2019-2020学年江苏省海安高级中学高二12月月考英语试题word版听力

1、江苏省海安高级中学 2019-2020 学年高二 12 月月考英语试卷第I卷（选择题部分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）A、B、C三个选项中10 秒钟的时间来回答第一节 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍1. What does the woman think of the movie?- 8 -C. It s disappointing.C. Looking after herA. It s amusing.2. How will Susan spend mo

2、st ofA. Traveling around.aunt.B. It s exciting. her time in France?B. Studying at a school.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. Going out.4. Where are the speakers?A. In a classroom.5. What is the man going to do?A. Go on the Internet.第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白B. Ordering drinks.B. In a library.B. Make a

3、 phone call.每段对话或独白后有几个小题，C. Preparing for a party.C. In a bookstore.C. Take a train trip.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 is the woman looking for?A. An information office.B. A police station.C. A shoe repair shop.7. Wh

4、at is the Town Guide according to the man?A. A brochure.B. A newspaper.C. A map.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、 9 题。8. What does the man say about the restaurant?A. It s the biggest one around.B. It offers many tasty dishes.C. It s famous for its seafood.9. What will the woman probably order?A. Fried fish. B. Roast

5、 chicken.听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. Where will Mr. White be at 11 o clock?A. At the office. B. At the airport.11. What will Mr. White probably do at one in the afternoon?A. Receive a guest. B. Have a meeting.12. When will Miss Wilson see Mr. White?A. At lunch time. B. Late in the afternoon. 听第 9段材料，回答第

6、 13至 16题。13. Why is Bill going to Germany?A. To work on a project.B. To study German.C. To start a new company.14. What did the woman dislike about Germany?A. The weather. B. The food.15. What does Bill hope to do about his family?A. Bring them to Germany.B. Leave them in England.C. Visit them in a

7、few months.16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Fellow-travelers. B. Colleagues.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. When did it rain last time in Ju rez? aA. Three days ago.B. A month ago.18. What season is it now in Ju rez? aA. Spring.B. Summer.C. Beef steak.C. At the restaurant.C. Re

8、ad a report.C. The next morning.C. The schools.C. Classmates.C. A year ago.C. Autumn.19. What are the elderly advised to do?A. Take a walk in the afternoon.B. Keep their homes cool.C. Drink plenty of water.20. What is the speaker doing?A. Hosting a radio program.B. Conducting a seminar.C. Forecastin

9、g the weather.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AExploit your parking spaceAn unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to 200 or 300 a week. Put an advertisemen

10、t for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.Rent a roomSpare room? Not only will a lodger （ 房客） earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room”program, you wonthave to pay any tax on the first 45000you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.Make

11、money during special eventsDontwant a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.Live on setRenting your home out as a “film set”could earn you hu

12、ndreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free but you will be charged if your home gets picked.Use your roofYou need the right ki

13、nd of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipme nt (aro und 14,000), and let you use the en ergy produced for no thi ng. In retur n, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which coul

14、d prevent you from changing the roof.21. If you earn5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based onA. 800B. 500C. 4500D.500022. If you want to use energy free, you have to.A. sign an agreement with the governmentB. pay around 14,000 for the equipmentC. sell the roof to

15、 some energy companiesD. keep the roof unchanged for 25 years23. For whom the text most probably written?A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers.C. House owners. D. Online companiesBThe Amazon Echo, a voice-driven computer that sits on a table top and answers to the name Alexa, can call up music tracks and radio

16、 stations, tell jokes, answer simple questions and control smart appliances. Even before Christmas it was already resident in about 4% of American households. Voice assistants are being widely used in smart phones, too: Apples Sirihandles over 2 billion commands a week, and 20% of Google searches on

17、 Android-powered handsets in America are input by voice. Dictating e-mails and text messages now works reliably enough to be useful. Why type when you can talk?Simple though it may seem, voice has the power to transform computing, by providing a natural means of interaction. Windows, icons and menus

18、, and then touch screens, were welcomed as much easier ways to deal with computers than entering complex keyboard commands. But being able to talk to computers abolishes the need for a界面“) ”user interface (at all. Just as mobile phones were more than existing phones without wires, and cars were more

19、 than carriages without horses, so computers without screens and keyboards have the potential to be more useful, more powerful than people can imagine today.Voice will not wholly replace other forms of input and output. Sometimes it will remainmore convenient to converse with a machine by typing rat

20、her than talking (Amazon is said to be working on an Echo device with a built-in screen). But voice is sure to account for a growing share of people s interactions with the technology around them, from washing machines that tell you how much of the cycle they have left to virtual assistants in corpo

21、rate call centres. However, to reach its full potential, the technology requires further breakthroughs and a resolution of the tricky questions it raises around the trade-off between convenience and privacy.Computer-dictation systems have been around for years. But they were unreliable andrequired l

22、engthy training to learn a specific users voice. Computer s new ability to recoalmost anyone s speech dependably without training is the latest manifestal明()of the power of “deep learning ”, an artificial intelligence technique in which a software system is trained to use millions of examples, usual

23、ly selected from the Internet. Thanks to deep learning, machines now nearly equal humans in transcription accuracy, computerized translation systems are improving rapidly and text-to-speech systems are becoming less robotic and more natural-sounding. Computers are, in short, getting much better at h

24、andling natural language in all its forms.Although deep learning means that machines can recognize speech more reliably and talkin a more natural manner, they still don t understand the meaning of language. That is the mostdifficult aspect of the problem and, if voice-driven computing is truly to fl

25、ourish, one that must be overcome. Computers must be able to understand context in order to maintain a coherent conversation about something, rather than just responding to simple, one-off (一次性的 ) voice commands, as they mostly do today (“Hey, Siri, set a timer for ten minutes”). Researchuniversitie

26、s and at companies are working on this problem, building“bots” that can hold moredetailed conversations about more complex tasks, from searching information to making travel arrangements.Many voice-driven devices are always listening, waiting to be activated( 激活 )Some people are already concerned ab

27、out the implications of internet-connected microphones listening in every room and from every smart phone. Not all audio is sent to the cloud devices wait for a trigger phrase (“Alexa ”, “OK, Google ”, “Hey, Cortana ”, or “Hbefore they start passing the user s voice to the servers that actually hand

28、le bthuet requestswhen it comes to storing audio, it is unclear who keeps what and when.24. According to Paragraph l, the Amazon Echo .A. has been sold out before ChristmasB. has been used by most American familiesC. came on the market later than Apple s SiriD. is more useful than smart phones in di

29、ctating e-mails25. What can we learn about computers deep learning from the passage?A. It is vital to accurate identification of human voices.B. It is almost the same as the computer-dictation system.C. It has helped machines understand the meaning of language.D. It has helped machines beat humans i

30、n accuracy and reliability.26. What are some users of voice-driven devices concerned about?A. The devices will be in charge of their life.B. The devices need to be activated before working.C. They are in the dark about their datas ownership.D. Their voices can be recognized by every smart phone.27.

31、What s the author s attitude toward-dsrivoeincetechnology?A. Worried.B. Doubtful. C. Supportive.D. Objective.CIn a new look at the impact of long-time sitting behavior on health, a new study links time watching television to an increased risk of death. One of the most surprising findings is that it

32、isn t just couch potatoes who were affected. Even for people who exercised regularly, the risk of death went up the longer they were in front of the TV . The problem was the long periods of time spent sitting still.Australian researchers who tracked 8,800 people for an average of six years found tha

33、t those who said they watched TV for more than four hours a day were 46% more likely to die of any cause and 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular （ 心血管的 ） disease than people who reported spending less than two hours a day in front of TV.Time spent in front of TVs and computers and video games h

34、as come under fire in studies in recent years for contributing to a spread of obesity in the US and around the world. But typically the resulting public-health message urges children and adults to put down the Xbox controller and remote and get on a treadmill （跑步机） or a soccer field.The Australian s

35、tudy offers a different view. “It nots the sweaty type of exercise were losing, ” says David Dunstan, a researcher at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, who led the study. “ It thes incidental moving around, standing up and using muscles. That doesn t happen when we are plunked oncoa

36、uch in front of a television.”Indeed, participants in the study reported getting between 30 and 45 minutes of exercise a day, on average.The results are supported by a new field of research that shows how long periods of inactivity can affect the bo dy s processing of fats and other substances that

37、contribute to heart risk. And they suggest that people can help decrease such risk simply by avoiding extended periods of sitting. ”Keeping such processes working more effectively doesn t reqiunitrencsoenestxaenrtcise,but consciously adding more routine movement to your life might help, doctors say.

38、 “ Just standing is better than sitting,” says Gerard Fletcher, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville,Fla., who works standing up at his computer.en you stan“d uWph, you shuffle around a little bitand use muscles not required when you are sitting or lying down.”Simple strategies for increasing

39、 activity include combining household chores such as folding laundry with TV-watching time or getting up to change a TV channel rather than using a remote control.The report, published Tuesday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, focuses on TV watching in part because it is the mai

40、n leisure-time activity in many countries, researchers said, especially in the US.28. One misunderstanding people might have is that .A. regular exercise can minimize the side effect of watching TVB. TV programs can broaden your horizons effectivelyC. the radiation from TV may badly affect your sigh

41、tD. watching TV very long is a good way to kill time29. What is new about the discovery of the Australian study?A. Remote control shouldnt be used when people w. atch TVB. People who watch TV too long should take more physical exercise.C. Sitting too long in front of TV will lead to high risk of hea

42、rt attack.D. Long-time sitting is bad for all people including those who exercise regularly.30. According to the Australian study, how can the risk of death be reduced when people watch TV?A. By tak ing some medici ne.B. By in creas ing simple moveme nt.C. By totally avoiding watching TV .D. By in c

43、reas ing sweaty type of exercise.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。We know that there is no thi ng worse tha n finding yourself caught in a stra nge place, disc onn ected from your loved on es. Here are a variety of travel tips that will help make your jour ney a safe

44、and enjo yable one.Plan ahead. There is no way to fully pla n for the un expected, but you can be prepared forit. 31 If traveli ng on public tran sportati on, make sure you know the route and the stops. Have a well-charged cell phone with you, or take a Mobile Power Pack. You can often save time and

45、 money by pla nning ahead.Inform family/ friends of your travel plans. Make sure you have some one you can con tact in case of emerge ncy. If some one is meeti ng you at your dest in ati on, make sure they know exactly whe n your lane/ bus / tra in arrives._32_ Do you routi nely take medici ne? Are

46、you traveli ng with a baby who n eeds milk powder? These are examples of thi ngs to carry with you at all times. If travel is delayed, it does nt help YOU if these items are part of your checked baggage.Take identification. It is important to have photo identification with you when you travel.Iden t

47、ificati on is required whe n purchas ing bus and train tickets. _33_Check on prohibited items in advance. Visit the Tran sportati on Security Agen cys website （TSA） to check on what items are prohibited. _34一 Better to leave it at home, since you will have to surrender 佼出）the item in order to get th

48、rough airport security.Protect your money .In stead of carry ing a lot of cash with you, use your card to pay.35Take some cash just in case, but dont put all your cash in one place. Put some money ijackets, pockets and differe nt bags. In case your wallet gets lost or stole n, you still have cash in

49、other places.A. Dont forget to take medici ne.B. Be aware of your own special n eeds.C. This makes payme nt easier and safer to man age.D. In case you want to tour around and look for places, maps app is a must.E. If traveling by car, have a map with you and know your route in advanee.F. Also, it mu

50、st be prese nted at airli ne coun ters and airport security checkpo in ts.G. Remember the Swiss Army knife your gran dfather gave you whe n you were ten years old?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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。On the last day of college before

51、 graduati on, our professor walked up on stage to give us afin al less on, which she called a life less on on the _36_of min dsets （思维模式）.As she 37 a glass of water over her head, every one _38 her to men ti on the typical glass half empty or glass half full questi on. 39 . with a smile on her face,

52、 the professor asked, How heavy is this glass of water Im holdi ng?Students shouted out answers 亠40 from eight ounces（盎司）to a couple pounds.After a few mome nts of 41 an swers, she replied,“In my opinion, the absolute weight of thisglass does nt 42 . It all _43 how long I hold it. If I hold it for a

53、 minute or two, its _44_light.If I hold it for an hour _45 , my arm might feel pain ful. If I hold it for the whole day, my arm willfeel completely numb, 46 me to drop the glass to the floor. In each _47_the weight of the glassdoes nt cha nge,48 the Ion ger I hold it, the heavier it 49_ to me.As the

54、 class no dded their heads in 50 , she continu ed, Your worries, 51 and stressful thoughts are like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and _52_ happens. Think about them a bit Ion ger and you begi n to feel _53 . Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb, _54 to

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56、42. A. concernB. matterC. careD. mean43. A. refers toB. results inC.depends onD. mixes with44. A. fairlyB. exactlyC. theoreticallyD. merely45. A. onlyB. aga inC. laterD. straight46. A. permitt ingB. forci ngC. en couragi ngD. remi nding47. A. secti onB. problemC. caseD. field48. A. soB. orC. forD. b

57、ut49. A. remai nsB. feelsC. provesD. looks50. A. agreeme ntB. reliefC. fearD. shock51. A. happ in essB. disappo in tme ntC. curious nessD. en gageme nt52. A. someth ingB. everyth ingC. anythingD. nothing53. A. painB. terrorC. sorrowD. doubt54. A. un willi ngB. un ableC. un wiseD. uni ucky55. A. destroyB. hideC. dropD. accept第n卷（非选择题部分）第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下