A. Saturday.B. Sunday.C. Monday.（）2. What caused the woman’s illness according to the man?A.Her tiredness.B. the cold drinks.C. the changeable weather. （）3. What is the sale price of the desk now?A.$66.66.B. $50.00C. $33.33.（）4. What taste dose the woman want to try?A.Sweet.B. Sour.C. spicy.（）5. What the man doing?A. Making an apology.B. Making a complaint.C. Making suggestions.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

（）6. What is the weather like?A. Cloudy.B. Fine.C. Rainy.（）7. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The weather.B. Their children.C. The weekend plan.听下面一段话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

（）8. What is Mr. Taylor doing?A. Reading a magazine.B. Watching a film.C. Making a call. （）9. Who is Kate calling?A. Jack.B. Her workmate.C. Her boyfriend.（）10. Why is Paul asking so many questions?A. To improve his spoken English.B. To know more about the family.C. To finish the research project.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

（）11. Why will Anna go to Brazil?A. To watch the World Cup.B. To take part in a competition.C. To go sightseeing with her family.（）12. Who might like the RoboCup?A. Sports.B. Robot enthusiasts.C. Travelers. （）13. How many times has Mark entered the competition?A. Twice.B. Three times.C. Four times.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17三个小题。

（）14. What has Amy been thinking about recently?A. Which job offer she should accept.B. What major she should choose.C. What she would like to work as.（）15. What does Amy say about being a flight attendant?A. Boring.B. Dangerous.C. Poorly-paid.（）16. What does Charlie think Amy is good at?A. Interpreting.B. Organizing meetings.C. Dealing with money. （）17. Why does Amy want to be?A. A doctor.B. An interpreter.C. A businesswoman. 听下面一段对话，回答第18至第20题三个小题。

（）18. What makes fatty meals more popular with children?A. Advertisements.B. Toys.C. discounts.（）19. What do we know about apple sticks dipped in butter?A. They are children’s favorite.B. They are healthy snacks.C. They make children fat easily.（）20. What is important when getting children to exercise?A. To teach them to have a strong will.B. To tell them the importance of exercise.C. To make the exercise enjoyable.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

AOld Trafford Tour for Two-Special Offer-$20Enjoy a Tour for Two of Old Trafford football ground! Visit the home of many Manchester United Legends and see what it is like to stand the end of the player’s tunnel. A great day out for any united fan! (Special Offer-normally$25!) Where: Manchester (North)Full Day Sea Fishing for One-$49Spend a full day on the seas and learn to fish for Cod, Bass, Ray and others. You’ll be taken out into the Bristol Channel in a fishing boat by your experienced skipper, drop anchor and be issued with your rod. After this exhilarating and informative day of sea fishing fun you’ll also get to take home anything you catch! Where: Wales ( Penarth)Introduction to Riding for One-$65This great riding experience allows you to explore the wild and beautiful New Forest on horseback. You’ll get to know your horse and ride it through some stunning scenery, with lots of wildlife to see. This half day’s riding experience is a great gift and the perfect way to get to know these fantastic animals. Where: Hampshire (New Forest)Dolphin and Whale Watching for Two-$55This is an amazing experience to share. See whales, dolphins and other sea animals in their natural living places. This sightseeing boat trip is a wonderful experience never to be forgotten!Where: Penzance, Cornwall (South West); New Quay (Wales); Cromarty (Scotland)21. if you want to save money, you may choose _________.A. Dolphin and Whale Watching for TwoB. Introduction to Riding for OneC. Full Day Sea Fishing for OneD. Old Trafford Tour for Two22. If you are free only for half a day, you may go to_________.A. ManchesterB. HampshireC. WalesD. Cornwall23. If you go to New Quay, you will _________.A. watch some sea animalsB. learn how to ride a horseC. visit a football groundD. go fishing on the sea24. Which activity is the most expensive for you?A. Going fishing on the seaB. Visiting a football playgroundC. Riding a horse.D. Watching sea animals.BAlmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didn’t become popularfor a while, though. This could be because animals did a perfectly good job for carrying farming tools and humans around.But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to rollon smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces weren’t going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had beenno important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design.In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of road- a base layer(层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface becomes a reality. At around the same time, metal hubs (the central part of a wheel ) came into being, followed by the wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmac roads(柏油路). As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.25. What might explain w hy transport wheel didn’t become popular for some time?_______.A. few knew how to use transport wheels.B. humans carried farming tools just as wellC. animals were a good means tools just as well.D. the existence of transport wheels was not known.26. What do we know about road design from the passage?A. it was easier than wheel design.B. it improved after big changes in vehicle design.C. it was promoted by fast-moving vehicles.D. it provided conditions for wheel design to develop.27. What is the passage mainly about?A. The beginning of road design.B. The development of transport wheels.C. The history of public transport.D. The invention of fast-moving vehicles.CMany parents are beginning to realize that their children may be addicted to computer games-something that they thought was simply harmless fun. The internet-based games are especially habit- forming. You are wise to be concerned about the potential dangers they face.Players of these games compete against people around the globe. Some of them become crazy about the “virtual”(虚拟的) world. Violent games have been accused of causing more aggressive behaviors among teenage boys. This has been talked about more lately because been boys involved in school shootings were also game players.If you fear that your son may be seriously addicted to gaming, sit down with him and explain your concerns in simple, straightforward language. Tell him that you love him and want the best for him and that because of this you are going to start limiting the amount of time he spends online. Explain the importance of developing interests other than computer games and the internet –of getting exercise, spending time outside, socializing with other young people. It ‘s important to make it clear that no play will be allowed until chores and homework are completed, and that from now on all online activities will be closely monitored(监视). In case of the mostdisappointing scenario, you may need to get rid of the gaming equipment or block internet access by means of parental controls.After you’ve laid down the basic rules, it’s up to you to force them. Stick to your guns in spite of all the murmuring and complaining. If you’re persistent, it’s likely that your child will have developed some hea lthy new interests withina few short weeks.28. We can learn from the passage that __________.A. the internet-based games are designed to harm children.B. computer games used to be regarded as harmless amusement.C. parents have been worries about the influence of games for a long time.D. only teen boys like to play computer games.29. to get your child away from computer games, you _________.A. can make him know the significance of future.B. can help him develop healthy interests.C. must forbid him to play computer games forever.D. can engage him in the heavy housework.30. What does the underline word “scenario” in the third paragraph mean?A. development.B. summary.C. occasion.D. situation31. when faced with your child’s resistance, you _________.A. can knock him down to the ground.B. may use a gun in case of emergency.C. may develop different positive hobbies.D. must always stick to your principles.DIf you bought some candy months ago but never ate it, how can you tell whether it is still safe to eat? The easiest way is to check the “use-by date” printed on the wrapper. If that date has already passed, you’re likely to throw the candy away. But is that really necessary?According to a new report from the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), tons of food is wasted each year, largely because people don’t fully understand what expiration dates, or “use-by dates”, actually mean.Food dating was introduced in the 1970s because consumers wanted more information about the things that they were eating. When they first showed up, use-bydates were only supposed to indicate freshness because producers wanted their products to be tasted in their best conditions.But the truth is that these dates aren’t related to the risk of food poisoning or food-born illness, according to Time News. However, most customers misinterpreted use-by dates and related them to the safety of the food, and they still largely do now.Eggs, for example, can still be eaten three to five weeks after purchase even though the use-by date is much earlier. When their use-by dates pass, strawberry-flavored drinks may lose their red color and biscuits may lose their crunch(嘎吱嘎吱的声音), but they are not harmful.“It’s a confusing subject, the difference between food quality and food safety,” said Jena Roberts, vice president of National Food Lab, a US food testing company. “Even in the food industry I have colleagues who get confused.”This is why scientists are calling for a standard explanation to be printed following the use-by dates. “We want this to be clearly communicated so consumers are not misunderstanding the date and contributing to a lot of waste,” said Dana Ganders, a staff scientist with the NRDC.But this won’t be a mistake that is easy to correct since people have believed it for so long. Another problem is that the quality levels of different foods change differently — some are still safe to eat long after their use-by date while others are not.As a result, food industry officials are now thinking of changing the use-by date to a date indicating when food is most likely to go bad.32. The use-by date was first intended to _____.A. tell the freshness of foodB. show the safety of foodC. give a warning of food poisoningD. indicate the relation between food and illness33. The underlined word “misinterpreted” in Paragraph 4 probably means“________”.A. made guesses aboutB. formed a wrong idea aboutC. made wrong use ofD. took no notice of34. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Most customers understand what use-by dates mean.B. “Use-by dates” have existed for more than 50 years.C. Biscuits can’t be eaten when no t as crunchy as they were bought.D. Even after their use-by dates pass, some foods are still safe to eat.35. Scientists are calling for a standard explanation to be printed together withthe use-by dates because________.A. use-by dates are not helpful or reliableB. more consumers get worried about food safetyC. most consumers often misunderstand use-by datesD. the quality level of different foods changes differently第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。