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菏泽一中八一路高二下学期第一次月考英语试题
注意事项 :
1. 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2. 答题前，考生务必将姓名、班级等个人信息填写在答题卡指定位置。
3. 考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题
卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径 0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题
的答题区域内作答。超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
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）
第一节
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。
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 When will the speakers meet?
A. At 6:45. B. At 6:30. C. At 6:00.
2 What did the man do this morning?
A. He attended a lecture. B. He gave a talk. C. He prepared for an interview.
3 What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Co-workers. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.
4 What does the woman mean?
A. Tight jeans are outdated. B. The magazine is for kids. C. She knows much about fashion.
5 What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. The cause of foggy days. B. The frequency of bad weather. C. The impact of frequent smog.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中
选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5秒钟；听完后，
各小题将给出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 What is the woman’s opinion on the detective film on TV?
A. Boring. B. Funny. C. Informative.
7 What kind of movie do the speakers both like?
A. Thrillers. B. Detective films. C. Documentaries.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8 What happened to Bill?
A. He fell out of bed. B. He had a health issue. C. He argued with his wife.
9 What was the matter with Daisy?
A. She ate something wrong. B. She couldn’t get out of bed. C. She had a pain in her stomach.
10 What does the woman say about Tom?
A. He had a bad cold. B. He suffered from food poisoning.
C. He might have a sensitivity to something.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11 What was the news mainly about?
A. A new fuel. B. Oil shortage. C. Transportation.
12 How do the speakers feel about the news?
A. Annoyed. B. Worried. C. Disappointed.
13 What does the woman suggest doing?
A. Reading some books. B. Doing some research. C. Walking to the library.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14 What should people do according to the man?
A. Develop a new fuel. B. Stop using fossil fuels. C. Change the way of life.
15 What does the woman think of the man’s idea on reducing cars?
A. Unrealistic. B. Brilliant. C. Stupid.
16 What does the man plan to do?
A. Give up driving. B. Purchase a new car. C. Reduce the use of his car.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17 What can we learn about RA Summer Exhibition?
A. Its exhibits are chosen by experts. B. More than 250 works will be on show.
C. There won’t be any large works.
18 Who is the author of the figure paintings?
A. Anthony Caro. B. Alex Katz. C. Ron Arad.
19 What does the speaker say about Pompeii?
A. It was lost in AD 79. B. It used to be in northern Italy. C. It was rediscovered in the year 1700.
20 Why does the speaker give the talk?
A. To introduce some artworks for sale.
B. To show the daily life of Italians.C. To recommend some great exhibitions in London.
第二部分 阅读 （共两节）
第一节 （共15小题）（每题2.5分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
There have been many great painters in the rich history of Chinese art. Here are four of the greatest painters
from China.
Wu Guanzhong
Widely considered as the founder of modern Chinese painting, Wu Guanzhong has painted various aspects of
China, like its architecture, plants, animals, people and landscapes. Wu was influenced by Post-Impressionist art and
went on to combine Western and Chinese styles to create a unique form of modern art. In 1992, he became the first
living Chinese artist whose work was exhibited at the British Museum.
Qi Baishi
One of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters, Qi Baishi is known for not being influenced by Western
styles like most of the painters of his time. He can be considered as the last great traditional painter of China. Qi
Baishi painted almost everything from insects to landscapes. He is regarded highly in Chinese art for the freshness
and spontaneity (自然) that he brought to the familiar types of insects, birds and flowers.
Li Cheng
Li Cheng contributed greatly to one of the golden ages of landscape paintings in world history. During his time,
he was considered the best landscape painter ever. He is remembered especially for the winter landscapes he created
and for simple composition of tall, old evergreens set against a dry landscape. Several of his paintings are in diluted
(稀释的) ink which gives them a foggy appearance.
Fan Kuan
Fan Kuan began his career by modelling his works on those of Li Cheng but later created his own style claiming
that the only true teacher was nature. His finest work Travellers Among Mountains and Streams is a masterpiece of
landscape painting and many future artists turned to it for inspiration.
1. What is one feature of Wu Guanzhong’s paintings?
A. They have foggy appearances. B. They lack diversity in the theme.
C. They come under Western influence. D. They show few traditional painting skills.
2. Who brought a new feel to insect painting?
A. Wu Guanzhong. B. Qi Baishi. C. Li Cheng. D. Fan Kuan.
3. What did the four Chinese painters have in common?.
A They created landscape paintings. B. They were productive painters.
C. They were influenced by Western art. D. They were pioneers in Chinese art history.
B
In the US, tornadoes are responsible for many deaths and injuries each year. Although they occur quite frequently,
tornadoes are difficult to predict. Why? Tornadoes develop from storms, but only some storms are likely to become
tornadoes. Scientists don’t know where and when a storm will touch the ground and turn into a tornado. Today, the
warning time for a tornado is usually just 13 minutes.
Tim Samaras is a storm chaser (追随者). His job is to find tornadoes and follow them. When he gets close to a
tornado, he puts a special tool called a turtle probe on the ground. This tool measures things like a tornado’s
temperature, humidity (湿度), and wind I speed. With this information, Samaras can learn what causes tornadoes to
develop. If meteorologists (气象学家) understand this, they can warn people about tornadoes sooner and save lives.
How does Samaras hunt tornadoes? It’s not easy. First, he has to find one. Tornadoes are to small to see using
weather satellites. So Samaras can’t rely on these tools to find a tornado. Instead he waits for tornadoes to develop.
Every May and June, Samaras drives about 40,000 kilometres across an area known as Tornado Alley, looking and
hoping to spot a tornado.
Once Samaras sees a tornado, the chase begins. But a tornado is hard to follow. Some tornadoes change direction
several times-for example, moving east and then west and then east again. When Samaras finally gets near a tornado,
he puts the turtle probe on the ground. Being this close to a tornado is terrifying. Debris (碎片) is flying in the air.
Then wind is blowing at high speed. He must get away quickly.
The work is risky, even for a skilled chaser like Samaras. But danger won’t stop his hunt for the perfect storm.
4. What do we know about tornadoes from the text?
.
A They are not a common occurrence. B. They usually touch down in the south.
C. The warning time for them is very short. D. They often develop into storms.
5. What is a turtle probe used to do?
A. Predict tornadoes. B. Collect information about tornadoes.
C. Chase tornadoes. D. Decrease the power of tornadoes.
6. How does Samaras find a tornado?
A. By using a turtle probe. B. By using weather satellites.
C. By searching along Tornado Valley. D. By observing temperature changes.
7. What do we know about the job of a tornado chaser?
A. It is difficult and dangerous. B. It is stressful and troublesome.
C. It is mysterious and interesting. D. It is exciting and popular.C
,
The Great Sphinx of Giza Egypt, is one of civilisation’s greatest mysteries. No one knows for sure exactly
when, why, or how it was built. It is an enormous sculpture, believed to be the biggest ever created. It measures about
241 feet (73.5 metres) long and 66 feet (20 metres) high. Due to its unknown origin, this massive creation has puzzled
locals, tourists, historians, and archaeologists for centuries.
The Sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a man, which gives it the appearance of a mythical creature.
It remains mostly intact today, with the exception of its nose. Many legends surround the missing nose, but a widely
accepted explanation is that a former ruler had the nose carved off at some point after its creation.
Most archaeologists believe that the Sphinx was built about 4,600 years ago by a pharaoh (法老), or ruler, named
Khafre. His pyramid, the giant tomb that holds Khafre’s body, is located directly behind the Sphinx. Stone blocks cut
out in order to carve the Sphinx’s face were used to build the Khafre Valley Temple at about the same time. Some
historians also believe the Sphinx’s face was modelled after the face of Khafre.
For most of its existence, the Sphinx was buried in sand. One story claims that around 1400 BC, the pharaoh
Thutmose IV dreamt that the Sphinx ordered him to clear away the sand in return for the crown (王位) of Egypt. The
sand soon buried the Sphinx again, however. In the 1850s, the sand was partially cleared, and in the 1930s, the Sphinx
was totally exposed. Now, wind, humidity, and smog are causing the Sphinx to crumble (碎裂). Archaeologists must
act quickly to preserve this mysterious symbol of Egypt.
8. Why is the Sphinx considered to be mysterious?
A. People know little about it. B. Wind and smog didn’t break it down.
C. It is the biggest sculpture ever made. D. It was buried in the sand for centuries.
9. What does the underlined word “intact” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Complete. B. Sensitive. C. Mysterious. D. Confusing.
10. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
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A The history of Khafre’s famous tomb.
B. Documents recording Khafre’s ruling of Egypt.
C. Khafre’s great achievement in building the Sphinx.
D. Evidence supporting Khafre’s building of the Sphinx.
11. What does the author call on archaeologists to do?
A. Dig out the Sphinx completely. B. Take action to protect the Sphinx.
C. Further understand the symbol of Egypt. D. Restore the Sphinx to attract more people.
D
We know that our pet dogs and cats can recognise our faces, but our pet fish? A team of scientists from Britainand Australia have discovered that archerfish (喷水鱼) can distinguish human faces!
This marks the first time that a species of fish has shown such an ability. Such abilities have been previously
shown in birds, but unlike fish, they have been proven to have structures similar to the neocortex (大脑新皮层), the
researchers added.
“Being able to distinguish between a large number of human faces is a surprisingly difficult task,” Dr Newport
said, “mainly due to the fact that all human faces share the same basic features.”
During their experiments, Dr Newport and her co-workers presented archerfish with two images of human
faces, and trained them to choose one by spitting jets (喷射流) of water at that picture. Next, the fish were
presented with the familiar face and several that were unfamiliar, and were able to correctly pick the one that they
had been trained to recognise, even when features such as head shape and colour were removed from the selected
pictures.
In the first experiment, the archerfish were tasked with picking the previously learnt face from a group of 44
new ones, which they did with 81% accuracy. In the second, the researchers decided to make things a little harder.
They took the pictures and made them black and white and evened out the head shapes. You would think that
would shock the fish. But no, they were able to pick the familiar face even then-and with more accuracy: 86%!
“Fish have a simpler brain than humans and entirely lack the section of the brain that humans use for
recognising faces. Despite this, fish may still be capable of finding the face they are trained to recognise,” Dr
Newport said. “The fact that archerfish can learn this task suggests that complex brains are not necessarily needed
to recognise human faces.”
12. What did the scientists train archerfish to do in the experiments?
A. Communicate with humans. B. Distinguish different colours.
C. Spit water on a familiar face. D. Ignore human facial features.
13. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “evened out” in paragraph 5?
A. normalised B. standardised C. complicated D. clarified
14. What does the research show?
A. Archerfish are cleverer than other fishes.
B. All fishes can be trained to recognise human faces.
C. Complex brains are not necessary for facial recognition.
D. It is very difficult for animals to recognise human faces.
15. Where is the text most likely from?
A. A biology textbook. B. A medical report. C. An animal TV programme. D. A science magazine.
第二节 （共5小题）（每题2.5分，共12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选
项。
Going green while travelling is an effective way to protect the Earth’s natural and cultural resources. It is also a
great way to establish deeper connections with local communities and the environment. To become a green sustainable
traveller, you can follow these simple steps:
Travel local
If a vacation is what you need, try choosing nearby destinations and staying local. ____16____ This way, you
get to save on time and money and avoid air travel, which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Shop and eat local
Avoid eating at multinational chain restaurants or shopping in large supermarkets and brand stores.
____17____ This way, you’re helping keep people employed and preventing transportation across far distances.
Choose green accommodation
____18____ To ensure this, you may need to find answers to questions like if the hotel is certified, or if they
have a sustainability report, or what their waste management protocol (方案) and plastic policy looks like, or if their
products and menus are locally sourced, and so on.
Use sustainable transport
Flying can seem easy and attractive, but it’s especially harmful to the environment. If your destination can be
reached by train, consider opting for it. ____19____ It’s also advisable to use public transport instead of cars which burn
through double the amount of fuel. If you have no option but to fly, consider booking non-stop flights instead of
having layovers (转机).
Go paperless
____20____ This prevents travellers from printing boarding passes, hotel reservations, and entry tickets. By
going paperless, you not only help the environment but also avoid losing tickets and enjoy easy access to them at the
same time.
A. A lot of attractions accept mobile tickets.
B. Always switch of lights before leaving your room.
C. Slow travel is a smart and responsible way to travel.
D. Surprise yourself by discovering the close-by attractions.
E. While exploring cities, cycling and walking are recommended.
F. On vacations, choose sustainable hotels that employ green practices
G. Instead, choose small businesses to help stimulate the local economy.
第三部分 语言运用 （共两节）第一节 （共15小题）（每题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In the city I live in, we have a local national park full of trees. One day I was looking around and climbing by a
track, when I saw a beautiful tarantula (狼蛛) crossing a path. I just stopped and decided to ____21____ carefully
its walking nature.
Behind me there was a family going up the same track. And they also ____22____ the tarantula. Without
doubting it, a kid shouted, “Quickly, Dad, kill it.”
His brother also said that, ____23____ their dad to kill the tarantula. Then I ____24____ their dad, saying,
“Wait. This is the last place that the tarantula has to live in. Do you ____25____ want to kill it?”
“Well, it’s ____26____ and we all have kids here.”
“Why not stand still and let it cross safely? Then you can go up and ____27____ the rest of the forest.”
After some ____28____, they agreed to stand still and watch. Soon, the tarantula crossed and hid into the bushes
and rocks. I shared that sometimes we get into ____29____ but we need to keep calm and ____30____ our point
of view. ____31____ we are kind to a small creature, then we can start to be kind to bigger ones.
Their dad ____32____ me and shared his opinions about the above-mentioned experience. He said, “You’re
right. I was about to make a ____33____.” The children even said goodbye to the tarantula and they ____34____
something too. I remained there, watching the family pass with a ____35____ viewpoint of life.
21. A. describe B. examine C. picture D. watch
22. A. expected B. knew C. noticed D. checked
23. A. encouraging B. teaching C. forcing D. reminding
24. A. questioned B. ordered C. suggested D. stopped
25. A. actually B. simply C. really D. always
26. A. dangerous B. dirty C. ugly D. powerful
27. A. show B. admire C. follow D. protect
28. A. decisions B. preparations C. discussions D. processes
29. A. pleasure B. regret C. excitement D. fear
30. A. change B. improve C. make D. express
31. A. Before B. If C. Though D. Unless
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32 A. promised B. ignored C. greeted D. thanked
33. A. joke B. difference C. mistake D. plan
34. A. lost B. learnt C. felt D. won
35. A. new B. comprehensive C. realistic D. perfect第二节 （共10小题）（每题1.5分，共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。
Huang He Valley is the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilisation, and for that reason it is often called “Mother
River.” The valley ____36____ (surround) the important river of northern China and is at the centre of thousands
of years of Chinese history. Over 5,400 kilometres long, the Huang He is China’s second-longest river. It has a
drainage basin (流域面积) of around 750,000 square kilometres, the third ____37____ (large) basin area in China.
It is also called the Yellow River because its waters carry silt (泥沙), which gives the river its yellow-brown colour.
While the river helps create rich land that is suitable for farming, during certain times of the year the Huang He
____38____ (frequent) overflows. The water damages housing and crops across the North China Plain, an
important ____39____ (agriculture) region. Because of this, the Huang He is also named “China’s Sorrow.” Despite
the ____40____ (possible) of flooding, the Huang He Valley basin is home to ____41____ huge population, and
many of China’s oldest cities ____42____ (situate) along the river.
It is hard to say exactly ____43____ villages and tribes began arising in Huang He Valley, ____44____ most
scholars agree that a major power consolidation (合并) occurred from around 2100 to 1600 BC, ____45____
(create) the Xia Dynasty. During that time, tribal leaders came together to try to solve the problem of the Huang He
overflowing and wiping out their villages and crops.
第四部分 写作 （共两节）
第一节 （共15分）
46. 假如你是李华，为缓解同学们学习压力，丰富校园生活，你校计划举办一年一度的音乐艺术节，请你
代表同学们给外教David写信，邀请他参加本次活动。主要内容包括：
1.音乐节时间地点;
2.音乐节内容和意义;
3.对David参加音乐节的期待。
注意：词数80左右;可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear David,
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Yours,
Li Hua第二节 （共25分）
47. Our group had stopped to remove our boots before a small stream crossing after a morning of exploring the
seaside foothills of Canada’s Torngat Mountains National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador. I looked up and there
it was, about 150 yards away, staring at us: a polar bear. Our guides had warned us about the dangers of polar bear
country, but I thought I’d be lucky if I saw one in the wild.
I’ve seen plenty of black bears, but never anything this big. This guy was a bruiser. We gathered together and
began shouting at the bear, but when that didn’t frighten it, our guide, Rich, shot a flare(照明弹). The bear escaped
to a ledge, and we crossed the stream into camp. It stayed there as we cooked and ate our dinner. When bedtime rolled
around, I glanced up. The bear hadn’t moved. I started cycling through all the worst- case scenarios that could hap-
pen, but I tried to remember everything we’d prepared to keep us safe.
Our guides had put up an electric fence meant to frighten bears away from our tents. It ran off a couple of
batteries like you would put in a flashlight. The outfitter said if we touched it, the shock would blow us out of our
hiking boots. I crawled into my tent and tried to get some rest.
I lay awake, trembling with anxiety, but eventually, sleep got the best of me. A few hours later, I stepped out of
my tent to go to the bathroom, and the bear was gone. I felt relieved.
The sounds of rain and snow made me back to sleep. Around 2:30 a. m., movement outside woke me. I had been
sleeping on my back and looked up to see a shadow towering over my tent. I recognized the shape immediately; two
big bear legs, Obviously, the electric fence didn’t work.
I screamed, and tried to take flight.
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Then, I heard a swoosh— Rich had about off a flare.
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