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1、2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题 (III)注意事项： 1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。 2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。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
2、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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 There are two factors（因素）which determine an individuals intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual
3、 will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individualthe sort of environment in which he is brought up. If an individual has less chances environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never
4、obtain the level of intelligence of which he is capable. The importance of environment in determining an individuals intelligence can be shown by the case history of the twins. When they were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate homes. Peter was brought up by parent
5、s of low intelligence in a separate munity with poor educational opportunities. Mark was brought up in the home of well-to-do opportunity to be encouraged intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their int
6、elligence. Marks IQ was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his twin brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having similar brains, would have tested at roughly the same level.1. This passage can best be titled_. A. Measuring Your IntelligenceB.
7、Intelligence and EnvironmentC. The Case of Peter and MarkD. How the Brain Influences Intelligence2. The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that_.A.human brains differ considerablyB.the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligenceC.environment is important
8、in determining a persons intelligenceD.persons having similar brains will have roughly the same intelligence3. According to the passage, the average IQ is_.A. 85 B. 100 C. 110D. 1254. This passage suggests that an individuals IQ_.A. can be foretold at birth B. stays the same throughout his lifeC. ca
9、n be increased by education D. is determined by his childhoodBShort and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricketanything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym c
10、lasses in Englands rural Devonshire.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, stren
11、gth and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older mans co
12、ld-water exploits(成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.Journeys to the Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of
13、the few who didnt say, You are pletely crazy,” Saunders says.In xx, after being a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.Saunders has since bee the youn
14、gest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and hes skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that
15、has never been pleted on skis.5. The turning point in Saunders life came when _A.he started to play ball gamesB.he got a mountain bike at age 15C.he ran his first marathon at age 18D.he started to receive Ridgways training6. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _.A.dismissed Saunders dream as fantasyB.built up his body together with SaundersC.hired Saunders for his cold-water experienceD.won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic7. What do we know about Saunders?A.He once worked at a school in Scotland.B.He followed Ridgway to explore the
