山西省右玉一中高二英语下学期第二次月考试题

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）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AA 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 E nglish 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 himB. American people cannot understand himC. the grammar is too hard for himD. the spelling is too hard for him2. American English and British English are different in _________.A. SpellingB. pronunciationC. grammarD. all of the above3. What is not mentioned in the passage?A. Whether there are differences between British English and American EnglishB. 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. littleB. muchC. someD. greatBCharles 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 familyB. his father had expensive spending habitsC. his father didn’t earn much as a clerkD. most of his father’s salary was spent on gambling problems6. 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 CarolB. Oliver TwistC. Pickwick PapersD. A Tale of Two Cities8. The passage doesn’t tell us__________.A. the reason why Dickens stopped schooling forever at the age of 15B. that Dickens got much pleasure by communicating with his audienceC. that Dickens’ marriage with Catherine lasted twenty-four yearsD. that Dickens showed great pity for common people in his novelsCThe Special Olympics are an international program of sports training and athletics. The mission of this organization is to promote the Olympic sports training and practicefor 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 def iciency 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. completingB. usingC. findingD. providing11. From the last three paragraphs, we can infer that__________.A. all people with disabilities can attend the Special OlympicsB. people with a mental deficiency can’t make a great contribution to societyC. people with a mental deficiency should be given chances to show their abilitiesD. the best way to test a person’s athletic capability is to let him attend the Special Olympics12. The passage is mainly about________.A. the mission of the Special OlympicsB. the oath of the Special OlympicsC. a brief instruction of the Special OlympicsD. the scope of the Special OlympicsDOne Thousand &One NightThere 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 peoplewere 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。