高二英语6月月考试题(8)

大石桥二高中2017-2018学年度下学期6月月考高二英语科试卷时间：100分钟满分：120分第I卷第一部分听力(略)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。

ADestination Travels78 Soho St,New York, NYDear Ms Pierce,Thank you for trusting Destination Travels for your honeymoon plans.T hisletter includes all the information regarding the flights and accommodation arrangements we have already agreed on.On arriving at Puerto Rico Int, Airport, a representative of The Caribbean Hotels &Resorts will be waiting for you in order to transfer you to the hotel. The transfer to and from the airport is offered by the hotel as part of your honeymoon package. The reservation has been made for a nine-night stay under your future husband’s last name. The price of the newlyweds’ suite includes breakfast and one more meal at the hotel restaurant. You can also use all of the hotel facilities—pool, gym, sauna, etc. for free as part of your honeymoon package. In addition, you can take scuba diving or snorkeling classes with the hotels trained staff at a reduced price—40% off.Thank you for choosing Destination Travels. We guarantee your honeymoon with us will be an unforgettable experience. To aid us in improving our service, please visit our website at www. and complete the questionnaire. Destination Travels wish you all the best.Sincerely.Rebecca SimmsCustomer Service ManagerDestination Travels1．After arriving at Puerto Rico Int, Airport, the couple can get directions from ________.A. a Destination Travels ManagerB. an official of New YorkCity HallC. a tourist information deskD. a hotel worker2．What service is offered by the hotel at no extra cost to the newlywed couple?A. The snorkeling classes.B. The airport express service.C. A one-night stay.D. The air tickets.3．What does the customer service manager ask Ms Pierce to do?A. Call the service department.B. Complete the order form.C. Scan the website to find information.D. Fill out the customer satisfaction survey.BDutch beachcomber (海滩拾荒者) Wim Kruiswijk has accumulated a collection of 1,200 messages-in-bottles over the course of nearly 4 decades and has responded to almost all of them.68-year-old Kruiswijk says that his unusual hobby began in 1983 when he found three drift bottles (漂流瓶) on his local beach, each containing letters and return addresses. He wrote to all three addresses and was surprised to receive responses from each one. It was this experience that aroused his interest in hunting and collecting messages in bottles, and he hasn’t stopped looking for them since.“I find my messages in bottles on the beach of Zandvoort, where I live, and on the DutchIslands,” Kruiswijk recently told Great Big Story. “Messages in bottles are slow mail. It takes you days, or weeks, or months to find a bottle. ”In the early years, Kruiswijk would find as many as 50 bottles a year, but since 2000 that has slowed to around 20-30 finds, mainly due to beach cleaning efforts. He believes that the rise of the Internet has also played a role in the diminishing number of messages in bottles, telling Dutch newssite PZC, “I used to get a response at half the bottle messages that I answered. Now that’s less; many people want ‘instant satisfaction’.”Throwing a message in a bottle out into the sea is a longstanding human tradition dating back to the time of the Greek philosopher Theophrastus, about 310 BC，who used the bottles to study water currents. Scientists still apply the method to this day, as a means to help researchers develop ocean circulation maps, and to crowdsource scientific studies of ocean currents.In the past bottles have also been used to send distress messages from sailors in trouble. They also have been used for memorial tributes, or to send loved ones’ ashes on a final journey. One of the more common uses though is just to send invitations out to prospective pen pals, a quaint notion in these modern times, but, as Kruiswijk so clearly shows, an effective one.4．What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?A. Kruiswijk found secrets hidden in drift bottles.B. What made Kruiswijk become a beachcomber.C. How Kruiswijk formed the hobby of collecting drift bottles.D. Kruiswijk liked to do some research on bottles thrown into the sea.5．How did Kruiswijk feel the first time he received response from drift bottles?A. Satisfied.B. Astonished.C. Frightened.D. Disappointed.6．Why do Kruiswijk find fewer drift bottles than before?A. People hate to receive messages from strangers.B. Many drift bottles have not been washed up onto the beaches.C. Drift bottles appearing on the beach are cleared up rapidly.D. Fewer people are interested in Kruiswijk’s message in bottles.7．What’s the purpose of Theophrastus using the bottles?A. To ask for rescue.B. To look for a pen pal.C. To study ocean currents.D. To send a message to his loved person.CA Song of Ice and Fire is a seven-part series of fantasy written for adults. George R. R. Martin writes each chapter from the perspective of a specific character, providing a limited point of view for each section. The reader is able to understand the inner workings of the individual, but the reader is barred from a whole understanding of the text. The world he has created has magic, but there is much more than that. While magic exists, it exists on the edge, and the inner unrest of the characters is much more important.His work also has a level of realness that is astonishing in a work of fantasy. Characters are imperfect, and many make questionable moral choices. In the end, however, Martin shows that both good and bad happen to both the people of high moral standard and the corrupt. He has made it clear that any character can die at any point, which has led to a lot of heartbreak from readers.In 2011, A Song of Ice and Fire became a television series titled Game of Thrones. Martin has been closely involved with the production. It has currently run for seven seasons, and viewers anxiously await the eighth season to answer their questions from the season seven finale.His fans are also waiting for The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, the next books in the series, to answer the questions Martin and the television show have not yet addressed. Martin, however, has no plans to rush. He has made it clear that he will continue to write the books while working on the television show and writing other novels.But how will the story continue? What is going to happen in Westeros, and more importantly: when are we going to find out? Martinis skill as a writer has kept readers and viewers spellbound. Many hope he will finish the next book before the next season of the show begins, but no one knows with Martin. He always keeps his readers guessing. 8．One of the characteristics of A Song of Ice and Fire is ________.A. each chapter is written from a limited point of viewB. magic is the center of the storyC. Martin has made imperfect characters die at any pointD. many characters make astonishing choices9．What is George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire considered to be?A. One of his masterworks of fantasy.B. An unsuccessful screen adaptation.C. An artistic creation for the TV.D. One of the best TV programmes.10．What does the word “address” in the fourth paragraph mean?A. writtenB. spokenC. solvedD. directed11．How will the ending of the story be?A. Interesting.B. Confusing.C. Novel.D. Unknown.DImagine waking up one day and finding that your beautiful local beach is no more—gone, its fine white sand swept away by an abnormal storm. You go about your daily business for 12 long years and then suddenly the beach is back, all its glory restored by another storm. This is what happened on the island of Achill, off the coast of Ireland, where people are celebrating the return of the beautiful AshleamBay beach that was taken from them in 2005.That in itself is unusual enough, but the story gets even better! You see, another beach in Achill did a disappearing act once, but took much longer to return. The beach at Doonagh, located only six miles away from AshleamBay, was restored earlier in 2016 after waves created by spring storms had swept away all the sand in 1984, leaving just rock pools behind.There is local legend that stretches back hundreds of years that says this beach at AshleamBay returns for a short every seven years then disappears again. But this time around it took a bit longer than that. It was last seen in 2005 and it stayed for a few months at that time before it was washed away again.As you can imagine, everyone on the island of Achill is thrilled to have their sandy beach back, and even though no one knows how long it’s going to be around for, they are making the most of the time they’ve got before it disappears again.Some may be quick to believe climate changes cause the phenomenon, but that’s not the reason these two beaches in Achill keep disappearing. Dr Kevin Lynch, a geographer at NUT Galway, says that these occurrences are the result of hydrodynamics (流体力学) and sediment(沉积物) supply, rather than climate changes.Regardless of what’s causing them, disappearing and reappearing beaches are just part of what makes nature so fascinating.12．What is people’s reaction to the return of the AshleamBay beach?A. Full of fear.B. Quite delighted.C. Very disappointed.D. Extremely confused.13．What can we learn about the beach at Doonagh?A. It is not located in Ireland.B. It disappeared 12 years ago.C. It once disappeared for more than 30 years.D. It is just made up of rocks and pools.14．According to the local legend, when should the AshleamBay beach have come back?A. In 1982.B. In 2012.C. In 2016.D. In 2018.15．What does Dr Kevin Lynch think of the phenomenon?A. Some abnormal storms lead to ocean’s enlargement.B. It is hard to uncover the mystery of beach’s disappearing.C. Climate changes can result in beaches disappearing completely.D. Hydrodynamics and sediment supply cause two beaches to disappear.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。