江西省南城县第二中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题（无答案）.docx

南城二中2018-2019年下学期高二第二次月考高二英语试卷第一部分 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答案。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。例：How much is the shirt?A 19.15.B9.18.C9.15.答案是C。1. When will the man meet John?ATonight BTomorrow CThe day after tomorrow2. What is the possible relationship between the speakers?AWaitress and customer BCook and waiter CHusband and wife3. What will the man do next?ASearch for his room key BGo to the front deskCChange his ID card4. Why does the man telephone the reservation office? ATo cancel his flight BTo confirm his flightCTo book a ticket5. What does the woman advise the man to do?APay extra money BDrop the lessons CContinue learning第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why doesnt the woman like to work in the animal hospital?A. She is not fond of animals. B. She doesnt like the smell of medicine.C. She thinks its too boring and tiring.7. When will the woman help clean up the park?A. On Saturday. B. On Thursday. C. On Monday.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What did Mr. Ewing ask the speakers to do?A. Arrive at the conference centre on time. B. Talk with the branch office workers.C. Help out at the conference centre.9. How will the speakers go to the conference centre?A. By asking Mr. Ewing for a lift. B. By driving the mans car. C. By taking the underground. 10. What do we know about the woman?A. She cant drive a car. B. She isnt sure about the way. C. She doesnt like to travel alone.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The mans sports life. B. The mans medical history. C. The mans school experience.12. What made the mans leg broken?A. A football game. B. A wild cat. C. A traffic accident.13. What does the man say about himself?A. He is afraid of cats.B. He left the school team at the age of 17.C. Dust could make him sneeze.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What does the woman probably do?A. A swimmer. B. A boxer. C. A footballer.15. What does the woman do after lunch?A. Have a break. B. Get back to the pool. C. Do track work and body exercises.16. How does the woman spend her most nights?A. Dancing at a club. B. Chatting online. C. Going to bed early.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who helped the students organize the show?A. The art teacher.B. The maths teacher.C. All the teachers.18. What was the money raised for?A. More books.B. More computers.C. Some lights.19. Where did the students find the useful information?A. In magazines.B. On websites.C. From books.20. What was everybody asked to wear at the beginning?A. A hat.B. A jacket.C. A dress.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AUniversity Room Regulations Approved and Prohibited ItemsThe following items are approved for use in residential(住宿的)rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.Access to Residential RoomsStudents are provided with a combination(组合密码)for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.Cooking PolicyStudents living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven(微波炉) to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.Pet PolicyNo pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.Quiet HoursResidential buildings must maintain an atmosphere that supports the academic mission of the University. Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday through Thursday. Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1:00 am to 8:00 am. Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of $25.21. Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms?A. Ceiling fans and waterbeds.B. Wireless routers and radios.C. Hair dryers and candles.D. TVs and electric blankets.22. What do we know about the cooking policy?A. A microwave oven can be used.B. Cooking in student rooms is permitted.C. A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen.D. Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.23. If a student has kept a cat in his room for a week since the warning, he will face .A. parent visitsB. a fine of $100C. the Student CourtD. a written noticeBMy First Marathon（马拉松）A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didnt do either well. He later informed me that I was not athletic.The idea that I wasnot athleticstuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldnt even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!At mile 3, I passed a sign: GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.By mile 21, I was starving!As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a marathon winner.24. A month before the marathon, the author _.A. was well trainedB. felt scared C. made up his mind to runD. lost hope25. Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?A. To acknowledge the support of his teacher.B. To amuse the readers with a funny story.C. To show he was not talented in sports.D. To share a precious memory.26. How was the authors first marathon?A. He made it.B. He quit halfway.C. He got the first prize.D. He walked to the end.27. What does the story mainly tell us?A. A man owes his success to his family support.B. A winner is one with a great effort of will.C. Failure is the mother of success.D. One is never too old to learn. CYour glasses may someday replace your smartphone，and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch.Some in the city cant wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.“Id use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 am.and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open，” said Walter Choo，40，of Fort Greene.The smartphonelike glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600，the Times said，possibly including a variation of augmented (增强的) reality，a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about ones surroundings.So，for example，if you were walking down a street，indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you. “As far as a mainstream consumer product，this just isnt something anybody needs，”said Sam Biddle，who writes for G.“Were accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things，”he added，“and the average consumer isnt gonna be able to afford another device (装置)thats hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”9 to 5 Google publisher Seth Weintraub，who has been reporting on the smartphonelike glasses since late last year，said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.“Its just like smartphones 10 years ago，” Weintraub said.“A few people started getting emails on their phones，and people thought that was crazy.Same kind of thing.We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones，and its unnatural，” he said.“Theres gonna be improvements to that，and this a step there.”28One of the possible functions of the smartphonelike glasses is to Aprogram the opening hours of a barBsupply you with a picture of the futureCprovide information about your surroundingsDupdate the maps and GPS in your smartphones29The underlined phrase “pop up” in the third paragraph probably means “ ”Adevelop rapidlyBget round quicklyCappear immediately Dgo over automatically30According to Sam Biddle，the smartphonelike glasses are Anecessary for teenagersBattractive to New YorkersCavailable to people worldwideDexpensive for average consumers31We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphonelike glasses Amay have a potential marketBare as common as smartphonesCare popular among young adultsDwill be improved by a new technologyDHollywoods theory that machines with evil(邪恶的) minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly. The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want. In 1960 a wellknown mathematician Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics(控制论), put it this way: “If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere(干预), we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire.”A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things: a wish to preserve its own existence. For the machine, this quality is not inborn, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead. So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task. If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard. The possibility of entering into and losing such a match should concentrate the minds of computer scientists. Some researchers argue that we can seal the machines inside a kind of firewall, using them to answer difficult questions but never allowing them to affect the real world. Unfortunately, that plan seems unlikely to work: we have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines.Solving the safety problem well enough to move forward in AI seems to be possible but not easy. There are probably decades in which to plan for the arrival of super intelligent machines. But the problem should not be dismissed out of hand, as it has been by some AI researchers. Some argue that humans and machines can coexist as long as they work in teamsyet that is not possible unless machines share the goals of humans. Others say we can just “switch them off” as if super intelligent machines are too stupid to think of that possibility. Still others think that super intelligent AI will never happen. On September 11, 1933, famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, “Anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.” However, on September 12, 1933, physicist Leo Szilard invented the neutroninduced(中子诱导) nuclear chain reaction.32.Paragraph 1 mainly tells us that artificial intelligence may _Arun out of human controlBsatisfy humans real desiresC command armies of killer robotsDwork faster than a mathematician33.Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to _Aprevent themselves from being destroyedBachieve their original goals independentlyC do anything successfully with given ordersDbeat humans in international chess matches34.According to some researchers, we can use firewalls to _Ahelp super intelligent machines work betterBbe secure against evil human beingsC keep machines from being harmedDavoid robots affecting the world35.What does the author think of the safety problem of super intelligent machines?AIt will disappear with the development of AI.BIt will get worse with human interference.CIt will be solved but with difficulty.DIt will stay for a decade.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Recently, Ive been following a simple rule that is helping me crush procrastination(拖延症) and making it easier for me to stick to good habits at the same time_36_ There are two parts to the 2-Minute Rule.Part 1If it takes less than two minutes，then do it now_37_ For example，washing your dishes immediately after your meal，tossing the laundry in the washing machine，taking out the garbage，sending that email，and so onIf a task takes less than two minutes to complete，then follow the rule and do it right nowPart 2When you start a new habit，it should take less than two minutes to doCan all of your goals be accomplished in less than two minutes? Obviously notBut，every goal can be started in 2 minutes or less_38_It might sound like this strategy is too basic for grand life goals，but I beg to differThe 2-Minute Rule works for big goals as well as small goals because of the inertia(惯性)of life_39_ I love the 2-Minute Rule because it embraces the idea that all sorts of good things happen once you get startedThe most important part of any new habit is getting startednot just the first time，but each timeIts not about performance，its about consistently taking actionI cant guarantee whether or not the 2-Minute Rule will work for you_40_ Anyone can spare the next 120 secondsUse this time to get one thing doneGoAI call this little strategy the “2-Minute Rule”BAnd thats the purpose behind this little ruleCHeres what you need to know to stop procrastinatingDOnce you start doing something，its easier to continue doing itEBut，I can guarantee that it will never work if you never try itFThe goal is to make it easier for you to get started on the things you should be doingGIts surprising how many things we put off that we could get done in two minutes or less第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。We were depressed and things were tough. Mom had a41time raising us on her own because Dad died five years ago. We relied on social assistance for42.Looking back, I43remember what Mom went through to send us to school. I studied hard then. Every morning, she would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes because our shoes were44. Constant moving was typical for my family in these times. Rent was 25 dollars a month but Mom couldnt45it. Though it was hard, we never46. Christmas was approaching. We were given 25 dollars for social services. Instead of buying food, Mom would use the money to pay the47, ensuring us all of a48over our head.49we had nothing for Christmas.Unknown to Mom, I had been selling Christmas trees to earn enough money for a new pair of50. On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, I was51to go to catch the bus.As I reached the stop, I began to feel52. I was going to buy a new pair of boots53Mom was at home in tears. My mind was54and I realized what I had to do. I didnt get on the55.I went in a grocery store and bought the Christmas treats. I56home and put them quietly against the door. I knocked on the door. When Mom opened the door,57rolled into the house. She just stood there58. I managed to hold back the59, saying, Merry Christmas, Mom! There really is a Santa Claus!T