安徽省桐城市2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题

安徽省桐城市20212021学年高二英语上学期第一次
月考试题
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

共150分，考试时刻120分钟。

第I卷（选择题共100分注意：请将答案填涂在答题卡上）
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秒的时刻来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the woman want to do?
A. Buy a television.
B. Look for a gift for her husband.
C. Bargain with the man.
2. What will happen to the patient?
A. He will be sent to ward 1.
B. He might get an operation on the
arm.
C. He will stay still at the Emergency Department.
3. What does the man mean?
A. The woman＇s family is rich.
B. He would like to help the woman.
C. The woman is often short of money.
4. Who has a better taste in clothing?
A. The man.
B. The woman.
C. The man＇wife.
5. Why does the woman have to go?
A. It＇s too late.
B. Someone calls her.
C. She has something important
to do.
第二节（共15个小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话。

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，你都有时刻阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；
听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时刻。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. The summer vacation.
B. Ken＇s hometown.
C. The reply to a letter.
7. Who will go to Canada?
A. The woman.
B. The man and Ken.
C. The woman＇s brother.
请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why did Mary have to walk to school?
A. She wanted to do exercise.
B. Her bike was broken.
C. She didn＇t catch
the bus.
9. Where was Mary＇s class today?
A. In the cinema.
B. In the museum.
C. In the library.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How does the man feel about learning Chinese?
A. It＇s easier and easier.
B. He＇s more and more interested in it.
C. It＇s as difficult as learning European languages.
11. What are the woman＇s difficulties in learning English?
A. Writing and listening.
B. Spelling and writing.
C. Spelling and pronunciation.
12. What＇s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Schoolmates.
B. Student and teacher.
C. Brother and sister. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题.。

13．Why did the doctor give the woman some tablets?
A. To cure her cough..
B. To bring down the fever
C. To reduce her pain in stomach
14. What do you know about Peter?
A. He is very skilled at his work
B. He usually works together with the woman
C. He wants to change the sheets with the woman
15. What will the man buy for the woman?
A. Some washing powder
B. A sheet
C. Some oranges
16. When will the man post the letter?
A. Tomorrow
B. Tonight
C. In ten minutes
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题
17. What made the company lose customers?
A. High-priced products
B. The poor service
C. Lack of new products
18. Who bought the company?
A. A giant company
B. The landlord of the pub
C. The former employees
19. When did the company begin to employ new people?
A. Three years ago
B. Last year
C. This year
20. What does the speaker mainly tell us?
A. His efforts to survive a company
B. His experience of doing business
C. His hard life of being unemployed
第二部分阅读明白得（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。

A
Visitor Oyster cards are electronic smartcards that come fully charged with credit. Whether you're making a one-off trip to London or you're a regular visitor, using an Oyster travel smartcard is the easiest way to travel around the city's public transport network. Simply touch the card on the yellow card reader at the gates when you start and end your journey.
Advantages of a Visitor Oyster Card
A Visitor Oyster card is one of the cheapest ways to pay for single journeys on the bus, Tube, DLR, tram, London Overground and most National Rail services in London:
Save time – your card is ready to use as soon as you arrive in London.
●I t’s more than 50% cheaper than buying a paper Travelcard or single tickets
with cash.
●There is a daily price cap – once you have reached this limit, you won't
pay any more.
●Enjoy special offers and promotions at leading London restaurants, shops
and entertainment venues, plus discounts on the Emirates Air Line cable car and Thames Clippers river buses.
Buy a Visitor Oyster card
Buy a Visitor Oyster card before you visit London and get it delivered to your home address. A card costs £3 (non-refundable) plus postage. Order online and arrive with your Oyster in hand! You can also buy a Visitor Oyster card from Gatwick Express ticket offices at Gatwick Airport Station and on board Eurostar trains travelling to London.
Add Credit to Your Visitor Oyster Card
You can choose how much credit to add to your card. If you are visiting London for two days, you can start with￡20 credit. If you run out of credit, add credit at the following locations:
●Touchscreen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some National
Rail stations.
●Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops found in newsagents and small shops across
London.
●TFL Visitor and Travel Information Centres.
●Tube and London Overground station ticket offices.
●Emirates Air Line terminals.
21. When can you use your Visitor Oyster Card?
A. Once you arrive in London.
B. Before you leave home.
C. After you become a regular visitor.
D. Only when you end your journey.
22. What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?
A. It can reach you before your journey to London.
B. It requires you to pay as much as the daily price cap.
C. It can provide you a 50% discount at a London shop.
D. It can be delivered to your home address free of charge.
23. Where can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?
A. On the Internet.
B. At Gatwick Express ticket offices.
C. At a Tube station ticket office.
D. On Eurostar trains.
B
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid - one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree；they refuse to do what they think "low" work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns…
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
24. The writer of the passage thinks that _______.
A. education can settle most of the world's problems
B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
C. free education won't help to solve problems
D. all the social problems can't be solved by education
25. The writer wants to prove that _______.
A. our society needs all kinds of jobs
B. our society needs free education for all
C. a farmer is more important than a professor
D. work with hands is the most important
26. The purpose of education is _______.
A. to choose officials for the country
B. to prepare children mainly for their future work
C. to let everyone receive education fit for him
D. to build a perfect world
27. The passage tells us about _______ of the education.
A. the means
B. the system
C. the value
D. the type
C
Ever walked to the shops only to find, once there, you’ve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old friend? For years we’ve accepted that a forgetful brain is as much a part of ageing as wrinkles and grey hair. But now a new book suggests that we’ve got it all wrong.
According to The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain, by science writer Barbara Strauch, when it comes to the important things, our brains actually get better with age. In fact, she argues that some studies have found that our brain hits its peak between our 40s and 60s – much later than previously thought.
Furthermore, rather than losing many brain cells as we age, we retain them, and even produce new ones well into middle age. For years it’s been assumed that brain, much like the body, declines with age. But the longest, largest study into what happens to people as they age suggests otherwise.
This continuing research has followed 6,000 people since 1956, testing them every seven years. It has found that on average, participants performed better on cognitive (认知的) tests in their 40s and 50s than they had done in their 20s. Specifically, older people did better on tests of vocabulary, verbal memory (how many words you can remember) and problem solving.
Where they performed less well was number ability and perceptual speed – how fast you can push a button when ordered. However, with more complex tasks such as
problem-solving and language, we are at our best at middle age and beyond. In short, researchers are now coming up with scientific proof that we do get wiser with age.
Neuroscientists are also finding that we are happier with ageing. A recent US study found older people were much better at controlling and balancing their emotions. It is thought that when we’re younger we need to focus more on the negative aspects of life in order to learn about the possible dangers in the world, but as we get older we’v e learned our lessons and are sub-consciously aware that we have less time left in life: therefore, it becomes more important for us to be happy.
28. Barbara Strauch probably agrees that __________.
A. the young are better at handling important things
B. ageing leads to the decline of the function of the brain
C. people’s brains work best between their 40s and 60s
D. wrinkles and grey hair are the only symbols of ageing
29. The continuing research has found older people perform better on
__________.
A. number ability
B. perceptual speed
C. body
balance D. vocabulary tests
30. People are happier with age because __________.
A. they know how to share feelings
B. they cannot focus on negative
aspects
C. they learn to value the time left
D. they do not realize the
possible dangers
31. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. People get more forgetful with age.
B. People get
wiser with age.
C. People get happier with age.
D. People get more self-aware with age.
D
The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism(相对主义), are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.
History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese
concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries, Unique works of this kind are different from today’s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.
In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because “the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature,” the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.
Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.
32.According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism?
A. It introduces different cultural values.
B. It relates artistic values
to local conditions.
C. It explains the history of artistic works.
D. It excites the human mind
throughout the world.
33. In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned in order to show that __________.
A. history gives art works special appeal to set them apart
B. great artists are skilled at combining various cultures
C. popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts
D. great works of art can go beyond national boundaries
34. According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because __________.
A. they appeal to unchanging features of human nature
B. they are created by the world’s greatest artists
C. they establish some general principles of art
D. they are results of scientific study
35. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
A. Are Popular Arts Permanent?
B. Is Human Nature Uniform?
C. Are Artistic Values Universal?
D. Is Cultural Relativism Scientific?
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
依照短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为余外选项。

Advice About Stress: Don't Let It Ruin Your Life!
There are many reasons why people suffer from stress.__36__We give you advice on how to find the cause or causes of your stress, and more importantly—how to deal with it.
For some, dealing with stress is a relatively simple matter, providing you really want to.__37__If the latter is the case, then don't refuse forms of alternative medical advice and treatment.
__38__It can help you to perform or even OUT perform in certain situations. Athletes use it to great advantages to help them through that barrier that will put them on top! It can also help you in everyday life. However, if it is part of life's routine, then something somewhere will suffer in body or mind—or both.
One of the important factors in treating stress, is firstly admitting, accepting—or even discovering—that you are stressed. Only then can the causes of that stress be isolated. Harmful stress comes from a lot of causes. Our advice about stress is based upon medical facts, and of course common sense.__39__Getting the wrong advice can cause more harm than good.
It can be beaten in most cases, and can nearly always be controlled, or even turned to your own advantage. Firstly determine if you are stressed or suffering any form of stress—take our stress test to find out. It may surprise you! Secondly, sort out what you can actually do to relieve the causes of your stress.__40__Thirdly, work on a change of lifestyle or whatever needs to be done to fight the causes that you have identified.
A. Getting the right advice is not always easy.
B. Stress is a totally normal function of the body.
C. Stress can also be good !
D. Accidents are often prevented by the stress reactions.
E. For others, stress can be so severe that it might need medical attention.
F. Surprisingly, some suffer from stress but are not even aware that they are doing so!
G. Like all illnesses—and suffering from stress is an illness prevention is always better than cure.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完型填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
A few weeks ago I was at the corner shop, and there stood an old lady in front of me in line. She seemed very __41__ when the cashier asked her to pay $38. She had about $ 5 in her wallet, and she began to __42__. The cashier became very __43__, telling her that she couldn't buy these __44__ because she didn't have enough money. So I told the cashier not to __45__ it, and that I would __46__ the difference. The cashier gave me a funny look, __47__I really felt for this woman.
Anyway, I paid for my groceries and __48__ the store. When I got outside, I saw the lady standing there. I __49__ her what was wrong. She said that she couldn't remember where she lived, and she began to cry again. I said some names of the __50__ around the area but she had no clue (线索). Just then, a car __51__ and a woman jumped out of the car. It was this lady's daughter. I __52__ that her mother couldn't find her way home. The daughter told me that she had Alzheimer's Disease (老年痴呆症) and that she had been __53__ off a lot lately. Then the daughter __54__ that her mother had three bags of groceries and __55__ where she got the money to pay for them. I was not __56__ if I should tell her that I paid for them, but I did.
The daughter wanted to pay me back, but I __57__. After thanking me __58__, the daughter said “Goodbye.” to me.
I felt so __59__ that day because making others feel good makes me feel good.
I know that if this __60__ happened again, I would do the same thing.
41. A. excited B. disappointed C. convinced D. puzzled
42. A. argue B. bargain C. cry D. withdraw
43. A. excited B. uncomfortable C.angry D.impatient
44.A.items B. clothes C. details D. diets
45.A. look for B. insist on C. worry about D. argue about
46.A. pay B. tell C. make D. take
47.A. so B. but C. therefore D. and
48.A. entered B. searched C. closed D. left
49.A. shouted B. analyzed C. asked D. informed
50.A. markets B. buildings C. hospitals D. streets
51.A. drove out B. pulled down C. pulled up D. drove off
52.A.responded B. explained C. described D. recommended
53.A.falling B. turning C. walking D. wandering
54.A.watched B. noticed C. collected D. realized
55.A. confused B. ordered C. wondered D. suggested
56.A.doubtful B. urgent C. jealous D. sure
57. A. neglected B. denied C. refused D. ignored
58.A.naturally B. gratefully C. immediately D.
energetically
59. A. pleased B. anxious C. interested D. relaxed
60. A. condition B. tradition C. experience D. situation
第II 卷
第二节（共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

To a Chinese, English is not so easy to learn. Like all the other English learners,
managed 62 (overcome) them and make much progress.
I can well remember 63 the spelling and meaning of words is the first difficulty I met as a beginner. But I found out my own way to deal with them. As to spelling I never copied 64 new word again and again to remember it. As to meaning, I rarely recite its Chinese 65 (translate) but often put the word into the sentence to learn 66 (it) meaning. Moreover, if you use a word quite often, its spelling and meaning will be no problem. After all, we are learning English in order to speak it. Grammar and idioms may be another difficulty. But I have also got over it. I have not read lots of grammar books. I only know some ordinary grammatical 67 (rule). By doing so, I come to taste out “a sense of English language”. I can feel whether a sentence is good English or not. 68 (final), I want to say that overcoming all these difficulties needs perseverance. Every day, I spent at least an hour 69 English in the past seven years. I believe, this is an important reason 70 I am able to make progress in learning English.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下边写出该加的词。

删除：把余外的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只请承诺修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Hi Susan,
I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to return to your bike on time yesterday. I mean to give it back to you before four in the afternoon,
and I was hold up on my way back. Just before I turned corner of Park Street,
I happened to see an accident. The little girl was hurt and her mother
needed help. So I helped them going to the nearest hospital. I stayed here
for one and a half hour and made sure that the girl was all right. When
I got back, it were already 6 pm. I hope you understand.
Thank you!
Li Ling
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是红星中学李华，你校正在开展提高社会公德文明创建活动。

请你依照下列要点，用英文写一篇演讲稿。

1. 不守公德现象；
2. 改进的方法；
3. 呼吁。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2. 能够适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。

Dear friends,
Nowadays we can still see some behavior against public morals.
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桐城中学高二年级英语时期测试答题卷
语法填空
61._______________ 66.______________ 62._______________ 67.______________ 63._______________ 68.______________ 64._______________ 69.______________ 65._______________
70.______________
短文改错 Hi Susan,
I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to return to your bike on time yesterday. I mean to give it back to you before four in the afternoon, and I was hold up on my way back. Just before I turned corner of Park Street, I happened to see an accident. The little girl was hurt and her mother needed help. So I helped them going to the nearest hospital. I stayed here for one and a half hour and made sure that the girl was all right. When I got back, it were already 6 pm. I hope you understand.
Thank you!
Li Ling
作文
Dear friends,
Nowadays we can still see some behavior against public morals. ________
______________ 姓名：__________________
学号：_________________ 考号：_________________
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2021—2021学年度高二英语时期测试题答案
听力1—20. ABCCC ABCBB CABBC ACCBA
阅读 21—40 AAC DABC CDCB BDAC FECAG
完型 41~45 DCDAC 46~50 ABDCD
51~55 CBDBC 56~60 DCBAD
语法填空
61. have met 62. to overcome 63. that 64. a 65. translation 66. its 67. rules 68. finally 69. on 70. why
改错71. 去掉第二个to; 72. mean改为meant;
73. and改为but; 74. hold改为held;
75. turned the corner; 76.The改为A；
77. going改为go; 78. here改为there;
79. hour改为hours; 80.were改为was
作文参考答案：
Dear friends,
Nowadays we can still see some behavior against public morals. As is often the case, people tend to talk loud in public places, annoying others around. Spitting and littering rubbish can be seen everywhere. What's more, it's common that the young or middle－aged sit on the bus while the elderly stand.
Measures must be taken to change this situation. First of all, as students, we should manage our own behavior and help people around us form good habits. Meanwhile, it is necessary for the government and authorized organizations to encourage people to behave properly.
Don't underestimate the role you can play. Do remember we can make a difference! Take action right now! Thank you!。