安徽省蚌埠市2017-2018学年高二8月月考 英语

1、HLLYBQ整理 供“高中试卷网（）”2017年8月初月考新高二英语试卷注意事项：1. 本试卷分为第I 卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共8页。满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。2. 作答选择题必须用2B铅笔。作答第II 卷时必须使用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡（卷）上的指定位置，在其它位置作答一律无效。第I卷（选择题，共两部分，满分80分）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共5篇20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。AIf you have to atte

2、nd a party or other social events where a lot of people will be present, do you feel confident that you will make a good impression on others? Or do you feel shy? In any case, you should increase your confidence at social events.Whenever you are meeting new people at any social event, you should wea

3、r proper clothes. Before you attend the event, try to find out how other people will be dressing. If everyone else is wearing business clothes, you should, too. If the event is informal, you should wear informal clothes so that you fit in.If you are going to meet people from a certain business or pr

4、ofession, try looking through a few professional magazines or checking on the Internet ahead of time to get some conversation ideas which are related to their fields of interest. This can prevent you getting tongue-tied at the event.When you are at the event, dont worry about whether or not other pe

5、ople you are talking with like you. Instead, try your best to find reasons to like them.When you are making conversation with people, be sure to keep good eye contact, and make your facial expression soft. Nod to show youre listening. Let your face and body relax so that you can make natural gesture

6、s.After the event is over, take a bit of time to think of your social performance and the conversation you had with people. Tell yourself exactly what you did very well at the event. For example, perhaps you made a big effort to really listen to the people you were talking with,or you may have asked

7、 several people some good questions that really got them talking. By doing so, your conversation confidence will gradually improve.1. What should you find out before attending a social event? A. how other people will be dressing. B. a few professional magazines C. some conversation ideas D. reasons

8、to like other people2. What should you avoid in a social event according to the 4th paragraph?A. Attending a party with your good friends B. Ignoring eye contact with othersC. Wearing informal clothes and shoes D. Caring much about what others think of you3. After coming back from a social party, we

9、 need to form the habit of _.A. Looking for the positive things in our performanceB. Calling the host to show that we are thankfulC. Communicating with the people we met once again D. Thinking about how to improve our social ability4. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to take part in social e

10、vents. B. How to believe in ourselves in daily life. C. How to be more confident at social events. D. How to get along with others at social events.BTry this: For an entire day, forget about the clock. Eat when youre hungry and sleep when youre tired. What do you think will happen?You may be surpris

11、ed to find that your day is much like most other days. Youll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Even though you dont know what time it is, your body does.These patterns of daily life are called circadian rhythms（生理节奏）, and they are more than just habits. Ins

12、ide our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle. Throughout the day and night, our inner clocks direct changes in temperature, body chemicals, hunger, sleepiness and more.Everyones rhythms are different, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister a

13、lways wants to go to bed early. But on the whole, everyone is programmed to fell tired at night and energetic during the day.Learning about our body clocks may help scientists understand why problems arise when we act out of step with our circadian rhythms. For example, traveling across time zones c

14、an make people wake up in the middle of the night. Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse in tests.“There is a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are,” says Steven Shea, director of the Sleep Disorders Program at Brigham and Womens Hospit

15、al in Boston.One way to learn about how our body clocks tick is to mess them up and see what happens. Thats what neurologist（神经病学家）Frank Scheer and his workmates did in a recent study.Staying up night after night, their studies suggest, could make kids extra hungry and more likely to gain weight. An

16、d regularly sleeping too little, Scheer says, may be one cause of the recent increase in childhood obesity. 5. What will happen if you forget about the clock according to the passage?A. You will feel upset. B. You will behave normally.C. Your body will not know what time it is. D. You will probably

17、get hungry more easily.6. Mike feels energetic at 12 midnight while Tom feels sleepy. What advice would begiven by the writer?A. Both should see a doctor. B. Tom should see a doctor. C. Both should take it easy. D. Mike should have a watch.7. How do Frank Scheer and his workmates study body clocks?A

18、. By seeing what happens when they are messed up. B. By asking questions and collecting answers.C. By studying people traveling across time zones. D. By programming people with man-made clocks.8. What will the writer most probably talk about next?A. Other examples of what people will do when their b

19、ody clocks go wrong. B. Medicines that can keep people from putting on weight.C. Why it is important to have a normal body clock. D. What circadian rhythms are.C Each year, we are exposed to ten thousand ads on average. They try to sell us their products by using beautiful art, videos, images or slo

20、gans that are catchy. The most famous companies have highly popular logos that can be recognized by almost everybody. For those of you who have seen the movie Finding Forrester, there is that scene where Jamal walks up to some guy with a BMW and asks him what the car logo means. The man did not know

21、 the answer and since that day, whenever I see a famous company logo I try to find the meaning of it. Many think the horse on the Ferrari logo represents the horsepower of the cars they manufacture. The story behind it is far more interesting. During World War I, a pilot, Count Francesco Baracca, pa

22、inted the horse on his airplane to bring him luck. He had it on his plane because it was the logo of his squadron（空军中队）. Baraccas mother then convinced Enzo Ferrari to put the logo on his racing cars in the early 1930s to bring good luck to the drivers. The logo then stayed the same ever since. The

23、yellow on the background represents the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari. Starbucks started in 1971, in Seattle. The mermaid（美人鱼）represented on the logo is now known by any coffee drinker. It is a mythological sea creature with the look of a female, the only difference being that they have a tail of a fis

24、h. The reason why Starbucks incorporated one in their company logo is that it was believed that mermaids used to sing to sailors in order to make them walk away from their ship or to ground their ships. In the 1500s, spices, tea and coffee were popular merchandise to trade. So the mermaid in the log

25、o of Starbucks is the one that “brings” coffee and tea to the stores.9. The writer became interested in logos of some famous brands after _. A. he watched an attractive movie B. he saw a scene in a movie C. he walked up to some guy with a BMW D. he noticed some famous logos10. Many companies use log

26、os because _. A. people enjoy beautiful logos B. people are more likely to buy their products C. people can recognize the products more easily D. people are interested in the meanings of the logos11. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph3? A. Starbucks was once a company trading spic

27、es, tea and coffee. B. Hearing mermaids sing, sailors would know the right direction. C. Starbucks has a history of more than five hundred years. D. The logo of Starbucks is believed to make the business years.12. The underlined word “incorporated” in the third paragraph probably means _.A. included

28、 B. abandoned C. corrected D. designedDWhats the biggest online shopping day in the world? Not Valentines Day. Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday. The winner is Chinas SinglesDay, celebrated on November11, or 11.11.SinglesDay began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives. S

29、ingle students, looking for an excuse to buy themselves presents, started it on November11,1993, reported The Guardian. It is symbolized by the four mumber ones in the date of November11 and is also called Double Eleven, in reference to the day it was started, said the BBC. It became a major shoppin

30、g day in 2009. The CEO of an online shopping site -Alibaba- tried to increase sales at the e-commerce company. The CEO, Daniel Zhang, launched an annual online sale on that day, said Fortune. When it first began, “SiglesDay was very much an offline comfort to actual single people,”noted the website

31、atlas Obscura.”A small group of students at Nanjing University are said to have chosen 11.11 as a day that singles could do activities like karaoke together.”It quickly became a cultural phenomenon.Last year, Alibaba sold more than $1 billion worth of products inthe first three minutes of the sales,

32、 reported Bloomberg News. Total sales on SinglesDay soared to $9 billion within 24 hours. Thats four times bigger than Cyber Monday in the U.S., which is the Monday after Thanksgiving and traditionally a big shopping day. By comparison, online sales in the U.S. last year on Black Friday were just $1

33、.5 billion, reported TechCrunch.Today, SinglesDay is very successful. Analysts say that this year, sales on Chinas SinglesDay will increase to a new high. In the U.S., Jennifer Wang, a co-founder of a company targeting Chinese-Americans, said, “We expect to have 3 million people coming to click Deal

34、moon for the SinglesDay launch.” Some observers think SinglesDay could catch on globally.13. How did the author introduce the topic of the passage?A. By describing a holiday. B. By asking a questionC. By making a list. D. By telling a story14. Whats the second paragraph mainly about? A. How SinglesD

35、ay came into being. B. Why SinglesDay became popular. C. When SinglesDay was started. D. Who first celebrated SinglesDay.15. Why did Chinas SinglesDay become a major shopping day? A. Because singles celebrated their happy lives on November11. B. Because students at Nanjing university took part in ac

36、tivities together. C. Because an annual online sale was started on that day by Alibaba. D. Because single students chose that day to buy themselves gifts.16. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “soared”in Paragraph3?A. Increased sharply. B. Decreased quickly.C. Returned gradu

37、ally. D. Appeared suddenly.EEnglish is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the worlds books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as

38、 many as two million words.However, lets face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which arent sweet, are meat.We take English for granted. But when we explore its pa

39、radoxes（自相矛盾的说法), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers dont fing, grocers dont groce, and hammers dont ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldnt the plural of booth be beeth? One g

40、oose, two geese-so one moose, two meese?How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?Engl

41、ish was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. Thats why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.17. What does the first p

42、aragraph mainly talk about? A. English has a long history. B. English is widely spread. C. English makes a great difference D. English is used to translate books. 18. Which of the following includes two items that have the similar meaning? A. A wise man and a wise guy. B. Overlook and oversee. C. Qu

43、ite a lot and quite a few. D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.19. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “_”. A. blow B. roll up C. get hurt D. finish 20. What does the last paragraph want to show?A. Human beings are very clever. B. English is difficult to learn.C. There are

44、 too many words in English. D. The same words have different meanings. 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概括每段主题的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Everyone wants to perform well at school. Add these tips to your life and you should be on your way to being a top student! 21 I cannot stress how important it is t

45、o pay attention to what your teacher is teaching you. Take part in class discussions if you have something worth adding. Pay attention during class, especially during lectures. Taking notes is important. You dont need to write down every single word your teacher says but write down what he or she wr

46、ites on the board, or any special fact you think you might need for a test. 22 This way it will help you learn more effectively by actually thinking about what you are writing. Dont skip school. You will be missing out on stuff. 23 However, you will have more work and you have missed lectures. Also,

47、 try not to be late for class. Its most likely that your teacher wont appreciate it and you will get yourself behind. 24 If you have an “I dont care about school or this class” attitude, then teachers will be less willing to help you with problems or offer you extra credit. The same goes for lazy at

48、titude. Have a respectful attitude to the teacher and other students. Try not to laugh when other students make mistakes. Always ask questions. 25 If you dont understand, ask someone. Read your textbook and notes, and then if that fails, seek help. Ask a teacher, friend, classmate, parent, etc. Get

49、a tutor if you need one.A. Be prepared.B. Write in your own words.C. Pay attention to everything the teacher says.D. Staying organized will be helpful.E. There is no shame in needing some help.F. It is true that you could make up the work.G. Keep a good attitude towards things.第二部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5

50、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。 There is so much competition in the world where we live. Every single person has a(n) 26 to succeed and be the best at what they can. There are college basketball players 27 reaching the professional level and students trying their

51、best to get an “A” on their math test. We meet businessmen that have 28 a lot of money. We all have a role 29 we look up to, or have looked up to at some point in life, whether it is a respected elder in our family, a trusted friend around us, or a(n) 30 person often appearing on TV screens or magaz

52、ine covers. It is 31 having role models and looking up to people that 32 us. However, how often do you ask yourself, “Why is he smarter than me?” or “How did this person achieve such a great 33 at such a young age?” I went to a great high school that was very 34 and demanding; I saw many very 35 stu

53、dents graduate and get into a famous school. I also 36 when I got my math test paper back, I sometimes 37 why I never got consistent “A”s like the student sitting two seats away from me. However, what I 38 after entering college was that one should never 39 their skills or levels of success with oth

54、er peoples. Every single person is 40 and we all have some sort of unique talent. If you are not good at 41 or want to improve a specific skill, you have to learn how to be patient and understand your 42 and try to overcome them. The 43 is that you can all become an honor student if you want to or e

55、ven improve your running skills. But you have to keep in 44 that understanding your weaknesses and strengths is a very 45 step in the process. You have to learn how to look at yourself and set goals step by step so that you can track your improvement.26. A. desire B. choice C. stress D. ability27. A. dreaming of B. informed of C. g