2018-2019学年江西省上饶二中高二上学期12月月考英语试题（Word版）

2018-2019学年江西省上饶二中高二上学期12月月考英语试题（Word版）

高二年级月考 英语试卷 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 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)‎ 请听下面5段对话,选出最佳选项。‎ ‎1. What does the woman want to do?‎ A. Watch TV. B. Go for a walk. C. Access the Internet.‎ ‎2. Why would the woman like to have a Chinese name?‎ A. She is taking a Chinese class. B. She will be working in China. ‎ C. She has made some Chinese friends.‎ ‎3. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A travel plan. B. An exam result. C. A sports game.‎ ‎4. What has the man been doing?‎ A. Writing something. B. Repairing his pen. C. Shopping.‎ ‎5. What does John suggest the woman do?‎ A. Meet his friend. B. Ask Harry for help. C. Go to the airport with him.‎ 第二节 （共15小题,每小题1.5分,满分22.5分）‎ 请听下面5段对话或独白,选出最佳选项。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In a bank. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant.‎ ‎7. How much does the man need to pay?‎ A.$68. B. $136. C. $204.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. Whose birthday is it?‎ A. Sarah’s. B. Michael’s. C. Rebecca’s.‎ ‎9. When will the birthday party begin?‎ A. At 6:15. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:00.‎ ‎10. What does the man want to know?‎ A. What to buy. B. Who to call. C. Where to park.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. Why was Julia absent from the class?‎ A. She was ill. B. She got up late. C. She went to a party.‎ ‎12. What has Robert got for Julia?‎ A. Textbooks. B. Oil paintings. C. Lecture notes.‎ ‎13. Where will the speakers meet on Saturday?‎ A. At Robert’s home. B. At a bar. C. At a shop.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Attending a seminar. B. Giving some advice. C. Doing an interview.‎ ‎15. How often does the man travel by bus?‎ A. Twice a day. B. Every other day. C. Once a week.‎ ‎16. How does the man feel about the bus service?‎ A. It’s good. B. It’s fair. C. It’s poor.‎ ‎17. What improvement should the bus company make?‎ A. Buses should be more punctual. B. Drivers should be more polite. ‎ C. Seats should be more comfortable.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. Who is Pierre?‎ A. A doctor from Senegal. B. A university researcher. C. A United Nations official.‎ ‎19. What does Pierre mainly talk about?‎ A. Food supplies in the world. B. The role that the UN plays. C. The purpose of his study.‎ ‎20. What is the expected outcome of Pierre’s work?‎ A. A new medicine. B. A new type of rice. C. A new farming method.‎ 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和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。‎ A My First Marathon A month before my first marathon,one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running ‎ for two weeks,leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet,I was determined to go ahead.‎ I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class,the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was “not athletic”.‎ The idea that I was “not athletic” stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s,I realized running was a battle against myself,not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!‎ The night before my marathon,I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous,but ready to prove something to myself.‎ Shortly after crossing the start line,my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!‎ At mile 3,I passed a sign: “GO FOR IT,RUNNERS!”‎ By mile 17,I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain,I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.‎ By mile 21,I was starving!‎ As I approached mile 23,I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.‎ I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact,I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.‎ Determined to be myself,move forward,free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签),I can now call myself a “marathon winner”.‎ ‎21. A month before the marathon, the author ____________.‎ A. was well trained B. felt scared C. made up his mind to run D. lost hope ‎22. Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?‎ A. To acknowledge the support of his teacher.‎ B. To amuse the readers with a funny story.‎ C. To show he was not talented in sports.‎ D. To share a precious memory.‎ ‎23. How was the author’s first marathon?‎ A. He made it. B. He quit halfway.‎ C. He got the first prize. D. He walked to the end.‎ ‎24. What does the story mainly tell us?‎ A. A man owes his success to his family support.‎ B. A winner is one with a great effort of will.‎ C. Failure is the mother of success.‎ D. One is never too old to learn.‎ B In the 1760s,Mathurin Roze opened a series of shops that boasted（享有）a special meat soup called consomme. Although the main attraction was the soup,Roze’s chain shops also set a new standard for dining out,which helped to establish Roze as the inventor of the modern restaurant.‎ Today,scholars have generated large amounts of instructive research about restaurants. Take visual hints that influence what we eat: diners served themselves about 20 percent more pasta（意大利面食）when their plates matched their food. When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one,customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.‎ Lighting matters,too. When Berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness,they couldn’t tell how much they’d had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else,but were none the wiser——they didn’t feel fuller,and they were just as ready for dessert. Time is money,but that principle means different things for different types of restaurants. Unlike fast-food places,fine dining shops prefer customers to stay longer and spend. One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round: put on some Mozart(莫扎特). When classical,rather than pop,music was playing,diners spent more. Fast music hurried diners out. Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender（薰衣草）stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon,or no scent.‎ Meanwhile,things that you might expect to discourage spending——“bad” tables,crowding,high prices——don’t necessarily. Diners at bad tables——next to the kitchen door,say——spent nearly as much as others but soon fled. It can be concluded that restaurant keepers need not “be overly concerned about ‘bad’ tables,” given that they’re profitable. As for crowds,a Hong Kong study found that they increased a restaurant’s reputation,suggesting great food at fair prices. And doubling a buffet’s price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier.‎ ‎25. The underlined phrase “none the wiser”in paragraph 3 most probably implies that the customers were .‎ A. not aware of eating more than usual B. not willing to share food with others C. not conscious of the food quality D. not fond of the food provided ‎26. How could a fine dining shop make more profit?‎ A. Playing classical music. B. Introducing lemon scent.‎ C. Making the light brighter. D. Using plates of larger size.‎ ‎27. What does the last paragraph talk about?‎ A. Tips to attract more customers. B. Problems restaurants are faced with.‎ C. Ways to improve restaurants’ reputation. D. Common misunderstandings about restaurant ‎ C Alison Malmon was completing the end of her freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania,US,when she got the news: Her older brother Brian,a student at Columbia University,was suffering from mental illness.‎ Influenced by this,Malmon formed a group at her university to enable students to talk openly about mental health. It soon blossomed into a national organization that today has more than 450 campus chapters. Leaders with the organization spend their time talking with college students about the pressure that today’s young people face. “What you hear often is just a need to be perfect,” said Malmon,“and a need to present oneself as perfect.”‎ And a new study in the UK proved that this need for perfectionism is simply part of today’s society. In the study,two researchers studied more than 40,000 students from the US,Canada,and the UK. They found that what they called “socially-prescribed (社会定向型的) perfectionism” increased by a third between 1989 and 2016.‎ Lead researcher Thomas Curran said that while so many of today’s young people try to present a perfect appearance online,social media isn’t the only reason behind this trend. Instead,he said,it may be driven by competition in modern society,meaning young people can’t avoid being sorted and ranked in both education and employment. That comes from new norms (准则) like greater numbers of college students,standardized testing and parenting that increasingly emphasizes success in education.‎ For example,in 1976,half of high school seniors expected to get a college degree of some kind. By 2008,more than 80 percent expected the same. The researchers also said changes in parenting styles over the last two decades might have had an impact. As parents feel increased pressure to raise successful children,they in turn pass their “achievement anxieties” onto their kids through “excessive (过多的) involvement in their child’s routines,activities or emotions.”‎ Those in the mental health community like Malmon say they’re concerned about the impact the culture of perfectionism has on mental health on campuses. “Mental health has truly become ‎ this generation’s social justice issue,” she said. “It’s our job to equip them with the tools and to let people know that it’s not their fault.”‎ ‎28．What is the article mainly about?‎ A． The effects of the culture of perfectionism.‎ B． Research into the trend of perfectionism.‎ C． A group dedicated to helping people stay mentally healthy.‎ D． Various pressures that today’s young people are facing.‎ ‎29．What inspired Alison Malmon to start a group related to mental health?‎ A． Her brother’s mental illness.‎ B． Her project during the freshman year.‎ C． The pressure she had experienced.‎ D． Her strong interest in mental health.‎ ‎30．What may be pushing today’s young people to struggle to be perfect,according to the article?‎ a. The impact of social media.‎ b. Parents’ high expectations of their children.‎ c. The decreasing number of college students.‎ d. The fierce competition in society.‎ e. Their desire to draw their parents’ attention.‎ A． a,b,c B． a,d,e C． a,b,d D． b,c,e ‎31．What does Malmon think is a way to help young people manage the pressure of perfectionism?‎ A． Enabling them to know what is to blame for their pressure.‎ B． Lowering their expectations of themselves.‎ C． Reducing parents’ involvement in their children’s life.‎ D． Making them aware of what true social justice is.‎ D In 2007,a small team of Amazon employees had been working for a few years on a new e-book reader project called Kindle. It’s now been a decade since Amazon unveiled the first Kindle to the world,selling out its initial inventory in less than six hours. Since then,the device has torn through the publishing industry. “Kindle” has become a platform,not a device. It entered ‎ the market and completely took up it.‎ The Kindle team always has two goals: to perfectly imitate a paper book,and to extend and improve the reading experience. That’s what readers want,too. In a world filled with distractions and notifications and devices that do everything,the Kindle’s lack of features becomes its greatest benefit.‎ But readers also want to read everywhere,in places and ways a paperback can’t manage. They want more tools,more features,more options,more stuff to do. Amazon’s still working out how to satisfy both sides. Whatever route it takes,the next decade of Kindle is likely to be even more disruptive than the last. First it changed the book business. Next it might help change books themselves.‎ For a decade,Amazon’s constantly offered new ways for people to read books. But as platforms change,books haven’t,and the incompatibility(不相容) is beginning to show.‎ The next phase for the digital book seems likely to not resemble print at all. Instead,the next step is for authors,publisher,and readers to take advantage of all the tools available now and figure out how to reinvent reading. Amazon and the book world are beginning to figure out what’s possible.‎ Future users might flip between reading and listening with the touch of a button,ask a digital assistant for more information on the plot or the feelings of the characters,texting with characters themselves,going to important real-world locations to start a chapter or find a clue and even helping write the narrative.‎ ‎32．What is the biggest advantage of the Kindle?‎ A． Reading experience.‎ B． Books themselves.‎ C． Simple features.‎ D． Many functions.‎ ‎33．According to the underlined part,the next decade of Kindle is likely to____________‎ A． Cause more changes.‎ B． Destroy the book world.‎ C． Kill print books.‎ D． Fail to satisfy readers’ needs.‎ ‎34．What will the Kindle team probably do next?‎ A． They will imitate a paper book.‎ B． They will invent more functions.‎ C． They will change book business.‎ D． They will explore new reading experience around books.‎ ‎35．Among all the future readers might do,which one of the following isn’t mentioned in the last paragraph?‎ A． write a story.‎ B． switch from reading to listening.‎ C． chat with characters.‎ D． watch a video about the plot.‎ 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。‎ New research helps to explain why screaming is disturbing and useful.‎ Screams,like those we hear in horror movies,have a special quality that separates them from other noises we make and hear. These screams are recognized by people all over the world.‎ ‎36 “Every kid in every culture screams. Every adult in the context of a true fear responds with screams. So it's just a feature of the human mind and brain．”‎ David Poeppel is a neuroscientist at New York University. He wondered why screams were recognized the same way by people all around the world. So,he and his colleagues set up an experiment.They recorded screams from movies and from volunteers who took part in the research.‎ ‎37 Instead,they measured how quickly the sounds in the scream changed in volume. It was in this area-the change in volume that screams stand apart from other sounds.‎ When the volume of a sound changes that quickly it has a quality called roughness.“38 David Poeppel and his team found that car alarms,sirens,and alarm clocks also have this quality,this roughness.”‎ The scientists then studied how this “roughness” changed brain activity. They asked the volunteers to listen to different types of screams and alarms in an MRI scanner,The researchers found that the greater “roughness” of a sound, the more it activates the amygdala.‎ ‎39 “The amygdala acts like a gauge that says ‘wow,this sound has a lot of roughness in it; that’s particularly alarming and scary. ’”‎ Screams,it turns out,are a direct link to the part of our brain that tells us whether we should be afraid or not 40 .‎ Now,we know why a scream.. gets so much attention,So quickly.‎ A．People who hear these rough sounds are also more likely to react to them very quickly.‎ B．People of all cultures and languages hear the same thing in a scream: fear.‎ C．A scream is to say ‘I’m in trouble and I need help.’‎ D．The amygdala is an area deep in the brain that answers to fear.‎ E．The more roughness a sound has,the more worrying it is F．Screams played a very important evolutionary role in our survival G．The scientists,however,did not measure the screams for loudness or pitch gathering within you.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节,满分45分）‎ 第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。‎ It was my first year of graduate school and my professor was standing on the platform. He was telling us about a __41__he made years ago.‎ About a decade earlier,my professor had been a sales manager at a large company. They were __42__a national campaign and preparing for a major brand launch. My professor was___43__the operation.‎ For almost two months before the launch day,he was __44__all over the country to talk with major partners.__45___crossing the country on flights,he was also trying to __46__his department. For weeks he would have meetings all day,answer___47__and phone calls all night,and___48__three or four hours of sleep.‎ The week before the big launch day,his body___49__. He had to be rushed to the hospital. Major organs had started to_ 50___from the long-term stress. He spent the next eight days in hospital,__51__to do anything as the launch day came and went.‎ Imagine that your _ 52__and energy are a bucket of water. In your daily life,there are things that __53__your bucket up. These are inputs like sleep,nutrition,laughter,and other forms of __54__. There are also forces that drain(使排出) the water from your bucket. These are___55__like stress from work or school,relationship problems,or other forms of anxiety.‎ The forces that drain your bucket aren’t all 56__. To live a productive life,it can be important to have some things___57__out of your bucket. Working hard in the gym,at school,or at the office allows you to produce something ___58___. But positive outputs are still outputs and they drain your energy __59__. These outputs are gradual. Even a little leak can result in significant water loss__60__ time.‎ ‎41. A. prediction B. decision C. fortune D. mistake ‎42. A. at the end of B. in the middle of C. at the mercy of D. on the way to ‎43. A. sponsoring B. leading C. assisting D. adopting ‎44. A. researching B. driving C. flying D.inspecting ‎45. A. Before B. Though C.While D. Since ‎46. A. run B. promote C. expand D.observe ‎47. A. emails B. charges C. problems D.doors ‎48. A. pull in B. squeeze in C. take in D.bring in ‎49. A. give up B. give in C. give out D. give away ‎50. A. disappear B. suffer C. function D.fail ‎51. A. ready B. unwilling C. eager D.unable ‎52. A. health B. status C. success D.reputation ‎53. A. break B. pack C. fill D.cover ‎54. A. rest B. recovery C.entertainment D.accommodation ‎55. A. restrictions B. consequences C. examples D.outputs ‎56. A. uncontrollable B.unpredictable C.uncomfortable D.unfavorable ‎57. A. flowing B. slipping C. escaping D.growing ‎58. A. typical B. valuable C. casual D. exotic ‎59. A. suddenly B. surprisingly C. partly D. thoroughly ‎60. A. over B. beyond C. after D. before 第二节 单词填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）‎ 阅读下面句子,在空白处填入适当的单词（每空一词）。 ‎ A lot of films have tried to describe the afterlife and our memories of family members who have passed away. 61 few have done this as well as Coco,Disney-Pixar’s latest animated film.‎ ‎62 (inspire) by the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos,or Day of the Dead,the film tells the story of a young boy named Miguel who wants his family to understand his love of music. On that year’s Dia de los Muertos,he 63 (accident) ends up in the Land of the Dead. While there,Miguel has ‎ ‎64 unforgettable and adventurous night.‎ Family is a 65 (center) concept in Mexican culture. On Dia de los Muertos,people in Mexico honor their ancestors by putting their photos up on a family shrine (神龛),66 is shown in the film,and share food and drinks 67 (keep) the spirits of their family members alive.‎ ‎“In an era when young people 68 (attract) by celebrities so easily,Coco reveals the 69 ‎ ‎(empty) of such adulation (谄媚),teaching kids to preserve and respect the memory of their elders while reminding them70 the fact that the source of true creativity is so often personal,”reporter Peter Debruge wrote for Variety.‎ 第四部分 写作 （共两节,满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分）‎ 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。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(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除:把多余的词用(＼)划掉。‎ 修改:在错的词下画一横线,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。‎ ‎ Mao Zhaomu drop out of high school several years ago. Now the self-taught English learner has been admitted to one of China’s top foreign language university. Sichuan International Studies University,that he used to deliver food to students. Mao once worked a delivery man for a restaurant,And he chatted happy with English learners online during her spare time. There were much grammatical mistakes,but that didn’t prevent him from chatting. To seize every chance to study English. he would memorize words while wait for customers. Mao said that how he hoped very much to become an interpreter. Whoever have a dream and dares to seek it is the loveliest person. ‎ 笫二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假定你是李华，上周应留学生朋友 Leslie的邀请，你去听了一场钢琴音乐会，你打算 教他认识中国汉字以示感谢。就此请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括 ‎1．对受邀表示感谢 ‎2．简要回忆音乐会 ‎3．提出教他汉字作为回报。‎ 注意 ‎1．词数100左右 ‎2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯 Dear Leslie, ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Sincerely yours,‎ Li Hua 试卷答案 ‎1-5CBCAB 6-10BAACC 11-15ACBCA 16-20BABCB ‎ ‎21-24 CCAB 25-27 A A D 28 -31 BACA 32-35 CADD ‎36-40 BGEDA ‎41-45 DBBCC 46-50 AABCD 51-55DACBD 56-60 DABCA ‎61. But 62. Inspired 63.accidentally 64.an 65. central ‎66.as 67. to keep 68. are attracted 69. emptiness 70. of 改错 ‎ One possible version: ‎ Dear Leslie,‎ How is everything getting along with you recently?I’m more than glad to have been invited to attend the piano concert with you.‎ To be honest,not only am I impressed with the performances given by the skilled artists,but also with the wonderful comments made by you.Thank you again for your kindness.Are you interested in learning Chinese characters?As a matter of fact,traditional Chinese cultures are more and more popular all over the world,especially the Chinese character,which is one of the oldest written words and sounds beautiful.‎ If you are interested,keep me informed as soon as possible and I’ll spare no effort to help you learn Chinese characters in return.‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua