内蒙古赤峰二中2020学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题(1)

内蒙古赤峰二中2020学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题第一部分：听力（无）第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。ATop Music FestivalsFestival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months.Firefly Music FestivalMany people havent thought of going to Delaware for a summer vacation, but mid-June is a great time to plan this trip if you love music. Headliners for this years show are The Weekend, Muse, Twenty-One Pilots, Chance the Rapper, and Bob Dylan.Date: June 1518，2020Location: Dover, Delaware, USAMusic Type: RockPrice: $79$2,499Roskilde FestivalThis Denmark music festival has been a local tradition since 1971. There will be nine stages for this years events to host groups like the Foo Fighters, Blink 182, and The Lumineers. Whats interesting about this festival is that in addition to the big headliners, you can also get to know up-and-coming regional artists from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.Date: June 24July 1, 2020Location: Roskilde, DenmarkMusic Type: Rock, emerging regional artistsPrice: DKK 995DKK 1,995 (around $144$289)Secret SolsticeWith long, dark, and cold winters, nobody celebrates summer quite like Icelanders. To see for yourself, plan a trip to Iceland this June to check out the Secret Solstice festival. Not only will you enjoy seeing bands like Radiohead and Afrika Bambaataa, but you can also experience the other-worldly landscapes and geothermal(地热的) springs nearby as well.Date: June 1518, 2020Location: Reykjavik IcelandMusic Type: Eclectic, IndiePrice: 1491,599 (around $160$1, 725)Montreal Jazz FestivalAll jazz lovers owe it to themselves to check out the Montreal Jazz Festival at least once in a lifetime. This event brings together some of the best names in jazz music, as well as diverse R&B, funk(骤停打击乐), and soul artists.Date: June 28July 8, 2020Location: Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMusic Type: Jazz, R&B, Soul, FunkPrice: $27.25$210.2521. What is common to the music festivals mentioned in the text?A. They are held in Europe. B.Their music types are rock and hip-hop.C. They are given in the open air.D. They take place in summer.22. What can we infer about Delaware from the text?A. It is the city of music.B. It is not a summer destination.C. It is the home of Bob Dylan.D It is a city of high expense.23. What is the purpose of Icelanders to hold the Secret Solstice festival?A. To welcome summer.B. To memorize the past winter.C. To celebrate the coming of spring.D. To advise the local beautiful landscapes.BI left university with a good degree in English Literature，but no sense of what I wanted to do.Over the next six years，I was treading water，just trying to earn an income.I tried journalism，but I didnt think I was any good，then finance，which I hated.Finally，I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher.I loved working with books，although the job that I did was dull.I had enough savings to take a year off work，and I decided to try to satisfy a deepdown wish to write a novel.Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55，000 words.It takes confidence to make a new starttheres a dark period in between where youre neither one thing nor the other.Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do，and youre too ashamed to say，“Well，Im writing a novel，but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there.” My confidence dived.Believing my novel could not be published，I put it aside.Then I met an agent (代理商) who said I should send my novel out to agents.So，I did and，to my surprise，got some wonderful feedback.I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and，after signing with an agent，I finished the second half of the novel.The next problem was finding a publisher.After two and a half years of no income，just waiting and wondering，a publisher offered me a book dealthat publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luckof fate，really.When you set out to do something different，theres no end in sight，so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract (合同) of the publisherto be a published writeris unbelievably rewarding.24What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?AI was waiting for good fortune. BI was trying to find an admirable job.CI was being aimless about a suitable job.DI was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.25The author decided to write a novel _Ato finish the writing course Bto realize her own dreamCto satisfy readers wish Dto earn more money26How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?ADisturbed. BAshamed. CConfident. DUncertain.27What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?AIt pays to stick to ones goal. BHard work can lead to success.CShe feels like being unexpectedly lucky.DThere is no end in sight when starting to do something.CEarlier this month a study showed that bees can teach themselves to play football. They can learn by watching and, rather than copy what they have seen,change it to make it better. Bees also have a clever trick for helping their friends find lunch. New research shows that bees leave smelly little footprints on flowers that help them know what flowers they and their family members have recently visited.The discovery was made by scientists from University of Bristol who report these smelly footprints help bees distinguish between their own scent(气味)，the scent of a relative and the scent of a stranger. And by using this ability ,bees can improve their success at finding good sources of a food and avoid flowers that have already been visited and mined of nutrients.The Bristol team performed three separate experiments with bumblebees（大黄蜂）in which they were repeatedly exposed to rewarding and unrewarding flowers at the same time that had footprints from different bees attached to them. Each flower type either carried scent -marks from bumblebees of differing relatedness or were unmarked. The marks were either the bees own marks, sisters from their nest ，or strangers from another nest.The study shows that not only can bumblebees tell the marks of their own nest mates from strangers，but they can also discriminate between the smell of their own footprints and those of their nest mate sisters，which could help them to remember which flowers they have visited recently. But it doesnt explain how they use that in the wild. They may detect the footprints of their friends and keep moving on，since that flower may be tapped out. Or they may smell a bit of familiar foot smell and dive in，seeing it as a marker that nectar（花蜜）is present.28.What can we infer about bees in Paragraph1?A.They are smart learners. B.They have strong family ties.C.They enjoy smelly footprints. D. They like playing tricks on others.29.What does “this ability ”in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Finding good sources of food. B.Following other bees footprints.C.Telling the smells of footprints apart. D. Recognizing different types of flowers.30.What can we learn from the findings of the experiments?A.Its easier for Bumblebees to recognize their friends.B.Its unclear how bumblebees use their ability in the wild.C.Bumblebees memory can be significantly improved.D. Bumblebees footprints can give them a sense of identity.31.What is the main idea of the text?A.Different flowers attract different bees.B.Bees have a new trick of surviving in the wild.C.Bumblebees may smell footprints to keep track of food.D. Bumblebees can give off unique scents to attract others.DFor many creatures, the ocean is a terrifying place. Several marine animals have declined as a result of overfishing and pollution. But cephalopods(头足动物) a type of invertebrate(无脊椎动物) that includes octopuses, cuttlefish, and squid, have seen a dramatic increase in their numbers over the past 60 years.Zoe Doubleday, a scientist at the University of Adelaide, in Australia, conducted a study of cephalopods recently. She points out that their population rise is due to the animals unique traits.The creatures can change their color and body shape. They are fast-growing and live for only one or two years. This allows them to adapt to changing environmental conditions more quickly than other marine species, Doubleday says.Rising sea temperatures may be speeding up the animals life cycle. They may be growing faster and producing more young. Cephalopods live in all of the worlds oceans. They can be found in waters from the freezing polar regions to the warm tropic regions. Because they adapt so easily to their environment, the animals are called the weed of the sea .Will octopuses, cuttlefish, and squid take over the world one day? Some people may wonder. According to Doubleday, that is unlikely. The rise in cephalopod populations could slow down if the animals run out of prey(被捕食的动物) and start feeding on one another. Overfishing could also have an impact on their numbers.For now, the cephalopod population boom is good news for them and some other sea creatures. Increases in cephalopod populations could benefit predators(捕食性动物) such as marine mammals and seabirds, which rely on cephalopods for food, Doubleday says.32.What has caused the number of some marine animals to reduce?A. Ship transportation.B. Global oil production.C. Rising sea temperatures.D. Overfishing and pollution.33.The underlined word traits in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. habitsB. featuresC. hobbiesD. looks34.According to Doubleday, cephalopods _.A.adapt to the environment quickly B. change their shapes with seasonC. prefer to live in the warm watersD. have a very long life cycle35.Which would be the best title of the text?A. CephalopodsB. Weed of the SeaC. Who will take over the world?D. The problems faced by marine animals第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，满分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。选项中有两项多余选项。ELife getting you down? Learn to bounce backThat which does not kill us makes us stronger. Nietzsche said. There are a number of ways that can get us through tough times, help us to bounce back and make us happier. 36Find something you can control.37 But taking small, positive steps in any area of our life can have a ripple effect, enabling us to move forward in the problem area.38As a species, we tend to focus on whats wrong rather than whats right. But we can benefit a lot from paying attention to whats going right. Psychologists have shown consciously focusing on these good things helps to increase our experience of positive emotions.Check your thinking.39 Leading psychologist Martin Seligman found that the way we interpret the causes of everyday setbacks can have a significant impact on our ability to cope and our physical health. He also showed we can learn more resilient(有弹性的) thinking styles.Distract yourself.When we are trapped in a problem, it is hard to think creatively about ways to deal with it. It often helps to take time out from the things you are worrying about. 40 Not only does this give us a break from what were doing and our worries, its also great for our minds.A. Always do something that is right.B. Its true that there are lots of things we cant control.C. An effective way of taking time out is exercise.D. Next time you are feeling stressed or stuck, give them a try.E. Focus on whats right.F. Next time something goes wrong for you, pause for a moment.G. The way we think can destroy our own resilience.第三部分：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,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。In the palace of Rubyland there was a thief.No one knew who it was，but the only thing known about him was that he_41_ in the palace.The King decided to _42_ who it was，and he asked for help from a wise dwarf who was famed for his _43_The dwarf spent some days there，watching and listening，until there was another _44_ another ruby(红宝石)was stolen.The next day after breakfast the wise dwarf made all the _45_ inhabitants meet up together in the same room.The dwarf _46_them all one by one.But suddenly，one of the _47_ began coughing and crying，writhing and crying，and finally he _48_ to the floor.The dwarf explained that the food they had just eaten was _49_，and the only antidote(解药) for this poison was hidden inside the ruby that had been stolen the _50_ night.And he expected that only the thief would be able to _51_ himself，because the poison was _52_ quick working.Gradually the coughs and groans spread around the whole room，and _53_ took hold of all present.All except one person.A footman quickly _54_ over to where he had hidden the ruby，from where he took the ruby，opened it and _55_the strange liquid inside to save his own life.In fact，the gardener was one of the dwarfs _56_，and the poison was just a kind of potion(药)prepared by the dwarf which could cause a few _57_ pains for a short while.Then the footman was _58_ by the guards and takenimmediately to court.The King，grateful，generously rewarded the dwarf.When he asked the dwarf what his _59_ was，the dwarf smiled and said：“I only try to get the person _60_ the truth to reveal that truth.Anyone can deceive everyone，but no one candeceive themselves.”41A.took Blived Cbelieved Dbrought42A.make out Bbring out Cfind out Dtake out43A.intelligence B. strength Cheight D.weight44A.thief Brobber Cenemy Dstealing45A.palace Bcourt Ccountry Dcity46A.helped Basked Ccomforted Dtended47A.guards Bthieves Cgardeners Ddwarfs48A.fell Bdied Ckilled Ddrove49A.polluted Bpoisoned Ccleaned Ddestroyed50A.following Bdark Cprevious Dwarm51A.leave Bpunish Cescape Drescue52A.gently Bslightly Cparticularly Dsimply53A.pleasure Bterror Chappiness Dworry54A.walked BStepped Cran Dmoved55A.boiled Bwaved Cdrew Ddrank56A.assistants Benemies Csons Drelatives57A.small Bgentle Cstrong Dslight58A.treated Bbeaten Cassisted Darrested59A.secret Bquestion Cbenefit Dstrength60A.refusing Bapproving Cobjecting DKnowing第II卷第三部分：英语知识运用 (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或括号内单词的正确形式（有提示词的空格不得多于3个词；没有提示词的空格只能填一个词）。When Mr.Wang, a Chinese calligraphy(书法)master and painter, invited me to his studio, I got extremely 61 (delight) . What a treat!His apartment doubles as his studio, 62 he creates calligraphy works and paintings as well. The living room has a long desk with a collection of 63 (brush)of varying sizes, two big ink pots and a pair of paper weights.Mr.Wang showed his latest work,a scroll(卷轴)of the Great Wall at Badaling 64 (wind) its way along the steep hills, which 65 (recognize) as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1987. The beauty of the seven-meter-long scroll painting was beyond 66 (describe).He told me someone had offered a large amount of money for the painting,but he refused 67 (part) with it as he wanted to donate to the National Museum.After that, Mr.Wang invited me to practice calligraphy, and it was the first time that I had 68 (true) experienced the beauty of the line. It was then 69 I noticed Mr.Wang appeared to have a healthy body. I wondered if practicing calligraphy kept him so fit. Whether that is true, one thing is certain; as Mr.Wang put 70 , “Only do one thing and do it well-thats the secret to success”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）下面短文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(), 并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。My family took an amazed trip to the northwest last summer. At the first ,we flew to Lanzhou but then visited the famous Iron Bridge there.We also tasted Lanzhou beef noodles, which were the most delicious noodles I had never had. Two days late， we went to the Mogao caves on the Silk Road. That impressed me most was the fantastic wall paintings. Finally，we reach our final destination，the Qinghai Lake，surrounded by mountains. The scenery was unbelievable beautiful. We found volunteers collecting rubbishes along the bank and we joined them too. Only then I realize we could make a difference to our environment.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假如你是李华，你校将举行高中生中华古诗词大赛。留学生Alice一直对中国文化和诗歌感兴趣，请你写信告知她这个消息，并邀请她一起参加。内容如下：1.比赛时间和地点：下周五下午三点，学校学术报告厅。2.比赛的目的和意义。3.邀请她参加。注意: 1. 词数100左右;2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。3.中华古诗词大赛Chinese Ancient Poetry Contest学术报告厅Lecture HallDear Alice,Im Lihua._Yours，Lihua 赤峰二中2