学年东昌中学高二上英语月考.docx

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学年东昌中学高二上英语月考

Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

OnasunnySaturdayafternooninBeijing,MaoZedongstoodontheTian’anmenrostrumanddeclaredthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.ThedatewasOctober1,1949.

Twenty-eightyearsearlier,MaohadsatinthesmallroomofahouseonSouthHuangpiRoadinShanghai,（21）________（attend）thefirstmeetingoftheCommunistPartyofChina.Atthatmeeting,heresolvedtorebuildhiscountry,（22）________hadbeenbroughtlowbymanyyearsofinternalfightingandforeigninterference.Itwasatallmountaintoclimb.

IfyouhaveseenphotosofMao（23）________（address）thecrowedinTian’anmenSquareseventyyearsago,youwillnoticethathedoesnotseemtogetveryexcited（24）________thisjoyousoccasion.InMao’sownwords,hefelt‘bothdelightedandsad’becauseatthatmomentherealizedthathehadtorunagovernmentthatwouldactuallyfunctionandgrow.Hehadtoclimbaneven（25）________（big）mountain.

Today,manypeoplethinkthatChinaissittingontopofthatmountainand（26）________itistimetorelaxandenjoytheview.Afterall,inthepastfortyyears,over700millionChinesepeople（27）________（life）outofpoverty.Chinanowhasthelargestmiddle-incomepopulationintheworld.AirqualityinChinesecitieshascontinuedtoimprovethankstotheeffortthatthegovernmenthasputintoenvironmentalprotection.China’sinfrastructure（基础设施）,itsroads,airportsandtallbuildings,aretheenvyoftheworld.

However,therearealwaysnewmountains（28）________（climb）.About16.6millionruralpeopleinChinawerestilllivingbelowthenationalpovertylineattheendof2018.MorethanhalfoftheChinesecitiesfailedtomeetairqualitystandardslastyear.AndthereistheproblemwithsomeWesterncountriesthatfeelthreatenedbyChina’sriseandwanttolimitthegrowthofitseconomicandpoliticalpower.

Climbingmountainsisnoteasy.Itisatestofphysicalstrengthandwillpower.Anewmovie.TheClimbers,aboutthefirstChineseteamtoclimbQomolangmafromthenorthside,theChineseside,（29）________giveyouanideaofjusthowidfficultanddangerousmountainclimbingcanbe.（30）________theclimbersmaketheirwayupthemountain,theyendurehighwindsandfreezingtemperatures,buttheysucceedintheend.Theyreachthesummit（山顶）andplantthefive-starredflag,and,intheprocess,provethatallmountains,eventhetallest,canbeclimbed.

SectionB

A.promiseB.headingC.distractD.challengingE.difference

F.enduringG.uninspiredH.intendedI.encourageJ.provided

K.performance

TheFinancialTimesWork&Careersteamrecentlytookaclassinhowtobecomemorecreativeatwork.Theylearntthatgettingawayfromtheirdeskiskey.Oneofthemdidanexperiment.

Itiseasytofeel（31）________bythemonotony（千篇一律）ofworkingeverydayatthesamedesk.StrugglingwithmotivationforanarticleIhadbeenworkingonforoveraweek,Idecidedtospendanafternooninacafe.I’dliketoseeifworkinginanewplaceandsurroundingmyselfwithdifferentpeoplewouldmakea（n）（32）________.

Researchhasfoundthatmoderatelevelsof“backgroundnoise”--around70decibels（分贝）oraboutthelevelofconversationinacafe--improves（33）________oncreativetasks.Encouragedbythis（34）________ofaproductiveafternoon,IleftmydeskandfoundatableinTheWren,onlyaminute’swalkfromtheofficebuilding.

Thebeamedceilingandairyspacewascertainlyachangefromthemodern,industrialsurroundingsofmydeskinBrackenHouse.Researchsuggeststhatlowceilingscausefeelingsofconfinement（禁闭）,whilehighceilingscan（35）________conceptsoffreedomandsostimulatecreativethinking.Itseemedapromisinglocationforafruitfulafternoon’swork.

TheWrenislocatedintheCityofLondon.Itwasnosurprisethatthetablesaroundmewerebusywithbusinessmeetings.Unfortunately,this（36）________theperfectdistractionfrommywork.Icouldn’tresistthetemptationofoverhearing（偷听）theconversationshappeningaroundme.

Itwas（37）________towardstheendofAugust.Forthemostpart,thismeanttheusualremarksonthechangeableweatheroranexchangeofholidayplans.Butwhenachatescalated（升级）intoalovers’argumentatthetablenexttome,itbecame（38）________tofocusonmylaptopscreen.Theirback-forthgavemeplentytoimagine,butunfortunatelynocreativethoughts.

Afterthecoupleeventuallydeparted.Icouldsettlebackintowork.TherewasabusinessmeetingbeingconductedinFrench.However,mypoorlanguagesskillsmeantthatIcouldnotlearnanythinginterestingto（39）________mefromthetaskinhand.

WhenIreturnedtotheofficeafewhourslater,Ihadmanagedtogetsomeworkdone,althoughalotlessthanIhad（40）________.TheconstantchatterandopportunitytooverhearofferedmoredistractionthanIhadexpected,butthechangeofenvironmentleftmefeelingrefreshed.Surroundingmyselfwiththeconversationsofstrangersinthecafemademymindwander.Andbyallowingmyselftogetdistracted,Itookthepressureoff.ThatmeantwhenIdidreturntomyworkthecreativelazinesshadgone.

Ⅲ.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Today’syouthseemscontenttotaketheeasyrouteandenjoytherideoflife.When__41__situationsarise,theyoftenpullalongfaceand__42__.Howyouliveyourteenyearswillhaveaprofoundimpactontherestofyourlife.Youmustlearntoutilizeyourtimewisely.

Youmaynotseeitnow,__43__developingleadershipcharacteristicsatayoungageisveryimportant.__44__wegetolder,itbecomeshardertoovercomebadhabitsandreplacethemwithgoodones.Possessingleadershipqualitiesisessential,bothinthislifeandintheworldtocome.

Judgment,dependability,initiative,decisiveness,courage,knowledgeandloyalty.Youmayrecognizetheseasgoodqualitiestohave,withoutrealizinghowthey__45__leadership.Themorethatthesequalitiesarepartofyournature,themore__46__andenjoyableyourlifewillbe.Allofthesearequalitiesthatonemustpossesstoonedegreeoranother.

__47__popularopinion,leadershipissomethingthatislearned.Nooneisbornaleader.Weareallcapableof__48__theleadershipqualitiesmentionedabove--somejustchoosenotto.Ofcourse,noteveryonecanbethe“topdog”,__49__allthetime.However,everyonedoeshavethecapacitytoleadinsomeway--but__50__isrequired!

Understandthatlearningisafactoflife--learningtorideabike,learningtodrive,learningtotype,learningmathematics,etc.Alloftheseactivities__51__action.Whilewearebornwithmanydifferentabilities,ifwedonot__52__anddevelopthem,thoseabilitieswillnevercometoperfection.

Youthisanexcellenttimetostartdevelopingleadershipqualities.__53__thetimetostudyeachoneindetail.Putthemintopracticeasyouinteractwithotherpeople.Determinewhichareasyouareweakin,strivingtoalwaysimprove.Observetheleadersandhowtheyhandlesituationsandcarrythemselves.Also,studythelivesofgreatleaders.Theresultswill__54__youinthislife--and__55___!

41.A.comfortableB.toughC.enjoyableD.convenient

42.A.shoutB.laughC.complainD.regret

43.A.butB.whileC.forD.since

44.A.BeforeB.AfterC.AsD.Though

45.A.objecttoB.adapttoC.applytoD.appealto

46.A.efficientB.effectiveC.sufficientD.productive

47.A.DespiteofB.ContrarytoC.AsforD.Regardlessof

48.A.demandingB.carryingC.exhibitingD.expecting

49.A.letaloneB.dependonC.startoffD.gettogether

50.A.patienceB.perseveranceC.intelligenceD.action

51.A.requireB.causeC.profitD.set

52.A.increaseB.exploitC.recallD.demonstrate

53.A.SpendB.TakeC.PayD.Consume

54.A.serveB.encourageC.chargeD.entitle

55.A.outB.beyondC.awayD.off

SectionB

A

Haveyoueversatdowntocompleteanimportanttask--andthensuddenlyrealizedthatthedogneededtobefedorthatyouweresupposedtohavelunch,eventhoughitwasonly11a.m.?

Formanypeople,procrastination（拖延症）isastrongandmysteriousforcethatkeepsthemfromcompletingthemosturgenttasksintheirlives.Someresearchershavevieweditlargelyasafailureofself-regulation--justlikeotherbadbehaviorthathastodowithalackofself-control,suchasovereatingoroverspending.

Mostpsychologists,however,don’tseeprocrastinationasamatterofbeinglazyorpoortimemanagement.Instead,itisacopingmechanism（应对机制）inwhichpeople“giveintofeelgood,”saysTimothyPyehyl,aprofessoratCarletonUniversity.Itusuallyhappenswhenpeoplefearorhate,orhaveanxietyabouttheimportanttaskawaitingthem.Togetridofthisnegativefeeling,peopleprocrastinate.Thatmakesthemfeelbettertemporarily,butunfortunately,realitycomesbacktobitethemintheend.

Sowhatcanpeopledoaboutprocrastination?

TimUrban,whorunstheblogWaitButWhy,pointsoutthatthetypicaladviceforprocrastinators--tostopwhatthey’redoingandgetdowntowork--isridiculous.Buttherearesomesimpletipsthatcanhelpthemgetdowntobusiness.Interestingly,researchsuggeststhatoneofthemosteffectivethingsthatprocrastinatorscandoistoforgivethemselvesforprocrastinating.Thisworksbecauseprocrastinationislinkedtonegativefeelings,theresearcherssay.Forgivingyourselfcanreducetheguiltyoufeelaboutprocrastinating,whichisoneofthemaintriggersforprocrastinatinginthefirstplace.

ButthebestthingthatPychylrecommendsistorealizethatyoudon’thavetobeinthemoodtodoacertaintask--justignorehowyoufeelandgets