北京市第八中学西校区2024-2025学年下学期高二6月月考英语试题

北京市第八中学京西校区2024-2025学年度第二学期月考练习题 高二英语 考生须知 1.本试卷共11页，共7道大题，53个小题。满分100分。考试时间90分钟。 2.在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校和姓名，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡相应位置处。 3.试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。选择题、作图题用2B铅笔作答，其它试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。 4.考试结束，将试卷、答题卡和草稿纸一并交回。 第一部分（共三节，53分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。 Larry works with Transport Drivers. Inc. One morning in 2009. Larry was ___1___ on the road after delivering to one of his customers. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. As he got ___2___, he found another vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he___3___ flames shooting out from under the damaged vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and got hold of the fire extinguisher (灭火器). After many bursts from the extinguisher, the fire was___4___ put out. The man who had his bright lights on ___5___ and told Larry he had made an emergency call. Just at that time, they heard a woman’s ___6___ coming from the wrecked vehicle. ___7___ the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay ___8___ until the emergency personnel arrived, but she thought the car was going to explode. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move in case she injured her neck. Larry stayed there with the woman until ___9___ workers came for help. One thing is for certain — Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ___10___ most likely saved the woman’s life. 1. A. walking B. touring C. driving D. rushing 2. A. higher B. closer C. shorter D. older 3. A. felt B. heard C. noticed D. smelt 4. A. basically B. carefully C. accidently D. finally 5. A. came in B. came over C. came down D. came through 6. A. voice B. song C. laughter D. noise 7. A. Starting B. Parking C. Passing D. Approaching 8. A. quiet B. silent C. awake D. still 9. A. research B. service C. rescue D. office 10. A. efforts B. skills C. patience D. promise 第二节 阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分） 阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A “Cooking With Kids creates fun and food for the family. Kate Heyhoe gives simple practical tips on how to bring the family together for mealtime magic.” —Linda Gassenheimer, award-winning author of Dinner in Minutes “I have just helped my four year old granddaughter Jessica to make stuffed eggs. What fun it is to cook with a new generation and what a joy now to have a brilliant new book like Cooking With Kids to pass on a passion for life and its healthy pleasures to a child!” —Graham Kerr, International Culinary Consultant “Like millions of moms, I want to prepare delicious, nutritious meals for my family, and after working all day in the restaurant, I also want to spend quality time with my sons. Cooking together is the natural solution. But in the kitchen, you need the proper tools to do the job well; Cooking With Kids is just the tool to get you started.” —Chef Mary Sue Milliken, TV hostess, cookbook author “In Cooking With Kids, Kate Heyhoe brings kids into the kitchen and teaches them not only great tasting recipes but cooking fundamentals such as how to hold a knife, set a table and how to survive in a supermarket. With families’ busy schedules, this book is a wonderful sourcebook for family interaction.” —Emily Luchetti, executive pastry chef “Seize the moment, and a copy of this delightful cooking guide, then call the children to the kitchen to experience the joy of an often neglected pleasure of family life---cooking food together.” —Marcel Desaulniers, author of Death by Chocolate “In Cooking with Kids, Kate Heyhoe takes your hand and leads you through the kitchen on a most delightful tour. The book is packed with easy-to-understand guidance and simple, tasty recipes that will delight kids of any age, and that includes every inner child who never learned the secrets of the kitchen. ” —Michele Anna Jordan, author of Home Cooking 11. Who is the author of Cooking with Kids? A. Kate Heyhoe. B. Emily Luchetti. C. Graham Kerr. D. Marcel Desaulniers. 12. What do we learn about Cooking with Kids? A. It is an award-winning book. B. It is very popular among chefs. C. It is written for kids with talents for cooking. D. It helps develop cooking skills and family relationship. 13. What’s the main purpose of the passage? A. To share opinions on cooking. B. To teach children how to cook. C To recommend a cooking book. D. To introduce some famous chefs. B A man on a cruise ship (游轮) noticed there was an elderly lady all alone, and the staff on the ship all knew her. Curious, he asked a waiter about the lady, half-expecting to hear that she owned the cruise line. However, all the waiter knew was that she had been on the last four cruises, back to back As he left the dining room one evening, he caught her eye and stopped to say hello. He asked, “I understand you’ve been on this ship for the last four cruises.” She replied, “Yes, that’s true.” “I don’t understand,” he said. Without waiting, she replied, “It’s cheaper than a nursing home. The cost for a nursing home is at least $200 a day. Here on the cruise, I can get a long-term discount price of $135 a day. That leaves $65 a day for extra. I can enjoy up to 10 meals a day of fantastic food through room service. There are also free pools, an exercise room and nightly shows. Clean daily necessities are provided every day, without needing to ask. They treat you like a valued customer, not just a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have all the staff happy to help you.” “I have the chance to meet new people every 7 or 14 days! Is the TV broken? Need to change a light bulb? No problem! They will fix everything soon and say sorry for the problems. There is always a doctor on board. This is how I want to spend the later years of my life.” 14. Why was the man curious about the elderly lady on the cruise ship? A. He thought she was the captain of the cruise line. B. He noticed she was alone but well-known on the ship. C. He wanted to interview her about her daily life. D. He saw she had taken the cruise ship four times. 15. What did the elderly lady share about her choice to be on the cruise ship? A. She preferred cruising over flying. B. She enjoyed working with the staff. C. She thought it was more affordable. D. She liked traveling to different countries. 16. What did the elderly lady want to express by the underlined sentence in Para. 2? A. The staff on the cruise ship were very friendly. B The cruise ship offered better medical care when needed. C. The money could make the staff kindly and considerately. D. The staff on the cruise ship were very patient. 17. What can we learn about the elderly lady from this story? A. She preferred a quiet environment. B. She was not good at managing money. C. She didn’t like meeting too many new people. D. She hoped to live the rest of her life with respect. C I often hear some of you saying, “I don’t care what other people think! I do whatever I want!” There is a strong wish for independence in adolescence (青春期) and you say you only care about your own opinion. But be honest — don’t you care about what certain people think? Most teenagers have a circle of people who can influence them. They care very much about what this circle of people think, especially about them. Most teenagers want to be independent, but they don’t want to be alone. They don’t want to stand out, away from the crowd. They want to have connection to other people, especially other teenagers. During adolescence, friendships with other teens become very important. They care about what other teenagers think because they want to be accepted and they are afraid of what other people think. Fear makes them care. Some teenagers are leaders and some are followers. You might think that teenage leaders don’t care what other people think, but that is not true. After all, a leader really isn’t a leader unless other people follow. If leaders don’t care about what followers think, those followers may leave and follow someone else. Followers care about what the leader thinks because they want to be part of the group. There is a famous playwright (剧作家) named William Shakespeare. In one of his plays, Hamlet, the character Hamlet said, “To thin e own self be true.” In other words, whatever you do, always be true to yourself. Sure, teenagers can care about what other people think of them, but the most important thing is what they think of themselves. This is one of the most important tasks that teenagers should have. 18. What do we know about teenagers from the text? A. They value friendship. B. They have difficulty making friends. C They are deaf to others’ advice. D. They keep themselves away from others. 19. Why does the author mention William Shakespeare? A. To introduce his play Hamlet. B. To state he is a famous playwright. C. To add some humor to the article. D. To help illustrate the author's view. 20. What is the best title for the text? A. Teenagers: follow your heart B. Teenagers: believe in yourself C. Why do teenagers want to be independent? D. Why do teenagers care what other people think? D We are encountering real-world examples of how AI can harm human relations. As digital assistants such as Alexa or Siri become popular, we are becoming accustomed to talking to them as though they were alive; writing in these pages last year, Judith Shulevitz described how some of us are starting to treat them as friends and therapists. Shulevitz herself says she confesses things to Google Assistant that she wouldn’t tell her husband. If we grow more comfortable talking to our devices about our secrets, what happens to our human marriages and friendships? Designers and programmers typically create devices whose responses make us feel better—but may not help us be self-reflective or think over painful truths. As AI goes deeper into our lives, we must face the possibility that it will prevent our emotions and deep human connects. Besides, we will fight with some other challenges. The age of driverless cars, after all, is upon us. These vehicles promise to substantially reduce the exhaustion and distraction that put human drivers in danger, thus preventing accidents. But what other effects might they have on people? Driving is a very modern kind of social interaction, requiring high levels of cooperation. I worry that driverless cars, by taking away from us an occasion to exercise this ability, could contribute to its decline. Not only will these vehicles be programmed to take over driving duties and hence to remove from humans the power to make moral judgments (for example, about which pedestrian to hit when a crash is inevitable), they will also affect humans with whom they’ve had no direct contact. For instance, drivers who have steered awhile alongside an autonomous vehicle traveling at a steady, invariant speed might drive less attentively, thus increasing their likelihood of accidents once they’ve moved to a part of the highway occupied only by human drivers. Alternatively, experience may reveal that driving alongside autonomous vehicles travelling in perfect accordance with traffic laws actually improves human performance. Either way, we should be careful to launch new forms of AI without first taking such social spillovers—or externalities, as they’re often called—into account. We must apply the same effort that we apply to the hardware and software that make self-driving cars possible to managing AI’s potential effects on those outside the car. After all, we install brake lights on the back of your car not just, or even primarily, for your benefit, but for the sake of the people behind you. 21. What can be inferred about human relationships from the first paragraph? A. We will feel comfortable speaking to others online. B. AI will lead to shallow inter-personal relationships. C. AI will enable people to communicate more with others. D. We will be more self-reflective in interaction thanks to AI. 22. In paragraph 2, the phrase “its decline” refers to the decline in ________. A. drivers’ interaction with the cars B. drivers’ exhaustion and distraction C. our ability to cooperate with others while driving D. our ability to deal with emergencies while driving 23. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of driverless cars? A. They may be better at making more judgments than human drivers. B. They need to vary their speed to make contact with human drivers. C. They may make human drivers in other cars drive more safely. D. They need to force human drivers to concentrate in the car. 24. Which of the following is the writer most likely to agree with? A. Brake lights on the back of our car are installed mainly to warn us of danger. B. We should figure out how new technology affects people before developing it. C. It is hard to say why social spillovers will work in terms of self-driving cars. D. More effort should be made to advance the hardware and software of driverless cars. 第三节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。 While most of us work hard to shine at the presentations and speeches we can prepare for, we may find impromptu (即兴的) communication scary. Actually, you just need to learn specific skills to communicate effectively when put on the spot. Here are a few pointers. ____25____What do you want your audience to know? How do you want them to feel, and what do you want them to do? Having a clear objective paired with an awareness of your audience will narrow your focus. Then you can prioritize what to say and choose your exact words more wisely. Organize Your Thoughts. When making formal presentations, most people give a logical structure that audiences can easily follow. But few of us adequately organize thoughts in impromptu situations. ____26____ In fact, the best speakers maintain audience interest by demonstrating connections among specific points, ideas, for example. Listen as well as you talk. ____27____ You should do the opposite: focus on listening so that you can better understand the in-the-moment needs and interests of your conversation partners and respond more effectively. Paraphrasing or asking open-ended follow-up questions can help confirm your understanding and provide extra time to think about your response. Dare to be dull. Don’t feel you need to give a standout performance. One popular saying applies here, “____28____” Listeners are more likely to trust and approve of you when you speak like a human being rather than an actor or a robot. Research shows that the most effective speech includes moderate use of fillers such as “um” and “uh”. The real problem in impromptu communication isn’t an inability to communicate.____29____Fortunately, a measure of experimentation thought, and practice of the skills can make impromptu speaking opportunities your time to shine. A. Identify a communication goal. B. He knows most who speaks least. C. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. D. It’s being so nervous that we struggle with the talks. E. We may assume that it’s impossible to do so on the fly. F. A clear structure enhances comprehension and engagement. G. Most people obsess over what to say during impromptu encounters. 第二部分（共四节，47分） 第一节语法填空（共10题，每小题1.5分，共15分） 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 A 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 We are writing to call on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign. It urges people ___30___ (save) food by not wasting anything on the dining table. You may not know over 30% of the world’s food ___31___ (waste) every year, while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat. Reducing daily food waste by just 5% could save millions of people from starvation. Let’s start doing ___32___ we can to make the world a better place. B 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 Researchers ___33___ (witness) that more than 3.5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones so far. The researchers also found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were ___34___ (happy) and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%. Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox (戒瘾): People who spend one hour less per day___35___ smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those ___36___ (put) their smartphones away entirely for a week. C 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A new study, ___37___ (publish) in Psychological Medicine, found that bedtime music was associated with more sleep disruptions and that instrumental music is even worse than music with lyrics. In the study, 199 online participants, most of ___38___ live in the US reported on their sleep quality and music listening frequency and timing, as well as their ___39___ (belief) about how this affected their sleep. Almost all—87%—believed that music improves sleep, or at least does not disrupt it. However, the team found that more overall time spent listening to music was associated with poorer sleep and daytime sleepiness. 第二节 选短语填空 用方框中短语的适当形式填空。 respond to continue stare at encourage submit 40. The magazine contains an exciting _______ of the well-known history. 41. I had a cold and sore throat and couldn’t _______ my assignment before the deadline. 42. Simon was very grateful for all the support and _______ from his friends. 43. She _______ the broken glass, not knowing what to do. 44. Never _______ requests for personal or account information online. 第三节 补全句子 根据所学内容完成下列句子（共5题，每小题2分，共10分）。 45. 他对每天做同样事情感到厌倦。 He _______ doing the same things every day. 46. 我发现她在教室的角落里偷偷地哭。 I _______ secretly at the corner of the classroom. 47. 几天的合作后，他与新同事相处得很自在。 He _______ his new colleagues after anew days of working together. 48. 既然大家都到了，我们开始讨论吧！ _______ everyone has arrived, let's start our discussion. 49. 那个年轻的姑娘一直渴望在大城市里找份工作安定下来。 That young girl is always _______ find a job in a big city and settle down. 第四节 阅读表达（共4小题，12分；第50、51小题，每小题2分；第52题，3分；第53题，5分） 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。 The legendary horror author H. P. Lovecraft wrote that “the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Uncertainty causes people to see threats everywhere they look, and at the same time it makes them likely to react emotionally. Even minor periods of unpredictability can cause significant negative effects. Research on traffic jam, for example, has found that the lack of control drivers feel sends stress and anger levels through the roof. Uncertain bus, train, and plane delays are also major sources of uncertainty-triggered distress. One study found that giving people up-to-the-minute wait times was an effective way to limit anxiety and frustration. Even if the wait for a bus turned out to be long, removing the element of uncertainty made commuters feel better. Different people respond to uncertainty in different ways. Unfortunately, many are unhelpful coping strategies. People who struggle with uncertainty often respond to it by worrying. They also tend to think that worrying will somehow help them prepare for what’s to come. This is false. The more people engage in worrying, the less they feel confident in their ability to solve a problem and the worse their solutions tend to be. Trying to seek out new and helpful information can also backfire. BMC Public Health found that people can only process and make sense of a limited information, and that consuming too much new information can lead to confusion and increased uncertainty. Still, how to remove the effects of uncertainty is food for thought. 50. According to H. P. Lovecraft, what is the oldest and strongest fear? __________________________________________________________ 51. Why can up-to-the-minute wait times limit anxiety? __________________________________________________________ 52. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. ▶People who worry more will feel less confident in problem-solving, while their solutions tend to be better. __________________________________________________________ 53. What uncertainty worries you most and how do you deal with it? (In about 40 words) __________________________________________________________ 北京市第八中学京西校区2024-2025学年度第二学期月考练习题 高二英语 考生须知 1.本试卷共11页，共7道大题，53个小题。满分100分。考试时间90分钟。 2.在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校和姓名，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡相应位置处。 3.试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。选择题、作图题用2B铅笔作答，其它试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。 4.考试结束，将试卷、答题卡和草稿纸一并交回。 第一部分（共三节，53分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。 【1~10题答案】 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. A 第二节 阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分） 阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A 【11~13题答案】 【答案】11. A 12. D 13. C B 【14~17题答案】 【答案】14. B 15. C 16. C 17. D C 【18~20题答案】 【答案】18. A 19. D 20. D D 【21~24题答案】 【答案】21 B 22. C 23. C 24. D 第三节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。 【25~29题答案】 【答案】25. A 26. F 27. G 28. C 29. D 第二部分（共四节，47分） 第一节语法填空（共10题，每小题1.5分，共15分） 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 A 【30~32题答案】 【答案】30. to save 31. is wasted 32. what B 【33~36题答案】 【答案】33. have witnessed 34. happier 35. on 36. putting C 【37~39题答案】 【答案】37. published 38. whom 39. beliefs 第二节 选短语填空 【40~44题答案】 【答案】40. continuation 41. submit 42. encouragement 43. stared at 44. respond to 第三节 补全句子 根据所学内容完成下列句子（共5题，每小题2分，共10分）。 【45题答案】 【答案】is tired of 【46题答案】 【答案】found her crying 【47题答案】 【答案】got along well with 【48题答案】 【答案】Now that 【49题答案】 【答案】eager to 第四节 阅读表达（共4小题，12分；第50、51小题，每小题2分；第52题，3分；第53题，5分） 【50~53题答案】 【答案】50. Fear of the unknown/uncertainty. 51. Because up-to-the-minute wait times can remove the element of uncertainty. 52. People who worry more will feel less confident in problem-solving, while their solutions tend to be better. 53. What uncertainty worries me most is job security. To deal with it, I can enhance my skills, build a strong professional network, and maintain a positive mindset, focusing on what I can control rather than worrying about what I cannot. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$