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河北省深州市长江中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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. what is the weather like today?a. rainy. b. cloudy. c. sunny.2. what are the speakers going to do?a. go on a trip. b. buy some books c. wait for a taxi.3. what will the woman do tomorrow afternoon?a. go to sleep. b. have a picnic. c. deal with an email.4. what are the speakers talking about?a. literature. b. major. c. computer.5. what does the man think of the lecture?a. it was more interesting than ever.b. it was long but easy to understand.c. it was far beyond his understanding. 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。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。听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7题。6.why does the man call the woman?a. to invite her parents to the trip.b. to remind her of a letter about the trip.c. to ask her to hand in the report tomorrow.7. when does the conversation take place?a. on sunday.b. on friday. c. on wednesday.听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。8.where are the two speakers probably?a. in a school.b. in a hotel.c. in a bank.9. what will the woman do at 3 oclock tomorrow?a. make an appointmentb. take a test. c. fill out some forms.10. whats the probable relationship between the speakers?a. teacher and student. b. classmates. c. workmates.听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。11.which does the woman think she can afford to buy now?a. fish. b. sausage and eggs. c. caffeine-free coffee.12. whose price has just increased most?a. cheese. b. bacon. c. meat.13. why cant the woman buy instant coffee?a. because its too expensive.b. because it has caffeine.c. because its not popular.听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。14.whats the trouble with the man?a. he has put on some weight.b. he has a sleep disorder.c. he feels tired easily.15.how long has the mans symptom lasted?a. about twenty days. b. about a month. c. about five weeks.16. why was the man fired?a. because he was often absent from work.b. because he was found sleeping at a meeting.c. because his boss didnt sleep well before a meeting.17. what will the man have first?a. a chest x-ray. b. a brain scan. c. a blood test.听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。18. how many cars can the hotel hold?a. 220. b. 235. c. 244.19. what do we know about the rooms?a. all rooms have alarm clocks.b. snooker rooms need extra fees.c. single rooms dont have mini-bars.20. what is forbidden?a. swimming in the pool.b. taking dogs into the hotel.c. having breakfast in the room.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。avoyagesby neil waldmantravel with young abe lincoln down the mississippi river, taking his boat down to new orleans. along the way, lincoln finds himself on his own voyage of discovery. it is an amazing experience with risk and excitement. (chapter book)the people could flyby leo hamilton and diane dillonit tells a folktale(民间故事) about african people who could fly. long ago in africa，people could fly like shining black birds in the sky. enslaved(被奴役)and sent from africa, they lost their wings, but an old man uses magic, and helps them fly away to freedom. (chapter book)through georgias eyesby rachel rodriquez and julie paschkisdiscover the wilderness and wonder of deserts and rivers through the eyes of painter georgia okeefe. deep-colored paper paintings show the artists imagination and the amazing sightseeing that inspired her work.(picture book)a horn(喇叭) for louisby eric a kimmel and james bernardinlouis armstrong was too poor to have a real music instrument, but he had a horn. jazz and blues music was everywhere in the streets of new orleans. this is the story of how louis got his first real horn, when he was just a boy with a dream of becoming a musician. (chapter book)go, go americaby alan barnard50 states of fun, with interesting facts -in what state the entertainment capital of the world is, where the first hamburgers were served, what the cereal festival is, who hosts the hog calling contest and more. (picture book)stitchinand pullinby patricia c mckissack. cozbi a. cabrerafor a hundred years, generations of women from gees bend have quilted together, sharing stories and singing. every day baby girl listens, watches, and waits, until shes called to sit at the quilting frame(框架). piece by piece, she creates her quilt-telling not just her story, but the story of her family, the story of gees bend, and the story of her ancestors struggle for freedom.21. if you are interested in adventure, you may prefer_.a. horn for louis b. go, go america c. the people could fly d. voyages22. what do through georgia s eyes and go, go america have in common?a. they are about the us.b. they are written by two authors.c. there are lots of pictures in both books.d. there are funny stories in both books.23. the book a horn for louis is mainly about_.a. how jazz and blues music was formed in its birthplace, new orleansb. how louis got his instrument when he dreamed of becoming a musicianc. how louis got the horn to become a famous musiciand. how louis supported his whole family24. if you are collecting folktales for an essay, which book will you probably choose?a. the people could fly. b. go, go americac. through georgias eyes. d. stitchin and pullin25. if you want to read a family story, you will choose_.a. through georgias eyes b. stitchinand pullinc. the people could fly d. voyagesbrecently, i experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. my brother, mother and i live in hawaii. our farm is at least a dozen miles from even the most basic of services. therefore, i take weekly trips to the shop to get supplies. about a month ago, i finished loading up the car and was about to leave, when a piece of paper on the ground caught my eye. i picked it up and read it carefully.it was a receipt from the state motor vehicle division, recording the owners payment of her vehicles registration fees. at first i thought that i could find the owner. so i waited there for about an hour. although the receipt had been borne on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would i find the owner? i looked over the receipt for contact or any personal data, perhaps a license tag (牌照) or telephone number. i checked the date, the fees paid, noted the name of the owner and pocketed the paper. i concluded that the best and easiest step to take was to put the receipt in an envelope and send it to the owner first the next morning.by the end of the week, i received a beautiful thank you letter from a woman containing a handwritten message and a card. in the letter, the woman explained how the wind snatched (夺去) her receipt from a pocket in her cars passenger door. she had searched everywhere for quite some time before giving up.it felt great to know i had helped someone avoid a loss by doing something that at first glance(一瞥) seemed little and unimportant.26. what can be the best title for the text?a.a lesson i will never forget b. never lose heart or give upc. little things still mean a lot d. think carefully before you act27. what can we learn about the author?a. he lives downtown in hawaii.b. he goes to the shop to get supplies once a week on foot.c. he is too poor to have basic supplies for his family.d. he is patient and willing to help others.28. the underlined word itin paragraph 2 most probably refers to_.a. the receipt b the license tag c. the telephone number d. the personal data29. how did the woman feel when receiving the authors envelope?a proud b. disappointedc. appreciated d. angry.30. how did the woman lose her receipt?a. she forgot where she had put it. b. a strong wind blew it away.c. a thief took it away. d. she left it in the parking lotcin the united states, a company is working on a project that could change the way we think about public transportation. its planned system would move people around in steel tubes. those passengers would be traveling at speeds of up to 1, 200 kilometers per hour.the futuristic transportation system is called hyperloop. workers plan to test the system next year in a specially built community called quay valley. the town will be powered entirely by energy from the sun.the hyperloop transport system is the idea of businessman elon musk. dirk ahlborn is head of hyperloop transportation technologies. he says his company has taken mr musks idea and is developing a system that will be safe, environmentally friendly and fast. its 100 percent solar-powered.were not going to get up to 760 miles per hour, but we believe we can actually break the records that are existing right now.”this means that a four-hour drive from los angeles, california to las vegas, nevada, could someday take only 30 minutes by hyperloop.the system involves a series of capsules (密封舱) that float inside a long tube. these containers wouldnt need to travel along a pathway or track. the system has been designed to operate above or below ground.inside the tube there is a low pressure environment very similar to an airplane thats high in the sky . so now the capsule travelling inside the tube doesnt meet with as much resistance(阻力), and therefore can travel really fast with very little energy.dick ahlborn and his company will use an eight-kilometer track in quay valley to find the best way to set up passenger traffic and repair capsules. a larger system will cost an estimated(估算的) 6-10 billion dollars to build.if mr ahlborn and his company succeed, we may one day see these very fast hyperloo capsules speeding through tubes around the world.31. quay valley is said to be a special town because_.a. it is very passenger-friendly.b. it will be powered by solar energyc. the public transportation system is well developedd. the hyperloop steel tubes will be produced there32. we can learn from the text that the hyperloop transport system_.a. travels along a pathway or track b. mainly runs above groundc. was developed by a businessman d.aims to operate environmentally friendly33. why can the hyperloop capsules travel fast?a. they are solar-powered.b. they travel high in the sky.c. there is little resistance inside the tube.d. there is a powerful engine to drive them.34. what is the authors attitude towards the hyperloop transport system?a. objectiveb. doubtfulc. supportive.d. negative35. what can be the best title for the text?a. steel tubesb. a creative businessmanc. hyperloop transport system d.quay valley第二节 七选五：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。（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）does this situation seem familiar to you? your english is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently. _36first of all, remember that you are not alone. listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of english as a foreign language. the most important thing is to listen as often as possible._37_the internet is really a useful tool for english students. you can download the realplayer from realm. the realplayer allows you to use the internet like a radio station. once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated (受阻)by limited understanding. _38_here is some of the advice i give my students:accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more times. do not translate everything into your native language. _39_ dont concentrate on details before you have understood the main ideas. listen to something you enjoy.i remember the problems i had in understanding spoken german when i first went to germany. in the beginning, when i didnt understand a word, i insisted on translating it in my mind. this method usually resulted in confusion. 40 firstly, translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker. secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. by remaining calm, i noticed that even if i didnt pay much attention i could usually understand what the speaker had said.a. but you cant follow a native english speaker at all!b. what should you do?c. but listening is a problem for most of the beginners!d. however, after several weeks, i got used to the new environment in germany.e. so, what you need to do is to find listening resources.f. then, after the first six months, i discovered two extremely important facts.g. listen for the general idea of the conversation.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30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）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。are forests always created by nature? a man from rural india proves that this is not _41_ true.abdul kareem, who used to be an airline ticketing agent, has a great love for the _42_.though he never went to college, he can talk about plants and trees like a(n)_43_.in 1977, he bought a piece of rocky wasteland with the hope of_44_ trees on it. in the beginning, people thought he was _45_ to waste his time and money on the land. but he_46_ignored them and kept working on the soil and planting trees there. the land was so_47_ that it had to be watered several times a day. kareem had to fetch the water from a_4_8_ that was a kilometer away.in the first two years, none of the trees he planted _49_.however, in the _50_ year, several young trees started growing.greatly _51_ by the result, kareem planted more trees and this man made forest began to take _52_.kareem let his forest grow_53_， without using fertilizers or insecticides.he believed in the _54_of nature to renew itself without the interference of humans.thats_55_ he did not allow fallen leaves or branches from the forest to be removed.after years of _56_， kareem has not only realized his dream but also_57_ a piece of deserted land into a beautiful forest.today, his forest is _58_ to 1,500 medicinal plants, 2,000 varieties of trees, rare birds, animals, and insects.now，_59_ from all over the world come to visit his creation.they hope to do research on the secret of his happiness so that other parts of the world could _60_ from it.41.a.strangelybimportantlycnecessarilydnaturally42.a.jobsbplanescticketsdwoods43.a.expertbactorcguidedfarmer44.a.wateringbgrowingcexamining dexpecting45.a.pleasedbwiseccrazyddisappointed46.a.simplybhardlycrarelydrudely47.a.dampbhardcpoorddry48.a.resourcebsourcecforcedcourse49.a.diedbrecoveredcsurviveddsucceeded50.a.thirdbsecondcfourth dlast51.a.surprisedbsatisfiedcchallengeddencouraged52.a.place bshapecsteps drisks53.a.slowlybquicklycnaturally dnicely54.a.abilitybactivitycquality dpossibility55.a.howbwhencwhere dwhy56.a.effectsbeffortsccomforts dharvests57.a.persuadedbcheatedctransformeddguided58.a.homebkeycaccessdway59.a.childrenbparentsctouristsdscientists60.a.sufferbbenefitcprevent descape第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。are you a man or a mouse? when 1._ (ask)this question, people want to know 2._ you think you are a brave person or a coward.but you will never really know the answer to this question until you 3._(test)in real life.some people think they are brave but when they come face to face with real danger, they act like cowards.4._ think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 5._(hero)when you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical 6._ _(call)adrenalin (肾上腺素)in the blood.with adrenalin in the blood system, you feel 7._(strong)than ever before.8._， when you are fairly 9._(terrify), the body can produce too much adrenalin, 10._ makes you find you cant do anything at all.第四部分。第一节：概要写作（满分15分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. it may be walking， cycling， or swimming ， or in winter， skating or skiing. it may be a game of some formsfootball， basketball， hockey， golf or tennis. it may be mountaineering. mountaineering is a sport and not a game. there are no manmade rules， as there are for such games as golf and football. there are， of course， rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore， but it is this freedom from manmade rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods. if we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports as we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. we should be mistaken in this. there are， it is true， no “matches” between “te