辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2019-2020学年高二10月月考英语试卷
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AAfrican SafariEssential information you need to know before booking your African Safari in Southern Africa – These tips will enhance the experience that you have.Things to Consider Before Booking an African Safari1) Book in AdvanceAfrican Safaris are now hugely popular and good safari camps often get booked out more than a year in advanc e, especially during the high season from July through to October.2) Choosing which game parkDifferent parks have different topography and weather patterns –this greatly affects animal movements at different times of the year. If you want to target certain species of animals, then some parks are better than others for certain species.3）Choosing which lodge or safari campA typical safari camp has between 10 and 20 beds, it is an intimate safari experience and very personalized. However, there are also hotels in some places, either inside or just outside a national park, which can sleep anything up to 300 people.4）GuidingThe quality, experience and knowledge of the game at any Safari camp is almost the most important factor to consider. Good guides can transform your experience from ordinary to exceptional.5）What’s the Best Time of Year to go on SafariUnderstandably as the seasons change so does the safari experience. It is highly advisable to find out the best time of year for the safari area that you are intending to visit. Prices will change dramatically between the high and the low season, so good deals are to be had in the low season but it is important to know the difference, as your experience will be vastly different.6）The PriceGoing on safari is not cheap whichever way you do it, but the price range can be en ormous. Unfortunately, safaris in most cases are a case of “you pay for what you get”.7）Fly-in safari or notUsing small charter planes is sometimes an absolute necessity for camps in remote areas, where road transfers are just not practical or viable. These flights can increase the overall cost of the safari substantially but generally they are worth it and allow you the flexibility to visit a variety of safari camps in different locations.8）Use an AgentAs you can see from all the information and options detailed above, there is great deal to understand and unless you go on safari several times a year it is impossible to know all this stuff.CONTACT US NOW TO HELP PLAN YOUR SAFARIWe are qualified travel agents who know this area intimately!Click on the below buttons for some fantastic safari ideas1. Which is a determining factor in choosing a Safari camp?A. Means of transport.B. Weather patterns.C. Game guides.D. Accommodation.2.Which of the following is FALSE about African Safari?A. The more money you pay, the better experience you’ll get.B. You can have a good price but same experience if you travel in low season.C. If you visit different camps in remote areas, flights may be unavoidable.D. All the parks don’t have the same s pecies of animals.BHow many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you might see the Moon, some planets, and thousands of sparkling stars.You can see even more with a telescope. You might see stars where before you only saw dark space. You might see that many stars look larger than others. You might see that some stars that look white are really red or blue. With bigger and bigger telescopes you can see more and more objects in the sky. And you can see those objects in more and more detail.But scientists believe there are some things in the sky that we will never see. We won’t see them with the biggest telescope in the world, on the clearest night of the year.That’s because they’re invisible. They’re the mysterious dead stars called black holes.You might find it hard to imagine that stars die. After all, our Sun is a star. Year after year we see it up in the sky, burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The Sun certainly doesn’t seem to b e getting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years.As a star’s gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gas runs out, the star stops burning and begins to die.As the star cools, the outer layers of the star pull in toward the center. Thestar squashes into a smaller and smaller ball. If the star was very small, the star ends up as a cold, dark ball called a black dwarf. If the star was very big, it keeps squashing inward until it’s packed together tighter than anyth ing in the universe.Imagine if the Earth were crushed until it was the size of a tiny marble. That’s how tightly this dead star, a black hole, is packed. What pulls the star in toward its center with such power? It’s the same force that pulls you down whe n you jump –the force called gravity. A black hole is so tightly packed that its gravity sucks in ever ything – even light. The light from a black hole can never come back to your eyes. That’s why you see nothing but blackness.So the next time you stare up at the night sky, remember: there’s more in the sky than meets the eye! Scattered in the silent darkness are black holes –the great mystery of space.3. According to the article, what causes a star to die?A. As it gets hotter and hotter, it explodes.B. It collides with other stars.C. It can only live for about a million years.D. As its gases run out, it cools down.4. Which of the following statements is NOT a fact?A. Black holes are dead stars.B. There is nothing as mysterious as a black hole.C. Black holes are invisible.D. Black holes have gravity.5.Which of the following is NOT a feature of a black dwarf?A. It is usually bigger than a white dwarf.B. It is dark.C. It is smaller in size than a common star.D. It is cold.6. Why can’t you see light when you look at a black hole?A. For most black holes are so far away.B. As the star’s gases burn, it stops giving off heat and light.C. As a star cools, its outer layers pull in toward its center.D. The gravity of a black hole is so strong that it sucks the light inward.CIn life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our control. For instance, we can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us back. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be promoted to management. We can eat healthy food, exercise and stay away from alcohol and cigarettes, and still get sick.The bottom line is that life is not fair.That is a tough pill to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people shut down after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. They can’t handle the fact that our efforts don’t always get the results that we expect. But if we let life’s unfairness defeat us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings (幸事) that life has in store for us.For example, my first marriage ended in divorce. To me, it felt very unfair.I had worked hard to be a good wife and mother. However, no matter what I did, I could not make the relationship work.I could have been shut down by that experience. I could have decided that if one person didn’t appreciate me as a wife, then no one would. I could have given up. But I knew that I wanted to be married. I knew that I wanted to experience traditional family life. So I didn’t let one seemingly unfair experience stop me from believing that I could one day be happily married. And then one day, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man with whom I now have a wonderful friendship and marriage. But that wou ldn’t have happened if I had decided to give up after one failed marriage.What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that deserve a good outcome, but get bad things in return instead.When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairne ss, our faith needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go according to plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we are looking forward to and keep trying, working hard and doing the right thing. Please don’t be discouraged. Accept that life is neither fair n or straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences awayand use them for our benefit.7. We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ______.A. life doesn’t often turn out the way we expectB. the author thinks life should reward us for our effortsC. unsatisfactory results simply mean your effort is not enoughD. people should focus on the process rather than the outcomes8. The author wrote about her unsuccessful marriage to ______.A. complain about the unfairness of her life and marriageB. tell readers how she met her second husband and became happily marriedC. express how proud she is for not being shut down by a blow from lifeD. show that we need to have faith and continue working for our goals9. When we encounter unfairness in life, the author suggests we ______.a. do nothing but accept themb. be confident with ourselvesc. keep doing what we should dod. find out what has gone wrongA. abB. adC. bcD. cd10. The author wrote the article mainly to ______.A. share her experiences of unfairness in lifeB. tell us how to deal with life’s seeming unfairnessC. tell us that life has beautiful blessings in store for usD. explain why life seems neither fair nor straightforwardDAmericans are not famous for self-deprivation(剥夺), but experts say we consistently fail to get a good night's sleep. The recommended daily requirements should sound familiar: eight hours of sleep a night for adults and at least an hour more for adolescents. Yet 71 % of American adults and 85% of teens do not get the suggested amount. “Sleep is sort of like food.”says Robert Stickgold, a cognitive (认知的）neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School But, he adds，there's one importantdifference: “You can be quite starved and still alive, and I think we appreciate how horrible that must be. But many of us live on the edge of sleep starvation and just accept it”Part of the problem is that we are so used to being sleep deprived and coping with that condition that we no longer notice how exhausted we really are. In 2003, sleep expert David Dinges at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine tested the effects of restricting sleep to eight, six, or four hours a night for two weeks. During the first few days, subjects sleeping less than eight hours admitted to being tired and lacking alertness. But by Day 4, most people had adapted to their new baseline sleepiness and reported feeling fine—even as their cognitive performance continued to decline- Over time, they became so exhausted that they had difficulty concentrating on even the simplest tasks. “The human brai n works only capable of about sixteen hours of wakefulness a day，” says Dinges. “When you get bey ond that, it can't function as efficiently accurately or well.”In the real worlds people overcome their sleepiness by drinking coffee or taking a walk. But then they find themselves nodding off in meetings or worse, behind the wheel, Those short snatches of unconsciousness are what researchers call microsleep, a sure sign of sleep deprivation, “If people are falling asleep because ‘the office was hot' or ‘the meeting was boring, 'that's not coping with sleep loss. I would argue that they're affecting their productive capability, says Dinges.What most people don't realize is that the purpose of sleep may be more to rest the mind than to rest the body. Sleep helps strengthen memory, improve judgment, promote learning and concentration, boost mood, speed reaction time and sharpen problem solving and accuracy. According to Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a psychologist at the University of California who’s done extensive studies in the aging population, lack of sleep may even resemble the symptoms of dementia (痴呆). In recent findings, she was able to improve cognitive function in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's simply by treating their sleep disorder. “The need for sleep does not change a lot with age,” says Ancoli-Israel, but often because of illnesses and the medications, “the ability to sleep does.”If you lack sleep, there’s plenty you can do to pay back your sleep debt. For starters，take your mom's advice, and get to bed early. If you can’t manage to sleep longer at night, try to squeeze in a midday nap. Timothy Roehrs, director of research at the sleep Disorders and Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital advises against oversleeping on weekend mornings to make up for a workweek of deprivation; later rising can make it even harder later to get a full night s rest.According to Dinges, the most common reason we deprive ourselves of sleep is work. But consider that in giving up two hours of bedtime to do more work, you are losing a quarter of your recommended nightly sleep and gaining just 12% more time during the day. What if you could be 12% more productive instead? If mental sharpness is your goal, the answer is clear: stop depriving yourself, and get a good night's sleep.11. We can learn from Dinges' experiment that .A. people tend to ignore the decline in mental sharpnessB. people get easily used to lack of sleep in less than 4 daysC. sleeping less than 8 hours won't cause physical discomfortD. people can keep themselves awake for only sixteen hours12. In Paragraph 3, the author shows that a person who is sleep deprived .A. remains productive by drinking coffee or taking a walkB. fails to cope with sleep loss through nodding offC. engages in microsleep to maintain productivityD. fells asleep due to the high temperature and boredom13. According to psychologist Sonia Ancoli-Israel, .A. the elderly don't need as much sleep as they used toB. the ability to sleep is not affected by medicationsC. sleep deprivation may look like the symptoms of dementiaD. people with Alzheimer’s cannot be treated for sleep disorders14. What's the author's attitude to people’s acceptance of sleep deprivation?A. Supportive.B. AmbiguousC. CautiousD. Worried15. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?A. To explain the reasons why people accept sleep starvation.B. To urge people to catch up on lost time for a good night's sleep.C. To show the common phenomenon of sleep loss in America,D. To raise people’s awareness of the hidden sleep deprivation.第二节（共5小题；每题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。
2019-2020年高二上学期10月月考试题 英语 含答案
2019-2020年高二上学期10月月考试题英语含答案第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWhen my friend Lesa was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer, another friend and I went to the hospital to spend some time with her. We bought her a small toy and named him Lemon－Aide. We gave Lemon－Aide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with her. When the treatments were pleted, she said when someone else needed him she would pass him along.A few months later，much to my surprise, it was me that she passed him to. Lemon－Aide went with me to all of my treatments.One day while waiting for my doctor I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer. Lesa thought it was a great idea so we founded the organization that came to be known as Lemon－Aide' s Friends, Inc. We designed our organization to remind people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care about them all the time. Today we have totally 5013 volunteers. The money raised is donated to cancer patients who do not have insurance. The physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money is donated.Lemon－Aide is for men, women, and children of all ages and to date has been sent to 34 states and 33 countries to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer. When life gave us lemons we made Lemon－Aide, a soft smiling toy that represents love, support, and encouragement.1．The author went to the hospital with her friend ________．A．to operate on Lesa B．to treat her diseaseC．to acpany Lesa D．to look after Lemon－Aide2．Lesa was given a small toy because ________．A．he represented her organization B．he could help weaken her painC．she would think of her friends D．her friends tried to fort her3．It can be inferred that ________．A．the author had suffered from cancerB．Lemon－Aide had suffered from cancerC．Lesa had recovered from cancerD．Lemon－Aide learned to look after the author4．Lesa and the author formed an organization to ________．A．cure cancer B．raise money C．help cancer patients D．help their friendBDo you often feel lonely? What do you do when you feel that way? Hide yourself away and spend your time reading, watching TV or walking around?You might think that feeling lonely is just like feeling happy, sad or scared —that it’s just one of your various moods. That is true. However, if you let yourself be lonely for too long without dealing with it, you could be making a serious mistake.Doctors have known for some time that feeling lonely is bad for the mind. It can lead to mentalhealth problems such as depression, stress and reduce confidence. “Being lonely means not feeling connected or cared for, but it’s not about being mentally alone,” Lisa Jaremka, scientist from Ohio State University, US, told Live Science in January. And there’s growing evidence that not having friends is connected with physical illness as well.In xx, for example, scientists studied 2,800 women who had cancer. They found that those who had few friends or family were five times more likely to die of their disease than women with many social contacts. Also, even healthy people had a better chance of falling ill if they felt left out by others, according to the BBC.The results have scientists thinking that loneliness might hurt the immune system(免疫系统), which protects the body from diseases.Hoping to prove this theory, Jaremka and her research team put volunteers(志愿者) through a stress test. During the test, volunteers were asked to make an unprepared speech in front of a group of stony-faced people. The researchers found that volunteers who said they were lonely in their daily lives felt more stress during the test. And their blood samples showed that all the stress had managed to cause harmful changes to their immune system.“Loneliness has been thought of in many ways as a chronic stressor(慢性增压器) —a socially painful situation that can last for quite a long time, ”explained Jaremka, who led the study.The number of people suffering from loneliness is increasing all over the world. However, solving the problem is easier said than done. It won’t work to just “tell anyone to go out and find someone to love you”, said Jaremka. “We need to create support networks.”5．If people feel lonely for a long time, ________.A. they won’t feel happy anymoreB. they are more mentally harmed than physicallyC. they will find the feeling goes away by itselfD. they are more likely to fall ill6．What was the purpose of the stress test carried out by Jaremka’s team?A. To find out how people fight diseases.B. To prove loneliness hurts people’s immune systems.C. To find out the relationship between loneliness and stress.D. To see how people’s emoti ons change when they give unprepared speeches.7．We can conclude from the article that ________.A. loneliness has bee the No. 1 killer in the worldB. loneliness is increasing due to advanced technologiesC. websites must be set up to help people deal with lonelinessD. much more work needs to be done to fight lonelinessCI told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to plain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I fort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.Problems are there to be faced and overe. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspir ational. She wrote, “Character cannot be developed in ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity (逆境). From time to time we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident．He was determined to fly again and went on to bee one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans．He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches (拐杖) or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”The biographies (传记) of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overe the difficulties they faced. The mon thread is that they did not bee depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won.Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.8. Which of the following is true according to the author of the passage?A. Going to a gym is greatly beneficial to people’s health.B. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.C. Those who want to achieve success can’t expect to live an easy life.D. People’s attitude to adversity i s the only factor of their success.9. By quoting what Douglas Bader said, the author intends to tell us “ .”A. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.B. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.C. If you risk nothing, you will have nothing.D. Failure is the mother of success．10. Following this passage, the author will further talk about .A. how his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the adversity he facedB. why it is important to keep optimistic in face of adversityC. what steps to take to change your attitude towards the adversity you faceD. what great people have in mon11. Which of the following can best function as the title of the passage?A. Life is full of adversityB. Different attitudes towards adversityC. Nothing is impossibleD. Face adversity with a smileDAmong all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured pletely, bringing happiness and moreliving days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span (寿命) can be prolonged.Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial (皇家的) family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep, therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not e out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the government must take care to control gene technology.12. What does “them” in the second paragraph refer to ?A. People with cancer or heart disease.B. Millions of people with serious diseases.C. Some diseases doctors can do nothing with.D. The two illnesses of cancer and heart disease13. What can gene technology do according to paragraph three?A. It can help the English imperial family out.B. It can be used to clone human babies.C. It can help people to give birth of a baby.D. It is likely to treat hereditary diseases.14. What are people worried about according to the passage?A. Human babies may be cloned in a large scale.B. Healthy human babies will soon be cloned.C. Scientists may well find the wrong genes.D. The government may not control gene techs.15. This passage is mainly written to _________________.A. show gene technology will benefit peopleB. show gene technology will do harm as wellC. tell that gene technology is a hot topicD. tell that gene technology is growing fast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。
2019-2020年高二10月月考 英语 含答案
2019-2020年高二10月月考英语含答案第一部分：语法和词汇知识的考查（每小题1分，共35分）1. Climbing mountains was _________ , so we all felt _________ .A. tiring; tiredB. tired; tiringC. tiring; tiringD. tired; tired2. Greatly moved by her words, _________ .A. tears came to his eyesB. he could hardly hold back his tearsC. tears could hardly be held backD. his eyes were filled with tears3. ——I hope the children won´t touch the dog.——I´ve warned them _________ .A. notB. not toC. not touchD. not do4. When _________ why he walked in without permission, he juststared at us and said nothing.A. been askedB. askedC. askingD. to be asked5. Whom would you rather _________ the work?A. to have to doB. to have doC. have to doD. have do6. We tried to find a table for eight, but they were all __________.A. taken upB. given awayC. kept awayD. used up7. The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and ____ less than40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.A. being weighedB. to weighC. weighedD. weighing8. Much to his disappointment, Mr. White found the cell phone he had had ___________went wrong again.A. repairingB. it repairedC. to be repairedD. repaired9. Mr. Green stood up in defense of the 16-year old boy，_________ that he was notthe one ____________.A. said; blamedB. saying; to blameC. to say; to be blamedD. saying; blaming10. All the teacher discussed the plan that they would like to see ___________ inthe next school year.A. carry outB. carried outC. to carry outD. be carrying out11. Sometimes new ideas have to be tested many times before_________ .A. accepting fullyB. being fully acceptedC. fully acceptingD. fully accepted12. ________to too much sunshine does great harm to one’s skin.A. ExposedB. Being exposedC. Having exposedD. Exposing13. She was so _______in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the doorat all.A. attractedB. absorbedC. drawnD. devoted14. As is known to all, success __________three important factors: talent, diligenceand luck.A. is consistingB. consists ofC. is made upD. makes up15. ____________, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.A. Exhausted.B. Being exhaustedC. Having exhaustedD. Exhausting16. The newspapers keep us ________of what is going on around us.A. being informedB. informedC. be informedD. informing17. The Harry Pottter books are quite popular；they are in great____in this city.A. quantityB. progressC. productionD. demand18. Not until I began to work _______ how much time I had wasted.A. didn't I realizeB. did I realizeC. I didn't realizeD. I realized19. Only by practising a few hours every day _______ be able tomaster the language.A. you canB. can youC. you willD. will you20. So _______ in the darkness that he didn't dare to move an inch.A. he was frightenedB. was he frightenedC. frightened he wasD. frightened was he21.The story of Li Tianyi, the son of ________ famous military singer, driving aBMW without a licence and attacking a couple on the road has drawn the attention of ________ public.A．the; the B．/; the C．a; an D．a; the22. Mr. Lin _____ when I go to see him on Sundays.A.is always workingB. was always workingC. always workedD. has always worked23. It is in their ability to speak ________ humans ________ from animals.A．which; differ B．that; differentC．which; different D．that; differ24. With all of the things________, the manager went to America for sightseeing.A. dealing withB. to deal withC. dealt withD. deal with25.Shangri-la attracts thousands of tourists every day due to its fascinating and________scenery.A. distinctiveB. sensitiveC. attentiveD.positive26. Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase , _____ was very reasonable..A.which priceB.its priceC.the price of whichD.the price ofwhose27.The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he ________some Europeanbusiness partners.A. would meetB. is meetingC. meetsD. had met28. The young man’s clothes are very similar _______ hers, leading __________ myreferring _____ them as girls.A. with; to; byB. to; on; toC. by; into; overD. to; to; to29.---Shall we chat online or later?---- __________. I’m free at any moment.A. It makes no differnence to meB. I have difficulty in speaking English.C.Thanks to your help, I know more about the Internet.D. We have some in mon.30. The difficulty she had_______ her three children was solved by the localgovernment.A. feedB. fedC.to feedD. feeding31. ________that he might lose his job, Peter always works extra hours to pleasehis boss.A. WorryingB. Having worriedC. Having been worriedD. Worried32. We should have a positive attitude towards life; only those who are _______canenjoy a long life-span.A. worriedB. selfishC. greedyD. optimistic33. The hurricane left the area, __________a great damage to it.A. causingB. to causeC. causedD. having caused34. One advantage of living in the city is its great __________.A. convenienceB. importanceC. possibilityD. attraction35. The big star in our national flag _________the Chinese munist Party.A. standsB. meansC. representsD. approves第二部分完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）On Sunday morning, January 29, the call woke me up. It was the president of ABC News. “Lee, Bob has been __36__ in Iraq,” he said, choosing his words __37__. “He’s alive but he may have taken shrapnel (炮弹碎片) to the brain.”When I saw Bob in the hospital, nothing could have __38__ me. He was unconscious. His __39__ was swollen to the size of a rugby ball and a piece of his skull was missing. All sorts of __40__ were ing out of his body. His left eye looked like a dead fish.I tried to __41__ myself that he didn’t look that bad, that this was the __42__ and that he’d only get better from here.There were many months of treatment __43__. Every morning I would head over to the hospital and check on Bob. In the __44__ that a mother uses with her baby I would __45__ to him. I let him know about the kids. I told him stories about us and some of our best __46__ together. I brought music and had home movies for Bob to hear.One day when I pushed open the door as usual, I __47__. Bob was sitting up in bed, a huge smile on his face. He saw me and __48__ his hands in the air. “Hey, sweetie,” he said, “where have you been?” I tried to speak but no words came out. This was so much more than I’d wanted and prayed for, __49__ I couldn’t really believe it. My husband was __50__ and he was calling me. Half of me wanted to shout in __51__ and gratitude and half of me wanted to __52__ everything, how I’d been there day after day for months. I __53__ to him.Bob was __54__. He had the best medical treatment possible and the finest doctors. But the most important thing __55__ to be the love that held us close.36. A. hidden B. caught C. wounded D. disturbed37. A. seriously B. carefully C. actively D. freely38. A. prepared B. damaged C. pleased D. choked39. A. arm B. leg C. head D. hand40. A. tools B. tubes C. weapons D. clothes41. A. convince B. accept C. suggest D. imagine42. A. worst B. best C. least D. most43. A. then B. ever C. before D. ahead44. A. name B. sound C. air D. voice45. A. point B. shout C. talk D. refer46. A. dreams B. memories C. thoughts D. secrets47. A. froze B. cried C. failed D. left48. A. held B. found C. lifted D. seized49. A. that B. but C. which D. and50. A. off B. up C. down D. back51. A. anger B. relief C. faith D. detail52. A. forget B. follow C. explain D. check53. A. waved B. walked C. moved D. ran54. A. fortunate B. patient C. generous D. powerful55. A. turned up B. turned out C. took up D. took out第三部分阅读理解（每小题2分,满分40分）In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University,aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.Twenty-one years later, I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite adifferent tale to tell.My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I startedcollege, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to carefor her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.Then I got married with another dream: building my family with abination of adopted and biological children. In xx, we adopted our first son. Tolay eyes on him was fantastic -- and very emotional. A year later came our secondadopted boy. Then followed son No.3. In xx, I gave birth to another boy.You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys underthe age of 8! Our home was a plete zoo -- a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never didmake it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I hadonly one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away fromthe boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were timesI wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through therest of their lives.In xx, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It tookme over 21 years to get my college degree!I am not special, just single-minded. It always strikes me that whenyou're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you'rein the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in yourlife on one day. It's a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.56. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________.A. a writerB. a teacherC. a judgeD. a doctor57. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A. She wanted to study by herself.B. She fell in love and got married.C. She suffered from a serious illness.D. She decided to look after her grandma.58. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.59. What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. Little by little, one goes far.C. Every coin has two sides.D. Well begun, half done.BDo you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel the most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak es during the forenoon. For others it es in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as John talks to himself: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation for the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Adjust your cycle to some extent by staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. T his won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam (打起精神) and work better at your low point.Begin with a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a slow yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do usual work in the afternoon and spend time doing important work for your high peak hours.60. According to Dr. Kleitman if you don’t want to get up in the morning ____________.A. you must be a lazy personB. you must catch a coldC. your energy cycle must be lowD. you should stay in bed61. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?A. A change in a family member’s energy cycle.B. Familiar monologues.C. Unawareness of energy cycles.D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.62. If one wants to work better at his low point in the morning, he should ____________.A. change his energy cycleB. go to bed earlierC. overe his lazinessD. get up earlier than usual63. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _________________.A. help you to control your temper early in the dayB. help to keep yo ur energy for the day’s workC. enable you to concentrate on your routine workD. keep your energy cycle under control all dayCAny discussion of English conversation, like any English conversation, must begin with〝 The Weather〞. And in this spirit of observing traditional rule, I shall quote Dr Johnson’ s famous ment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of the weather”, and point out that this observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago.This, however, is the point at which most people either stop, or try, and fail, to e up with a convincing explanation for the English “ addiction ” to the weather. They fail because their premise (前提) is mistaken: they assume that our conversations about the weather are conversations about the weather. In other words, they assume that we talk about the weather because we have a keen interest in the subject. Most of them then try to figure out what it is about the English weather that is so fascinating.Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that the English weather is not at all fascinating, and that our “addiction” to it is therefore very difficult to explain : “To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it. A1l those phenomena that elsewhere give nature an edge of excitement, unpredictability and danger—tornados, monsoons, hailstorms—are almost wholly unknown in the British Isles.”Jeremy Paxman takes offence at Bryson’ s ments and argues that the English weather is truly fascinating:Bryson misses the point . The interest is less in the phenornena themselves , but in uncertainty. . . one of the few things you can say about England with absolute certainty is that it has a lot of weather. It may not include tropical cyclones but life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never be entirely sure what you’ re going to get.My research has convinced me that both Bryson and Paxman are missing the point, which is that our conversations about the weather are not really about the weather at all: English weather – speak is a form of code, developed to help us overe our natural reserve (含蓄) and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows, for example, that “Nice day, isn’t it?”,“Ooh, isn’t it cold?”; and o ther variations on the theme are not requests for weather data: they are greetings or conversation -starters. In other words, English weather –speak is a form of “cleaning talk” ——the human equivalent of what is known as “social cleaning” among ourprimate(灵长类的)cousins, where they spend hours cleaning each other’s fur, even when they are perfectly clean, as a means of social connection.64. As is stated in the passage, most people try to find out .A. why the English weather is so uniqueB. whether the English enjoy their weatherC. why the English are so interested in the topic of weatherD. whether the English really talk about weather when they do so65. Disapproving of Bill Bryson’ s opinion, Jeremy Paxman argues that .A. the English talk about their weather because it is unpredictableB. the English don’ t talk about weather as often as the outsiders thinkC. the English weather can be as exciting as anywhere else’sD. the English weather talk is merely a form of small talk66. According to the author, English weather – speak is similar toprimates’ social cleaning in that they are both .A. ways of greetingB. means social connectionC．fascinating topics between peopleD. phenomena difficult to understand to outsidersDAbout ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green － a strange world indeed.Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.67. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can____________.A. tell different shapesB. see in a weak lightC. kill mosquitoesD. tell orange from yellow68. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?A. Women are more careful.B. There are fewer color-blind womenC. Women are fonder of driving than men.D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.69. Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.B. None of them can see deep red.C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.D. All of them see everything in shades of green.70. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.A. red lightB. yellow lightC. blue lightD. green lightERome had the Forum (论坛). London has Speaker’s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. And just talk.Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, “ Talk to Me,” they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.They don’t collect money. They don’t push religion (宗教). So what’s the point?“ To see what happens,” said Liz. “ We simply enjoy life with open talk.” Shortly after the September 11, xx attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.“ It started as a crazy idea.” Liz said. “ We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their job, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything.”Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went.Marcia had led her husband to a serious disease. “That was very heavy on my mind.” Marcia said. “ To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good,” she explained.To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people appeared, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something the two say they’ll consider before making a decision.71. What did Liz and Bill determine to do after the attack on September 11, xx?A. Telling stories to strangers.B. Setting up street signs.C. Talking with peopleD. Organizing a speaker’s party.72. What they have been doing can be described as ____________.A. pointless (无意义的)B. normal（正常的）C. crazyD. successful73. Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?A. They knew Liz and Bill very well.B. They happened to meet the writer of the text.C. They organized the get-together in the city park.D. They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.74. What will Liz and Bill do in the future?A. Go in for publishingB. Do more television programs.C. Continue what they are doingD. Spend more time reading books.75. How do they like the idea of writing a book?A. They have decided to wait a year or two.B. They will think about it carefullyC. They agreed immediatelyD. They find it hard to do that.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)文中有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。
辽宁省2019-2020(1)学年高二英语10月月考试题(无答案)
2017～2018学年度高二英语10月考考试试卷注意事项：1. 请在答题纸上作答，在试卷上作答无效。
2. 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分，考试时间100分钟。
第一卷第一部分：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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AMr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.""OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?""Burnt yesterday evening."21. Mr Brown told his son that _____.A. he would be away from home for four daysB. he would be back in seven daysC. he would be back in a monthD. he liked a cup of tea22. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.A. the second dayB. the third dayC. the fourth dayD. the fifth day23. The man was very surprised because _________.A. he thought the child's father was deadB. the child didn't ask him to sit downC. the child gave him a cup of teaD. he couldn't find that piece of paper24. What was burnt? ___________.A. The piece of paperB. Mr SmithC. The visitorD. The boyBColumbus College , 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive ,Kowloon CityMemo(备忘录)To: All StaffFrom: Jakie Mok , Secretary; Sports Development CommitteeDate: May 20, 2010A week ago, ―Sports for Life program was sent to the parents, requiring them to select a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it . Here is a memo for your reference when you answer the phones. Sports 1:Basketball.We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. Therefore, students should be advised to sign up as soon as possible . Students will take a private bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park .To cover the cost of hiring a bus , each student will have to pay ＄10 each time. There will be four basketball courts available for our use with one teacher watching over each game.Sports 2:GymWe will be using St. Peter’s Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 pm. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent thirst. Three activities, skipping , jogging , outdoor aerobics (有氧运动),all of which are free of charge, will be arranged. And there will be a teacher on duty for each of the activities.Sports 3: HikingHiking(远足)will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2:30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will accompany the students, and a hiking instructor will accompany each group of 15 hikers . Each instructor will cost ＄75/hr. Students are advised to bring plenty of water and sunscreen.Sports 4:SwimmingThe Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10-minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to thepool and conduct the goings-on from the poolside. We will only be able to reserve the pool for one hour (i.e. 2:45pm to 3:45pm).Only students skilful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards present. Girls must wear a swimming suit. The cost is ＄10 per visit.25.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Students selecting basketball had better register early.B. Students participating in gym should arrive at 6:00 pm.C. Hiking usually begins at 2:30 pm and lasts 2 hours.D. Students having swimming suits can take up swimming.26.It can be inferred from the passage that _____A. students taking part in basketball will walk to the courts.B. The three activities in gym are all free for students.C. hiking students can have a regular rest in the shade of trees.D. students taking up the four sports should bring bottles of water.27. It can be concluded that____.A. each sport will only lasts for an hourB. students will be charged for the four sportsC. all the sports will take place at Kowloon PeakD. teachers will accompany students on each sport28.The purpose of the memo is to ____.A. attract students’ interest in the programmeB. require the parents to select a sport for their childC. help the staff explain the programme to the parentsD. remind teachers and lifeguards to be present on timeCLindbergh, an American pilot, was born on February 4,1902, in Detroit. He grew up on a farm near Little Falls, Mississippi. In his childhood, Lindbergh showed unusual mechanical ability. At the age of 18, he entered the University of Wisconsin to study engineering. However, Lindbergh was more interested in the exciting, young field of air travel than he was in school. After two years, he left school to become a pilot performing dangerous tricks.Lindbergh made the first non-stop flight alone across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20～21,1927.Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone non-stop. Lindbergh's unusual action gained him immediate, international fame. The press named him ―Lucky Lindy and the ―Lone Eagle．Americans and Europeans admired the shy, slim young man and gave him a lot of honors.After the flight，Lindbergh published We，a book about his flight. The title referred to Lindbergh and his plane. Then, he flew throughout the United States to make speeches to encourage air travel on behalf of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics (航空学)．Lindbergh learned about the pioneer rocket research of Robert H．Goddard, a Clark University physics professor. Lindbergh persuaded the Guggenheim family to support Goddard's experiments, which later led to the development of missiles, satellites, and space travel.Before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Lindbergh took part in the activities against American involvement (参与) in World War Ⅱ.Many Americans criticized him for this. After the war, he served as an adviser in the aircraft industry.29．Lindbergh made the first non-stop flight alone across the Atlantic Ocean at the age of________.A．18 B．20 C．25 D．2730．Lindbergh stopped his study at university because________.A．he was more interested in air travel than his studyB．he wanted to make a flight across the Atlantic OceanC．he intended to write a book about his flightD．he did very well in his study and graduated in advance31．What can we learn from the second paragraph?A．Lindbergh had been famous before his flight across the Atlantic.B．People had no interest in the young field of air travel at the time.C．Lindbergh was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic.D．It was very difficult to fly across the Atlantic alone without stopping then.32．Which of the following roles did Lindbergh NOT perform in his life?A．Speechmaker. B．Writer. C．Researcher. D．Adviser.DAre you having difficulty falling asleep? Try drinking a glass of warm milk. If that doesn’t work, listen to some soft, beautiful music. Still no luck? Try think about sheep jumping over a fence. If you are still awake, take a sleeping pill. People who take pills often become dependent on thedrugs. So you lie awake knowing that the new workday will soon arrive. If you have been in such conditionfor at least one month, you may have primary insomnia(失眠症).A new study has found that you might fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep longer if you try “cerebral hypothermia.”It is not a complex medical process. It just means cooling down your brain.Eric Nofzinger and Naniel Buysse from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School led the study. They examined twelve people who had sleeping problems. Twelve others had no sleeping problems. Each ofthem wore a soft plastic cap on their head at bedtime.The caps had tubes inside filled with water. The researchers moved the water through the tubesand then changed the temperature of the water. Other studies showed that people who had sleeping problems often had more chemical reactions in the front of their brain. The researchers thought coolingdown the brain might help.On the first two nights of testing, the patients wore caps with no water. On the next two nights,the caps were worn, but the water was not cooled. Then the researchers cooled the water a little foranother two nights. On the final two nights of the study, the temperature of the water was made muchcooler. The researchers found that the water caps didn’ t help the patients until the temperaturewas about 14℃. Most of the patients fell asleep faster and slept better when the coolest water wasmoving around their head.Dr. Nfzinger and Dr. Buysse noted that this was only the beginning of the brain temperature study.But they believed they had discovered something important that needed more research.33. The first paragraph is written to _________.A. explain how serious insomnia is.B. bring forward the topic of the passage.C. tell us the causes of sleeping problems.D. tell us the danger of having sleeping problems.34. From the passage we know that “cerebral hypothermia” is actually _________.A. a complex medical process.B. a psychological treatment.C. a simple physical treatment.D. a difficult scientific theory.35. In the study, researchers helped people fall asleep faster through _________.A. increasing chemical reactions in the front of their brain.B. making them feel safe with a cap on their headC. asking them to drink water to cool downD. lowering the temperature of their brain。
2019-2020学年盘锦市高级中学高三英语月考试卷及参考答案
2019-2020学年盘锦市高级中学高三英语月考试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（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选项AJuanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career(职业). He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit.I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）. At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place anda different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.But there is adownside. “You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says. “You don’t really think about home.You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.1.Which of the following is true?A.He has been a housekeeping manager for 18 months.B.He doesn’t drink wine now.C.He cannot speak a foreign language.D.He used to be a housekeeping manager.2.The underlined word“downside”in paragraph 5 probably means ________ .A.disappointmentB.disadvantageC.failureD.loss3.In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is ________.A.not a tiring journey at allB.just an interesting voyageC.far from a voyage for pleasureD.more than a pleasant travel by seaBMusic is said to be a universal language. But for Chase Burton, a deaf filmmaker fromTexas, music has always been a totally different experience.“When I was a kid, I’d lie on the floor so I could feel the vibrations (震动，颤动) from my brother’s band rocking out below my body, ” the 33-year-old man said. “That was one of the first times I began building a relationship with music.”In 2016, his ability to experience music changed dramatically, thanks to California-based technology company Not Impossible Labs. It designed a vibrating suit that enables deaf people to “feel” music through their skin. Consisting of a body harness (背带), ankle and wrist belts, the suit translates audio into a range of vibrating pulses that are felt at 24 contact points.Burtonhas been trialing the suit for four years.“The sound hits different parts of your body, ” saidBurton. “Maybe it will strikeme down in my ankles first. And then I’ll start to feel the vibrations in my back. And then I’ll feel some pulsations in my wrist.”The creators want to extends the tactile (触觉) musical experience beyond the deaf community. In 2018, they gave out 150 of the suits at a rock concert inLas Vegaswhere half the audience members were deaf and half were able to hear.Since then, Not Impossible Labs has been working to improve the technology and says it’s ready to go to market soon. Eventually, the creators want the suit to become a consumer product, accessible to all. The company’s talent and business development director, Jordan Richardson, said that the technology could be used in live sports broadcasts, video games and theme parks.As a writer and director who’s been working to make the movie world more accessible,Burtonhopes that the vibrating suit will be available to his film audiences in the future. He believes the suit canenhanceemotions while watching a movie – for hearing as well as deaf people. “I see the tech as a real opportunity to help people understand that music for movies doesn’t always need to be enjoyed through the ears”.4. Why would Chase Burton lie on the floor when he was a kid?A. To feel some pulsations in his wrist.B. To feel the vibrations from his brother’s band.C. To expand the tactile musical experience.D. To begin building a bond with films.5. What do we know about Not Impossible Labs from the passage?A. It was started by Chase Burton in 2016.B. Its products have been used in live sports broadcasts.C. It is a technology company based inCalifornia.D. Its administrative director is Jordan Richardson.6. Which can replace the underlined word “enhance” in the last paragraph?A. createB. expressC. coverD. strengthen7. What is the best title for the passage?A. Vibrating Suit Allows Deaf People to “Feel” MusicB. Tech Company Provides Free Suits for Deaf PeopleC. Deaf People Enjoy Rock Music with Free SuitD. Movies Need to Be Enjoyed Through the EarsCTwo years ago, I decided to study at theUniversityofSt. Edwardsin the city ofAustin,Texas. When I was on my research to find the perfect place to study in, I considered many aspects: a safe place, a city where there were companies devoted to marketing or technology, a place where speaking Spanish and English was an advantage and a school where I could learn about digital strategies (数字策略). After comparing and evaluating many cities and universities. I finally decided onAustin.Since I arrived inAustin,Texas. I had been living inside the university where I had a private room and shared common areas with more students. University life was not very different from the life inMexicoand classes weresemblableand the way of socializing too. However, in theUnited States, the classes were more practical and teachers encouraged you to be self-responsible and complete your tasks.The classes that I was taking were related to social media, digital marketing and advertising. I was very excited to be able to study technology-related courses.What I liked most about the experience was being able to live with students from many places, which allowed me to learn from other cultures and to share mine with other students. Also, international student services usually organized events and tours that helped me to get to know the city and the school.I certainly think that studying abroad is a beneficial experience. It makes us capable of understanding culturaldifferences and accepting diversity. Personally, I would suggest that you first determine what your goals are by going abroad, research the opportunities and lifestyle, evaluate your universities,and finally decide on the one where you feel more comfortable, connecting with your values and way of seeing life.8. Which of the following can best describe the author according to paragraph 1？A. Casual.B. Cautious.C. Changeable.D. Adventurous.9.What does the underlined word “semblable” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Worthwhile.B. Practical.C. Same.D. Similar.10. What made the author most pleased?A. Speaking Spanish and English inAustin,Texas.B. Working as a designer in a technology company.C. Having a chance to learn about different cultures.D. Organizing many events and tours independently.11. What are the students who intend to study abroad advised to do?A. Be careful to choose the university to study in.B. Set no limits on theiracademic performances.C. Study where they're familiar with everything.D. Adjust personal lifestyles for the university.DThere is nothing ordinary about this little boy's adorable experience with his musical heroes.5-year-old Taylor Hooper was just one of the 35,0000people who were attending the Foo Fighters concert in Belfast, Norther Ireland last week. Not only is the American rock group his favorite band, it was also his first ever concert.Taylor's mother, Nikki Hooper, says that she and her husband have always been huge fans of the Foo Fighters. In addition to traveling far and wide to see their shows, they even named their son after the drummer, Taylor Hawkins. So when the band played in their home city, they decided it was finally time for their son to see their beloved rock and rockers in concert.“He's been listening to them since he was born — mainly because his dad and I are super fans.” Mrs Hooper told BBC. “We called the event organizers and they said it would be no problem, but that we should know it would be a loud music event, so we gotTaylorsome special headphones. When we got there everyone was so welcoming to him.”Throughout the show, the audience continuously madeTaylorand his parents move closer to the stage. Furthermore, Mrs. Hooper helped her son stand out from the crowd by making him a sign that said he was a 5-year-old attending his first concert.When Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl finally saw the sign and read it aloud into the microphone, the crowd began chanting for them to bring the youngster onto the stage. That's exactly what he did. When the stage managers brought the boy to the stage, Grohl asked Taylor to show the crowd how to dance．The small boy then danced to the whole song, making him an “Inter net wonder”.Taylordidn't just walk away from the show with memories, either;the band also invited him backstage to give him a number of gifts, includinga pair of Taylor Hawkins's drumsticks.12. What is Foo Fighters in the passage?A. I's a music show.B. It's a music band.C. It's a pop song.D. It's a music fan.13. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that_______．A. the organizers refused to let the child watch the showB. there was nothing wrong for the child to watch the showC. the organizers suggested the kid take care of the loud noiseD. the child felt so scared that he didn't want to go to the stage14. How did 5-year-old Taylor Hooper cause people's attention?A. By shouting loudly.B. By running to the singers.C. By holding a sign showing his age.D. By dancing to the whole song.15. How didTaylorfeel about his first ever concert?A. Worried.B. Scared.C. Sorry.D. Pleased.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
2019-2020年高二上学期10月月考英语试题
2019-2020年高二上学期10月月考英语试题第一部分：听力理解（共两节，20分）第一节（共5小题每小题1分，共5分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话你将听一遍。
1．Where does the conversition probably take place?A. In a bank.B. In a shop.C. In a hotel.2. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Read in the bathroom.B. Take a shower in the bathroom.C. Look for his glasses in the bathroom.3. Why does the woman want to go shopping?A. She likes shopping.B. She doesn’t like to stay at school.C. She wants to buy gifts for Tony.4. Who has got the best grades?A. John.B. George.C. Shelly.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Suits.B. Shirts.C. shoes.第二节（共10小题每小题1.5分，共15分）听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，听完每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题，听完后每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两道小题。
6. How did the woman arrive here this morning?A. By train.B. By car.C. By air.7. How long did the woman work in the Disney Company?A. For two years.B. For one year.C. For six months.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
辽宁省盘锦市盘锦第二高级中学2019-2020学年高二下学期第一阶段考试英语试卷 Word版含答案
姓名，年级：时间：英语试卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分)第一节（共10小题；每小题2。
5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
ASydney’s Royal Gardens are to start a war on gray—headed flying foxes. These super bats（蝙蝠）have invaded one of Australia’s most famous public spaces。
Officials have said the animals are destroying trees and have to be got rid of。
These unwanted guests at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens look like tiny foxes with wings. Officials have estimated there are about 11，000 of them living in the harbor—side park。
After inspecting damage to dozens of trees, they now believe there are twice as many as previously thought。
Branches have been breaking under the weight of these furry invaders and their droppings have been poisoning plants。
Help may well be at hand, however， in the shape of the ordinary garbage bin。
T he gardens’ director Dr. Tim Entwistle hopes the unpleasant loud noise of crashing bin lids will agitate the flying foxes and force them to move on。
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教育资料2018-2019上学期高二月考英语试题第一部分听力（略）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）读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个项中，选出最佳选项。
21. What you have just read is a ________.A. noteB. reportC. scheduleD. poster22. What is going to take place on 2 February 2018?A. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year.B. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.C. A party for close friends to meet and have fun.D. A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.23. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?A. $20.B. $40.C. $60.D. $80.24. Which of the following statements is true?A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.B. It’s unnecessary to take soft drinks with you.C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.D. Festival food will be served without extra charge.BI left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.It takes confidence to make a new start —there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other.You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal - that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck -of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own n ameon a contract（合同）of the publisher -to be a published writer - is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.25. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?A. I was waiting for good fortune.B. I was trying to find an admirable job.C. I was being aimless about a suitable job.D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.26. The author decided to write a novel ______ .A. to finish the writing courseB. to realize her own dreamC. to satisfy readers’ wishD. to earn more money27. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?A. Disturbed.B. Ashamed.C. Confident.D. Uncertain.28. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?A. It pays to stick to one’s goal.B. Hard work can lead to success.C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.CLife in the ClearTransparent animals let light pass through their bodies the same way light passes through a window. These animals typically live between the surface of the ocean and a depth of about 3,300 feet---as far as most light can reach. Most of them are extremely delicate and can be damaged by a simple touch. Sonke Johnsen, a scientist in biology, says, “These animals live through their life alone. They never tou ch anything unless they’re eating it, or unless something is eating them.”And they are as clear as glass. How does an animal become see-through? It s trickier than you might think.The objects around you are visible because they interact with light. Light typically travels in a straight line. But some materials slow and scatter (散射) light, bouncing it away from its original path. Others absorb light, stopping it dead in its tracks. Both scattering and absorption make an object look different from other objects around it, so you can see it easily.But a transparent object doesn’t a bsorb or scatter light, at least not very much. Light can pass through it without bending or stopping. That means a transparent object doesn’t look very different from the surrounding air or water. You don’t see it you see the things behind it.To become transparent, an animal needs to keep its body from absorbing or scattering light. Living materials can stop light because they contain pigments (色素) that absorb specific colors of light. But a transparent animal doesn’t have pigments, so its tissues won’t absorb light. According to Johnsen, avoiding absorption is actually easy. The real challenge is preventing light from scattering.Animals are built of many different materials---skin, fat, and more---and light moves through each at a different speed. Every time light moves into a material with a new speed, it bends and scatters. Transparent animals use different tricks to fight scattering. Some animals are simply very small or extremely flat. Without much tissue to scatter light, it is easier to be see-through. Others build a large, clear mass of non-living jelly-like (果冻状的) material and spread themselves over it.Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge, because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does. They need to look uniform. But how they’re doing it is still unknown. One thing is clear: for these larger animals, staying transparent is an active process. When they die, they turn a non-transparent milky white.29. According to Paragraph 1,transparent animals .A. stay in groupsB. can be easily damagedC. appear only in deep oceanD. are beautiful creatures30. The underlined word “dead” in Paragraph 3 means .A. silentlyB. graduallyC. regularlyD. completely31. One way for an animal to become transparent is to .A. change the direction of light travelB. gather materials to scatter lightC. avoid the absorption of lightD. grow bigger to stop light32. The last paragraph tells us that larger transparent animals .A. move more slowly in deep waterB. stay see-through even after deathC. produce more tissues for their survivalD. take effective action to reduce light spreadingDHaving a learning disability doesn’t mean you can’t learn, but you’ll need some help and needto work extra hard. If you have a learning disability such as dyslexia or dyscalculia, remember that you are not slow or stupid.Learning disabilities can be genetic. That means they can be passed down in families through the genes, But kids today have an advantage over their parents. Learning experts now know a lot more about the brain and how learning works, and it’s easier for kids to get the help they need.Dyslexia is a learning disability that means a kid has a lot of trouble reading and writing. Kids who have trouble with math may have dyscalculia. Other kids may have language disorders, meaning they have trouble understanding language and understanding what they read.It can be confusing, though. What qualifies as “trouble" enough to be diagnosed as a learning disability? Reading, doing math, and writing letters may be tough for lots of kids at first. But when those troubles don’t fade away and it’s really difficult to make any progress, it’s possible that the kid has a learning disability.Finding out you have a learning disability can be upsetting. You might feel different from everyone else. But the truth is that learning disabilities are pretty common. And if your learning specialist or psychologist has figured out which one you’re facing, you’re on the right track. N ow, you can start getting the help you need to do better in school.But for this special help to really work, you’ll need to practice the new skills you’re learning. It may take a lot of efforts every day. That can be a challenge, but you can do it soon, y ou’ll enjoy the results of all your hard work: more fun and success at school.33. Children are likely to have a learning disability .A. if their parents have the same problemB. if they are not interested in a subjectC. if they don’t get hel p in timeD. if they don’t work hard34. How can you know if you have a learning disability?A. Your teacher says you are a slow student.B. You can’t make progress after hard work.C. You have trouble with some lessons at first.D. Your learning style is different from others.35. What’s the main purpose of the text?A. To find out the reasons for the learning disability.B. To get parents to know more about their children.C. To help people know and handle learning disability.D. To ask teachers to help students with learning disability.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。
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盘锦市第二高级中学2019-2020学年度第一学期第一阶段高二考试英语试卷出题人：高二英语组校对人：高二英语组考试时间：100分钟满分：150分第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
AWhile the word “island” will have you think of beaches, the sun and sand, there are some islands where you’ll find that the perfect sunshine is covered by clouds of mystery.Easter IslandEaster Island is located midway between Chile and Tahiti. Land on it and you’ll instantly be attracted by the sight of big sculptures（雕塑）, 14 feet tall, and weighing 14 tons each. Known as the moai, these ancient sculptures have been made out of volcanic rock（火山岩）. For years, people have have no idea why the ancient locals decided to build them.SeychellesThe Seychelles is a group of 115 islands located in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa. At least half of these islands are preserved as national parks. They are home to the coco-de-mer, a big plant which produces the world’s largest seed and leaf, and are also home to many rare animal species.Surtsey IslandThe Surtsey Island is at the southernmost point of Iceland. It didn’t exist before 1963. Then an undersea volcano erupted（爆发）, which reached the surface and began forming this island. The volcanic activity continued till 1967, at which point a 2.7 sq km piece of land was formed. Since then, wave has continually affected the island, reducing its size, which as of 2002 was only 1.4 sq km.Isola La GaiolaOff the coast of Naples, Italy, you’ll find the Isola La Gaiola, which actually consists of two small islands linked together by a bridge. This island is beautiful. Yet, if you were to call out “hello” here, you would hardly get an answer, as it is completely abandoned now with only some swimmers or adventurers who occasionally set foot on it.( )21.People still don’t know _______ about the Easter Island.A. how it came into being.B. why its sculptures were built.C. how ancient people lived there.D. why it was rich in volcanic rock.( )22.Where should a visitor interested in animals go?A. To the Easter Island.B. To the Seychelles.C. To the Surtsey Island.D. To the Isola La Gaiola.( )23.What do we know about the Surtsey Island?A. It has a short history.B. It usually has a lot of visitors.C. It will disappear in no time.D. It often experiences natural disasters.BChinese cartoon hit "Ne Zha," in cinemas for more than 80 days, has maintained strong performance on the mainland box office lists, according to the China Movie Data Information Network.Hitting the big screens on July 26, the film has carried its momentum throughout the month long summer vacation into the first week of October by securing a steady fifth place on the box office rankings in the first five days of the week long National Day holiday, according to the network.It remained in the fifth spot as of 2 pm Sunday, entrenching its position in the face of three competitive new domestic films paying tribute to the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.The cartoon feature has garnered close to 5.06 billion yuan (about 710 million US dollars) as new date, making it the second-highest-grossing film in the history of Chinese cinema behind the 2017 action film "Wolf Warrior 2."Based on the story of Nezha, a mythological figure from Chinese legends, the film depicts the protagonist as a mischievous boy with cute and ugly features instead of the attractive young figure that appeared in previous remakes.After two extensions, the film will remain in cinemas until Oct 26.24. The year 2019 is the ______ founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.A. 26B. 80C. 710D. 7025. What can we know from the last paragraph?A. The film"Ne Zha" is based on the story of Ne Zha.B. Ne Zha is a foreign legends.C. It is a story about a beautiful girl.D. The film will remain in cinemas until Dec 26.26. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Wolf Warrior 2.B.National Day holiday.C.Chinese cartoon "Ne Zha".D.D. People's Republic of China.CMy family and I visit our relatives in India every summer and whenever we travel, my parents always remind me to drink only bottled or boiled water. On one of my trips to India, I saw children drinking water from the roadside. I was troubled to learn that millions of people, most of them children in developing countries, die each year because of water related diseases.Living in the US, I am lucky to be able to turn on the tap and get potable water(饮用水), while one sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water This year, I entered the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. In late June, I learned that I was selected as one of the top 10 national finalists of this famous middle school science competition. Over the summer, I worked with Dr. Jim Jonza, my Scientist mentor( 导师)from 3M, and developed a system that uses solar energy to purify water. My invention is green and cost effective, and I am looking forward to implementing this in places that are affected(影响)by harmful water pollution.In October, my family and I flew to 3M Headquarters in St Paul, Minnesota, where the final event was to be held. For the last challenge, each of us had to present the invention we had been working on over the summer. The first place winner would win $25,000, a trip to Costa Rica, and the title of America’ s Top Young Scientist. At the awards ceremony, all of us waited anxiously until one of the judges, Danny Forester opened the paper and started announcing "The winner of the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is.... “ You could hear a pin(大头针) drop as he opened the paper with the winner’ s name, “Deepika Kurup!”As America’s Top Young Scientist, I was given an opportunity to show my invention on national television and deliver several presentations. One of the most important things I have learned is that communication and teamwork are key to success.27. Why does the author mention her visits to India?A. To express her great love for IndiaB. To compare eastern and western culturesC. To explain the importance of relativesD. To show the problem of unclean water.28. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "implementing" in Paragraph 2 ?A. ResearchingB. UsingC. FinishingD. Changing29. How did the audience react as Forester opened the paper with the winner’s name?A. They appeared calm.B. They let out shouts of joy.C. They sat quiet.D. They dropped pins to the author.30. How is the text mainly organized?A. In order of timeB. In order of complexity(复杂性)C. In order of placeD. In order of importance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，并将其答案标号涂在答题卡上对应题目的选项处。