高中二年级XX英语试卷.doc

高中二年级10月份月考英语试卷
考试时间：90分钟 试卷总分：120分

第一节：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。
A
5-year-old Danny Nickerson, of Foxborough, Massachusetts, has a brain tumor(肿瘤), and doctors have told his family that he may not have many more months to live. His family is therefore determined to ensure that his upcoming birthday is as special as it possibly can be.
Earlier this month, his mom Carley said on Facebook that he loves receiving mail and asked if friends would be willing to send a card to him for his sixth birthday.
Not only are friends sending the boy cards and birthday gifts, but strangers all around the world are doing their part to make Danny Nickerson's special day brighter. Over the last few weeks, hundreds of cards and packages have poured in from all across the country. They have received more than 340 cards so far. “We are so shocked,” Carley wrote. “We are so lucky and blessed to have all of you on this journey with us! Thank you so much for all the love, support and prayers."
On Sunday, The Sun Chronicle reported that local high schoolers made birthday cards and held a car wash fundraiser for Nickerson. People all across the globe have been joining forces as well to make Nickerson's birthday wish come true. Many have promised to send cards, while others are planning on sending special gifts to the boy.
Despite their pain and worry, Nickerson's mom says they’re focusing on the positives. "Every day is a blessing to us," she said.
If you'd like to send Danny a card, here's the address the family has provided:
Danny Nickerson
PO Box 212
Foxboro, MA 02035
To find out more about Nickerson and how you can help, visit his family's fundraising page on GoFundMe.
1. What do we know about Nickerson?
A. He will die young. B. He has just had an operation.
C. He can’t afford a birthday card. D. He is brave and generous.
2. Why did Carley ask cards from friends？
A. To keep her promise. B. To speed up her son’s recovery.
C. To raise money for cancer patients. D. To make her son’s birthday special.
3. We can learn from the third paragraph that Nickerson’s family ______.
A. needs more cards for Nickerson
B. still needs special gifts for Nickerson
C. has received enough cards for Nickerson
D. didn’t expect so many cards from strangers
B
Language teachers, learners and other professionals across the United States are celebrating National Grammar Day on March 4. The holiday celebrates the rules and best practices for English language. Martha , the founder of the Society for Promotion(促进) of good Grammar（SPOGG), set the date as National Grammar Day in 2008.There are about 6,000 members of SPOGG who will take time on March 4th to celebrate the usage of good and proper Grammar.
We simply cannot stand for missing prepositions, disagreement between subjects and verbs, or awkward（别扭的） word usage. Confusion between “good” and “well”, “you”and “you’re---we will not have it!
Whether it is a PhD dissertation（论文）, a business report or a casual mail to a friend, good Grammar is a must This March 4th, why not be extra “Grammatical”? Here are some ways to celebrate National Grammar Day:
Go Contraction-Free
Contractions （won’t, I’m, shouldn’t,etc.) are perfectly “legal” in the world of grammar. They are extremely common in speech and casual writing. Why not challenge yourself on National Grammar Day and omit all constructions? If you are careful with your speech, it should not be a problem.
Write Someone a Letter
It is the old -fashioned way. With e-mails and text messages,it is so uncommon to take time to sit down and finish a hand-written letter. On this great day, why not write a letter to your best friend or your beloved one?
Join SPOGG
Writers, teachers students and anyone that I did not mention:Join SPOGG and show your support for the practice of proper grammar. Singing up is free and it will provide you with periodic and entertaining updates(最新资料) related to grammar.
4. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The celebration of National Grammar Day.
B. How to use proper grammar.
C. The development of English grammar.
D. SPOGG’s contributions to grammar.
5. The practice of proper grammar does NOT include ________.
A. keeping agreement between subjects and verbs.
B. avoiding awkward word usage.
C. using as few preposition as possible.
D. Having no confusing between “good” and “well”
6. The underlined word “omit” in para 4 can be replaced by______.
A.practice B. remember C. leave out D. find out
7. The writer advises the reader to___.
A. be careful not to use too many contractions in speech
B. follow the fashion by using e-mails and text messages
C. join SPOGG and support the practice of proper grammar
D. send hand-written letters only to dearest ones.
C
We all know that kids love messing around with art materials, creating wild and wonderful works to be hung on the refrigerator with great pride. Kids dive into art projects with great interest. But art is more than just fun; It’s also great for your preschooler’s fine motor skills, language development, imagination and inventiveness.
Make your kitchen a little art classroom. Kids don’t need a lot of materials, but variety is key to their creative attempts. Collages are always fun and the materials may be right in your house already like old postcards, magazines, playing cards, etc.The list is limited only by your imagination. Keep in mind that it’s within the lines. So, be encouraging of your kid’s art. Let your kid talk about his/her works, which is a great way to train language skills as well as understanding the thought processes of your young child.
Kids who spend a morning at the summer day camp get many chances to let their creative flags fly in art classes, one part of a schedule filled with indoor and outdoor fun. Art classes are always a camper’s favorite, since it’s so much fun to dive into paints , clay and crayons while surrounded by camp friends and fun-loving assistant.
For a cool combination of art and science, wildlife or history, check out the schedule at a local zoo or museum. Lots of them run programs for youngsters that mix a little education with some artsy attempts and of course some lively socializing. Museums usually run programs for all ages of kids, combing art with everything from music to science and literature and helping bring works of art to life. For a really wild hour, try kid time at the local petting zoo which is always a big hit when it combines a story, an art activity and real meeting with wildlife.
8. The text i s especially helpful for parents who______.
A. want to keep the house with kids clean
B. care about their kids’ artistic development
C. don’t have time to look after their kids
D. fail to communicate with their kids well
9. Why are parents advised to let kids talk about their works?
A. Kids will improve their language skills.
B. Kids will get praise and confidence.
C. It will encourage other kids to create.
D. It will influence parents’ thought processes.
10. Summer day camps offer kids the following chances EXCEPT_____.
A. developing creativity B. getting out of boring art classes
C. meeting with friends D. having fun with outdoor activities
11. Which of the following statements is TRUE about museums?
A. They are great places to enjoy a wild hour.
B. They all provide special kid programs.
C. Many of them are free for kids to visit.
D. Many of them help kids get knowledge.
D
I’ve been happily married to my wife for 25 years. We have gone through a lot together, but I have never seen anyone that has remained so calm and cool through it all. We have three wonderful children together and she just recently went back to finish her education degree to become a teacher in Loisiana, which is more about pride than a prize.
A couple of years ago, my wife was in a rather bad accident. We were shopping together in a Dollar General and when we were at the checkout she sent me back to pick up a fan for her mother. While I was back there, I heard a horrific noise, and she screamed my name. When I got to the front of the store, I realized that an elderly driver had hit the gas instead of the brake, hitting my wife.
I was able to get a cooler that fallen on her and decided to go with her to the hospital.She had to have work done on her knee by herself from all the glass that had gotten impaled into it, but it was nothing short of miracle that she wasn’t hurt further.
That’s when we learned of another miracle. During an ultrasound ad X-ray to make sure that my wife’s back was Okay, we discovered that not only did she lack one of her kidneys, but she also had a birth defect enough. I was medically dismissed from the military and went on disability. She has held a job and helped to take care of me and our three children,20,17, and 13, through some of the craziest stuff I can imagine.
She is a strong and resolute woman that takes pleasure in teaching her children in her classroom . And I could not ask for a better woman to love and live with.
12. The author’s wife had an accident because of_________.
A. her birth defect B. a horrible noise
C. a driver’s careless D.the author’s indifference
13. After being hit by a car, his wife________.
A. called the police B. went to the hospital alone
C. dealt with wounded back D. fell unconscious on the ground
14. His wife was found lacking one of her kidneys_________.
A. because of the wounded back B. through a special routine medical test.
C. before his getting disabled D. absolutely by accident
15. After reading the passage, we can infer that __________.
A. the author owed his happy marriage to his strong-willed wife
B. the author’s wife didn’t have any job after he retired from the army
C. the author’ s wife had finished her education degree before she had the accident.
D. through the X-ray test the doctor found some glass impaled into the author’s wife’s knee

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。
Something I fear more than anything else is dying with regret. I don’t want to look back on my younger years wishing I had done something differently or wishing that I hadn’t hurt this or that person. 16 Then how can you make every minute of your life meaningful?
●17 .
We are brought up to believe that we are more important than everyone else and that we need to take care of our own needs and wants first. But after a while we realize that we feel kind of empty. A life spent helping others is a life well spent. And when your time comes to an end, there will be no regrets because you have spent your time well. 18
●Don’t procrastinate(拖延).
We hear it all the time but we never consider it seriously. Life is short. It will be over very quickly. 19 So now ask yourself this: if you knew you had only five years left, would you change the way you are living?
●Don’t get angry.
Anger, it is said, is the worst of all the feelings. Angry people don’t succeed in life. They destroy their happiness and they end up being very lonely. They get no joy from life’s simple pleasures. 20 Look for the best.
A. Take your selfishness seriously.
B. You have made a contribution.
C. Spend your life helping others.
D. You may never think about setting a goal for yourself.
E. Don’t become the one who finds the worst in every situation.
F. And to make matters worse, you have no idea when your life going to end.
G. The only way to die without regret is to find a way to make your life truly meaningful
第二部分、完形填空(本题共20道小题，每题1.5分，满分30分。)
Years ago,if a teenager had some problems in her life,she might go home and write in her diary.Now,a teenager with __21__ problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客)．In many ways,a diary and a blog are very __22__.So,what makes blogging different from writing in __23__ diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more __24__ than a diary.Usually,a teenager treats her diary like a book full of __25__ that she does not want to __26__.
It's interesting that someone who writes in a blog __27__ a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister,and sometimes I go online to read her __28__.She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.__29__ I was her age,I wrote about the same things,but __30__ in my diary.Then,after I had finished writing,I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was __31__ that my sister might read it!
The biggest __32__ with blogging is that anyone can read what you write.If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something __33__ about her in my diary,she would never know.__34__,if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend,that friend __35__ read her blog and get angry.
There are also __36__ to blogging,of course.If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, "Nobody cares about me,"__37__ would know about it.However,if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog,her best friends would __38__ respond and tell her how much they __39__ her.Blogs help people __40__ in contact with their friends and to hear what the people around them are doing.
21. A .troublesome B.the same C.dairy D difficult
22. A.special B.familiar C.different D.similar
23. A.ordinary B.personal C.traditional D.dated
24. A.pubic B.attractive C.quick D.convenient
25. A.puzzled B.thoughts C.secrets D.mysteries
26. A.tell B.publish C.share D.solve
27. A.as well as B.in favour of C.in spite of D.instead of
28. A.diary B.blog C.report D.web
29. A.Although B.Since C.Because D.When
30. A.only B.already C.still D.never
31. A.worried B.angry C.concerned D.glad
32. A.problem B.doubt C.result D.mistake
33. A.interesting B.wrong C.funny D.mean
34. A.Besides B.However C.Therefore D.Then
35. A.should B.might C.will D.must
36. A.advantages B.disadvantages C.reasons D.shortcoming
37. A.no one B.everyone C.anyone D.someone
38. A.happily B.especially C.quickly