1、第六次月考 英語 第 7 頁（共 12 頁）西南大學附屬中學校高 2022 屆第六次月考 英 語 試 題（滿分：150 分； 考試時間： 120 分鐘）2022 年 2 月注意事項：1答題前， 考生先將自己的姓名、班級、考場/座位號、準考證號填寫在答題卡上。2答選擇題時，必須使用 2B 鉛筆填涂； 答非選擇題時，必須使用 0.5 毫米的黑色簽字筆書寫； 必須在題號對應(yīng)的答題區(qū)域內(nèi)作答， 超出答題區(qū)域書寫無效；保持答卷清潔、完整。3 考試結(jié)束后，將答題卡交回（試題卷學生保存，以備評講）。第一部分 聽力 （共兩節(jié)，滿分 30 分）做題時，先將答案標在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘時間將試卷上

2、的答案轉(zhuǎn) 涂到答題卡上。第一節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 7.5 分）聽下面 5 段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的 A 、B 、C 三個選項中選出最佳 選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后， 你都有 10 秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱 讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1 What color trousers does the woman prefer?A. Brown. B. Blue. C. Gray.2 What was the woman unsatisfied with about the hotel?A. Its bathroom. B. Its ele

3、vator. C. Its dining hall.3 What did the man think of the novel?A. It was a waste of time. B. It was out of date. C. It was worth reading.4 Where has Sally just been?A. A school. B. A caf. C. A hospital.5 What are the speakers probably talking about?A. A pet. B. A job. C. An appointment.第二節(jié)（共 15 小題；

4、每小題 1.5 分，滿分 22.5 分）聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題， 從題中所給的A、B、C三個選 項中選出最佳選項。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題， 每小題 5 秒鐘；聽完后，每小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。請聽第 6 段材料，回答第 6 、7 題。6 What did the woman look like in high school?A. She wore glasses. B. She had curly hair. C. She was overweight.7 Where are the speakers now?A. In

5、Springfield. B. In Ovington. C. In Brookfield.請聽第 7 段材料，回答第 8 、9 題。8 What aspect of the flight does the man complain about?A. Punctuality. B. Legroom. C. Temperature.9 How did the man feel about the food during the flight?A. It was not cheap. B. It was not enough. C. It didnt taste good.請聽第 8 段材料，回答

6、第 10 至 12 題。10 What movie did Margot Kidder star in?A. The Superman movies.B. The first James Bonds movie.C. The first Austin Powers movie.11 When did Burt Reynolds begin appearing in movies and television?A. In the 1950s. B. In the 1960s. C. In the 1970s.12 What was Neil Simon?A. An actor. B. A pla

7、ywright. C. A dancer.請聽第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 題。13 What does the woman dislike about the first job?A. The duties. B. The workplace. C. The working hours.14 What is required for a driver in a school?A. Being over twenty. B. Having a drivers license. C. Working on the weekend.15 When will the woman be fr

8、ee from work if she gets the third job?A. On Mondays. B. On Tuesdays. C. On Wednesdays.16 Which job is the woman most interested in?A. A receptionist. B. A driver. C. A cashier.請聽第 10 段材料， 回答第 17 至 20 題。17 What is the purpose of the talk?A. To present an award. B. To welcome new members. C. To celeb

9、rate an anniversary.18 What is the speaker most proud of?A. The skating center. B. The tennis courts. C. The fitness gym.19 When will the new yoga classroom be open?A. This month. B. Next month. C. In two months.20 Who can get special offers when using the new swimming pool?A. The pensioners. B. The

10、 unemployed. C. Mothers with babies.第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 50 分）第一節(jié)（共 15 小題；每小題 2.5 分，滿分 37.5 分）閱讀下列短文， 從每題所給的 A 、B 、C 和 D 四個選項中選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將 該項涂黑。ASmith, Williams, Brown are common surnames that you will meet in Britain. However, you may come across some strange English surnames. The following surnames

11、are rare, but they are real.GotobedYou are not going to meet many people with the surname “Go-to-bed”. The first recorded person to have this surname was John Gotobedde of Cambridge in 1269. Professor Reaney, an authority on English surnames, explains the surname originated from people who had a bed

12、, which was rare back in the 12th century. People were proud that they could afford to have a bed, thus adding it to their name. Strange but true!OnionsThis surname, which was first popular in France and Ireland before coming over to the UK, dates back to l279 and identified a persons job. He was ei

13、ther a seller or a grower of the vegetable.NutterNutter means a crazy or silly person in spoken English. You wouldnt usually call yourself a nutter, but its genuinely a surname that originates from Yorkshire and Lancashire. Its a variation of the old English surnames “Notere”, which means a clerk, a

14、nd “Nothard”, which means a person that keeps oxen.HardmeatYou might have guessed that “Hardmeat” must have something to do with a family of butchers. In fact, it might just have been a misspelling of the village that the name came from, which was “Hardmead” in England. Wish they had a spellchecker

15、back then!21 Which of the following surnames can tell a familys wealth?A. Nutter. B. Onions. C. Gotobed. D. Hardmeat.22 What do Onions and Nutter have in common?A. They originated in the UK. B. They mean silly people.C. They date from the l3th century. D. They show the occupations.23 Where does the

16、surname of Hardmeat come from?A. A family of butchers. B. A place famous for hard meat.C. An incorrectly-spelt village name. D. A village without a spellchecker.BOne night Buck woke up and heard the call again, a long howl. He ran into the forest. And there, his nose pointing to the sky, sat a wolf.

17、 The wolf started to run, and Buck followed him. They ran for hours through the forest, and then suddenly Buck remembered John Thornton. He turned and started to run back.Thornton was eating dinner when Buck returned. Buck jumped all over him, and for two days never left his side. But after two days

18、 the call of the wild came again, and he remembered the forest and the wolf that had run with him.He started to sleep out in the forest at night, sometimes staying out for three or four days. He ate well, and he grew stronger and quicker and more alive. His golden brown coat shone with health as he

19、ran through the forest, learning its every secret, every smell, and every sound.Nobody saw the change that happened when Buck was inside the forest. At once he became athing of the wild, stepping softly and silently, a passing shadow among the trees.In the autumn, Buck started to see moose (駝鹿) in t

20、he forest. One day he met a group of about twenty. The largest was two meters tall, and his antlers were more than two meters across. When he saw Buck, he got very angry. For hours Buck followed the moose; he wanted the big one, but he wanted him alone. By the evening Buck had driven the big old moo

21、se away from the others, and then he began his attack.The animal weighed six hundred and fifty kiloshe was big enough and strong enough to kill Buck at once. Patiently, Buck followed him for four days, attacking and then jumping away. He gave him no peace, no time to eat or drink or rest, and slowly

22、 the moose became weaker. At the end of the fourth day Buck pulled the moose down and killed him. He stayed by the dead animal for a day and a half, eating, and then turned towards camp and John Thornton.24 Why did Buck run into the forest according to Paragraph 1?A. He was curious about the call. B

23、. He wanted to find something to eat.C. Thornton was there studying the sky. D. He wanted to do some morning exercise.25 What can we learn about Buck from Paragraph 3?A. He enjoyed staying out in the forest. B. He made friends with wild animals.C. His fur changed from brown to golden. D. He ate a lo

24、t and put on too much weight.26 Why was the moose finally killed?A. He insisted on fighting Buck alone. B. Buck got timely help from his friends.C. He was too old and weak to fight Buck. D. Buck had employed effective strategies.27 Which words can best describe Buck?A. Gentle and cautious. B. Patien

25、t and smart.C. Realistic and motivated. D. Energetic and caring.CWhen you really love a book, or have just scored a new one that youre dying to read, it can be exciting to pick up a smooth, shiny hardcover copy that creaks a little bit when you open it. But those hardcover books can be heavy, and ne

26、w ones arent cheap, either. Sometimes, youd just rather have a portable paperbackbut if its a new book youre after, you might have to wait a full year or so to get it in paperback form. Why are books released as hardcovers first?Not so long ago, hardcover books were the only type of books. Before th

27、e appearance of mass production, print runs were limited, and books were hard-bound and expensive. Around the 1930s, that changed with the production of mass-produced paperback books, which consisted with a huge surge in reading as a leisure activity around World War II. Paperback books were more af

28、fordable and cheaper to produce, which still holds true today.Despite the seeming advantages of paperbacks, there are several reasons why the hardcover has persisted. Because of its history, it conveys a bit more legitimacy (正統(tǒng)性) in the book world than the paperback does. “The hardback is a mark of

29、qualityit shows booksellers and reviewers that this is a book worth paying attention to,” Philip Jones, editor at The Bookseller, explains to The Guardian.But the major reason why books come out as hardcovers is that people buy them, despite their higher cost. The Economist compares it to movies bei

30、ng released in theaters several months before they arrive on DVD. “Just as film fans like to see films on the big screen, collectors enjoy the hardbacks superior quality,” according to The Economist. And because theyre profitable, publishers can gain more from hardcovers, which “will often sell at t

31、wice the price of their paperback equivalent but do not cost twice as much to produce,” Jones explains.28 What can we learn about hardcover books from Paragraph 1?A. They are exciting. B. They are heavy but not expensive.C. They take a long time to come out. D. They appeal to real book-lovers.29 Wha

32、t does the underlined word “surge” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Dramatic drop. B. Sharp increase. C. Strong blow. D. Swift success.30 Why are hardcover books still printed today?A. They are costly and precious. B. They are worth buying.C. They show readers tastes. D. They sell better than paperbacks.31 Wh

33、at is the main purpose of the passage?A. To introduce hardcover books. B. To present a new social finding.C. To explain a confusing phenomenon. D. To encourage people to read books.DWeird. That was how Kelvin felt when he signed a prenuptial agreement years ago with his then girlfriend. According to

34、 the agreement, the ownership of the house would go to the wife if the couple divorced, because the wifes parents had paid the down payment for the house.In China, most people are unwilling to sign a prenuptial agreement, commonly known as “prenups”. But overseas Chinese are showing a different atti

35、tude. According to a recent survey, 70 percent of overseas Chinese participants, mainly living in the US, said it is necessary to sign prenups before tying the knot. The survey covering 1,084 people was conducted by a Los Angeles-based dating company “2RedBeans” through the companys mobile app.“It s

36、hows that the attitude of overseas Chinese toward marriage has been influenced by Western values over the past decade,” said a co-founder of 2RedBeans. In China, more often than not, a prenup is considered to indicate distrust between a couple and the lack of faith in marriage.US family law attorney

37、s, however, say that prenups have many advantages, from protecting the assets (資產(chǎn)) brought into the marriage by one party to saving the other party from debt. The rights and obligations related to marriage vary from state to state in the US. “So if you get married without drawing up your own terms a

38、nd conditions, you are by default (默認) submitting to your states law,” Kelly Rickert who has gained popularity for sharing family court stories said in a TikTok video. “Prenups are especially important in a community property state such as California, where all assets and debts acquired after marria

39、ge shall be shared by both parties,” she said.One of her recent clients was lucky to have a prenup which allowed her to keep her property separate from the debt of her late husband, who had run up “astronomical” amounts of medical bills before he died of COVID- 19. “Had they not had a prenup stating

40、 that the debt be attributed to the party who acquired it, the medical debt would have been shared and she would have had to pay it.” Rickert said.This might be one of the reasons why many overseas Chinese are attaching importance to prenups. Overseas Chinese living in North America are generally hi

41、gh-income earners and come from middle-class families, so they more easily accept prenups, especially those under 30 years old, who are more likely to value financial independence and consider prenups necessary.32 What do we know about the survey?A. The company TikTok carried out the survey.B. One t

42、housand people were surveyed through WeChat.C. It was conducted among Chinese people living in the US.D. Most people surveyed hold a favorable attitude towards prenups.33 What may be the attitude of most people in China towards prenups?A. Favorable. B. Neutral. C. Disapproving. D. Doubtful.34 Why do

43、es the author mention the example in Paragraph 5?A. To prove the importance of prenups.B. To call for peoples attention to prenups.C. To illustrate the damage caused by COVID- 19.D. To demonstrate what will happen.35 Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. A Trend Among Chinese B.

44、 The Pros and Cons of PrenupsC. Overseas Chinese Value Prenups D. Different Attitudes Toward Marriage第二節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 2.5 分，滿分 12.5 分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。How to Plan a Holiday TripEach year, millions of people gather their bags and set out on a holiday trip. Whether its to grandma

45、s house, a family reunion or simply a holiday getaway, these yearly trips can often be the source of dread and stress. The thought of being trapped in the car with restless children along the way or the possibility of costly flights is enough to make anyone consider staying home. 36 Plan out the rou

46、te for your car trip. If youre planning on driving to your holiday destination, a little planning can help make your trip easy and uneventful. 37 Remember, its likely that you wont be the only person on the road during the holidays, and traffic is always a factor. Alternate routes or shortcuts can h

47、elp reduce time spent in traffic jams and get you to your destination sooner. This information can also come in handy in case of road construction or other situations that might block your primary route.38 Although traveling by air instead of car can be much more expensive, it can be quicker and mor

48、e convenient. Start planning your trip early to take advantage of advance purchase discounts and avoid sold out flights. Many airlines become extremely busy during the holidays so booking in advance can also help ensure that you get the flights that you want. High traffic destinations such as New Yo

49、rk, Los Angeles or Atlanta can be extremely crowded during the holidays. 39 第六次月考 英語 第 12 頁（共 12 頁）Consider your luggage needs. If youre traveling by car, the issue of luggage is only important with regards to the amount of room needed. Before you begin packing, think about how many people will be i

50、n your vehicle and how much room they will need to travel comfortably. This could affect the number of bags that you can take along. 40 Not only is the possibility of lost luggage an issue, but most airlines now charge extra for checked baggage.A. Book airline tickets in advance.B. Plan your trip to

51、 avoid peak travel times.C. Luckily, with a little planning, these situations can be avoided.D. As an alternative to driving or flying, check into the possibility of traveling by train.E. For traveling by air, the number of bags that you take is a much bigger concern.F. Consider your starting point

52、and desired destination, and investigate several possible routes.G. If possible, consider booking your flight to a nearby airport and renting a car for the short drive to your destination.第三部分 語言運用 （共兩節(jié)，滿分 30 分）第一節(jié) 完形填空 （共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分）閱讀下面短文，從 A 、B 、C 、D 四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答 題卡上相應(yīng)番號處將該

53、項涂黑。When I was only 13 years old, SARS broke out. But I still remember one moment when several days before a math exam, our teacher abruptly told us it had been 41 because of SARS. She also said we would take lessons at home. As preparing for the exam had given me 42 , it felt as if all my dreams we

54、re coming true. I sang songs on my way home.When I reached home, my father 43 told me not to go out for a month. This was 44 news, as I hadnt planned to go out anyway. Oh, how 45 ! I could play games, watch TV series and eat snacks day and night. All these activities were on my checklist. However, a

55、fter finishing all the activities on the list, my stomach was full but my brain was 46 . On returning to school, our teacher hadnt forgotten about the test, but I 47 to remember how to solve most of the mathproblems.My first 48 of self-quarantining (自我隔離) at home made me realize that the 49 wasnt ab

56、out having fun. So when COVID- 19 broke out, being quarantined made me 50 my childhood days 17 years ago. The virus will be 51 one day and when it is, no exam will lie in wait. However, as Im no longer a student, home is far more than a/an 52 place in which to eat, drink and have fun.My friends also

57、 feel that their time spent at home has helped them 53 more than usual. Some have become 54 home chefs, while others have finished reading War and Peace. One has taught himself a foreign language. To 55 my childhood shortcomings, I have signed up fora math class with an online platform.41 A. refused

58、 B. canceled C. lengthened D. regulated42 A. duty B. destruction C. surprise D. headache43 A. jokingly B. deliberately C. randomly D. seriously44 A. amazing B. disappointing C. interesting D. frustrating45 A. awful B. depressing C. fabulous D. acceptable46 A. disordered B. uneasy C. vacant D. unqual

59、ified47 A. desired B. managed C. failed D. attempted48 A. experience B. memory C. impression D. complaint49 A. base B. progress C. activity D. process50 A. appreciate B. recall C. ignore D. cherish51 A. neglected B. forgotten C. controlled D. tested52 A. encouraging B. isolated C. suitable D. relaxi

60、ng53 A. expect B. achieve C. think D. read54 A. skilled B. hardworking C. awarded D. first-class55 A. make use of B. make sense of C. make up for D. make room for第二節(jié)（共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 15 分）閱讀下面短文， 在空白處填入 1 個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history on November 1, 2021, when she