1、 高二 第二学期 5月份英语月考卷 I. Listening Comprehension(30%) Part A Short Conversations Directions: In part A, you will hear ten shorts conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once.
2、After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Listening Comprehension 1. A. They were tall. B. They were friendly. C. They were strange. D. They were happy. 2. A. A person
3、. B. A car. C. An animal. D. A dress. 3. A. Detective stories. B. Stories about jail escapes. C. Love stories. D. Stories about royal families. 4. A. Something went wrong with the bus. B. She took somebody to hospital. C. Sonething prevented her from catching the bus. D. She came on foot instead of
4、taking a bus. 5. A. His father. B. His mother. C. His brother. D. His sister. 6. A. In a bank. B.In a clothing store. C.In a school. D.In a barbershop. 7. A. He wants to get a new position. B. He is asking the woman for help. C. He has left the women a good impression. D.He enjoys letter writing. 8.
5、 A.The professors presentation was not convincing enough. B.The professors lecture notes were too complicated. C.The professors spoke with a strong accent. D.The professor spoke too fast. 9. A. The furnished apartment was inexpensive. B. The apartment was provided with some old furniture. C.The furn
6、iture in the market was on sale every day. D.The furniture he bought was very cheap. 10. A. He was kept in hospital for a long time. B. He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion. C.He was slightly injured in a traffic accident. D.He was fined for speeding. Part B Passages Directions: In Part B, y
7、ou will heat two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passage will be read twice, but the quescious will be spaken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on you paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the questi
8、on you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Love. B.Conflict. C.Violence. D.Mystery. 12. A. The main character remains the same. B. The main character dies in the end. C. The main character gains nothing. D. The main character undergoes a changes. 13. A. We
9、can learn how bad persons can improve themselves. B.We can learn how to deal with people. C.We can understand life a little better. D. We can find better ways to cope with conflicts. 14. A. 320,000 B. 579,000 C. 2011 D. 134,000 15. A. Human kindness. B. Money-making opportunities. C.Peoples educatio
10、n. D.Public security. 16. A. After the agreement,the United States will have more Chinese tourists. B. Qingdao is among the 2007 Happiest Cities of China. C. The election of the happiness cities began in April 2007. D. The citizens of the 269 cities asked to score the cities live. Part C Longer Conv
11、ersations Directions: In Part C. you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you ore required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answer an you answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based
12、on the following conversation. Purpose To 17._ a taxi Name 18._ Jackson Address 243 19._ Street Telephone 20._. Janes new hairstyle looks 21._. Before using a shampoo, Jane will brush thoroughly to 22. _ in her hair. Mr. Johnson uses a 23. _ and he thinks a balance diet and 24. _ will help keep hair
13、 healthy. Complete the from. Write NO MORE THAN TOREE WORDS for each answer. II、 Grammar and Vocabulary(16%) 25. After studying chemistry for years, I can only say I have _ general knowledge of this subject. A. / B. a little C. a D. some 26. She _ the hospital so soon, for she has not yet recovered.
14、 A. wouldnt have left B. shouldnt have left C. mustnt have left D. hadnt had left 27. Even at the narrowest of the Pacific, it is about 3,200 km _. A. widely B. with cross C. crossing D. in width 28. The _ student standing at the gate speaks very good Chinese. A. tall young American B. young tall Am
15、erican C. American tall young D. American young tall 29. Our English teacher had us all _our names on a card. A. written B. to write C. write D. for writing 30. They _ be at home. You see, the door is locked from the outside. A. cant B. may C. must D. mustnt 31. The farmer who admitted _ the tiger w
16、as severely punished. A. to kill B. killing C. killed D. to have killed 32. So often _ in recent years that it has almost become a rule. A. has this happened B. this has happened C. is this happening D. for this to happen 33. A reward of 1,000 dollars will be given _ can find the lost child. A. whom
17、ever B. whoever that C. to whomever D. to whoever 34. I thought it a pity _ him to the tea party. A. being not invited B. not to have invited C. to not have invited D. not to have been invited 35. After they were given several terrible blows, the enemy did not _ out after dark. A. dared to come B. d
18、ared come C. dare to come D. dare coming 36. I seated myself in the front row so as to make myself _ the speaker. A. understand B. understood C. understanding D. to understand 37. Where was _ the traffic accident happened last night? A. it B. the place that C. the place D. it that 38. I havent the s
19、light idea _. A. where does he live B. that he lives where C. where he lives D. that where he lives 39. Dont forget to bring the dictionary when you come next time, _ ? A. do you B. will you C. dont you D. mustnt you 40. The girl lay _ on the ground, thinking about something good. A. quite B. quiet
20、C. quietly D. quietly III. Cloze: 24% (A) Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. A.sharing B. right C. an easier way D. if E. As for F. ate out G. terrible H. about I. Since then J. learned from Both and Pat were married in 1991. After they marri
21、ed, Pat worked as a secretary to help put him through university. _41_ Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids. Then two years age Pat went back to work. “I had been _42_ children so much.” She sighs, “I couldnt talk to a grown-up.” Then Bob decided to take over the motherhood resp
22、onsibility. He tried hard to learn coking, but the meals he prepared were _43_. For the last three weeks, the family _44_a lot - sometimes having MacDonalds hamburgers for lunch and dinner. _45_housekeeping , a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean _46_ the bed is made.
23、“I found _47_ - I shut the doors,” he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. “When we went to fetch Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts _48_ side out so they would look clean.” Now that Bob has publicly admitted that he cant do it alone, he is _49_ the child-raising and hou
24、sehold tasks with Pat. (B) Jeanne Calment, a French woman, because a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. Jeanne Calment is now in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her being “more like a 90-year-old
25、 in _50_ health” than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of _51_ .When asked on her 120th birthday _52_ she expected of the future, she replied: “A very short one.” So what is the key to a _53_ life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors.
26、Jeanne Calments has54_ two of them. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do _55_ every day until she broke her hip at the age of 115. However, _56_ she drank two glasses of strong red wine a day, and she _57_ smoke (now only a little). _58_ , Leanne Calment might have got very good g
27、enes from her parents. Her father lived _59_ the age of 94 and her mother to 86. A local _60 bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year _61_ her death. It must have seemed a _62 decision at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her _63_ three t
28、imes the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying: “Sorry, Im still _64_.” 50.A. failing B. strong C. ill D. good 51. A. hearing B. business C. humor D. judgment 52. A. how B. what C. why D. when 53. A. natural B. quite C. comfortable D. long 54. A. follo
29、wed B. considered C. rejected D. memorized 55. A. reading B. cooking C. housework D. exercises 56. A. until recently B. long age C. for some time D. all her life 57. A. does B. will C. may D. can 58. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Besides 59.A. at B. over C. to D. for 60. A. businessman B. l
30、awyer C. doctor D. for 61. A. until B. after C. because of D. in spite of 62. A. fair B. quick C. hard D. good 63. A. only B. less than C. at least D. more 64. A. happy B. rich C. alone D. alive IV.Reading Comprehension (35 points) Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by
31、 five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. Her p
32、ink clothes are bloodied and her eyes stare at something only she can see. She has suffered from a bombing near her home in southern Iraq. Every day we see images like this on our televisions. We see young Iraqi children begging for food and water from American and British soldiers as they move thro
33、ugh towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad. We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of belongings almost the same size as their small bodies as they flee their homes in Baghdad. They represent just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by the ongoing war.
34、And they show the terrible price being paid by Iraqi children. “Dad, why are the Americans striking us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son. He tries to comfort him by saying: “The bombs are far awa
35、y from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. Were going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isnt always the truth. In southern parts of the country, like Iraqs second largest city, Basra, the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund is working to repair the damage caused
36、 by fighting. The organization is working to provide clean water and restore electrical power, said Geoffrey Keele, a UNICEF spokesman. But little else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape the sound of exploding bombs. And all the schools are
37、 closed. “All they can do is listen to and hear the war,” said Keele. “There is suffering in Baghdad. It is clear that the bombing is affecting the mental well-being of the children.” Despite UNICEFs efforts, dirty water is being blamed for cholera outbreaks in southern Iraq. Diarrhea is spreading a
38、mong the children, sometimes leading to death. Nearly 50 percent of Iraqs population is under 15 years old. And 30 percent of them already suffered before the war from malnutrition, according to international aid organizations. Now the situation is worse, but continual fighting makes it impossible t
39、o count the number who are hungry, sick, injured or even dead. 65 The underlined word diarrhea” in the last paragraph but two must be _ A. a kind of horrendous food B. a kind of infectious disease C. a new toy D. a piece of terrible news 66. Parents give their children sleeping pills _. A. to get ri
40、d of the terrible sound of exploding bombs B. to help children to go to sleep because they are very tired C. in case their children should be frightened by the sound of exploding bombs D. so that their children would not have their hearing harmed 67. What is the writers attitude towards Iraqi people
41、 in this article? A. The writer loves only the children of Iraq. B. The writer wants to know more about how many people will go hungry or even die. C. The writer shows sympathy for Iraqi people. D. The writer will help Iraqi people to get over any difficulty (B) Creativity is the key to a brighter f
42、uture, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children. If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining
43、company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it en
44、courages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas. Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence. The fact that a person highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativi
45、ty is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something. Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity fo
46、r correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but can not recognize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly, but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems. It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, childre
47、n should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if its choosing between two food items for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a hard time, but
