江西省宜春市万载县第二中学2020学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（无答案）

江西省宜春市万载县第二中学2020学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（无答案）第一部分 听力 （共两小节，满分30分）（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）Where did the woman go?A. The office B. The doctors C. The railway station.2. What does the man suggest doing?A. Repairing the car. B. Going to the gas station. C. Getting a ride with somebody.3. What does the man mean?A. Baseball s the most boring sport.B. Baseball is more interesting than any other sport.C. Baseball is his favorite sport.4. What does the man do?A. A waiter B. A teacher C. A salesman5. Who has the stapler(订书机)?A. The woman B. The man C. Somebody else.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. How long has the man been in China?A. One week B. Two months C. Two years7. When will the speakers have dinner together?A. On Friday B. On Saturday C. On Sunday听第7段材料，回答第8至9题8. Who will come to the airport to meet the woman?A. The Managing Director B. Her doctor C. The secretary9. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends B. Boss and secretary C. Husband and wife听第八段材料，回答第10至12小题10. What topic do the speakers discuss?A. Learning a foreign language b. The learning material C. The pronunciation11. What does the woman think of the Spanish course?A. Easy B. Difficult C. Just so-so12. What advice does the man give to the woman?A. To catch the speakers every wordB. To find out the key wordsC. To ask for repetition.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13. Why does the woman come to see the man?A. To return a book B. To invite the man for dinner C. To ask for help14. How is the book according to the woman?A. Boring B. Interesting C. Just so-so15. Where does the conversation take place probably?A. In the library B. At the door C. In the shop16. What will the woman do next?A. Talk with the man B. Give the man a lift C. Buy some food听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. What did Susan Sontag write in her books?A. Poetry B. Essays D. Dramas18. How many languages have Susan Sontags works been translated into?A. 17 B. 20 C. 3219. Why was Susan Sontag different from other social critics?A. She has never appeared on TV B. She appeared in films C. She wrote many love stories20. What do we know about Susan Sontag?A. She was considered one of the most influential liberal thinkersB. She was a common social intellectualC. She set up 15000 libraries.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）AJudging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behaviour agree that there is virtually an epidemic （流行病）of sleepiness in the nation. “I cant think of a single study that hasnt found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest.The beginning of our sleep-deficit (lack）crises can be traced back to the invention of the light bulb(灯泡) a century ago. From diary entries and our personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9. 5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7. 5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat in their sleep, and they dont even realize theyre doing it,” says Dr. David. “They think theyre okey because they can get by on 6. 5 hours, when they really need 7. 5-8 or even more to feel ideally energetic. ”Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researches say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community increase, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on their program. “In our society, youre considered dynamic(精力充沛的) if you say you need only 5. 5 hours sleep. If youve got to get 8. 5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition. ”To determine the consequences of sleep-deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. “Weve found that if youre in sleep deficit, performance suffers,” says Dr. David. “Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate. ”21. What is the main topic of the passage?A. Research on the causes and consequences of sleep-deficit.B. The epidemic of sleepiness in the modern times.C. The history of peoples sleeping patterns.D. The minimum of our sleeping hours.22. People in the 18th and 19th centuries slept about 9. 5 hours a night because _.A. they were forced by their parents to do soB. they knew what was best for their healthC. they had no electricityD. they were not so dynamic and ambitious as modern people are23. What does the word “subjects” in paragraph 4 mean?A. Person or thing that is being discussed or described.B. Branch of knowledge studied in a school.C. Person or thing being treated in a certain way or being experimented on.D. Any member of a State apart from the supreme ruler.BSongs that make our hearts happy can make them stronger too, US researchers reported on Tuesday.They found that when people listened to their favorite music, their blood vessels（血管）dilated in much the same way as when they are laughing, or taking blood medications. We have a pretty impressive effect, said Dr Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology（心脏病学）at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Blood vessel diameter（直径） improved, he said. The vessel opened up pretty significantly. You can see the vessels opening up with other activities such as exercise. A similar effect is seen with drugs such as statins（他丁类降脂药）.When blood vessels open up more, blood flows more smoothly and is less likely to form the clots（凝块）that cause heart attacks and strokes（中风）. We are not saying to stop your statins or not to exercise but rather to add this to an overall program of heart health, said Miller, who presented his findings to a meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.Millers team tested 10 healthy, non-smoking men and women, who were told to bring their favorite music. They spent half an hour listening to the recordings and half an hour listening to music they said made them feel anxious while the researchers did ultrasound tests designed to show blood vessel function.Compared to their normal baseline measurements, blood vessel diameter increased 26 percent on average when the volunteers heard their joyful music. Listening to music they dislikedin most cases in this group heavy metalblood vessels narrowed by six percent, Miller said.Miller said he came up with the idea after discovering that laughter caused blood to literally flow more smoothly. I asked myself what other things make us feel real good, besides calories from dark chocolate of course. Music came to mind. . . . It makes me feel really good, he said.Most of the volunteers chose country music but Miller said the style is not so important rather than what pleases each individual.24. The underlined word dilate（in paragraph 2）is closest in meaning to “_”.A. widen B. move C. change D. increase25. According to the passage, which of the following will NOT cause blood vessels to open up?A. Taking exercise. B. Listening to unpleasant music.C. Bursting into laughter. D. Taking drugs like statins.26. What is the passage possibly taken out from?A. A scientific journal. B. A school textbook.C. A science fiction magazine. D. A local newspaper.27. Whats the best title of the passage?A. Research into Blood Vessel B. Music and Heart AttackC. Music and Happiness D. Pleasant Music CuresCCertain animals and plants develop characteristics that help them deal with their environment better than others of their kind. This natural biological process is called adaptation. Among the superior characteristics developed through adaptation are those that may help in getting food or shelter, in providing protection, and in producing and protecting the young. That results in the gradual development of more and more organisms（small living things）that are better fitted to their environments.Each living thing is adapted to its way of life in a general way, but each is adapted especially to its own distinct class (kind ) . A plant, for example, depends upon its roots to fix itself firmly and to absorb water and inorganic chemicals (无机化学物). It depends upon its green leaves for using the suns energy to make food from inorganic chemicals. These are general adaptations, common to most plants. In addition, there are special adaptations that only certain kinds of plants have.Many animals have adaptations that help them escape from their enemies. Some insects are hidden by their body color or shape, and many look like a leaf or a little branch. The coats of deer are colored to mix with the surroundings. Many animals have the ability to remain completely still when an enemy is near.Organisms have a great variety of ways of adapting. They may adapt in their structure, function, and genetics; in their development and production of the young; and in other respects. An organism may create its won environment, as do warm-blooded mammals, which have the ability to adjust body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather. Usually adaptations are an advantage, but sometimes an organism is so well adapted to a particular environment that, if conditions change, it finds it difficult or impossible to readapt to the new conditions.28. Some plants and animals develop superior characteristics so that they may .A. help others of their kind get food, shelter and other things neededB. survive even in extremely severe conditionsC. become better adapted to the environments than others of their kindD. result in the evolution and production of more intelligent organisms29. In the first paragraph, the word environments could best be replaced by .A. contexts B. surroundings C. neighbours D. enemies30. It can be inferred from this passage that the feathers of a bird are colored .A. to frighten its enemies. B. to attract its enemiesC. to adjust its body heat D. to match its environment31. Which of the following is not directly mentioned?A. A living thing may adapt in its structure.B. An organism may adapt in its function.C. A living creature may adapt in its genetic makeup.D. A living organism may adapt in its sleeping habit.DScores of people queued up to use a cash machine after it started giving out double money requested.The cash machine, outside a Sainsburys store in Barham Road, Hull, attracted a big crowd hoping to take advantage of the fault, on Tuesday night. Police officers were eventually sent to guard the machine and prevent more money from being taken out. The fault is thought to have affected cash machines at supermarkets across the city. It is not yet known whether the customers will have to repay the cash or how much money was taken out.A spokeswoman for Humberside Police said, “Officers were sent out and an attempt was made to contact the owners of the machine and officers remained at the scene to prevent more people from taking more money out. ” The spokeswoman said those who benefited from the fault could be traced and face theft charges, but investigations would only take place if the operator made an complaint.The cash machine is owned by a company called Payzone, a spokesman later confirmed. He said the fault was due to the machine being filled with the wrong denomination（面值）of notes. An investigation was under way into the incident and the machine had been taken out of service, he added.The Payzone spokesman said, “The cash in Transit Company which is contracted to service this ATM has filled it up with the wrong denomination of notes, which means it is paying out double. ” He could not say how much money had been taken out of the machine, or whether it would have to be paid back. It was understood that a number of cash machines owned by other companies had also been affected by this problem in Hull, he added.32. When people found the cash machine outside a Sainsburys store broke down, _.A. they queued up to check their own money.B. they asked the police to protect the cash machineC. they waited outside the store for the generous cash machineD. they took out money from the other cash machines33. People who got illegal money would face theft charges if_.A. the police traced their theftB. the police contacted the owners of the machineC. they got more money after the police cameD. the operator complained to the police34. Which situation probably caused the cash machines fault?A. The largest denomination put into the machine was the one hundred-dollar bill.B. Notes of larger denomination were put into the machine instead of the required ones.C. Notes of new denomination were issued by the bank.D. Notes put into the machine included different denomination.35. What is the best title for the passage?A. Greedy customersB. Cash machine gives double moneyC. Who is the owner of the cash machineD. How to get more money from ATM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。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Housing ProblemWith high speed rising of houses, it is difficult for wage-earners to afford an apartment. Recently, the housing problem has widespread commented by people. 36 On the one hand, land agents create smoke screens(假象) of lacking houses so as to raise the housing price. 37 They can loan from the banks to afford houses. And later they have to pay back gradually. What they have done stimulates estate business(房地产) fierce competition and results in increasing prices of houses.Facing with the housing problem, most people believe that, for their limited income, to purchase a house, the family members have to spend a whole life to save money for a house. It is beyond their consideration at all, so they have to live in a small house with a big family and it is very common in big cities that several generations live together. 38 Because their children have reached the age of marriage, so they need a house urgently._39 Then how to solve the housing problem in big cities? Government should place emphasis on the development of housing problems, such as build more cheap rooms or cap rooms for the poor. _40 Only by doing this can housing problems be eased and only through governments effective supervision do many people have chances to consider it in a new way according to their own abilities.On the other hand, now people in growing numbers are beginning to realize pre-consuming.People are too eager to buy a large house.In addition, exercise macro-control(宏观调控) positively for it.All in all, the housing problem now has become a social problem.Many parents are worried about the housing problem.Most people cant afford it.But what causes the price of houses to rise so fast?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。Living in a house makes it a home. So leaving a place we have lived in and going to another place we havent can be a little 41 . In fact, experts say that 42 is one of the top stresses we can experience in life. If you have a friend who is moving house, help make that 43 a little easier; help him or her make their new house “homey” by44 a house-warming(乔迁宴) party.Decide if this party will be a casual group of a few friends who 45 with food and offer to help, or if this will be a(n) 46 party with invitations and a gift registry(登记处). Is your friend going to be 47 if his or her new house isnt perfect when the guests ring the doorbell? If so, you will 48 want to plan the party ahead of time. Pick a date, send out invitations and list some items the 49 may need. If your friend wants to keep it more casual, invite guests by phone, telling them it is a(n) 50 party. And you need to prepare some 51 for unannounced guests.If this is a 52 community for the homeowner, help him or her get used to it. Why not invite your friends new neighbors or a few members of their school family to the 53 ? This may break the ice and bring your friend more 54 . It is a great opportunity for your friend to develop relationships with the community members. 55 you help buy things for the party from local stores, write addresses and prices on a card for your friend to 56 after the party is over.57 after the gathering ends. Moving is hard work. Your friend may be 58 , and the last thing he or she will want to do is wake up to an after-party mess. Make sure the house is 59 before you leave. Your friend will 60 you for it!41. A. shameful B. stressful C. confusing D. disappointing42. A. failure B. disease C. flying D. moving43. A. decision B. choice C. journey D. change44. A. holding B. attending C. enjoying D. supporting45. A. show up B. show off C. work out D. start out46. A. expanded B. planned C. promised D. controlled47. A. excited B. serious C. calm D. upset48. A. finally B. certainly C. usually D.