四川省泸县第五中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题.doc

1、四川省泸县第五中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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

2、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。1What will the woman do?AMake some copies.BAttend a meeting.CArrange a meeting.2What made the man feel uncomfortable?AThe hot weather.BThe culture shock.CThe long journey.3What is the womans advice?ANot to eat candies any longer.BTo give up tea and coff

3、ee.CNot to add sugar to drinks.4What does the man plan to do today?AVisit the woman.BGo to see a doctor.CDo something outdoors.5How does the man probably feel?ASatisfied.BDisappointed.CTired.第二节（共15小题；每小题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。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

4、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、7题。6What does Tina use to cure a cold?AMedicine.BGinger.CCold water.7How old is Tians grandmother now?A93 years old.B94 years old.C95 years old.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8What is the relationship between the speakers?ATeacher and student.BClassmates.CStrangers.9Where is the

5、Language Arts building?AOn the right of the bridge.BAt the end of Campus Centre Walk.COpposite the Physical Education building.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10What kind of food does the man want to eat?ABeef.BHam sandwich.CChicken.11When will the mans son receive his food?AIn about ten minutes.BIn about two minu

6、tes.CIn about one minute.12Where does the conversation most likely take place?AIn a restaurant.BIn a movie theater.COn a plane.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13When did the woman come in this morning?AAt 10:00.BAt 11:50.CAt 12:00.14What does the man care about most?AWhen the woman came in.BWhat will be discussed

7、at the meeting.CWhether the woman can finish the task in time.15What did the woman do last night?AShe attended a party.BShe worked on the task.CShe met a customer.16What does the man ask the woman to do at 2:15 p.m.?AWait for him in her office.BPrepare for a meeting.CHand in an ad.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

8、17Who is the speaker talking to?ATeachers.BParents.CStudents.18What will the temperature be tomorrow morning?A-15CB-10CCC-20C19What should the listeners have so that they can change into?AA warm jacket.BA pair of pants.CA pair of boots.20Where is this announcement from?AA TV station.BA radio station

9、.CA school.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。AGreat hotels in the Florida KeysBakers Cay ResortStopping in Key Largo? Then check out Bakers Cay Resort. The 13-acre, 200-room hotel comes with all the thoughtful facilities (设施) you expect: two swimming pools,

10、a winding nature path linking hidden beaches, and a spa (温泉浴场). Want to bring your pet? No problem. The hotel even offers your dog cooled water bowls. For more information,call 305-852-8669.Cheeca Lodge & SpaReopened a year ago after a redecoration, the 27-acre, 214-unit oceanfront hotel on the Atla

11、ntic now looks better than ever with a new restaurant, a spa, a rebuilt 525-foot fishing place, and a nine-hole golf course. And there is more to come. For more information, call 305-664-4651. Isla Bella Beach Resort Expectation is building for the 24-acre, 199-unit Isla Bella Beach Resort scheduled

12、 to open this month. Near to the famous Seven Mile Bridge, it will have several restaurants, five oceanfront pools, and a 4,000-square-foot spa. For more information, call 844-752-2352.The Perry Hotel Key WestIf youre headed down to the Lower Keys, be sure to check out the Perry Hotel Key West. Insp

13、ired by Matthew Calbraith Perry, the father of the United States Navy, the hotels easy atmosphere stays true to the seafaring (航海的) roots of Old Key West. The 100-room hotel offers a waterfront swimming pool, two restaurants and direct access to the ocean. For more information, call 305-296-1717.21A

14、ccording to the text, which of the following is a pet-friendly hotel?ABakers Cay Resort.BCheeca Lodge & Spa.CIsla Bella Beach Resort.DThe Perry Hotel Key West.22What do we know about Cheeca Lodge & Spa?AIt offers a golf course.BIt is to open this month.CIt has 200 rooms altogether.DIt is near the Se

15、ven Mile Bridge.23If you want to find a place to stay overnight in the Lower Keys, which number should you call?A305-852-8669.B305-664-4651.C844-752-2352.D305-296-1717.BWe are surrounded by mixed messages about mistakes: were told we earn by making them, but we work hard to avoid them. So the result

16、 is that most of us know that we are going to make mistakes, but deep down, we feel we shouldnt.Experiments with schoolchildren who did well on a given test show that those who were praised for being smart and then offered a more challenging or less challenging task afterward usually chose the easie

17、r one. On the other hand, children praised for trying hard-rather than being smart-far more often selected the more difficult task.If we try hard to avoid mistakes, we arent open to getting the information we need in order to do better. In a writing study, experiments showed that those who are so sc

18、ared to make mistakes perform worse in writing tasks than those who arent as worried about being perfect. They fear receiving any kind of negative feedback, so they dont learn where they went wrong and how to get better.We dont just learn more when were open to mistakes, we learn deeper. Research te

19、lls us that if were only concerned about getting the right answer, we dont always learn the underlying concepts that help us truly understand whatever were trying to figure out. Mistakes need to be seen not as a failure to learn, but as a guide to what still needs to be learned. As Thomas Edison sai

20、d, “I am not discouraged, because every abandoned wrong attempt is another step forward. Furthermore, we often make mistakes because we try new things-we wander away from accepted paths. Teflon, penicillin-these are examples of great discoveries made by mistake. Take a page from Albert Einstein, who

21、 said, Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. 24What will happen to students praised for being smart in face of choosing tasks compared to students praised for working hard?AHe will choose a less challenging task.BHe will hide his mistakes from his teachers.CHe will work h

22、arder to avoid mistakes.DHe will ask his teachers for advice.25Which of the following statements is NOT acceptable according to the passage?AThe more mistakes we make, the more we learn.BMistakes can be used as a positive factor for success.CBeing open to mistakes help you understand the truth.DA st

23、ep forward may come from mistakes youve made.26What does the last paragraph want to tell us?AOne must follow a correct path to avoid mistakes.BTo become an Einstein, you should make mistakes.CYou cant make mistakes unless you try new things.DMaking mistakes is not a disadvantage in a way.27Whats the

24、 main idea of the passage?AWe can never avoid making mistakes when we work.BSuccess cant be achieved without making mistakes.CMistakes should be treated with a correct attitude.DTry every means to avoid mistakes in our daily life.C More than a billion people around the world have smart phones, almos

25、t all of which come with some kind of navigation（导航） app such as Apple Maps or Amap. This raises the ageold question we meet with any technology： What abilities is our brain losing to these apps？ But also, importantly： What abilities are we gaining？Talking with people who are good at finding their w

26、ay around or good at using paper maps, I often hear a lot of annoyance with digital maps. North/south direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small section at a time. I can really understand that it may be quite disturbing for the already skilled to be limited to a small phone screen.But co

27、nsider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Although being a frequent traveler, Im so terrible at finding my way that I still use Apple Maps almost every day in the small town where I have lived for many years.In many developed nations, street names and house numbers can be m

28、eaningful, and instructions such as go north for three blocks and -then west make sense to those familiar with these rules. In Istanbul, however, where I grew up none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals seldom use street names. Besides, the city is full of winding and ancient alleys（小巷） th

29、at cross with newer streets at many angles.In such places, youd better turn to the locals. In the American countryside, however, there is often nobody outside to ask, In fact, along came Apple Maps, like a fairy grandmother whispering directions in my ear. Since then, I travel with a lot more confid

30、ence, and my world has opened up.Which brings me back to my original question： While we often lose some skills after depending on new technology, this new equipment may also allow us to gain new abilities. Maybe when technology closes door, we should also look for the doors it opens.28Why do people

31、who are skilled at reading paper maps feel upset？AThey like reading paper maps.BThey are confused by digital maps direction.CThey dont know how to use navigation apps.DThey are limited to a single smartphone app.29According to the text, which is the best way to find the destination in Istanbul？AAski

32、ng local people the way.BFollowing the navigation app.CGetting familiar with the city rules.DLooking for street names and house numbers.30Whats the authors attitude towards the navigation apps？ACautious.BNegative.CFavorable.DCritical.31What could be the best title of the passage？ABenefits of Navigat

33、ion AppsBDisadvantages of Navigation AppsCMy World Opens Up by New TechnologyDHave Navigation Apps Worsened Our Brain？D A decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Captain, my student Jack stopped by for office hours. He sat down and burst into tears. My mind started cycling through a

34、list of events that could make a college junior cry: His girlfriend had broken up with him; he had been accused of cheating in exams; he forgot to turn in papers before the deadline. I just got my first A minus, he said.Year after year, I watch in depression as students are crazy about getting strai

35、ght As. Some sacrifice their health; a few have even tried to charge their school after failure. They believe top marks are a ticket to elite graduate schools and rewarding job opportunities. I was one of them. I started college with the goal of graduating with a GPA of 4.0. It would be a reflection

36、 of my brainpower and willpower, showing that I had the right things to succeed. But I was wrong.The evidence is clear: Across industries, research shows that the association between grades and job performance is modest in the first year after college and insignificant within a handful of years. For

37、 example, at Microsoft, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have nothing to do with their performance.( Of course, it must be said that if you got Ds, you probably wouldnt end up at Microsoft.)Academic grades rarely assess qualities like creativity, leadership and team

38、work skills, or social, emotional and political intelligence. Yes, straight A students master large amounts of information and reproduce it in exams. But career success is rarely about finding the right solution to a problemits more about finding the right problem to solve. This might explain why St

39、eve Jobs finished high school with a GPA of 2.65, and Martin Luther King Jr. got only one A in his four years at Morehouse.32Why did Jack feel sad？AHis girlfriend abandoned him.BHe was caught cheating in exams.CHe failed to get straight As.DHe didnt hand in his paper in time.33What did the author on

40、ce believe？AIt was wrong to care too much about marks.BFailure was schools fault.CMarks didnt reflect willpower and brainpower.DTop marks meant well-paid job offers.34Why are the employees at Microsoft mentioned？ATo indicate academic performance is important.BTo stress the company values employees w

41、ith top marks.CTo introduce successful examples in the technology industry.DTo show academic excellence isnt a strong predictor of career performance.35What should people focus more on to succeed？AHow to solve a problem.BWhat problem to be solved.CHow to be a creative leader.DWhat to do with detaile

42、d information.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。 Parents often say that they dont mind what their children do in life just as long as they are happy. Happiness and pleasure are almost universally seen as among the most precious human goods.36Philosopher Jeremy Bentham be

43、lieved that all sources of pleasure are of equal quality, but John Stuart Mill disagreed. Mill argued for a difference between higher and lower pleasure.37Lower pleasure, in contrast, requires mere (仅仅的；纯粹的) senses.The entire debate assumes a clear divide between the physical and the mental.38What w

44、ill it mean for our ideas about pleasure?39Food is usually considered to be the lower pleasure. All animals eat, using the senses of smell and taste. It doesnt require any complex cognition (认知) to conclude that something is delicious. However, these people failed to appreciate something that the Fr

45、ench food writer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin captured. That is, Animals feed; man eats; only the man of intellect(才智) knows how to eat.Eating shows that the difference between higher pleasure and lower pleasure is not what you enjoy but how you enjoy it.40Preparing it using the powers of reflectio

46、n and attention turns it into a higher pleasure.AThe dining table is a good place to start.BWolfing down your food is a lower kind of pleasure.CWhats the real difference between high and low pleasure?DWhat happens if the physical and the mental cannot be separated?E.All philosophers believed that co

47、okery could never be a form of art.F.Higher pleasure depends on human abilities such as self-awareness or language use.G.However, disagreements will be caused about whether some forms of pleasure are better than others.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填

48、入空白处的最佳选项。 Alonzo Johnson stopped. He decided to help a(n) 41 elderly man down an escalator (自动扶梯) in a Massachusetts shopping mall last week, 42 the 23-year-old could never have predicted that his simple, random act of kindness would win him the 43 of thousands of people on line.An old man 44 at th

49、e top of an escalator and a few people started gathering 45 to get on. It was clear he was feeling 46 as to whether to step on to the escalator or not. Johnson spotted the senior citizen hesitating and 47 the simplest kindness. He reached out a(n) 48 and asked with a smile on his face, “Can I help y

50、ou, sir?”The old man quietly started to 49 to the young man that he had gotten stuck on an escalator once and was a little 50 . The young man gently offered his assurance, they 51 each other eye to eye for just a moment and the old man 52 his arm. Everyone else remained 53 and waited.Paula Picard an

51、d a friend were standing nearby and 54 to take a touching photo of the pair linking arms as they 55 the escalator together. She posted the 56 on Facebook and it spread 57 with more than 420,000 likes and 25,000 comments in just a few hours.Johnson said he never 58 his action would reach so many peop

52、le.“He looked very afraid and I thought maybe I could 59 .” Johnson said, “My Mom always tells us to be nice and do the 60 thing. Its really the way I was brought up and how I was raised.”41AbusyBfrightenedCinjuredDblind42AsoBifCbutDbecause43ApraiseBblameChappinessDanger44AstoppedBworkedCreadDfell45

53、ArunningBpushingCshoutingDwaiting46AhopefulBconvenientCunsureDuncomfortable47AofferedBsoldCwantedDtook48AeyeBarmCropeDstick49ApromiseBproveCapologizeDexplain50AexcitedBsurprisedCscaredDdisappointed51Aargued withBlistened toClooked atDran into52AacceptedBshookCrefusedDleft53AanxiousBpatientCintereste

54、dDworried54AmanageBavoidedCaskedDfailed55Atalked aboutBran towardsCwent downDsearched for56AmessageBcommentCexampleDphoto57AdifferentlyBquicklyCstrangelyDcompletely58AmeantBadmittedCunderstoodDexpected59AhelpBfollowCseeDsmile60AeasyBfamousCrightDperfect第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5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

55、号内单词的正确形式。Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it 61（break）out .Every year, over 11, 000 people 62（kill）or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are 63（care）cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than

56、 half of those 64 die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If 65 fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building a

57、nd tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 119for the fire department.Before 66（go）into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it 67（slow）. If theres a

58、rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to warn 68（other）in side.Now open the window and shout “Fire!”. See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this 69 your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arms

59、 70（long）before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.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。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（），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

60、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。It is good to see that today more people have realized the importance exercising and are playing sports regular. But the problem is that there are not enough sports facilities to meet the public growing demand. I love playing basketball and often play with my friends

61、 on weekends. Therefore, it is difficult to rent a basketball field and possible to find a free one. It seems that all courts in the city were always full. Weather permitted, we can play in outdoors. But on rainy days or in winter we have to turn to indoor courts. There are not much in my city, and

62、the charge is high. The government should build more public sports facilities, so easier access will encourage more people participate in sports.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，你所居住的南湖社区是一个涉外社区，有很多外国人居住。请你代表社区委 员会主任在新冠病毒防疫期间给这些外籍居民写一封英文信，告知他们：1.新冠病毒特点；2.相关的规定及有效的预防措施。注意：1.词数80 左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.文章开头结尾已给出

63、，不计入总词数。参考词汇：新型冠状病毒：COVID-19/Novel Corona Virus抗疫： anti-COVID-19/anti-virus卫生： sanitation通风： ventilateDear Residents,_May every one of you have a safe and sound life here in Nan Hu Community and in China.Director of Nan Hu Community Committee.2020年秋四川省泸县第五中学高二第二学月考试英语试题参考答案一听力1-5:AACCB 6-10:BACCC 11

64、-15:ACACA 16-20:CCACC 二阅读理解21-23:AAD 24-27:AADC 28-31:BACD32-35:CDDB 36-40:GFDAB三完形填空41-45:BCAAD46-50:CABDC 51-55:CABAC 56-60:DBDAC四语法填空61 breaks 62are killed 63careless 64who 65the66going 67slowly 68others 69as 70length五短文改错【小题1】importance后加 of【小题2】regularregularly【小题3】public publics【小题4】Therefore

65、However【小题5】possibleimpossible【小题6】were are【小题7】permitted permitting【小题8】outdoors前的in 去掉【小题9】much many【小题10】participate前加to六书面表达Dear Residents,On behalf of the Community, I am writing this letter to kindly remind you of the anti-virus situation. As is known, the COVID-19 is an acute virus, which can

66、 be easily spread through various means. So, its always sensible for every resident to observe the rules.First of all, you shall wear the face masks wherever you go. Secondly, avoid friends gathering and family reunion. Besides, its a good idea to develop a good personal sanitation habit and keep your room clean and well ventilated.May every one of you have a safe and sound life here in Nan Hu Community and in China.Director of Nan Hu Community Committee