湖北省沙市五中2020_2021学年高二英语下学期3月月考试题202104170296.doc

湖北省沙市五中2020-2021学年高二英语下学期3月月考试题考试时间：2021年 3月 25日20:00-22:00 时间：120分钟 分值：150分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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 will the man do at 8:00?A. Work in the office. B. Have dinner with Mike. C. Go out with the woman. 2. What does the woman dislike about the shirt?A. The color. B. The design. C. The price. 3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Garys works. B. Garys application. C. Garys list of samples. 4. What did the man plan to do on March 1st?A. Apply for some classes. B. Call the travel agent. C. Go to the mountains. 5. Why does Amy plan to go to Rome?A. To work. B. To travel. C. To study. 第二节 （共15小题；每题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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What course wont the girl attend?A. African music. B. Business. C. Basic Spanish. 7. On which days does the girl have advanced piano classes?A. Mondays. B. Tuesdays. C. Thursdays. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8. Which family holiday does the man recommend?A. The one on the 18th. B. The one on the 19th. C. The one on the 20th. 9. Where will the woman probably go?A. France. B. Spain. C. Greece. 10. What do we know about The Hotel Playa?A. It is a five-star hotel. B. It has its own beach. C. It has a swimming pool. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a shop. B. At home. C. At a TV station. 12. What does Bob like doing?A. Playing tennis. B. Taking pictures. C. Riding bikes. 13. What did the woman dream of being?A. A shop owner. B. A bank clerk. C. A tennis player. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。14. How long has Louise been working at the center?A. About six months. B. About one year. C. About two years. 15. How did Louise feel when she started working at the center?A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident. 16. What is the most rewarding part of the job?A. Seeing children have a lot of fun. B. Thinking of new things for children to do. C. Helping the less able children achieve more. 17. What does Louise say about working at night?A. Its unfair for her to do it. B. Its something that she enjoys. C. Its a necessary part of the job. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。18. What organizations used to have a lot of power?A. Newspapers and publishers. B. Universities and bookstores. C. Libraries and printing companies. 19. Why do many city people like e-books?A. They are cheaper. B. They are easier to carry. C. They are more interesting. 20. What can we learn about Borders Group?A. They were bought by a tech company. B. They used to have more than 600 stores. C. They made billions of dollars this year. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。AJerrie: My hope is that my grandchildren and the next generation will inherit (继承) some of the values that were so important to me. It is the best gift I could have given my family.Jodi: The special book written by my mother is one of the most precious gifts I could ever receive, and I cannot even describe my feelings about this labor of love that she completed, with the help of the team at LifeBook.Kelli: I want to say thank you for taking my grandmas pictures, emails, and stories and turning them into this beautiful and professional book. It is such a work of art and something I will forever keep.LET US WRITE YOUR PRIVATE AUTOBIOGRAPHY（自传）FOR YOU & YOUR FAMILYImagine your very own private autobiography. All your stories in a beautifully designed book are there for the whole family to enjoy forever.Let LifeBook take care of everything, with expert writers and interviewers recording your experiences over a memorable six-month journey.l The worlds leading private autobiography service.l Globally, over 7,000 people with LifeBooks since 2012.l A devoted project manager and a team of 5 to help you.l 20 hours of face-to-face interviews.l Interest-free payments.l Perfect for you, or as a gift for a loved one.REQUEST A FREE AUTOBIOGRAPHY GUIDETalk to a LifeBook planner today.FREE on 0800-999-2280 on weekdays.For more information, visit the website: .21. What is the purpose of the first three paragraphs?A. To show the importance of the book.B. To spread Jerries values across her family.C. To introduce Jerries autobiography to people.D. To advertise and attract customers to Lifebook.22. What can we learn from LifeBooks service?A. LifeBook will take you on a tour.B. There will be six people helping you.C. There will be an interview on the phone.D. LifeBook wont provide free services for you. 23. What can you do if you are still confused after reading this text?A. Send an email to LifeBook.B. Talk to the planner anytime.C. Visit the website of LifeBook.D. Call 0800-999-2280 on Sunday. BMy grandson Jason was nowhere to be seen-normal behavior for a ten-year-old. I sat down on a chair and noticed the ladder lying on the ground under the big tree beside the driveway. It didnt take Sherlock Holmes to figure out Jason was up in that tree and had accidentally kicked the ladder away. He wasnt about to come down, and he wouldnt let me know he was trapped. I could put up the ladder and rescue him, but then I recalled an event in my youth that I now, more than 50 years later, suddenly understood.Raymond Cutting was a white haired gentleman, who entered my life when I was Jasons age. My parents said I was free to wander around the village except for the abandoned quarry(采石场)at the foot of a local mountain, but it was an interesting place: full of milky green water and rusty machinery hiding in the bushes. One afternoon I went there with some older boys, who later abandoned me when the sun was low. I tried for an hour to find my way, climbing over fallen trees but got caught in the bushes. Panicked, I cried.Stopping to catch my breath, I heard someone whistle. “Hello,”said Cutting. “Out for a walk?” I nodded, “Ive just been out exploring the old quarry, but Ive got to get home now.” “If youd wait a minute, Ill walk back to town with you after I finish this willow whistle.”So we walked back down the path together, and the willow whistle was mine, sounding loud and clear. It suddenly dawned on me what an unusual act of kindness that was-Mr. Cutting had heard me crying, but he didnt play the role of a rescuer. Instead, he whistled so that I could find him.I got up from the chair and drove my truck right under the big tree, where Jason was. I picked up the ladder and carried it around to the back of the house. When I returned, Jason was sitting in my chair.“Where have you been?” I asked.“Exploring,” Jason said. “I am a Cub Scout, you know.”“Yes,” I smiled and said, “I know.”24. What. do we know about the ten-year-old author and Jason?A. Neither of them admitted being trapped. B. Neither of them were fond of exploring.C. They both got stuck in the woods. D. They both cried out for help.25. What was Mr. Cuttings kind act to the author?A. He offered to walk the author home.B. He helped the author without hurting his pride.C. He punished the boys who left the author behind.D. He gave the author his handmade willow whistle.26. How did the author help his grandson get down the tree?A. He placed his chair by the tree. B. He parked the truck under the tree.C. He put the ladder up against the tree. D. He climbed onto the tree to catch him.27. What can we learn from the story?A. Like father, like son.B. Once bitten, twice shy.C. God helps those who help themselves. D. Have considerations for others while offering help.CAnyone who commutes（通勤）by car knows that traffic jams are an unavoidable part of life. But humans are not alone in facing potential backups.Ants also commute-between their nest and sources of food. The survival of their colonies depends on doing this efficiently.When humans commute, theres a point at which cars become dense（稠密）enough to slow down the flow of traffic, causing jams. Motsch, a mathematician in Arizona State University, and his colleagues wanted to know if ants on the move could also get stuck. So they regulated traffic density by constructing bridges of various widths between a colony of Argentine ants and a source of food. Then they waited and watched. “The goal was to try to find out at what point they are going to have a traffic jam.” said Sebastien Motsch.But it appears that that never happened. They always managed to avoid traffic jams. The flow of ants did increase at the beginning as ants started to fill the bridge and then levelled off at high densities. But it never slowed down or stopped, even when the bridge was nearly filled with ants.The researchers then took a closer look, at how the behavior of individual ants impacted traffic as a whole. And they found that when ants sense overcrowding, they adjust their speeds and avoid entering high-density areas, which prevents jams. These behaviors may be promoted by pheromones, chemicals that tell other ants where a trail is. The ants also manage to avoid colliding（碰撞）with each other at high densities, which could really slow them down. The study is in the journal eLife.Can ants help us solve our own traffic problems? Not likely, says Motsch. Thats because when it comes to getting from point A to point B as fast as possible, human drivers put their own goals first. Individual ants have to be more cooperative in order to feed the colony. But the research could be useful in improving traffic flow for self-driving cars, which can be designed to be less like selfish humans and more like ants.28. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Surviving. B. Avoiding jams. C. Finding food. D. Commuting.29. How did the researchers control the traffic density of the commuting ants?A. By controlling the widths of their path.B. Through closer observation.C. By finding out the dense points.D. By regulating their numbers.30. According to the research, ants can avoid traffic jams mainly because_.A. they follow a special routeB. they level off at high densitiesC. they depend on their natural chemicals to adjust their speedsD. they never stop or slow down on the way31. What is the best title of the passage?A. Traffic JamsB. Unavoidable? Not for Ants!C. Survival of an Ant ColonyD. Differences Between Human and AntsDAs the commercialization of 5G accelerates in China, more companies are exploring what smart cities will look like in the 5G time.US chip giant Intel Corp, for instance, is teaming up with partners such as China Unicom to build a 5G smart park in Nanjing, to offer a glimpse into the future of such smart cities.The future smart city must be data-centric and intelligently interconnected. So how to better capture, transmit, store and analyze data will be the center of the future.Intels advantages can be found in its hardware and software solutions which can meet demands of multiple scenarios(多情景分析). The company will devote to opening cooperation, creating an innovative ecology and working with partners to create an intelligent future.The companys project, the Future Technological Smart Center in Nanjing, aims to gather a wide range of domestic and foreign partners around artificial intelligence, internet of things, 5G, cloud computing and other technological innovations to explore what future cities will look like.Intel said the Nanjing project is designed to build industry benchmarks(基准), implement excellent solutions, and offer experience for the construction of smart cities and parks in the Yangtze River Delta region and even the entire country.A Deloitte report said that China has already included the smart city initiative in its national strategy and made significant investments in these projects.Both first-tier cities and small and medium-sized cities are home to smart city projects. The nation has formed many smart city groups across the eastern and southern coastal areas of China, Deloitte said.Deloitte senior partner Ma Jionglin said in an earlier interview that China is one of the most active countries in the world in building smart cities. With advances in urban management and the increasing emphasis on the work and lifestyle of people, smart cities will be entering a new stage of development.32. Why is the US Intel company mentioned?A. To show Intel is a high technical company.B. To accelerate 5G commercialization in China.C. To offer a peek into the future of such smart cities.D. To prove many companies are exploring 5G smart cities.33. How will Intel Corp create an intelligent future?A. Through intelligent interconnection.B. Through the help of foreign partners.C. Through teamwork and innovative ecology.D. Through advanced hardware and software technology.34. Whats Ma Jionglins attitude towards building smart cities in China?A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Critical. D. Indifferent.35. What is the text mainly about?A. Intels exploration to build smart cities in China.B. The construction process of smart cities.C. Chinas leading role in building 5G technology in the world.D. Chinese national strategy and investments on smart cities.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。With Moon as His Muse, Japanese Billionaire Signs Up for SpaceX VoyageWhen Yusaku Maezawa took the stage here at one corner of the SpaceX factory floor, he explained that he did not just want to be the first private citizen to circle the moon. “I choose to go to the moon, with artists,” Mr. Maezawa said, echoing President John F. Kennedys speech in 1962. 36 While SpaceXs Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets have been significant technological achievements, SpaceXs engineers have started to turn their attention toward the B.F.R., a much more ambitious vehicle that SpaceX hopes will take Mr. Maezawa to circle the moon. It is a promising project at SpaceX, and is one that would grow rapidly in the coming several years. 37 Although he would not discuss how much Mr. Maezawa is to pay for his trip, SpaceXs CEO Mr. Musk made clear it would make a significant contribution to the development costs. 38 “I dont think its more than 10, and I dont think its less than two,” he said.Mr. Maezawa said he did not like to be alone and so he would invite five to eight artists and performers to accompany him, part of a project he called Dear Moon. 39 “Art makes people smile, brings people together.” He said.W