学年高二下学期月考英语试题含答案.docx

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学年高二下学期月考英语试题含答案

第一部分选择题（共四节，满分75分）

第一节．单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1.I’mverydisappointedwithmyneighbour.Shesaidshewouldkeephercatoffmygrass,butshe_____.

A.didn’tB.hasn’tC.wouldn’tD.hadn’t

2.Largequantitiesofrescuesrelief_______totheearthquake--hitareaseachday.

A.issendingB.isbeingsentC.aresendingD.arebeingsent

3.Therewasnothingtoeatathomesowe_______gettingatakeaway.

ApickedupBtookupCmadeupDendedup

4.Dinosaurshavebeenextinctfromtheearth,never____________again.

A.seen        B.beingseen       C.tobeseen      D.havingbeenseen

5.Jackhadtraveledsixmilesacrossthechannel___________hisenginefailedandwasforcedtolandonthesea.

A.until           B.after             C.since         D.when

6.Xiamenis_____________mostbeautifulcityandwe’vedecidedtostay_________fifthday.

A.a;a            B.a;the           C.the;a         D.the;the

7.Ithink_____________dictionaryisenoughforusstudents.

A.suchone       B.soa               C.onesuch       D.aso

8.____________someteenagersdon’trealizeis_____________difficultlifecanbeaftertheygetaddictedtodrugs.

A.What;how    B.That;how    C.What;whata     D.That;what

9.Theyhadapleasantchat_____________acupofcoffee.

A.with           B.during        C.over         D.for

10.Shealwaysdreamsofthere_____________achancetogoabroadforfurtherstudy.

A.being         B.tobe             C.is               D.willbe

11.Icouldn’t______whattheyweresaying,fortheybothspoketomeatonce.

A.listentoB.makeoutC.hearD.makeup

12.Studentswhofailtomeetthe________ofthecoursewillfail.

AachievementsBrequirementsCagreementsDcombinations

13.-----Haveyouanyletters______,sir?

-----No,thanks.

A.totypeB.tobetypedC.tobetypingD.typed

14.Thegovernmentis_____toeveryonetosavewater.

A.askingB.appealingC.declaringD.announcing

15.They_____outtheproblembutfailed.

A.succeedinworkingB.managedtoworkC.soughttoworkD.soughtworking

第二节．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

Severaldaysago,Imetastrangerinthestreetwhostoppedandaskedmedirections．I16toshowhimthewaytothedestination，buttomy17，hecoldlyrefusedmyoffer．Iaskedhimwhy．Finallyhetoldmehewas18IwouldaskhimformoneyifI19himinthisway．

Money!

I20deepintothought．Isitmoneythatcomesbetweenus?

Moneyhasno21，itcannotbe22withgoodorbad．

Theproblem23whatattitudewehavetowardsit．

Atpresent，wehaveamore24materiallifethaneverbefore，butwe’rebecomingmoreandmore25Why?

Inmyopinion，the26isthechangeinpeople’spersonal27.Theywronglybelievethat28moneyshouldbetheironlyaiminlife，sothey29allsortsofwaystheycanto30thisaim．

Theyareafraidofbeing31andfooled．Ifeveryonethinkslikethis，whatwillour32belike?

Needlesstosay，moneyisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantinoursociety，33itshouldn’tbethe“be-allandend-all”oflife．Ifapersononlyconcentrateson34,hewillbelonelyandvoid（空虚），andevengoastray（犯错误）．

Itisuptoustomakeourliveshappy，notmoney．Weshouldtryourbesttohelpothers35andfreely．Ifeveryonedoesso，oursocietywillbebetterandbetter．

16．A．advisedB．offeredC．askedD．wished

17．A．joyB．fearC．excitementD．surprise

18．A．anxiousB．gladC．sorryD．afraid

19．A．stoppedB．toldC．askedD．helped

20．A．fellB．feltC．keptD．caught

21．A．problemB．priceC．lifeD．use

22．A．joinedB．judgedC．connectedD．seemed

23．A．takesinB．dependsonC．1eadstoD．smoothsaway

24．A．powerfulB．beautifulC．plentifulD．healthy

25．A．cold-heartedB．warm-heartedC．good-lookingD．humorous

26．A．keyB．moneyC．manD．creature

27．A．worthB．habitsC．fameD．values

28．A．takingB．habitsC．spendingD．making

29．A．thinkupB．pickupC．takeD．shoot

30．A．realizeB．recognizeC．takeD．shoot

31．A．foundB．discoveredC．cheatedD．followed

32．A．1ifeB．societyC．beliefD．money

33．A．orB．butC．ifD．since

34．A．1ifeB．natureC．societyD．money

35．A．separatelyB．obviouslyC．mainlyD．whole-heartedly

第三节．阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

WhenAlexanderGrahamBellinventedthetelephoneinl876,hecouldneverhavepredictedwhatitwouldbeabletodointhefuture．Now,130yearslater,it’snosurprisewhensomeonetakesoutatelephonetomakeacallwhileonthemove．

Butphonesarenolongerjustusedtomakecalls．Japan’s90milliontelephoneownersalsousetheirmachine’smoderntechnologyandtinyscreens（halfthesizeofabusinesscard）toplayvideogames，sende-mails，readnews，downloadmusic，storephotosandsurftheInternet．SinceApril2006，they’vebeenabletousetheircellphonestowatchTV．

Followingseveralmonthsoftestbroadcasts，digitalTVbroadcastsforcellphoneswithspecialreceiversbeganinJapan’smajorcities．Thespecialcellphonesarehardtofindbecauseonlyasmallnumberwereputonsale．TheexcitementsurroundingmobileTVmeansthatthelimitednumberofhandsetsquicklysoldout．

MisogoKado,a37一year—oldsoftwaredesignerfromYokohama,nearTokyo,boughtoneofthenewcellphonesearlierthismonth．

Heisabigfanofthenewtechnology．“Youknowhoweverycellphonenowcomeswithadigitalcamera?

Inthesameway，thisisgoingtobecomeastandardfeature，’’KadosaidoftheTVservice．“It’snotsomethingyouhavetopayfor．Ifyou’rebuyingacellphone,youmightaswellgetonewithit．”WhiletheserviceisnewforJapan,itisnottheworld’sfirst．SouthKoreaandBritainhavemadeTVavailabletotheircellphonecustomerswiththeuseofslightlydifferenttechnology．ThenewserviceinJapan,however，isfree．

Notonlythat,itusesbroadcastingairwaves（电视频道）insteadofanInternetconnection．TheimagesaresentthroughtheairbyTVtowers，notsatellites．Thisterrestrial（陆地的）digitalbroadcastsystemmeansthatmorepeoplewillbeabletousetheservice．Imaginewhatourphoneswillbeabletodoinanother130years’time!

36．HowmuchdoesthenewserviceofamobilephonetowatchTVinJapancost?

A．Halfasmuchasthemobilephonecosts．

B．Asmuchasthemobilephonecosts．

C．Slightlymorethanthemobilephonecosts．

D．Itdoesn’tcostanymoney.

37．Whatdoestheword“it”refertointhesixthparagraph?

A．ThenewserviceinJapan．B．JapanC．Internetconnection．D．Amobilephone．

38．ThroughwhataretheTVimagesofamobileinBritainsent?

A．Air．B．Satellites．C．Broadcastingairwaves．DThetextdoesn’ttellus.

39．Whatisthebesttitleofthetext?

A．TVgoesmobileB．MobilewillbemorepopularC．MobileisonTVD．MobilegoesTV

B

Lifeisdifficult．

Itisagreattruthbecauseoncewetrulyunderstandandacceptit,thenlifeisnolongerdifficult．

Mostdonotfullyseethistruth．Insteadtheycomplainabouttheirproblemsanddifficultiesasiflifeshouldbeeasy．Itseemstothemthatdifficultiesrepresentaspecialkindofsufferingespeciallyforceduponthemorelseupontheirfamilies,theirclass,oreventheirnation．

Whatmakeslifedifficultisthattheprocessoffacingandsolvingproblemsisapainfulone．Problems,dependingontheirnature,causeussadness，orlonelinessorregretorangerorfear．Theseareuncomfortablefeelings,oftenaspainfulasanykindofphysicalpain．Andsincelifecausesanendlessseriesofproblems,lifeisalwaysdifficultandisfullofpainaswellasjoy．

Yet，itisinthiswholeprocessofsolvingproblemsthatlifehasitsmeaning．Problemsaretheserioustestthattellsussuccessfromfailure．Whenwedesiretoencouragethegrowthofhumanspirit,weencouragethehumanabilitytosolveproblems，justasinschoolwesetproblemsforourchildrentosolve．Itisthroughthepainofmeetingandworkingoutproblemsthatwelearn．AsBenjaminFranklinsaid,“Thosethingsthathurt,instruct．”Itisforthisreasonthatwisepeoplelearnnottofearbuttowelcomethepainofproblems．

40．Fromthepassage，itcanbeinferredthat____

A．everybodyhasproblems

B．webecomestrongerbymeetingandsolvingtheproblemsoflife

C．lifeisdifficultbecauseourproblemsbringuspain

D．peopleliketocomplainabouttheirproblems

41．Thewriterprobablyusedjustoneshortsentenceinthefirstparagraphto_____

A．savespaceB．persuadereadersC．makereaderslaughD．getreaders’attention

42．Accordingtothepassage．wegiveschoolchildrendifficultproblemstosolveinorderto______

A．encouragethemtolearn

B．teachthemtofacethepainofsolvingtheproblems

C．helpthemlearntodealwithpain

D．teachthemhowtorespecttheproblems

43．ThesayingfromBenjaminFranklin“Thosethingsthathurt,instruct”suggeststhat_______

A．Wedonotlearnfromexperience.

B．Wedonotlearnwhenweareinpain.

C．Painteachesusimportantlessons.

D．Paincannotbeavoided.

C

Inmodemsocietythereisagreatdealofargumentaboutcompetition．Somevalueithighly，believingthatitisresponsibleforsocialprogressandprosperity．Otherssaythatcompetitionisbad,thatitsetsonepersonagainstanotherandthatitleadstounfriendlyrelationshipbetweenpeople．

Ihavetaughtmanychildrenwhoheldthebeliefthattheirself-worthreliedonhowwelltheyperformedattennisandotherskills．Forthem，playingwellandwinningareoftenlife-and-deathaffair.Intheirsingle-mindedpursuitofsuccess，thedevelopmentofmanyotherhumanqualitiesissadlyforgotten．

However，whilesomeseemtobelostinthedesiretosucceed，otherstakeanoppositeattitude．Inaculturewhichvaluesonlythewinnerandpaysnoattentiontotheordinaryplayers，theystronglyblamecompetition．Amongthemostvocalareyoungsterswhohavesufferedundercompetitivepressuresfromtheirparentsorsociety