1、1四川省邻水实验学校 2018-2019学年高一英语上学期第一次月考试题说明: 本试卷共两卷, 第一卷和第二卷。第一卷的答案请涂在机读卡上, 第二卷的答案请写在答题卷上的规定位置。交卷时交机读卡和答题卷。试卷总分为 150分, 考试时间为120分钟。 第一卷（选择题，共 100分）第一部分 听力测试（共两节，满分 30分）第一节 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。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. Why doesnt the woman want to wear the coat?
2、 A. The style is old.B. The color is ugly.C. The quality is not good.2. When is the man flying to Paris? A. On February 5th. B. On February 10th. C. On February 15th.3. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Go hiking. B. Stay at home. C. See a doctor.4. How much did the jeans cost before the sale? A. 30
3、 dollars. B. 50 dollars. C. 60 dollars.5. Where does the mans uncle live? A. In New York. B. In London. C. In Paris.第二节 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。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、7 题。6. What did the man study in university in New York
4、? A. Business. B. Teaching. C. Computer.7. Where was the man born? A. In London. B. In Sydney. C. In New York.听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Who did the man go fishing with? A. The woman. B. His sister.C. His parents.9. How often does the man see his grandparents? A. About once a week.2B. About every two mont
5、hs.C. About once a year.听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. Where are the speakers? A. In the office. B. At home. C. At the airport.11. Why did the man miss his flight? A. He got up late. B. The traffic was bad. C. His car broke down.12. How did the man go home? A. By taxi. B. By subway. C. By bus.听第 9段材料，回答第 1
6、3至 16题。13. Who is the woman talking with? A. Her teacher. B. Her uncle. C. Her classmate.14. Where did the earthquake take place according to the woman? A. In New Zealand. B. In America. C. In Canada.15. Why did the woman come back to Canada? A. She got hurt in the earthquake.B. She wanted to take a
7、 break.C. She took an exchange program.16. When is the woman going back to school? A. In two weeks. B. In a month. C. In two months.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. What was the relationship between Pete and Ruth in the beginning? A. Shop owner and customer. B. Teacher and student. C. Schoolmates.18. When d
8、id Pete and Ruth start selling fresh foods? A. In 1989. B. In 1990. C. In 1995.19. Why did Pete and Ruth borrow money from the bank? A. To open a supermarket. B. To build a food factory. C. To buy themselves a house.20. Who opened a coffee shop inside the supermarket? A. Pete. B. Ruth. C. Ruths frie
9、nd.第二部分 阅读理解（两节 共 20小题，每小题 2分，满分 40分）第一节：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。 （共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30分）ADid you know that the position(位置) you choose to sleep in says something about what kind of person you are?A study of 1,000 British people has been done by Chris Idzikowski, a 3British
10、professor and director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service in the UK. It looked at the six most common sleeping positions and which personalities tend to match them. Have a look:1. Fetus (胎儿) position This is the most common sleeping position. About 41 percent of the participants said they
11、sleep in this position. These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive (敏感的) and shy. The more they curl (蜷缩) up, the more worried they are.2. Log position (树干睡姿) This is the second most common position. People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn.3. Yearner position (向往型
12、睡姿) This position says that you are open-minded and eager (急切的) to face challenges.4. Soldier position These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body. They are usually reserved and quiet. 5. Freefall position People who sleep in this position are outgoing (外向的) but feel
13、 a lack of control in their lives. This is the least comfortable position.6. Starfish position People who sleep like this are good listeners, helpful, and uncomfortable being the center of attention.21. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Sleeping position decides personality.B. Sleeping positi
14、on reflects personality.C. What the six different sleeping positions are like.D. Different people have different sleeping positions.22. Which of the following pictures shows “soldier position”? A. B. C. D.23. According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?A. Those sleeping in
15、 fetus position are always strong.B. Those sleeping in log position changes their ideas easily.C. Those sleeping in freefall position usually feel uncomfortable in their lives.D. Those sleeping in starfish position may feel uneasy when focused on. 24. What does the underlined word “participants” in
16、paragraph 3 most probably mean?4A. Fetus B. British people C. People surveyed D. SleepersBAlthough his 1-year-old smart-phone still works perfectly, Li Jijia already feels the need to replace it.“There are many better ones available now. Its time to upgrade(更新）my phone.”Lis impatience is shared by m
17、any. Shortly after the season when new products are released（发布，发售） , many consumers feel the urge to upgrade their electronic equipment, even though the ones they have still work just fine.As consumers minds are occupied by Apples newly released products and debate whether the Google tablet is bett
18、er than the new Amazon Kindle, it might be time to take a step back and ask: “Do we really need the latest upgrades?”According to Donald Norman, an American author, “planned obsolescence (淘汰） ” is the trick behind the upgrading culture of todays consumer electronics industry.Electronics producers st
19、rategically release new upgrades periodically, both for hardware and software, so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.“This is an old-time trick-theyre not inventing anything new,” Norman said. “This is a wasteful system through which companies-many of them producin
20、g personal electronics- release poor-quality products simply because they know that, in six months or a year, theyll put out a new one.”But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system, as Norman admitted, “We now want something new, something pretty, the next shiny thing.” In its most rec
21、ent year, Apples profit margin(利润) was more than 21 percent. At Hewlett-Packard, the worlds biggest PC maker, it was only 7 percent.Apples annual upgrades of its products create sales of millions of units as owners of one years MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version, even when the chang
22、es are slight. As to Li Jijia, the need for upgrading his smart-phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When they are switching to the latest equipment, he worries about feeling left out.“Some games require better hardware to run,” said Li. “If you dont join in, you lose part of the connecti
23、on to your friends.”25. Whats the authors attitude towards peoples greed for new products?A. Supportive. B. Optimistic. C. Critical. D. Unclear.26. How do the electronics companies successfully promote their latest 5products?A. They make full use of the “planned obsolescence” strategy.B. They make a
24、 fool of customers by recycling their old products.C. They control the customers way of thinking while shopping.D. They invent new products to attract the youth like Li Jijia.27. Why is Apple Company interested in producing latest version of its product?A. To provide customers with better service.B.
25、 To defeat other competitors like Hewlett-Packard. C. To establish a favorable image of itself among its customers.D. To make huge profits out of its business.28. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Li Jijia feels the need to replace his smart-phone as a result of_.A. new psychology B. p
26、eer pressure C. life style D. friends expectationCWhen my brother and I were young, my mom would take us on Transportation Days. It goes like this: You cant take any means of transportation more than once. We would start from home, walking two blocks to the rail station. Wed take the train into the
27、city center, then a bus, switching to the tram, then maybe a taxi. We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district, but we didnt like the way the horses were treated, so we never did. At the end of the day, we took the subway to our closest station, where Moms friend was waitin
28、g to give us a ride homeour first car ride of the day.The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around. She was born to be multimodal (多方式的). She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and, above all, a failure of confidencethe pr
29、oduct of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels. Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform, nothing is frightening anymore. New cities are just light-rail lines to be explored. And your personal car, if you have one, becomes just one
30、 more tool in the toolboxand often an inadequate one, limiting both your mobility and your wallet.On Transportation Days, we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy, but the transportation was the point. First, it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the trai
31、n window. As I got older, my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself: How do I know where to get off? How do I know how 6much it costs? How do I know when I need tickets, and where to get them? What track, what line, which direction, w
32、heres the stop, and will I get wet when we go under the river?Im writing this right now on an airplane, a means we didnt try on our Transportation Days and, we now know, the dirtiest and most polluting of them all. My flight routed me through Philadelphia. My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the
33、airport. She took a train to meet me. 29. Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days?A. Havinga car ride. B. Taking the train twice.C. Buying more than one toy. D. Touring the historic district.30. According to the writer, what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?A. Building c
34、onfidence in herself. B. Reducing her use of private cars.C. Developing her sense of direction. D. Giving her knowledge about vehicles.31. Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of (不赞成)?A. Airplane. B. Subway. C. Tram. D. Car.DOne of the greatest contributions（投稿）to the f
35、irst Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not
36、only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used. This was a huge task. So Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunt
37、eers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American Surgeon（外科医生）who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,” 50 miles from Oxford. Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to
38、Murray. Over the next years, he became one of the staffs most valued contributors. But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always refuse to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lin
39、ed cell（囚室）at the Broadmoor Asylum（精神病院）for the Criminally insane. 7Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks wit
40、h him around the asylum grounds. In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend. Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825
41、 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient. 32. According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary _. A. came out before Minor died B. was edited by an American volunteer C. included the English words invented by MurrayD. was intended to
42、 be the most ambitious English dictionary33. How did Dr. Minor contribute to the dictionary?A. He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers. B. He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray.C. He provided a great number of words and quotations.D. He went to England to work with Murray. 34. Pr
43、of. Murray and Dr. Minor became friends mainly because _.A. they both served in the Civil WarB. they had a common interest in wordsC. Minor recovered with the help of MurrayD. Murray went to America regularly to visit Minor35. What does the text mainly talk about?A. The history of the English langua
44、ge. B. The friendship between Murray and Minor. C. Broadmoor Asylum and its patients.D. Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary. 第二节：补全对话(5 小题，共 10分)根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。M: Remember Paul from our old school? W: _36_M: I met him at the checkout in the sup
45、ermarket the other day, and he was queuingright in front of me. W: _37_8M: Well, he started out as a manager in charge of sales. _38_ He teachescommercial English there.W: Why did he get this new job? _39_M: Yes. It is tiring, though. After all, he has got a family to take care of.W: I see. _40_M: E
46、xactly! A.Isnt he working in a company as a sales manager?B.Then he transferred to work for an international giant.C.Of course I do.D.But he ended up getting a job at the local university.E.Isnt it interesting to travel around as a sales manager?F.Thats a good point.G.Sometimes it is a painful choic
47、e, career or family.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 45分)第一节 完形填空（共 20小题，每小题 1.5分，满分 30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36-55各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C 和 D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The True Story of Treasure Island It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevensons imagination. 41 , recent research has f
48、ound the true story of this exciting work. Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 42 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 43 . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 44 . Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 45 over the hills. They had been 46 this for several
49、days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors for the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days 47 . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 48 . One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 49 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 50 . “Whats that?” he asked. “Thats the 51 treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly 52 something of an adventure story in the boy
