广东省罗定艺术高级中学2020学年高二英语3月月考试题

广东省罗定艺术高级中学2020学年高二英语3月月考试题 学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一选择题（共20小题）1He argued smoking， and insisted that it was argument that smoking was harmful to health（）Afor； beyondBagainst； overCfor； overDagainst； beyond2Email，as well as telephones， an important part in daily communication（）Ais playingBhave playedCwas playingDplay3Though having lived abroad for years，many Chinese still _ the traditional customs（）AperformBpossessCobserveDsupport4Having been ill in bed for nearly a month，he had a hard time in _the exam（）ApassBto passCpassedDpassing5We have decided to go for a picnic tomorrow，DickAre you going with us？Well，_ you are going，so will I（）AwhenBsinceCifDwhile6John is the tallest boy in the class，_ according to himself（）A5 feet 8 as tall asBas tall as 5 feet 8Cas 5 feet 8 tall asDas tall 5 feet 8 as7The discovery of new evidence led to （）Athe thief having caughtBcatch the thiefCthe thief being caughtDthe thief to be caught8Sorry Im lateI _ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again（）AmightBshouldCcanDwill9Just be patientYou expect the world to change so soon（）AcantBneedntCmay notDwill not10Scientists are convinced _ the positive effect of laughter _ physical and mental health（）Aof； atBby； inCof； onDon； at11Why did she spend so much time searching shop after shop for a blouse？Oh，she was very _about her clothes（）AcrazyBcuriousCparticularDcareful12Finding her car stolen， _（）Aa policeman was asked to helpBthe area was searched carefullyCit was looked for everywhereDshe hurried to a policeman for help13Have you moved into the new house？Not yet， the rooms （）Aare being paintingBare paintingCare paintedDare being painted14Eating too much fat can _ heart disease and cause high blood pressure（）Aresult fromBcontribute toCattend toDdevote to15Amie Salmon，disabled，is attended throughout her school days by a nurse _to guard her（）Ato appointBappointingCappointedDhaving appointed16When the group discussion is nearing its end，make sure to _ it with important points（）AconcludeBleadCavoidDhold17They argued_the matter the whole day and at last they agreed_the date for the next meeting（）Awith；withBon；onCabout；onDover；over18The southern part of Ireland was unwilling and _ to form its own government（）Abroke downBbroke outCbroke awayDbroke up19Any help from you will be greatly appreciatedPlease give me a reply at your earliest _（）AinterruptionBinstructionCconsiderationDconvenience20The living room is clean and tidy，with a dining table already _ for a meal to be cooked（）AlaidBlayingCto layDbeing laid二完形填空（共1小题）21The tourist bus winded its way into a mountainous areaIt was（1） to make a turn when two passengersa（2） of young loverswere so attracted by the beautiful scenery that they（3） a stop to get downThey were left behind and the bus went（4） Suddenly they heard a loud boom（5） of the roadIt was a huge rock rolling down in the landslide that hit the bus and fell with it into a deep valleyThe lovers were greatly（6） by the news that no passengers on board（7） When they calmed down they（8） and expressed their feelings in a few wordsThe above story was told by a guide when we were riding a tourist（9） to a scenic mountainHe asked us to guess what the lovers said immediately after the disaster that they had（10） escapedOften we read reports about traffic accidents，among which there were（11） ones who missed the bus and（12） the disasterThose people usually said with a sigh of（13） Fortunately I was not on boardOn our bus the passengers（14） to the guide were variousBut the answer was quite out of our expectationIf we hadnt got down and（15） the bus，it would have（16） the dangerous spot and all the passengers would have survivedThe story passed from person to person as a sort of wit （智慧） test，but I think（17） It actually serves as a（n）（18） of a persons mindI pay my heartfelt respect to the couple who，instead of feeling lucky，（19） themselves for causing the loss of livesPeople all have heart for（20） ，but it is often a flashing thought across ones mind that decides wether it is good or evil （邪恶的）（1）AreadyBtimeCaskedDabout（2）AcoupleBgroupCpartyDrow（3）Agot toBcalled forCcaught sight ofDlooked for（4）AawayBinConDby（5）AalongBaheadCacrossDopposite（6）AshockedBscaredCmovedDconfused（7）AdiedBsavedCsurvivedDwitnessed（8）AshoutedBscreamedCfoughtDsighed（9）AcarBbikeCroadDbus（10）AimmediatelyBevenConlyDever（11）AlazyBselfishCluckyDstrange（12）AmissedBavoidedCcausedDremarked（13）AsorrowBinnocenceCreliefDregret（14）AemotionsBexpressionsCrepliesDattitudes（15）AcaughtBdelayedCmissedDtook（16）AseenBpassedCjumpedDoverlooked（17）AotherwiseBmoreCwhateverDseriously（18）AexaminationBchangeCqualityDstate（19）AthoughtBblamedCenjoyedDhelped（20）AhappinessBexcuseChonorDmercy三阅读理解（共5小题）22London UndergroundThe worlds first subway was built in London in 1863At the time，the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems in the city of LondonThe poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that it was almost impossible for horse carriages to get throughThe city officials were interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each dayIf people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to go to and from work，they would relocate their homes outside of the cityThis would help ease（减轻） the pressure of too many people living in the poor parts of LondonFrom these problems，the idea of the London Underground，the first subway system，was bornThe plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays，but the fast track was finally opened in January 1863A steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers （3.7 miles） longAbout 30，000 people got on the subway the first dayRiders were treated to comfortable seats （standing up while the train was moving was not allowed），and pleasant decorations inside each of the carsHowever，the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot（煤灰），as well as chemical gasesFans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breatheEven with its problems，riding in the Underground did catch onIt carried 9 million riders in its first year（1）What led the British government to build the London Underground？ ATraffic jams and pollutionBPopulation and pollutionCOvercrowding and traffic jamsDThe poverty and subway problems（2）How did the London Underground solve the smoke problem？ AIt made the tunnels largerBIt put fans in the tunnelsCIt cleaned the chemical gases in the tunnelsDIt reduced the number of passengers riding in the train（3）The underlined phrasecatch onmost probably means Abe troublesomeBbecome popular and fashionableCkeep up withDseize（4）Which of the following is TRUE？ ATo relocate the workershomes outside London，the government built the subwayBThere were so many problems and delays that in 18th century the first subway openedCThe subway greatly eased the pressure of trafficDThere were not enough seats for the passengers the first day the subway opened23Dont talk to me； Im busy with my iPhoneRiding a London subway，a person from China will notice one major difference：in London，people do not look at each otherIn fact，eye contact is avoided at all timesThats not rudenesspeople are just too busy to bother lookingBusy doing what，you ask？Well，theyre certainly not using the time for a moment of quiet reflection，nor are they reading a bookNew technology has replaced quiet habitsToday the only acceptable form of book on the London underground is an ebookApple must earn a fortune from London commuters（乘车上下班的人）Since the launch of the iPhone in 2020，over 40，000yes，thats 40，000apps（programs downloaded for the iPhone） have been designedCommuters love them because they are the perfect timefillersOneapp，called iShoot，is a game that features tanksAnother one，Tube Exits，tells passengers where to sit on the train to be closest to the exit of their destinationISteam clouds the iPhone screen when you breathe into the microphoneYou can then write in thesteamon your phone screenFor those without an iPhone，another Apple product，the iPod，may be another choiceIts not just teenagers whoplug into their musiciPods are a popular way to pass the time for all agesAnd if games，ebooks and music arent enough to keep you occupiedThen perhaps you would prefer a filmThe development of palm DVD technology means many commuters watch their favorite TV show or film on the way to workWith all this entertainments，its amazing that people still remember to get off the train（1）People in London do not make eye contact on the subway because they are busy Agoing to workBreading booksCthinking private thingsDplaying games，reading ebooks，listening to music or watching films（2）Those who like war games can download to their iPhonesAiShootBTube ExitsCISteamDiPod（3）The underlined wordoccupiedin the last paragraph probably means AdelightedBbusyCamusedDcontrolled（4）The article tells us that ALondon commuters are unfriendly to strangersBApple has earned a lo of money from selling 40，000 iPhonesCtechnology is changing the way London commuters spend their traveling timeDwith all the new timefillers，London commuters often forget to get off the train24As kids， my three brothers and I fought over the normal things： baseball， board games， baths But our sibling rivalry（兄弟间争斗）reached a fever point at the dinner table Who got the largest hamburger？ Who finished the eating fast enough to get seconds？ Who got the biggest slice of pie？Our mother cut the portions so equally that it would have taken a micrometer to tell them apart， but her efforts were in vain Whether longing for the last hot dog， snatching an extra piece of crispy skin from the roast chicken， or writing who had the most cherries in his fruit cocktail， each of us struggled， constantly， to get his fair shareBut for adults， mealtime strategies practiced in childhood have occasionally led to trouble When my older brother， Harry， traveling in India， was stricken with a mysterious disease and lost 14 kilos， he took something he found on the street as a halfeaten chicken and quickly put it into his mouth before someone else got it Our younger brothers， Ned and Mark， hilled up their food in allyoucaneat Chinese buffets from childhood fears that thered be nothing left on the serving plate I once was watching man oeuvres（军事演习） performed on me while swallowing fistsized prawns（对虾）Some believe that siblings who express rivalry during their youth end up more closely bonded in adulthood than siblings who experienced no rivalry At our family dinners these days， my brothers and I tend toward harmony We still eat as if we were in a race， but there is no fighting for chicken skin， no wrestling over the last piece of pie This may be because we four brothers are likely to be the ones cooking Not only do we love working in the kitchen together， but this way we can also make sure there will be more than enough food for us all（1）Although the mother cut the portions equally， siblings the childhood may Adidnt get their fair shareBstill wanted a whole chickenCdidnt think its necessaryDdidnt stop struggling for their food（2）The third paragraph mainly tells us the habit formed in Alead to successBcause problemsCdestroy a personDbring a bright future（3）What does the author think of the sibling rivalry？ AIt breaks up the brothersBIt benefits the brotherhoodCThey can get more foodDThey can improve cooking skills（4）What can we learn from the passage？ AMore children mean more problemsBHunger education makes children braveCEverything has its advantage and disadvantageDMothers are to blame for childrens behavior25California Condors Shocking RecoveryCalifornia condors are North Americas largest birds， with windlength of up to 3meters In the 1980s， electrical lines an d lead poisoning（铅中毒） nearly drove them to dying out Now， electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birdsIn the late 1980s， the last few condors were taken from the wild， and there are now more than 150flying over California and nearby Arizona， Utah and Baja in MexicoElectrical lines have been killing them off As they go in to rest for the night， they just dont see the power lines， says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo Their wings can bridge the gap between lines， resulting in electrocution（电死） if they touch two lines at onceSo scientists have come up with a shocking idea Tall poles， placed in large training areas， teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock Before the training was introduced， 66% of setfreed condors died of electrocution This has now dropped to 18%Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead， they absorb large quantities of lead This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds， and can lead to kidney（肾） failures and death So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo， where they are treated with calcium EDTA， a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days This work is starting to pay off The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2020Rideouts team thinks that the California condors average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years Although these measures are not effective forever， they are vital for now， he says They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them （1）California condors attract researchers interest because they A are active at nightB had to be bred in the wildC are found only in CaliforniaD almost died out in the 1980s（2）Researchers have found electrical lines are A blocking condors journey homeB big killers of California condorsC rest places for condors at nightD used to keep condors away（3）According to Paragraph 5， lead poisoning A makes condors too nervous to flyB has little effect on condors kidneysC can hardly be gotten rid of form condors bloodD makes it different for condors to produce baby birds（4）The passage shows that A the average survival time of condors is satisfactoryB Rideouts research interest lies in electric engineeringC the efforts to protect condors have brought good resultsD researchers have found the final answers to the problem26Surviving Hurricane Sandy（飓风桑迪）Natalie Doan，14， has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway， New York Living just a few blocks from the beach， Natalie can see the ocean and hear the wave from her house Its the ocean that makes Rockaway so special， she saysOn October 29， 2020， that ocean turned fierce That night， Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast， and Rockaway was hit especially hard Fortunately， Natalies family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the citys bridge closedWhen they returned to Rockaway the next day， they found their neighborhood in ruins Many of Natalies friends had lost their homes and were living far away All around her， people were suffering， especially the elderly Natalies school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in BrooklynIn the following few days， the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless highrise buildingsMy mom tells me that I cant control what happens to me， Natalie says but I can always choose how I deal with itNatalies choice was to helpShe created a website page matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help Natalie posted introduction about a boy named Patrick， who lost his baseball card collecting when his house burned down Within days， Patricks collection was replacedIn the coming months， her website page helped lots of kids： Christopher， who received a new basketball； Charlie， who got a new keyboard Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring muchneed supplies to Rockaway Her efforts made her a famous person Last April， she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of ChangeToday， the scars（创痕）of destruction are still seen in Rockaway， but hope is in the air The streets are clear， and many homes have been rebuilt I cant imagine living anywhere but Rockaway， Natalie declares My neighborhood will be back， even stronger than before（1）When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane ，she found Asome friends had lost their livesBher neighbor