吉林省长春外国语学校2020-2021学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

长春外国语学校2020-2021学年第一学期第一次月考高二年级英语试卷出题人：王曦审题人：许欣宁本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

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第Ⅰ卷第一部分：阅读理解（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、D）中，选出最佳选项。

AYou probably know who Marie Curie 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 peace. She encouraged a sense of community 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 weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist 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 world’s lakes and oceans.Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator and in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor 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, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott(抵制). 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.1.What is Jane Addams famous for in history?A. Her social work.B. Her teaching skills.C. Her efforts to win a prize.D. Her community background.2. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being refused by the law firm?A. Not having training in law.B. Her identity as a woman.C. Her poor financial conditions.D. Her little work experience in court.3. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the U.S.?A. Jane Addams.B. Rachel Carson.C. Sandra Day O’Connor.D. Rosa Parks.4. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A. They are highly educated.B. They are truly creative.C. They are pioneers.D. They are peace-lovers.BPeople fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet —the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race. At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained —and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)Taylor’s fame and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra — the highest pay received by any star up to that time.Elizabeth Taylor is a legend(传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, and she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she set up an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.5. The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she______.A. was small in sizeB. was too youngC. did not play well enoughD. did not show much interest6. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both______.A. popular all their livesB. famous actressesC. rich and kind-heartedD. successful when very young7. Taylor became Best Actress at the age of ______.A. 12B. 28C. 31D. 348. In her later life, Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to ______.A. collecting money for the poorB. turning herself into a legendC. doing business and helping othersD. going about research and education workCMark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his pen-name.Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother’s tender care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbors. He didn’t like to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi(密西西比河), where he was nearly drowned(淹死) nine times.After his father’s death in 1847, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full-time writer.In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876 and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous and brought him a great fortune.Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of their children passed away.At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.9. We can infer from the text that in Mark Twain’s childhood, ______.A. he learned a lot at schoolB. he often played games with other boysC. he often went swimming with other boysD. his mother often worried about his safety10. In order to make a living, Mark Twain .A. first worked as a pilotB. did many kinds of workC. wrote stories in the beginningD. joined the army after he worked in a mine11. What can we infer from the text?A. Mark Twain was better known for his real name.B. Mark Twain’s wife died from his debts.C. Mark Twain liked swimming when he was very young.D. Mark Twain passed away at the age of 65.12. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. Mark Twain’s later life.B.Mark Twain’s biography.C. Mar k Twain’s writing career.D. Mark Twain’s great achievements.DSuccess doesn’t begin until you begin the walk down the way towards your goals. And your walk down the way always begins first with a baby step. Why do we call them baby steps? Are they really anything more than our next step down life’s way?Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith. We see others stepping out and we want to show our ability to walk by following them. As we grow, we continue our development by taking extra baby steps. Sometimes we fall; sometimes we fail. After that, all s teps become an act of faith; we just become more practiced. If you say to yourself “I don’t want to make a fool of myself” or “I’d better be good at this”, you’ll probably never take the baby steps towards your goals and end up lying in your own self-pity.As a culture, we focus on results. We think about every risk that must be taken to reach our goals. There are few people who are excellent performers of any tasks the first time they try them. They fail and succeed. Then, they build upon their abilities learned each time. They practice their skills and use their talents through baby steps before they are ready to prove them to the whole world.So, learn to take those baby steps to reach the goals before you. Know that you candepend on God to show you the way. As you become more experienced, your baby steps become a walk, then a jump, and finally a sprint. That’s how our baby steps lead us through the marathon of life.13. In the third paragraph, the writer expresses the view that .A. baby steps play the key role in leading us towards successB. adults should learn from babies in dealing with hard tasksC. we must make full use of our skills in order to get rewardsD. we can’t expect to succeed without working hard at first14. The underlined word “sprint” in the last paragraph probably means “”.A. slow rushB. sudden stopC. hard climbD. fast run15. What’s the writer’s tone in the text?A. Light-hearted.B. Regretful.C. Encouraging.D. Concerned.第二部分完形填空（共20 小题；每小题 1.5分，满分30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。