河南省平顶山市郏县第一高级中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题201912190223.doc

1、河南省平顶山市郏县第一高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题考试时间：100分钟 满分120分注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的方框涂黑。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。第一部分：听力（略）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3

2、0分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIn celebration of Womens History Month, here are a few of the millions of women that have broken all conventional rules to make a difference in the world.Susan BAnthonyBorn on February 15, 1820, Susan BAnthony was a womens rights activist in the US. She spent many y

3、ears campaigning for womens right to vote. Anthony was also against slavery, helping support the passage of the Civil War Amendments. She also lent her voice to the battle for equal pay and educational opportunities for all.Anne FrankAnne Frank grew up in a happy family. However, things changed when

4、 Hitler came to power. Anne and her family were forced to hide inside a tiny house, where the young girl recorded her familys fears and struggles. Even after all these years, her journal, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, continues to be popular with people across all ages and cultures.Aung San

5、 Suu KyiDetermined to bring democracy (民主）to Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi founded the National League for Democracy (NLD). Suu Kyis open displeasure with the government resulted in her spending much of the time between 1989 and 2010 in prison or under house arrest. In 1991，Suu Kyi received the Nobel Pe

6、ace Prize. In 2015, five years after she had been freed, Suu Kyis NLD Party won a great victory in the general elections.Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai was bom to a Pakistani educator and poet. When the Taliban declared that girls should not be educated, the worlds youngest Nobel Prize winner deci

7、ded to challenge these unfair policies (政策). On October 9, 2012, she was shot and badly injured. Since recovering, Malala continues her fight for girls education. Her bravery is encouraging young people all over the world to stand up for what they believe is right.21Who made a great contribution to

8、womens right to vote?AAnne Frank.BMalalaYousafzai.CSusan BAnthony. DAung San Suu Kyi.22Why was Aung San Suu Kyi put into prison?AShe refused to leave Myanmar.BShe demanded that the democrats be freed.CShe voiced dissatisfaction with the government.DShe blamed the government for its economic policy.2

9、3Which of the following can be used to describe the women mentioned in the text?ABrave and inspiring.BReliable and devoted.CHonest and responsible.DConsiderate and optimistic.BMy name is Deirdre Veneracion and I am a paraglider（滑翔伞） pilot. Ive been paragliding since I was 11.My dad and I arrive at o

10、ur local fly site on a June morning. We meet our instructor and spend the first 20 minutes watching the wind cycles. I go through my pre-flight steps and turn on my radio. At last, I take a step and feel the ground under me fall away. I feel the pressure of my weight on the canopy (伞衣).After 15 minu

11、tes of playing with the wind, my father radios me from the place where he is about to take off. “How is the wind?” “Perfect!” I say. Dad takes off behind me.I have done almost 100 flights and yet every flight amazes me just as much or even more than my first. I love the unpredictability of each flig

12、ht. Every flight is different. After 15 minutes, I decide to land.Now, Im over a rice field. It is a much smaller landing than most landing zones but its possible. Out of nowhere, I feel my canopy become unstable (不稳定的). It loses pressure and falls directly in front of me. I am falling. I have butte

13、rflies in my stomach.I pull my brake (制动器) line, in the hope that my wing will get pressure again but it doesnt. I look towards my dad and see that he is also in trouble. Its as if we were inside a washing machine being thrown up and down. I wont make it to the landing zone in front of me. To my rig

14、ht is a narrow (狭窄的) stream with hardly any water in it. I make my decision: the narrow stream is my best chance of landing safely.As I touch down, I check on my dad and am glad to hear that he is fine. Local villagers come to check on me but, surprisingly, I am uninjured.This is one of those times

15、when we are reminded that no preparation can prevent Mother Nature from surprising us.24. What does the author do before taking off?A. She watches the weather.B. She has a talk with her father.C. She turns off the radio.D. She gives instructions.25. What does the attraction of paragliding lie in the

16、 authors eyes?A. The pleasant wind.B. The success of each flight.C. The excitement of landing.D. The uncertainty of each flight.26. What kind of feeling does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably show?A. Happiness. B. Nervousness. C. Anger. D. Luck.27. What happens in the process of the au

17、thors landing?A. She hurts herself.B. She asks her dad for help.C. She sees a washing machine below.D. She changes her mind about the landing site.CJapan is starting to experiment with self-driving buses in rural (乡村的) communities, such as the town of Nishikata, where the elderly are living a hard l

18、ife because of fewer bus and taxi services as the population ages and becomes smaller.The advance of the self-driving technology is making cities such as Paris and Singapore experiment with such services, which could prove important in Japan, where populations are not only graying, but becoming smal

19、ler, in rural areas.Japan could start the self-driving services for communities that are far from cities by 2020, if the experiments begun this month prove successful.The government plans to turn highway rest stops into centers from which to drive the elderly to medical and banking services.“Smaller

20、 towns in Japan are graying even faster than cities, and there are just not enough workers to drive buses and taxis,” said Hiroshi Nakajima of mobile gaming software maker DeNA Co.In the initial (最初的) experiments, the elderly of Nishikata were sent from a service area to some organizations providing

21、 healthcare services.“I worry about not being able to go out when Im no longer able to drive,” said one test rider, Shizu Yuzawa, adding that she would be open to using such services.The test also checked the vehicles safety in road conditions, and if those crossing its path would react to the warni

22、ng it gives.The ride, at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, felt comfortable and safe, said test taker Mieko Shimazaki, 71, but her 72-year-old husband, Susumu, said, “Self-driving cars could be useful in the future, but Id like to see them go faster, at least at 40 kilometers per hour.”28. Wh

23、y are driverless buses appearing in Nishikata?A. Nobody there can drive a bus.B. Its population is aging and falling.C. People there welcome new things.D. People there can hardly afford cars.29. What does the government plan to do?A. Provide healthcare services.B. Train more bus and taxi drivers.C.

24、Produce more and more driverless cars.D. Set up centers for picking up passengers.30. What was Shizu Yuzawas attitude toward the self-driving services?A. She was in favor of them.B. She was doubtful about them.C. She was uncertain about them.D. She was strongly against them.31. Which of the followin

25、g about self-driving buses did Susumu think could improve?A. Their speed. B. Their safety. C. Their space. D. Their price.DThe skies are raining big blocks of ice, and experts are trying to learn whats going on.For the second time in six days, California was attacked by ice balls. The latest happene

26、d on early Thursday. A large block of ice dropped into Loma Linda, California. The ice crashed through the metal roof (房顶) of a fitness center, leaving a hole up to 2 feet wide. No one was hurt. Two tennis players were playing outside the Drayson Center on Thursday morning. Suddenly they heard a str

27、ange sound, said Crawford, an official of the Loma Linda Fire Department.A similar event happened last Saturday in Oakland, California. Early in the morning an ice ball dropped into a field at Bushrod Park and made a hole up to 2 feet wide. Luckily, no one in the park was injured.One theory (理论) is

28、the ice was dropped from planes. But theres little direct support for that. A few experts have suggested there may be other causes of similar ice falls, perhaps even global (全球的) warming.Stories about dropping ice go back for centuries. They didnt begin to receive serious scientific attention until

29、a few years ago, however, when Spain was attacked by a dozen large ice balls in 2000.Scientist Jesus Martinez-Frias in Madrid and his team have collected reports of forty cases around the world since 1999 of puzzling falling ice. He thinks the ice forms in the air by a process similar to the formati

30、on of hail (冰雹) inside storms but without a storm.Martinez-Frias believes global warming is causing the troposphere (对流层) to rise. This means the roof of the troposphere is forced to a greater height, where it cools more than normal. Thus, the temperature difference between warm and cold air in the

31、troposphere produces strong up-and-down winds that repeat the hail-formation process, without a storm.32. What took place on Thursday morning?A. A fitness center caught fire.B. A big ice ball fell in Loma Linda.C. There was heavy rain in Loma Linda.D. Two tennis players were hit by an ice ball.33. W

32、hat is the similarity between the two events in California?A. Both were seen by Crawford.B. No building was destroyed.C. No one was injured.D. Both caused a large number of holes.34. What do we learn about dropping ice?A. It is very common around the world.B. It often happens in Spain in recent year

33、s.C. It is most likely to be produced by planes.D. It has been carefully studied since 2000.35. What is the cause of ice falls according to Martinez-Frias?A. Strong winds above the troposphere. B. The formation of hail.C. Global warming. D. Big storms.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

34、项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Secret codes (密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.People have used secret codes for thousands of years. 36 Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making. The scien

35、ce of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.There are three main types of cryptography. 37 For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” Spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”38 You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Lets number the let

36、ters of the alphabet,in order, from 1 to 26.If we substitute a number for each letter,the message “Meet me” would read “13 5 5 20 13 5.” A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book. 39 For example, “bridge” might stand fo

37、r “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “Bridge out” would actually mean “Meet me.”_40_ However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.A. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.B. In any language, s

38、ome letters are used more than others.C. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.D. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.E. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.F. As long as there have been codes, people have tr

39、ied to break them.G. With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。My fiance(未婚夫)and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were41 , and none of the houses in our pri

40、ce range seemed satisfactory.One agent 42 a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was 43our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look 44 .We finally did and it was45at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming,overlooking a quiet lake. W

41、alking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the happiness and 46of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day,we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of 47 it would be like to liv

42、e there.Days later, we made a(n) 48 far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didnt 49 us.They renewed their offer 50 . It was also much more than we could afford, but far11than the original asking price.The next day, we got a 52 message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even

43、so, we decided to talk with the 53directly. We made our final offer, which54was thousands of dollars less than the other buyers bid. We knew it, 55we had to try.“Sold!”said the owner. Then he56:Hed seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that wed57the yea

44、rs of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a58by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the59in the price“an early wedding present”.Thats how we found our home and how I learned that when people are60, the

45、y are not strangers, only friends we havent yet met. 41. A.needed B.limitedC.enough D.large42. A.recommended B.decoratedC.sold D.rented43. A.below B.withinC.beyond D.between44. A.at least B.at mostC.at timesD.at hand45. A.relief B.concernC.love D.curiosity46. A.pride B.warmthC.challenge D.desire47.

46、A.which B.whyC.that D.what48. A.effort B.offerC.promiseD.profit49. A.come across B.look afterC.depend on D.laugh at50. A.instead B.indeedC.aside D.apart51. A.worse B.betterC.less D.higher52. A.relaxing B.disappointingC.pleasantD.regular53. A.agent B.buyerC.managerD.owner54. A.already B.stillC.genera

47、llyD.ever55. A.so B.orC.forD.but56. A.apologized B.complainedC.criticizedD.explained57. A.check B.analyzeC.appreciate D.ignore58. A.loss B.riskC.chance D.lead59. A.increase B.differenceC.interest D.average60. A.kind B.politeC.smart D.energetic第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下列短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。6

48、1._(celebrate) across Thailand, the Songkran Festival is a holiday 62._ welcomes the New Year with a countrywide water fight. It is also celebrated in other Asian countries like Cambodia and Laos, but the celebration in Thailand 63._(know ) to be the most exciting.Songkran was at first a time to vis

49、it families, clean away the old year and bring in a fresh one. Many Thais cleaned away the old year by 64._ (wash ) their homes and any Buddhas (佛像) around the house. They would collect the water that ran over the Buddhas and pour 65. _ onto the shoulders of family members for good luck.Finally the

50、original purpose of the holiday became less important than the national water fight loved by Thais and foreigners today. The 66._ (energy) people use 67._ they can get their hands on to make each other wet with water.Every year, 68._ large number of tourists gather in Thailand to welcome the 69._ (a

51、rrive) of Songkran. If you plan 70._ (visit) Thailand, the days of Songkran are a great time to get to knowThai traditions.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：在错的词下画

52、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。There was a big fire in one office buildings in our neighborhood at about nine oclock last night. Many firemen and fire engines come. In a beginning, we saw flames with thick black smoke coming out from the six floor. We also heard the e

53、xplosion the gas tank mix with the noisy sounds from the windows. Soon the fire spread one by one to the floors above, but finally reached the top floor. Many people stood outside on the streets watch the fire in horror. Unluckily there was no one in that office building when the fire broke out in.第

54、二节 书面表达（满分25分）2022年北京张家口冬奥会将如期在北京和张家口举行。为了确保冬奥会圆满成功，组委会发起了志愿者招募活动。假定你是学生李华，希望能成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给组委会写一封申请信，内容包括：1. 个人情况； 2. 自身优势； 3. 服务承诺。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。参考词汇：2022北京张家口冬奥会 2022 Beijing-Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic GamesDear Sir/Madam,My name is Li Hua. Yours faithfully,L

55、i Hua2019-2020学年上学期第二次月考高二英语参考答案阅读理解 21-25 CCAAD 26-30 BDBDA 31-35 ABCDC 3640 FAEGC完形填空 41-45. BACAC 46-50.BDBDA 51-55. CBDBD 56-60.DCABA语法填空：61 Celebrated 62. which /that 63. is known 64. washing 65. it 66. energetic 67. what/ whatever 68. a 69.arrival 70. to visit 改错答案1. buildings-building 2. come

56、-came 3. a-the4. six-sixth 5. explosion后加of 6. mix-mixed7. but-and8. watch-watching 9. Unluckily-Luckily 10. 去掉out后的in书面表达Dear Sir/Madam,My name is Li Hua. Knowing that youre wanting a volunteer for the 2022 Beijing-Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Games, Im writing to apply for the position.Im a boy of e

57、ighteen years old from a high school. I have a good command of English and I can communicate with foreigners fluently. Whats more, Im especially fond of sports, familiar with Beijing, good at communication and always ready to help others, all of which will help me to provide the best service for every athlete in the Winter Olympic Games. Therefore, I think Im qualified for the position.I would appreciate it if you could offer me the chance to be a volunteer.Yours faithfully,Li Hua