辽宁省本溪高级中学2021学年高二英语上学期9月月考试题

1、辽宁省本溪高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期9月月考试题PAGE PAGE 21辽宁省本溪高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期9月月考试题本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A4-Day Classic Beijing TourThe 4-day classic Beijing tour is designed for tourists who come to visit China for the

2、 first time. It covers the most popular and typical places in Beijing, fully displaying the scenery, culture, history, local lifestyles and features, food and drinks, business, etc. for you.Day 1:Arrival in BeijingYour guide meets you at Capital Airport, and helps you check in at your hotelEnjoy Bei

3、jing Duck as welcome dinner.Accommodation: Beijing downtownDay 2:The Great Wall & the Summer PalaceStart your day at the most famous part of the Great Wall, the Badaling Great Wall. Leave the downtown for the Great Wall at 8 am. Since it is a long drive to the Great Wall (about 2 hours riding) have

4、a break at the Jade Museum on the way. Lunch will be enjoyed in a local restaurant. In the early afternoon come back to the city and have a sightseeing tour of the Summer Palace.Recommended Activity: Beijing Opera Show (Liyuan Theatre,19:30-21:10 every evening)Accommodation: Beijing downtownDay 3: B

5、eijing city sightseeing & Local experienceYour guide meets you at the hotel at 8 am and set out for the days touring: Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.After visiting the two sites, have a break and get ready for lunch.Hutong visit: see some traditional arts of the old Beijing, such as paper c

6、utting and kite making, and visit a local family.Accommodation: Beijing downtownDay 4: Beijing Olympic sitesVisit the Olympic sites: Birds Nest, Water Cube and Olympic Park, witnessing the fast developing modern China. Enjoy some free time after visiting the sites.After lunch, it is shopping time an

7、d then the tour is over.1.This advertisement is aimed at _.A.foreigners who are new to ChinaB.experts who study history and citiesC.kids who were born in other citiesD.people who are interested in touring2.If a tourist wants to enjoy Beijing Opera, he should _.A.go to Liyuan Theatre in the eveningB.

8、visit the Summer Palace on the first dayC.go sightseeing in Beijing HutongD.live and eat downtown in Beijing3.On which day can tourists enjoy the citys traditional arts and local lifestyle?A.Day 4.B.Day 3.C.Day 2.D.Day 1.4.What does this tour company think can show Beijing is a fast developing moder

9、n city?A.Beijing Capital Airport.B.Birds Nest, Water Cube and Olympic ParkC.Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden CityD.The Great Wall & the Summer Palace.BWhen I was in the third grade, we had a hunt at school. We gathered up chalk, pencils, stones, and so on, rapidly filling our checklists. It was a

10、very close race. I was out of breath when I reached the clover(三叶草)patch in search of the last, most hard-to-find item: a four-leaf clover. I was pretty sure that I was going to win. I have always been able to find four-leaf clovers. I just see them. I spent my childhood collecting and pressing four

11、-leaf clovers into books at my mothers house. I started with big cloth- and leather-bound books. When I ran out of romantically bound volumes, I began to put my treasures into anything I could find: fiction paperbacks, cookbooks. The same is true in my house today. Shake a book, and a papery treasur

12、e just might fall into your hand. A few years ago, in Nova Scotia, my husband and I pulled off the road for a picnic. The ground was thick with clover. Some shoots had four, five, even six leaves. I lined them up on the picnic table to admire as my husband, never yet having found one four-leaf clove

13、r, looked on with awe. To me, it was simple. The differences in their shapes popped out, breaking the pretty pattern of the conventional clovers with their three perfect leaves. Two summers back, while waiting for an airport shuttle in Munich, I found a tiny four-leaf clover in a traffic circle and

14、put it into my passport. On the way home, my husband and I were upgraded to business class. Friends attributed our good luck to the clover. I think, its more likely that we were upgraded because a kind customer service officer took pity on us. People disagree about whether the luck lies in the findi

15、ng or in the possession of a clover. Some believe that the luck is lost if the four-leaf clover is even shown to somebody else, while others think the luck doubles if it is given away. I believe that positivity is increased by sharing. I feel lucky to find the clovers so often, but I dont think they

16、 influence my life any more than it does to share anything a little specialthat momentary closeness between you and a friend or a stranger, as you all lean in to wonder at a rare find.5.Why can the author notice four-leaf clovers so easily?A.She always has good luck.B.She has a special gift for plan

17、ts.C.She practiced a lot in her childhood.D.She can tell the pattern differences.6.How does the author deal with her four-leaf clovers?A.She often gives them away.B.She leaves them everywhere.C.She treats them with special love.D.She admires them with her husband.7.How does the author understand luc

18、k and clovers?A.Closeness brought by clovers really counts.B.Clovers will influence ones good luck a lot.C.C Good luck means finding or owning a clover.D.Good luck may double if you give clovers away.8.What may be the best title for the passage?A.Hunting cloversB.Sharing cloversC.Not for luckD.Just

19、for luckCThe Worlds Unusual Libraries Log Libraries Alex Johnson writes in his new bookImprobable Libraries,“ The very idea of a library is developing: many of these libraries operate on principles that differ mainly from the traditional libraries. Some, for example, have no membership or identifica

20、tion requirements, and some do not even request that the books be returned.” The oversized bird box in a park in Lowa is part of the Little Free Library Movement, which was established in Wisconsin in 2009.Phone Booths This design from the firm, Stereotank, offers browsing shelter for passers-by. In

21、 the UK, a phone companys programme, allowing communities to take over their phone booth for 1 means that many have been changed into tiny local libraries. Meanwhile, a solar light has been set in a phone booth so that late night visitors can still read. Branches of Knowledge Didier Mullers librarie

22、s operate as hanging libraries: visitors can look through pages, taking any book they choose and exchanging it with their own. The equipment of hanging wooden houses is one of several art projects serving as a booklovers place. Soundproofed Pods Around the world, architects are designing buildings t

23、hat bend bricks-and-mortar libraries into new forms. The Seikei University Library in Japanthe vision of Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Bancontains space-age soundproofed (隔音的) pods to encourage discussions between students.9.What does Alex Johnson mean according to the first paragraph?A.All the book

24、s must be returned in time.B.Books can be shared free of charge.C.Libraries will disappear in the future.D.Log Libraries are bigger than traditional ones.10.Readers can exchange books with their own in _.A.Log LibrariesB.Phone BoothsC.Branches or KnowledgeD.Soundproofed Pods11.What can we know from

25、the text?A.Communities turn the phone booths into Log Libraries.B.Readers cant read books in Log Libraries without membership.C.Readers can read books by solar light in Branches or Knowledge.D.Students can have discussions without disturbing others in Soundproofed Pods.D It is increasingly popular f

26、or Chinese young people to share their experiences on Social media, such as the “moments” (朋友圈) on popular instant messaging service WeChat. “I have been reading Jane Eyre for 40 days with 48,000 words finished,” Li Anqi said. Li has been sharing her reading experience on WeChat moments every day si

27、nce January. Working in Yinchuan, capital of Northwest Chinas Ningxia, Li wants to learn English very much, but cannot bare (摆脱) the daily grind (日常工作) of school lessons. “I found many of my WeChat friends had been reading books or learning English on mobile reading apps, and I did not want to fall

28、behind,” Li said. In January, she spent more than 100 yuan purchasing an online reading class at the Bohe Reading app, which tells customers they can: “Finish reading your first English book here.” At the reading class, teachers assign reading homework and give instructions to 430 class members ever

29、y day. A survey report released (发布) on Thursday said 70.9 percent of primary and middle students in China use the We chat instant messaging App. At the same time, 75.9 percent of Chinese children have their own mobile phones, according to China National Childrens Center. The figures were based on a

30、 survey of nearly 9,000 children across China. However, 28.8 percent of them never read news online and 43.2 percent have never touched newspapers. The Center called for efforts to address the digital divide between urban and rural education and protect childrens privacy as Internet users.12.In the

31、second paragraph, Jane Eyre is _.A.a bookB.an advertisementC.a piece of newsD.a film13.What is Li Anqi?A.A worker.B.A doctor.C.A teacherD.An actress.14.What percentage of Chinese children have their own mobile phones?A.70.9 percent.B.75.9 percent.C.43.2 percent.D.28.8 percent.15.Why is Li Anqi taken

32、 as an example?A.To call for us to be a good reader.B.To tell us to study English on the Internet.C.To advise us to take an online English reading course like her.D.To suggest that experience-sharing on social media is getting more and more popular in China.第二节（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空

33、白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Overcome Culture Shock in the Classroom Culture shock occurs in a classroom when students are exposed to a new situation._16_. However, it can also happen to students moving from a small town to a large city, to home-schooled students starting formal school education or to studen

34、ts progressing from one level of education to another. There are several strategies that teachers can use to help students overcome culture shock. Make group rules Brainstorm(集体讨论) group rules with the class as a whole to create a safe space and good learning environment._17_. Rules could include re

35、specting differences, listening when someone is speaking and not teasing, for example. Provide a partner Find a partner for the new student in the adjustment period._18_. A good partner is someone who is friendly, outgoing and patient. The partner should show the new student around the school, spend

36、 time with him or her after class and eat lunch with him or her. Know the source of a problem Identify problems early and work with the student and his or her family to deal with them. _19_. It can also be caused by overseas or home school environment. Students and parents need to be aware of all th

37、e rules and customs that apply. _20_ Create lessons that include information about different countries and traditions. These could include story reading, geography, cultural studies and history. Encourage the student to share some information about himself or herself.A. Create special lessonsB. Resp

38、ect other culturesC. They have lost their own language and cultureD. Explain the rules and require everyone to follow themE. A partner can help him or her quickly adapt to the new environmentF. Classroom culture shock is often caused by the very different environment of a classroomG. Typically, this

39、 happens when a new immigrant(移民) arrives in a classroom for the first time第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Be a Traveler, not a Tourist Last summer, I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticketa 3-month train pass that would take me t

40、o the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey, I packed all the necessities except the 21 . While the convenience of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my 22 not to take with me the few expensive kilograms of out-of-date information, this was not the only reason why I de

41、cided to fly alone. To be honest, my main 23 with the guidebook is that I find it 24 the pleasure of a journeylike bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do, 25 she doesnt always know what is the best. Experience has taught me that there is an obvious 26 between a tourist and traveler. While w

42、aiting in a queue, I met a man who had a checklist. He showed me his list of “Top 20 Things To Do in Italy” and 27 off in a loud American accent that hed seen everything Italy has to offer in just four days. The problem I had with this mans 28 to travelling was that he was too 29 information provide

43、d by his guidebook. He was lost in the 30 attractiveness of the “must-sees” and 31 to all the wonders and adventures that might happen during the 32 trip.So, 33 any guidebook, I traveled to Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia. In the 34 of advance plans as guidebooks would suggest, I h

44、ad no choice but to turn to some friendly faces for advice. I 35 myself first and then asked them what was happening around the town. When this 36 an invitation to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I 37 a 110-degree wood-stove sauna(桑拿浴), 38 picked forest-mushrooms and the good 39 of our fi

45、ve newly-found Estonian friends, I was most glad that I had left my “bossy 40 ” at home.21.A.magazineB.guidebookC.cashD.map22.A.excuseB.goalC.decisionD.mistake23.A.problemB.suggestionC.dislikeD.connection24.A.annoysB.increasesC.removesD.limits25.A.as ifB.even thoughC.as thoughD.as long as26.A.simila

46、rityB.differenceC.misunderstandingD.competition27.A.cutB.showedC.putD.gave28.A.wayB.determinationC.approachD.confidence29.A.cautious aboutB.amused byC.surprised atD.focused on30.A.likelyB.seemingC.lovelyD.orderly31.A.deafB.dumbC.blindD.eager32.A.realB.imaginedC.guidedD.paid33.A.exceptB.beyondC.witho

47、utD.unlike34.A.faceB.controlC.lossD.absence35.A.calmedB.warnedC.introducedD.enjoyed36.A.resulted inB.put inC.broke inD.cut in37.A.foundB.bathedC.orderedD.enjoyed38.A.locallyB.nervouslyC.rarelyD.secretly39.A.experienceB.timeC.opinionD.company40.A.momB.masterC.auntD.book第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面材料，在空

48、白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Keep Your Eyes Open for Weight Loss Ads “In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.” “Two full inches in the first three days!” These are the kinds of statements _41_ (use) in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, _42_ (promise) new shapes and new looks to those

49、who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they _43_ shape the legs, slim the face and smooth wrinkles. Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health. To understand

50、 how these products can be legally promoted to the public, _44_ is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug Administration) can require proof that it is safe and effective before it _45_(put) on the market. But if the produc

51、t is a device, FDA has no authority _46_ (require) premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. _47_ a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure(查封)of the

52、 product. One notable case a few years ago _48_(involve) an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, _49_ had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the devi

53、ce on the grounds _50_ it was dangerous to health and life.第三部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分）第一节 （满分15分）假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Jack对你们学校最近开展的“书香校园”活动很感兴趣。请你用英语给他写一封信，内容包括：（1）“书香校园”活动开展的情况；（2）你对该活动的看法注意：（1）词数80字左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯书香校园：Scholarly CampusDear Jack，Im glad that you are interested in the Scholarly

54、 Campus activity in our schoolWish you all the best!Yours，Li Hua第二节 阅读下面短文，根据所给内容进行续写。（25分）In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw a beautifulbrooch(胸针) in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the pricefive dollarswas too high forReubenEarle. Five dollars would buy almost a weeks food for his family.

55、Reuben couldnt ask his father for the money. Everything his father made through fishing went to his mother,Dora.Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together. The housework was never-ending, and she struggled to feed and clothe their five children but she washapp

56、yas her family and their well-being were all she cared about.Nevertheless, he opened the shops weathered(风化的) door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack（面粉袋改做的） shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding ,“But I dont have the money right now

57、. Can you please hold it for me for some time？”“Ill try,” theshopkeepersmiled. “People around here dont usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.”Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out. He wouldraise the moneyand not tell anybody, for he thought

58、 Mum would get surprised when she saw that brooch. On hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben suddenly had an idea that he could raise money by selling the usednail bags(装钉子的麻袋). People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails bought in bags from a local factory. Sometimes the used bags were thrown away at theconstruction site, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece.That day he sold two nail bags and hid the money in a rustysoda tin(汽水罐).注意：（1