学年广西桂梧高中高二下学期第二次月考英语试题 Word版+听力.docx

1、学年广西桂梧高中高二下学期第二次月考英语试题 Word版+听力桂梧高中2017-2018学年度第二学期高二第二次月考英语试题（时间：120分钟，总分：150分）注意事项：1 本试卷分第卷选择题（含听力）和第卷非选择题两部分。2 作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。第卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。（）1. Who is the wo

2、man? A. A Shopkeeper. B. A teacher. C. A dentist.（）2. What food made the woman get a stomachache? A. The apple pies. B. The peanut butter. C. The tomato soup.（）3. What does the woman mean?A. She asks the man to finish his paper. B. She wants the man to fix the broken typewriter C. She means to borro

3、w the mans typewriter .（）4. Why cant the woman lend some money to the man?A. She already lent him all her money. B. She already spent him all her money. C. She burnt all her money.（）5. When might the conversation take place? A. On Tuesday . B. On Saturday . C. On Sunday.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下

4、面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6和第7小题。（）6. When did the man start going to the gym?A. A month ago. B. Half a year ago. C. A year ago.（）7. how often does the man do yoga? A. Every other day . B. Every day. C. Every oth

5、er week.听第7段材料，回答第8至第9小题。（）8. What does the woman refuse to do? A. Go to the gym. B. Eat ice cream. C. Make ice cream for the man.（）9. How much weight is the woman planning to lose by the end of next month? A. Three kilos. B. Five kilos. C. Fifteen kilos.听第8段材料，回答第10至第12三个小题。（）10. What are the speak

6、ers mainly talking about ? A. Art courses. B. School life. C. A summer program.（）11. What does the woman think about the trip to Europe? A. It will be tiring. B. It will be expensive. C. It will be boring.（）12. What will the woman probably do? A. Travel will the man. B. Study art will the man . C. T

7、ake her students to a community.听第9段材料，回答第13至第16小题。（）13. Where did the woman learn about the apartment? A. On TV. B. On the radio. C. On the newspaper.（）14. When does the woman need the apartment? A. Tomorrow. B. Early next week. C. Early next month.（）15. How much is the security deposit for the apa

8、rtment? A. 650 dollars. B. 1300 dollars . C. 1950 dollars.（）16. What does the woman need to pay for? A. The property management. B. The parking space. C. The internet.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。（）17. Who is attending the meeting? A. New students. B. All teachers and students. C. Students who want to change

9、classes.（）18. how else can students sign up for classes? A. On the phone. B. On a website. C. Directly with the teachers.（）19. Which class is full?A. Business 110. B. English 5. C. Film studies 22.（）20. at least how many students does each class need? A. Four. B. Six. C. Ten.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (

10、共15小题；每小题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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AFor the Travel section, writers and editors selected special items to profile from a dozen cities.Brussels: ChocolateNearly half the chocolate consumed in the world is eaten in Europe, and Belgiumwith average consumption of 14.99 pou

11、nds per person a yearcertainly covers its fair share. While Brussels, the countrys capital, is home to hundreds of chocolate makers, what makes a visit necessary is the rich heritage of traditional chocolate makers.Budapest: Paprika(红辣椒)The job of preparing Hungarian paprika was once considered too

12、dangerous for mothers to do. A woman who touched her children upon returning from work risked burning them, so only the elderly and unmarried were allowed the delicate task of separating the skin from the flesh. But by the early 20th century, sweeter varieties and a machine turned paprika into a com

13、mon feature of all Hungarian cuisine.Lisbon: Tiles(瓷砖)Is there a bluer country than Portugal? The blue sky and Atlantic Ocean embrace the land. The blue moods of Fado, the dark folk music, form the national soundtrack. And all across Portugal, the typically blue designs of azulejoceramic tilesare sp

14、read across churches, castles, palaces, university halls, parks. The result is a beautiful land of Christian saints, Portuguese kings, historical glories, aristocrats(贵族) at leisure, seascapes and so on.Madrid: GuitarsWalking into one of Madrids storied guitar makers workshops can feel like stepping

15、 into the past. Curly wood shavings, from the palest pine to ebony, fall onto the floor as artisans (工匠) turn some humble wood into works of art.Its painstaking workall done by handwith classical guitar models and the methods of making them change little the last century.21.What does the job of prep

16、aring Hungarian paprika suggest?A. The popularity of Hungarian peppers.B. The difficulty of processing peppers.C. The unique tradition in Budapest.D. The hot level of Hungarian peppers.22.Which city can be a splendid setting for a film?A. Brussels. B. Budapest. C. Lisbon. D. Madrid.23.Whats the simi

17、larity of the four items?A. Theyre all treasures of a city.B. They all date back several centuries.C. Their production processes are all painstaking.D. They all win popularity in most European countries.BNight vision technology has been around for a while, but its only really used by professionals d

18、ue to its big size. But what if night vision was something you could fit into a pair of eye glasses? You could keep a pair in your bag if you were going to be walking home alone in the dark. All this and more could be possible thanks to a new development by researchers. “We can make the entire desig

19、n super-thin,” said Zhaohui Zhong, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan. “It can be fitted into a contact lens (隐形眼镜).”The most effective night vision technology works by catching the infrared (红外线的) part of the light. Zhong suggests that the techn

20、ology could therefore be used for more than just night vision. It could help doctors monitor blood flow without having to move a patient or take them to any scans, or be used by art historians to examine layers of paint underneath the surface. Its not quite X-ray vision but its pretty close.Previous

21、 attempts to use graphene (石墨烯) in this way have suffered from the materials insensitivity towards parts of the light. The team from Michigans breakthrough was to create a sandwich of layers, with a barrier placed between two slices of graphene and an electrical current sent through the bottom part.

22、 When the infrared light hits the top layer of graphene it drives away electrons as normal, a process that is then amplified(放大) by the electrical current. And you get night vision.“Our work pioneered a new way to detect light,” said Zhong. “You will have these cameras on your smartphone, on your ve

23、hicle to drive at night, for security, and so on.” 24.Whats special about the latest night vision technology?A. Its more convenient to use.B. It has the most fashionable design.C. It has been used in the field of medicine.D. Its popular with people who wear glasses.25.What does the underlined word “

24、It” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The light. B. The infrared. C. The technology. D. The X-ray.26.Paragraph 3 is mainly about_.A. what the night vision technology isB. how the night vision technology worksC. the origin of the night vision technologyD. the use of the night vision technology in daily life

25、27.According to Zhaohui Zhong, the night vision technology_.A. makes night vision available for all peopleB. will be improved for security reasonsC. will be as common as a smartphoneD. may have a potential marketCI was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but

26、he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩).When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five. Now he was

27、 thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about going for his dreams. He didnt mention that his classmates had m

28、ade fun of him. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and

29、overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Some day when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”Last summer I received a letter from Matthews parents

30、 telling me that Matthew had passed away. It read:Dear Dick,My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I dont have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.I told you someday that I would wi

31、n a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know Im a champion. Thank you for loving me.Your friend,Matthew28.Matthew looked forward to meeting the author because_.A. he was also good at weightliftingB. he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medalC. he was one of the a

32、uthors fansD. he admired the author very much29.From the passage we learn that _ .A. Matthew was an athleteB. Matthew was an optimistic and determined boyC. the author used to have the same disease as Matthew hadD. Matthew became a champion before he died30.Matthew didnt accept the authors gold medal because_.A. he thought it was too expensiveB.