1、河北省石家庄市正定县正定中学学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试题河北省石家庄市正定县正定中学2013-2014学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试题第I卷第一部分 听力 （ 共两节，满分 20 分 ）第一节（共5小题：每小题1分，满分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，你都有十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. What are they talking about? A. Their neighbors. B. A dog. C. The garden.2. How did Tom
2、know the news? A. From a newspaper. B. From a TV program. C. From a radio program.3. What does the man mean? A. He has already been there. B. He will go there soon. C. He hasnt been there.4. Where does this conversation take place? A. At a book store. B. In a library. C. In a college.5. What sport d
3、oes the woman like best? A. Swimming. B. Diving. C. Table tennis.第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，共15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，并表在试卷的相应位置。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. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Husband
4、 and wife. C. Friends.7. What will the woman do? A. Go on a diet. B. Ask her personal trainer for help. C. Give up exercising. 听第7段材料，回答8-10题。8. What time is it now? A.Its 3:00. B. Its 4:00. C. Its 5:00.9. What dose the man do? A. A robber. B. A policeman. C. A report.10. What will the man do? A. Ta
5、ke action at once. B. Find out more details. C. Call for help.听第8段材料，回答第11-13题11.Why is the woman angry? A. The man missed the appointment. B. The man was late for the appointment. C. She failed to meet the man.12.Where was the man yesterday? A. In a park. B. At school. C. At his friends place.13. W
6、hat does the woman think of the man? A. Stupid. B. Serious. C. Unreliable.听第9段材料，回答第14-16题。14. How long will the girls uncle stay in her home? A. For one day. B. for three days. C. For a week. 15. How old is Rosemary? A. 13. B.15. C.17.16. What are they going to do next? A. Go to the store. B. Make
7、a shopping list. C. Cook some meals.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. How many people lost their lives in the fire? A.More than 100. B. less than 100. C. Not mentioned.18. Why do people drive out of the city? A.To escape from the fire. B. To see the fire. C. To put out the fire.19. Where does the fire take plac
8、e?A. In southern Africa. B. In southern America. C. In southern Australia.20. Why is it difficult for fire-fighters to put out the fire?A.The roads have been cut out. B. The wind is blowing heavily. C. It is too hot these days.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
9、 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in history. His astonishing power of observation and analysis meant that he was able to solve cases which left the real police completely perplexed. As a problem solver in the law forced business, he was a knowledgeable person equa
10、l to Superman, the comic book hero.Like Superman, of course, Holmes did not exist. He was the creation of a Scottish doctor and novelist Arthur Conan Doyle, and remains one of the most famous literary fiction characters of all time.Holmes general rule when trying to solve a case was as follows: comp
11、letely get rid of the impossible. Then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.Its said that Holmes powers of deduction (推断) were superhuman, particularly his ability to process information from what he observed. In a story called The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Holmes examines the area
12、 near a lake where a murder has been committed. The local police have already searched the area and found no clues. Holmes spends ten minutes in the area, and announces that the murderer “is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick-soled shooting boots and a gray coat, smokes I
13、ndian cigars, uses a cigar holder, and carries a penknife in his pocket. There are several other indications, but these may be enough to aid us in our search.” Needless to say, he has found evidence to support all of these statements.The fictional Holmes lived in an apartment at 221 Baker Street, a
14、real street in Central London. When Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes, there was no 221 Baker Street, but after the street was extended northwards, there was. There is currently a bank at that address.The fact that Holmes didnt actually exist doesnt stop thousands of people writing to him for help ever
15、y year. The bank kindly responds to every letter they receive with the following message: “Mr. Holmes thanks you for your letter. At the moment he is retired in Sussex, keeping bees, and does not undertake detective work nowadays.”21. In the first paragraph the underlined word “perplexed” suggests t
16、hat the police were _ A. confident B. worried C. confused D. sure22. How does the writer describe Holmes and Superman? A. Neither Superman nor Holmes was a real character. B. Both Superman and Holmes used super intellect to solve problems. C. Superman was a comic book figure, while Holmes was a real
17、 detective. D. Superman and Holmes were equally intelligent and brave.23. How did Holmes use his powers of deduction in the fourth paragraph? A. He spent a long time thinking about possible solutions. B. He found clues to help him create a full description of a suspect. C. He observed the crime area
18、 and guessed what happened. D. He searched the area with the police and discussed with them,24. When letters are written to Holmes, _ A. he answers letters when he receives them B. his secretary answers them for him. C. the bank at 221 Baker Street where he used to live sends the letters back D. the
19、 bank at his address replies that Holmes is no longer working as a detectiveB A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were
20、 walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and. I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communic
21、ations technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction（互动）. With email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question,
22、 I just leave the answer on her machine. As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated（自动化）, the alienation index（疏远指数） goes up. You cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated. I am no
23、t against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isnt wise. theyre a great help to us. Its some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy. More and more. I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conve
24、rsation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didnt really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier .or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts. So Ive put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who l
25、ive near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when Im at home.25Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A. The Advance of Communications Technology B. The Consequences of modern Technology C. The Story of Communications Revolution D
26、. The Automation of Modern Communications26The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that _. A. the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone call B. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you C. modern technology makes it hard fo
27、r people to have a face-to-face talk D. people can now go to work without going to the office27The writer feels that the use of modern communications is _. A. satisfying B. encouraging C. disappointing D. embarrassing28The passage implies that _. A. modern technology is bridging the people B. modern
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