甘肃省庆阳市第二中学2023-2024学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

庆阳二中2023-2024学年度第一学期高二英语第一次月考卷

总分：150分   考试时间：120分钟

注意事项：

1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号等填写在答题卡上。

2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3.回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A.£ 19.15.     B.£ 9.18.      C.£ 9.15.

答案是 C。

1. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Having a birthday party.  B. Doing some exercise.  C. Getting Lydia a gift.

2. What is the woman going to do?

A. Help the man.     B. Take a bus.    C. Get a camera.

3. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Tell Kate’s to stop.   B. Call Kate’s friends.  C. Stay away from Kate.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a wine shop.   B. In a supermarket.  C. In a restaurant.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. Keep the window closed. B. Go out for fresh air.  C. Turn on the fan.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 man going to do this summer?

A. Teach a course.   B. Repair his house.  C. Work at a hotel.

7. How will the man use the money?

A. To hire a gardener.   B. To buy books.   C. To pay for a boat trip.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Schoolmates.    B. Colleagues.    C. Roommates.

9. What does Frank plan to do right after graduation?

A. Work as a programmer.  B. Travel around the world. C. Start his own business.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the woman make the call?

A. To book a hotel room.

B. To ask about the room service.

C. To make changers to a reservation.

11. When will the woman arrive at the hotel?

A. On September 15.   B. On September 16.  C. On September 23.

12. How much will the woman pay for her room per night?

A. $179.        B.$199.       C. $219.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the woman’s plan for Saturday?

A. Going shopping.     B. Going camping.    C. Going boating.

14. Where will the woman stay in Keswick?

A. In a country inn.       B. In a five-star hotel.     C. In her aunt’s home.

15. What will Gordon do over the weekend?

A. Visit his friends.     B. Watch DVDs.     C. Join the woman.

16. What does the woman think of Gordon’s coming weekend?

A. Relaxed.           B. Boring.          C. Busy.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is Wang Ming?

A. A student.        B. An employer.      C. An engineer.

18. What does the speaker say about the college job market this year?

A. It’s unpredictable.    B. It’s quite stable.    C. It’s not optimistic.

19. What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now?

A.20%.             B.22%.            C.50%.

20. Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job?

A. They need more work experience   

B. The salary is usually good.

C. Their choice is limited.

第二部分  阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题，满分37.5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

A famous magazine, Amusement Today, does a survey among park lovers every year both in

the US and overseas, based on which, "top 5 List of the Best Amusement Parks in the World" has come out as follows:

Disneyland, California

Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim, California, the US. More than 515 million guests have traveled to this American landmark from around the world since the park first opened to guests on July 17, 1955. The park consists of many world-famous sections, such as Main Street, Adventureland and New Orleans Square.

Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Florida

Magic Kingdom is a theme park within the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando which opened on October 1, 1971. It is the most famous theme park in Florida. The park's design and attractions don't make much difference from Disneyland Park in Anaheim.

EPCOT, Disney World, Florida

EPCOT is the second theme park built at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. The park opened on October 1, 1982, and was named EPCOT Center from 1982 to 1993. It was the largest Disney theme park in the world until 1998, when Disney's Animal Kingdom opened.

Disney-MGM Studios, Florida

MGM's streets are the home for some great movie-themed attractions with a history of less than 30 years. With the addition of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and the Rock and Roller Coaster, the park is now home to Disney World's most thrilling rides.

Universal Studios, Florida

Go behind the scenes, beyond the screen and jump right into the action of your favourite movies at Universal Studios, the number one movie and TV theme park in the world.

21.What's the purpose of the passage?

A. To attract tourists to these theme parks.

B. To compare attractions in different theme parks.

3. To increase the sales of Amusement Today.
      D. To introduce the world's best amusement parks.
   22. Which of the following theme parks have similar attractions?

A. Disneyland & Magic Kingdom.   B. EPCOT & Disney-MGM Studios.
C. Disneyland & Universal Studios.   D. Magic Kingdom & Universal Studios.

23. Which park has the longest history?

A. EPCOT, Disney World, Florida.   B. Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Florida.

C. Disneyland, California..     Disney-MGM Studios, Florida.

B

A Hug from a Teenage Boy

Fifteen years spent in the field of education have provided Nancy Marra with many treasured moments. One of the most endearing happened when she was teaching second grade.

That year, she decided to plan something special for the children: a Mother’s Day tea. After all the preparations were made for it, each child took home an invitation. Nancy was surprised and relieved to see that every mother was planning to attend. She even invited her own mother.

Finally, the day arrived. That afternoon, each child lined up at the classroom door expecting the arrival of his or her mom. As it got closer to starting time, Nancy looked around and her eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t shown up and he was looking upset.

Nancy took her mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. “Jimmy,” Nancy said, “I have a bit of a problem here and I was wondering if you could help out. Since I’m going to be really busy today, I was wondering if you could keep my mother company.”

Nancy’s mom and Jimmy sat at a table with two other mother-child pairs. Jimmy served Nancy’s mom her treats, presented her with the gift Nancy had made, and pulled out and pushed in her chair, just as they had practiced the day before. Whenever Nancy looked over, her mom and Jimmy were in deep conversation

Ten years later, Nancy was at a high school to take a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy. On the way back, Nancy had the students complete an evaluation form of their trip. She collected and checked the forms one by one.

When she came to Jimmy’s evaluation page, he had written, “Remember our Mother’s Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs. Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too.”

As they began unloading at the school, Jimmy made sure he was the last one to go. Nancy told him she really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed, mumbled (咕哝) his own thanks, and then turned to walk away. As the bus driver began pulling the bus away, Jimmy ran back and knocked on the bus door. He jumped back on board and gave Nancy a big hug. “Thanks again, Mrs. Marra. No one even knew my mom didn’t make it that day!”

She ended her workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had probably stopped hugging teachers years ago.

24.Why was Jimmy paired with Nancy’s mother?

A.Jimmy’s mother didn’t come to the event.

B.Nancy was too busy to spend time with her.

C.Nancy wanted Jimmy to get to know her.

D.Jimmy could get along well with her.

25.Where did Jimmy meet Nancy ten years later?

A.Near Jimmy’s high school.    B.At a Mother’s Day tea.

C.On a field trip.     D.In Nancy’s classroom.

26.How did Jimmy feel about what Nancy had done for him?

A.Upset.  B.Embarrassed.  C.Satisfied.   D.Grateful.

27.Which of the following best presents the theme of the passage?

A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B.No act of kindness is ever wasted.

C.A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.

D.The best teacher must be the best performer.

C

The kakapo is the world’s heaviest and only flightless parrot. Now, some scientists are using advanced technology to rescue the endangered kakapos. If successful, the techniques used may help save other bird species as well.

The few remaining kakapos live on three small islands, where their progress can be monitored through a smart device. Once found in large numbers across New Zealand, the cute bird, which can weigh up to 11 pounds (5 kilograms), is now heading to extinction. While cruel predators (捕食者) such as foxes, cats, and snakes are largely to blame, the kakapo’s strange habits of laying eggs don’t help either. For starters, the parrots, which can live up to 100 years, do not start laying eggs until the age of five.

Scientists have set up individual feeding stations for all the birds to keep track of how much they eat. Given the difficulties to increasing the population, it is not surprising that only 114 adult parrots remain. Though the number is low, it is a great improvement over the 51 kakapos that remained on Earth in 1995. The increase of its population results from the government’s decision to remove the 51 birds to three small predator-free islands off the coast of New Zealand, and the efforts of a team led by Andrew Digby, a kakapo scientist for the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

A four-day-old kakapo chick will receive a health check. Young chicks in nests are examined and weighed every night, to ensure they are healthy.

Once the birds lay eggs, the eggs are carefully moved from the nests and taken to a hatching (孵化) room to hatch. “We tend to be more successful at raising kakapo eggs than the kakapo,” says Digby. “We break less of them. ” Once the eggs hatch, each mother is given only one chick, while the rest of the newborns are hand-fed (人工喂养). This helps ensure they all receive enough food.

28.What makes the kakapo unique in the parrot family?

A.Its food. B.Its way of hatching.

C.Its flightless heavy body. D.Its feather.

29.What do we learn about the kakapo from paragraph 2?

A.The way it feeds the young. B.The environment it needs to live in.

C.The cause of its being endangered. D.The nature of its natural enemies.

30.What effort did the government make to protect the kakapos in 1995?

A.Setting up individual feeding stations for the kakapos.

B.Giving the kakapos a new home without natural enemies.

C.Building a fence to keep the predators away.

D.Driving all the predators nearby away.

31.Why is each mother kakapo given only one baby chick?

A.To make every chick get enough food to survive.

B.To help the mother kakapo keep laying eggs.

C.To protect the mother kakapo from the predators.

D.To protect the chick from being killed by accident.

D

Don’ t put it off, do it now!

Why do we spend so much time not doing the work we should do, or putting off small jobs that have piled up to create a big problem? Procrastinating, as putting things off like this is called, is in our character we have naturally since birth; we avoid dull or difficult jobs until it’s too late to do anything else.

“We often put things off although we know it will make life more stressful,” says Dr. Steel, an authority on the science of motivation. “If these tasks were fun, we’d just do them now. We put off what is difficult or unpleasant, such as the paperwork that needs doing before leaving the office or cleaning the bits of your home that people can’t see. But the fact is, the less people procrastinate, the more money they have, the better relationships they have, and the healthier they are.” This is obvious when you look at the couples who don’t argue about whether anyone has cleaned the kitchen, and the people who simply go for a run instead of endlessly rescheduling it in their heads.

Of course, there are the rest of us, who feel the small jobs piling up around us daily. “We’ve evolved to respond to the moment, and not to set our sights too far in an uncertain world,” Dr. Steel adds. “We are not set up to appreciate long-term rewards, whether it’s the benefit of a four-year degree, doing exercise or dieting. We usually feel the cost now and the reward comes much later.” According to Dr. Steel, we have two decision-making systems. They are the limbic, which is responsible for the short term, and the prefrontal cortex, which deals with the future. We bounce between long-term goals and short-term temptations, so we need goals that will translate our plans for the limbic system.

Let’s take the example of students’ writing essays. They should set themselves targets and word counts per day. These are thus turned from seemingly endless tasks into something concrete with measured progress. Dr. Steel recommends such techniques, or “pre-commitments”, adding that leaving you a month before the “deadline” makes it more likely a task will be completed. The benefit is that you’ll avoid the embarrassment of not following up on something people are expecting you to do — telling everyone you are going to take up jogging makes you more likely to do so.

Overcoming procrastination finally comes down to planning, which, if you’re not careful, becomes procrastination in itself. But it is worth making sure you have everything in place. “Successful people don’t pretend they don’t procrastinate,” Dr. Steel says. “People who pretend they have willpower are less successful.” Instead, plan for procrastination: make your work environment a temple of productivity by cutting out what stops you paying your attention, so you can really focus on moving forward.

32.What does the author say about procrastination in Paragraph 1?

A.It is caused by the technology in people’s life.