湖北省武汉市钢城四中2019_2020学年高二英语10月月考试题

1、湖北省武汉市钢城四中2019-2020学年高二英语10月月考试题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第n卷（非选择题）两部分。本试卷共12页。全卷满分 150分。考试用时120分钟。祝考试顺利第一部分听力供两节，满分30分）第一节供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.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一一小 题。每段对话仅读一遍.What did1.2.3.the woman try to quit drinking?A. TeaB. CoffeeC. JuiceHow much more d

2、oes Lucas need for the cel lphone?A. $300B. $500C. $800What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The protection of the environment.B. The greenhouse effectC. Gardening skills.4. What seemed to be Sarahs problem?A. She couldn t finish the task as requiredB. She failed in a job interview again.C.

3、She always went to work late.5. How might the woman feel ?A. EasyB. Disappointed.C. Unconcerned第二节（共15小题；每小题L5分，满分25分）所下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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。所第6段材料，回答第6、7题.6. What is the man doing?A Watching TV.B. Having a party.C

4、. Reading a book7. What is the man going to do?A. Go out with the womanB. Pick up the children C. Make a phone call.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题.8. What does the man plan to do?A. Raise a dog.B. Set animals free.C. Find a dog trainer9. How does the woman sound in the end?A. Curious.B. Annoyed.C. Excited听第8段材料，回答第

5、10至12题ID. Where is the woman1 s companyA. In Japan.B. In Britain.C. In Australia11. Why does the man talk to the woman?A. To look for a travel agentB. To ask about a tour.C. To seek cooperation12. What are the speakers going to do next?A. Do the market researchB Go to a restaurantC. Have a discussio

6、n所第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Whats Brett just doing?A. Downloading e-books.B. Reading an e-bookC. Buying an e-book reader.14. What advantage of the e-book reader does Brett mention?A. The large storage capacity.B The low cost in the long term.C. The decrease in the use of paper.15. Why does Fiona refuse to

7、 buy an e-book reader?A. She doesn t read muchB. She likes printed books better.C. She has enough books to read16. Whore does the conversation take place?A. In a store.B. In a classroom. C. In a library.听第io段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which team has played in every World Cup?A. BrazilB. PortugalC. South Afric

8、a13. What is the trophy（奖杯）named after?A. A famous place B. A special stadium C. The organizer.19. How many cities was the 2018 World Cup held in?A. 32B. 15C. 1120. Why does the speaker say Japan made history?A. They won the champion onceB. They beat a South American teamC. They made their fourth ap

9、pearance第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共十小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文。从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AOn a recent afternoon, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, KathleenRys , 72, and her sister Lorraine O kelly, 70, sat down and had a meal with a classmate, Bruce Smit 71 for the first time.In th

10、e 1950s, Lorraine and Kathleen Rys family moved from Chicago to Monee. As new kids at Monee ElementarySchool, they soon found themselves on the outs with other students. “I would be with the other guys and see Kathleen walkingdown the hal Iway. her head down, holding her books, walkingslowly, And al

11、l of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we d burst into 1 aughter. How rude is that? Its justcrazy, “ said Bruce, a doctorwhose wi fe, Tammy, organized the meeting.The women said none of the teachers cared about it. We jjst kept it to ourselves, “Lorraine said.Over the years,

12、 Tammy Smit said, “Bruce would just start to cry at times. He d wonder what happened to the sisters, if theyled a good life. One day a few weeks ago. Tanmy took to the Internet and found Mary O kelly, Lorraint? s daughter, offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well-rec

13、eived by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a data It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally gotKathleen to agree to meet with BruceBruce broke into tears. Im so ashamed, so embarrassed,“ he said. But I m so happy that youre still here and that I can finally apologize. n He said

14、he hoped his apology would encourageothers to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others. Loraine said. This is a beautiful thing, It, s justwonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. Its like a miracle to us. Its healing to us”.21. What can we learn from the fi

15、rst three paragraphs?A. Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.B. Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.C. Bruce Smit asked his wife to organize the meeting.D. Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.22. What does the underlined word in the 4th paragraph probably refer to?A. The

16、guyt meeLiiig.B. Kd.Lhleen, y bluw pd.ee.C. The guys apologyD. Kathleen s suffering.23. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Bruce was embarrassed about his apology.B. The other guys apologized to the two sisters.C. Bruce and the tw sisters felt a sense of relief.D. Lorraine thought the apol

17、ogy came a little late.BBack in 1988. Red Delicious made up 70 to 80 percent of the domestic apple market.Over the years, farmers sold a lot of them because they looked great. But they had a floury texture（ 口感），and people want an apple that s firm, crisp and juicy. I started searching for the one. B

18、y 1994. threatened by varieties from Japan and New Zealand, the U. S. apple industry and Washington State University agreed that we had to grow our own.First, We cross-pollinated（为异花授粉）existing apples：Collect pollen from one flower, put it on the tip of a penci 1 eraser, and rub it into another. We

19、crossed dozens of crisp, tasty varieties such as Gala, Fuji and Pink Lady, But the best breed came out of Honey crisp andEnterprise parents. The crossbred seeds grew into 5一 foot trees, and we grafted those ontorootstocks （根状茎）to make them start producing quickly, and planted them in evaluation gard

20、ens. A few years later, they fruitedand we began tasting.So I would walk along long rows of hundreds and thousands of trees, and when I found an attractive fruit. Id bi to, chew and spit it out. Most were terrible, but when I found one with good texture and taste, Id pick 10 or 20 of them Then I put

21、 them in cold storage to see how they would hold up after a few months, After that, three of four researchers sat down and tasted every apple. We checked acidity and sugar 1 evels, which can change over time, and tested firmness and crispness using instruments that measure pressure and cell breakdow

22、n. When we found exactly what we wanted, we planted and tested them all over again. Eventually, we ended up with CosmicCrisp. It can spend nine to twelve months in storage, an crisp, firm, juicy and sweet.24. What does the author mainly tell us?A. Why Red Delicious besL.B How apples with a good text

23、ure are grown.C. Why apples cross-pollinated taste nice.D How a new variety of apple comes into being.25. Which is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “grafted in Paragraph 2?A. Applied B. Rubbed. C. Attached. D. Changed.26. What can we learn from the text?A. The apple seeds cross-pollinat

24、ed take a few years to growB. Cosmic Crisp has a 1 onger storage life and better quality C. Cosmic Crisp is mainly bred from Gala and FujiD. The quality of apples lies in its acidity and sugar levels.cDigital grounding is when parents or caregivers limit or completely take away access to technology

25、from children. According to a study conducted by Pew Research, 6引 parents have digitally grounded their teen by taking away their teen, s cellphone or Internet access as punishment.Because children are so connected with their technologies, digital groundi ng may seem like a logical step for parents.

26、 Take away a child s most cherished item and they will quickly learnfrom their behavior, But the idea of digital grounding isn, t as clearcut as that. Instead, it may be a lose-lose situation for parents and kids, alike.For most parents, the goal of grounding isn, t to make their children unhappy or

27、 sad. It is to teach a lesson in the hope that they won? t engage in whatever bohovior gets them in trouble in the first place. Unfortunately, though, digital grounding is often just punishment, not discipline.If a child stays out past curfew（宵禁时间）。a punishment would be hitting or yelling at them Di

28、scipline would be not letting them go out the next weekend because they fail to follcw rules.we, ve all been thereweve caught our child doingsomething wrong and in the heatof the moment laid out a strict punishment. We may have been feeling hotheaded, embarrassedor dismayed. Often, though, these pun

29、ishments aren t aligned with the had behavior.While digital grounding may solve the problem temporarily it won t provide children with the guidance they need to act apprupriaLely in Lhe fuLuie. IiibLedd uf giuunding, show yuur child what they did wrong and give them the chance a act differently. Thi

30、s way, they will learnfrom their mistakes in a practical manner and figure out ways to be safe and smart with technologyTaere is no denying it: technology is here for the long-haul.This is why some parenting experts don recommend digitally grounding your children. It doesn, t focus on the end goal o

31、f safe behavior. They recommend teaching them good habits as soon as possible, rather than taking away their technology. By digitally grounding them, you are putting a bandage over the wound rather than treating it.Now, when we say that digital grounding is a lose-lose situation, wer。not saying that

32、 disciplining your children in general is a lose- lose situation, Discipline is a great way to teach children lessons, when use appropriately.27. Which of the follcwing is a form of discipline? A. Hitting or yelling at children.8. laying out a strict punishment in the heat of the moment C. Taking aw

33、ay access to cellphones from children D. Forbiding kids to go out the next weekend if they stay out past curfew.23. What does the author think of digital grounding? A, It benefits children greatly.B. It is no better than discipliningC. Parents can use it to correct kids behavior.D Neither parents no

34、r childron gain benefits from it29. What does the author suggest parents do instead of grounding? A. Give kids more free time.B. Act appropriately in publicC. Help kids form good habitsD. Put a bandage over the wound30. Whats the purpose of the text?A. To inform us of ways of punishing kids.B. To ex

35、plain what digital grounding means.C. To show how to parent children in digital timesD. To prove digital grounding is not a good parenting way第二节（共5小题海小题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。Have you ever wondered how the trainers at Sea World get the 19, 000- puund whcile Lujump 22 fee

36、t out of water and perform tricks? They get that whale to go over a rope farther outof the water than most of us can imagine, 31So how do the trainers at Sea World do it? The first thing they do is reinforce（强化）the behavior that they want repeatedlyinthis case, to get the whale to go over the rope.

37、32 in a position where the whale can t help but do whats expected of it. Every time the whale goes over the rope, its given positive reinforcement and gets fed with fish. But what will happen when the whale goes under the rope? Nothingno criticism, nowarnings and no feedback. 33Positive reinforcemen

38、t is the key of that simple principle that reduces such splendid results. And as the whale begins to go over the rope more often, the trainers begin to raise the rope. It must 5e raised slowly enough so that the whale doesn t starve.34 . Make a big deal out of the good and little stuff that we want

39、consistently. Secondly, under-criticize. People know they need help when they mess up._ 35 , people will not forget the event and usually will not repeat itSo we need to set up the circumstances so that people can t fail. Overcelebrate, under-criticize. and know how far to raise the ropeA. This is a

40、 great challengeB. And the whale stays right where it isC. If we figure out a way to motivate the whaleD. They start with the hope below the surface of the waterE. If we under-criticize, punish and discipline less than expectedF. Whales are taught that their negative behavior won t be acknowledgeG.

41、The simple lesson learned from the whale trainers is to oner-celebrate. 第三部分语言知识运用供两节，满分45分）第一节供20小题；每小题L5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白 的最佳选项。Growing up in the 1960s, I was taught from an early age to send a handwritten thank-you note expressi ng 36 for kindness, My mother used to buy

42、 me a box of paper and 37 me in the art and value of saying thank you” She 38 to be right.A study showed that it took less than 5 minutes to write the thank- you notes, Just 5 minutesto make 39 person feel overjoyed! 40 , in our instant” wuiId, Llie idea uf geLLing d.n d,cLudl pen and writing an act

43、ual note seems to never come to mind. We tend to do what is 41 for usa quick text or an email.Its easy to use the 42 of being busy, but even very busy and 43 businessmen findtime to 44 thank-you notes For example, when Douglas Conant became CEO of Camplbells,the company had 45 half of its market val

44、ue and morale（士气）was at an all- time low.He 46 fixing that by doing some simple things that are probably not 47 in anyMBA classFor one thing, Conant wrote to ever 48 He gained their confidence and 49 =turned the c ompanv50 ,In his ten years as CEO. Conant wrote over 30. 000 notes to employees. It s_

45、 51 not to ashow he did it. 52 , he had many other things to do 53 you note. Conantmade time for 54 because he knew the impact（影响）each one would have. An expression of55 in this crazy world still makes a difference.36. A. concernD. appreciationwriting a thank-37. A. consult38. A. remained39. A. one4

46、0. A. Yet41. A. special42. A. case43. A. humorousD. experienced44. A. pen45. A. lost46. A. gave up47. A. permitted48. A. marked49. A. personallyD. occasionally50. A. up51. A. hard52. A. As usual53. A. by54. A. me55. A.kindnessB. sympathyB. instructB. provedB. anyB. ThereforeB. necessaryB excuseB, op

47、timisticB. receiveB. gainedB. kept upB. taughtB. businessmanB. franklyB. downB. greatB. In shortB. inB. itB. joyC. affectionC. answr C. appearedD. impress.D. claimedC. eachD. anotherC. SoD. OtherwiseC. convenient D. importantC. example D. situationC. successfulC. designC. developedC. set aboutC. che

48、ckedD. deliverD. damagedD. worried aboutD. testedC. company D emplyeeC. naturallyC. awayD. aroundC. amazing D. disappointingC. By the way D. After allC. besidesC. himC. valueD withoutD. themD. confidence第二节供10小题；每小题L5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The information I 56 (collect) in the last

49、few years leads me to believe that speedreading may be less 57 (use)taan most people think. The claim that you can read andcomprehend over 30, 000 words per minute is overstated. One researcher proved this in a study where irrelevant and illogical sentences were added to the text. The “speed readers

50、58 were tested didn, t notice the irrelevant linesthe readers whoread slowly spottedthem immediately.I1 ve interviewed people who have attended the introductory sessions59 ( offer )by some speed reading courses. 60(them) stories indicate that improper methods aresometimes used to sell the courses. H

51、ere s how: First, you re asked to read a passage from abook 61 which most persons would be unfamiliar. Your reading speed and comprehensionare tested during this exercise. Then, after about half 62 hour of instruction, another readingtest is given Butthis time the reading is the one most educated Am

52、ericans know well - suchas Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Not 63 (surprising), persons attending these introductory sessions findthat their exit w speed and comprehension are better than their “entry 64 (perform).I* m one of the fiction readers who appreciate the beauty ingood writing, Occasionally

53、r 11 read a passage or sentence over and over just 65 (let )the beauty of its constructionsoak in(渗透).Good writing must be read carefully and thoughtfully to be fully appreciated第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节应用文书面表达(满分15分)假定你是李华，你的留学生朋友Jack想学武汉方言dialect)。你给他写一封电子 邮件，提出你的建议，内容包括1 .多和当地市民交流；2 .观看武汉方言电视节目3 .买一本武

54、汉方言的词典等。注意：1.词数100左右；2,可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Jack,Yours, Li Hua第二节阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事.It was the first time that my falher had asked me to help him. By the time we finished herring 御fe） covered the bottom of the boat as deep as ny knees. For the first time in days,my father seemed happy.The

55、n he 1 ooked at the western sky, and his smile disappearedThey are called Northwsters. They re stonus that sweep out of Canada har d and fast. Noone can predict their arrival. All fishermen fear them.re going back, “my father saidHe started the motor, We were only two mi les out. but the shore looke

56、d to me to be as faraway as the . Over the distant hills, black clouds ran toward us like wild hors es. My father set acourse directly for them.Ne made it only halfway home before we met the storm.The wind came first. It 1 ifted the lake in white caps. The weight of the h erring made us ride low in

57、the water, and th waves broke over our bow（船头）.3y the time the rain came, w。 d put more distance behind us. Although we were now onlyhalf a mile from shore, the rain fell so hard we couldn t see the land.I was scared, but I saw my father sitting erect in the stern（船尾）, holding the boat steady into the wind. I felt hopeful.I was starting to think we were going to make it. That, s when the motor d led. My father tried many timesto