内蒙古赤峰二中2020学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题第一部分：听力（无）第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。ATop Music FestivalsFestival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months.Firefly Music FestivalMany people havent thought of going to Delaware for a summer vacation, but mid-June is a great time to plan this trip if you love music. Headliners for this years show are The Weekend, Muse, Twenty-One Pilots, Chance the Rapper, and Bob Dylan.Date: June 1518，2020Location: Dover, Delaware, USAMusic Type: RockPrice: $79$2,499Roskilde FestivalThis Denmark music festival has been a local tradition since 1971. There will be nine stages for this years events to host groups like the Foo Fighters, Blink 182, and The Lumineers. Whats interesting about this festival is that in addition to the big headliners, you can also get to know up-and-coming regional artists from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.Date: June 24July 1, 2020Location: Roskilde, DenmarkMusic Type: Rock, emerging regional artistsPrice: DKK 995DKK 1,995 (around $144$289)Secret SolsticeWith long, dark, and cold winters, nobody celebrates summer quite like Icelanders. To see for yourself, plan a trip to Iceland this June to check out the Secret Solstice festival. Not only will you enjoy seeing bands like Radiohead and Afrika Bambaataa, but you can also experience the other-worldly landscapes and geothermal(地热的) springs nearby as well.Date: June 1518, 2020Location: Reykjavik IcelandMusic Type: Eclectic, IndiePrice: 1491,599 (around $160$1, 725)Montreal Jazz FestivalAll jazz lovers owe it to themselves to check out the Montreal Jazz Festival at least once in a lifetime. This event brings together some of the best names in jazz music, as well as diverse R&B, funk(骤停打击乐), and soul artists.Date: June 28July 8, 2020Location: Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMusic Type: Jazz, R&B, Soul, FunkPrice: $27.25$210.2521. What is common to the music festivals mentioned in the text?A. They are held in Europe. B.Their music types are rock and hip-hop.C. They are given in the open air.D. They take place in summer.22. What can we infer about Delaware from the text?A. It is the city of music.B. It is not a summer destination.C. It is the home of Bob Dylan.D It is a city of high expense.23. What is the purpose of Icelanders to hold the Secret Solstice festival?A. To welcome summer.B. To memorize the past winter.C. To celebrate the coming of spring.D. To advise the local beautiful landscapes.BI left university with a good degree in English Literature，but no sense of what I wanted to do.Over the next six years，I was treading water，just trying to earn an income.I tried journalism，but I didnt think I was any good，then finance，which I hated.Finally，I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher.I loved working with books，although the job that I did was dull.I had enough savings to take a year off work，and I decided to try to satisfy a deepdown wish to write a novel.Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55，000 words.It takes confidence to make a new starttheres a dark period in between where youre neither one thing nor the other.Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do，and youre too ashamed to say，“Well，Im writing a novel，but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there.” My confidence dived.Believing my novel could not be published，I put it aside.Then I met an agent (代理商) who said I should send my novel out to agents.So，I did and，to my surprise，got some wonderful feedback.I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and，after signing with an agent，I finished the second half of the novel.The next problem was finding a publisher.After two and a half years of no income，just waiting and wondering，a publisher offered me a book dealthat publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luckof fate，really.When you set out to do something different，theres no end in sight，so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract (合同) of the publisherto be a published writeris unbelievably rewarding.24What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?AI was waiting for good fortune. BI was trying to find an admirable job.CI was being aimless about a suitable job.DI was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.25The author decided to write a novel _Ato finish the writing course Bto realize her own dreamCto satisfy readers wish Dto earn more money26How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?ADisturbed. BAshamed. CConfident. DUncertain.27What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?AIt pays to stick to ones goal. BHard work can lead to success.CShe feels like