湖南省益阳市20xx-20xx学年高二英语上学期12月月考试题

湖南省益阳市20xx-20xx学年高二英语上学期12月月考试题内容摘要：

rom cooking killed between million and 4 million people in 2020. Not all stoves cause this kind of harm. The ones Smith’s talking about are those that the 3 billion people in the developing world use for heat and cooking, which burn solid fuels such as wood, coal, or crop waste instead of gas. The smoke from those fires produces harmful fine particles and carbon monoxide into homes. Poor ventilation then prevents that smoke from escaping, raising fine particle levels 100 times higher than the limits that the WHO considers acceptable. Breathing this air day in day out eventually causes a lot of diseases: more than a third of the million die of a stroke, while a quarter die of heart disease. And around onethird of annual lung disease deaths worldwide are due to waste from coal stoves. Exposure tends to be extremely harmful for the people who spend the most time around the fire— usually women and young children. In fact, the WHO reports that household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood lung disease. 28. According to Kirk Smith’ s research, ________. A. factories are the biggest killer worldwide nowadays B. burning 400 cigarettes an hour is extremely dangerous C. household air pollution from cooking is surprisingly harmful D. some million people die earlier each year than they should 29. What should be the deadly killer in a household kitchen? A. Cooking smoke. B. Coal . C. Poor gas. D. Wood. 30. The underlined word “ ventilation” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________. A. cooking B. airing C. burning D. cooling 31. The author intends to tell people ________. A. how to avoid polluted air in their homes B. to stop cooking in the household kitchen C. how to prevent childhood lung diseases in household D. to guard against household pollution from cooking D In modern society there is a great deal of argument about petition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity （繁荣） . Others say that petition is bad。 that it sets one person against another。 that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who held the belief that their selfworth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often lifeanddeath affairs. In their singleminded pursuit（追求）of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly fotten. However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame petition. Among those who are against petition are young people who have suffered under petitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true petitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self respect relies on how well one performs in parison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to disappear can we discover a new meaning in petition. 32. What is the best title of this passage? A. Two Mistaken Beliefs about Competition B. Competition! What Selfrespect Depends on C. New Meaning Found in Competition D. Competition! Why Friends Turn into Enemies 33. Why do some young people suffering from petitive pressures seek failure? A. Because they are aware that they will not succeed in petition. B. Because they don’t think it worthwhile to pete with others. C. Because they are fed up with the great efforts needed to pete with others. D. Because they are afraid that they would not be valued if they lost. 34. Which of the following will the author probably agree with? A. One should treat petition as a lifeanddeath affair. B. One should make every effort to avoid petition. C. One should be given rewards after peting with others. D. One should get rid of the fear of failure in petition. 35. The true petitors and those with a desire to fail both believe ________. A. one’s dream can be achieved if he has mastered good munication skills B. one’s self worth es from how well he performs in parison with others C. one’s failure happens when he is suffering from emotional problems D. one’s success is based on how hard he has tried 第二节 （共 5小题，每小题 2分；满分 10 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。 选项中有两项为多于选项。 How to get motivated You mu。