福建省平潭县新世纪学校2020_2021学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题

1、福建省平潭县新世纪学校2020-2021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。每段对话后都有一个小题，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个小题。每段对话仅读1遍。1. who went right after david?a. jack. b. sally. c. brian. 2. where does the conversation probably take place?a. in the playg

2、round. b. at home. c. in the hospital. 3. which subject did the man do best in？a. chinese. b. math. c. english. 4. what does the man suggest the woman do?a. read the school magazine. b. finish writing her article. c. join the school band. 5. what does the woman mean?a. she is very lucky. b. her came

3、ra has been lent out. c. it might be hard to get pictures of kids. 第二节（共15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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. what are the speakers doing?a. baking a cake. b. making a pizza. c.

4、 eating some popcorn. 7. what is the probable relationship between the speakers?a. father and daughter. b. husband and wife. c. brother and sister. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8. what might the mans new apartment look like now?a. it is well organized. b. it is in a mess. c. it is empty. 9. for what did the

5、 man move into the new apartment?a. the lower rent. b. the friendly neighbors. c. the nearby subway station. 10. how will the man go to the nearby supermarket?a. by bike. b. by subway. c. on foot. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. what is the conversation mainly about?a. a weekend plan. b. a camping trip. c

6、. a family dinner. 12. why doesnt the woman want to go hiking?a. its too cold outside.b. its quite tiring. c. its not exciting. 13. what will the speakers do first?a. do some shopping. b. go to the cinema. c. visit the museum. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。14. what is the man?a. a swimmer. b. a coach. c. a

7、hotel clerk. 15. how deep is the swimming pool?a. 2 meters at most. b. 1.5 meters at least. c. 1.4 meters at most. 16. what will the woman do next?a. find a trainer. b. buy a locker. c. go swimming. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. what is advised when your mother is seeing a doctor?a. to be with her. b. t

8、o give her money. c. to call the doctor in advance. 18. what is gift no. 2 about?a. helping mothers do housework. b. making shopping lists for mothers. c. putting medical records together. 19. which gift is about sleep?a. no. 1. b. no. 3. c. no. 4. 20. what can we learn about the gifts from presents

9、 for purpose?a. theyre expensive. b. theyre all green. c. theyre related to charity.第2部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 （共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）a whistler olympic park, having hosted ski jumping, cross-country skiing and biathlon (冬季两项) for the vancouver 2010 olympic and paralympic winter games, remains an activ

10、e centre for competitors, the local community and visitors. located a short drive south of whistler, the park offers activities and programs all year-round.winter at whistler olympic parkdiscover whistler olympic park through cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, biathlon and more.find yourself in the

11、parks fantastic landscape and discover its olympic history.take a lesson such as ski jumping in the youth program.gather around the outdoor open fire or in the warm day lodge restaurant after a day out in the snow.summer at whistler olympic parkopen daily for tours, self-guided activities and sights

12、eeing from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.there is a small park access fee ($15/vehicle). this fee is for the benefit of local, national and international nordic athletes for summer and winter training. free park entry for 2020/2021 season pass holders and non-motorized vehicles.toursolympic biathlon tourfee

13、l like an olympian with this hands-on introduction to biathlon! on your walk to the shooting range, learn about the parks sports and history. it also provides the best angle for taking photos of the olympic monuments.take aim and shoot a real gun! in a mini race, including walking and running, get y

14、our heart rate up, stay focused and take aim to hit the targets!tour dates: daily from june 28september 1, 2020ages: 8 and up (under 19 with an accompanying adult)pricing: adult $55, youth $45e-bike & biathlon adventure tourthe comfortable electric assist mountain bikes have wide wheels for a smooth

15、 ride, and an electric motor to help you climb hills with ease.visit the olympic monuments and enjoy breathtaking viewpoints, such as the top of the world lookout with views of black tusk and surrounding mountain ranges.test your skills at the biathlon range, shooting at olympic targets.tour dates:

16、daily from june 28september 1, 2020ages: 10 and up (under 19 with an accompanying adult)pricing: $95 per personfor more information, please log in from our homepage.21. which group of visitors can enjoy free park entry?a. season pass holders.b. children under age 8.c. locals from the community.d. te

17、enagers with parents.22. what can you do during the e-bike tour?a. ride a bike around the lake.b. gather around the open fire.c. visit the olympic monuments.d. photograph monuments at the best angle.23. what is the passage mainly about?a. a sports and leisure centre.b. exciting sports adventures.c.

18、year-round training programs.d. history of an olympic parkbfree haircuts on a red chairlast summer, katie steller was on her way to work. she stopped at a traffic light, where a man, in his 60s, looking out of luck, was sitting alone. she rolled down her window.“hey!” she shouted. “ im driving aroun

19、d giving free haircuts. do you want one right now?”the man, missing a few teeth, paused and laughed. “actually,” he said, “i have a funeral (葬礼) to go to this week. i was really hoping to get a haircut.”then, steller unloaded a red chair from the car. the man, named edward, took a seat. as steller w

20、as cutting his curly graying hair, he told her about growing up in mississippi, about moving to minnesota, and how he still talked to his mom over phone every day.to date, steller has given 30 or so such haircuts to people around the city. they are all living on the margins, and she is aware of the

21、power of her work.“its more than a haircut,” she says. “i want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people.”steller knows that a haircut can change a life. one changed hers: as a teen, she suffered from ulcerative colitis (溃疡性结肠炎) that was so serious, her hair thinn

22、ed severely. seeing this, her mother arranged for stellers first professional haircut.“to sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says.after that, steller knew she wanted to have her own hair salon

23、 so she could help people feel the way shed felt that day. not long after finishing cosmetology school (美容学校) in 2016, she realized her dream. two years later, she began what she now calls her red chair project, reaching out to people on the streets.steller said, “i cant fix their problems, but mayb

24、e i can help them feel less alone for a moment.” steller listens to peoples stories of loss, addiction, and struggle to get back on their feet.an offshoot of the red chair project is the steller kindness project, in which people who commit acts of kindness are invited for a free makeover (美容) at ste

25、llers salon. in exchange, they tell their stories, which steller shares on her website. her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will be inspired to do their own.so far, its working. “you have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give to them,” says steller.24. e

26、dward agreed to have a haircut by steller because_.a. he wanted to talk with steller about his lifeb. he wanted to look good for a special occasionc. he was too old to go to a hair salon by himselfd. he was just waiting for a free haircut on the street25. in paragraph 5, the underlined words “living

27、 on the margins” can probably be replaced by _.a. living with little care and attentionb. living far from downtown areasc. living with serious illnessesd. living in untidy conditions26. what made steller want to set up her own salon?a. her excellent haircut skills.b. her mothers encouragement.c. her

28、 experience of a formal haircut.d. her dream to offer people free haircuts.27. whats the purpose of steller kindness project?a. to make contributions to charity.b. to encourage people to spread kindness.c. to reward kind people with free makeovers.d. to collect moving stories for stellers website.cg

29、enetic testing cannot tell teachers anything useful about an individual pupils educational achievement. that is the conclusion of a study that looked at how well so-called polygenic scores for education predict a persons educational achievements, based on a long-term study of thousands of people in

30、the uk. “some people with a very low genetic score are very high performers at age 16. some are even in the top 3 percent,” says tim morris at the university of bristol, uk.and while morris expects the accuracy of polygenic scores for educational achievements to improve, he doesnt think they will ev

31、er be good enough to predict how well an individual will do. even relatively simple qualities such as height are influenced by thousands of genetic variants, each of which may only have a tiny effect. it has been claimed that polygenic scores can be used to make useful predictions, such as a persons

32、 likelihood of developing various diseases. one company is even offering embryo screening (screening of an unborn baby in the very stages of development) based on polygenic scores for disease risk.some researchersnotably robert plomin of kings college londonthink that schools should start using poly

33、genic scores for educational achievement. in most cases, the scores may reflect qualities such as persistence as well as intelligence.to assess the usefulness of polygenic scores in education, morris and his colleagues calculated them for 8,000 people in bristol who are part of a long-term study kno

34、wn as the children of the 90s. the participants genomes have been queued and their academic results are available to researchers. among other things, the team found a correlation of 0.4 between a persons polygenic score and their exam results at age 16. but there would need to be a correlation of at

35、 least 0.8 to make useful predictions about individuals, says morris.plomin, however, argues that the results support his opinion. “a correlation of 0.4 makes it the strongest polygenic predictor in the behavioural sciences,” says plomin. “its so much stronger than a lot of other things we base deci

36、sions on. so its a very big finding.”morris says schools already have access to other predictors that are more accurate, such as a pupils earlier test results. looking at parents educational achievements is also a better predictor of a pupils academic results than studying their genome, his results

37、show. providing teachers with an extra predictor based on genetics would just confuse matters, says morris, and the cost cannot be justified.28. in paragraph 2, morris talks about “height” in order to tell readers that _.a. some qualities are hardly affected by any genetic variantsb. some qualities

38、are influenced by thousands of genetic variantsc. genetic scores are useful in predicting ones potential diseasesd. genetic scores can help children improve their scores at school29. how did morris prove the effect of polygenetic scores in education?a. by providing opposite examples. b. by explainin

39、g how the genome works.c. by listing findings from another scientist. d. by presenting facts and data from research.30. according to plomin, a correlation of 0.4 is reliable because it is _.a. useful in telling you how intelligent and persistent children areb. useful in predicting people who might s

40、truggle academicallyc. stronger compared to other factors in behavioural sciencesd. strongly correlated to childrens academic achievements31. morris suggested that schools should _.a. study every pupils genomesb. spend some money on genetic testsc. know about parents educational achievementsd. provi

41、de teachers with students genetic informationdthe beauties of the stone agei have just come home after viewing some amazing works of art that were recently discovered in church hole gave in nottinghamshire. they are not drawings but etchingsshapes cut into the rockand they describe different kinds o

42、f wild animals.first of all, the number is great: there are 90 in all. moreover, 58 of them are on the ceiling (天花板). this is quite unusual in cave art, according to dr. wilbur samson of central midlands university. “wall pictures are the usual way,” he says. “the church hole etchings are an artisti

43、c achievement. it was thought that ice-age hunters in this country were separated from those in central areas of europe, but the church hole etchings proved that they were actually part of a way of living, thinking and seeing the world that had spread right across europe.”news of such exciting disco

44、veries spreads quickly, and thanks to the internet and mobile phones, a great many people have known about this discovery. however, an examination of the etchings last year failed to show the presence of them. the reason lay in the expectations of the researchers. they looked for the usual type of c

45、ave drawings, which show up best under direct light. so they used powerful torches (火炬), shining them straight onto the rock face. however, the church hole etchings are not drawings on the rocks, like the other cave ones. they are modifications of the rock itself and cant be easily made out. they sh

46、ow up best when seen from a certain direction in the natural light of early morning.dr. samson feels that the lighting factor provides important information about the function of these works of art. i think the artists knew very well that the etchings would hardly be seen except early in the morning

47、. we can decide that the cave was used for important events like animal worship (祭拜), and that they were conducted just after dawn, as the beginning of the days hunting. to which i can only add that i feel very lucky to have been able to view church hole. it is a site of great importance culturally

48、and is part of the traditional values, not only of this country, but the world as a whole.32. what is the significance of the etchings in church hole cave?a. they show the existence of an ice-age culture.b. they describe a more advanced life of europeans.c. they prove that ancient people hunted in l

49、arge areas.d. they indicate that fewer people settled in central europe.33. according to the passage, _.a. the methods taken to protect the etchings are uselessb. the etchings are various from the usual cave paintingsc. the discovery of the etchings should not be made publicd. many people visited th

50、e cave within hours of its discovery34. what does the underlined word “modifications” in paragraph 3 probably mean?a. small changes. b. free gifts. c. good examples. d. different areas.35. what does dr. samson state from the lighting factor?a. the search took place at the wrong place of the cave.b.

51、the artists never planned to let the etchings seen by others.c. the torches people used in the examination were too bright.d. the etchings were intended to be seen at a certain time of day.第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。ten years ago, my mom gave me a special but w

52、elcome gift: a fancy blood pressure monitor. 36 my mom wanted to make sure i was keeping track of it. being in my early twenties at the time, this situation should have shocked me, but it didnt; i had long been suffering from nameless anxiety and stress that ended up being a decade long struggle. 37

53、 i am happy to say that i no longer need my blood pressure monitor. my mom is healthy and doesnt need it, but i know she spent a decent amount on it. 38 and a woman responded saying she wanted to buy it from me shortly after i posted it. i went to a coffee shop and met up with her, along with an old

54、er woman who looked like her mother. neither of them looked like they were in the best of health. 39 it struck me that there was no way i could possibly let her pay me. i had a smile card in my wallet; i slipped it in the bag and told her, here, just take it.” 40 i again insisted that she take it. s

55、he was thrilled and thanked me. i wished them good health and a happy life.although i didnt repay my mom in cash, i am more than happy that i repaid her by passing on her gift to someone who really needed it.a. i decided to put it up for sale online.b. my doctor told me i had high blood pressure.c.

56、the blood pressure monitor really helped me a lot.d. she carefully took out some cash from her wallet to pay me.e. she was confused and attempted to hand me the money again.f. although it cost not much, but for mom, it was a large amount of money.g. its only been in the last few years that ive slowl

57、y recovered through treatment.第三部分 语言知识应用 （共两节，满分35分）第一节（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）websters dictionary defines a dream as “a series of thoughts or visions during sleep”. biologists 41 dreams are our brains way of organizing, storing, and 42 what we have seen the day before. psychologists (心理学家) say dreams sometimes help us 43 our issu