甘肃省西和县第二中学高二英语上学期第二次月考试题（无答案）.doc

20152016学年度第一学期高二第二次月测试卷英 语第一部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑atime talks. it speaks more plainly than words. time communicates in many ways.consider the different parts of the day, for example. the time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. factory managers in the united states fully realize the importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work.in the united states, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. if you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very urgent and needs immediate attention. it is the same with telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m. if someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he probably thinks it is a matter of life or death. the time chosen for the call communicates its importance.the meanings of time differ in different parts of the world. thus, misunderstanding arises between people from cultures that treat time differently. in the united states, people often think of time as something fixed in nature, something from which one cannot escape. as a rule, americans think of time as a road into the future, along which one progresses. the road has many sections, which are to be kept separate“one thing at a time”. thus, an american may feel angry when he has made an appointment with someone and then finds a lot of other things happening at the same time.americans look ahead and are concerned almost entirely with the future. the american idea of the future is limited, however. it is the foreseeable future and not the future of involving many centuries.since time has much different meanings in different cultures, communication is often difficult. we will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.1. according to the passage, an announcement made during the day in a factory must be very important because_.a. it interrupts the work of all employeesb. it is made by the managerc. it makes everyone lose his jobd. it communicates in many ways2.in the united states, a phone call made after 11:00 p. m. is considered_, in the view of the writer.a. as important as one made in the morningb. impolite since it disturbs the receivers sleepc. to be a threat to the receivers lifed. even more urgent than one made early in the morning3. an american may feel angry if _.a. he is to deal with many things at one appointed timeb. people from different cultures misunderstand himc. he cannot escape from something fixed in natured. others do not keep things separate4. the underlined expression“the foreseeable future”could be most suitably replaced by _.a. the future which involves centuriesb. the future that one looks forward toc. the future that will not be far awayd. the future toward which one makes progressbwhen lew alcindor was 13, and clearly still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships. the alcindors decided to send their only child to power memorial academy, a small school on manhattans west side.at power, alcindor came under the control of coach jack donohue, a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city. donohue brought alcindor along slowly. as a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then. but by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school all-american team and to lead power to an undefeated season.from then on he simply got better. some rival coaches used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to. wearing size 16d shoes and sucking a lollipop (棒棒糖), alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups (擦板球). then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans.when reporters and photographers began to follow alcindor closely, donohue protected his boy firmly. he simply ordered lew to talk to no member of the press , and this suited lew fine. he was not comfortable talking to grown-ups, perhaps because he towered (高耸) over them. discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe(长颈鹿). once after ducking into a subway to escape, alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers. “people want you not for yourself,” donohue warned him, “but because youre a basketball player. dont forget that.”5. many schools offered alcindor scholarships because_.ahe was young bhe was hardworkingche was tall for his age dhe was skillful at playing basketball6. which of the following best describes donohue as a young coach?aserious, popular and slowbtall, skillful and successfulckind, powerful and undefeated dwell-known, strict and experienced7. why did some rival coaches take their teams away from the floor before power warmed up?atheir teams refused to play power btheir teams feared to see alcindorctheir teams would lose courage dtheir teams would lose interest8. what does the last paragraph mainly discuss?ahow donohue protected alcindor from the pressbhow alcindor disliked meeting reporterscwhy the press followed alcindor closelydwhy the public wanted alcindor badlyceveryones at it , even my neighbors. i thought i might be the only person left in the world who hadnt done an ebay deal. so, i decided to try my hand at online auction(网上拍卖).buying for beginners: sign up on www. ebay. co. uk. most items ( e. g. tables, computers, and books) ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with buy it now and have a fixed price. you can buy these right away. if the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and ebay bids (出价) for you. the bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. auctions last up to 10 days and when they finish you get an email telling you whether you have won the item.how to pay: sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. the easiest way is through paypal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card .selling made simple: if you plan to sell on ebay, it helps to include a picture of the item. i followed my friends advice and put up the items i wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a thursday. this way buyers had two weekends to bid.the big things in life: it s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of ebay and this has to be collected or sent by deliverymen. check the ways of delivery before you bid.9. what is the passage mainly about? a. how to make payment online. b. ways of making delivery online c. advantages of an online-auction system. d. how to use an online-auction system.10. after bidding for an item, a buyer_ a. will get what he wants in ten days b. should make payment immediately c. has chances to make higher bids d. may check its picture and description11. the easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is_ a. through an online payment system b. through a local banking system c. by sending the money to the seller d. by paying the deliveryman directlydhave you ever wondered why birds sing? maybe you thought that they were just happy. after all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. however, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.do you know what a “territory” is? a territory is an area that an animal ,usually the male, claims as its own .only he and his family are welcome there .no other families of the same species are welcome .your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. if a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. probably this would be enough to frighten him away.if so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him .a bird does the same thing. but he expects an outsider almost any time , especially at nesting season. so he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. this screaming is what we call a birds song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.you can see that birds have a language all their own. most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.12. some scientists believe that most of the time birds singing is actually_. .aan expression of happinessba way of warningcan expression of angerda way of greeting13what is a birds “territory”?aa place where families of other species are not accepted.ba place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.can area for which birds fight against each other. d. an area which a bird considers to be its own14why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?abecause they want to invite more friends.bbecause their singing helps frighten outsiders away.cbecause they want to find outsiders around.dbecause their singing helps get rid of their fears.15how does the writer explain birds singing?aby comparing birds with human beings.bby reporting experiment results.cby describing birds daily life.dby telling a birds story.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。before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度计)for the temperature. this helps us decide what to wear. _16_. we want ourfoodto be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. we want it a certain hotness in the oven. if we dont feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. we keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.not all the thermometers use the same system tomeasuretemperature. we use a system called the fahrenheit scale. butmostother countries use the centigrade scale.both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._17_ .themostcommon kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. as mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. as it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). that is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube._18_.first. take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap ; fill the bottle with coloured water. tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. put the cap on the jar. then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole._19_.finally. place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. now you can see the water lever easily._20_.as the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.awe use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives.bthermometersmeasuretemperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.cnow that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work. dthe water will rise in the straw. as the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher. ethey label these in different ways. on the fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. on the celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees. ftake wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal把.粘住) them together. gpeople use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a, b, c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。one afternoon i was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food i had ordered to arrive. suddenly i 21 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 22 he knew me . the man had a newspaper 23 in front of him, which he was 24 to read, but i could 25 that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my 26 , the man was clearly puzzled by the 27 way in which the waiter and i 28 each other . he seemed even more puzzled as 29 went on and it became 30 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. finally he got up and went into the 31 . when he came out, he paid his bill and 32 without another glance in my direction.i called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 33 . “well,” he said , “that man was a detective . he 34 you here because he thought you were the man he 35 .” “what?” i said, showing my 36 . the owner continued, “he came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. i 37 say he looked very much like you! of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 38 .” “well, its really 39 i came to a restaurant where im known,” i said . “ 40 , i might have been in trouble .”21aknew bunderstood cnoticed drecognized22asince beven if cthough das if23aflat bopen ccut dfixed24ahoping bthinking cpretending dcontinuing25asee bfind cguess dlearn26amenu bbill cpaper dfood27adirect bfamiliar cstrange dfunny28achatted with blooked at claughed at dtalked about29athe waiter btime ci dthe dinner30atrue bhopeful cclear dpossible31arestaurant bwashroom coffice dkitchen32aleft bacted csat down dcalmed down33awanted btried cordered dwished34a. met bcaught cfollowed ddiscovered35a. was to beat bwas dealing with cwas to meet dwas looking for36acare bsurprise cworry dregret37amust bcan cneed dmay38adiscovery bmistake cdecision dfortune39aa pity bnatural ca chance dlucky40athus bhowever cotherwise dtherefore第二节 （共10分；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。one of my fathers favorite41(say) as i was growing up was “try it!”i couldnt say i didnt like something,42it might be, until after i tried it. over the years ive come to realize how much of my success i owe t