1、高二英语上学期月考试题第 I 卷（共三部分，计95分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分2分）第一节：(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)听下面段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的、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，你都有秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What is the womans daughter?A. A student. B. A teacher C. A doctor2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At home B. In a park C.
2、 On the telephone3. What does the man mean? A. He doesnt have any time. B. It doesnt bother him to wait. C. He hasnt seen anyone at all.4. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Vincent will be back just in a moment. B. The man and the woman will return before Vincent comes. C. Writing a messag
3、e for Vincent will take too much time.5. How often does the man play basketball? A. Every week. B. Twice a week. C. Every month.第二节：(共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)听下面段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、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，每小题秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第六段材料，回答第 -7 题 6. Whom are the speaker
4、s talking about? A. Their daughter. B. Their student. C. Their friend.7. What is the man going to do? A. Check Evelyns homework. B. Have a talk with Evelyn. C. Call Evelyns teacher.听第七段材料，回答第 8-10 题8. Who is the woman most probably speaking to? A. A passenger. B. A railway- man. C. A conductor.9. Wh
5、at do we know about the train? A. It takes half an hour to Allegheny College. B. It is for long journey travelers. C. It is a slow train.10. What is the woman going to do then? A. To change to another train. B. To give up the journey. C. To buy a ticket for this train.听第八段材料，回答第 11-13 题.11. What doe
6、s the doctor advise Mrs. Gallagher to do? A. To lose weight. B. To have more medicine C. To have an operation.12. Which of the following foods should Mrs. Gallagher avoid? A. Vegetables. B. Margarine. C. Rich desserts.13. How many pounds should Mrs. Gallagher lose? A. About ten pounds. B. About twen
7、ty pounds. C. About thirty pounds.听第九段材料，回答第 14-17 题.14. What was the couples nationality? A. British. B. French. C. Chinese.15. What happened to the couples pet dog? A. It was well fed in the kitchen. B. It was killed in the kitchen. C. It had a meal with the old couple.16. How long did the couple
8、have to wait before their food was ready? A. About an hour. B. Half an hour. C. An hour and a half.17. How does the woman feel about what the man said? A. It is true. B. It is wrong to do so. C. It is unbelievable.听第十段材料，回答第 18-20 题18. What is todays Spotlight about? A. An old song. B. A special Eng
9、lish method. C. An important message.19. How many copies of the song were sold in three days? A. 1,985. B. 8,000. C. 800,000.20. Which of the following statements is true? A. Thousands of radio stations around the world played the same song. B. It was strange that the British people didnt like the s
10、ong. C. Mike Procter knows nothing about this old song. 第二部分：英语基础知识 (共两小节，计35分。)第一节: 单项选择 (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)21. A good diet is to health. A. beneficial B. environmental C. economic D. poisonous22. _ their homework, all the students went out happily to play football. A. Having finished B. Finished C.
11、 Finishing D. Being finished23. The party was so _ that nearly half of the people wanted to leave earlier. A. willing B. interesting C. exciting D. disappointing24. We will not go out as it is raining_. Well stay at home watching TV. A. slightly B. merely C. heavily D. normally25. The boy_ there _th
12、at the hen had _ three eggs. A. lying; lied; laid B. lied; lying; laid C. laid; lying; laid D. laid; lied; lied26. “Open your mouth, a little wider,” said the_. A. waiter B. dentist C. reporter D. editor27. What_ me is why his book are so popular. A. betrays B. puzzles C. monitors D. meets28. David
13、_ for a moment and then said “yes”. A. hesitated B. announced C. ensured D. competed29. Lydia really regrets_ out of high school. She has really had to struggle to make a living because of that decision. A. dropping B. drop C. to drop D. dropped30. The parents are trying their best to save their dau
14、ghters life,_ expense. A. regarding B. regardless of C. with regard to D. regarded31. I invited her to dinner but she didnt _. A. share B. respond C. absorb D. delay32. The old man tried to _the little boy from climbing the wall, for it was too dangerous to do so. A. persuade B. discourage C. blame
15、D. encouraging33. Why didnt you call me this morning? -I _call you. I called you all the morning, but I couldnt_.A. did; get over B. do; get it C. didnt; get together D. did; get through 34. AIDS is said_ the biggest health challenge to people in that area over the past few years. A. that it is B. t
16、o be C. that it had been D. to have been35. You are not very _: first you blame me, then you praise me. A. anxious B. absurd C. consistent D. practical第二节: 完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）When I was twelve, I suddenly developed a strong feeling for writing poetry(诗歌). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as
17、36 stamps, and spent all my 37 time reading poetry and writing it. The 38 of writing poetry on every possible occasion (机会) soon 39 me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not 40 me. I would take out my notebook and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very 41 , but it was not long
18、before I got 42 . One day while I was busy writing a poem 43 a lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing 44 me in 45 because I was not 46 attention. He tore the poem up, with a 47 not to waste time in his lesson. 48 I was sure that I had written a good poem, 49 that evening I wrote it out fro
19、m memory again. Not long after, I 50 about a poetry competition I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long 51 I had given up hope, I got a letter informing me that I had won the first 52 . Everyone at school 53 for it except the geography teacher, who 54 me more carefully than ever. He was quit
20、e 55 that I was not going to write poetry in his lesson!36Akeeping BcollectingCgatheringDgetting37Aother Brest Cspare Dmore38AhabitBkindCmeansDtype39Acame Bentered CarrivedDgot40AinterestBsurpriseCunderstandDdevelop41AsilentlyBcarelesslyCcarefullyDquickly42AheldBcaughtCtaken Dimproved43Abefore Bafte
21、rConDduring44AoverBonCbelowDafter45Apride Banger CcareDsatisfaction46AcallingBmakingCnoticingDpaying47AwarningBsmilingCsuggestion Ddemand48AAs usual BIn other wordsCBy the wayDAll the same49Ahowever Bso CthusDeven50Aread BgotCnoticedDlooked51Abefore BafterCagoDuntil52ApositionBrewardCvictoryDprize53
22、ApraisedBthankedCsurprisedDpuzzled54AsawBwatchedClooked atDcared about55Aafraid Bangry CsureDsorry第三部分：阅读理解 （共20小题。每小题分，计40分）A Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.Unfortu
23、nately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.Two thousand years ago a ric
24、h and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.Even though a government realizes the
25、importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal(木炭) or selling wood to the townsman（城市居民）. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after tr
26、ees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.This does not only mean that the villagers sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil upallowing
27、the rain to sink in and also hold the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well.
28、When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.56. The purpose that the writer wrote this article is to _. A. tell people the use of wood B. tell people the function of tree roots C. warn that man mustnt destroy forests any more D. explain how trees help to prevent drought and
29、floods57. In the writers opinion, _, or the forests will slowly disappear. A. measures must be taken B. people shouldnt draw benefit from the tree C. government must realize the serious results D. unless trees never be cut down58. According to the article we know it is _ to prevent the forests from
30、slowly disappearing. A. necessary but impossible B. necessary but difficult C. impossible and unimportant D. difficult and impossible59. In the last two paragraphs the writer wanted to make it clear that _ . A. where there are no trees, the soil becomes poor but soft B. where there are many trees, t
31、here are more floods C. where there are no trees, the land might become desert slowly D. floods will make the land become desertB My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that its Christmas again. They cant see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among p
32、eople who arent much good. But Johnny and children cant see this. What a pity it is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that weve saved isnt nearly enough. The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They loo
33、k down upon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy(糖果)while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldnt eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer(下水道). Wh
34、y, is it only because they have money ? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isnt there?Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isnt rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. Id like
35、to see the children be like Miss Jackson when they grow up. 60. This passage mainly suggests that the writer _.A. is easy to get along withB. is unhappy with the life they are livingC. is good at observing and understandingD. is never pleased with her neigbours61. What do you think of McGarity girl?
36、A. She is proud and hungry.B. She is selfish and cruel.C. She is lonely and friendless.D. She is unhappy and misunderstood.62. In this text, the writer tries to tell us that _.A. money is the key to everythingB. the more money you have, the less happy youll be C. there is something more important th
37、an moneyD. when talking to people we should look into their eyes63. Pick out the one that does NOT describe the writers view on money.A. Why, is it only because they have money? B. There is more to happiness than money.C. Miss Jackson isnt rich, but she knows things. D. The money we saved isnt nearl
38、y enough.C Do you like to eat many different foods at the same time？Most of us do, but to buy twenty dishes at a restaurant is just too expensive for most Americans. A good way is to eat a potluck meal. The idea is to have many families in a community（社区）prepare One or two dishes only and bring them
39、 to a large room. Many soups，salads，meats，hot dishes，cold dishes，desserts，and drinks are put on the table at one time. Each family member then takes a paper plate，a plastic knife，a fork，a spoon and a paper cup. In turn，they pick out the food they want to eat and fill their own plates with a balanced
40、 meal. Then，they sit with either their family or friends. When they finish，they may go back to the table and eat more food for there is always more than the group can eat at one time. Following the meal，every one puts their paperplates and cups as well as the plastic knives，forks，and spoons into the
41、 rubbish container. At many potlucks，the people then begin having fun. A group of four men may sing as a Barbershop Quartet. A pianist or a violinist may play a solo. Often，there is group singing. Sometimes there is a liars contest. Three people are chosen to tell a story. They leave the room and tw
42、o come back and tell a true story while one tells a lie. The lie must be a clever story so it will be hard to choose which of the three stories is not true. The liars contest always causes every one to laugh loudly. Everyone leaves the potluck in good spirits as they have all eaten a very good meal
43、and they have enjoyed themselves very much.64.What does the phrase potluck meal ” probably mean？ A. A meal contained in a pot that will bring you good luck. B. An ordinary meal for several families. C. A big meal for some special guests. D. A meal where many families eat together each preparing one
44、or two dishes.65.How do people at a potluck meal enjoy themselves？ A. A group of three men may sing as a Barbershop Quartet. B.A pianist or a vio1inist may p1ay as a Barbershop Quartet. C. Three people are often chosen to have a liars contest. D. Three people are chosen to tell a true story.66. In the “liars contest” it is hard for people to choose the 1ie because . A. the lie is also a true story B. the lie is told by a clever liarC. the lie is required to be a clever story D. the true stories are easy to tell67.What is the authors purpose in writ
