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1、吉林省吉林市第二中学2020-2021学年高二英语9月月考试题第卷说明：1、本试卷分第I试卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分；2、 满分120分，考试时间80分钟。第一部分：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。ALast week，Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel prize for physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Grard Mourou. Its the first time in
2、55 years that a woman has won this famous prize，but why has it taken so long？We look at five other pioneering female physicists-past and present-who actually deserve the prize.Jocelyn Bell BurnellPerhaps the most famous snub(冷落): thenstudent Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967， when she
3、was a PhD student at Cambridge. The Nobel prize that recognised this landmark discovery in 1974, however,went to her male supervisor, Antony Hewish. Recently awarded a 2.3m Breakthrough Prize， which she gave away to help underrepresented students,she joked to the Guardian，“I feel Ive done very well
4、out of not getting a Nobel prize.”Lene HauHau is best known for leading the research team at Harvard University in 1999 that managed to slow a beam of light,before managing to stop it completely in 2001. Often topping Nobel prize prediction lists，could 2019 be Haus year？Vera RubinRubin discovered da
5、rk matter in the 1980s，opening up a new field of astronomy. She died in 2016,without recognition from the committee.ChienShiung WuWus “Wu experiment” helped disprove the “law of conservation of parity”. Her experimental work was helpful but never honoured，and instead，her male colleagues won the 1957
6、 Nobel prize for their theoretical work behind the study.Lise MeitnerMeitner led groundbreaking work on the discovery of nuclear fission. However, the discovery was acknowledged by the 1944 Nobel prize for chemistry， which was won by her male colead,Otto Hahn.1.When was the discovery of radio pulsar
7、s recognized by the Nobel？A.In 1944. B.In 1967.C.In 1974. D.In 1980.2.Which woman is most likely to win a Nobel prize later according to the text？A.Donna Strickland. B.Jocelyn Bell Burnell.C.Lene Hau. D.Vera Rubin.3.What do we know about the five females？A.The five female scientists did greatly in c
8、hemistry.B.Vera Rubin had opened up a new field in geometry.C.Lise Meitners teacher won a Noble prize for her work.D.All their findings havent been recognized by the Nobel.BThe Master of Suspense(悬念)One of Englands greatest movie directors was a man by the name of Alfred Hitchcock, born in 1899. He
9、made many famous black and white movies that were scary and full of suspense, therefore his nickname as the “Master of Suspense”. His most famous films include The Birds and Psycho. Most of his films were murder mysteries, with clever dialogues, interesting plots and talented actors and actresses. H
10、e was also a revolutionary filmmaker and introduced many new techniques to the movie-making industry. Hitchcock had a roundish belly and a big nose, which made his profile very recognizable. He was not an actor but he loved to make cameo appearances in his own films. Hitchcock was an unusual man. Fo
11、r example, he produced frightening movies about mysterious murders, and yet once he said his own greatest fear was the fear of small children!Hitchcock also had a very clever imagination, which is especially clear in his movie The Birds. In this terrifying movie, a town is attacked by a large flocko
12、f black birds. The angry birds break into peoples homes to take revenge（报复）.This mans great imagination is also reflected in Psycho, which is one of the most famous British movies of all time. In Psycho, a young man claims to run a small motel with his elderly mother. But it turns out that the mothe
13、r is fictional; she exists only in the young mans head. At night, he dresses up like his mother and sits near the window for people to see. But after midnight he breaks into his guests bedrooms and murders them.In Hitchcocks time and era, murder mysteries were not gruesome(可怕的), like many of todays
14、horror films with lots of blood. They thrilled audiences with their focus on plot and suspense.4. Which of the following is NOT true about Hitchcocks movies?A. They were all murder mysteries.B. They have clever dialogues and interesting plots.C. They have talented actors and actresses.D. They are bl
15、ack and white movies. 5. Why was Hitchcock an unusual man in the writers opinion?A. He was a large man with a big nose.B. His movies are horrible movies.C. He produced frightening movies, but he thought small children frightened him the most.D. His mysterious movies scared children the most. 6. What does the phrase “make cameo appearances” in the first paragraph most probably mean?A. Appear with a camera. B. Play an unimportant part.C. Make a short appearance. D. Play in a funny way.7. About Alfred Hitchcock, which is NOT mentioned in the passage?
