安徽省黄山市屯溪第二中学2024-2025学年高二下学期月考（十）英语试卷

高二2024—2025学年下学期英语月考（十） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共8小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 A Programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village Join us in our living classroom! We carefully design our programs and use our resources to support you in your teaching efforts, while getting your students engaged and excited about learning. Available Programs Web of Life A healthy ecosystem is one in which multiple species are each able to meet their needs in a relatively stable web of life. Students will examine how organisms in a local ecosystem are interrelated. Up All Night Just as we go to sleep at night, a whole new world of animals is waking up! This program will walk students through a comprehensive study of how these animals use their senses to help them hunt for food at night. Oh Give Me a Biome (生物群系) Students will use NASA’s data maps to identify biomes around the world and will look at how animals develop overtime and are adapted to living in each. Animals and Weather Students will work with educators to figure out how animals use adaptation to protect themselves against different kinds of weather. Pricing ※ Minimum cost of $240 if you have fewer than 15 students. ※ $16/student; 1 free guardian for every 10 students ※ $19/additional guardian Notes ※ Groups can bring an unlimited number of additional guardians. However, we ask that only the free guardians attend the program and limit class size to 25 participants per program. ※ To ask questions or to book a Zoo program for your group, please chick here and contact Andrea Stein, Manager of School Programs or call (401)785-3510 ext. 359. 1. Which program suits those interested in animal evolution (进化) most? A. Web of Life. B. Up All Night. C. Oh Give Me a Biome. D. Animals and Weather. 2. How much is the admission for a group of 10 students with 3 guardians? A. $217. B. $240. C. $278. D. $297. 3. Where is the text probably taken from? A. A travel guide. B. An academic magazine. C. A course brochure. D. An online advertisement. B The sunmao (榫卯) method of joinery was commonly used in ancient Chinese architecture and furniture. But when modern technology discourages many in mastering this ancient skill, Jia Jing, a junior student at Hubei Ecology Polytechnic College, offers his answer. “It is essential to train young people in this craft,” said the 20-year-old. “Not only does it ensure the preservation of carpentry (木工) skills, but there exist delicate wooden artifacts from ancient times that machines still cannot repeat.” Growing up in a family with a carpenter father, Jia would constantly observe his father doing woodwork and sometimes assist him. This early exposure ignited (点燃) his passion and talent for carpentry. But as a child, he couldn’t build furniture on his own. So, he conveyed this passion into building with Lego bricks at the age of 8. “At that time, I would think before going to bed about what I would build tomorrow,” Jia recalled. “I brainstormed a framework in my mind, and the next day I would start building it.” This hobby significantly benefited Jia’s future furniture-making skills. Before making any piece, Jia can quickly sketch a draft in his mind, which proves useful during the carving process. When the moment arrived for Jia to head to college, he chose interior design at the suggestion of his father. Beyond his theoretical studies, Jia also signed up for school furniture-making training center. Sawing, planning, and carving wood repeatedly every day can be an extremely dull job for most young people. While other students were enjoying their college life, Jia had already learned to bear loneliness and focus on achieving excellence. “This experience not only improved my skills but also tested my character,” Jia said. Recently, Jia’s commitment to this craft achieved a significant milestone. He was chosen as one of the candidates to compete on behalf of China at the 47th World Skills Competition in Lyon, France next year. “If I can represent China on the global stage, I will exert all my efforts to become the winner,” Jia said. 4. Why should young people learn the sunmao method according to Jia Jing? A. It is key to making Chinese furniture. B. It is better than modern technology. C. It exhibits traditional Chinese culture. D. It exhibits ancient carpentry wisdom. 5. How did Lego benefit Jia Jing? A. Arousing his interest in carpentry. B. Assisting his father in furniture making. C. Improving his carpentry skills. D. Preparing him for his ideal university. 6. What did Jia sacrifice during his college time? A. His leisure time. B. His practical skills. C. His theoretical studies. D. His original character. 7. What can be the best title of this text? A. Making furniture against technology. B. Preserving carpentry inside Lego. C. Carving dreams in wood. D. Continuing passion on global stage. C Harvesting fruit is a very precise operation. The fruit must be picked when it is perfectly ripe. But with pickers in short supply in recent years, growers needed to quickly find another way to harvest their crops. Tevel Aerobotics Technologies came to the farmers’ rescue with the Flying Autonomous Robots (FARs) that can help pick fruit. “Not finding enough fruit pickers is every farmer’s biggest concern,” Yaniv Maor, Tevel’s founder and CEO said. “Ask any farmer, anywhere in the world and they’ll tell you they don’t have the people. Food consumption is increasing, but labor availability is decreasing. If pickers are not available, fruit will go bad on the trees. The flying robots will work day and night in almost any weather, without taking a break, to pick as much ripe fruit as possible. Maor set up Tevel in 2017 and developed the technology after seeing young Israelis pick fruit and tired after a few hours. He realized that there had to be a better way, so he began developing the software and artificial intelligence (AI) that are needed for the smart robot pickers. “We have to teach the robot about each fruit, the branches, the leaves, how to access the fruit and how to rotate (转动) it and disconnect it from the tree,” Maor said. The flying robots circle round trees and pick only the ripe ones with a twist (扭动) of their integrated grasper arms. The robots are fitted with cameras that use AI to assess the size and color of the fruit so that only the ripe pieces are picked. The cameras also ensure that the robots’ paths are not blocked. The robots are currently picking Asian pears in Israel. In 2022, the FARs were used in pilot programs in Italy to pick peaches and other fruits, as well as in the US. They are not a replacement for labor, instead, they are a solution for the inadequate human pickers. In the future fewer people will work in picking and more will work in managing the robots, analyzing the data and making decisions. 8. What is Tevel Aerobotics Technologies? A. A robot. B. A programme. C. A company. D. An exhibition. 9. Why are FARs used according to Maor? A To save labor and reduce costs. B. To avoid the loss of fruit. C. To speed up the picking process. D. To meet the shortage of labor. 10. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about? A. How the robots work. B. What the robots consist of. C. Why the robots are useful. D. Where the robots are used. 11. What is the author’s attitude towards humans’future role? A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Worried. D. Unclear. D To some, a cow’s burp (打嗝) might seem like a small thing. But in New Zealand, cows outnumber people by two to one. There are only five million people in New Zealand, which is home to 10 million cows and 26 million sheep. Cows do not easily digest the grass they eat — instead, they ferment (发酵) it in their stomachs. The process releases a lot of gas. So, every time someone eats beef or drinks milk, the process of getting that product comes at a high cost to the environment. The cows produce methane (甲烷) gas. While the gas does not last as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, it has a much stronger effect on global warming. The scientists in New Zealand are working on ways to reduce the amount of gas that comes out of the cows.They are considering changing the food the animals eat or putting a device on the cows to change the methane into something innocuous. There is also talk of feeding the cows a kind of special red seaweed or giving them a food addition that would help them digest the grass. In addition, farmers want a solution. That is because New Zealand has announced plans to tax farmers whose animals produce too much methane gas. The farmers say they will be affected if the tax plan goes into effect. A farmer running a farm in the town of Featherston,in the Wellington Region, is trying to get more milk from each cow. The increased efficiency means he does not need as many cows, which in turn reduces the amount of methane coming from his farm. At a farmer level, he is doing his bit to help save the planet. The fight against methane is serious in NewZealand. The country promised to reduce the gas produced by farm animals by up to 47 percent by the.year 2050. 12. Why does cows’ burping become a problem in Name Zealand? A. The cows consume much grass. B. New Zealanders prefer milk. C. The number of the cows is too large. D. The cows have the digestive problem. 13. What does the underlined word “innocuous” mean in paragraph 3? A. Harmless. B. Useful. C. Rare. D. Inexpensive. 14. Why do cow farmers want a solution? A. They can’t afford the rising costs. B. They will raise fewer cows. C. They can’t increase milking efficiency. D. They will face a heavier burden. 15. Which can be the best title for the text? A. Climate Change: Cow Burping Is to Blame B. Methane Gas: The Fight Against It Is Serious C. Global Warming: New Zealand Targets Cow Burps D. Cow Burping: Scientists Look for Ways to Stop It 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分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。 Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. ___16___ Perhaps it’s because few of us know how to accept compliments gracefully. Instead, we are embarrassed and shrug off the words we are really so glad to hear. Because of this defensive reaction, direct compliments are surprisingly difficult to give. That is why some of the most valued pats on the back are those which come to us indirectly, in a letter or passed on by a friend. It’s especially rewarding to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. ___17___ A cook is praised for a perfect meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? Do you ever praise your paperboy for getting the paper to you on time 365 days a year? Praise is particularly appreciated by those doing routine jobs: gas station attendants, waitresses-even housewives. ___18___ Since so often praise is the only wage a housewife receives, surely she of all people should get her measure. ___19___ It only takes a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort perhaps a quick phone call to pass on a compliment, or five minutes spent writing an appreciative letter. It is such a small investment and yet consider the results it may produce. ___20___ So, let’s be alert to the small excellences around us and comment on them. We will not only bring joy into other people’s lives, but also, very often, add happiness into our own. A. We are accustomed to accepting praise. B. A student is ignored despite his good work. C. To give praise costs the giver almost nothing. D. It’s strange how cautious we are about praising E. Shakespeare said, “Our praises are our wages.” F. An artist gets complimented for a glorious picture. G. “I can live for two months on a good compliment,” said Mark Twain. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分） Natalie and Callie, both 13 years old, started raising monarch butterflies for fun in 2020. But after realizing the monarchs were an endangered species, their ___21___ soon turned into a serious mission. They learned that the population of monarch butterflies had ___22___ since the early 1990s, due to habitat ___23___ and widespread use of chemicals, which made the milkweeds (马利筋草) the monarchs ___24___ for their main diet dangerous to eat. So the girls teamed up with a national nonprofit group to plant a native garden ___25___ for the monarchs. The garden grew organic milkweeds that ___26___ and kept the butterflies. To help ___27___ the locals to sustain the monarch population, they created an exhibition about the monarchs in the local library. They also wanted to put up an educational sign in town, but it ___28___ a lot. To cover the expense, they set up a stand at the Farmers Market to sell their ___29___ milkweeds for people to plant. Although the fundraising days were ____30____, they finally succeeded in earning enough money with their hard work and people’s support. The team has won the Silver Award for their ____31____ of taking care of butterflies, but they are not ____32____ with their work. “Our next step is to cut down on the use of ____33____ to guarantee a safe environment for the monarchs,” said Natalie. In the award ceremony, their teacher Brian ____34____, “I am so proud of them for their constant ____35____.” 21. A. dream B. hobby C. career D. decision 22. A. doubled B. aged C. declined D. exploded 23. A. management B. assessment C. selection D. destruction 24. A. relied on B. kept off C. broke down D. gave away 25. A. partly B. secretly C. rarely D. specially 26. A. attracted B. protected C. monitored D. trapped 27. A. employ B. educate C. force D. limit 28. A. meant B. cost C. changed D. hurt 29. A. dry B. medical C. healthy D. wild 30 A. pleasing B. light C. long D. disappointing 31. A. project B. concept C. schedule D. assignment 32. A. concerned B. connected C. finished D. occupied 33. A. chemicals B. time C. funds D. energy 34. A. quoted B. continued C. replied D. commented 35. A. donations B. support C. patience D. efforts 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。 In the history of Chinese painting the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties was a very important period. Gu Kaizhi, a painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was ____36____ figure that had to be mentioned during this period. Gu kaizhi was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu province in the year 344 and ____37____(occupy) an important place in the history of Chinese literature. He was also a talented poet and calligrapher. Meanwhile, ____38____(extreme) uninterested in fame and wealth, he made his living on the philosophy of “being half sly (狡黠) and half silly” ____39____ was given the title of “three excellences”, namely “excellence in poems”, “excellence in painting” and “excellence in stupidity”. As the first painter ____40____ (maintain) influence on the development of Chinese painting, Gu Kaizhi not only created the basic model of figure painting, leaving ____41____ his most famous work, Nymph of the Luo River (《洛神赋图》 ), but also proposed the principles of painting ____42____ influence has lasted a thousand years, such as “realizing perfection through empathy”, “exposing spirit with form”, as well as his “six methods”. The story of Nymph of the Luo River ____43____ (root) in historical records and the poetry of Cao Zhi, a prince and poet from the Three Kingdoms period. According to accounts, Cao Zhi wrote a poem called “Rhapsody of the Goddess of Luo” which described a goddess of extraordinary ____44____ (attractive). Inspired by Cao Zhi’s poem, Gu Kaizhi set out to illustrate the charming nymph. His painting exhibits the soul of the poem, ____45____ (display) the nymph’s unique elegance and appealing charm. The work exemplifies Gu Kaizhi’s skill in bringing literary inspiration to life through art. 第二节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 46. Today, ________ the widespread use of GPS, the compass remains a timeless symbol of human intelligence. (用适当的词填空) 47. The word “bat” in Chinese (fu) has the same ________ (pronounce) as the Chinese character meaning “luck, happiness and fortune”. (所给词的适当形式填空) 48. By the Warring States Period, Shu brocade ________ (treasure) widely, becoming an important export product.(所给词的适当形式填空) 49. After the successful completion of the therapy, he was released ________ the hospital.(用适当的词填空) 50. It is a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and ________ (consequent) to human health.(所给词的适当形式填空) 51. Sadly, the little match girl was ________ (freeze) to death on Christmas Eve.(所给词的适当形式填空) 52. The sociologist is conducting an ________ (investigate) into the spending habits of teenagers.(所给词的适当形式填空) 53. On the outskirts of the city ________ (lie) a new chemical factory.(所给词的适当形式填空) 54. He stared at me in amazement as if I ________ (finish) something incredible.(所给词的适当形式填空) 55. ________ (originate) in ancient China during the Han Dynasty, early compasses consisted of lodestone, a naturally magnetic mineral.(所给词的适当形式填空) 第四部分 写作（共一节，满分15分） 第一节（满分15分） 56. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。世界读书日即将到来，你的外国好友Jim正在开展主题为“信息时代中学生如何阅读”的项目式学习，他发来邮件对你进行访谈。请你用英文给他回复，内容包括： 1. 信息时代对阅读的影响； 2. 你的阅读方式和理由。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数 Dear Jim, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 高二2024—2025学年下学期英语月考（十） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共8小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 A 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. C 2. C 3. D B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4 D 5. C 6. A 7. C C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. C 9. D 10. A 11. B D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分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。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. D 17. F 18. E 19. C 20. G 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分） 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. D 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. a 37. occupied##occupies 38. extremely 39. and 40. to maintain 41. behind 42. whose 43. is rooted 44. attractiveness 45. displaying 第二节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 【46题答案】 【答案】despite 【47题答案】 【答案】pronunciation 【48题答案】 【答案】had been treasured 【49题答案】 【答案】from 【50题答案】 【答案】consequently 【51题答案】 【答案】frozen 【52题答案】 【答案】investigation 【53题答案】 【答案】lies 【54题答案】 【答案】had finished 【55题答案】 【答案】Originating 第四部分 写作（共一节，满分15分） 第一节（满分15分） 【56题答案】 【答案】Dear Jim, Thank you for inviting me to share my thoughts on reading in the information age. The digital age reshapes reading profoundly. While e-books and online articles offer instant access to global knowledge, fragmented information and digital distractions hinder deep reading. To adapt, I blend digital and traditional methods. For quick updates, I read e-books on my phone for convenience. Yet, for serious learning, I choose paper books — they boost focus and memory without screen interruptions. I also allocate daily screen-free reading time to avoid distractions. This hybrid strategy balances efficiency with thoughtful engagement. Hope it aids your project! Yours, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $