湖北省黄石市第二中学2023-2024学年高二英语上学期9月月考试题（Word版附答案）

黄石二中高二年级上学期英语统测

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第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，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，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。

1. Why does Brian go to the hospital?

A. To see a patient. B. To see a doctor. C. To bring a book to Mary.

2. Why is the man upset?

A. He made a wrong call. B. His phone does not work. C. The machine is not useful.

3. What is the TV program mainly about?

A. Family. B. People over 40. C. Cancer research.

4. Why did the man arrive late?

A. His car broke down. B. He had a long meeting. C. He met someone else on the way.

5. Why does Kendra need help?

A. She is a new student. B. She missed some classes. C. She always fails in science.

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。每段对话后有几个小题, 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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。

6. Why did the woman give up her dream to be a gym teacher?

A. She didn’t have the equipment.

B. She couldn’t afford the expense.

C. She found the training was hard.

7. What does the woman think of her job?

A. It’s disappointing. B. It’s boring. C. It’s satisfying.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题。

8. Where did the tomato sauce come from?

A. A local farm. B. A store only five miles away. C. The man’s own tomatoes

9. What does the woman think of cooking?

A. She enjoys it. B. It makes her feel creative. C. She doesn’t have the patience.

听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。

10. When did the man’s boss call Jeff?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.

11. How did Jeff explain everything?

A. Over the phone. B. By e-mail. C. In person.

12. Why didn’t Jeff come to the office on Tuesday?

A. He was sick. B. He was off the day. C. He was working somewhere else.

13. How does the woman sound in the end?

A. Excited. B. Angry. C. Surprised.

听第 9段材料，回答第 14至 17题。

14. What made Jane start boxing?

A. A film. B. A friend. C. A game.

15. What did Jane’s family think of her when she took up boxing?

A. Brave. B. Smart. C. Crazy.

16. What does Jane usually do before a boxing match?

A. Stay relaxed. B. Go camping. C. Get training.

17. What is the best thing Jane gains from doing boxing?

A. Friendship. B. Fitness. C. Respect.

听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。

18. What does the speaker say about Castle Howard?

A. It took its name from a film.

B. It has been home to a family.

C. It was once used for defence.

19. What is special about the Walled Gardens?

A. It’s open every day of the year.

B. It’s the largest garden in England.

C. It’s planted with many kinds of roses.

20. Who is probably the speaker?

A. A tour guide. B. A gardener. C. A news reporter.

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

Grading Policies for Introduction to Literature

Grading Scale

90-100, A; 80-89, B; 70-79, C; 60-69, D; Below 60, E.

Essays (60%)

Your four major essays will combine to form the main part of the grade for this course: Essay 1 = 10%; Essay 2 = 15%; Essay 3 = 15%; Essay 4 = 20%.

Group Assignments (30%)

Students will work in groups to complete four assignments (作业) during the course. All the assignments will be submitted by the assigned date through Blackboard, our online learning and course management system.

Daily Work/In-Class Writings and Tests/Group Work/Homework (10%)

Class activities will vary from day to day, but students must be ready to complete short in-class writings or tests drawn directly from assigned readings or notes from the previous class’ lecture/discussion, so it is important to take careful notes during class. Additionally, from time to time I will assign group work to be completed in class or short assignments to be completed at home, both of which will be graded.

Late Work

An essay not submitted in class on the due date will lose a letter grade for each class period it is late. If it is not turned in by the 4th day after the due date, it will earn a zero. Daily assignments not completed during class will get a zero. Short writings missed as a result of an excused absence will be accepted.

21. Where is this text probably taken from?

 A. A textbook.    B. An exam paper.  C. A course plan.   D. An academic article.

22. How many parts is a student’s final grade made up of?

 A. Two.     B. Three.       C. Four.        D. Five.

23. What will happen if you submit an essay one week after the due date?

 A. You will have to rewrite.            B. You will lose a letter grade.

 C. You will be given a test.            D. You will receive a zero.

B

“I have cancer.” Mom said and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but failed.

For all of my twenty-four years, my mom had been supportive. Strength and protection had always flowed from her to me. Now I knew it would have to flow the other way.

Mom didn’t stay down for long. After the shock of breast-cancer, she armed herself with a notebook and a pen and a thousand questions for the doctors. She took notes on white blood cell counts and medications (药物) with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school. “The not-knowing is the worst.” she said.

The operation was successful. The chemo (化疗) was the harder part. I went with Mom to every chemo treatment. She rarely complained, though her hair was gone and her toenails and fingernails fell out one by one. She joked that she could save money on nail polish and put it toward the doctor bills, even though she never wore nail polish. “Cancer can take my hair, my nails, my health, my very life. But it can’t take my smile.” Mom said.

Mom learned to share her fears with me, and it formed an even deeper bond between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn’t share because she was still protecting me — worries she only shared with Dad. Even in the darkest hours, she would just joke about the cancer. Mom always said, “When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you take away some of its power.”

Mom was one of the lucky ones. She did beat her cancer, though not without scars. From her, I’ve learned I may not get to choose what I face, but I do get to choose how I face it.

24. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. There were other ways to treat cancer.

B. I should be the one being there for Mom.

C. Mom had to stay stronger to beat cancer.

D. Knowledge of cancer would be helpful.

25. Which of the following words can best describe Mom?

A. Optimistic and determined. B. Considerate and ambitious.

C. Humorous and generous. D. Caring and knowledgeable.

26. Why didn’t Mom share all the fears with the author?

A. She only shared with Dad. B. She would just joke about the cancer.

C. She wanted to protect the author. D. She formed a deeper bond with the author.

27. What lesson did the author learn from Mom?

A. Luck counts in beating diseases.

B. Complaint does no good to one’s health.

C. Sharing feelings helps reduce sufferings a lot.

D. Positive attitudes get one through hardship.

C

He’s as big as a small golden dog and covered with scales (鳞片). He is the pangolin (穿山甲), an endangered animal.

According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic, about one million pangolins were killed from 2000 through 2013, mainly for their scales, which are used in medicine. Pangolins are sensitive creatures and picky eaters that only eat certain species of ants, a diet that’s very difficult to copy in the food chain.

 “In the last decade, there’s been a huge growth trade in pangolins between continents, especially their scales,” says Dan Challender, chair of the pangolin specialist group. Previously, most pangolin killing happened within Asia, he says. This shift means that Asian pangolins are becoming difficult to find but that the value of the scales makes it worth the extra cost to take pangolins from Africa to Asia secretly.

All eight species of pangolins, four in Africa and four in Asia, are in danger of extinction due to the illegal trade. International trade in the four species of Asian pangolins has been banned since 2000. In the past few years, a ban on international commercial trade in all eight species has gone into effect. It was voted by 183 governments that are parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which is in charge of cross-border trade in wild animals and their parts.

Pangolins are eaten as bushmeat in western and central Africa and by some local groups in South and Southeast Asia. Their parts also are used in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa as traditional medicine. Typically dried, ground into powder, and put into pills, pangolin scales are used in a range of traditional medicines to help mothers who have given birth to babies to recover. But they are now endangered. Perhaps no pangolins can be seen when our next generation grow up.
28. What do you know about pangolins from Paragraph 2?

A. Their meat is very delicious. 

B. Their scales are of great value.

C. They are smaller than young dogs. 

D. They are on the top of the food chain.
29. Why are pangolins brought from Africa to Asia?

A. Pangolins are cheaper in Africa. 

B. No laws protect pangolins in Africa.

C. People in Asia can really save pangolins.

D. Pangolins have sharply decreased in numbers in Asia.
30. What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?
   A. Pangolins have many different species.
   B. The bans on pangolin trade are ineffective.
   C. People used to take advantage of pangolins in different ways.
   D. Governments have tried to contribute to the protection of pangolins.
31. What’s the author’s attitude towards pangolins’ future?
  A. Positive              B. Uncaring.          C. Concerned.        D. Confident.

 D

Have you ever noticed that the stars sometimes appear brighter in December, January and February? There’s a link between cold air and the night lights. “Part of it is that it tends to be drier in the winter,” said Diane Tumshek, an astronomer at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Even though it’s invisible, moisture can change the way light moves through the air. And in the summer, moisture can make stars appear more dull.

Air temperature is also what puts the twinkle twinkle in the little stars. “Even on very clear nights, some of the atmosphere is cooler, and some of the atmosphere is warmer,” said Tumshek, who also works with the Allegheny Observatory. “And when the light from a star passes through those bubbles of varying temperatures, it bends and shifts the light, so that we are seeing stars appear to dance or twinkle,” she said.

For star lovers in the United States, there’s another factor that comes into play for bright winter stars, although this is a matter of coincidence. “During Earth’s journey around the sun, there are just simply more bright stars visible from the Northern Hemisphere in the winter sky,” Tumshek said. If you really want to see a shiny star, just try to find a burning ball of gas called Sirius near the horizon. At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius is relatively close to Earth and the brightest star visible in the night sky. It is also large—nearly twice as big as our sun and 20 times as bright. So this winter, when the world turns cold and it seems like we should be spending more time indoors, consider asking an adult to go exploring outside. With a warm coat and a clear sky, any night can be turned into a treasure hunt. All you have to do is look up.

32. What does the underlined word “dull” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. not exciting  B. not shiny  C. not severe  D. not smart

33. How does air temperature influence the brightness of stars?

A. By changing the bubbles around them.     

B. By putting the twinkle twinkle in them.

C. By making the stars dance and twinkle in the sky.

D. By varying the direction of the light from them.

34. What do we know about Sirius?

A. It can be found at any night. B. It is closer to Earth than other stars.

C. It is 20 times as bright as the sun. D. It is a burning and shiny ball.

35. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To explain why stars are more visible in winter.

B. To present new research results about stars. 

C. To call on people to focus on stars.

D. To advocate stargazing in winter. 

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。

2050 seems a long way away, but it is not impossible to predict the future though. With the speed we are moving now so many amazing things are going to happen in the future. So where is technology going in the future? 36___________.

The Internet will be free for everyone.

The Internet is really a key driver these days. But it is not free for everyone yet. There have already been attempts like Facebook’s Free Basics. 37___________, there is a very strong possibility that the Internet will be free for everyone in the future.

Personal airplanes will be used widely for short journeys.

With the increasing population, it is not very hard to predict that common methods of transportation will not be enough. 38________, so in this case personal airplanes will be a handy method of transportation for common people. Of course, there will be proper air traffic control for these personal airplanes.

Most cancers will be treated successfully.

39______________. It will be a huge achievement in the history of medical science. Many studies are already showing a trend (趋势) towards this.

40_____________ .

There will be great achievements in space research. In the year 2050, humans will be able to live on Mars. We will receive more intelligent signals from space. Chances are we will be able to find the next Earth-like planet.

A. Though it hasn’t happened yet.

B. Let’s start our predictions.

C. The world’s population will cross 9. 6 billion.

D. What do you think of my predictions of 2050.

E. Humans will live on other planets.

F. There will be much heavier traffic on the road.

G. The number of deaths caused by cancers will be greatly reduced.

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，从每题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Ukrainian artist Olesya Galushcenko is an engineer who got into porcelain (瓷) flower making as a personal challenge. Seven years ago, she decided to   41   a project that involved using her   42  , and a decorative flower bouquet (花束) caught her eye. Soon she started paying attention to cold porcelain. But she refused to   43   classes and decided to learn the   44   herself.

While   45   with porcelain, Olesya realized that in order to   46   almost perfect flower reproductions, every little part of the she   47   was copying needed to be perfect. So she   48   taking every flower apart and making molds (模具) of every element.

After making the molds, the   49   artist created the frame of the bouquet from wire covered in tape. Everything was then   50   coated in porcelain. The porcelain masterpieces needed about a day to   51  .

Provided that the artist   52   from early morning until late at night, she can create one rose in a   53  . Olesya Galushcenko’s creations are not exactly   54   but there are always buyers lining up to buy her works.

Each porcelain flower that comes out of Olesya Galushcenko’s hands is one of a kind, and, if properly cared for, can   55   forever. She recommends keeping them out of direct sunlight and excessive moisture, carefully wiping them with a damp cloth.

41. A. put aside B. put off C. take on D. take down

42. A. eyes B. hands C. strength D. courage

43. A. set up B. give up C. account for D. pay for

44. A. skill B. service C. origin D. shape

45. A. matching B. playing C. experimenting D. battling

46. A. observe B. achieve C. restore D. maintain

47. A. flowers B. molds C. tools D. leaves

48. A. admitted B. avoided C. postponed D. started

49. A. proud B. optimistic C. talented D. anxious

50. A. roughly B. carefully C. accidentally D. hurriedly

51. A. dry B. copy C. display D. sell

52. A. draws B. comes C. carves D. works

53. A. week B. month C. day D. year

54. A. cheap B. priceless C. disappointing D. exciting

55. A. shine B. grow C. fruit D. last

第二节（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As the name suggests, Sichuan Hot Pot was born in Sichuan Province,   56   is known for its preference for spicy food. This mouth-burning and tongue-numbing hot pot has been gaining a large amount of attention in recent years all over   57   world.

It is   58   (universe) accepted that the Sichuan Hot Pot dates back to early 20th century. The port workers and fishermen who worked and lived along the Yangtze River could not afford   59   (eat) the regular cuts of meat, so they figured out a way to cook cheap meats and offal (内脏)   60   boiling them in a pot of extremely spicy soup. The use of spicy soup first   61   (intend) to cover the taste from the offal. However, after some   62   (adjust) of fragrant spices, this one pot meal became a popular dish in Sichuan region.

After years of continuous development, eating Sichuan Hot Pot today   63   (be) no longer what the poor like. Offal still remains as classic hot pot ingredients, but both high quality meats   64   seafood ingredients are also common on the menu. The modern hot pot has been shaped into a complex meal that starts with sliced meat, offal, and seafood,    65    (follow) by vegetables and ends with noodles.

第四部分 写作（共两节,满分40分）

第一节 (满分15分)

假定你是某学校高中生李华，最近你发现你校图书馆阅览室中存在高声喧哗和乱丢垃圾的现象，请用英语给馆长Mr. Smith写一封信。包括以下要点： 

1.说明写信的目的；

2.提出合理的建议。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.书信格式及开头均已给出(不计入总词数)。

Dear Mr. Smith，

I am Li Hua, a high school student of our school.                                                             

                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其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。

With the start of new school, freshmen of Hendersonville High School in Nashville were excited to meet new classmates and teachers. Among them, however, 15-year-old Sergio Peralta was feeling very nervous because his right hand had never fully formed since he was born. Going to a new school and being “different" is always scary. Sergio was particularly concerned with what his classmates would think of him.

Sergio's parents had trained him to use his left hand from an early age. As he grew up, he was used to not using his right hand. He could write with his left one and do some things with special tricks or techniques. Despite this, in the first days of new school, Sergio always felt like hiding his underdeveloped right hand in his sleeve as if nobody would ever find out if he did so.

It didn't take long for someone to learn Sergio's secret. Jeff Wilkins, the teacher of Sergio's engineering class, figured out that Sergio was missing part of his hand and decided to do something for the new student. Jeff had been leading a robotics project in the school and expert in 3D printing technology. Besides, he hoped to take advantage of this hands-on chance to help his robotics students learn more about engineering and how building a robotic hand worked.

So in his class, Jeff announced with great enthusiasm, “You're supposed to be engineering, coming up with new ideas and solving issues. Now Sergio needs a new hand, so we'll work together to build Sergio a robotic hand." His words fueled everyone's curiosity and creativity.

For the next four weeks, Jeff and his class including Sergio worked on the project. After some precise measurements and researches, the class put forward a design draft. Jeff made a few adjustments and gave them some practical suggestions. With access to online models and a 3D printer, they eventually created a robotic hand, which was intended to look good and work well, like catching something.

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。

Paragraph 1:

Then came the final testing day.                                                         

Paragraph 2:

The life-changing gift for Sergio drew huge attention.