重庆市缙云教育联盟2021-2022学年高二11月质量检测英语试题

重庆缙云教育联盟2021-2022 学年（上）11 月月度考试 高二英语 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 注意：本试卷包含Ⅰ、Ⅱ两卷。第Ⅰ卷为选择题，所有答案必须用2B 铅笔涂在答题卡中 相应的位置。第Ⅱ卷为非选择题，所有答案必须填在答题卷的相应位置。答案写在试卷上 均无效，不予记分。 一、阅读理解（本大题共15 小题，共30.0 分） A This Week: Homes for Book Lovers Boulder This 2019 four-bedroom home has an open-plan great room with a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf and a rolling library ladder. The house mixes Western and Eastern design and features wood floors and oversize windows with views of a seasonal pond. LIV Sothebyˈs International Realty New York City Nobel Prize-winning author and previous owner Toni Morrison changed the third bedroom of this 1901 house into her library and writing room. The two-bedroom home features a living-dining area with gas fireplace, an open-plan kitchen, a master suite with dressing area, and sweeping city views. Brown Harris Stevens Montecito The second bedroom of this two-bedroom house features a wall-to-wall wood bookcase. The house also has a built-in bookcase on the stairs, a main suite with fireplace, a chefˈs kitchen with wood cabinets and counters. The path in front of the house has lawns, and gardens and is part of a gated community with a pool, tennis courts, and beach access. Sothebyˈs International Realty Oxford This 1991 house stands in the center of a town famed for its connections with William Faulkner and John Grisham. The four-bedroom house has a wall-to-wall bookshelf in the game room and also features a living room with fireplace and an eat-in kitchen with hardwood floors. Itˈs the steal of the week with a surprising price. Cannon Cleary McGraw 1. Why are these houses selected for book lovers? A. They are all affordable for reading enthusiasts. B. They all have enough space for book collections. C. They each have a study with a good view of nature. D. They enable their owners to get access to local libraries. 2. Which will you contact if you like a house with a long history? A. LIV Sothebyˈs International Realty. B. Brown Harris Stevens. C. Sothebyˈs International Realty. D. Cannon Cleary McGraw. 3. Which house is probably a good bargain? A. The one in Boulder. B. The one in New York City. C. The one in Montecito. D. The one in Oxford. B A Harvard study of their graduates over thirty years found that there were only a small percentage (3%) of them who actually wrote down their goals—and these were the most successful! You can be certain that every one of those students had repeatedly heard the value of goal setting. Yet only 3% actually wrote down their goals consistently. Imagine what you can do if you both write down your goals and, then, focus on them consistently, until they are accomplished! What is it that causes the “New Yearˈs Resolution Syndrome”? People make resolutions, work hard at them for a few weeks, may be even a few months, and then forget them. Next year, they make the same New Yearˈs resolutions. That is the syndrome. So why do so many people do it? They may be making goals that are too global, and too unrealistic. The elephant analogy（比喻） is still the best one I know of to illustrate good goal setting. “How do you eat an elephant? One spoonful at a time.” So it is with goals. Make spoon size goals and accomplish them easily. Once youˈve mastered this, get a bigger spoon! You may have too many people in your life who consciously or subconsciously are unwilling or unable to support you to reach your goals. Surround yourself with people who want you to have what you want for yourself. Support each other and youˈll all achieve your highest goals. We must be careful not to confuse busyness with progress. Be selective about how you use your time and what you focus on. Success often comes when you know what to leave out, rather than what to include in your life. Goal setting is like the pig and chicken who were out for a walk in town early one morning. The chicken became really excited when she saw a sign that said “Ham & Eggs, $2.99”. She said to the pig, “Look, weˈve got double billing again.” The pig grunted and said, “Thatˈs all right for you to say. For you, itˈs all in a dayˈs work. For me, itˈs total commitment.” Goal setting is all in a dayˈs work. Goal achievement is total commitment. 4. What can we learn from paragraph 1? A. Few Harvard students know the importance of setting goals. B. Writing down goals is helpful in achieving them. C. A very small percentage of Harvard students can succeed. D. Every successful Harvard graduate has his own goal. 5. According to the elephant analogy, when setting goals, we should _________. A. ask for othersˈ advice B. set great and worthy goals C. break a big goal into smaller pieces D. refer to the goals we set earlier 6. What kind of people should you stay with if you want to achieve goals? A. too many people B. people who are unwilling to support you C. people who are unable to help you D. people who allow you to be yourself 7. What dose the story of the pig and chicken imply? A. Rome is not built in one day. B. When the cat is away, the mice will play. C. The early bird catches the worm. D. Birds of a feather flock together. C Children may not be storing coins in piggy banks for much longer; with the move towards a cashless society, pocket money is moving digital. To reflect this trend, a number of mobile budgeting apps for children has sprung up worldwide. These apps offer a simple money management service for children, often for a monthly subscription fee paid by the parents. Parents can add money to childrenˈs accounts, set limits and monitor transactions, while children can choose to save their money or spend it using a prepaid card that works like a debit card. The apps suggest minimum ages ranging from six to nine for the prepaid card. The companies behind the apps argue that in an increasingly cashless society, they can be a valuable way of teaching young children about money. Two thirds of adults globally are financially illiterate, according to survey, and one in four teenagers are unable to make even simple decisions on everyday spending. These apps aim to overcome this and teach children financial concepts, such as budgeting, interest rates and income. Haglund believes the app can teach responsible spending habits, whereas schools tend to focus more on economic theory. “You donˈt become better at money management just because you have a degree in economics. Itˈs more about the attitude and the relationship you have with parentsˈ money when youˈre 6 to 12 years old,” he says. But Winter, warns that while digital tools can help there needs to be a more structured approach to financial education. The area should “have regular, dedicated, classroom time and be taught as an independent subject,” she said. One concern is that introducing digital money apps to young children could help to encourage irresponsible spending habits. “If children donˈt have a good foundation in financial capability, thereˈs a risk that money apps could be seen as developing bad habits” says Winter. However, Haglund says children are protected from this as parents can monitor their spending habits and none of the services offer an overdraft so children cannot go into debt. 8. What is Winterˈs attitude towards appsˈ future? A. Ambiguous B. Hopeful C. Concerned D. Tolerant 9. In which aspect do children benefit from the apps? A. Gaining high-tech knowledge. B. Learning self-control. C. Building confidence. D. Developing financial-planning skills. 10. What can be inferred from the figures in the paragraph 3? A. Most adults are lacking in money management knowledge. B. Teenagers are spending their money on everyday life. C. Adults donˈt have a degree in economics. D. Teenagers donˈt have the ability to make decisions by themselves. 11. What phenomenon is described in the passage? A. The money management apps will be accepted by all people. B. Traditional pocket money will gradually switch to e-money in the long run. C. The money management apps will be resisted by all people. D. Traditional p