2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题.doc

2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题本试卷共10页，三大题, 满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生首先检查答题卡是否整洁无缺损，监考教师分发的考生信息条形码是否正确； 之后务必用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔在答题卡指定位置填写自己的学校、姓名和考生号，同时，将监考教师发放的条形码正向准确粘贴在答题卡的贴条形码区，请保持条形码整洁、不污损。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。不按要求填涂的，答案无效。3非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上，请注意每题答题空间，预先合理安排；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卡交回。注意事项：1答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 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, 从所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAnyone interested to know something about the volunteer work in Africa can read the following information. Quick Facts Imagine contributing to the livelihoods and education of children, or the local farming methods of the munity in Ghanaian village. This is an opportunity for you to connect with West African culture. Supported by volunteers from around the world, the munity will have a more positive change. Location: Ghana Date: flexible dates available Time: 2 weeks to 6 months Focus Points *Children *Education *Environment *Poverty *Food & Agriculture Program cost $200 application fee +$400 per week (1-4weeks ), and $200 per week after this. This includes acmodation, meals, management, direction, training, and airport pickup. Several different projects are available, including: *Childrens Project *Farming Project *Teaching Project The GVN Foundation is the fund-raising arm of Bamboo. To learn more about any of these amazing opportunities, please see the following link to Bamboos website and click on “more details” at s:/.wearebamboo./volunteer/ghana/. Language NeededEnglish (fluent) Volunteers for the Ghana program must: *be grown-ups(over 18) *obtain a satisfactory police check from your home country prior to volunteering *be able to speak English fluently Detailed Location Information See the Ghana info pack by clicking on “more details” for your chosen project here: ./volunteer/ghana/.1. What can you do after being accepted to do the volunteer work? A. Choose your proper time to stay there. B. Obtain the fund from the local police C. Freely choose your own workmates D. Go to any African country2. How much should a volunteer pay for the program for five weeks? A. $200 B. $400 C. $xx D. $24003. What is a must for the volunteers? A. Speaking English as their mother tongue B. Being able to cook meals C. Volunteer experience D. An adult ageBIf the forest is destroyed, who will replant it? In January xx, a series of fires in central Chiles La Maue region burned down over 457,000 hectares of forest, leaving behind nothing but burnt ground. Now, three border shepherd dogs are helping replant it by doing what they love most, running. Das, Olivia, and Summer, three female border dogs have been working hard to bring the forest burnt by fire back to life, since March. They are essentially running and playing, but their work is important. The dogs owner, 32-year-old Francisca Torres, takes them to various areas of burnt forest in her truck, equips them with special bags which she fills with seeds of local plants. Then the dogs are sent out to run around and spread as many seeds as they can. When they return, she rewards them with snacks, fills up their bags and sends them out on another run.Torres, who trains the dogs not to attack any wild animal while on seed spreading tasks, thinks border shepherd dogs are perfectly suited for the job, because of their intelligence, energy and speed. Theyve learned that they have to empty their bags in order to receive their tasty reward when they return, and can cover much more ground than a human ever could. Every day, they can cover up to 30 kilometers and spread around eight kilograms of seeds, while a person on foot could only cover 3 kilometers Most importantly, they love what they do.Replanting the vast burned-down forest in just a few days will take years, but Torres hopes that her dogs will bring back enough plants for some of the animals to return. Torres has seen some fields that are now totally green thanks to the work of Summer, Olivia and Das. In some of the 15 forests that the three border shepherd dogs have been responsible for grass is ing back, and small trees are beginning to push through the burnt earth. Hopefully, enough seeds will e up soon for animals to e back.4. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The rewards B. The seeds C. The trucks. D. The dogs.5. How do the three dogs help replant the forest?A. They spread the seeds by running.B. They attack any animal eating plants.C. They help dig out seeds from the burnt groundD. They lead some animals with seeds to the forest6. Which can best describe Torres? A. Strict but brave B. Smart and nature-loving C. Easy-going and honest D. Energetic but selfish7. What can we learn from the text?A. The dogs do the jobs without reward.B. The dogs have finished their tasks so far.C. The forest has turned green in some fieldsD. Various wild animals have e back to the forest. C“Hi, Mrs. Grady,” said Mark when their neighbor opened her door. “Would you like us to shovel your sidewalk and driveway?” Shoveling was Jamies idea, a way to earn enough money for the new Ocean Kingdom video game that came out the next day. Mrs. Grady was happy, “That would be wonderful, boys. I think the job is getting to be too much for me.” “It will cost 10 dollars,” Jamie said. “If thats OK,” Mark added. “Oh dear,” Mrs. Grady said disappointedly, “I havent been able to get to the bank. I can offer homemade cookies, but I realize thats not what you had in mind.”Mark was going to say that Mrs. Grady could pay them another time, but Jamie cut him off. “Well e back later.”Mrs. Grady doesnt look like the person whod e to Marks rescue last summer when Mr. Dunns dog Goldie had just wanted to play, but Mark didnt feel fortable around big dogs. He wanted to call for help, but his tongue seemed locked behind his teeth. Then Mrs. Gradys front door had flown open. She must have seen him from across the street. “Hold on, Mark. Im ing!” “Goldie” shed called. As soon as Goldie had turned her head, Mrs. Grady had slipped between Mark and the dog. She wasnt much taller than Mark, but shed stood firm as a rock in front of him. “Goldie, go home!” Then shed swept her broom to hurry the dog along. “Get!” Goldie had obeyed.When Mark showed thanks to Mrs. Grady, Mrs. Grady laughed. “It was nothing. Good neighbors watch out for each other, dont they?”And now Mrs. Grady needed Mark as much as hed needed her last summer. He smiled and waved at Mrs. Grady, then his shovel deep into the snow. “Hey!” Jamie shouted. “What are you doing?” Mark couldnt explain about Goldie and watching out for neighbors. “I like Mrs. Gradys cookies,” he said.8. Why did Jamie and Mark plan to clear the snow for Mrs. Grady at first?A. To help the lady. B. To visit New Kingdom.C. To do volunteer work. D. To earn pocket money.9. Mrs. Grady couldnt pay them most probably because _.A. she didnt have enough cash B. she couldnt find the bank C. she thought it was worthless D. she couldnt afford it 10. According to the story, which of the following words can be used to describe Mrs. Grady best?A. Greedy. B. Hopeful. C. Hardworking. D. Helpful.11. Which of the following proverb can best summarize the story?A. A penny saved is a penny earned. B. Kindness is repaid with kindness. C. Birds of a feather flock together. D. Actions speak louder than words. D Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1978, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14, 400 plastic bottles on this planet. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic, never to pletely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, which has shortened their lifetime greatly. The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. Its a munity in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The design process begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once this step is plete, and electrical and plumbing (管道装置) lines are put inside, the plastic walls are covered by concrete-both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house 17 cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside. The village is the brainchild(主意) of Robert Bezeau with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling program four years ago, during which a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use, soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process. The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education center that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”.12. What does Paragraph 1 intend to tell us? A. The reason for buying fewer drinks.B. The difficult situation of wildlife.C. The amount of plastic waste.D. The seriousness of plastic pollution13. What is the biggest benefit to people living in the Plastic Bottle Village?A. The house will be much cooler than normal ones.B. The material of construction will be reduced a lot.C. The newly-made house can save a lot of electricity.D. The waste of the house can be consumed by fish and birds.14. Which of the following words can best describe Robert?A. Creative. B. Courageous. C. Enthusiastic. D. Sensitive.15. Whats the main purpose of Roberts projects?A. To provide shelter for locals. B. To reuse all deserted plastic bottles.C. To popularize the use of plastic bottles.D. To raise peoples environmental awareness. 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。I grew up on a farm in the countryside of the small munity of Catawissa, Missouri, as the sixth of seven children. 16 In the fall of 1970, he was working on a house when the ladder broke. His back was broken.He stayed in the hospital for three weeks. When Dad returned home, he was still in a back brace (支架) and unable to work. 17 One night we heard a car ing up. 18 Rose was at the door, holding an envelope filled with money. She told my dad she had collected money and was there to deliver it. 19 I can still hear her saying, “Archie, whenever someones baler (干草打包机) is broken, you bale their hay. Someone passes away, Altha is cooking. Its our turn.”That evening, this 6-year-old understood what being a good neighbor was, and that because her parents were good neighbors, their kindness would be returned. I learned later my moms sisters all “adopted” one of us kids to help with Christmas, and we received gift baskets from more than one organization.My parents were used to being the givers and not the receivers of such generosity (慷慨). 20 A. He tried to protest but Rose would have none of it.B. Besides running the farm, Dad was also a carpenter.C. Apart from a carpenter, Dad was also running a farm.D. We kids were always curious about who was visiting.E. I was too young to realize our family had no money ing in as Christmas approached.F. It was forting to be helped in trouble, but what was important was to help others in return.G. They had a bit of pride to swallow, but continued all their life to show us the value of kindness.第二部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1 20各题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by others that it was 21 for a non-IT student to pursue a masters degree in IT and graduate from a US university. I had never taken 22 relatedto puters or programming. I was never interested in being a 23 , but things changed. puters became my panion and I 24 how dependent on them I was. I 25 imagining the back end processes happening inside the CPU and they 26 me. Thats why Idecidedto pursue a masters degree in IT. At first, it was rather too 27 . ing from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big 28 . My English accent was 29 . Most importantly, the course seemed 30 at first. But I never gave up. I got a few offers, but I decided to choose my university 31 it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my firstmonth, it was difficult to understand the Americans 32 and finish my assignments. But I never gave up. I 33 two miles to the university every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for 34 and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day. I took it as a(n) 35 , and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational pany that has asked me to start right after 36 .If you think you can never achieve something, you need to 37 yourself and start working on your 38 . Hard work always pays off. To be 39 , you need to start from somewhere and always question yourself about the limits of how far you would go to 40 your goals.21. A.creativeB.hardC.boringD.practical22. A.chancesB.measuresC.coursesD.effort23. A.teacherB.programmerC.designerD.master24. A.wonderedB.believedC.judgedD.realized25. A.startedB.stoppedC.consideredD.avoided26. A.annoyedB.refusedC.amazedD.moved27. A.difficultB.excitingC.differentD.intersting28. A.mistakeB.problemC.eventD.surprise29. A.perfectB.funnyC.terribleD.unique30. A.atractiveB.impossibleC.expensiveD.easy31. A.becauseB.butC.soD.though32. A.fashionsB.thoughtsC.accentsD.manners33. A.droveB.taxiedC.flewD.walked34. A.jobsB.placesC.goalsD.friends35. A.decisionB.taskC.advantageD.challenge36. A.celebrationB.interviewC.discussionD.graduation37. A.turn intoB.believe inC.know aboutD.stand for38. A.degreesB.dreamsC.adventuresD.problems39. A.successfulB.gratefulC.cheerfulD.thoughtful40. A.setB.changeC.achieveD.rebuild 第II卷英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。AExercise is good for you. but most people really know very little about how to exercise 41 (proper), so when you try, you can run into trouble. Many people hope that when specific 42 (muscle) are exercised, the fat in the neighboring area is “burned up”. Yet the truth is that exercise 43 （burn）fat from all over body. Studies show muscles 44 are not exercised lose their strength very quickly. 45 （regain） it needs 48 to 72 hours and exercise every other day will keep a normal level of physical strength. To lose weight you should always “work up a good sweat” when 46 （exercise）. No sweating only reduces body temperature to prevent overheating. This is nothing but water loss. 47 you replace the liquid, you replace the weight. Walking is the best and easy-to-do exercise. It helps the circulation of blood throughout the body, and has a 48 (directly) effect on your overall feeling of health. Experience says that 20 49 (minute) exercise a day is minimum amount. 50 if your breathing doesnt return to normal state within minutes after you finish exercising, youve done too much. BThe culture and the customers of New Zealand are incredibly unique. You would never think that a country 51 (locate) in the corner of the world would be so multi-cultural, but you really dont realize 52 how different it is until you arrive. There are literally people from all over the world that live in New Zealand. Most of the island is inhabited by immigrants from 53 (Europe) countries, but the “miniorities” on the island make 54 a majority of the populat