2022年高二英语月月考试题 2.pdf

河津三中 12 月份高二英语月考题第一部分：阅读理解（每题2 分）AMy color television hasgiven me nothing but a headache.I was able to buy it alittle over a year agobecauseI had my relatives give memoney for my birthdayinsteadof a lot of clothes that wouldntfit. I let a salesclerk fool me into buying adiscontinuedmodel, I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaperadvertisementsfor the set at seventy-five dollars lessthan I had paid, The set worked so beautifullywhen I first got it homethat I would keep it on until stationssignedoff for the night,Fortunately,I didntgot any channelsshowing all-night movies or I would neverhavegottento bed.Then I starteddeveloping a problem with the setthat involved static (静电 ) noise.For somereason,when certain showsswitched into a commercial, a loud noisewouldsoundfor a few seconds.Gradually, this noise beganto appearduring a show,and toget rid of it, I had to changeto anotherchanneland then changeit back. Sometimesthis techniquewould not work, andI hadto pick up the setandshakeit to removethesound.I actually beganto build up my armmuscles(肌肉) shakingmy set.When neither of thesemethods removed the static noise, I would sit helplesslyand wait for the noiseto go away.At last I endedup hitting the setwith my fist, andit stoppedworking altogether.My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the set isworking well now,but I keepexpectingmore trouble.1. Why did the authorsayhewasfooled into buying theTV set?A. He got anolder model thanhe hadexpected.B. He couldntreturn it when it wasbroken.C. He could haveboughtit at alower price.D. He failed to find any movie showson it.2.Which of thefollowing canbestreplacethephrase“ signed off”in Paragraph1?A. endedall their programsB. provided fewer channelsC. changedto commercialsD. showedall-night movies3.How did theauthor finally get his TV setworking again?A. By shakingandhitting it.B. By turning it onand off.C. By switching channels.D. By having it repaired.4. How doesthe authorsoundwhentelling thestoryA. CuriousB. AnxiousC. CautiousD. HumorousBWith around 100 studentsscheduledto be in that 9 am Monday morning lecture, itis no surprise that almost 20 people actually make it to the classandonly 10 of themarc still awakeafter the first IS minutes; it is not evena surprisethat most of them are名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - still in their pyjamas (睡衣 ). Obviously, studentsare terrible at adjusting their sleepcyclesto their daily schedule.All humanbeingspossessa body clock. Along with other alerting (警报 ) systems,this governs the sleep/wakecycle and is therefore one of the main processeswhichgovern sleep behavior. Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed inadolescents,which leadsto many studentsnot feeling sleepy until much later in theevenings.This typical sleep pattern is usually referred to as the night owl scheduleof sleep.This is opposedto the early bird schedule,and is a kind of disorder where theindividual tendsto stay up much past midnight. Such a personhasgreat difficulty inwaking up in the mornings. Researchsuggeststhat night owls feel most alert andfunction best in the eveningsand at night. Researchfindings have shown that about20 percent of people can be classified as night owls and only 10 percent can beclassified asearly birds - the other 70 percent are in the middle. Although this isclearly not true for all students,for the oneswho are true night owls this gives themanexcellentexcusefor missing their lectureswhich unfortunately fall before midday.5. What docsthe authorstressin ParagraphI?A. Many studentsareabsentfrom class.B. Studentsarevery tired on Monday mornings.C. Studentsdonot adjusttheir sleeppatternswell.D. Studentsarenot well preparedfor classonMondays.6. Which of the following is true accordingto Paragraph2?A. Most studentsprefer to get up late in the morning.B. Studentsdont sleepwell becauseof alerting systems.C. Onesbody clock governsthesleep/wakecycle independently.D. Adolescentsdelayedsleep/wakecycle isnt the preferredpattern.7. What docsthe text mainly talk about?A. Functionsof thebody clock.B. The night owl phenomenon.C. Humanbeingssleepbehavior.D. The schoolscheduleof early birds.CUsing too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways thathumanscan put our water supply in danger, but we also affect our water supply inlessobvious ways.You maywonder how paving(铺砌 ) a roadcan leadto lessuseablefresh water.A major part of the water we useevery day is groundwater.Groundwaterdoesnot comefrom lakes or rivers. It comesfrom underground.The more roadsandparking lots we pavethe lesswater canflow into the groundto becomegroundwater.Humanactivity is not responsiblefor all water shortages( 短缺). Drier climates areof coursemore likely to havedroughts(干旱) thanareaswith morerainfall, but in anycase,good managementcanhelp to makesurethereis enoughwater to meetour basicneeds.Thinking about the way we usewater every day canmake a big difference, too In名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - the United States,a family of four canuse1. 5 tons of water a day! This showshowmuch we dependonwater to live, but theresa lot we cando to lower thenumber.You cantakestepsto savewater in your home.To start with usethesameglassforyour drinking water all day. Wash it only once a day. Run your dishwasher(洗 碗机)only when it is full. Help your parentsfix any leaks in your home.You can evenhelp to keep our water supply clean by recycling batteriesinstead of throwing themaway.8. Which of the following is mostlikely to leadto lessgroundwater?AUsing river water.BThrowing batteriesaway.CPavingparking lots.DThrowing rubbish into lakes.9. The lastparagraphis intendedto_.Ashow ushow to fix leaksathomeBtell ushow to run adishwasherCprovewhat drinking glassis bestfor usDsuggestwhat we doto savewater at home10. hetext is mainly about _.AWhy paving roadsreducesour waterBhow muchwe dependon waterto liveCwhy droughtsoccurmorein dry climatesDhow humanactivity affectsour watersupplyDThe benefitsof keepinga journal (日志)If you want to grow, one important thing you should do is keeping a journal. I tmay seemsimple, but it can make a big difference in your life. I have beenkeepingjournals for years.Writing all the lessonsI learn andall the ideasI get hasbecomeahabit for me.11Herearesomebenefits you will getby keepinga journal. It preventsyou from losing an idea. Have you evergotten an idea only to lose itlater becauseyou didntwrite it down?12But then I developedthe habit ofwriting down every idea that came into my mind as soon as possible. If I m awayfrom my computer,I usually write it down on a pieceof paperthat I bring whereverIgo. I will thentransferthe ideato thejournal in my computer. It helps you review all thelessonsyouve learned.By reviewing your journal, youcan quickly seethe lessonsyou velearned and the ideasyou vegotten.13Youcanusethe ideasto propel(鞭策) yourself forward.14After keeping a journal for years,you can look back at it and seehow faryou vegone. Things that were big problems in the pastmight seemsmall today.Theraw ideasyou hadin the pastmight havebeenrealizedtoday.It helps you expand your ideas. When you try to come up with a sentencetoexpressanidea,you arethinking actively about it.15In the end,you will expandyour ideas.A. I often experiencedthat myself.B. It trains you to expressyour thoughts.C. It allows you to seeyour progressovertime.名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - D. Justusewhatevertool you feel comfortable with.E. Thinking actively helpsyou connectyour ideato anotheridea.F.And to behonest,I can timagine what my life would belike without it.G. Then you cando whatevernecessaryto avoid repeatingthesamemistakes.第二部分：完形填空（每题1.5 分） ：My fiance (未婚夫 ) andI were excited about shoppingfor our first home.But ourfunds were 16 , andnoneof the housesin our price rangeseemedsatisfactory.One agent17a housein particular. Although her description soundedwonderful,the price was18our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have alook19 .We finally did and it was20at first sight. It was Our Home, small andcharming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with theowners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and21of the marriagewithinthat home.As perfect asit was,the price remainedtoo high for us. But every day,wewould sit by the lake, looking at the houseand dreaming of22it would be like tolive there.Days later, we made a(n)23 farbelow the asking price. Surprisingly, theydidnt24us.They renewedtheir offer25. It was alsomuch more than we couldafford, but far26thanthe original askingprice.The next day, we got a27messagethat another buyer had offered a muchhigher price. Even so, we decidedto talk with the28directly. We madeour finaloffer, which 29was thousandsof dollars lessthan the other buyersbid. We knewit,30we hadto try.“ Sold!”saidthe owner.Then he31: Hedseenus sitting by thelake all thosetimes; heknew how much we loved the placeand that wed32the yearsof workthey hadput into their home; he realizedhe would take a33by selling it to us,butit was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us toconsiderthe34in the price “ an early wedding present.”That show we found our home andhow I learnedthatwhen peopleare35theyarenot strangers,only friends we haven tyet met.16.A. neededB. limitedC. enoughD. large17.A. recommendedB. decoratedC. soldD. rented18.A. belowB. withinC. beyondD. between19.A. atleastB. atmostC. attimesD. athand20.A. reliefB. concernC. loveD. curiosity21.A. prideB. happinessC. challengeD. desire22.A. whichB. whyC. thatD. what23.A. effortB. offerC. promiseD. profit24.A. comeacrossB. look afterC. dependonD. laughat25.A. insteadB. indeedC. asideD. apart26.A. worseB. betterC. lessD. higher27.A. relaxingB. disappointingC. pleasantD. regular28.A. agentsB. buyersC. managersD. owners名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - 29.A. alreadyB. stillC. generallyD. ever30.A. soB. orC. forD. but31.A. apologizedB. complainedC. criticizedD. explained32.A. checkB. analyzeC. appreciateD. ignore33.A. lossB. riskC. chanceD. lead34.A. increaseB. differenceC. interestD. average35.A. kindB. politeC. smartD. energetic第三部分：语法填空（每题1.5 分）In order to know aforeign languagethoroughly, four things arenecessary._36_,we must understandthe languagewhen we hear_37_spoken.Secondly,we mustbe able to speak it ourselves correctly with _38_( confident) and withouthesitation. Thirdly, we must be able to read the language,and fourthly, we must beableto write it. Wemustbe ableto makesentencesthat aregrammatically correct.There is no easyway to success_39_ languagelearning . A good memory is_40_ greathelp, but it is not enoughonly _41_ (memorize) rules from a grammarbook. It is no much use _42_ (learn) by heart long lists of words and theirmeanings,studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language._43_ we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not reallylearning the language. “ Learn through use ” is a good piece of advice for those_44_arestudying a new language.Practiceis important. Wemust practice speakingandwriting the language_45_wecan.第四部分：短文改错（每题 1 分）Zhao Ming hasalways been hard-working pupil. However, he find that studyingEnglish is very difficult. At the beginning of the term, he wasstruggling to keepup tohis classmates.So I was very pleasingthat at the end of this term, Zhao Ming cametop of his class.All areahaveimproved.In his writing, his spelling and punctuation(标 点 ) are much more better. Inspeaking,heis much moreconfidently.Zhao Ming should feel very positive about the progresshe had made this term.When hecontinueslike this, he will do very good indeed.第五部分：写作（ 15 分）假设你是晨光中学的高中生李华。你校拟选拔一些优秀学生， 利用暑假到晨曦希望小学为学生辅导英语。 你希望参加此活动。 请根据以下提示， 用英语给校评选组写一封申请信：*对此活动的认识（如对本人、学生及社会的益处等）*个人优势（如性格、独立生活能力、语言能力等）*你的计划（如怎样进行辅导等）DearSir or Madam:,I amLi Hua from ClassOne,SeniorTwo._名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - -