安徽省合肥市第九中学2019-2020学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试卷及答案4346.pdf

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1、 英语试题 满分：120 分 考试时间：90 分钟 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。1What does the woman want to do?AGraduate next semester.BGet the form back.CMeet the dean.2Where are the speakers now?AIn a

2、building.BOn a bridge.CIn a car.3What are the speakers mainly talking about?ASports.BA park.CA summer holiday.4What does the man remind the woman to pay?AThe phone bill.BThe water bill.CThe electricity bill.5What does the woman mean?AShe didnt like the watch.BShe bought the watch for$50.CShe didnt h

3、ave enough money.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听毎段对话或独白前，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 67 题。6Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?ATeacher and student.BColleagues.CClassmates.7What

4、does the woman plan to do right after lunch?AFind Ms.Wong.BGo to the gym.CHave a PE class.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8Why does Mary call Mr.Green?ATo ask about a meeting.BTo make an appointment.CTo remind him to see a dentist.9When will Mr.Green attend a parent-teacher meeting?AOn Thursday morning.BOn Thu

5、rsday afternoon.COn Friday afternoon.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10What are the speakers most probably doing?ABooking a hotel.BWriting a hotel review.CReading a brochure of a hotel.11What does the man like most?AOpen fires.BAfternoon tea.CThe bedroom.12What do the speakers decide to do?ASend a letter.BAs

6、k for a price list.CBargain over the price.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13Where does the conversation take place?AAt a cafe.BAt an airport.COn the phone.14How does Nick sound?AWorried.BCurious.CExcited.15Why will Mary go to San Diego?ATo study in a university.BTo spend a vacation.CTo see her sister.16What

7、 time is it now?AAbout 6:00.BAbout 7:00.CAbout 8:30.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17What will the listeners do first at the Cookery School?AMake some pizza.BEat chocolate cakes.CLearn to grow vegetables.18Whats the price of the bus ticket?A$3.55.B$6.00.C$9.55.19What should the listeners take?ASandwiches.B

8、A notebook.CA pencil.20How are the parents advised to contact the speaker?ABy e-mail.BThrough the phone.CFace to face.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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A The Bill&Melinda Gates FoundationBMGF said this week it will provide up to$100 mil

9、lion to support action against the 2019 novel coronavirus.It says the money will help strengthen efforts to test people for the virus,separate healthy individuals from the sick and find treatment for them.Controlling the epidemic:The donation will help speed development of the“tools to bring this ep

10、idemic under control,”the chief executive officer of the Gates Foundation;Mark Suzman said.Worldwide emergency:The Gates Foundation is giving money and working with other donors to help the World Health Organization(WHO),Chinese medical workers and others worldwide.It noted the need for an organized

11、 international effort to fight the virus.Increased efforts to find and treat the coronavirus:The foundation promised$20 million right away to hurry the process of identifying those who are sick,keeping them separate,and helping them get better.The goal is to stop the disease from spreading to more p

12、eople and places.Money is also going to public health officials in China and other countries with coronavirus patients to help them pay the start-up cost of medical workers and supplies.Protecting at-risk groups in Africa and South Asia:Recent epidemics,such as the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009,ha

13、ve had a big effect on people living in extreme poverty.Most of those people live in African countries south of the Sahara Desert or parts of South Asia.Another$20 million is going to public health officials in these areas to improve their emergency operations and to treat confirmed cases.One partne

14、r is the African Field Epidemiology Network,a non-profit service that currently operates in more than 30 African countries.Developing Vaccines:Of the total donation,$60 million will go to speed the process of making vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus.One organization working on develo

15、ping the anti-coronavirus vaccines is the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations with Chinese public-and private-sector researchers;trying to find ways to stop the spread of the virus.21The money donated by the BMGF will be used in the following aspects except_ Ato build a new hospital in C

16、hina Bto separate the healthy from the sick Cto test people for the virus Dto find treatment for the virus-infected 22Which of the following statements is true?AThe money is specially donated to Chinas public health department.BAnother$20 million will be used to help African people suffering from st

17、arvation.CMost of the donated money will be put into the developing and innovating vaccines.DThe African Field Epidemiology Network is a non-profit medical service organization only in western Africa.23The passage is most probably digested from _.Aa poster Ba magazine Ca text book Da news report B A

18、fter spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program,her mother recalled,Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.“Everyone else was already admitted to college,”her mother,Rosemarie Colvin,said from the family home.“So she took our car a

19、nd drove up to Yale and said,You have to let me in.”“Impressed-she was a National Merit(英才)finalist who had picked up Portuguese in BrazilYale did,admitting her to the class of 1978,where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,”her mother said.On Wednesday,Marie C

20、olvin,56,an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London,was killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击)the city of Homs.She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”,Mrs.Colvin said.“Her editor told me he called her yest

21、erday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out.She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”Mrs.Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones.“If you knew my daughter,”she said,“it would have been such a waste of

22、words.She was determined,she was enthusiastic about what she did,and it was her life.There was no saying Dont do this.This is who she was,absolutely who she was and what she believed in:cover the story,not just have pictures of it,but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.”“So it was not a s

23、urprise when she took an interest in journalism,”her mother said.24From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1,we can infer that .AYale was her last choice BMarie Colvin was good at persuading CYale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin DMarie Colvin was confident of herself 25Which of the following

24、 is the correct order to describe Marie Colvins life?a.She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.b.She was admitted to Yale University.c.She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.d.She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.e.She began to take an interest in journalism.Adecab Bcbeda Cedcba

25、Dbcdea 26From the last paragraph,we can know that Mrs.Colvin .Adislikes the choice of her daughter.Bknows her daughter very well.Ccares little about her daughter.Ddoesnt fully appreciate her daughter.27What can be the best title of the text?ARecalling Her Daughter,a Journalist Killed in Syria.BApply

26、ing for Top Universities,a Successful Case CChoosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.DCovering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.C The end of the school year is in sight-Christmas cards,candy canes and of course,end of year reports While most parents welcome an assessment of their kid

27、s performance,they do not expect their own input to be evaluated.But a school in the UK is changing that.As well as assessing their students,they are dishing out grades to mums and dads.Parents that are really involved in their kids education are rewarded with an A,and parents that havent done their

28、 bit get a disappointing D The school,Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire,uses standard such as whether mums and dads have attended school events such as plays and parent teacher evenings to decide on the grade.The schools principal,Donna Chambers，said that the scheme had been well received

29、 There were some critics.In spite of it,between 15 percent and 20 percent of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two per cent,she explained Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement.The system is important because you have go

30、t to get the parents on board from day one.That one hour initial conversation saying they could improve will make a difference to the rest of that childs academic life,she said.But while the scheme may be well intentioned,it is likely to be connected with parent shaming.There are lots of reasons why

31、 some mums and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments,looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives.And of course,being involved in your kids education doesnt begin and end at school.There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with ho

32、mework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered.And what about all the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute?Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!28What do schools usually do at the end of the school year?_ ADividing candies BMaking Christmas cards CEvaluating kid

33、s performances DGrading parents 29What does the schools principal Chambers say about the scheme?_ AIt uses a new way to evaluate kids BIt gives parents further education CIt has gained much acceptance DIt improves kids motivation for learning 30What does the author think of parents being involved in

34、 kids education?_ AIt means far more than being graded BIt brings shame to parents CIt adds to parents burden DIt increases parents commitment to education 31What is the passage mainly about?_ AThere is too much stress for parents about their childrens academic life.BParents as well as their childre

35、n are on the list of the year school report.CParents should be involved in childrens school life.DWhether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets.D Sleep is essential for a persons wellbeing.Researchers have found that sleep loss increases a persons risk of developing serious medical cond

36、itions.Now,a new study has found that getting enough sleep is also the key to improving academic performance.Jeffrey Grossman,who led the research,was not trying to find the correlation(相关性)between sleep and grades when he handed out Fitbits to the students in his class.Instead,the professor hoped t

37、he popular wrist-worn electronic device(装置),which tracks a persons activity 24/7,would show a connection between physical exercise and academic achievement.As part of the research,a quarter of the participants chose a fitness class specially created for the study.After the school term ended,the rese

38、archers carefully analysed the data.Much to Grossmans surprise,they found no measurable difference in test performance between the group that had been physically active and the group that had not.However,the study presented a surprising viewpoint in the journal Science of Learning.Going through the

39、large amount of data,Grossman noticed an interesting trend(走向)from the participants sleep patterns.There was a straight-line relationship between the average amount of sleep and his/her grade on the exams.Besides,it was not enough for students to just head to bed early the night before a test.Grossm

40、an says:“Weve heard the phrase Get a good nights sleep,youve got a big day tomorrow.It turns out this does not relate at all to test performance.Instead,its the sleep you get during the days when learning is happening that matters most.”The time students went to bed each night was similarly importan

41、t.Those who went to bed in the early hours of the morning performed poorly,even if the total sleep time was the same as a higher-performing student.The research does not prove that sleep is the only component that helps improve academic performance.However,Grossman says the results are a strong indi

42、cation that sleep really matters.Who knew getting As just required some extra ZZZs?32Whats Grossmans original purpose by using Fitbits in the research?ATo improve students sleep patterns.BTo find effects of physical exercise on grades.CTo monitor students physical condition.DTo regulate students dai

43、ly behavior.33What did Grossman think of the research result?AIt was unreliable.BIt was changeable CIt was unexpected.DIt was fruitless.34What plays a more important part in test performance?AAverage amount of sleep during tests.BSleep in the learning stage.CSleep quality the night before the test.D

44、A regular bedtime.35What is the best title for the text?AEnough Sleep Benefits Our Wellbeing BBe Physically Active and Sleep More CCatch ZZZs for Good Test Performance DThe More Exercise,the Better Schoolwork 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。Many of us are hardwire

45、d NOT to ask for help.We think it makes us appear weak.We think people will say no.we think we have to do everything ourselves.36 .We have to get over that,and theres how:Get over yourself No oneand I mean NO ONE-got anywhere alone.You cannot and should not do everything yourself.You are not,in fact

46、,always the best person for the job,or the“only”person who can do it.Asking for help is sign of strength,not weakness.Asking for help clears space for you and frees your time and energy.37 Rebuild your thinking Rebuild what it means to ask for help from“I am a weak,incompetent loser”to“I am strategi

47、cally allocating my time to focus on what matters most.”Don t focus on the fact that you cant do something or don t have the time.38 Its a chance to connect,a chance to value a colleague,a chance to get something done faster or better,a chance to optimize your own time and talents.39 Asking for help

48、 is about tapping valuable resources to get the best outcome the most quickly with the fewest resources expended.Thats a fancy way of saying“get the right people for the job.”40 And the best way to do that is to know your colleagues,and proactively build relationships.A.Whatever the reason,we dont a

49、sk for the help we need.B.Think about your colleagues.C.Your energy cant be wasted.D.Instead,think about what you will gain from the ask.E.Its all about building the right team.F.Its a smart strategy.G.Know your colleagues.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 20 小题;每题 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 和

50、D 四个选项中，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。People I remember I was just eighteen when Grandma Julie died.Until the lawyer read her 41 ,I would never fully 42 the depth of Grandmas love.It was a moment I will never forget-a day that made me the 43 kid in town.After 44 the distribution of Grandmas legacies(遗产