2019-2020 学年高二上学期9月月考英语试卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）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。
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. What do we know about John?A. He had an accident.B. He works in the hospital.C. He suffered from a headache.2. Why is the man late?A. He overslept.B. He lost his car key.C. He had no alarm clocks.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Health.B. Education.C. Environment.4. How old is the girl?A. 6 years old.B. 9 years old.C. 15 years old.5. What’s the relationship between the speakers?A. Neighbors.B. Former classmates.C. Workmates.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。
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. Who needs a new dress?A. Jenny.B. Ann.C. Lucy.7. Where will the speakers go first?A. A clothes store.B. The City Library.C. A bookstore.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. What is the party for?A. A festival.B. A birthday.C. An anniversary.9. Why does the girl talk to the man?A. To ask for permission.B. To make an invitation.C. To get some advice.10. What will the headmaster do before the party?A. Sing an English song.B. Share his resolutions.C. Deliver a speech.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What did the man think of the girl’s last paper?A. Excellent.B. Ordinary.C. Poorly done.12. Who helped the girl with her research?A. Jean.B. Mr. Smith.C. Ms. White.13. What will the girl do next?A. Rewrite the paper.B. Ask for sick leave.C. Prepare for an oral presentation.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。
14. What does the woman want to do?A. Get fit.B. Kill time.C. Relax herself.15. When can non-members enjoy the special offer?A. This month.B. During holidays.C. On their birthdays.16. How much does a swimming class cost non-members each time?A. $ 35.B. $ 25.C. $ 10.17. What class will the woman choose?A. A weight lifting class.B. A swimming class.C. A yoga class.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。
18. Why did the reader feel lonely?A. She had trouble with her studies.B. Her best fr iend wasn’t around.C. She was unable to look after herself.19. What is the speaker trying to do?A. Introduce a class.B. Share experiences.C. Give suggestions.20. Whom is this passage written for?A. Teachers.B. Parents.C. Students.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。
AWould you like to keep free e-books handy to read on your phone or tablet? Several websites offer e-books you can download without spending any money at all.AmazonAmazon is filled with free e-books you can download. Amazon’s Best Seller list is divided into Paid and Free. Check out the free sections in dozens of genres (种类), each listing the Top 100 free e-books so you will have a lot of choices. This list changes constantly, based on how well the books are “selling” and whether they become or remain free.Over DriveOver Drive is an e-book service that works with local libraries to lend free e-books to readers. It includes a wide collection of e-books, from new sellers to classics. Sometimes there is a wait for a library e-book, just as there can be for a popular print book.Project GutenbergStarted in 1971, Project Gutenberg has over 53,000 free e-books. Project Gutenberg e-books are available to download in the U. S. but may be restricted in other countries if they are still protected by copyright.Apple i-BooksYou can read free e-books on your iPhone and iPad using the i-Books app. Head to the iTunes App Store and click the “Free Books” category. You can see a list of the top best sellers. Click “Get” to download those books to your iPhone or iPad.AudibleAudible lets you download audio (有声) books. You can get a free audio book when you sign up for a membership. Audible is currently available for listeners in the US, the UK, Canada, India, and Australia.Finally, when you find a free e-book you want to read, get it right away. Often the offer is open only briefly. If you wait too long, you may discover the book now has a price attached.21. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?A. To introduce some new best-selling e-books.B. To show the advantages of some e-book services.C. To encourage readers to buy more e-books online.D. To recommend some websites to download free e-books.22. What can we learn from the text?A. The e-books on Amazon are always free to read.B. Library print books are available on Over Drive.C. IPhone users can access Apple i-Books via the i-Books app.D. Only in the US can Project Gutenberg e-books be downloaded.23. Which is a must if you want to download audio books from Audible?A. Profession.B. Registration.C. Background.D. Birthplace.BMy favorite book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, talks about a formula called “SFF” which stands for “stopping finding faults”. I used to be a critical person and tried to find faults. I guess I somehow inherited this character from my father. Actually, many good qualities of my father are worth admiring except this.My father is the person who constantly looks for mistakes in other people and he thinks no one is perfect in the world. His character created a negative atmosphere in my family. I was the same as my father, so I often felt angry, disappointed, depressed, and lonely in school.After I had read my favorite book I began to seek “good things” in other people. It has completely changed my life. Now I feel happier, I have more friends, I have more trust in people, and I realize everyone has their own strength! Another important lesson I got from this book is that I should always behave myself in a positive manner. Let’s admit that we sometimes complain about our situation. That’s not good. “Believe it or not, people don’t like to listen to negative opinions.”One more valuable lesson I got from the book is that I should be a good listener. When I was younger, I only wanted people to pay whole attention to my words so that I could show them how important I was. I was very proud and would show off my achievements in school without considering others’ feeling. I had very few friends and most people considered me as an “arrogant” person. Now, I find it mush easier to make friends after making some changes!24. Why does the author like the book The Secret?A. Because he’s found the secret of success from it.B. Because the book uncovers the secrets of happiness.C. Because he’s learnt his father’s characters from it.D. Because it helps him change his attitude towards life.25. What do you know about the author’s father?A. He makes his son feel angry and disappointed.B. He likes finding faults with people around him.C. He seems a critical person but in fact easy-going.D. He can create a negative atmosphere when necessary.26. The underlined word “arrogant” probably means “______”.A. self-importantB. admirableC. troublesomeD. cold-blooded27. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A. To persuade readers to be good listeners.B. To share his painful changing experience.C. To tell readers the influence of a book on him.D. To show the result of his father’s negative character.CIt seems that the Englishmen just cannot live without sports of some kind. A famous French humorist once said that this is because the English insist on behaving like children all their lives. Wherever you go in this country, you will see both children and grown-ups knocking a ball about with a stick or something, as if in Britain men shall always remain boys and women girls! Still, it can never be bad to get exercise, can it?Taking all amateur（业余）and professional sports in Britain into consideration, there can be no doubt that football is at the top of the list. It is called soccer in the United States. The game originated（起源于）in Britain and was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, though as an organized game, or “association football”, it dates only from the beginning of the 19th century.The next is rugby, which is called “football”in the United States. It is a kind of football played by two teams of fifteen players than eleven. In rugby, an oval-shaped ball is used which can be handled as well as kicked. It is a pretty rough game.In summer, cricket is the most popular sport. In fact, it has sometimes been called the English national game. Most foreigners find the game rather slow or even boring, but it enjoys great popularity among the British.Tennis rates high on the list, too. It was introduced into England from France in the 15th century, but it was from England that it spread to practically every country in the world.Table tennis, or “ping-pong”, surely is not played on a great scale as it is in China or Japan. Basketball and volleyball were introduced into Britain during the late 19th century from America and are gaining popularity. Horse-back riding, swimming, rowing and golf all attract a lot of people.28. The main purpose of Paragraph l is to tell us that the English__________.A. are all sports loversB. behave like childrenC. like to kick a ball aroundD. can remain young all their lives29. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about football and rugby?A. They differ in the shape of the ball.B. They are played by different numbers of players.C. They both can be handled.D. They both can be kicked.30. The game that was never played in Britain until the late 19th century is__________.A. basketballB. tennisC. rugbyD. football31. What would be the best title for this passage?A. The Most Popular SportsB. The English SportsC. History of SportsD. Sports in BritainDAfter the age of sixteen, the number of brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. We know that in certain types of activity, the human brain is at its peak (高峰) in the early twenties, when it has collected enough information to be able to use the vast number of cells freely in the most effective way. Pure mathematics is one of the fields in which this happens, and we know that Albert Einstein made all his world-shaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them.But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life.Besides sharpness of brain and experience, here is another thing that is very important, and that is wisdom. One can have a very quick, inventive brain and plenty of experience, but if one uses these foolishly, one harms both oneself and others. Wisdom does not always come with age —there are plenty of foolish middle-aged people about —but the average person tends to learn wisdom as he gets older, usually by making painful of embarrassing mistakes.Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible; and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature; how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react. One can read and hear lot of idealistic stuff (空想的东西) about how to make the world a better place, which would be found if it was based on an accurate (准确) observation of human nature, but which is basically a waste of time because it is not.32.According to the writer, the great discoveries made by Albert Einstein were mainly a result in __________.A. years of hard workB. sharpness of the brainC. rich experienceD. his deep understanding of the nature33. Some people achieve success much later in life because _________.A. their work often requires much experienceB. they do not have a chance to show their talentsC. they have to learn lessons from failuresD. they fail to realize earlier the importance of hard work34. The importance of wisdom lies in the fact that __________.A. it helps to avoid various mistakesB. it contributes to one’s creativityC. it encourages one to go forward in face of difficultyD. it provides the right direction of efforts35. The writer came to believe that ________.A. it is always a waste of time to make plans about the futureB. it is human nature to make attempts on what looks impossibleC. one should always challenge the impossible to push the society forwardD. one has to use wisdom in deciding what is the best thing to do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。
