1、衡中清大第二次月考英语试卷 1 / 7 衡中清大 2017-2018学年第二次月考 英语试题 (满分： 150 分 时间： 120 分钟 ) 第 卷 (选择题，共 100 分 ) 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20分） 第一节 （共 5小题，每小题 1分，满分 5分） 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. What was the womans birthday gift? A. A phone. B. A book. C.
2、A coat. 2. Where will the woman have the party? A. At the mans house. B. At a restaurant. C. At her house. 3. When did the man buy the shoes? A. Three weeks ago. B. Two weeks ago. C. Three days ago. 4. How did the man get injured? A. By playing basketball. B. By playing tennis. C. By running. 5. Wha
3、t does the woman think of her piano playing? A. She is very professional. B. She is still a beginner. C. She doesnt know how to play at all. 第二节（共 15 小题： 每小题 1.分 ,满分 15 分） 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。
4、听第 6 段材料 , 回答第 6 至 7 题。 6. When will the woman go to the library? A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday. 7. What does the man want to borrow? A. Books. B. Videos. C. Magazines. 听第 7 段材料 , 回答第 8 至 9 题。 8. What does the woman like to do the most? A. Go to the countryside for walks. B. Read a bo
5、ok in the sunshine. C. Watch TV at home. 9. In which season does the man often play sports outdoors? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter. 听第 8 段材料 , 回答第 10 至 l2 题。 10. What did the woman do while in Los Angeles? A. She went hiking. B. She went shopping. C. She went to a zoo. 11. Who did the woman see in
6、 San Diego? A. Her cousin. B. Her aunt. C. Her friend. 12. What did the woman think of San Francisco? A. It was boring. B. It had good weather. C. It was a beautiful city. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 l3 至 16 题。 13. What do we know about the boy? A. He is worried about his new classmates. B. He recently started a n
7、ew school. C. He has got used to his teachers. 14. When will the boys father return? A. In two days. B. In three days. C. In four days. 15. Who is Mrs. Jones? A. The boys teacher. B. The boys mother. C. The boys headmaster. 16. Where does the conversation take place? A. In Toronto. B. In Montreal. C
8、. In London. 听第 10 段材料 , 回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. How many adventures are mentioned? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 18. Where will people see the sunrise? A. Beside the Amazon River. B. On Mount Fuji. C. Near Niagara Falls. 19. What will people do in Thailand? A. See many kinds of animals. B. Take a boat dow
9、n a river. C. Go to some temples. 20. What is the talk mainly about? A. Travel plans. B. Cultural differences. C. Tips for adventures. 第二部分 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 ) 衡中清大第二次月考英语试卷 2 / 7 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。 A Kings College Summer School Kings College Summ
10、er School is an annual( 每年的 ) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This years summer school will be from
11、July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows: Application (申请 ) date Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2017. Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2017. Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2017. C
12、ourses English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: 10 hours American History: 16 hours American Culture: 16 hours Steps A letter of self-introduction A letter of recommendation(推荐 ) The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information. Cost Daily lessons: $2
13、00 Sports and activities: $100 Travels: $200 Hotel service: $400 You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city. Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King s Street New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: KC-Summer-School 21. You can most probably read the text in _. A. a textbook
14、 B. a travel guide C. a newspaper D. a telephone book 22. Which of the following is true about King s College Summer School? A. Only top students can take part in the program. B. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program. C. King s College Summer School is run every other year D.
15、 Only the teachers of King s College give courses. 23. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school _ A. $200 B. $400 C. $900 D. $500 24. What information can you get from the text? A. You can write to Thompson only in English. B. The program will last two mont
16、hs. C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2011. D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone. B Eleven year old Angela was stricken with a terrible disease. She was unable to walk and she moved only in other ways. The doctors thought shed spend the r
17、est of her life in a wheelchair, for few, if any, were able to come back to normal after getting this disease. The little girl was brave. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would promise to anyone whod listen that she was going to be walking again someday. She was moved to a special hospital. Man
18、y ways were used to treat her disease. The doctors there were moved by her undefeatable spirit. They taught her about imagining seeing herself walking. If it would do nothing else, it would at least give her hope and something positive (积极的 ) to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would w
19、ork as hard as possible in exercise period. But she worked just as hard lying there faithfully imagining herself moving! One day, as she was trying with all her might to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a wonder happened: the bed moved! It began to move around the room! She shouted
20、 out, “ Look what Im doing! I can do it! I moved！ ” Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was shouting, too. Many things were falling and glass breaking. It was an earthquake. But she believed that she made it. And now only a few years later, shes back in school. On her own tw
21、o legs. No wheelchair. You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can defeat an unimportant little disease, cant they? 25 What did the doctors do with Angelas disease? A. They held out little hope of curing it. B. They were sure and confident to cure her. 衡中清大第二次月考英语试卷
22、 3 / 7 C. They gave up ways of helping her. D. They sent her ho me with a wheelchair. 26 Doctors taught Angela to imagine seeing herself walking to_. A. help her to recover from the disease B. give her encouragement and hope C. praise her for her undefeatable spirit D. cure her illness in a special
23、way 27 What played the leading part in Angelas success in coming back to school? A. Her undefeatable spirit and hard work. B. Crutches (拐杖 ) and a wheelchair. C. The earthquake in San Francisco. D. An advanced medical operation. 28 The bed in the hospital suddenly moved because of_. A. Angelas imagi
24、ning walking B. other patients help C. an unexpected earthquake D. Angelas recovering C Our neighbours son was getting married at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a store, and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little tight
25、 , but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and that would be all right for me. June 29 came and, of course, I hadnt lost a single pound; in fact I had gained two. But I thought a nice new girdle（紧身衣） would cure everything. So on our way out of the city we stopped once again at the store.
26、I ran in and told the clerk I needed a size large party girdle. The clerk found the box with the describe girdle marked “LG”, and asked if I wound like to try it on. “Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I neednt try it on.” The next morning was rather hot, one of those thirty-four-degree days, I su
27、ppose, so I waited to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I popped open the box only to find a new girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldnt fit right without a girdle, a fight broke out in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have
28、 you ever tried to shake 20 pounds of potato into a five-pound bag? Thats it.Finally my husband, laughing like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down into it. At once I put on the pink dress, which didnt go very well with my red face, and was ready to go. Finally we got to the church.I heard
29、 one of the people say that they were having a High Mass.I turned to my husband and asked, “What is a High Mass?” he shrugged his shoulders . Unfortunately, I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight and one half secondsthe priest （ 神甫 ） was going to bless
30、everything except my girdle. 29 Why didnt the writer buy a loose dress? A Because she was too thin B Because it was too hot then C Because she thought she could become a little thin within a month D Because a tight one was a little cheaper 30 What does the writer want to express by saying “Have you
31、ever tried to shake 20 pounds of potato into a five-pound bag”? A How difficult it was to shake 20 pounds of potato into a five-pound bag B The difficulty I had in putting on the tight dress C How foolish I was to put on such tight dress D How foolish I was to put so many potatoes in such a bag 31 W
32、hich word can be best described the author? A optimistic（乐观的） B beautiful C ugly D careless D Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasnt easy at all. Before 1750, people 衡中清大第二次月考英语试卷 4 / 7 never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Mer
33、lins work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came nea
34、r, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each sho
35、e. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone wa
36、s really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. Nobody forgot Merlins wonderful
37、entrance after that. 32. People called Merlin a dreamer because _. . A. he slept and dreamed a lot B. he was full of different ideas C. he invented the first roller skates D. he always made peoples dreams come true 33. _ made Merlin think of skating on wheels. A. Merlins work B. Merlins violin C.A h
38、uge mirror D. An important party 34. What was Merlins problem after he rolled into the room? A. He couldnt stop his roller-skating. B. He couldnt attract a lot of attention. C. Everyone was surprised at him. D. He couldnt play the violin while rolling. 35. Whats the best title for the passage? A. Jo
39、seph Merlins Story B. How Roller Skating Was Invented C. A Surprising Entrance to the Party D. Roller Skating 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。 (E 涂 AB， F 涂 AC， G 涂 AD) Many people want to know how to help kids be fitter. There are some steps only parents can ta
40、ke, but kids can take charge, too._36_ 1. Eat a variety of foods, especially fruits and vegetables. _37_ In that case, youre more likely to get the nutrients your body needs. Shoot for at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day two fruits and three vegetables. 2. _38_ When youre really th
41、irsty, cold water is the No. 1 thirst quencher (饮料 ). And theres a reason your school cafeteria offers cartons of milk. Kids need calcium to grow strong bones, and milk is a great source of this mineral. Aim for 3 cups of milk per day, or its equivalent. 3. Listen to your body. What does it feel lik
42、e to be full? When eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. _39_ 4. Limit screen time. Screen time is the amount of time you spend watching TV or DVDs, playing video games, and using the computer. _40_ Try to spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time. 5.
43、 Be active. One job is to figure out which activities you like best. Not everyone loves baseball or soccer. Maybe your passion is kickball, or dancing. Ask your parents to help you do your favorite activities regularly. Find ways to be active every day. A, The following healthy foods can be of great
44、 help to your body. B, Eating too much can make you feel uncomfortable and, over a period of time, can lead to 衡中清大第二次月考英语试卷 5 / 7 unhealthy weight gain. C, You may have a favorite food, but the best choice is to eat a variety. D, If you, a kid, want to be fit, the following may be useful. E, Go to
45、bed early and get up early. F, Drink water and milk most often. G, The longer you spend on these sitting down activities, the less time available for active stuff, like basketball, and swimming. 第三部分 英语知识 运用 第一节 完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 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。 M
46、rs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city, 41 _was very near the countryside. She worked 42 a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of 43_. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she 44 her classes exciting. But she had a 45 point. Some of her notes (
47、音调 ) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed 46 . In order to improve her notes, she took 47 chance (机会 ) that she could find to practise. As her house was not big, she couldnt practise 48_ in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing 49 the country road. She practised her high notes 50 walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car 51 along the road, she 52 singing. She did not want her high notes to be 53 , for she was shy. One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so 54 and so fast that she didn
