内蒙古自治区赤峰二中2019 - 2020学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题（含解析）

A. 14A Service. C. X34.

【答案】31. B 32. C 33. C 【解析】

B. No 585. D. No 11.

本文是一篇应用文，是苏格兰海洋博物馆的参观指南。 【31题详解】

细节理解题。根据Irvine public tours部分中的“Then, weather permitting, you can experience life at sea onboard MV Kyles, the oldest Clyde-built boat still in service in the UK.”可知，你可以尝试驾船航行体验海上生活，故B项正确。 【32题详解】

细节理解题。根据表格中的winter tour times中的时间信息可知，冬天你可以在10:30，12:00或14:00三个时间去Linthouse参观旅游，故C项正确。 【33题详解】

细节理解题。根据By bus部分中的“X34 from Irvine, Beith and Glasgow;”可知，从格拉斯哥你可以乘坐X34路公共汽车去参观博物馆，故C项正确。

B

Last year my children gifted me a stainless steel (不锈钢的) coffee plunger (法式按压咖啡壶). I love to start the day with a strong black coffee and couldn't wait to use it. I looked forward to the following morning's coffee making, knowing that I probably wouldn't smash (打碎) this plunger as easily as I had done so often in the past.

But as I poured my first cup of coffee, the plunger spilled (洒出) all over the table. Thankfully no one was around to see my disappointed face! I kept trying, but each morning would see me wiping up the coffee. Then I realized that if I poured very slowly there would be no spilling.

This was at first a very painful experience. My normal practice was to rush through breakfast so that I could get on with my day.

But in time I learned not only to pour slowly but to enjoy the experience: the smell, the taste, and the stillness of a new day.

It prompted (促使) me to reflect upon whether there were other areas of my life

I was rushing through. Most of life, it seemed.

I started to leave extra time to do even the most ordinary tasks. When shop owners would apologize for keeping me waiting, I'd say, \a problem, I'm not in a hurry.\Even hanging out washing became pleasurable when a couple of extra minutes of standing still and listening to the birds singing in the trees around me became part of my routine.

Besides, one of my favorite experiences living in the inner city for many years was sitting on the front doorstep of our home spending time with strangers. We sat on the steps, each of us with a cup of coffee in our hands, listening to each other's stories. It was one of the warmest things about living in a busy city. It was as if the world around us slowed to a pace (步伐) we could both handle.

Stillness and quietness not only slow the pace of life, but also feed the soul, helping us to enjoy the world's small pleasures.

34. What was the author’s life like before receiving the coffee plunger? A. Hurried. C. Simple.

B. Relaxing. D. Disappointing.

35. What does the word “This” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Dealing with the spilled coffee. plunger.

C. Trying to pour coffee more slowly.

D. Rushing through breakfast. B. Learning to use the new coffee

36. What happened when the author changed her lifestyle? A. She had more time for important things. B. She found joy in ordinary tasks. C. She made friends with many shop owners.

D. She had a better relationship with her family members. 37. What is the main purpose of this article?

A. To tell people how to live a meaningful and full life. B. To reflect on the meaning of living a slow-paced life. C. To show the importance of the gift from her daughter. D. To encourage readers to communicate more with strangers.

【答案】34. A 35. C 36. B 37. B 【解析】 【分析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者改变了以往快节奏的生活方式，生活节奏慢下来后她在日常生活中的小事中找到了快乐。 【34题详解】

推理判断题。根据第三段中的“My normal practice was to rush through breakfast so that I could get on with my day.”可知，以前作者通常都是以匆匆吃早餐开启新的一天，由此可知，收到这个咖啡壶之前，作者的生活是匆忙的，故A项正确。 【35题详解】

词义猜测题。根据第二段最后一句“Then I realized that if I poured very slowly there would be no spilling.”可知，然后作者意识到，如果她倒得很慢，就不会溢出，再结合画线词后的“My normal practice was to rush through breakfast so that I could get on with my day.”可知，作者通常都是以匆匆吃早餐开启新的一天，她已经习惯了每天早晨的匆匆忙忙，生活节奏突然慢下来让她很不适应，因此慢慢倒咖啡对她来说是一个痛苦的经历，由此可知This指代的就是上文提到的慢慢倒咖啡，故C项正确。 【36题详解】

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段内容，特别是“Even hanging out washing became pleasurable”可知，出去洗衣服也变得愉快，可见作者在日常生活的小事中体验到了快乐，故B项正确。 【37题详解】

推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了作者改变了以往快节奏的生活方式，生活节奏慢下来后她在日常生活的小事中找到了快乐，由此可知，作者写这篇文章的目的是反映过慢节奏生活的意义——体验日常生活中的快乐，故B项正确。

【点睛】本篇第2题难度较大，抓住作者以前的生活方式和想做出的改变是关键，根据第二段最后一句“Then I realized that if I poured very slowly there would be no spilling.”可知，然后作者意识到，如果她倒得很慢，就不会溢出，再结合画线词后的“My normal practice was to rush through breakfast so that I could get on with my day.”可知，她通常都是以匆匆吃早餐开启新的一天，这表明作者已经习惯了每天早晨的匆匆忙忙，生活节奏突然慢下来让她很不适应，因此慢慢倒咖啡对她来说是一个痛苦的经历，由此可知

This指代的就是上文提到的慢慢倒咖啡，故C项正确。

C

Nobel prize-winners, legendary (传奇的) authors, and famous scientists — you might think all these people were born to be creative. However, that's not always the case.

While well-known figures like Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein did their most significant (重要的) work in their youth, famous American poet Robert Frost and English-born natural scientist Charles Darwin were known as \– people whose talents were not noticeable until later in life.

This idea of \at different times inspired new research from the United States. \people believe that creativity is exclusively (独有地) associated (有联系的) with youth, but it really depends on what kind of creativity you're talking about,\said Bruce Weinburg, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and co-author of the study.

According to the study, published earlier this month in the journal De Economist, there are two types of people: conceptual (概念的) and experimental thinkers.

To reach this conclusion, researchers took the 31 previous winners of the Nobel Prize in economics and arranged them according to when they did their most significant work, to identify (识别) their creative peaks.

Some peaked from ages 25-29. Classified as conceptual thinkers, these people think outside of the box, coming up with new ideas before they become used to the conventional way of doing things.

The second creative peak came with economists in their 50s. These are experimental thinkers who have been in their field for a long time. This allows them to learn from errors and experiment with different processes, before eventually finding new solutions.

\whether you have a conceptual or experimental approach,\that their study isn't limited to economics, saying it can apply to other creative disciplines (知识领域). So if you're struggling to come up with new ideas, don't

panic. Your creative peak may be yet to arrive. 38. What did the study from the US find?

A. Young people are not necessary more creative than the old people. B. Most people take a conceptual approach when thinking. C. One's creative peak is related to their job type.

D. Conceptual and experimental thinkers hit their peaks at different times. 39. What does the underlined word \A. Easy. C. Traditional.

B. Unusual. D. Appropriate.

40. What do we know about experimental thinkers? A. Their talents usually bloom in their 20s. B. They are good at doing experiments.

C. They work out new methods based on experience. D. They are more successful than conceptual thinkers. 41. What would Weinberg probably agree with?

A. It's difficult to find one's talent in later years. B. More research needs to be done about creative peaks.

C. Conceptual thinkers could be more successful in the art field.

D. Experimental thinkers from other fields may be most successful in their 50s. 【答案】38. D 39. C 40. C 41. D 【解析】 【分析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了研究发现概念思考者和实验性思考者在不同时期达到顶峰。 【38题详解】

细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的“Some peaked from ages 25-29. Classified as conceptual thinkers”可知，概念思考者在25岁到29岁达到顶峰，再根据倒数第二段中的“The second creative peak came with economists in their 50s. These are experimental thinkers who have been in their field for a long time.”可知，实验思考者的巅峰出现在50多岁，也就是说研究发现概念思考者和实验性思考者在不同时期达到顶峰，故D项正确。