辽宁省阜新市第二高级中学2020学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试题

辽宁省阜新市第二高级中学2020学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试题时间：90分钟 满分：100分第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题，每题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhy read, and sometimes even write poetry? That question is not difficult to answer if we change the word poetry to songs.I sing when I feel good. When I sing my favorite songs, I feel even better. Sometimes when I am listening to music and to the song words, I feel that it was written for me. A good song always makes me feel something. There are songs that I sing in my head between classes and songs that I want to sing when the school bell rings by the end of the day. They help me get through the day.They are like bright and warm colours in the middle of greys and shades. I like songs about love and friendship. The extraordinary thing is, my feelings are more special when I sing my favorite songs in English.I also like reading. I used to avoid poetry until an e-pal told me I should recite poems and not look up the meaning of the words. Poetry uses many difficult words and idioms, but the best thing is to just forget about them. In the beginning I felt quite strange. Now I always lock the door. Reading aloud gives you a strange feeling, but when you have some practice and fall into the rhythm, the rhyme and the sounds of the words, it is really a special experience.I started with small poems, but now I think I most like long poems. I have different feelings with different poems. When I have had a bad day at school, I read Keats and forget everything. When I am sad I read Wordsworth . When the poem is finished, I close the book and my sadness is gone.1. I like the song words because .A. it was written for me B. it was written for the musicC. my feeling was expressed by them D. it was written by me2. My favourite songs are about .A. love and death B. happiness and lonelinessC. sadness and broken hearts D. friendship and love3. According to the e-pal I should when reading poems.A. not recite poems B. look through the dictionaryC. forget about the difficult words and idioms D. feel strange4. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that .A. reading poems is part of the writers life.B. the writer used to like poetry very much.C. the writer fell in love with poems as soon as the e-pal told him something.D. songs and poems are the sameBShe is one of Chinas fifty most successful business leaders and she has been described as being “bigger than Oprah”. Well known to one billion viewers, Yang Lan is among Chinas most popular TV personalities. Born in Beijing in 1968, Yang Lan began her career as the host for the popular “Zheng Da TV show”. She was only 21 at the time and had just graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Becoming the host of a show with an audience of 200 million at such a young age was a big challenge, but Yang Lan was ready for it and quickly became popular.Many of us would probably have stayed on to enjoy the fame and money that come with being a TV star, but Yang Lan had more important plans. She left the show after four years and went to New York City to get a Masters degree at Columbia University. Her experience abroad inspired her and she made up her mind to create a new kind of TV station for Chinese viewers. When Yang Lan returned to China, she decided to develop her interest in business. Together with her husband, she started her own media company, Sun Media.When Yang Lan grew up, her family did not have a television. She remembers how she and the other children in her neighbourhood would sit in front of a small black and white TV owned by one of the other families in her building. TV was a new thing at the time, but Yang Lan thought that the powerful medium could be used in a different way. She wanted to make shows that were both entertaining and educational. When she was studying abroad, she produced a feature show called “Horizon”. The show introduced American popular culture to Chinese viewers. Viewers liked the first season of “Horizon”, but Yang Lan wanted to do something more serious and meaningful. The following year, she began interviewing important people, such as Dr Henry Kissinger, and discussing social issues. Her viewers were pleased and the show became even more popular. She later developed “Yang Lan One on One”, having interviewed more than 300 opinion leaders around the world.5. “Bigger than Oprah” in the first paragraph means .A. Yang Lan is taller than Oprah WinfreyB. Yang Lan is fatter than Oprah WinfreyC. Yang Lan is older than Oprah WinfreyD. Yang Lan is more successful and popular than Oprah Winfrey6. When she was a little girl, Yang Lans family .A. had a small black and white TV. B. had no TV.C. had a small and black TV together with their neighbour.D. had a colour TV.7. The reason why Yang Lan left “Zheng Da TV show” is that .A. the audience didnt like the show B. she was unfit for her officeC. she wanted to get married soon D. she wanted to have further studyCOn November 18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Auguste Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon, and they were ready for a long way.Soon they heard the sea below them. They were carrying the usual rope , and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water. Or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. They were also carrying some bags of sand.After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the mens basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. There was also some snow on the balloon, and that made it very heavy. It began to go down towards the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling; so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake below and made a black hole in the ice.At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had traveled 1,797 kilometers from London!8.When the balloon went up higher, _.A.they saw the sun go downB. the temperature of the balloon began to fallC. they could see a black hole on the groundD. they made a hole in the basket with their knives9.The balloon landed _.A. in a foreign country B. on a lakeC. in London D. on the sea10.The three men had to land because _.A.they were very hungry B. they had not enough sandC. they pulled the box into the basket D. they felt too cold第二节：七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，共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。When I was 16 years old，a boy gave me an important gift. _11_It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was very far away._12_I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt very heart broken. I couldnt talk with anyone about my problems. And I didnt want my parents to worry about me.Then the other day, my classmates talked happily with their friends ,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual._13_I didnt know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm._14_I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldnt remember smiling at me! 15 I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.A. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom.B. He is living in Australia now and he loves it.C. It doesnt matter because all the dark days have gone.D. It was a smile.E. That smile changed my life.F. Its practically impossible to make friends here.G. As a result, no one knew who I was.第二部分 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，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Which Method Do you Think Better?By the time that a student reaches his senior year in high school, he is likely to believe that he is an expert in reading. No matter how 16 he is, he can still improve. How do you read an article in a textbook? Do you have a certain 17 of doing it or do you just 18 at the beginning and keep reading 19 you come to the end?20 students say that they use the slow,and sure method. By this means they read every sentence slowly and 21 . Every time they come to an 22 word they stop 23 what it means and, if necessary, look it up in the 24 . In this method a person 25 has no time left for 26 what he has read, for he has used all his 27 in trying to get the meaning of each word to 28 that he 29 everything.Other students use what has been 30 the review method. Here a person tries to arrange his time 31 he can read his lesson 32 twice. This type of reading is 33 than the slow, and sure method, for the lesson 34 be read rapidly or there will not be 35 time left for a second reading.16. A. high B. weak C. good D. well17. A. idea B. way C. wish D. plan18. A. stop B. read C. do D. start19. A. after B. before C. until D. unless20. A. Few B. Some C. No D. All21. A. carefully B. carelessly C. correctly D. eagerly22. A. useful B. important C. unknown D. old23. A. thinking B. to think C. to understand D. to know24. A. textbook B. newspaper C. magazine D. dictionary25. A. always B. nearly C. almost D. probably26. A. learning B. reviewing C. preparing D. considering27. A. time B. energy C. mind D. money28. A. think B. be sure C. believe D. answer29. A. wants B. remembers C. forgets D. understands30. A. called B. said C. given D. known31. A. because B. but C. as D. so that32. A. at most B. no more than C. at least D. only33. A. shorter B. faster C. nicer D. more important34. A. can B. may C. must D. need35. A. some B. no C. little D. enough第二节 语篇语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Have you ever asked youself why people ofen have trouble 36_（learn）English ? English 37_（invent）by people, not computers and it reflects the 38_（creative） of the human race. When it comes to the career , the son wants to focus 39_ his band, the grandfather advices him to think 40_（careful）and can have two