1、集美高中高二英语月考试题第I卷第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMaybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father. “But, Dad, you cant be healthy ifyoure dead.” Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had f
2、orgotten to wear hissafety belt a mistake 75% of the US people make every day. The big question is why. There have beenmany myths（虚构故事）about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. Thefollowing are three of the most common myths.Myth Number One: Its best to be “t
3、hrown clear” of a serious accident.Truth: Sorry, but any accident serious enough to “throw you clear” is also going to be serious enough togive you a very bad landing. And chances are that youll have traveled through a windshield (挡风玻璃) ordoor to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car
4、 accident are twenty-five times greater if peopleare “thrown clear.”Myth Number Two: Safety belts “trap” people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.Truth: Sorry again, but studies show that people knocked unconscious (昏迷) due to not wearing safetybelts have a greater chance of dying in thes
5、e accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected tothe point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situation, not to be trapped in them.Myth Number Three: Safety belts arent needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour.Truth: when two cars traveling at 30 mph
6、 hit each other, an unbelted driver would meet the windshieldwith a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters.21. The reason why Father got home in a hurry was that he _.A. wasnt feeling very wellB. wanted to take some exerciseC. hated to drive in the darkD. didnt wa
7、nt to be caught by the police22. According to the text, to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident is very dangerous because you _.A. may be knocked down by other carsB. may get caught in the car doorC. may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the carD. may find it impossible to get away from the
8、seat23. Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe _ .A. cars catch fire easilyB. they will be caught when help comesC. they will be unable to think clearly in an accidentD. the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident24. What is the advice given in the tex
9、t?A. Never drive faster than 30 miles an hour.B. Try your best to save yourself in a car accident.C. Drive slowly while youre not wearing a safety belt.D. Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving.BI was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question What is a good person?
10、At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students, a young man of about 30 described anevent that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and alittle boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people
11、 there takebegging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.So, this little boy came to the door,a boy about the same age as my students son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the fatherwent back with his five-year-old son and said to him,“Give him one of your
12、 toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up one toy, and his father saidto him, “No, no, give him your favorite toy.” And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried;he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of you
13、rfavorite toys.”And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in theliving room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.What do you think happened? After a couple of minutes, his son came running ba
14、ck into the living room, hisface lighted up. “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?” I think I have got the answer to the question.25. From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico _.A. begging is looked down uponB. begging is considered as a normal part of lifeC. visitors all over the world treat
15、beggars kindlyD. few people are living a poor life26. The sentence “Daddy, can I do that again?” showed that the boy _.A. got pleasure by helping the little beggarB. wanted to please his fatherC. began to like the little beggarD. wanted to be the little beggars friend27. According to the writer, “be
16、ing a good person” means _.A. being ready to giveB. being friendly to beggarsC. having the courage to correct his/her mistakesD. being able to teach children to tell right from wrongCWe can stay young forever. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world. And theChinese doctor claims t
17、hat he has found an answer to the problems of aging. His solution is a herbalmedicine to slow the process of aging.Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinesemedicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best
18、of both and find a curefor aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called “Shen”.According to Shen, it is the kidney (肾) that adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its agingprocess. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Stu
19、dies conducted by Dr.Shen show that herbal medicine based on the Shen system slows the aging process.We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness ingeneral, and wrinkles. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. The
20、seT-cells contain a particular substance called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves. So theonly way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eatlow-calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. Bu
21、t, is going hungry all thetime a good price to pay for staying young? This is where Dr. Shens herbal medicine comes. But howeffective it will be, only time can tell.28. How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?A. By studying Western medicine.B. By learning traditional Chinese medic
22、ine.C. By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.D. By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.29. What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?A. Medical treatment.B. Peoples good kidney.C. Level of peoples activity.D. Positive life attitude.30. The re
23、ason why people become old is that _.A. their bodies produce T-cellsB. their bodies are unable to fight diseasesC. they have reduced strength, loss of hairD. they become weaker and weaker31. We can probably learn from the passage that _.A. producing more low-calorie food allows people to keep youngB
24、. the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for healthC. people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the bodyD. it remains unknown how effective Dr.Shens herbal medicine isDArriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time
25、whilelooking for a house for me and our children.During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the lateafternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all hisimportant papers, including his passport. He repo
26、rted the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonelyin strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distantcountry while trying to settle down in a new one.Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronou
27、nce my husbands nameand was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath.My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Theiryoung daughter had gone to the trash
28、can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefullysorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last theyhad seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to afriend.That family not onl
29、y restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith andtrust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish.32. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?A. Join his family.B. Go shopping.C. Find a house.D. Take his family.33. The girls
30、parents got Rashids phone number from _.A. a friend of his familyB. a Sydney policemanC. a stranger in SydneyD. a letter in his papers34. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?A. showed. B. sent out. C. gave back. D. delivered.35. Which of the following can be the best
31、title for the text?A. Turning Trash to Treasure. B. Living in a New Country.C. From India to Australia. D. In Search of New Friends.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dog
32、s andtreat them well. 36 However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. Theexpression, to lead a dogs life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. 37 They say that to be successful, a person hasto work like a dog.
33、 This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make peopledog-tired.And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.38 This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful,people often have to learn new skills. Yet, s
34、ome people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks.They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.39 People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyarddogs live in places where people throw
35、away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guardthis property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person whoappears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.Dog expressions are also used to desc
36、ribe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of theyear.Arainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. 40 .A. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.B. Still, people say every dog has its day.C. That means many people are competing for the same things, lik
37、e good jobs.D. Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.E. There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.F. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.G. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care第三部分:语言知识运用（共两节，满分45
38、分）第一节完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳项。A couple of weeks ago, I made a trip to Toronto with my granddaughter who just turned three years old.The two of us were on our way to _41_her parents and my wife, her _42_ who had been gone forover a week. We were all anxiou
39、s to_43_ again. As I pulled out of Mamere and Paperes driverway inChelmsford, Hailee and I were both_44_ about the trip and couldnt wait to arrive at our _45_.When we completed the“SEVEN”-hour trip to Toronto later that day, the reunion wasabsolutely_46_and I can sincerely say I enjoyed every single
40、 minute of that _47_ journey.Hailee is at that “I want to _48_ it myself” stage of her life. And if you can just get over the“hurry-up syndrome (综合征)” we acquire as _49_ , it is wonderful to witness that putting a straw intothe _50_in a juice box for the very first time could be such an earth-shatte
41、ring（惊天动地的）event orbeing _51_enough to actually open the fridge door for the first time or putting on your own _52_onthe right feet would be so _53_?Ill never forget the look on her face the day she was able to _54_ into my truck by herself. Shefinally _55_ on my seat, holding onto the steering whee
42、l (方向盘) and declared _56_ “I did it!” Andwhen she could actually put her own seat belt on, what a(n) _57_ ! Have you ever watched athree-year-old _58_ to sip (啜饮) a McDonalds milkshake through a straw? It is hard enough for anadult, too. And_59_ every time the icy solution (溶液) touched her lips, you
43、 could see the_60_ in hereyes. I learned that you cant hurry a child through a milkshake.41. A. visit B. help C. bless D. follow42. A. mother B. grandma C. father D. aunt43. A. get together B. turn up C. pay off D. settle down44. A. concerned B. hopeful C. excited D. anxious45. A. hometown B. confer
44、ence C. city D. destination46. A. hard B. timely C. wonderful D. surprising47. A. frequent B. final C. tough D. long48. A. carry B. prove C. do D. explain49. A. doctors B. parents C. friends D. adults50. A. bottle B. hole C. ring D. corner51. A. clever B. friendly C. strong D. early52. A. trousers B
45、. socks C. sweater D. shoes53. A. difficult B. satisfying C. useful D. simple54. A. climb B. jump C. run D. hide55. A. sat down B. stood up C. looked for D. set out56. A. proudly B. bravely C. politely D. carefully57. A. truck B. example C. moment D. goal58. A. struggle B. expect C. offer D. hope59.
46、 A. when B. yet C. then D. though60. A. sadness B. anger C. fear D. delight第II卷第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（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。Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult _61_ was to choose asuitable Christmas present for her father. She
47、 wished that he was as easy _62_ (please) as her mother,who was always delighted with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not _63_pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or _64_ (push) you with their elbows(肘部), hurryingahead to get to a bargain.Jane paused in front of a
48、counter _65_ some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,”the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her_66_ (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some g
49、ood quality pipes _67_sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that thiswas a present which was bound to please _68_.When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already_69_ table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,”Jane _70_ (inform).第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节短
