2019-2020学年高二英语上学期11月月考试题.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语上学期11月月考试题I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）I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my headNow I am thirty twoI can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red isIt would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity（灾难） can do strange things to peopleIt occurred to me the other day that I might not have e to love life as I do if I hadnt been blindI believe in life nowI am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwiseI dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyesI simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world bees. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally confused and afraid. But I was luck. My parents and my teachers saw something in me-a potential to live, you might call it -which I didnt see, made me want to fight it out with blindness.The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was basicIf I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and bee a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my lifeWhen I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase aloneThat is part of itBut I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fitIt took me years to discover and strengthen this assuranceIt had to start with the simplest thingsOnce a man gave me an indoor baseballI thought he was making fun of me and I was hurtI cant use this I saidTake it with you, he urged me, and roll it around The words stuck in my headRoll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it wentThis gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseballAt Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseballWe called it ground ballAll my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a timeI had to learn my limitationsIt was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failureI would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress1We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _Athe author lost his sight because of a car crashBthe author wouldnt love life if the disaster didnt happenCthe disaster made the author appreciate what he hadDthe disaster strengthened the authors desire to see2Whats the most difficult thing for the author?A How to adjust himself to reality BBuilding up assurance that he can find his place in lifeCLearning to manage his life alone DHow to invent a successful variation of baseball3According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _ Awould sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his lifeBwould be unable to move and stay in a rocking chairCwould lose his will to struggle against difficultiesDwould sit in a chair and stay at home4What is the best title for the passage?AA Miserable Life BStruggle Against DifficultiesCA Disaster Makes a Strong Person DAn Unforgettable ExperienceBThe summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles(风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool? First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldnt see what was so great about art. On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldnt stop looking at this painting ! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.5. The aim of the mother s plan was to _. A. take them to visit the museum B. introduce them to the world of art C. ask them to read about artists D. show them different painting styles6. What was the writer s experience in the museum before the last visit? A. She came to feel her mother s love. B. She liked many paintings. C. She hardly enjoyed herself. D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.7. What made the writer go through a change that summer? A. One of Marys paintings. B. A strange way of painting. C. Artists in the Middle Ages. D. Her mother s instruction.8. From the text, we can see _. A. the importance of curiosity B. the effect of art C. the value of learning D. the power of family educationCGetting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease.On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家)，encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.9. The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because .A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment.B. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in C. they believed disease could be spread in public bathsD. they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease10.Which of the following best describes Henry IVs attitude to bathing?A. Afraid. B. Curious. C. Approving. D. Uninterested.11. How does the passage mainly develop?A. By providing examples. B. By making parisons.C. By following the order of time. D. By following the order of importance.12. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage?A. To stress the role of dirt.B. To introduce the history of dirt.C. To call attention to the danger of dirt.D. To present the change of views on dirt.DFor those who study the development of intelligence（智力）in the animal world, self-awareness is an important measurement. An animal that is aware（意识）of itself has a highlevel of intelligence.Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror, that is, its own reflected image（反射出的影像）Many animals fail this exercise bitterly, paying very little attention to the reflected image. Only humans, and some intelligent animals like apes and dolphins, have been shown to recognize that the image in the mirror is of themselves.Now another animal has joined the club. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report that an Asian elephant has passed the mirror self-reflection test. We thought that elephants were the next important animal, said Diana Reiss of the Wildlife Conservation Society, an author of the study with Joshua M. Plotnik and Fans BM. de Waal of Emory University. With their large brains, Reiss said, elephants seemed like cousins to apes anddolphins. The researchers tested Happy, Maxine and Patty, three elephants at the Bronx Zoo. They putan 8-foot-square mirror on a wall of the animals play area (out of the sight of zoo visitors) and recorded what happened with cameras, including one built in the mirror.The elephants used their long noses to find what was behind it, and to examine parts of their bodies. Of the three, Happy then passed the test, in which a clear mark was painted on one side of her face. She could tell the mark was there by looking in the mirror, and she used the mirror to touch the mark with her long nose.Diana Reiss said, We knew elephants were intelligent, but now we can talk about their intelligence in a better way.13. What can mirror tests tell us about animals? A. Whether they have large brains. B Whether they have self-awareness. C. Whether they enjoy outdoor exercises. D. Whether they enjoy playing with mirrors.14. Why does the author mention apes and dolphins in the text? A. They are most familiar to readers. B They are big favorites with zoo visitors. C. They are included in the study by Reiss. D. They are already known to be intelligent.15. What made Happy different from Maxine and Patty? A. She used her nose to search behind the mirror. B. She recognized her own image in the mirror. C. She painted a mark on her own face. D. She found the hidden camera. 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。What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? _16_. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than leadYou tend to be pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. _17_. If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly. 18_. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. 19_. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀) than any other bridge in the area-until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue. 20_. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.AOn the other hand, black is depressing.BThey tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favourite colour as grow up -we are born with our preference.CThe rooms are painted in different colours as you like.DIf you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.ELight and bright colours make people not only happier but more active.FLife is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.GColours do influence our moods-there is no doubt about itII完形填空(共20题，每题2 分，共40分) The tale of a heroic petLuke has always been my closest panion these past five years. In fact he is very obedient to me _21_ when I take care of other furry friends in our shelter.As you already know there have been a lot of forest fires during the _22_ season. Many forests are badly _23_ by fire each year. Not far from our shelter a forest caught fire during this hot summer and a heat wave has been going on for three days.Luke rushed towards the forest where flames gave out a fierce heat. Theres no longer any _24_ at the moment to wait for Luke to e back to the shelter. _25_， I was waiting for the fireman to _26_ me his death in the forest. Suddenly a fireman burst into my office and _27_ me that my dog Luke succeeded in saving four kittens that were _28_ by the flames. According to the fireman Luke seized the kittens one by one moving them to a(n) _29_ place.I _30_ acpanied the firemen to the forest to pick up the rescued kittens. Once on the _31_ of the incident Luke was not there. Then we heard the sound of a dog came from the forest barking furiously. I _32_ the sound of my dog Luke. The firemen followed the tracks of the dog _33_ they found him barking loudly by the side of a(n) _34_ fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately waiting for _35_.Thanks to Luke four kittens and a fireman were saved. That day I was very proud of Luke for his heroic _36_. Luke showed much passion for both animals like him and for a man trying to put out the fire with his _37_. Honestly my happiness is great and immeasurable.I visited the fireman in his house acpanied with Luke. What a _38_ scene when the fireman hugged Luke _39_ to his chest! “One thousand thanks Luke for saving my life，” the fireman said.This true story of love and passion shows us that pets are loving and caring. We should love and protect them for little animals can make enormous things for _40_.21.AspeciallyBespeciallyCobviouslyDsimply22.AspringBsummerCwinterDautumn23. AdamagedBDisappeared CharmedDinjured24.AsignBpointCuseDhope25. AAs usualBAt lastCIn factDIn general26. AcallBtellCpersuadeDvisit27. AsuggestedBforted CinformedDencouraged28.AstruckBburntCdiscoveredDtrapped29. AidealBsafeCunusualDhomely30.AimmediatelyBPolitely CcloselyDsuddenly31.AsceneryBviewCsightDscene32.ArecognizedBFound CcaughtDfocused33.AbeforeBunlessCuntilDwhen34.AbraveBexcitedCcalmDinjured35.AdogsBfiremenCrescueDpassersby36.AtalesBactionsCresponsesDevents37.AtoolsBdevicesCcolleaguesDfriends38.AmemorableBTerrible ClovelyDthreatening39.AtightlyBcarefullyCslowlyDslightly40. AfiremenBdogsCkittensDhumans第II卷（非选择题，共计70分）I. 语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多余三个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式(每小题2分，共10小题，满分20分） Janet: Tony, can I ask you a 41 (person) question?Tony: About what?Janet: Well, I was 42 (wonder) about how you are received here in China.Tony: What do you mean?Janet; Well, since you are Chinese-Canadian and only speak English and 43 ( France) well ， how do native Chinese treat you?Tony： Oh, well, sometimes it can get pretty difficult. When people find out that Im a Canadian citizen 44 cant speak Chinese well, they usually call me 45 banana. You know ， yellow on the outside and white on the inside.Janet; 46 does that make you feel?Tony: Well, I first feel mad. Then I feel sad, for I 47 (see) as someone who has forgotten his roots. All this is because my parents left to find a 48 (good) life, and I decided to return in order 49 (find) something I lost. Sometimes Im not sure if I like 50 Ive found.II完成句子（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）51.One of the_（挑战）he has accepted is to swim the river.52._ _ (每当)I catch a cold, I always drink much water.53.Once the little girl (被怀疑)stealing the money.54. People are trying to make the (pollute)rivers clean again.55. I am (frighten)to look out of the airplane window.56. Will it be (方便)for you to talk with me.57. As we all know, the world (由.组成)7 continents and 4 oceans.58. It requires my great efforts (澄清)what I mean.59. The little boy was (遗漏)at home.60. I have had my bike ,and I am going to have somebody my radio tomorrow.(repair).61. We are pleased to see the problem (settle)so quickly.62. The teacher （留下一个好印象）on students by his rich knowledge and humorous talk.63. He had to remind himself (不断地).64. A strong wind is blowing