高二上学期英语第二次月考试卷第1套真题

高二上学期英语第二次月考试卷

一、完形填空

1. 完形填空

During my school days, I was one of those shy and distant kids who would just sit in a comer for an entire day. For me, my books were my 1_ world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the 2_ and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in3_ others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in energy when 4_ my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new 5_ would be limited. And I just didn’t want to 6_ a rejection.

Once during my English class, my teacher shared a7with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It revolved around a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle,8_ in the end. He was 9by a little spider. The little _10_ of the spider and the way it was taking rejections impressed me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started 11_ the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I 12_ knocked it down. To my _13__, within seconds it started making its _14up again.

For me, this 15was a game changer. I realized that rejections are 16a failure. The world may mistreat me17I can stand up and start working again. There would be time when people would like and18me. At present, I 19mixing

with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such 20as rejections or failures as everything can change at any moment.

（1）A . realB . newC . nextD . only（2）A . officeB . stationC . playgroundD . street（3）A . visitingB . watchingC . helpingD . joining（4）A . related toB . compared withC . separated fromD . turned to（5）A . friendshipsB . coursesC . teachersD . programs（6）A . avoidB . sufferC . causeD . fear（7）A . storyB . taskC . experienceD . song（8）A . failedB . wonC . leftD . refused（9）A . confusedB . hurtC . persuadedD . inspired（10）A . improvementsB . changesC . movementsD . advantages（11）A . adjustingB . observingC . showingD . guiding（12）A . cruellyB . angrilyC . luckilyD . bravely（13）A . delightB . surpriseC . amusementD . disappointment（14）A . progressB . wayC . webD . mistake（15）A . incidentB . researchC . troubleD . adventure（16）A . oftenB . sometimesC . neverD . ever（17）A . soB . thoughC . orD . but（18）A . trainB . meetC . appreciateD . remember（19）A . enjoyB . suggestC . imagineD . risk （20）A . approachesB . valuesC . thingsD . solutions二、阅读理解

2. 阅读理解

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Biography

When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.

J. D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski