甘肃庆阳第二中学2026-2027学年度第一学期高二英语第一次月考试卷

庆阳二中2026-2027学年度第一学期高二英语第一次月考卷 命题人：李浩弟 审题人：任翠荣 注意事项： 1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分.考试时间为120 分钟. 2.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。 3.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日的答案标号涂黑。如 需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。 4回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效. I卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。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。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 读两遍。 1.What kind of food does the man prefer? A.Chinese food. B.Indian food. C.Italian food. 2.What does Andrew do? A.A college student.B.A postman. C.A tourist guide. 3.What does the man think of the book? A.It is worth buying.B.It is too expensive. C.It is meaningless. 4.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A.In a park. B.In a restaurant. C.In a library. 5.What is Lily likely to do next? A.Go to bed. B.Turn down the music. C.Prepare for an anniversary. 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。每段对话或读白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项 中选出最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题， 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。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 6.What sport is the woman interested in? A.Cycling. B.Surfing. C.Diving. 高二英语第 7.Why does the woman prefer a quiet place? A.She wants to shoot a video. B.She wants to relax and read. C.She wants to have a sunbath. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 8.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.Keeping a diet. B.Losing weight. C.Starting an organization. 9.What does the woman recommend for the man? A.Getting a personal trainer.B.Finding a local guide. C.Following a daily routine. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 10.How does the woman usually make friends? A.By participating in sports.B.By joining clubs. C.By using social apps. 11.What does the man think of online friendship? A.It is so annoying. B.It lacks physical contact.C.It has huge security risks. 12.What does the man prefer? A.Online communication.B.Face-to-face interaction.C.A smaller circle of friends 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 13.What can we know about the store? A.It's newly opened. B.It offers discounts today. C.It sells various brands of smartphone. 14.How does the woman describe the smartphone? A.It has a powerful camera. B.It has super-fast data speed. C.It entered the market last year. 15.What can the man do if he receives a wrong product? A.Exchange it within 7 days. B.Keep the product for free. C.Get a discount for the product. 16.How will the man pay probably? A.In cash. B.By check C.By credit card. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17.What help will the school give students? A.Helping them pick suitable art courses. B.Providing them with financial support. C.Analyzing their advantages and disadvantages. 1页共5页 18.What information can be found on the school website? A.Course schedules B.Introductions to some artworks. C.A complicated registration form. 19.Who is the speaker talking to? A.Parents. B.Teachers. C.Students. 20.What is the announcement mainly about? A.An art competition will be held. B.Some new courses will be added. C.The class timetable will be changed 第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A There are many apps that use mobile phone cameras and other devices that might surprise gardeners.Here are some examples: Seek by iNaturalist It is an app from the website iNaturalist.To use it,simply take a picture or point your camera at a plant,insect,or animal and you will get important information about it.You can also find lists of plants,insects and animals in your area,add your observations,and connect with experts. From Seed to Spoon It helps users grow crops.You can add which fruits and vegetables you would like to grow on a virtual "Grow Box"from a list of images.It will then give seed-starting,transplanting,and harvesting dates for those plants based on your location using satellite (data.The free version of the app also provides information on each crop's requirements for temperature,sunlight, water,and fertilizer. Picture This It will identify your plant and provide information about it from a picture on your phone's camera.After using all the provided free identifications,you will be asked to watch advertisements or share the app to eamn more.Or you can pay $29.99 a year for the paid version.The paid version provides treatment information for sick plants.It also includes plant-care guides,access to a team of experts at any time,and unlimited plant identifications. Google Lens It uses image recognition technology to identify plants,trees,animals,and insects.It can be found on the Google app or by the Google Search bar in your mobile browser onAndroid and 高二英语第 Apple products.Then,touch the camera image and choose a photo from your phone's photo history.Lens can also be used to identify other objects and places,and to compare products to buy online.The tool is free. 21.What do Seek by iNaturalist and PictureThis have in common? A.They both have a“Grow Box”. B.People can have access to experts. C.They are mainly used for identifying animals. D.People need to pay for using them. 22.How can we get more further information from PictureThis? A.By watching advertisements. B.By paying $2.99 a year. C.By sharing valuable observations. D.By taking pictures of plants. 23.What is special about Google Lens? A.It can treat sick plants. B.It offers plant-care guides. C.It can find the animals in your area. D.It helps shop on the Internet. What would you do if you encountered a homeless person on the street?Most people,caught in the rush of daily life,would look away,walk faster,or hold their bags tightly.Some might drop a few coins into a cup,but rarely stop to talk or even make eye contact.Brian Peterson used to be one of them. One evening,Peterson was completely lost in a book,feeling as if the words were speaking directly to his heart,when the loud and familiar singing from the street outside broke the silence. In the past,he would have closed the window,ignoring it.But tonight,motivated by the book's message of love and connection,he gathered his courage,went outside and started a conversation. He learned that the man's name was Matt Faris,a musician from Kentucky who came to California to chase his dream,yet ended up living on the street for a decade. Inspired by Faris'story,Peterson,an art school graduate,offered to paint his portrait.This small gesture gave birth to Faces of Santa Ana,a nonprofit organization devoted to painting portraits of unhoused individuals.Using vivid colors,Peterson aimed to capture not just their outward appearance,but their unique personalities,emotions,and untold life stories. As public interest in the portraits grew,Peterson,the founder of the organization,began selling the large,signed paintings for thousands of dollars.Half of the profits were placed into a love account for each subject,enabling them to improve their situations.Some used the funds for food or medical care,while Faris used his to record an album and continue the musical career. Over eight years,the project expanded.What began with a simple conversation has grown into Faces of Mankind,a nationwide collective of artists.It turns out that true kindness can turn 2页共5页 invisible souls into visible hope. 24.What can be the title of the book mentioned in paragraph 2? A.Love Does:Hope from Street. B.Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. C.Life Has Ups and Downs. D.The Secret of an Artist:A Must-Have. 25.What is the feature of Peterson's paintings? A.Capturing people's inner worlds. B.Reflecting people's social position. C.Applying pencil-drawing styles. D.Expressing artists'personal feelings. 26.How does Faces of Santa Ana help the homeless? A.It teaches painting skills. B.It records albums for them. C.It provides funding support. D.It collects money from the public. 27.What is the main message of the passage? A.A single book can completely transform a person's outlook on life B.Painting portraits is an effective way to raise money for the poor. C.One small act of connection can grow into a nationwide movement that restores hope. D.Homeless people often have hidden talents that deserve to be discovered. C A scientist working with NASA has offered a simple answer to a long-standing question:if the Universe is so large,why haven't we heard from intelligent aliens?In an early study that has not yet been peer-reviewed,Dr Robin Corbet,from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,argues that it could simply be because they're not interested in finding us. This question is often called the "Fermi paradox".It has bothered researchers since the middle of the last century.It points out that the universe seems big enough to hold many habitable worlds,yet we have found no clear signs of intelligent life beyond the Earth.For decades, astronomers have kept listening to cosmic signals in hope of finding alien intelligence.Some people think aliens are hiding,or that they are too advanced for us to understand.Corbet offers a more ordinary explanation. Instead of mysterious reasons,he gives a down-to-earth explanation.He argues that many civilizations might stop making major progress after reaching a"good enough"level of technology. Once life becomes comfortable,curiosity may wane.Even if travel between stars is possible,a civilization might explore for a time and then decide there is little new to discover.Each journey could bring fewer surprises,so the cost of exploration no longer seems worth it. Corbet compares this to getting used to something:when the same experience happens again and again,it feels less exciting.If most civilizations reach such a limit,sending messages across space may start to seem pointless.In that case,our radio searches might pick up only weak “leakage'”signals一radio waves that escape by accident一rather than purposeful messages.. 高二英语第 Corbet adds that a detection could happen someday,but it might not lead to a big jump in our technology.The Galaxy,he suggests,may be full of life-just not life that finds us especially important. 28.Why has humanity failed to make contact with aliens according to Corbet? A.Aliens are hiding from dangers B.Aliens lack advanced space tech. C.Aliens dislike long space travel. D.Aliens pay little attention to us. 29.What is the"Fermi paradox"mainly about? A.Rules of advanced alien groups. B.Birth of planets in the galaxy. C.Lack of clear signs of alien life D.History of space exploration. 30.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word"wane"in paragraph 3? A.React. B.Seize. C.Fade. D.Rate. 31.What does the last paragraph imply? A.Aliens regard humans as highly important. B.Alien messages might be sent unintentionally. C.Finding aliens will advance our tech greatly. D.Radio searches will soon find strong signals. D People with paralysis ()affecting their speech and hands can struggle to communicate, and the loss is considered one of the worst parts of their condition.Existing devices to aid them. like technology that tracks eye movements to spell out words,can be slow and frustrating to use. However,a different type of technology called brain-computer interfaces (BCIs),has been developing quickly.A study published in Nature Neuroscience reports that an experimental BCI helped two people with paralysis type on a virtual keyboard with their minds. The device relies on Al to decode brain activity that corresponds with (attempting different movements.In the study,tiny sensors were placed in each participant's motor cortex,the region responsible for movement.Then,the brain implant users were instructed to try performing 30 unique finger motions,and a computer translated the brain activity associated with each attempted movement into a distinct keystroke on a virtual keyboard. In the experiment,both participants typed sentences using only their minds.One,paralyzed from the neck down,reached 47 characters per minute with 81%accuracy.The other,who has ALS,typed up to 110 characters (about 22 words)per minute with 95%accuracy-almost as fast as a typical person texting on a phone. The performance differences might partially be from the number of implanted sensors and where they were located in the BCI users'brains,study co-author Justin Jude explained.The differences could also come from how their distinct conditions affect their brains. 3页共5页 Still,the work has limitations.The sample size included only two people,and the device implantation procedure is invasive.But"reading these finger movements is also a big step toward being able to restore complex reach and grasp movements for people with upper extremity paralysis,"Jude says in a statement."And there's also room to make this communication tool better- like adding a shorthand (system or personalized keyboard to make typing even faster." 32.What issue is highlighted in the first paragraph? A.Big challenges of curing paralysis. B.Physical sufferings from paralysis C.High costs of communication devices D.Poor performances of existing communication aids. 33.How does the BCI device enable users to type? A.By reading brain signals of imagined moves. B.By following their eye movements. C.By translating typed texts into spoken words. D.By selecting letters on a virtual keyboard. 34.Why does the author mention the two results? A.To point out the small size of the sample. B.To prove more sensors guarantee faster typing. C.To stress performances vary for different reasons. D.To show the communication efficiency of the device. 35.What does the writer think of the BCI technology? A.It's too risky to be practical. B.Its future application is uncertain. C.It's ready for immediate use. D.It's promising but in its early stage. 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。 The saying "laughter is the best medicine"has been around for centuries,but only in recent decades has science begun to explain the reasons behind laughter's magical effect. Laughter begins in the brain as a result of humor,surprise,or the joy of human connection. 36This makes laughter a full-brain activity of emotion and movement. 37These chemicals provide a sense of reward and pleasure,reduce physical discomfort and create a sense of delight,and deepen feelings of trust and connection with people around you. Laughter also sets your body into "rest and digest"mode.In this process,the stressful fight-or-flight response is limited.Your muscles are loosened,and your breath is deepened.38 高二英语第 Beyond being an expression of humor,laughter benefits your body and mind in many ways. Laughter reduces stress.Modern life is full of things that stress you out:deadlines,academic worries,social pressure,etc.39Heart health is another area where laughter works its magic.When you laugh,blood vessels (expand,reducing blood pressure.One study showed that watching a comedy increased blood flow in participants by 22%.The conclusion is clear:joy helps the heart.Over time,regular laughter may reduce the risk of heart attacks If laughter is medicine,then the solution is simple:make space for joy.This may involve spending more time with friends who make you laugh,watching comedies instead of endless newsfeeds,or practicing laughter yoga to release tension.40So the next time you feel like laughing,laugh out loud!Your body and mind will thank you. A.But the stress is too much for people to stay calm. B.This is why laughter often leaves you feeling relaxed. C.Laughter releases chemicals that make you feel good. D.This is because cartoons and comedies are often funny. E.Even funny memories or humorous stories can be beneficial. F.When we laugh,several brain regions become active together. G.But a few minutes of laughter can help you recover from stress. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分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。 Last year,I joined a summer camp focusing on Guizhou's karst ecology.Our teacher,Mr.Li, a local ecologist,41 us to a former rocky desert-once a"lifeless place"but now green again. As we walked,Mr.Li pointed to the 42 hills."Years ago,rain washed soil away, leaving only rocks,"he said."Many villagers had to move out to43."We fell silent, imagining the barren land.Suddenly,a group of goats appeared,eating grass on the hillside.A classmate44,"Won't they destroy the plants?"Mr.Li smiled and explained:"These are special goats.Local farmers raise them45-not too many,so grass can regrow.It's a way to balance ecology and 46.We then visited a 47 by the stream.Workers there were growing walnut trees and peppers."These plants have strong roots to hold soil,"Mr.Li told us."They're called the 'green bank'for villagers,48 both food and income." Later,we saw workers setting up fences.They were49 the area to protect rare birds that had returned.A boy found a bird's nest in a tree,and we all watched it 50 not to disturb the eggs inside. On the last day,we planted saplings on a dry slope.My hands hurt after digging in the rocky soil,but I felt51.Mr.Li said,"Small actions 52 over time.This is how we 4页共5页 turn deserts back to forests." Leaving the camp,I looked back at the green hills.I used to think nature's recovery was 53,but now I know it's possible with science and effort.Guizhou's 54 from rocky desert to lush land tells us:humans and nature can55 in harmony. 41.A.followed B.led C.forced D.pushed 42.A.green B.bare C.high D.steep 43.A.survive B.play C.research D.travel 44.A.apologized B.reminded C.asked D.argued 45.A.freely B.secretly C.carefully D.randomly 46.A.education B.economy C.technology D.medicine 47.A.farm B.school C.hospital D.museum 48.A.wasting B.storing C.providing D.exchanging 49.A.repairing B.protecting C.describing D.measuring 50.A.quietly B.excitedly C.carelessly D.anxiously 51.A.proud B.bored C.nervous D.painful 52.A.pass B.change C.add D.disappear 53.A.necessary B.impossible C.easy D.urgent 54.A.journey B.dream C.challenge D.promise 55.A.grow B.work C.meet D.live II卷 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。 The spending power of young people56(vary)from person to person.Each, however,is 57(face)with the same question:what to do with their money?Some teens may spend their money on online activities 58 others can make good use of money.For instance,with her grandmother's help,eight-year-old Thompson started making "Kare Bags" containing 59(necessity)for the homeless,which made their lives 60(easy). It's important for younger generations to know an appropriate way to spend money.Thanks to Jerry,he put forward a method to teach teenagers 61 to spend money wisely.When Jerry's grandchildren tumned 13,his present to each of them was three jars for Spending,Saving, and Giving-he has since added a fourth jar for investing.It was from then on62 his grandchildren started to be in control of the money they received.The present is more than a few jars-he is giving them the opportunity 62(learn)lifelong values.The wider aim of the jars is to encourage teenagers to think 64 (objective)about money and what it can do.In a word,this method will make a 65 (different)to teenagers'future. 高二英语第 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 假定你是李华，你所在的城市将于下周举办“非物质文化遗产”(the Intangible Cultural Heritage)展览活动。现面向全市招募志愿者，请你用英语写一封申请信，内容包括： 1.写信目的（申请志愿者岗位)： 2.个人优势（如语言能力、相关经历、个人品质等）： 3.个人承诺与期待。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右： 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Sir or Madam, Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据所给内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The day Leo transferred to our high school was unremarkable,except for the silence that followed his introduction."This is Leo.His family just moved here from overseas.Please make him feel welcome,"Mrs.Davis,our English teacher,said with an encouraging smile.Leo murmured a quiet "hello,"his accent thick and unfamiliar,and quickly took the empty seat at the back of the class.From that day on,he became a ghost (in the hallway-present but unseen. The language barrier was like a wall.During discussions,when called upon,Leo would struggle to find the right words,his face flushing with frustration.Whispers and suppressed 住的)giggles(咯咯笑)from a few classmates,especially from Mark and his friends,often followed his attempts.I saw the embarrassment in his eyes,a silent beg to be left alone.I wanted to say something to offer help,but I feared being associated with the "outsider"and becoming a target myself,so I remained a silent observer,with my sympathy locked away. One day,our English teacher gave us a pairwork project.We needed to prepare a short play together.When hearing I was paired with Leo,I felt a little worried.I saw Leo sitting in the comer, looking lonely and nervous,as if he would be ignored again.Seeing the worry on his face,I remembered my own feeling when I first joined a new club.I knew it was time to be brave. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右： 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Walking to Leo,I smiled and suggested we start the project. The day for our performance finally came,and we stood in front of the class.. 5页共5页