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2021届四川省江油中学高二上学期英语10月月考试题
命题人：
（试卷满分100分，考试时间100分钟）
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．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目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20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分，满分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。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Who went right after David?
A. Jack. B. Sally. C. Brian.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the playground. B. At home. C. In the hospital.
3. Which subject did the man do best in？
A. Chinese. B. Math. C. English.
4. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Read the school magazine.
B. Finish writing her article.
C. Join the school band.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. She is very lucky.
B. Her camera has been lent out.
C. It might be hard to get pictures of kids.
第二节（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，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，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What are the speakers doing?
A. Baking a cake. B. Making a pizza. C. Eating some popcorn.
7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter. B. Husband and wife. C. Brother and sister.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. What might the man’s new apartment look like now?
A. It is well organized. B. It is in a mess. C. It is empty.
9. For what did the man move into the new apartment?
A. The lower rent. B. The friendly neighbors. C. The nearby subway station.
10. How will the man go to the nearby supermarket?
A. By bike. B. By subway. C. On foot.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What is the conversation mainly about?
A. A weekend plan. B. A camping trip. C. A family dinner.
12. Why doesn’t the woman want to go hiking?
A. It’s too cold outside. B. It’s quite tiring. C. It’s not exciting.
13. What will the speakers do first?
A. Do some shopping. B. Go to the cinema. C. Visit the museum.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。
14. What is the man?
A. A swimmer. B. A coach. C. A hotel clerk.
15. How deep is the swimming pool?
A. 2 meters at most. B. 1.5 meters at least. C. 1.4 meters at most.
16. What will the woman do next?
A. Find a trainer. B. Buy a locker. C. Go swimming.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What is advised when your mother is seeing a doctor?
A. To be with her. B. To give her money. C. To call the doctor in advance.
18. What is Gift No. 2 about?
A. Helping mothers do housework.
B. Making shopping lists for mothers.
C. Putting medical records together.
19. Which gift is about sleep?
A. No. 1. B. No. 3. C. No. 4.
20. What can we learn about the gifts from Presents for Purpose?
A. They’re expensive. B. They’re all green. C. They’re related to charity.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
Whistler Olympic Park, having hosted ski jumping, cross-country skiing and biathlon (冬季两项) for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, remains an active centre for competitors, the local community and visitors. Located a short drive south of Whistler, the park offers activities and programs all year-round.
Winter at Whistler Olympic Park
Discover Whistler Olympic Park through cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, biathlon and more.
Find yourself in the park’s fantastic landscape and discover its Olympic history.
Take a lesson such as ski jumping in the youth program.
Gather around the outdoor open fire or in the warm Day Lodge restaurant after a day out in the snow.
Summer at Whistler Olympic Park
Open daily for tours, self-guided activities and sightseeing from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
There is a small park access fee ($15/vehicle). This fee is for the benefit of local, national and international Nordic athletes for summer and winter training. Free park entry for 2020/2021 season pass holders and non-motorized vehicles.
Tours
Olympic Biathlon Tour
Feel like an Olympian with this hands-on introduction to biathlon! On your walk to the shooting range, learn about the park’s sports and history. It also provides the best angle for taking photos of the Olympic monuments.
Take aim and shoot a real gun! In a mini race, including walking and running, get your heart rate up, stay focused and take aim to hit the targets!
Tour Dates: Daily from June 28—September 1, 2020
Ages: 8 and up (under 19 with an accompanying adult)
Pricing: Adult $55, Youth $45
E-Bike & Biathlon Adventure Tour
The comfortable electric assist mountain bikes have wide wheels for a smooth ride, and an electric motor to help you climb hills with ease.
Visit the Olympic monuments and enjoy breathtaking viewpoints, such as the Top of the World lookout with views of Black Tusk and surrounding mountain ranges.
Test your skills at the biathlon range, shooting at Olympic targets.
Tour Dates: Daily from June 28—September 1, 2020
Ages: 10 and up (under 19 with an accompanying adult)
Pricing: $95 per person
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21. Which group of visitors can enjoy free park entry?
A. Season pass holders. B. Children under age 8.
C. Locals from the community. D. Teenagers with parents.
22. What can you do during the E-bike tour?
A. Ride a bike around the lake. B. Gather around the open fire.
C. Visit the Olympic monuments. D. Photograph monuments at the best angle.
23. What is the passage mainly about?
A. A sports and leisure centre. B. Exciting sports adventures.
C. Year-round training programs. D. History of an Olympic Park
B
Free Haircuts on a Red Chair
Last summer, Katie Steller was on her way to work. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man, in his 60s,looking out of luck, was sitting alone. She rolled down her window.
“Hey!” she shouted.“ I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?”
The man, missing a few teeth, paused and laughed. “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral(葬礼)to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a haircut.”
Then, Steller unloaded a red chair from the car. The man, named Edward, took a seat. As Steller was cutting his curly graying hair, he told her about growing up in Mississippi, about moving to Minnesota, and how he still talked to his mom over phone every day.
To date, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts to people around the city. They are all living on the margins, and she is aware of the power of her work.
“It’s more than a haircut,” she says. “I want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people.”
Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from ulcerative colitis(溃疡性结肠炎)that was so serious, her hair thinned severely. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.
“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says.
After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own hair salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology school(美容学校)in 2016,she realized her dream. Two years later, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets.
Steller said, “I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.” Steller listens to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and struggle to get back on their feet.
An offshoot of the Red Chair Project is the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who commit acts of kindness are invited for a free makeover(美容)at Steller’s salon. In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will be inspired to do their own.
So far, it’s working.“You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give to them, ”says Steller.
24. Edward agreed to have a haircut by Steller because________.
A. he wanted to talk with Steller about his life
B. he wanted to look good for a special occasion
C. he was too old to go to a hair salon by himself
D. he was just waiting for a free haircut on the street
25. In paragraph 5,the underlined words “living on the margins” can probably be replaced by________.
A. living with little care and attention B. living far from downtown areas
C. living with serious illnesses D. living in untidy conditions
26. What made Steller want to set up her own salon?
A. Her excellent haircut skills. B. Her mother’s encouragement.
C. Her experience of a formal haircut. D. Her dream to offer people free haircuts.
27. What’s the purpose of Steller Kindness Project?
A. To make contributions to charity.
B. To encourage people to spread kindness.
C. To reward kind people with free makeovers.
D. To collect moving stories for Steller’s website.
C
GENETIC testing cannot tell teachers anything useful about an individual pupil’s educational achievement. That is the conclusion of a study that looked at how well so-called polygenic（多基因的） scores for education predict a person’s educational achievements, based on a long-term study of thousands of people in the UK. “Some people with a very low genetic score are very high performers at age 16. Some are even in the top 3 percent,” says Tim Morris at the University of Bristol, UK.
And while Morris expects the accuracy of polygenic scores for educational achievements to improve, he doesn’t think they will ever be good enough to predict how well an individual will do. Even relatively simple qualities such as height are influenced by thousands of genetic variants, each of which may only have a tiny effect. It has been claimed that polygenic scores can be used to make useful predictions, such as a person’s likelihood of developing various diseases. One company is even offering embryo screening (screening of an unborn baby in the very stages of development) based on polygenic scores for disease risk.
Some researchers—notably Robert Plomin of King’s College London—think that schools should start using polygenic scores for educational achievement. In most cases, the scores may reflect qualities such as persistence as well as intelligence.
To assess the usefulness of polygenic scores in education, Morris and his colleagues calculated them for 8,000 people in Bristol who are part of a long-term study known as the Children of the 90s. The participants’ genomes have been queued and their academic results are available to researchers. Among other things, the team found a correlation of 0.4 between a person’s polygenic score and their exam results at age 16. But there would need to be a correlation of at least 0.8 to make useful predictions about individuals, says Morris.
Plomin, however, argues that the results support his opinion. “A correlation of 0.4 makes it the strongest polygenic predictor in the behavioural sciences,” says Plomin. “It’s so much stronger than a lot of other things we base decisions on. So it’s a very big finding.”
Morris says schools already have access to other predictors that are more accurate, such as a pupil’s earlier test results. Looking at parents’ educational achievements is also a better predictor of a pupil’s academic results than studying their genome, his results show. Providing teachers with an extra predictor based on genetics would just confuse matters, says Morris, and the cost cannot be justified.
28. In paragraph 2, Morris talks about “height” in order to tell readers that _____.
A. some qualities are hardly affected by any genetic variants
B. some qualities are influenced by thousands of genetic variants
C. genetic scores are useful in predicting one’s potential diseases
D. genetic scores can help children improve their scores at school
29. How did Morris prove the effect of polygenetic scores in education?
A. By providing opposite examples.
B. By explaining how the genome works.
C. By listing findings from another scientist.
D. By presenting facts and data from research.
30. According to Plomin, a correlation of 0.4 is reliable because it is _____.
A. useful in telling you how intelligent and persistent children are
B. useful in predicting people who might struggle academically
C. stronger compared to other factors in behavioural sciences
D. strongly correlated to children’s academic achievements
31. Morris suggested that schools should _____.
A. study every pupil’s genomes
B. spend some money on genetic tests
C. know about parents’ educational achievements
D. provide teachers with students’ genetic information
D
The Beauties of the Stone Age
I have just come home after viewing some amazing works of art that were recently discovered in Church Hole Gave in Nottinghamshire. They are not drawings but etchings—shapes cut into the rock—and they describe different kinds of wild animals.
First of all, the number is great: there are 90 in all. Moreover, 58 of them are on the ceiling (天花板). This is quite unusual in cave art, according to Dr. Wilbur Samson of Central Midlands University. “Wall pictures are the usual way,” he says. “The Church Hole etchings are an artistic achievement. It was thought that ice-age hunters in this country were separated from those in central areas of Europe, but the Church Hole etchings proved that they were actually part of a way of living, thinking and seeing the world that had spread right across Europe.”
News of such exciting discoveries spreads quickly, and thanks to the Internet and mobile phones, a great many people have known about this discovery. However, an examination of the etchings last year failed to show the presence of them. The reason lay in the expectations of the researchers. They looked for the usual type of cave drawings, which show up best under direct light. So they used powerful torches (火炬), shining them straight onto the rock face. However, the Church Hole etchings are not drawings on the rocks, like the other cave ones. They are modifications of the rock itself and can’t be easily made out. They show up best when seen from a certain direction in the natural light of early morning.
Dr. Samson feels that the lighting factor provides important information about the function of these works of art. I think the artists knew very well that the etchings would hardly be seen except early in the morning. We can decide that the cave was used for important events like animal worship (祭拜), and that they were conducted just after dawn, as the beginning of the day’s hunting.
To which I can only add that I feel very lucky to have been able to view Church Hole. It is a site of great importance culturally and is part of the traditional values, not only of this country, but the world as a whole.
32. What is the significance of the etchings in Church Hole Cave?
A. They show the existence of an ice-age culture.
B. They describe a more advanced life of Europeans.
C. They prove that ancient people hunted in large areas.
D. They indicate that fewer people settled in central Europe.
33. According to the passage, ________.
A. the methods taken to protect the etchings are useless
B. the etchings are various from the usual cave paintings
C. the discovery of the etchings should not be made public
D. many people visited the cave within hours of its discovery
34. What does the underlined word “modifications” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Small changes. B. Free gifts.
C. Good examples. D. Different areas.
35. What does Dr. Samson state from the lighting factor?
A. The search took place at the wrong place of the cave.
B. The artists never planned to let the etchings seen by others.
C. The torches people used in the examination were too bright.
D. The etchings were intended to be seen at a certain time of day.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
French Universities to Offer More Classes in English
France aims to bring more foreign students to its universities by offering more classes taught in English.
France is home to famous universities like the Sorbonne in Paris and several leading business schools. 36 But it ranks (排名) behind the US, Britain and Australia in the total number of foreign students who study there.
37 The country has seen increased competition from Germany, Russia, Canada and China.
Under the new plan, France will ease student visa requirements. 38 Starting next March, foreigners who have earned a French master’s degree will be able to receive a residence visa (居留签证). The change is meant to help recent graduates look for work or set up a business in France.
39 Currently, students in France — including foreign students — pay (about) 170 euros a year for a bachelor’s degree and 243 euros a year for a master’s degree. Officials said the low cost of education in France leads students from other countries to believe that the quality of a French education is lower than what other countries offer. Beginning in September 2019, non-European students will pay 2,770 euros a year for a bachelor’s degree and 3,770 euros for graduate degrees. 40 France will use the extra money to build better education facilities and increase the number of scholarships for foreign students.
A. Student visa applications also will be available online.
B. That’s why we need to welcome more foreign students.
C. The country is a popular choice among non-English-speaking students.
D. That is still much less costly than some other European countries, however.
E. Increasing the number of foreigners studying in the country would help build French influence overseas.
F. France also plans to increase the costs for students who come from outside the European Economic Area.
G. Between 2011 and 2016，the number of foreign students studying at French universities fell by 8.5 percent.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Challenges in my Life
Many high school students tend to follow the crowd and not to do what they believe to be the right thing. I was one of them. It took me two years of high school to realize that I was capable of standing on my own two feet and taking up the 41 of wrestling, which has had a long history in my 42 .The tipping point(转折点) for me was the constant urging of my family towrestle. I can remember my grandpa telling me the story of how he 43 his championship match and the 44 he had when they announced his name as the New York State Champion. I never had 45that feeling till the night I won my first match. The one thing that scared me away from this sport was the uniform which was a tight-fitting (紧身的) tracksuit that exposed my entire body. I also never realized the 46demand that wrestling took — the long hours of learning new moves and lifting weights. And the mental preparationfor this sport is overwhelming, too. Also, I had to learn to 47my time between my school, home, work, family, and friends.
Wrestling is more of an individual sport but it also 48the help and support of a team to be successful. The coaches taught us to 49ourselves and also the opponents that we face on the mat (地垫). As a team at the festival, we were able to bring toys to Upstate Cancer Center for the50children who were facing a major illness and could not be home in the holiday with their families. This taught me a valuable 51 — not to be afraid of those things that frighten me. It also made me 52 that I needed to live each day to the fullest.
Wrestling has 53 me that I am capable of being my own individual. The 54 that I have gained has allowed me the possibility of furthering my wrestling 55later. From this sport, I now know that in order to be successful you must not be afraid to try something new.
41. A. challenge B. journey C. adventure D. experience
42.A. life B. family C. school D. town
43. A. scored B. earned C. won D. accepted
44. A. impression B. feeling C. expression D. belief
45. A. avoided B. ignored C. forgotten D. gotten
46. A. emotional B. mental C. physical D. spiritual
47. A. control B. manage C. spend D. spare
48. A. appreciates B. receives C. requires D. promotes
49. A. trust B. devote C. defeat D. respect
50. A. unfortunate B. disabled C. homeless D. troublesome
51. A. message B. meaning C. lesson D. game
52. A. realize B. predict C. suppose D. admit
53. A. informed B. convinced C. taught D. warned
54. A. determination B. patience C. reputation D. confidence
55. A. program B. career C. experiment D. course
第二节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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。
When it seemed that social networks could no longer surprise us, China gave birth to
56 new application, Tik Tok. It is a social network in 57 you can create and share fun musicvideos with your friends and followers.
Tik Tok 58 (release) in September 2016 by Jinri Toutiao. With people of all ages loving it in 2019, the short-form video app is becoming 59 (rapid) popular around the country.
60 (create) videos with Tik Tok is fun. Besides, we can “like” any other users’ video, leave comments, share it with friends, and so on.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 短文改错（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有5处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。
One day, my father and I were on the way home. While stuck in traffic, I noticed that a woman was crying in her car. She struggled to catch her breathe. I didn’t mean to stare at her, because I knew it was impolite. As she drove ahead of me, I could still see him crying for quite a few minutes. When we drove up beside her, I managed to get her attention by waving a little toy pig what was left by my younger brother that day. I gestured to her with my fingers, showing her my biggest smile atsame time. She was wiped her tears, nodded, smiled, and gave me a thumb up! At that moment, the road was cleared and she drove off.
第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
假设你是李华，日前参加了在加拿大举行的为期四周的国际中学生生存训练营活动，并将作为中国学生代表在闭幕式上发言。请你用英语写一篇发言稿，要点包括：
1. 遇到的挑战（语言、文化冲击等）；
2. 你的收获；
3. 感谢组织者。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends, I am honored to deliver a closing speech on behalf of all the Chinese
students in the camp.___ |
