江西省南昌市实验中学2020学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题

江西省南昌市实验中学2020学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 would the woman like to eat?A. Eggs.B. Toast.C. Pancakes.2. What is Lindas seat number?A. No.8, Row 3.B. No.13, Row 3.C. No.14, Row 3.3. How much will the man give the woman as a tip?A. $9.B. $1.C. $10.4. Which kind of jacket does the woman have?A. Size 40 in brown.B. Size 40 in green.C. Size 40 in black.5. Who is living in San Francisco?A. The womans uncle.B. The mans brother.C. The womans brother.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who really likes to read novels?A. Jim.B. Linda. C. Jack.7. What do the speakers both like?A. Newspapers.B. Essays.C. Poems.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Friends.C. Customer and saleswoman.9. Why does the man want to buy flowers for his mother?A. His mother is ill.B. His mothers birthday is coming.C. His mother likes cut flowers.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why did the woman go to Australia last month?A. On holiday.B. On business.C. For studies.11. Where did the woman see the koalas and kangaroos?A. On Sydney Harbour Bridge.B. In the zoo.C. On the beaches.12. Which city didnt the woman go to?A. Canberra.B. Sydney.C. Perth.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How does the mans mother cook fish?A. She fries it.B. She boils it.C. She doesnt cook it at all.14. What will the speakers do this Sunday?A. Fry some sausages.B. Fry some potatoes.C. Fry some chicken.15. What will the womans mother do this Sunday?A. Cook fried food.B. Go shopping.C. Go to the park.16. What is the man afraid of?A. Becoming unhealthy.B. Becoming fat.C. His mom being angry.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many ski resorts are there near the speakers hometown?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.18. When did the speaker buy her basic equipment?A. Last week. B. Last month.C. Last year.19. Which ski resort does the speaker usually go to?A. The nearest ski resort.B. The best ski resort.C. The cheapest ski resort.20. Which runs does the speaker usually ski on?A. The runs for beginning skiers.B. The runs for intermediate skiers.C. The runs for expert skiers.第二部分 阅读理解 ( 满分40分)AGetting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey(调查) by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early. Last year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age. Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! Adults need about eight hours. For most school-age children, ten hours is ideal(理想的). But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10- to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours. And guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime? Watch TV.“More children are going to bed with TVs on, and there are more opportunities(机会) to stay awake, with more homework, the Internet and the phone,” says Dr. Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical School. She says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep. Other experts say part of the problem is chemical. Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used to. Three years ago, schools in Edina, Minnesota, changed the start time from 7:25 am to 8:30 am. Students, parents and teachers are pleased with the results.21. What is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on?A. American kids sleeping habits. B. Teenagers sleep-related diseases.C. Activities to prevent sleeplessness. D. Learning problems and lack of sleep.22. How many hours of sleep do 11-year-olds need every day?A. 7 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 10 hours. D. 18 hours.23. Why do teenagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon?A. They are affected by certain body chemicals.B. They tend to do things that excite them.C. They follow their parents examples.D. They dont need to go to school early.BBenjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days , a brush was made from camels hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged （蓬乱）. His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.The cats lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamins cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamins drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings（版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen. In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr. Pennington returned for another visit .He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamins parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit. In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape (风景) painting. Williams, a well-known painter, came to see him work . Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home .The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, having been a poor student. But he later said,” Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.” While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.24. What is the text mainly about?A. Benjamins visit to Philadelphia.B. Williams influence on Benjamin.C. The beginning of Benjamins life as an artist.D. The friendship between Benjamin and Pennington.25. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?A. The cat would be closely watched.B. The cat would get some medical care.C. Benjamin would leave his home shortly.D. Benjamin would have real brushes soon.26. What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?A. He took him to see painting exhibitions.B. He provided him with painting materials.C. He sent him to a school in Philadelphia.D. He taught him how to make engravings.27. Williams two books helped Benjamin to _.A. master the use of paintsB. appreciate landscape paintingsC. get to know other paintersD. make up his mind to be a painterCSamsung has given the public a first look at its new foldable (可折叠的) smartphone. The South Korea-based technology company first announced plans to build a fully foldable phone five years ago. The phone is designed to fold open to be as big as a small tablet. It can also perform some operations of a tablet. When folded closed, the phone looks and works like a normal smartphone.Justin Denison is Samsungs vice president of mobile product marketing. He showed the phone, which he said marked a major breakthrough in future smartphone technology. He said Samsung had to invent new materials and methods and “completely re-imagine the display.” And one of the biggest difficulties was finding a material that was flexible(灵活的), but also strong enough to support repeated folding and unfolding of the phone.Denison said the phone will permit users to keep up to three apps open at one time. With normal-size smartphones, users have to keep changing between apps.“We have been living in a world where the size of a screen could only be as large as the phone itself,” Denison said.Technology experts see the new foldable design as a way to get users to buy a new smartphone seen as a revolutionary(革命者). More people are deciding to hold onto smartphones longer because the latest phones do not offer major improvements and can be very costly. This behavior is one reason for a steady decrease in worldwide smartphone sales over the past year.Research company IDC reported smartphone sales fell by 4 percent during the 12-month period ending in September 2020. Samsung, the worlds leading seller of smartphones, suffered a 7 percent drop during the period, IDC said. It remains to be seen whether foldable phones will become popular quickly. The phones are expected to cost more than US$1,000.28. Which of the following descriptions is true about the foldable phone?A. It was designed by Justin Denison five years ago.B. It looks like a normal-size smartphone when folded open.C. It allows users to keep up to three apps open at one time.D. It is expected to cost at most US$1,000.29. What is the difficulty in making the foldable phone mentioned in the text?A. To find new methods to reduce costs.B. To display the phone to the public.C. To find skills to keep changing between apps.D. To invent new materials to make it.30. Why are smartphone sales declining, according to the text?A. The quality of smartphones is getting better and better.B. New smartphones dont have major improvements and can be expensive.C. The new designs of smartphones are not popular with the public.D. The foldable phone is not for sale yet.31. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. Samsung Shows Off New Foldable PhoneB. Foldable Phone Has Been a Huge SuccessC. Samsung Announces Plans to Make Foldable PhoneD. Foldable Phone Will Become Popular QuicklyDAfter years of heated debate, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and transported to the park. By last year, the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170 wolves.Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental United States, but they were gradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area. They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around.The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpected results. Deer and elk populations major food sources (来源) for the wolf grew rapidly. These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation (植被), which reduced plant diversity in the park. In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly. The coyotes killed a large percentage of the park s red foxes, and completely drove away the park s beavers.As early as 1966, biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park. They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems. Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets. The government spent nearly 30 years coming up with a plan to reintroduce the wolvers. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf packs in Yellowstone. Today, the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone. Elk, deer, and coyote populations are down, while beavers and red fores have made a comeback. The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.32. What is the text mainly about?A. Wildlife research in the United States.B. Plant diversity in the Yellowstone area.C. The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.D. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park.33. What does the underlined word “displaced” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Tested. B. Separated. C. Forced out. D. Tracked down.34. What did the disappearance of gray wolves bring about？A. Damage to local ecology. B. A decline in the parks income.C. Preservation of vegetation. D. An increase in the variety of animals.35. What is the authors attitude towards the Yellowstone wolf project？A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Disapproving. D. Uncaring.EHow to Overcome ShameEveryone knows that shame makes people feel unworthy. Here are some ways to help you better deal with shame in the future.Know how shame is holding you back. Shame is a strong emotion that can make you believe you are unworthy. 36 Recognize the story youve been telling yourself so that you can figure out how to change it. For example, when you fail to connect with others, you might tell yourself “Im unlikable” or “People find me boring.”37 You will probably find that telling your story frees you from the feeling of shame. If you dont feel comfortable sharing your story, consider writing a diary or blogging about it. You dont have to publish your story or share it with anyone else, but this process does help you get everything out.Try something new to build self-esteem (自尊). 38 Taking a risk and challenging yourself in a new way can help you break out of that zone. This can be something really big or small its up to you. Sign up for a foreign language course, go back to school, take up a hobby, or join a club or organization. 39Help someone to feel useful. Shame ensures that you focus on yourself. 40 Spend some time doing voluntary activities, donate to charity, or simply lend a hand to a neighbor or friend in need.A. Speak to yourself like you would speak to a friend.B. It shuts you down, holds you back, and separates you from others.C. But you can overcome it by focusing on others.D. Shame can keep you trapped in your comfort zone.E. Share your story if you want to.F. Break it down into several steps and take action towards it daily.G. Small challenges could be speaking to a stranger or reading a new book.第三部分 语言知识运用第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the gradual destruction of our environment Brown clouds； wildlife 41 ； polluted water These (42) all seem so huge So my family does what we can We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags We walk where we dont have to (43) But does it do any good？I recently learned something about flamingos（火烈鸟）These beautiful birds gather in (44) groups of a thousand or more Every year， when the time (45) for migration， a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake But (46) of the others seem to notice， so the tiny group returnsHowever， the next day they (47) again This time a few more struggle along with them， but the vast majority still (48) no attention， so these pioneers come backThe (49) continues for several more days Every time a few more birds join in but， (50) the thousands of others still take no (51) ，the great migration plan is once again (52) Then one day something (53) The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in， just as before And this time their total number， though still quite (54) ， is enough to tip the balance As one， the whole group takes flight and the migration (55) What a (56) sight it must be - thousands of flamingos taking to the sky at once!A few can make a (57) Its true that all of the great problems of the world have been solved because of the (58) efforts of a fewIf you believe in a cause （事业）， dont (59) ! Others will someday take notice and together we will (60) even our greatest problems41 A. protectionB. extinctionC. migrationD. separation42 A. questionsB. costsC. examplesD. problems43 A. driveB. runC. cycleD. stand44A. tinyB. differentC. hugeD. similar45 A. comesB. passesC. variesD. moves46 A. allB. anyC. noneD. most47 A. gatherB. tryC. singD. appear48 A. attractB. requireC. escapeD. pay49 A. planB. trendC. activityD. movement50 A. sinceB. thoughC. unlessD. while51 A. responsibilityB. noticeC. chanceD. measure52 A. put offB. cut offC. carried outD. worked out53 A. approachesB. worksC. changesD. disappears54 A. significantB. reasonableC. adequateD. small55 A. continuesB. delaysC. finishesD. begins56 A. familiarB. strangeC. magnificentD. unrealistic57 A. pointB. decisionC. differenceD. mistake58 A. uselessB. tirelessC. extraD. special59 A. give upB. give inC. give awayD. give out60 A. identifyB. understandC. predictD. solve第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）A Dutch cheese maker attempted to copyright (获得版权) its cream cheese. However, it was rejected by the European Unions highest court. The result means that 61. _ person or company cannot own the taste of food and prevent others from 62._ (copy) it.Dutch company Levola Hengelo 63. _ (argue) that cheese maker Smilde copied its product with another cheese. So Levola took its 64. _ (compete) to court. The company said Smildes cheese was a copy of 65. _ (it) product and went against its copyright of the cheeses taste.The Dutch court asked for guidance from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The ECJ judges said, “The taste of a food product is no