甘肃省静宁县第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（无答案）.docx

静宁一中20182019学年度高二第二学期第一次月考试题（卷）英 语(考试时间：100分钟 总分120分)注意事项：1、本试卷共分两部分，第卷为选择题，第卷为非选择题。2、所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上（选择题部分使用答题卡的学校请将选择题的答案直接填涂到答题卡上），答案写在试卷上的无效。第卷I阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。第一部分 阅读理解（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。满分30分）ADo you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someones life? If yes, dont care about sex or age! Come and join us, then youll make it! Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant (No Pay with Free Meals) Place: Manchester Hours: Part Time We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days leftDont miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others! Role: You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily livesYou will help them to develop new skillsYou will help them to protect their rights and their safetyBut your primary concern is to let them know they are valued Skills and Experience Required: You will have the right values and great listening skillsYou will be honest and patientYou will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since youll have to help those people with different learning disabilitiesPrevious care-related experience will be a great advantage for you1The text is meant to _Acarry an advertisement Bsend an invitationCpresent a document Dleave a note2What does the underlined part mean?AYoull arrive home just in time from this jobBYoull make others lives more meaningful with this jobCYoull earn a good salary from this jobDYoull succeed in getting this job3The volunteers primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities _Ato properly protect themselves Bto get some financial supportCto realize their own importance Dto learn some new living skills4Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?AThe one who can drive a carBThe one who can use English to communicate.CThe one who has patience to listen to othersDThe one who has done similar work beforeBI travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating aloneIt always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talkingSo, 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 roomAlthough the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论) about my “being there really early”I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurantsHe 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 holidaysHe said he hadnt enough time to be with his familyAfter 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himselfI 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 meBefore 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 roseAnd I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.5The author asked for room service because _.Aa lot of money would be saved in this wayBhe didnt like to eat with other people aroundCseeing people laughing and talking made him feel badDhe didnt wanted to be recognized by the waiters 6From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk _.Awas getting tired of his present job Bknew how to attract more customers to his restaurant Chad never had such a chance to talk about his worriesDfound it hard to balance his work and his family 7The author wants to tell us that _.Arestaurants are full of surprises for lonely people Bthe kindness of strangers can make you less lonely Crestaurants should put the need of customers firstDpeople are actually all lonely in their own wayCIve loved my mothers desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of itMother sat writing lettersStanding 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 cryI knew she loved me; she showed in actionBut as a young girl, I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughterThey never happenedAnd a gulf opened between usI was “too emotional(易动感情的)”But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.As years passed and I had my own familyI loved my mother and thanked her for our happy familyI 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 happenedI couldnt be sure that the letter had even got to MotherI 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 shed never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen workI 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 timesIt was my letter.-“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”8The writer began to love her mothers desk_.Abefore she became a writer Bafter Mother diedCwhen Mother gave it to her Dwhen she was a child 9The passage shows that_.AMother was too serious about her daughter in wordsBMother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter CMother wrote to her daughter in careful wordsDMother wrote to her daughter in careless words10The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_.Adeep understanding between the old and the youngBfree talks between mother and daughterCdifferent ideas between mother and daughter Dpart of the sea going far in land11Whats best title of the passage?AMy letter to Mother BMother and childrenCTalks between Mother and me DMy Mothers Desk DThe kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothesThey sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mudThey have no schoolYet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make wordsThe key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a USgroup called One Laptop Per ChildThe goal is to find out whether kids using todays new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers existThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say theyre already amazed“What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia programThe fastest learnerand the first to turn on one of the tabletsis 8-year-old Kelbesa NegusseThe devices camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera workHe called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in EthiopiaWith his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knowsThen he spelled words on his own“Seven months ago he didnt know any EnglishThats unbelievable,” said KellerThe project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learnIt wont be in Amharic, Ethiopias first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs12How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village? AIt contributes to their self-study.BIt trains teachers for them.CIt helps raise their living standardsDIt provides funds for building schools13What can we infer from Kellers words in Paragraph 3? AThey need more time to analyze dataBHe is confident about the future of the projectCMore children are needed for the research.DThe research should be carried out in kindergartens14It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _ Awrite letters to researchers. Bdraw pictures of animals Clearn English words quickly Dmake phone calls to his friends15What is the aim of the project? ATo help Ethiopian kids read to learn in EnglishBTo make Amharic widely used in the worldCTo offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.DTo assist Ethiopians in learning their first language第二部分 完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。Each week, Larrys office answers dozens of hopeless phone calls from families of very sick peopleWhat they need are 16 to treat severe diseases far away from home.The founder of Angel Flight Northeast(AFNE)，Larry, 68, has 17 turned away any requests, and has helped the 18 in need with volunteer pilotsI know 19 desperation(绝望) sounds likePeople come to us at the most 20 lives theyre 21 out of money, out of time, and out of faith, says Larry, who sometimes pilots some trips himself 22 also seeing to（负责，办理） scheduling, fund-raising, and other 23 We help replace the fear with dramatic(激动人心的)healing and 24 Larry and his wife once built a(n) 25 ambulance companyAfter they sold it, they received a large sum of moneyLarry got his pilots 26 Then he read a magazine article 27 a pilot in California who flew a ten-year-old boy to receive cancer treatment and 28 he knew what his next chapter would be.Today, Larry 29 a network of nearly 500 volunteer pilots who donate（捐献）their own time and planesLarrys crew on the ground, Earth Angels, 30 patients to and from the airportBy now AFNE has helped 65, 000 people 31 between patients and pilots can last for weeks, months, or 32 One cancer patient took more than 585 33 over ten yearsAnd every single one for every patient is 34 Sometimes patients cant talk to their family about their 35 ，but being up in the heavens, talking to a pilot helps them get better, Larry says.16Aflights Bsuggestions Cmethods Dintroductions17Ajust Bstill Calways Dnever 18Adoctors Bpatients Cchildren Dprofessors19Awhat Bhow Cwhy Dwhen 20Aexciting Bfrightening Csurprising Dtiring 21Afalling Bdropping Crunning Dcooking 22Awhile Bbecause Cuntil Dalthough 23Aresponsibilities Bpossibilities Cgames Dincidents24Achoices Bsuccess Chope Dchances 25Aexpensive Bsuccessful Cdoubtful Dindependent 26Apermit Bskill Cposition Dtreatment 27Awith Bfor Cabout Dagainst 28Agradually Bgratefully Cgenerously Dimmediately 29Acarries on Bcalls on Cputs on Drelies on 30Adrive Blift Caccompany Dcollect 31ADifferences BLinks CConflicts DOperations 32Alonger Bshorter Charder Deasier 33Aguests Btreats Ctrips Dgifts 34Abusy Bfree Cnecessary Dinteresting 35Afears Blives Cexpenses Dapologies 第卷第一节单词拼写（根据汉语提示写出该单词，并注意其形式。每小题1分，共10分）。36You can easily _（澄清） the problems if you study British history.37Wang Ping_(系牢，扎牢) my safety belt and showed me how to use it.38But London has been _（影响）only by some invaders of England.39It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not _(吸引)visitors.40This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your _(先前的，早先的) time period.41At first my new _(环境) were difficult to tolerate.42Were _(快乐的，欣喜的) youre coming to work with us.43Youll have a _(专业的) photographer with you to take photographs.44you may be able to_(集中) on photography later if you re interested.45They must use research to _(告知，通知) themselves of the missing parts of the story.第二节语法填空（在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每小题1.5分，满分15分）。46They are going to get Ireland _（联合，连接）to form the United Kingdom.47It was a dilemma because the footballer could have _(要求，需求)damages if we were wrong.48Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists _getting the wrong end of the stick。49A giant machine, always greedy for more, _(吞下) all the waste available.50Only if you ask many different questions will you _(获得，得到) all the information you need to know.51I still cannot believe that I am taking _ this prize that I won last year.52Just as I tried to make the necessary _(调整) to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.53To her great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queens jewels _(守卫) by special royal soldiers54Happily this was _(accomplish) without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.55England is the largest of the four countries and _convenience, it is divided into three zones.第三节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的作文。共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除；把多余的词 用斜线（ ）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词； 2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Dear Diana, Thank you for the lovely day we have with you. It was so kind for you to let us bring Annes friend, Ginna. Unfortunate, the only problem was the journey home. There had been a terrible accident on the highway and, for a result, there was a long time of traffic for at least six mile. In the end, we drove to a service station and waited there unless the road was clear. In the car park here Ginna nearly got knocked over as car drove out far too quickly from behind a lorry. They finally dropped Ginna off at her parents and made our own way to home.Much love第四节书面表达（满分25分） 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Sarah 打算暑期来北京旅游，来信询问改建后前门大街的情况。请你写封回信，简单介绍以下内容：1. 简况：长800余米、600多年历史、300余家商铺；2. 位置：天安门广场南面；3. 交通：公共汽车17、69、59等路，地铁2号线；4. 特色：步行街、当当车、茶馆、剧院等。参考词汇：步行街 pedestrian street当当车 trolley car地铁