高二下学期英语第一次月考doc.docx

1、高二下学期英语第一次月考doc实验中学高二英语下册第一次月考题（总分：1 考试时间：90分钟）一、单项填空：本大题共15小题，每小题1分，计15分。 1、We must keep on trying to achieve the goal _ the past failure.AthoughBalthoughCregardless ofDbecause of2、I hear that you will be on travel again.Yeah. My boss _ for me to discuss business details with someone from another c

2、ompany.Aasked BarrangedCsent Dcalled.3、The beautiful village, _ we spent our holiday, lies at the foot of a mountain.AwhereBthatCwhichDwhat4、I tried the door but it _ open.AcouldntBdidntCwouldntDwasnt5、The news came as no surprise to me. I _ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.Ahad

3、 knownBknewChave knownDknow6、When shall we meet again?Make it _ day you like; its all the same to me.Aone BanyCanother Dsome7、I posted the letter a week ago.Then they _ the letter by now. It usually takes four days.Acan have received Bmust receiveCshould receive Dought to have received8、The world is

4、 _ seven continents and four oceans.Amade up of Bmade out ofCmade from Dmade in9、The moment Lai Changxing _ China he will be seized by the police.Asets upBsets forwardCsets foot inDsets on10、Dont _ on going abroad for our holiday; we may not be able to afford it.AexpectBrelyCtakeDput11、Excuse me, wh

5、at time is it _ your watch?Oh, its four oclock in the afternoon now.AbyBatConDwith12、Her daughter is always shy in _ and she never dares to make a speech to _.Athe public; the publicBpublic; the publicCthe public; publicDpublic; public13、Teenagers would rather tell their close friends about _ is tro

6、ubling them.AwhateverBhoweverCwhereverDwhomever14、Excuse me for breaking in, _ I have a piece of exciting news for you.AsoBandCbutDyet15、He worked very hard and the result of the exam _ to be the best in the class.Aturned overBturned outCturned downDturned away二、完形填空：本题共，每小题1分，计 Do you know how our

7、brains work?During the 19th century scientists found that when 16 parts of the brain of a man were 17 , he would lose the 18 to do certain things. And so people 19 that each of the brain does a different But modern people research has found out that this is not so, for it is not easy to say 21 what

8、each part of the brain does.In the 22 fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount of research 23 on the brain. Chemists and biologists have 24 that the way the brain works is not so 25 as people in general may think. 26 tell us that 100, 000 chemical changes take place in the brain eve

9、ry, second. Some recent research also 27 that we can remember everything that happens to us. We may not be able to recall the things weve heard and seen, 28 it is all kept there in the storehouse of the human being.Earlier scientists thought the power of ones brain got weaker and weaker as one grew

10、29 . But it is now thought that it is not 30 . As long as the brain. is 31 plenty of exercise it keeps its ability. It has been 32 that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a 33 mind than a young person who has only done 34 work without using much of his brain. It is now 35 that

11、the more work our brains work, the more work they are able to do.16AmanyBeachCeveryDcertain17AdestroyedBinjuredCbrokenDwounded18AforceBstrengthCpowerDeffort19AthoughtBwantedChopedDexpectedAwayBbusinessCjobDmatter21AdifficultyBexactlyCeasilyDonly22AsomeBpastCfewDlater23AmadeBworkedCwentDkept24AseenBu

12、ncoveredCdisclosedDdiscovered25AeasyBsimpleCdifficultDfree26AProfessorsBTheyCChemistsDEnglish27AsuggestsBknowsCguessesDmeans28AasBsoCandDbut29AelderByoungerColderDstronger30AwrongBtrueCstrangerDjust31AbroughtBgivenCshownDtaken32AprovedBknownCunderstoodDappeared33AquickerBbiggerCslowerDsmaller34Aphys

13、icsBphysicistCphysicalDhard35AhopedBthoughtCturnedDmade三、阅读理解：本题共15小题，每小题2分，计30分。 ALight travels very fast. It moves at 300,000 kilometers a second. Light reaches us from the moon in less than a second and a half. The moon is about 382,000 kilometers away from us.Light from the sun reaches us in 8.5

14、 minutes. The sun is about 149,640,000 kilometers from the earth.The other stars are farther away than the sun. Light from the nearest of the other stars reaches us about four years. Light from some stars takes hundreds of years to reach us. So when we look at a star, we do not see its present condi

15、tion. We see it as it was long ago; perhaps hundreds or thousands of years ago.The sun is in a great group of stars. There are about 100,000,000 stars in the group. We call this group the galaxy（星系；银河）. Outside the galaxy there is empty space; but thousands of millions of kilometers away there is an

16、other galaxy. Light from other galaxy reaches us after about 2 million years. There are millions of these galaxies; and they appear to be rushing farther and farther away from us. The astronomers at Mount Palomar and Mount Wilson and other observatories（天文台，气象站）can see some of them well; but they ca

17、nt see one as it is now. The light takes millions of years to arrive here. It traveled across space and then went into an astronomers telescope. Perhaps no men were living when it started out.36. Light reaches us from the moon _.A. in 1.7 seconds B. in less than 1.5 secondsC. in about 1.3 seconds D.

18、 in lees than a second37. When we look at a star, _.A. you can see it as it is nowB. you can see it was some time in the pastC. you can see it as it will be in the futureD. you can see it as it was an hour ago38. In the galaxy, _.A. there is a great many starsB. there is the moon, the earth, the sun

19、 and a few starsC. there is nothingD. there are about 100 stars39. Outside the galaxy, _.A. there is one other galaxy B. there is a starC. there is empty space D. there are millions of other galaxies40. The astronomers cant see the other galaxies as they are now because _.A. they change very fast B.

20、 the light takes millions of years to arrive hereC. no men live there D. they travel very fast away from usBMatter exists in one of three states: solid, liquid or gaseous(气体的). Air is in the gaseous state. It is not in the solid or liquid state. Solids are rigid(固定的) and have definite(确定的) form whil

21、e air is a colourless, tasteless, invisible gas, in fact a mixture of gases, which surrounds the planet earth. It is everywhere on the planet. An “empty”drinking glass and an “empty” room, to give two examples, are not really empty. Each is filled with air. When the glass is filled with water, the w

22、ater pushes the air out of the glass.Air, as a gas, has no definite shape, but because it is a kind of matter which diffuses(扩散), it takes up space. It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space. Stuff(填充，塞住) a dry handkerchief into the bottom of glass so that it will not fall out wh

23、en the glass is turned upside down. Push the upside-down glass, holding straight up and down, into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered. When the glass is taken out of the water, the handkerchief will be dry. The air inside the glass took up space and kept the water from coming in.41.

24、 According to the text, we know that matter exists in _ states.A. one or two B. two C. three D. four or more42. From the passage we can infer _.A. water is rigid and flowsB. coal is rigid and takes the shape of the containerC. oxygen is a gas which has a definite formD. steam diffuses and has its we

25、ight43. The passage tells us that _.A. all the containers are filled with air B. an invisible gas is a mixtureC. air fills the container D. all of the gases are tasteless44. When you perform the experiment to prove that air takes up space, you should first _.A. press a handkerchief tightly into the

26、bottom of a glassB. dip a handkerchief carefully into a glassC. tie a handkerchief firmly in a glassD. blow a handkerchief quickly into the bottom of a glass45. Which of the following pictures gives us the correct result? (Wwater Aair; Hhandkerchief)CEvery successful independence movement needs a le

27、ader. The leader of the Indian independence movement was Mohandas Gandhi(莫罕达斯甘地). He was born into a Hindu family. As a young man, Gandhi studied law in London. The Hindu leaders had threatened to punish him. But he went to London anyhow.Gandhi believed in fighting without weapons or force. He calle

28、d his method non-violence. He would simply disobey any unfair law or policy. He was willing to be punished for his actions. Gandhi thought that the law would be changed if enough people protested(抗议，声明反对) in this way. It would show how strongly the people felt about his beliefs.Gandhi wanted all Ind

29、ians to understand the independence movement. He walked barefoot through the villages, speaking to all people. Many people loved and understood Gandhi. His movement grew. The British flag came down in 1947.The Indian people honored Gandhi with the title Mahatma(圣雄，圣贤), which means “Great soul”. Gand

30、hi was an unusual kind of leader. He vowed(发誓) never to make money for himself. He always wore simple clothes and sandals(草鞋). He was shot and killed in 1948. At his death, he owned little more than a few clothes, his eyeglasses, a book, and his rice bowl.46. An independence movement cant be successful .A. without Gandhi B. without a leaderC. without