2019-2020学年高二英语4月月考试题 (IV).doc

2019-2020学年高二英语4月月考试题 (IV) （满分120分，答题时间100分钟） 第卷 (选择题共70分)第一部分：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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项 A In most parts of Britain, the black cat is a symbol of good luck and owning a black cat may bring good luck to the family. But recently, black cats can no longer enjoy so much favor.The British Royal for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (英国防止虐待动物协会) announced a rise in the number of black cats being abandoned by their owners, due to not looking good in selfies (自拍). According to the RSPCA, more than 70 percent of the cats in its care are black. The biggest reason for that is black cats tend not to photograph as their lighter and brighter-colored fellows with more obvious markings. An RSPCA spokesman said, “This has bee a national problem. And we are urging people to never judge a cat by its color but look at its personality instead.”The Millwood Cat Rescue Centre has taken in nice black cats in the past two weeks. The founder of the rescue centre said, “We have had a lot of black cats because people dont like black at the moment. Other look at the black cats and then just say Oh, have you got anything else?”Animal lover Gabriella Fletcher owns a 16-year-old black cat, Susie. She regularly takes selfies with her pet. She said, “It is hard to get a good picture as you cant really see how beautiful Susie is. She is just as special as any other cat.”1. Why are black cats less favored by people?A. They are rising in number. B. They dont bring good luck anymore C. They are banned by RSPCA. D. They dont look good in photos.2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 imply? A. People want more black cats. B. People want to have something to eat.C. People want more pet animals. D. People are unwilling to see so many black cats.3. In Gabriella Fletchers eyes, black cats are _.A. disgusting B. unlucky C. ordinary D. attractive4. Which of the following can be the best title of this text?A. Black cats out in “selfies”.B. Black cats abandoned in the UK.C. Black cats in need of caring. D. Black cats favored again. B For the business traveler who is all about efficiency: Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble. When you are pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can infuriate you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process.1. Yotel New YorkThe self-service kiosks at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones youd see at an airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a robotic luggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is head to a series of meetings.2. Marriott Detroit AirportAnother option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (Ive tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) Here is the basic idea: you download the iphone or Android app. The night before, you can “check-in” virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk.3. Hyatt Regency MinneapolisI happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. Like the Yotel, the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about three minutes, when I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out. An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line.4. Radisson: LaCrosseThe Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster, at a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin, you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode(条形码) by email or text. When you get to the kiosk, you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. Its super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well.5. Which two hotels offer a mobile app for customers to check in? A. Yotel New York and Marriott Detroit Airport. B. Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson: LaCrosse. C. Marriott Detroit Airport. and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson: LaCrosse.6. Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?A. Yotel New York. B. Marriott Detroit Airport. C. Radisson: LaCrosse. D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.7. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. At Yotel New York, a robot will help you with all the check-in process. B. With its check-in app, you may enter your room in Marriott without a key. C. The barcode you receive from Radisson contributes to the fast check-in. D.Hyatt Regency Minneapolis is close to an airport terminal. C You may think, salt is just a simple cooking element we shake on our food for a little extra taste. But salt is much more than that. Without saltour muscles would not move. Our nervous systems would not operate. Our hearts would not beat.But do not think rubbing salt into a wound will help. Doing that would be painful and not heal the wound.“To rub salt into a wound” is an idiom thatmeans to purposefully make a bad situation worse.Early humans got the salt they needed to stay alive from the animals they killed. But advances in agriculture led to a diet low in salt. So, humans neededto find other sources. Those who lived near the ocean or other natural sources for salt were lucky. Those who did not had to trade for salt. In fact, people used salt as a method of payment in many parts of the ancient world. The word “salary” es from the word “salt”.Salt also played an important part in population movement and world exploration. Explorers understood that if they could keep food fresh, they could travel longer distances. So they used salt to preserve food and explore the world.Salt was so important that, according to food historians, it was traded pound-for-pound forgold.Today,people still use the expressions “worth ones salt” or “worth ones weight in salt”. The expressions describe a person of value.A person might also be called “salt of the earth”. That description means he or she is dependable and trustworthy. However, when you say “I think we should take what he said with a grain of salt”you mean you accept it but maintain a degree of doubt about its truth.8. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Salt plays an important part in our life. B. Salt makes food tasty.C. Salt is considered to be part of our muscles. D. Salt is sure to damage nervous systems.9. A beggars bread was stolen last night, which means_.A. salt of theearth B. rubbing salt in a woundC. a diet low in salt D. worth his salt10. If you describe a person as agreat help, you mean_.A. he rubs salt in a wound B. he is often taken as a grain of saltC. he often uses saltto preservemeat D. he is worth his weight in salt11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Salt Is More Than a Four-letter Word. B. Salt Is a Basic Element in Cooking.C. Salt Is a Word with a Long History. D. Salt Is Popular with Different People. DA new study has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body bination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect onbating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a bination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampuspart of the brain involved in memory and learningsays scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.The idea for the human intervention（干预）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”12. What made the research so different?A. Adopting a way of meaningful talk.B. bining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.C. Treating depression with special medicine.D. paring the depressed with the non-depressed.13. The underlined word “bating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by _.A. fighting B. identifyingC. distinguishing D. examining14. What did the participants do in the research?A. They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.B. They thought quietly and then took exercise.C. They took exercise longer than they thought.D. They took exercise while thinking quietly.15. What is Shors main purpose of her studies?A. To find out certain brain cells of humans.B. To study the production of new brain cells.C. To offer people a new method to treat stress.D. To decide the links between stress and exercise.第二节 （共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文内容，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。 Stop Negative Talk“Im so fat,” one of your friends says. The girl next to her joins in, “Well, I hate my hair today.” Without thinking, you respond: “No, you are not fat! I am fat. And my hair is flat and boring.” 16 It is easy for people to engage in self-critical conversations, and once it starts there is often pressure for you to join in. 17 Maybe it is because “just talking” feels harmless. But before you know it, those opinions flow out of your conversations and into your life, where they start eating away at your self-respect. 18 When you start talking about yourself in a negative way, you are not only affecting your self-respect, but your friends! When you criticize yourself, your friends might think you have the same standards for them. You have heard that it is important to treat others the way you want to be treated, but there is also value in treating yourself like you treat your friends. If you wouldnt criticize your friend for the same thing, chances are that you are being too hard on yourself. So, dont start it.But what if someone else starts? For example, your friend feels insecure about how well he played in his soccer game, so he puts himself down: “I suck at soccer.” 19 Ask him, “Do you really think that? Why?” Maybe he is actually upset about a ment someone made, or is just getting down on himself over one bad play. Whatever it is, talking through the real issue will help him more than slipping into another negative talk.It is important to talk to your friend about your insecurities, but make sure you are not talking about them just to put yourself down. 20 Instead of just focusing on the negative, talk about what makes you and your friends beautiful and uniqueincluding what you love about your body and what you have acplished. When you show yourself love, you set yourself as an example, and everyone benefits from you positively.A. Negative talk affects self-respect.B. Criticizing yourself helps nobody.C. But why do we hesitate to praise ourselves?D. But why is it acceptable to talk so negatively?E. All it takes is just one ment and the negative talk starts.F. It is better to resist negative conversations and create more balanced ones.G. Before everyone puts himself down, see if you can get to the root of the problem.第二部分.英语知识运用第一节：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）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。 I was looking at a picture recently and noticed there was something different. The frame was _21_ . The overall picture still looked good but I couldnt _22_ whether or not changing the frame would make it better.From this an interesting _23_ came to mind. At times when I was _24_. I would spend money on clothes. Maybe I spent it on other things as well.Because I have a love for _25_ , I thought I would feel good. However, the feeling was always _26_. Why? Because doing this didnt _27_ the real issue. What I needed to do was to pay attention to what was bothering me on the inside _28_trying to cover up my problems by making changes on the outside. I was changing the frame but the picture on the _29_ was still the same.We may change the _30_ of our hair or even buy new clothes. There is nothing wrong with doing this _31_ , but if it is being done for the wrong reasons, it may not _32_to how we really feel . If you _33_there is something wrong , try to change that; this way you will truly feel better on the inside. _34_ time with family, having a conversation with a friend, or even letting your pen write your innermost feelings can _35_. Eventually, you will get true peace and joy inside. This way, you will not only be better able to _36_your life but also display colorful images of love for others.So _37_necessary, dont just change the frame. Change the picture. Getting a new picture may be _38_and may take time; however, with_39_ it can be acplished. In the end, playing your part in building a of _40_even more fine art in this world would be worth it!21 .A. touched B. changed C. covered D. cleaned22. A. decide B. discuss C. imagine D. answer23 .A. story B. thought C. message D. concept24. A. high B. up C. down D. slow25. A. food B. music C. architecture D. fashion26. A. worthless B. priceless C. sensible D. momentary27. A. break B. solve C. release D. confuse28. A. instead of B. in case of C. because of D. in spite of29. A. inside B. surface C. spot D. top30. A. width B. color C. number D. structure31. A. suddenly B. finally C. occasionally D. gradually32. A. put out B. get through C. take a chance D. make a difference33. A. wonder B. care C. sense D. appreciate34. A. Devoting B. Spending C. Killing D. Affording35. A. work B. happen C. return D. appear36. A. lengthen B. share C. enjoy D. spare37. A. then B. although C. since D. when38. A. convenient B. difficult C. simple D. necessary39 .A. help B. permission C. effort D. effect40. A. temple B. place C. court D. museum 第卷（50分）第二节 .语法填空. 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式.(15分) Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear _41_ time going by. What can we do to fulfill our youth?For one thing, it is to realize our value, and our dreams _42_ matters a lot. _43_ our dreams are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of energy, and we have many _44_ (opportunity). We have good conditions in our lives, good memories, good understanding and so on. We should make the most of them to learn more.For _45_, we should do as many things as possible. Of course, they must _46_ (rich) our lives, which can make it possible for us to gain many different experiences that are worth _47_ (remember) when we are old.Then when we are really old, and when we cannot move any _48_ (much), we can be proud of something _49_ (achieve), for we have lived our life to _50_ fullest.第三部分:写作（分两节满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在该词下面写出该加的词。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。 2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。Dear Mr. Peter,It is delighted to learn that a group of students in your school are ing here. It is indeed a wonderful news and everyone here is eager to your ing.We have made some plans. Not only you attend a dozen of speciality classes but also you will be shown around some famous place of interest in our city. And some lectures on Chinese holidays will give my students a wide knowledge of the Chinese culture. During your stay, you were sure to have a taste of the Chinese dishes , that will impress you all!I still have a question. Would you like to live in the students dormitories and stay with our students families?I believe this activity will sure strengthen our ties, and I am looking forward to seeing you. Yours Li Hua第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假设你叫李华，你的澳洲朋友Devin参加汉语水平考试（HSK）未能通过，请你写一封信，安慰一下你的朋友。内容包括：1. 对考试失利的安慰； 2. 对汉语学习提出建议。注意：1. 词数100左右 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Devin,I am sorry to hear that you failed to pass HSK. _Sincerely yours,Li Hua答案阅读：1-4 DDDA 5-7 . B D C 8-11. A B DA 12-15. B A B C16-20. EDBGF完型 21-25 BABCD 26-30 DBAAB 31-35 CDCBA 36-40 CDBCD 语法填空【答案】 41 with 42. that 43. Whatever 44. opportunities 45. another 46. enrich 47. remembering 48. more 49. achieved 50. the短文改错1. delighteddelightful 2. 去掉a 3. tofor 4. you前加will 5. placeplaces 6. myyour 7. wereare 8. thatwhich 9. andor 10. suresurely第二节 书面表达（满分25分）Dear Devin, I am sorry to hear that you failed to pass HSK. I hope that the unexpected failure will not let you down, for I have still been amazed by the excellent Chinese you spoke when we first met. As we know, language learning is never an easy task, but needs painstaking efforts and patience. Persona