1、 2020 级高二上期十月月考英语试题考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷注意事项：1答第卷时，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。不能答在试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分 30 分）第 1 节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 1
2、0 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Customer and shop assistant.2. How much does the woman have to pay for the pen?A. 78.4 yuan B. 88.2 yuan. C. 98 yuan.3. What are the two speakers doing?A. Swim
3、ming in the sea. B. Taking a sunbath. C. Enjoying a walk4. Where does the conversation take place?A. At home. B. At school. C. Over the phone.5. What did the man visit today?A. The Lama Temple.B. The Summer Place. C. The Confucius Temple.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中
4、所给的A、B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6. What is the man doing?A. Doing a survey about a service. B. Trying to recommend a product. C. Showing how to operate a robot.7. How does the woman react in the end?A. She says sh
5、es busy.B. She is very curious. C. She shows no interest.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。8. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Buy her an iPad4. B. Give her some money. C. Give his iPad4 to her.9. How does the man react to the womans request?A. He is happy about it. B. He is interested in it. C. He r
6、efuses her request.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。10. How did the woman find her airplane ride?A. Terrible. B. Relaxing. C. Exciting.11. Why didnt the woman listen to music?A. Because she didnt like music. B. Because she wanted to chat with the couple. C. Because her ears ached when she did that. 12. Wha
7、t did the woman do this morning?A. She watched a movie. B. She went to see a doctor. C. She bought a pair of earphones.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。13. Why didnt the woman go to the mans party?A. Because she took her grandmother to hospital.B. Because she hadnt received the mans invitation. C. Because
8、she went to see her grandmother at the hospital.14. What do we know about the womans grandmother?A. She doesnt know about traffic rules.B. She got hurt when she was driving.C. Shell stay in hospital for just a few days.15. Who mostly went to the mans party?A. His friends. B. His classmates. C. His r
9、elatives.16. Where will the speakers most probably go next?A. A Chinese restaurant. B. An Italian restaurant. C. A French restaurant. 听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17. What can we know about family farming?A. It is a big failure at all. B. It is a new kind of farming. C. It is common around the world.18
10、. Whats the purpose of making 2014 the “International Year of Family Farming”?A. To increase public understanding of family farming. B. To attract more people to work on agriculture. C. To create a festival for family farmers.19. What is a problem family farms face?A. Family farmers retire too young
11、.B. Its hard for family farms to find workers.C. Family farms dont provide good worker benefits.20. How many goals of the FAO are mentioned in the text?A. 4. B.5. C. 6.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYou probably know who Marie Cu
12、rie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams(1860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for p
13、eace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区 )by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(1907-1964)If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist
14、today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the worlds lakes and oceans.Sandra Day OConnor(1930-present)When Sandra Day OConnor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not
15、 find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员 ) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. OConnor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(1913-2005)On December 1,1955, in Montgomery
16、, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.21. Wh
17、o made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?A. Jane Addams. B. Rosa Parks. C. Sandra Day OConnor. D. Rachel Carson.22. What is Jane Addams famous for in history? A. Her efforts to win a prize.B. Her lack of proper training in law.C. Her social work.D. Her community background.
18、23. What is the reason for OConnors being rejected by the law firm?A. Her lack of proper training in law.B. The discrimination against women.C. Her little work experience in court.D. The poor financial conditions.24. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A. They are highly educated
19、. B. They are truly creative.C. They are peace-lovers. D. They are pioneers.BI cant remember the first time one of my children told me, “I hate you.” I can, however, tell you that it still happens occasionally, but it doesnt bother me. As their father, I often say things that are unpopular. If they
20、hate me once in a while, I know Im doing a good job.There are three other words that I wont allow in my house, however. Last week, I was watching my older son play with a paper airplane. After he accidentally threw it into a wall and it came apart, his eyes were filled with tears.“I hate myself,” he
21、 said. It wasnt the first time hed said it, and I was concerned that hed started to actually believe it. I knelt down next to him and made him look into my eyes. I told him that I never wanted to hear those words again, and that he needed to respect himself.The difference between your kid telling yo
22、u they hate you and they saying they hate themselves is that, five minutes later, theyve already forgotten they “hate you”. Self-hate is much more potentially poisonous and for young people, it can linger into the rest of their life.Kids who start to believe they hate themselves sometimes struggle t
23、o form new friendships. As teenagers, they avoid the chance to connect with a potential love interest, because they assume theyll be rejected. And as adults, they might choose not to apply for the dream job because they assume it wont work out.I know this is true, because I didnt have a high opinion
24、 of myself as a child. I found myself struggling in many areas, and Id hate to see my children suffer the same fate.Sometimes, words are just words. But some words can make the kind of impact Id very much like to avoid for my children. I dont fear strong language; I fear language that makes us weak.
25、25. How did the author feel on hearing his kids saying “I hate you”?A. Depressed. B. Annoyed. C. Unconcerned. D. Excited.26. Why wont the author allow the three words “I hate myself”?A. Because the influence of thinking in this way is negative.B. Because it hurts parents to hear their kids saying so
26、.C. Because it doesnt make any sense to blame oneself.D. Because the impoliteness of saying so is unbearable.27. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “linger” in paragraph 5?A. come to an end B. continue to existC. begin to change D. become out of dateC On March 17, people around t
27、he world celebrate the Irish holiday of Saint Patricks Day. It is a major holiday in Ireland, but the rest of the world has influenced its celebration as much as the Irish themselves.Most Americans think of Saint Patricks Day as a big party centered around drinking alcohol. But its beginnings in Ire
28、land were religious, says Mike Cronin, a professor of Irish history with Boston College of Massachusetts.Ireland is a mostly Roman Catholic country. Saint Patrick lived in Ireland more than 2,000 years ago. He is widely considered to have established Christianity in the country. The Church honored h
29、im with a holy day in the 17th century. March 17 marks the date of his death. The average Irish person honored March 17 quietly. Attending church services was the main activity. In fact, most businesses that served alcohol would close in honor of the day.In the early 1900s, Irelands government made
30、St. Patricks Day an official holiday. By the 1960s, towns across Ireland started celebrating the holiday with parades and music. In Ireland today, St. Patricks Day is a four-day public celebration that includes parades, music, food, and games.For Irish people living outside Ireland, Saint Patricks D
31、ay became a chance to celebrate their Irish identity and culture. Now, countries and cities around the world celebrate March 17 in creative ways. Many countries hold Saint Patricks Day parades. Famous monuments, including the Great Wall of China, the Niagara Falls, and the Gateway of India in Mumbai
32、 will all be colored by green light for the day. Cronin says that the worldwide popularity of Saint Patricks Day has helped the Irish government, which uses the holiday as a form of diplomacy. And for a small island of 4.5 to 5 million people its quite remarkable that they have that kind of soft pow
33、er.28. How did average Irish people celebrate Saint Patricks Day in the 17th century?A. Drinking alcohol. B. Parading in the streets.C. Attending church services peacefully. D. Coloring well-known monuments green.29. What can we learn from the passage?A. Saint Patricks Day is the most significant da
34、y in the US.B. Saint Patricks Day plays a role in foreign affairs in Ireland today.C. Saint Patricks Day is celebrated worldwide today as in the 17th century.D. On Saint Patricks Day, parades and parties are held throughout America.30. What is the passage mainly about?A. The origin of Saint Patricks
35、 Day.B. The celebration of Saint Patricks Day.C. The influence of Saint Patricks Day on the world.D. The role of Saint Patricks Day in Irish diplomacy.31. What is Cronins attitude towards the popularity of Saint Patricks Day?A. Unclear. B. Neutral. C. Negative. D. Positive.DAs a child, visiting the
36、zoo was more a punishment than a treat. I didnt find the chimps tea parties funny, nor the bird shows entertaining. Feeding time for seals was less painful, but their performances still seemed like they belonged more in a circus（马戏团）. And I hated circuses, especially the animal acts men teasing lion
37、s, girls balancing on elephants and monkeys playing football. I knew that every trick a circus animal did was unnatural, achieved through strict training and quite possibly cruelty.Happily, during my lifetime public attitudes and the law have changed. Circuses using wild animals are now almost extin
38、ct, and zoos have definitely evolved. When my children were young, I occasionally took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in tiny cages and the gorillas looked bored as they sat peeling bananas and staring at teasing visitors. Each cage had a sign which listed the animals name and where it ca
39、me from. But, back then, there was little information included about the environmental challenges they faced. As a result, environmentalists and animal lovers often oppose zoos. “Animals belong in the wild,” is a common and understandable complaint. But what do the animals themselves prefer? General
40、ly speaking, zoo animals have a longer life. But you may protest they are not free. What? Free to be hunted and killed, free to die of hunger or thirst? Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isnt so bad.Not that such conditions are acceptable in modern zoos, due to the work of BIAZA, the British an
41、d Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. These days every zoo requires BIAZAs approval to operate, and the association sets the standards, observes conditions in zoos and develops animal-research programmes, both in the UK and abroad. BIAZA also organizes the animal exchanges between zoos all over
42、 the world. Consequently, today, most zoo animals are born and raised in zoos, live in large, comfortable enclosures and are cared for by well-trained, knowledgeable and caring zoo employees. Of course its no substitute for living in the wild but unfortunately this isnt always possible. Meanwhile, w
43、hy not visit your local zoo and decide for yourself?32. The passage is mainly about _.A. how zoos have improvedB. whether a zoo should be closed downC. a new environmental organizationD. the difference between zoos and circuses33. From Paragraph 2, we can guess that the writer believes circus animal
44、s _.A. had much shorter lives than those in the wildB. were not treated well by their trainersC. should have been placed in zoos D. were not as intelligent as those in zoos34. Which of the following roles are performed by BIAZA?A. Organizing animal study projects and training zoo workers.B. Checking
45、 zoo conditions and arranging animal exchanges.C. Designing zoos and approving zoo operations.D. Caring for ill animals and setting zoo standards.35. Which of the following statements about zoos would the writer agree with?A. Zoo animals should be freed into the wild.B. Zoos are more popular now tha
46、n in the past. C. Zoo animals are more restricted than in the past.D. Zoos now provide caring living conditions for animals.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Everyone has feelings of anxiety, nervousness and stress from time to time. Here are 5 ways to
47、help us manage them:1. Become a relaxation expert. 36 But calming down in front of the TV or computer isnt true relaxation. Depending on what youre watching or doing, it could even make you more nervous. The same is true for alcohol, drugs or tobacco. They may seem to relieve anxiety or stress, but
48、its a false state of relaxation thats only temporary. What the body really needs is a relaxation techniquelike deep breathing, tai chi or yogathat has a physical effect on the mind.2. Get enough sleep, food, and exercise. Want your mind and body to feel peaceful and strong enough to handle lifes ups
49、 and downs. 37 Eat well: Choose fruit, vegetables, low-fat proteins and whole grains for long-term energy. And exercise to send oxygen to every cell in the body so your brain and body can operate at their best. 3. Connect with others. 38 If you feel worried or nervous about something, talking about it with someone who listens and cares can help you feel more
