江西省南昌市第二中学2018_2019学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题.doc

1、- 1 -南昌二中 20182019 学年度下学期第一次月考高一英语试卷第 I 卷 ( 选择题 )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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 think the woman should do?A. Talk to her husband. B. Get an eye operation. C. B

2、uy a new pair of glasses.2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Family members.B. Classmates.C. Co-workers.3. Where does the conversation take place?A. In the kitchen. B. In the bedroom.C. Outside the house.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Moving to New York.B. Holiday

3、 plans.C. The weather.5. What does the man think of the movie?A. Exciting. B. Boring.C. Just so-so.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）- 2 -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，各个小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. Who will pay

4、for the lunch?A. The man. B. The woman. C. The mans boss.7. How will the speakers go for the lunch?A. On foot . B. By car. C. By taxi.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. How long will their holiday last?A. Four days. B. Five days. C. Nine days.9. What is the woman especially interested in about Thailand?A. The

5、national park. B. The climate. C. The food.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How does the woman feel about going back to school?A. Nervous. B. Happy.C. Excited.11. What did the school do over the summer?A. They bought new computer.B. They improved the playground.C. They built a swimming pool.- 3 -12. What

6、course will the woman probably choose?A. Drawing. B. Dancing. C. Acting.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What will the woman do first when summer starts?A. Go on a trip. B. Work. C. Buy a car.14. How long will the speakers stay at college?A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years.15. What can the woman en

7、joy in July?A. A comedy show. B. A sports match. C. A concert.16. Where did the woman get her tickets?A. From a radio show. B. From the ticket office. C. From a friend.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How did the speaker feel before his first interview?A. Very confident. B. Very nervous. C. Very impatien

8、t.18. When did the speaker take up his first part-time job?A. In middle school. B. In high school. C. In college.- 4 -19. What made the speaker want to be an engineer?A. Helping at McDonalds. B. Serving at a coffee shop. C. Working at a building company.20. What is the speakers secret to success?A.

9、He studied hard. B. He met lots of people. C. He had work experience.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。AShakespeares Globe Exhibition w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Tour is a unique international resource to explore Shakespeares work. Open all year round, i

10、t gives you an opportunity to learn more about the most famous playwright, Shakespeare, and helps you seek to further the experience and international understanding of him.Group Visits to the Exhibition w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m TourOpening HoursTheatre Tours: Monday - Sunday 9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.Exhibitio

11、n: Monday - Sunday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.Groups of 15 people or more are required to pre-book their visit, and each group will have its own guide for free. To make a reservation, please fill in a Group Request Form and return it to us via email.Exhibition and Tour PricesAdult: $15.00Senior (60+): $13.

12、50Student (with valid ID): $11.50Child (5-15): $ 8.00Complimentary: Every 16th person free- 5 -Getting hereShakespeares Globe 21 New Globe Walk, London SEl9DT, UKVisitors are advised to arrive by public transport or by taxi. There is a car park on Thames Exchange on the north side of Southwark Bridg

13、e (open 24 hours, seven days a week). Cabs may be found all year round on Southwark Bridge. It may also be possible to pick one up from outside the entrance hall on New Globe Walk.Where to eatSwan at Shakespeares Globe serves modern British seasonal food for dinner, afternoon tea or drinks in our be

14、autiful bar and restaurant set over two floors, available for pre- and post-theatre dining.Swan RestaurantMonday- Friday: 12 noon - 2:30 p.m. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m 6:00 p.m.- 10:30 p.m.Saturday: 12 noon- 3:30 p.m. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m 6:00 p.m.Sunday: 12 noon- 9: 00 p.m.21. When can you pay a visit to

15、the exhibition? A. Friday at 12:00 p.m. B. Monday at 8: 00 a.m.C. Saturday at 5: 30 p.m. D. Sunday at 7: 00 p.m.22. If a group of 20 children visit the Exhibition w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Tour, what is required for them to do? A. They need to hire a guide themselves. B. They must be accompanied by an adu

16、lt.C. They have to pay $160 for tickets in total. D. They need to email for a reservation in advance.23. What can we know about Swan Restaurant? A. Afternoon tea is not served on Sunday.B. It serves traditional seasonal food for diners.C. It is closed from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on workdays.D. It serves t

17、hree meals, drinks and afternoon tea.B- 6 -In Africa, Christmas Day begins with groups of carolers (欢唱颂歌的人) walking to and from through the village, along the roadway, by the houses of the missionaries (传教士), singing the lovely carols known to the world around. Often people may be awakened by a grou

18、p of carolers beginning to gather at the house of worship(敬神活动). They return home to make final preparations as to the clothes one must wear and also as to their offering for the Christmas service.The most important part of their Christmas worship service is the love offering. This is the gift in ho

19、nor of Jesus. At about 8 or 9 oclock everyone goes to the celebration of the birthday of Jesus. Everyone who attends the service goes forward to lay down their gift upon the raised platform near the Communion table. No one will attend the service without giving a gift.Christmas in South Africa is a

20、summer holiday. There is no snow, but it has many flowers, many beautiful varieties of wild flowers being in their full pride.In Ghana, most churches show the coming of Christmas by decorating the church and homes beginning with the first week in Advent, four weeks before Christmas. This season happ

21、ens to be the time of cocoa harvest, so it is a time of wealth. Everyone returns home from wherever they might be such as farms or mines.In Africa, it is the traditional dinner of turkey, roast beef, mince pies, or suckling pig, yellow rice with raisins, vegetables, and plum pudding, crackers. In th

22、e afternoon, families go out into the country and usually there are games or bathing in the warm sunshine, and then home in the cool of the evening. Boxing Day is also a proclaimed (正式宣布的) public holiday usually spent in the open air. It falls on December 26 and is a day of real relaxation.24. The p

23、urpose of this text is to _.A. persuade us to have a holiday in AfricaB. describe some important holidays in AfricaC. tell us how people celebrate Christmas in AfricaD. introduce to us when Christmas came into being - 7 -25. What is the most important part of Christmas worship service?A. One must si

24、ng a carol on the platform. B. One must appear in fantastic clothes.C. Food is shared among carolers. D. Everyone carries a gift to the scene.26. If you visit South Africa on Christmas Day, youll find _.A. the church and homes are being decorated B. there are flowers all over the country C. everyone

25、 returns home to harvest cocoa D. it is snowing heavily everywhere27. The correct time order of the following festivals should be _.A. Christmas Boxing DayAdvent B. Boxing Day ChristmasAdvent C. Christmas AdventBoxing Day D. AdventChristmasBoxing DayCSandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a

26、Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated (躲避 ) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well i

27、n elementary school because she was too shy to participate.In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find

28、a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the universitys Writers Workshop, however, she felt lonelya Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among studen

29、ts from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped - 8 -Cisneros find her “creative voice”.“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didnt think it had anything to do with why I felt so

30、 much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! Thats when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldnt write about.”Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book talks about a young Mexican American girl growing up

31、 in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a childrens book, and a short-stor

32、y collection.28. What can we know about Cisneros in her childhood? A. Her brothers disliked her. B. She felt herself a nobody.C. She was too shy to go to school.D. She did not meet any good teachers.29. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _. A. run away from her family B. develop her writ

33、ing styleC. make a lot of friends D. search for a husband30. According to Cisneros, what was the key factor in her success? A. Her childhood experience. B. Her training in the Workshop.C. Her feeling of being different. D. Her early years in college.31. What do we learn about The House on Mango Stre

34、et? A. It enjoys great popularity among students. B. It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros.C. It wasnt a success as it was written in Spanish.D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.- 9 -DBoomerang children who return to live with their parents after university can be good for families

35、, leading to closer, more supportive relationships and increased contact between the generations, a study has found.The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents quality of life and wellbeing

36、.The young adults taking part in the study were “more positive than might have been expected” about moving back home the shame is reduced as so many of their friends are in the same position, and they acknowledged the benefits of their parents financial and emotional support. Daughters were happier

37、than sons, often getting back easily to teenage patterns of behavior, the study found.Parents on the whole were more uncertain, expressing concern about how they can arrange and manage it if their children continue to live with them. But they acknowledged that things were different for graduates tod

38、ay, who leave university with huge debts and fewer job opportunities.The families participated in the study were middle-class and were more likely to view the achievement of adult independence for their children as a “family project”. Parents accepted that their children needed support as university

39、 students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable them to move out or even afford their own house.“However,” the study says, “many parents and a little over half the graduates report day-to-day tensions (矛盾) about the prospects of achieving adult inde

40、pendence, which in a few extreme situations came close to conflict”.Areas of disagreement included housework, money and social life. While parents were willing to help, they also wanted different relationships from those they had with their own parents, and continuing to support their adult children

41、 allowed them to remain close.32. What is the finding of the earlier research?A. Boomerang children made their parents happier.- 10 -B. The parents were looking forward to their childrens return.C. The parents quality of life was not as good as before.D. Boomerang children never did any housework.33

42、. The underlined word “trigger” in Paragraph 2 may be best replaced by _.A. cause B. gain C. arise D. allow34. What is the attitude of the college graduates towards returning home?A. They are ashamed of turning to their parents for help.B. They are glad that they could come back.C. They are doubtful

43、 about whether they should return.D. They are proud to be independent from the family.35.What can be inferred as the reason for the “boomerang children” phenomenon (现象)?A. The children want to keep in closer touch with their parents.B. The parents are willing to provide support to their children.C.

44、It is harder for the children to land a satisfying job.D. There is more housework needed to be done by the children.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Many countries have traditional dishes, made with special ingredients and prepared in a certain way. 36 , and when t

45、ourists visit, these are the foods they want to try. But why are some foods more popular than others in certain areas?Traditional ingredientsTypical recipes (菜谱) are usually made with native plant and animal products. For example, Korean dishes often include rice and soybeans because both plants are

46、 native to East Asia and grow well in hot, wet areas. In contrast, wheat grows well in drier areas, like the Middle East, where bread is a common staple food. 37 , whereas inland cuisines tend to use more meat from farm - 11 -animals.Food preservationLocal cuisines often depend on how people traditi

47、onally prepared food for storage. In warm weather, meat and fish can go off quickly, so they must be cooked right away or preserved for later. 38 , for that reason, modern Norwegian cuisine includes many smoked foods.Cooking techniques_39_. In China, people often fry food in a deep metal pan or stea

48、m it in a basket over hot water. In Morocco, people cook traditional dishes in a special pot called a tajine. And some local dishes arent cooked at all.Imported (进口的) ingredientsSometimes local cuisines include ingredients that originally came from another place. 40 , while many Russian dishes are made with potatoes. However, all of these ingredients were brought to Europe from South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. But now they are common around the world.A. Seafood is often a key ingredient in coastal areas