吉林省长春外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题.doc

1、吉林省长春外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题第一部分 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, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。 AJob for You!Family Alliance Meal DeliveryFamily Alliance is looking for people who can deliver hot Chinese meals one to two times a week for people with disabilities in north suburba

2、n Fairfield County.All applicants must have a drivers license and access to a car. Gas will be covered for each delivery.For more information, contact Charles Chen at cchen or call 740-6668988.Lancaster DesignWe provide full furnishings, like donated kitchen equipment and furniture items, for the ne

3、w homes of people who were once homeless.We need people who can work at our warehouse（仓库）sorting and packing items to be delivered to families, repair donated furniture and more. Candidates will be matched with a task based on skill set.Interested? Submit your application to www.lancasterdesign.org

4、or call 740-6119735.Lancaster WeeklyWould you like the opportunity to earn extra cash close to home? If so we have a vacancy in our team which would suit you.Both adults and youngsters aged 13+ are required to deliver our newspaper. You may have to cover some distance. Bicycles are available if need

5、ed.For more information, call 740-6538360.Parkview Nursing HomeCaregivers are wanted. We seek people who are patient and caring, and who have experience and interest in working with older adults.As part of the package, initial and follow-up training sessions are provided and accommodation is availab

6、le if required.For more details, visit us at Unit 3 Park View Lane or contact Ellen White at 740-6968399.1.Which job requires a drivers license?A. Delivering meals.B. Working at the warehouse.C. Delivering newspapers.D. Working at the nursing home.2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Lancaster

7、 Design job?A. Applicants are expected to design furniture.B. Work is arranged according to ones skill set.C. It favors applicants who are homeless.D. It involves collecting furniture from homes.3.A middle-school student is most likely to be hired by .A. Parkview Nursing HomeB. Lancaster DesignC. La

8、ncaster WeeklyD. Family Alliance Meal Delivery BAbout five weeks ago, I noticed the skin of our pet lizard was growing dusty. It worried me. I reported the strange surface on the skin of the lizard to my husband and children the next morning. Seconds later, our lizard emerged from its tank with its

9、old skin flowing behind it.I didnt think about it much until a morning last week when I knocked my favorite teapot off the table. It burst into hundreds of pieces. As I swept up the mess, I wondered why we had been breaking so many things over the months.The destruction started three months ago. It

10、was my husbands birthday. He had just lost his job. The uncertainty was starting to wear on us, so I wanted to do something special.“Lets make a cake for Dad!” I cried.My kids screamed with joy. We baked, iced and sprinkled for most of the day. Candles on the cake! Balloons on the walls! Flowers on

11、the table!Two hours before my husband came back home from another job interview, my daughter climbed up to grab a glass vase from a high shelf. It fell and crashed beside the cake. Tiny pieces of glass were everywhere. She sobbed loudly as I threw the cake away. My husband had banana pudding for his

12、 birthday.Three days ago, the light in our living room suddenly went out. After several frustrating hours of unsuccessful attempts to fix it, my husband suggested watching the Michael Jordan documentary series The Last Dance.The poignancy of Jordan retiring from his beloved basketball to playing bas

13、eball and what had pushed him to make such a tough decision took me by surprise. As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform, I saw him leaving behind the layer that no longer served him, just as our lizard had. Neither of them chose the moment that had tr

14、ansformed them. But they had to live with who they were after everything was different. Just like us. I realized that we have to learn to leave the past behind.Humans do not shed skin as easily as other animals. The beginning of change is upsetting. The process is tiring. Damage changes us before we

15、 are ready. I see our lizard, raw and nearly new.Jordan said that no matter how it ends, it starts with hope. With our tender, hopeful skin, that is where we begin.4.What can we learn about the pet lizard from Paragraph 1?A. It got a skin disease.B. Its old skin came off.C. Its tank grew dirty.D. It

16、 went missing.5.Why does the author mention The Last Dance in the passage?A. To define a concept.B. To prove a theory.C. To develop the theme.D. To provide the background.6.The underlined part “leaving behind the layer” in Paragraph 8 can be understood as .A. letting go of the pastB. giving up an op

17、portunityC. getting rid of a bad habitD. looking for a new job7.What does the author most likely want to tell us?A. Past experiences should be treasured.B. Its not the end of the world if we break things.C. We should move on no matter what happens.D. Love of family helps us survive great hardships.C

18、Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees（黑猩猩）use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a “vocabulary” of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and

19、examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges.Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately s

20、ent a message to another group member.“Thats whats so amazing about chimp gestures,” she said. “Theyre the only thing that looks like human language in that respect.”Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animals call, the animals d

21、o not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said.Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her

22、 crying baby, signalling: “Climb on me.” The youngster immediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. “The big message from this study is that there is another species（物种）out there that is meaningful in its communication, so thats not unique to humans,” said Dr Hobaiter. Dr S

23、usanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were “a little disappointing”.“The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the

24、 chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions,” she said. “Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animals convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains.”8.What do chimps and humans h

25、ave in common according to Dr Hobaiter?A. Using voices to communicate.B. Understanding complex information.C. Memorizing specific words.D. Communicating messages on purpose.9.What did Dr Shultz think of the study?A. It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.B. It was a good try but the findin

26、gs were limited.C. It was well designed but poorly conducted.D. It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.10. What does the underlined word “gulf” in the last paragraph mean?A. Difference. B. Connection. C. Conflict. D. Balance.11. Which of the following is the best title for the text?A. Chim

27、panzees developed specific communication skillsB. Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthroughC. Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdomD. Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translatedDThere is something to be said for being a generalist, even if you are a specialist.

28、Knowing a little about a lot of things that interest you can add to the richness of a whole, well-lived life.Society pushes us to specialize, to become experts. This requires commitment to a particular occupation, branch of study or research. The drawback to being specialists is we often come to kno

29、w more and more about less and less. There is a great deal of pressure to master ones field. You may pursue training, degrees, or increasing levels of responsibility at work. Then you discover the pressure of having to keep up.Some people seem willing to work around the clock in their narrow special

30、ty. But such commitment can also weaken a sense of freedom. These specialists could work at the office until ten each night, then look back and realize they would have loved to have gone home and enjoyed the sweetness of their family and friends, or traveled to exciting places, meeting interesting p

31、eople. Mastering one thing to the exclusion（排除）of others can hold back your true spirit.Generalists, on the other hand, know a lot about a wide range of subjects and view the whole with all its connections. They are people of ability, talent, and enthusiasm who can bring their broad perspective（视角）i

32、nto specific fields of expertise（专长）. The doctor who is also a poet and philosopher is a superior doctor, one who can give so much more to his patients than just good medical skills.Things are connected. Let your expertise in one field fuel your passions in all related areas. Some of your interests

33、may not appear to be connected but, once you explore their depths, you discover that they are. My editor Toni, who is also a writer, has edited several history books. She has decided to study Chinese history. Fascinated by the structural beauty of the Forbidden City as a painter, she is equally inte

34、rested to learn more about Chinese philosophy. “I dont know where it will lead, but Im excited Im on this pursuit. ”These expansions into new worlds help us by giving us new perspectives. We begin to see the interconnectedness of one thing to another in all aspects of our life, of ourselves and the

35、universe. Develop broad, general knowledge and experience. The universe is all yours to explore and enjoy.12.To become a specialist, one may have to_.A. narrow his range of knowledgeB. broaden his perspective on lifeC. know more about the societyD. avoid responsibilities at work 13.The specialists m

36、entioned in Paragraph 3 tend to_.A. enjoy meeting funny peopleB. travel around the worldC. spend most time workingD. treasure their freedom14. According to the author, a superior doctor is one who_.A. should love poetry and philosophyB. is a pure specialist in medicineC. is fully aware of his talent

37、 and abilityD. brings knowledge of other fields to work15.What does the author intend to show with the example of Toni?A. Everyone has a chance to succeed in their pursuit.B. In-depth exploration makes discoveries possible.C. Passion alone does not ensure a persons success.D. Seemingly unrelated int

38、erests are in a way connected. 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。You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest.You chose wrong. People who you swear got in other lines long a

39、fter you are already checked out and off to the parking lot. 16 It turns out, its just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster.Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay. 17 Any small interruption a pri

40、ce check, a chatty customer can have downstream effects, holding up an entire line.If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability: 18 So its not just in your mind: Another line probably is moving faster.Researchers have a good w

41、ay to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line called a serpentine line and serve each person at the front with the next available register. 19 This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register wont un

42、fairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall. 20 It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly, and some stores cant afford the space or manpower. So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck.A. Why does thi

43、s always seem to happen to you?B. So why dont most places encourage serpentine lines?C. Some of them may have stood in a queue for almost an hour.D. The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three.E. How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line?F. With three

44、registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach.G. But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.第二部分 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, 从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。For most people, having things stolen feels like an offence

45、. Robbie Pruitt admitted that he got 21 when he discovered the theft of his mountain bike last September. But soon enough, his 22 took a turn. After letting go of his anger and frustration, he found himself on a road to sympathy 23 .For Pruitt, a keen bicyclist, the first thing to do was 24 his stol

46、en bike. But when he went bike shopping, he found few available, which got him thinking: What if the 25 of bikes was Covid-19 related, and what if the person whod taken his bike really needed 26 to get to work?With that thought in mind, Pruitt 27 a plan and posted it on the community website. He 28

47、to fix bikes free of charge for anyone who needed it. He also asked for unwanted bikes, which he would repair again 29 . And then he would donate them to folks who could truly use them but didnt have the 30 to buy one.The day the post went live, Pruitt received thirty 31 bicycles. Then came more tha

48、n 500 32 for detailed information. By the end of 2020, Pruitt had repaired more than 140 for donation or to be 33 to their owners.Pruitt tries to give his donations to families that are 34 struggling. 35 simply satisfying a material need, he has provided an opportunity for kids in his neighborhood t

49、o learn how to fix their own bikes.In addition to 36 skills, Pruitts lessons teach teamwork, encourage self-worth, and promote feelings of community. 37 , the kids have gained a sense of accomplishment.“Its a really great 38 for kids, ” said a neighbor in an interview with the local newspaper. “Prui

50、tt is certainly providing a 39 , but its not just the bikes. Its the relationships in the community. Its the 40 that he can make on people. ”21. A. madB. frightenedC. curiousD. amazed22. A. careerB. emotionsC. routeD. opinions23. A. yetB. togetherC. insteadD. ever24. A. rideB. lockC. repairD. replac

51、e25. A. lackB. varietyC. qualityD. increase26. A. permissionB. qualificationC. transportationD. instruction27. A. came up withB. stuck toC. gave upD. broke away from28. A. hesitatedB. refusedC. rememberedD. offered29. A. on creditB. in advanceC. for freeD. by accident30. A. excuseB. budgetC. courage

52、D. profit31. A. expensiveB. usedC. sharedD. modern32. A. noticesB. announcementsC. advertisementsD. enquiries33. A. returnedB. soldC. lentD. exported34. A. slightlyB. hardlyC. trulyD. instantly35. A. AmongB. UponC. BeyondD. Without36. A. practicalB. mathematicalC. commercialD. social37. A. HoweverB.

53、 OtherwiseC. SomehowD. Meanwhile38. A. comfortB. celebrationC. promiseD. experience39. A. suggestionB. serviceC. ceremonyD. competition40. A. compromiseB. impactC. impressionD. progress第二节（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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles

54、 song “The long and winding road”. 41 is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we 42 (human) are.The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It

55、 will 43 (undoubted) help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the 44 (hot) the spring! Strange isnt it? But thats how nature is always leaving us 45 (astonish).What comes next is the endless series of steps. You cant help wondering how hard

56、it 46 (be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure 47 offers a place where you can sit down to rest your 48 (ache) legs.As the song goes, this long and winding road “will never d

57、isappear”, and it will always stick in the visitors memory. It sure does in 49 (I). While youre in China, Mount Huangshan is 50 must to visit.第三部分 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。

58、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。I love doing housework. I always assist my parents in doing the dish after meals. I also water the flowers in the yard and tidying up my own bedroom whatever necessary. In my opinion, students can benefit a

59、lot doing some housework. Firstly, doing housework was helpful for us to be a responsible person. Also, it gives our parents more time to do what they are like and it improves the family relationship. Whats most, doing housework can be a form of mentally relaxation from study. Thats our view on hous

60、ework. And hopes this can inspire more thinking on the topic!第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，下周有新西兰学生访问你校，你将作为学生代表致欢迎辞。请为此写一篇发言稿，内容包括：1. 表示欢迎；2. 介绍活动安排；3. 表达祝愿。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear exchange students from New Zealand,_ _ 高二月考试题答案阅读理解A篇 ABCB篇 BCACC篇 DBADD篇 ACDDE 篇 AGDFB完形填空21-25ABCDA26-30CADCB31

61、-35BDACC36-40ADDBB语法填空41. What 42. humans 43. undoubtedly 44. hotter 45. astonished 46. was 47. and 48. aching 49. mine 50. a 短文改错Sentence 2: dishdishes Sentence3: tidyingtidy; whateverwhenever Sentence 4: benefit a lot doingbenefit a lot from doing Sentence 5: wasisSentence 6: are 删掉 Sentence 7：mos

62、tmore ; mentallymentalSentence 8: ourmy ; hopeshope Sentence9：hopeshope作文Dear exchange students from New Zealand,Iam Lihua, chairman of the Student Union. On behalf of the whole school, I extend a warm welcome to your arrival.To soak all of you in our authentic local as well as unique campus culture

63、, a traditional Shaoxing opera performed by us students will be staged at the School Hall on Monday morning, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. After a brief lunch, mini workshops such as paper-cutting, calligraphy, inscribing, porcelain making and shadow show will be set up at the stadium in the afternoon, where you can have a taste of these traditional crafts by either seeing them in action or trying one by yourself. Isincerely wish you can take full advantage of this opportunity to explore, enjoy and embrace our charming culture.