白云中学2010学年第一学期高二英语第二次月考试题
一、听力（本题共有20小题, 每题1分，共20分）
第一节 听下面5段对话，每段对话仅读一遍。
1.How long did the girl do her homework?
A. Over two hours B. Two hours C. Less than two hours
2. What does the woman mean?
A. She left the dirty plates unwashed.
B. She didn’t have time to wash her hands after eating.
C. She didn’t wash her face before coming to the theatre.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. International events B. The broadcaster C. The weather
4. Why was the man disappointed?
A. The play was bad B. The tickets were gone. C. The play wasn’t interesting
5. What did the woman see?
A. She saw a yard. B. She saw nothing C. She saw something
第二节
听第6段对话，回答第6-8题。 每段对话或独白读两遍。
6. How does the man feel while talking?
A. Worried B. Excited C. Angry
7. What is the man complaining about?
A. The service. B. The woman’s coming late. C. The newly-bought car.
8. When was the man’s car repaired last time?
A. A couple of weeks ago. B. Several months ago C. Six months ago
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Why does the girl work hard at her lessons?
A. She is going to take an exam.
B. She wants to be an engineer in the future.
C. She is going to be a biologist after she graduates.
10. What can we learn about the boy?
A. He is an engineer.
B. He is the girl’s friend.
C. He is the girl’s classmate.
11. What are those technical words about?
A. Engineering B. Technology C. Biology
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Who does the man buy the night gown（睡衣） for?
A. His daughter B. His wife C. His mother
13. What color and size is the night gown taken by the man?
A. Pink and size M. B.Pink and size L. C. Beige and size M.
14. How will the man go to the stationary department?
A. By lift B. By escalator C. By stairs.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is the temperature of Miama today?
A. Around 75 F B. Around 85 F C.Around 100 F.
16. How does the woman get the weather forecast?
A. From the paper B. From the radio. C. From the TV.
17. Where are the speakers now?
A. In Los Angeles. B. In Miami C. In New York
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题.
18. What was the air hostess doing when the old lady came to her？
A. She was at work in the small kitchen.
B. She was having lunch in the small kitchen.
C. She was preparing fruits in the small kitchen.
19. Where was the ladies’ room?
A.At the back of the plane.
B. In the middle of the plane.
C. Next to the control room.
20. What can we learn from the monologue(独白)?
A. The air hostess was humorous.
B. The old lady didn’t find the ladies’ room.
C. The lady was fooled by the air hostess.
二、单项填空(本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
21.If you buy ______MP4 player in our store, you can get a watch for ________free.
A.a ,\ B.an; the C. an; \ D.the ; the
22.See what you’ve done! Don’t you have a _____ of right or wrong?
A.feeling B.thought C.sense D.knowledge
23.What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car on the way..
A.broke up B.broke into C.broke out D. broke down
24.---- What a hot day! Have you had a drink?
-----Yes, but I’d like to have _____ after class.
A. it B.another C.that D.one
25.Do you know the reason ________he was late for the class?
A.why B.that C. which D.who
26.It looks as if they are going to ______us a lot of money for the concert hall.
A. demand B.cost C .charge D. ask
27. He lost his way in the forest , but he managed to get through it_______
A.completely B.eventually C.quickly D. extremely
28.I can’t tell you the exact time when I will get there, maybe at eight or at nine or still later._______, I’ll be there as early as I can.
A. Anyhow B.Thus C. Therefore D.However
29. --- Have you ____ been to our town before?
--- No, it’s the first time I ___ here.
A. even, come B. even, have come C. ever, come D. ever, have come
30.---Hello, Mary. How are you today? I hear you weren’t well last week.
----_________.
A.Much better now. Thank you B. Fine, thank you
C.I’m afraid not D.Better than ever, I think
三、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在31~45各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the very day and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked 31, but I couldn't find one of my husband's socks though I had looked 32 for it.
The next morning, I got ready for 33 as usual, when the bell rang , the students came in. I greeted them and told them 34 we were going to do that day. .When I 35 back to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 36 . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was 37the headmaster would come and see all this. I asked the class to stop ,but the more I talked, the more they laughed. 38I thought I had better pay 39attention to them and 40 to write on the blackboard. As I did this, they laughed even harder. Before long, the teacher who had the room next to 41came to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too. "Good Heavens! "I said," Will 42 please tell me what is so 43 ?" "Oh, God, "said the teacher," You have a brown 44stuck to the back of your shirt." So that's 45 I found my husband's missing sock. "Oh, well," I said to the class, "Let' s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电)。"
31. A. hard B. well C. fast D. slowly
32. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
33. A. breakfast B. clothes C. school D. books
34. A. that B. what C. how D. why
35. A. turned B. looked C. came D. walked
36. A. smiling B. laughing C. shouting D. quarrelling
37. A. afraid B. angry C. sure D. surprised
38. A. But B. And C. However D. Finally
39. A. further B. more C. hardly D. no
40. A. want B. continue C. begin D. go
41. A. me B. mine C. us D. his
42. A. everyone B. all C. someone D. he
43. A. funny B. wrong C. pleasant D. unforgettable
44 A. handkerchief B. sock C. paper D. leaf
45. A. why B. when C. how D. what
四、阅读理解（本题有16小题，每小题2分，共32分）
第一节：阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A
Our surroundings are being polluted faster than nature and man’s present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials.
What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man, by his desire for a modern way of life. We make“increasing industrialization”(工业化)our chief aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of our modem society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.
Isn’t it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot (飞行员) who told his passengers over the loudspeaker, “I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going.” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when spoken of our modern society.
46.Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted because___________.
A. the population of the world is increasing fast
B. people use too many man-made materials
C. our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years
D. we are producing more cars, trucks and buses
47. People crowd into the cities for___________.
A. they want very much to find well-paid jobs
B. they are anxious to enjoy the achievements of our society
C. they have become tired of their homeland
D. they have a strong wish to become industrial workers
48. The story about the airline pilot tells us that___________.
A. man knows where the society is going
B. people do not welcome the rapid development of modern society
C. man can do little about the problem of pollution
D. the speaker is worried about the future of our society
49. What does the writer really want to say in this passage?
A. With tile development of technology pollution has become a serious problem.
B. Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.
C. It’s time we did something to reduce pollution.
D. As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.
B
Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it cheaper by making the words shorter. You can do this by taking out “unimportant” letters in the words and using numbers instead of words (2 = to, 3 = free, 4 = for, 8 = ate, so h8 = hate, etc.). You can also keep away from using punctuation (标点). Here is an example: Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite (Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?)
What do you think these text messages mean?
Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.
Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll.
I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy.
Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols (符号) to show how they feel. They are called emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways. For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this: Why didt u call me? I’m so sad. (
Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where you could use them?
) laughing ( sad ＜ really sad
Ⅴ shouting |?| asleep ：0 shocked
8?| surprised \?o bored
50. Why are text messages popular?
A. Because they are expensive. B. Because they are cheap.
C. Because they are hard to write. D. Because they are not important.
51. The first paragraph tells us that we can make the text messages shorter in ways.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
52. What does this text message “Do U wnt 2 cm?” mean? It means “ ?”.
A. Do you want to come B. Do you wear two caps
C. Do you want two cakes D. Do you go home early
53. Why do people use emoticons?
A. Because they can show how users feel. B. Because the symbols are beautiful.
C. Because text messages are short. D. Because the users can’t make the words shorter.
C
Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift—the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”
The book—a bestseller in the US—is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes.
Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood-Our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.
With China’s official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges. So what we should do once this“cheese”on which we are so dependent is moved?
“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely,” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book.
Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”
“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese.” Zhang smiled confidently.
54. The whole passage is about_________.
A. a bestseller in the US
B. what people think about China’s entry into the WTO
C. the change in people’s attitude towards changes and challenges
D. how a book influences the Chinese workers
55. The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese”in order to_________.
A. be more competitive with foreign firms B. find an excuse for their job cuts
C. let the workers make a living on their own D. encourage the fired workers
56. The word“cheese” in the passage can refer to_________.
A. something we depend on B. a most important kind of food
C. change or challenge D. way of life
57. From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that____________.
A. they have different opinions on changes and challenges
B. people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies
C. the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges
D. they are both greatly encouraged by the book
第二节: 阅读下列材料, 从所给的四个选项(A、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ) 中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The people below are needed to take part in a sport. After the description of these people, there is information about four sports(A-D). Decide which sport would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 58-61 and then mark the correct letter(A-D) on your answer sheet.
( )58. Bob is a very active man. He is very strong and healthy. He’d like to take part in an exciting sport. But he is afraid of water.
( ) 59. Simon is very fat. He would like to lose his weight. But he is not interested in doublequick and excitement activity. He enjoys water sports.
( ) 60. Mathew hates to take part in the violent sports. He is in poor health. He wants to build up his body.
( ) 61. Jack is brave and risky and a good swimmer. He enjoys water game. He looks for excitement with his friend when they are on holiday.
A. Hiking is a great way to travel. You will get close to nature and take exercise at the same time. Hiking is easy to do and doesn’t have to be very expensive. You can hike close to home or travel to other places. The basic equipment you need for hiking is simple: good shoes, clothes and a backpack. You can hike in the mountains, in a forest or along a river. You can also go for a hike in the city. Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety.
B. Rafting is a good way to experience nature. If you want a normal rafting trip, choose a quiet stream or river that is wide and has few fallen trees or rocks. If you are looking for more excitement you may want to try whitewater rafting. You should always think about your safety and wear good clothes. You also need to learn the basic skills of rafting, such as how to handle the raft, how to paddle and how to get in and out of the raft. You should not go rafting unless you know how to swim, and you should always wear a life jacket.
C. Swimming is a good way for swim lovers. You can reduce your weight and become slim by swimming. You can train your willpower and increase your energy of your lung. You can swim in the swimming pool, in the lake, in the river or even in the sea.
D. Long running is a good sport, for example, Marathom is very popular with young people especially people with strong body and will. If you have hypertension or heart disease, perhaps, it is not suitable for you.
五、单词拼写（本题有8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出个单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）
62. To finish such a difficult task is b_______ my ability.
63. The colour of our n_______ flag is red with five yellow stars on it ..
64. Mary was a_______ from school because of her mother’s serious illness.
65. He cheated her, which she would never f_______and remember all her life.
66.In the old days, many children suffered from h_________ because of no food.
67.Our school is trying its best to improve our studying and working c__________.
68.With her great efforts, she has a______everything she wanted to do.
69. D________ comes after November.
六、书面表达（本题1小题，共15分）
某英语刊物正在进行“我的母亲”的征文活动。请按照下面所提供的主要内容，以“我的母亲”为题，写一篇80--100词左右的征文。
Character mother, in her fifties, no school education, encourage…to..., take good care of
Example have a bad cold ,…recover(康复)
Your feelings
…
高二英语参考答案
一、听力（本题共有20小题, 每题1分，共20分）
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C A C B B C C A A B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C B A B B A C A C B
二、单项选择（本题共有10小题, 每题1分，共10分）
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C C D B A C B A D A
三、完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
B D C B A B A D D B B C A B C
四、阅读理解（本题有两节，共16小题，每小题2分，共32分）
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61
C B D C B C A A C D A C A C D B
五、单词拼写（本题有8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
My mother is a village woman， who is already in her fifties. She had very little school education， but she knows that knowledge is of great importance to young people. She often asks me how I get along with my studies and
My mother and does everything she can for me， so that I can spend more time on my study.
Once she was badly ill and had stayed in bed for several days.