2018-2019学年高二英语10月月考试题 (IV).doc

2018-2019学年高二英语10月月考试题 (IV)本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。考试用时120分钟，满分150分。第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，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。每段对话或独白后有1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。每段对话读一遍。1. Where does the man want to go?A. A railway station.B. A post office.C. The seaside.2. What happened to the woman? A. She woke up late.B. She got to work late.C. She went to sleep late.3. What is the woman doing now? A. Baking cookies.B. Making a list.C. Shopping for groceries.4. How does the woman feel about the zoo? A. Sad.B. Impressed.C. Disappointed.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Young people lose their jobs easily.B. Young people are too quick in making decisions.C. Young people seldom stay long in the same job.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 will the man start his new job? A. Tomorrow.B. Next week.C. Next month.7. Why is the man paying for the womans lunch?A. She helped him a lot.B. It is his turn to pay.C. He wants to congratulate her.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is Annas chemistry grade now? A. B.B. B+.C. D.9. When does Annas study group meet? A. After school.B. On the weekends.C. During lunch hour. 10. Who is Anna speaking to? A. A study group member.B. Her teacher.C. Her father.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. How old was Jonathans mother when she started doing laundry? A. 8 years old.B. 10 years old.C. 16 years old.12. Which temperature will Jonathan use for now? A. Hot.B. Cold.C. Warm.13. What is the “light” spin cycle used for?A. Jeans and towels.B. Most of Jonathans clothes.C. Sheets and pillow cases.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Which decorations are on the sofa?A. The Christmas ones.B. The Halloween ones.C. The Thanksgiving ones.15. What did the man use to get the box out? A. A pole.B. A chair.C. A ladder.16. Where might the conversation take place? A. In the basement.B. In the bedroom.C. In the living room.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the Golden Rule ask people to do? A. Develop personal rules.B. Respect their families and ancestors.C. Treat others as they wish to be treated.18. Which is a teaching of Confucius? A. Governments should be moral.B. Husbands should respect wives.C. People should memorize rules of behavior.19. How did Confucius teach lessons? A. Through arguments.B. Through reasoning.C. Through personal examples.20. What does the speaker say about Confucius influence?A. He used to be even more important.B. He has influenced many cultures.C. He has little effect on people today. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AClimbing Without RopesThe popular image of the mountain climber is of a person carefully climbing a steep cliff with a network of safety ropes, but it is not the only kind. Many climbers now enjoy bouldering. Its more accessible and better for the environment. What is bouldering?Bouldering is a sport that involves climbing on, over, and around boulders up to approximately twenty feet above the ground. Participants employ no safety ropes.Why boulder? improve your climbing skills by focusing on basics places to climb, such as climbing walls at gyms and parks, easy to find less time mitment to bouldering than to mountain climbing intellectual and physical enjoyment as one solves problemsBouldering Termscrimp: a very small handholdfoothold: a place where one may place a foot to aid in climbing boulderjug: a very large handhold that is easy to use problem: The path up a boulder is referred to as the problem that one must solve. The solution is the sequence of moves one makes up and over a boulder.Here is an example of a climber addressing a bouldering problem. Figure 1: The climber has two routes she could take, one to the left and one to the right. The left one appears easier because it has a jug within easy reach, but look what happens if she chooses that direction. She gets stuck on the rock and has to go back down. Sometimes that is even more difficult than going up. Figure 2: The climber takes the one to the right this time. Using a foothold and placing her right hand in a crimp, she is able to lift herself up and locate other handholds. After only a few moves, she is able to throw her leg over the top of the boulder and pull herself up.21. According to the passage, bouldering _. A. is an indoor sport B. needs maps and equipmentC. has no safety protection D. is a steep cliff climbing22. Bouldering bees popular because _. A. it challenges the limits B. it costs lessC. it builds minds and bodies D. it is a team game23. According to the example, the right route is _. A. tough but to the top B. a dead endC. a shortcut D. lined with jugs24. The passage is likely to appear in _. A. a book review B. a science reportC. a newspaper advertisement D. a sports magazineBThe 14-year-old, Amit Dodani, a talented speaker and persuasive debater at school, suffered as a child from a speech disorder.He began working with a speech therapist (理疗师) when he was 6 years old, but it was his decision to try out for debate team at the end of seventh grade that helped him most.“That experience changed my life,” he wrote after his team went on to nationals. “It gave me hope, and helped me see my own true potential.”Since he launched MynameMystory last year, the site has attracted national and even international attention. Amits mom said her sons website is meant to send a message that no one is alone in their experience, showing how people overcame their challenges and how others can, too.“The big thing that clicked in Amit was the belief that people are really needed (to help each other) in this country,” she said. “I wasnt surprised he wanted to do this, because at such a young age he had this spirit in him.”In addition to the website, Amit also wanted to expand the idea of sharing stories. So he asked his friends and classmates to donate books to distribute to local hospitals. He hoped to collect perhaps 1,000, but in just two weeks, he received more than 2,300 donations.“There was an absolute connection between the website and books,” Amit said. “But books are something that can really make a difference to someone who is in the hospital and cant go to school.”Amit said hes hoping to organize a large live event for MynameMystory at the end of this year at Chaminade High School in West Hills. Those who shared their stories on the website will be invited to speak and encourage others to share their stories of overing challenges.“Were hoping for big things,” Amit said. “We have a lot of events planned out for the future. The goal is basically to inspire people in a different way.”25. What helped change Amits speaking ability most effectively?A. His speech therapist.B. His mothers careC. His debating experience.D. His teachers efforts.26. Whats the purpose of Amits setting up the website MynameMystory ?A. To attract national and international attention.B. To show others how he overcame his challenges.C. To encourage people to take part in debating.D. To deliver his idea that people can help each other.27. Why did Amit decide to donate books to sick children?A. They are not allowed to visit the website.B. Website and books have no connection.C. They shouldnt be left out in studies.D. Books have a special influence on them.28. Whats the main idea of the text?A. Amit never stops working for his dream.B. A young boy is helping others in his own way.C. Dont neglect the small things in life.D. MynameMy story helps build up self-confidence.CScientists say we are all born with a talent for mathematics. Every time we scan the cafeteria for a table that will fit all of our friends, were exercising the ancient estimation center in our brain.Stanislas Dehaene was the first researcher to show that this part of the brain exists. In 1989, he met Mr. N who had suffered a serious brain injury. Mr. N couldnt recognize the number 5, or add 2 and 2. But he still knew that there are “about 50 minutes” in an hour. Dehaene drew an important conclusion from his case: there must be two separate mathematical areas in our brains. One area is responsible for the math we learn in school, and the other judges approximate amounts.So what does the brains estimation center do for us? Harvard University researcher Elizabeth Spelke has spent a lot of time posing math problems to preschoolers. When he asks 5-year-olds to solve a problem like 21+30, they cant do it. But he has also asked them questions such as, “Sarah has 21 candles and gets 30 more. John has 34 candles. Who has more candles?” It turns out preschoolers are great at solving questions like that. Before theyve learned how to do math with numerals and symbols, their brains approximation centers are already hard at work.After we learn symbolic math, do we still have any use for our inborn math sense? Justin Halberda at Johns Hopkins University gave us an answer in his study. He challenged a group of 14-year-olds with an approximation test: The kids stared at a puter screen and saw groups of yellow and blue dots flash by, too quickly to count. Then they had to say whether there had been more blue dots or yellow dots. The researchers found that most were able to answer correctly when there were 25 yellow dots and 10 blue ones. When the groups were closer in size, 11 yellow dots and 10 blue ones, fewer kids answered correctly.The big surprise in this study came when the researcher pared the kids approximation test scores to their scores on standardized math tests. He found that kids who did better on the flashing dot test had better standardized test scores, and vice versa (反之亦然). It seems that, far from being irrelevant, your math sense might predict your ability at formal math.29. From the first two studies, we can learn that estimation center _.A. is divided into two separate mathematical areasB. can help figure out numerals and symbols problemsC. functions independently in both kids and adults brainsD. works better when symbolic parts are injured or undergrown30. What most surprised Justin in the study of 14-year-olds?A. The variety of math abilities in different students.B. The link between technology skills and estimation skills.C. The difficulty of the task as the number of dots increased.D. The connection between estimation skills and formal math ability.31. What could be the best title for the passage?A. Born with a Sense of MathB. Go beyond What You Can LearnC. Symbolic Math and Estimation MathD. Our Brain一a Born MathematicianDThe possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurists dream, years away from materializing in the real world. Well, the future is apparently now. The California Department of Motor Vehicles began giving permits in April for panies to test truly self-driving cars on public roads. The state also cleared the way for panies to sell or rent out self-driving cars, and for panies to operate driverless taxi services. California, it should be noted, isnt leading the way here. panies have been testing their vehicles in cities across the country. Its hard to predict when driverless cars will be everywhere on our roads. But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.While much of the debate so far has been focused on the safety of driverless cars (and rightfully so), policymakers also should be talking about how self-driving vehicles can help reduce traffic jams, cut emissions (排放) and offer more convenient and affordable mobility options. The arrival of driverless vehicles is a chance to make sure that those vehicles are environmentally friendly and more shared.Do we want to copyor even worsenthe traffic of today with driverless cars? Imagine a future where most adults own individual self-driving vehicles. They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work, entertain themselves or sleep on the ride, which encourages urban spread. They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking. Instead of walking a few blocks to pick up a child or the dry cleaning, they send the self-driving minibus. The convenience even leads fewer people to take public transportan unwele side effect researchers have already found in ride-hailing (叫车) services.A study from the University of California at Davis suggested that replacing petrol-powered private cars worldwide with electric, self-driving and shared systems could reduce carbon emissions from transportation 80% and cut the cost of transportation infrastructure (基础设施) and operations 40% by 2050. Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing. The first mercially available driverless cars will almost certainly be fielded by ride-hailing services, considering the cost of self-driving technology as well as liability and maintenance issues (责任与维护问题). But driverless car ownership could increase as the prices drop and more people bee fortable with the technology.Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesnt extend the worst aspects of the car-controlled transportation system we have today. The ing technological advancement presents a chance for cities and states to develop transportation systems designed to move more people，and more affordably. The car of the future is ing. We just have to plan for it.32. According to the author, attention should be paid to how driverless cars can _.A. provide better services to customersB. help deal with transportation-related problemsC. cause damage to our environmentD. make some people lose jobs33. As for driverless cars, what is the authors major concern？A. Management. B. Side effects. C. Affordability.D. Safety.34. What does the underlined word “fielded” in Paragraph 4 probably mean？A. Replaced. B. Employed. C. Shared.D. Reduced.35. What is the authors attitude to the future of self-driving cars？A. Doubtful. B. Sympathetic. C. Disapproving.D. Positive.第二节（共5小题；每小题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。Why Do We Get Angry？ Anger seems simple when we are feeling it, but the causes of anger are various. Knowing these causes can make us examine our behavior, and correct bad habits. The main reasons we get angry are triggering (触发) events, personality traits (特征), and our assessment of situations. 36 Triggering events for anger are so many that to describe them all would take hundreds of pages. However, here are some examples: being cut off in traffic, a deadline approaching, experiencing physical pain, and much more. 37 The reason why someone is triggered by something and others are not is often due to ones personal history and psychological traits.Each person, no matter who they are, has psychological imbalances. People who have personality traits that connect with petitiveness and low upset tolerance are much more likely to get angry. 38 Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred. 39 Sometimes even routine occurrences bee sources of pre-anger, or anger itself. Sometimes ignorance and negative (消极的) outlooks on situations can create anger. 40 However, anger can easily turn violent, and it is best to know the reasons for anger to appear in order to prevent its presence. With these main reasons in mind, we can evaluate our level of anger throughout the day and prevent cases of outbursts by prehending the reasons for our feelings.A. Our attitude and viewpoint on situations can create anger within us as well.B. But some types of situations can help us to get rid of the occurrence of anger.C. Anger is rarely looked upon as a beneficial character trait, and is usually advised to reduce it.D. Anger is a particularly strong feeling and maybe people think that they have reasons to feel angry.E. Having these personality traits implies the pre-anger state, where anger is in the background of your mind.F. Understanding these reasons will control our own anger if we are willing to evaluate ourselves with a critical eye.G. Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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），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。I felt greatly puzzled as Helen opened the gift from her best friend Cherry. “I.I thought you could use it for something.” Cherrys explanation did nothing to help us understand why a dark blue 41 made of remnants （边角料） was presented as a birthday gift. Helen tried not to allow her 42 to show. However, she was in low spirits when she came downstairs to say good night after the party. “Well, I guess I know how 43 my best friend thinks of me, huh, Mom?” The next morning, I carried the rubbish outside. My heart 44 as I lifted the lid of the garbage can and saw Cherrys gift lying among the other 45 items. Hesitating only a moment, I brought it into the house and put it 46 . With time passing by, the gift was soon 47 .One day, Helen rushed home and 48 excitedly that Cherry invited us to her house. Cherry had been a regular visitor to our house but our invitation had never been 49 , so I was surprised and my surprise was 50 when I learned that Cherry was adopted she wasnt 51 by her biological parents. Arrangements were made. A tall woman wearing a (an) 52 sweater greeted us at the small farmhouse. Shabby as the house was, we spent a (an) 53 day with the warm-hearted “family”. As daylight began to 54 , we offered our thanks and said good-bye. Helen sat 55 in the car on the way home. No sooner had we e to a stop on the driveway than she opened the car door and walked anxiously toward the 56 . Nothing did she find there. Then, she went into the house and sat at the kitchen table 57 out of the window. As I placed what she was looking for on the table in front of her, a tear or two 58 from her eyes and fell onto the dark blue carpet that, 59 by magic, had bee the most 60 birthday present in the whole world.41. A. coatB. boxC. carpetD. doll42. A. confusionB. surpriseC. happinessD. disappointment43. A. muchB. wellC. highlyD. deeply44. A. meltedB. touchedC. achedD. beat45. A. uglyB. wasteC. dirtyD. used46. A. offB. inC. upD. away47. A. missedB. recalledC. goneD. forgotten48. A. announcedB. informedC. calledD. shouted49. A. acceptedB. returnedC. involvedD. sent50. A. disappearedB. removedC. doubledD. overe51 A. brought inB. brought throughC. brought aboutD. brought up52. A. shapelessB. expensiveC. beautifulD. formal53. A. terribleB. happyC. longD. upset54. A. darkenB. runC. fadeD. arise55. A. quietlyB. nervouslyC. sadlyD. merrily56. A. living roomB. garbage canC. kitchen tableD. dining hall57 A. staringB. glancingC. focusingD. spotting58. A. criedB. slippedC. flewD. sobbed59. A. ev