永州四中高二英语第五次月考.doc

2020年永州四中高二英语第五次月考
命题人：杨辉 审题人：刘斌
满分150分
第Ⅰ卷（选择题共95分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节

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. Which culture will be presented at the museum?

A. Siberian. B. Chinese. C. Korean.

2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Clothes. B. The perfume. C. A drink.

3. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Work out more.

B. Stay in bed all week.

C. Use hot and cold treatments.

4. How many people are coming to dinner tonight?

A. Nine. B. Eight. C. Six.

5. What does the man mean?

A. The girl is beautiful.

B. The girl is plain.

C. The girl is ugly.

第二节

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. Where are the speakers?

A. In a street. B. On a beach. C. In a backyard.

7. What does the waste mainly consist of according to the man?

A. Wood. B. Paper. C. Plastic.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. What did Mary most likely write?

A. A short story.

B. A piece of poetry.

C. A book report.

9. What does the man like about Mary’s writing?

A. The way she compared things.

B. The topic she wrote about.

C. The way she described her characters.

10. Who is Mary speaking to?

A. Her friend.

B. Her teacher.

C. Her father.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. Where are the speakers?

A. On the subway. B. On the train. C. On the bus.

12. Where are the speakers traveling from?

A. Beijing. B. Tianjin. C. Shanghai.

13. What is the speakers’ trip for?

A. A holiday.

B. A visit to relatives.

C. A business meeting.

听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。
14. What will the man use his remote control helicopter for?
A. Taking pictures.
B. Racing other aircraft.
C. Flying around the neighborhood.
15. What does the woman think about her neighbor’s flying remote control plane?
A. It seems useful. B. It looks fun. C. It is annoying.
16. What does the man have to do before he could fly his helicopter?
A. Put in batteries. B. Build it. C. Register it.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. Where does the announcement take place?
A. In a movie theater.
B. In an amusement park.
C. In a school.
18. Who are forbidden to enter the castle?
A. People with heart problems.
B. Anyone over eighty years old.
C. Very young children.
19. What should people do with their personal property?
A. Hand them over to the staff.
B. Lock them up.
C. Bring them.
20. What are people asked to do at the end?
A. Help fasten the seat belts.
B. Hang the talking pictures.
C. Follow the exit signs.
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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation(住处) and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice and to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by underground.
Meal Plans Available
◇Continental Breakfast
◇Breakfast and Dinner

◇Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’ s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion(侵犯) of their privacy.
Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
21. The passage is probably written for ________.
A. hosts willing to receive foreign students
B. foreigners hoping to build British culture
C. travellers planning to visit families in London
D. English learners applying to live in English homes
22. According to the passage, we can know that ________.
A. the host will provide medical care
B. Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2
C. Continental Breakfast includes bread and fruit juice
D. you can invite friends to visit without the host’ s permission
23. Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
A. To enjoy much more freedom. B. To entertain friends as they like.
C. To enrich their knowledge of English. D. To experience a warmer family atmosphere.
B
Parents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades. Other forms of prenatal involvement, including volunteering at school and observing a child's class, also fail to help, according to the most recent study on the topic.
The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting where schools except them to act as partners in their children's education. Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.
Kaith Robinson, the author of the study, said, "I really don't know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids' education that leads to declines in their academic performance. One of the things that was consistently negative was parents' help with homework." Robinson suggested that may be because parents themselves struggle to understand the task." They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now, or in some cases never learnt it themselves, but they're still offering advice."
Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks. In general, about 20% of parental involvement was positive, about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.
Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because "children with good academic success do have involved parents ", admitted Robinson. But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success." A big surprise was that Asian-American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved. They took a more reasonable approach, conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives."
24.The underlined expression "parental involvement " in Paragraph 1 probably means .
A. parents' expectation on children's health
B. parents' participation in children's education
C. parents' control over children's life
D. parents' plan for children's future
25. What is the major finding of Robinson's study ?
A. Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way.
B. Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.
C. Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.
D. Parents are not able to help with children’s homework.
26The example of Asian-American parents implies that parents should .
A. help children realize the importance of schooling
B. set a specific life goal for their children
C. spend more time improving their own lives
D. take a more active part in school management
C
A 27-year-old inventor, Joco Paulo Lammoglia, has come up with a new device named the AIRE mask, which is capable of transforming the wind energy provided by the wearer’ s electrical energy. This means breathing has become a source of renewable energy. The inspiration for the invention came from his watching children blowing on pinwheels (纸风车).
The device is worn like a mask equipped with tiny wind turbines (涡轮) and it can work its magic even while people are sleeping, running or hanging around, since energy is created from one’ s breath. The principle of this AIRE mask is simple. The invention uses the wind flow created by breathing and changes it into energy that can charge mobile phones and iPods. Simply put this mask connected to your mobile phone on your face. The rest takes place naturally through your breath that provides power to run turbines which produce electricity.
Lammoglia explained how useful he hopes the AIRE will become. He said, “I hope to bring the concept into production and reduce the carbon footprint. It can be used indoors or outdoors, while you’ re sleeping, walking, running or even reading books. ” Apart from saving energy and contributing to environmental protection, it also encourages the practice of physical exercise. This is an entirely all time renewable energy source. Its energy is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Lammoglia explained why he thought the AIRE was so useful, saying, “Though many of our modern devices offer benefits, they tend to consume a high amount of electrical energy. This may cause problems for the environment, especially if the energy used by these devices is produced by non-renewable sources.
The AIRE mask will be future’ s cheaper source of charging mobile phones. It would save energy and allow people to never have to worry about their phone dying unless they stop breathing.
27. The AIRE mask can stop working if people_______.
A. use it indoors B. read books
C. hang around D. stop breathing
28. After putting on the mask, how do people charge their mobile phones using the device?
A. Breathe out air---Drive turbines--Produce electricity.
B. Use wind---Pass through turbines---Produce electricity.
C. Breathe in air---Use turbines---Create energy.
D. Connect turbines---Produce wind flow---Create energy.
29. Lammoglia would most probably agree that the AIRE mask _______.
A. consumes a high amount of energy
B. will account for environmental damage
C. is a good solution to energy problems
D. is available in the shop now
30. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. An electronic mask B. A breath-powered charger
C. A renewable energy source D. A wind-driven device
第二节（共5个小题；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。
A great life doesn’t happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating (分配) your time, energy and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure. ____31____ Make the following secrets fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!
A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misunderstand what simplify means. ____32____ Instead, it’s a way to free up your energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it first.
A great life is the result of removing distractions(分心之事). Up to 75% of your mental energy can be used in things that are not important but distracting you. Look around at someone’s life you admire. What do they do that you would like to adopt in your own life? Ask them how they did it. ____33____
A great life is the result of your adjustments. ____34____It may mean thinking about again how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that agree with your particular definition of a great life.
____35____There’s the old saying everyone’s familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. It’s what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.
A.A great life is the result of starting.
B.Start setting up your life to support success and ease.
C.A great life is the result of having intention.
D.So it requires that you should make some changes.
E.It’s not a way to remove work from your life.
F.It’s easy to spend your days on whatever gets your attention.
G.Then you will find ways to free up your mental energy for more important things.
第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节:完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选岀可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A woman, who had spent the afternoon at Tom’s bar, couldn’t find her wallet. She didn’t care about her ID, credit card or cash but her wedding ___36___ .
Tom didn’t like the idea that a(n) ___37___ could have occurred at his place. So he spent hours on cameras, ___38___ the woman’s every step in the bar ___39___ she went to sit on a bench outside and left. Soon, a young man ___40___ the bench, put something into his pocket, and walked off. Tom ___41___ a photo online, hoping someone could know him.
Within hours, Tom got a text from 17-year-old Danny who ___42___ having taken the wallet because he hadn’ t eaten in two days. He thought the ring was ____43____, so he took the money and ___44___ the wallet off the public docks(码头) into the ocean. Danny wasn’ t _____45_____ with his family and had been living in the _____46_____ for a week. Tom, a father of two, saw the boy for what he was: more of a kid than a criminal, _____47_____ to help him.
Tom called in two divers to _____48_____ the wallet. An hour passed, but there was no _____49_____ of the ring at all. Tom grew _____50_____. Each passing minute increased the _____51_____ that Danny would be arrested(逮捕).
Then a diver popped up. In his hand was the _____52_____, and inside was the ring. Tom called the wallet’ s owner. She immediately dropped the _____53_____ against Danny for stealing the ring.
But it wasn’t _____54_____ for Tom. He’ d been troubled about Danny sleeping in the cold woods. With his home big enough to give Danny a place to live for a while, Tom told the teen he could _____55_____ with his family until the boy got on his feet again.
36. A. video B. cards C. ring D. photos
37. A. case B. theft C. incident D. affair
38. A. watching B. following C. designing D. imagining
39. A. because B. since C. until D. when
40. A. touched B. noticed C. found D. approached
41. A. published B. posted C. took D. developed
42. A. admitted B. forgot C. denied D. risked
43. A. genuine B. priceless C. expensive D. worthless
44. A. pushed B. dragged C. threw D. put
45. A. breaking up B. getting along C. putting up D. walking