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1、山西省芮城县2019-2020学年高二英语3月月考试题第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分60分)第一节(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项 ASydney Cultural Festival Whats on today!European Art ShowLocation: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Today is the final day of the exhibition featuring 18th and 19th century paintings by some of th

2、e greatest European artists, such as Van Gough and Monet. Posters of these great works are available for purchase at the Visitors Centre.Time: 8.30am 7pmCost: $12 adults; $7 children and studentsNature WalksLocation: Sydneys Royal Botanic Garden. Come and celebrate our natural environment in one of

3、the worlds only nature parks inside a major city. Join our hourly guided tours, starting at the Eastern Gate, and enjoy breathtaking forests, stunning city escapes and the magnificent Sydney Harbour.Time: 9am 4pm Cost: FreeSydney Symphony Orchestra ConcertLocation: Sydney Opera House. Australias mos

4、t famous orchestra is best known for its performances of classical French and German music. But in tonights concert, the world-famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang is the special guest artist and will perform a series of classic Chinese compositions including Yellow River.Time: 8.30pm 11.30pmCost: $175

5、adults; $90 students and childrenMoonlight CinemaLocation: Centennial Park. Sit on the grass and enjoy the latest movies or classics from the past under the stars at Australias best and largest outdoor cinema. Tonight features the wonderful Australian film Red Dog. Besides the movie, there will be a

6、 display of classic Australian film posters.Time: 8pm 10.30pmCost: $19 adults; $14 children and students1. Where should people wishing to join a Nature Walk meet?A. The Visitors Centre. B. The Harbour Bridge.C. The Eastern Gate. D. The guides building.2. What kind of music will be played at the Oper

7、a House this evening?A. Australian. B. German.C. French. D. Chinese.3. At which activity can guests buy a poster as a souvenir?A. European Art Show. B. Nature Walks.C. Sydney Orchestra Concert. D. Moonlight Cinema.B BWhen Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered (纠缠)his

8、 relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.“Why dont you start you

9、r own business?”one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. Youd better find a way of opening it.”“But what can I do？”“Get out and have a look round,”advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.”Boris began to cycle ar

10、ound the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal wit

11、h by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good：in the wrong position，too expensive or with some other snag(障碍)But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate（土地，地区） where there were plenty of customers but no competition.Boris and his assistant taught the

12、mselves how to repair scooters and motorcycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the moneylocker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.4.Which of the following would be the BEST title for the passage?A. Goodwill is the key to

13、 success B. The world is a moneylockerC. No education, no future D. Difficulty of starting a small business5. Boris started his career by_.A. cycling around the town B. developing a waste groundC. repairing cycles D. buying empty shops6. Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because_.A.

14、it was not so expensiveB. he had a lot of old customers thereC. he could make good use of his skills thereD. there were good opportunities there7. We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris_.A. still couldnt make good profits B. set off in a successful careerC. found a lot of gold coins by acci

15、dent D. had great difficulty running his business CAll sports people are under a lot of pressure to win, so they have to be spiritually strong. In the past, athletes only trained to get physically fit. Today, professional sports psychologists (心理学家) use scientific techniques to help athletes get spi

16、ritually fit, too. England player Johnny Wilkinson described some of the pressures he had felt. He played very well at the 2003 World Cup but after that he couldnt play well. He found that he had a terrible fear of failure. Under the help of sports psychologists, he realized that reality changes dep

17、ending on how we look at it and then everything went better. In team sports, psychologists help players in different ways, one of which is to create a team spirit. “Its very difficult to get all the players to think in the same way, but when you see a team that works as a unit, everything happens na

18、turally and easily,” said Professor Dave Collins, a sports psychologist.When there is a team spirit, the players all take responsibility and dont blame individual players for mistakes. In this way, they feel more confident and can concentrate better. Sometimes players are under a lot of pressure in

19、a game. For example, a player may have to take a punishment kick. To reduce his fear of making a mistake, sports psychologists use a method called visualization (可视化). Psychologists simply ask players to imagine taking the perfect kick. When players do this, certain areas of the brain become active.

20、 An interesting fact is that they are the same areas of the brain as when the player takes the real action. Today, sports psychologists have an important job to do. They help athletes become spiritually fit and develop a winning outlook. Having a winning outlook really can make the difference betwee

21、n winning and losing.8. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Athletes cant stay physically fit without enough training. B. Sports psychologists can control athletes mind in the match.C. Wrong views on success have bad effects on athletes health.D. Some scientific methods have replaced tradi

22、tional training.9. Wilkinson felt better as he realized that _. A. everything was changing and was difficult to expect B. things turned to be better when looking at them differently C. psychology was very important to an athlete like himD. it was unnecessary whether he could control h is mind 10. Wh

23、ats the importance of team spirit according to the text?A. It can increase individuals sense of responsibility.B. It guarantees the perfect performance of everyone.C. It controls every athletes mind when necessary.D. It makes all athletes more skillful during a match.11. It can be inferred from the

24、text that _. A. sports psychologists always ask athletes to use their imagination B. the spirits of a psychologist can decide the outlook of a team C. athletes need to play with psychologists to improve their skillsD. an active attitude usually helps a player do better in real action DA new study ha

25、s discovered that meditation(冥想) and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination，done twice a week for only two months，reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a

26、meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and nondepressed students，” said lead author Dr Brandon Alderman，“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effec

27、t in combating depression. Alderman and Dr Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training(MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 mi

28、nutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing，enabling those with depression to accept moment changes in attention.Shors，who studies the production of new br

29、ain cells in the hippocampuspart of the brain involved in memory and learningsays scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.The idea for the human intervention(干预)came from her laboratory studies，she says，with the main goal of helpi

30、ng individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.By learning to focus their attention and exercise，people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memor

31、ies from the past，Shors says.“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.”said Alderman.“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”12What made the research so different?AAdo

32、pting a way of meaningful talk.BCombining the two ways to treat depression.CTreating depression with special medicine.DComparing the depressed with the nondepressed.13The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “ ”Afighting BidentifyingCdistinguishing Dexamining14What did the p

33、articipants do in the research?AThey did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.BThey thought quietly and then took exercise.CThey took exercise longer than they thought.DThey took exercise while thinking quietly.15What is Shors main purpose of her studies?ATo find out certain brain cells of huma

34、ns.BTo study the production of new brain cells.CTo offer people a new method to treat stress.DTo decide the links between stress and exercise.第二节(共5小题，每小题3分，满分15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。Talking to strangers along your travels can change your trip into an adventure. Here are rules o

35、f thumb to serve as your guide.Dont ignore your fellow tourists. When you go to some place off the beaten path, youre likely to meet other tourists there. Find them, and ask where you would go._16_Abandon your phone. Phones often get between you and the surroundings, ruining your chances to make con

36、tact with the people you see._17_, take a deep breath and put it in a different pocket or cover it with tape._18_.The easiest way to do this is to talk to people who are in open roles, such as anyone in a public service job, or a taxi driver. Or ask someone seated near you; ask where the persons fav

37、orite street is; ask if theres a residential area where it would be nice to take a walk.Use a map-or none at all._19_.However, the truth is, sometimes those small streets are nowhere to be found with a map. So ask for directions a lot. Asking for any kind of help is the key to many doors.Most Import

38、ant: Ask good questions. Finding good questions means observing and noticing. A well-turned question shows that you are really paying attentions you are curious and ready to listen._20_.A. Let strangers make your plansB. Maps can be of great assistanceC. When the unwillingness gets in the wayD. A go

39、od question will get you everywhereE. They are going to offer advice made of goldF. Those fellow tourists can make sense of your journeyG. If abandoning your phone isnt practical or feels insecure to you第二部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分55分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答

40、题卡上将该项涂黑。Clara was seated on an Airlines flight to LA when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker, Does anyone on_21_know American Sign Language (ASL)?Clara had been studying ASL for the past year and shed be able to_22_spell into a mans palm, so she_23_the call button. The

41、 flight attendant came and explained the_24_, We have a passenger whos blind and deaf. The passenger seemed to want something, but the flight attendants couldnt_25_what he needed.Clara_26_her seat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and_27_by the aisle seat of Tim Cook._28_taking his hand, s

42、he_29_, Are you OK? What do you need? Cook_30_for some water.When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She_31_again later and stayed. He was_32_and wanted to talk, Clara says.For the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had gradually become_3

43、3_and shared stories of his.“_34_Tim couldnt see her, she looked_35_at his face with such_36_,” a passenger said.Clara was_37_, a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. You could_38_Tim was very relaxed to have someone he could_39_to, and she was such a (n)_40_.21. A. board B. bu

44、siness C. mission D. vacation22. A. change B. put C. finger D. send23 A. searched for B. pressed C. looked at D. examined24. A. headache B. result C. danger D. situation25. A. understand B. find C. fetch D. satisfy26. A. checked B. unfastened C. secured D. adjusted27. A. rested B. lay C. fell D. kne

45、lt28. A. Tightly B. Immediately C. Gently D. Eagerly29. A. signed B. doubted C. comforted D. demanded30. A. begged B. asked C. looked D. paid31. A. got up B. walked around C. wandered about D. came by32. A. sad B. terrified C. lonely D. nervous33. A. blind B. helpless C. sensitive D. impossible34. A

46、. If B. Though C. But D. So35. A. carefully B. passionately C. enthusiastically D. attentively36. A. pride B. bravery C. kindness D. passion37. A. amazing B. relaxed C. interesting D. confident38. A. inform B. tell C. recall D. hope39. A. respond B. stick C. talk D. adapt40. A. expert B. professiona

47、l C. assistant D. angel第二节(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。I still remember the happiest moment of my life. I decided to hold a party for my Italian friends while living in Florence Italy. My friends didnt speak any English. And I vividly remember _41_ (try) to only speak Italian in _42_ party. And then, someone asked me to tell a joke.I dont know if you know this, _43_ telling jokes in _44_ language is one of the most painful experiences you can imagine.I began the joke.“Cera una