高二英语月考题
(时间：120分钟，满分：150分)
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
There are dozens of movie recommendation engines on the Web. They’re all different, but some are definitely better than others.
Rotten Tomatoes
Instead of telling Rotten Tomatoes which films you like, you can tell it what kind of films you enjoy, which actors you want to see, and other standards to help it find the best movie for you. There’s a lot of variability in the quality of Rotten Tomatoes recommendations but it’s also a nice way to find the right film for any mood.
Netflix
Netflix asks you to rate(划分等级) movies to determine which films you’ll want to see next. And although it does make it easy to rate movies and it does return huge lists, the ideas it gives you aren’t all that strong. It’s easy to use, but it’s not the best way to get movie recommendations.
Jinni
Whether you want to search for films based on your mood, time available, or reviews, the site has it all. But Jinni’s most amazing feature is its semantic(语义的)search. You can enter a term like “films that show Chris Farley yelling” and the site will return films that match your question. Go to use it. You won’t regret it!
Criticker
Instead of just allowing you to rank films, Criticker compares your ratings to those of other users and see how closely your tastes match those of other users. Once the service finds matches, you can view these users’ lists and see which movies they like. 1．Which one does the author recommend most? A．Rotten Tomatoes. B．Netflix. C．Jinni. D．Criticker. 2．What makes Criticker special? A．Comparing users’ ratings.
B．Ranking your favourite films.
C．Offering different standards. D．Finding films based on mood. 3．What is the purpose of the text?
A．To recommend the best online movies. B．To show how to use movie search engines. C．To introduce several movie search engines. D．To explain how to find the best online movies.
B
BEAVERTON, Ore.—Jaime Nared is nearly 6-foot-1 and
blessed with Michael Jordan-style skills. In games, she can more
than hold her own against the boys, dropping three-pointers and
sometimes scoring 30 points or more.
And there, according to her coach, lies the problem.
“She’s so good，” Michael Abraham said.“She makes the boys look like scrubs(灌木丛)．”So she has been told she can no longer play on boys’ teams at the Hoop, a private Beaverton basketball facility that runs a league in which Abraham’s teams compete.
The trouble started last month, when some parents told the Hoop management they didn’t like Jaime playing with the boys. Hoop officials informed Abraham that Jaime, after years on one of his boys’ teams, was refused. Neal Franzer, the Hoop’s director of operations, said Thursday that the parents were adamant(坚决的) but their complaints had nothing to do with Jaime’s skills.
“They said the problem was that the boys were playing differently against her because she was a girl，” he said.“They’d been taught not to push a girl, and the focus had changed from playing basketball to noticing a girl was on the floor with them.”
Hoop officials e-mailed Abraham to remind him of the rules.
Abraham, Jaime and her parents didn’t buy it.“I think the complaints come from parents who don’t like seeing a girl that good playing against their sons，” Abraham said.
Jaime, who said she “fell in love” with basketball when she was 8, likes the boys’ team because boys play a fast-paced game.
Jaime’s mum, Reiko Williams, said the issue boiled over after a particular game.“She scored 30 points，”Williams said.“I remember one play. She stole the ball and made a behind-the-back pass to a
teammate. He missed the lay-in, and she grabbed the rebound and
put it in. I think it was just too much for some of those parents.”
4．According to the passage, Michael Abraham is ________． A．Jaime Nared’s father B．Jaime Nared’s coach C．Jaime Nared’s teammate
D．the Hoop’s director of operations
5．Jaime Nared’s problem lies in that ________． A．she takes advantage of the boys B．she can’t keep pace with the boys
C．she doesn’t obey the rules of basketball
D．she plays even better than her boy teammates
6．Jaime Nared was refused by the boys’ teams because ________． A．she was too rude on the court B．she had better skills than the boys C．the boys didn’t like to play with a girl
D．the boys couldn’t get focused when playing with her 7．We can infer from the passage that ________． A．Jaime Nared has great talent in basketball
B．Jaime Nared has played basketball for nearly ten years C．Jaime Nared doesn’t know how to defend while playing
D．Jaime Nared’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to play with boys
C
Have you ever wondered how your favorite NBA team received its famous name? All NBA teams have an interesting story or a history behind their names. Some of the names reflected the city’s culture or history, others came from previous owners and many were selected through“Name the Team” contests.
For teams like Los Angeles and Utah, the names were not always a reflection of the city. Even though Los Angeles has no lakes, the Laker name has been a city treasure for almost 40 years. Before going to Los Angeles, the team originated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1948, team officials chose the name for its direct relationship to the state’s motto，“The Land of 10，000 Lakes”．The team name went unchanged after moving to Los Angeles in 1960.
Because Utah’s team originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, it was called the Jazz. In 1974, New Orleans club officials chose the name to represent the city for its reputation as the“jazz capital of the
world”．The name stayed with the team even after finding a new home in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979.
The Chicago Bulls’ original owner, Richard Klein, named the team the Bulls. He picked the name because a fighting bull is relentless(不屈不挠的) and never quits. Klein, who founded the club in 1966, believed these qualities were necessary for a championship team and hoped his Chicago athletes would live up to the team name.
Miami chose the Heat from names such as the Sharks, Beaches, and Barracudas. The name Magic was the winner for the Orlando team because the city’s tourism slogan is “Come to the Magic”．
Tradition played a big part in naming the New York Knicks. Chosen by the club’s founder Ned Irish, the Knicks’ name was already important in New York’s history. The first organized team in basketball history was named the New York Knickerbockers or the Knickerbockers Nine.
In 1967, the Indian Pacers selected their team name in a different way from most other teams. Their decision was based on what they wanted to accomplish in the NBA. Team officials chose the Pacers name because the organization wanted to set the “pace” in professional basketball.
8．Which of the names reflects the culture of the city New Orleans? A．The Jazz.
B．The Indian Pacers. C．The Heat. D．The Sharks.
9．According to Paragraph 2, we know ________． A．the Laker team was first set up in Los Angeles B．Los Angeles is famous for its lakes C．Minnesota is a state with a lot of lakes
D．the Laker team has been in Los Angeles for less than 40 years 10．Richard Klein named the team the Bulls because he hoped his team would ________． A．be as strong as bulls
B．set the “pace” in professional basketball C．be Number 1 forever
D．keep fighting and never give up
11．How did the Heat get the name? A．It was named by its original owner. B．It was named after Miami’s motto. C．It came from the names of other teams.
D．Its owner came up with the name by accident.
D
Should I stay or should I go? An LED device(设备) for driverless cars aims to give pedestrians(行人) at a crossing the power to communicate with cars, signaling for them to stop or drive on.
Blink, created by researchers at the Royal College of Arts and Imperial College London, turns the awkward dance of eye contact and hand gestures that happens when a car slows down while someone is waiting to cross the road into something driverless cars can understand.
Blink combines an organic light display with the windscreen(挡风玻璃) and windows of a car and uses light signals to show pedestrians when the car is aware of their presence. If the car detects a pedestrian, a figure lights up.
If a pedestrian raises a hand as a stop sign, the figure turns green, directing the pedestrian to cross, and the car is prevented from moving forward. If they place a hand out to the side to signal for the car to go forward, the figure turns red and the car continues.
But George Filip at the University of Nottingham, UK isn’t certain it is a good idea to give pedestrians control over driverless cars. He says cities could end up crowded because pedestrians keep stopping cars.
“Producers should wait until the novelty of driverless cars has worn off before creating car－pedestrian communications systems，” he says. “We need to learn how people actually communicate with autonomous cars.”
The idea is to help people feel more comfortable around driverless cars, says Blink co－creator Raunaq Bose.“It effectively gives pedestrians the car－stopping powers of lollipop men and women(帮助学童过马路的交通安全员)．”
The team hasn’t yet tested the device on a driverless car, but Bose says several automotive companies have expressed interest.
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