四川省成都外国语学校2020_2021学年高二英语4月月考试题

四川省成都外国语学校2020-2021学年高二英语4月月考试题

第Ｉ卷 （选择题 共70分）

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。

A

English is changing faster than ever with the development of society. Do you long to keep up with the times? If so, here are some old-fashioned words you should remove from your vocabulary list.

Whippersnapper

As an alteration of the term "snippersnapper'', the word first appeared in the 17th century, expressing our ancestors' annoyance at ill-mannered children. In its more contemporary version, the word relates to a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older.

Tape

Are you born in the 1980s? If so, you may still be using the term "tape" when speaking of recording music or TV shows. Today, though digital media has made data storage on magnetic an outdated thing, this old linguistic habit still exists.

Stewardess

In the earlier age of air travel, female crew members serving airline passengers were called stewardesses. It was the development of women's rights movement in the 1960s that the word fell out of use. "Stewardess" was replaced by a more gender-neutral term, "flight attendant”. Dungarees

What we know as "jeans" today were once called “dungarees" to refer to trousers made of denim （蓝粗棉布）.As traders began importing the cloth from Genoa in Italy, this kind of trousers got a new name ’jeans”. So don't be surprised if you catch your grandpa saying dungarees.

1. Who can be described as a whippersnapper nowadays?

A. A child who is bad-tempered.

B. An elder who doesn't like children.

C. An elder who has confidence and influence.

D. A teenager who is overconfident and impolite.

2. Which of the following has become out of date with digital technology?

A. Whippersnapper. B. Tape. C. Stewardess. D. Dungarees.

3. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A. To show readers how to stay young.

B. To explain how to keep up with the times.

C. To analyze the differences among modem words.

D. To advise readers not to use some old-fashioned words.

B

Eugene O'Neill, who was born in 1888, in New York, was a leading American drama writer and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. His father was a successful touring actor. Because of that, Eugene spent his early childhood in hotels, on trains, and backstage. Although later in his life he grew to hate his father for not giving him security in his early years and a loving, comfortable family, he had the theater in his blood.

As a student, O'Neill went to boarding schools but spent the summers in a moderate house his family owned. He left Princeton University in 1907, only about one year after he entered it, to start what he later called his real education in "life experience". At the age of 24, he was hired as a reporter and poetry column writer for the New London Telegraph.

O'Neill didn't cut a figure in playwriting until the summer of 1916. Before that, he had written awkward plays that were hardly accepted by the mainstream of American theater. While O'Neill was only one of those whose plays were produced by the theater, he led the group to success because of his contribution within the next few years. Between 1916 and 1920, the theater produced all of O'Neill's one-act sea plays. By the time his first full-length play, Beyond the Horizon, was produced on Broadway on February 2, 1920 at the Morosco Theater, the young playwright already had a small reputation.

Theater critics spoke highly of Beyond the Horizon for its tragic realism. The play brought O'Neill more public attention, as well as his first Pulitzer Prize, apart from which he won another three for Anna Christie, Strange Interlude, and Long Day's Journey into Night. Over the next two decades, O'Neill continued to gain reputation nationally and globally. He became the most widely produced dramatist after Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw.

4. What might inspire O'Neill's passion for theater?

A. His father's career. B. The support of his family

C. Hotel rooms he had lived in. D. Stories he had heard on trains.

5. Why did O'Neill drop out of Princeton University?

A. He didn't want to study in a boarding school.

B. He wanted to receive real education from life.

C. He got a job from the New London Telegraph.

D. He was unsatisfied with the university education.

6. What does the underlined phrase “cut a figure" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Show interest.     B. Hold a degree.     C. Attract attention.     D. Receive an award.

7. What can we learn about O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon?

A. It drew theater critics attention to tragic realism.

B. It inspired him to compose another three dramas.

C. It increased his reputation in the field of theater.

D. It made him the most widely produced dramatist in history.

C

For years, Hainan, China's southernmost island province, has been an attractive tourist destination for people around the world because of its pleasant environment. Beginning this year, the beautiful island will have a new identity—an open and distinctive free trade port.

The Hainan Free Trade Port will serve as a special functional economic area and its level of openness will be better than any other port in the world. Products and funds from abroad will have free access to the port, and most goods will be duty-free. The decision shows China's willingness to further open up to the world.

The province of Hainan was founded in 1988. Later it became an appointed special economic (SEZ) to attract foreign investment. In 1992, the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, which was the first area in China to be comprehensively developed by foreign investors, was established. After eight years, in 2000, Hainan took the lead in carrying out a policy of visa on arrival. In the following years, a series of similar initiatives have been implemented for Hainan's continuous development, including a pilot zone for free trade founded in 2018.

Apart from an attractive landscape, Hainan's industrial structure features tourism and modem services. Not only will they become the highlights of the free trade port, but also they are in line with the rapid trade growth in global services as well as the development of many ports toward the service sector. In addition, as a free trade zone and port at provincial level, Hainan has a satisfying scale and full experience. All these advantages will enable Hainan to become a global trade center.

From SEZ to free trade pilot zone, and now today's free trade port, Hainan's development and its determination to build an open economy are evident to all. It's hoped that it will seize the chance of free trade and attract more business and experienced professionals from around the world to come to the island.

8. What's Hainan's future plan?

A. To construct a free trade port.

B. To boost Hainan's tourism and services.

D. To strengthen environmental protection.

C. To remove the tax on all imports and exports.

9. How is Paragraph 3 mainly developed?

A. By analyzing causes. B. By giving descriptions.

C. By following time order. D. By making comparisons.

10. Which of the following is good for Hainan to become a global trade center?

A. Its slow trade growth. B. Its traditional services.

C. Its development of IT industry. D. Its distinctive service industry.

11. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Hainan: A Push for Global Economy

B. Hainan: A Witness to China's Opening-Up

C. Hainan: An Island Full of Ups and Downs

D. Hainan: An Unforgettable Tourist Destination

D

Poaching（盗猎）has been threatening the survival of the African black rhino for long. But thanks to conservation efforts, the population of this endangered animal is slowly increasing, according to a recent update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

Between 2012 and 2018, the number of black rhinos in Africa has increased moderately, at annual rate of 2.5%, The population in the wild has grown from approximately 4,845 to 5,630. As IUCN's update suggests, the population models predict the number will continue to rise slowly over the next five years.

The white rhino, Africa's another rhino species that exists in greater numbers, has been on the IUCN Red List categorized as Near Threatened. Compared to the black rhino, the white rhino is at higher risk of being poached as it has larger horns and prefers more open habitats, which makes it easier to spot.

The threat to the two species mainly comes from poaching for the illegal international rhino horn trade. Fortunately, in recent years, a number of groups including range states, private landowners, and communities have been making efforts to protect them, and the measures are working. In 2015, there were at least 1,349 rhinos poached—an average of 3.7 rhinos hunted per day. Since then, the poaching numbers have decreased every year. In 2018, there were at least 892 rhinos poached, meaning approximately 2.4 African rhinos poached per day, or one every 10 hours. The data for 2019 looks promising as the poaching levels appear to have further gone down.

Although the levels of rhino poaching have been declining slightly in recent years due to conservation efforts, the costs of keeping rhinos safe have greatly gone up and sale prices for live rhinos have decreased considerably over the last 10 years, making private landowners and communities less motivated to protect rhinos. This trend could delay the continued progress of expanding the species range and numbers.

12. Which of the following can best describe the number of the African rhinos now?

A. Slightly declining. B. Slowly expanding.

C. Greatly increasing. D. Considerably decreasing.

13. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. The better situation for the African white rhinos.

B. The reason for protecting the African white rhinos.

C. The process of the white rhino being on the IUCU Red List.

D. The reason why the African white rhino is more likely to be poached.

14. In which year did the African rhinos suffer the most from poaching?

A. In 2015. B. In 2016. C. In 2018. D. In 2019.

15. What can be the author's attitude to the future range and numbers of rhinos?

A. Favorable. B. Confident. C. Concerned. D. Uninterested.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。

The wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions.     16. __________________. He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.

    17._____________________. A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.

18. _______________________. The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds. 19. _____________________.

Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink.” Then he may continue the race.              20. ______________________.

While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.”

A．There are a few basic rules.

B．People everywhere hold the event. 

C．A special prize is awarded to the team.

D．Do you know how these traditions restarted?

E．This event is becoming increasingly popular.

F．The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.

G．Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.

第二部分 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A teacher named Kerry in Massachusetts has adopted one of her students Jake with Down syndrome （唐氏综合症）after Jake’s mother, Jean, recently died of cancer. Jake and his mother had to 21  to Massachusetts from Florida,22   his mother could get the 23   care that she needed in Massachusetts. It became24   that Jean was going to have more challenges involving getting Jake 25    . Fortunately, a school was found and Jake became settled into what would be his 26    life later.

That's when Jean and Jake 27   Kerry Bremer in the school. Kerry Bremer would become more than just a 28   to Jake, “I fell in love with this 29   boy instantly, "  Kerry told WCVB.

After reaching a（an） 30   with her husband, Kerry made Jean an offer. "Kerry Bremer came to Jean as a pure 31   on earth and 32   to bring Jake into her family of five if Jean's cancer should 33   Jean's friend Chery said； So, Jean and the Bremer family worked together to help Jake 34   become familiar with what could turn out to be his new family. He spent weekends and holidays with them over the 35   few years.

On November 13, Jean took a short 36   after a chemotherapy （化学疗法）treatment and never woke up. As 37   , Kerry immediately picked up Jake and is now in the 38  of helping him deal with what will be his new life.

“My mom went to 39   Jake said. "She's always in my heart. I know she will be 40   to see my new mom takes care of me.”

第II卷（非选择题  共80分）

注意事项：

必须使用黑色墨迹签字笔在答题卡上题目所指的答案区域内作答。答在试题卷上无效。

第一节：首字母填空 （共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）

1. Extreme ironing is called an extreme sport by some people and a p________ art by others.

2. The boxer knocked his o_________ down three times in the first round and he won the game easily.

3. If you really want to lose weight, there are some p_________ trainers who can guide you to do certain necessary exercise in that fitness center.

4. The health a__________ now know the way to deal with COVID-19, which is to call on the public to wear masks wherever they go.

5. Great changes have taken place in my hometown since I left. Now it is beyond r_________, and I even get lost when I am in the city.

6. “I have a dream”, Martin Luther King’s famous speech, i__________ many black people in the United States to fight for equal rights.

7. David put himself through this physical and mental t______, because he wants to prove that a muscular boxer still has a brain.

8. As a c___________ of climate change, many species in the world are on the edge of extinction.

9. On September 11th, 2001, people on the ground watched in h_________ as two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, which is now known as the “9.11 event”.

10. Fabiola da Silva wanted to skate as a__________ as her friends did, so she practiced day and night so as to improve her skills.

第二节 短语选择变形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. China first ________ the Olympic Games in 1932 with only two athletes.
2. At the store yesterday I ________ the teacher who taught me in my primary school, but she could barely recognize me.
3. This is a small company and it _________ dealing with such a large order.
4. She went down to the basement, and it took a few seconds for her to ________ the darkness.
5. It’s important to meet friends in person _________, not just on social media.
6. We _______ to paint the whole house that day, but finished only the front part.
7. How could you ________ such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months?
8. ________ his lost daughter, he covered every corner of the country.
9. The teacher _______ the students to be careful on their way to school for many times.
10. In children’s eyes, summer _____always ________ swimming, ice cream and summer holidays.

第三节: 单句语法填空 (共10小题，每题1分，满分10分)

1. This book, ______ you can buy at any bookstore, will provide you with all the information you need.

2. More highways have been built in China, __________ (make) it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.

3. His attention _________ (fix) on the game on his smartphone, the student didn’t notice his teacher standing behind him.

4.  He had always wanted an ________ (adventure) life in the tropics.

5. He talks as if he ___________ (be) to many countries around the world. Don’t be taken in by his fancy words.

6.  ---How was it _______ the farmers discovered the entrance to the secret cave in the valley?

 ---Totally by chance.

7. Some families which are restricted to __________ (have) one child want to have another child.

8. _________ is reported in the newspaper is that seventeen climbers have been killed in the snowstorm.

9. It remains _________ (see) if the advancement of globalization would cause the ethnic groups to lose their individual identity.

10. There is some doubt _________ one day humans will find a cure to deal with COVID-19, the horrible disease, which now spreads all over the world.

第四节：段落语法填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）

Since last September, the Australian bushfires ___1___ (destroy) around 80,000 square kilometers of forest.

Early on, most reports about the bushfires focused on the cost to humans. Recently, people have shown more concern about the effects ____2___ animals than before. Chris Dickman, a scientist at the University of Sydney tried to figure out how many animals might have been killed by the fires. The number he came up with was ____3___ (surprising) large: over 1 billion animals.

The ____4___ (lose) of animals could be especially bad news in Australia, which ____5___ (be) home to many special animals that can't be found anywhere else. Scientists worry that the bushfires might put ____6___ end to some kinds of animals that were already in danger of dying out.

Even when animals survive, it can be hard for them to stay alive in the world ____7___ (leave) behind by the fires. That's ___8___many of the places they live in and their sources of food have been ruined. For that reason, workers for Australia's National Park are using helicopters to drop sweet potatoes and carrots onto 12 ​___9___ ( difference) areas where rock-wallabies (岩石袋鼠)live. Rock-wallabies often survive bushfires, but can have difficulty ____10____ (find) enough to eat.

第五节：短文改错（共10小题，每题1分, 满分10分）

Dear Mr. Wang,

I’m Li Hua, a Senior 3 student in our school. I’m sorry to disturb you, and I have to ask you a favor in the hope you will be so kind to help me.

Ever since last month, my mother hadn’t allowed me to surf the Internet. In her opinion, it is the waste of time surfing the Internet and also affects my study. However, I don’t agree with him. With the Internet, I can easily find the informations I need. I can compare notes with my classmates if I meet with problems in my study. Also I can share something that worry me with my friends, which reduces my stress. Facing with my mother’s attitude, how should I do?

I real need your help!

Yours,

​Li Hua

第六节 书面表达 （25分）

假定你是李华，最近你的美国朋友Bob看到共享单车（shared-bike）在中国非常流行但是也有各种乱象的新闻，来信询问你共享单车在中国的现状。请你给他写一封回信，介绍共享单车的现状并分享你的看法，回信包含以下要点：

1.共享单车的好处（两点）；

2.共享单车的乱象（两种）；

3.你对共享单车的看法。

注意:1. 词数120字左右。

2.可以适当增加情节，使行文连贯。

3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Bob,

How’s everything going?__________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

I' m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Lihua

高二英语答案

阅读：1-5 DBDAB  6-10 CCACD  11-15 BBDAC 七选五 16-20 GEAFC

完型填空 21-25 CCDAC  26-30 DABCD  31-35 ABBDA   36-40 BCDAB

第一节：首字母填空 （共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）

performance   opponent   professional   authorities  recognition

inspired/inspires  torture   consequence   horror   aggressively

第二节 短语选择变形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

took part in    came across    isn’t capable of    adjust to     from time to time

set out     turn down    In search of     (has) appealed to    is associated with

第三节: 单句语法填空 (共10小题，每题1分，满分10分)

which   making   fixed   adventurous   had been   

that    having   what    to be seen    whether

第四节：段落语法填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）

have destroyed    on       surprisingly       loss    is  

an      left       because       different       finding

第五节：短文改错（共10小题，每题1分, 满分10分）

Dear Mr. Wang,

I’m Li Hua, a Senior 3 student in our school. I’m sorry to disturb you, I have to ask you a favor in the hope ╱╲ you will be so kind to help me.

               that

Ever since last month, my mother allowed me to surf the Internet. In her opinion, it is waste of time surfing the Internet and also affects my study. However, I don’t agree with. With the Internet, I can easily find the I need. I can compare notes with my classmates if I meet with problems in my study. Also I can share something that me with my friends, which reduces my stress. with my mother’s attitude, should I do?

I need your help!

第六节 书面表达 （25分）

Dear Bob,

How’s everything going? In your last letter you were asking about the current situation shared-bikes. I’m writing to tell you something about it.

Undoubtedly , the shared-bikes can bring lots of benefits. To begin with, riding a bike is not only economic but also time saving, especially when your destination is not far away. What' s more,they makes contributions to reducing air pollution.

However, there is also some disturbing news connected with it. Some shared-bikes are parked everywhere, making the city roads messy and dangerous. Worse still, some shared- bikes have been damaged, stolen or even burnt.

As far as I'm concerned, as long as people park the bikes in the right places and obey the traffic rules. I' m definitely in favor of such a program. Do you think so?

I' m looking forward to hearing from you.