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1、山西省平遥县二中高二英语上学期第一次月考试题山西省平遥县二中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题（本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟，将正确答案写在答题卡上）第卷（客观题）第一部分. 阅读理解 (共两节，满分60分)第1节（共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分） AFun DayTo celebrate the Year of the dogOrganised by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High SchoolDate: 2 February 2018Time: 10 am5 pmPlace: Kwun Tong Playgrou

2、ndFee: $20 (buy three get one free)Programmes: drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performanceHighlights:1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera 2) learn to make festival food Join us on the Fun Day! All are welcome! Free Soft DrinksNote: Tickets are available at the General Office of L

3、am Tin Youth Center For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.1. What you have just read is a _. A. note B. poster C. schedule D. report 2. What is going to take place on 2 February 2018? A. A party for close friends to meet and have fun

4、. B. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year. C. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife. D. A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.3. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together? A. $20. B. $40. C. $60. D. $80.4. Which of the following statements is true? A. Its un

5、necessary to take soft drinks with you. B. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School. C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.D. Festival food will be served without extra charge. BI left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the ne

6、xt six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didnt think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.I had enough saving

7、s to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words. It takes confidence to make a new start theres a dark period in-between where youre neither one thing nor t

8、he other. Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do, and youre too ashamed to say, “Well, Im writing a novel, but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel

9、out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income,

10、 just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal - that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck -of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, theres no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now h

11、ave my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher -to be a published writer - is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.5. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?A. I was waiting for good fortune. B. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. C.I was trying to find an admirable job.D. I was b

12、eing aimless about a suitable job. 6. The author decided to write a novel _ .A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dreamC. to satisfy readers wish D. to earn more money7. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?A. Uncertain. B. Disturbed. C. Confident. D. Ashamed. 8. What does

13、 the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?A. It pays to stick to ones goal. B. Hard work can lead to success.C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something. CHotdogs may be a favorite food in America but when it comes to eatin

14、g them, the Japanese are the best on the earth. At the 2001 World Hotdog Eating Championships, Takeru Kobayashi ate 50 hotdogs in just 12 minutes to set a new world record ! Thats more than one hotdog every 15 seconds ! Hes been unbeaten in the competition since then. Whats even more amazing is that

15、 Takeru Kobayashi isnt a big fat person.Takeru is a thin,131 pound,eating-machine who had to beat 19 other eaters from around the world. For being the world champion,Takeru Kobayashi won the championship belt and most importantly a years supply of hotdogs! Eating contest organizers say its very rare

16、 for someone to get hurt in one of these eating contests. But its still pretty easy to get injured by a hotdog . At a Toronto Blue Jays Baseball game,several fans were injured during a free hotdog hand out. Hotdogs were fired into the crowd using an air cannon (大炮). But several of the hotdogs explod

17、ed when they landedflying ketchup , and pieces of sausage all over the hungry baseball fans !9How many at least did Takeru eat within a minute in the contest ? Amore than 3 Bmore than 2 Cmore than 4 Dmore than 5 10.What did the word unbeaten in paragraph 1 mean ? Anever fight with others Bnever be d

18、efeated by others Calways fight with others Dalways be defeated by others11According to the text , he got as the world champion .Aa gold medal Ba seat belt Chot dogs for free the whole year Da eating machine D In a job interview, the first question is often a breaking the ice type of question. Dont

19、be surprised if the interviewer asks you something like: “How are you today?” or “What do you think of the weather lately?” Answer the question without going into too much detail.Talking about qualifications is the most important part of any job interview. Your qualifications include your education

20、and any special training you may have received in the past. Your qualifications also include your experience in any previous work. It is important to explain what experience you have in detail. Generally, employers want to know exactly what you did and how well you accomplished your tasks. This is n

21、ot the time to be modest.Try to avoid some big mistakes in the job interview, such as leaving the mobile on and criticizing previous bosses. The worst thing is you yourself have no questions. Having no questions shows you are either not interested or not prepared. Remember that interviewers are more

22、 impressed with the questions you ask than the selling points you try to make. 12. The passage is mainly about _. A. importance of interviewees qualifications in job interviews B. the typical questions asked in job interviews C. some common mistakes found in job interviews D.Dos and Donts in job int

23、erviews 13. A breaking the ice type of question is _. A. a question that makes people unhappy B. a sharp question that makes people angry C. an opening question asked to make people less nervous D. a question asked about serious topic 14. All of the following are considered to be the interviewees qu

24、alifications except _. A. educational background B. social background C. all kinds of special training received D. experience in previous work 15. _ is not mentioned in the passage as a mistake found in job interviews. A. Leaving the mobile on B. Having no questions C. Arriving late D. Criticizing p

25、revious bosses 第2节（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. 16 .Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. 17 , th

26、en probably children would buy less take-away food. 18 . I agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If parents often give their children fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, they will go for sweet and salty

27、 foods, and children will find it hard to get rid of the habit.There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. 19 . What they nee

28、d is to go outside and play active games or sports.The above are the main reasons for this problem. 20 , as well as forcing them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.A. There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight B. Adults are becoming fa

29、tter and unhealthier too C. If there were fewer of these restaurantsD. Therefore we have to encourage young people to be more activeE. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime (消遣), it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy foodF. I feel there are a number of reasons for thisG. Its a good idea to a

30、llow children to eat what they choose第二部分. 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分55分）第一节. 完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） One of Mark Twains classic novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is set in a small American 21 in the 19th century. The people in this town are very traditional and 22 a quiet life. The story is about a bo

31、y called Tom Sawyer, who lives with his aunt Polly. He is often in 23 with his aunt. Aunt Polly is very kind, 24 Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.Tom is different from 25 children in the town. He loves adventure. He does a lot of bad things, but he never really 26 anyone. He tries very

32、 hard not to go to school, and often jumps 27 his bedroom window at night to meet his friends. He is very clever. One day, Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting, and he 28 to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new 29 game. It is these little stories 30 make readers want to keep reading the novel, but it is