河北省容城中学学年高二月考英语试题.docx

1、河北省容城中学学年高二月考英语试题河北省容城中学2014-2015学年高二1月月考英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题）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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where did the woman go?A. The office. B. The doctors. C. The railway station. 2. What does the man suggest doing?A. Repairing the c

2、ar. B. Going to the gas station. C. Getting a ride with somebody. 3. What does the man mean?A. Baseball is the most boring sport. B. Baseball is more interesting than any other sport. C. Baseball is his favorite sport. 4. What does the man do?A. A waiter. B. A teacher. C. A salesman. 5. Who has the

3、stapler?A. The woman. B. The man. C. Somebody else. 第二节（共15小题）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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第67题。6. How long has the man been in China?A. One week. B. Two months. C. Two years. 7. When will the speakers h

4、ave dinner together?A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday. 听第7段材料，回答第89题。8. Who will come to the airport to meet the woman?A. The Managing Director. B. Her doctor. C. The secretary. 9. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Boss and secretary. C. Husband and

5、wife. 听第8段材料，回答第1012题。10. What topic do the speakers discuss?A. Learning a foreign language. B. The learning material. C. The pronunciation. 11. What does the woman think of the Spanish course?A. Easy. B. Difficult. C. Just so-so. 12. What advice does the man give to the woman?A. To catch the speake

6、rs every word. B. To find out the key words. C. To ask for repetition. 听第9段材料，回答第1316题。13. Why does the woman come to see the man?A. To return a book. B. To invite the man for dinner. C. To ask for help. 14. How is the book according to the woman?A. Boring. B. Interesting. C. Just so-so. 15. Where d

7、oes the conversation take place probably?A. In the library. B. At the door. C. In the shop. 16. What will the woman do next?A. Talk with the man. B. Give the man a lift. C. Buy some food. 听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. What did Susan Sontag write in her books?A. Poetry. B. Essays. C. Dramas. 18. How many lan

8、guages have Susan Sontags works been translated into?A. 17. B. 20. C. 32. 19. Why was Susan Sontag different from other social critics?A. She has never appeared on TV. B. She appeared in films. C. She wrote many love stories. 20. What do we know about Susan Sontag?A. She was considered one of the mo

9、st influential liberal thinkers. B. She was a common social intellectual. C. She set up 15,000 libraries. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节(共15小题，每题2分，满分30分)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，并在答题卡上把该选项涂黑。A“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easytheyre given after all. Choices can be h

10、ard.” Jeff BezosI got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I h

11、ad just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and I wasnt sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, Id been a gara

12、ge inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion. I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on t

13、he Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48

14、 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didnt think Id regret trying and failing. But I believed I would always be haunted by a decision of not trying at all.After much consideration, I too

15、k the less safe path to follow my passion, and Im proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.21. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?A. His dream of being an inventor.B. The support of his wife.C. The greatly increasing usage of the Interne

16、t.D. Millions of exciting titles.22. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.C. He would be always having a doubt if he didnt try.D. The decision of

17、not trying the online bookstore would terrify him.23. We can know from the passage that _. A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorB. the author wanted someone else to try the ideaC. the author might not regret if he failed the ideaD. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

18、24. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Cleverness and Kindness B. The Starting of AmazonC. Following My Passion D. We Are What We Choose BCalling all poets! TIME For Kids(TFK) has a challenge for you.WHO The contest is open to students who are 8 to 13 years old.WHAT Wr

19、ite a funny, rhyming poem and enter it in the TFK Poetry Contest. By entering, the entrant（参加竞赛者） should promise that the poem is an original one that does not copy another poets work ,has not been published in any medium and has not won an award.HOW Send your poem by e-mail to contest. The subject

20、line of your e-mail message should read “TFKPOETRY CONTEST”. Be sure to include your first name only, your e-mail address and your parents e-mail address. Limit one entry per person or e-mail account. The sponsor（赞助者） is not responsible for lost, late or incomplete entries, or those not received for

21、 any reason.WHEN This contest begins 1201 a.m. on January 13,2013, and ends 1159 p.m.on March 1,2013.JUDGING All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following standards creativity and originality (50%),use of language and rhyme (25%) and relatedness to contest theme(25%).Winner

22、 will be informed by e-mail and must respond within five days.WINNERS LIST For names of the winner and finalists, visit (after April 1,2013, you can get for a period of 10 days).PRIZE Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen.

23、 The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of one of his books of poetry. The poem of the grand-prize winner will be published on . The finalists will receive signed copies of one of Nesbitts books of poetry. The poems of finalists will be

24、 published on .25. Which may be a proper work for the TFK Poetry Contest?A. A war poem published in a book.B. A great poem which has won many prizes.C. A fine poem downloaded from the Internet.D. A love poem which has been kept secret from others.26. According to Paragraph 4, a student_.A. can send

25、more than one original poemB. must send the poem with his full name on itC. can ask a parent for help while writing the poemD. cant use the name of the poem as the subject line27. Only the grand-prize winner can_A. visit for freeB. have his poem published on C. receive an online class visit from poe

26、t Kenn NesbittD. obtain（获得）a signed copy of one of Nesbitts books of poetry.CCatherine Ryan Hydes Pay It Forward is a heartwarming, funny, and bittersweet story about a teenagers plan to better the world. It all starts with a man and a boy. The man, Reuben St. Clair, a social-studies teacher who bel

27、ieves in positive thinking but whos also a scarred(有疤的)black veteran(老兵)struggling daily with the way people look at him, assigns the following for extra credit “Think of an idea for world change, and put it into action.” The boy ,Trevor McKinney，takes the assignment to heart, not only because his m

28、other, Arlene, is battling with alcohol and his fathers gone missing, but also because he likes Reuben and begins to think maybe his mom would too.Trevors idea is simple but unique Do a good deed for three people and tell each of them that instead of paying him back, they must “pay it forward” by he

29、lping three others. The first, a homeless addict, receives Trevors earnings and a place to shower before a job interview, but then spends his first salary on drugs and ends up in prison. The second, an elderly woman, receives all the yard- and garden-work she needs for free, but later dies in her sl

30、eep. The third is a unit of two peopleReuben and Arlene. The unit is brought together by Trevor so they can help each other out of loneliness and just maybe give him a dad, but they mix like oil and water.Apparently negative results prove to be just the opposite, however, and, without Trevor knowing

31、 about it, his project snowballs into a national phenomenon with no end in sight. Invited to Washington to be honored by President Clinton, Trevor decides to do one more good deed, a selfless act that again succeeds beyond his wildest expectations. The book is a quiet, steady masterpiece, with an exciting ending. 28. We know from Paragraph 1 that Reuben_.A. is always battling with alcoholB. finally falls in love with ArleneC. lacks confidence in his appearanceD. used to be a teacher before joining the army29. One reason why Trevor takes the