1、12018-2019学年度第一学期第一次月考高二年级英语试卷考试时间:120 分钟 分值:150 分 第 I卷第一部分: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 mean?A. He wants to have dinner with the woman.B. He doesnt want to have dinner w
2、ith the woman.C. He wants to know more about the womans information.2. Where are the speakers?A. At a shop. B. At a bank. C. At a hotel.3. What did the woman say about her presentation?A. Its far from being ready.B. It has nothing to do with the net.C. She needs another week to get it ready.4. What
3、does the man mean?A. The tennis game wont last long.B. They shouldnt change their plan.C. Weather forecasts are not reliable.5. What did the woman want the man to do?A. To fix her machine. B. To post a letter. C. To check the pipes.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)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
4、项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。在听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读2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至 8题。6. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At an airport. B. At a booking office. C. On a plane.7. What kind of class does the man like to travel in?A. Economy class. B. Business clas
5、s. C. First class.8. When will the man have to get to the airport?A. Before half past seven. B. After seven thirty. C. Before a quarter to nine.听第 7段材料,回答第 9至 11题。9. How did some Africans use to think of beauty?A. The thinner, the prettier.B. The fatter, the more beautiful.C. The taller and stronger
6、, the better.10. How was a woman treated before getting married to the chief?A. She was made up to be more beautiful.B. She was taken out for a walk with the chief.C. She was fed as much as possible to become fat.11. Whats the probable result of the married woman?A. She would not live long.B. She wo
7、uld enjoy her beauty.C. She would not stay with her husband.听第 8段材料,回答第 12至 14题。12. Who is the man?A. A manager. B. A secretary. C. A customer.13. Whats wrong with the womans room?A. The room is very dirty now.B. The toilet doesnt work properly.C. The room doesnt have a beautiful view.314. What will
8、 the man do?A. Enjoy the beautiful view.B. Help the woman clean the room.C. Change the room for the woman.听第 9段材料,回答第 15至 17题。15. What is the woman?A. A waitress. B. A teacher. C. A student.16. Why does the woman want to work in the coffee house?A. To make money. B. To improve her English. C. To kil
9、l time.17. Whats the man?A. He is an interviewer. B. He is a customer. C. He is a manager.听第 10段材料,回答第 18至 20题。18. What is the speaker doing?A. Explaining how to write an essay.B. Showing visitors around the city.C. Giving some instructions on competition.19. How many questions were asked by the spe
10、aker?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.20. Whats the prize of this years competition?A. A visit to the city. B. A free trip to Europe. C. A two-week stay in your idea city.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。AAustralia is the smallest continent in the world. I
11、t is a little smaller than China. It is on the Southern Hermisphere of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.4Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water
12、 pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish in the rivers. Plants grow very well.Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition. There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show, most of which we had never s
13、een before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Every year in spring Perth has a wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves v
14、ery much .When we heard bells ringing at the top of the hills, we looked tip, but what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to our car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us along the path.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a
15、short drive from any town, you will find yourself among the white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere you can see sheep.21. Which country is the writer most possibly from?A. Japan B. Canada C. China D. America22. We can learn from the passage that .A. Australia is the smallest country in the world.B. Au
16、stralia is the same size of Shanghai.C. Australia is in the northern part of the earth.D. The people in Australia are as many as those in Shanghai.23. Which of the following statements in NOT true according to the passage?A. Australia has enough laws to fight against pollution.B. Perth is the bigges
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25、el, you can surf the Internet.CI went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company Id never worked for had also paid me! I knew Id have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money ba
26、ck to the right person. Easier said than done.The bank couldnt help as it wasnt a bank problem. The human resources department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didnt have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I a
27、gain rang the company “Daniel” worked for.I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in 7my account when Daniel called, explaining hed tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as
28、neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy j
29、ob I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniels pay but red tape(烦琐手续) made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and
30、a large company couldnt doadmit a mistake has occurred and fix it.28. What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?A. He didnt know what to do with it. B. He felt lucky to get it.C. He thought of keeping it for himself. D. He wanted to return it to the right person
31、.29. The underlined phrase “beside myself” (in Paragraph 1) probably means “ “.A. very fortunate. B. very angry C. really thankful. D. at ease.30. How was the problem solved in the end?A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his mo
32、ney.C. The author gave the money back to the company.D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.31. From the passage we can infer that .A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape.B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules.C. Daniel didnt k
33、now the error before he contacted the author.8D. the company gave the wrong account to the bank.DPhillida Eves and her husband Tedd Hamilton werent unhappy living in the Galway countryside with their sons, Clan and Oisin, and their daughter, Soracha. “We had a lovely home, a car, lots of friends, an
34、d weekends sailing our boat.” Says Phillida. “But theres a line from a poem that goes: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? That says it all for me. We felt that there was more to life.”So they quit their jobs, took their sons, then aged six and nine, out of schoo
35、l and went to southern Spain where they bought a 15-metre yacht(游艇) and headed up the coast to Barcelona. Soracha was not even three. And they brought along Poppy, the family dog. Now, two and a half years and 10,000 km later, they dont intend to stop. Tedd is a yacht engineer and can find work in p
36、orts. But, says Phillida, a supply teacher(代课老师), “Any family could do this.”The children are home-schooled using a correspondence course(函授课程). My son had a recent project on the weather. The weather is vital to us. My son knows more than most adults about weather systems, compasses, maps and direc
37、tions. The weather, for him, means life or death.Other subjects have become equally vivid. “Theyre living geography and history all the time. Weve sailed round Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, and seen tiny islands we didnt know. The kids learned about ancient Romans by visiting Rome. One summer off the Ita
38、lian coast we sailed past a volcano at 2 a.m. We woke the kids. There it was, under the moon, with fire coming out of the topyou dont get that in a textbook.”But what about social development? Again, Phillida is sanguine. “The children have become much more socially confident since we set out. They
39、play with tones of families of all nationalities on other boats we meet.”Living for the moment, they believe, is a huge life lesson. “Our children never say theyre bored.” The other day they stopped mid-ocean and the kids 9swam, 110 km from land. “Thats the kind of freedom we want for them,” says Ph
40、illida. “Thats the kind of freedom theyve got.”32. The couple quit their jobs and took their children travelling because .A. their children wanted to make friends of all nationalities.B. they wanted to experience more in their lives.C. their children wanted completed freedom.D. they were unhappy wit
41、h their lives.33. The underlined word “sanguine” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “ “.A. patient B. curious C. excited D. optimistic34. The author describes the childrens home-schooling by .A. using examples. B. making comparisonsC. following the order of importance. D. describing the changes
42、 in space order35. What can we learn about the family from the text?A. They plan to stop for a rest.B. They have toured for more than 3 years.C. They believe any family can do the same thing as they can do.D. They have made several geographical and historical discoveries.第二节 (共 5小题;每小题 2分,满分 10分)根据短
43、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.We are not suggesting that you can reach a permanent state called “happiness” and remain there. But there are many ways to turn the path of anxiety, anger, and sadness into a state of happiness. Here are four ideas to get you started. 36 . Laugh out loudJust exp
44、ecting a happy, funny event can raise levels of pleasure-causing hormones(荷尔蒙) and lower production of stress hormones. Researchers at the University of California tested 16 men, who all agreed they thought a certain 10videotape was funny. Half were told three days in advance they would watch it. 37
45、 When they actually watched the video, their levels of stress hormones dropped greatly, while their levels of pleasure-causing hormones rose 27 percent. Do one thing at a timeEduward Suarez, professor of medical psychology at Duck, found that people who do several things at the same time are more li
46、kely to have high blood pressure. 38 Instead of talking on the phone while cleaning the kitchen, sit down in a comfortable chair and turn your entire attention over to the conversation. 39 Although relationships help take away stress, sometimes you need time to recharge and reflect on your own. Take
47、 yourself out to lunch or to a movie, or simply spend an afternoon reading at home, or looking through books in a bookstore. Practice mindfulness40 Instead of worrying about your check-up tomorrow while having dinner with your family, focus on the here and nowfood, the company, and the conversation.
48、A. Spend time alone.B. Focus on the present.C. Take care of the soul.D. Take that finding seriously.E. Choose the ones that work for you.F. They started experiencing biological changes right away.G. find a quiet place near your house and make it your secret place to.第三部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分 45分)第一节 完形填空(共
49、 20小题;每小题 1.5分,满分 30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。11“Now,” Mrs. Virginia White said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 41 . “Yes, you will all the searching for your future 42 . Each of you will have to 43 someone in your field. Plus an oral report.”Finally, I picked print journalism. This 44 I had to go to interview a newspape