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芝华中学2020-2021学年第二学期高二英语第二次月考试卷出卷人：考试：120分钟第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：Howmuchistheshirt?A.£19.15.B

.£9.18.C.£9.15.答案是C。1.Whydoesthewomanrefusetogotothegym?A.Sheissick.B.Sheneedsarest.C.Shehastowork.2.Whatarethe

speakerstalkingabout?A.Akindoffood.B.Acloserelative.C.Anewrestaurant.3.Whatwillthewomanprobablyeat?A.Beef.B.Grapes.C.

Potatoes.4.Whatisthewoman'ssuggestion?A.Repairingthesofa.B.Cleaningthekitchen.C.Buyingacupboard.5.Whatdoesthemanthi

nkofthemovie?A.Topquality.B.Aboveaverage.C.Surprisinglybad.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

。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6、7题。6.Wherearethespeakers?A.Inarestaurant.B.Inabookstore

.C.Inasupermarket.7.Whatdoesthemanhavetodonow?A.Signhisname.B.Waithisturn.C.Callhisfriend.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8.Whendoesth

emanplantocheckin?A.Threedayslater.B.Fourdayslater.C.Sevendayslater.9.Whatkindofroomdoesthemantake?A.Onewi

thonebedandakitchen.B.Onewithtwobedsandakitchen.C.Onewithtwobedsandnokitchen.10.Howmuchwillthemanpay?A.$400.B.$800.C.$1200.听第8段材料，回答第11至1

3题。11.WhatdidSusandorightbeforetheconversation?A.Shevisitedherbrother.B.ShecalledJohnReeves.C.Shetouredthecompany.12.WhatdoesSusanthinkoftheplace?

A.It'sbig.B.It'sfamous.C.It'scrowded.13.WhoisMichael?A.John'sboss.B.Tara'shusband.C.Susan'sbrother.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14.Whatdidthewom

andolastnight?A.Shewenttoschool.B.Shelistenedtoatalk.C.Shedecoratedherhome.15.Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemandowithhisb

igtable?A.Replaceit.B.Haveitpainted.C.Makegooduseofit.16.Whatisabenefitofdecoratingahousebyoneself?A.Savingmoney.B.Suitingpersonaltaste

.C.Strengtheningfamilyties.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Whatisspecialaboutaliveconcert?A.Thewholeexperienceisunique.B.Thesoundqualityis

outstanding.C.Theperformancecanberecorded.18.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutconcertsbyuniversityperforminggroups?A.

Theyareexpensive.B.Theyareoftenofhighquality.C.Theyarecoveredbythelocalmedia.19.Whatdoesthespeakersuggestdoingbeforethecon

cert?A.Listeningtotheworkstobeperformed.B.Checkinginformationattheboxoffice.C.Readingsomethingabouttheconcerthall.20

.Whatisthespeaker?A.Anewsreporter.B.Atheaterdesigner.C.Acollegeteacher.第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。ANon-CreditCoursesThePre-CollegeProgramoffersnon-creditcourses.Studentswillexperiencecollege-levelcoursesgivenb

ysomeofourcollege'sleadingexpertsandwillreceivewrittenfeedback（反馈）ontheirworkattheendofthecourse.Pre-CollegestudentswillalsoreceiveagradeofS

atisfactory/Unsatisfactoryandacertificateofcompletionattheconclusionoftheprogram.Allnon-creditcoursesmeetfrom9：00a.m.-1

1：30a.m.dailyandmayhaveadditionalrequirementsintheafternoonsorevenings.COURSE:CaseStudiesinNeuroscience·June11-July2·LeahRoeschUsingstudent-center

ed,active-learningmethodsandreal-worldexamples,thiscourseisdesignedtoprovideafullerunderstandingofhowthehumanbr

ainworks.COURSE:PsychologyofCreativity·June15-June28·MarshallDukeWhyarecertainpeoplesocreative?Isitgenetic（遗传的）,oraresultofchildhood

experience?Aretheydifferentfromeveryoneelse?Thispopularpsychologycoursehighlightsthedifferenttheoriesofcreati

vity.COURSE:CreativeStorytelling·June21-July3·EdithFreniThiscollege-levelcourseincreativestorytellingfunctionsasanintroducti

ontoavarietyofstorytellingtechniquesthatappearindifferentformsofcreativewriting,suchasshortfictionandplaywriting.COURSE:SportsEco

nomics·July19-August1·ChristinaDePasqualeInthiscoursewewillanalyzemanyinterestingaspectsofthesportsindustry:sportsleagues,ticketpr

icing,salarynegotiations,discrimination,andNCAApoliciestonameafew.21.Whoisthetextintendedfor?（）A.Thegeneral

public.B.Collegefreshmen.C.Educationalexperts.D.Highschoolstudents.22.Whichcoursecanyoutakeifyouarefreeonlyin

June?（）A.SportsEconomics.B.CreativeStorytelling.C.PsychologyofCreativity.D.CaseStudiesinNeuroscience.23.Wh

osecourseshouldyouchooseifyouareinterestedincreativewriting?（）A.LeahRoesch's.B.EdithFreni's.C.MarshallDuke's.D.ChristinaDePasquale's.BInmy

everydaylife,Iamonanongoingjourneytofigureoutdifferentwaystoreducemycarbonfootprintontheplanet.Acarbonfootprintisthemeasureofinfluenceo

uractivitieshaveontheenvironment,inparticularclimatechange.Itiscalculatedbytheamountofgreenhousegasweproduceinourdailylives.Fortunately

,nowadaysitismucheasiertomakeeco-friendlylifestylechoicesthan,let'ssay,20yearsago.Butonequestionhasbeenonmymindalotlately:isitbett

ertobuyneweco-friendlyproductsorusedtraditionallyproducedgoods?Afterdoingsomeresearch,Ihavedecidedthat

somethingsarebetternewandothersarebetterused.Letmetrytoexplain.Acarbonfootprintismadeupoftwoparts,theprimaryfootprintan

dthesecondaryfootprint.Theprimaryfootprintisameasureofourdirectemissions（排放）ofcarbondioxide（CO2）fromtheburningoffuels,includingh

ouseholdenergyconsumptionandtransportation.ThesecondaryfootprintisameasureoftheindirectCO2emissionsfromthewholelifecycleofproductsweuse-those

relatedtotheirproductionandbreakdown.Basedonthisunderstanding,wehaveagooddealofcontrolandresponsibilityoverourcarbonfootp

rint.Thingslikedishes,clothesandfurniturefallintothe“secondaryfootprint”group,solessismoreandwecanfocusonfinding

usedgoodstoavoidtheaddedproduction.However,forthecarandtheotherappliances（设备）thatweneedwecangowithnew,energy-savingmodels.Iheardsomewhe

rethatelectronicsandappliancesgiveoff90%oftheircarbonfootprintaftertheyleavethefactory.Soitseemsmostreasonabletogofortheenergy-savingm

odels.Themainconcernhereistheamountofenergythatgoesintothemakingofnewproductsandwhetherornotthatextracarbonisworththefootprinttheproductwil

lmakeonceitgetstoyou.24.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.Whatappliancestobuytosaveenergy.B.Whatacarbonfootprintmeansinourlife.C.Howtoidentifydiff

erentcarbonfootprints.D.Howtomakeeco-friendlylifestylechoices.25.Whatdoweknowaboutthesecondarycarbonfootprint?A.Itisrelatedtoourconsu

mptionoffuels.B.Itismadewhenwearebuyingtheproducts.C.Itislessharmfulthantheprimarycarbonfootprint.D.Itiscountedasoursthoughnotd

irectlymadebyus.26.Whichofthefollowinghelpsreduceourcarbonfootprintaccordingtotheauthor?A.Usingsecond-handte

xtbooks.B.Usingoldandexpensivecars.C.Buyingnewbutcheapclothes.D.Buyingnewwoodenfurniture.27."Thefootprint"unde

rlinedinthelastsentencereferstotheCO2producedin_________.A.usingtheproductB.recyclingtheproductC.makingtheproductD.transpor

tingtheproductCMagicisaformofentertainmentthatisbasedonpretendingtodothingsthatareimpossible.Themagicianisaspeciallytrainedactor.Hetriestomaketheau

diencebelievethathehasthepowertodothingswhichareagainstthelawsofnature.Magicshowsareentertainingaslongastheaudiencedo

esnotdiscoverhowthetricksaredone.Themagicianusuallydependsonhisskillwithhishands,onhisknowledgeofpsychology,and,someti

mes,onmechanicaldevices（机械装置）.Sincemagicperformanceismeanttotrickpeople,theuseofpsychologyisimportant.Themagicianmustkeeppeoplefromnoticingallt

hemovementsofhishandsandfromthinkingaboutthesecretpartsofhisequipment.Hemustalsoleadtheaudiencetodrawfalsecon

clusions.Themagician'ssuccessdependsonthefactthatmanythingsseenbytheeyearenotthethingsthatmatter.Twobasicmagictricksaremakingobjects

seemtoappearandmakingobjectsseemtodisappear.Acombinationofthesetwotricksmakesforsomeinterestingeffects.For

example,themagicianputsasmallballunderoneofseveralcups.Theballthenseemstojumpfromonecuptoanotherortochangecolour.Whatac

tuallyhappensisthatthemagician,employingquickhandmovementsoramechanicaldevice,hidesoneball.Whiledoingthishetalkstotheaudienceandwavesabrightl

ycolouredclothwithonehand.Theaudienceistoobusywatchingtheclothandlisteningtothemagician'swordstonoticethathis

otherhandishidingtheball.Anotherfavouritetrickistocutorburnsomething,andthenmakeitappearwholeagain.Whatactuallyhappensisthatthemagicia

nmakesthecutorburnedobjectdisappearbyquicklyhidingitwhiletheaudiencewatchessomethingelse.Thenhe“magically”makesitappearwholeagainbydisplaying（展

示）anotherobjectthathasnotbeencutorburned.28.Whatistheauthor'smainpurposeinwritingthetext?（）A.Topromoteamagicshow.B.Toteachpeopletobemagicians.C

.Toexplaintheartofmagic.D.Topraisethetalentsofmagicians.29.Whichofthefollowingisimportantforasuccessfulmagictrick?（）A.Movingstageequipment.B.Directi

ngtheaudience'sattention.C.Applyinghightechnology.D.Keepingtheperformanceinsecret.30.Whatdoestheauthorfocusoninthelasttwoparagraphs?（）A.Pro

vidingexamples.B.Makingasummary.C.Drawingcomparisons.D.Explainingaconcept.31.Whatcanweinferfromthetext?（）A.Mechanicaldevicesar

eexpensive.B.Mostmagiciansemployassistants.C.Ittakespracticetoperformmagic.D.Smallobjectsaremagicians'f

avourite.DTheaveragebear,itseems,isgettingeversmarter.First,itturnedoutthatatleastonecanuseacomb.Nowitappearsthatsomecancount,too.Jenni

ferVonk,ofOaklandUniversity,inMichigan,andMichaelBeran,fromGeorgiaStateUniversity,setthreeAmericanblackbearsthetaskofdistinguishingbetweennumeric

allylargerandsmallergroupsofdots（点）onacomputerscreen.Inreturnforafoodrewardonebear,Brutus,wouldtouchthemoreheavilydottedpatternwithhisnose.Theo

thers,BellaandDusty,wouldtouchthescreenwiththeirclaws（爪子）.AstheresearchersreportinAnimalBehavior,thebearsdidbestwithpatternswhere

thecoloureddotsdidnotmoveandwheremoreofthemalsotookupalargercolouredarea.Thiscouldbeexplainedbythebears'distinguishingthed

ifferentareasofcolourratherthantrulycountingthedots.However,thethreebearsmanagedtopickoutthebiggernumberofdotseveninpairsofpat

ternswherefewerdotstookupalargerarea.Movingpatterns,whereeachdotfolloweditsownpatharoundthescreen,weremoreofachallenge.ButBrutus,atleast,wasnotde

feated.Heseemedtobecountingmobiledotsevenwhenthescientiststriedtomisleadhimbymovingthetotalcolouredareaofthedotsatt

hesametime.Itisnotentirelysurprisingthatbearsshouldhaveahighdegreeofintelligence.Theyfacealotofchallengeswhentryingtogetfood.Theyare,however,alway

salone,andsodonothavethecomplexsocialsystemsthatcontributetoanimalsmarts.Perhaps,then,theirmathsskilldevelopedbecausetheycannotcounton

theirfriendsforhelp.32.Whattaskdidthescientistssetforthethreebears?（）A.Distinguishingdifferentdotpatterns.B.Figuringoutdifferentco

loursofdots.C.Puttingthedotsintodifferentlycolouredgroups.D.Pickingoutthegroupwithalargernumberofdots.33.Forthebe

ars,thetaskwaseasierwhen__________.（）A.thecoloureddotsweremovingslowlyB.thedotpatternswereregularinshapeC.

thedotsfollowedapathonthescreenD.moredotscoveredalargercolouredarea34.Whatmayexplainthebears'highdegreeofintelligence?（）A.Theylearnski

llsfromotheranimals.B.Theyfacelifechallengesontheirown.C.Theyfeedonadiverserangeoffood.D.Theyhavecomplexsocialnetworks.35.Whatcanbeasuitablet

itleforthetext?（）A.BearsTaughttoDistinguishColoursB.NewEvidenceofBearIntelligenceFoundC.ThreeBearsLearnedHowtoCountD.TheSmartestAmericanBlackBearBrut

us第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Apps（shortforapplications）arebecomingincreasinglypopularnowadays,andforgo

odreason.Theycanhelpyououtinjustabouteveryareaofyourlife,whetherit'skeepingfit,communicatingwithfriends,ore

venlearningalanguage.36Here'swhatyoushouldthinkaboutbeforedownloadinganappforlanguagelearning.·Learnfromdiversesources（notju

stapps）Anyseasonedlanguagelearnerwilltellyouthatthebeautyofmasteringaforeignlanguageistheworldwhichitopensuptoyou.Thisisaworldofdiversesour

ces（来源）ofinformation,fromnewspapersandbookstoTV,radio,musicandevenrealpeople.Wouldyoulimityourselftoonem

ediuminyournativelanguage?37·EstablishyourpurposeandplanyourhabitsDoyouwanttobefluentinweeksorareyouinitforthebraintraining?The

goodappsaredesignedtohelpyoufityourstudiesaroundyourtimetable.38Theseappsencouragehabitbuilding,becausethesuccessfulformationofahabitensuresyoursaf

eandregularreturn.·Makeitsocial39Imeansocialforreal.IowethespeedofprogressImadeinItaliantothesupportfromJim,m

ypartnerinstudytime.Findafriendtoaccompanyyou.Takeaneveningclass.Borrowabook.Buyabook.Bookaweekawayandattendalanguageschool.Justdon'tforgetyourphone!

IfImayspeaksincerely,thecombinationofapp,languageschool,Jim,eveningsout,andachoicebookortwoprovedextremelyeffective.40A.Irecom

mendit.B.Rememberthatanappisjustatool.C.No,Idon'tmeanpostingyourprogressonline.D.Iencourageyoutouseappsasoft

enasyoucan.E.Probablynot,sowhydosoinyournewlanguage?F.Thebestappsadaptthemselvesbaseduponyourbehavior.G.However,y

ouneedtoknowhowtousethemproperlytoreallybenefit.第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处

的最佳选项。ThishappenedwhenIwasten.OnanormalSunday,IwenttothebarbershopwhereIalwayswent.Thatday,alongwiththebarbertherewa

sanassistant,whohadrecently41theshop.SoIsatforthehaircut.Theuncleaskedmehow42Iwantedit.Ianswered,“Justdoasmydadhad43youthe

lasttime.”Hesmiled.Beforestartingthe44,headded,“WhatifIkeepitlong?”I45hewasjoking.SoIjokedtoo.Isaid,“Ican't46whatwouldhappentoyoursho

pthen!”ThemomentIsaidit,theassistant47frombehind.“Howdaredoyousaythat!Whoareyoutotakeusdown,eh?”Iadmit

Iwastoo48atthatmomentandtheunclestandingbesidemewasgivingmean49look.Fromthatdayon,I50stoppedjokingaboutanyone'sprofessionandworks.I

tisoneofthemost51incidentsinmylife,whichtaughtmeto52theprofessionandworksofaperson,nomatterhow53theya

re.I'm54thattheassistantrespondedinawaythatmademerethinkthepowerofmywords.Wordsdomakea55.（）41.A.leftB.ope

nedC.joinedD.visited（）42.A.muchB.longC.oftenD.soon（）43.A.instructedB.invitedC.promisedD.convinced（）44.A.discussionB.journey

C.trainingD.haircut（）45.A.agreedB.heardC.hopedD.knew（）46.A.forgetB.tolerateC.guaranteeD.understand（）47.A.urgedB.shoutedC.laughedD.helped（）48

.A.angryB.proudC.scaredD.curious（）49.A.anxiousB.appealingC.encouragingD.awkward（）50.A.suddenlyB.completelyC.temporarily

D.regularly（）51.A.importantB.excitingC.strangeD.interesting（）52.A.learnB.enterC.changeD.respect（）53.A.hardB.smallC.goodD.complex（）54.A.sorryB.co

nfidentC.gratefulD.embarrassed（）55.A.differenceB.mistakeC.choiceD.joke第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Likemanyotherstu

dents,youmayhavevariouspeople,56（include）familymembersandfriends,givinginputonyourcollegedecision.Whilemanyofyourtrus

tedrelativesandpeers（同龄人）mayhavevery57（value）advicethatcanhelpyoutomakethedecision,finallythechoiceisyoursandyoursalone.Onlyyoucanfullyreali

zewhichaspectsofacollegewillmakeyoutrulyhappyand58（satisfy）,sokeepthatatthefrontofyourmind.Moreover,fullyconsidereachoption.Itcanbeeasy59（let）a

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school61hasacceptedyou,sinceyouhadparticularreasonsforapplyingtoeachschool.Dokeep62openmind.Studentscanchangemajors,butrememberthatthere'snore-livin

gacertainsemester（学期）,andthere'snomakingupforlosttime.Don'tgotoaschool63（specific）forahighschoolrelationship64tomakesomeoneelsehappy.A65（stud

ent）collegeexperienceishisorherown,andthestudentmustputhisorhereducationfirst.第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节（满分15分）假定你是李华，准备参加学校组

织的英文诗朗诵比赛。请给外教George写封邮件求助，内容包括：1.说明比赛要求；2.请他推荐英文诗；3.请教朗诵技巧。注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。DearGeorge,I'mwritingtoaskforyourhelp.Yours,L

iHua第二节（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。Duringthispastyear,I'vehadthreeinstancesofcartrouble.Eachtimethesethingshappened,Iwassickofthewa

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hefatherboundedout.Hesizedupthesituationandcalledforhisdaughter,whospokeEnglish.Heconveyedthroughherthath

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elatedtonature.Eachcompetitorwillbegivenfiveminutestoread.Wouldyoupleasebesokindastogivemesomerecomme

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ronunciationandintonation,wouldbehelpful.I’dappreciateitifyoucouldgivemesomeguidance.Lookingforwardtoyourreply.

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orfree.Istoppedwhiningandseizedeverychancetopassonkindness;kindnessIhopewillreachthesegoodpeopleoneday.(175words)WhenIwas

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emealwhichpulledusclosertogether,thefamilywasreadytoleave.Whenthefatherstartedhistruck,thelittleangelhandedmeapap

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