安徽省合肥市第九中学2019-2020学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试卷及答案

1、英语试题满分： 120 分 考试时间： 90 分钟第一部分听力（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， 并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 What does the woman want to do?A Graduate next semester. B Get the form back. C Meet the dean. Where are the speakers now

2、?A In a building. B On a bridge.C In a car. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A Sports. B A park. C A summer holiday. What does the man remind the woman to pay?A The phone bill. B The water bill. C The electricity bill. What does the woman mean?A She didn t like the watch. She bought the wa

3、tch for $50.C She didn t have enough money.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 What s the probable relationship between the speakers?A Teacher and student.B

4、 Colleagues. C Classmates. What does the woman plan to do right after lunch?A Find Ms. Wong. B Go to the gym. C Have a PE class. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。 Why does Mary call Mr. Green?A To ask about a meeting. B To make an appointment.C To remind him to see a dentist. When will Mr. Green attend a parent

5、-teacher meeting?A On Thursday morning. B On Thursday afternoon. C On Friday afternoon. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 What are the speakers most probably doing?A Booking a hotel.B Writing a hotel review.C Reading a brochure of a hotel. What does the man like most?A Open fires.BAfternoon tea. CThe bedroom.

6、 What do the speakers decide to do?A Send a letter.BAsk for a price list.C Bargain over theprice.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 Where does the conversation take place?A At a cafe. B At an airport. C On the phone. 14 How does Nick sound?A Worried. B Curious. C Excited.15 Why will Mary go to San Diego?A To s

7、tudy in a university. B To spend a vacation. C To see her sister. 16 What time is it now?A About 6:00. B About 7:00. C About 8:30. 听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。17 What will the listeners do first at the Cookery School?A Make some pizza. B Eat chocolate cakes. C Learn to grow vegetables. 18 What s the pric

8、e of the bus ticket?A $3.55. B $6.00. C $9.55.19 What should the listeners take?A Sandwiches. B A notebook. C A pencil.20 How are the parents advised to contact the speaker?A By e-mail. B Through the phone. C Face to face.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,从每题所给的A 、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中

9、，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBMGF said this week it will provide up to $100 million to support action against the 2019 novel coronavirus. It says the money will help strengthen efforts to test people for the virus, separate healthy individuals from the sick and find treatm

10、ent for them.Controlling the epidemic: The donation will help speed developme nt of the “ tools to bring this epidemic under control, ” the chief executive officer of the Gates Foundation; Mark Suzman said.Worldwide emergency: The Gates Foundation is giving money and working with other donors to hel

11、p the World Health Organization （WHO）, Chinese medical workers and others worldwide. It noted the need for an organized international effort to fight the virus.Increased efforts to find and treat the coronavirus: The foundation promised $20 million right away to hurry the process of identifying thos

12、e who are sick, keeping them separate, and helping them get better. The goal is to stop the disease from spreading to more people and places. Money is also going to public health officials in China and other countries with coronavirus patients to help them pay the start-up cost of medical workers an

13、d supplies.Protecting at-risk groups in Africa and South Asia: Recent epidemics, such as the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009, have had a big effect on people living in extreme poverty. Most of those people live in African countries south of the Sahara Desert or parts of South Asia. Another $20 milli

14、on is going to public health officials in these areas to improve their emergency operations and to treat confirmed cases. One partner is the African Field Epidemiology Network, a non-profit service that currently operates in more than 30 African countries.Developing Vaccines: Of the total donation,

15、$60 million will go to speed the process of making vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus. One organization working on developing the anti-coronavirus vaccines is the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations with Chinese public- and private-sector researchers; trying to find ways t

16、o stop the spread of the virus.21 The money donated by the BMGF will be used in the following aspects exceptA to build a new hospital in ChinaB to separate the healthy from the sickC to test people for the virusD to find treatment for the virus -infected22 Which of the following statements is true?A

17、 The money is specially donated to China s public health department.B Another $20 million will be used to help African people suffering from starvation.C Most of the donated money will be put into the developing and innovating vaccines.D The African Field Epidemiology Network is a non- profit medica

18、l service organization only in western Africa. The passage is most probably digested from _.A a poster B a magazineC a text book D a news reportBAfter spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed dow

19、n their college choices.“ Everyoneelse was already admitted to college, h”er mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “ So she took our car and druopveto Yale and said , You have to let me in .“ Impressed-she was a National Merit （ 英才 ） finalist who had picked up Portuguese inBrazil Yale

20、 did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist, ” her mother said.On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled（ 炮击 ） the city of Homs. She was

21、working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.“ She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday ” , Mrs. Colvin said. “ Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted

22、to finish it.”Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones.“ Ifyou knew my daughter, s”he said, “ itwould have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, and it was her life. There was no saying Don t do t

23、his. This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.a surprise when she took an interest in journ alism, ” her mother said. From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infe

24、r that .A Yale was her last choiceB Marie Colvin was good at persuadingC Yale must keep its promise to Marie ColvinD Marie Colvin was confident of herself Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin s life ?a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed. b. She was admitte

25、d to Yale University.She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.She was hired by The Sunday Times of London. e. She began to take an interest in journalism.A. d-efc- af b B.b-efd-aC. efd-cf b-a D. bfc-d-ef a From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin .A dislikes the choice of her daugh

26、ter.B knows her daughter very well.C cares little about her daughter.D doesn t fully appreciate her daughter. What can be the best title of the text ?A Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.B Applying for Top Universities, a Successful CaseC Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own

27、 Interest.D Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.CThe end of the school year is in sight - Christmas cards, candy canes and of course, end of year reportsWhile most parents welcome an assessment of their kids performance, they do not expect their own input to be evaluated. But a school in t

28、he UK is changing that. As well as assessing their students, they are dishing out grades to mums and dads. Parents that are really involved in their kids education are rewarded with an A, and parents that havent done their bit get a disappointing DThe school, Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghams

29、hire, uses standard such as whether mums and dads have attended school events such as plays and parent teacher evenings to decide on the grade. The schools principal, Donna Chambers， said that the scheme had been well receivedThere were some critics. In spite of it, between 15 percent and 20 percent

30、 of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two per cent, she explained Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement. The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one. That one hour initial conve

31、rsation saying they could improve will make a difference to the rest of that childs academic life, she said.But while the scheme may be well intentioned, it is likely to be connected with parent shaming. There are lots of reasons why some mums and dads might not be involved in school activities such

32、 as work commitments, looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives.And of course, being involved in your kids education doesnt begin and end at school. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered. And what about all

33、 the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute? Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!What do schools usually do at the end of the school year? A Dividing candies B Making Christmas cards C Evaluating kids performances D Grading parents What does the schools princip

34、al Chambers say about the scheme? A It uses a new way to evaluate kids B It gives parents further education C It has gained much acceptanceD It improves kids motivation for learning What does the author think of parents being involved in kids education? A It means far more than being graded B It bri

35、ngs shame to parents C It adds to parents burden D It increases parents commitment to education What is the passage mainly about? A There is too much stress for parents about their childrens academic life.B Parents as well as their children are on the list of the year school report.C Parents should

36、be involved in childrens school life.D Whether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets.DSleep is essential for a person s wellbeing. Researchers have found that sleep loss increases aperson s risk of developing serious medical conditions. Now, a new study has found that get ting enough sl

37、eep is also the key to improving academic performance.Jeffrey Grossman, who led the research, was not trying to find the correlation （相关性）between sleep and grades when he handed out Fitbits to the students in his class. Instead, the professor hoped the popular wrist-worn electronic device （ 装置 ）, wh

38、ich tracks a person s activity 24/7, would show a connection between physical exercise and academic achievement.As part of the research, a quarter of the participants chose a fitness class specially created for the study. After the school term ended, the researchers carefully analysed the data. Much

39、 to Grossman s surprise, they found no measurable difference in test performance between the group that had been physically active and the group that had not.However, the study presented a surprising viewpoint in the journal Science of Learning. Going through the large amount of data, Grossman notic

40、ed an interesting trend （ 走向 ） from the participants sleep patterns. There was a straight-line relationship between the average amount of sleep and his/her grade on the exams.Besides, it was not enough for students to just head to bed early the night before a test.Grossman says: “ We vheeard the phr

41、ase Geta good night slseep, you vegot a big day tomorrow. It turns out this does not relate at all to test performance. Instead, it during the days when learning is happening that matters most.”The time students went to bed each night was similarly important. Those who went to bed in the early hours

42、 of the morning performed poorly, even if the total sleep time was the same as a higher-performing student.The research does not prove that sleep is the only component that helps improve academic performance. However, Grossman says the results are a strong indication that sleep really matters. Who k

43、new getting A s just required some extra ZZZ s?What Grossman original purpose by using Fitbits in the research?A . To improve students sleep patterns.To find effects of physical exercise on grades.To monitor students physical condition.To regulate students daily behavior.What did Grossman think of t

44、he research result?A . It was unreliable.B . It was changeableC. It was unexpected.D . It was fruitless.What plays a more important part in test performance?A . Average amount of sleep during tests.B. Sleep in the learning stage.C. Sleep quality the night before the test.D. A regular bedtime.What is

45、 the best title for the text?A . Enough Sleep Benefits Our WellbeingBe Physically Active and Sleep MoreCatch ZZZs for Good Test PerformanceThe More Exercise, the Better Schoolwork第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，茜分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。Many of us are hardwired NOT to ask for help. We think it

46、makes us appear weak. We think people will say no. we think we have to do everything ourselves. 36. We have to get overthat, and theres how:Get over yourselfpersonNo one and I mean NO ONEgot anywhere alone. You cannot and should not do everything yourself. You are not, in fact , always the best pers

47、on for the job, or the onlywho can do it. Asking for help is sign of strength, not weakness. Asking for help clears space for you and frees your time and energy. 37Rebuild your thinkingRebuild what it means to ask for help from “I am a weak, incompetent loser to I am strategically allocating my time

48、 to focus on what matters most. Don focus on the fact that you can do something or don t have the time. 38 Its a chance to connect, a chance to value a colleague, a chance to get something done faster or better, a chance to optimize your own time and talents.39Asking for help is about tapping valuab

49、le resources to get the best outcome the most quickly with the fewest resources expended. That s a fancy way of saying “ get the right people for the job. 40 And the best way to do that is to know your colleagues, and proactively build relationships.Whatever the reason, we don t ask for the help we

50、need.Think about your colleagues.Your energy can be wasted.Instead, think about what you will gain from the ask.It s all about building the right team.Its a smart strategy.Know your colleagues.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 40分）第一节（共20小题;每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。People

51、 I remember I was just eighteen when Grandma Julie died. Until the lawyer read her41 , I would never fully 42 the depth of Grandma sove. It was a moment I will never forget - a day that made me the 43 kid in town.After 44 the distribution of Grandma legacies（遗产），the lawyer said, “Thereare three more

52、 things. ” 145his briefcase and brought out a small 46 box, whichcontained my Grandma s wedding ring. These letters and notes are also for you, .” heGrandma setter began, “ DearJeffrey, I m 48you one of my most precioustreasures - my memories. These memories are the letters your 49 wrote me. They ar

53、e both 50 and valuable - a（n） 51 that will teach you how to love and understand people, and how to respect and maintain your integrity（正直）.When you read them you will 52 the love and passion of a good man for a good woman, and you ll learn how love can become the53 of your life.“I have been54, since

54、 I loved a wonderful man who also loved me. Love is like abeautiful 55you store in an album. You can enjoy its beauty each time you stare at it56 . I ve just shown you how priceless his love notes are. Please learn from them. Then find the right girl to love and love her 57. This love will 58 both y

55、our lives and makeyou both happier. ”A As for being valuable, save the envelopes. It 59said theirecworth far morethan the rest of my wealth. And, the personal hand-written note from General Pershing is even more valuable than the stamps. Have a 60, meaningful life. God bless you.”41. A.wishB. wordsC

56、. decisionsD.will42. A.appreciate B. measuresC. admireD.find43. A.happiestB. luckiestC. richestD.loneliest44. A.deliveringB . sharingC. announcingD.writing45. A.got intoB. looked intoC. searched intoD.reached into46. A.toolB. paperC. letterD.jewelry47. A.addedB. remarkedC. whisperedD.joked48. A.buyi

57、ngB. leavingC. passingD.providing49. A.DadB. MomC. GrandpaD.parents50. A.pricelessB. beneficialC. lovelyD.serious51. A.directionB. guidebookC. introductionD.approach52. A.noticeB. missC. shareD.feel53. A.centerB. edgeC. processD.trouble54. A.honestB. strongC. fortunateD.ambitious55. A.photograph B.

58、articleC. memoryD.record56. A.at easeB. in wonderC. on purposeD.by chance57. A.carefullyB. immediatelyC. respectfullyD.passionately58. A.saveB. strengthenC. enrichD.design59. A.stampsB. notesC. lettersD.envelops60. A.satisfactory B . lovingC. unforgettableD.successful第二节（共10 个小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）阅读下面

59、材料，在空白处填入适当的内容( 1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Mandarin( 普通话 ) Chinese is the most 61.(use) non-European language forchildren to learn, UK parents believe. It would boost( 促进 ) their children s career prospects ( 前 景 ), according to 51% of parents, while 56% felt it would open their childrens minds 62.an “exciti

60、ng and dynamic culture ” . Arabic and Japanese, 63. wereboth picked by 14% of parents, were the other key non-European languages. The figures were gained after 1, 138 UK adults with children aged under eighteen 64.(be) questionedin a survey 65. (conduct) by the Mandarin Excellence Program (MEP). Fre