江苏省江阴一中2018-2019学年高二12月月考英语试卷(含答案)

江阴一中2018-2019学年度第一学期12月阶段检测
高二英语试卷
（考试时间：120分钟，满分150分）
NO.54第16周
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共95 分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man want?
A. A tennis game.
B. An online game.
C. A shooting game.
2. What will the man do next?
A. Make dinner.
B. Wash the dishes.
C. Watch TV.
3. What does the man mean?
A. He prefers to keep the window closed.
B. He is too busy to open the window.
C. He agrees to open the window at once.
4. What is the time now?
A. About 5:30.
B. About 5:00.
C. About 4:30.
5. What does the man suggest doing?
A. Pressing the emergency button.
B. Calling the service centre.
C. Doing nothing for a short while.
第二节（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What did the woman spend $10 on？
A. The taxi.
B. The hot dogs.
C. The popcorn and drinks.
7. Where did the speakers go just before they went home?
A. To the convenience store.
B. To the movies.
C. To the new hot dog place.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What relation is Ms Leska to the woman?
A. Her roommate.
B. Her cousin.
C. Her workmate.
9. Who will probably meet Kevin at the bus station?
A. Claudia.
B. Tara.
C. Albee.
10. What will the woman do at 3:00 p.m.?
A. Meet the man.
B. Look after Ms Leska.
C. Teach a class.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. How did the man learn to play instruments?
A. He taught himself.
B. He learned it at school.
C. He learned it at pubs and clubs.
12. What instrument did the man play first?
A. The piano.
B. Keyboards.
C. The drum.
13. When did the man leave school?
A. In 1981.
B. In 1992.
C. In 1997.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. An article.
B. A newspaper.
C. A minibus.
15. How did the girl fall down on the road?
A. She tripped over something.
B. She was knocked over by a car.
C. She slipped because of the wet road.
16. Who flew out in the accident?
A. A car driver.
B. A minibus driver.
C. A minibus passenger.
17. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The accident took place on Tuesday.
B. A truck was involved in the accident.
C. The woman witnessed the accident.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. When were the speaker and his friends caught in a storm?
A. The second night.
B. The fifth night.
C. The last night.
19. What was the weather like on the last day?
A. Rainy.
B. Cloudy.
C. Fine.
20. What do we know about the speaker?
A. He was persuaded into the trip.
B. He walked 100 miles in one week.
C. He was disappointed at the trip.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21.We are all eager to see whether or not the chairman himself is going to ___________ the
commitment he has made.
A. get down to
B. look forward to
C. live up to
D. think back to
22.I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didn’t you drive him there?
— I ___________. But my car ___________.
A. would; was fixed
B. would have; was fixed
C. would have; was being fixed
D. did; was being fixed
23.These scientists of the center __________ to finding measures to stop desertification
have done much research into the problem since the center set up in 1996.
A. have committed
B. committed
C. being committed
D. have been committed
fortable as the chair was ___________, he preferred standing while attending the
lecture.
A. to sit on
B. to be sat on
C. sitting on
D. sit on
25.—What did the two countries want to avoid as cooperative partners rather than enemies?
—___________ the mistakes happening in history.
A. To repeat.
B. Having repeated
C. To have repeated
D. Repeating
26.The seeming logic of addressing the issue has fallen apart that ___________ economy
develops, interpersonal relationships worsen, for people are willing to take due responsibility.
A. unless
B. before
C. what
D. where
27.The need to do what the majority of us are doing forces us to take up activities which we
___________ otherwise.
A. won’t
B. wouldn’t
C. should
D. might
28.____________ you lose weight in a healthy way, I don’t really care what your
___________ is.
A. Even though; account
B. As long as; motivation
C. So that; entertainment
D. In case; performance
29.In his youth, however, he never left his home town, let alone ___________ to another
country.
A. travelling
B. to travel
C. travelled
D. travel
30. I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening.
—I’m sorry, by then my performance __________ and I ___________ reporters in the meeting room.
A. will end, will meet
B. will have ended, will be meeting
C. will be ended, am going to meet
D. is to end, will meet
31. Located in the center of Melbourne, Australia, are two tall towers designed by building
architect Phil Rowe, both of ____________ shaped like massive tree houses rather than skyscrapers.
A. who
B. them
C. which
D. whom
32. The two passengers occupying seats were reported ___________ from taking trains for
180 days.
A. to be banned
B. to have been banned
C. being banned
D. having been banned
33. I don't mind playing against a beginner, like myself, but I'm not going to ____________
someone who has been playing chess for years．.
A. take up
B. take down
C. take off
D. take on
34. —Congratulations! Yesterday’s fund-raising charity was a great success.
—Yes. And I’d like to thank everyo ne __________ for making this activity __________ so smoothly.
A. concerning; to run
B. concerned; run
C. concerned; running
D. to concern; running
35. —I was reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms yesterday, but I cou ldn’t understand it.
— _____________. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.
A. Don’t fly off the handle
B. Don’t be over the moon
C. More haste, less speed
D. You got me there
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I find it interesting sometimes that even the most ordinary occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.
My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we ___36___ a lot of time and energy in the yard to getting it looking like it does today. We ___37___ on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is ___38___ by a professionally built rock wall. We did the best to put what we had into ___39___ and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had flowers or plants, my wife Denise or I would stick them out and plant them in the “rock garden”, just to bring some ___40___ to the area.
I still do all of my own yard work, even the ___41___ weed-pulling. After _ _42___ my knee pads, I assume the ___43___ to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden.
Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little ___44___ that I could not ___45___ identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise ___46___ that she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could ___47___ what it was.
Weeks passed and ___48___ I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. It was ___49___, looking with a tall thin stalk (茎) and only one head on it. I decided to ___50___ it and weed around it. As I ___51___ rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ___52___. The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and ___53___ under and around it to reach the sun.
That’s when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ___54___ of doing the same thing. As long as we try, we can find ways to go under or around our big ___55___ in order to reach our desires.
36.A. use B. spent C. applied D. devoted
37.A. work B. live C. stay D. play
38.A. crowded B. surrounded C. prohibited D. governed
39.A. effect B. practice C. use D. operation
40.A. color B. peace C. credit D. focus
41.A. plain B. bored C. tiring D. initial
42.A. holding on B. taking on C. bringing on D. putting on
43.A. position B. style C. tissue D. thumb
44.A. flower B. plant C. crop D. bush
45.A. suddenly B. hardly C. gradually D. instantly
46.A. claimed B. instructed C. described D. guaranteed
47.A. turn out B. figure out C. hold out D. pick out
48.A. as B. before C. since D. because
49.A. pitiful B. ugly C. pretty D. weak
50.A. admire B. consider C. attend D. observe
51.A. pushed B. removed C. transported D. conducted
52.A. cheerful B. unnatural C. unusual D. appealing
53.A. pulled B. dug C. expanded D. grown
54.A. power B. capability C. energy D. strength
55.A. conflicts B. responsibilities C. barriers D. chances
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked a bout. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.
The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soya beans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.
There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous(人口多的)countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.
Second, yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soybeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soya beans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”
The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued.
Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert(回返)to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.
56. What does the author try to draw attention to?
A. Food riots and hunger in the world.
B. News headlines in the leading media.
C. The decline of the grain yield growth.
D. The food supply in populous countries.
57. Why does the author mention India and China in particular?
A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.
B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.
C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.
D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.
58. What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?
A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.
B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.
C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.
D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.
59. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about world food production in the
coming decades?
A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.
B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.
C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.
D. The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland.
60. How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organization?
A. It is built on the findings of a new study.
B. It is based on a doubtful assumption.
C. It is backed by strong evidence.
D. It is open to further discussion.
B
There has long been a notion (观念) that money buys happiness. However, although “we really, re ally tried that for a couple of generations, it didn’t work,” said Francine Jay, author of The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life.
Thanks to a travel-inspired revelation (启发), Jay has been happily living a simpler life for 12 years. “I always packed as lightly as possible, and found it exciting to get by with just a small carry-on bag,” she told CNN. “I thought if it feels this great to travel lightly, how amazing would it be to live this way? I wanted to have that same feeling of freedom in my everyday life.”
Jay decided to get rid of all her excess (额外的) possessions and live with just the essentials (必需品). “I wanted to spend my time and energy on experiences, rather than things.”
Jay is a follower of a movement called “minimalism (极简主义)”. Growing numbers of people have been attracted to this lifestyle all over the world. They share the same feeling of disappointment with modern life and a desire to live more simply. Minimalists are typically progressive and concerned about the environment, Leah Watkins, a lead researcher at Otago
University in New Zealand, told Stuff magazine in March.
But many simply experienced unhappiness caused by owning too many possessions. Depression with the materialism of our w orld isn’t new. English romantic poet William Wordsworth summed up how dispiriting (令人消沉的) this was back in 1802, at the beginning of the industrial age, when he wrote: “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers”. His preference was to go back to natu re. Closer to our own times, the hippies (嬉皮士) of the 1960s also sought to ‘‘drop out” of modern life.
And for many minimalists, their key is to unload. Without objects, they “believe people are forced more and more into the present moment and that’s where life happens,” wrote Stuff.
But does simplicity ever feel like a sacrifice (牺牲)?
“It’s eliminating the excess—unused items, unnecessary purchases—from your life. Well, I may have fewer possessions, but I have more space … Minimalism is making room for wha t matters most,” said Jay.
And “the real questions”, according to Duane Elgin, US social scientist, are “what do you care about?” and “What do you value?”
He told CNN: “It’s important for people to realize minimalism isn’t simply the amount of stuff we con sume. It’s about our families, our work, our connection with the larger world, our spiritual dimension. It’s about how we touch the whole world. It’s a way of life.”
61. What was the author’s main purpose in writing the text?
A. To explore the trend of minimalism.
B. To give tips on how to lead a happy life.
C. To argue whether money buys happiness.
D. To recommend one of Francine Jay’s books.
62. What inspired Francine Jay to live a simple life?
A. A book she came across.
B. Her desire to keep up with modern life.
C. The pleasure she enjoyed from traveling lightly.
D. A follower of minimalism she met on a trip.
63. According to Leah Watkins, a typical minimalist tends to .
a. be fed up with materialism
b. like saving and visiting nature often
c. be angry about his or her current life
d. be environmentally friendly and live with fewer things
A. a, b
B. a, d
C. a, b, c
D. b, c, d
64. The underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 8 probably means .
A. removing
B. distinguishing
C. accepting
D. improving
65. Which of the following would Duane Elgin probably agree with?
A. Minimalism is a healthy lifestyle that is in conflict with modem life.
B. Minimalism limits people’s freedom to enjoy their lives to the fullest.
C. Minimalism enables people to reflect on what truly counts in their lives.
D. Minimalism means people have to sacrifice some pleasure to live simply.
C
Miss Martha, aged 40, kept a little bakery on the corner.
Two or three times a week a customer came in in whom she began to take an interest. He spoke English with a strong German accent. His clothes were worn and darned in places, and wrinkled and baggy in others. But he looked neat, and had very good manners.
1.He always bought two loaves of stale bread. Fresh bread was five cents a loaf. Stale ones were two for five. Never did he call for anything but stale bread.
Once Miss Martha saw a red and brown stain on his fingers. She was sure then that he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in a attic painting pictures and ate stale bread.
Often when Miss Martha sat down to her chops and light rolls and jam and tea she would sigh, and wish that the gentle-mannered artist might share her tasty meal instead of eating his dry bread.
In order to test her theory as to his occupation, she brought from her room one day a painting that she had bought at a sale, and set it against the shelves behind the bread counter.
Two days afterward the customer came in.
"Two loafs of stale bread, if you please.
"A fine picture, madam," he said while she was wrapping up the bread.
"Yes?" says Miss Martha "I do admire art. You think it is a good picture?"
"Der balance," said the customer, is not in good drawing. Then he took his bread, and hurried out.
How and kindly his eyes shone behind his spectacles! To be able to judge perspective at a glance -- and to live on stale bread! But genius often has to struggle before it is recognized. She thought he began to look thinner. 2. Her heart ached to add something good to eat to his meagre purchase, but her courage failed at the act. She did not dare affront him. She knew the pride of artists.
Miss Martha took to wearing her blue-dotted silk waist behind the counter. In the back room she cooked a mysterious compound of quince seeds and borax.
One day the customer came in as usual, and called for his stale loaves. 3. While Miss Martha was reaching for them, a fire-engine came lumbering past. He hurried to the door to look, as any one will. Suddenly inspired, Miss Martha seized the opportunity. With a bread knife Miss Martha made a deep slash in each of the stale loaves, inserted a generous quantity of butter, and pressed the loaves tight again.
When the customer turned once more she was tying the paper around them.
When he had gone, after an unusually pleasant little chat, Miss Martha smiled to herself. For a long time that day her mind dwelt on the subject. She imagined the scene when he should discover her little deception.
He would prepare for his luncheon of dry bread and water. He would slice into a loaf -- ah!
Miss Martha blushed. Would he think of the hand that placed it there as he ate? Would he?
The front door bell jangled viciously. Somebody was coming in, making a great deal of noise.
Martha hurried to the front. Two men were there. One was a young man smoking a pipe -- a man she had never seen before. 4. The other was her artist.
His face was very red, his hat was on the back of his head, his hair was wildly rumpled. He clinched his two fists and shook them ferociously at Miss Martha. At Miss Martha.
"Dummkopf!" he shouted with extreme loudness; and then "Tausendonfer!" or something like it in German.
Miss Martha leaned weakly against the shelves and laid one hand on her blue-dotted silk waist. The young man took the other by the collar.
"Come on," he said, "you've said enough." He dragged the angry one out at the door to the sidewalk, and then came back.
"Guess you ought to be told, ma'am," he said, "what the row is about. That's Blumberger. He's an architectural draftsman. I work in the same office with him.
"He's been working hard for three months drawing a plan for a new city hall. It was a prize competition. He finished inking the lines yesterday. You know, a draftsman always makes his drawing in pencil first. When it's done he rubs out the pencil lines with handfuls of stale bread crumbs. That's better than India rubber.
"Blumberger's been buying the bread here. Well, to-day -- well, you know, ma'am, that butter isn't -- well, Blumberger's plan isn't good for anything now except to cut up into railroad sandwiches."
Miss Martha went into the back room. She took off the blue-dotted silk waist and put on the old brown serge she used to wear. Then she poured the quince seed and borax mixture out of the window into the ash can.
66. Which of the following can best describe Miss Martha?
A. Sympathetic, dreamy and decisive
B. Disciplined, ambitious and generous
C. Proud, sensitive and conservative
D. Practical, dependable and diligent
67. What does th e “blue-dotted silk waist” symbolize?
A. Miss Martha’s fine appreciation for art.
B. Miss Martha’s affection for the customer.
C. Miss Martha’s strong sense of ceremony.
D. Miss Martha’s confidence in her baking skills
68. Which of the following sentences best forwards the plot?
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③
D. ④
69. Which of following sentences indicates the change of Miss Martha’s feelings
A. Curious→ excited→ lost→ relived.
B. Curious→ hopeful→ frustrated → calm.
C. Nervous→ delighted→ disappointed→ angry.
D. Nervous→ satisfied→frightened→depressed.
70. What message does the story convey?
A. All is well that ends well.
B. Love grows with obstacles
C. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
D. Don’t measure other people’s corn by your own bushel.
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共55分)
第四部分：单词拼写(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
71.I would like to express my a________________ and thanks to you all for what you have
done for me.
72.Television has replaced film as our country’s most pop ular form of
e_________________.
73.The city’s water supply is no longer a__________________ for its needs.
74.Although tobacco ads are _____________, companies get around the ban by sponsoring
music shows.
75.Optimists know that if they are in good s__________, their day-to-day experiences and
interactions are more positive.
76.Shanghai’s municipal bureau (市政局) of social housing and building will also require
developers to produce a certificate ____________ (保证) the quality of their apartments.
77.Those supplies were __________________ (分配) to the victims of the earthquake in
Wenchuan in time.
78.Martin created the nonprofit Ricky Martin foundation, which _______(倡导) Children’s
rights.
79.Soldiers had _________________ (临时，暂时) closed the border between the two
countries.
80. The villagers decided to devote all they had to _______________ (重建) their homes after the earthquake.
第五部分：短文语法填空（共10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分10 分）
Printing with Human Cells
3D printers are taking medicine to a whole new level, called “bioprinting.” Since the early 2000s, doctors and researchers (81)___________(work) to find a way to print living human organs and other pieces of anatomy(骨骼) using 3D printing technology. Currently, patients in need of a new organ have to wait for an organ donor who is a perfect match for them so that their body won’t reject the transplanted organ, and it’s not(82)__________（common）for people to die while (83)___________(wait). However, with 3D printing, the organ would be made with the patient’s own cells, so there’s no chance that i t would be rejected. These organ transplants are still a decade away, according to experts in the field, and simpler pieces of anatomy will be ready first, starting with skin, muscle, and bone.
In the most basic form of 3D printing, a digital blueprint is first made and sent to
a printer. Then the printer exudes(渗出) plastic drop-by-drop, layer-by-layer to create the
(84)___________(desire) shape. However, this basic 3D printing is done using high temperatures, (85)___________ would kill live cells. Thus the printers used for bioprinting have been reinvented not to require extreme heat. In this special kind of 3D printing, the printer deposits biodegradable, plastic-like materials to form the structure of an organ and water-based gels that contain cells. Those cells anchor onto the structure, and then the organ (86)___________ (transplant) into a body. The body provides it with nutrients and oxygen (87) ___________ the organ tissue generates its own system of blood cells.
(88)_________ doctors and researchers already have the ability to engineer living tissue and organs, it has always been done manually, which is a laborious process. The advantage of 3D printing is (89)___________ it’s much faster, more precise, and more easily
reproducible. One ear, for example, takes only 4-6 hours to print at present.
Still, there is a lot of work (90)___________(do) in the area of transplanting the printed cells.
第六部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个
．．最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

每个空格只填1个单词。

Among the natural creatures that can present a threat to people in rural areas of Mexico, one of the most productive is the scorpion(蝎子). These relatives of spiders kill dozens of people each year and injure thousands more. However, scorpions have become a part of the local culture and tradition.
In the Durango city main market, scorpions are in evidence at every turn. There are books, key chains and lamps decorated with dead scorpions. There are scorpion images on T-shirts and hats and there are even candies shaped like scorpions. The whole place seems to be filled with the crawling creature.
In one corner of the market, Chelo Garcia even sells live scorpions. She says she has experienced two scorpion stings(蛰) in the recent years and that nothing happened. She says that if a person has no symptoms of poisoning with 30 minutes of the stinging, it is likely that nothing bad will result. She says some scorpions have little or no poison and so luck plays a big part.
It is hard to explain why people come to Ms. Garcia’ s store to buy live ones, but she does a good business. She often reaches down through the top of the glass cage to catch one of the scorpions to show her customers. She holds them by the tail, where the barbed stinger(刺针) is located, so that she is safe from attack.
In the crowded market, many people pass by Ms. Garcia’s store to look at the crawling creatures and to relate their own stories of encounters with the scorpions. One old woman says she nearly died when she was a girl of 18 years old and has been afraid of scorpions ever since. She said her tongue became numb and her throat began to swell shut, common symptoms of the scorpion poison. She says she survived because God protected her.
Every year in Mexico about 200,000 people are stung by scorpions. The number of annual deaths was nearly 300, till 2015, but a public health campaign and the widespread availability of anti-poison has cut the number of deaths to less than 100 a year. The state of Durango alone accounts for ten percent of all the scorpion stings in Mexico each year.
While the scorpion may be regarded as disgusting and horrible by many people, it has also become a bit of a local mascot(吉祥物) in Durango. People there seem proud of the fact that their city is known as the “scorpion capital”.。