1、- 1 -河南省鹤壁市淇县第一中学 2018-2019 学年高一英语上学期第一次月考试题第 I 卷第一部分：听力（满分 30 分）略第二部分：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，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOn Sunday morning，after listening to a sermon(布道) about making “A World of Difference”, we stopped at the gas station for a snack and drinks.When w
2、e pulled in to the parking lot we noticed a young girl sitting on the road. She was outside in January , in the Midwest, with only a sweatshirt. No coat or gloves. She didnt look very happy.I approached her and asked if she was okay. She said yes and told me that she had run out of gas down the road
3、, walked to the gas station, and was now waiting for someone to bring her a gas can and a little money so she could get her car running again. By the look on her face I thought she had been waiting for a while.I，hesitantly，asked if we could give her a lift somewhere . I was fearful that she might be
4、 worried about our intentions. She graciously(有礼貌地) refused and said she would simply wait.I went inside the gas station to pick up the items we had come for, but I couldnt stop thinking about the young girl sitting outside in the cold and wished I could do something to help her. So I bought a gift
5、certificate for her. With it she could either buy the gasoline she said she needed or she could at least go inside and purchase a drink and some food to keep her warm while she waited for someone to come to get her.She was so surprised when I handed her the gift certificate.Walking away I got the fe
6、eling that help didnt come her way very often. - 2 -She was very thankful for the gift certificate - but I thought it did just as much to lift my spirits as it did hers! 21. Why did the young girl wait on the road?A. Because she waited for her friends.B. Because her gas had given out and she waited
7、for someone to help her.C. Because she wanted to buy some food.D. Because she wanted to borrow some money. 22. Where did the author go on Sunday morning?A: The nursing home. B. The shop.C. The hospital. D. The church. 23. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. People often helped the young gir
8、l.B. The author regretted having helped the young girl later. C. The young girl seldom helped others.D. People seldom helped the young girl like the author.24. How did the author help her?A. The author bought her a certificate that she needed.B. The author helped her to borrow the gas.C. The author
9、bought her some food and drinks.D. The author bought her a coat. BGood relationships are definitely good sources of happiness in life. We all want happy relationships but if we do not keep that relationship alive，it can also be one of the most distraught things in life. There may be no hard and fast
10、 rules in making good relationships, as each of us has different preferences and points of view as to what is a great relationship. The following are some major key players in making relationships work.It is often said that building good relationships is all about communication. Good communication i
11、ndeed governs a good relationship-knowing the right thing to say，when to say it，how to say it，and accepting some things that are better - 3 -left unsaid. I personally think communication must be broadened because relationships involve more decisions to make. From study to work，from money to entertai
12、nment and even in things about yourself or about your friends that you do not know, communication is essential in these aspects of the relationships.Of course, being with someone is not saying that you totally agree with him or her all the time. You and your friends come from different family backgr
13、ounds，raised in different environments so there may be disagreements here and there. However, it is important in making relationships work to express disagreements without pushing the relationship to end. Again, good communication and learning to compromise(妥协)at times are essential.As relationships
14、 last longer, you may also discover things about you and your friends that you may not have known before. Therefore，supporting each other on both your “hidden selves“ can also make a good relationship.Love is an important aspect of building relationships and for me，I always believe that love needs o
15、pen communication, respect，support and understanding each other in making relationships work.25. The underlined word“distraught”in Paragraph 1 probably meansA. upsetting B. surprising C. funny D. helpless26. To communicate well with people, you should know thatA. your friends need to have the same b
16、ackgrounds with youB. compromises are essential at any timeC. a white lie is necessary sometimesD. supporting each other in anything helps build a good relationship27. According to the text，which of the following are important for a good relationship?a. communication b. support c. hidden selves d. l
17、oveA. abd B. acd C. bcd D. abc28. What would be the best title for the text ?A. The importance to express disagreementsB. Forbidden rules in building good relationships- 4 -C. Different opinions on good relationshipsD. Keys to making relationships workCSpeaking two languages can actually help offset
18、(抵消) some effects of aging on the brain, a new study has found. Researchers tested how long it took participants to switch from one cognitive(认知的)task to another, something thats known to take longer for older adults, said the lead researcher, Brian Gold，a neuroscientist at the University of Kentuck
19、y.Golds team compared task-switching speeds for younger and older adults，knowing they would find slower speeds in the older population because of previous studies. However，they found older adults speaking two languages were able to switch mental activities faster than those who didnt. The study only
20、 looked at lifelong bilinguals(会说两种语言的人)，defined in the study as people speaking a second language daily since they were at least 10 years old.First，Gold and his team asked 30 people，either bilingual or monolingual，to look at a series of colored shapes and respond with the name of each shape by push
21、ing a button. Then，they presented the participants with a similar series of colored shapes and asked them to respond with what colors the shapes were by pushing a button. Finally，they presented participants with a series of colored shapes, but they mixed prompts(提词) for either a shape or a color to
22、test participants task-switching time. The bilingual people were able to respond faster to the moving prompts. Researchers found bilingual peoplenot only able to switch tasks faster 一 they had different brain activities compared with their monolingual peers. Krishna called bilingualism a”beautiful n
23、atural experiment“，because people grow up speaking two languages，and studies have shown that they get certain cognitive benefits from switching between languages and determining which to respond with based on whats going on around them.Gold said he grew up in Montreal，where he spoke French at school
24、 and - 5 -English at home，prompting relatives to question whether his French language attention would somehow stop his ability to learn English. “Until recently，learning a second language in childhood was thought of as dangerous， ”he said, “Actually, its beneficial.”29. Krishna called bilingualism a
25、”beautiful natural experiment“ becauseA. people speaking two languages are beautifulB. people speaking two languages are naturalC. people speaking two languages like the experimentD. people grow up, benefiting from speaking two languages30. Golds relatives were puzzled when he spoke French at school
26、 and English at home becauseA. they thought it would affect his progressB. they thought it would be of little help to himC. they were afraid that learning French would affect his English learningD. they thought that French was useless31. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Researchers found biling
27、ual people respond slowly.B. Researchers found bilinguals can slow down the speed of aging on the brain and respond fast.C. Researchers found bilinguals are great.D. Researchers found speaking two languages is very important.32. We can learn from the last paragraph that learning a second language in
28、 childhood isA. not beneficial to childrenB. dangerous but beneficial to childrenC. not dangerous but beneficial to childrenD. dangerous to childrenDJanelle was running late for work, so she just had time for a quick look at herself in the mirror as she was going out. What she saw there made her sto
29、p - 6 -dead in her tracks.Being a busy college student just one year removed from her teenage years, she wasnt exactly obsessive-compulsive(有强迫观念和行为的 ) about the neatness of her clothes. But her boss at the restaurant where she works saw things a little differently. He had recently lectured the enti
30、re staff on the importance of appearance, and had specifically mentioned the need for servers to wear clean, unwrinkled blouses. As an assistant manager, Janelle felt it was important to set an example for the other employees. But if she stopped to iron the blouse normally, she would be late and wor
31、k without delay was an area of even greater concern to her boss.So she grabbed her iron and plugged it in and set it for low heat. Carefully holding her blouse away from her body, she continued to iron it while she was wearing it. It seemed like a logical answer to an urgent problem.And it seemed to
32、 be working until Janelle tried to iron the collar and accidentally ironed her neck by mistake. Then it suddenly seemed like a really stupid idea and a really painful one as well. It took more time to treat her burn than it would have taken to iron her shirt properly. And she spent a miserable shift
33、 dealing with the pain of the burn. Weve all been there, havent we? For me it was cutting my own hair. For a former roommate it was trying to pull his own wisdom teeth. For another college acquaintance, it was trying to change the oil in his car while the motor was still running.“Theres a right way
34、and a wrong way of doing things,” Dad used to tell me whenever Id spoil the look of our yard by trying out a faster, easier and more creative way of pulling weeds or edging the lawn. “If a thing is worth doing,” he said, “its worth doing it right.” Theres a reason why certain things are done in cert
35、ain ways. Those old, boring, predictable ways work.33Its learned from Paragraph 2 that_.AJenelle had no sense of responsibility at workBJenelle failed to set an example for employees in daily work- 7 -CJenelles boss put doing something on time above appearanceDJenelle didnt care about the neatness o
36、f her clothes at all 34What can we infer from the fifth paragraph?AWe all have tried to iron clothes while we are wearing them.BWe are careful enough in daily life.CWe all have done something creative.DWe all have done loads of things like Janelle.35What does the author mainly want to tell readers i
37、n the last paragraph ?ABe creative. BDo things right.CStick to old ways. DA bad beginning makes a bad ending.第 2 节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, he
38、adaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer._36_ Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing(抑制) anger.For years many doctors thoug
39、ht that repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones(荷尔蒙)，They speed the heart rate，raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. _37_.Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing
40、 anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease，and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.38 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the r
41、eal cause of the anger，then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say,“ 39 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are - 8 -able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that h
42、as made you angry. 40_.A. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.B. Anger may cause you a cancerC. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.D. They say that laughter is much healthier than anger.E. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time
43、.F. Do not express your anger while angry.G. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，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。Valentines Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his lif
44、e. Over the years I fondly(想当然地) thought _41_ him as my “Valentine Man“.My first recollection of the_42_he could bring to Valentines Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was_43_ “Love, Dad” and the gift was a rin
45、g with a small piece of red glass to _44_ my birthstone, a ruby(红宝石). There is _45_ difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember _46_ that ring with pride that all the cards in the world _47_ not surpass(超越)._48_I grew older,the gifts gave_49_to heart-shaped boxes filled
46、 with my _50_chocolate and always included a _51_card signed “Love，Dad“. In those years my thank you became_52_ of a perfunctory(敷衍)response. The cards seemed less _53_, and I took for granted that the Valentine would _54_ be there. I had _55_ my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “s
47、ignificant - 9 -others“ and “Love，Dad“ just didnt seem quite _56_.His final card remains on my desk today. Its a_57_ of how special fathers can beand how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a _58_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an abili
48、ty to express happiness over the people in his life.Those things never_59_，nor does the memory of a man who never _60_ being my valentine.41. A over B up C about D of42. A present B puzzle C magic D memory43. A signed B shown C written D read44. A replace B represent C resemble D recover45. A less B great C little D much46. A watching B wearing C owning D having47. A should B must C shall D could48. A As B When C Since D Because49. A Seat B honor C way D room50. A precious B clear C lovely D favorite51. A special B strange C common D usual52. A much B more C little D less53. A stan
