新疆石河子第一中学2022-2023学年高二下学期5月月考英语试题

2024届高二下2023至2023学年第二学期5月月考 英语试卷 时间：120分钟 总分：150分 一．单项选择（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 1. I want to buy that kind of cloth because I ______ the cloth ______ well. A. have told; washes B. have been told; washes C. was told; washed D. have been told; is washed 2. I know Mr. Brown; we ______ to each other at an international conference. A. are introduced B. are been introduced C. were introduced D. had been introduced 3.The Olympic Games, _______ in 775 B.C., did not include women players until 1912. A. first playing       B. to be first played    C. first played       D. to be first playing 4._______ his method, Tom was sure that he would succeed in his experiment. A. Being improved  B. Improved         C. To be improved   D. Having improved 5.They daren’t ask, for they are afraid _______. A. of laughing at     B. to be laughed       C. of being laughed at  D. at being laughed at 6.Since keeping positive is beneficial to the progress of our work and study, we should struggle not to let negative ideas ______. A. take off B. take over C. take in D. take on 7. It is time that you got down to doing something, so I urge that everyone of you ______ well prepared for the coming examination. A. would get　　B. get C. gets D. got 8. —Do you know the 5G mobile phone will come onto the market soon？ —Really？It is said to be superior ________any other model．I can't wait to buy________． A. to；one B. than；one C. to；it D. than；it 9. Many people consider it to be good manners to say they are sorry when they ___ a request. A. turn up B. turn down C. turn to D. turn out 10. The hotel was used as a ________ home for John and Jenny during the construction of their new house. A. delicate B. contemporary C. temporary D. typical 二． 阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） A One of the greatest gifts one generation can give to other generations is the wisdom it has gained from experience. This idea has inspired Andrew Zuckerman. He interviewed and took photos of