2020版高二英语下学期第一次月考试题 (III).doc

2020版高二英语下学期第一次月考试题 (III)考试时间：120分钟 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1. Why didnt Mr. Smith e? A. He wasnt informed. B. He is very busy. C. He is ill in bed.2. How many people are there now? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.3. What is the man going to do?A. Take a shower. B. Walk his dog. C. Have a rest.4. What are the speakers talking about? A. A book. B. A photograph. C. A TV host.5. Why did the woman get a pain in the leg? A. She ran long hours at the gym. B. She climbed too many stairs.C. She forgot to warm up before exercise.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What are the speakers getting ready for?A. Timmys birthday. B. Christmas. C. New Years Day.7. What will the woman do later?A. Wrap the presents. B. Send holiday cards. C. Go to the mall.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the woman?A. A driver. B. A teacher. C. A policewoman.9. What did the man do?A. He broke into a house. B. He visited his friend. C. He drove his car home.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Boss and secretary. C. Interviewer and interviewee.11. Where has the man been?A. To Mexico. B. To Europe. C. To the US.12. What did the man do in university?A. He took a course in marketing. B. He worked in a supermarket. C. He sold golf balls.听第9段材料，回答13至16题。13. What didnt the womans sister send to her?A. The box. B. The price tag. C. The receipt.14. Whats wrong with the dress?A. Its too big. B. Its too small. C. Its too long.15. Why did the womans sister buy this brand?A. Its branches are nationwide. B. Its dresses are excellent. C. Its service is good.16. What does the woman want to do?A. Ask for a refund. B. Replace the dress. C. Buy a new dress.听第10段材料，回答17至20题。17. When can tourists visit the Gardens for free?A. At 10 am. B. At 1 pm. C. At 3 pm.18. How long does the tour usually last?A. For one hour. B. For one hour and a half. C. For two hours.19. What should tourists do if they e with a large group?A. Book a tour guide in advance. B. Book a ticket in advance. C. Book a meal in advance.20. What are visitors advised to do at the concert?A. Take a photo. B. Sing a song. C. Bring some food.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） AKept inside on a rainy day? Take the kids to your closest childrens museum, where they can learn about their world while having a fantastic time.Please Touch MuseumIt can make your childrens life rich and colorful by offering play and hands-on（亲身实践）programsAddress 4231 Avenue of the Republic, PhiladelphiaHours & Admission TuesdaySunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CLOSED: Mondays Under the age of 2: FREE Children and adults: $15 eachFor more information, visit .pleasetouchmuseum.orgMadison Childrens MuseumIn this green museum, kids can get hands-on learning about natureAddress 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI 53703Hours & Admission TuesdaySunday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CLOSED: Mondays Under the age of 1: FREE Children and adults: $12 eachFor more information, visit .madisonchmuseum.orgNational Museum of PlayIt is an exciting, hands-on place to play, learn, dream, wonder, andAddress Manhattan Square, Rochester, New YorkHours & Admission MondayThursday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday: Noon to 5 p.m. Under the age of 2: FREE Children and adults: $15 eachFor more information, visit .childrensmuseums.orgChildrens Museum of PhoenixIt is a fantastic place of imagination, creativity and fun with over 300 hands-on activities and many kinds of classes and programsAddress 215 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034Hours & Admission TuesdaySunday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CLOSED: Mondays Under the age of 1: FREE Children and adults: $18 eachFor more information, visit .childmusephx.org21Which museum opens on Monday afternoon?A. Please Touch Museum. B. Madison Childrens Museum.C. National Museum of Play. D. Childrens Museum of Phoenix.22If Mr. Moor takes his one-year-old son to Please Touch Museum, they will pay .A. $12 B. $15 C. $18 D. $3023If Adam would like his children to learn more about nature, he can go to for more information.A. .childrensmuseums.org B. .childmusephx.orgC. .pleasetouchmuseum.org D. .madisonchmuseum.org24Where does the text probably e from?A. A science textbook. B. A news report. C. A museum guide. D. A tourist map.BWith his game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer, Jeremy Lin (林书豪) finished the New York Knicks dramatic reversed(扭转) victory to defeat the Toronto Rapters.The Knicks have won six games in a row, and Jeremy Lin has put up impressive numbers during the continuous period of petitions. Although the season is still young, the Knicks have reversed course in just one week from the NBAs most disappointing team to a playoff (季后赛) contestant. Lin, not teams high-paid stars, has saved the Knicks season and likely coach DAntonis job.After nearly 15 years of disappointing, sometimes unsuccessful seasons, Madison Square Garden is alive again, and New York City cant stop talking about the Knicks. To put things into perspective（角度）, consider this: Just several years back, Knicks fans protested nightly outside of the Garden calling for the teams ownership to fire their resented coach Isiah Thomas.Now, Madison Square Garden Co. shares are at a record high, the Knicks average household television rating is up 70 percent since Lin joined the starting lineup (首发阵容), and jersey sales are increasing very quickly. I watched the Knicks-Lakers game at a bar in Harlem, and have not felt that kind of energy from fans since the great playoff between the Knicks and Miami Heat in the late 1990s.Beyond the Knicks, Lin may be saving the NBA as well. Just a few months back, the NBA took a massive credibility（威信）hit during a multi-month lockout（停工）, where the owners did not allow the players to go back to play until they accept the new salary levels. As a consequence, the season did not even begin until Christmas Day. Over the past few years, LeBron James (勒布朗詹姆斯) relatively long and unpleasant free-agent (自由职业球员) events, bined with poor play around the league, have angered fans and damaged the leagues brand.Lin is leading a one-week NBA basketball revival. His legendary story has inspired Asian-Americans, increased NBA sales in China, and turned the basketball world upside down. 25The passage is mainly about_ .A. why the New Yorkers thought well of Jeremy Lin. B. why Jeremy Lin became a member of the Knicks. C. how the Knicks defeated its opponents in a great play off. D. how Jeremy Lin saved the Knicks, probably including the NBA.26According to the passage, Jeremy Lins excellent performance saved the following except_. A. The NBA B. Coach Isiah Thomas C. The Knicks D. Madison Square Garden Co.s shares 27The underlined word “young” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. not old yet. B. not pletely grown. C. in the development D. in the early stage 28The NBA suffered the credibility crisis months ago because_.A. The NBA delayed the season because of players wage disagreements.B. the NBA was disappointed at James free-agent event.C. The NBA canceled the basketball match for the ing Christmas. D. James had a bad performance in the basketball court.CWhats the biggest online shopping day in the world? Not Valentines Day. Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday. The winner is Chinas Singles Day, celebrated on November11, or 11.11.Singles Day began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives. Single students, looking for an excuse to buy themselves presents, started it on November11,1993, reported The Guardian. It is symbolized by the four number ones in the date of November 11 and is also called Double Eleven, in reference to the day it was started, said the BBC. It became a major shopping day in xx. The CEO of an online shopping site -Alibaba- tried to increase sales at the e-merce pany. The CEO, Daniel Zhang, launched an annual online sale on that day, said Fortune. When it first began, “Singles Day was very much an offline fort to actual single people,” noted the website atlas Obscura.” A small group of students at Nanjing University are said to have chosen 11.11 as a day that singles could do activities like karaoke together.”It quickly became a cultural phenomenon.Last year, Alibaba sold more than $1 billion worth of products in the first three minutes of the sales, reported Bloomberg News. Total sales on Singles Day soared to $9 billion within 24 hours. Thats four times bigger than Cyber Monday in the U.S., which is the Monday after Thanksgiving and traditionally a big shopping day. By parison, online sales in the U.S. last year on Black Friday were just $1.5 billion, reported TechCrunch.Today, Singles Day is very successful. Analysts say that this year, sales on Chinas Singles Day will increase to a new high. In the U.S., Jennifer Wang, a co-founder of a pany targeting Chinese-Americans, said, “We expect to have 3 million people ing to click Dealmoon for the Singles Day launch.” Some observers think Singles Day could catch on globally.29How did the author introduce the topic of the passage?A. By describing a holiday. B. By asking a question. C. By making a list. D. By telling a story30Whats the second paragraph mainly about?A. How Singles Day came into being. B. Why Singles Day became popular.C. When Singles Day was started. D. Who first celebrated Singles Day.31Why did Chinas Singles Day bee a major shopping day?A. Because singles celebrated their happy lives on November11.B. Because students at Nanjing university took part in activities together.C. Because an annual online sale was started on that day by Alibaba.D. Because single students chose that day to buy themselves gifts.32Which of the following can best replace the word “soared” in Paragraph3?A. Increased sharply. B. Decreased quickly. C. Returned gradually. D. Appeared suddenly.DYou get anxious if theres no wi-fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. You feel upset if your phone is getting low on power, and you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if youre not there. All these can be called “always on” stress caused by smartphone addiction.For some people, smartphones have freed them from the nine-to-five work. Flexible working has given them more autonomy (自主权) in their working lives and enabled them to spend more time with their friends and families. For many others, though, smartphones have bee tyrants (暴君) in their pockets, never allowing them to turn them off, relax and recharge their batteries.Pittsburgh-based developer Kevin Holesh was worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends in favour of his iPhone. So he developed an app Moment to monitor his usage. The app enables users to see how much time theyre spending on the device and set up warnings if the usage limits are breached (突破). “Moments goal is to promote balance in your life,” his website explains. “Some time on your phone, some time off it enjoying your loving family and friends around you.”Dr Christine Grant, a psychologist at Coventry University, said, “The effects of this always on, culture are that your mind is never resting, and youre not giving your body time to recover, so youre always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. Physical and mental health can suffer.”And as the number of connected smartphones is increasing, so is the amount of data. This is leading to a sort of decision paralysis (瘫痪) and is creating more stress in the workplace because people have to receive a broader range of data and munications which are often difficult to manage. “It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many do less because theyre controlled by it all and feel they can never escape the office,” said Dr Christine Grant.33Whats the first paragraph mainly about?A. The popularity of smartphones. B. The signs of “always on” stress.C. The progress of modern technology.D. The cause of smartphone addiction.34Kevin Holesh developed Moment to .A. research how people use their mobile phonesB. make people better use mobile phonesC. increase the fun of using mobile phonesD. help people control their use of mobile phones35Whats Dr Christine Grants attitude towards “always on” culture?A. Confused. B. Positive.C. Doubtful. D. Critical.第二节 七选五 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, they bee weak; when you start using again, they slowly bee strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning the fact. 36 When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor , he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to bee strong. 37 One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or motor car all day.If a friend plains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. 38 , many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just his own fault. Not all of us can bee extremely strong or extremely clever; but all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same meanspractice.Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can? 39 Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. 40 ，learn from the poor：practice remembering.A. What do you think of it ?B. Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way.C. But if he tells us that he has a poor memoryD. So if you want a good memoryE. When someone else says that he is poor in the healthF. Why is this ?G. The position is exactly the same as that of two people.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）Im proud of myself for this kindness I did last night I did it _41_ and did the right thing. However, I was unwilling to_42_, because by sharing 1 am also sharing the _43_and more self-centered side of myself.It was last night and I _44_ my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I _45_ a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesnt have a _46_and usually either catches a taxi home or _47_ for an hour waiting for _48_staff member and friend of here to finish work.In the past Ive _49_ to drive her home as she _50_ on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to _51_straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”.So I tried to _52_ her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out (偷溜) to the _53_without letting her see me and _54_ without offering her a lift.Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me _55_her and put myself in her shoes. She had young _56_ who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now _57_I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered She _58_. And of course, she was extremely _59_.Well, I learned a great _60_ last night about not being so self-centered and selfish!41A. nervously B. proudly C. exactly D. carefully42A. share B. remark C. do D. consider43A. pleasure B. respect C. honour D. selfish44A. changed B. kept C. finished D. missed45A. noticed B. greeted C. followed D. helped46A. home B. choice C. friend D. car47A. hangs around B. hides away C. watches over D. calms down48A. each B. another C. either D. that49A. hated B. happened C. offered D. refused50A. works B. lives C. plays D. remains51A. fly B. ride C. drive D. walk52A. remind B. avoid C. attract D. please53A. workroom B. office C. playground D. park54A. therefore B. even C. however D. instead55A. rely on B. spy on C. look at D. point at56A. neighbours B. pets C. children D. friends57A. since B. although C. as D. if58A. accepted B. hesitated C. approached D. urged59A. reliable B. upset C. generous D. grateful60A. gift B. lesson C. treasure D. method第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分） It is very mon to see actors and 61 (act) smoking casually in films. Some people worry that this may encourage young people 62 (try) smoking. A study in the 63 (late) British medical journal magazine says that the more teenagers watch actors smoking in films, the more 64 (like) they are to take up the habit themselves. The survey 65 (carry) out among 5000 US children 66 regularly watch films, about a third had tried cigarettes. “ 67 is time for the film industry to take effective steps to stop actors 68 (smoke) in films,” Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at the university of California said. He added that film stars must understand that their actions have a real influence 69 Childrens lives. Glantz also said that some of the childrens favourite actors are being paid to smoke. “Any film that receives money from the tobacco industry should be required to keep the audience well 70 (inform) of the danger of smoking.” he said.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）I think university life are a time for learning and experiencing new things. I can meet other young people like me from many different place and make lots of friends. I will probably live away home during this time, and I will promote independence. Studying at university will be quite difference from studying at high school. I may not have so many homework to finish every day, and I will spend much more time do what I love. I know that at any university here are different associations or clubs organized by students. I want to join a film club and chess club because I have interest in them. These clubs can make your life interesting but help me make friends.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）1如今很多城市出现了一种绿色出行方式共享单车（bike-sharing),它因环保、便捷而备受青睐，但同时也引发了一些问题。请你根据提示以“Bike-sharing”为题写一篇英语短文，表达自己的看法和建议。要点提示：Advantage便捷，污染少，减缓交通压力,锻炼身体Problems被扔进河里，被损毁，被偷走Advice遵守规则，保护注意：1. 短文应包括以上要点，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；2. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名及地名；3. 词数：80100 (文章开头已给出，不记入总词数)。Bike-sharingToday, as a greener means of transportation, bike-sharing is being more and more popular in many cities.