1、高二英语 共（ 12 ）页，第（ ）页1高二第二学期英语月考试卷第一节 单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 21After the earthquake broke out in Gansu Province on July 22nd, 2013, what the local government first did was to provide _ for those people who lost their homes. Aaccommodation Boccupation Cequipment Dfurniture22Anyone providing inf
2、ormation which leads to the recovery of the painting will be_. Aawarded Brewarded Cgained Dincluded23The loss has not yet been _ accurately，but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars. A calculated Bconsidered Ccompleted Dcontrolled24There was a _ expression on the childs face whe
3、n he saw the _ scene.Adisgusting；disgusting Bdisgusted；disgusting Cdisgusting；disgusted Ddisgusted；disgusted 25.After the earthquake，the first thing the local government did was to provide _ for the homeless families.Aaccommodation B occupation Cequipment Dfurniture26.No sooner _ stepped on the stag
4、e than the audience broke into thunderous applause.Ahad Mo Yan BMo Yan had Chas Mo Yan DMo Yan has27Traditionally, Chinese people _ the Chinese characters Double Happiness and stick them onto walls or doors for weddings. Acut out Bcut off Ccut up Dcut down28The company is going to _ 150 employees be
5、cause of the drop in sales. Alay off Blay aside Clay down Dlay out29Dont_ me；I am not your man.Abe satisfied with Bhave a go at Chave a try on Dget on well with 30_ him not to do so, he wouldnt have made such a serious mistake.ADid I persuade BIf I persuaded CIf I should persuade DHad I persuaded31N
6、o sooner _ down on bed _ the telephone rang.Ahad he lain；than Bhad he lied；when C did he lie；than Dhad he laid；before32Shes asked me _ to build the church.Ahow long it was taken Bhow long it had takenChow much time did it take Dhow much time it was taken33Only in this way _ progress in your English.
7、Ayou make Bcan you make Cyou are able to make Dwill able to make34. Combining young and creative independent components, design lovers have been _ them _ on their construction works of unique style.A. trying; out B. taking; off C. dropping; off D. figuring; out 35. -I have been studying “Boao propos
8、als, island economy, and market access”. - How abstract! _A. You have got to the point. B. Never pour oil on the flame.C. What you said is all Greek to me. D. Keep some extra money for a rainy day.第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分）高二英语 共（ 12 ）页，第（ ）页2Dances with ButterfliesSince 2007 Ive developed a
9、 friendship with a butterfly. A particular kind of butterfly, 36 ：the red admiral. It is among the most common and most friendly butterflies. Its not 37 to have one land on you.But the first of these butterflies in my experience 38 on my shoulder at an unusual location, for an unusually 39 time. It
10、was a July afternoon in downtown Washington, D.C. He stayed on me for 30 minutes, 40 while I stopped at a photo shop and asked to have my picture taken with him.Then I took him into a steakhouse across the street. The manager searched online for 41 butterflies liked to eat: overripe fruit. But the i
11、nsect 42 the strawberries she offered.I knew almost 43 about butterflies. I had a few ideas about monarchs(帝王蝶) and their migrations. My new friend looked nothing like a monarch. From the start, this small fragile creature 44 the best in people, even in the unlikely setting of a restaurant. People a
12、t nearby tables smiled and spoke 45 as they watched the butterfly. They 46 to sense that something special was happening.With the butterfly 47 on my shoulder, I paid the bill. Then, out on M Street, I hailed a cab. Once we arrived home, I 48 two of our neighbors as witnesses. I thought that was the
13、end of it. But when I returned home the following day, Muriel exclaimed, “Hes 49 !”She had spotted the insect among the cascading leaves of our cherry tree. For more than a month, the butterflythat I now called Poppyappeared whenever I returned home before dark, making 25 visits 50 , and often landi
14、ng on me. Other red admirals quickly 51 Poppy in our garden. I had never seen this species before. Now they seemed to be everywhere.For the next two summers I waited 52 for more visits. Then on July 4, 2010, during the celebration of my mother-in-laws birthday, two red admirals appeared in her garde
15、n in St. Paul, Minn. They landed on my shoulders. What does it all mean? Seven years ago, after the first butterfly landed on me, I thought that a small 53 had occurred. But 54 all that has happened since, I feel as though Ive made a 55 with the butterflies. Im being blessed by them.36. A. such as B
16、. like C. that is D. for example37. A. common B. usual C. unusual D. extraordinary 38. A. flew B. landed C. rushed D. climbed39. A. bar B. much C. short D. long40. A. just B. even C. ever D. only 41. A. which B. what C. that D. how42. A. violated B. withdrawn C. subscribed D. ignored 43. A. nothing
17、B. something C. everything D. anything 44. A. came out B. give out C. brought out D. work out 45. A. loudly B. softly C. nervously D. highly 46. A. proved B. happened C. seemed D. looked 47. A. silent B. still C. quiet D. calm 48. A. called in B. dropped out C. put through D. split up49. A. off B. b
18、ack C. in D. away 50. A. casually B. annually C. completely D. totally 51. A. left B. came C. participated D. joined52. A. in question B. in trouble C. in vain D. in general53. A. incident B. arrangement C. coincidence D. ignorance54. A. concerning B. regarding C. considered D. given55. A. connectio
19、n B. decision C. reservation D. distinction高二英语 共（ 12 ）页，第（ ）页3第三部分：阅读理解(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AApple hides secret job advertisements to attract worlds best tech talent. Apple took the recruiting (招聘) game a step further this week and hid a j
20、ob advertisement on its website. The posting, for a technical engineer, said: “Hey there! You found us. We are looking for a talented engineer to develop a critical infrastructure component.” Apple is not the first organization to seek new technical talent in innovative(创新的) ways. The use of puzzles
21、 and challenges to find people skilled in security goes back to World War Two, when code breaking site Bletchley Park published puzzles in newspapers. Britains security agency GCHQ is also known for using online quizzes in recruitment drives and, in 2015, it ran a nationwide campaign with cryptic gr
22、affiti(神秘涂鸦).Google has also hidden tasks for job seekers within its website. An engineer searching on Googles website in 2015 for a list of technical functions was met with message that said: “Youre speaking our language. Up for a challenge?” After Max Rosett completed six challenges the search gia
23、nt asked for his resume and contact details. Three months later he started working at Google. 56. The passage is mainly meant to _.A. reveal some secrets hidden in some big technology companiesB. persuade readers to apply for some creative jobs in Apple and GoogleC. compare the advantages and disadv
24、antages in technology between Apple and GoogleD. inform readers of innovative ways in some technology companies to attract tech talents 57. From the passage, _ can go back to the World War II.A. asking unusual questions in an interviewB. applying for innovative jobs in a famous newspaperC. carrying
25、out a national campaign with cryptic graffitiD. finding skilled people with puzzles and cryptic challenges B“Being stopped by the Chinese army was fairly hair-raising,” says Bill Marr-Johnson with a chuckle. “We had come across a military manoeuvre tanks rumbling up and down, field guns dug in. They
26、 kept us for three hours. We were nervous because we had no idea how they were going to treat us.”That was on a three-week trip through Tibet, staying at a mix of hotels and truckers stops with metal beds in concrete-floored dormitories. “They were fine,” he says, “the only problem was the long-drop
27、 toilets, which are never cleaned.” And though his wanderlust is clearly prodigious(惊人的；奇妙的), Mr Marr-Johnson is less of an outlier than part of what the travel industry is recognizing as a key trend.Once travel in retirement meant cruises, golf, cultural weekend trips and winter sun beach breaks, r
28、ecent years have seen a sharp rise in demand for exotic and adventurous travel.“We have really noticed it in the last five to seven years,” says Jonny Bealby, the founder of tour operator Wild Frontiers, with whom Mr Marr-Johnson has often travelled.高二英语 共（ 12 ）页，第（ ）页4“If you go to the travel shows
29、 you see the same demographic. The baby boomers have seen their kids come back from gap years and adventures and they are thinking, hang on, we never had a chance to do that. Unless you were on the hippy trail and that was a tiny minority life in the 1970s was quite serious, you had to get on and ge
30、t a career going. Now they have made their money, paid off the mortgage, the kids have left home, they have got decent pensions, and they want to spend it on experiences.”Figures from the UK Office for National Statistics show the number of British over-65s travelling overseas leapt by 13.7 per cent
31、 from 2014 to 2016. A separate survey from the Association of British Travel Agents suggests that, after a significant increase in the 12 months to August 2017, over-65s are now more likely to take foreign holidays than any other age group.58. The story mentioned in Paragraph 1 is planned to _A. rem
32、ind us not to travel at random.B. arouse readers interest in military base.C. attract our attention to the theme of travel.D. introduce the advanced technology of Chinese military.59. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 shows that _.A. it is improper for old men to travel just for relaxation in t
33、he past.B. more and more old men have been choosing to travel in surrounding cities.C. there is a growing trend for old men to travel overseas or make adventures.D. all of the old men would make adventurous travels rather than go on cultural trips.60. According to the passage, which of the statement
34、s below is TRUE ?A. Johnson was far more satisfied with the 3-week trip through Tibet.B. Johnson hopes to travel as much as possible in case he goes bankrupt.C. People aged 65 or below are more likely to adventure overseas at present.D. One reason why old people want to travel is that they have pens
35、ion and free time.CStephen Hawking, passing away Wednesday at the age of 76, had plenty to say about the future.DoomsdayLets start with the big one, then: Hawking had in recent years been convinced that humanity needs to get into space with a fair amount of urgency, because “spreading out may be the
36、 only thing that saves us from ourselves.”In late 2016, Hawking reckoned humanity has about 1,000 years left on Earth. Half a year later, he cut that to 100 years, because of climate change, “overdue” asteroid strikes, excessive population growth, and the threat of epidemics. Oh, and nuclear or biol
37、ogical war.What changed over those months to so drastically shorten humanitys Earthbound future? Well, Donald Trump got elected as U.S. president, for one thing.“We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. Trumps action pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement coul
38、d push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid,” Hawking said.Artificial intelligenceAlong with the likes of Elon Musk, Hawking was one of the most prominent voices warning of the dangers of so-called general art
39、ificial intelligenceAI that isnt just designed for a narrow task, but that can improve itself to a point where a new super intelligence leaves humanity in the dust, and robots ultimately 高二英语 共（ 12 ）页，第（ ）页5replace us.Hawkings views on AI werent entirely gloomy, though. He also noted that the techno
40、logy could help us get rid of disease and poverty, and so on.“Success in creating effective AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization. Or the worst. We just dont know,” he said late last year._Alright, so we need to flee death-rain and killer robots. Where is Hawkings “Planet
41、B”?For the last decade, Hawking had been calling for colonies on the Moon and on Mars. But those are just staging poststhe physicist had his eye on the closest star system to ours, Alpha Centauri.A couple years ago, Hawking joined a team of scientists and investor Yuri Milner to design computer chip
42、s that could fly through space, aided by a super-thin sail. The Breakthrough Starshot program aims to send these “interstellar sailboats” out as probes, in order to return imagery from Alpha Centauri that might give us clues as to likely locations for colonization.Yes, Alpha Centauri is very, very f
43、ar away, but the idea here is to propel these nanocraft using a 10 gigawatt light beam trained on their sails. Travelling at a fifth of the speed of light, the probes might be able to make the two-way trip within a few decades, the scientists hope.Hawking will never get to see that plan come to frui
44、tion. But who knows? Perhaps we will.61. The proper title to fill in the blank is _.A. Where to go? B. Whom to save? C. What to expect? D. How to develop?62. According to Hawking, _ is NOT the factor leading to human extinction?A. epidemics threat B. nuclear war C. excessive population growth D. Don
45、ald Trump63. In terms of AI, Hawking probably agreed that _A. AI has raised great concerns throughout the world.B. AI can be made use of to prevent disease and climate change.C.we have yet to know whether it is beneficial to create effective AI.D. General AI is intended to improve itself to help com
46、plete a narrow task.64. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Its time that we established colonies on Alpha Centauri.B. Hawking failed to finish the Breakthrough Starshot program.C. The Breakthrough Starshot program may be carried out successfully in the near future.D. We will make a two-way
47、 trip in the next decade based on the clues by Alpha Centauri.DHaw wondered why he had always thought that a change would lead to something worse. Now he realized that change could lead to something better.“Why didnt I see this before?” he asked himself.Then he raced through the Maze with greater strength and agility. Before long, he found a Cheese Station and became excited as he noticed little pieces of New Cheese near the entrance.They were types of Cheeses he had never seen before, but they looked great. He tried th
