湖南省邵东县第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题
(本试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟)
第一部分 听力(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
第一节 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。
1. What will the woman do this evening?
A. Have dinner with Mike. B. Go out with her parents. C. Stay at home with her brother.
2. How does the woman keep in touch with her family?
A. By making phone calls. B. By sending postcards. C. By using the Internet.
3. What did the man buy?
A. Green tea. B. Orange juice. C. Hot chocolate.
4. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Move some boxes. B. Make a phone call. C. Drive a car.
5. Why is the man talking to the woman?
A. To take out insurance. B. To describe his illness. C. To make an appointment.
第二节 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. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a hotel. B. In the man’s office. C. In a post office.
7. What will the man do next?
A. Post some papers. B. Find a fax machine. C. Go downstairs.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. Where did the man most probably lose his phone?
A. On the underground. B. In a bank. C. In a restaurant.
9. What will the man do before five o抍lock?
A. Buy a new phone. B. Make a call to the woman. C. Meet the woman.
10. How does the man feel in the end?
A. Surprised. B. Grateful. C. Doubtful.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. How did the woman book the movie tickets?
A. On the Internet. B. At the ticket office. C. On the phone.
12. When did the speakers plan to meet the Smiths at first?
A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 2:00.
13. Where will the speakers go first?
A. To the cinema. B. To the restaurant. C. To the bookstore.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. What does the man think of Lucy’s taking flying lessons?
A. Impractical. B. Surprising. C. Interesting.
15. What is Lucy?
A. A pilot. B. A nurse. C. A doctor.
16. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. Teach in a college.
B. Start her own restaurant.
C. Organize an Italian cooking class.
17. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. Who is the speaker?
A. An English teacher. B. A university student. C. A news reporter.
19. What does the speaker suggest?
A. Practicing listening more after class.
B. Trying to understand every word when listening.
C. Listening to pop songs without reading the words.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. How to understand teachers better.
B. How to find interesting materials.
C. How to improve English listening.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (共15题;每小题2分,满分30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
Here are five movies that are perfect for English learners.
The Social Network (2010)
Starring (主演) Jesse Eisenberg. Directed by David Fincher.
Story: how Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook.
For learning English: Its natural conversation is enjoyable to listen to and easy to follow.
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Directed by James Ivory.
Story: a drama (戏剧) about the relationship between a butler (男管家) and a housekeeper in an English rich family.
For learning English: The film is set in an English upper-class home in the 1930s, so the characters speak very formally. Before watching the film you could read the novel that the film is based on by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Toy Story (1995)
Starring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. Directed by John Lasseter.
Story: an animated (动画的) film about toys that come to life when children and adults aren’t around.
For learning English: Animated films are usually aimed at children and this means the storylines are uncomplicated (简易的).
Willy Wonka& the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Starring Gene Wilder. Directed by Mel Stuart.
Story: things go wrong when a group of kids get a free tour of Willy Wonka抯 chocolate factory.
For learning English: You抣l enjoy it for its dark humour and interesting characters. On top of that, you抣l hear some passages selected from English literature.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Starring Henry Fonda. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Story: a jury (陪审团) of 12 people have to reach the same decision on whether a boy killed his father.
For learning English: The conversation is easy to understand and the entire movie is set in the jury room and this lets you really focus on what’s being said.
21. Who plays the part of a housekeeper and speaks very formally in one of the above films?
A. Jesse Eisenberg. B. Henry Fonda.
C. Gene Wilder. D. Emma Thompson.
22. Parents would be more likely to take their kids to see .
A. Toy Story B. The Social Network
C. 12 Angry Men D. The Remains of the Day
23. If you want to know more about Facebook, you can choose to see .
A. Toy Story B. The Remains of the Day
C. The Social Network D. 12 Angry Men
B
Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams (阻塞) and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气). So the city began a scheme (计划) to improve the situation.
Under the Velib plan (‘Velib’ comes from vélo liberté, or ‘bicycle freedom’) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you don’t return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it’s only ?1 a day or ?29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25 kg), and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!
Paris is not the first city to have a plan like this. But not everybody thinks it抯 a great idea. One Parisian said, 慣hese bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they won抰 use a bicycle theyll still use their cars.
A city spokesman said, 揟he bicycle scheme won抰 solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory smoke, is a big problem. There aren抰 any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too.
24. What can we learn about the Velib plan?
A. Its bikes have no baskets.
B. Its bikes are light and colorful.
C. It aims to make traveling easier.
D. It owns more stations than the subway.
25. If you use a Velib for 1 hour, you should pay _____.
A. ?1 B. ?30
C. ?29 D. no money
26. Why do some people disagree with the Velib plan?
A. The cost is rather high.
B. It’s hard to find a Velib station.
C. It抯 not suitable for a long journey.
D. The distance between two Velib stations is long.
27. What抯 the city spokesman抯 attitude towards the bicycle plan?
A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Uncaring. D. Worried.
C
Growing up on a tobacco farm, Emma Avery was used to hard times. When she was seven, her family抯 farmhouse burned to the ground. Her father made a temporary shelter, where eight people had to sleep in two beds. As soon as Emma and her four brothers and two sisters were big enough, they were out in the fields.
牋牋 Emma would find her comfort in school, even as a C student, thanks to one teacher. When she moved on to middle school, Emma was alarmingly far behind her classmates. She kept her head down, trying not to be noticed, struggling to catch up, and feeling like an outsider.
牋牋 Then one day, when Emma was 16, a teacher named Mr. Potts changed everything. Looking his students in the eye, Mr. Potts said, "Being a C student does not mean you do not have a valuable contribution to make. Some of you have to work in the fields in the evening and do not have time to study. But if you do your best, you have a gift to give."
牋牋 The teacher抯 words made Emma believe she could do well, and she worked harder. In the end she won a scholarship to St. Paul抯 College, graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1967, and got a job in the public-school system. Then, at George Washington University, she received a master抯 in education in 1970, and afterwards in the same year she married Ron Smothers.
牋牋 Over the next six years, Emma taught in public schools in Miami. In 1976, after saving $10,000, she opened her first restaurant in Los Angeles. Eventually Emma stopped teaching, and her business expanded to six restaurants.
牋牋 In gratitude for what she has been able to achieve, Emma donates a lot. She has no idea how much money she抯 given away. She says, "Those I want to help are the C students who just need help, direction and confidence."
28. The first paragraph serves to show that Emma ______.
A. was poor and had no time to study
B. was born on a tobacco farm
C. was sad to lose her house
D. was kind enough to help support the family
29. From the text we learn that Emma ______.
A. won a scholarship to George Washington University
B. was unsuccessful as a businesswoman
C. was thankful to Mr. Potts
D. disliked teaching, and gave up the job
30. From the second paragraph we can infer that Emma was ______.
A. unintelligent B. unconfident C. hard-working D. Considerate
31. Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Emma studied at George Washington University.
b. She opened her first restaurant.
c. She married Ron Smothers.
d. She graduated from St. Paul抯 College.
A. abcd B. adcb C. dcab D. dacb
D
By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world抯 oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.
At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物) called phytoplankton(浮游植物). Because of the way light reflects off the organisms(生物), these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface. Ocean colour varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton. Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean抯 appearance.
Phytoplankton live at the ocean surface, where they pull carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) into the ocean while giving off oxygen. When these organisms die, they bury carbon in the deep ocean, an important process that helps to regulate the global climate. But phytoplankton are?vulnerable?to the ocean’s warming trend. Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth, since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, but also nutrients(营养物).
Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a scientist in MIT’s Center for Global Change Science, built a climate model that shows changes to the oceans throughout the century. In a world that warms up by 3℃, it found that multiple changes to the colour of the oceans would occur. The model shows that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener. 揘ot only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing. she said, 揵ut the type of phytoplankton is changing.
And why does that matter? Phytoplankton are the base of the food web. If certain kinds begin to disappear from the ocean, Dutkiewicz said, 搃t will change the type of fish that will be able to survive. Those kinds of changes could affect the food chain.
Whatever colour changes the ocean experiences in the coming decades will probably be too gradual and unnoticeable, but they could mean significant changes. 揑t抣l be a while before we can statistically show that the changes are happening because of climate change, Dutkiewicz said, 揵ut the change in the colour of the ocean will be one of the early warning signals that we really have changed our planet.
32.What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?
A.The various patterns at the ocean surface.
B.The cause of the changes in ocean colour.
C.The way light reflects off marine organisms.
D.The efforts to fuel the growth of phytoplankton.
33.What does the underlined word 搗ulnerable in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Sensitive B. Beneficial C.Significant 燚.Unnoticeable.
34.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Phytoplankton play a declining role in the marine ecosystem.
B.Dutkiewicz抯 model aims to show phytoplankton changes.
C.Phytoplankton have been used to control global climate.
D.Oceans with more phytoplankton may appear greener.
35.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To assess the consequences of ocean colour changes.
B.To analyse the composition of the ocean food chain.
C.To explain the effects of climate change on oceans.
D.To introduce a new method to study phytoplankton.
第二节(共5小题,每题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项. 选项中有两项为多余选项.
Teenagers earning money
In the United States, you can only get a full-time job if you are 16 years old or older. But there are things that teenagers can do to earn (赚得) some spending money. Here are a few ideas.
Parents with young children sometimes want to go out for dinner or to the movies, but they don't want to leave their children alone. ___36___ If the children go to bed early, you can do some of your homework!
Some adults have a dog, but they don't have time to take it for a walk. ___37___ So some teenagers work as dog walkers. It's a good idea you earn money and you're outside in the fresh air. You get some exercise, too!
Teenagers can deliver (递送) newspapers. You usually ride a bike around a neighborhood and leave a newspaper at each house. ___38___You have to get up early, too, because people want to read their newspaper with their breakfast.
___39___ Some companies pay teens to do online research. They want to know what teens are interested in. It's a fun and easy way to make money. You can also design web pages for friends or adults.
Sometimes adults pay teenagers to mow (修整) their lawns (草坪). It's a great job because you get fresh air and exercise. ___40___ Then you have regular customers (常客), because grass always grows!
A. Dogs need a lot of exercise!
B. It brings a lot of safety problems.
C. Normally you have to have your own bike.
D. Teenagers can work at home on their computers.
E. It's important to tell an adult where you're going.
F. Do your job carefully and people will want you to do it again.
G. So, they ask a teenager to stay in the house and look after their children while they are out.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分30 分)
第一节 (共15 题;每小题1 分,满分15 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Not everyone around is easy to get on well with in your life. I've always tried to keep my __41__ from people who are rude, aggressive and mean. But sometimes we can't __42__ having contact with people who might not have our best interests at heart.
Last summer, I became involved with a(n) __43__ co瓀orker who was at a bad spot in his life. I had a lot of __44__ for him and decided to help him __45__ this tough time, so I tried my best to tolerate his rudeness when he lost his temper. However, just like a swimmer drowning in a pool, he grabbed on and ended up drowning me when I __46__ and tried to rescue him. His rudeness gradually was out of __47__. One night, when I got up to get a glass of water, he started yelling at me to get back into my bedroom. I did as I was told but I was not happy about it. He __48__ my change in mood and asked what was wrong. But when I told him his behavior toward me was __49__ and that I was very hurt by the way he had treated me, he was surprised. He could not understand his actions had a bad __50__ on me. He told me he didn't have anything __51__ me and that there was no need for me to __52__ it. I used examples from his life of things that had hurt him and then tried to make the __53__ that the same things also made me unfriendly. I said, 揑 always treat you with patience, understanding and kindness, but you haven't treated me with __54__ respect. He was silent after listening to my words. What I had said might __55__ him.
People only change if they want to change. I didn't know whether he would change his opinion or not in the future.
41. A. difference B pressure C. absence D. distance
42. A. risk B. escape C. avoid D. appreciate
43. A bad璽empered B kind環earted C. easy璯oing D. co璷perative
44. A advice B. sympathy C. permission D. selection
45. A get across B look after C. make out D. pull through
46. A reached out B. carried out C. gave out D. turned out
47. A. practice B. action C. control D. danger
48. A. forgave B. noticed C. ignored D. understood
49. A. appropriate B. unnecessary C. unacceptable D. traditional
50. A. effect B. meaning C. content D. view
51. A. for B. with C. on D. against
52.A. mind B. doubt C. refuse D. praise
53. A. clue B. analysis C. comparison D. expectation
54. A. deserved B. proven C. promised D. intended
55. A. annoy B. touch C. inspire D. satisfy
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Nowadays, social networking addiction has become a rising concern. Social networking addiction is a phrase sometimes used____56____(refer) to someone who spends so much time using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other forms of social media that it____57____(influence)other aspects of daily life.
Addiction usually refers to habitual____58____(behave) that are difficult to control and it may lead to negative effects. In most addictions people feel forced to do certain activities so often that they become a harmful habit,____59____then affects other important activities such as work or school.
In that context, a social networking addict could____60____(consider) someone with a powerful inner drive to use social media repeatedly--____61____(constant) checking Facebook status updates or following people抯 profiles on Facebook, for example, for hours on end.
But it is hard to tell when fondness for____62____activity becomes a dependency and crosses the line into a damaging habit or addiction. Does____63____(spend) three hours a day on Twitter reading random tweets from strangers mean you抮e addicted____64____Twitter? How about five hours? You could argue you were reading headline news or_____65___(need) to stay current in your field for work, right?
写作(共两节,满分50 分)
第一节 单词拼写 (满分10分)
66. I hold the ____________________(看法;信念) that nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
67. I would _____________________(感谢,感激) it if you could call back this afternoon.
68. We all have a _____________________(责任) to protect the environment.
69. She is very _____________________(讲究的,挑剔的) about what she eats and wears.
70. _____________________(吸收,理解,使全神贯注) in the novel he was reading, he failed to notice the teacher standing beside him.
71. If I’ve hurt your feelings, it’s quite without _____________________(意图,目的)
72. It occurred to her that she might____________________(收养) a homeless child.
73. _____________________(结果),he lost what he owned.
74. We’re informed that the matter is under ____________________(考虑).
75. Heart transplants were once regarded ____________________(不道德的).
第二节 应用文写作 (满分15分)
假设你是中学生李华。外卖食品因其方便快捷赢得了大家的喜爱,尤其受青年人欢迎。但是你们学校禁止学生购买外卖食品,同学们对此意见不一,于是大家就此事进行了广泛的讨论。一些学生不理解此事,感觉很郁闷;另一些学生反对外卖食品,支持学校决定。请你就此事给校报写一篇稿件。
注意: 1. 词数100左右(开头部分已给出,不计入总词数。);
可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:外卖食品 takeout 郁闷的 depressed
A heated discussion about whether the takeout should be permitted in our school is held among us students.
第三节 概要写作 (满分25分)
阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump(丢弃,倾倒) it,burn it,turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it. We keep trying all four methods, but the quantity of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm(淹没,压倒)us. Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. There is an even more hidden kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades(侵略,侵袭)our daily lives, and that is noise.
A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed(显示)a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike: Lawn mowers(割草机)whining on a summer day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet villages, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume. To our surprise, dogs barking incessantly(不停地) in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.
New technology has also made its own contribution to noise. A lot of people object to mobile
phones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or on public transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat.
The noise pollution survey revealed an amusing old fashioned source of noise. It turned out to be snoring(打鼾)! Men were found to be the worst offenders. It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore. This figures rises to a staggering(惊人的) 60% of men in their sixties. Against these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners.
Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.
高二英语参考答案
听力:
1-5 CCAAC 6-10 ABCCB 11-15 ABABB 16-20 CABAC
阅读理解:
21—23 D A C 24—27 D A C B 28—31 A C B D 32—35 B A D C 36—40 G A C D F
完形填空: 41-45 DCABD 46-50 ACBCA 51-55 DACAB
语法短文填空:
56.to refer 57. influences/has influenced 58. behavio(u)rs 59. which
60. be considered 61. constantly 62. an 63. spending 64. to 65. needed
应用文写作:
A heated discussion about whether the takeout should be permitted in our school is held among us students.
In the view of some students. the takeout is convenient and tasty. Besides, they can get what they want in a short time. They feel very depressed about the school’s decision. However, some students hold the belief that the takeout contained in the plastic bags is unsafe to eat, because the plastic bags at high temperatures can do harm to people's health. Also the plastic bags are bad for our environment.
As far as I am concerned, the takeout does bring a lot of convenience but in the long run, we’d better eat less and reduce the usage of plastic bags to protect our environment
概要写作:
Noise is a less noticeable sort of pollution affecting people’s lives. A recent study found large quantities of hateful sources of noise, such as lawn mowing, late-night parties and especially dogs continual barking at night. Besides, new technology, for example, talking loudly on mobile phones in public, has also caused noise. Moreover, men’s snoring is regarded as a source of noise, too. Wherever noise comes from, silence seems to be really difficult to enjoy today.
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