安徽省利辛县阚疃金石中学2020_2021学年高二英语上学期10月月考试题

1、安徽省利辛县阚疃金石中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期10月月考试题时间：120分钟，满分：150分第一部分：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 does the man wish to know most? a. when the meeting is to be held.b. where the meeting is to be held

2、. c. whats to be discussed at the meeting. 2. what does the woman say about the dictionary? a. both editions are the same price now. b. it has two editions with the same cover. c. the paperback edition is on sale.3. what does the woman mean? a. jane is looking for a summer job. b. jane is on her way

3、 home. c. jane is eager to go home for the vacation.4. whats the relationship between the two speakers? a. teacher and student.b. doctor and patient. c. policeman and traffic law breaker.5. how long does it take the man to drive from hishouse to the university during rush hour? a. 25 minutes. b. 40

4、minutes. c. 50 minutes.第二节(共15小题；每题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，每小题将给出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 6-8 题。6. how and when is lucy leaving for beijing? a. by air this evening.b. by train this evening.c. by air tomorrow.7.

5、what is she going there for? a. to spend her holiday. b. to see her parents. c. to meet her friends.8. how long does it take her to beijing? a. four hours. b. fourteen hours. c. four days.听第 7 段材料，回答第 9-11 题。9. where are the two speakers? a. in a restaurant. b. at a pub.c. at johns home.10. why did

6、she have to leave at that time? a. she didnt like to stay any longer with john. b. she was afraid of walking alone at night. c. she didnt want to make her mother worried.11. how did kate probably get back home?a. she took the last bus back home. b. john drove her back home. c. she drove johns car ba

7、ck home.听第 8 段材料，回答第 12-14 题。12. what happened to bob?a. he was badly ill. b. he had his legs broken. c. he was hit by a car.13. when was bob sent into hospital? a. three weeks ago. b. more than three weeks ago. c. five weeks ago.14. what did bob do while he was in hospital? a. he read about motorcy

8、cle racing.b. he decided to give up motorcycle racing. c. he tried to become much fatter.听第 9 段材料，回答第 15-17 题。15. who is that woman? a. jenny brown, the actress. b. kate brown, the actress. c. joan brown, the actress.16. how old can the actress be? a. she is not more than 40. b. she is no more than

9、29. c. she is at least 40.17. what does bettys answer mean? a. she is still very young. b. she is older than the actress. c. she wants to be an actress too.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18-20 题。18. why did the woman go to the shoemaker? a. because she wanted to sell her shoes. b. because she wanted to have her shoe

10、s repaired. c. because she wanted to see him.19. how long hadnt the woman worn the pair of shoes?a. a month. b. less than six months. c. more than half a year.20. why did the woman get angry? a. because the shoemaker gave her two left shoes. b. because the shoemaker asked her for a lot of money. c.

11、because the shoemaker forgot to repair her shoes.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，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。ahe is regarded as having one of the brightest minds on the planet. but outstanding astrophysicist(天体物理学家) stephen hawking has admitted that he did not learn to read until he

12、 was eight years old.in a public lecture at the royal albert hall，professor hawking also admitted that he was not active in studying while at oxford university，where he studied physics，and that only the diagnosis that he might die young from motor neurone(神经元) disease made him concentrate on his wor

13、k.professor hawking said: “my sister philippa could read by the age of 4 but then she was definitely brighter than me.”he said that he was unexceptional at school and was never further than halfway up his class.“my classwork was very untidy，and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers，”he said.

14、“but my classmates gave me the nickname einstein，so presumably they saw signs of something better.”but he said that it was when doctors told him that he probably only had a few years to live at the age of 21 that galvanized him into focusing on his work and a period of productivity that resulted in

15、some of his early breakthroughs. he said，“when you are faced with the possibility of an early death，it makes you realize that life is worth living and there are lots of things you want to do.”21which of the following is not true according to the passage?astephen hawking is the second einstein in the

16、 world.bstephen hawking couldnt read at the age of 7.cstephen hawkings handwriting was once terribly bad.dstephen hawkings sister once performed much better than him.22what made stephen hawking devote himself to his work?apatience. bknowledge.cdisease.dlaziness.23what can we learn from the last para

17、graph?astephen hawking didnt realize his dreams in physics.bit was possible for hawking to face the early death.cthe purpose of the doctors diagnosis was to encourage him to work hard.dhis life might be taken away by long hard work.24from whom did hawking get a relatively just estimation when he was

18、 at school?ahis sister.bhis classmates.chis teachers.dhis parents. bit was a late wednesday night when the dreading(可怕的) phone call reached our home. i sat up, so i could hear the phone call better. to my surprise, i heard my mom burst into tears. “get the car dean! andrea has been in a car accident

19、.”we_ran_every_stop_sign_on_the_way_to_the_hospital_and_our_tiresscreeched_around_every_corner.we got to the hospital, but were not allowed to see andrea. the next morning, after wearing masks, we were allowed to go to the icu to see andrea. well, the least i could say was that everything was injure

20、d in her body and she lost all of her memories. it was a fatal accident.over the next two months, i lived more at the hospital than i did at my house.i watched as andrea worked so hard to gain back everyday motor skills. she never once complained or pitied herself，and her determined spirit was shini

21、ng through. after two weeks in the icu and two months of the regular hospital treatment, andrea was able to come home. she missed several months of school, so it was hard for her to catch up.andrea had tasks to accomplish, and no matter how hard it was, she stuck with them until the job was done. th

22、ough busy with dealing with pain and therapy, she always found time to love and play with me.ill never forget the impact that this incident made on my life.i admire her strongwilled personality and her determined spirit. today she is perfectly normal, despite the scars and the pins holding her leg i

23、n place. i couldnt ask for a better sister, hero, or best friend.25the writer sat up to hear the call because he _.asensed that something terrible had happenedbmight be very concerned about who phoned so latecwanted to scold the people who phoned so latedwas not sure whether the telephone concerned

24、him26from the underlined sentence in the second paragraph, we can infer that_.athe family did not obey the traffic rulesbthe writers father was not good at drivingcthe whole family were too anxious to see andreadtheir house was very far from the hospital27_mainly made her recover from the car accide

25、nt.a. the familys encouragementbandreas strong willcthe treatmentdthe eagerness for study28what would be the best title for the passage?aa miracle happening to my sisterbmy sisterthe hero in my lifecan accident which changed my sisterdan incident which influenced me muchcsamuel osmond is a 19yearold

26、 boy student from cornwall, england. he never studied thepiano. however, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as chopin and beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. he learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. then he thinks about the notes in his head. two

27、 years ago, he played his first piece moonlight sonata(奏鸣曲) by beethoven. he surprised everyone around him.amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say samuel is unbelievable. they say his ability is very rare, but samuel doesnt even real

28、ize that what he can do is special. samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. now, he studied law and music.samuel cant understand why everyone is so surprised. “i grew up with music. my mother played the piano and

29、my father played the guitar. about two years ago, i suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. it comes easily to mei hear the notes and can bear them in mindeach and every note.” says samuel.recently, samuel performed a piece during

30、 a special event at his college. the piece had more than a thousand notes. the audience was impressed by his amazing performance. he is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists cant play it. samuel says confidently, “its all about super memoryi guess i have that gift

31、.”however, samuels ability to remember things doesnt stop with music. his family says that even when he was a young boy, samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.samuel is still only a teenager. he doesnt know what he wants to do in the future. for now，he i

32、s just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.29what is special about samuel osmond?ahe has a gift for writing music.bhe can write down the note he hears.che is a top student at the law school.dhe can play the musical piece he hears.30what can we learn from paragraph 2?asamuel chose

33、law against the wish of his parents.bsamuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.csamuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.dsamuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.31what can we infer about samuel in paragraph 4?ahe became famous during a special event a

34、t his college.bhe is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.che plays the piano better than many professional pianists.dhe impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.32which of the following is the best title of this passage?athe qualities of a musicianbthe story of a music

35、al talent.cthe importance of early educationdthe relationship between memory and musicdtravis is the manager of g&g where he is responsible for forty employees (雇员)and profits (利润) of over $2 million per year. hes never late to work. he does not get upset on the job. when one of his employees starte

36、d crying after a customer screamed at her, travis took her away. “your working uniform is your shelter，” he told her. “nothing anyone says will ever hurt you. you will always be as strong as you want to be.”travis picked up that lecture in one of his g&g training courses, an education program that b

37、egan on his first day and continues throughout an employees occupation. the training has, travis says, changed his life. g&g has taught him how to live, how to focus, how to get to work on time, and how to master his emotions (情绪). most importantly, it taught him willpower.at the center of that educ

38、ation is an extreme focus on an allimportant habit: willpower. dozens of cases show that willpower is the single most important habit for a persons success.and the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into a habit. “sometimes it looks like people with great selfcontrol arent working hardbu

39、t thats because theyve made it automatic，” angela duckworth, one of the university of pennsylvania researchers said. “their willpower occurs without them having to think about it.”the company spent millions of dollars developing programs of study to train employees on selfcontrol. managers wrote wor

40、kbooks that serve as guides to how to make willpower a habit in workers lives. those courses are, in part, why g&g has grown from a sleepy company into a large one with more than seventeen thousand stores and profits of more than $10 billion a year.33we learn from paragraph 2 that employees in g&g m

41、ust _.alearn to give lecturesbattend education programscdesign a working uniformddevelop a common hobby34willpower will become a habit when employees can _.afocus on the profitsbbenefit from the jobcprotect themselves welldcontrol their feelings well35what can we infer from the passage?ag&g has grow

42、n into a large company.bg&g will spend half its profits training employees.cg&g may become more successful in the future.dg&g has to produce more workbooks for managers.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。im 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me

43、 that i want to share with you. here are the 4 lessons that life has taught me in the past 30 years.1. take care of your bodylife is “unfairly” biased(偏向的) towards people who “look good”， like it or not. so its important that you do all that is in your power to look your best._36_you will live longe

44、r，and you will live happier, if you take care of your body; you may even get promoted faster on your job. remember that your health is really your greatest wealth.2_37_no one taught me to save when i was growing up; no one told me the importance of saving. fortunately i was able to learn the value o

45、f saving through reading great books like the millionaire next door. what i want to teach others is to save at least twenty percent of your income. if you are to be wealthy, you must not just earn a lot, you must save a lot.3think longtermin high school i was thinking about college；in college i was

46、thinking about life after college. im designing my life and im making decisions today that will enable me to live the life i desire when im in my 40s, 50s and 60s. you have to think longterm；you have to see the “big picture.”_38_4. realize the power of focusfocus, focus, focus._39_if you fail in thi

47、s lifetime, you will fail because of broken focus. if you focus on the goals that are most important to you, you will achieve them. the problem is that there are so many distractions._40_winners decide to major on majors, and they even let important things slip，because they just focus on achieving w

48、hat is critical to their goals.athe importance of saving.bif you plan your future properly，you will live into your plans.csave your money.dnothing is more critical than focus.ewhat separates the winners from the losers is that the winners learn to focus on their goal.fi mean dressing nicely, working

49、 out and eating right.gits critical that you pursue relationships with individuals who are good first.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、d)，选出最佳选项。“mum, i want to make you a bet，” i said. “if i go a whole year without tv, will you give me a hundred dollars？

50、” “well, if you can _41_ do it, .”“of course i can，” i replied, _42_ to believe myself. _43_， all this started from my _44_ of a picture in the newspaper. i couldnt stand looking at that boy, _45_to have gone one year without tv for a hundred dollars, staring at me with mocking(嘲笑的) eyes. he seemed

51、to _46_ at me! “i did it, _47_ you cant！” he said. i _48_ at the boys face angrily. that year i did a lot of things. _49_， my father taught me to ski, which became my favourite sport. many winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbours _50_ daily drama. i went on bike trips with my friends and _

52、51_as much as a fish. it was unbelievable how much_52_ i had without tv. i learned so many new games. i guess the biggest thing i learnt, _53_， was selfmotivation(自我激励) i started to do my _54_.i went from a d student to an a student within a couple of weeks. i _55_ hate reading if there were no _56_

53、， but now i began to read and enjoy it. i could make up all the _57_ just the way i wanted themmy own little _58_， right inside my head! im _59_ what i did. i got a lot more from the _60_ than just the 100 dollars!41a.onlybreally coccasionallydfinally42a.tryingbadvisingcneeding dasking43a.however bw

54、hats morecas a result din fact44a.joybdisbeliefcangerdcuriosity45a.managedbexpectedcsaiddhad46a.glareblaugh ccomedshoot47a.andbbutcordbesides48a.watchedblistenedcsawdlooked49a.worse still bsuch ascfor exampledin place50a.replacedbformedcoffereddjoined51a.ranbswam cbreatheddjumped52a.difficultybknowl

55、edgecfundtrouble53a.thoughbbutcluckilydeven54a.washingbshoppingcsportsdhomework55a.came tobused tocstopped to dhappened to56a.pictures bexplanationscplotsdpraises57a.storiesbsports cpicturesdgames58a.tvbbooks cwork ddrama59a.surprised atbinterested incproud ofdchanged by60a.experience bbetcincidentd

56、picture第二节：(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。william henry gates iii was born on october 28,1955. he is one of the worlds richest people and perhaps the most successful businessman ever.gates was fascinated by_61_(electronic) at a early age. in 1975 he read about a small technology company. he contacted them to see if they were intere