1、淮阳中学20232023学年度（上）高二第二次月考英 语 试 题试卷共分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)卷面总分值120分。考试用时100分钟。第一卷(选择题)第一局部英语知识运用(共两节，总分值45分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. Judging from _ number of the bikes outside , _ number of students have been here to attend the lecture . A. the ; theB. the ;
2、aC. a ; aD. a ; the2. How long are you staying there Im not sure . _ . A. Im sorry B. I hope notC. It dependsD. Id love to3. He would never do anything that his parents didnt _ . A. suspectB. assessC. assistD. approve4. Nowadays students are put great _ to enter a good university . A. pressureB. mot
3、ivationC. influenceD. conflict5. Rose said that seldom _ to Yaxiya Department Store for shopping . A. went sheB. does she goC. she wentD. did she go6. The houses of the rich are generally larger than _ of the poor .A. thatB. theseC. thoseD. ones7. The students were asked to copy the text as their ho
4、mework , _ from the second paragraph . A. startedB. startingC. to startD. start8. On the afternoon of October 24th , 2023 , an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 broke out in the Zhoukou area , _ was more than we could expect . A. whichB. thatC. whereD. what9. Many young people are out of work now , but _
5、, they wont take jobs that pay little . A. in other wordsB. over and over again C. by coincidenceD. on the other hand 10. At long last the child was found on top of _ we call the museum of science and technology . A. whichB. thatC. whatD. where11. I cant _ my studies with all that noise going on .A.
6、 depend onB. concentrate onC. speed upD. appeal to12. _ he changes his mind , I wont promise to help him . A. UnlessB. IfC. ThoughD. Since13. If he hadnt gone to the library , he _ of stealing the book . A. wouldnt have suspectedB. wouldnt suspectC. wouldnt have been suspectedD. wouldnt be suspected
7、14. The boy wanted to put some ointment on burns , but his mother told him _ . A. not to doB. not toC. didntD. not to them15. Some money is missing . Well , we must get the police _ at once . A. to informB. informingC. informed ofD. informed第二节完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，
8、选出空白处的最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Some myths(神话) are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings . The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 16 is about Demerter , the goddess of the harvest . She had a daughter , Persephone , whom she loved very much . Hades , go
9、d of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone , and he asked Zeus , the 17 of the gods , to give Persephone to him as his 18 . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter , so he said he would not agree to the marriage , but neither would he 19 it . Hades , therefore , deci
10、ded to take the girl without 20 .When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden , he seized her and took her to the underworld . When Demeter 21 what happened to Persephone , she became so 22 that she caused all plants to 23 . People were in 24 of starving(挨饿) . But Demeter was determined not to
11、let crops grow 25 her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. 26 , still not wanting to disappoint Hades , decided upon a condition for Persephones 27 . She could go back to her mother if she had not 28 anything while she was in the underworld . Demeter 29 it because she did not know that Perseph
12、one had eaten several Pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld . When Zeus 30 this , he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 31 , but he added that since she had eaten the seeds , she must spend part of the year in the underworld . And so it 32 that when Persephone is in the u
13、nderworld , Demeter is sad and therefore 33 not let the crops grow . That is 34 we have winter when plants do not grow . When Persephone returns , Demeter is 35 , it is spring , and plants begin to grow again . 16. A. ageB. timeC. seasonsD. periods17. A. fighterB. advisorC. rulerD. winner18. A. daug
14、hterB. partnerC. loverD. wife19. A. forbidB. admitC. acceptD. forgive20. A. warningB. arrangementC. permissionD. reason21. A. worked outB. let outC. found outD. thought out22. A. tired B. angryC. seriousD. excited23. A. stop growingB. grow fastC. start growingD. grow slowly24. A. caseB. turnC. hopeD. danger25. A. whenB. afterC. untilD. since26. A. HadesB. DemeterC. ZeusD. Persephone27. A. journeyB. marriageC. changeD. return28. A. heard B. eatenC. foundD. stolen29. A. acceptedB. doubtedC. refusedD. understood30. A. preparedB. forgotC. studiedD. discovered31. A. rulerB. godC. motherD. dau
