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2019—2020学年度第二学期月考
高一年级英语试题
注意事项：
本试卷份第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷(共100分)
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。
1.What is the time now?
A. 5:00. B. 4:40. C. 5:20.
2. How will the woman help the man?
A. By writing a history paper.
B. By giving him a newspaper.
C. By finding some information.
3.What will the man do at 4:00?
A. Take a test. B. Have a class. C.Visit a doctor.
4.What does the man mean?
A. The woman’s idea is not practical.
B. The woman should start her own tour company.
C. The woman should find her own apartment.
5.Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a hotel. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hospital.
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。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至8题。
6.What are the speakers talking about?
A. Stealing. B. Killing. C. Robbing.
7.What does the guy look like?
A. He wears a red jacket.
B. He has long blond hair .
C. He has a scar(疤)on his forehead.纪教育网版权所有
8.Who is the man speaker probably?
A. A lawyer. B. A cafe owner. C. A police officer.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9.What are the speakers talking about?
A. The building of a bridge.
B. The sport facilities(设施)of a school.
C. The building of a city park.
10.Why is the man against the idea of having outdoor tennis courts?
A. It isn’t popular here. B. It can’t be used in bad weather. C. There is a limit of users.
11.What do the two speakers agree to build?
A. A dance studio. B. A children’s pool. C. Basketball courts.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12.When was the party held?
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
13.What did the man enjoy at the party?
A. The food. B. The computer games. C. The music.
14.How did the man go home after the party?
A. He walked home. B. He took a bus home. C. He drove home.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15.Where will the speakers go first?
A. To Italy. B. To Austria. C. To France.
16. How will the speakers travel most of the time?
A. By ship. B. By car. C. By train.
17. How long will the speakers’ holiday probably last?
A. Three weeks. B. Four weeks. C. Six weeks.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.What is the woman?
A. A scientist. B. A hostess. C. A guide.
19.What’s the title of the man’s presentation?
A. A Smaller World. B. Technology and Chance. C. Means of Transportation.
20.What’s the problem with people who use communications technology?
A. They have worse and worse eyesight.
B. They don’t have enough time for housework.
C. They spend less time with friends and neighbors.
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、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
A
Home to an interesting political history and many archaeological finds, South Africa has lots of options for travelers other than wildlife parks and great beaches.
The Cradle of Humankind
The cradle of Humankind, in Gauteng, is home to 40% of the world’s discovered human ancestor fossils. The Maropeng Visitor Center offers impressive shows of the 3.5 million-year evolution of man, plus the opportunity to gaze at the stars as storytellers recount the daily life of our human ancestors. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is a 40-minute drive from Johannesburg.
Vredefort Dome
Vredefort Dome is the world’s oldest meteorite impact scar, or astrobleme(陨星坑). With a radius of 190km, it is also the largest and the most deeply eroded. Situated 120km southwest of Johannesburg, the astrobleme is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
Officially, there are places of interest throughout South Africa for tourists wishing to follow the respected statesman’s life journey. Now a World Heritage Site, Robben Island, lies off Cape Town, and is where he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. Tourists also make the trip to the Eastern Cape village of Qunu, which was both his home during his young years and his burial place.
Vilakazi Street
Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, is the only street in the world that has been home to two Nobel winners, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Mandela’s house is now a museum. Also in Orlando West is the Hector Pieterson Memorial, in honor of youth resistance against apartheid(种族隔离制度).
21.Which of the following would you visit if you are interested in the history of mankind?
A.The Cradle of Humankind. B. Nelson Mandela’s Legacy.
C. Vredefort Dome. D. Vilakazi Street.
22. Why is Vilakazi Street famous?
A.It saw the birth of two famous persons.
B.Nelson Mandela is buried here after his death.
C.It is the only street in the world with a museum.
D.Coincidently, two Nobel Prize winners once lived here.
23. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To memorize the respected statesman Nelson Mandela.
B. To show the abundance of culture in South Africa.
C. To attract the readers to take a trip to South Africa.
D. To introduce some cultural relics in South Africa.
B
The law says women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them. The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men. They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won’t consider. And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children. All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government’s women’s unit. The biggest problem isn’t equal pay in workplaces such as factories. It is the sort of work women do.
Make a list of low-paid-jobs, then consider who does them. Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies and child-care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there? Yet some of those jobs are really important. Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start. So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer—because they are women. This is not going to be put right overnight. But the government, which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start.
It is disgraceful that we have gone into the 21st century still treating women like
second-class citizens.
24. Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and getting the same pay as men _________.
A. after 25 years B. according to the law
C. as a result of those important jobs D. because women are as strong as men
25. We can learn from the text that what really matters in this problem is _________.
A. that women interrupt a career to have children B. what sort of work women do
C. because they are women D. what unfair pay women get in workplaces
26. Which of the followings best describes the writer’s idea?
A. Women and men should get equal pay for equal work.
B. Women should strengthen themselves.
C. The government ought to protect women against getting paid less than men.
D. Some of the jobs that women do are of great importance.
27. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Work to give women a fair pay deal B. The equal pay act
C. The sort of work women do D. The biggest problem about women
C
A few weeks ago, I sat with a California farmer named Dave Ribeiro. I asked him what he wished to know about farmers. He smiled and said, “That we walk among you. We look like you and talk like you. We have advanced degrees and hobbies, just like you.”
Take Dave for example: He’s a young man with a music degree. And if you walked past him on the street, you’d never think, “There goes a farmer.”
Is someone like Dave who you picture when you think of a farmer? Probably not. I think that most people would picture a man in his overalls(工作服). I can tell you, that does not represent Dave or any of the many other farmers I have gotten to know.
Not only do we have to throw out our previous impression of farmers, but farming as a whole doesn’t look much like it used to either. We recently sent a team out to see what modern farming looks like, and they found farmers to be completely different from our usual ideas about them and also came across them in some unexpected places.
In a parking lot in a neighborhood of Brooklyn, they met a new crop of young farmers who
were trying to bring fresh greens closer to eaters in the city by growing them in high-tech indoor vertical(垂直的) farms. In a Florida field under the fight path of an airport, they discovered farmers with university degrees growing plants that might someday fuel our cars. And in a modern farm in California, they observed how farmers were using technology to take the best possible care of their animals.
These farmers all spend their days in very different ways—none of them looks like the previous farmer we have in our mind—but they’re all working on new ways to feed our planet. Not only do we need to change our idea of what farming looks like, but we also need to change our view of where solutions can come from. Feeding all of us is going to take all of us working together.
28. How does Dave describe today’s farmers?
A.They often walk on the street. B.They are leading a very busy life.
C.They are similar to ordinary people. D.They have little time to make friends.
29. How does the author think most people see farmers?
A.They usually wear overalls. B.They have interesting hobbies.
C.They are skilled at growing crops. D.They know modern farming practices.
30. What was the purpose of the team?
A.To deepen connections among farmers.
B.To study different technologies in farming.
C.To find the new developments of modern farming.
D.To encourage farmers to use new farming method.
31. What do the farmers mentioned in Paragraph 5 have in common?
A.They all work in the city. B.They all use high technology.
C.They all do hard physical work. D.They all work with universities.
D
Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up
or setting aside your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的). In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
32. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A. What to listen to. B. How to listen well.
C. Benefits of listening. D. Problems in listening.
33. According to the author, in communication people tend to ________.
A. listen purposefully B. listen actively
C. set aside their prejudices D. open up their inner mind
34. According to the author, the patients improved mainly because _______.
A. they were taken good care of B. they knew the roots of problems
C. they had partners to talk to D. they knew they were truly listened to
35. What type of writing the article likely to be?
A. Science fiction. B. A news report.
C. Popular science. D. A medical report.
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。
How to keep yourself safe from new virus?
After a new-type coronavirus was detected in viral pneumonia cases in Central China’s Wuhan city several months ago, more cases have been reported in recent days. 36 :
Wear masks outdoors
Wearing a mask is one of the most effective ways to protect you from getting infected.
Make sure to wear it properly by tightening up the nose clip and pulling the bottom of it over your chin.
37 , a mask is also needed to prevent you from spreading germs(病菌）to others.
Cover your coughs and sneeze with tissue（纸巾）
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or you can cough or sneeze into your sleeve, but avoid covering with your hands directly.
38 .
Wash your hands with soap and running water thoroughly for at least 15 seconds.
Before eating and after using the toilet
After returning home
After touching trash or garbage
After contacting with animals or handling animal wastes
Strengthen your immune system and exercise regularly
Exercise regularly is one of the most important ways to help you stay away from catching any infections.
Make sure that shared spaces have good air flow and avoid going to crowded places such as hospitals, railway stations and airports. 39 .
Seek prompt(及时的）medical attention if you have symptoms of fever and respiratory infection.
Avoid close contact with people who have flu or cold-like symptoms.
40 . Avoid contact with wild animals or farmed livestock without any protection.
A. If your hands are not visibly dirty
B. Wash your hands frequently and properly
C. Eat thoroughly cooked meat and eggs
D. Protect yourself and others from getting sick
E. If you’re not feeling well or have symptoms of fever
F. Wear a mask if transport or movement is necessary
G. To prevent catching the infection, here’s what you can do
第三部 分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（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、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the 41 time in my life. I even wanted to 42 myself. Just for my kids, I had to continue to live and work as a small town 43 at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was 44 . Then they asked me to have a family trip.
On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it 45 down, I said to my kids: “I'm going to Afghanistan.” And a few weeks later, International Medical Corps sent me to 46 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these clinics 47 by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Though tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of 48 , a sense of purpose, and my 49 went away.
In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami(海啸), Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war, and Iraq after more and more 50 . Each time after 51 one after another, hundreds of people were 52 or even killed, and many more had to 53 . We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees(难民), and it was supposed to 54 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it 55 like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “ 56 or not?” I often asked myself.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was 57 . But 58 , it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her
of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have. I think about the moment many times during my “adventures”. I didn’t know how 59 those words would be. But I know that she is still 60 me.
41. A. best B. worst C. fastest D. shortest
42. A. kill B. amuse C. excite D. calm
43. A. engineer B. nurse C. doctor D. teacher
44. A. unattached B. upset C. annoyed D. alone
45. A. taking B. settling C. falling D. bending
46. A. take up B. pick up C. set up D. end up
47. A. surrounded B. destroyed C. established D. rebuilt
48. A. humor B. achievement C. loyalty D. relief
49. A. excitement B. embarrassment C. disappointment D. depression
50. A. invitations B. bombs C. inventions D. instructions
51. A. disasters B. accidents C. events D. wars
52. A. shot B. rescued C. helped D. wounded
53. A. run B. leave C. fly D. walk
54. A. include B. cover C. hold D. live
55. A. spread B. burnt C. lighted D. improved
56. A. History B. Entertainment C. Fun D. Adventures
57. A. interesting B. boring C. done D. complete
58. A. on purpose B. in reality C. with delight D. in turn
59. A. predictive B. creative C. imaginative D. active
60. A. against B. for C. at D. with
第Ⅱ卷（共50分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，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。
Wu Zetian, the only woman emperor to rule ancient China, is considered 61.
one of the most powerful women in Chinese history.
She was born into a 62. (wealth) family with great beauty and intelligence. This
beautiful girl, unlike others in ancient China, 63. (be) in favour of reading and often travelled around the country with her father when she was young, 64. increased her knowledge and developed her talents. When she was about fourteen, she 65. (send) to the palace and married to the Emperor. After many difficulties and hardships, she 66. (successful)
made herself queen. A few years after Emperor Gaozong died, Wu Zetian changed the name of the dynasty Tang to Zhou, and became Empress. 67. seemed like a hard task for women to be rulers in ancient times, but Wu Zetian succeeded. When she ruled the country, she supported economic and cultural 68. (develop) and improved people’s living quality. She also encouraged girls to go to school 69. (study). Before then, girls were not allowed to go to school.
Wu Zetian died at the age of 82, 70. (leave) a gravestone without any words on it. Although the Zhou Dynasty only lasted for one generation, it marked an important period in Chinese history.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错(共10小题; 每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Yuan Longping, one of China’s most famous scientist and the Father of Super Hybrid Rice, has made great achievements in agriculture both home and abroad. In 1953 which Yuan Longping graduated from college, hunger was a disturbing problem in much parts of the countryside. To solve the problem, Yuan Longping struggled to find a new way to improve harvests without expand the area of the fields. Through many years’ hard work, Yuan Longping developed that was called “super hybrid rice” in 1973. He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to growing rice that has a high output. He has also circulated
his knowledge to some other countries. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world with hunger. Yuan Longping is satisfied with his life but he would like to have more freedom to do their research. Although he is famous, but he wants to lead a simple life and has a dream to export his rice so that it can be grown around the world.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Jerry来信表示对中国高中生疫情复课后的学校生活感兴趣，询问你复课后高中学习的变化和感受，请根据以下提示写一封回信并询问美国的复课情况。
要点提示：1.复课后的学习变化；
2.复课后你的感受；
3.询问美国的复课情况。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：
新型冠状病毒病 COVID-19; 疫情 pandemic; 复课 resume classes
Dear Jerry,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
高一年级英语下册期中参考答案
听力
1-5 BCAAC 6-10 ACBBC 11-15 CBABC 16-20 BCBAC
阅读理解
21-23 ADC 24-27 BBAA 28-31 CACB 32-35 BADC
36-40 GEBFC
完型填空
41-45 BACDC 46-50 CABDB 51-55 ADBCA 56-60 DCBAD
语法填空
61. as 62. wealthy 63. was 64. which 65. was sent
66. successfully 67. It 68. development 69. to study 70. leaving
短文改错
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书面表达
Dear Jerry,
I am delighted to receive your letter and to know that you are eager to have some information about high school students’ life in China after resuming classes during the pandemic.
As commonly required, our school has strict temperature checking each day for whoever enter the school gates. During the first 4 weeks, It was compulsory for the teachers and students to wear facial masks in class. Recently, however, the rule has been lifted, but still group activities are under restriction. Besides, in the classroom, students are seated at a distance from each other, so we don’t literally have a “desk-mate”, which is why in-class discussion is omitted, too.
Despite the fact that the changes may cause come inconvenience for both teachers and students, I still feel more than excited to study in a real class again, not only because this traditional way of learning is of higher efficiency, but it shows that Chinese people have the confidence to defeat COVID-19 soon.
Have classes resumed in your country? Please let me know and I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
听力录音材料
Text 1:
M: I’m going to visit my brother in Seattle. I told him to meet me at the airport at 5:00. See, we’ll reach there very soon.
W: Yes, in 20 minutes.
Text 2:
M: I really need your help on my chemistry paper.
W: OK, I’ll help you with the search, but after that you’re on your own.
Text 3:
M: Professor Goodwin, I wasn’t in class yesterday because I had a cold. Could you give me a make-up test?
W: Of course. Come to my office at four o’clock, and we’ll do it then.
Text 4:
W: I’m thinking of starting my own tour company?
M: Tour company? But you can’t find your way to your own apartment!
Text 5:
M: Can you bill me later?
W: I’m sorry, I can’t. You’re a new patient, so the fee for the first examination is due now. You can pay in cash, by credit card or by check.
M: Well, OK then.
Text 6:
W: Someone’s just stolen my purse. I left it on this table while I went to the restroom … and when I came back, I saw this guy running out of the cafe. He was about 17 with short blond hair. I noticed he had a scar on his forehead.
M: OK, madam. I’ll call the police now. But I’m afraid we aren’t responsible for your loss although it took place here.
W: I know.
Text 7:
W: What about having a swimming pool, a dance studio, outdoor tennis courts, and …
M: Hold on a minute, you don’t need outdoor tennis courts. Only four people can use a tennis court. Wouldn’t it be better to have two all-weather soccer fields? More students can play.
W: OK, so let’s have the indoor courts for when the weather’s bad. I think there should be a children’s pool as well as a swimming pool.
M: Well, I think a swimming pool will be enough. What do you think about having basketball courts?
W: Yes, we definitely need basketball courts.
Text 8:
M: Hi, Kim. Why didn’t you come to Alex’s party?
W: What? But the party’s tonight, isn’t it?
M: Oh Kim! It was last night! Saturday, not Sunday!
W: I can’t believe I missed it! Oh well. How was it?21教育网
M: Well, I ate a lot. Alex’s mum mde some great pizza. And we played some computer games. I took no interest in that. And the music was terrible. But the cake was amazing! It was actually two cakes, one on top of the other.
W: Wow! Did the party finish late?
M: I think so. I left at ten but Alex said most people didn’t leave until half past eleven.
W: Why did you leave early?
M: My parents couldn’t pick me up and I didn’t want to walk home. So I had to take the ten fifteen bus home.
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W: Martin, we really must decide where we want to go this summer. I’ve always wanted to visit France. Why don’t we drive through France the first week and then, down, into Italy for the second?
M: That’s a great idea. When we get to the bottom of Italy we could go on the ferry to one of the Greek islands.
W: But if we stay in the north of Italy, we could drive into Switzerland and see that for our third week.
M: OK. Let’s go up into Switzerland and then we could drive back into Italy and continue driving down to southern Italy where we could catch the ferry to one of the Greek islands for our fourth week. I’d love to go to Rhodes.
W: Then from Rhodes, how about getting another ferry and spending our fifth week in Turkey? From there we could drive back up through ex-Yugoslavia, into France and then into England.
M: Before coming back into England there are Germany and Austria, too. But I don’t think we can see all these places in six weeks, can we?
W: No, not really. So let’s spend our last week on the west coast of England, driving around Cornwall.
M: It all sounds wonderful.
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W: OK, everyone. Today’s presentation is by Nathan. Start when you’re ready, Nathan.
M: OK. Hello, everyone. Our presentation is called A smaller world and it’s about technology and cultural change. The talk focuses on technology that makes the world smaller. First of all, can you imagine life without cars and planes? Before the invention of these means of transport, people could only travel by train or boat, and they couldn’t travel very fast. Now, with cars and planes, we can travel farther and faster. Some people even live in one country and work in another because they can fly to work. Before we move onto the next type of technology, it is important to remember that planes and cars do have their disadvantages. They can be dangerous and they cause a lot of pollution, and this also changes the way we live.
OK. Second, communications technology, like television and the Internet, certainly makes the world smaller. We stay in our house or office, but we can see news and shows from all around the world. With the Internet, we can write and chat to people all over the world. But nowadays, people spend more time using the technology than they do meeting other people. We’re spending more and more of our time in our houses, talking to strangers in other countries, than we are with our friends and neighbors. My grandmother could name all the people in her street, but I don’t even know the names of my neighbors.
W: OK. Thank you, Nathan, that was great.
