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山西省实验中学2019-2020学年高二下学期第一次月考
英语试题
第一部分 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A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。答案
写在答题卡上。
A
How to become a conservation officer: Jade's story
Part1 : Jade’s story
Hi, I'm Jade. I'm 20 years old and I'm an apprentice conservation officer.
Conservation is protecting the natural environment and trying to make it thrive and
flourish as much as possible. My job really is to try and get as many people engaged in
nature as possible and doing an apprenticeship like this, which is so diverse, really
means that I can try every different area of this job out and see which fits me the best.
And it means that I also get paid at the same time. I've always been a massive animal
lover. I love being so close to them and observing the behaviours and I love the
enthusiasm.
This job has helped me vastly from day-to-day stress and anxiety, to just general
happiness, I'm in such a better place because of it. I'm working with so many amazing
supportive people and I really couldn’t be happier right now!
Part 2: What to expect if you want to be a conservation officer
When Jade finishes her apprenticeship, she will be a conservation officer. A role
similar to Jade's is a countryside officer.
Countryside officer salary: £18,000 to £50,000 per year
Countryside officer working hours: 39 to 41 hours per week第 2页 共 10页
Typical entry requirements: To do an advanced apprenticeship in environmental
conservation like Jade’s, you'll usually need 5 General Certificates of Secondary
Education or equivalent at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), including English and Maths.
Paid or unpaid work experience can be very useful when applying for jobs.
Organisations like the Conservation Volunteers, the National Trust and the Wildlife第 3页 共 10页
Trusts offer training for volunteers.
1. In what ways does the job help Jade?
A. By providing her with one-on-one training.
B. By improving her confidence in protecting nature.
C. By helping her relieve the pressure and stress.
D. By training her in finding different types of jobs.
2. Why does the text mention the countryside officer salary?
A. Because it can attach importance to the job.
B. Because it can call on people to apply for the job.
C. Because it can show the popularity of the job.
D. Because it can remind people to protect nature.
3. How can you become a conservation officer?
A. Grade 9 to 4 (A* to C) in English or Maths.
B. Have paid or unpaid work experience.
C. Get 5 General Certificates of Secondary Education.
D. Volunteer in organisations like the Wildlife Trusts.
B
It's 1944, in occupied Paris. Four friends spend their days in an arrow room atop a
Left Bank apartment building. The neighbors think they’re painters- a cover story to
explain the chemical smell. In fact, the friends are members of a Jewish resistance cell.
They’re operating a secret laboratory to make false passports for children and families
about to be deported to concentration camps (集中营). The youngest member of the
group, the lab’s technical director, is practically a child himself. Adolfo Kaminsky, age
18.
In the summer of 1943, he and his family were arrested and sent to Drancy, the
internment camp for Jews near Paris that was the last stop before the death camps. This
time, their passports saved them. Argentina's government protested the family's
detention, so they stayed at Drancy for three months, while thousands of others were 第 4页 共 10页
swiftly sent on to die. The Kaminskys were eventually freed, but they weren't safe in
Paris, where Jews were under constant threat of arrest.
To survive they would have to go underground. Kaminsky's father arranged to get
false papers from a Jewish resistance group, and sent Kaminsky to pick them up. When第 5页 共 10页
the agent told Kaminsky that they were struggling to erase a certain blue ink from the
documents, he advised using lactic acid, a trick he'd learned at the dairy. It worked, and
he was invited to join the resistance. Kaminsky's cell was one of many. Historians
estimated that France's Jewish resistance networks together saved 7,000 to 10,000
children.
Kaminsky never took a penny form forging. He thought the money would ruin his
belief. He made a living by taking some commercial photos. To this day, 94-year-old
Kaminsky feels guilty he survived the Holocaust, in despite of the fact that his
remarkable work as a forger during World War II saved the lives of thousands of Jews.
"I saved lives because I can’t deal with unnecessary deaths- I just can’t. All humans are
equal, whatever their origins, their beliefs, their skin color."
4. What is the main duty of the Jewish resistance cell?
A. To provide an apartment building for painters .
B. To protect Jewish people from being killed.
C. To make fake identities for all families.
D. To train students to operate laboratories.
5. What happened to Kaminsky in 1943?
A. He was sent to a concentration camp. B. He moved to live in Argentina.
C. He was swiftly sent on to die. D. He protested his family's detention
6. Which of the following words can best describe Kaminsky ?
A. Enthusiastic and gentle. B. Expressive and humble.
C. Disciplined and modest. D. Courageous and helpful.
7. What does the story intend to tell us?
A. Don’t raise the white flag quite yet.
B. You want to get rough, we can get rough.
C. There is always a bit of light even in the darkness.
D. No-one hits the bull’s-eye with the first arrow.
C第 6页 共 10页
On January 27th, in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance Wa(r抗击新型肺炎
战),the Ministry of Education issued a notice on putting off the start time of school in
spring 2020. It was said that school should not start before February 17th. The exact
start time of school will depend on situations and further notices.第 7页 共 10页
However, many parents are very worried that putting off the start of school may
affect children’s studies. It they have such a long winter vacation, children will not learn
any knowledge, read books or study at all. They may forget what they have learnt
before. Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and
playing, which seriously affect their physical and mental health.
In short, the close of school influences learning and develops bad habits, so how
should we avoid these problems? Local education departments have also issued a
notice, that is, to organize online teaching and create a network platform, where
necessary courses will be shown every day, and online teaching will be given by
excellent teachers of the subject, and students can learn at home through computer or
mobile network.
It should be said that such a method is very good. It can not only keep students
indoors and not worry about the infection of the disease, but also make them study at
home, improve their learning ability, and truly achieve “no suspension of classes”.
Both the platform itself and the recorded lesson resources are more useful, and are
welcomed by parents and teachers.
Of course, except for learning at home, it is also necessary to teach children about
health knowledge, especially how to keep away from touching virus; at the same time,
it is also necessary for children to do some physical exercises or some games, which is
good for physical health at home.
8. Parents worried about putting off the start time of school because .
A.children may be infected by virus
B.they don’t like the idea of online learning
C.children’s study may be affected
D.parents have no time to look after children
9. Except for learning at home, what is also necessary according to the writer?
A.To keep playing online games.
B.To keep touching different people.
C.To do some physical exercise outside.第 8页 共 10页
D.To teach children about health knowledge.
10. The underlined word “suspension” in Paragraph 4 probably means .
A.plan B. stop C. growth D. change第 9页 共 10页
11.What’s the best title for this passage?
A.ASpecial Way to Learn at Home B.ANew War with a New Change
C.AWay to Keep Mentally Healthy D.AMethod to Make Parents Unworried
D
Money might not grow on trees, but it seems that furniture does! Gavin Munro, a
UK-based designer, has come up with a brilliant alternative to cutting beautiful trees
and converting them into furniture.
He first came up with the idea of growing furniture when he was working as a
gardener in California and also made furniture with washed-up driftwood on the side.
After several attempts, he finally managed to develop a model chair using four trees.
Munro is now tending to a small 2.5 acre “furniture forest” of 400 trees in a field north
of Derby, England. He uses specially designed plastic frames to make young oak and
ash trees into the shapes of chairs, tables, frames, or lamps.
A forest that grows furniture sounds like a setting right out of Alice in Wonderland,
but there’s nothing magical about it, just a lot of hard work. The forest consists of rows
upon rows of trees covered in blue plastic molds, converting them into furniture as they
grow. Once they take the desired shape, they are cared for until thick, mature and ready
for harvest.
After harvesting, each piece is planned( 刨平) and finished to show off the wood
grain inside. “It’s an art form in itself, keeping track of everything,” Munro said.
The entire process takes about four to eight years, resulting in fully functional,
organic, eco-friendly furniture, and more long-lasting than anything else on the market.
They are grown and grafted(嫁接) into one solid piece without any joints that loosen
over time. As Munro puts it, “These pieces of furniture could last for centuries.”
Quality isn’t an issue with forest-grown furniture, but maintenance and scalability(可
伸缩性) certainly are. For now, Munro expects to grow 50 pieces a year, with the first
lot of chairs available for purchase in mid-2017, priced at $3,700 each.
12. The first paragraph mainly serves as .
A. comment B. praise C. introduction D. background 第 10页 共 10
页
13.Gavin Munro thought of growing furniture .
A. while serving as a gardener B. while relaxing at home
C. while studying in California D. when he grow up第 11页 共 10
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14. What plays a key role in growing furniture?
A. Rich imagination. B. Perfect design.
C. Large irrigation. D. Hard work.
15.The passage is probably taken from .
A. an essay B. a report C. a novel D. a diary
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。
Color is fundamental in home design—something you’ll always have in every
room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating
rooms you’ll love to live in. Do you want a room that’s full of life? Professional? Or are
you just looking for a place to relax after a long day? 16 , color is the key to
making a room feel the way you want it to feel.
Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers
approach this important point. 17 , they can get a little complex. But good news is
that there’re really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your
home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.
18 . They’re the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and
baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting
your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring
with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.
Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or
bookshelves. 19 . They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they
have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.
The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors.
Whether you’re looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put
into it are significant. 20 .
A. While all of them are useful第 12页 共 10
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B. Whatever you’re looking for
C. If you’re experimenting with a color
D. Small color choices are the ones we’re most familiar with
E. It’s not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces第 13页 共 10
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F.So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time
G. Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways
第二部分语言知识运用(共三节,满分45 分)
第一节(共 20 小题;每小题1 分,满分20 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。
Ebron James isn't the first high school basketball player to go straight into the NBA,
but he's probably the best. He has the body, skills and the basketball brain of an all-star
(全明星球员). This 21 was on 22 as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland
Cavaliers (克里夫兰骑士队) to a 107-104 win over the New Jersey Nets (新泽西
网队) on march 28. Aged of 19 years and 87 days, James became the 23
player to score 40 or more in the NBA " It was by far James' best 24 ,"
said Cleveland coach Paul Silas.
Known to his friends 25 "the King", this was the day James earned his
crown( 王 冠 ). But he was 26 from being a king during a childhood spent in
the back streets of Akron, Ohio. 27 many other African-American basketball players,
James' early years were a 28 . His mother Gloria was just 16 when she gave
birth to him; he knows nothing about his father. Mother and son battled for everything
from food to a place to live. 29 help from his grandmother and neighbors, James
would 30 have died when he was young. This spirit of survival has served him
well on court, forcing him to take any 31 he finds. "I
32 losing, I don't like losing," said James of his 41-point display. "I 33
the opportunity for us to win and I was 34 to capture it." At 2.03 meters, he is
no Yao Ming but this didn't 35 him being first choice in 2003 NBA draft. This
was 36 to his strength and skill, much of which he learned from high school
American football.
Although he has a 37 brain, James has never had to concentrate on第 14页 共 10
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38 . Some people think this is a mistake and say he should have gone to
college to 39 his mind, but James is one of the lucky few who has found fame
and fortune without a 40 . On the court, he is king.第 15页 共 10
页
21. A. performance B. activity C. talent D. action
22. A. sale B. show C. watch D. duty
23. A. oldest B. strongest C. youngest D. tallest
24. A. performance B. lesson C. action D. appearance
25. A. for B. as C. by D. with
26. A. well B. deep C. far D. late
27. A. as B. like C. likely D. alike
28. A. fight B. struggle C. battle D. war
29. A. Except for B. Except C. Besides D. Without
30. A. certainly B. impossible C. probably D. hardly
31. A. goal B. game C. match D. chance
32. A. hate B. refuse C. object D. reject
33. A. defended B. seized C. absorbed D. attended
34. A. afraid B. unlucky C. able D. certain
35. A. keep B. forbid C. protect D. stop
36. A. according B. referring C. thanks D. sticking
37. A. fast B. quick C. high D. top
38. A. studying B. resting C. sleeping D. eating
39. A. advance B. march C. increase D. develop
40. A . basketball B. collision C. diploma D. father
第二节 单项选择(共 15 小题;每小题1 分,满分15 分)
41. ---I hear Jane was knocked down by an electric bicycle and went to hospital.第 16页 共 10
页
--- , we should go and see her immediately.
A. If so B. If necessary C. On condition that D. Believe it or not
42. He used to up late, but now has got used to early since he
entered the high school.第 17页 共 10
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A. get, get B. get, gettingC. getting, getD. getting, getting
43. A graduate from Tsinghua University has chosen to work as an urban management
officer, or chengguan, a highly occupation, which make bad impressions on
people.
A. ridiculous B. contemporary C. controversial D. conventional
44. It's surprising that this innocent-looking person should have such a crime.
A. committed B. acted C. made D. performed
45. The writer was so in her work that she didn't notice him enter the room.
A. concentrated B. focused C. absorbed D. centered
46. The boy broke all the glasses on purpose;he certainly deserved .
A. to punish B.being punished C.to be punished D.punish
47. John fell ill because he was caught in the rain yesterday; it is of him to
forget to take an umbrella.
A. physical B. electrical C. typical D. practical
48. We must a new teacher at once to the mountain school.
A. appreciate B. appoint C. arrange D. name
49. The Summer Palace, which we visited last summer, is one of Beijing's main tourist
.
A. attractions B. dominations C. motivations D. conditions
50.At last, the jewelry turned out to be completely !
A. priceless, worthless B. worthless, valuable
C. priceless, valuable D. worthless, inexpensive
51. Teaching is not just a simple piece of work;it’s an art a
science. A.is based on B.based with C.based on
D.depended on
52. we shall be able to help you when you’re in trouble.Please trust
us. A.It’s doubtful whether B.We doubt whether第 18页 共 10
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C.It’s no doubt that D.There’s no doubt that
53. Valentine’s Day is a day named Valentine who was a priest in the third
century Rome.
A. of B. with C. after D. by
54. Between the two parts of the concert there was an interval, audience can
go and buy some snacks.A. where B. when C. how D. why
55. His remarks me in my opinion that he was a very considerate boy. A.concerned
B.contacted C.confirmed D.Considered
第三节 阅读下面句子,在空白处填入1 个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
(共 10 小题;每小题1 分,满分10 分)
56.Anyone who a crime must be punished no matter what his position is. 57.Though he has
made great progress, yet he thinks he isn’t (了不起的) 58.Susan works hard and I think she to be
well paid.
59. Tom studies better than most of his classmates, so we can say that his work is above the .
60 . Golf has gained among the wealthy in my country. 61.You should look at
the problem at different (角度).
62. There was a fierce (碰撞)and one of the trucks came off the road..
63. You should learn to face any (挫折)and failure. 64.Their relation is
too ( 复杂)to explain.
65 . Every manager must and encourage his employee.
第三部分写作(共一节,满分15 分)
书面表达(满分15 分)
假定你是李华,你的英国朋友 Tom 来信询问有关传染性肺炎(infectious pneumonia)的情况。
请你给Tom 回信,内容包括:
1. 肺炎简况;
2. 应对措施;
3. 有信心战胜疫情。 注意:1.词数100 左
右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
Yours Sincerely
Li Hua