甘肃省岷县二中2017-2018学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试卷

岷县二中2017-2018学年度第二学期第二次月考高二·英语满分：120分时间：100分钟一、完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，共30分）We are often warned by our teacher not to waste precious time, because time ___1___ will never return. I think it quite ___2__. What does time look like? Nobody knows for w e can‟t see it or ___3___ it and no amount of money can ___4___ it. Time is abstract, so we have to ___5___ about it.Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don‟t have ___6___ time to review all their lessons. It is because they don‟t know how to make ___7___ of their time. They waste it in going to theaters, cinemas and parks, and doing ___8___ things. Why do we study every day? Why do we ___9___? Why do most people would rather ___10___ buses instead of walking? The ___11___ is very simple. We wish to save time because time is ___12___.Today we are living in the 21st century. We look upon time as ___13___. When a person dies, his life ___14___. Since life is short, we must ___15___ our time and energy to our study so that we may be able to ___16___ the people well in the future. Laziness is the ___17___ of time, for it does not only bring us failure but also ___18___ us other harm. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, let us do it today and not ___19___ it until tomorrow.Remember that time is much more ___20___ than money.1. A. lost B. found C. expected D. made2. A. false B. true C. abstract D. valuable3. A. get B. have C. see D. touch4. A. find B. buy C. sense D. realize5. A. worry B. discuss C. advise D. think6. A. enough B. little C. valuable D. useful7. A. up B. light C. use D. fun8. A. other B. another C. some D. any9. A. drink B. eat C. think D. work10. A. borrow B. get C. make D. take11. A. question B. answer C. problem D. method12. A. valueless B. precious C. endless D. fast13. A. money B. life C. gold D. water14. A. comes to B. begins C. ends D. lives15. A. waste B. devote C. put D. value16. A. ask B. remember C. save D. serve17. A. friend B. maker C. mother D. thief18. A. brings B. does C. takes D. sends19. A. leave B. forget C. remain D. stay20. A. useful B. cheap C. heavy D. valuable二、阅读理解（共二部分，20小题，每题2分，共40分）第一部分AHank Viscardi was born without legs. He had --- not legs but stumps(残肢) that could he fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him …Ape Man‟ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(义肢). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be --- a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room , and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.21. Children laughed at Hank and called him …Ape Man‟ because ______.A. he didn‟t talk to themB. he kept away from themC. his arms touched the ground when he movedD. he couldn‟t use his arms22. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is _____.A. an average height for a fully grown personB. too tall for an average personC. too short for an average personD. none of the above23. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job”implies that the Red Cross _____.A. was only glad to give him a jobB. gave him a job because he was a good soldierC. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organizationD. was not willing to give him a job at first24. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _____.A. had no friendsB. never saw himself as different from othersC. was very shyD. was too proud to accept help from othersBCheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it‟s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game．Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn‟t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won‟t help on the next test---unless the person cheats again.Some people lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too.Some kids cheat because they‟re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can‟t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, cheating isn‟t a good idea.If you were sick or upset about something the night before and couldn‟t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don‟t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.25.The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, ______.A. it is unfair to other peopleB. it does harm to their heathC. teachers should punish themD. teachers shouldn‟t stop them at once26. Some students like cheating mainly because_______.A. the material in the test is very difficultB. they want to do better than the othersC. cheating can make hard things seem very easyD. they have little time to study their lessons27. In the passage those cheaters are advised to_______.A. spend more time on school than on sportsB. find good solutions instead of cheatingC. try hard to be intelligent rather than lazyD. ask their classmates for good methods of studyCI travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn‟t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. AndI cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.28. The author asked for room service because _______.A. a lot of money would be saved in this wayB. he didn‟t li ke to eat with other people aroundC. he didn‟t wanted to be recognized by the waitersD. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad29. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25？A. Dissatisfied.B. Pleased.C. Surprised.D. Angry.30. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurantB. found it hard to balance his work and his familyC. was getting tired of his present jobD. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries31. The author wants to tell us that ______.A. people are actually all lonely in their own wayB. restaurants should put the need of customers firstC. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonelyD. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely peopleDI‟ve loved my mother‟s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl, I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn‟t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.But the present of her desk told me, as she‟d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside --- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times. It was my letter.---“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”32. The writer began to love her mother‟s desk________.A. after Mother diedB. before she became a writerC. when she was a childD. when Mother gave it to her33. The passage shows that_________.A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughterB. Mother was too serious about her daughter in wordsC. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful wordsD. Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words34. The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.A. deep understanding between the old and the youngB. different ideas between mother and daughterC. free talks between mother and daughterD. part of the sea going far in land35. What‟s best title of the passage?A. My letter to MotherB. Mother and childrenC. My Mother‟s DeskD. Talks between Mother and me第二部分根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。