2020学年高二英语10月月考试题(无答案)

2019学年高二英语10月月考试题（无答案）

第一部分：阅读理解（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（ABCD）中，选出最佳选项。

A.

“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why can’t there be 25 hours in a day?” complained Liu Ran in Hong Kong as mid-term exams were going on.

The 18-year-old Liu Ran was Shandong Province’s top scorer in this year’s college entrance examination. After graduating from Tai’an No.1 High School, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学), although both Peking University and Tsinghua University promised her a place.

“I want to experience a more international school and social life in Hong Kong. I’m majoring in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons,” Liu said.

It is two months since Liu first set foot on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and language problems.

“The canteen offers mostly Western or Guangdong food, but it’s convenient to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and almost all classes are in English,” Liu explained.

Her English and Cantonese are now both improving, but she still needs more time to adapt to the new environment.

“I’m happy that I made the right decision to study here. With a mix of the Eastern and Western cultures, there is so much to discover and lea rn,” she said.

Liu has 18 credit hours(学分) of classes every week and 23 non-credit hours every other week. She has signed up for four associations including the Chinese Language Debating Team and the drama club. Essays, book reports and presentations also take plenty of time to prepare. And , of course, there are various parties to attend. “I wasn’t a party animal before, but that may be interesting part of college. I sense myself changing,” Liu said.

1. Liu Ran chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, because___________.

A. she couldn’t be admitted to Peking University

B. Hong Kong is a good place

C. she wants to be far from her homeland

D. the Chinese University of Hong Kong can widen her horizons

2. According to the last paragraph, we can infer__________.

A. the busy and full life makes Liu Ran feel good

B. Liu Ran hates the busy life in the Chinese University of Hong Kong

C. Liu Ran likes the food there

D. now Liu Ran dislikes attending parties

3. Liu Ran had to overcome the difficulties in many aspects EXCEPT_______________.

A. food

B. language

C. missing home

D. no friends

B

Born in 1965, Shania Twain was the second of five children in her family. At the age of two, she moved with her mother and two sisters to Timmins, a town north of Toronto. When Shania was eight years old, her mother took her to many different bars, clubs and concerts to perform. In high school, Shania joined a local band, with which she often performed. After that, Shania moved to Toronto, where she continued singing.

When Shania was 21 years old, her parents were killed in a car accident. She had to take over the role of parent to her younger siblings(兄弟姐妹). Taking care of two teenage brothers and a sister was a Gordian knot. Suddenly, she had to pay the bills, keep food on the table, and make a living. Anyway, Shania managed to pay the bills by singing here and there.

In 1991, Shania went to Nashville, the home of the country music industry. In 1993, she recorded Shania Twain, her first CD. In 1995, her next CD, The Woman in Me, which had eight hit songs, sold more than ten million copies. Her third CD, Come on Over, was also popular and she had another hit song.

Shania and Robert Lange, a famous producer, got married in 1993. After finishing her 2000 world tour, she decided to take a break from performing. In August 2001, they had a lovely son, whom they named Eja. After September 11th, Shania decided to spend more time on her family and stayed at home until the fall of 2002. Her

reappearance in the music world put her face on magazine covers and country music publications. She also began to promote(宣传) her new CD, Up, on TV shows.

4. According to the text, Shania ___________.

A. went to Timmins in 1965

B. was born into a musical family

C. recorded her first CD in high school

D. began singing in public at an early age

5. The underlined part “a Gordian knot” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A. a big business

B. a difficult task

C. a social activity

D. a simple problem

6. What’s the right order of the events in Shania Twain’s life?

a. She moved to Nashville.

b. She married Robert Lange.

c. She lost her parents forever.

d. She promoted Up on TV shows.

e. She recorded The Woman in Me.

A. c,a,b,e,d

B. a,c,e,b,d

C. c,b,a,d,e

D. a,b,e,d,c

7. What does the author mainly talk about in the text?

A. Why Shania Twain chose to be a singer.

B. How difficult it is to become a singer.

C. A girl’s road to success as a singer.

D. Shania Twain’s opinion on music.

C

When temperatures are high, walking on hot roadways, parking lots, and other paved surfaces can really burn your feet. All of that heat comes from the energy of the sun reacting with the pavement. But what if we could turn that energy into electricity? It may sound like a crazy science dream, but an electrical engineer and his wife may have found a way to do just that.

Scott Brusaw has developed a six-sided glass panel (面板) that contains solar cells, which can change sunlight into electricity. The panels fit together and can

form a flat surface on the ground. Brusaw and his wife, Julie, founded a company called Solar Roadways to further develop the idea and produce these new solar panels. They plan to use their invention to replace the pavement on U.S. roads.

According t o the Brusaws, if we replaced all of the nation’s asphalt (沥青) with these solar panels, the network would produce more than three times the amount of electricity currently used by the United States in a year. In return, electricity from solar panels doesn’t produce harmful pollution, so the panels could be a smart choice for the environment.

The U.S. government sees some promise in the Solar Roadways project. A number of laboratories around the country have tested the panels to see if they can withstand (经受) the heavy traffic and rough weather that asphalt pavement suffers from year to year. The lab results show that not only do the panels meet the requirements, but they can actually handle more weight than they need to.

Now, money must be raised to start building the panel pavement system. The Brusaws have raised more than $1 million from ordinary people who learned about their project. However, some experts predict the Brusaws’ plan could finally cost more than $1 trillion.

Could Solar Roadways be the answ er to the world’s ever-growing need for electricity? A lot of obstacles (阻碍) stand in the way of re-creating the highway system out of solar panels. But the Brusaws may just be paving a road to the future.

8. The glass panel the Brusaws have developed _____.

A. is too heavy to carry

B. has a high temperature

C. is powered by an engine

D. is environmentally-friendly

9. What’s the U.S. government’s attitude towards the Brusaws’ plan now?

A. Worried.

B. Doubtful.

C. Interested.

D. Supportive.

10. What does the underlined part “their project” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. Replacing asphalt roads with solar panels.

B. Designing more money-saving solar panels.

C. Testing the solar panels the Brusaws invented.

D. Reducing the ever-growing need for electricity.

11. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Advantages of sunlight

B. Better choice for your feet

C. Power from the streets

D. Finding more future energy

D

Most people will recognize Bill Clinton, ex-president of the United States. Bill Clinton is a very popular speech giver and regularly gives talks all over the world, to many different audiences. He is so effective at giving talks because he has a special quality which we call “charisma (魅力)”.

Nowadays, psychologists (心理学家) are becoming very interested in charisma and want to describe its meaning in a better way. People often misunderstand what charisma is and think of it as a kind of fame, but it is not the same as fame. Charisma is a kind of magic and is relatively rare. A well-known American psychologist thinks that charismatic people are basically excellent communicators. However, they have other qualities such as self-confidence, eloquence (口才) and vision.

Charismatic personalities are able to draw people to them, and people feel happy in their company. There is a sense of “togetherness” when a charismatic person is with other people. A good example of this ability, some say, is the famous American, Oprah Winfrey. She is a highly-successful businesswoman and is probably best known as the presenter of a very popular talk show. Oprah is able to relate to audiences at her shows and they respond well to her. Her charismatic personality has made her one of the richest women in the world. She owns several houses and publishes her own magazines. Presently, she is presenting a new series of the Oprah Winfrey Show. She also runs a book club, which influences the nation’s reading habits and may be one of the reasons why people are reading more these days in the USA.

A woman who had extraordinary charisma was the film star, Marilyn Monroe. A beautiful woman and a talented (有天赋的) actress, she was always the centre of attention wherever she went.

Unlike fame, charisma doesn’t disappear over time. Even now, more than fifty years after her death, when young people see Monroe in her films, her charisma seems as fresh and powerful as ever.

12. Bill Clinton is good at giving talks because _____.

A. he has a quality called charisma

B. he was once president of the USA

C. he has many fans that support him

D. he is well-known all over the world

13. According to the text, charismatic people _____.

A. are all effective speech makers

B. are all confident and successful

C. can easily attract and interest people

D. often try to create a calm atmosphere

14. What do we know about Oprah Winfrey?

A. She is most famous as a magazine publisher.

B. She has a happy relationship with her audiences.

C. She often gives talks to American young people.

D. She writes books to influence Americans’ reading habits.

15. The author mentions the popularity of Marilyn Monroe to show that _____.

A. fame is as important as charisma

B. famous people always have charisma

C. charisma doesn’t become weaker over time

D. Monroe is an extraordinarily talented actress

第二部分七选五（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。

In the early 1900s the dancer Isadora Duncan created a new form of dance. Duncan refused to accept the strict rules of ballet (芭蕾舞), which was the main form of dance at the time. 1

Duncan was born in San Francisco, California on either May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878. She was one of four children raised by their mother, a poor music teacher. At first her name was Angela Duncan. 2

Duncan learned ballet as a child. However, ballet’s movements did not pl ease her. 3 Duncan performed in New York City and Chicago, Illinois, but she did not have

much success. At age 21 she left for Europe.

Duncan’s dancing interested European audiences. She danced to classical music, just as ballet dancers did. 4 She was the first Western dancer to perform without shoes on her feet and without tights (紧身衣). She wore a loose dress based on ancient Greek clothes.

Duncan finally opened dance schools in France, Germany, the United States, and the Soviet Union. She taught her students how to follow the natural movements and rhythms of their bodies. 5

In 1922 Duncan married a poet from the Soviet Union. Many people in the United States feared the Soviets. Some said Duncan was not faithful to the United States. She then left her home country for good. Duncan died in Nice, France, on September 14, 1927.

A. Duncan’s ideas also influenced many modern dancers.

B. While in her teens she changed her first name to Isadora.

C. Duncan began her dancing career by teaching lessons in her home.

D. But Duncan made up many of her moves during each performance.

E. She spent most of the rest of her life in this manner, touring in Europe.

F. Instead, she created a free style of dancing, which is known as modern dance.

G. She soon began to invent a more natural way to express herself through dance.

第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Though one can change his or her physical appearance with the help of cosmetics (化妆品), honesty is a quality that is not as easily obtained (获得). 1 , when choosing my friends, I look for people who 2 honesty as much as I do.

Honesty is much more 3 than physical appearance, because, for me, a friend’s primary function is to be my secret keeper and problem 4 . When I have a problem, I like to ask for 5 from my friends. However, I want to be sure that I can discuss private things with my friends and that they won’t 6 anyone else.

Also, I want my friends to give me their 7 opinions. I don’t want them to lie to me or try to 8 the truth. That would only 9 me and make me upset.

In addition, I like being an honest person that people can 10 . I believe friends should have a(n) 11 influence on you and help you to better yourself. If I am around someone who repeatedly lies, I might pick up his or her bad 12 . Then, I would become someone that others cannot trust.

Another 13 is that physical appearance is not always a good reflection (反映) of how someone is on the inside. Your friend’s14 cannot help you to solve a problem or make you feel 15 when you’re feeling bad. However, an honest person with a good personality will 16 your feelings enough to tell you the truth, even when telling the truth may be difficult. 17 a good personality, good looks do not last.

Overall, I believe one’s social life will always be much more18 if one has an honest friend rather than a physically 19 one. The phrase “Honesty is the best policy” is especially20 when it comes to keeping lasting friendships.

1. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Anyhow

2. A. doubt B. value C. show D. fear

3. A. common B. obvious C. mysterious D. important

4. A. maker B. lover C. solver D. finder

5. A. money B. trouble C. advice D. permission

6. A. tell B. see C. answer D. invite

7. A. contrary B. honest C. various D. mistaken

8. A. face B. admit C. hide D. discover

9. A. treat B. forget C. hurt D. refuse

10. A. miss B. trust C. learn D. meet

11.A.immediate B. positive C. slight D. dangerous

12. A. tip B. secret C. habit D. skill

13. A. result B. goal C. function D. reason

14. A. mind B. feelings C. behavior D. looks

15. A. safer B. better C. stronger D. sadder

16. A. describe B. respect C. waken D. discuss

17. A. With B. Except C. Unlike D. Over

18. A. normal B. pleasant C. modern D. peaceful

19. A. active B. sick C. possible D. attractive

B. simple

C. rude

D. polite

20. A.

true

第四部分短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Jane: Hi, Jack. What are you doing there?

Jack: I'm reading a book about the American scientist, George Washington Carver, who made great 1. ________ (contribute) to American farming.

Jane: I have read an article about him too. He was born into a state of slavery. Jack: Exactly right. But he became 2. ________ (know) for the development of new crops for southern farmers 3. ________ main cash crop (经济作物) was cotton.

Jane: And I remember that he carried out many 4. ________ (science) researches on the planting of crops, 5. ________ (aim) to improve the farmers' quality of life.

Jack: You are right. However, he had an unfortunate family. His parents had eleven children but all of his ten brothers and sisters died young. 6. ________ addition, Carver and his mother was kidnapped (绑架) and sold to Kentucky when he was just one week old. Though he 7. ________ (find) by his master later, he never saw his mother again.

Jane: I can see 8. ________ he had a really hard childhood.

Jack: Yes. But his life changed after slavery was abolished (废除). He was able to attend a school 9. ________ (build) for blacks. Then he managed to get into the Tuskegee Institute, and began his crop research 10. ________ (short) after graduation.

第五部分：课文填空(每空1分，满分10分)

1.He got annoyed ,saying it was not his fault if he could not play as well as me ,and

that I should not talk to him in this __________(方式，方法).

2.I feel guilty because I made some ________ _________(残酷无情的话) too .

3.He _______ me _____（指责） some really bad things just to hurt me.

4.First I am talking to you today about the way vast areas of the world are damaged

by ________ _________(化学废物)

5.China has _______ many _______ _____ (采取措施)stop the process of

desertification.

第六部分：书面表达（满分20分）

假设你是李华，昨天下午参加了才艺大赛（Talent Show），并获得一等奖。你的外教Mike曾给与你不少建议和帮助。现在请你向正在美国度假的Mike写一封感谢信，

内容包括：

1. 告知获奖；

2. 介绍参赛情况；

3. 表达获奖感受。

注意：1. 词数120左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。