2018-2019学年10月北京平谷区高二上学期月考英语试卷（详解）

2018~2019学年10月北京平谷区第五中学高二上学期月

考英语试卷（详解）

一、完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

1.ThemostimportantlessonIlearnedinhighschoolhadnothingtodowithmathsor

Americanhistory.Itcameatgraduation,severalminutesbeforeIleftMiramonteHigh

School.

Iwasrathershybackthen,contentto1aroundwithmyfewfriendsandto

concentrateonmy2.IwasdoingsowellthatbytheendofsenioryearIhad

perfectscoresandenough3togotocollege.

Butmygoodrecordsoonbecamea4tomywell-being.InearlyJuneof

senioryear,theheadmastercalledmeintohisoffice.Heaskedmetogivealeave-taking

speechatgraduation.Ilookedathim,myheart5fast.Thiswasthe6formy

hardwork?Isaidsomething,butnotveryclearly,andhurriedawayfromtheoffice.

Iwas7aboutthedecision,finallyagreeingtocompromise.Iwasn'ttheonly

speaker-Iwould8thehonorwithfiveotherstudents.Still,itwasdoubtful

whetherthetaskwas9me.HowintheworldwouldIgiveaspeechtohundreds

ofpeople?

Graduationdaysoonarrivedand；as10,Iwasnervous.I'dbeenpracticingmy

speechfordays,andIhadit11.ButIhadneverbeenso12inmylife.The

firsthalfhouroftheceremonypassed,andthenmy13came.Mynamewas

announced.Imanagedtoreachtheplatformwithoutfallingdown.Butwithinminutes.I

was14,headingbacktomyseat.

NowIstillhavethe15ofthatspeech.Myvoicetrembledalittle,

but16itwasclearandstrong.I'mproudofthattape.IachievedsomethingI'd

never17—Ispokeinfrontofhundredsofpeople.18Ididn*trealizeitat

thetime,thesuccessfulcompletionofthatspeechgavemethe19toparticipate

inclassatcollege,togiveoralreports,andtoeventuallybreakfreeofmy20.

Ineverwouldhavechosentogiveaspeechatgraduation.ButI'mgladIdid.Iknow

itmaywellturnouttobeoneofmyshiningmoments.

1.A.hangB.lookC.walkD.run

2.A.charactersB.interestsC.gamesD.subjects

3.A.moneyB.creditsC.timeD.standards

4.A.luckB.benefitC.fearD.solution

5.A.burningB.breakingC.achingD.beating

6.A.punishmentB.rewardC.arrangementD.sympathy

7.A.doubtfulB.optimisticC.generousD.hesitant

8.A.shareB.bringC.spareD.give

9.A.aboutB.forC.uponD.beyond

10.A.knownB.hopedC.expectedD.planned

11.A.thrownB.printedC.memorizedD.completed

12.A.interestedB.terrifiedC.excitedD.disappointed

13.A.momentB.dayC.chanceD.decision

14.A.defeatedB.stoppedC.doneD.stuck

15.A.pictureB.tapeC.paperD.word

16.A.partiallyB.immediatelyC.franklyD.mostly

17.A.dreamedB.madeC.decidedD.requested

18.A.BecauseB.WhenC.AlthoughD.Unless

19.A.respectB.confidenceC.freedomD.excuse

20.A.shynessB.prideC.stupidityD.courage

【答案】ADBCDBDADCCBACBDACBA

【解析】1:lookaround指"四周看看";walkaround指"在附近走走”;runaround

指"来回地跑"，均不符合题意。hangaround指"跟某人闲逛或玩耍"，这里指作

者"我"跟朋友玩而开心。故选A。

2:根据下文中提到的perfectscores得知，作者"我"专注于学习。subject指"学

科”，符合题意。character指"性格，品质"；interest指"兴趣"；game指"游

戏"，均不符合题意.

3:credit指"学分"，作者"我”成绩好，获得足够的学分去上大学。standard

指"标准"，不符合题意。

4:根据下文中作者具体谈到了校长让作者"我"在毕业典礼上发表一篇演讲，从而

让原本害羞的"我"感到非常害怕。故选C。luck指"运气"；benefit指"益处"；

solution指"方案"。均不符合题意。

5:作者"我"被校长告知要发表演讲，小心脏砰砰直跳。beat指"（心脏）跳

动"。burn指"燃烧";break指"打破"；ache指"受伤"。均不符合题意。

6:

作者"我"内心在想，难道这是对我努力学习的奖赏吗？reward指"奖赏"。符合

题意。punishment指"惩罚"；arrangement指"准备"；sympathy指"怜

悯"，均不符合题意。

7:作者"我"内心非常纠结，故对校长给出的决定是非常犹豫的.hesitant指"犹

豫的"。符合题意。doubtfu脂"怀疑的"；0Ptimistic指"乐观的"；generous

指“慷慨大方的"，均不符合题意。

8:根据Iwasn'ttheonlyspeaker得知，作者"我"不是唯一的演讲者，言外之意

就是还有其他同学同我一起发表演讲.share指"同……分享"，符合题意。bring

指"带来"；spare指"挪出（时间）";give指"给"，均不符合题意。

9:根据后句HowintheworldwouldIgiveaspeechtohundredsofpeople?得

知，作者"我"觉得自己无法胜任。beyond指"超出……的能力"。符合题意。

about指"关于"；for指"为了……"；upon指"关于"。均不符合题意。

10:asexpected指"按照预期的那样"。原文指毕业典礼日如预期的撕羊很快就到

了。asknown指"如大家所知道的"；ashoped指"如大家希望的"；asplanned

指"如大家规划的"，均不符合题意。

11:根据前句I'dbeenpracticingmyspeechfordays得知，作者"我"已经记诵

下来演讲稿了.memorize指"记诵"，符合题意。throw指"扔掉"；print指"打

印"；complete指"完成"。均不符合题意。

12:作者"我"生平中感觉如此害怕上台发表演讲。terrified指"非常害怕的"，符

合题意。interested指"对......感兴趣的"；excited指"兴奋的"；dis叩pointed

指"失望的"。均不符合题意。

13:根据前句中提到的thefirsthalfhour,故提到作者"我”上台演讲的时刻到

了。moment指"时刻"，符合题意。

14:几分钟作者"我"就结束了演讲。done指"完成的"，符合题意。defeated

指"被击败的"；stopped指"被阻止的"；stuck指"卡住的"，均不符合题意。

15:根据下文I'mproudofthattape得知，作者"我"现在仍然还有那盘演讲磁

带。故选B。

16:作者"我"的嗓音有点颤抖，但大多数时候是清晰且强有力的。mostly指"大

多数时候地"，符合题意。immediately指"立刻地"；frankly指"坦率地"，均不

符合题意。

17:作者"我"认为自己取得了从未梦想过能实现的事儿。dream指"梦想"，符

合题意。make指"制作"；decide指"决定"；request指"要求"，均不符合题

18:

前后两句构成转折关系。作者"我"在数百人面前演讲，不过"我"当时没有意识到

这点。although指"尽管"，符合题意。because指"因为"；when指"当….

时"；unless指"除非"，均不符合题意。

19:毕业典礼的演讲给了作者"我"自信去参加大学的各项活动.confidence

指“信心"，符合题意。respect指"尊敬；freedom指"自由"；excuse指"借

口"，均不符合题意。

20:跟第二段首句Iwasrathershybackthen遥相呼应，从高中毕业典礼前的害羞

性格到摆脱害羞，能自信参加大学社团活动的成长过程。shyness指"害羞"，符合

题意。pride指"自豪"；stupidity指"愚笨"；courage指"勇气"，均不符合题

二.阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

2.AsaboyIwasalwayssmallformyage.lwasalsofiveyearsyoungerthanoneofmy

brothersandsevenyearsyoungerthantheother.AsaresultIoftenfeltleftoutwhen

theirfriendscameovertoplay.Iwaseithertoosmallortooyoungforwhateverthey

weredoingandtheydidn'twanttheiryoungerbrotherlisteninginontheir

conversationseither.MoreoftenthannotIfoundmyselfoutsideplayingaloneand

feelingforgotten.

IrememberonespringafternoonfeelingespeciallylonelyasIsatintheyardbehind

ourhouse.WelivedmilesfromtownandIrarelysawmyownfriendsoutsideofschool.

Iheardmybrotherslaughingfrominsidethehouseandfeltasingletearcomingdown

mycheek.AtthatmomentIsawalargebrowndogwalkingovertome.Helooked

happyandhistailwaswaggingaswell.Eventhoughhedidn'tknowmehegreetedme

likealonglostfriend,lickingmychinandsittingbesidemeonthespringgrass.Itmust

havebeenatleastanhourthatIpettedandtalkedtothisfour-leggedangel.Heletme

pouroutallmytroublesandsharemydeepestthoughtsbeforehekissedmycheek

goodbyeandambledoffeithertoHeavenorhishome.Iwentbackinsidefeelinghappy,

knowingthatnomatterwhatlifemayholdIwasloved.Nowover40yearslaterIstill

rememberthatangelwithasmile.

IbelievethatGodsenthiminthatmomentofsadnesstoremindmejusthowmuch

helovedme.Thereisnothingmoreimportantthanknowingweareloved.Whenweare

loved,wewilllearntoloveothers.Learningtolovehelpsustounderstandourselves

andotherpeoplebetter.

1）Howdidthewriterfeelwhenhisbrothers'friendscame?

A.Proud.B.Lonely.C.Worried.D.H叩py.

2)Thewritersharedhistroublesandthoughtswiththedogbecause.

A.itwashisfriendB.itcouldunderstandhim

C.itwasfriendlytohimD.itlookedlikeanangel

3)FromParagraph2,wecanlearnthat.

A.theboymetalonglostfriend

B.theboyhadnofriendsatschool

C.thedoghelpedtheboyrealizethathewasloved

D.thedogspenttheafternoonwiththeboyandhisbrothers

4)Theauthorwrotethestoryto.

A.encouragepeopletotalkabouttheirtroubles

B.tellpeopletheyshouldtreatanimalsfriendly

C.sharehisunforgettableexperiencewithus

D.showknowingyouarelovedisthemostimportant

【答案】(1)B

(2)C

(3)C

(4)D

【解析】(1)细节理解题。从文章第一段AsaresultIoftenfeltleftoutwhentheir

friendscameovertoplay.可知当作者的哥哥的朋友来的时候，他觉得很孤

单,故选瓦

(2)细节理解题。从文章第二段Eventhoughhedidn'tknowmehegreeted

melikealonglostfriend,lickingmychinandsittingbesidemeonthe

springgrass可知作者将自己的烦恼和想法都和这条狗说了,因为狗对他很友

好，故选C。

(3)细节理解题。从文章第二段Iwentbackinsidefeelinghappy,knowing

thatnomatterwhatlifemayholdIwasloved.Nowover40yearslater

Istillrememberthatangelwithasmile.可知这只狗让作者意识到他自己

是被爱着的，故选C。

(4)写作意图题。根据文章最后一段Thereisnothingmoreimportantthan

knowingweareloved.可知作者在这篇文章中是想表明知道自己被爱是很

重要的，故选D。

3.Whatissoamazingaboutgivingblood?

TheNationalBloodService,whichcoversallofEnglandandNorthWales,needs

nearlytwoandahalfmillionblooddonationseachyear.Whenyougiveblood,you'llbe

doingoneofthemostamazingthingsanybodycoulddreamof-savingalife.

Alltypesofbloodareneeded—notjustrareones.Infact,thecommonertheblood

type,themoreareneeded.Soevenifyourbloodisoneofthemostcommontypes一

groupOforexample-youcanbesurethatbydonatingthreetimesayear,youreally

aredoingsomethingamazing.

Whatisthedonationprocess?

Thedonationwilllastaboutanhourinall.Whenyouarrive,youwillbeaskedafew

questionsaboutyourhealth.Thenadropofbloodwillbetakenandtestedjusttomake

sureyou'renotanemic(贫血).Ifalliswell,yourdonationwillbetaken.

Thisonlytakesabouttenminutes,duringwhichtime470mlofbloodw川be

collected.Mostpeoplehardlyfeelathing.Afterashortrest,adrinkandbiscuits,you'll

beupandreadytogo.Allequipmentusedinthecollectionofyourbloodisnewandis

neverreused,soyoudon'thavetoworryaboutriskstoyourhealthinthecollectionof

yourblood.

Whocanbecomeablooddonor?

Becomingablooddonorreallyisverysimple.Aslongasyou'reingoodhealthand

agedbetween17and60,youcanbecomeablooddonor.Ifyouwouldlikemore

informationoradvice,oryouwanttobecomeablooddonor,ringthedonorhelplineon

08457711.Thedonorhelplineisopen24hoursaday一everydayoftheyear.

1)WhichisthesubtitleofParagraph2?

A.Whyshouldyoudonateblood?

B.Whattypesofbloodareneeded?

C.Whatshouldyouconsiderbeforedonation?

D.Howmanytimesayearcanyoudonateblood?

2)Beforegivingblood,youwill.

A.restforawhileB.waitforoneday

C.fillinaformD.takeabloodtest

3)Whatdoesthepassagetellusaboutthedonationprocess?

A.Ittakesmanyhours.B.It'sdoneoncomputer.

C.Itdoesn'tneedequipment.D.Itwon'taffectdonors'health.

4)Thepurposeofthewritingisto.

A.introducetheNationalBloodService

B.showtheimportanceofdonation

C.callonpeopletodonateblood

D.remindpeopleofthedanger

【答案】(1)B

(2)D

(3)D

(4)C

【解析】(1)第二段主要讲的是人们可以提供什么类型的血液，故答案选B。

(2)2田节题,Thenadropofbloodwillbetakenandtestedjusttomake

sureyou'renotanemic(贫血)。

(3)捐赠血液不会引起人们身体的健康问题。

(4)作者写这篇文章的目的是呼吁人们能够献血。

4.Thechimp(黑猩猩)didn'tfeelwell.Shefellover,ignoringtheotherwildchimps.

Finally,thesickchimpcrawledovertoabush,pickedsomeleavesandswallowed

them.Bythenextafternoon,thechimpwasasgoodasnew!

Biologists(生物学家)watchingthechimpweresurprised.Somehow,theplanthad

curedthechimp!Didthechimpknowtheplantwouldmakeherfeelbetter?Orwasit

justaluckyaccident?

Manyscientistsdon'tthinkithasanythingtodowithluck.They'rediscoveringthat

someanimalsseemtouseplantstocurethemselves.Andtheseanimalsareleading

scientiststonewplantsthatcouldcurehumans!

Dr.RichardWrangham,ananthropologist(人类学家)atHarvardUniversity,agree

thatanimalsmayknowsomethingwedon'tknowaboutforestplants.

Wranghamgottoknowchimpsandtheirdietswhilestudyingthemforthreeyears

inTanzania."Youmustknowalotaboutananimal'feedinghabitstoknowwhatit

doesn'tconsiderfood,nWranghamexplains.Everymorning,hesawthatmostchimps

atefruitneartheirnests.Lateron,theyateonleaves.

Whenhenoticedchimpseatingtheleavesofaplanttheyusuallyignored/

Wranghamthoughtsomethinginterestingwasgoingon一especiallywhenhesawthat

they'dsometimeswalkfor20minutestofindtheplant.Anotherstrangethingthat

caughthiseyewashowtheyatethebitterleaves.

"Theyswallowedtheleaveswhole,"explainsWrangham,notingthatchimpsusually

chewtheirfoodwell."Theyseemedtorub(摩擦)theleavesaroundtheroofsoftheir

mouths.Theyclosedtheireyes,wrinkledtheirnoseandswallowedslowly."

Wranghamwonderedwhatcouldbesogoodaboutsomethingtastingsobad.He

hadachemistanalyzetheleaves.Hediscoveredthattheleavescontainaredoilthat

killsdifferentviruses(病毒).Latertestsshowedthattheoilmightevenfightcancer

andtheaidsvirus!Whydon'tthechimpschewtheleaves?"Rubbingtheleavesbetween

thetongueandtheinsideofthemouthmightallowthechemicalstoentertheblood

streamdirectly,"hesuggests,"insteadofgoingtothestomach,wheretheymightget

destroyedbyacids.Thechimpsseemtoknowwhatthey'redoing."

1)HowcanDr.Wranghamtellwhichplantsaremedicineforchimps?

A.Bytalkingwiththebiologists.

B.Byanalyzingthechimps'favoritefood.

C.Bystudyingthechimps'feedinghabits.

D.Bycomparingotherscientists'discoveries.

2)Theauthorwrotethepassageto.

A.presentafindingB.Testatheory

C.ProvideasolutionD.Describeanexperiment

3)Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.Forestplants.B.Animaldoctors.

C.Chimp*sdiets.D.Acureforcancer.

【答案】(1)C

(2)A

(3)B

【解析】(1)细节理解题。由第六段"Youmustknowalotaboutananimal'sfeeding

habitstoknowwhatitdoesn'tconsiderfood,"Wranghamexplains.

Everymorning,hesawthatmostchimpsatefruitneartheirnests.

Lateron,theyateonleaves.可知了解了黑猩猩的饮食习惯后就可以判断

哪些东西不是黑猩猩的食物而是药物.故答案为C。

(2)写作意图题。阅读全文可知作者的目的是讲述科学家通过观察黑猩猩的活动，

发现了黑猩猩可以用吃某些植物叶子的方法治疗自己.所以讲的是一个科学家

的发现。

(3)主旨大意题。阅读全文可知作者讲述的是讲述的是黑猩猩通过吃一种特殊的树

叶可以治愈自己疾病，科学家们对此迷惑不解并进行了持续的研究。

MynameisPablo.IthinkI'maluckyguy.Ihaveagoodfamily,andweliveinanice

neighborhoodinPuertoVallarta,Mexico.Peopletravelherefrommanycountriesfor

theirvacations.Wehavebeautifulbeaches,hotels,restaurantsshoppingandsports.

However,inmybeautifulhometown,therearealsoverypoorneighborhoods.These

areasarecrowdedandhavealotofcrime.Lifeisterribleformanyofthechildrenin

theseareas.Somedon'treallyhaveachildhoodbecausethey'rehomelessandliveon

thestreets.Theydon'thaveeducation.Theydon'thaveenoughfood.Manyusedrugs

orhavediseasesormentalproblems.

Lastyear,IcamebacktoPuertoVallartafrommyuniversityinMexicoCity.Ispent

oneyearasavolunteerwithanorganizationcalledOutreachInternational.Theyhave

severalprograms.Ivolunteeredforoneprogramtohelpstreetchildren.

Iworkedinahomeforstreetchildren(allboys,atthisone).Atthishome,the

boyshaveaplacetosleepandthreemealsdaily.Thehomekeepstheboysoffthe

streets.Itshowsthemanotherwayoflife.Asavolunteer,Ihelpedtopreparemeals.l

taughtgames一suchasbasketball,footballandart.Ihelpedthekidswiththeir

homework.Thesekidscanbefun.Theyhavealotofenergy,butthey'realsoreally

tough.Theirhardshipsonthestreetsmakethemstrongandnotalways"sweetlittle

children."

Atthisboys'home,Imettwoothervolunteers—BrianfromCanadaandGregfrom

Australia.Inmanyways,wewereverysimilar.Wewerethesameage,camefromgood

homesandhadagoodeducation.Theywerebothcollegestudents,likeme.We

becameverygoodfriends.Now,weemaileachother.

Itwasthebest—andmostdifficult—yearofmylife.Ilearnedalotthatyear.

1)Whatdowelearnabouttheauthor?

A.Helovestravelling.

B.Heenjoyshisworkasavolunteer.

C.HeisnowworkingforOutreachInternational.

D.Hehasmadefriendswiththehomelesschildren.

2)WhatisParagraph2mainlyabout?

A.StreetCrime.

B.Theauthor'schildhoodexperience.

C.Theauthor'shometown.

D.Theterriblelifeofthehomelesschildren.

3)Accordingtotheauthor,whatmakesthestreetchildrenreallytough?

A.Drugs.B.Toomuchenergy.

C.Hardlife.D.Pressurefromschool.

4)Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.MySpecialYearB.ASweetHome

C.OutreachInternationalD.StreetChildren

【答案】(1)B

(2)D

(3)C

(4)A

【解析】(1)细节理解题。根据文章最后两句"Itwasthebest—andmostdifficult一

yearofmylife.Ilearnedalotthatyear"可知，作者认为这是他生活中最难

也是最好的一年，并且他学到了很多东西。由此可知他很享受他当志愿者的这

一年。他当志愿者是前一年的事，故C选项错误。其余两个选项并没有体现.

故选瓦

(2)归纳概括题。根据第二段第三句"Lifeisterribleformanyofthechildren

intheseareas."及后面的具体描写可知，这一段主要讲述的是那些无家可归

的孩子的糟糕生活。故选D。

(3)细节理解题。根据第二段第一句"therearealsoverypoorneighborhoods"

,然后后文才引出了孩召门的现状，可知，他们是因为生活艰难才过得这么紧

得。故选G

(4)主旨概括题。根据全文可知该文章主要是对作者这一年志愿生活的描写。故选

A.

三、选词填空(共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)

6.A.shadeB.childhoodC.struggledD.observingE.inspires

1)Hissunburntfaceandarmsandhisslim,strongbodyarejustlikethoseof

millionsofChinesefarmers,forwhomhehasforthepastfivedecades.

2)Shespentyearsandrecordingtheirdailyactivities.

3)Everybodysitsandwaitsintheofthetreeswhilethefamilybeginstowake

upandmoveoff.

4)Sincehershehadwantedtoworkwithanimalsintheirownenvironment.

5)Shethosewhowanttocheertheachievementsofwomen.

【答案】(1)C

(2)D

(3)A

(4)B

(5)E

【解析】(1)句意：他晒黑的脸和胳膊以及他精瘦强壮的身体就像那些数以百万计的中国

农民一样，是他过去五十年奋斗的结果。struggle,v.,奋斗，挣扎。故选

C.

(2)句意：她花费多年时间观察并记录他们的日常活动。observe,v.观察。故选

D。

(3)句意：当每个人都在树荫下坐着等待的时候，这家人醒来并且出发了。

shade,n.阴影。故选A。

(4)句意：从她的童年起她就想要和动物们一起在他们自己的环境里工作。

童年。故选

childhood,n.Bo

(5)句意：她鼓舞了那些想要为女人的成就所振奋的人。inspire,v.鼓舞，激发。

故选E。

A.ThankstoB.satisfiedC.arguedD.disturbingE.graduatedfrom

1)Borninapoorfarmer'sfamilyin1930,DrYuanSouthwestAgricultural

College.

2)Shehasthatwildanimalsshouldbeleftinthewildandnotusedfor

entertainmentoradvertisement.

3)Atthattime,hungerwasaprobleminmanypartsofthecountryside.

4)hisresearch,theUNhasmoretoolsinthebattletoridtheworldof

hunger.

5)Dr.Yuanisquitewithhislife.

【答案】(1)E

(2)C

(3)D

(4)A

(5)B

【解析】(1)句意：出生在1930年的一个贫农家庭里，袁博士毕业于西南农业大学。

graduatefrom…毕业于...故选E。

(2)句意:她争论野生动物应该被留在野外而不是被用来娱乐或是打广告。

argue,v.,争辩，争论。故选C.

(3)

句意:在那时候，饥饿是一个困扰乡村很多地方的问题。disturbing,adj.,令

人不安的，烦扰的。故选D。

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