重庆八中2020-2021年度高二上第一次月考英语试题

重庆八中高2022级高二（上）第一次月考
英语试题
命题、审核、打印、校对：欧静彭琳李婉菱刘晓琴
（试题满分：150分考试时间：120分钟）
第一部分听力（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。

1.Where is Dr.Smith now?
A.In Mexico.
B.In California.
C.In New York.
2.What did the woman enjoy most on her holiday?
A.Some museums.
B.The water park.
C.The historical center.
3.Why didn’t the man sleep well?
A.He stayed up late watching TV.
B.He studied the whole night.
C.He worried about the exam.
4.What does the man want to do?
A.Hold a party.
B.Do the gardening.
C.Go out with friends.
5.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.Teacher and student.
B.Roommates.
C.A couple.
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。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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.Where does the conversation take place?
A.Over the phone.
B.In the hospital.
C.At the woman’s home.
7.What does the man ask the woman to do?
A.Have another check-up.
B.Phone him in several days.
C.Take some cough medicine.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What does the man want to have?
A.Vegetables.
B.Seafood.
C.Pizzas.
9.Which restaurant will the man go to?
A.Antonio’s.
B.Pizza House.
C.Sally’s Home Cooking.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.When will the man check out?
A.On the24th.
B.On the25th.
C.On the26th.
11.Which floor does the man like to live on?
A.The second.
B.The third.
C.The fourth.
12.How much will the man pay for his breakfast in total?
A.$3.
B.$6.
C.$9.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What is the man?
A.A teacher.
B.A tour guide.
C.A writer.
14.How did the man learn Korean?
A.He took lessons.
B.He taught himself.
C.He learnt it from a friend.
15.What matters good language learning most according to the man?
A.More practice.
nguage talent.
C.An outgoing personality.
16.What will the man probably talk about next?
A.The Korean family.
B.The Korean food.
C.The Korean language.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A.How to receive a Fine Arts degree.
B.How to get started in dress designing.
C.How to be a successful dress designer.
18.What is the aim of going to the local shopping center?
A.To seek customers'views on clothing.
B.To see the popular clothing at present.
C.To find chances to attend clothing shows.
19.What can we know from businessmen as dress designers?
A.Good ways of designing.
B.The unknown side at work.
C.Great designers'resources.
20.What does Alex say about working for a successful designer?
A.It is easy to correct mistakes.
B.It is the same as college courses.
C.It is very useful for his profession.
第二部分阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall.No way could I have sent her away.No way,not me anyway.Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before.“We’re moving house.”“No space for her any more with the baby coming.”“We never really wanted her,but what could we have done?She was a present.”People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal.And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
I called her Goldie.If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name.She was so unsettled during those first few days.She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her.There was nothing I could do to make her happy,it seemed.Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner’s. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down.Always by my side,whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
That’s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk.We were a long way from home,when she started barking and getting very restless.Eventually I couldn’t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie.But when I saw her licking the four puppies(幼犬)I started to feel sympathy towards them.“We didn’t know what had happened to her,”said the woman at the door.“I took her for a walk one day soon after the puppies were born,and she just disappeared.”“She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,”added a boy from behind her.
I must admit I do miss Goldie,but I’ve got Nugget now,and she looks just like her mother.And I’ve learnt a good lesson:not to judge people.
21.How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?
A.Shocked.
B.Annoyed.
C.Sympathetic.
D.Upset.
22.Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she______.
A.saw her puppies
B.heard familiar barkings
C.found her way to her old home
D.wanted to leave the author
23.Which could be the best title of the text?
A.Goldie’s secret.
B.Goldie and me.
C.My unforgettable pet.
D.A poor lost dog.
B
Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(怀旧).It’s fun to come home. It looks the same.It smells the same.You’ll realize what’s changed is you.Home is where we can remember pain,love,and some other experiences:We parted here;My parents met here;I won three championships here.
If I close my eyes,I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home.I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table.To the right of the living room is my first bedroom.It’s empty,but it’s where my earliest memories are.
There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays,and where I cried on Halloween—when I didn’t want to wear the skirt my mother made for me.I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong.If I sit at this table,I can see my favorite room in the house,my parents’room.It is simple:a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side.Their bed is my safe zone.I can jump on it anytime—waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.
I’m lucky because I know my first home still exists.It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property(住宅)on West64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles.It is proof I lived,I grew,and I learned.
Sometimes when I feel lost,I lie down and shut my eyes,and I go home.I know it’s where I’ll find my family,my dogs,and my belongings.I purposely leave the window open at night because I know I’ll be blamed by Mom.But I don’t mind,because I want to hear her say my name,which reminds me I’m home.
24.Why does the author call her parents’bed her“safe zone”(Paragraph3)?
A.Her needs can be satisfied there.
B.It is her favorite place to play.
C.Her grandparents’photos are lined on each side.
D.Her parents always play together with her there.
25.What can be learned from the passage?
A.The old furniture is still in the author’s first bedroom.
B.The author’s favorite room in her first home is the dining room.
C.Many people of the author’s age can still find their first physical homes.
D.The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.
26.Sometimes when she feels lost,the author will______.
A.open the window at night
B.lie down in bed to have a dream
C.try to bring back a sense of home
D.go to Los Angeles to visit her mom
27.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A.To express how much she is attached to her home.
B.To declare how much she loves her first house.
C.To describe the state of her family.
D.To look back on her childhood.
C
You never see them,but they’re with you every time you fly.Their ability to endure almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book.They’re known as the black box.
The black box can record where you are going,how fast you’re traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally.When planes fall from the sky,for instance,as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the Indian ocean June 30,2009,the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong.So when a French submarine(潜水艇)detected the device’s homing signal five days later,the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which152passengers were killed．
In1958,Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction．That was the first model for a black box,which became a requirement on all mercial flights by1960．Early models often failed to stand crashes,however,so in1965the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane from its original position in the landing wells(起落架舱)．The same year,the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black,be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility．Modern airplanes have two black boxes:a voice recorder,which tracks pilots’conversations,and a flight-data recorder,which monitors fuel levels,engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft’s final moments. Placed in an insulated(隔绝的)case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel,the boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to2,000℉. When submerged(落入水中),they're also able to send out signals from depths of20,000 ft.Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight447,which crashed near Brazil on June1,2009,are in water nearly that deep,but statistics say they’re still likely to turn up.
In the approximately20deep-sea crashes over the past30years,only one plane’s black boxes were never recovered．
28.What does the author say about the black box?
A.It is a necessary device on an airplane.
B.Its ability to prevent disasters is incredible.
C.It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
D.The idea for its design comes from a comic book.
29.Why was the black box redesigned in1965?
A.New materials became available by that time.
B.The early models often got damaged in the crash.
C.Too much space was needed to fix the equipment in position.
D.The early models didn’t provide the needed data.
30.Why were the black boxes required to be painted orange or yellow?
A.To meet the international standard.
B.To caution people to handle them with care.
C.To make it easier for people to find them.
D.To distinguish them from the colour of the plane.
31.What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight447?
A.They have stopped sending homing signals.
B.They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.
C.There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.
D.There is still a good chance of their being recovered.
D
Silence is unnatural to man.He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness.In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world,and he fears silence more than anything else.Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence.If he is introduced to another person,and a number of pauses occur in the conversation,he regards himself as a failure,a worthless person,and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox(喋喋不休的人).He knows that ninety nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly,but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure(蜡塑人像).
The aim of conversation is not,for the most part,to communicate ideas;it is to keep up the buzzing sound.There are,it must be admitted,different qualities of buzz;there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito.But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person.Most buzzing,fortunately,
is pleasant to the ear,and some of it is pleasant even to the mind.He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk.Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new.Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people’s ears,though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel.At the end of an evening,during which they have said nothing meaningful for
a long time,they just prove themselves to be successful conversationalist.
32.According to the author,people make conversation to______.
A.exchange ideas
B.prove their value
C.achieve success in life
D.overcome their fear of silence
33.The underlined phrase“the buzzing of a fly”(Para.1),the author means______.
A.meaningless talks
B.the noise of an insect
C.a low whispering sound
D.the voice of a chatterbox
34.According to the passage,people usually talk to their neighbors______.
A.about whatever they have prepared
B.in order not to be a fool in a group
C.in the hope of learning something new
D.in the hope of getting on well
35.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To discuss why people like talking about weather.
B.To encourage people to join in conversations.
C.To persuade people to stop making noises.
D.To explain why people keep talking.
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选项。

Do you think studying in a different country is something that sounds very exciting? Certainly,it is a new experience,which brings the opportunity of discovering fascinating things and a feeling of freedom.36You will experience culture shock.Evidently,at least four essential stages of culture-shock adjustment occur.
The first stage is called“the honeymoon”.In this stage,you feel excitement about living in a different place,and everything seems to be marvelous.37
Eventually,however,the second stage of culture shock appears.This is the“hostility stage”.38You become tired of many things about the new culture.Moreover,people
don’t treat you like a guest anymore.Everything that seemed to be so wonderful at first is now awful,and everything makes you feel distressed and tired.
Then you come to the third stage called“recovery”.You start feeling more positive, and you try to develop comprehension of everything you don’t understand.The whole situation starts to become more favorable.39
The last stage of culture shock is called“adjustment”.40The things that initially made you feel uncomfortable or strange are now things that you understand.Now you feel comfortable;you have adjusted to the new culture.
A.You recover from the symptoms of the first two stages.
B.Actually,culture shock is something you cannot avoid when studying in a foreign country.
C.You have reached a point where you feel good because you have learned enough to understand the new culture.
D.You like everything,and everybody seems to be so nice to you.
E.In spite of these advantages,however,there are also some challenges you will encounter.
F.However,when you have completely adjusted to a new culture you can more fully enjoy it.
G.You begin to notice that not everything is as good as you had originally thought it was.
第三部分英语知识运用（共三节，满分55分）
第一节完形填空（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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been41to pay lawyers’fees.To make matters worse,Moth was diagnosed(诊断)with a42disease.There was no43,only pain relief.
Failing to find any other way out,they decided to make a44journey,as they caught sight of an old hikers’(徒步旅行者)guide.
This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and45recovery.When leaving home,Raynor and Moth had just￡320in the bank.They planned to keep the46low by living on boiled noodles,with the47hamburger shop treat.
Wild camping is48in England.To avoid being caught,the Winns had to get their tent up49and packed it away early in the morning.The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their50s is a lot50than they remember it was in their20s.
Raynor51all over and desired a bath.Moth,meanwhile,after an initial52, found his symptoms were strangely53by their daily tiring journey.
54,the couple found that their bodies turned for the better,with re-found strong muscles that they thought had55forever,"Our hair was fried and falling out,nails broken,clothes56to a thread,but we were alive."
During the journey,Raynor began a career as a nature writer.She writes,“57had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare,an empty page at the end of a(n)58written book.It had also given me a59,either to leave that page60or to keep writing the story with hope.I chose hope.”
41.A.drawn up B.backed up ed up D.kept up
d B.serious mon D.preventable
43.A.cure B.luck C.care D.promise
44.A.business B.bus C.rail D.walking
45.A.expected B.frightening C.disappointing D.surprising
46. A.payment B.budget C.reward D.allowance
47.A.occasional B.frequent C.abundant D.constant
48.A.unpopular wful C.attractive D.illegal
49.A.soon B.early te D.slowly
50.A.easier B.cheaper C.harder D.funnier
51.A.rolled B.ached C.bled D.trembled
52.A.struggle B.progress C.excitement D.research
53.A.developed B.controlled C.increased D.reduced
54.A.Initially B.Temporarily C.Consequently D.Eventually
55.A.gained B.kept C.lost D.wounded
56.A.sewn B.washed C.worn D.ironed
57.A.Homelessness B.Doctors C.Hiking wyers
58.A.well B.partly C.neatly D.originally
59.A.choice B.reward C.promise D.break
60.A.loose B.blank C.full D.missing
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。

In China,there are various means of transport for day-to-day living:subways,buses, cars,and even bikes…but taxis rank high on the list.
Taxis are certainly the most convenient means of transport,as61requires little effort to raise your arm to call a cab.Besides,fares in China are62(afford).
They start in daytime hours in the capital at RMB13yuan for63first3 kilometers,after which you pay another RMB2.3yuan per kilometer.This is far64 expensive than that in European capitals.In London,for example,two kilometers’ride could cost you about RMB63yuan.
Taxicabs as we know them today first65(appear)in China in the early20th century,but66(be)the reserve(特权)of the rich and the powerful.Nowadays, 67(take)a cab is commonplace in China.
Before coming to China,I68(warn)that there were awful drivers who would make long detours(绕行)69(get)higher fares.However,most taxi drivers I have met are nice.They know the city like the back of their hands,and are glad to be70some help.
第三节 A.单词拼写（共4小题；每小题1分，满分4分）
根据汉语提示，用所学单词的适当形式填空。

71.Instead of doubting yourself,you need to strive to achieve more with the attention_______________(集中)on your goal.
72._______________(配备,具有)with more educational knowledge,today’s parents differ greatly from those of the past.
73.In the heat of the argument he said a lot of things he______________(后悔)later.
74.A balanced diet can provide enough_________________(营养)for your diet.
B.选词填空（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）
用方框中单词的适当形式填空。

underline,comment,circulate,confuse,struggle,expand
75.He________________to the surface as the water dragged him down.
76.“Young fellows,it is the right time for you to fight for your dreams.”,he ________________with expression at the meeting last night.
77.Today in China a growing number of people________________the balance between work and life.
78.The headteacher often_______________me and my twin sister because we look alike.
79.It was raining heavily.She________________her umbrella and went out.
80.The news of the superstar’s death________________quickly over the last few days.
第四部分书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。

你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对
中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物。

请你给Jim回信，内容包括：
1.该人物是谁；
2.该人物的主要贡献；
3.该人物对你的影响。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
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Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua 重庆八中高2022级高二（上）第一次月考英语试题第11页共11页。