高二英语下册第二次月考试题(共15页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上高二英语下册第二次月考试题（附答案）树人中学2011年学年第一学期第二次月考 高二英语2011.10.15-16. 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间140分钟。 第1卷 选择题部分（共107分） 第一部分：听力（共两节，每个1.5分，满分30分） 第一节 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选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 1. How much does the gas cost? A. $10. B.

2、$12. C. $15 2. What number does the woman want? A. B. C. 3. Where are they going? A. To the cinema. B. To the supermarket. C. To a lecture 4. What is the woman doing? A. Checking out of a hotel. B. Checking into a hotel. C. Checking into a club. 5. What do you get from the mans answer? A. He used to

3、 make calls to his parents twice a month. B. He now calls his parents once a week because he has little spare time. C. He never enjoys calling his parents. 第二节 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，并标在试卷的相应位置，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至7题。 6. Wh

4、en is Alices birthday? A. The next day. B. The day after next. C. The day they had the talk. 7. What will the man and the woman buy for Alice ? A. A record. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. Where did Susan spend the nights in the town? A. In a hotel. B. In a farm house. C.

5、 In the open. 9. What was the weather like in the town? A. It rained every day. B. It was windy. C. It was sunny every day. 听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。 10. Does the man have time tonight? A. Yes. B. No. C. Yes, but it should be after 8 p.m. 11. Where did the woman look up the information about new movies？ A.

6、On TV. B. In the newspaper. C. On the Internet. 12. What are they going to do tonight? A. Continue to work in the office. B. Go to see a movie. C. Watch Peking Opera. 13. Where will they have the meal? A. In a nearby restaurant. B. At a hotel. C. At home. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What are the two speak

7、ers doing? A. They are having a chat. B. One is interviewing the other. C. They are talking about the weather. 15. Why didnt the man continue his study after he finished school? A. He didnt like studying. B. One of his fathers friends offered him a job. C. His father asked him to work in the family

8、business. 16. How many months did the man work for the accounting firm? A. 5 months. B. 6 months. C. 7 months 17. Which of the following is not the mans hobby? A. Travelling . B. Enjoying music. C. Playing basketball 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When did the accident happen? A. On February 24. B. On Febru

9、ary 25. C. On January 24. 19. Why couldnt the newspaper carrier get out of her car to help? A. Because she didnt want to. B. Because she couldnt walk. C. Because she was so scared that she couldnt move. 20. How is George White now? A. He is very strong now. B. He is still weak and stays in the hospi

10、tal. C. He is recovering gradually. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分,共15分） 21. _ How can we get to the Five-star Hotel? Go straight ahead till you see the tall building at the end of the road. Thanks very much. A. Help! B. Look out! C. Excuse me. D. How are you? 22. The _ speaker kept us

11、_ at the meeting. A. amusing; amused B. amused; amusing C. amused; amused D. amusing; amusing 23. If you are _ about Brazil, you may read this book. A. curious B. upset C. strange D. interested 24. It is very _ that she will ring me tonight. A. likely B. possibly C. probably D. perhaps 25. _, a lear

12、ned man makes fewer mistakes in life than a man without knowledge. A. In general B. As general C. On general D. At general 26. What is your favorite _ of sports clothing? Nike. A. equipment B. amusement C. theme D. brand 27. “Its raining too heavily at this moment,” said the old woman, _ out of the

13、window. A. to look B. looking C. having looked D. looked 28. A new amusement park in our city has opened with _ computer techniques. A. up-to-date B. man-made C. near-sighted D. peace-loving 29. I stood in the middle of the room, staring at the toys, and in my imagination, the toys _. A. got close t

14、o life B. brought back to life C. came to life D. were close to life 30. _ will win in the race? A. Do you suppose who B. Whom you suppose C. Do you suppose whom D. Who do you suppose 31. The person in charge of the meeting asked the people present to sit _ together and listen _. A. closely; close B

15、. close; closely C. close; close D. closely; closely 32. These actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways _ cultures have developed. A. how B. in that C. which D. in which 33. At the meeting they discussed three different _ to the study of mathematics. A. approaches B. means C. methods D. ways

16、 34. With all the work finished ahead of time, we all felt _ . A. at work B. at home C. at ease D. at sight 35. If we work hard, we can overcome any difficulty, _ difficulty it is. A. what B. how C. whatever D. however 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Once

17、upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagles nest rested. The eagles nest contained four 36 eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked (使震动) the mountain 37 one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, 38 a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must 39

18、and care for the eagles egg, so an old hen (母鸡) 40 to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg. One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. 41 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) 42 . Soon, the eagle believed he was 43 more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 44 his spi

19、rit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and 45 a group of eagles soaring in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle 46 , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with 47 , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and ch

20、ickens do not soar.” The eagle 48 staring at his real family up above, 49 that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his 50 be known, he was told it couldnt be done. That is 51 the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle 52 dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 5

21、3 , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle 54 . You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 55 your dreams, not the words of a chicken. 36. A. large B. curious C. small D. fortunate 37. A. guiding B. blowing C. causing D. inviting 38. A. on B. over C. past D. to

22、39. A. introduce B. punish C. protect D. share 40. A. offered B. regretted C. managed D. turned 41. A. Carefully B. Gently C. Sadly D. Luckily 42. A. chicken B. eagle C. hero D. fool 43. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing 44. A. and B. but C. so D. however 45. A. noticed B. recognized

23、 C. respected D. watched 46. A. cried B. smiled C. argued D. explained 47. A. excitement B. anger C. laughter D. surprise 48. A. approached B. avoided C. continued D. considered 49. A. promising B. proving C. believing D. dreaming 50. A. suggestion B. advantage C. dream D. discovery 51. A. what B. w

24、hy C. how D. when 52. A. went B. enjoyed C. began D. stopped 53. A. Happily B. Finally C. Quickly D. Probably 54. A. gave up B. broke down C. passed away D. died out 55. A. steal B. follow C. have D. remember 第三部分：阅读理解（共两节；每小题2分，满分42分） 第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 (A) There is one languag

25、e that is used in every country in the world. The people who use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It is everybodys second language. It is easy to understand, although you cant hear it. It is sign language. When you wave to a friend who is across the street, you are using sign lang

26、uage. When you smile at someone, you are saying, “I want to be friendly”, but you are not using speech. You are using sign language. When you raise your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I think I know the correct answer.” Babies who cant talk can point at things. They are using sign la

27、nguage. A policeman who wants to stop traffic holds up his hands. He is using sign language. Many years ago, a French priest, Charles Michel de Epee, became interested in education for deaf people. He invented a finger alphabet (字母表). It is still in use. People can make the sign for letters and spel

28、l words with their hands, and deaf people can read and understand them. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. The only university for the deaf is Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The newsreader te

29、lls the news in sign language. At the same time, the words appear on the TV screen. The actors in the Theatre of Deaf dont spell every word. Sometimes they use hand signs. When they put two hands together, it means sandwich. They can make a roof with their hands when they want to show a house. One f

30、inger in front of an actors mouth can mean quiet. You can talk to people who are behind windows that are closed. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have conversations under water. How many hand signs do you use every day? 56. Which of the following about sign language is TRUE? A. It

31、 is a special language used in a few countries in the world. B. It is a way to express ones ideas without words. C. It is only used by the deaf. D. It can be heard. 57. If you want to express the idea that “I am very friendly” to someone, you will _. A. raise your hand B. put one hand onto the other

32、 C. smile to the person D. make a roof with your hands 58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Hand signs instead of finger signs are used every day. B. There are schools, colleges and universities for the deaf in the USA. C. The French priest Charles invented sign language.

33、D. Even babies are using sign language. 59. The passage is mainly about _. A. an introduction to sign language B. the importance of sign language C. a famous priest in France D. how to use sign language(B) Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is, but they cer

34、tainly recognize his successor, Bugs Bunny. Oswald, Bugs, and hundreds of other characters were created by Walt Disney, perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history. Born in Chicago in 1901, Walt Disney always wanted to be an artist. After returning from World War I, in which he drove an ambulance,

35、 Disney worked as a commercial artist. He enjoyed drawing cartoons more than anything else, and decided to try his hand at a technology that was new at the time, moving pictures. In the 1920s, he produced several films where he made cartoon characters move as if by magic. The technique Disney used w

36、as painstaking. He made hundreds or even thousands of repeated drawings of the same character. In each drawing, the character was changed just a bit. A film was taken of the series of drawings, and when it was shown, the characters appeared to move. The process, called animation, is still used today

37、, although computers have made the process much easier. In 1928, Disney created his most famous character, Mortimer Mouse, who we know today as Mickey. The mouse starred in a cartoon called Steamboat Willie, which was unusual because it involved the use of a sound track. Within the next few years, D

38、isney invented many of his other characters. The list of Disneys animation successes is long and memorable. It includes Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Perhaps his most remarkable animated film is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Created in 1937, it was an immediate success. Toda

39、y, more than fifty years later, it is still one of the most popular films for children. 60. What is one of the chief differences between animation today and in Walt Disneys early years? A. More people like animated movies. B. Fewer people like animated movies. C. Computers have made the job easier.

40、D. Computers have made the job harder. 61. Which of these words best describes Walt Disney? A. Creative. B. Athletic. C. Exciting. D. Quiet. 62. What makes the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs so remarkable? A. It was a little success when created. B. It took more than a year to make it. C. It w

41、as made at a time when there were no computers. D. It has remained popular for more than fifty years. 63. The author of this passage would probably agree that _. A. Oswald the Rabbit is well-known today B. Walt Disney is a remarkable person C. animation is an easy technique D. cartoons move by magic

42、 64. What does the underlined word “painstaking” (in Paragraph 3) probably mean? A. Something that hurts because it involves hard work. B. Taking a long time and involving much hard work. C. Requiring a lot of effort, like running a marathon. D. Requiring many fine tools, such as pens and pencils. 6

43、5. The secret of animation is to _. A. make drawings that are exactly the same, then film them B. choose names for characters that make people remember them C. combine music, voices, and sound effects with pictures D. make a film of many drawings that change just a little(C) Susan Williams went to a

44、 boarding(寄膳宿)school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school. 高考资源网 Mom and Dad， Im afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school headmaster is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here.

45、 She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the rules，of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all. As I was smoking，I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking，so

46、I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately，the cigarette fell into the wastepaper basket，which caught fire. There was a curtain near the wastepaper basket which caught fire ，too. Soon the whole room was burning. The headmaster phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and

47、 by the time the firefighters arrived， the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital. The headmaster says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars. I am very sorry about this. Much love， Susan. P. S.

48、None of the above is true， but I have failed my exams， I just want you to know how bad things could have been！ 66. In this letter Susan wanted. A. to tell her parents about the fire B. to ask for a million dollars C. to tell her parents she had failed her exams D. to tell her parents she had to leav

49、e school 67. The headmaster might be angry with Susan because. A. she had failed her exams B. she had been caught smoking in bed C. she had not phoned for the fire department in time D. it was her fault that the school had caught fire 68. Susan told her parents about the fire. A. to warn them about

50、what the headmaster would do B. to make them less angry at her real news C. to make them feel worried D. to make them laugh（D）Pocket Money Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money. Teenagers get between 7 and 20 a week. They spend it on fast food， designed clothes， the cinema， concert，

51、 magazines and mobile phones. 1. Lazy parents？ 37% of parents pay teenagers to clean the living room， 66% of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out. 2. Lazy teens？ 51% of teenagers dont make their beds before they leave home. Only 13% of teenagers wash the car for money. Some parents even pay

52、 their teenagers to do their homework. 3. Equality？ Not Yet！ Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs. For washing the dishes，boys get about 4 and girls get about 1. 4. And if you need some more money？ Teens get an extra 250 a year out of their parents on top of pocket money！ About 50% of te

53、ens get gifts of money from their grandparents. Go to Mum if you need extra money！ She gives more than Dad. 5. Where you live makes a difference！ Parents in Scotland and the North of England give most pocket money. 6. Spending 51% spend their money on clothes. 39% buy cosmetics， jewellery and toilet

54、ries. Less than 30% of teenagers save any money. 7. Earnings Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money： Emma： I get 30 a month， I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room. James： I get 10 a week. But I have to clean the car， hoover(用真空洗尘器清洗) the house and load and unload the d

55、ishwasher. I usually save the money. Lain： I get 7. 50 a week. I have to be “good” but I dont have to do any jobs for the money. Richard： I get 5 a week. But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me 25 a week for looking after their cats. 69. This passage is mainly about. A. teenagers everywhere

56、 get pocket money B. how to spend pocket money C. some bits about pocket money in Britain D. how to get pocket money 70. According to the passage，which statement is true？ A. Parents are lazy so they let children do housework. B. Teens are too lazy to do housework unless they are given pocket money.

57、C. The pocket money boys and girls get is not equal. D. It is not right for children to ask for pocket money. 71 We can infer from the passage that. A. boys earn more money at home than girls B. girls earn more money at home than boys C. only rich parents give children pocket money D. most children

58、spend their pocket money 第二节阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合(7276)各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。 72. Mike is driving to London for his holidays. He is looking for a place to stay in. 73. Neil， with his students， is going to an exhibition of old master paintings by Leonardo. 74. Sarah has to go to town by

59、 bus during Christmas holidays from December 24 to January 75. The Smiths have just moved to England from Africa. They wish to find an organization to make some new friends. 76. Lily works in a house for visitors. She likes to have hot meals feeling relaxed every day. A. Like other local bus operators， there will be no services on Christmas Day， Boxin