山西省沁县中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题.doc

1、1沁县中学 2018-2019 学年度第一学期第二次月考高二英语答题时间：120 分钟，满分：150 分第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分 60 分)第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someones life? If yes, dont care about sex or age! Come and join us, the

2、n youll make it.Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant(No Pay with Free Meals) Place: ManchesterHours: Part TimeWe are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Dont miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help othersRole

3、:You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.Skills and Experience Required:You will have

4、the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since youll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great a

5、dvantage for you.1. The text is meant to _. A. leave a note B. send an invitation2C. present a document D. carry an advertisement2. What does the underlined part mean?A. Youll make others lives more meaningful with this job.B. Youll arrive home just in time from this job.C. Youll earn a good salary

6、from this job.D. Youll succeed in getting this job.3. The volunteers primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities_.A. to get some financial support B. to properly protect themselvesC. to learn some new living skills D. to realize their own importance4. Which of the following c

7、an first be chosen as a volunteer?A. The one who can drive a car.B. The one who has done similar work before.C. The one who has patience to listen to others.D. The one who can use English to communicate.BStephen Hawking, a world famous British physicist, also wrote a childrens book with his daughter

8、. Hawking said the book would be “a bit like Harry Potter” but without the magic. “It explains the wonders of the universe,” said Hawking, while he was on a visit to Hong Kong over 10 years ago.Hawking, is probably the worlds most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an expert on black hole

9、s. He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning (and the end) of the universe. “My goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is to completely understand the universe, why it is as it is and why it is there at all.” Hawking has a bad illness that stops him from moving or talking. For a per

10、iod of time, he had no way to communicate except by blinking.Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computers mouse. He selects his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer(语音合成器).“I have had the disease

11、 for most of my life,” Hawking once said. “Yet it has 3not stopped me from being successful at my work.”Although Hawking is such a disabled man, he made great achievements. He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the

12、highest achievement in theoretical physics.5. In the first paragraph, the book that Stephen Hawking wrote is_. A. the same as Harry Potter B. quite different from Harry Potter.C. about the magic D. about science 6. From the text we can learn _. A. Hawking is more famous than Einstein B. Hawking is l

13、ess famous than EinsteinC. both Hawking and Einstein are very famous D. neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous 7. What does the underlined pronoun “It” in the second paragraph stand for? A. The goal. B. The magic. C. The universe. D. The book. 8. According to the text, which of the following stateme

14、nts is the fact? A. Hawking has received many awards and prizes except the Albert Einstein Award.B. The illness keeps him from moving and talking.C. He communicates with others by speaking.D. The illness stopped him from being successful.CObviously, most people who try to lose weight generally focus

15、 all or most of their attention on the food they eat. But what about their behavior? Are there habits they could be breaking that would also help them lose weight? According to the Ohio State University Extension, which summarized the findings, the researchers learned people who routinely ate breakf

16、asts, lunches, and dinners tended to have more success losing weight than people whose eating schedules were irregular. As a bonus, they were also more likely to eat a larger quantity of fruits and vegetables.One activity that brought a disaster to people who wanted to lose weight was 4watching tele

17、vision, particularly if they ate while watching TV-especially if they ate while watching TV after 7 p.m. People who did these things, including simply watching a lot of television, tended to have a higher body mass index (BMI)(身体质量指数), as well as a higher intake of fat and sugars. Those who ate out

18、a lot also tended to take in more fat and sugars, while eating fewer fruits and vegetables. For the purposes of the study, eating away from home was defined not only as eating in restaurants but also eating food provided by an employer or colleagues at work, buying food at convenience stores or gas

19、stations, or buying food for fund-raisers. Finally, the best results were achieved by those motivated people who kept writing the track of the amount and type of exercise they did and how many calories they ate, who planned meals, and used meal replacements. Those who did these things the most gener

20、ally lost more weight, ate less fat and sugars, ate more fruits and vegetables, and engaged in more physical activities. So cutting out all those high-calorie snacks will help you lose weight. If so, apparently, will change some of your habits and behavior.9. According to the researchers we can know

21、 that_.A. losing weight depends on food a person eatB. regular eating routine is good for losing weightC. fruits and vegetables can keep you healthyD. eating irregularly will leave you in a good figure10. Why did some people fail to lose weight?A. Because they had a particular love for sweetsB. Beca

22、use they were fond of watching TV at nightC. Because they developed a kind of bad habitD. Because they did nothing but watch TV after 7 p.m.11. The fourth paragraph implies that_.A. the bosses like to invite his employees to dinnerB. more and more people are content to eat outC. eating away from hom

23、e does harm to health5D. it is very convenient to have dinners outside12. What is the authors purpose in the passage?A. To encourage people to eat at home B. To inspire people to take exerciseC. To advise people to refuse calories D. To help people get more motivationDHow much weight a baby gains du

24、ring its first month could determine its IQ, new research found. The study found that children who gain more weight, and whose heads grow quickly during the first month of life, tend to have a higher IQ when they start school.Researchers at the University of Adelaide, in Australia studied 13, 800 ch

25、ildren who were born at full-term. They found that those who put on 40% of their birth weight in the first four weeks had an IQ 1.5 points higher than those who only put on 15% of their birth weight. Those who experienced the biggest growth in head circumference(头围) also had the highest IQs by the a

26、ge of six.“Head circumference is an indicator of brain volume, so a greater increase in head circumference in a newly-born baby suggests more rapid brain growth, “says the author of the study, Dr. Lisa Smithers. She added, “Overall, newly-born children who grew faster in the first four weeks had hig

27、her IQ scores later in life. Those children who gained the most weight scored especially high on the verbal IQ at age 6. This may be because neural (神经的) structures for the verbal IQ develop earlier in life, which means the rapid weight gain during the first month could be having a direct cognitive

28、benefit for the children.“Previous studies have shown the association between early postnatal (产后的) diet and the IQ, but this is the first study of its kind to focus on the IQ benefits of rapid weight gain in the first month of life. Dr. Lisa Smithers says the study further highlights the need for s

29、uccessful feeding of newly-born babies.“ We know that many mothers have difficulty establishing breastfeeding in the first week of their babies life,” Dr. Lisa Smithers said.“The findings of our study suggest that if babies are having feeding problems, there needs to be early intervention(干预) in the

30、 management of that feeding.“613. How did the researchers get their conclusion from the study?A. By asking questions B. By making comparisonC. By having a discussion D. By referring to documents14. According to Dr. Lisa Smithers, we can learn that_.A. a kids verbal IQ scores reach its highest at age

31、 sixB. this study helps parents find feeding problemsC. quick weight gain benefits newly-born babies on the verbal IQD. this study reminds parents of the need for breastfeeding15. The study differs from previous ones that _.A.it associates early postnatal diet with the IQB.it pays attention to the I

32、Q of newly-born babiesC.it emphasizes the significance of successful feedingD.it first focuses on the relation between the IQ and weight gain in the first month of life第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 3 分,满分 15 分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Its an unquestioned truth of modern life that we are starved for

33、 time. We try our best to save bits of time here and there. Add it up, and we will finally do everything we want. But this idea has been completely backward. 16 . We build the lives we want, and then time saves itself.Do we really have no time? “I don t have time“ often means” Its not a priority(优先事

34、项)“. Time is highly flexible. We cannot make more time. However, time will stretch to accommodate what we choose to put into it. So not doing something is not a matter of lacking time, 17. Actually its a matter of choice.How do we treat our priorities? First, we need to figure out what our prioritie

35、s are. Actually we may give ourselves a performance review. What did we do that made it so amazing? Next, we can write them into the next years performance review. We will have a list of six to ten goals we can work on next year. 18 .19 . Scientists find the really good time to do this is Friday aft

36、ernoon. Friday afternoon is what an economist might call the “low opportunity cost“ time. Most 7of us do not sit there on Friday afternoon saying, “I am excited to make progress toward my personal and professional priorities right now.“ But we are willing to think about what those should be. So take

37、 a little bit of time on Friday afternoon, and make a list of three-category priorities: careers, relationships and self. Its about looking at the whole of ones time and seeing where the good aspects can go. There is time. 20 . And when we focus on what matters, we can build the lives we want in tim

38、e weve got.A. its that we are too busy with it.B. its that we dont want to do it.C. When do we plan our priorities?D. Make sure theres time for the important things.E. We dont build the lives we want by saving time.F. Even if we are busy, we have time for what matters.G. And then we need to break th

39、ese down into doable steps.第二部分 语言知识运用 （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）阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I think back to my childhood, I like to recall the super-heroes that filled my Saturday morning cartoon marathons. Wearing my warm pajamas, eyes 21 on

40、 the screen, I remember how I 22 those larger than life superheroes fighting against enemies and 23 the difficulties. They opened up a world of 24 .As a child, I think we all admire the idea that there are people in this world who can 25 the impossible things-do things that 26 people cannot. Fiction

41、al superheroes are usually 27 as the people having extraordinary or superhuman power and are devoted to 28 the public. But there are real-life heroes 29 there. They dont have fascinating power that we can only 30 of. I am talking about unsung heroes in our 31 . The people we often forget, the cashie

42、rs at our 32 grocery stores, mechanics who fix our cars，people who cook the food in our local restaurants, daycare workers，those working on the frontline of non-profit 8organizations, secretaries, and the 33 goes on.I try to express my 34 every day to the people who make our lives 35 , even when we

43、dont realize it. Just everyone in your community is 36 an unsung hero to someone in their lives.Life is a 37 at times and each of us has a story to tell. Someone else is thankful for less than what you have. An unsung hero of mine who 38 my day was a lady in the line behind me at the grocery store w

44、ho said,“ It doesnt matter if the glass is full or empty just be 39 that you have a glass.“ Having a 40 attitude means showing gratitude towards the people in your life.21. A. attended B. adapted C. exposed D. fixed22. A. admired B. respected C. imagined D. expected23. A. arranging B. challenging C.

45、 responding D. balancing24. A. wonders B. freedom C. possibilities D. business25. A. accomplish B. acquire C. overcome D. occupy26. A. wealthy B. unusual C. ordinary D. educated27. A. represented B. described C. designed D. supposed28. A. entertaining B. astonishing C. leading D. protecting29. A. st

46、aying B. fighting C. working D. existing30. A. talk B. dream C. think D. imagine31. A. country B. city C. community D. state32. A. local B. rural C. urban D. favorite33. A. frontline B. example C. number D. list34. A. gratitude B. admiration C. delight D. praise35. A. faster B. cheaper C. easier D.

47、worse36. A. exactly B. probably C. naturally D. slightly37. A. stage B. struggle C. discussion D. conversation38. A. made B. led C. spent D. enriched39. A. amazed B. confident C. astonished D. thankful40. A. clever B. satisfactory C. positive D. negative第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分,满分 15 分）9阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1

48、 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。For many young people,41 (go) to university is one of the most important 42 (stage) of their lives. It is the time when young people will move out of 43 (they) home to live with other people, often strangers.44 (especial) in the US, people often travel very far from home to study.

49、 It is a time to be 45 (dependence). Besides ,Life in university is 46_ (benefit) to people.At university, you will be taught by lecturers and professors who are leading figures in their study. The opportunity to learn from and to discuss with them is47 _ drives some people to apply to university. Students are required to choose a major that they wish to study. Apart 48 the academic benefit, life at university can also allow students 49 (develop) thei