江苏省扬州中学2020-2021学年高一上学期12月月考英语试题（本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）选择题部分第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Put up a notice.B. Search the canteen.C. Buy a new textbook.2.Where does the man want to go?A. Beech St.B. East Main.C. Linden Ave.3. How much time does the woman’s watch gain?A. Ten minutes.B. Five minutesC. Fifteen minutes.4.Who is the man probably?A. A policeman.B. A gas station clerk.C. A driving coach.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The nice weather.B. The strong wind.C. The beautiful leaves.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

6.Where does the woman’s brother work?A. At the police station.B. In a small store.C. In a college.7. How is the woman’s relationship with her parents?A. Terrible.B. Just so-so.C. Good.听下面一段对话，回答第8 和第9 两个小题。

8.Which team does the man support?A. The Reds.B. The Cubs.C. The Mets.9.What does the woman say about the Cubs?A.They have a new base runner.B.They have a great record this year.C.They won every game this season.听下面一段对话，回答第10 至第12 三个小题。

10. How old is the woman?A. 25 years old.B. 60 years old.C. 70 years old.11.What kind of shops does the woman never visit?A. Big chain stores.B. Small shops.C. Independent shops.12.What is the woman’s opinion about fashions?A. They never repeat.B. Jeans are the most fashionable.C. Some of them may return years later.听下面一段对话，回答第13 至第16 四个小题。

13.What will the presentation start with?A. The different types of clouds.B. The formation of clouds.C. The functions of clouds.14.Why does the man suggest having small cards?A. To make the presentation interesting.B. To remind him of what to say.C. To organize all the research.15.What will the man do?A. Prepare the cards.B. Make the presentation slides.C. Look for pictures of clouds online.16.What section will the woman talk about?A. The introduction.B. The low-level clouds.C. The medium-level clouds.听下面一段独白，回答第17 至第20 四个小题。

17.What do we know about the Climbing Center?A. It was started in 1952 by a mountaineer.B. It runs courses from March to November.C. It doesn’t provide accommodation in winter.18.What does the speaker think of the price of the four-day course?A. Low.B. Reasonable.C. High.19.What did the speaker learn to do on the second day?A. Predict the weather.B. Read a map.C. Set up a tent.20.What can people enjoy in the evenings at the Center?A. Seeing films.B. Reading books.C. Playing table tennis.第二部分阅读理解(共三节，满分55分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

AFeeling a bit bored with your job and fancy a change? Why not try one of these jobs out? They're probably not to everyone's taste, but believe it or not, these are actually real jobs done by real people.Here are the top 5 weirdest jobs in the world:1.Professional sleeper:A hotel in Finland hired a member of staff as a 'professional sleeper' to test the comfort of their beds. The individual sleeps in a different one of the hotel beds each night and writes areview about her satisfaction with each one.2. Drying paint watcher:No, this isn't a joke. Someone actually earns a living watching paint dry. A man in the UK currently has the job and he spends his days painting sheets of cardboard to test how long new paint mixes take to dry and watching for changes in color and texture.3.Train Pusher:If you think the London Underground is bad, you should see the trains in Japan. 'Oshiyas' are hired to help cram as many people onto a train as possible by pushing them from the outside until the doors will close.4. Snake Milker:Not for the light-hearted. The job of a snake milker is to collect the venom of poisonous snakes in jars for use in anti-venoms and other medication. Thank god someone's brave enough!5.Scuba Diving Pizza Delivery Man:If the fact that there's an underwater hotel in Florida isn't bizarre enough, to add on to that, they have a scuba diving pizza delivery man who supplies them with pizza by carrying them through the sea in a watertight case.Do you do an unusual job? We'd love to hear about it, so let us know!21. In which job is a job-seeker's strength a necessity?A. Scuba Diving Pizza Delivery ManB. Train PusherC. Professional sleeperD. Snake Milker22. Which job could not be your cup of tea if you were not brave enough?A. Drying paint watcherB. Train PusherC. Professional sleeperD. Snake Milker23. Which of the following is True according to the passage?A. A hotel in Finland employed a member of staff as a 'professional sleeper' to test the quality of their beds.B. A drying paint watcher spends his days painting sheets of cardboard and watching for changes in color just out of boredom.C. It's bizarre that an underwater hotel in Florida has a man deliver pizza by carrying them through the sea in a watertight case.D. These weirdest jobs are actually unreal jobs seen only in sci-fi films.BThe only proved lock of Jane Austen's hair was sold at Sotheby's in 1948. Attendees at the next Annual Meeting of the newly formed Jane Austen Society were expressing great sadness to the loss of this relic to an American when Alberta H. Burke rose to her feet. "I am the American who bought Jane's hair, and if the Society would like to have it I shall be glad to make a contribution of it.'"The Society agreed, and the hair is now in the Jane Austen House at Chawton. But Mrs Burke's collection of Austen's letters and manuscripts(手稿）was donated to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, combined with other letters purchased for the library.Having kept the hair and lost the handwriting, English Janeites may cast envious glances towards New York, where an exhibition of letters and manuscripts, together with first and early illustrated editions of Austen's novels and other related material, currently occupies part of the Morgan. A good modern edition of Austen's letters was published by R. W. Chapman in 1932 and updated in 1952; in 1995, Deirdre Le Faye re-edited the collection for Oxford University Press. It represents a small fraction of Austen's output, estimated to have been around 3,000 letters, mostly written to her sister Cassandra.As Virginia Woolf imagines their loss, "when Miss Cassandra Austen grew old, and the growth of her sister's fame made her suspect that a time might come when strangers would try to find out and scholars make guesses about, she burnt, at great cost to herself, every letter that could satisfy their curiosity, and spared only what she judged to be too unimportant to be of interest”. Even those that escaped have had lines removed by cutting. Nevertheless, much ofinterest remains. Visitors may not read all seventeen letters on display. But those with the eyes to focus will be able to find evidence of Austen's sharp tongue, as when a neighbour's wife is discovered to be "everything that the Neighbourhood could wish her, silly and cross". We can see her sense of the ridiculous, her talent for skillful characterization and a writer's high spirits that rarely desert her for long.24.Where can people see the only proved lock of Jane Austen's hair housed?A. SothebyB. Alberta H. Burke's houseC. the Jane Austen House at ChawtonD. the Pierpont Morgan Library25.Why may English Janeites cast envious glances towards New York?A. Because a small fraction of Austen's output, estimated to have been around 3,000 letters, currently occupies part of the Morgan.B. Because though her hair was kept in Britain, many other things left by Austen were in New York.C. Because a good modern edition of Austen's letters was published in New York.D. Because Deirdre Le Faye re-edited Austen's collection for the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York.26.Which of the foll owing does the underlined word "relic” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. lockB. hairC. letterD. manuscript27.We can infer from the passage that________.A. Miss Cassandra Austen made an attempt to maintain a good name for Austen.B. Austen's work brought her sister much personal fame and many positive reviews..C. A Janeite fan culture came into being during Austen's lifetime.D. Austen's sister burned every letter and achieved her purpose.CMovie ExtrasWould you mind lying in a coffin (棺材)? Would you shave your head? Are you willing to take out your false teeth?These are just a few of the questions Anne Marie Stewart and her staff sometimes ask the "talent" who serve as non-speaking "extras" in special films, television series, and made-for-TV movies produced in Toronto.Of course, the majority of extra calls are for more ordinary people, and Stewart has a list of about 650 registered extras. Crowd scenes, which are common, call for everyday people of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and sizes.Over at Movie People, last-minute requests are not unusual. "We got a request once for an entire brass band of 30 people. They wanted it within the hour," said manager Yvonne McCartney. Another time, the company got a last-minute request for a newborn baby. "We found a baby that was three weeks premature," said Jonathan Aiken, an owner of the company.Then there was the worried call from a casting director whose "Star" got doggone stubborn one day and decided to just lie down and not work. The director needed a replacement dog, fast. "We got them two in one hour." said Aiken. "It was a matter of good connections and fast phone work." The eight phone lines needed to make 350 to 400 calls a day are one of Movie People's major expenses.Phone lines are the only way to stay in touch with casting directors and extras; but the latter are a group not necessarily interested in a long-term relationship. Most extra jobs pay only $7 an hour (with a six-hour minimum), while most agencies charge an annual $75 registration fee and get 10 to 15 per cent of extras’ earnings. It's no wonder that the turnover rate is fairly high.Some people who are between jobs do extra work as a temporary measure, said McCartney. But professionals, such as lawyers, also do the work because it's interesting. Others with flexible jobs have a desire to do something different. Some homemakers want to get out of the house and onto a movie set. Money's not the motivating reason."One of the first t hings I say to people who walk in and ask about being an extra is, ‘You have to be available,' "said a person at Karen Clifton Agency. Inc. "The next thing I say is, 'You can't make a living at this.' ”28. What kind of people are movie extras?A. TV series makers.B. Casting directors.C. Non-professional movie actors.D. Agents for movie stars.29. According to the passage, movie extras should _____.A. have special talentsB. have a flexible scheduleC. make good connectionsD. make hundreds of phone calls daily30. Why do white collar workers most probably like to be movie extras?A. They want to make more money.B. They want to start a career in acting.C. They think their regular job is boring.D. They think being on the stage is enjoyable.31. The underlined word “turnover” in the sixth paragraph probably means _____.A. business profitB. the loss of staffC. market demandD. operation expensesDThe government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to represent all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the world’s food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on Earth.An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let theworld rebuild agriculture if in his words “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above zero degrees centigrade. The seeds will be protected behind concrete walls a meter thick and high-security doors.The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below zero centigrade. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure wi ll be the world’s most secure gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first proposed the idea in the 1980s. But security concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was permitted use of Spitsbergen. New Scientist says the plan won United Nations approval in October at a meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization.32. The project is meant to_____.A. increase the world’s food production in the futureB. carry out some scientific experiments on plant genesC. protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disastersD. build an exhibition centre of the world’s plant seeds33. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?A. The government of Norway will perform the project alone.B. Seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousand years ago.C. Spitsbergen is chosen because it is away from the threat of nuclear war forever.D. Temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.34. We can infer from the text that_____.A. People will get newly-developed seeds from the center every yearB. The storage center will greatly promote the development of world agricultureC. Norway meant to have built the storage centre more than 30 years agoD. There haven’t been any seed storage centers in the world before35. What is probably the best title of the passage?A. Noah’s Ark of Plant Seeds in PlanB. The Best Place to Store SeedsC. Concerns of World Food SupplyD. A New Way to Feed the World第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。