2018-2019学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题(无答案)

xx-2019学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题(无答案)一、阅读理解（共两节,满分100分） 第一节(共15小题:每小题3分,满分45分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A,

xx-2019学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题(无答案) 一、阅读理解（共两节,满分100分） 第一节(共15小题:每小题3分,满分45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,并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑. King Midas used to love gold．One day he met afairy who allowed him to make awish for something．The king replied at once ,“I love gold ．I want everything Itouch(触摸) to change into gold”．“Very well ,tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared. The king waited excitedly till the next morning．To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold．“I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted. Soon Midas became hungry．He sat down at his table．All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand ．“I’m dying of hunger.” He cried. Just then his daughter came running in ．“Why are you so sad ,dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him．There and then she became agolden statue．The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry．He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him．“Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy．“Please take it away,” begged the king,“give me back my daughter.”“Well, you have learned your lesson．Go and wash in the river．Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river. 1．The fairy allowed the king to make awish because_____ A．she hoped to make the king the richest in the world. B．She loved gold too. C．She wanted to teach the king alesson. D．She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold. 2．When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____