右玉一中2013—2014学年第二学期第二次月考试题（卷） 高 二 英 语
（时间：120分钟 满分：150分 命题： 任志敏）
第I卷
第一部分：阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)
第一节：（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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
A
A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?Certainly! There are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” American say “in the hospital” and “ Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, “color” and “honor” are American.
These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.
1. According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that______________. A. British people cannot understand him B. American people cannot understand him C. the grammar is too hard for him D. the spelling is too hard for him
2. American English and British English are different in _________.
A. Spelling B. pronunciation C. grammar D. all of the above 3. What is not mentioned in the passage?
A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English B. Whether British English and American English are one language or two.
C. How the differences between British English and American English came about. D. How important the differences are.
4. According to this passage, British people and Americans have _______ difficulty in understanding each other.
A. little B. much C. some D. great
B
Charles Dickens was born on February 7,1812 in Hampshire, England. In 1822, his family moved to London, where his father, John Dickens worked as a clerk. Dickens’ family was considered middle class. However, in 1824, John Dickens was imprisoned for
debt, bringing the family to financial disaster and leading to Dickens, the oldest child, being sent to work in a shoedye factory.
Months later, Dickens’ father was set free. Although Dickens’ mother wanted him to stay at work, his father, who had now given up his expensive spending habits, got him to return to school. His schooling ended forever when Dickens returned to work at the age of 15. He became a clerk in a law firm, then a shorthanded reporter in the courts. In 1833, Dickens began to write short stories. He published the Pickwick Papers in 1836, and in the same year married Catherine. Within several months, Dickens became internationally popular. He left his position as a newspaper reporter and became editor of a monthly magazine.
Dickens finished Oliver Twist in 1837. Beginning with A Christmas Carol in 1843, Dickens began to publish annual Christmas stories. Later, Dickens actively fought for social issues in the community and began to directly address social issues in his novels. He finished Hard Times(1854), A Tale of Two Cities(1859) and Great Expectations(1860--1861). His works had always reflected the pains of the common people, but works such as Bleak House(1852--1853)and Our Mutual Friend(1864--1865)expressed his progressing anger and disappointment to society. In 1858, Dickens began a series of paid readings, which became instantly popular. The readings often left him exhausted and ill although the satisfied his biggest wish to communicate with the audience. In 1860 he divorced Catherine. He was forced to give up his reading tours due to his declining health and died suddenly at home on June9, 1870.
5. Dickens’ family fell into debt probably because_________. A. it was impossible to support such a big family B. his father had expensive spending habits C. his father didn’t earn much as a clerk
D. most of his father’s salary was spent on gambling problems 6. What job was Dickens doing when he first became well-known? A. A clerk in a law firm.
B. A shorthanded reporter in the courts. C. An editor of a magazine. D. A newspaper reporter.
7. In which novel did Dickens probably directly talk about social problems? A. A Christmas Carol B. Oliver Twist C. Pickwick Papers D. A Tale of Two Cities 8. The passage doesn’t tell us__________.
A. the reason why Dickens stopped schooling forever at the age of 15 B. that Dickens got much pleasure by communicating with his audience C. that Dickens’ marriage with Catherine lasted twenty-four years D. that Dickens showed great pity for common people in his novels
C
The Special Olympics are an international program of sports training and athletics. The mission of this organization is to promote the Olympic sports training and practice for people who are mentally disabled, to provide them with continuous opportunities of psychic and physical development, to encourage them to demonstrate courage and
capacity and to motivate them to be happy with their families, their friends and the whole community.
In 1960, it organized sports and game specially for disabled people. Mrs Kennedy felt that these people were more capable of physical activities than experts thought.
About 3% of the world population are mentally disabled. Around 60% of them have a light mental deficiency(缺陷), 30% have moderate deficiency and 10% have a serious and deep deficiency. Down’ s syndrome(唐氏综合症) is the most common mental deficiency. One child in 600 is affected by it and it results in a moderate and serious deficiency. But they can live, with the correct support, fully utilizing their psychic and physical potential. This certainly is a guideline for the Special Olympics.
The Special Olympics’ oath is: Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.
The Special Olympics’ aim is to give people with a mental deficiency the possibility to become socially useful inhabitants. Then they are accepted, appreciated and respected by the whole community.
The Special Olympics believe that competition between people who have roughly the same abilities is the best way for them to test their athletic capabilities and progress. 9. Which of the following is NOT part of the mission of the Special Olympics? A. To give the disabled opportunities to develop their minds and bodies. B. To encourage the disabled to show their courage and capacity. C. To make the disabled willing to be happy with other people. D. To help the disabled become much stronger and cleverer.
10. The underlined word “utilizing” in the passage probably means _____. A. completing B. using C. finding D. providing
11. From the last three paragraphs, we can infer that__________. A. all people with disabilities can attend the Special Olympics
B. people with a mental deficiency can’t make a great contribution to society C. people with a mental deficiency should be given chances to show their abilities
D. the best way to test a person’s athletic capability is to let him attend the Special Olympics
12. The passage is mainly about________. A. the mission of the Special Olympics B. the oath of the Special Olympics
C. a brief instruction of the Special Olympics D. the scope of the Special Olympics
D
One Thousand &One Night
There was once a king who had a beautiful wife. He loved her very much, but she was a wicked(恶毒的) woman. When the king discovered her wickedness, he killed her. He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them. He gave orders that he cut off her head and marry again. This went on for some time and all the people were unhappy.
Now the king had a Chief Minister who had a beautiful daughter. She had read many books and knew all the stories of the world. She decided that she would try to cure the
king of his madness. Her father was horrified and tried to persuade her to change her mind, but she would not. She was determined. “I shall marry him,” she said. “And perhaps I can make him stop this mad murder. If not, I shall die myself.”
The king was delighted and the marriage took place at once. At night, the new queen told the king a very interesting story. And when she reached the most exciting part of all, she stopped the story and said, “What a pity that I am going to be killed tomorrow! The next part of the story is even more exciting.” The king thought, “There is no need to kill her tomorrow. I will wait until the day after, and then I can hear the end of the story.”
But the second night, the queen finished the story and began another. Again she stopped at a very exciting place and her life was saved. On the third night the same thing happened.
This went on night after night until they had been married a whole year, and a beautiful son was born to the queen. The king now loved his wife and understood that there were good and bad women just as there were good and bad men. He felt ashamed of his wrong actions and he killed no more women. They lived peacefully together.
13. Why did the king kill his first wife? A. She was a beautiful woman.
B. She was not good at telling stories. C. A Chief Minister told the king to do it. D. The king found her a wicked person.
14. What was the new queen determined to do? A. To make the king stop the mad murder. B. To make her son become the next king. C. To read more books and lead a peaceful life. D. To feel ashamed of her wrong actions.
15. How many stories were probably told before the new queen managed to cure the king of his madness?
A. One thousand and one stories. B. More than 3 hundred stories. C. No more than 3 stories. D. All the stories of the world.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
Are you suffering a lot from test anxiety? Follow these tips to help you overcome it. ___16___ Prepare for the test by developing good study notes. Pick out the main points of the information or follow a study sheet from the teacher. Know the who, what, when, where, why and how of any main ideas.
Pick out the key words in the main points. Write a very short description of each point next to the key words. You will now have two sets of study notes. ____17_____ Use the second to review right before the test.
Teach yourself little memory tricks. Some people use mnemonic(助记符号)devices to
remember facts. If there is a list of information, take the first letter of each word and make an interesting saying.
___18_____ Some people read all the questions first and then begin working. Others start with the first question and don’t look at the rest. They skip and hard questions and come back to them later.
Do some relaxation exercises like deep breathing. Some anxiety is normal going into a test. __19_____
Review the material one last time right before bed. We often remember things that we read or think about right before going to sleep.
___20______ Make sure you go to bed early enough the night before the test. It is very difficult to remember anything when you are overtired. A. Work out a plan ahead. B. Get a good night’s sleep.
C. Pay attention to the proper order of answering the questions. D. Use the first detailed set to study the material. E. Learn to develop a strategy for taking the test. F. Always get as much sleep as possible.
G. Breathing deeply helps you calm yourself and concentrate on the test.
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分55分)
第一节:完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面的短文，然后从文章后面所给的各个选项中选出一个最佳选项
In the last, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be ___21____.
Today things are __22___. The world has become too ___23___. We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are ___24___ our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth __25__ survive.
Everyone _26__ today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet with modern fishing __27__, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, __28__ will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we __29__ to use bigger and more powerful machines to __30__more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. __31__ , in most countries waste products are __32___ put into rivers or into the sea, and there are __33__ laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the __34__ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough __35__. What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less __36___, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops __37__ five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will __38__ longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth __39__.