1、12020 届高二下上学期第一次月考英语试卷第一部分 听力部分（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Change his topic. B. Finish his topic. C. Learn more about the topic.2. Where
2、does the conversation probably take place?A. In a cinema. B. In a shop. C. In a college.3. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.4. Where does the man work?A. In a shoe store. B. In a factory. C. In a film company.5. Why is
3、the man disappointed?A. The concert has been cancelled. B. The concert was disappointing.C. It is raining heavily. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题。从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 68 题。6. When
4、does the conversation probably take place?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.7. What is Ann doing?2A. Planting a tree. B. Playing with her cat. C. Looking for her father.8. How many people are there in the womans family?A. Five. B. Four. C. Three.听第 7 段材料，回答第 911 题。9. When doe
5、s the conversation take place?A. On Saturday. B. On Sunday. C. On Friday.10. Where will the man meet the girl? A. At the girls house. B. At the gate of the zoo. C. At the gate of the school.11. Why will the man pick up the girl?A. She is too young. B. She is new to the city. C. She lives near his ho
6、me.听第 8 段材料，回答第 1214 题。12. What is the man going to do with his friends?A. Prepare for a test the next day. B. Hold a big birthday party for Sara.C. Have dinner and see a movie.13. Whats the matter with the woman?A. She doesnt feel well. B. She is very ill. C. She doesnt sleep well.14. When will the
7、 movie start?A. At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:30.听第 9 段材料，回答第 1517 题。15. What are they talking about?A. The womans new furniture. B. The womans new office.C. The womans new job.16. Which magazine does the woman have on her desk?A. New York Times. B. New Times. C. Times.17. What does the woman offer t
8、o do? 3A. Give the man a magazine. B. Lend the man her computer.C. Make the man a cup of coffee.听第 10 段材料，回答第 1820 题。18. How old was Mr Green?A. 28. B. 48. C. 82.19. How did the robber flee?A. By car. B. By bike. C. By taxi.20. How did the police recognize the robber?A. By the picture drawn by Mr Gr
9、een. B. By the clothes he was wearing.C. By his voice.第二部分 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）APollution-sensitive DressDont be caught outside unaware of pollution levels in the air. The pollution-sensitive EPA Dress by Stephanie Sandstrom notices pollution in the air accordingl
10、y. This dresswhich is actually quite prettylooks like you pull it from the bottom of the dirty laundry pile when the air is dirty. It might protect your health by advising you to stay indoors for the day, but it wont do you any favor if youre meeting with clients.Eco-friendly UmbrellaTraditional umb
11、rellas come with a fixed surface. Although it is changeable, you cannot replace it easily. This eco-friendly design is more flexible. It is actually only an umbrella skeleton(骨架) without any surface, which can be folded, so you can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want t
12、o serve as the protecting surface.Eco-friendly Moss (苔藓) CarpetIt is said that walking on fresh grass increases your blood circulation. The Moss Carpet, created by Nguyen La Chanh, looks at getting the grass to your 4feet. The mat includes ball moss, island moss and forest moss. The humidity (湿度) of
13、 the bathroom ensures that it grows well. And thats why you need to place it there and not anywhere else.21. Why is EPA Dress designed?A. To advise people to stay at home as often as possibleB. To stop people from meeting their clients if necessary.C. To make women look pretty even in the polluted a
14、ir.D. To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air.22. Compared with traditional umbrellas, the Eco-friendly Umbrella _A. is changeable B. hasnt any surfaceC. can be folded D. is made of newspapers23. Where does the text probably come from?A. A science report B. A personal blogC. A healt
15、h report D. An official documentBWhat are the biggest problems that society will have to deal with in the new age? There are diseases like AIDS and cancer. Theres climate change, of course. And what about producing enough cheap food and energy for the worlds growing population? Whos going to solve a
16、ll these terrible problems? Yes, politicians and world leaders will have a big part to play. Yes, businesses will need to create the economic wealth to pay for some of these things. But whos going to make a much greater difference to something like AIDS or climate change. Its going to be a scientist
17、. It is the scientist who can turn some new bit of science into a new technology to solve these problems.If you like thinking about the world around you, why not become a scientist? It doesnt mean you have to wear a white coat and plastic glasses and spend all your time in a lab as most people often
18、 imagine! Scientists do all kinds of amazing things that are actually interesting!Military scientists develop not only new weapons but new military technologies that could help make wars out of date. Forensic(法医的) scientists 5work with the police to find quite small clues to catch criminals. Scienti
19、sts work in schools and colleges as the teachers and professors who will train tomorrows scientists. Dont think a scientist is far away! Maybe you like cooking? You could be a food technologist helping to keep fruit and vegetables fresher for longer. Perhaps sport is your thing? Do you know that mos
20、t top athletes work with sports scientists in order to improve their performance? You could even be the science writer who gets to spend the life studying the latest advances and sharing them with the world.Looking for something to do for the rest of your life? My advice? Take a long and hard look a
21、t science. It is interesting and ever.24. Many problems are mentioned in the first paragraph to _.A. suggest they are impossible to be solved B. introduce the causes of these problems C. show the writers worry about the future worldD. show scientists play an important part in solving them25. What is
22、 needed to solve these problems?A. Advanced weapons B. Enough energyC. New technologies D. A growing population26. Most people think the life of scientists is _.A. amazing B. Boring C. colorful D. unreal27. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. Owing to military te
23、chnologies, there has been no wars.B. For those interested in cooking, food technologies may be a choice.C. Forensic scientists play an important part in dealing with crimes.D. Most athletes can achieve greater achievement with the help of sports scientists.CIt seems hard to watch someone yawn（打哈欠）a
24、nd not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.6Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids dont develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age f
25、our, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.“Em
26、otional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together,” said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. “Yawning may be part of that.” Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She re
27、peatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.“The fact that autistic kids dont do it might mean theyre really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them,” she said. “The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand
28、 that humans have minds that are different from others,” she added. “Autistic people never seem to understand that.”Like infectious（有感染力的）laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of
29、being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.28. According to the first two paragraphs, what does the new study suggest?A. It is easy to stop yawning when you see others yawn.B. Yawning is a form of communication.C. Children follow others in yawning just after they are born.D. Yawning
30、has some mysterious force which is related to God.29. According to Molly Helt, _.A. yawning is a kind of emotional connection among humansB. humans differ from animals because they communicate with othersC. emotions are infectious, but yawning is notD. yawning helps clear ears on planes730. Which of
31、 the following is NOT true about yawning?A. It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn.B. Some kids are too young to yawn after others.C. Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn.D. Yawning can be used to test childrens development.31. The author implies in the last paragraph that _.A
32、. it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasionsB. yawning can make people feel relaxedC. the more you yawn, the happier you will beD. yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theoryDSteven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider t
33、hat hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags. Americans use more than 100 billion thin
34、 film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台) . The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like
35、 Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers argument: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be
36、ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However,
37、 longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton 8bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists dont dispute（质疑） these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the s
38、ame reusable bags for years.32. What has Steven Stein been hired to do?A. Help increase grocery sales. B. Recycle the waste material.C. Stop things falling off trucks. D. Argue for the use of plastic bags.33. What does the word “headwinds”in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Bans on plastic bags. B. Effects o
39、f city development.C. Headaches caused by garbage. D. Plastic bags hung in trees.34. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?A. They are quite expensive. B. Replacing them can be difficult.C. They are less strong than plastic bags. D. Producing them requires more ener
40、gy.35. What is the best title for the text?A. Plastic, Paper or Neither B. Industry, Pollution and EnvironmentC. Recycle or Throw Away D. Garbage Collection and Waste Control第二节 (共 5 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)根据每文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。For over one hundred and fifty years,Americans of all soc
41、ial classes have worn blue jeans. 36 .Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.Levis Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 37 .He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847
42、, before becoming an American citizen 9and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brothers dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.Strauss did not want to be a person
43、who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. 38 .When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he d
44、ecided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）. This made th
45、e pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 39 .By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion.40 .The business has been growing ever since
46、 and Levi Strauss & Company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.A. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.B. Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.C. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.D. However, he did not get lun
47、ch business from those products.E. He also made a great contribution to Americas clothing-industry.F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第 1 节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小
48、题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）10Life is a series of choices and we cant always foresee the consequences. Harry Saleen, an obese man with too much money and power, faced a(n) 41 . Outside his office waited his personal doctor, 42 him an important news about the 43 medicine that could save his life. On the other side of the world, one of his engineers waited for his decision on an important 44 of business.His secretary asked him 45 she could bring the doctor in. The billionaire businessman made his decision. “No, let the fool 46 ,” answered
