山西省太原市第五中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期10月月考试题

1、1 / 5山西省太原市第五中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期 10 月月考试题第 I 卷选择题（共 60 分）第一部分单项选择（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）从各小题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. Upon see ing the police, the predators_ all direct ions immediately.A. escaped from B. escaped in2. I don t know how they man age to_church mice.4. _you may have, you

2、should gather your courage to face the challe nge.A. How serious a problemB. What a serious problemC. However serious a problemD. No matter what serious a problem5. _will I have an opport unity of achievi ng_ I ve b een purs uing.A. By work ing hard; thatB. Only the n; whatC. In no time; whatD. Hard

3、ly; whe n6. The won derful En glish speech_ by Mr. Wils on n eeds_ .A. to be held ; to recordB. held; to recordC. to be held; record ingD. held; record ing7. _the traffic rules, or you may be faced with an angry driver.A. ObeyB. To followC. Obeyi ngD. Followed8. Always be grateful to those who_ you

4、help without ask ing for anythingin return.A. supplyB. provideC. wantD. offer9. The problems are still_ . Now nobody knows how to deal with them.A. on guardB. un der discussio nC. out of con trolD. in competiti on10. Lucy, the gallery,_is Enjoy Life, will be pulled dow n soon.Do you mean the one_we

5、visited the exhibiti on two weeks ago?A. the n ame of which; whereB. of which the n ame; thatC. whose n ame; whichD. which n ame; what第二部分 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（ A、B、C 和 D 中，选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项。Several years ago, my father took us to watch a World Series game. The Yankees wer

6、ecompeting against the Dodgers. I did not get to see Sandy, my favorite baseball player in theDodgers, pitch（投掷）,but I wasn t 11 . The Dodgers won 4-1, giving them a 2-0 Series advantage.12 , the excitement of beingat the game and seeing my team 13 was soon eclipsed （使黯然失色 ）.As my mother, father, yo

7、un ger brother and I 14 the stadium, we passedan open garage that led back into Yankee Stadium. I looked in and 15 a bus.I stopped as my family 16 . When the garage door started going dow n 17 ,_I hit the gro und, a no tebook and a pen in hand, and rolled in side along witha few other kids.As a stad

8、ium door opened, several 18 came in the garage. They 19 my no tebook. I could feel myheart beat harder with each autograph. But where was Sandy?Fin ally, Sandy came in, but he boarded the bus 20 I could get to him.So I climbed up the bus stairs and asked a player sitt ing in the front to passmy 21 b

9、ack to Sandy. It came back with his 22_ . To my parents great23 , I was soon sent out of the garage. I was floati ng in the air. The feeli ngof 24 lasted for days.With each new World Series seas on, I won der what that day and those 25_moments would have felt like ifI hadn t been in it for26 , but f

10、or themoney that a sports star s sig nature might bring. Later, my mom framed （镶框） the front and back covers together. It 27 in my bedroom for decades. I am so 28 for that day, andfor not 29 that an autograph could be worth anything more tha n a won derful mome nt to be 30 fora lifetime.11. A. i nte

11、restedB. surprisedC. disappo in tedD. satisfied12. A. OtherwiseB. Mea nwhileC. HoweverD. Therefore13. A. attemptB. winC. struggleD. explore14. A. en teredB. leftC. returned toD. got around15. A. stoppedB. caughtC. missedD. spotted16. A. compla inedB. talkedC. walked onD. set off17. A. sudde nlyB. ev

12、en tuallyC. repeatedlyD. slowly18. A. playersB. pare ntsC. kidsD. drivers19. A. noticedB. sig nedC. ig noredD. selected20. A. beforeB. afterC. si neeD. un til21. A. notebookB. ticketC. prese ntD. baseball22. A. warmi ngB. sig natureC. noteD. en couragement23. A. delightB. shameC. regretD. reliefC. e

13、scaped forthree childre nD. escaped out they re as poor asA.keep upB. give upC. bring upD. hold up3. The motor wont run smoothlyyou oil it regularly.A. whe nB. whereC. as soon asD. uniess24. A. adve ntureB. surpriseC. satisfact ionD. an xiety25. A. preciousB. criticalC. awkwardD. historic26. A. memo

14、ryB. loveC. in spirati onD. curiosity27. A. h ungB. sleptC. hidD. proved28. A. upsetB. sorryC. gratefulD. hungry29. A. expect ingB. i nsisti ngC. rememberi ngD. knowing30. A. accumulatedB. accoun tedC. treatedD. preserved第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30 分）第一节 （共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中

15、，选出最佳选项。AOn the morning of his 41st birthday last week, Chris Pointon couldn t wait to ope n the cardfrom his wife Kate.In n eat han dwrit ing, she had writte n:“ To my dearest Humpty Dumpty. Hasall the hair gone now? I love you and always will. ” The nickname, Chris explains, is because he s clumsy

16、.Kate died two years ago, after a five-year battle with cancer which she got whe n she wasjust 29. Before her death, Kate, a con sulta nt in medici ne for the elderly, hid the birthday cardsalong with letters for Chris and other family members ina box under their bed. Kate had secretly written cards

17、 to Chris until the year 2042.Her final act was to tell Chris the locationof the box, and make him promiseto open the envelopes on the dates written on the front.“She called it a memory box, ” explains Chris. Chris had known about it a few yearsbeforeha nd, b ut she had n ever let him look in side.

18、It s about thesize of a shoe box. Chris opened it for the first time on the day she died, July 23, 2016.“ She had told me there was a letter for me to ope n on the day she died, as well as a card toopen a week after her death. That was an emotional day, but Kate knew what to say to make melaugh. Tha

19、t day I found the birthday cards one a year un til I turn 50, the n one for my 60thbirthday and ano ther for my 65th.It stops then because that was when we planned to retire, move to the coast and open a small hotel.She probably wants to make sure I ve kept my promise. ”Chris ope ned the first birth

20、day card from Kate last April.“ To my darl ingChristopher, ” it read. “40 now! You re getting old! Have a brilliant day!”Readi ng these cards reminds Chris how lucky he was to spe nd 15 years with such an amaz ingwoma n.31. What can we lear n about the birthday cards?A. Chris has ope ned only one of

21、 them so far.B. The first one was written for Chris s 41st birthday.C. The last o ne was written for Chris s 50th birthday.D. Kate left thirteen birthday cards for her husband altogether.32. What did Chris do after his wife s death?A. He first ope ned the box a week after her death.B. He read a lett

22、er on the day of her death.C. He ope ned a card on the day of her death.D. He read a letter and a card a week after her death.33. What can we infer about Kate from the text?A. Her husba nd had many nickn ames for her.B. She probably liked jok ing with her husba nd.C. She knew her husba nd ofte n bro

23、ke his promise.D. She had pla nned to run a hotel after she recovered.BThe 2017 Natio nal Assessme nt of Educati onal Progress （NAEP） , also known as the NationsReport Card, was released on April 10, 2018. The report is based on tests of stude nts across theUn ited States. The Departme nt of Educati

24、 on orga ni zed the testi ng.Among the report s findings was that onlyabout one-third of 8th-gradestudents were considered proficient（熟练的）in reading and maths. The Departmentof Education defines proficiencyas “solid academic performanee” . It saysstude nts who reach this level have a good kno wledge

25、 of the subject and can use their kno wledgein real-world situati ons.About 40 perce nt of 4th-graders were found to be proficie nt in readi ng and maths. The reportfound just 25 percentof 12th-gradestudentshad mathsproficie ncy, while 37 perce nt reached that level in readi ng. In scie nee, 38 perc

26、e nt of 4th-graderswere con sidered proficie nt, while about 34 perce nt of 8th-graders reached that level.Results of the latest Report Card were similar to other reports released in recent years .In astateme nt, U. S, Secretary of Educati on Betsy Devos said the latest study shows that much can bed

27、one to improve the nation s education system.Devos said she was concerned the latest assessme nt found major differe nces betwee n thehighest- and lowest-perform ing stude nts. These differe nces were wide ning, she said, althoughbillio ns of dollars had bee n spe nt in an effort to reduce them.Devo

28、s praised the state of Florida for being “one bright spot ” in the latest Report Card. Shesaid Florida stude nts showed“ sig ni fica ntimproveme nt ” in4th-a nd 8th-grade maths, and 8th-grade readi ng.3 / 5Carissa Miller is head of the Council of Chief State School Officers. She said,“Theassessment

29、shows much work needs to be done to prepare students atall levels for college, careers and life. It is clear we as a country must do better by all of our stude nts,especially our lowest-perform ing childre n. Some stude nts fall too far beh ind in their studies andwe n eed to help them.”34. Accord i

30、ng to the new reports findin gs,_ .A. 8th-graders performed better tha n 12th graders in readi ng testsB. 12th-graders performed worse tha n 4th graders in maths testsC. 4th-graders performed the worst in both readi ng and maths testsD. 4th-graders performed worse in scie nee tests tha n 8th-graders

31、35. The un derl ined sentence suggests that_ .A. American students reading scores significantly improved last yearB. America n stude nts maths scores have steadily improved in recent yearsC. there has bee n little or no improveme nt in U.S. stude nts readi ng scoresin recent yearsD. sig ni fica nt c

32、ha nges in readi ng and maths scores were found among U.S. stude nts36. In the last paragraph, Carissa Miller emphasized the n eed to_ .A. focus more on training the most outsta nding stude ntsB. attach more importa nee to some major subjectsC. make more efforts to help areas with the lowest educati

33、 on levelsD. reduce the differe nces betwee n the best and worst stude ntsCGarde ners puzzled by the sudde n appeara nee of an unu sual orchid（兰花）ordisappo in ted that their annu als have vani shed should not worry. Scien tistshavediscovered that some British flowers can lie dormant（休眠的）under the gr

34、oundfor up to 20 years, coming out to bloom only when the conditionsare just right.Researchers at the Uni versity of Sussex found at least 114 pla nt species are capable of livi ngdorma nt un der the soil for up to two decades, en abli ng them to survive through difficult times.Orchids seem particul

35、arly good at being dorma nt for years at a time, the authors discovered.Michael Hutchi ngs, Professor of Ecology at the Uni versity of Sussex, said:“Being undergroundmeans they cannot photosynthesise（进行光合作 ）,flower orreproduce. And yet this study has show n that many pla nts in a large nu mber of sp

36、ecies freque ntlyexhibit dorma ncy. Many of these species have found ways to overcome the loss of opport un itiesto photos yn thesise duri ngdorma ncy,especially by gradually developing mechanisms enabling them to obtain what they n eed from soil.This allows them to survive and even grow well duri n

37、g dorma nt periods. ”The research found that dorma ncy occurs whe n the weather is poor, or there is a new threatfrom animals or competing plants.Sometimes winters are so mildthat the pla nt does not realise that spri ng has begu n. Dorma ncy in seeds has bee n widely knownabout and studied for deca

38、des but the phe nomenon of dorma ncy in adult pla nts is far less well-known and un derstood.The study, led by Uni versity of Tokyo associate professor Richard Sheffers on, is the firstdetailed an alysis of the causes. Dorma ncy appears to be more com mon near the equator（赤道），where threats from fact

39、ors such as disease, competition, animals and fire are more severe.Co-author Dr. Eric Menges of ArchboldBiological Stati on in Florida,he USA. said:“ In those areas , there appearsto be an advantage to plants remaining dormant and then growing when favourable conditionsexist for growth and flowering

40、, ” Prof. Hutchings added:“Dormancyhas evolved and persisted nu merous times throughout the evoluti onary history of the land pla nts.37. What does the un derl ined word mean in the first paragraph?A. Adapted.B. Disappeared.C. Shru nk.D. Woke n.38.What does Professor Michael Hutchingsmainly talk abo

41、ut in the secondparagraph?A. What results dorma ncy leads to.B. How the orchid lives through dorma nt periods.C. Why some species can survive terrible circumsta nces.D. How the orchid developed mecha ni sms to get en ergy.39. What can we lear n from the passage?A. Most gardeners don t want to planto

42、rchids.B. Orchids are the only pla nts that can be dorma nt for years.C. Dorma ncy in seeds is far less well-k nown and un derstood.D. Dorma ncy in pla nts is com mon in regi ons along the equator.40. What is the best title for the passage?A. Survival of the FittestB. New Research on Dorma ncy in Or

43、chidsC. Why Some British Flowers Stay Dorma ntD. British Flowers Can Stay Dorma nt Un dergro und for Years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。We all like to think we have good table mann ers, but what you con sider appropriate tablemanners may actually be con sidered

44、 rude in ano ther coun try! Let s explore some strange tablemanners around the world.Most people believe that it is bad manners to slurp（出声地吃或喝 ）or holdyour soup bowl up to your mouth. 41 Slurping in Japan is an indicationthatthe food is good. Therefore, in Japa n, slurp ing is con sidered polite.42

45、 In some cultures, finishingall the food on your plate is a sign thatyour host did not provide you with eno ugh food. Filip inos, Korea ns and Thaiswill all think like this. In many cases your host will continue to serve you each time you clear yourplate. For Japanese people, however, finishing all

46、the food on one s plate is a sign to the host thatthe meal is complete and that you appreciate the meal.43This is a belief in many Asia n coun tries, in clud ing Thaila nd, Japa nand China. It s considered taboo （禁忌）because during funerals, bowls of rice with chopsticksstick ing in them are offered

47、to the dead.Don t cut your salad with a knife in France. Proper etiquette （礼节）in France when eating asalad is to fold the salad leaves onto your fork if they are too big to put in your mouth. You should never cut your salad with a knife. 44_Pay atte nti on to forks. Have you ever bee n to a fancy we

48、ster n restaura nt,not sure which fork to use? 45 In Thai culture the proper way to enjoy Thai food is with a spoon inyour right hand and a fork in your left. Some countries don t even use forks but rather eat with theirhan ds, like In dia n, Nepal and Pakista n.A. That isn t true in Japan.B. It s t

49、he one furthest from your plate.C. You must finish the food on your plate.D. Should you finish all the food on your plate?E. You may use your fork to eat someth ing like fruit.F. Never leave your chopsticks sticking in a bowl of rice.G. This rule is taught to many French childre n from an early age.

50、第 II 卷非选择题（共 40 分）第四部分 语篇填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Like many foreigners, I only knew two words of Chinese （ “ hello ” and “thank you” ）when I came to China in 2009. As you can 46（probable）guess, my life was difficult for a while afterI arrived. Simple tasks like o

51、rdering food or tak ing a taxi were quite 47 （stress）.I knew I had to lear n more Chin ese, so I sig ned up for classes. Later, I studied on my own aswell, but my progress was still slow. I 48 （become） very discouraged.Fin ally, I found that the 49 （good） way to lear n Chin ese is to make friends wi

52、th native 50（speak） and spend time with them. Around this time, Ist a r t edplay ingin51 band with a Chinese woman who became one of my best friends in Beijing.I learned a lot of Chinese by hanging out with her. She learned a lot of English 52 me in retur n, so itwas a good way to excha nge Ian guag

53、e and culture. She is still one of my best friends and we talkto each other n early every day.I ve lear ned eno ugh Chin ese to take care of a few hard tasks, such as book ing train ticketsand speak ing with my Ian dlord 53 , visits to the ba nk, and anything else that in volves tech ni cal language

54、, are still tough for me.These days, there are more foreignersthan ever 54 are studying Chinese.I can understand why: It s a fascinating Ianguage, and there are always new words w a i t ing55 （discover）.第五部分写作（共两节，满分 25 分） 第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）假定在英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文。请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10

55、处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（A），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改 l0 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。Yesterday I was caught in heavy storm in the street. I got wet all over.Just then coming a taxi, the driver of which asked meto get in quickly. I thoughthe will overcharge me, so I hesitated. He smiled and said he wouldn t chargemore tha n usually. As the rain had become more heavier, I had to get i nto thetaxi. After 15 minute, I got out at my address.