北京大学附属中学河南分校学年高二英语月考试题.docx

1、北京大学附属中学河南分校学年高二英语月考试题北京大学附属中学河南分校2015-2016学年高二英语3月月考试题考试时间 90 分钟 满分 120 分第二部分 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） AAt the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not haveI mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of usAbou

2、t nine oclock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so specialHe told me that it was Elviswavy hair and the way he moved his bodyAbout half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room

3、and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircutThat is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then thats what I was going to getA11 the way to town I told everybody, includ

4、ing the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like himWhen I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair

5、cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you ma

6、ke my hair like Elvis?”I asked him，with a big smile on my face“Lets just see what we can do for you，little man，”he saidI was so happy when he started to cut my hairJust as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standingShe whispered something into his ear

7、and then he shook his head，like he was telling her“No”Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cutsThen I saw my hair falling onto the floor21In the authors eyes，Elvis Presley was_ Adisgusting Badmirable Cambitious Ddynamic22From the passage，we can know that_ ABuster Brown was mor

8、e appealing than Elvis Presley BAn Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money CThe matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut DThe barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut23We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was_ Aexcited to have an Elvis hair cut Bwo

9、rried to think about the secret Canxious to remove the ton of bricks Dcareful to seize the chance 24How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop? ADelighted BGuilty CSelf-satisfiedDDepressedBInstagram is a fast，beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family

10、Take a picture or video，choose a filter to transform its look and feeland then post to Instagramits that easyYou can even share to FacebookTwitter and moreIts a new way to see the worldSo many photos of food are contained on Instagramnow a pop-up diner in London is taking advantage of this new trend

11、 by letting people settle the bill for their meals simply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networks I always thought peoples taking pictures of their food was kind of silly, but at this new pop-up restaurant in the UK，Id probably do it too“The Picture House”is the worlds first pay-by-ph

12、oto restaurantyou order， click a photo of the food，share on Instagram and eat for free!The restaurant belongs to frozen food giant(巨人)Birds Eye，who came up with the idea to cash in on peoples addiction with photographing food and sharing the pictures online. They conducted a survey and found out tha

13、t more than half of the British population regularly took pictures of their mealsSo they realized it was a better way to advertise their new dining rangeThe pop-up diner was open in Soho，London for three days in May，and is now moving to other major UK citiesThey serve two-course meals that customers

14、 dont have to pay for, if they photo and lnstagram itThe restaurant is a part of Birds Eyes“Food for Life”campaign，a new marketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food“Taking photos of food enables people to show off and to share their mealtime momentsfrom the everyday to

15、 the special，”said marketing director Margaret JoblingThe reaction to The Picture House has been great so far And the pay-by-picture concept has proven to be an effective wayAlternative payment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businessesLast year in a cafe in Germany customers

16、pay by how much time they spend there，not by what they eat25Instagram probably is_ Aa restaurant free of chmge Ba campaign of“Food for Life Ca program used to share photos Da new marketing project26Whats the authors attitude to this new trend? AConfused BUnconcerned COpposed DInterested27“The Pictur

17、e House”encourages sharing photos of its food to_ Araise the price of frozen food Battract more customers Ccreate a new social media trend Dreward the regular customers28Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage? APay by Picture BThe Pop-up Diner CNo Need to Pay DFood for Li

18、feC They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配饰)Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventiesA generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their agePr

19、ofessor Julia Twiggy, a social policy expert，said，“Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more requently than they did when they were young in the 1960sIn the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matterIt was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four yearsnow y

20、ou can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish toFashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly” Professor Twiggy analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the sameabout 5 or 6 percent

21、 of spending，the amount of clothes bought had risen sharplyThe professor said，“Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far EastIn the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clo

22、thes came from，but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhereEveryone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on themFashion designer Angela Barnard，who runs her own fashion business in London，said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in p

23、revious yearsShe said,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties，they want to follow themOlder women are much more aware of celebritiesTheres also the boom in TV programmers showing people how they can change their look，and many of

24、my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fiftiesWhen I started my business a few years ago，my older customers tended to be very rich，but now they are what I would call ordinary women. My own mother is 6l and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years

25、ago”29It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because_ Athey get tired of themselves more quickly BTV shows teach them how to stay in shape C. they feel much younger now Dclothes are much cheaper than before30What can we learn about old women in terms of fash

26、ion? AThey are often ignored by fashion designers BThey are now mole easily influenced by stars CThey are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion DThey are more interested in clothes because of their old age31Which is the best possible title of the passage?AAge Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans BThe

27、 More Fashionable，the Less Expensive CUnexpected changes in Fashion DBoom of the British Fashion IndustryDWhat is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed(展示)at the entrance? Or the soft background music?But have you ever notice the smell? Unless it is bad，the ans

28、wer is likely to be noBut while a shops scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds，it is certainly thereAnd it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchaseA brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly d

29、ark hall and out to the entrance，via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening airOne sports goods company once reposed that when it first introduced scent into its stores，customersintension to purchase increased by 80 percentWhen it comes to the best shopp

30、ing streets in Pairs，scent is just as important to a brands success as the quality of its window displays and goods on salesThat is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to beSome years ago，the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistantsdi

31、sproving attitude and dont-touch-what-you-cant afford displaysNow the rise of electronic commerce(e-commerce)has opened up famous brands to a wider audienceBut while e-shops can use sights and sounds，only bricks-and-mortar stores(实体店)can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through

32、 the door to the moment they leaveAnother brand store seeks to be much more than a shop，but rather a destinationAnd scent is just one way to achieve thisNow a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department，and coconut(椰子)scent in the swimsuit sectionA dep