黑龙江省大庆市铁人中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题（9月）试题试题说明：1、本试题满分150分，答题时间120分钟。 2、请将答案填写在答题卡上，考试结束后只交答题卡。第一部分 选词填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下列句子，从每题所给的A、B、C、D和E五个选项中，选出最佳选项。A. present B. simplify C. assess D. bargain E. adapt 1. It took him a while to _himself to his new surroundings.2. When you speak to children, please try to _your explanations.3. The saleswoman refuse to _over the price.4. It is difficult to _the value of the house, so they sent some professional workers to so it.5. It takes us a lot of time to _the Information in a variety of chart forms. But it is worthwhile.A. omitted B. indicated C. claimed D. criticized E. polished 6. The official was _for his delay in dealing with the matter.7. The silver will need to be _up for the dinner party.8. The typist _the last line of the passage.9. He _that he was not given a fair hearing.10. The red sky last night _that today would be fine.A. edition B. attempt C. reputation D. symptom E. reference11. Fever is a _of illness which you should take seriously of.12. The new _of the dictionary carries 7000 additions to the language.13. After my first _at baking, I accept the fact that I am not good at it. 14. Keep the list of phone numbers next to the phone for easy _.15. Your company enjoys a good _in this field. Ive heard that the boss took care of your employees and offered good salaries.A. obvious B. skeptical C. standard D. generous E. distinctive 16. You can identify peoples nationality from their facial expressions and their _dress in the country.17. There is no general agreement on a _definition of Intelligence.18. He was often _and gave his belongings to the poor and helped them out.19. The UK public remains _about the impact caused by the climate change and believes the problem is being overstated by scientists.20. Besides these _benefits, there are some you may not notice.第2部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)第一节 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。AWhy go to Madrid?There may be a slight chill (寒冷) in the air, with temperatures staying around 15 in March, but Spains handsome capital is slowly starting to warm up. Even more attractive are the cultural events.A new exhibition on the living and working spaces of Spains greatest artist, Picasso, has just opened in the studio at the Fundacin Mapfre at Paseo de Recoletos 23 . It runs until 11 May with rarely seen pieces borrowed from his family.Later this summer, the anniversary of the death of the Renaissance (文艺复兴) painter El Greco will be marked with an exciting exhibition at the Museo del Prado at Paseo del Prado from 24 June to 5 October.How to go?The widest range of flights is offered by EasyJet from Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Liverpool and Luton. British Airways and its sister airline Iberia combine forces from Heathrow and London City. Ryanair flies from Manchester and Stansted; Air Europa flies from Gatwick.Barajas Airport is 12km northeast of the city centre and is served by frequent trains on Metro line 8, but the shortest underground journey is a bit complex with at least one change at Nuevos Ministerios station and takes about 30 minutes. The fare to any station in the city centre is 4.50. The airport express bus runs every 15 to 35 minutes around the clock; 5 one way. It takes 40 minutes to reach the city centre. A taxi takes half the time. A flat rate of 30 covers most of central Madrid.21When will the exhibition about Picasso close?AOn 23 March. BOn 5 October.COn 24 June. DOn 11 May.22Which airline operates flights from Manchester to Madrid?AEasyJet. BBritish Airways.CAir Europa. DRyanair.23What is the fastest way to reach central Madrid from Barajas Airport?ATake a city bus. BTake a taxi.CTake Metro line 8. DTake the airport express bus.BMy school appeared on the news last week because we had made an important change in our local area. Our class had planted a large garden in what was once only a vacant lot. It was a lot of work but it was all worth it. I got blisters (水疱) from digging, and we all got insect bites, too.I learned a lot about gardening and collaboration (合作), and then I learned about the media. Our teacher telephoned the TV station and informed them of what we had accomplished. She spoke with the producer. The producer checked with the directors, but they said there were plenty of stories similar to ours. They wanted to know what was special about our particular garden, since many schools plant them.The teacher explained that, after going on the Internet to learn about the prairie (大草原), we had made a prairie garden. We had been to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we planted them. We did not water the garden, but we did weed it. W