江苏省江阴一中学年高二上学期月考英语精校 Word版含答案.docx

1、江苏省江阴一中学年高二上学期月考英语精校 Word版含答案江阴一中2018-2019学年度第一学期12月阶段检测高二英语试卷（考试时间：120分钟，满分150分）第卷（选择题，共95 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分） 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并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话仅读一遍。第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21. We are all eager t

2、o see whether or not the chairman himself is going to _ the commitment he has made.A. get down to B. look forward to C. live up to D. think back to22. I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didnt you drive him there? I _. But my car _.A. would; was fixed B. would have; was fixedC. would ha

3、ve; was being fixed D. did; was being fixed23. These scientists of the center _ to finding measures to stop desertification have done much research into the problem since the center set up in 1996.A. have committed B. committed C. being committed D. have been committed24. Comfortable as the chair wa

4、s _, he preferred standing while attending the lecture.A. to sit on B. to be sat on C. sitting on D. sit on 25. What did the two countries want to avoid as cooperative partners rather than enemies?_ the mistakes happening in history.A. To repeat. B. Having repeated C. To have repeated D. Repeating26

5、. The seeming logic of addressing the issue has fallen apart that _ economy develops, interpersonal relationships worsen, for people are willing to take due responsibility. A. unless B. before C. what D. where27. The need to do what the majority of us are doing forces us to take up activities which

6、we _ otherwise.A. wont B. wouldnt C. should D. might 28. _ you lose weight in a healthy way, I dont really care what your _ is.A. Even though; account B. As long as; motivationC. So that; entertainment D. In case; performance29. In his youth, however, he never left his home town, let alone _ to anot

7、her country.A. travelling B. to travel C. travelled D. travel30. Ill come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening. Im sorry, by then my performance _ and I _ reporters in the meeting room.A. will end, will meet B. will have ended, will be meeting C. will be ended, am going to meet D. is to

8、end, will meet31. Located in the center of Melbourne, Australia, are two tall towers designed by building architect Phil Rowe, both of _ shaped like massive tree houses rather than skyscrapers.A. who B. them C. which D. whom32. The two passengers occupying seats were reported _ from taking trains fo

9、r 180 days.A. to be banned B. to have been bannedC. being banned D. having been banned33. I dont mind playing against a beginner, like myself, but Im not going to _ someone who has been playing chess for years. A. take up B. take down C. take off D. take on 34. Congratulations! Yesterdays fund-raisi

10、ng charity was a great success. Yes. And Id like to thank everyone _ for making this activity _ so smoothly.A. concerning; to run B. concerned; run C. concerned; running D. to concern; running35. I was reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms yesterday, but I couldnt understand it. _. It is classic

11、al literature, so take your time to enjoy it.A. Dont fly off the handle B. Dont be over the moonC. More haste, less speed D. You got me there 第二节： 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I find it interesting sometimes that even the most ordinary occurrences can h

12、ave an impact on our awareness.My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we _36_ a lot of time and energy in the yard to getting it looking like it does today. We _37_ on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is _38_ by a professionally built rock

13、wall. We did the best to put what we had into _39_ and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had flowers or plants, my wife Denise or I would stick them out and plant them in the “rock garden”, just to bring some _40_ to the area.I still do all of my own yard work, even the _41_ weed-pulli

14、ng. After _ _42_ my knee pads, I assume the _43_ to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden.Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little _44_ that I could not _45_ identify. I knew I didnt plant it and Denise _46_ that she didnt either. We decided to let it c

15、ontinue growing until we could _47_ what it was.Weeks passed and _48_ I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. It was _49_, looking with a tall thin stalk (茎) and only one head on it. I decided to _50_ it and weed around it. As I _51_ rocks from the area to get to the

16、weeds, I noticed something _52_. The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and _53_ under and around it to reach the sun.Thats when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didnt let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the

17、_54_ of doing the same thing. As long as we try, we can find ways to go under or around our big _55_ in order to reach our desires.36. A. use B. spent C. applied D. devoted37. A. work B. live C. stay D. play38. A. crowded B. surrounded C. prohibited D. governed39. A. effect B. practice C. use D. ope

18、ration40. A. color B. peace C. credit D. focus41. A. plain B. bored C. tiring D. initial42. A. holding on B. taking on C. bringing on D. putting on43. A. position B. style C. tissue D. thumb44. A. flower B. plant C. crop D. bush45. A. suddenly B. hardly C. gradually D. instantly46. A. claimed B. ins

19、tructed C. described D. guaranteed47. A. turn out B. figure out C. hold out D. pick out48. A. as B. before C. since D. because49. A. pitiful B. ugly C. pretty D. weak50. A. admire B. consider C. attend D. observe51. A. pushed B. removed C. transported D. conducted52. A. cheerful B. unnatural C. unus

20、ual D. appealing53. A. pulled B. dug C. expanded D. grown54. A. power B. capability C. energy D. strength55. A. conflicts B. responsibilities C. barriers D. chances第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASome of the worlds most significant problems never hit h

21、eadlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the worlds major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal

22、looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soya beans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed do

23、wn in the 1990s and 2000s.There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the worlds most populous(人口多的)countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on worl

24、d food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.Second, yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soybeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calo

25、ries consumed. Corn and soya beans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”The report qualifies the

26、 more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued.Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently plough

27、ed up for crops might be able to revert(回返)to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.56. What does the author try to draw attention to? A. Food riots and hunger in the world. B. News headlines

28、in the leading media. C. The decline of the grain yield growth. D. The food supply in populous countries.57. Why does the author mention India and China in particular? A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets. B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in re

29、cent years. C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns. D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.58. What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts? A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s. B. Th

30、ey contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production. C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world. D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.59. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about world food production in the coming decades? A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies. B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution. C. The slowdown of the growth in