河北省唐山市开滦第二中学2019-2020学年高二上学期第二次月考英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、开滦二中20192020学年第一学期高二年级12月考试英语试卷 说明：1、本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，第卷第（1）页至第（10）页，第卷第（11）页至第（12）页。2、本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。第卷（选择题，共85分）注意事项：1、答第卷前，考生务必将自己的准考证号、科目填涂在答题卡上。2、每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应的题目标号涂黑。答在试卷上无效。3、考试结束后，监考人员将试卷答题卡和机读卡一并收回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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

2、出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。1. What will the woman probably do next? A. Hike down the hill.B. Take out her cell phone.C. Take a picture with her camera.2. Where does the conversation take place? A. On the telephone. B. In a hospital. C. At a beach. 3. What is the man d

3、oing? A. Asking for advice.B. Giving directions.C. Asking for directions.4. Where does the smell come from? A. The garbage. B. The cat. C. A dead animal.5. What does the woman mean? A. The man isnt able to do the puzzle. B. She cant stand by the man anymore. C. She will not be able to solve the puzz

4、le. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What will the woman do tomorrow? A. Leave for the U.S. by air. B. Go to a concert with the man. C. Pick up her friend from the airport.7

5、. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Professor Smith has bought the tickets. B. The woman will go to the airport without the man. C. The woman has canceled her appointment tonight.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did the man find out from his special socks? A. He needs to run faster.B. He isnt ready

6、to run a race.C. He wasnt running in the right position.9. Which competition has the man already participated in? A. A marathon.B. A half marathon.C. A quarter marathon.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What kind of ring will the man buy? A. One with a thick gold band. B. One with a red stone.C. One made of silv

7、er.11. Who is helping the man? A. A store employee.B. His friend. C. His father.12. What will the man do next? A. Buy the ring. B. Look at a different ring.C. Take a picture of the ring.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Which country did the woman visit? A. Spain.B. Ireland.C. England.14. How long was the woman

8、abroad? A. For a few years.B. For six months.C. Just under half a year. 15. Why didnt the man travel to Brazil? A. His trip was canceled.B. He couldnt get the time off work.C. He ran out of money.16. What will the man do next?A. Get a job. B. Find a place to live.C. Introduce the woman to a friend.听

9、第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is Jessica? A. The Helpline officer. B. A university tour guide.C. The Student Union President. 18. What will the speaker hand out? A. Her business cards.B. Guide brochures.C. Maps.19. What are the hours of the Student Welfare Office? A. 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.B.

10、9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays.C. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays.20. What should visitors do during busy times? A. Wait in a line. B. Add their name to the waiting list. C. Ask the speaker to call them back. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10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项中选出最佳选项。ATop 5 mon

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17、t once youve sent the item they do everything for you, including authenticating(鉴定) it and wrapping it nicely in tissue paper when its sent to the buyer.21. What is the key to selling your photos for good money?A. Copyrighting your photos. B. Offering high-quality photos.C. Making business-related p

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19、 B. Its instructive to researchers.C. It provides free survey results. D. Its competitive in similar websites BShannon Airport, which serves the southwestern area of Ireland, opened a room for autistic children, on March 29. Its designed to be a peaceful place, with features like a wavy wall and col

20、or-changing lights.On this side of the Atlantic, there are quiet rooms at airports in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and in Atlanta. The quiet room at the Myrtle Beach International Airport opened in April 2016. It came about after a local mom, Becky Large, approached airport administrators about prov

21、iding” some sort of support for families.”“We came up with a quiet room at the baggage claim, which has worked out wonderfully,” said Large, who runs a group called Champion Autism Network and has two children, one of whom is autistic. “A caregiver can stay with a child in the room while someone els

22、e retrieves(取回) bags. There are small rooms and seating and a glass door so the child cant run away. It gives them a place to decompress.”London Heathrow opened a quiet room in 2013. Though its mainly for children, its not necessarily for those with autism. Its open to any family that would like to

23、use it.Some airports and airlines also offer families with autistic travelers opportunities to become familiar with airport experiences that may be stressful. Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania, for example, offers a “Wings for All” program that allows children with autism to experienc

24、e a run-through of what its like getting on a plane, getting ticketed and getting seated so that theyll know what to expect when its time for a real trip.Large said a bigger goal is to increase understanding at all levels for special-needs children who may exhibit unusual or awkward behavior. “Many

25、times when we leave the house with our kids, people look at you like youre a horrible parent,” she said. “It results in a lot of judgment. Many people stay at home. Our job is to have them come out and play with us.”24. What does the underlined word “decompress” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Practice. B. C

26、hange. C. Prepare. D. Relax.25. What can we learn about “Wings for All”?A. It offers travelers the cheapest air travel.B. It is open to any family that misses their plane.C. It enables autistic children to enjoy a round trip.D. It aims to help autistic children prepare well for their flight.26. What

27、 did Large advise people to do?A. Create an autism-friendly environment.B. Teach autistic children to behave well.C. Be patient with special children.D. Judge people by their behavior.27. What would be the best title for the text?A. An unusual flight experience.B. Effective treatment for autistic ch

28、ildren.C. Challenges for families with autistic children.D. Quiet rooms for autistic children opening at airports. CA study showed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important . These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention,

29、they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion(万亿）connections in the brain of a three-year-old child.Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distin

30、guishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the patternA-B-B. Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern “A-B-C”. The images showed that the part of the brain resp

31、onsible for speech was more active during the A-B-Bpattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order. Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and gramm

32、ar.Position is key to language, she says. If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference:John caught the bear. is very different from The bear caught John.”Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books,the Interne

33、t, or smart phonesno matter how educationaldoesnt appear to be enough for childrens brain development. They carried out a study of nine-month-old American babies. They expected the first group whod watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-

34、to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audiolearned nothing.28. Wh

35、at makes connections in a babys brain?A. Having a higher IQ. B. Experiencing new informationC. The baby early age D. The connection with other babies29. What did Judit Gervain and her team find in the experiment?A. Babies identify different sound patterns. B. Word order is relevant to meaning. C. Ba

36、bies can well understand different words.D. A certain brain region processes language.30. What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl?A. Babies shouldnt watch a lot of television.B. Listening to different languages develops babies brain C. Foreign languages help babies brain deve

37、lopD.Social communication improves babies brain development. 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。Try This at Home!Are you looking for a new pastime that will create a balance between physical activity and relaxation? Then yoga may be the perfect choice for you. Yoga can be

38、practiced by people of all ages and levels of fitness. 31 Its a great way to strengthen your muscles and become more flexible.In the 1930s, Indian Sri Tirumali and K. Pattabhi developed one of the most popular forms of yoga practised worldwide today. They worked together using an ancient Sansknt tex

39、t called Yoga Korunta to create a set routine of yoga movements and breathing exercises. 32 Ashtanga is different from other forms of yoga. It is a very powerful form of aerobic (有氧的）exercise which creates deep heat in the body. 33 In other forms of yoga, however, the routine can change each time an

40、d the stretching exercises arent aerobic. 34 As well as making you stronger and more flexible, it can also help you to stay calm.By focusing on your breathing while doing physical exercise, you are able to get a balance between mind and body. In addition, yoga helps to make us healthier so we are le

41、ss likely to get common illnesses like colds. Furthermore, yoga encourages you to think about what youre doing. Often you will close your eyes while doing certain movements. 35 After a few lessons youll stop looking at what the others around you are doing. You will stop comparing yourself and start

42、focusing on yourself.A. It can also be done anywhere at any time.B. The result of their co-operation was ashtanga yoga. C. Whatever kind of yoga you choose, there are many long-term benefits.D. This allows you to concentrate better and it makes you less competitive.E. Every time someone practices as

43、htanga, he or she does exactly the same movements.F. If youre interested in yoga, but can find a class near you, then it might be an excuse to travel.G. Recently, it has become extremely common for beginners as well as advanced yoga students to go on yoga holidays.第三部分 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面的

44、短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to 36 my strange problem 37 to read.In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.” I sat down on

45、 the floor and pulled a few books off the 38 at random. The 39 of a book caught my eye. It 40 a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret 41 of happiness and sorrows, but one morning, he was gone, 42 to someone who h

46、ad the space and the money to care for him. I never 43 my beagle.To my astonishment, there on the books cover was a beagle which looked 44 to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. 45 , I had read the title. With

47、out opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer. Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though 46 were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been 47 his family and who finally fo

48、und his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the 48 . At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of 49 , on and on, until my own 50 dog and I were, in my mind, running together. My mothers call 51 me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had r

49、ead a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could beincredibly 52 and I was going to read them. I never told my mother about my amazing experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable 53 in my classroom performance during the next

50、 year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and 54 his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has 55 .36. A. defeatB. explainC. senseD. figure37. A. confusionB. absenceC. inability D. eagerness38. A. listB.

51、 shelf C. galleryD. locker39. A. backB. surfaceC. content D. cover 40. A. obtainedB. developed C. described D. presented 41. A. sharer B. tellerC. followerD. reader42. A. left behindB. turned backC. sent outD. given away 43. A. missedB. forgot C. sensedD. walked44. A. similar B. equalC. distantD. be

52、longing45. A. UnusuallyB. Unluckily C. UnknowinglyD. Undoubtedly46. A. headsB. ideasC. pagesD. books47. A. separated from B. concerned about C. set free fromD. called back by48. A. roomB. pictureC. bookD. sky49. A. struggleB. waitingC. racing D. reunion50. A. deadB. lost C. honoredD. imagined51. A.

53、hurriedB. returned C. stoppedD. followed52. A. wonderfulB. simpleC. challengingD. long53. A. topicB. excellenceC. improvementD. cost 54. A. soldB. authored C. spottedD. read55. A. turnedB. demandedC. meant D. held开滦二中20192020学年度高二年级12月考试英语试题第卷（非选择题，共65分）第四部分 单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)按照汉语提示用选修六第一至三单元单词

54、的正确形式完成下列句子。56. The people had to gather up their few _ ( 财产) and escape to the hills.57. Many new couples are eager to _ (收养) the children losing their parents in the earthquake.58. It is _ (预测) that the number of people who can benefit form the research will come to 1000000 a year.59. Do you have

55、a _ ( 偏爱) for a particular food?60. He _ (改造) the old kitchen into a beautiful sitting room.61. There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _ (最后) gave up.62. We need a foreign policy that is more _ (灵活的).63. I was _ (惭愧的) to tell him that I had failed.64. The wind _ (变强) during t

56、he night.65.He is strong physically, but weak _ (精神上).第五部分 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Art 66 (influence) by the way of life and belief. The style of Western art has changed many times. There are 67 many different styles that it would be 68 (possible) to describe al

57、l of them in a short text. So this text will describe only some of the main 69 (style). During the Middle Ages,artists were interested in 70 (create) respect and love for God. In the Renaissance, painters tried to paint people and nature 71 they really were. The impressionists were the first 72 (pai

58、nt) outdoors. They had to paint 73 (quick) and their paintings were not as detailed as 74 of earlier painters. Nowadays, there are scores of modern art styles. Can you predict what styles of paining there will be in 75 future?第六部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）假如你是李华，临近高考，你发现你的同班同学魏华有些疲倦和紧张。请根据以下要点提示

59、，给她写封信，提供一些建议。1.睡眠；2.饮食；3.学习方法；4.课堂效率；5.心态。 注意:1、词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；2、适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇：高考 the College Entrance ExaminationDear Wei Hua,Im so worried when I see that youre a little tired and nervous about the coming College Entrance Examination._I hope youll be no longer feel tired and nervous

60、 soon after. Best wishes. Yours Li Hua第二节 概要写作（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。Katie teaches first grade at Pepperhill Elementary in North Charleston, South Carolina, and hopes to raise many for 650 bicycles before Christmas. Pepperhill Elementary school is one that receives extra federal funding fo

61、r its students, many of whom come from low-income families. “One hundred percent of the kids get free breakfast and free lunch,” Katie said. “Many of our students work very hard, but unfortunately are unable to have the basic childhood needs like a bike.” Last year, Katie came up with the idea to ra

62、ise money online for bicycles after a child in her class said he didnt own one. His home life wasnt the best and I decided to start bonding with him,” she said. “I decided to take him out for his birthday to Walmart to get him some toys and he kept begging me for a bike. I said, I cant afford a bike

63、, but I would if I could.” So she launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for them and in a little over a month, shed raised over$23, 000 of her $65,000 goal. Tanya Underwood, principal of Pepperhill Elementary, said that the entire school is overjoyed by Katies selfless act. “Im just so thrilled th

64、at shes doing this project. She does more than teach every day. It just shows how much she loves her community.”Underwood said that other teachers in the school have donated to the cause and helped spread the word on social media. Afford bike Bicycle Shop in Charleston offered to donate some bikes a

65、nd make the 650 bicycles with each childs name when Katie reaches her goal.She continued, “Until every child gets a bike, Im not going to stop.”_开滦二中20192020学年第一学期高二年级12月考试英语答案一、 听力 15 BABCC610 BBCBB1115 ACACA1620 CACCB二、 阅读理解21-23 BAD 24-27DDAD 28-30 BAD 31-35 ABECD三、 完形填空36-40 ACBDD 41-45 ADBAC 46

66、-50CACDB 51-55 BACBD四、 单词拼写56. possessions 57.adopt 58.predicted 59.preference 60.transformed 57. 61.eventually 62.flexible 63.ashamed 64.strengthened 65.mentally五、 语法填空66. is influenced 67.so 68.impossible 69.styles 70.creating 71.as 72.to paint 73.quickly 74.those 75.the六、 写作应用文Dear Wei Hua，Im so

67、worried when I see that you re a little tired and nervous about the coming College Entrance Examination.Here is some advice to help you to be better prepared for the exam.Youd better have enough sleep, no matter how much work you have to do. Of course a balanced diet will certainly help a lot. Its g

68、ood if you can have more fresh fruit and vegetables every day. As you know, a proper method in study will enable you to learn more and faster. To get better results, its wise to be very careful in class and try your best all the time in the classroom. And always remember to stay happy and optimistic

69、 so that you can be energetic while preparing for the coming exam.I hope youll no longer feel tired and nervous soon after.Best wishes.Yours,Li Hua概要写作The article tells us a teacher who was determined to buy each child in her school a new bike. (要点1）The kids who are taught by Katie are from poor fam

70、ilies. Although they enjoyed free breakfast and lunch.，they cant afford to buy a bike. Therefore Katie planned to raise money online for them. (要点2）Katie started Every kid deserves a bike project online, hoping to raise S65,000, which won support from her school. （要点3) Not only other people donated money but also some companies offered to provide bikes.（要点4）