2019-2020年高二上学期10月监控考试英语试题 含答案.doc

2019-2020年高二上学期10月监控考试英语试题 含答案. Listening prehension (24%)Section A Short ConversationsDirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. 3:40. B. 4:00. C. 4:20. D. 3:20.2. A. He wants to get a new position.B. He is asking the woman for help. C. He has left the woman a good impression.D. He enjoys letter writing. 3. A. At a newsstand.B. At a car dealers. C. At a newspaper office.D. At a publishing house. 4. A. The weather forecast says it will be fine. B. The weather doesnt count in their plan. C. They will not do as planned in case of rain. D. They will postpone their programme if it rains. 5. A. He is not used to city life. B. He is very tall and thin. C. Its hard to find him there.D. He is always holding a needle. 6. A. His puter doesnt work well.B. He isnt getting along with his stuff.C. He didnt register for a proper course. D. He cant apply the theory to his program. 7. A. He lent her his extra pen.B. He was afraid of losing his pen. C. He offered her a pencil. D. He said he didnt have any extra ink. 8. A. Neither of the watches keeps good time. B. The womans watch stopped three hours ago. C. The mans watch goes too fast.D. Its too dark for the woman to read her watch. 9. A. By going on a diet. B. By having fewer meals. C. By doing physical exercise. D. By eating fruits and vegetables. 10. A. The planes departure time remains unknown. B. The man went to a wrong check-in counter. C. The man has just missed the flight. D. The plane will leave at 9:14. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage11. A. 100 million. B. 50 to 100 million. C. 15 million. D. 500 million. 12. A. Aristotle.B. A Russian.C. Nobel.D. Dolly. 13. A. Animal testing is unnecessary and a poor scientific practice. B. Animals have played an important part in many scientific research. C. Many Nobel Prize winners are interested in animal testing. D. Animal research was carried out in every medical advance of the last century.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage14. A. To encourage people to participate in a club activity. B. To introduce a new kind of bicycle. C. To inform beginning cyclists about New Jerseys traffic laws. D. To warn tourists about bicycling on the roadways. 15. A. Some of them are inaccessible to beginning cyclists. B. Some of them record the development of the bicycle. C. They are nice places to visit on bicycle tours. D. They help to make New Jersey a wealthy state. 16. A. Repair their bicycles. B. Go on a bicycle tour. C. Take a test about road safety. D. Participate in a bicycle race. Section C Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Hospital RegistrationNAME: Michelle RobertsHOME ADDRESS: 81 South 17 DrivePOSTCODE: 18 NATIONALITY: 19 ARRIVAL DATE: May 12th DEPARTURE DATE: May 20 plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation Why does the woman want to see the manager?Because she wants to 21 .Why is the woman so angry?Because it seems that the hotel didnt have 22 before she moved in.What will the manager send someone to do there?He will send someone to examine the 23 .What is the possible reason for the hotels carelessness?They have been extremely busy with 24 .plete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary: (26%)Section ADirections: After reading the sentences or passages below, fill in the blanks to make the sentences or passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each other.(A)Many of us love animals. In fact, a trip to the zoo may be among your best memories. So it is not hard to understand (25) _ the reality show Wonderful Friends has bee so popular.The show, which started airing on Jan 24 on Hunan TV and ended on March 28, (26) _ (feature) interactions between animals and six celebrities, (27) _( include) singer Li Yuchun, and Hong Kong singer Myolie Wu (胡杏儿). In the show, they work (28) _ animal keepers in Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou.In an episode which (29) _ (describe) as “nonsense” by an expert specializing in chimpanzees, celebrities took two small chimpanzees out and peted to buy the best clothes for them. Coco, one of the two chimps suddenly became restless and bit Myolie Wu. Wu was so concerned about Coco (30) _ she gave up the petition in order to fort her，(31) _ lasted a long time.It seemed to be a touching scene, but according to an animal protection expert Hu Huijiang, chimps should not be out around people in crowded spaces in the first place. It makes them frightened and they are more likely (32) _ (infect) if people are carrying viruses. Furthermore, such shows are misleading about the needs and welfare of animals. So, getting to know these animals is the first step to find proper ways to protect them.(B)Admit it or not, many of us see that higher education equals a diploma, which in turns provides us with opportunities for a better life. But is that all college means?“As tuition costs have skyrocketed, it makes sense (33) _ people might try to get some of the benefits of college without paying,” mented the Atlantic. The full tuition at Yale for the xx school year is $63,250. This breaks down to over $7,000 per month, while Dumas ,a 28-year-old Canadian, spent only a few hundred dollars at Yale in xx, couch-surfing (作沙发客) for about a month and (34) _ (take) classes.However, Ollivier Dyens, deputy provost (院长) of student life and learning at Mcgill University, points out that most people go to college mainly to get a diploma. One of the benefits of a college diploma is that (35) _ can help you earn more money. In xx, young adults with a high school degree earned an average of $30,000, (36) _ those with a college degree earned an average of $46,900 in the US.According to Dumas, the best advantage of college is networking. “The kind of people I met in Berkeley or in Yale, I dont know anywhere else in the world where so many smart, cool, open-minded, crazy people (37) _ be concentrated,” he said. Furthermore, a college is (38) _ you discover what learning is about. “This will be the period when you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must bee a self-learner. The learning skills you acquire will be something you will cherish forever”, (39) _ (write) to his daughter by Kai-Fu Lee, one of the most successful Chinese professional managers.So (40)_ do you expect from college? A diploma, like-minded people, or simply a learning experience?Section BDirections: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. devote B. principles C. definedD. foundationsE. labeledF. endureG. persistence H. absorbI. possess J. confused K. appropriateA certain survey was conducted to ask students to name the school subject that was (41)_ as the most difficult. Not surprisingly, mathematics came out on top of the difficulty chart. So what is it about math that makes it difficult?In dictionaries the word “difficult” is (42)_ as “not easily or readily done; requiring much labor or planning to be performed successfully.” This definition gets to the point of the problem when it es to math. What makes math difficult is that it takes patience and (43)_. For many students, math is not something that es automatically. It takes effort. It is a subject that sometimes requires students to (44)_ lots and lots of time and energy. This means, for many, the problem has little to do with brain power; it is mostly a matter of staying power. And since students dont make their own timelines, they can run out of the time as the teacher moves on the next topic.Scientists believe that people (45)_ different math understanding sills. Logical and left-brain thinkers tend to understand things in a different way in which intuitive and right-brainers do. They (46)_ a lot of information at one time and allow time to let it “sink in”. So left-brain students may grasp concepts quickly while right-brain students dont. To those right brain student, time loss can make them feel (47)_ and behind. Unfortunately in busy classrooms with too many students, students are not always blessed with enough time. We have to move on, ready or not.Math know-how is also snowballing, which means it works much like a pile of building blocks. You have to gain enough blocks in one area before you can effectively go on to “build upon” another area. Our first mathematical building blocks are established in primary school, when we learn rules and (48)_ for addition and multiplication, and those first concepts bee our (49)_. These mathematical concepts or knowledge has to sink in and bee firm before students can move on to challenge the next stage of new concepts. However, teachers dont have time to ensure that every single student understands every single concept. So some students move to the next level with really shaky knowledge system. As a result, as they climb the ladder, they may meet with more and more difficulties and might (50)_ painful failures at some point.III. Reading prehension (15%+3%+4%+8%)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Culture means the total way of life of a people. This simple _51_ implies that culture refers to the customs, traditions, social habits, values, beliefs, languages, ways of thinking and daily activities of people. It also includes the history of civilization. In the broad _52_, there are two types of culture, that is, material culture and spiritual culture. Material culture is concrete (具体的) and observable, _53_ spiritual culture is_54_ and implicit (含蓄的).Because human language is a direct demonstration of culture, learning a second language _55_ learning a second culture. For the teacher of a second language, he or she should _56_ to develop the students awareness and knowledge of the culture of the target language they are learning. This includes understanding the values of the target culture, acquiring a _57_ of etiquette (礼仪，规范) of the target culture and understanding the _58_ between the target culture and the students own culture. _59_ students progress through a foreign language program, it is_60_that they will increase their awareness of the _61_ characteristics of the speakers of the language under study. This broadened cultural knowledge may _62_ all aspects of culture: the peoples way of life as well as the geographic, historic, economic, artistic and scientific _63_ of the target society. We know that each culture has different etiquette patterns. And _64_, in a foreign language course, students should learn the appropriate etiquette patterns expected of the people living in the country _65_ the target language is spoken. Students should also learn how to interpret unfamiliar cultural conventions and how to act appropriately when municating with the persons of the foreign culture.51A. directionB. definitionC. indicationD. instruction52A. extentB. degreeC. senseD. length53A. howeverB. neverthelessC. yetD. while54A. abnormalB. abstractC. verbalD. invisible55A. involvesB. carriesC. takesD. retains56A. encourageB. make sureC. determineD. neglect57A. mandB. demandC. understandD. contact58A. municationB. developmentC. differenceD. delivery59A. WithB. AtC. OnD. Under60A. saidB. wishedC. expectedD. understood61A. indirectB. civilC. spiritualD. cultural62A. referB. focusC. coverD. base63A. stringsB. aspectsC. mannersD. ways64A. moreoverB. furthermoreC. howeverD. therefore65A. asB. thatC. whenD. whereSection B Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Chile, South America February 16The sunlight was shining so brightly as our plane flew over the snow-covered Andes mountains, which seemed to go on forever.Drake Passageaboard the tour ship Explorer February 19We were weled today by the captain and crew. They gave us warm Antarctic jackets and talked happily with us. Sea birds followed the ship closely, sailing in the cold wind. As we headed south, we saw a pink ship in the distance. Our captain explained that it was not a ship but an icebergthe first one of our trip.Deception Island, Antarctica February 21We landed on Bailey Head, where thousands and thousands of penguins (企鹅) greeted us. The crew gave us a set of rules to follow to protect the environment. Mark, one of the scientists on our ship, asked us to bring him any rubbish that we find. He is studying the amount of rubbish created by tourists in Antarctica each year. At night we listened to Christina, a woman scientist. She explained the plant and animal life to us. Then she showed us a DVD on Antarctica.The more I see, the more I want to learn.Cuverville Island, Antarctica February 23We awakened this morning to the noisy sound of penguins. Theyre loud! We met a team of biologists living in tents. They are studying the effect of tourists on baby penguins. When our captain invited the biologists to e on board for a hot shower, they joined us immediately. Then we cruised (乘邮轮) through the icebergs, which appeared in unbelievable shapes and sizes, as the sun was sinking in the sky. They seemed to be works of art. 66. What did the tourists do before going to Cuverville Island? A. They climbed a snow-covered mountain.B. They bought warm Antarctic jackets.C. They studied the rubbish they had found.D. They watched a DVD on Antarctica.67. In the passage, _ are referred to as works of art. A. islandsB. icebergsC. penguinsD. sunsets68. The passage is most likely to be _.A. a travel diaryB. a science report C. a job advertisementD. a romantic story（B）Aviaphobia or fear of flying is believed to rank as the second most mon fear, next to the fear of speaking in public. According to a recent statistical study in the United States, 44% of the Americans interviewed admitted some fear of flying. What is ironic is that this kind of uncontrolled fear is not only limited to those who have not yet had the experience of flying, but also known to bother people working in airlines, including stewards and stewardesses, and even business people for whom frequent air travel is a necessity.What causes aviaphobia has caused brilliant minds in the medical and psychological fields. Psychologists explain that fear of flying envelops other fears- fear of heights, fear of closed-in places, and most importantly, the fear of dying. On top of that, there is the “vicarious factor”, which means one may have had a painful experience associated with flying that has caused the overpowering fear of air travel. What happened to John Smith, an executive with a puter pany, is a case in point. In 1979, while he was on the runway at a Chicago airport, another plane blew up, killing 275 people. He witnessed the disaster with his own eyes, and since then, he has occasional nightmares about the tragedy despite more than three decades. That experience has badly influenced him so that even up to now, whenever he boards a plane, he is caught in an uncontrolled feeling of pain.Actually, about a third of aviaphobes are less afraid of dying in a crash than of losing control of themselves. They are afraid that it may be seen as a sign of weakness, and therefore may threaten their jobs and inter-personal relationships, or even cause their loss of respectability. This explains why overachievers and perfectionist feel it a need to be in control always. Once they are on board, such kind of people will be too much alert. They sometimes spend their entire trip observing the flight attendants or the details of the small world surrounding them. Thus, they bee sleepless and tense during their long flights, sometimes lasting for 10 hours or even longer. Consequently, they bee physically exhausted and mentally drained before their flight is over.69. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A. 44% of Americans are afraid of flying.B. fear of flying happens only among people without flying experience.C. some of the people who need to fly often in their jobs are afraid of flying.D. stewards and stewardesses dont fear as soon as they board the plane.70. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The fear of speaking in public is the second most mon fear next to aviaphobia.B. Over 30% of people afraid of flying are more concerned about losing control of themselves.C. The example of John Smith shows that the painful experience related to flying will recover soon.D. Aviaphobes easily bee physically and mentally drained because the flight is long and exhausting.71. The reason why aviaphobes feel it a need to conceal their fear of flying is that _.A. they cant afford to lose their jobs.B. they are afraid that it will affect their relationship with friends.C. it is a big and dark secret.D. it may be viewed as a sign of timidity that may put their social position at risk.72. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. The causes of aviaphobiaB. Psychologists attitudes toward aviaphobiaC. Some facts about aviaphobiaD. The definition of aviaphobia(C)Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance（津贴）The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costlyThe amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to