1、- 1 -2018 级高一学年(下)第一次月考英语试题第 I卷第 1部分 听力(共两节,满分 30分)略第 2部分 阅读理解(共两节, 满分 35分)第 1节 (共 10小题: 每小题 2.5 分, 满分 25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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。APeyto Lake, CanadaLocated in Banff National Park. Canadas first national park Peyto Lake is one of the most wonderful lakes in the world. What
2、 makes it truly beautiful is its unique greenish-blue color, and placement in the Canadian Rockies. Named after trail guide Bill Peyto, this lake is located at a height of 1,860m.Entry Details: $9.80 adult, $8.30 senior, $4.90 youth, and $19.60 family.Best Time to Visit: July, August, and SeptemberL
3、ake Argentino, ArgentinaLocated in the Patagonian province in Argentina, the lake is truly beautiful. Surrounded by glaciers and snow-covered mountains, the lake presents visual delights like none other. With a maximum depth of 500 meters, its the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina. The lake is fa
4、mous for fishing.Entry Details: $15$20, changes as per season, but entry for tourists above 70 years of age is always free.Best Time to Visit: December to March, and late NovemberLake Baikal, RussiaBeing the worlds oldest and deepest lake, Baikal is about 395 meters long, 49 meters wide and 1,637 me
5、ters deep. It holds more water than the Five Great - 2 -Lakes of America combined, and is thus the largest freshwater lake globally. Located in the south Russian region of Siberia, a trip to view this lake is a trip of a lifetime!Entry Details: No Entrance fee hereBest Time to Visit; March to AprilL
6、ake Como, ItalyConsidered one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe, Lake Como has attracted tourists since Roman times. Located in Lombardy, Como is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. Surrounded by villas and palaces, this lake has attracted some of the wealthiest. Today, many celebrities(名人) have
7、 houses here. Here you can enjoy water sports, take a flight over the lake, or try skiing during the winters-every tourist has something hes going to like!Entry Details: FreeBest Time to Visit: July and September1Why is the passage presented?A.To call on people to travel around the world.B.To introd
8、uce some beautiful lakes around the world.C.To explain how some world famous lakes formed.D.To tell us what tourists can do around the world-famous lakes.2Which place has to be paid for a visit of an 80-years-old man?A.Lake Como, Italy. B.Lake Baikal, Russia.C.Peyto Lake, Canada. D.Lake Argentino, A
9、rgentina.3What can be inferred from the passage?A.The world s second largest freshwater lake is in Russia.B.A trail guide gave the name to Peyto Lake of Canada.C.Lake Como is well known for its color and location.D.There are glaciers and snow-covered mountains around Lake Argentino.- 3 -BMargaret Mi
10、tchell, a writer, is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing
11、 the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. On
12、e photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys fro
13、m Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as Would you really marry a woman who works?And today itd be Would you marry one who doesnt? ”The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband,
14、 John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said
15、 it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.4. The book Gone with the Wind was _.A.written in
16、“The Dump”- 4 -B.awarded ten Academy AwardsC. first published in a newspaperD.adapted from a movie5The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.A.be very pleased with B.show great respect forC.be much taller than D.show little interest in6Which is the best title for th
17、e passage ?A.Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.B.Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.C.An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.D.A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.CLast night, I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburgt, a distance of about eighty miles. It was late. Several times I got
18、stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and I was clinching (紧握)my fists with impatience.At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with the traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I approached the light, it turned red and I
19、 braked to stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.I started wondering why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being arrested，bec
20、ause there were obviously no police around, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.Much later that night, the question of why Id stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because its part of an agreement we all have with - 5 -each other. Its not only the la
21、w, but its an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we dont go through red lights.Its amazing that we ever trust each other to do the right thing, isnt it? And we do, too. Trust is our first tendency(趋势). We have to make a deliberate(有意的)decision to mistrust someone or to be suspic
22、ious (怀疑的) or skeptical. Those attitudes dont come naturally to us.Its a very good thing too，because the whole structure of our society depends on mutual(相互的) trust, not distrust. We do when we say well do; we show up when we say well show up；we deliver when we say well deliver；and we pay when we sa
23、y we11 pay. We trust each other in these matters, and when we dont do what weve promised, its far from the normal. It happens often that we dont act in good faith and in a trustworthy manner, but we still consider it unusual, and were angry or disappointed with those badly-behaved people. Anyway I w
24、as so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night.7Why did the author feel impatient while driving?A.Because he had already driven for a long time.B.Because it was too far away from his destination.C.Because something urgent happened in his family.D.Because he could not overpass a truc
25、k on a narrow road.8The author stopped at the traffic light because_.A.there were passers-by crossing the roadB.some policemen were on duty just at that pointC.the trust between people influenced the authorD.there was potential danger9What would happen if people didnt trust each other in most cases?
26、A.All the things would run normally.B.The social system would be thrown into disorder.C.The social traditions would be abandoned.- 6 -D.Strict rules and laws would be made.10What is the main idea of the passage?A.Mutual Trust is the best policy.B.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.C.Actions spe
27、ak louder than words.D.Among the blind the one-eyed is the king.第 2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。How to listen in English examsListening is an important but difficult part for middle school students in English exams. The following suggestions may benefit you a lot.R
28、elax yourself.Before listening, its necessary to have a peaceful state of mind. 11 If that doesnt work, drinking some water or washing your face with cold water may help you to some extent.12_As soon as the listening starts, focus on it without thinking about anything else. While listening, you can
29、also recall(回想)the related knowledge in common with the material concerned, such as the vocabulary about the subject or topic, which is beneficial to your better understanding.Grasp the main idea.Sometimes the monologue, dialogue or conversation youre listening to is a little bit longer than you exp
30、ect. And its normal that some unnecessary information is included. However, you dont need to understand it completely. 13Ignore the new words.- 7 -Without doubt, there usually exist unfamiliar words in listening materials. In fact, its almost impossible for you to know or understand all the words in
31、 the listening material sometimes. 14 Its mistaken to waste much time on figuring them out while listening.Develop the habit of taking notes.In the course of listening, its a good habit to write down the content and leave out the unimportant details. 15 By taking notes, we can remind ourselves of th
32、e key points.A. Concentrate on listening.B. The more words you memorize, the better it is.C. Feeling nervous or worried is harmful and unnecessary.D. What you need to do is turn a deaf ear to the new words.E. Make a list of what you think is important while listening.F. Instead, just pay attention t
33、o the key points and general ideas.G. If you feel nervous or anxious, try taking a deep breath to calm yourself down.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45分）第一节 完型填空 （共 20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项 （A，B，C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Gray is smart, talented and handsome boy now. When he was a child,
34、 16 , he was very selfish and his temper was so 17 that nobody wanted to be friends with him. Often he got angry and said various 18 things to people around him.The boys parents were very 19 about his bad temper. They considered what they could do and one day the father had an idea. He called his so
35、n and gave him a hammer and a bag of 20 . The father said: “Every time you get angry, take a nail and 21 it into that old fence as hard as you can.”- 8 -The fence was very 22 and the hammer was heavy, but the boy was so angry that during the very first day, he drove 37 nails.Day after day, week afte
36、r week, the number of nails was gradually 23 . After some time, Gray started to understand that 24 his temper is easier than hitting nails into the fence.One day the boy didnt 25 hammer and nails any more as he learned to hold his temper perfectly. So he came to his father and told about his 26 . “N
37、ow every time, when you hold your temper all day long, 27 one nail”, his father said.Much time has passed. At last the boy could be 28 of himself as all the nails were gone. When he came to his father and told about this, he 29 to come and take a careful look at the fence. “You did a good job, my so
38、n, 30 pay your attention to the 31 that were left from the nails. The fence will 32 be the same. The same happens when you say hurtful things to people, as your words leave 33 in their hearts like those holes in the fence. Remember, we need to 34 everyone with love and respect. It is meaningless to
39、say you are sorry, because the scars you leave will not 35 .”16A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Instead17A.violent B.generous C.gentle D.harmful18A.exhausting B.genuine C.hurtful D.terrifying19A.patient B.curious C.pleased D.concerned20A.coins B.seeds C.nails D.beans21 A.drive B.place C.throw D.wip
40、e- 9 -22A.soft B.hard C.loose D.fierce23A.decreasing B.increasing C.staying D.changing24A.preventing B.expressing C.losing D.holding25A.hit B.need C.have D.take26A.belief B.admission C.achievement D.attention27A.pull out B.destroy C.replace D.break out28A.fond B.ashamed C.tired D.proud29A.agreed B.o
41、ffered C.permitted D.wondered30A.so B.then C.thus D.but31A.holes B.tracks C.damage D.marks32A.still B.never C.sometimes D.always33A.wounds B.anger C.scars D.pain34A.award B.provide C.consider D.treat- 10 -35A.exist B.last C.disappear D.grow第 II卷（非选择题）注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第二节 （共 10小题：每小题 1.5分，满分 15分
42、）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过三个词） 。Situated in the northeast of Hunan Province, about 300 kilometers away from Changsha, capital of Hunan, Zhangjiajie, 36 covers a total area of 9563 square kilometers, is a tourist city for its unique natural scenery and abundant tourism resources. Zhang
43、jiajie was awarded the title of “World Geological Park” in 2004. Actually, Zhangjiajie, honored as “the most fantastic mountain under heaven” and “ a walking Chinese landscape painting”, is also 37 (wide) praised as “ 38 enlarged potted landscaping”and “a mini fairyland”, 39 (attract) a growing numb
44、er of tourists 40 home and abroad.Since it was discovered in the 1980s, tourism industry 41 (become) the leading industry in Zhangjiajie, which has stimulated(刺激) the development of other industries related to tourism. At the same time, eco-tourism has been developed rapidly in Zhangjiajie. When you
45、 come to Zhangjiajie, you can fully appreciate 42 (it) magnificent natural scenery and experience appealing folk custom as well as other thrilling tourist 43 (activity), and you will be deeply impressed by 44 is performed by the minorities(少数民族) there.It must be an exciting and 45 (forget) tour to Z
46、hangjiajie.第 3部分 写作（共两节，满分 40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分 15分）假如你是班长李华,你打算邀请外教 Mr. Lee到你们班作一个健康知识讲座。请你给他写封邀请信。要点如下:1.学生面临的健康问题;2.讲座的具体内容;- 11 -3.讲座的时间安排:下周五下午 4:005:00。注意:1.词数 80左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3.开头和结尾已为你写好。Dear Mr. Lee,_Yours,Li Hua第二节 读后续写（满分 25分）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。Ali and his younger sister, Za
47、hra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was sparing no effort to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord(房东) was breathing down their necks(盯着他们).One day, Ali took Zahras shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasnt until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it secret. Zahra agreed
