2021-2022学年宁夏海原第一中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题 .docx

海原一中2021-2022学年第一学期第一次月考高二英语试卷第I卷第一部分：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卜一小题。每段对话仅 读一遍。1. What does the woman mean?A. The lecture is not so boring as the man thinks.B. The professor is very rude that she can't stand it.C. The man shouldift look at his watch too often.2. How is Simon and Lily getting on?C. Unknown.B. Alice shouldn't speak before a crowd.C. In the bookstore.C.At 8:05.A. Very well.B. Not very well.3. What does the woman mean?A. Alice's speech was not successful.B. Alice didn,t seem to be nervous during her speech.4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In the bank.B. In the post office.5. What time shall the man come to the party?A. At 7:55.B. At 8:00.第一节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。每段对话读两 遍。听第6段对话，回答第6至8题。6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Old friends.B. Husband and wife. C. Teacher and student.7. What does the woman plan to do tomorrow?C. Make a phone call, p.m.t 7:00 p.m.C.They are misleading.C. Making fun of others.A. See her children.B. Make a speech.8. What time will the speakers meet?A. a.m.:00 a.m.p.m.t 8:00 p.m.听第7段对话，【可答第9至11题。9. What does the boy think of the shop windows?A. They are out of the date.B.They are popular.10. What did the woman enjoy when she was a teenager?A. Breaking things.B. Going to the movies.11. What does the woman think about the boy?A. He should change his attitude toward things.B. He should stop going out with his friends.C. He only did the right things.听第8段对话，回答第12至14题。12. What did the man get after 5-hour waiting in line?A. Two tickets for a concert.B. Two tickets for a drama.C. Two tickets fbr a opera.13. What does the woman think of opera?A. It is difficult to understand.B.It has good singing.C. It is not as interesting as a concert.14. What do they plan to do after the Seal Concert?Watch a football game.B. See a film.C. Go to an opera.听第9段对话，回答第15至17题。15. Where does the conversation probably take place?At an airport.B. In a shop.C. In a post office.16. How much is the man's change?A. 5 dollars.B. 11.6 dollars.C. 1.55 dollars.17. What's the size limit fbr mailing a package?A.No more than 33 inches by 25 by 12.B.No more than 25 inches by 12 by 3.C.No more than 12 inches by i i by 10. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. How long will it take the woman there on foot?C. 30 minutes.C. By bus.B. The nearest restaurant.A. 10 minutes.B. 20 minutes.19. How will the woman go there?A. On foot.B. By car.20. Where does the woman want to go?AThe nearest shoe shop.C.The nearest bookshop.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳 选项，井在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Find the perfect way to keep fit with these websites.This site is perfect for those who like to combine （结合）living a healthy lifestyle with enjoying the countryside. You can get a list of locations that offer routes for cycling. There is also information on cycling competitions in Britain.Steve Amos started this site for busy people wanting to keep fit. Fill in a quiz （；则验）and Steve will create a fitness program fbr you. Although Steve's fee is high, you can email him fbr advice whenever you want. Besides, Steve has designed many fitness clothes, which anyone can order.This is a free government website that encourages people to keep fit. It gives diet advice, and allows you to work through a fitness program without leaving your house. It also offers advice on equipment to buy and has a chat room, where you can compare experiences with others.This website tells you how you can keep fit at this group of London sports centres. You don't have to be a member these centres run a pay-as-you-go system. They all have a pool and gym. The website includes information about locations, opening times and prices.The National Athletics Group is a site for people interested in athletics. Il allows you to find out where your nearest athletics club is and provides information about races and other athletics events around （he country. There is a popular chat room where athletes exchange （交流）suggestions and ideas.21. Which of the following websites has information on cycling competitions?A. .B. .C. .D. .22. What can we learn about Steve Amos?A. He always helps people for free.B. He started the site to sell fitness clothes.C. He is unwilling to answer people's emails.D. He offers services to busy people who want to keep fit.23. What can people do on ?A. Search for the best gym.B. Buy sports equipment they need.C. Communicate with other athletes.D. Find information about indoor sports.BTo personal trainer Sammy Callari, 13-year-old Parker Seward is more than a client（客户）.He，s his "little brothcr. Over the past year, the pair have bonded. They play basketball together, share meals and dance to hip-hop like no one's watching.The trainer was asked to work with the 13-year-old boy, who has Down syndrome（唐氏症），because his coworker who dealt with the boy was out of town last spring. Callari had never worked with someone with a disability before. He was anxious the first day he met Parker. But Parker's big smile and cheery introduction immediately put him at ease. He reminded Callari of himself when he was a teenager. Like Parker, Callari has also faced his fair share of challenges over the years.As a high schooler, Callari described himself as being the weak kid. When it came to sports, he was alwaysoverlooked. His dream of playing baseball in college quickly faded away. When he went to college, Callari turned to a new sport. His younger brother trained him to become a boxer. Callari participated in five matches. Out of four of those fights he was the underdog, and he won three times. 4<I know how it feels,Callari said. "Society tells you that you can't do this, you can't do that.'' When it comes to Parker, Callari refuses to accept the word “can't”.The friends meet twice a week co train. They bike, box, run and work on their core with push-ups. Parker has a short attention span, so it's Callari's job to keep him focused. °If Parker can do it, if he's having fun, even with his frustration, then people will ask, “Why can't I do that?” Callari said. "That's the whole task right now.Callari recalls Parker's mom once thanking him fbr taking a “chance” on her son. Callari told her he never viewed it that way. Parker may be the student, but Callari says he's also the one who's learning.24. Why was Callari asked to train Parker?A.They shared the same interests.B.Parker's parents had faith in Callari.C.Callari look place of his absent colleague.D.Callari was an expert in Down syndrome.25. What can we learn about Callari when he was in high school?A.He was good at sports.B.He was out of condition.C.He was looked down upon by everyone.D.He was influenced deeply by his brother.26. What attitude does Callari have to Parker?27.A. Grateful.C. Cautious.What is the text mainly about?A. An inspiring story of a disabled boy.B. high schooler suffering lots of failure.B. Sympathetic.（同情的）D. Crilical.（批判的，爱挑剔的）C. The friendship between a disabled boy and his personal trainer.D. Ways of developing friendship with the boy with Down syndrome.Only a few people in Toronto have the luck to live within walking distance from their workplace. For the rest of us, commuting （乘车上下班）is a rather unpleasant daily necessity.So how do you avoid a traffic jam in Toronto? You can do it in the old way and listen to one of the radio stations that give regular updates about the traffic situation in Toronto's streets. Seeing the big picture of Toronto ,s traffic and knowing when and where heavy traffic occurs is a must. From my own experience, there arc situations where a quick decision can help you make it in time for an event or a meeting. That's why we prepared three short videos showing the overall traffic situation in Toronto from dawn to night. You can click them and watch.With the help of “Google Maps”, where you can watch the live （raffle density all over the world and average traffic data based on past conditions, we were able to provide you with traffic maps fbr a lypical （平常的） Friday.Friday traffic in Toronto is quite Fast in the early morning, with only a few hot spots showing up at the major junctions （交叉点）at 7： 00 am. The morning traffic jam starts light at 7： 30 and the traffic gradually slows down to reach a breaking point at 8： 3O.The roads are quite free afterwards, only Allen Road is likely to be jammed around lunchtime from 11 ： 30 am to 12： 00 noon. It comes as no surprise that Friday afternoon brings heavy traffic as early as 1 ： 00 pm, mainly on the Don Valley Parkway. You won't have a good time getting away from the city from 4： 00 pm to 6： 30 pm, as there is a good chance to gel caught in a traffic jam. The traffic in Toronto is quite heavy on a Friday night. I hope you will have a nice Friday night in （he city and a safe journey home this Friday!28. By saying ''commuting is a rather unpleasant daily necessity”， the writer refers to the fact that.A. buses are usually very crowdedB. they arc often stuck in traffic jamsC. they have to travel a long way to workD. they usually cannot do anything on the way to work 29. What is the last paragraph mainly about?E. What the traffic in Toronto is like for a typical Friday.F. How to avoid heavy traffic on Fridays.G. Why the traffic is terrible on Fridays.H. What “Google MapsM can do fbr us.30. In Toronto, on Fridays you are most likely to suffer heavy traffic.B. from 8： 30 am to 9： 30 amD. from 4： 00 pm to 6： 30 PmB. A radio program.D. A travel booklet.DA. from 6： 30 am to 7： 00 amC. from 10： 30 am to 11： 00 amWhere is this passage taken from?A. A TV program.C. A website.From self-driving cars to care-bots (care+robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs nonnally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how vve plan and think about workplaces/' said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy fbr CBRE Asia Pacific.A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.But the report states: "Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs just changing what people do." Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.“The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies,M it states.A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured “a fiiture in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create,“ according to Aaron Smith, the report's co-author.Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change/' Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers. 32. We can infer from the text that in the future.A. people will face many difficultiesB. people will take up more creative jobsC. artificial intelligence will threaten people's livesD. most jobs will be done in traditional workplacesAccording to the report,.A. people won't necessarily lose jobsB. big companies will face fewer challengesC. small companies will win against big companiesD. most people will become interested in technologyWhat is (he attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future?A. MixedB. Worried. C. Hopeful. D. Doubtful.33. Jonathan Grudin's words in the last paragraph suggest that.A. there will be enough jobs for peopleB. things will change a lot in a few yearsC. many people will become unemployedD. technology will totally change future jobs 第二节(共5小嬴 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。选项中的两项为多余选Books have a beginning, a middle and an end. 36. To properly read a book, you should pay attention to its importance. For non-fiction books, it is important to read text in its entirety but think about only the major points the author is trying to express.Choose a well-lit and quiet place to read your book. 37. You are more likely to concentrate on the words on the page if you are not affected by noises or other things.Decide how much time you want to devote to (he reading. You may want to adjust ihis time allotment according to how long and difficult the reading material is. 38.39. If you own your book, use note-taking symbols in the paragraphs. For example, if you find something that is important, pul a star or a few words next to it. If you are unsure of something and it needs more research, put a question mark next to it.Write answers to questions at the end of your reading and give definitions of important terms. For every 100 pages of text you should have at least three to five pages of written notes. 40. If you are using a computer to take notes, don't copy and paste text from your reading.A. Write in your book.B. Make a detailed plan.C. Use your own words to answer your questions.D. As such they should be read from start to finish.E.Turn off your cell phone and television so that your attention won't be disturbed.F.Therefbre, stop every now and then to think about the structure and main content.G.For example, spend 4 hours on detailed reading of a 250-page book and I hour on note-taking.第三节完型填空（共2。小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-ycar-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 41a different life. It was a transitional time in Daniel's life. I wanted to 42 him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 43 time I had let such moments pass.When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked 44 the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing.