江西省宜春市宜丰中学2020学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题

江西省宜春市宜丰中学2020学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题 第一部分 听力第一节 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。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 food does the woman suggest?A. Sandwiches. B. Salads. C. Noodles.2. What will the man do first with the womans car?A. Fill up the tank. B. Wash the windows.C. Check the tire pressure.3. What is the man doing right now?A. Walking around. B. Watching TV. C. Eating snacks.4. Where is the conversation probably taking place?A. In an office. B. In a hospital. C. In a restaurant.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Different colors. B. A picture. C. Some flowers.第二节 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。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 might the woman be?A. A doctor. B. An assistant. C. A professor.7. When will the mango to see the doctor?A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday.听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。8. What will the man do tomorrow?A. Rest at home. B. Go shopping. C. Work.9. What will the man buy?A. A hat. B. A necklace. C. A coat.10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Mother and son. C. Husband and wife.听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。11. What are the speakers doing?A. Doing a test. B. Having an interview.C. Playing a puzzle game.12. What is Jennifer bad at?A. Focusing. B. Dealing with stress. C. Getting on with others.13. How does Jennifer feel about the result?A. Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Worried.听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题。14. Why will the man miss the school dance?A. He wont be in school. B. He doesnt like dancing.C. Hes busy with other events.15. When is the senior picnic?A. In a week. B. In a month. C. In two months.16. Which event is in June?A. The photo day. B. The graduation party. C. The awards ceremony.17. Which city are the speakers in?A. Boston. B. New York City. C. Washington. D. C.听第10段材料。回答第18至20题。18. What will the weather be like today in the southeast of the country?A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Dry.19. What will the highest temperature be in the north?A. 15 degrees centigrade. B. 20 degrees centigrade.C. 23 degrees centigrade.20. Which part of the country will likely be sunny tomorrow?A. North. B. Southeast. C. South.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)阅读下列短文 , 从每题所给A、B、C 、D中 , 选出最佳选项 , 并在题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you see the same products in every store? Do you want unique items things that are different and one-of-a-kind? My answer is “Yes!” And that is why I shop on E.Etsy is an online marketplace- people can buy many unique things there. But Etsy is different. It is not just another Amazon or eBay.First, I can find unique items from all over the world. Customers buy craftwork ,such as handmade jewelry and furniture. They also find other unusual products, such as watches and old clothing. You cant find these items in stores, certainly not in big-box stores. I love that!Second, when I shop at Etsy, I know I am helping the vendors(小贩). Most of these vendors are the artisans, that is , the people who make their items by hand. They care about crafts. their business, and their customers.Lastly, the customer service is great. I get all of the benefits of shopping at a small business. I can ask the vendors questions online and they quickly answer me. Also, my items arrive carefully wrapped(包裹)by the craftsperson, not by a machineThere is one small disadvantage. Because the items are unique or handmade, sometimes it is not possible to return them to the vendor. That is an advantage of a big-box store. But I am happy with everything from EtsyOnline shopping is usually fast but not very personal. Etsy changes that. It brings people together. This makes Etsy unique and exciting.Visit Etsy. com and see for yourself.21. What do we know about the products on Etsy?A. All are special or made by hand. B. All are wrapped by machine.C. All are very cheap. D. All can be found in big-box stores.22. What does the author think of the small disadvantage of Etsy?A. It is worrying. B. It is surprising. C. It is acceptable D. It is avoidable23.Whats the main purpose of the author in writing this text?A. To encourage readers to do online shopping.B. To introduce what an online marketplace is.C. To compare three different online marketplaces.D. To explain why he prefers shopping on Etsy.BWalk into a newsroom of journalists and you will smell the coffee and see people rushing for their 14th bathroom break of the day. You will see a business “about people and why they do what they do, and what it all means”.Thats how Jack Smith, the 72-year-old former newspaper reporter and editor, described it to 30 visiting students from Auburn High School.While growing up, Smith waited every day for the mail carrier to pull up and drop the newspaper off. “Id read and study every issue, sometimes for hours on end, ” he said. The stories and design of the paper began his love for journalism.His first route when he went to college wasnt journalism though. He first wanted to become a civil engineer until someone told him the amount of math and physics involved. He then changed to the business school, eventually making the move to journalism. Paul Burnett, standing on the same place as Smith did during his speech, inspired him while he was in college.Smith walked up the steps to his first job at the Montgomery Advertiser earning $ 50 a week. His first task was to rewrite an article on Martin Luther King Jr.“Those seemingly meaningless stories could be just as important as a story on the front page,” he told the students that it is a job that needs hard work and they have to be eager to go and do all again the next day.“Im glad I didnt decide to build the Golden Gate Bridge or take Wall Street by storm,” Smith said. That wouldnt have landed him a job that is so near his heart. For him, the sweat and pain in the life of a journalist was worth every moment.24. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To present the work of journalists.B. To explain the responsibility of journalists.C. To show the working condition of journalists.D. To describe the development of journalism.25. Why did Jack Smith give up being a civil engineer?A. He wasnt interested in it.B. He wanted to learn business.C. Paul Burnett inspired him to be a reporter.D. His math and physics werent good enough.26. What does Jack Smith think of journalism?A. It needs skills.B. It requires many talents.C. It should focus on important events.D. It deserves peoples love and hard work.27. What can we know about Jack Smith from the last paragraph?A. He tried many different jobs.B. He gets much pleasure from journalism.C. He loves being a journalist from his heart.D. He would have chosen a worthier job.CDo you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Sometimes the answer isnt to just force an idea out of your mind. Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander. Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.Researchers from the university of California, Santa Barbara, found an association between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes having participants first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: complete a difficult task; complete an easy task; take a 12-minute break; or skip the 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle (不易察觉的) way.When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.28. The “unusual-use task” in Paragraph 2 means that participants _.A. complete an easy taskB. complete a very difficult taskC. take a 12-minute breakD. think of various ways to use an object29. Why did the participants who completed the easy task perform best?A. They were not actively working to solve the easy task.B. They daydreamed and it helped them be more creative.C. They were daydreaming while performing the difficult task.D. They skipped the 12-minute break to complete the task again.30. What does the underlined phrase “unconscious thought” in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Your brain wanders in a subtle way within your control.B. Your brain knows clearly what youre thinking and doing.C. Your brain is thinking about a problem outside of your awareness.D. Your brain refuses to receive any information from the outside world.31. The passage mainly wants to tell us that _.A. brainstorming is important to creative ideas.B. daydreaming is a way to improve creativity.C. problem-solving skills are important in our lives.D. the more we exercise brains, the more ideas well get.DBefore uploading a photo of ourselves to social media, chances are that well use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and lips fuller. With a couple of taps on our mobile phone, we can get a quick fix and present the “best” version of ourselves to the world. However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections away, were also changing the way we look at ourselves.Last month, researchers published the article Selfies Living in the Era of Filtered Photographs. The article analyzed photo editing apps bad influences on peoples self-respect and their possibility to cause appearance anxieties. The researchers also warned that such apps make it difficult to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article reads.In the past, people may have compared their looks to those of famous persons. But for todays young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. “From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms where their feelings of self-worth can be based purely on the number of likes and followers that they have, which is linked to how good they look.” British cosmetic doctor Tijion Esho told The Independent. This is why many young people suffer an identity trouble when it comes to appearance. “Now youve got this daily comparison of your real self to this fake self that you present on social media.” Renee Engeln, a professor of psychology, told the HuffPost website. Engeln further pointed out that when people spend too much time making such comparisons, they may become “beauty sick” and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like. “Because between you and the world is a mirror, its a mirror that travels with you everywhere. You cant seem to put it down.” she told The Washington Post. So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldnt think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the filtered(过滤的) photos?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good; I have my health.”32.Before uploading a photo to social media, we will probably _.A. have an operation to make our eyes look bigger.B. use some cream to smooth our skinC. use an app to fix our photoD. edit our perfections away33.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A. In many ways, photo edition apps are beneficial to people.B. Photo edition apps are likely to cause peoples anxieties about their appearance.C. Photo edition apps can make us more beautiful.D. Photo edition apps help people judge realistic beauty.34.When it comes to appearance, why do many young people suffer an identity trouble?A. Because they compare their looks to those of famous persons.B. Because beauty standards are set by social media.C. Because their feelings of self-worth depend on their own likes and dislikes.D. Because their feelings of self-worth depend on their appearance.35.According to Engeln, we should _.A. feel good about what we actually look likeB. spend more time making comparison of our real self to fake selfC. take a mirror with us everywhereD .try to look as good as ourselves in the filtered photos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。Take Care of Your EyesMany of us dont pay attention to the importance of eye care. Its said that if you take care of your body, then you can be healthy. 36 Natural eye care should be put in a number one place.There are several reasons leading to poor eyesight like not enough food, gene(基因) and aging. 37 If you happen to work in front of the computer, it is best to take a rest every once in a while.Something dirty can lead to redness and they will make you feel uncomfortable. It is bad for your eyes, too. If this happens, the best way is to clean your eyes by using cold water. 38 For example, sunglasses are not just fashion but they can also serve as a great way to protect your eyesight from UV rays.Eating healthy foods will do good to your eyesight. Remember that vitaminsA、C and E are good for eyes. Try to eat food groups that have these vitamins. And you should do eye exercises because exercise protects your eyesight, too. If a person exercises regularly and eats the right kind of food, 39.40 Being happy all the time can be helpful to a persons eyesight, too. In a word, eye care is very important, no matter how old a person is.A. What can we do to protect our eyes?B. such behavior will do harm to our eyes.C. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care.D. his eyes will stay in good condition for a long time.E. You must also try your best to protect your eyes from harmful thing.F. All above are natural ways of eye care that help us keep healthy eyes.G. Televisions, computers and reading are also the reasons of having poor eyesight.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中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。When my son, Justin, was four, he found a caterpillar (毛虫) and put it in a jar. Each day he fed it with fresh grass and leaves. In a few weeks we discovered it41in a cocoon (茧).Justin was excited. He knew a moth (蛾) or butterfly was about to be42, but he didnt know what kind. He was43to know what gift nature was about to give him.“Dad!” shouted the boy while running to me one day. “Somethings44. Come see!”He led me to his room. The cocoon had become half transparent and we could45the wings of the unborn. Soon, a moth broke free from the cocoon, and laid eggs completing the life46of the little caterpillar.The next day, I convinced Justin it was time to set the moth free. He took it47, opened the jar, and the little moth flew out. It48the yard twice, came back, and landed on Justins arm. He picked it up, tossed it in the air, and the moth repeated its49pattern. He tried over and over, but each time it would50to his arm.Justin51 _. He put his little pet back to the jar. The next day he attempted to set it free again, and after a few repetitions of the same behavior, the moth52flew off into the grass.Like a53, I believe the moth was afraid to leave what it was comfortable with. It wanted to stay with something54, scared to move on and experience something unknown.I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mothers55, in which I was comfortable. Like the moth, I didnt want to fly too far away from it. I was56when my first job required me to move to a new city. What would I find there? I liked57I was.Humans are creatures of58. We resist change. However, if I hadnt moved, I would not have experienced many59and wonderful things or met many of my friends. So each move gave me the60to learn and experience, but best of all, I met friends.41. A. trappedB. wrappedC. developedD. protected42. A. bornB. changedC. raisedD. created43. A. upsetB. content C. luckyD. curious44. A. disappearingB. happ