安徽省太和中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第四次月考试题（实验班）.doc

安徽省太和中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第四次月考试题（实验班）时间:120分钟 总分:150分第卷第一部分 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）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. when did sue leave home? a. at 4:30. b. at 5:00. c. at 5:15.2. what does the man prefer? a. science. b. foreign languages. c. politics.3. what will the weather probably be like over the weekend?a. rainy. b. sunny. c. snowy.4. where are the speakers?a. on a train. b. on a ship. c. in a hotel.5. what has the woman been doing?a. traveling. b. exercising. c. relaxing just a bit.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. what does the woman say about the boy?a. he did a very poor job. b. he did a better job this time.c. he didnt try as hard as he could.7. who are the speakers?a. boss and employee.b.teacher and student. c. mother and son.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. when does the conversation probably take place?a. at the end of a term.b. in the middle of a semester.c. at the beginning of a school year.9. what do we know about the man?a. he is deciding between two places.b. he has been to australia before.c. he likes diving in the ocean.10. what do the womans parents care about? a. money.b. holiday activities. c. spending time together with their family.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. what has the woman been studying?a. international culture. b. business management. c. english writing.12. how many books can the woman borrow in all?a. twelve. b. ten. c. eight.13. what will the woman do next?a. take an exam. b. have a class. c. go to the mans office.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. who were arguing last night?a. the speakers. b. two strangers. c. the speakers neighbors.15. when was the man woken up?a. at 2:00 a.m. b. at 3:00 a.m. c. at 4:00 a.m.16. what is the womans new routine?a. having a cup of coffee every day. b. drinking some soy milk every morning. c. doing some exercise every morning.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what will take place in the main theater next week?a. a student film festival will be held there. b. some professors will give lectures there. c. there will be an art exhibition there.18. what is the collection in the picture gallery about?a. life of local artists. b. history of the university. c. students social activities.19. what will the audience visit next?a. a museum. b. an art gallery. c. the entertainment building.20. how soon will everyone meet again?a. in half an hour. b. in an hour. c. in an hour and a half.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。 athe history of the louvre museum, which today contains one of the most important art collections in the world, dates back to the middle ages. built in 1190 as a fortress (堡垒) to protect paris from the vikings, it was transformed into a place by francesco i. since then, for four centuries, french kings and emperors have expanded it. the glass pyramid of i. m. pei was added to the courtyard of honor in 1989. all galleries can be reached from here.the glass pyramidthe projects for the modernization and expression of the louvre date back to 1981. they included the construction of a main entrance to the museum. the american architect of chinese origin-i. m. pei-was in charge of the project. pei designed a pyramid that had to become an entrance to the museum. its glass walls allow visitors to admire the surrounding historic buildings and to light up the entrance hall.the louvre collectionthe louvre treasures can date hack to the collection of francesco i (1515-1547), who boughtmany italian paintings. during the rule of louis xiv(1643-1715) this amounted to only 200 artworks,but it also increased as a result of donations and purchases. it was opened for the first time to thepublic in 1793. since then the louvre collection has been continuously enriched.the gallery guidethe main entrance is under the glass pyramid. the artworks are exposed on four floors: thedisplay rooms of the artworks are organized according to the countries they are from. there areeight sections in all. the european painters collection is very large, with 40 percent of frenchworks, while the collection of sculptures is less complete.21. what does the first paragraph say about the louvre museum? a. it was first intended as a royal palace.b. it has a history of less than ten centuries.c. it has the largest art collection worldwide.d. it experienced nonstop expansion in the past.22. which of the following is a function of the glass walls of the pyramid?a. acting as a good viewpoint.b. making visitors move faster.c. making the entrance hall less bright.d. preventing heat by reflecting sunlight.23. the arrangement of the display rooms is based on the artworks _.a. historic valuesb. cultural meaningsc. countries of origind. levels of perfection ba study, conducted by david evans of the world bank and anna popova of stanford university, looked at 19 programs around the world in which individuals were given cash transfers（汇款）from the government, either as a handout or as a “reward” for something like getting kids to school on time or taking them to the doctor for checkupsevans and popova looked at the impact those cash transfers had on the family budget and whether or not they led to an increase in spending on alcohol and cigarettes .what they found was that they almost always led to a reduction in a familys alcohol and tobacco purchasesthe news may surprise some people, but its true, and the researchers have several theories about whyone theory is that the cash transfer made things possible that once seemed impossible. investing in their kids education or buying healthier and more expensive foods may be within reach now, but without the cash handout, these goals werent even a possibility. so families cut back on other expenses (like alcohol and tobacco) to make those dreams a realityanother theory is that people just generally seem to do what theyre toldif they are given money and told to use it for their familys welfare, in most cases, they will do just thatand that leads to the third theory: these cash transfers are usually given to women, and studies show that when women control the purse strings, more money is spent on taking care of their childrenwhatever the reason for the trend, the data is clear families that receive cash handouts dont waste the money on booze and cigarettes as was previously thought. instead, they typically use that money for the benefit of their families. and thats money well spent24. the study proves that _ a. given cash handouts, poor people would spend the money on alcohol and tobaccob. cash should be given to poor people as a reward for something good for kidsc.cash transfers help poor families get what would seem unavailable otherwised. poor people would save the cash given by the government for emergency needs25. a cash transfer led to a reduction in a familys alcohol and tobacco purchases because_a. the education gained with the cash would help them drop alcohol and tobaccob. the money previously for alcohol and tobacco would help realize their dreamc. buying healthier and more expensive foods left less money for alcohol and tobaccod. that was the promise made before the cash transfer was given to the poor family26. in paragraph 5, when the author said “women control the purse strings”, he just meant “_ ”a. women are told what to do b. women are given the moneyc. women know what to do with the money d. women have the final word for money27. the passage mainly tells us_ a. the findings of a study and explanations to them b. why cash transfer is preferredc. how the study was carried out d. the theories for a study about cash transfers ca study showed that fat was socially transmissible (可传递的) among friends. people were actually making one another gain and sometimes, lose weight. the finding has been proved in other populations. so how does friends body weight affect each other? one way is imitation (模仿). brain scans show that when you watch someone else eat or run, your brain activity is the same as if you were eating or running yourself, causing you to do the same things.people in experiments seated next to heavy eaters will eat more than those seated next to light eaters. social examples also play a role: if your friend gains weight, you might become less willing to go to the gym because your friends example showed you that weight gain isnt the end of the world. shes heavier but still the same person you know and love. and now that 66 percent of the american population is overweight, thats a pretty well-established social example.happily, this effect could be turned on its head if people worked to create an opposite social example - weight loss can spread just as easily as weight gain if you seed your network with fat-fighting habits, starting a running club containing friends of friends , so that youre surrounding yourself and your closest contacts with exercisers. you can also make healthier food choices and eat with greater self-control. if you say no to the fries (油炸食品) and eat more vegetables, your friends are more likely to make the same choices.if you are thinking that sounds like a lot of work and maybe it would be just easier to ditch friends who gain weight to prevent them from affecting you, you will be disappointed. according to the study, people who cut ties with a fat friend didnt lose weight, possibly because the cost of losing a friend prevented weight-loss efforts.28. what do people tend to do if they eat with heavy eaters? a. hate them. b. leave them. c. follow them d. ignore them.29. what can you do to make good use of the findings?a. make yourself an ideal example. b. learn about the benefits of running.c. set up a club to provide services. d. advise others to make right choices.30. what does the underlined word “ditch” in the last paragraph probably mean? a. depend on.b. believe in.c. watch over. d. break up.31. which of the following can be the best title for the text? a. you should be careful to choose friends b. your friends may let you keep healthy c. things of one kind come together d. friends affect each other with fat dsitting too much is linked to changes in a section of the brain that is important for memory, according to a recent study by ucla researchers of middle-aged and older adults. studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes(糖尿病) and premature death. researchers at ucla want to see how sedentary behavior (sitting for long periods of time) influences the health of the brain, especially regions of the brain that are important to memory formation.ucla researchers gathered 35 people aged 45 to 75 and asked about their physical activity levels and the average number of hours per day they spent sitting over the previous week. each person had a high-resolution mri (高分辨磁共振成像) scan, which provides a detailed look at the medial temporal lobe, or mtl, a brain region involved in the formation of new memories. the researchers found that sedentary behavior is an important predictor of thinning of the mtl and that physical activity, even at high levels, is not enough to compensate (补偿) the harmful effects of sitting for long periods. this study does not prove that too much sitting causes thinner brain structures, but instead that more hours spent sitting are associated with thinner regions,” researchers said. in addition, the researchers focused on the hours spent sitting, but did not ask participants if they took breaks during this time. the researchers next hope to follow a group of people for a longer duration to determine if sitting causes the thinning and what role gender (性别), race, and weight might play in brain health related to sitting.“mtl thinning can be an indication of cognitive (认知的) decline in middle-aged and older adults.reducing sedentary behavior may be a possible target for measures designed to improve brain health in people at risk for alzheimers disease,” researchers said.32. what is the study done by ucla mainly intended to find out? a. what harm sitting too much causes. b. why sitting too much is like smoking. c. how too much sitting affects brain health. d. whether too much sitting causes early death.33. participants were scanned by a high-resolution mri to _ . a. evaluate their memory lossb. examine their mtl conditionsc. record their physical activity levelsd.record the length of time for their sitting34. what do ucla researchers think of their study? a. it is a great success.b. it is of little practical value. c. it must target the young.d. it still needs to be improved.35. what can be the best title for the text? a. long sitting is bad for your brainb. how to improve brain health c. sitting causes many health problemsd. an easy way to prevent memory loss第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 being smart is not only a nice bonus but also a necessity. the good news is that its possible to become smarter if you stay consistent and follow the steps below every day. 36 hundreds of new things are discovered or invented every day. there is always something new to learn and explore. therefore, dont think you already know enough and there is nothing you should ask a question about. keep absorbing new information by asking smart questions and obtaining great answers. surround yourself with the best. 37 chances are that you wont be able to improve yourself if you get around people who hold your back. hang out with people smarter, stronger, and better than you. build connections with the successful, ambitious, and inspiring people. run a blog. one of the best ways to get better at certain things and learn something is to teach someone else. teaching helps you process, digest, and reflect on the information youve learned. start a blog. 38 share your knowledge with others interested in the same things. try to teach them the things you know best. this will help you become an expert in your field. reduce tv-watching. tv wont help you improve intelligence. 39 learn new languages, take online courses, master a musical instrument or follow the great blogs that cover interesting topics youre interested in. and finally, read books. challenge yourself to read for at least 30 minutes a day. if you take these steps every day for a few weeks or months, youll be able to expand your mind and improve intelligence. though it may seem difficult to do every day, its possible. 40 .a. create ideas. b. stay curious.c. spend your time more wisely.d. all you need to do is get started now.e. stop following the news you cant benefit from.f. publish interesting articles and discuss exciting topics.g. environment plays a great role in your self-improvement.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)第一节 (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a、b、c和d四个选项中,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 used to read stories about people who fed starving children or took care of the elderly. i always felt a sense of _41_ . i wanted to be like that, _42_ others. but i was busy.then i read an article about project linus. project linus _43_ volunteers who provide new, _44_ blankets for sick children. i knew this was _45_ what i could do because i could sew. i searched online for a local chapter (分会).my heart _46_. there was no local chapter where i live. the _47_ one was in atlanta, about 120 miles away.i decided to _48_ the chapter in atlanta. perhaps they had a center closer to me or another _49_ i could send blankets to them.“why dont you _50_ your own chapter ?” the lady on the line asked._51_ by the thought, i sent in my application. a week later it was approved and i was as _52_ as a child on christmas morning. i had done it! i was now a project linus chapter coordinator.project linus _53_ my chapter to its website. in a few days i received several phone calls from people who were _54_ in making blankets and wanted to volunteer.i contacted our local hospitals and they said theyd love to _55_ blankets for the kids. inspired, i made blankets, picked up blankets, _56_ project linus tags, and delivered them.i thought voluntary work was about helping others, but now i see it is also _57_ to the volunteers themselves. those who show their _58_ become part of something greater than themselves _59_ they find a new circle of like-minded people. _60_ enlarges our hearts and fills us with a sense of purpose. there is no greater joy.41. a. achievementb. guiltc. pleasured. direction42. a. comfortingb. understandingc. impressingd. helping43. a. consists ofb. looks afterc. applies tod. learns from44. a. comfortable b. thickc. handmaded. warm45. a. exactlyb. traditionallyc. formallyd