高二下学期第一次月考英语试题

高二第二学期英语3月份月考

本试卷分第I 卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分100分。考试时间为100分钟。

第I卷选择题部分

第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分40分）

第一节听力部分（计两小节共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面五段对话。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。听完每段话后，你将有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 does the man think about the vacation?

A. It’ll be a long vacation.

B. It’s only a dream.

C. It’ll be great.

2. What will the woman probably do on Saturday evening?

A. Go skating.

B. Call her sister.

C. Give a lecture.

3. What does the man suggest to the woman?

A. Having a meeting.

B. Calling on him.

C. Buying a house.

4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In an office.

B. In a museum.

C. In a clothing store.

5. What did Alice ask the man to do?

A. Borrow some magazines for her.

B. Return some magazines to the library.

C. Give some magazines back to her.

第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

听下面3段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，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。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。

6. What is the problem with the woman’s watch?

A. It needs cleaning.

B. It is ruined by water.

C. It needs a new battery.

7. What does the shop offer if one changes a battery there?

A. A free battery.

B. One-year guarantee.

C. Free cleaning service.

8. Why can’t the woman have her watch repaired right away?

A. The man can’t fix it at the moment.

B. The w oman doesn’t have enough money on her.

C. There is no right battery in the shop now.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第12四个小题。

9. Which of the following is TRUE about the man?

A. He has lost interest in jazz.

B. He works in the Student Center.

C. He is a full-time student.

10. Why did the man decide not to stay with the band?

A. He didn’t like the bandleader.

B. He was too busy to make it.

C. He wanted to join a better band.

11. What role did the man probably play in the band?

A. A guitarist.

B. A pianist.

C. A singer.

12. What suggestion does the woman give to the man?

A. Organizing a new band.

B. Joining a new band.

C. Giving up performing.

听下面一段独白，回答第13至第15三个小题。

13. How many points does a misspelled word cost?

A. 2 points.

B. 3 points.

C. 5 points.

14. What are the students going to do on Friday?

A. Read a short story.

B. Take a major test.

C. Write an essay.

15. When was this lecture given?

A. On Monday.

B. On Wednesday.

C. On Friday.

第二节：语法和词汇知识（20小题：每小题0.5分, 满分10分）

从A、B、C、D选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

16. Paper money was in _________ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in

_________13th century.

A. the, /

B. the , the

C. /, the

D. /, /

17. Waiter: Here is the steak you ordered. Please _________and enjoy yourself.

Customer: Thank you.

A. take it easy

B. take your time

C. take your food

D. go right ahead

18. Did you watch the _________ broadcast of 82nd Annual Academy Awards on TV?

A. lively

B. alive

C. live

D. living

19. His family was poor, but his parents _________to send him to a key middle school where he

felt happy and did quite well.

A. tried

B. do try

C. did manage

D. do managed

20. _________ the car after drinking alcohol, there wouldn’t have been the accident.

A. Had he not driven

B. Hadn’t he driven

C. If he didn’t drive

D. If he doesn’t

21. Don’t you know that the famous university is as a matter of fact _________used to be a

church?

A. where

B. what

C. which

D. one

22. We can’t wait. We have to_________ the direction and the distance before we take action.

A. let out

B. figure out

C. try out

D. turn out

23. --Was it two months ago_________you luckily got an opportunity to spend your holiday in

Hawaii?

--____________. John was the lucky dog.

A. when; Not I

B. when; Not really

C. that; Not this

D. that; Not me

24. Professor Li, who I _________ abroad, still teaches in Peking University.

A. think went

B. think to have gone

C. thought went

D. thought had gone

25. ---I know this is the latest type but it’s second hand. $40 ----that’s my last offer.

--- OK. It’s a(an) _________.

A. business

B. trade

C. agreement

D. deal

26. You said you live in South China; could you please be a bit more _________?

A. particular

B. specific

C. typical

D. automatic

27. In those days, our _________ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow

storm with food and health care.

A. normal

B. constant

C. permanent

D. primary

28. Thank you very much. But for you, I _________ in the fight yesterday.

A. would have been died

B. would have been killed

C. should die

D. would have killed

29. _________ has already been pointed out, grammar is not a set of dead rules.

A. As

B. It

C. That

D. What

30. ---How do you find Qingdao, Mary?

--- It’s a beautiful seaside city. I have _________ it for my next holiday.

A. decided on

B. held on

C. tried on

D. carried on

31. I would appreciate _________ if you could come to my birthday party.

A. you

B. that

C. this

D. it

32. Life is not always that smooth and I hope you can force a laugh _________ pain.

A. due to

B. in spite of

C. aimed at

D. accustomed to

33. Mr Smith, there’s a man at the front door who says he has news _________ vital importance.

A. of

B. with

C. in

D. from

34. The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I am paying

_________ here.

A. as three times much

B. as much three times

C. much as three times

D. three times as much

35. ----Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away?

----Thank you. _________.

A. It couldn’t be better.

B. Of course you can.

C. If you like.

D. It’s up to you.

第三节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分；满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—45各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

Creativity is the key to a brighter future, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.

If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we 36 not have a product that we now think of as of great importance: a new type of 37 . Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. 38 his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his 39 company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new 40 .

Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it 41 a character of high intelligence. The fact that a person is highly intelligent does not 42 that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something. 43 , schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators 44 creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but cannot

recognize ways to use it in new 45 . They may know the rules correctly, but they are 46 to use them to work out practical problems.

It is important to give children 47 . From the earliest age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it’s choosing between two food ite ms for lunch, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the 48 decision. The child may have a hard time, but that is all right. This is ___49___the most important character of creative people is a very strong ___50 to find a way out of trouble.

36．A．should B．might C．will D．must 37．A．machine B．walkman C．tape D．ruler 38．A．But B．So C．And D．Though 39．A．new B．former C．own D．formal 40．A．tapes B．thought C．ideas D．feelings 41．A．usually B．really C．possibly D．necessarily 42．A．mean B．introduce C．conclude D．produce 43．A．Fortunately B．Unfortunately C．Anxiously D．Generally 44．A．give up B．take up C．use up D．keep up 45．A．conditions B．surroundings C．situations D．environments 46．A．sure B．ready C．able D．unable 47．A．choices B．chances C．time D．money 48．A．present B．hard C．wrong D．right 49．A．why B．how C．what D．because 50．A．desire B．inspire C．influence D．attitude

第二部分: 阅读理解(共16小题,每小题2分,满分32分)

第一节（共12小题：每小题2分，满分24分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

On September 22, 1986, Jay Brunkella, a police officer in the Rogers Park district in Chicago, was shot during a drug arrest and died. Shortly afterwards, fellow officer Ken Knapcik, a 20-year veteran（老警官）of the force, returned home after work to find a note from his 15 year old daughter on the dining table.

Dad—This poem came directly from my heart. I love you so much! It scares and amazes me that you go out every day and risk everything to provide us with all that we have. I wrote this to express how much I love you and how much lost I’d be without you ---Laura. PS: Hey, let’s be careful out there.

Titled The Ultimate Cop, Laura’s poem was dedicated “To all the cops in the world who have daughters who love them with all their hearts. And especially to my dad”. It was about a police officer’s daughter who sees on the night time news that her father has been shot. Part of poem: “Daddy, my Daddy, can you hear me cry? Oh, God, I need my Daddy, please don’t let him die.”

Ken Knapcik stood alone as he read the poem. “It took me several minutes,” he said. “I’d get through part of it and have to stop before I could go on. I was weeping. She had never told me she

was scared.”He took the poem to work the next day and showed it to his fellow officers. I’ve never seen so many grown men cry. Some couldn’t finish it.”

Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in the pocket of his police jacket. He takes it with him every time he leaves the house for a new shift. “I don’t want to be out there without it,” he said. “I’ll probably carry it with me forever.”

51. Laura wrote the poem ____________.

A. in memory of her father who was shot in the drug arrest

B. to show her great sorrow in losing her father

C. to show her respect to all the cops who lost their lives

D. to tell Officer Ken Knapcik how much she loved him

52. All the officers cried because ____________.

A. Jay Brunkella was shot and died

B. they were greatly touched by the poem

C. the poem was so sad that they couldn’t hold back their tears

D. they thought of their dangerous life

53. Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in his pocket ______________.

A. to treasure her daughter’s love and to value his own life

B. to keep it from getting lost

C. because he can’t go out without it

D. to mourn over the death of Officer Jay Brunkella

54. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Poem for a cop

B. An officer’s death

C. A cop’s daughter

D. Love my job, love my daughter

B

Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.

Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists. In this experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. The first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.

The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. One of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. Four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.

Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. Here’s where the trick lies in. In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles —making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles — so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.

When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they weren’t fooled — they were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. Older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.

As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. In other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. As a result, they’re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.

55．Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate .

A．children’s and adults’ eye-sight

B．people’s ability to see accurately

C．children’s and adults’ brains

D．the influence of people’s age

56．When asked to find the larger circle, .

A．children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones around

B．only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones around

C．children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones around

D．adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around

57．Visual context may work when children get older than .

A．4 B．6 C．10 D．18 58．Why are younger children not fooled?

A．Because they are smarter than older children and adults.

B．Because older people are influenced by their experience.

C．Because people’s eyes become weaker as they grow older.

D．Because their brain can hardly notice related things together.

C

The HOPE IS A GAME--CHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see things horrible, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would lead –which is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.

Four years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his “soccer ball”，which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This “ball” was the only thing Moise could call his own --- no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearably young age of seven, the boy’s spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that he’d never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart ---but he was gone.

I recently helped Bobby launch his new book The Power of the Invisible Sun which features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable longing for recovery and hope.

Bobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer,

especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small---The Power of the Invisible Sun.

This holiday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider “taking a concrete baby step”, which added together, can create transformational change. It’s my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will change the lives of children in the world over --- one book, one ball at a time.

59．In the first sentence of the passage, the writer implies that .

A．kids live an unsafe life in parts of the world

B．the balls sent to kids should be of good quality

C．young kids can not overcome the difficulties

D．kids intend to break their toys into pieces

60．How may Bobby feel about Mosie?

A．He was very proud of Mosie’s bravery.

B．He felt sorry for Mosie’s ruined childhood.

C．He thought money could solve Mosie’s problem.

D．He felt happy to tell him what was in his heart.

61．Which of the following about B obby’s new book is TRUE?

A．It earned a lot of money to help kids like Mosie.

B．The photos inside reflected the kids’ hopeless life.

C．Its title shows the author’s belief to change the world.

D．It changed the life of the kids recorded in the book.

62．The underlined part in the last paragrph probably means .

A．starting the first step as a baby does

B．taking an active action from now on

C．making great changes step by step

D．doing some small but good deeds

第二节信息匹配（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）

阅读下列畅销书的封面及基本信息，匹配相关的书名。

A．Foreword

by Robert J. Hedaya, M.D,

Robert J. Hedaya, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at

Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Psychiatry.

Motto: Live well.

B．How Fear Limits Us

On Becoming Fearless... in Love, Work, and Life

by Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington was raised in Greece by her fearless mother.

She has written this book for her two daughters in the hope that

they will lead fearless lives.

Motto: Overcome the obstacle, get over the next hill.

C ．Determination: How to Set Goals and Go After Them

Fight Your Fear and Win

by Don Greene, Ph.D.

Don Greene, Ph.D., was a nationally ranked high school diver.

He was the sports psychologist for the U.S. Olympic Diving

Team.

Motto: Determination is drive.

D ．The Anger Business

Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion

by Carol Tavris, Ph.D.

Carol Tavris, Ph.D., was senior editor. she now teaches from time to time in the department of psychology at UCLA Motto: Reduce Stress!

E ．In the Presence of Danger

The Gift of Fear

by Gavin de Becker

Davin de Becker, America ’s leading expert on violence, is the

bestselling author of the Gift of Fear: Survival Signals.

Motto: Trust and act on our straight instincts.

63．This useful, popular book shows that if you are gone broke and lose love, please hold yourself

back. If you look fat, just face it calmly. If you are in survival thinking, the most important is that you get rid of all the difficulties in front of us, life will be safe, perfect. If your daughters are to take their rightful place in society, they must become fearless.

64．In this book, the author calls the nation’s leading expert s on violent behavior, and shows you

how to spot even tiny signs of danger before it’s too late. Most violent acts are unpredictable. It points out that true fear is often a signal that can save your life. Believe the threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves by straight judgment.

65．This book based on his years of clinical experience. It says about twenty-five million

Americans take medicine to avoid depression. Despite the advances in the treatment of depression in recent years, many patients, even with the best medical care, feel that they are not living rich and fulfilling lives. This book will direct you how to survive well.

66．This interesting book tells us that annoyance is as much a political matter as a biological one.

And anger is a definite mes sage: Pay attention to me. I don’t like what you are doing. Restore my pride. You’re in my way. Give me justice. This book suggests that when you’re angry, just

let it right out.

高二第二学期英语3月份月考参考答案

Choices:

1—5 CABCB 6—10 CBACB 11-15 CBACA

16-20CBCCA 21-25 BBDCD 20-30 BDBAA 31-35 DBADA

36-40 BCABC 41-45 DABAC 46-50 DACDA

51-54 DBAA 55-58 BCBD 54-57 ABCD 63-66 BEAD

Spelling:

67. possessed 68 adopt 69 appeal 70 effects 71 appropriate

72 flexible 73 eventually 74 stress 75 banned 76 exchange Correction:

Line 1: accepted—received 去掉a (such a great progress)

Line 2: 加in (good Chinese) show—showed

Line 3: 去掉it (sent it to me)

Line 4: clearly—clear

Line 6: hear---hearing

Writing:

Very often we come across an empty classroom with lights still on. It’s not difficult to find evidence of wasting water. Additionally，some throw away the soft drink bottles, used exercise papers and books, which should be recycled. Worse still, others use non-environmental lunch boxes, causing “White Pollution”.

These phenomena show that many students lack the sense of environmental awareness, which is dangerous. If these continue, like the saying, “The last drops of water will be our tears!”

As for me, first I must help educate my schoolmates to be more environmentally friendly. Then we can start from doing some small things, such as collecting used items for recycling, turning off the lights, saving water. Always remember our responsibilities, and “Every little counts!”

附：listening script

Text1--W: I’m spending my vacation in Hainan this summer. I’ve been dreaming about it for a long time.

M: That’s wonderful. I’m so jealous.

Text2--M: I don’t suppose you're free to go skating on Saturday evening, are you?

W: Actually I am. I was planning to go to a lecture with my sister but it was called off.

Text3--M: It was nice talking to you. I have to run to a meeting now.

W: OK. Maybe we can meet sometime soon.

M: Yeah, I’d love to, why don’t you drop by my house sometime.

W: Great!

Text4--W: Can I help you?

M: I’m looking for some suit that I can wear at the office as well as on weekends.

W: Let me show you a new summer collection. There’re several styles they are just what you’re looking for.

Text5--M: Who put this pile of magazines in my office?

W: Alice. She said you were going to take them back to the library.

M: Oh, that’s right. She did ask me to take some magazines back for her. I completely forgot.

Text 6

W: Excuse me, my watch stopped running, and I am not sure what’s w rong with it.

M: Well, let me look at it. Hmm, it seems that it just needs a new battery.

W: Oh, that’s really. I got some water on it last week and I was afraid that it might ruin the watch. M: How much is a new battery?

M: It’s 6.99, and we not only chan ge a battery but also guarantee it for a year. And if you have the watch cleaned here, we can guarantee it for an additional three months.

W: That sounds like a good deal. I’ll get my battery here. When will it be ready?

M: Usually I can do it right away but now I'm repairing lots of watches and I am way behind. Can you leave your watch here until 5 PM?

W: Okey, see you then.

Text 7

W: Michel, I heard your jazz band is going to play at the student center. I’m just calling to let you know I’ll be there.

M: O h, thanks, but I am not in the band any more. In fact I’m not in the group at all right now. W: That’s too bad. You’re such an amateur musician. Why did you leave the group?

M: I just couldn’t be a full-time student and still practice with the band every night. I also missed a couple of performances during my midterm exams. And I thought I'd better quit before the band leader fired me.

W: Hey, you know my friend Charlie, don’t you? He plays the piano. He and some of his friends are getting a band together. And they need a good singer.

M: I wouldn't have time for that either.

W: Oh, I don’t think they’ll practise very often. Charlie and his friends are all students, too. I’ll give you his number and you can get in touch with him.

Text 8

If you’ve been on campus for a while, then you’ve probably already heard about the course. Since this is a composition class, I expect my students to follow such rules. For example, I take a point off various kinds of mistakes. A misspelled word will cost you two points. If you write an in complete sentence, you’ll lose five points. This class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays an d Fridays. You’ll have a total of three major tests through out this semester. Your final grade will be the average of these major tests. If you have any questions, you can see me on Tuesdays. Your task for Wednesday is to read Mark Twain’s short story on Page 28. Friday will be the last day of class this week. So you can expect to write a short essay during class time. That’s all for today. I hope to see you on Wednesday.