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　　河北省邢台二中2013-2014学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试题
　　.第Ⅰ卷
　　第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
　　第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒中的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
　　1. What will the woman probably buy for Mary’s birthday?
　　A. A schoolbag.            B. A record.            C. A theatre ticket.
　　2.  How is the woman going to the airport?
　　A. By taxi.                B. By train.             C. By bus.
　　3.  Why is the woman here?
　　A. On business.            B. Visiting friends.       C. Having a vacation.
　　4.  What is “My Fair Lady”?
　　A. A newspaper.           B. A TV program.        C. A movie.
　　5.  When will the man be able to visit Mr Black?
　　A. November 1st           B. November 2nd         C. November 3rd
　　第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
　　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
　　听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
　　听第7段材料，回答9、10题
　　9. What was the woman busy with?
　　A. She was busy getting ready for dinner.
　　B. She was busy sending her children to school.
　　C. She was busy working.
　　10. Where will the children stay after school?
　　A. At the sports club
　　B. At Paul’s home
　　C. In the kitchen
　　听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
　　11. What sport is the man fond of?
　　A. Boxing               B. Basketball             C. Swimming
　　12.  Which sport does golf belong to?
　　A. Team sports.
　　B. Individual sports.
　　C. Outdoor activities.
　　13.  What can we infer from the conversation?
　　A. Both of them are sports fans.
　　B. Neither of them is a sports fan.
　　C. They often do physical exercise together.
　　听第9段材料，回答14至17题。
　　听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
　　14. How long has it been snowing?
　　A. For 40 days              B. For 14 days             C. For 2 days
　　19.  What do we know about the task of cleaning?
　　A. It is easy to carry out.
　　B. It is out of the question.
　　C. It is hard to perform.
　　20.  Why do the workers in Memphis regard the snow in the train as a welcome gift?
　　A. Some children there have never seen snow before.
　　B. They have to do something with the snow.
　　C. They will send much snow to the children’s home.
　　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。
　　A
　　Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be   that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
　　The largest study of the effects of aging on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be    linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.
　　“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
　　“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the aging   process.”
　　What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little los