云南省昆明市外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期4月月考试题.doc

云南省昆明市外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期4月月考试题

云南省昆明市外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期4月月考试题

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云南省昆明市外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期4月月考试题
（考试时间 120 分钟，满分 150 分）
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)
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
1. What will the man do this afternoon?
A. Take an exam. B. Review his notes. C. Study with the woman.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At home. B. At a park. C. At a hotel.
3. What day is it today?
A Wednesday. B. Thursday C. Friday.
4. How does the man most probably feel now?
A. Confused. B.Anxious. C. Surprised.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The man's tour. B. The man's health. C The man’s plan to visit Beijing.
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 does Susan want to buy?
A. An iPad. B.A desktop. C. A notebook
7. What will Susan mostly use the computer to do?
A Search for study materials. B. Watch TV shows online. C. Play video games.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. Why does Ella read The Economist?
A. To keep up with current events.
B. To improve her writing skills.
C. To get information about new movies.
9. How much does Ella spend on magazines a year now?
A.$100. B.$150. C.$200.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题
10. What will the weather be like this afternoon in Mark’s city?
A Rainy. B Cloudy. C Fine.
11. What is Karen going to Mark’s city for?
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A.Taking a trip. B. Visiting Mark. C. Looking for a job.
12. How will Karen most probably get to Mark's city?
A. By air B. By car. C. By rail
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题
13. Where was most probably Gary when the woman called?
A. At home. B. On the street. C. In the cinema.
14. What is the ending of the movie?
A. Buck becomes a good sled dog. B Buck completely loses himself. C. Buck returns to the wild
15. Why did Gary go to watch the movie?
A. He wanted to kill time. B. He loves the original story. C. He is interested in animal films
16. What is Gary's dream?
A. Being a writer. B Being a director. C. Being an actor.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is a feature of the new face mask?
A. Being very comfortable to wear.
B. Judging the air quality in restaurants.
C. Allowing eating without being removed
18. When will the company produce the mask?
A In a few days B. In a few months C. In a few years
9. What is the probable price range of the new mask?
A.$0.58~$0.78. B.$0.85~$2.85. C.S3.05~$5.05
20. What is Ofir Hameiri's attitude towards the new mask?
A. Doubtful. B. Uninterested. C. Favorable.
扫一扫听一听
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，从每题后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项）
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Food Waste Management Volunteer Program
Join us and contribute towards the cause of reducing food waste in Porto, Portugal! Volunteering abroad
is a great opportunity to acquire new skills, meet new people from different cultures, and grow as an individual. Being a volunteer for the project would be a perfect choice for gap year travelers as well as college student groups
Volunteer Roles &Responsibilities
Contributing to fighting food waste and hunger in a structured system that feeds over 3, 000 people every day
Collecting, organizing and handing out the excess(多余的) food from restaurants and cafes in the city of
Porto
Cleaning used containers, assisting in sorting and storing any food left for the next day, and cleaning up at the end of the shift
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Volunteer Work Schedule
Weekdays: You will volunteer around 3 to 5 hours per weekday. As you are in charge of the preparation of your own meals, the timing of volunteering in Porto is quite free.
Weekends: You are free to set out on short trips and explore the lovely country!
Accommodation
Volunteers in Porto will be accommodated in a guest house that offers a comfortable stay. You will have a dorm with 7 beds with basic furniture and appliances. Each room has a shared bathroom, and there's a fully equipped kitchen for the use of all the guests, where you can store and prepare food as you wish. There's free Wi-Fi in all the rooms.
Program Requirements
Volunteers joining the project must be 17 years or older and should be active, responsible and ready to act. All volunteers must provide a clean criminal background check report before joining the program.
21. What is one of the benefits of participating in the program?
A. Receiving training in cooking local food.
B. Learning about the food supply system in Porto.
C. Gaining experience in intercultural communication.
D. Enjoying food from all over the world without charge.
22. What will volunteers probably do when working for this program?
A. Buy some food for the needy.
B. Work in some cafes as waiters.
C. Assist in managing some restaurants
D. Help to properly store the remaining food.
23. What do we know about the accommodation conditions?
A. The Internet is inaccessible in some rooms.
B. The kitchen is available to all the volunteers.
C. A separate room will be offered to every volunteer.
D. A lot of advanced appliances can be seen in the dorm.
B
At the beginning of Grade Two, I joined the cross-country running team in our school.
When I came to the first practice. I was filled with optimism. But as the distance we ran in each practice gradually increased from three to four, to six miles, I realized with surprise that no matter how hard I tried, I wasn't able to run as fast as others. In fact, I was one of the slowest on the team.
What was the point of putting myself through so much pain? After the first few weeks, I wanted to quit.
Then we had our first cross-country meet.
When we started the race, I felt the great pressure of expectations sink onto my shoulders. And after a while I stopped running and struggled to walk up the hill. But then I heard my coaches shouting my name from the top of the hill. I felt confused and embarrassed; why were they cheering for me? I was running terribly! As I tried my best to finish the race, I realized that my coaches didn't care how fast I ran. Neither did
my teammates. During the rest of the season, they were always on the sidelines of every race, cheering for
me just as loudly as they'd cheered for the front runner.
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From then on, I began to put my effort into supporting my teammates instead of focusing on my own performance. In that way, I celebrated my teammates' victories as if they were my own; I felt their pain and exhaustion as if they were my own.
Cross-country running made me realize I don’t need to be the best to be successful in life. It taught me to
value my relationships with people more than my relationship with my ego(自我). It taught me to cheer for others even if I don't know their names.
24. Why did the author want to give up after the first few weeks?
A. He had much pain in his knees. B. He showed no interest in running.
C. He couldn’t get along well with others D. He didn’t perform well in long-distance running.
25. Which of the following can best describe the coaches?
A. Strict and hard-hearted. B. Considerate and supportive.
C. Brave and adventurous. D. Optimistic and humorous.
26. After his first cross-country race, the author_______.
A. lost himself in victories B. put more effort into his study
C. started caring about his teammates D. received more support from his coaches
27. What did the author realize from his experience?
A. The value of competition B. The benefits of doing sports
C. The secret of winning a race D. The importance of team spirit
C
Today, the most frightening living shark is the great white, which is over six meters long and bites with a force of two tonnes. Its fossil relative, Megalodon (meaning "big tooth") that lived about 23 to 3.6 million years ago, was over twice the length of a great white shark and had a bite force of more than ten tonnes.
Jack Cooper and his team used a number of mathematical methods to find out the size and proportions(比
例)of this monster, by making close comparisons with a variety of living relatives that have certain similarities to Megalodon. He said, “I have always been mad about sharks. Megalodon was actually the very
animal that inspired me to pursue palaeontology(古生物学) in the first place when I was just six years old, so I was over the moon to get a chance to study it. This was my dream project.”
Previously the fossil shark, known formally as Otodus megalodon, was only compared with the great
white. Jack and his colleagues, for the first time, expanded this analysis to include five modern sharks. “ Megalodon is not a direct ancestor of the great white and is equally related to several modern
sharks such as the salmon shark, as well as the great white. We collected detailed measurements of all five to
make predictions about Megalodon,”Dr. Pimiento said.
The researchers discovered that the babies of all these modern sharks start out as little adults, and
they don’t change in proportion as they get larger. Jack Cooper said, “This means we could simply take the
growth curves(生长曲线) of the five modem forms and forecast the overall shape as they get larger and larger--- right up to a body length of 16 meters.”
The results suggest that a 16-meter-long Megalodon likely had a head round 4.65 meters long, a fin
about 1.62 meters tall on the back and a tail around 3.85 meters high. The reconstruction of the size of Megalodon’s body parts represents a fundamental step towards a better understanding of this huge extinct shark.
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28. Why is the great white mentioned in Paragraph 1?
A. To remind people to stay away from it.
B. To uncover its close relation with Megalodon.
C. To introduce the researchers' new findings about it.
D. To show Megalodon's giant body and strength by comparison.
29. What does the underlined phrase"over the moon"in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. A bit hesitant. B. Very excited. C Really stressed. D. Totally unprepared.
30. What was special about the new study led by Jack Cooper?
A. It proved the real existence of Megalodon.
B. It was based on data from five types of modern sharks.
C. It was aimed at finding the direct ancestor of the great white.
D. It compared Megalodon with the great white for the first time.
31. What did the researchers find about Megalodon?
A. Their babies had the same body length as modern baby sharks.
B. Their body proportions changed dramatically during growth.
C. Their fin on the back could be as tall as an adult human.
D. Their bite force was equal to the great white’s.
D
Roads have existed from ancient times. Could you imagine how difficult travel would be if we didn't have them? Now, bees in England will soon have roads of their own so they can safely find the right direction.
That’s because without our intervention(干预),40-70 percent of our bees and other pollinators(传粉昆虫)
will become extinct, according to the non-profit Buglife, unless action is taken that will allow species to
move easily through the landscape. Today, wildlife is contained in small pieces of habitat that will now be linked by using B-Lines.
The B-Lines are part of an online map that identifies routes that can be turned into pollinator highways.
The plan started by Buglife is looking to restore at least 370, 658 acres of habitat across the UK.
The organization said on its website,"B-Lines have been mapped across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and large areas of Scotland. Along with conservation partners, land managers, businesses and local authorities, we are helping to fill the mapped places with restored and new wildflower-rich areas.”
Planting wildflowers is really vital to the survival of the pollinators. According to Positive News
England alone has lost over 97 percent of its wildflowers since World War II and this loss of habitat has been disastrous for species like bees and butterflies.
A complete England B-Lines network is a real landmark step in our task of turning around the decrease of
insects and lending a helping hand to our struggling pollinators, "said Catherine Jones, pollinator officer at Buglife.
Buglife identified ways that people can help pollinators. The ways include: growing more flowers
and trees; letting your garden go wild; cutting your grass more infrequently; leaving insect nests alone;
being careful to use chemicals that are safe for pollinators.
Every action for pollinators, no matter how big or small, can contribute to the B-Lines network and a secure future of pollinators,” according to the non-profit.
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32. Why is the plan called B-Lines being carried out?
A. To make bee roads more beautiful. B. To stop bees flying into human areas.
C. To save some pollinators from dying out. D. To replace the roads existing from ancient times.
33. What does Buglife expect of the B-Lines areas?
A. They will attract many tourists. B. They will be full of wildflowers.
C. They will help people remember history. D. They will keep the traffic running smoothly.
34. What does Buglife suggest people do?
A. Give up using any chemicals. B. Plant more flowers than trees.
C. Avoid destroying insect nests. D. Cut grass as often as possible.
35. What can be the best title for this text?
A. Take action immediately to protect wildlife B. House lost pollinators in your garden
C. Learn about Buglife and join it D. Build special highways for bees
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。
I am Linda from a small country in Africa. After my first year at Ashesi University, I found an international
program available for us students to study abroad. 36 After discussing with my family, I decided to
spend a semester abroad.
Before I set off to study abroad at University of Leeds in the UK in spring 2019, there was only one
thing on my mind--- EXPLORE! I looked forward to exploring different school settings, career interests and
potential hobbies. 37 My attitude was “try it all”, which led to my semester abroad being my best
semester so far in college.
38 Besides attending classes, a typical week involved going to rugby practice, volunteering on
campus and taking Tango lessons. My weekends were usually spent visiting different places like the zoo, museum or art gallery with my host family.
My experience as a student at Ashesi University had given me hints(窍门) on dealing with life away
from home. 39 My biggest gain from my time abroad was my strengthened sense of global citizenship.
I made friends from other African countries who were determined to make a change in their home countries.
I went to University of Leeds with my willingness to explore and I left there being more confident
and open-minded, with a wider network of friends and tons of great memories. 40
A.I also had moments when I felt lost.
B.Besides, I wanted to experience another culture.
C. However, University of Leeds gave me a lot more.
D. I felt excited and intended to take advantage of it
E.