河北省黃驊中學(xué)2018_2019學(xué)年高二英語下學(xué)期第二次月考試題.docx

黃驊中學(xué)20182019年度高中二年級(jí)第二學(xué)期第二次月考 英語試卷 本試卷分第卷（選擇題）和第卷兩部分。第卷1至8 頁，第卷 9至10 頁。共150分?？荚嚂r(shí)間120分鐘。第卷（客觀題 共100 分）注意事項(xiàng)：答第卷前，考生務(wù)必將自己的姓名、學(xué)號(hào)、班級(jí)及準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)等分別寫在試卷相應(yīng)位置和涂在答題卡上；不能將題直接答在試卷上。第一部分：聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分） 聽下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。1. What will the man do next?A. Talk with Mr. Black. B. See an engineer. C. Attend a meeting.2. What will the woman probably eat?A. Some fruit. B. Some cookies. C. Some nuts. 3. What did the man ask Justin to do?A. Bring some magazines.B. Design a magazine cover. C. Read the magazines on his table.4. When did the man get home last night?A. At 11:20. B. At 11:30. C. At 12:00.5. Where is the woman going?A. To a lamp factory. B. To a repair shop. C. To a garage.第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分） 聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的做答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答6、7題。6. What are the speakers talking about? A. An exam.B. A course.C. A lecture.7. What topic did the essay question cover?A. Arthur Millers plays. B. Mark Twains novels. C. Walt Whitmans poems.聽下面一段對(duì)話，回答第8和第9兩個(gè)小題。8. Why does the woman make the call?A. To change her flight.B. To book an air ticket.C. To check her flight.9. What is the actual flying time to New York?A. 9 hours.B. 14 hours. C. 16 hours.聽下面一段對(duì)話，回答第10至第12三個(gè)小題。10. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a gas station.B. At a car factory.C. At a garage.11. Which part of the car exists potential risk?A. The tire.B. The radiator. C. The windshield.12. How does the woman pay?A. By credit card. B. In cash.C. By check.聽下面一段對(duì)話，回答第13至第16四個(gè)小題。13. What was the womans first job? A. A teacher. B. An actress.C. An artist.14. How did the children react towards the play about a lion?A. They were frightened. B. They laughed about it. C. They complained to their parents.15. How does the womans daughter help her?A. Perform in the shows.B. Record the music for the shows.C. Give opinions on the new stories.16. What contributes most to the success of the womans shows? A. Her luck. B. Her passion. C. Her intelligence.聽下面一段獨(dú)白，回答第17至第20四個(gè)小題。17. How long did Dennis Tito stay at the International Space Station?A. 10 days.B. 14 days. C. 22 days.18. Where is Kate from? A. Canada. B. The UK. C. Australia.19. What does Ben want to do?A. Travel on earth. B.Take action to protect the earth.C. Explore in space and discover its secrets.20. What does the speaker expect the listeners to do?A. Share opinions about space travel. B. Collect information about astronauts.C. Show respect for Dennis and Martin.第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AEducational APP StoreDuolingoDuolingo is regarded as one of the best English language apps today, which is strongly recommended for English amateurs. The system of the app helps you learn English quickly by spending twenty minutes a day. Duolingo structures your lessons that teach you about seven new words based on a topic and skill points being awarded for completing the lessons.BusuuBusuu helps you learn English language on the go and the lessons quality is guaranteed as it is based on CEFR language framework. Lessons range from beginners to advanced learners. Busuu is actually a great English app if you want to improve your spoken English by talking with native speakers.MemriseMemrise uses some creative and easy ways to memorize English words. The focus of this app is to help the users expand their vocabulary by learning English words in an effective way. Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection.Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone is designed differently from average language apps on the marketplace today. Its trying to teach us English the way wed learn it, as if we were children starting to learn the language. Furthermore, it has exercises designed to help you learn basic words. A variety of lessons are offered that Rosetta Stone has been using for years.21.Which app mentions the time for daily study?A. Busuu.B. Duolingo.C. Memrise.D. Rosetta Stone.22.Why is Memrise distinct from the others?A. It will give learners quick progress.B. It has many vocabulary lessons.C. It is designed for English beginners.D. It can be applied offline as well.23.The passage is written to _.A. inform readers of research results B. encourage English beginnersC. recommend English-learning apps D. introduce ways of learningB After finishing a meal at an American Chinese restaurant you probably expect to receive a handful of fortune cookies after you pay the bill. Fortune cookies are in Chinese restaurants throughout the United States. Its rather satisfying to crack open a cookie at the end of your meal and read your “l(fā)ucky fortune” on the slip of paper inside.The exact origin of the fortune cookie is unknown. It is thought that the tasty snack was the first introduced into San Francisco in 1914, after an immigrant began distributing the cookie with “thank you” notes in them. These “thank you” notes were intended as symbols of appreciation for friends who stood with him through the economic hardship and discrimination of his early life in America.There is an alternate origin story. Los Angeles is regarded as the site of the fortune cookies invention. In this version of the story, David Jung, a Chinese immigrant residing in L. A., is thought to have created the cookie in order to uplift the spirits of the poor and homeless. In 1918, Jung handed out the cookies for free to the poor outside his shop and each cookie contained a strip of paper with an inspirational sentence printed on it.Fortune cookies first began to gain popularity in mainstream American culture during WWII. Chinese restaurants would serve them in place of desserts, as desserts were not popular in traditional Chinese cuisine. Today fortune cookies are not tied to Chinese-American culture. In fact, the largest fortune cookie manufacturer is located in the United States and it produces 4.5 million fortune cookies a day an evidence to the modern-day popularity of the snack. However, an attempt to introduce the fortune cookie to China in 1992 was a failure, and the cookie was cited for being “too American.”So the next time you break open a fortune cookie and read a fortune about the many successes you should expect in your future, remember that the conclusion to your Chinese restaurant meal may not be as Chinese as you think.24. What do we know about fortune cookies?A. They are as popular in China as in America.B.They first appeared in America during WWII.C. They contain slips of paper with good wishes.D. They are often charged to the customers bill.25. Why were fortune cookies introduced into San Francisco?A. To make profit. B. To express gratitude.C. To uplift peoples spirits D. To help people out of hardship.26. Which of the following sentences may be found in Jung s cookies?A. The fortune you seek is in another cookie.B. Every exit is an entrance to new experiences.C. Im being held prisoner by a Chinese bakery.D. Only taste fortune cookies; disregard all others27. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. A Symbol of Chinese Culture B. Chinese Restaurants in AmericaC. Can fortune cookie tell your fortune? D. Fortune cookie, Chinese or American? CFrom selfdriving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces,” said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.But the report states: “Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobsjust changing what people do.” Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.“The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological knowhow will directly challenge big companies,” it states.A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create,” according to Aaron Smith, the reports coauthor.“Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change,” Microsofts Jonathan Grudin told researchers.28.We can infer from the text that in the future _.A.people will face many difficulties B.most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces C.artificial intelligence will threaten peoples lives D.people will take up more creative jobs29.According to the report, _.A.small companies will win against big companies B.big companies will face fewer challengesC. people wont necessarily lose jobs D. most people will become interested in technology30.What is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future?A. Hopeful.B. Worried.C. Mixed.D. Doubtful.31. Jonathan Grudins words in the last paragraph suggest that _.A.things will change a lot in a few years B.there will be enough jobs for people C. many people will become unemployed D. technology will totally change future jobsDAs PhD research goes, Brian Wisenden might be envied: watching baby fish swimming swiftly through the clear waters in the Costa Rican tropical dry forest. By recording their growth and numbers, he hoped to look at their risks of being eaten. Instead, he witnessed something strange. Many groups were increasing in numbers. In these groups, some were smaller than others, suggesting they werent siblings. Wisenden had accidentally discovered that the fish, called convict cichlids, adopt each others babies. Why would they do that, he wondered?In the human world, we think of adoption as a selfless act. But in nature, its presence is puzzling. Taking on the burden of bringing up babies with no genetic link would seem to reduce an animals chance of survival or at least provide no gain. Yet, adoption is surprisingly common in the natural world.Take the eastern grey kangaroo. Between 2008 and 2013, Wisenden followed the fates of 326 baby kangaroos in the Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria and recorded 11 cases of pouch (育兒袋) swapping. The circumstances behind some of these adoptions arent known, but four were straight swaps and another four occurred after a mother had lost her own baby. How come? Before independence, baby kangaroos go through a period inside and outside their mothers pouch. Following out-of-pouch attempts, mothers normally sniff their young before allowing them back in, but Wisendens team suspect that during an emergency they may omit the sniff test, allowing a weak baby to quickly climb in before fleeing from danger.Some of natures adoptions are, actually, driven by young. In burrower bugs (土蝽), for example, females lay a nest of eggs close to those of unrelated bugs. Mother bugs tend their developing eggs before they hatch, and then feed babies nuts from weedy mint plants. Finding nuts is a competitive business, so not every mother bug gets her fair share. And if the delivery rate isnt up to standard, clever young may abandon their mothers to join a better-fed group.The consequences of adoption following mistaken identity can be horrible. The true babies of adopting mothers were abandoned. But it can have remarkable benefits, not just for adoptees but also for adoptive parents.32. What can we learn about Wisendens research about baby fish?A. It was beyond his expectations. B. It put many rare species at risk.C. It showed a genetic similarity in fish .D. It found a new way to protect forests.33. What does the underlined word “omit” mean in the passage?A. confirm. B. repeat. C. adopt. D. skip.34. Why would some burrower hugs abandon their mothers?A. To live in warmer nests. B. To reproduce.C. To seek for better parenting. D. To adapt to competition earlier.35. What may the author most probably talk about next?A. The causes of accidental adoption. B. The processes of accidental adoption.C. The drawbacks of accidental adoption. D. The advantages of accidental adoption.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。請(qǐng)把36-40的答案依次涂在答題卡71-75相應(yīng)位置。How to Have a Birthday PartyBirthdays come and go with each passing year, so how do you have a party that will always be memorable? A little planning and inspiration can get you started.Pick a suitable theme. _36_ Then choose a theme that suits them perfectly. You can go “all out” and make every aspect of the party theme-related, or you can try a lighter touch by including just a little theme-related decoration or food.Plan ahead. Get your guest list made and your invitations out at least 2 weeks before the party. _37_Plan your music. Make sure you have a way to play your tunes whether that be just a set of speakers with a phone or music player, or a whole DJ setup._38_ Make sure you have a range of fast, slow, soft, and quiet songs on hand to fit the mood (情緒) at different times of the event and get your guests feeling celebratory.Keep guests entertained. Provide lots of opportunities for social mingling (particularly for grown-ups),as well as “free play” for kids. But to really keep the celebration going, games always seem to be the hit of the party! _39_Depending on your number of guests and their ages, you can even have several games running throughout the event. Balance your levels of activity so that theres plenty going on throughout the party._40_ With kids parties especially, it is almost a certainty that things will not go exactly according to plan. Be prepared by having extra games and activities, extra goody bags, and a rain plan ready.A. Plan extra activities.B. Expect the unexpected!C. Background music really helps set the atmosphere.D. Just remember, finger foods are best, particularly for young guests.E. This way, youll know your group size and decide on the best place.F. Consider the age, gender, interests and hobbies of the guest of honor!G. There are great websites where you can find activities that tie into a particular theme.第三部分：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 One day I had to call emergency services because I found my partner unconscious on the floor. Within minutes, a police car and an 41 arrived, filled with police and paramedics（護(hù)理人員）who took my 42 away quickly to the emergency department, where he received the critical 43 that he needed.A week later, I wrote thank you notes to those helpful police and paramedics and 44 for them, for it was a small gesture with a big impact. When I dropped off brownies（布朗尼蛋糕）at the police and fire stations, they 45 me for the gifts. Thanked me ? All that Id done was bake: theyd 46 a life.I drove away feeling 47 and happy, 48 because Id done a good deed, but mostly because I was amazed that there are 49 people who do life saving work and 50 nothing in turn.I 51 my mood may have been better than it seemed. Research has shown that 52 thoughts of gratitude and performing acts of kindness can boost（提高）your 53 and have other 54 effects on your health. “We know from studies in the literature that gratitude does have a good 55 on happiness, that it increases life 56 , says Willibald Ruch, a psychology professor at the University of Zurich who 57 effects of character strengths such as gratitude and 58 . Its among the top five predictors of 59 “You can make positive changes in your life by learning to 60 gratitude.41.Aagency BapologyCagreement Dambulance 42.Apartner Bneighbor Cstranger Dprofessor43.Aremark Bsurvey Cease Dcare44.Abaked Bcalled Cprepared Dpaid來45.Ablamed Bthanked Cimpressed Dinformed46.Asaved Bbrought Cdiscovered Dcreated47.Alight Btight Cheavy Dready48.Apartly Beventually Cpossibly