高二英语月考试题及答案周口中英文学校学年高二下学期第二次月考Word文档格式.docx

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OnedayMerlinreceivedaninvitationtoattendafancydressball.Hewasverypleasedandalittleexcited.Asthedayofthepartycamenear,Merlinbegantothinkhowtomakeagrandentranceattheparty.Hehadanidea.Hethoughthe

wouldgetalotofattentionifhecouldskateintotheroom.

Merlintrieddifferentwaystomakehimselfroll.Finally,hedecidedtoputtwowheelsundereachshoe.Thesewerethefirstrollerskates.Merlinwasveryproudofhisinventionanddreamedofarrivingatthepartyonwheelswhileplayingtheviolin.

OnthenightofthepartyMerlinrolledintotheroomplayinghisviolin.Everyonewasastonishedtoseehim.Therewasjustoneproblem.Merlinhadnowaytostophisrollerskates.Herolledonandon.Suddenly,heranintoahugemirror

thatwashangingonthewall.Downfellthemirror,breakingtopieces.NobodyforgotMerlin'

sgrandentranceforalongtime!

21.Thetextismainlyabout_________.

A.astrangeman

B.howpeopleenjoyedthemselvesinthe18thcentury

C.anunusualparty

D.howrollerskatingbegan

22.PeoplethoughtMerlinwasadreamerbecausehe________.

A.oftengaveotherssurprisesB.wasfullofimagination

C.wasagiftedmusicianD.inventedtherollerskates

23.Merlinputwheelsunderhisshoesinorderto_______.

A.arriveatthepartysoonerB.impressthepartyguests

C.testhisinventionD.showhisskillinwalkingonwheels

24.Whatisthemainpointthewriteristryingtomakeinthelastparagraph?

A.Therollerskatesneededfurtherimprovement.

B.Merlingothimselfintotrouble.

C.ThepartygueststookMerlinforafool.

D.Merlinsucceededbeyondexpectation.

B

ThisMarchisabusymonthinShanghai.There’salottodo.Herearethehighlights.

LiveMusic—LateNightJazz

EnjoyrealAmericanjazzfromHerbieDavis,thefamoustrumpetplayer.He’scomingwithhisnew7-pieceband,Herbie’sHeroes.Herbieisknowntoplaywellintotheearlyhours,sodon’texpecttogetmuchsleep.ThisisHerbie’sthirdvisittoShanghai.Thefirsttwoweresoldout,sogetyourticketsquickly.

ScottishDancing

Takeyourpartnersandgetreadytodancetillyouaretired.Scottishdancingisfunandeasytolearn.

Instructorswilldemonstratethedances.Theliveband,GordonStroppieandtheWeefrees,arealsoexcellent.

Exhibitions—ShanghaiMuseum

Thereare120,000piecesonshowhere.YourcanseethewholeofChinesehistoryunderoneroof.It’salwaysinterestingtovisit,butdoublysoatthemomentwiththeEgyptianTombsexhibition.Therearelotsofmummiesandmoregoldthanyou’veeverseenbefore.Letusknowifyouseeamummymove!

Dining–Sushichefintown

Sushi（寿司）isgettingreallybiginShanghai.InJapan,it’sbecomeanartform.ThemostfamousSushi‘artist’isYukiKamura.She’salsooneofthefewfemalechefsinJapan.She’llbeatSushiSceneallofthismonth.

Forafulllistingofevents,seeourwebsite.

Supposeyouaregoingtoattendanactivityat8:

00p.m.onSaturday,whichonecanyouchoose?

A.Exhibitions–ShanghaiMuseum

B.Scottishdancing

C.LiveMusic—LateNightJazz

D.Dining—Sushichefintown

26.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtotheadvertisements?

A.Scottishdancingissointerestingandeasythatitnevertiresyouout.

B.TheperformancegivenbytheAmericanjazzbandwon’tlastlong.

C.SushiisnotpopularinShanghaiasitisakindofJapanesetraditionalfood.

D.ItismoreinterestingtovisitShanghaiMuseumfortheexhibitsfromEgypt.

27.FromthetextwemaylearnthatKamurais_________.

A.acook

B.awaitress

C.anmusician

D.anartist

C

Americansplanpartiesformanyreasons.Asinothercultures,manyAmericansattendpartiesforweddingsandreligiousornationalholidays.ButsomepartiesareespeciallyAmerican.Forexample,agroupofneighborsmaygatherontheirstreettoeatfood,playmusicandvisitwithoneanother.Thisiscalledablockparty.Awomanmightinviteagroupofwomentoapartycalledababyshowerforafriendwhoisabouttogivebirth.Guestsbringpresentsforthenewbaby.

Americansalsoattendtailgateparties.Atailgateisthebackendofatruckorothervehiclethatopensdown.ThetailgatepartiesareabigpartofsportscultureintheUnitedStates.Friendsbringfoodanddrinktoasportsevent.Theyeattogetherintheparkingareaofthesportsstadium.

Birthdaypartiesarealsoverypopular.Manyparentsorganizeapartyfortheirchildaroundatheme.Birthdaypartiesusuallyincludegiftsandabirthdaycakewithcandles.InmanypartsoftheUnitedStates,cupcakeshavebecomeapopularreplacementforcakes.

Birthdaypartiescanbelowcostorverycostly.Someparentstaketheirchildren’sbirthdaypartiesveryseriously,evenwhenthechildistooyoungtofullyunderstandthecelebration.

OnegroupofparentsstartedawebsitecalledBirthdaysWithoutPressure.Theydecidedthatsomeparentswereundertoomuchsocialpressuretoplancostlypartiesfortheirchildren.ThegroupseesthismovementasanexampleofAmerica’scultureof“toomuchstuff”.Thegroup’swebsitegivessuggestionsonhowtokeepbirthdaycelebrationssimple,meaningfulandfunwithoutspendingalotofmoney.Theiradvicemaybeveryhelpfulduringthisperiodofeconomicrecession（萧条）．

28.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Reasonsforparties

B.Birthdayswithoutpressure

C.Differentpartiesintheworld

D.Americanparties

29.Howmanykindsofpartiesdoesthepassagemention?

A.5.B.7.C.6.D.8.

30.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.BirthdaypartiesarethemostpopularinAmerica.

B.SomepartiesinAmericaarethesameasinothercountries.

C.There’sapartyforthemotherbeforehernewbabyisborn.

D.BlockpartyisespeciallyAmerican

31.ThepurposeofBirthdaysWithoutPressureistoadvisepeopleto_________.

A.relievepeople’spressure

B.makebirthdaypartiesmeaningfulandcostly

C.havemeaningfulbirthdaypartieswithlowcost

D.spreadAmerica’sculture

D

Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinhistoricareaofacity?

Inordertoanswerthisquestion,wemustfirstexaminewhetherpeoplereallywanttopreservethehistoricfeelofanarea.Notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.However,theremaybeotherreasons—forexample,economic（经济的）reasons—whytheyshouldbepreserved.So,letusassumethathistoricalbuildingsarebothattractiveandimportanttothemajorityofpeople.Whatshouldwedothenifanewbuildingisneeded?

Inmyview,newarchitecturalstylescanexistperfectlywellalongsideanolderstyle.Indeed,therearemanyexamplesinmyownhometownofTourswheremoderndesignshavebeenplacedverysuccessfullynexttooldbuildings.Aslongasthebuildinginquestionispleasinganddoesnotdominate（影响）itssurroundingstoomuch,itoftenimprovestheattractivenessofthearea.

Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt（破坏）theareatheyarein,butthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.Yetpeoplestillspeakagainstnewbuildingsinhistoricareas.Ithinkthisissimplybecausepeoplearenaturallyconservative（保守的）anddonotlikechange.

Althoughwehavetorespectpeople'

sfeelingsasfellowusersofthebuildings,Ibelievethatitisthedutyofthearchitectandplannertomove_things_forward.Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebefore,wewouldallstillbelivingincaves.Thus,Iwouldargueagainstcopyingpreviousarchitecturalstylesandchoosesomethingfreshanddifferent,eventhoughthatmightbethemoreriskychoice.

32．Whatdoestheauthorsayabouthistoricalbuildingsinthefirstparagraph?

A．Mostofthemaretooexpensivetopreserve.

B．Someofthemarenotattractive.

C．Theyaremorepleasingthanmodernbuildings.

D．Theyhavenothingtodowiththehistoricfeelofanarea.

33．Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtotheauthor?

A．Weshouldreproducethesameoldbuildings.

B．Buildingsshouldnotdominatetheirsurroundings.

C．Nooneunderstandswhypeoplespeakagainstnewbuildings.j-y

D．Someoldbuildingshavespoilttheareatheyarein.

34．By“movethingsforward”inthelastparagraph,theauthorprobablymeans“________.”

A．destroyoldbuildings

B．respectpeople'

sfeelingsforhistoricalbuildings21

C．putthingsinadifferentplace

D．choosenewarchitecturalstyles

35．Whatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?

A．Toarguethatmodernbuildingscanbebuiltinhistoricareas.

B．Toexplainwhypeopledislikechange.

C．Towarnthatweshouldenduplivingincaves.

D．Toadmithownewbuildingshaveruinedtheirsurroundings.

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。

Stressisanormalpartoflifeandusuallycomesfromeverydayoccurrences.

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◆Tryphysicalactivity

Whenyouarenervous,angryorupset,tryreleasingthepressurethroughexerciseorphysicalactivity.__37__

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Youshouldmakeeveryefforttoeatwellandgetenoughrest.Ifyoueasilygetangryandcan'

tsleepwellenough，orifyou'

renoteatingproperly，itwillbemorelikelythatyouwillfallintostressfulsituations.Ifstressrepeated