河北省安平中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题.doc

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1、安平中学2018-2019 学年下学期第二次月考高二英语试题第一部分 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. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore. B. In a classroom C. In a library.2. At what time will the fi

2、lm begin?A. 7:20. B. 7:15. C. 7:00.3. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. Their friend Jane. B. A weekend trip. C. A radio programme.4. What will the woman probably do?A. Catch a train. B. See the man off. C. Go shopping.5. Why did the woman apologize?A. She made a late delivery. B. S

3、he went to the wrong place. C. She couldnt take the cake back.第二节（共小题：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. Whose CD is broken?A. Kathys. B. Mums. C. Jacks.7. What does the boy promis

4、e to do for the girl?A. Buy her a new CD B. Do some cleaning. C. Give her 10 dollars.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did the man think of the meal?A. Just so-so B. Quite satisfactory. C. A bit disappointing.9. What was the 15% on the bill paid for?A. The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。1

5、0. Why is the man at the shop?A. To order a camera for his wife B. To have a camera repaired C. To get a camera changed.11. What color does the man want?A. Pink. B. Black. C. Orange.12. What will the man do afterwards?A. Make a phone call. B. Wait until further notice. C. Come again the next day.听第9

6、段材料,回答第13至16题。 13. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?A. Go to a play. B. Stay at home. C. Visit Kingston.14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?A. Attend a party. B. Meet her aunt. C. See a car show.15. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?A. To call up Betty. B. To buy some D

7、VDs. C. To pick up Daniel.16. What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Fellow workers. C. Guide and tourist.听第10段材料，回答第17至39题。17. Where does Thomas Manning work?A. In the Guinness Company. B. At a radio station. C. In a museum.18. Where did the idea of a book of records

8、come from?A. A bird-shooting trip. B. A visit to Europe. C. A television talk show.19. When did Sir Hughs first book of records appear?A. In 1875. B. In 1950. C. In 1955.20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next?A. More records of unusual facts. B. The founder of the company. C. The old

9、est person in the world.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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 AIncluding the following food or fruit in your breakfast makes you healthier and full of energy.Grapefruit“Even if you changed nothing else about your diet, eating half a grape

10、fruit before each meal may help you lose up to a pound a week, ”says Patricia Bannan, author of Eat Right When the Time Is Right,“Researchers found that when obese people ate half a grapefruit before each meal, they dropped an average of 3. 5 pounds over 12 weeks,”she says.Tart CherryTart cherries h

11、ave been shown to benefit heart health as well as body weight in a study on obese rats, A 12-week study by the University of Michigan found that rats fed tart cherries showed a 9 percent belly fat reduction. Moreover, the researchers noted that the cherry consumption had great ability to alter the e

12、xpression of fat genes. Enjoy them during breakfast to kick your morning off right.Sweet PotatoSweet potatoes are packed with nutrients and can help you burn fat. They are high in fiber and have a low glycemic index（血糖指数），which means theyre absorbed slowly and keep you feeling full longer. Min Chen

13、likes to use them to whip up a sweet potato hash.“I love any kind of this dish because it provides rich vitamins, minerals and fiber. It is very filling, which helps keep appetite and portions under control as the day goes on, ”she says.Bell PepperGreen, red or yellow, fresh or frozen, peppers are n

14、ever a bad companion for your eggs. Thanks to their high vitamin C content, eating them can help burn stored fat. Studies also indicate that vitamin C helps muscles process a fatty acid called carnitine thats essential to muscle growth and recovery.21. Which food or fruit is beneficial to the patien

15、ts who suffer from heart diseases?A. Grapefruit B. Sweet potato C. Tart cherry D. Bell pepper22. What benefit do these food and fruit have in common?A. Making people live longer. B. Making muscles grow strong.C. Helping control glycemic index. D. Helping people lose weight.23. In which part of newsp

16、aper can you read the text?A. Education. B. Health C. Agriculture. D. TechnologyBWe can achieve knowledge either actively or passively. We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning.We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of t

17、he learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. Conditioned as we are to passive learning, its not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers.Unfortunately, passive lea

18、rning has a serious problem. It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay(传闻）and rumor .Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesnt show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another perso

19、n. That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are compared. Typically, the original message has changed.Thats what happens in dail

20、y life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen imperfectly. And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know.Thi

21、s process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be re-stated as fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or t

22、o challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.24. According to the passage, passive learning may occur in _.A. doing a medical experiment B. solving a math problemC. visiting an exhibition D. doing scientific reasoning25. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A. active lear

23、ning B. knowledgeC. communication D. passive learning26. The author mentions the game Rumor to show that _.A. a message may be changed when being passed onB. a message should be delivered in different waysC. people may have problems with their sense of hearingD. people tend not to believe in what th

24、ey know as rumor27. What can we infer from the passage?A. Active learning is less important.B. Passive learning may not be reliable.C. Active learning occurs more frequently.D. Passive learning is not found among scholars.CMany years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was d

25、riving to my parents home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station (加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.I took off,

26、but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friends. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out

27、 of the car, the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby to

28、wn in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that Id left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership a shop selling cars was right next door.I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.“Just how friendly is F

29、riendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say tha

30、nk you, and it meant a lot, he said.“Thank you” two powerful words. Theyre easy to say and mean so much.28. The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City .A. to visit a friend B. to see his parentsC. to pay at the cash register D. to have more gas for his car29. What happened when the author found smo

31、ke coming out of his car?A. He had it pulled back to the gas station. B. The couple sent him a business card.C. The couple offered to help him. D. He called his friend for help.30. The battery of the authors car was dead because .A. something went wrong with the lightsB. the meeting lasted a whole d

32、ay C. he forgot to turn off the lights D. he drove too long a distance31. By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show .A. how to write a thank-you letterB. how to deal with car problemsC. the kind-heartedness of older peopleD. the importance of expressing thanksDA recent study led by re

33、searchers from the National University of Singapore(NUS)has found a clear link between the color of a taxi and its accident rate. An analysis of 36 months of detailed taxi, driver and accident data from two fleets of yellow and blue taxis in Singapore suggested that yellow taxis have fewer accidents

34、 than blue taxis. The higher visibility (能见度)of yellow makes it easier for drivers to avoid getting into accidents with yellow taxis, leading to a lower accident rate.The study was led by Prof Ho. To test whether there was a causal relationship between the color of a taxi and the number of accidents

35、 the taxi had, the research team analysed data collected by the largest taxi company in Singapore. The researchers found that yellow taxis have about 6.1 fewer accidents per 1,000 taxis per month.The researchers also studied the economic effect of changing the color of the entire fleet of taxis to y

36、ellow. The Singapore taxi company involved in the study owns about 16,700 taxis in a ratio(比例) of one yellow to three blue taxis. If a commercial decision is made to switch from blue to yellow taxis, 76.6 fewer accidents would occur per month or 917 fewer accidents per year. Assuming an average repa

37、ir cost of $1,000 per car and a downtime of six days, switching the color of all taxis to yellow could produce an annual savings of $2 million.“We are eager to continue to validate(证实) the findings of our study by looking at the use of yellow in other types of public transport, such as school buses.

38、 For instance, we hope to compare the accident rates of yellow school buses against other colors to find out if yellow is indeed a safer color for school buses. Besides, we are also interested to look at private-hire vehicles and do a comparison of the accident rates of vehicles that are of differen

39、t colors,” explained Prof Ho.32. Why do yellow taxis result in fewer accidents?A. Because yellow can be seen more easily.B. Because yellow signals a warning of danger.C. Because drivers tend to be more careful in yellow taxis.D. Because people act more quickly in yellow surroundings.33. Whats Prof H

40、os study based on?A. Physical risks taxi passengers experience.B. The economic effect of changing taxi color.C. Data from Singapores largest taxi company.D. Personal reports from taxi drivers worldwide.34. What do Prof Hos words in the last paragraph suggest?A. School buses should be painted yellow.

41、B. Their findings are worth popularizing.C. Yellow should be widely used in public transport.D. Their study will be furthered.35. What can be the best title for the text?A. Caution: yellow taxis aheadB. Safer to ride in yellow taxisC. Why are yellow taxis preferred?D. How can colors help prevent acc

42、idents?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。 (将选项涂在答题卡相应的71-75题） The key to losing weight is to understand what really motivates you. Have you ever been excited about losing a few pounds?36 And to help you keep your weight under control, you need some strategies.Ask questio

43、ns. When youre researching different dieting products and plans or even talking to a doctor about diets, ask as many questions as you can.37 Ask questions like: Do I have to purchase special meals or supplements? Does the program include a part to help me maintain my weight loss?Get real.38 Dont bur

44、den yourself with unrealistic expectations. Remember, large amounts of weight loss are not realistic and are most likely not safe or healthy. Talk with your health care professional to determine a healthy weight goal.39 To maintain your weight, you must balance your intake of calories with the energ

45、y you burn. Just 30 minutes of fast walking in most days can take about 10 pounds off your weight each year.Weigh yourself weekly. Its important to track your weight on any diet or weight loss plan, but dont get on the scale every day. Weighing daily wont show you the big picture.40 AStay balanced.B

46、Once a week is fine.CStick with your healthy eating plan.DLosing one to two pounds a week is a realistic goal.E. Being well informed will help you choose the best diet for you.F. Regular weight check-ins will show you your progress over time.G. If so, you must find a way to turn that excitement into determination.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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful. Cathy suffered some terrible41 in her early childhood. After years of reg