高二年级月考试卷
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。听完每段对话后，你都有 10秒钟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。
例: How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a cake shop. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.
2. What will the man do
A. Upload his proposal. B. Work on his task. C. Check the web connection.
3. How does the man sound
A. Annoyed. B. Considerate. C. Confused.
4. How much will the man pay
A.$300. B.$290. C. $270.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Viewing an apartment. B. Arranging a move. C. Selling a house.
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。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、7题。
6. When did the woman get to know about the show
A. When she was reading at the library.
B. When she was visiting the museum.
C. When she was going downtown.
7. Which work of art caught the man’s attention
A. A statue. B. A painting. C. A bowl.
听第7段材料，回答第8至 10 题。
8. What will Paulo be in charge of
A. Calling the printers. B. Preparing food & drinks. C. Contacting the conference hall.
9. Who will be responsible for the information desk
A. Leon. B. Amy. C. Jonah.
10. Why will Amy contact Paulo later
A. To discuss the conference schedule.
B. To update him on her work progress.
C. To confirm the number of attendees.
听第8段材料，回答第11 至 13题。
11. What houses did the woman see in Vietnam
A. Rock houses. B. Cave houses. C. Bamboo houses.
12. Why did the houses in Tunisia appear in the Star Wars films
A. They look unreal. B. They are Roman style. C. They are made of rock.
13. Why was the woman amazed at the houses in Cappadocia
A. They were built high.
B. They formed 700 years ago.
C. They are still used as people’s houses.
听第9段材料，回答第14 至 17 题。
14. Why are Max’s nature documentaries successful
A. They are advertised around the world.
B. They are tailored to viewers’ tastes.
C. They are technically perfect.
15. What is the most important thing for Max before a film trip
A. Forming a production team.
B. Preparing himself physically.
C. Studying the target creatures.
16. What is the most difficult thing of filming underwater for Max
A. Wildlife attacks. B. Equipment damage. C. Limited underwater time.
17. What does Max keep filming
A. Sharks. B. Whales. C. Dolphins.
听第10段材料，回答第18 至 20题。
18. What is the advantage of working in a bookstore
A. Earning a good income. B. Learning to run stores. C. Gaining communication skills.
19. What are students advised to do when providing pet-care services
A. Start a business office first.
B. Set a lower price at the beginning.
C. Research each customer’s preference.
20. What is the speaker’s last suggestion
A. Knowing about more fields.
B. Working as an office worker.
C. Choosing marketing as a major.
第二部分 阅读(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)
A
There are many podcasts (播客) that teach English and you can listen to them anytime. Here is a list of some of the best podcasts that you must see.
Learn English Podcast
This podcast has three levels. The first is for beginners, the second is for intermediates (中级学生) and the third is for upper intermediates. If a person wants to learn Business English, then episodes are also made for him. Every podcast is short but very informative. Worksheets (活页练习题) and vocabulary tasks are also included.
Speaking Broadly
This podcast is made for advanced learners. Explained through discussion and interviews, each episode has non-native English speakers and every recording also has expert feedback. You will see some common mistakes made by English learners and you can improve your English by learning from those mistakes.
The English We Speak
This podcast airs one episode daily and every episode is only three to four minutes, which talks about phrases and idioms. There are two people in each episode who communicate with each other. Whatever level you are, you will find it rewarding.
Elementary Podcast
This podcast is mainly for beginners and intermediate level learners. The length of a podcast is around 25 minutes but you can pause it anytime and continue whenever you want. The hosts of each episode are different.
1. Which podcast provides exercises going with it
A. Speaking Broadly. B. Elementary Podcast.
C. The English We Speak. D. Learn English Podcast.
2. What do we know about Speaking Broadly
A. It records just expert speakers. B. It targets beginners.
C. It presents some typical mistakes. D. It provides feedback from listeners.
3. What do The English We Speak and Elementary Podcast have in common
A. They are both interactive. B. They cater for beginners.
C. They have the same length. D. They share the same contents.
B
When I bought a house in Portland four years ago, I immediately began designing my dream garden, intending to remove the weeds and plant some vegetables or long-lasting flowers. I soon discovered, however, that the soil was unproductive, clay-heavy and littered with stones. In previous, much tinier gardens, I’d fix it with a few bags of high-quality soil from the nursery. Replacing this vastly greater quantity of dirt was neither practical nor financially possible. Instead, I decided to remediate (补救) what I already had.
The challenge before me was to revitalize the soil. Two core principles of modern agriculture can guide this shift: minimizing soil disturbance and emphasizing biodiversity. In practice, growing crops by turns, prioritizing organic inputs over chemical fertilizers, integrating crops, trees and livestock, and shielding soil from being washed away with cover crops, often work.
I tried to apply such methods in my garden. Where once there was only grass, I created a pond, a rock garden, a wildflower field and raised beds for vegetables. I let plants grow and decompose by themselves in a natural way. I also introduced different plants and revived its ecological communities.
In May, I decided to relocate a flowering plant. As I dug the plant out, all manner of life emerged. Earthworms swung from the roots. A daddy longlegs hurried for shelter. Below the plant I even noticed the fine white lattice of a fungal mycelium.
Running my fingers through the soil, I understood, more clearly than ever before, that I transformed much more than my yard — it completely changed the way I think about soil. It’s not simply as a medium for life, but as a living entity (个体) in its own right. Although science still lacks an agreed definition of life, textbooks highlight criteria widely considered to differentiate the living and nonliving. Soil meets many of them: It has a highly organized structure. It has a capacity for active self-preservation. It grows. It breathes. And it can die.
4. How did the author use to improve the soil
A. By adding rich soil. B. By covering it with bags.
C. By removing the weeds. D. By applying chemical fertilizer.
5. What does the underlined word “shielding” in paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Exposing. B. Separating. C. Sheltering. D. Monitoring.
6. What is the purpose of paragraph 4
A. To explain the process of transplanting. B. To illustrate the prevention of insect attacks.
C. To stress the competition of different species. D. To state the formation of multi-species communities.
7 What can be a suitable title for the text
A. The Soul of Soil B. The Vitality of the Wild
C. The Art of Gardening D. The Whisper of Flowers
C
Many ancient populations used inscriptions (铭文) to document different parts of their lives. But the objects containing such inscriptions have been damaged over the centuries.
The researchers, led by Alphabet’s AI company DeepMind, developed a new AI-based method which serves as a technological tool to help researchers repair missing inscriptions and estimate the true origins of the records. They call their tool Ithaca. The system is the first deep neural (神经的) network that can restore the missing text of damaged inscriptions. The researchers said it trained Ithaca on the largest collection of data containing Greek inscriptions from the non-profit Packard Humanities Institute in California. Feeding this data into the system is designed to help the tool use past writings to predict missing letters and words in damaged inscriptions.
The researchers reported that in experiments with damaged writings, Ithaca was able to correctly predict missing inscription elements 62% of the time. In addition, the tool was 71% correct in identifying where the inscriptions first came from. And when historians work on their own, the success rate for restoring damaged inscriptions is about 25%. But when humans teamed up with Ithaca to assist in their work, the success rate jumped to 72%.
Thea Sommerschield from Ca’Foscari University of Venice said the system had already provided new information to help researchers reexamine important periods in Greek history. In one case, Ithaca confirmed new evidence presented by historians about the dating of a series of important Greek decrees (法令). The decrees were first thought to have been written before 446/445 BCE. But the new evidence suggested a date in the 420s BCE. Ithaca predicted a date of 421 BCE. The date change may seem small but it has significant implications for our understanding of the political history of Classical Athens.
The team is currently working on other versions of Ithaca trained on other ancient languages. DeepMind has launched a free, interactive tool based on the system for use by researchers, educators, museum workers and the public.
8. What is the function of Ithaca
A. Restoring and identifying damaged inscriptions.
B. Interpreting and protecting historical documents.
C. Exploring and tracing the origins of Greek letters.
D. Collecting and translating past writings into English.
9. What do the numbers in paragraph 3 mainly indicate
A. The inscriptions are of great value to human.
B. Ithaca helps researchers work more effectively.
C. The demand for reading ancient records is increasing.
D. The process of repairing damaged writings is complicated.
10. Why does the author mention the case in paragraph 4
A. To show the limitations of Ithaca. B. To support Sommerschield’s statement.
C. To explain the history of Greek decrees. D. To prove the importance of dates to historians.
11. What is the passage mainly about
A. The achievements of Greek historians.
B. The disappearance of ancient Greek culture.
C. A rising trend of studying ancient languages.
D. An AI system for repairing missing writings.
D
One of the most dangerous insects you need to watch out for during summer is mosquitoes. But no matter how you try to avoid them, some people naturally attract mosquitoes more than others.
One of the most important facts to remember is that mosquitoes track people down by smell and body odour(气味), according to Bart Knols, PhD, a biologist devoted to the study of mosquitoes. The carbon dioxide people breathe out, along with chemicals from the skin, creates an “odour plume” that mosquitoes can detect from up to almost 100 feet away. “Each person gives off more than 300 chemicals from the skin, more than 100 in breathing out,” Knols says.
The specific mixtures on the skin that mosquitoes respond to vary by species. The yellow fever mosquito and Asian tiger mosquito, for example, respond well to lactic acid from skin. African malaria mosquitoes respond to a mix of fatty acids, according to Knols. Your individual mixtures and smells determine how much of a mosquito attraction you are, depending on the mosquito species. The mix of chemicals you produce are only partly in your control. These chemicals depend on your genetic make-up, health condition, diet, skin pH, and so on. “Bacteria(细菌)on the skin break down the mixtures that we give off through our pores(毛孔), and these are the attractive smells,” Knols says. “So it is not actually we that attract mosquitoes, but the bacteria on our skin.”
Although this is a complex and partly understood phenomenon, Knols says that we do all have a unique smell. There are many folk stories about why some people are more or less attractive to mosquitoes. Some people falsely think the blood type is the cause, and others believe taking vitamin B or eating garlic makes people less attractive to mosquitoes—but Knols notes there’s no scientific data backing these claims.
12. What do we learn from the second paragraph
A. Mosquitoes can detect people with smell. B. Nobody can avoid mosquitoes anyway.
C A person breathes out over 300 chemicals. D. People naturally attract mosquitoes.
13. Why does the author take several kinds of mosquitoes for example
A. To persuade readers to protect the environment.
B. To warn people against touching mosquitoes.
C. To show different mosquitoes react to mixtures.
D. To make people look out for poisonous mosquitoes.
14 What draws mosquitoes according to Bart Knols
A. Chemicals in the mouth. B. Mixtures people give off.
C. Smells from the pores. D. Bacteria on the skin.
15. What is the best title for the text
A. The Scientific Reason You Are a Mosquito Attraction
B. Folk Stories about How Mosquitoes Attack People
C. Attitudes toward Mosquitoes Different People Have
D. Ways to Make People More and More Attractive
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
For people who are not self-disciplined, their life is full of pain, and all pain comes from their own inability. ____16____
So how do you achieve self-discipline
Have control over body. Self-disciplined people will not be so bad; those who can lose weight successfully have high requirements for themselves. Health is the most important foundation of your self-discipline. ____17____ They work for one hour and charge for eight hours, and the efficiency is extremely low. If you don’t have time to exercise, you can only spend time seeing a doctor after the red light of your physical condition.
Have a good sense of time. The more self-disciplined you are, the more time you’ll have to manage. A precise schedule can save you a lot of unnecessary time costs. ____18____ The beauty of time front allows you to use more free time to read, exercise, master a skill, and severely surpass the person who is still sleeping in bed.
____19____ Self-disciplined people will not be willing to stay in the comfort zone, but will keep developing their own new field world with the mentality of giving it a try. Choosing ease and obeying instinct(本能)will bring the game of life to a dead end. And self-discipline may not always let you win. ____20____ If you decide that suffering is what you deserve, then the light will unavoidably come to you the same way.
A. Have a feeling of freshness.
B. But it will never let you lose.
C Keep breaking personal ceiling.
D. People who do not work out are like a red light.
E. People who do not exercise are like an aging battery.
F. A self-disciplined person lives a particularly advanced and free life.
G. In addition, self-disciplined people will create time for themselves-get up early.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Fourth-grader, Sarah Haycox, made it her mission to right a wrong. And in doing so, she has shown the world what one ___21___ person, with passion, can do.
One day, when ____22____ by an athletic field near her school, Sarah noticed a small ___23___ with the name Edwin T. Pratt and the year 1930 - 1969 on it. She ___24___ who he was and what he did.
After some ___25___, she learned that he was a civil rights leader who had done many good things to ___26___ others. Sadly, he was ___27___ just because someone disagreed with what he was doing.
Feeling that the small memorial was ___28___ big enough for a man who had so much ___29___ on others, Sarah ____30____ to do something!
There was a new ____31____ going up nearby for young kids. She found out who were ____32____ the building project and asked them if it could be named after Mr. Pratt. Through great efforts, her vision came to reality! Almost 50 years after his death, Edwin Pratt’s life and impact will be celebrated as the name of the new school.
Most kids simply had walked by the memorial without thinking about who Mr. Pratt was. But Sarah had the ____33____ to learn more, the vision to imagine something better and the courage to ____34____ her idea. Her amazing actions have ____35____ many other young people around the world.
21. A. honest B. young C. clever D. shy
22. A. walking B. running C. riding D. driving
23. A. museum B. church C. board D. memorial
24. A. forgot B. realized C. wondered D. explained
25. A. discussion B. research C. practice D. thought
26. A. teach B. rescue C. help D. repay
27. A. killed B. punished C. blamed D. arrested
28. A. rarely B. simply C. merely D. hardly
29. A. impact B. impression C. reflection D. dependence
30. A. stopped B. decided C. happened D. announced
31. A. library B. theatre C. school D. hospital
32. A. in need of B. in search of C. in favour of D. in charge of
33. A. curiosity B. confidence C. chance D. energy
34. A. prove B. change C. present D. pursue
35. A. astonished B. inspired C. attracted D. protected
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
“The Great Wall symbolizes the firm backbone of China, while the Grand Canal is the bloodline ____36____ flows through the hearts of Chinese people,” said Shan Jixiang, former director of the Palace Museum.
____37____(get) a better understanding of this “bloodline”, Zhejiang Art Museum is running an exhibition called The Grand Canal as Epic on Earth.
With ____38____ history of more than 2, 500 years, the Grand Canal consists of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Sui and Tang Grand Canal and the Zhedong Canal. It ____39____(stretch) nearly 3, 200 kilometers and is the world’s longest man-made waterway.
____40____(connect) the north and south of China, the Grand Canal extends trade and shapes culture. However, as some sections of the canal have dried up and been disused due to historical evolution and climate change, some people seem to forget its ____41____(culture) value.
China Daily reported that urbanization (城市化) has led to garbage and other waste being piled up on the waterway by residents, and others have even built illegal ____42____(structure) beside the canal.
____43____(fortunate), many measures has been adopted so far toward restoration of the Grand Canal. For example, in Gucheng county of Hengshui city in Hebei, a new policy was carried out—a river chief system. A total of 70 river chiefs at county, town and village levels have been assigned to clean and restore 59 river lines, helping each section of the canal to reach its targets for reducing ____44____(pollute) and controlling flooding. The Grand Canal is taking a turn for _____45_____ we are hoping for.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假如你是航空航天社团负责人，最近正在招募新的社团成员，请你围绕航空航天的探索精神，发表一份倡议。内容包括：1. 我们为什么要探索太空；2. 鼓励大家在日常生活中发扬这种探索精神，并发出邀请。
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第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整短文。
After graduating from college, I worked as a salesman for a piano company. We advertised our pianos in small town newspapers and then, when we received many replies, we would load our little trucks, drive into the area and sell the pianos to those who had replied. Every time we advertised, we would receive a reply on a postcard which said, “Please bring me a new piano for my little granddaughter. It must be red mahogany(红木). I can pay $10 a month with my egg money.” Of course, we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month. No finance company would carry a contract with payments that small, so we ignored her postcards.
One day, however, I happened to be in that area calling on other replies, and out of curiosity I decided to meet the old lady. I found pretty much what I expected: The old lady lived in a one-room cabin in the middle of a cotton field. The cabin had a dirt floor and there were chickens in the house. Obviously, she could not have qualified to purchase anything on credit—no car, no phone, no real job, nothing but a roof over her head. I could see daylight through the roof in several places.
Her little granddaughter was about 8, barefoot and wearing a dress made out of cotton bags holding animal feed. I explained to the old lady that we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month and that she should stop writing to us every time she saw our advertisement.
I drove away heartsick, but my advice had no effect—she still sent us the same postcard every time we advertised. Always wanting a new piano, red mahogany, she swore she would never miss a$10 payment. It was sad.
Several years later, I owned my own piano company, and each time I advertised in that area, the old lady’s postcards would come to me.
注意：
（1）续写词数应为 150个左右；
（2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One day when I was in that area, I made a big decision.
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Twenty years later, while sitting at a bar, I heard the most beautiful piano music behind me.
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第二部分阅读(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)
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. D 7. A
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. B 11. D
【答案】12. A 13. C 14. D 15. A
【答案】16. F 17. E 18. G 19. C 20. B
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. B
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【答案】36. that##which
37. To get 38. a
39. stretches
40. Connecting
41. cultural
42. structures
43Fortunately
44. pollution
45. what
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46.
【答案】Dear fellow students,
Throughout history, humans never stop questioning “What lies beyond ” Our urge to explore space reflects an unyielding spirit to push boundaries. As the head of the Aerospace Club, I invite you to join our journey of cosmic exploration.
Firstly, exploring space drives human progress. It not only helps discover new resources, but also inspires innovations like lightweight materials used in daily life. More importantly, it teaches us to challenge limits collectively.
Secondly, the exploration spirit applies to daily life. Ask “why” in physics class like questioning Mars’ atmosphere; persist through math problems as engineers overcome rocket failures. Every small exploration shapes your potential.
Join us to attend lectures, build model rockets, and discuss space news. Let’s turn curiosity into action!
Li Hua,
Head of the Aerospace Club
第二节（满分25分）
47.
【答案】One day when I was in the area, I made a big decision. Despite knowing that it was a terrible business decision, I loaded a red mahogany piano onto my little truck. I delivered the piano to the old lady. I placed the new piano in the house, advised her and the little girl to keep the chickens off it and left. I was sure that I had just thrown away a new piano. To my surprise, the payments came in on time with a thank-you note every month.
Twenty years later while sitting at a bar. I heard the most beautiful piano music behind me. Looking around, I saw a lovely young woman playing a very nice grand piano. Stunned by her great performance, I moved to a table beside her. She stopped and smiled at me politely, “Aren’t you the man who sold my grandma a piano a long time ago ” It didn’t ring a bell, so she started to explain. And I suddenly remembered., My Lord, it was her, the little barefoot girl in the feed sack dress! I was so glad that my kindness did make a real difference.
