北京市海淀区首都师范大学附属中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期
第二次月考试题
一、完形填空（共20道题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
A friend of mine is a musician. He 1 seems to be learning new tunes, new 2 , and new ways of making music in cool ways. At the weekends, he 3 to go into Central Park in the center of Nagoya during the daytime where lots of bands 4 . Some of these bands are really good, but some of them are quite 5 . One of the reasons why my friend likes 6 all the bands is that they are 7 ! And as he says to me, '' 8 expensive things don't necessarily mean that they're good, free things don't necessarily mean they have no 9 . You have to listen and look yourself and 10 what is valuable for you. And 11 , as you listen and look, you may learn different things.''
So my friend goes to the 12 every week when the weather is fine, and he says he learns 13 from every single band! When he watches and listens to the really good bands, he learns new concertos (协奏曲) from the 14 and cool rhythms from the drummers. I guess that it's not 15 that you can learn a lot by watching 16 performers. But what really 17 me are my friend's words — ''You can learn by watching and listening to the bad performers, too. When I watch a bad performer, I think to myself-wow, that's another thing that I'm going to 18 .''
So my friend makes 19 by learning from both good and bad performers. And he says he also finds 20 and pleasure in learning and improving in ways that he never even imagined! 1．A．finally 2．A．games 3．A．loves 4．A．compete 5．A．poor 6．A．forming 7．A．right 8．A．Since 9．A．price 10．A．find out 11．A．in short 12．A．park
B．quickly B．systems B．wishes B．perform B．shy B．watching B．familiar B．For B．fault B．wait for B．of course B．club
C．seldom C．instruments C．agrees C．study C．unlucky C．inspiring C．famous C．While C．soul C．bring out C．at first C．studio
D．always D．languages D．affords D．succeed D．fierce D．training D．free D．Unless D．value D．call for D．as usual D．cinema
13．A．nothing 14．A．listeners 15．A．touching 16．A．excellent
B．anything B．learners B．exciting B．strange
C．everything C．players C．surprising C．energetic C．comforts C．look down on C．progress C．pride
D．something D．dancers D．satisfying D．amateur D．convinces D．get rid of D．way D．respect
17．A．embarrasses B．impresses 18．A．come up with B．get hold of 19．A．time 20．A．duty
B．money B．fun
二、阅读理解（共5篇文章，为A、B、C、D、E文章，每个文章共4道题，共计20小题，每道题3分，共60分）
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For a herder (放牧人) in Africa, the hardest part of the job is searching for cattle lost in the bush. But for Andrew, a herder at a farm in Zimbabwe, it's not a problem. Once he spots Toro, he knows the rest of the herd is nearby. That’s because Toro isn’t an ordinary member of the herd. He's a giraffe. In hot weather, cattle rest in the shade under his belly. And because of his height, Toro can spot lions long before they come close to the herd.
Toro's unusual situation came about after his mother was killed by lions. Toro survived the attack, but he was left with no one to protect him or give him milk. About two days later, some herders spotted and rescued him. With the permission of the Department of Wildlife, the herders moved Toro to Andrew's farm. Since giraffes and cattle are both plant-eating animals that live in groups, their behaviors are much the same. Toro was accepted into the herd and wandered among the cattle as they ate grass.
Toro doesn't always behave like the other members of his new herd. Like many kinds of animals, cattle compete for dominance (支配). Standing more than 13 feet tall, Toro is more than three times taller than the biggest bull, But Toro never tries to be ''the boss. ''He is very used to their company, '' Andrew said. When the herd enters the kraal (家畜栏), the cows and bulls push each other. ''But thanks to his height, Toro does not need to join the mess, '' said Andrew. When asked if Toro would ever be returned to the wild, Munetsi, an officer of the Department of Wildlife said no. ''In the wild, he would find it difficult to be accepted into another herd or defend himself from predators (猎食者),'' he added. ''He seems very much at home and is respected by the cattle.'' 21．What was Toro like when the herders found him? A．He was left alone. C．He was lost in the bush.
B．He was seriously ill. D．He was fighting with lions.
22．What do we know about Toro in the cattle herd? A．He has fought to be the leader. B．He gets along well with the herd. C．He is pushed around by the bulls.
D．He stays away from the herd most of the time 23．What will happen to Toro according to Munetsi? A．He will be sent back to the wild.
B．He will be put into another herd of giraffes. C．He will continue to live together with Andrew. D．He will be trained to fight with the big animals. 24．What may be the best title for the text? A．Giraffes under threat in the wild B．A surprising new family for a giraffe C．A new way of herding appearing in Africa D．Moments showing friendship between animals B
When Faith Wanjiku graduated from the Technical University of Kenya last year, she immediately enrolled (注册) at the Confucius Institute in Kenyatta University. She wanted to learn Chinese, as she believed that it would help her land a good job.
She has just completed the hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) 3 exam. HSK is a test of Chinese language level for non-native speakers, organized by the Confucius Institute Headquarters.
However, this level isn’t enough for Wanjiku, who plans to pass HSK 6. She wanted to increase her level of Chinese and improve her spoken Chinese. And Wanjiku isn’t alone. The number of people taking the HSK reached 6.8 million in 2018 and went up 4.6 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Education said on May 31.
Chinese is becoming an increasingly popular choice of language to study around the world. Currently, middle school students in Russia can take Chinese as an elective language test in the country’s national college entrance exam, Sputnik News reported.
In May, Zambia became the fourth country in Africa-after Kenya, Uganda and South Africa—to introduce Chinese language to its schools.
And many English-speaking countries have shown an interest in allowing their students to learn Chinese. The US government announced the launch of “1 Million Strong” in 2015, a plan that aims to bring the total number of learners of Chinese to l million by 2020.
Behind the growing popularity of Chinese language learning is the
international community’s positive attitude toward Chinas future development, as well as the people’s longing to learn about Chinese civilization and culture. Indeed, it’s as the former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela put it, “if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” 25．What did Wanjiku do after graduating from university? A．She went abroad. C．She found a job.
26．HSK is a test for ______. A．non-native speakers C．middle school students
B．native speakers D．college students B．She learned Chinese. D．She travelled to China.
27．What does the underlined sentence mean? A．Wangjiku has lots of friends.
B．Lots of people want to pass HSK6 exam. C．Wangjiku has passed HSK3 exam. D．Many people want to live in China. 28．What may be the best title for the text? A．Chinese Language Study Takes Off
B．Chinese Play an Important Role in Economy C．People Share the Experience of Learning Chinese D．Different Opinions about the Function of Chinese C
Australia and New Zealand’s health organizations have given their advice on when to use sunscreen (防晒霜), suggesting Australians apply it every day to avoid bad health effects.
A Sunscreen Summit took place in the Australian State of Queensland. During the summit, representatives from some of Australia’s leading research, medical and public health organizations examined the evidence on sunscreen use and determined that in most parts of the country it is beneficial to apply sunscreen
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