1、学年江苏省江阴一中高二上学期月考英语试题Word版 听力江阴一中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）命题人： 许彩芳 张瑞娟 张萍莉 审核：姚丽芳 NO.54第16周第卷（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 shooti
2、ng 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.
3、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 b
4、efore 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
5、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. Keybo
6、ards. 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
7、 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
8、.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 walke
9、d 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.
10、think back to22. I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didnt you drive him there? I _. But my car _.A. would; was fixed B. would have; was fixedC. would have; was being fixed D. did; was being fixed23. These scientists of the center _ to finding measures to stop desertification have done
11、much research into the problem since the center set up in 1996.A. have committed B. committed C. being committed D. have been committed24. Comfortable 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 count
12、ries 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. Repeating26. The seeming logic of addressing the issue has fallen apart that _ economy develops, interpersonal relationships worsen, for people a
13、re willing to take due responsibility. A. unless B. before C. what D. where27. The need to do what the majority of us are doing forces us to take up activities which we _ otherwise.A. wont B. wouldnt C. should D. might 28. _ you lose weight in a healthy way, I dont really care what your _ is.A. Even
14、 though; account B. As long as; motivationC. So that; entertainment D. In case; performance29. In his youth, however, he never left his home town, let alone _ to another country.A. travelling B. to travel C. travelled D. travel30. Ill come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening. Im sorry,
15、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 meet31. Located in the center of Melbourne, Australia, are two tall towers designed by building architect Phil Rowe, both of
16、 _ shaped like massive tree houses rather than skyscrapers.A. who B. them C. which D. whom32. The two passengers occupying seats were reported _ from taking trains for 180 days.A. to be banned B. to have been bannedC. being banned D. having been banned33. I dont mind playing against a beginner, like
17、 myself, but Im 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! Yesterdays fund-raising charity was a great success. Yes. And Id like to thank everyone _ for making this activity _ so smoothly.A. concerning; to run B. c
18、oncerned; run C. concerned; running D. to concern; running35. I was reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms yesterday, but I couldnt understand it. _. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.A. Dont fly off the handle B. Dont be over the moonC. More haste, less speed D. You got m
19、e 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
20、 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
21、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
22、 of the rock garden and found a tiny little _44_ that I could not _45_ identify. I knew I didnt plant it and Denise _46_ that she didnt 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 sun
23、flower. 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
24、 _53_ under and around it to reach the sun.Thats when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didnt 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.
25、 A. use B. spent C. applied D. devoted37. A. work B. live C. stay D. play38. A. crowded B. surrounded C. prohibited D. governed39. A. effect B. practice C. use D. operation40. A. color B. peace C. credit D. focus41. A. plain B. bored C. tiring D. initial42. A. holding on B. taking on C. bringing on
26、D. putting on43. A. position B. style C. tissue D. thumb44. A. flower B. plant C. crop D. bush45. A. suddenly B. hardly C. gradually D. instantly46. A. claimed B. instructed C. described D. guaranteed47. A. turn out B. figure out C. hold out D. pick out48. A. as B. before C. since D. because49. A. p
27、itiful B. ugly C. pretty D. weak50. A. admire B. consider C. attend D. observe51. A. pushed B. removed C. transported D. conducted52. A. cheerful B. unnatural C. unusual D. appealing53. A. pulled B. dug C. expanded D. grown54. A. power B. capability C. energy D. strength55. A. conflicts B. responsib
28、ilities 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。ASome of the worlds 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 talk
29、ed about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the worlds 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
30、: 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 worlds most populous(人口多的)countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important s
