1、- 1 -南城二中 2018-2019 学年上学期第一次月考高二英语试卷(时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分)第卷 第一部分：听力(共两节，满分 30 分)第一节(共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman probably think of Professor Wangs lecture?AInteresting. BExciting.
2、CDisappointing2. What do we know about Jim?AHe is often lost in deep thought.BHe is often laughed at by others.CHe often says something strange.3. When does the train leave?AAt 10：30. BAt 11：00.CAt 12：00.4. Where does the man want to go?ATo a hospital. BTo a hotel.CTo a post office.5. Which dress do
3、es the woman take?AThe red one. BThe blue one.CThe white one.第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What happened to the man?AHe got robbed.BHis wallet was st
4、olen.- 2 -CHe lost his wallet.7. What does the woman generally think of the man?ACareful. BBrave.CCareless.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8What happened to Mike?AHe had a car accident.BHe was injured while playing basketball.CHe drove too fast and hit someone.9When did Mike get his drivers license?AA week ag
5、o.BThree years ago.CThree weeks ago.10What did the man do this morning?AHe played basketball.BHe played tennis.CHe went to see a doctor.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11How will the man give the woman the story?AHe will send it by fax.BHe will send it by email.CHe will bring it to her in person.12For whom d
6、id the woman buy a laptop several months ago?AFor herself.BFor her younger brother.CFor the man.13Why does the man know about computers?ABecause he often helps repair computers.BBecause his job requires him to know about computers well.CBecause he majored in computer science in college.听第 9 段材料，回答第
7、14 至 17 题。14When does this conversation take place?AIn the morning.BIn the afternoon.- 3 -CIn the evening.15What is the movie probably about?ASome little dogs.BSome interesting people.CAn interesting love story.16What happened to the woman yesterday?AShe became ill for no reason.BShe felt bad after
8、eating some chicken.CShe had to look after Jim at home.17Whats the weather probably like today?ARainyBFoggy.CFine.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18How long did the camp last?AFor three days.BFor a week.CFor half a month.19When did the game start?AAt 11：00 am.BAt 2：30 pm.CAt 4：00 pm.20What did the coach ask
9、 the speaker to do?ATo run much faster.BNot to make any mistakes.CTo be more confident.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)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AEdwin Hubble made his most important discoveries in the 1920s. Today, other astronomers continue the work he began. Many of t
10、hem are using the Hubble Space Telescope that is named after him.Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri. He spent his - 4 -early years in the state of Kentucky. Then he moved with his family to Chicago, in Louisville. He attended the University of Chicago. He studied mathematic
11、s and astronomy (天文学). Hubble was a good student. He was a good athlete, too. He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909. He also was an excellent boxer. Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college. Instead, he
12、decided to continue his studies. He went to Queens College at Oxford, England.At Oxford, Hubble studied law. He was interested in British Common Law, because his family had come to America from England many years before. He spent three years at Oxford. In 1913, Hubble returned to the United States.
13、He opened a law office in Louisville, Kentucky. After a short time, however, he decided he did not want to be a lawyer. He returned to the University of Chicago. There, once again, he studied astronomy. Edwin Hubble was the first person to use the Hale Telescope. He died in 1953 while preparing to s
14、pend four nights looking through the telescope at the sky.Hubbles work led to a new research on the birth of the universe. One astronomer said scientists have been filling in the details ever since. And, he said, there was a long way to go.21What would be the best title for this passage?AEdwin Hubbl
15、es LifeBEdwin Hubbles DiscoveriesCThe Hubble Space TelescopeDEdwin Hubble A Famous Lawyer22According to this passage, Edwin Hubble was most interested in_.Asports BlawCastronomy Dmathematics23Which of the following shows the RIGHT order according to this passage?aHe joined the University of Chicago
16、championship basketball team.bHe studied astronomy at the University of Chicago once again.cHe moved to Louisville with his family.dHe used the Hale Telescope to look at the sky.eHe became a lawyer in Louisville for a short period of time.Ac，a，b，d，e Ba，c，b，e，dCc，a，e，b，d Da，b，d，e，c- 5 -24From this pa
17、ssage, we know that _.Athe Hubble Space Telescope was made by Hubble himselfBEdwin Powell Hubble went to Oxford, England in 1910CEdwin Powell Hubble grew up in Marshfield, MissouriDHubble died while he was looking at the skyBA study published on Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat
18、, and experts said its time to find out if more sleep would fight fatness.“Weve put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that weve failed to recognize the value of good sleep， ” said Fred Turek, a physician at Northwestern University.Mondays study from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk cov
19、ered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index a measure of weight based on height increased. Men slept an average of 27 minutes less than women and overweight and fat patients slept less than patients with normal weights, it said. In general the fatter subjects slept
20、 about 1.8 hours a week less than those with normal weights.“Americans experience insufficient sleep and fat bodies. Clinicians are aware of the burden of fatness on patients， ” the study said.“Our findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may not be necessary, as an extra 20 minutes of s
21、leep per night seems to be associated with a lower body mass index， ” it added. “We caution that this study does not set up a causeandeffect relationship between restricted sleep and fatness (but) investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up s
22、uch a relationship.”The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine along with an editorial by Turek and Northwestern colleague Joseph Bass commenting on it and related research.In an interview, Turek said some studies have shown the lack of sleep causes declines in an appetite suppress
23、ing protein hormone，and increases in another hormone that causes a longing for food. In addition neuropathies (神经疗法) in the brain governing sleep and fatness appear to overlap (重叠), he said. Fatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries and reached - 6 -epidemic (流行病) levels in the Uni
24、ted States, it added, leading to a variety of health problems. 25Whats the passage mainly about? APeople who sleep less tend to get fat.BFat people need lots of sleep to lose weightCSleeping has nothing to do with fatness.DFatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries.26According to th
25、e passage，which of the following is TRUE? ALack of sleep causes declines in a desire limiting protein hormone. BAmericans experience sufficient sleep and fat bodies. C The findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may be necessary. DFatness has been rising dramatically in America. 27Which
26、 of the following is NOT close to the underlined word “suppressing”？ ALimit. BRestrict.CAccept. DControl.28According to the passage, which of the following people is the lowest possible one to get fatness? AAmericans. BChinese.CJapanese. DEnglish.CRosalind Franklin was born in London, England on Jul
27、y 25, 1920. On April 16, 1958, at age 38, she died from cancer. Franklin was responsible for much of the research and discovery work that led to the understanding of the structure of DNA.Franklin was interested in science and attended one of the few girls schools in London that taught physics and ch
28、emistry. When she was 15, she decided to become a scientist. Her father was decidedly against higher education for women and wanted her to be a social worker. Franklins aunt decided to support her and she agreed to pay for her full schooling. Within weeks, Franklins aunt got her mother to support he
29、r going to college also. Months later, Franklins aunt and mother got her father to agree with it. Franklin was very - 7 -excited that she was going to college and she was very lucky that she did!After her graduation from college, Franklin started her research on DNA. However, there were so many quar
30、rels in her life because Franklin and her research partner did not get along. Franklin and her partners arguments set them back on the study of DNA quite a bit. At the time they were working against another pair to find the story of DNA. Due to Franklin and her partners fights, another pair found th
31、e structure of DNA first. They had won the Nobel Prize for it. They won it four years after Franklin died. Many scientists felt sorry for her early death and thought that the winners had stolen her research about DNA.29We can learn from the text that Franklin _.Adied in her early thirtiesBwas a real
32、ly lucky scientistCachieved a lot in the study of DNADdidnt get along with her father30From the second paragraph we know _.Ait was not easy for Franklin to go to collegeBFranklins aunt loved her than othersCFranklins father agreed to pay for her college educationDit was Franklins dream to be a scien
33、tist at her childhood31We can learn from Paragraph 3 that _.AFranklin had enjoyed a peaceful lifeBFranklin first found the structure of DNACFranklins partner had no interest in DNADFranklins scientific research was not smooth32Whats the best title for the text?AThe Life of a Woman ScientistBDNA and
34、Good EducationCHow DNA Was Found?DShould Girls Study or Not?DEven a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”. But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what they s
35、aid, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.- 8 -The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesnt mean “No”， but “Yes” If a person doesnt know this, it might cause misunderstanding.At one time a foreigner in India told his driver who was an India
36、n to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once！” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir， ” smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.33
37、Generally speaking, nodding the head means “_”， and shaking the head means “_”AYes; No BNo; YesCYes; Yes DNo; No34According to the habit of India, if someone agrees with you, he will_. Anod his headBshake his headCneither nods his head nor shakes his headDeither nod his head or shake his head35Why d
38、id the foreigner become angry?ABecause the Indian driver didnt want to send him to his office.BBecause he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India.CBecause he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the Indian driver didnt say any words.DBecause the Indian driver asked him for
39、a lot of money.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。It is a great truth that once we truly understand and accept it, life is no longer difficult. Most people do not fully see this truth. _36_ It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of sufferin
40、g especially forced upon them or their families, their class, or even their nation._37_ Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless se
41、ries of - 9 -problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy._38_39_When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. _40_ As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those
42、things that hurt, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.AProblems are the serious test that tells success from failure.BLife is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing.CIt is through the pain of meeting and
43、working out problems that we learn.DYet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that we understand the meaning of life.EInstead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if they understand the meaning of life.FWe can participate in problemsolving collaboration (合作) groups.GWhat
44、 makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the womens club as usual. It was a pleasan
45、t way of passing time _41_ an old woman who lived _42_.When she came home she sensed something _43_. Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no _44_ of forced entry. Had anything been taken? She went from room to room，_45_， and found her camera and spare watch
46、 missing.The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but didnt go to the club._46_， she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home，_47_ herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see what would _48_.It was 4 oclock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was _49
47、_ tea at - 10 -the time. The bell rang again, and _50_ she heard her letterbox being pushed open._51_ the kettle of boiling water, she moved quietly _52_ the door. A piece of wire appeared through the letterbox, and then a _53_. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door lock. Mrs Clarke
48、 raised the kettle and _54_ the water over the hand._55_ was heard outside as the _56_ fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was _57_ by the sound of running feet.It wasnt long _58_ the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly _59_ at the club for her successful _60_.41 A. by BtoCwith Dfor42A. lonely BaloneCaway Dbusily43A. terrible BuncomfortableCunusual Dbad44A. information BshowCsign Dsight45A .looking BexaminingCsearching Dchecking46A. Therefore BHoweverCInstead DAgain47A. pushing BlettingCpulling Dleading48A. appe
