江西省宜春市第九中学2019_2020学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题.doc

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1、江西省宜春市第九中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题第一部分 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 do we know about Mr. Lee?A. He has many ties. B. He has many hats. C.He hates wearing a tie.2. What would the woman

2、not like lo have?A. Beef. B. Juice. C. Sliced tomatoes.3. What does the man mean?A. Susan lives in America now.B. Susan lived in America for 12 years.C. Susan moved to America 12 years ago.4. Who are the two speakers most probably?A.Classmates. B.Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife.5. Where may

3、 the woman live?A.In Apartment13-B B. In Apartment33-A. C.In Apartment 33-B.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、7题。6.What time will the plane take off?A. At 1:30 pm. B. At 3:00 pm. C.At 3: 30

4、 pm.7. What will the man do?A. Call the hotel. B. Call a taxi. C.Book a hotel.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why does the man want to change a table?A. Because its so dirty. B. Because its in the smoking area. C. Because he wants a table by the window.9. What does the woman probably do?A. A manager. B. A recepti

5、onist.C.A waitress.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. When will the man leave?A. Next Saturday morning. B. Next Saturday afternoon.C.Next Saturday evening.11. How would the man like to fly?A. Economy. B. First class. C.Business class.12. Where will the man take the plane?A. In Shanghai. B. In Beijing. C.In Madrid

6、.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman do?A. A tour guide. B. A TV hostess. C.A writer.14. What does the man think of his job?A. Interesting but demanding. B. Easy but boring. C.Exciting and easy.15. Which is the most popular theme park with adventure rides? A. Magic Kingdom. B. Cedar Point. C.Un

7、iversal Studio.16. Which country will build the longest roller coaster?A. Singapore. B. The US. C. China.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Why do people build underground houses?A. To save time and energy. B. To save land and money. C.To save land and energy.18. What do people think of the idea of underground ho

8、uses?A. An old one. B. A new one. C.A wrong one.19. What do we know about Canada?A. It has underground factories. B. It has underground shop-houses.C. It has underground shopping centers.20. How does Joyce feel at home in February?A. Cool. B. Warm.C.Cold.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

9、面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AVisit the Newseum During “Museum Day”！Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. The Museum D

10、ay ticket provides free admission for two people.Here is some information about a popular museum the Newseum.EVENT DETAILSRegistration: free tickets will be available for the public to download on December 15 via the link: https :/www. smithsonianmag. com/museumday/museum-day-2018/.Advanced registra

11、tion is requested so that the museum sites know how many people to expect. If you dont register beforehand you may still be admitted the day of the event, but no guarantee for admission. All are welcome to attend including children and groups.Meeting Point #1: From 7:45 8:00 some volunteers will be

12、in the Starbucks at 325 7 th St NW before walking 2 blocks to the Newseum.Meeting Point #2: Outside the Newseums Pennsylvania Avenue entrance. The Newseum opens at 9:00 am. However, as this is an extremely popular event we highly recommend arriving as early as possible, by 8:15 if you can, to bypass

13、 the masses that will show up later in the day.Meeting Point #3: Once the museum opens we recommend immediately heading to the 6th floor to avoid the masses since most people start on the 1st floor. On the 6th floor, the Hank Greenspun Terrace, which overlooks Pennsylvania Avenue and the U. S. Capit

14、ol, has one of the best views in Washington, DC. After that you can proceed through the museum s exhibits starting on the 6th floor and working our way down. The Newseum is open until 5:00 pm and guests are free to arrive and depart whenever they like.21. What can we know about the Museum Day ticket

15、s?A. They can be used at any museum. B. Free tickets are specially for children.C. Two persons can share one ticket. D. They are cheaper if applied for online.22. What are the visitors advised to do?A. Take a map of the museum. B. Register on the website in advance.C. Arrive on time to avoid the cro

16、wd. D. Follow a guide in the museum.23. Where can visitors have a birds eye view of the U. S. Capitol?A. In the Starbucks at 325 7th St.B. On the 6th floor of the Hank Greenspun Terrace.C. On the 6th floor of the Newseum.D. At the Newseums Pennsylvania Avenue entrance.BAs smog(烟雾）forced students to

17、stay home, the online learning industry saw a sharp increase in consumers.During the air pollution red alert from Dec. 8 to 10 last winter, the Beijing Commission of Education ordered all kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools to suspend classes (停课). But the commission urged that, Teache

18、rs should guide students to make full use of digital materials and conduct online learning at home.According to the China Education and Research Network, the number of new users of 17zuoye. com, an online homework platform, tripled (增至三倍) on Dec. 8 compared to the previous day.Online courses compani

19、es also adopted special measures to meet students demand for Internet learning during the red alert period. For example, New Oriental offered free online English classes for three days for school students as well as online question answering services.Recent years have seen the popularity of online c

20、ourses increase sharply in China. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC), for example, originated in the United States but have become widespread in China since 2013. Some Chinese universities, including Tsinghua University and Peking University, have started their own MOOC platforms. MOOCs have enlarge

21、d the time and space of teaching, fired up learners interest, helped more people benefit from high quality educational resources and speeded up reform in many aspects of teaching, an official at the Ministry of Education told China Daily.24. What were the teachers required to do during the red alert

22、 period?A. Start MOOC platform.B. Reform their way of teaching.C. Guide students to learn via the Internet.D. Work at home answering phones.25. Who offered free online courses during the red alert?A. New Oriental.B. The Ministry of Education.C. Tsinghua University.D. Peking University.26. The underl

23、ined words fired up in the last paragraph can be replaced by.A. Displayed B. inspiredC. Explained D. destroyed27. What may be the best title for the text?A. Teach Online CoursesB. Stay Home, Get Online to LearnC. Take Measures, Stop Air PollutionD. Speed up Education ReformCIf you see a problem, you

24、 should find a solution. That is what Alex Knoll, a 13-year-old boy from Post Falls, Idaho, believes. When he noticed a man struggling to open a heavy door from his wheelchair, Alex started thinking. I wondered if there was a resource available to him to show which business had automatic doors, so h

25、e could actually access them, Alex told Time for Kids.I couldnt find anything, so I created it.That was four years ago. The idea is Ability App. Alexs website says the app will help people with disabilities and their caregivers find the exact position of public spaces and find safe, reliable service

26、s and employment opportunities. Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres liked Alexs idea so much that she had him on her show and surprised him with a $25,000 check. I think its really going to help me get going, Alex says.Worldwide, there are more than a billion people with some kind of disability, accordin

27、g to The World Health Organization. A disability can make it hard to do everyday activities and find a Job. Tara Miller is a friend of Alexs family. She uses a wheelchair. She helps Alex with his app by sharing her experience of what it is like to live with a disability. We all want to be able to be

28、 in the same establishments(机构) as any able-bodied person, Miller says. It s about little things like low tables in restaurants and automatic doors, which can make a huge difference, she says. Alex has yet to set a launch (发布) date for Ability App. But he is determined to meet his goal. Im going to

29、work as hard as I can and as fast as I can, he says.28. What made Alex create Ability App?A. The desire to make money.B. The idea of a friend of his family.C. The inconvenience to a disabled man.D. The encouragement of a well-known host.29. How does Tara Miller help Alex?A. By sharing her experience

30、 as a disabled girl.B. By collecting employment information.C. By lending him some money.D. By looking after his family.30. How do the disabled benefit from the App?A. They can get donations.B. They are offered discounts in restaurants.C. They are invited to a talk show to raise public attention.D.

31、They enjoy easy access to public services and job opportunities.31. What is Alex like?A. Generous and honest.B. Brave and easy-going.C. Creative and determined.D. Confident and energetic.DA robot called Bina48 has successfully taken a course in the philosophy of love at Notre Dame de Namur Universit

32、y (NDNU), in California.According to course instructor William Barry, associate professor at NDNU, Bina48 is the worlds first socially advanced robot to complete a college course, a feat he described as “remarkable.” The robot took part in class discussions, gave a presentation with a student partne

33、r and participated in a debate with students from another institution.Before becoming a student, Bina48 appeared as a guest speaker in Barrys classes for several years. One day when addressing Barrys class, Bina48 expressed a desire to go to college, a desire that Barry and his students enthusiastic

34、ally supported. Rather than enroll(招收) Bina48 in his Robot Ethics: Philosophy of Emerging Technologies course, Barry suggested that Bina48 should take his course Philosophy of Love instead. Love is a concept Bina48 doesnt understand, said Barry. Therefore the challenge would be for Barry and his stu

35、dents to teach Bina48 what love is.“Some interesting things happened in the class,” said Barry. He said that his students thought it would be straightforward to teach Bina48 about love, which, after all, is “fairly simple its a feeling,” said Barry. But the reality was different. Bina48 ended up lea

36、rning “31 different versions of love,” said Barry, highlighting(使突出） some of the challenges humans may face when working with artificial intelligence in future.Bina48 participated in class discussions through Skype and also took part in a class debate about love and conflict with students from West

37、Point. Bina48s contribution to the debate was filmed and posted on YouTube. It was judged that Bina48 and NDNU classmates were the winners of this debate.In the next decade, Barry hopes Bina48 might become complex enough to teach a class, though he says he foresees robots being used to better the te

38、aching and learning experience, rather than replacing instructors completely.32. What was Bina48s performance like in class?A. unsatisfactory.B. Insignificant.C. Unattractive.D. Extraordinary.33. What does the underlined word “addressing” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Dealing with.B. Consulting wi

39、th.C. Giving a speech to.D. Sending a letter to.34. What can we learn from the passage?A. It was quite tough for Bina48 to learn about love.B. Artificial intelligence may be superior to man in some ways.C. It was interesting for Bina48 to learn about love.D. Humans can launch a challenge to artifici

40、al intelligence.35. What does Barry think of the future development of Bina48?A. It will be able to improve learning and teaching.B. It will completely take the place of instructors.C. It will surely be able to serve as a teacher.D. It will be smart enough to control human beings.第二节(共5小题；每题2分，满分10分

41、)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。Having a heart-healthy lifestyle doesnt have to be hard work. Its just as easy as doing a 5-minutes-a-day strength training program while cooking coffee in the morning, or stopping to think for three seconds when the “youve got mail” alert sounds on your com

42、puter. 36 37 As you put on weight in adulthood, your weight gain is mostly fat rather than muscle. This extra weight can lead to conditions that increase your chances of heart disease. Even a small weight loss of 10 percent can be helpful for you. We spend 22 hours a day sitting or lying down. 38 Ha

43、ving a healthy heart means you need to fit movement back into your life, however busy you are. Start by cutting down on convenient short cuts. Doing cleaning by yourself, walking or biking to the corner store, or shopping at stores are all easy ways to get moving. Fresh, whole foods dont have to cos

44、t more or take more time to prepare than the packaged stuff. These wholesome, delicious foods not only taste good, but they also protect your heart by reducing blood fats, driving down elevated blood sugar, and fighting destructive chemicals. 39 It is quite possible that one may die of heart disease

45、s if he or she smokes heavily. So we must keep away from nicotine. Researchers show that friends and optimism are linked with healthier hearts. 40 so spend an evening curled up on the sofa with your partner instead of watching the night news alone. Also, try these stress-saving solutions: give yours

46、elf a massage, or listen to some light music after a long days work.A. Keep a healthy weight.B. Good mood is quite important for keeping hearts healthy.C. However, our bodies are built for lots and lots of daily activity.D. Hearts are healthiest and happiest when in the company of others.E. Many thi

47、ngs such as tobacco(烟草), fat, sugar and other polluted things are harmful to our hearts.F. Hiring a cleaner, driving your car and shopping online may be your daily habits since you are always busy. G. Including these small steps into your routine one at a time will help you develop a healthier lifestyle without even realizing it.第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I was once a dropout. I know how powerfully a _41_ can influence the life of a person who does not _42_ herself. I quit school at sixteen to work. Years l