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1、2015学年江西九江外国语学校高二上第一次月考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 第二部分：语法填空 15分（每空 1.5分） W: Good morning. Im Linda Li M: please have 【小题 1】 _ seat, Miss Li. I received your resume last week, and Im very 【小题 2】 _(impress). W: Thank you. M: May I ask 【小题 3】 _ do you want to leave your present job W: Ive always wanted to work in

2、 a larger company 【小题 4】 _ offers more opportunities for development. M: I understand, but why are you interested in working for 【小题 5】_ company W: Well, as far as I know, your company has an impressive reputation and a good working environment. M: Thats so good to hear . Why do you think you are th

3、e right person 【小题 6】_this position W: Im a business major and I 【小题 7】 _(work) for three years in this field. Besides, I have excellent written 【小题 8】 _(communicate) skills. M: Any hobbies W: Yes. I like watching moves and I often go 【小题 9】 _(swim) M: Oh, thats interesting. Well let you know the re

4、sult as soon as possible. W: Ok, thanks. It was nice meeting you . M: It was nice meeting you 【小题 10】 _, and thanks for coming in today. 答案：【小题 1】 a 【小题 2】 impressed 【小题 3】 why 【小题 4】 that/which 【小题 5】 our 【小题 6】 for 【小题 7】 have worked 【小题 8】 communication 【小题 9】 swimming 【小题 10】 too 【小题 1】 a 考查冠词。

5、Have a seat坐下； 【小题 2】 impressed 考查形容词。句意：我收到你的简历，印象深刻。 【小题 3】 why 考查宾语从句。句意：我可以问一下，你为什么要离开你现在的工作； 【小题 4】 that/which 考查定语从句。句意：我一直想在大公司工作，一个能提供给我更大空间的大公司。 【小题 5】 our 考查代词。句意：我知道了，但你为什么对我们工作感兴趣； 【小题 6】 for 考查介词。句意：你为什么认为你是这个职位合适的人选。 【小题 7】 have worked 考查动词的时态。句意 ：我读的商业专业，我在这个领域工作已经三年了。 【小题 8】 communic

6、ation 考查名词。句意：况且，我拥有优秀的写作交流技能。 【小题 9】 swimming 考查动词短语。 Go swimming 游泳。 【小题 10】 too 考查副词。句意：也很高兴见到你。 考点：语法填空。 阅读表达（共 5小题，每小题 2分，满分 10分） 1 The Canadian scientists say that getting older really does make one wiser. The over-55s use their brains more efficiently (高效率地 ) than younger people, as they are

7、much more likely to get rid of mistakes. Younger people, _, give the impression of being sharper, simply by coming up with answers more quickly. But this may be a sign of inexperience rather than wisdom. 2 According to their experiment on sorting words into pairs, scientists found surprising differe

8、nces between the brains of the older and younger participants when they made a mistake. To the younger ones, the mistake immediately activated(激活 ) several different parts of the brain to help them decide what to do next. The older people, however, didnt start thinking about what they were going to

9、do until the game restarted. 3 Dr Oury Monchi said, “When the young participants made a mistake and had to plan and take a new measure to get the right answer, various parts of their brains were used even before the next task began. However, when the older participants learned that they had a mistak

10、e, they decided to make adjustments(调整 ) only when completely necessary. The older brain had experience and knew that nothing was gained by taking action too soon.” 4 Dr Monchi compared the results to Aesops fable of the tortoise and the hare, saying, “Being able to run fast does not always win the

11、race -you have to know how to best use your abilities.” This saying is a defining characteristic of ageing. It is as though the older brain is more unaffected to criticism and more confident than the young brain. Overall, the older group, who were aged between 55 and 75, took longer to complete the

12、game but did roughly as well as those aged 18 to 35. 【小题 1】 Whats the main idea of the passage (no more than 8 words) _ 【小题 2】 Fill in the blank in Paragraph I with proper words. (no more than 4 words) _ 【小题 3】 What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to (no more than 6 words) _ 【小题

13、 4】 what did the older participants do after they learned that they had made a mistake (no more than 10 words) _ 【小题 5】 Complete the following statement with proper words according to Paragraph 4. (no more than 10 words) _ are the two likely advantages of the older brain. 答案：【小题 1】 Getting old reall

14、y does make one wiser 【小题 2】 On the contrary 【小题 3】 The older and younger participants 【小题 4】 They decided to make adjustments only when completely necessary. 【小题 5】 Being more unaffected to criticism and being more confident. 试题分析：本文讲述当年轻越大越聪明。 【小题 1】 Getting old really does make one wiser 根据课文第一段第

15、一句话提到文章的主题 The Canadian scientists say that getting older really does make one wiser.，岁数大点会让人变得更聪明。 【小题 2】 On the contrary 根据上文提到 The over-55s use their brains more efficiently (高效率地 ) than younger people, as they are much more likely to get rid of mistakes五十五岁失用脑高效比年轻人，故下方另外一方面，故与之相反。 【小题 3】 The ol

16、der and younger participants 根据第二段提到 According to their experiment on sorting words into pairs, scientists found surprising differences between the brains of the older and younger participants when they made a mistake根据实验表明，科学家吃惊的发现老人与年轻人之间的不同，当他们犯错时，故they代指 The older and younger participants 【小题 4】

17、 They decided to make adjustments only when completely necessary. 根据第三段提到 However, when the older participants learned that they had a mistake, they decided to make adjustments(调整 ) only when completely necessary.可知答案：。 【小题 5】 Being more unaffected to criticism and being more confident. 根据最后一段提到 It

18、is as though the older brain is more unaffected to criticism and more confident than the young brain.可知不受批评的影响和自信是老人的优点。 考点：日常生活类阅读。 完型填空 完型填空 (共一篇 , 20小题目 , 满分 30分 ) 阅读下列短文 , 掌握其大意 , 然后从所给的四个选项中 ,选出最佳答案： A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have

19、 the_ that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the _ of his mental faculties(官能 ). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of _ anything new because of their age. A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a re

20、al _ , because he feels that it _ be useless, he wont go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he wont work his hardest, even though he may_ he is doing so. He is _ likely to fail, and the failure will _ belief in his incompetence(无能 ). Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had a (an) _ l

21、ike this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor _ in maths. His teacher told his _ he had no ability in maths in order that they would not _ too much of him._he too accepted _ mistaken thinking of his ability, and he felt that it was useless to _, and was very poor at maths, _ as they expected. One

22、 day he worked out a problem which _ of the other students had been able to solve. Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now _ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at _. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luck

23、ily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may _ himself as well as others by his ability. 【小题1】 A belief B way C fact D condition A biggest B most C highest D deepest A teaching B learning C accepting D using A decision

24、 B success C effort D trouble A would B should C must D could A forget B think C guess D understand A nevertheless B moreover C however D therefore A lead to B add to C take to D contribute to A experience B example C thought D story A state B mind C start D ending A classmates B friends C neighbors

25、 D parents A blame B expect C get D win A Virtually B Totally C Fortunately D Especially A it B her C its D their A manage B succeed C try D act A only B almost C just D nearly A none B all C many D most A lived B worked C played D graduated A 1essons B medicine C subjects D maths A encourage B love

26、 C astonish D disappoint 答案：【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 B 【小题 7】 D 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 B 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 C 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 A 【小题 18】 B 【小题 19】 D 【小题 20】 C 试题分析：本文以 Alfred Alder医生在小学学习数学的事情为例，说明了自信心对于人的学习、工作的重要性 【小题 1】 A考查名词辨析 A. belief信

27、念； B. way方法 C. fact事实； D. condition 条件；句意：也许他会有这样的信念，也就是他自己没有能力。根据下方提到 A child may think he is stupid可知这是一种想法，故选 A项。 【小题 2】 B考查固定搭配； A. biggest最大； B. most最多； C. highest最高； D. deepest最深；句 意：因为他不知道如何充分利用自己的能力，所以认为自己愚蠢。 make full use of充分利用，固定搭配； 【小题 3】 B考查动词辨析 A. teaching教； B. learning学习； C. accepting

28、接受；D. using用；句意：老人们可以会认为自己年龄很大，不能再学习新鲜事物了，根据常识来进行推断，故选 B项。 【小题 4】 C考查名词辨析 A. decision决定； B. success成功； C. effort努力； D. trouble麻烦；句意为：一个认为自己无能的人是不会尽一切努力的，因为他 感到这样做也没有用。 make an effort指 “尽力、努力 ”，固定搭配。 【小题 5】 A考查情态动词。 A. would会； B. should应该； C. must必须； D. could能够；句意：他感觉这会是无用的。 Would 表示过去习惯发生的动作 ,故选 A项。

29、 【小题 6】 B考查动词辨析 A. forget 忘记； B. think认为； C. guess猜测； D. understand明白；即使他认为自己努力了，但是实际上他并没有努力。根据语境，这是作者的一贯的思维，故 B项。 【小题 7】 D考查副词辨析 A. nevertheless然而； B. moreover此外； C. however然而； D. therefore因此；正是因为上文所说的原因，因此他很可能会失败，故选 D项。 【小题 8】 B考查动词短语 A. lead to导致； B. add to增加； C. take to喜欢开始；D. contribute to有助于；不

30、断的失败又会加强了他这样的想法，认为自己没有能力。根据语境，作者的不断失败又巩固这个想法，故选 B项。 【小题 9】 A考查名词辨析 A. experience经验； B. example举例； C. thought想法； D. story故事；句意： Alfred Adler也有类似的经历。根据下方提到 When he was a small boy,，可知选 A项。 【小题 10】 C考查名词辨析 A. state状态； B. mind 想法； C. start 开始； D. ending结束；根据下文，后来 Alfred Alder数学学得很好。因此只是开始（ start）学得不好，故选

31、 C项。 【小题 11】 D考查名词辨析 A. classmates同学； B. friends朋友； C. neighbors邻居； D. parents父母；句意：他的老师告诉他的父母，他没有能力学好数学。根据语境，可知老师将这事告诉了父母，故选 D项。 【小题 12】 B考查动词辨析 A. blame责备； B. expect期望； C. get得到； D. win赢得；句意：他的老师告诉他的父母，他没有能力学好数学为的是父母不要期望太多。 expect too much of him指对他期望过高，故选 B项。 【小题 13】 D考查副词辨析 A. Virtually 实际上； B.

32、Totally 完全地； C. Fortunately幸运地； D. Especially尤其；句 意：尤其是，他得接受这种错误的意识。根据句意，父母与老师的不太期望，让他有了这种错误的意识，故选 D 项。 【小题 14】 A考查代词辨析 A. it 它； B. her她 C. its它（宾格） D. their他们的；句意：尤其是，他得接受这种错误的意识。 It 代指的是数学不好的错误的意识，故选 A项。 【小题 15】 C考查动词辨析 A. manage管理，成功做成； B. succeed成功； C. try 尝试； D. act 行动；句意：他自己也认为努力没有用，自己的数学真得很差，

33、既然都认为自己数学不好，也是没有必要尝试了，故选 C项。 【小题 16】 C考查副词辨析 A. only只有； B. almost几乎； C. just仅仅； D. nearly几乎；句意：这一切恰如老师和父母所认为的那样。根据语境，错误的意识再不断给他的自信以压力，故选 C项。 【小题 17】 A考查代词辨析 A. none 没有； B. all所有； C. many许多； D. most很多 ；句意：他做出了一道很多别的同学都无法做出的数学题，这让他信心大增。根据语境选 A项。 【小题 18】 B考查动词辨析 A. lived居住； B. worked工作； C. played玩； D.

34、graduated毕业；句意：他带着兴趣，决心和目的在学习。根据上文提到，受到鼓励，所以继续努力，故选 B项。 【小题 19】 D考查名词辨析 A. 1essons功课； B. medicine机器； C. subjects科目；D. maths数学。句意：他现在对数学非常感兴趣，很有信心，最后变得很擅长数学了。根据上下文可知他擅长了数学，故选 D项。 【小题 20】 C考查动词辨析 A. encourage鼓励； B. love 爱； C. astonish吃惊； D. disappoint失望。句意：他可以鼓励他自己和别人。根据 句意通过这事可以来鼓励更多 的人，故选 C项。 考点：故事类

35、短文。 阅读理解 阅读理解（共 20小题；每小题 2分，满分 40分） In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “Nice day, isnt it ” “Terrible weather

36、, isnt it ” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so

37、 it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion(宗教 ) or politics(政治 ) so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are wat

38、ching. “Great game, isnt it ” At bus-stops, people may comment on the transport system. “The bus service is terrible, isnt it ” 【小题 1】 Small talk is _. A a kind of conversation with short words B a greeting used when people meet each other C to let people disagree about something D something we talk

39、 about to start a conversation 【小题 2】 The favorite topic of small talk for English people is _. A the weather B politics C games D languages 【小题 3】 The passage suggests that when we learn a language _. A we should learn about the transport system of the country B we should only master the grammar an

40、d the vocabulary C we should learn the culture of the country D we should understand the importance of the language 【小题 4】 When we say “Great game, isnt it ”, we are in fact _. A asking a question B having a conversation C make a comment D making small talk 【小题 5】 What we learn from the passage is t

41、hat _. A different languages have different grammar B small talk is an important part of a language C small talk depends on the purpose of the conversation D in English-speaking countries we should talk about the weather 答案：【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 B 试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了人们常常会在问候之后开始小小的对话。

42、在说英语的国家，人们常常谈论天气而不谈宗教政治。小对话是为了让双方同意某个观点。学习语言不仅仅是学单词和语法，还要学人的社会行为。 【小题 1】 D细节题。根据第一段第二句 Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. 可知 small talk是我们开始对话说的东西。说明 D项正确。 【小题 2】 A细节题。根据第一段 3,4行 In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weathe

43、r. “Nice day, isnt it ” “Terrible weather, isnt it ”说明天气是谈论较多的话题，故 A正确。 【小题 3】 C推理题。本题较难，文章中以 small talk为题，主要就是告诉我们西方的文化，我们要学习一门语言，很重要的就是学习他们的文化。故 C正确 【小题 4】 D推理题。根据文章倒数 3,4行 The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk

44、about the game they are watching. “Great game, isnt it ”说明这样说的目的就是为了引起一些 small talk。故 D正确。 【小题 5】 B 细节题。根据文章第一行 In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”说明在很多文化中都是以 small talk来开始对话的，说明small talk很重要。故 B正确。 考点：文化类阅读。 Florence Nightingale（南丁格尔） was born in a rich family. When sh

45、e was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father. As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. At last mind was made up. “Im going to be a nurse,” she decided.

46、 “Nursing isnt the right work for a lady,” her father told her. “Then I will make it so ”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home . During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to t

47、he front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work. Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more t