陕西省咸阳市永寿中学2020-2021学年高二下学期第一次月考英语Word版含解析.docx

1、永寿中学2020-20学年度高二第二学期第一次月考英语试卷本卷命题范围：选修7U3o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。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。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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AMarineLand Theme ParkWith numerous rides, a variety of wi

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7、wer Observation Deck.Hours of Operation: 10:00 am-5:00 pm(Sept. 11th一Oct. 13th)43 from outside. Watching out of his bedroom window, he saw a tree 44 in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree's base, its engine 45.“I 46 buckets of water,” said LanguelL Then he ran to the cr

8、ash 47. The car looked worseup close. It was nearly 48 into two, and the tree was where the driver's seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have 49 this crash, and yet there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, his 50face pressed against the driver's side window, in visible

9、51. Languell, 35, tried pouring the fire with his buckets of water with no success. "When the52got into the front seats, I realized I hadto get him out of there," he said.Completely53his own safety, Languell opened the car's back door and54in. He cutthrough Thompson9s seat belt using a

10、55he'd had the foresight to bring with him. Now that Thompsonwas free of the56, Languell pulled him out of the vehicle, and then57the teen to safetyjust before the entire car was surrounded in flames.Although Thompson suffered several breakings to his legs, spine, and face, a social media post58

11、him as "looking great, smiling, and joking”. Languell thinks about that day often. Displaying the sort of sympathy that59him to help, he explained, “My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to thatlevel of hurt, you feel it so _6041. A. rememberedB. assumedC. insistedD. realized42

12、. A. turned upB. looked upC. got upD. speeded up43. A. simplyB. fortunatelyC. strangelyD. definitely44. A. swallowedB. preservedC. meltedD. settled45. A. beyond reachB. under controlC. on fireD. in shape46. A. pouredB. grabbedC. spottedD. located47. A. levelsB. surroundingsC. directionD. site48. A.

13、developedB. arrangedC.shotD. divided49. A. explainedB. plannedC. survivedD. prevented50. A. terrifiedB. relaxedC. movedD. confused51. A. eagernessB. doubtC. painD. devotion52. A. flamesB. waterC. branchesD. fuel53. A. denyingB. ignoringC. respectingD. guaranteeing54. A. climbedB. slippedC. ranD. cal

14、led55. A. hammerB. maskC. pocketknifeD. bandage56. A. dilemmaB. trapC. destinationD. embarrassment57. A. forcedB. showedC. draggedD. accompanied58. A. thankedB. employedC.servedD. described59. A. orderedB. droveC. beggedD. trained60. A. directlyB. hopelesslyC. calmlyD. effectively【答案】41. B42. C43. D

15、 44. A45. C 46. B 47. D48. D 49. C 50. A51.C 52. A53. B54. A 55. C56. B 57. C 58. D59. B 60. A【解析】【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了主人公兰格尔不顾自己的安危，拯救了由于车祸，困在车里的男孩 汤普森。【41题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：声音很大，他以为是从缅因州韦德的家里传来的。A. remembered记得；B. assumed 设想，认为；C. insisted坚持；D. realized意识到。根据后文“As heto investigate”可知，他去调查声音到底是从哪传来的，由此可推断

16、出，起初他并不能肯定声音是从哪传来的，他认为是从家里传来的。 故选B项。【42题详解】考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：当他起床调查时，他听到了另一个声音，这个声音肯定是从外面传来的。A. turned up lL1 现；B. looked up 查找；C. got up 起床；D. speeded up 加快速度。根据上文“The sound woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning.可知，声音惊醒了达米安兰格尔，由此可知当时他正在床上睡觉， 所以此处应该是他起床调查。故选C项。【43题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：当他起床调查时，他听到了另一个声音，

17、这个声音肯定是从外面传来的。A. simply 简单地；B. fortunately 幸运地;C. strangely 奇怪地；D. definitely 确切地。根据下文 “Watching out of his bedroom window”可知，他接下来的动作是向窗外看，由此可知，当他再一次听到声音时，他确切地认为 这个声音是从外面传来的，所以才会向窗外看。故选D项。【44题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他从卧室的窗户向外望去，看到大约500码外有一棵树被烟吞没了 o A. swallowed 吞没；B. preserved 保护；C. melted 融化；D. settled 定居，解

18、决。根据下文 “ A car was wrapped around the tree's base”可知，这辆车撞到树上了，由此可知，树是被撞击产生的烟吞没了。故选A项。【45题详解】考查固定短语词义辨析。句意：一辆汽车缠绕在树的底部，引擎着火了。A. beyond reach够不着；B. under control被控制住；C. on lire着火；D. in shape处于良好状态。根据上文“in smoke”可知，车周边有烟， 由此可知道，是引擎着火了，产生了烟。故选C项。【46题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：“我抓起几桶水，”兰格尔说。然后他跑向撞车地点。A. poured倾倒

19、；B. grabbed 抓住；C. spotted发现；D. located把 安置在。根据上文可知，车的引擎着火了，由此可知，他是抓起 儿桶水，跑去救火。故选B项。【47题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：“我抓起几桶水，”兰格尔说。然后他跑向撞车地点。A. levels水平；B. surroundings周围的环境;C. direction方向；D. site地点。根据句中“crash”和生活常识可知，他是跑向撞 车地点救火。故选D项。【48题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：它儿乎被一分为二，那棵树在司机座位应该在的地方，就像是种在那里一样。A. developed 发展；B. arranged

20、 安排；C. shot 射击；D. divided 分开。根据句中 “the tree was where the driver's seat ought to have beenv可知，树在司机座位应该在的地方，由此可知，因为车撞到了树，冲击力使车被分 成两半了。故选D项。【49题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：应该没有人能在这次撞车事故中幸存下来，然而16岁的昆廷汤普森，他极 度惊慌的脸贴在司机的侧窗上，疼痛难忍。35岁的兰格尔试图用一桶一桶的水灭火，但没有成功。A. explained解释；B. planned计划；C. survived幸存；D. prevented阻止。根据上文

21、可知,冲击力使车被分成 两半了，由此可知，这里指的是，在这么严重的车祸中，没人能够幸存。故选C项。【50题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：应该没有人能在这次撞车事故中幸存下来，然而16岁的昆廷汤普森，他 极度惊慌的脸贴在司机的侧窗上，疼痛难忍。35岁的兰格尔试图用一桶一桶的水灭火，但没有成功。A. terrified极度惊慌的；B. relaxed放松的；C. moved感动的；D. confused困惑的。根据生活常识可知，经历 了车祸的人，应该是极度惊慌的。故选A项。【51题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：应该没有人能在这次撞车事故中幸存下来，然而16岁的昆廷汤普森，他极 度惊慌的脸贴在司机

22、的侧窗上，疼痛难忍。35岁的兰格尔试图用一桶一桶的水灭火，但没有成功。A. eagerness渴望；B. doubt怀疑；C. pain疼痛;D. devotion奉献。根据上文可知，16岁的昆廷汤普森经历 了车祸，由此可知，他身上有伤，应该是感到疼痛。故选C项。【52题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：“当火焰冲进前排座位时，我意识到我必须把他救出来，”他说。A. flames火 焰；B. water C. branches树枝；D. fuel燃料。根据上文可知，车着火了，由此可知，这里指火焰冲进 前排座位。故选A项。【53题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：兰格尔完全不顾自己的安全，打开汽车后门爬

23、了进去。A. denying否认;B. ignoring 忽视；C. respecting 尊敬；D. guaranteeing 保证。根据后文 u Languell opened the car9s back door andin”可知，兰格尔打开车门去救人了，由此可知，在车体着火的时候，兰格尔是不顾自己的危险去救人。故选 B项。【54题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：兰格尔完全不顾自己的安全，打开汽车后门爬了进去。A. climbed爬；B. slipped 滑动；C.ran跑；D. called给命名。根据上文可知，车被撞成两半，由此可知，兰格尔只能爬进车里。 故选A项。【55题详解】考查

24、名词词义辨析。句意：他用一把他预见到的随身携带的小刀割断了汤普森的安全带。A. hammer锤子; B. mask 面具;C. pocketknife （折叠式）小刀；D. bandage 绷带。根据句中 ucut through Thompson's seat belt” 可知，他应该是用小刀割断了汤普森的安全带。故选C项。【56题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在汤普森已经摆脱了困境，兰格尔把他从车里拉了出来，然后在整辆车被火 焰包围之前把他拖到安全的地方。A. dilemma (进退两难的)窘境；B. trap (难以逃脱的)困境；C. destination 目的地；D. em

25、barrassment尴尬。根据上文可知，汤普森被困在了车里，兰格尔割断了安全带，所以他摆 脱了困境，这里指“(难以逃脱的)困境” o故选B项。【57题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在汤普森已经摆脱了困境，兰格尔把他从车里拉了出来，然后在整辆车被火 焰包围之前把他拖到安全的地方。A. forced强迫；B. showed展示；C. dragged拖，拉；D. accompanied陪 伴。根据上文可知，汤普森被困在了车里并且受伤了，自己是没有能力从车里出来的，由此可知，是兰格 尔把他从车里拉了出来。故选C项。【58题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管汤普森的腿、脊椎和脸都有几处伤，但一则社交

26、媒体帖子称他“看起来很 棒，面带微笑,开玩笑” o A. thanked感谢；B. employed雇用；C. served提供；D. described描述。根据句 中“looking great, smiling, and joking”可知，“看起来很棒，面带微笑，开玩笑”应该是社交媒体对他的 描述。故选D项。【59题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他表现出一种驱使他去帮忙的同情，解释道：“我的心倾注在汤普森身上。当 你接近那种程度的伤害时，你会立刻感觉到它。A. ordered命令；B. drove驱动，迫使；C. begged祈求； D. trained培训。根据句中“sympathy

27、”可知，正是他的同情心驱使他去帮助汤普森，“drive sb. to do sth.” 意为“驱使某人去做某事” o故选B项。【60题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：他表现出一种驱使他去帮忙的同情，解释道：“我的心倾注在汤普森身上。当 你接近那种程度的伤害时，你会立刻感觉到它。A. directly立刻，立即；B. hopelessly绝望地；C. calmly镇 静地；D. effectively有效地。根据句意可知，兰格尔想表达的是当你面对这么严重的伤害时，你也会立即 感受到这种同情，并给予对方帮助。故选A项。第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当

28、的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。People in China consume 10 grams of salt a day on average, twice the amount 61 (recommend) by the WHO, according to the new research led by Queen Mary University of London.The 62 (system) review and analysis, funded by the National Institute for Health Research found that Chinese chil

29、dren aged 3-6 are eating the maximum amount of salt suggested by the WHO for adults (5g a day) while63 (old) children eat almost 9g/day.Excess salt intake 64 (raise) blood pressure, 65 important cause of strokes and heart disease, which account for about 40 per cent of deaths in China.The team revie

30、wed all data on salt intake in China and found that salt intake 66 (be) consistently high over the past four decades. While salt intake in northern China is among the highest in the world (11.2g a day), it has been declining since the 1980s when it was 12.8g a day. This could be the result of both g

31、overnmental efforts in salt67 (aware) education and less desire 68 pickled food (腌制食物).However, this trend of decrease failed 69 (see) in southern China,70the salt intake hasvastly increased from 8.8g a day in the 1980s to 10.2g a day in the 2010s.【答案】61. recommended62. systematic63. older 64. raise

32、s65. an 66. has been67. awareness68. for 69. to be seen70. where【解析】【分析】本文是说明文。文章讲述根据一项新研究，中国人盐的摄入量太多了，过去40年里成年人一天 的盐平均摄入量超过建议最高摄入量的二倍。【61题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：根据伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院进行的新研究，中国人平均每天吃掉10g盐，是世界 卫生组织推荐量的二倍。分析句子可知,recommend作定语，修饰the amount,二者之间是被动关系，用 过去分词作定语，故填recommendedo【62题详解】考查形容词。句意：由英国国家健康研究所出资的系统回

33、顾和荟萃分析发现3-6岁的中国儿童食盐量为世 界卫生组织推荐给成年人的最大值(5g/天)，年龄更大的孩子食盐量约为9g/天。修饰名词用形容词作定语, 故填 systematic o【63题详解】考查形容词比较级。句意同上。根据句意，此处表示比上文"childrenaged3-6"更大的孩子，修饰名词用 形容词，故用形容词比较级，故填older0【64题详解】考查动词和主谓一致。句意：盐摄入过量会使血压升高，是中风和心脏病的一个重要原因，致死人数约占 中国死亡总人数的40%o分析句子可知，raise作谓语，根据语境可知，讲述客观事实用一般现在时，且主 语salt intake

34、是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数，故填raiseso【65题详解】考查冠词。句意同上。cause "原因”是可数名词，此处泛指“一个重要的原因”，且important以元音因 素开头，故填an。【66题详解】考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：该团队参考了中国关于盐摄入量的数据，发现盐摄入量在过去40年里 直居高不下。分析句子可知，be是that引导的宾语从句的谓语动词，由时间状语“over the past four decades v可知，用现在完成时，主语intake是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数，故填has beeno【67题详解】考查名词。句意：这可能是政府加强盐意识教育以及人们对腌制

35、食品的依赖程度下降的结果。salt awareness education"盐意识教育”，名词作定语，说明被修饰语的用途，根据句意，故填awareness o【68题详解】考查介词。句意：这可能是政府加强盐意识教育以及人们对腌制食品的依赖程度下降的结果。desire for “对 于需求”，是常用搭配，根据句意，故填for。【69题详解】考查不定式。句意：然而中国南方并未出现下降趋势，在那里盐摄入量从20世纪80年代的8.8g/天大幅上 升至2010年以后的10.2g/天。fail to do sth. “未能做某事”，接不定式作宾语,且see与逻辑主语trend是 被动关系，故用不

36、定式的被动式作宾语，故填to be seeno【70题详解】考查定语从句。句意：然而中国南方并未出现下降趋势，盐摄入量从20世纪80年代的8.8g/天大幅上升至 2010年以后的10.2g/天。分析句子可知，空格处引导定语从句，先行词southern China,从句中作地点状语, 用关系副词where,故填where o第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节短文改错（共1小题；每小题1分，满分10分）71 .假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错 误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号

37、（人），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Josh had a problem with anger control. As result, he had few friends. Felt worried about Josh's bad temper, her father tried to help him. He gave Josh a hammer but a bag of nails, telling him

38、to put a nail into the fence whenever he became mad. Although the fence was as tougher as iron, Josh hammered 37 nails within a day! However, he found it was more difficulty to hammer nails than to controlling his anger. Over time, Josh uses fewer nails. One day, he no longer needed nails. His fathe

39、r gave him a hug and told him the hurtful words that he had said them would leave various scar on others.【答案】1 .在result前加a2. Felt一Feeling3. her一his4. but一and5. tougher一tough6. difficulty>difficult7. controlling一control8. usesused9. 删除them10. scarscars【解析】【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了主人公的父亲是如何帮助他改掉坏脾气的。【详解】1

40、.考查固定短语。句意：结果，他几乎没有朋友。根据句意可知，句中涉及固定短语"as a result", 意为“结果，因此” o故在result前加a。2. 考查非谓语动词。句意：由于担心乔希的坏脾气，他的父亲试图帮助他。分析句子可知，句中有谓语动 词“tried”且句中无连词，故句中应用“feel”的非谓语动词，句子主语“his father”与“feel”之间为逻 辑上的主谓关系，故应用“feel”的现在分词“feeling”，在句中作状语，句首单词首字母大写。故将Felt 改为 Feelingo3. 考查代词。句意：由于担心乔希的坏脾气，他的父亲试图帮助他。根据句中“h

41、e had few friends"可知， 文中的“Josh”是个男孩，“her”意为“她的”，不符合人物性别，“his”意为“他的”，符合人物性别, 为形容词性物主代词，修饰"father”。故将her改为his。4. 考查连词。句意：他给了乔希一把锤子和一袋钉子，告诉他在他生气的时候把钉子钉进栅栏里。根据句 意可知，父亲是给了他一把锤子“和” 一袋钉子，两者之间为并列关系，“but”意为“但是”，表示转折, 不符合句意，“and”意为“和”，表示并列，符合句意。故将but改为and。5. 考查形容词。句意：尽管栅栏像铁一样坚硬，乔希一天之内就钉了 37颗钉子！根据句意可

42、知，句中涉及 固定短语“as+形容词或副词原级+as”，意为“像一样”，"tougher"为比较级，原级为“tough”， 意为“坚固的” o故将tougher改为tougho6. 考查形容词。句意：然而，他发现锤打钉子比控制自己的愤怒更难。分析句子可知，句中应用形容词作 表语，说明事物的性质，“difficulty”意为“困难”，名词词性，形容词形式为"difficult",意为“困难 的” ,“more difficult” 为 “difficult” 的比较级。故将 difficulty 改为 difficult。7. 考查动词原形。句意：然而，他

43、发现锤打钉子比控制自己的愤怒更难。根据句意可知，句中涉及固定句 型“itis+adj.+todosth.” ,意为“做某事很",句中“it”作形式主语,动词不定式短语作真正的主语,“than”前后形式一致，都应为不定式短语，不定式符号“to”后接动词原形，"controlling"的原形为 “control” ,意为“控制”,动词词性。故将controlling改为control。8. 考查时态。句意：随着时间的推移，乔希用的钉子越来越少。根据句意可知，句子陈述的是过去发生的 事，应用一般过去时，动词要用过去式，“uses”为“use”的三单形式，过去式为“use

44、d”。故将uses改 为 usedo9. 考查定语从句。句意：他的父亲给了他一个拥抱，告诉他他说的那些伤人的话会在别人身上留下各种伤 疤。根据句意和句子结构可知，句子为“that”引导的限制性定语从句，先行词为“words”,在从句中作“said”的宾语，故句中“them”多余。故将them删除。10. 考查名词的数。句意：他的父亲给了他一个拥抱，告诉他他说的那些伤人的话会在别人身上留下各种伤 疤。分析句子可知，句中“scar”意为“伤疤”，为可数名词，句中“various”意为“各种各样的"，后 应接“scar”的复数形式"scars”。故将scar改为scars。第二节

45、书面表达（满分25分）72.假如你是李华，现在代表你的公司接待一批刚刚到达的印度客人。他们将在你的公司学习培训一段时 间。请你向他们致以简要的欢迎词。内容包括：1. 简单慰问；2. 简要介绍即将开始的培训。注意：词数100左右。Ladies and gentlemenWelcome to China! Welcome to our company!You must have had a happy travel after covering such a long distance. We are very appreciating that you come cross so long di

46、stance from India to China. We have arranged a nice guest house already for you to give you a good rest, which will make you feel at home while studying here. We'll study and train together during your stay here.Of course there are so many things need us to study, especially the safety knowledge

47、. Lefs work together to have a happy and satisfactory training and study here, and wish you enjoy each of minute!Yours sincerely,Li Hua 【解析】【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生写一篇简要的欢迎词，欢迎一批在考生的公司学习和培训的 印度客人，向他们表达简单慰问并简要介绍即将开始的培训。【详解】1.词汇积累感激的：thankfulappreciative让某人好好休息：let sb. have a good rest一give sb. a good res

48、t 尤其，特别：particularlyespecially 快乐的，令人愉快的：pleasant一happy2 .句式拓展简单句变复合句原句: You must have had a happy travel after covering such a long distance. 拓展句：I think that you must have had a happy travel after covering such a long distance.【点睛】高分句型 1 We are very appreciating that you come cross so long distanc

49、e from India to China.（运用 了 that引导的宾语从句）高分句型 2 We have arranged a nice guest house already for you to give you a good rest, which will make you feel at home while studying here.（运用了 which引导的非限制性定语从句）Phone:4178230981.What can be learned about MarineLand Theme Park?A. It is only suitable for kids.B. I

50、t was opened fifty years ago.C. It has both land and marine animals.D. It has the world's biggest roller coaster.22. What is special about Arctic Cove?A. It has the largest white whale collection in the world.B. It allows visitors to enter the magic world of the killer whale.C. It features an en

51、tertaining show starring various marine mammals.D. It provides visitors with a chance to interact with white whales personally.23. Which hotel suits you best if you have a tight budget?A. Diplomat Inn.B. Villager Lodge.C. Days Inn Lundy*s Lane.D. Marriott Niagara Fails Fallsview Hotel&Spa.【答案】C

52、22. D 23. A【解析】【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了 MarineLand Theme Park的特色，以及票价和开放时间等。【题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段的 With numerous rides, a variety of wildlife from both land and sea 可知，MarineLand Theme Park既有陆地生物也有海洋生物。C. It has both land and marine animals.（既有陆地生物也有海洋生物） 符合以上说法，故选C项。【22题详解】细节理解题。根据 Arctic Cove 介绍中的 visitors

53、are able to purchase a pass to Arctic Cove where they can touch and feed the whales as well as view them underwater可知，游客可以触摸并喂食鲸鱼，也可以在水底观察它 们，即与鲸鱼互动。D. It provides visitors with a chance to interact with white whales personally.（为游客提供 了 亲自和鲸鱼互动的机会）符合以上说法，故选D项。【23题详解】细节理解题。根据 Diplomat Inn 介绍中的 it is

54、the choice for an inexpensive location 可知，Diplomat Inn 是比 较便宜的旅店，适合预算紧张的游客。故选A项。B“What is the biggest challenge of graduate school?" an undergraduate asked the group of graduate students at an event I helped organize last summer. "Not letting the support from my community turn into pressur

55、e/5 one member responded. That answer might have surprised some, who probably expected to hear about experiments that didn't work or trudging through academic materials. But I understood exactly what she meant.Throughout my education, friends and family have expected me to take advantage of ever

56、y opportunity I come across because I may not get the same chance again. They expect me to give outstanding performances everywhere I go because I represent them and our culture. Mentors（导师）expect that I will never give up. This has been a great source of motivation, but also of pressure.I remembere

57、d a conversation with a mentor. At the end of my first year of graduate school, I struggled with a strong desire to leave the program with a master's degree. I was accustomed to hearing "Don't give up” and "You have to finish-words that were meant to be motivational. Instead, they

58、made me feel I would be a disappointment if I left. After I discussed the pros and cons of leaving with my mentor, she responded completely different from what I expected. "I support any decision you make," she said. "I will always be proud of you and your achievements. Hearing this simple, direct statement of support, I felt every muscle of my body loosen.My mentor knew the right thing to say, but we can't expect the same from everyone.