2020-2021学年湖南娄底高二上英语月考试卷

2020-2021学年湖南娄底高二上英语月考试卷一、阅读理解1.Freelance（自由职业的）Writers WantedAssociated Content is an online publishing platform that enables anyone to earn money by writing articles on the Web.Writing for AC is a great work opportunity for students, stay-at-home parents and freelance writers. You can work on your own time and submit papers, reviews, essays, etc. on any topic that you have interest in. This is a job you can do from anywhere—all you need is access to the Internet.Here's how you get started:1）Go to Associated Content2）Follow the instructions to register.3）Fill in your profile（简介）, making note of your previous experience and your areas of experience（if any）.4）Start submitting articles. You'll begin earning money as soon as your articles are published and the amount is based on the page views it receives.In addition to our own library of content, we have hundreds of partners（Partner Content Team）who work with AC to obtain high-quality. As such, there are lots of opportunities for our most talented and productive writers to accept "Partner Assignments" on an as-needed basis.If you're interested in accepting higher paid Partner Assignments, send us a link to your AC profile once you have submitted at least five articles. We will review all submissions and pass them along to our Partner Content Team. If selected, you will start receiving special paid assignments from us on a regular basis, which you are free to accept or ignore.NOTE: we pay our writers via PayPal daily.Any questions? Email me: dernel@.（1）You can write for AC on condition that you ________.A. have rich experience in writingB. have access to the InternetC.register an accountD.be free at home（2）How much you can earn for your published article depends on ________.A. the space it coversB. the topic it deals withC. the opinion it voicesD. the page views it receives（3）Partner Content Team is mentioned here to ________. A. encourage people to write more articles for ACB. lay stress on the importance of cooperationC. seek more support from other business partnersD. show off its abundant library of content2.My first book had been rejected by every major American publisher. My dream of a life as a successful author was in tatters."It isn't going to happen," I said to my friend. "And I have to accept it." "If you lose faith in your product, no one else will have faith in it," she told me.And, I knew she was right. But, how could I believe in myself when I hit a wall at every turn? I knew I had a good product. The book featured（以……为特色）interviews with world-famous people who had learned how to succeed and learn the hard way. It had information that could help other people. As a consumer, I would have loved that book because it had the great wisdom I so desperately needed. And, their stories made for good reading. I had a good book. What I didn't have was a publisher. I had to find a way to get that book sold and on the shelves. But, how?The hardest challenge was forcing myself to do battle again. I had to find the strength to believe in myself when it seemed like no one else believed in me. When I hit a wall, I usually need to get more information to figure out what is going wrong. So, I did some research and found out that my initial vision for the book wasn't attractive to big publishers because that format（版式）wasn't very reasonable. What I had to do was restructure and rearrange.I needed an agent（代理人）. There are thousands of agents. Surely one of them was right for me. So, I started sending out my letters. Within a week, I had a dozen agents who wanted the book. I chose the one who I thought would believe in me and my dream. She did get me my choices of publishers. Finally, my book got published and became a best-selling book.（1）Which can best replace the underlined part "in tatters" in Paragraph 1?A.Realized.B.Ruined.C.Achieved.D.Treasured.（2）How can the author's first book be described?A.It is very hard to understand.B.It contains many love stories.C.It is about a well-known person.D.It is quite useful for many people.（3）Which part of the mentioned book was changed by the author?A.The cover of it.B.The main content.C.The structure of it.D.The introduction part.（4）What does the author's story tell us?A.Never give up.B.Easier said than done.C.Every man has his faults.D.Never judge a book by its cover.3.Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries—in both the West and the East.Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named after former British bases. If you step out of Seletar Airport you will see Piccadilly Circus—obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, "Bras Basah" means "wet rice" in Malay（马来语）. Now why would anyone want to name a road "Wet Rice Road"? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is "Circular Road" for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like "Paya Lebar Crescent". This road is called a crescent（新月形街道）because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.（1）We learn from Paragraph 1 that ________.A.the govemment is usually the first to name a placeB.many places tend to have more than one nameC.a ceremony will be held when a place is namedD.people prefer the place names given by the government（2）Which of the following places is named after a person?A.Raffles Place.B.Selector Airbase.C.Piccadilly Circus.D.Paya Lebar Crescent. （3）Bras Basah Road is named ________.A.after a personB.after a placeC.after an activityD.by its shape（4）What can be inferred from the passage?A.Some place names in Singapore may be the same as in Britain.B.Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes.C.The way Singaporeans name their places is unique.D.Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers.4.Picky eaters may have good reasons for their behavior. No matter why your child has become picky, how you handle the situation can affect his or her future. Therefore, you should know the following reasons for picky children first of all.Neophobia is common among children; it often happens at the dinner table. Some children just refuse to try new food because they don't know what it will taste like, while others dislike new food before even smelling it. Some children take it to extremes and will only eat a little food that they like. Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi says that, by the time children reach the age of two, they have formed their own eating habits that they don't want to be disturbed by new food at the table.A newly published study led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of University College London showed that picky eating habits of children result from genetic and environmental causes. The research, which followed the eating habits of 5,390 pairs of twins between the ages of 8 and 11, found that about 75% of the neophobia in the children was from their parents, while 25% was due to the influence of environment.Children grow at a high speed during their first year, but that fast-paced growth tends to slow down during their second year. When children are not experiencing one of those fast growth periods, their bodies need leas energy; and that results in a smaller appetite（胃口）. When children are not hungry, they tend to enjoy only the food they like. They refuse new food and food that is not their favorite. Some children will limit the amount of food to only one kind, like hamburgers or pancakes, leaving all the other food untouched.In some cases, many real reasons why a child behaves as a picky eater exist. About 5% of children who are 10 years of age or younger have some type of neurological dysfunction（神经机能障碍）that influences their eating habits. These children may be easily hurt by some special smells, or their brain may not be able to process such sensory information properly.（1）The underlined word "Neophobia" in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.A.the fear of something new or unknownB.the worry about the amount of new foodC.the feeling of eating at the dinner tableD.the fear of eating tasty food（2）What can we learn about the study led by Dr. Cooke?A.It paid more attention to the environmental effects on children's eating habits.B.It followed the eating habits of 5,390 children aged between 8 and 11.C.It showed that genes greatly affect children's eating habits.D.It suggested that parents should have good eating habits.（3）The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that ______.A.children's growth speed stays the same in the first two yearsB.children develop their own diet when they grow upC.children tends to eat less when they grow upD.children's growth has an effect on their diet（4）The reason mentioned in the last paragraph has something to do with a child's ______.A.exerciseB.senseC.habitD.interest二、七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。