山东省莒县第二中学20182019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题.doc

山东省莒县第二中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题
1. 本卷共 12 页满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟；
2. 答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。
3. 所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效；
4. 考试结束后，只需上交答题纸。
第I 卷（共 100分）
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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15.
B. ￡9.15.
C. ￡9.18.
答案是B。

1. How will the speakers probably go home?
A. By taxi B. By bus. C. By subway.
2. How much does the woman pay for the tickets?
A. £9. B. £10. C. £11.
3. What was the weather like on John’s holiday?
A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Cold.
4. What is the man?
A. A secretary. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.
5. Where is the woman’s grandma now?
A. At home. B. In a hospital. C. In a hotel.
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 5 秒钟时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题
将给出 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、7 题。
6. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Old schoolmates. C. Coach and player.
7. What does the man think of the match?
A. Boring. B. Exciting. C. Fair.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. What does the man say about the winter in New Work City?
A. It’s cold and wet. B. The wind is strong. C. The air is heavy.
9. What is the most unpleasant part of the weather in New York City?
A. It’s hot in the summer. B. It’s very changeable. C. It rains all the year round.
10. What do we know about the man?

A. He speaks highly of New York City.
B. He doesn’t like New York City very much.
C. He’s leaving New York City because of the weather.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. Where did the man go last year?
A. To Italy. B. To France. C. To Scotland.
12. What does the woman like doing in summer?
A. Doing outdoor sports. B. Learning dancing. C. Visiting art galleries.
13. What does the woman dislike about Scotland?
A. The hotels. B. The castles. C. The weather.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。
14. What does the woman do at the beginning of a day?
A. She deals with post.
B. She sends out photographs.
C. She visits artists.
15. How often does a new exhibition take place?
A. About twice a week. B. About twice a month. C. About once a month.
16. Why is the woman pleased with her job?
A. Her life is nice and calm.
B. She spends time dealing with artworks.
C. Her boss is easy to get along with.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. How long did the speaker work a day?
A. For 9 hours. B. For 10 hours. C. For 12 hours.
18. According to the speaker, what was interesting in his work?
A. Taking different people to restaurants.
B. Meeting interesting dressers.
C. Showing tourists the beautiful city.
19. Which trip brought the speaker the most money?
A. The one to the club. B. The one to the airport. C. The one to the theatre.
20. Why did the speaker give up the job?
A. He was tired. B. The traffic jams bothered him. C. Some passengers weren’t nice.
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A、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
It is football time again. Currently, the qualifying rounds are being played to decide which countries will send teams to the next World Cup. Some Soccer is becoming more and more popular on a worldwide scale and these qualifying legs are causing much excitement.
The game is popular at club level as well. Many fans go every week to support their teams, whether the event is a home or away one, hoping to get a result. They all hope an attacking game, with a lot of goals being scored. Obviously, they do not want to see a boring, defensive match where the players are aimlessly passing the ball to each other.
Sadly, not all the action always takes place on the ground. All too frequently, there is action in the stands, too. Football supporters, most of whom declare their loyalty by wearing their team colors, in the form of shirts, are not known for their quiet behavior. They are often very noisy, shouting noisy encouragement to their team and singing deafening songs.
There is much rivalry between supporters. Mostly, this is good-natured, but trouble can easily arise. Fans get angry if they feel that a referee has made a wrong decision, perhaps giving one of their team a red or yellow card unfairly, or perhaps failing to notice a foul committed by a member of the other team.
When trouble breaks out in a football crowd, it can be difficult to control. Stadium officials often seat the opposing fans in separate parts of the ground as a precaution against fighting. However, preventing trouble is more difficult outside the ground. In the worst cases, riot (暴乱) police have to be called in.
Unfortunately, there are some fans who enjoy this violent aspect of football. These football hooligans(流氓) really enjoy a running battle with the police, and call up other people to throw stones and bottles at them. They regard football not only as a sport, but as an excuse for trouble makings. Inevitably, their behavior spoils the reputation of the game.
21. The qualifying rounds are played to_____.
A. make the game more exciting
B. attract soccer fans at club level
C. raise funds for the organization
D. select the teams for the next rounds
22. What do football fans hope to see?
A. A home game. B. A defensive game.
C. An exciting game. D. An evenly matched game.
23. Riot police are called in_____.
A. to stop fighting occurring outside the ground
B. to separate the opposing fans inside the ground
C. as a precaution against trouble inside the ground
D. as a precaution against fighting outside the ground
24. It is implied in the last paragraph that_____.
A. football has a poor reputation
B. football hooligans are crazy about the games
C. football fans enjoy spoiling games
D. football can be an excuse for troublemaking

B
Ever since mobile phones became widely used around the world, there have been concerns about how safe they are. All mobile phones give off a small amount of radiation when in use, which many believe could be a cause of cancer. However, two recently published studies tried to finally answer the question of whether using mobile phones actually brings a dangerous risk to humans.
Carried out by the US government, the studies exposed rats and mice to radiation over the course of two years. A small number of the rats were found to have developed heart tumors ( 肿 瘤 ) as a direct result of the radiation exposure. However, John Bucher, one of the study’s authors, said that the animals were exposed to far more radiation than even the heaviest mobile phone user would usually be, reported The New York Times. Bucher also added that the findings didn’t make him want to change his or his family’s mobile phone usage habits.
Indeed, the US Food and Drug Administration said it believes that it has “not found enough evidence that there are negative health effects on humans” from mobile phone use. Although mobile phones do give off radiation, it’s a different type of radiation than that given off by dangerous sources.
High-energy radiation – such as that given off by nuclear waste – is known to be very dangerous to humans as it is able to damage our DNA, leading to cancer or even death. On the other hand, low-energy radiation – such as the one given off by mobile phones – is considered to be harmless.
We’re exposed to this all the time, as it’s given off by everyday objects like WiFi routers (路由器), televisions and even bananas. Some argue that when it comes to human health, however, you can’t be more concerned, even if the risk is only small. For those people, an earphone is advised when they are making phone calls and the time spent using mobile phones can be limited.
But don’t worry: there’s no need to take bananas off the menu.

25.What did the two recent studies by the US government discover?
A. Radiation exposure could bring risks to animals rather than to humans.
B. Too much radiation exposure could lead to health problems.
C. Using mobile phones only increases the risk of heart diseases.
D. There is no link between mobile phone radiation and cancer.
26.Why did the author mention other types of radiation?
A. To inform people of harmful radiation sources.
B. To explain how radiation affects our lives.
C. To show mobile phone radiation is not so dangerous.
D. To remind readers to keep away from radiation.
27.What does the author suggest by saying “there’s no need to take bananas off the menu” in the last paragraph?
A. People should use a mobile phone giving off radiation as little as bananas.
B. It’s unnecessary for people to get rid of the mobile phone due to its radiation.
C. Bananas should be included in the menu for people to keep health.
D.Eating bananas can help people against radiation given off by mobile phones.

C
I’ve never been the kind of person to say, “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes to gifts. That was until a couple of weeks ago, when my kids gave me a present that blew me away.
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is much more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines, marking the progress of my children’s growth. Every growth stage is marked in grey, with each child’s name and the date they were measured. Most people I know have been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.
Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s the hardest to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted by tears, but erasing that evidence of motherhood hurts more than it should. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress, right there for everyone to see.
Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about it.
They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer whose work is about capturing (捕捉) the beautiful things in life, from clear lakes and skies to diamonds and ballgowns. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints ( 手 印 ), and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, transforming them into a beautiful history of my family.
Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me – a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.
28.The author used her friends’ example in Paragraph 3 to .
A. persuade her family to leave the wall as it was
B. stress the meaning of keeping good memories
C. explain why her house badly needed a new paint job
D. share her memory of motherhood with readers
29. According to the article, it was Jacquie Manning who .
A. helped the author paint her new house
B. came up with the idea of the photo gift
C. shot pictures to record the author’s growth stage
D. made a copy of the growth marks on the wall
30.We can infer from the article that the author .
A. was strongly against selling their home
B. was not happy with the gift from her family
C. kept marks for family members every year
D. put great love and care in raising her children
31.What is the best title for the text?
A. A Gift Made with Love B. Advice on Picking up Gifts for Parents
C. Paintings Count D. Effective Ways to Communicate with Children
D
Service Foods makes it easier for cooks to reduce mealtime complaints. Service Foods is so confident that they can reduce complaints, in fact, that the company is offering a series of mealtime complaint-reduction tips.
According to a representative of Service Foods, complaints can occur when busy cooks serve substandard, low quality meats. As products sit in packaging in the meat case at the store the meat can age out too much. The natural flavor disappears, and it can be replaced with an undesirable strange flavor. According to Service Foods, complaints from children are common when you serve substandard meats. Kids may not have the words to describe why they don’t like the meats, but they’re certainly willing to express their displeasure. By serving meats from Service Foods, complaints can be reduced. Service Foods meats are all natural and organic, meaning the meats have no chemicals or water or colorings that could change the taste. And the meats are flash-frozen right after cutting, so they won’t taste strange to your children.
If you’re facing different types of complaints, Service Foods may still be able to help you. Some families have mealtime boredom. The same meals, served in the same way, week after week, can be incredibly boring and hard to look forward to. When it comes to these complaints, Service Foods has the answer right on the web. Just go to and you’ll find a long list of recipes to try. Some of these recipes are made in demonstration format, so you can watch the video and get step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the meals. By following these recipes from Service Foods, complaints relating to boredom can certainly be reduced.
While Service Foods knows complaints at mealtime can never be totally eradicated, as picky kids will always be picky kids with concerns, the company is doing everything possible to deal with the problem and get cooks the help they need.
32. Service Foods can solve mealtime boredom by ___________.
A. serving flash-frozen meat
B. expressing children’s complaints
C. instructing different ways of cooking
D. supplying natural food without chemicals
33. The underlined word “eradicated” in the last paragraph can be replaced with __________.
A. covered B. removed C. reduced D. accepted
34. From the passage we can learn that Service Foods can do the following EXCEPT ___________.
A. cook food for picky kids
B. teach how to prepare meals
C. provide natural and organic meat
D. help reduce complaints about foods
35. What will the readers probably do after reading the passage?
A. Pay for Service Foods service.
B. Buy organic meat from now on.
C. Write recipes for Service Foods
D. Answer complaints on the web.
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。
Leap Year
Leap year is a year that has 366 days instead of the usual 365. It normally occurs every four years, always on an even-numbered year. The extra day is added to our shortest month. That is the second month of the year, which in non-