福建省莆田第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题

福建省莆田第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题第I卷（选择题满分100分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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10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 the speakers going to do?A. Go shopping.B. Take a flight .C. Dine out.2. What will the man do for the woman?A. Look after her son.B. Give her a ride.C. Lend her his car.3. What are the speakers going to do?A. Watch Animal World .B. Go to the zoo.C. See a movie.4. What do we know about Jack?A. He was seriously sick.B. He will take an exam soon.C. He didn’t work hard enough.5. Who is the most popular in the football team?A. Jack.B. John.C. David.第二节（共 15 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 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，各个小题将给出 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.What time is it now?A. 11:00 a. m.B. 11:30 a. m.C. 12:00 noon.7. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a train.B. At a ticket office.C. In a restaurant.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。

8. What is the weather like ?A. Hot.B. Warm.C. Cool.9. What does the woman want to drink?A. Soda water.B. Apple juice .C. Beer.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。

10.Why does the man want to take a book?A.To kill time.B. To give it to his friend.C. To get some ideas on travel.11.Where will the speakers go first?A. Australia .B. Indonesia .C. America.12. How will the speakers go to Australia?A. By air.B. By sea.C. By train.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。

13.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Customer and waiter.B. Employer and employee.C. Interviewer and applicant. 14 .What does the woman think of the man’s work?A. Just so-so.B. Awful.C. Satisfactory.15. Why should the man clear the plates as soon as possible?A. To let people have some space.B. To give people space for dessert.C. To wele the following customers.16. What should the man do while walking around?A. Smile at customers.B. Take away empty glasses.C. Fill the water glasses quietly.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。

17.Why does the speaker give the talk?A. To encourage people to exercise.B. To introduce some fun activities.C. To advertise a gym.18. What is the speaker’s opinion on our modern life?A. It is interesting.B. It is dangerous.C. It is unhealthy.19. How long should we exercise every day in the beginning?A. 5 to 10 minutes.B. 10 to 15 minutes.C.15 to 20 minutes.20. What does the speaker think of exercising with other people?A. Tiring.B. Enjoyable.C. Inconvenient.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D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThere are campus museums all over China that offer various collections and make for eye-opening visits.Beijing Air and Space Museum at Beihang UniversityAdmission fee: free (book online at /)Opening hours: Tuesday and Saturday, 9 am -- 12 pmHighlights: Included among the more than 300 historic aircraft and space artifacts are one of the two Northrop P-61 Black Widows in the world and China’s first light airliner, Beijing 1.Fudan University MuseumAdmission fee: freeOpening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9 am --11:30 am and 1:30 pm -- 4:30 pmHighlights: A unique collection of native artifacts from the Gaoshan aborigines in Taiwan. Some of them, such as pearl vests, are rarely even seen in Taiwan.China Ichthyic Culture Museum at Shanghai Ocean UniversityAdmission fee: 10 yuanOpening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am --11:30 am and 1:30 pm-- 4 pmHighlights: In this collection of more than 40,000 specimens of about 3,000 ocean-dwelling species, the most eye-catching one is an 18.4-meter long sperm whale skeleton.Yifu Museum of China University of GeosciencesAdmission fee: 40 yuan; half price for studentsOpening hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am --12 pm and 2:30 pm -- 5 pm; weekends and holidays, 9 am -- 4:30 pmHighlights: It houses a collection of more than 30,000 mineral and rock specimens, more than 2,000 of which are rare ones like the museum’ s well-known dinosaur fossils.China Academy Museum at Hunan UniversityAdmission fee: 50 yuanOpening hours: Monday to Sunday 8 am -- 6:30 pm in summer and 8:30 am -- 6 pm in winterHighlights: China’s only museum to feature the history of academies and cultural education in the country.21. If you want to visit a museum for free, you should choose ______.A. Beijing Air and Space Museum at Beihang UniversityB. China Ichthyic Culture Museum at Shanghai Ocean UniversityC. Yifu Museum of China University of GeosciencesD. China Academy Museum at Hunan University22. All the museums are open on Saturday EXCEPT ______.A. Beijing Air and Space Museum at Beihang UniversityB. Fudan University MuseumC. Yifu Museum of China University of GeosciencesD. China Academy Museum at Hunan University23. Those who are interested in dinosaurs should visit ______.A. Fudan University MuseumB. China Ichthyic Culture Museum at Shanghai Ocean UniversityC. Yifu Museum of China University of GeosciencesD. China Academy Museum at Hunan UniversityBMy name is Matthew. I’m not someone who has many secrets because I’m a terrible liar. But there is one huge secret that I kept for years—I failed my driving test.I had never failed a test before, and had never even e close. Driving made me anxious, but my parents told me I had to. They signed me up for driving lessons. I had gotten a perfect score for my written permit exam, but getting behind the wheel was a different story.But when October 30th rolled around, my pride set in. I wanted to be like everyone else at my school, showing off the brand new license they’d gotten. Looking back on that special day, I can’t remember if I was nervous. What I do remember is starting the test, pausing at a stop sign after a few seconds, and being asked by the instructor to pull over. I had received an auto-fail since my pause was indeed a pause and not a real stop. I wasn’t upset that I was leaving without a license, but I was scared everyone would know that I had failed. So when I got to class, I told everyone I didn’t want to take the test on my birthday.One Friday a month later, I went to the test spot again and passed. Later that night I drove for the first time by myself, which brought to me an amazing feeling I’ve never experienced—but still, I couldn’t imagine ever telling anyone the truth. So I didn’t. It wasn’t until midway through college that I came clean. It turned out plenty of my college friends had failed too! And I gathered enough courage to speak the fact out. Yes, I had also failed.Now I realize failure and imperfection are two things everyone has to experience, without which one couldn’t make a true man.24. What can we learn about Matthew?A. He relied heavily on his parents.B. He was bored with telling lies.C. He was a slow learner of driving.D. He was afraid of taking exams.25. Why did the instructor ask Matthew to pull over?A. To put an end to his test.B. To check his parking skills.C. To give him a second chance.D. To show him a better way of driving.26. What made Matthew feel extremely worried after his first attempt?A. Failing to get a driving license.B. Missing his birthday celebration.C. Making his parents disappointed.D. Losing face before his classmates.27. What did Matthew learn from his own experience?A. Failure is a way to grow up.B. Honesty is the best policy.C. Truth stands the test of time.D. Imperfection is another form of perfection.CActors Keira Knightley and Kristen Bell have both mented on their worries about using Disney princesses as role models for their children.On a famous talk show, Knightley said her daughter (who was born in 2015) was “banned” from watching Cinderella, which Disney produced as a cartoon in 1950 and a live-action film in 2015. “Cinderella waits around for a rich guy to rescue her. Don’t. Rescue yourself! Obviously.”Knightley added that she had also forbidden The Little Mermaid, the 1989 cartoon. “This is the one that I’m quite annoyed about because I really like the film. I mean, the songs are great, but do not give up your voice for a man. Well, that’s a little difficult to handle, but I’m keeping to it.”Bell, the star of Frozen, expressed her disapproval of the Snow White fairytale, which became a classic Disney cartoon in 1938. In an interview with parents, Bell said: “I look at my girls and ask, ‘Don’t you think it’s very unusual that Snow White didn’t ask the old witch why she needed to eat the apple? Or where she got that apple?’ I say, ‘I would never take food from a stranger, would you?’ And my kids respond, ‘No!’ And I think I’m doing something right.”Bell, who played a Disney princess in Frozen, said she also used the story to illustrate(说明) issues about permission. She says that she asked her children: “Don’t you think that it’s very strange that the prince kisses Snow White without her permission?... Because you cannot kiss someone if they’re sleeping!”Bell later responded to criticism on social media. To one user she wrote: “Everything is a message to our children, because they are sponges(海绵) that soak up everything and are learning how to be adults through what they see. I want my girls to see and practice critical thinking and respectful behavior.”28. Why did Knightley stop her daughter from watching The Little Mermaid?A. Because Knightley disliked it.B. Because the little mermaid was tricky.C. Because the film showed wrong values.D. Because the songs in the film were annoying.29. What can we infer about Bell from Paragragh 4?A. Bell thought Snow White behaved well.B. Bell didn’t know how to persuade her kids.C. Bell wanted her kids to learn from Snow White.D. Bell believed her kids should be critical about the film.30. What qualities do Knightley and Bell expect their children to have?A. Curious and hard-working.B. Smart and generous.C. Independent and good-mannered.D. Critical and proud.31. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Say No to Disney PrincessesB. Rescue YourselvesC. Doing Something RightD. Practise Critical ThinkingDFor more than two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the United States Presidency, the U.S. government, and the American people. In 1790, President George Washington declared that the federal government would be locatedin a district“not exceeding(超过) ten miles square... on the river Potomac.” As preparations began, a petition was held to find a builder of the “President’s House.” Nine proposals were submitted, and the Irish-born architect James Hoban won the gold medal for his practical and handsome design. Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw(监督) the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly pleted, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife Abigail, moved in.American presidents can express their individual style in how they decorate the house and in how they receive the public. Thomas Jefferson held the first inaugural(就职的) open house in 1805; many of those who attended the swearing-in(宣誓) ceremony at the U.S. Capitol simply followed him home. President Jefferson also opened the house for public tours, and it has remained open, except during wartime, ever since. In addition, Jefferson weled visitors to annual receptions on New Year’s Day and on the Fourth of July. Abraham Lincoln did the same, but then the inaugural crowds became far too large for the White House to acmodate fortably, and this also created a security issue. It was not until Grover Cleveland’s first presidency that some effective crowd control measures were carried out to address the problem caused by this practice.At various times in history, the White House has been known as the “President’s Palace,” the “President’s House,” and the “Executive Mansion.” President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901.32. What is this passage mainly about?A.The design of the White House.B. The location of the White House.C. The importance of the White House.D.The history of the White House.33. Who started the construction of the White House?A. John Adams.B. James Hoban.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.34. What does “this practice” refer to in the second paragraph?A. Holding an inaugural open house.B. Acmodating the crowds fortably.C. Decorating the White House.D. Joining in the swearing-in ceremony.35. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the White House?A. The White House has had several names.B. The designer of the White House was an American president.C. People were not allowed to visit the White House during wartime.D.The White House is located in a district not larger than ten miles square.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。