1、高二月考英语试题2013-2014学年高二年级5月月考 英语试题（考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分）第I卷（共90分）第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where did the woman find the ball?A. On the road. B. In the tree. C. In the flowers.2.Wh
2、at will the speakers do?A. Look for Tony. B. Go to the classroom. C. Have a meal.3.What is the woman?A. A director. B. An actress. C. A photographer.4.Where does the woman probably work?A. At a clothes shop. B. At a hotel. C. At a restaurant. 5.What does the woman think of the mans idea?A. Acceptabl
3、e. B. Strange. C. Great.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分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至7题。6.Which sport will Danny go for?A. Cycling. B. Horse-riding. C. Climbing.7.When will Danny go on this holiday?A. In June.
4、 B. In July. C. In August.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.What do we know about the woman?A.She didnt do any exercise before.B. She likes lemon juice a lot.C. She is overweight now. 9.What can the woman eat besides vegetable salad?A. Sugar. B. Fruit. C. Seafood.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What is the relationship between
5、the speakers?A. Manager and employee. B. Customer and repairman.C. Customer and saleswoman.11.What happened to the mans TV?A. It was dropped on the ground.B. The screen was broken.C. It didnt work at all.12.What will the shop do for the man?A. Replace his TVB. Pay half of the repair fee.C. Repair hi
6、s TV immediately.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A forest. B. A dream. C. An accident.14.How does the woman feel now?A. Tired. B. Frightened. C. Sad.15.What do we know about the light?A. It was blue.B. It looked like the face of a girl. C. It got bigger and then sma
7、ller.16.What happened to the woman when she tried to run away?A. She saw an old man.B. She couldnt run fast.C. She fell down on the ground.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What is the talk mainly about?A. A bookstore. B. An English dictionary. C. A grammar book. 18.When will the sale end?A. On 5th. B. On 7th. C
8、. On 11th.19.Where is the talk given?A. At a company. B. At a school. C. At an exhibition.20.What is the speaker?A. A bookseller. B. An English teacher. C. A bookstore owner.第二部分：阅读理解（共2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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFirst Lady Michelle Obama is a big fa
9、n of volunteering. Volunteering means working for free to help someone else. Mrs. Obama says volunteering is very important. “It should be part of everyones life,” she says.Many teens agree. They say that helping others feels great and makes a difference. These days, more teens volunteer than work f
10、or pay. Teens clean up parks, walk dogs at animal shelters, visit the elderly and more.Some cities - including Seattle, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. -require high school students to volunteer. Students must volunteer in order to graduate. The student volunteers learn new skills and help their commu
11、nities.Many parents are in favor of the idea - they say volunteering helps teens build job skills. But most teens dont want to be forced to volunteer. They say they are busy. And they say volunteering is only fun if its a choice.Read both sides of the debate and decide.YESVolunteering can help teens
12、 get into college or get a job.Many cities and towns need help. Volunteers can help keep important programs going.Not all teens will volunteer if it isnt required. Schools should require students to do all they can to get ready for adult life.NOMost teens are already very busy with classes, homework
13、, jobs and sports. Forcing them to do more isnt fair.It should be up to each person. Helping out doesnt feel as good if you have to do it.Finding a volunteer job isnt always easy. Students shouldnt be kept from graduating because of something they cant control.21 The writer mentions Michelle Obama i
14、n order to_.A. show she enjoys volunteering B. explain what volunteering isC. tell what she does for the US D. introduce the topic of the text 22. According to the text, in Chicago, .A. finding a volunteer job is quite easyB. volunteering is a must for high school studentsC. more people would rather
15、 work for pay D. college students have to volunteer before graduation23. Which question does the text mainly discuss?A. Should students be required to volunteer?B. Is volunteering good for students?C. What is the best time to volunteer?D. Which volunteer jobs should students do?BChoose Drinks On a h
16、ot summer day, a soft drink can really take away your thirst. At home, at school, in the park or at the movies-you can find one almost anywhere.Carbonated You can see bubbles(泡沫) in these! Of all soft drinks sold, about 75 percent are carbonated(碳酸的). But be careful, carbonated soft drinks have lots
17、 of sugar and caffeine(咖啡因). Caffeine is not very good for you in the summer because it takes water out of your body. And the sugar can make you overweight if you drink too much.Fruit juiceThere are different kinds of juice. One kind is made only from fresh fruit. This kind of fruit juice may not ta
18、ste sweet enough for some people, but it is nutritious(有营养的). Another kind of fruit juice tastes good but has lots of sugar in it. Many young people buy this kind because the advertisements are good. It is bad for your teeth and bones to drink lots of this.Energy drinksThese kinds of drinks have caf
19、feine and things that make people get excited in them. They are sometimes called “party drinks”. Doctors say that if you drink too much of this kind, you may have a heart attack.Bottled waterWe have lots of different kinds of bottled water, such as mineral water, purified water and distilled water(蒸
20、馏水). They are clean and easy to drink. But it is best not to drink very cold water. It may make your stomach feel bad.Sports drinksMost of these have funny names like “Scream(尖叫)” and “G-Vital(激活)”. They have lots of vitamins and minerals in them. After you play sports, you may want to drink one of
21、these.But if you just spend your summer holiday sitting around watching TV, you wont need them at all!24. Which two types of drinks may make you overweight?A. Carbonated and fruit juice. B. Energy drinks and sports drinks. C. Carbonated and energy drinks. D. Fruit juice and bottled water.25. Which o
22、ne may lead to your heart disease?A. Carbonated. B.Fruit juice. C. Energy drinks. D. Sports drinks26. After sports, you have sports drinks because_.A. they can take away your thirstB. they can put back minerals youve lost in sweat C. they have funny names that sound very excitingD. they have no suga
23、r27. The writer wrote this passage to_.A. warn us to keep away from soft drinksB. teach us some useful ways of keeping healthy C. tell us how to choose a good one from all kinds of drinksD. make the advertisements for soft drinksCNext Hot Language to Study: ChineseThe fourth-graders at Chicagos McCo
24、rmick Primary School are unaware of the difficulty in learning Chinese. For most, who speak Spanish at home, its becoming their third language. Theyve been learning and using Chinese words since kindergarten, and its now second nature to give a hearty “ni hao” when strangers enter the classroom.The
25、classroom scene at McCormick is unusual, but it may soon be a common fixture(固定物) in American schools, where Chinese is rapidly becoming the hot new language. Government officials have long wanted more focus on securityuseful languages like Chinese, and pressure from themas well as from business lea
26、ders, politicians, and parentshas driven a quick growth in the number of programs.Chicago itself is home to the largest effort to include Chinese in US public schools. The program here has grown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more schools on a waiting list. Programs have also spread t
27、o places like Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and North Carolina. Its true that the number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish or French.Advocates see knowledge of the Chinese language and culture as a help in a global economy where China is growing in impo
28、rtance. “This is an interesting way to begin to engage with the worlds next superpower,” says Michael Levine, director of education at the Asia Society, which has started five new public high schools that offer Chinese. “Globalization has already changed the arrangements in terms of how children tod
29、ay are going to need to think about their careers The question is, when not whether, the schools are going to adjust.”In Chicago, the trend extends beyond schools with high numbers of Asian students. “The fact that my students are 98% low income and 99% Latino(拉丁美洲人) and they are succeeding in this,
30、 tells me everyone should have a try at learning languages,” says Virginia Rivera, principal at McCormick. “We want to give our young people opportunities to advance and Chinese is a great opportunity to survive in todays economy,” says Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago.28. The underlined word “Adv
31、ocates” in the text probably means” .A. Supporters B. Objectors C. Teachers D. Learners29. How many languages are mentioned in this passage?A. Six. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 30. In the last paragraph, the underlined word “this ”probably refers to _.A. the competition between Latino and Asian studen
32、ts B. the global economy C. the interesting way to engage with China D. the Chinese learning31. What CANNOT be learned from this passage?A. Most students at McCormick can speak three languages. B. Chinese is gaining its popularity in all schools in Chicago.C. French has far more speakers than Chinese does in Chicago.D. Globalization
