www.ks5u.com2017届高二上学期第二次月考英 语 试 卷本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分,考试时间120分钟，满分150分。第I卷第一部分：听力 (略)第二部分：阅读理解（共两节）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AA man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. The bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once. A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired: “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied: “It seems strange, isnt it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one in France and another in Italy. We have made an agreement that every time we go to pub, each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond ”. Soon all the town have heard about the mans answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity. Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man. However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied: “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. Its just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”21. The man ordered three beers all the time because _.A. people were fond of drinking beers in this pub.B. he missed his two brothers living abroad very much.C. it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond.D. this would help him become a local celebrity.22. We can infer from the passage that_.A. news traveled fast in the town. B. the man became famous in the town because he was a heavy drinkerC. the mans brothers liked drinking beer very muchD. the man was strong-minded to give up drinking23. The bartender served the man with bad feeling because _.A. he would earn less moneyB. he thought the man should order three beersC. he thought one of the mans brothers had passed awayD. the man decided to drink two beers24. The underlined word “condolences” in the last paragraph can be replaced by_.A. gratitude B. appreciation C. surprise D. sympathy BMusic is magic! Music speaks louder than words and it is a “language” that the whole world can understand. A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind. Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal, music has a spiritual effect on a person. Different kinds of music influence people in different ways.I have listened to music all my life. When I was twelve years old, the Beatles came to America and my whole world opened up. Maybe young people today cannot understand the influence of the Beatles when they exploded across America. Their influence changed the way we dressed, looked, acted and spoke. even our culture. The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just under three months after the assassination(暗杀) of President John Kennedy, which had put America into a great depression. And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself.Music links the heart of the hearer with that of the composer. This means that it mixes the spirit of the composer with your spirit when you listen to it. And the music can take your spirit out of your body and transport you into another world. Music has a great way of touching people. Music can make you laugh, cry or shout. Its also a great source of inspiration.Try this one day and notice what happens: make yourself a cup of tea, sit on your sofa and play one of your favorite songs. Close your eyes, and soon youll find yourself creating vivid mental imagesmatching the music that you are listening to.25. Music has magical power because it _.A. is a kind of languageB. can be played much louder than wordsC. receives a personal radio signalD. can influence a persons spirit26. One can learn from the second paragraph that the Beatles _A. were the biggest band in American historyB. are not accepted by modern American peopleC. appeared at a special time in American politicsD. represented the roots of American culture27. One will do all of the following while l