湖南省长沙县第九中学2020-2021学年高二上学期第二次月考英语试卷

长沙县第九中学高二第二次月考英语试卷
时量：120分钟 总分：150分
第I卷
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 is the girl going to do?
A. Do her homework. B. Make a kite. C. Wash dishes.
2. Why was the man absent from the party yesterday?
A. He was sick. B. He was in a car accident. C. He was looking after his brother.
3. What are the speakers discussing?
A. Where to buy fish. B. When to have dinner. C. What to have for dinner.
4. How much will the woman pay for her and her child?
A. $5 B. $5.5 C. $7.5
5. What does the man probably do?
A. A policeman. B. A repairman. C. A house agent.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你都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。
听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 题。
6. What does the man think of the woman?
A. Warm-hearted. B. Energetic. C. Active.
7. What project does Diana do?
A. Transport. B. Building. C. Art.
听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 题。
8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Relatives. B. Husband and wife C. Co-workers.
9. What does the man decide to do finally?
A. Attend a wedding. B. Take a trip. C. Meet his friend.
听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 题。
10. Where did the woman get the information about the swimming course?
A. From a swimming club. B. From her friend. C. From the Internet.
11. How many lessons does the course provide?
A. 3. B. 6. C. 15.
12. What is provided for free for the beginners?
A. A life ring. B. A swimsuit. C. A towel.
听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 题。
13. Why is the television station trying to raise money?
A. To pay employees’ salaries. B. To set up a new signal tower. C. To add new programmes.
14. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Learn from an experienced gardener. B. Donate his service to the sale.
C. Buy something at the sale.
15. What excuse does the woman make for not donating a service?
A. She seldom watches TV. B. She has to help her parents. C. She must prepare for exams.
16. What does the woman say about her parents?
A. They might offer a price for the man’s service. B. They are good at gardening work.
C. They often attend a fancy fair.
听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 题。
17. On what can the competitors decide about the story?
A. The title. B. The style C. The length
18. How can the competitors join in the competition?
A. By e-mailing the story to the speaker. B. By sending the story to The Book Show.
C. By posting the story to Action Library.
19. What requirement does the competition have for the competitors?
A. Family background. B. School background. C. Age.
20. What is the prize for the first winner this year?
A. A notebook computer. B. An electronic dictionary. C. A stamp book.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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The following books provide tips on how to learn languages for language learners
The Vocab Cookbook
by Kerstin Hammes
The book is mainly about the best vocabulary learning methods and explains them step by step. It shows you how to choose your best vocabulary learning method, where to find the best system for remembering words forever how vocabulary learning methods can be turned into your own learning styles, and how remembering grammar is different from remembering vocabulary.
Buy from: Amazon. com or Amazon. co. uk
Fluent in 3 Months
by Benny Lewis
Benny Lewis, who has been travelling around the world and learning languages since 2003，runs the language-learning blog, Fluent In 3 Months, and works hard to find better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. This book is a collection of tips on how to learn any language quickly. Many of the tips have appeared on his blog, and many tips and resources are available there for readers of this book.
Buy from: Amazon, com or Amazon. co. uk
How to Learn Any Language
by barry M. Farber
If you're considering learning a language and are not sure where or how to start. this book will help point you in the right direction. It's full of practical tips on how to study and includes a brief introduction to some of the world's main languages.
Buy from：Amazon. con or Amazon. co. uk
Language is Music
by Susanna Zaraysk
The book makes learning foreign languages fun, easy and affordable through watching TV. listening to music, going to cultural events and other enjoyable activities. also it includes suggestions of many online resources you can use to help you learn languages.
Buy from: Amazon. com or Amazon. co. uk
21. If you have difficulty in remembering words, you best choice is_________
A. How to Lean Any Language B. Fluent in 3 Months
C. The Vocab Cookbook D. Language is Music
22. Who uses his or her blog to help readers learn languages?
A. Barry M. Farber B. Kerstin Hammes C. Susanna Zaravsky D. Benny Lewis
23. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To show the importance of language leaning
B. To introduce some books for language larners
C. To provide tips on how to learn Chinese well
D. To show the connections between language and music
B
When I was a baby, I entertained you and made you laugh. Whenever I was “bad”, you'd shake your finger at me and ask, “How could you?”--but then you'd give up, and roll me over for a belly scratch and I believed that life could not be any more perfect.
My housetraining was a long process, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. We went for long walks, runs in the park and car rides. We stopped for ice cream. I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.
Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate. Eventually, you fell in love. She, now your wife, is not a dog person, but I still welcomed her into our home. I was happy because you were happy. Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement, I was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them too. Your wife was afraid I would bite them. But nevertheless, as they began to grow, I became their friend.
Now, you have a new job in another city and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your “family”, but there was a time when I was your only family.
I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the dog pound. It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said, “I know you will find a good home for her.” They shrugged and gave you a pained look. The children were in tears as they waved me goodbye. And “How could you?” were the only three words that swept over my mind.
Is it better to live with hope or without hope? At first, whenever anyone passed my pen (围栏), I rushed to the front, hoping it was you, that you had changed your mind and that this was all a bad dream.
My beloved master, I will think of you and wait for you forever. I hope you receive more faithfulness from your family than you showed to me.
24．Who tells this story?
A．A child B． A dog. C．A dog's owner. D．A dog trainer
25．Why did the dog's owner take his dog to the pound?
A．He had a newborn baby. B．His wife did not like the dog.
C．He thought the dog too troublesome. D. He was moving into a new building.
26．Which is true about the dog when it lived at the pound?
A.It continued to love its former owner. B.It hoped to be adopted by another family
C. It did not trust humans any more. D. It was excited about the pound.
27．What is the theme of the story?
A．Be ready for changes. B．Never expect too much.
C．Be faithful to those who love you. D．Never complain about your life.
C
I was travelling with students in Barcelona, walking through the famous street La Rambla, when I noticed two guys making fun of me. I could see them on in the reflection of a mirrored building, making gestures with their hands to suggest how much bigger I was than the thin girl standing next to me. They painted her figure in the air like an hourglass(沙漏).Then they painted my shape like a ball. They were saying something, too, but there was only one word I could make out: Gorda. Fat woman.
I’ve been hearing comments like this for much all my life. Maybe someone else would have yelled at them, or shrunk(畏缩) inside. But I don’t get upset when this happens.
I pulled out my camera, and set up a shoot. I suspect that if I met with these narrow-minded people, my words would have no effect. So, rather than using the attackers’ actions to beat myself up, I just prove them wrong. The camera gave me my voice.
For about a year, I’d been taking pictures of strangers’ reactions to me in public for a series I called “Wait Watchers.” My goal is to capture a wide range of social groups so I travel as much as I can. I’ve photographed in Spain, Peru, Chicago, New York and Memphis. I set up my camera on a tripod(三脚架) or bench, or an assistant will take hundreds of photographs in several minutes. I then comb the images to see if I captured a reaction.
And I don’t get hurt when I look at the images. I feel like I am pushing the stare back on to them to let people see their stare. I’m fine with who I am and don’t need anyone’s acceptance to live my life. I only get angry when I hear someone comment about my weight but I don’t get the shot.
Since the project started getting media attention, I’ve received hundreds of emails from people thanking me. There are so many people in the world who feel they have the right to criticize someone for the way they look. I got an email from a 15-year-old girl in Belgium who said my images made her “feel better and not care about what others think.” That made me proud. As for what the images mean, viewers may make sense of the images as they see fit, I’m trying to start a conversation.
28.Where were the two guys when the author noticed them?
A. Outside the mirrored building B. On the top of the building
C. Next to a mirror in the building D. In front of a mirror in the building
29.What does the author intend to get with her camera?
A. Pictures of strangers B. Pictures of social groups
C. Reactions to her from students D. Reactions to her from various people
30.What can be inferred about the girl in Belgium?
A. She pays no attention to what others think about.
B. She is often made fun of for her appearance.
C. She realizes her making fun of others is wrong.
D. She is beginning to feel proud of her appearance.
31.How did the author probably feel when she wrote this article?
A. Upset B. Ashamed C. Unlucky D. Confident
D
If you're out for a run, what difference does it make if you're able to tough it out for another 50 seconds? If you're less than a minute from the top of the hill, that extra time can make the difference between having reached your goal and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
How do you get those extra seconds of energy? A research team at the Texes Tech University developed a study to measure what effect listening to music would have on exercise tolerance. The researchers based the study on a stress testing. As part of the testing, they noted any changes in heart rate and blood pressure as participants did physically stressful exercise.
The tests were done on treadmills (跑步机)，which increased in both speed and incline (坡度) through three stages. In the final stage, the treadmills moved at 10 miles per hour at a 14-percent grade. Most of these tests were designed to last up to 40 minutes. The average gym-goers lasted 30 minutes. For this study, they divided 127 participants into two groups. One listened to upbeat(快节奏) music, while the other group had earbuds in but did not listen to music.
The group that listened to music was able to outlast the non-music group by an average of 50.6 seconds. Again, being able to go an extra minute may seem like a no-brainer. but “after 30 minutes, you feel like you are running up a mountain, so even being able to go 50 seconds longer means a lot," said the study's lead author, Waseem Shami, MD.
The study has confirmed something runners and gym-goers have suspected for years: Listening to music during workout can be beneficial to your endurance. "Our findings strengthen the idea that upbeat music can help you exercise longer and stick with a daily exercise routine," said Shami. When doctors are recommending exercise, they might suggest listening to music, too."
32. Why did Shami’s team conduct the research?
A. To test the effect of music on health.
B. To know the cause of failure in sports.
C. To improve runners' exercise tolerance.
D. To record the body change of participants
33. What did the researchers find about the participants in the stress testing?
A. They ran much faster than average runners.
B. They created a new record of indoor sports.
C. They could run a little longer with music on.
D. They all enjoyed extreme physical challenge
34. What do the underlined words “a no-brainer” mean in paragraph 4?
A. A dull activity. B. A foolish action.
C. A demanding task. D. An easy practice
35. What did Shami suggest us doing in the last paragraph ?
A. Developing a daily exercise routine.
B. Listening to music while working out
C Participating in physical stress testing.
D. Taking exercise as doctors recommend.
第二节（共5个小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
Speed-reading is a necessary skill in the Internet age. We skim over articles, e-mails and WeChat to try to grasp key words and the essential meaning of a certain text. Surrounded with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope if we read word by word, line by line. 36
A recent study from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smartphones. 37 The point of the slow reading club is to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment.
Slow readers, such as The Atlantic's Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability to sympathize. 38 And this is a fundamental skill in building relationships.
39 Screens have changed our reading patterns from the top-to-bottom, left-to-right reading order we traditionally used, to a wild skimming and skipping pattern as we hunt for important words and information. Because of the Internet, we may have become very good at collecting a wide range of interesting news, but we are also gradually forgetting how to sit back, reflect, and relate all these facts to each other.
Slow reading means a return to an uninterrupted, straight pattern, in a quiet environment free of distractions. 40 “You can squeeze in that half hour pretty easily if only during your free moments, you pick up a meaningful work of literature,” Kelly said. “Reach for your e-reader, if you like. Kindles make books like War and Peace less heavy, not less substantive, and also ensure you’ll lose your place.”
A. The point is to sit down and exchange ideas about certain book.
B. Yet technology has made us less attentive readers.
C. Aim for 30 minutes a day, advises Kelly from The Atlantic.
D. But a new trend calls on people to enjoy reading slowly.
E. They sink into comfortable chairs and read in silence for an hour.
F. The Internet provides us with many chances, says Patrick Kingsley from The Guardian..
G. It also helps people understand others’ mental states and beliefs.
第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20个小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I forgot my wedding anniversary this year, but I didn’t feel guilty about it. 41 , I did it with my husband’s blessing. In our marriage we have to do this: I 42 it this year, and he forgets it the next.
Chad and I spent about 15 years celebrating our anniversary the 43 way. He’d get me flowers, I’d get him a 44 and we’d go out for dinner. 45 we both enjoyed our child-free time together, l finally admitted that I didn’t even like red roses, and his card 46 up in the garbage can.
So we started a new 47 called the Every Other Year Anniversary. We take 48 to plan a surprise for each other each year.
I volunteered to go 49 , planning a weekend getaway to Hiawassee, where we stayed by a lake and saw the Charlie Daniels Band in concert. I chose 50 of the activities. Planning it was 51 fun for me as going.
The next year was my turn to be 52 . Chad, though traditionally not a romantic, made a wonderful arrangement, 53 a weekend in Nashville. We went on a very funny comedy bus tour and visited down town Nashville. Chad even 54 some shopping just because he knew I would like it. For once, l didn’t have to make any 55 . I could tell Chad had put a lot of 56 into where we went and what we did.
We agreed at this point that the new 57 would be doing better than each other the following year. Surprisingly, we 58 to do it every time.
We have now been married for more than 20 years. The Every Other Year Anniversary has made our 59 loving, complete and, 60 , fun! I can't wait to see what's in store next year.
41. A. In fact B. In return C. In lime D. In addition
42. A. remember B. regret C. celebrate D. forget
43. A. funny B. usual C. different D. abnormal
44. A. kiss B. card C. gift D. hug
45. A. Although B. Because C. Once D. Where
46. A. stayed B. put C. ended D. broke
47. A. marriage B. ceremony C. lesson D. tradition
48. A. turns B. steps C. time D. action
49. A. next B. last C. first D. second
50. A. all B. most C. some D. none
51. A. as much B. more than C. less than D. rather than
52. A. confused B. amused C. annoyed D. surprised
53. A. sparing B. saving C. planning D. affording
54. A. put up with B. got along with C. kept up with D. got rid of
55. A. rules B. decisions C. business D. difference
56. A. effect B. mind C. money D. thought
57. A. challenge B. chance C. advantage D. project
58. A. happen B. fail C. succeed D. manage
59. A. weekend B. holiday C. marriage D. activities
60. A. above all B. in all D. at all D. after all
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下列材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式。
A friend lost her husband to cancer two years ago. Almost 61 (immediate) after he died, she found out that she had cancer too. She is still going strong and her 62 (treat) is working well for now. She always has a smile and kind words for everyone. One of the hobbies 63 I have had over these years is to take photographs, particularly candid shots（偷拍）of people laughing and 64 (smile).I have a great head shot of my friend and her husband, from about one year or two before he 65 (die). They both have the loveliest smiles in the photo. I ordered an enlargement of it. I gave it to her last night. I was very nervous of 66 it might go. Although there were floods of tears from her, we all had lots of hugs and they were good tears. It is one of the nicer 67 (picture) she has of him. She couldn't thank 68 (I)enough and was shocked that I had done such a 69 (thought) thing for her. I felt it was only a tiny effort on my part, 70 it led to an amazing result.
第四部分 写作（满分25分）
假如你是某报编辑，昨天收到一位名叫Tom的学生来信，信中提到自己学习的苦恼：想成为优秀生，但考试总犯粗心错误。请按以下要点写一封建议信，要点如下：
1. 压力不要太大；如有问题请教老师或同学；2. 考试合理分配时间，尽量抽出时间检查；
3. 其他建议……注意：1. 词数不少于100字。
Dear Tom,
12661900124587002020年11月高二英语月考试卷答案
第一部分：听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1-5 BCCBA 6-10 ACCBC 11-15 BABBC 16-20 ABACA
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
21-23CDB 24-27BDAC 28-31 ADBD 32-35 CCDB 36-40 DEGBC
第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20个小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
41-45 ADBBA 46-50CDACA 51-55 ADCAB 556-60 DADCA
第二节：完成句子（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
immediately 62.treatment 63.that/which 64.smiling 65.died
66.how 67.pictures 68.me 69.thoughtful 70.but
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分25分）
Dear Tom,
I read your letter yesterday. It’s good that you have a high aim for yourself and you know what has prevented you from achieving high scores in exams. But you should remember that even the very best student can make mistakes sometimes. So don’t put too much pressure on yourself.
As far as I am concerned, learning from your mistakes in past exams is a quick way to stop making the same mistakes next time. To begin with, if there are questions that can’t be solved by yourself, you should turn to your teachers or classmates for help. What’s more, during the exams you’d better make a good plan to distribute your time according to the questions. Besides, try to leave a few minutes at the end to check your answers.
Enjoy the challenge that each new exam brings to you. I believe a good learning habit will finally help you gain success.
Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Editor