湖北省宜昌市长阳县第一高级中学2020学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（无答案）

湖北省宜昌市长阳县第一高级中学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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In an office.B. In a library.C. In a bookstore.2. Where did the speakers plan to go?A. A shopping center.B. An opera house.C. The parking lot.3. Which aspect of the film does the woman like?A. The plot.B. The music.C. The dialogue.4. What do we know about the womans jacket?A. It is sold at a lower price. B. Its color is her favorite. C. It is her sisters size.5. What does the woman imply?A. The man is so forgetful. B. The man is too careless. C. The man is over confident.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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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. What makes the man so tired?A. Playing games.B. Surfing the Internet. C. Searching for interesting people.7. Whom did the man chat with?A. People from Canada. B. People in need of his help. C. People on the same project.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the law forbid people to do?A. To take dogs to parks.B. To walk dogs in the streets. C. To treat dogs cruelly.9. What do we know from what the woman said?A. Dogs should be kept at home.B. Building a dog park is necessary.C. People would remove the dog waste.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. According to the man, what did he do before he watched TV?A. He washed his hands.B. He had his supper.C. He took a path.11. What place had the man been to the night before?A. James Street.B. A restaurant.C. A friends home.12. What does the man try to do in the conversation?A. To prove the truth.B. To find the truth.C. To hide the truth.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why did the son come back late?A. He hurt his hands and knees.B. He went to a pub with Linda.C. He waited a long time for the bus.14. What was the old lady doing in the middle of the road?A. Looking for something. B. Struggling to sand up. C. Trying to seek help.15. What happened to Linda?A. She was fired. B. She got injured.C. She had an accident.16. Where was the witness?A. Outside the pub.B. At a bus stop.C. In his car.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whats the problem of some of the university students?A. They dont spend all their time on studies.B. They dont know what to do with their free time.C. They dont have choices for outside class activities.18. How is the students high school life?A. Controlled and busy.B. Regular and colorful. C. Active and independent.19. According to the speaker, what is the role of outside class activities at university?A. To make students healthier.B. To improve students test scores.C. To enrich students experience.20. What does the speaker advise his students to do?A. Learn to enjoy themselves.B. Learn to be their own masters.C. Learn to develop their potential.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题两分，满分30 分）阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。AI was a single parent of four small children. Money was always tight.It was Christmas, and although there wasnt money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with parties and friends, drives downtown to see Christmas lights, special dinners, and by decorating our home. But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping at the mall. I have saved $120 for presents to be shared by all five of us.The big day arrived and we started out early. I gave each of the four kids a twenty-dollar bill and reminded them to look for gifts about four dollars each.Back in the car driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, but my younger daughter, Ginger, was unusually quiet. I noticed she had only one small, flat bag with her. I could see enough through the plastic bag to tell that she had bought candy bars- fifty-cent candy bars! What did she do with that twenty-dollar bill I gave her? I wanted to yell at her, but I didnt say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and asked her what she had done with the money. This is what she told me:“I was looking around, thinking of what to buy when I saw the little cards on one of the Salvation Armys Giving Trees. One of the cards for a little girl, four year old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll with clothes and a hairbrush. So I took the card off the tree and bought the doll and hairbrush for her and took it to Salvation Army booth.“I only had enough money left to buy candy bars for us” Ginger continued. “ But we have so much and she doesnt have anything.” I never felt so rich as I did that day.BWhen I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldnt take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to out house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldnt freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my sons friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.24. Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer_.A. to show his magical power. B. to pay for the deliveryC. to satisfy his curiosity. D. to please his mother.25. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boys house?A. He wanted to have tea there. B. He was a respectable person.C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was fully trusted by the family.26. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now. B. It has been driven out of the market.C. Its service is getting poor. D. It is forbidden by law.27. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?A. He missed the good old days. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.C. He missed it for his milk bottles. D. He planted flowers in it.CMark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel. And he surely deserves additional praise: the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War. H. B. Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin is only the most famous example. These early stories dealt directly with slavery. With minor exceptions, Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely. He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.Again and again, in the postwar years, Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race. Consider the most controversial, at least today, of Twains novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn, Twains most widely read tale. Once upon a time, people hated the book because it struck them as rude. Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums (贫民窟).” More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim, the escaped slave, and many occurences of the word nigger. (The term Nigger Jim, for which the novel is often severely criticized, never appears in it.)But the attacks were and are sillyand miss the point. The novel is strongly anti-slavery. Jims search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic. As J. Chadwick has pointed out, the character of Jim was a first in American fictiona recognition that the slave had two personalities, “the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual: Jim, the father and the man.”Was Twain a racist? Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln. If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the “wisdom” of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error. Lincoln, who believed the black man the inferior of the white, fought and won a war to free him. And Twain, raised in a slave state, briefly a soldier, and inventor of Jim, may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.28. How do Twains novels on slavery differ from Stowes?A. Twain was more willing to deal with racism.B. Twains attack on racism was much less open.C. Twains themes seemed to agree with plots.D. Twain was openly concerned with racism.29. Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its _.A. target readers at the bottomB. anti-slavery attitudeC. rather impolite languageD. frequent use of “nigger”30. What best proves Twains anti-slavery stand according to the author?A. Jims search for his family was described in detail.B. The slaves voice was first heard in American novels.C. Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture.D. Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent.31. What does the author mainly argue for?A. Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism.B. Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.C. Twains works had been banned on unreasonable grounds.D. Twains works should be read from a historical point of view.DThe practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphones, writing by hand has become something of a nostalgic (怀旧的) skill. However, while todays educators are using more and more technology in their teaching, many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful-both in school and in life.Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says its important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks-both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2020, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a students writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active, which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe(转换) “those words in the mind written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “minds eye” helps children not only to turn their ideas into words, says Berninger, but also to spot spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct them over time.“In our computer age, some people believe that we dont have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they wont have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”32. Berningers study published in 2020 _.A. focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computer.B. indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paper.C. found that good essays are made up of long sentences.D. discussed the importance of writing speed.33. Which of the following best shows the role of spelling?A. Spelling improves ones memory of words.B. Spelling ability is closely related to writing ability.C. Spelling benefits the translation from words into ideas.D. Spelling slows down finding exact words to express ideas.34. What does “minds eye” in paragraph 5 mean?A. Window.B. SoulC. Picture.D. Imagination.35. What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?A. Computers can help people with their choice of words.B. Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching.C. Handwriting still has a place in todays classrooms.D. Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade.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。Kids health: Four steps for fighting stressEverybody gets stressed from time to time.36Some ways of dealing with stress- like screaming or hitting someone - dont solve much. But other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling better.Try taking these four steps the next time you are stressed:(1) Get support.When you need help, reach out to the people who care about you. Talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent or other relatives.37They might have had similar problems, such as dealing with a test, or the death of a beloved pet.(2) Dont take it out on yourself.Sometimes when kids are stressed and upset they take it out on themselves. Oh, dear, thats not a good idea. Remember that there are always people to help you. Dont take it out on yourself . 38(3) Try to solve the problem.After youre calm and you have support from adults and friends, its time to get down to business.39Even if you cant solve it all, you can solve a piece of it.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两小节， 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，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My _41_ began when I was just a kidI _42_ becoming a doctor.My mother was a domestic (佣人)Through her work, she observed that _43_ people spent a lot more time reading than they _44_ watching television. She announced that my brother and I _45_ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and _46_ to her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a _47_. My mother was illiterate (文盲).When I entered high school I was a(n) _48_, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to _49_ the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I _50_ about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, Ill give you all the money I _51_ this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money _52_, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very _53_ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money, there was _54_ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius (天才) to be able to _55_ our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy _56_. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasnt going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my _57_ and became an A-student again, and eventually I _58_ my dream and I became a doctor.My story is really my mothers storya woman with _59_ formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job _60_ than parenting. This is what I believe.第二节 （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（不多于三个词）或括号内单词的适当形式填空。Li leis father runs 61 enterprise near the Ming Tombs selling batteries and drills to the Daqing Oilfield. 62 (Hope) to get the qualification to help with his fathers enterprise, Li Lei made much 63 (prepare) and then left his motherland to study in America.As far as Li Lei was concerned, he fitted in quite well when in China. But now he acknowledged that the new academic requiremen