吉林省延边第二中学2019_2020学年高二英语12月月考试题【含答案】

吉林省延边第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语12月月考试题

注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分120分。考试时间90分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共70分）

第一部分：阅读理解

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

认真阅读下列短文， A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

A

Listed here are four of the thousands of impressive museums around the world． The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao，Spain

Built in 1997，the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of the newest in the world．It has transformed the industrial city of Bilbao into a traveler’s desired destination．The beautiful architecture of the museum has provided a dramatic background for movies and commercials． The Louvre in Paris，France

Probably the most famous Louvre also holds the most famous painting in the world，the \．Crowds can be found any day surrounding the small，but mysterious painting of the smiling woman．But，the Louvre is much more than a home to the \Lisa\．The Louvre is visited by more people each year than any other museum in the world．

The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia，America

Just opened in its new downtown location in 2012，the Barnes Foundation is unique in that it is a completely reproduced display from one man’s private collection．Dr. Albert C．Barnes started collecting art in the early 20th century and collected，among others，the largest number of original Renoir paintings in the world． The Uffizi Gallery in Florence，Italy

Walking on the marbled floors feels like stepping back in time．The building itself is a beautiful palace-like structure with frescoes （湿壁画） decorating the ceilings and walls．Viewers are bowled over （印象深刻） by the works by Botticelli，such

as \．Classic artworks from nearly 1，000years ago describe religious events of the time．

1.Which of the following is the most popular？ ______

A. The Barnes Foundation． B. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao． C. The Louvre． D. The Uffizi Gallery． 2.What makes the Barnes Foundation particular？ ______ A. Its structure． B. Its history． C. Its location． D. Its collection． 3.What type of writing is this text？ ______

A. A travel guide． B. An exhibition announcement． C. An art show review． D. An activity poster．

B

Recently, many e-commerce platforms, including Didi Taxi, Ctrip, Fliggy, JD and Taobao, have been uncovered that they are cheating their frequent customers. Their ways are pretty clever. When there are new users or conservative old users, they will give a quite appealing price to attract them into registering and buying goods. However, their big data is not that friendly to the stable users and frequent visitors. The system always offers them higher price for the same products or service. How does this happen? According to the data analysis, the system knows clearly that although they feel the price is high, they will finally pay the bill. By collecting and analyzing users’ profiles, buying habits and other information, big data recommends the same products to different users with different prices.

Companies also try other ways to make money, making online consumption far more worrying. For example, video websites always offer 120 seconds’ advertisements, which drives people crazy. And even if you pay for the membership to get rid of the ads, you have to “enjoy” 15-second “private” ads. By broadcasting them, companies make huge profits --- second to the membership fees. Also, owning 100Mbps network, you still put up with the slow speed when you are downloading a song. You have no choice but to become a VIP when you seek high quality services. Users seem to be lambs(羊羔) among wolves. Even though they say,” Since you have money, I’ll

charge you more”, we can’t do anything about it.

It pains us that we haven’t figured out a way to deal with the problem. The only thing we can do is replacing our iPhones with Android phones if we want to buy a membership card, and applying for new accounts if we want cheaper hotels. Not finding a way to fight back, we can’t do anything but accept them passively. 4. How does big data serve companies according to the text? A. By being kind to all users.

B. By giving a discount to stable users.

C. By attracting new users by analyzing their shopping habits.

D. By recommending the same products with higher prices to regular users. 5. What do we know from the second paragraph? A. Membership can rid you of all the ads.

B. Only by being a VIP can you get a better service. C. The slow download speed is due to your poor network.

D. Advertising income is the biggest income for video websites.

6. What is the author’ attitude towards the chances of finding a way to fight back? A. Uncertain.

B. Casual.

C. Negative.

D. Positive.

7. What is the main idea of the text?

A. The big data provides helpful information to users. B. We have to accept online consumption as it is. C. There exist many online consumption traps. D. Regular customers are richer.

C

Antarctica’s melting ice, which has caused global sea levels to rise by at least 13.8 millimeters over the past 40 years, was thought to primarily come from the unstable West Antarctic Ice Sheet(WAIS). Now, scientists have found that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS)—considered largely unaffected by climate change—may also be melting at an unexpectedly rapid speed.

The WAIS, whose base is below sea level, has long been considered the most likely

to break down. Besides gravity, a deep current of warm water slips beneath the sheet, melting it from below until it becomes a floating shelf at risk of breaking away. In contrast, extreme cold and a base mostly above sea level are thought to keep the EAIS relatively safe from warm waters.

But as greenhouse gases warm much of the planet, driving stronger polar winds, some scientists think warm water carried by a circular current will start to invade East Antarctica’s once unassailable ice. A cooperation of more than 60 scientists last year, published in Nature, estimated that the EAIS actually added about 5 billion tons of ice each year from 1992 to 2017.

Eric Rignot of the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues combined 40 years of satellite imagery and climate modeling and found that overall Antarctica now sends six times more ice into the sea each year than it did in 1979, with the majority coming from West Antarctica. But East Antarctica was responsible for more than 30% of Antarctica’s contribution to the 13.8-millimeter sea level rise over the past 40 years. “The more we look at this system the more we realize this is fragile,” Rignot says. “Once these glaciers become unstable there is no red button to press to stop it.”

Rignot hopes the study brings greater attention to a part of Antarctica that has traditionally been understudied. Helen Fricker, a glaciologist (冰川学家) in California, agrees. “We need to monitor the entire Antarctica and we just can’t do that without international cooperation.” 8. What is the new finding of scientists?

A. The east Antarctica is losing ice at an increasing rate. B. The west Antarctica is melting six times faster than in 1979. C. 5 billion tons of ice is added to Antarctica each year. D. The sea level has risen by 13.8 mm over the past 40 years. 9. Which factor leads to the EAIS’s melting fast? A. A base mostly over sea level.

D. Extremely low temperature.

B. The force of gravity.

C. The invasion of a warm current.