1、音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题高二月考试题 共 7 页 第 1 页第一节 阅读理解 (共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)A1. The card above is _.A. a ticket B. a postcard C. an invitation D.an advertisement2. The party is for_.A.a birthday B.the Queen C.bee watching D.the National Day3. According to the card, if you are unable to go,you can_.A. return
2、the card B. visit the MuseumC. ignore the message D. contact Alices motherBWhy is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?The answer depends largely on cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color that represented the hope and joy of spring
3、, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. In China, children are given money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to p
4、rotect themselves against evils（灾祸）.Peoples choice of colors is also influenced by their bodies reactions （反应）toward them. Green is said to be the most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally and physically. People who work in green environment have been found
5、 to have fewer stomach aches.Red can cause a persons blood pressure to rise and increase peoples appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. Similarly, many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that easily catches a pe
6、rsons eye.The bees have been busy.Theres been lots to do.We are throwing a party becauseALICE IS TURNING 2 !Come bug out with us,Saturday, July 4th12 to 1:30The PavilionMississippi Museum of Natural Science2148 Riverside Drive,JacksonRegrets to the Queen Beeat 601-555-4111音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题高二月考试题 共 7 页
7、 第 2 页Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue can cause people to lose appetite. So if you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.The next time you are deciding on what to wear or what color to decorate your room, think about the color carefully.4. Muslims regar
8、d green as a symbol of heaven mainly because of their .A. cultural values B. commercial purposesC. personal experiences D. physical reactions to the color5. Why will many commercial websites have a red “Buy Now” button?A. To relax people physically. B. To increase peoples appetites.C. To encourage p
9、eople to make a purchase.D. To cause a persons blood pressure to rise.6. What color might help lose weight according to the text?A. Red B. Green. C. Blue. D. Purple.7. Which of the following would be the most proper title for the text?A. Colors and Human Beings B. The Cultural Meaning of ColorC. Col
10、ors and Personal Experiences D. The Meaning and Function of ColorCWhen milk arrived on the doorstepWhen I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s,we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep.His name was Mr.Basille.He wore a white cap and drove a white trusk.As a 5 year-old boy,I couldnt
11、 take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt.He naticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarte out of his coin changer.Of course,he delivered more than milk.There was cheese,eggs and so on.If we needed to change our orded,my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of butter
12、milk next delivey”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles.And then,the buttermilk would magically(魔 术 般 )appear.All of this was about more than convenience.There esirted a close relationship between families and their milkmen.Mr.Basille even had a key to our house,for those times when
13、it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors,so that the milk wouldnt freeze.And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table,having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the product
14、ion cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete（ 竞 争 ） . Beside, milk is for sal everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.Recently, an old milk box the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. Took it home and planted it on the bac
15、k porch（ 门 廊 ） .Every so often my sons friend will asked what it is. So I start telling stories of my bothood, and of milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.8. Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out his coin changer .A.to show his magical power B.to pay for the delivery 音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题
16、高二月考试题 共 7 页 第 3 页C.to satisfv his curiosity D.to please his mother9. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boys house?A.He wanted to have tea there. B. He was a respectable person.C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was fully trusted by the family.10. Why do
17、se home milk delivery no longer exist?A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now. B. It has been driven out of the market.C. Its service is getting poor. D. It is forbidden by law.11. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?A. He missed the good old days. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories
18、.C. He needed it for his milk bottles. D. He planted flowers in it.DIf youre looking for a fairly painless way to lose weight (or at least not gain it), researchers have a new solution for you: put yourself on a regular sleep schedule. Led by Bruce Bailey, professor of exercise science, researchers
19、followed 300 women students, aged 19 to 26, who were given activity trackers to watch their movements and activities, including waking and sleeping times. They were assessed for body composition(成分 ) before and after the one-week study period.What the researchers found:Getting less than 6.5 hours of
20、 sleep or more than 8.5 hours of sleep was linked to higher body fat.High quality sleep was connected with lower body fat while poor sleep was connected with higher body fat.Waking and going to sleep at the same time every day was most strongly linked with lower body fat.The difference in body weigh
21、t was greater with more variation in sleep patterns. Women whose sleep patterns varied by 90 minutes a night had higher body fat than those whose sleep varied by 60 minutes or less on average. Body fat also varied with sleep quantity. Women who slept between 8 and 8.5 hours a night had the lowest bo
22、dy fat. What we should notice is that this was a small study, of very short duration, with study participants selected from a limited pool of the same type. The study followed up a series of research carried out over the last few years that ties quality and quantity of sleep to weight loss and bette
23、r weight control. While researchers dont know exactly how sleep schedules affect body weight and fat, other studies have shown that sleep has an effect on physical activity, appetite(食欲), and the hormones that control appetite, metabolism (新陈代谢), and the signals that tell us were full.12. Which of t
24、he following is TRUE according to the study?A. The more one sleeps, the thinner she is.B. One who sleeps well can better control her weight.C. One should change sleep patterns more often to lose weight.D. Sleeping early and waking up early is good for weight loss.13. It can be inferred from the last
25、 paragraph that_.音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题高二月考试题 共 7 页 第 4 页A. the result of the study is absolutely reliableB. sleep can give signals to tell people theyre fullC. its the first research on better ways to control weight D. how sleep affects body weight is still to be discovered14. What is the best title for t
26、he text?A. Ways of reducing weightB. Enjoy the benefits of sleepC. Regular sleep could help you lose weightD. Improving sleep quality is good for your health15. The text is likely to appear in_.A. a health report B. a history paper C. a research plan D. a science textbookEThese days you might hear p
27、eople talking about “the cloud”. Whether its storing files (文件) in the cloud or listening to music in the cloud, more and more people are using “the cloud”. 16_In technology, however, its something completely different.The cloud is simply the term for a network that can be used via an Internet conne
28、ction to store and manage information. 17_For many people, the experience of using files from anywhere is like pulling it down from the sky, or “the cloud”.Before we had the cloud storage services, finding enough storage space was a real challenge. 18_ If we wanted to open a file in a new computer,
29、we had to save the file to a USB key, and transfer it to the new computer. But today, cloud computing allows us to simply save a file on a remote server and it can be used from any machine that has an Internet connection. 19_ For example, if we store our data(数据 ) in a cloud storage system, we would
30、nt need to carry around a physical storage device or use the same computer to edit our information. With the right storage system, we could even allow other people to use the data.Theres quite a bit of complex process that goes into cloud computing. 20_ If we want to store, manage or take files from
31、 the cloud, we just need a personal account（账号）for security reasons. Free accounts usually require an email address and a password.A. We had to store all of our files on our computers.B. Luckily, we dont need to understand all of it to use it.C. Cloud storage has several advantages over traditional
32、data storage.D. But for someone, “the cloud” still means those white things in the sky.E. The Internet provides the connection between your computer and the database. F. In other words, its a place other than your computer that you can use to store your information.音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题高二月考试题 共 7 页 第 5 页G
33、. Every cloud storage service has its advantages and disadvantages, and no service is perfect.第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)That holiday morning I didnt have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 21 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular mor
34、ning, _22_,I felt like getting up early.I stood by my window overlooking the _23_, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something _24_ in life.As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I _25_ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on it
35、s _26_ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He _27_ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already _28_ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning. Several thou
36、ghts _29_my mind as I watched him work. He wasnt well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) _30_ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern _31_would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed_32_ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, _33_ at passer
37、s-by and stopping to chat now and then _34_ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.There was a noticeable touch of_35_ in the way he seemed to be doing things _36_the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and _37_, standing back to see what th
38、ey look like after the scrub.It was a _38_ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a _39_if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt _40_ of myself. Young as I amjust sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the su
39、n appeared above the horizon.21Aforces Ballows Ccauses Dforbids22Aotherwise Btherefore Chowever Dbesides23Aparking lot Bbus stop Cschool Dmarket24Ainteresting Bsurprising Cawful Duseful25Anoticed Brecognized Ccalled Dassisted26Aback Bhandle Cwheel Dseat27Asearched Bleft Cmoved Dwandered28Astopped Bs
40、tarted Cintended Dfinished29Acrossed Bslipped Cdisturbed Dinspired30Aattractive Bshiny Csimple Dexpensive31Arepairmen Bbusinessmen Cdrivers Dcyclists32Abusy Bcontent Ccareful Dbored音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题高二月考试题 共 7 页 第 6 页33Awaving Blooking Claughing Dpointing34Aabout Bfor Cwith Dlike35Aworry Brespect Csymp
41、athy Dpride36Acleaning Bfixing Creplacing Dcovering37Astill Byet Cagain Dsoon38Alesson Bsubject Cskill Dfact39Abusiness Bliving Csuccess Dright40Atired Bdoubtful Cfearful Dashamed第三节 语法填空 (共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于 3 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。It was
42、a summer afternoon and some boys were playing together in a park. They knew each other well,as they _41._ (spend) the last three years of school together and tomorrow was the start of a new term, about _42._they were excited and nervous.The first day of school came, and all the boys were put in the
43、same class _43._ coincidence. . After lunch, the teacher came into the classroom with a boy and it was evident _44._ they had never seen him before.All the children were quiet, _45._ (wait) for the teacher to speak. And she said: “Hello everyone, this is Mei Pei from China, our newest class member.
44、Mei Pei knows some English so I hope you will treat him as if he _46._ (be) your brother.”Then one child said to Mei Pei: “How come you speak _47._ (different)?” Meipei answered: “In my country, we all talk this way. On _48._ other hand, were just the same as you. I wish I 49._ (speak) English as we
45、ll as you in three months.” So the new _50._ (add) to the class helped everyone learn how to respect new people. 41._42._43._44._45._46._47._48._49._50._音一中高二下学期月考 英语试题高二月考试题 共 7 页 第 7 页第四节 短文改错 （共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）请修改下面的短文。短文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加
46、的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。My grandfather is at his early eighties, and lives a long and health life. When he heard that I started smoking and found difficult to give it up, he wrote a letter to me. He tells me that when he was you
47、ng, he didnt know many about the harmful effects on smoking. He didnt know, for examples, that it could do damage to peoples hearts and lungs, or that it was more difficult of smoking couples to become pregnant. He certainly did know their babies may have a smaller birth weight. Neither did he knew
48、that his cigarette smoke could affect the health of the non-smokers. He decided to stop smoking. Eventually he managed to quit and so could I.第五节 书面表达(满分 25 分)假定你是李华，给你的英语老师刘老师（现任教于美国孔子学院）写封邮件， ，内容包括：1. 表达对他的思念；2. 询问他在美国的生活和工作情况；3. 告诉他你现在的英语学习情况并感谢他曾经的教导和帮助；4. 希望他来信介绍美国学生的生活。美国孔子学院：American Confucius Institute 注意：1
