万州二中高2024届高二上10月月考 英语试题
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. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a classroom.
B. In a hospital.
C. In a museum.
2. What does Jack want to do?
A. Take fitness classes. B. Buy a pair of gym shoes. C. Change his work schedule.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. What to drink. A. Colleagues.
B. Where to meet.
C. When to leave.
C. Strangers.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
B. Classmates.
5. Why is Emily mentioned in the conversation?
A. She might want a ticket. B. She is looking for the man. C. She has an extra ticket.
第二节 （共15小题；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。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. How long did James run his business？
A. 10 years.
B. 13 years. B. Concerned.
C. 15 years.
C. Disappointed.
7. How does the woman feel about James' situation？
A. Embarrassed.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What has Kate's mother decided to do？
A. Return to school. work.
9. What did Kate's mother study at college？
A. Oil painting. administration.
10. What is Kate's attitude toward her mother's decision?
A. Disapproving.
B. Change her job. C. Retire from
B. Art history. C. Business
B. Ambiguous(模棱两可的). C.
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Understanding.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is the man doing？
A. Chairing a meeting. B. Hosting a radio program. C. Conducting a job
interview.
12. What benefits Mary most in her job？
A. Her wide reading. B. Her leaders' guidance. C. Her friends' help 13. Who will Mary talk about next？ A. Her teacher.
B. Her father
C. Her mother.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. Why does the man seldom do exercise？
A. He lacks motivation. B. He has a heart problem. C. He works all the time.
15. What does Jacob Sattelmair probably do？
A. He's an athlete. B. He's a researcher. C. He's a journalist.
16. Why does the woman speak of a study？
A. To encourage the man. B. To recommend an exercise. C. To support her findings.
17. How much time will the man probably spend exercising weekly？ A. 300 minutes. B. 150 minutes. C. 75 minutes. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What did the scientists do to the road？
A. They repaired it.
B. They painted it. C. They blocked it
19. Why are young birds drawn to the road surface？
A. It's warm. B. It's brown. C. It's smooth.
20. What is the purpose of the scientists' experiment？
A. To keep the birds there for a whole year. B. To help students study the birds well.
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C. To prevent the birds from being killed.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Washington, D.C. Bicycle Tours
Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.
Duration: 3 hours
This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see the world-famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D.C. Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom. Reserve your spot before availability — and the cherry blossoms — disappear! Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour
Duration: 3 hours (4 miles)
Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington, D.C. Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mail as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop. Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.
Capital City Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.
Duration: 3 hours
Morning or Afternoon, this bike tour is the perfect tour for D.C. newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington, D.C. in a healthy way with minimum effort. Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most interesting stories about Presidents, Congress, memorials, and parks. Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route(路线) make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing. Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour
Duration: 3 hours (7 miles)
Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington, D.C. Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of Capital Hill and the National Mall. Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history. Tour includes bike, helmet, and bottled water. All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights. 21. Which tour do you need to book in advance? A. Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D.C. B. Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour. C. Capital City Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.
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D. Washington Capital Sites at Night Bike Tour. 22. What will you do on the Capital City Bike Tour? A. Meet famous people.
B. Go to a national park. D. Enjoy interesting stories.
D. Safety lights.
C. Visit well-known museums. A. City maps.
23. Which of the following does the bicycle tour at night provide?
B. Cameras. C. Meals.
B
Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers , small tightly knit (联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 1200 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1000; Africa 2400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number (中位数) of speakers is a mere 6000, which means that half the world's languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busum in Cameroon (eight remaining Speaker), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark) none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
24. What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A. They developed very fast. C. They had similar patterns.
B. They were large in number. D. They were closely connected.
25. Which of the following best explains “dominant” underlined in paragraph 2?
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A. Complex. B. Advanced. C. Powerful. D. Modern. A. About 6800
B. About 3400 C. About 2400
D. About 1200
26. How many languages are spoken by less than 6000 people at present? 27. What is the main idea of the text?
A. New languages will be created.
B. People’s lifestyles are reflected in fewer languages. C. Human development results in fewer languages. D. Geography determines language evolution.
C
What is success? I am not going to try to explain success. I think a precise meaning is impossible! Is it winning a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games or winning Wimbledon, or being awarded a Nobel Prize? What else? I believe personal success could be anything at all- it does not have to involve public recognition. Who is more successful? A millionaire who is unhappy, or an unnoticed person, who has led a simple, quiet, sincere and happy life? The simplest definition of success, I think, is “to set out to do something and to succeed in doing it.
The first step on the road to success starts with belief. Believe you can succeed and you will. Achieving success in whatever endeavor(努力)you choose may be the goal of life; because it gives you freedom from worry. Could that be?
Success means different things to every one of us. Some people believe it is measured in financial terms; others believe it is helping others rather than helping themselves. However, most people are motivated to a great extent by public recognition. How many people are really happy? How many people are really doing what they want to with their lives? Incidentally, to imagine makes us different from animals.
Most important of all, I believe success is a matter of personal growth. If every day you are developing or growing just a millimeter, I believe one is successful. Just being a slightly better person each day for me is success. I’ve got a very long way to go them!
Finally, always remember success is a process and is not simply a matter of arriving at a destination. It’s the journey that really matters. Success is what you become in the often very difficult and dangerous journey down the river of life. 28.What is personal success according to the author?
A. Winning public recognition millionaire
C. Something impossible to define simply you want
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B. Being an unhappy
D. Succeeding in doing what
重庆市万州二中2024-2024学年高二上学期10月月考试题 英语 无答案
