1、- 1 -福建省莆田市第七中学 2018-2019 学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，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。When I wrote the first words of this blog, more than five years ago, I had no idea those few keystrokes would change my life.I_36_I was doing nothing more than reflecting on t
2、he _37_that had been happening in my life, _38_ a bit about what I learned with a handful of_39_. I thought those tinkling of computer keys would_40_ into the space, as most of my thoughts had before that.I didnt _41_that a year later, I would have 26,000 people_42_my blog (and eventually a quarter
3、million subscribers), that Id _43_ be out of debt, that Id have my first book publishing contract, that Id_44_ hand in my resignation for my day job.All of that was out of the realm of possibility.Thats the _45_realization here: that we rule out the possibility of great change, because it doesnt see
4、m _46_ . For nearly two decades I focused on going to _47_， and working at a day job that I sometimes_48_ but often dreaded, because thats what we_49_should happen. Starting my own business, seeking my _50_， doing something I loved? Crazy talk.Crazy talk is what Im going to give you today, in _51_ t
5、hat perhaps one of you will expand your possibilities. It is_52_ I did it, all while working a fulltime job, doing freelance writing on the side, and having a wife and six kids. I did it, even if I never _53_to dream of it for the first three decades of my life.I am not someone who likes to give car
6、eer_54_， or teach people to be online entrepreneurs. So Im not going to do that here. Ill just tell you this: its possible. Yes, it _55_ is possible.【语篇大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过自身在网上发布博文而成功地开创了一番事业的做法，给人们展示了一条创业的路子。36A.believed Brealized Cthought Dwondered解析 由此处作者对“生活发生的变化”看法联系下文提到的作者的一些想法，可知是作者“认为”没有做什么。-
7、2 -答案 C37A.changes Bresults Cmistakes Dreasons解析 由上句提到的作者没有做什么，仅仅反思了生活方面的一些“变化” ，此处变化与上句生活的改变语境吻合。答案 A38A.spending Bwasting Ctalking Dsharing解析 由上句作者认为自己没有做什么，不过是关于学到的，联系后空内容可知此处为“分享”心得，在键盘上写出。答案 D39A.wife Bfriends Cchildren Dparents解析 依据此处语境能从中可以学到的东西，然后写出来，故推知与“朋友”一起分享，答案 B 合适。答案 B40A.look Bstep C
8、come Ddisappear解析 依据下文的语境“获得了意想不到的成功”改变了生活，推知此处作者与下句的想法不一样，由此可知作者认为这些想法以前就有，故博文会“淡化；消失” 。答案 D41A.guess Baim Cimagine Dsuppose解析 由上文作者认为博文会消失，联系此处那么多人关注，推知作者“想不到”会这样，故有“不可想象” 。答案 C42A.writing Breading Creciting Dcopying解析 由从博文的角度，推知人们对它“阅读”符合常识，故答案 B 合适。答案 B43A.finally Bhopefully Cdreadfully Dgradual
9、ly解析 从此处语境“还债”推知通过其他人对博文的点击而盈利，从而“最后”还清债务。答案 A44A.sadly Banxiously Chappily Dbarely解析 从此处语境“还清债务”然后专门做这项事业，由此推知“高兴地”辞去白天的工作。答案 C45A.exciting Bamazing Ctiring Dboring解析 由此处语境作者对于这种类型的成功还持有怀疑态度，由此推知“令人惊奇地意- 3 -识到” 。答案 B46A.true Breal Chumor Drealistic解析 由语境作者的不相信这种方式的成就，推知似乎不“现实”意思。true“真实的”；real“真正的”
10、 。答案 D47A.college Bfactory Ccompany Doffice解析 此处语境描述作者几乎二十多年来精力集中在工作，说明作者的生活打拼，由此推知“上大学” 、工作为一个人的经历，故答案 A 合适。答案 A48A.spared Benjoyed Cliked Dloved解析 根据语境作者叙述自己几乎二十年来的奋斗，从此处 but often dreaded 但是经常担惊受怕推知“享受”与之相对。答案 B49A.stress Bdecide Cexpect Dconsume解析 根据此处句意“应该会发生”推知“预料到” ，故答案 C 合适。答案 C50A.dreams Bi
11、dea Cplan Dopinion解析 根据 doing something I loved 推知此处为作者想要做的事情，用“梦想”吻合语境。答案 A51A.means Bhopes Cways Dbeliefs解析 从此处作者提到自己做的“疯人疯语” ，联系语境将来的情况可知“持有希望” ，答案 B 合适。答案 B52A.curious Bcrazy Cpossible Dobvious解析 从下句作者描述的自己工作情况可知做到的这些改变了自己的生活，由此推知“可能的” 。答案 C53A.dared Bintended Cdetermined Dturned解析 从上文语境作者对自己成功的
12、不相信，推知生活的前三十年对于这种方式是“不敢去”做梦，答案 A 合适。答案 A54A.direction Badvice Cchance Dchoice- 4 -解析 由下句or teach people to be online 可以推知作者说自己不是一位喜欢给人们职业“建议”的人。答案 B55A.absolutely BentirelyCfluently Dfrequently解析 从此处语境反复强调这种方式的可行性，推知此处意思“可能的” 。 答案 A第三部分 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
13、(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。ANick is a 14yearold school boy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekdays. He has little free time. He thinks playing computer games is the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just like that way, he neither eats nor drinks
14、 for several hours. Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too excited and didnt want to move. He didnt have anything for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. He was taken to the hospital. The doctor told him he should do some more different
15、kinds of activities. In other words, he needs more exercise and outdoor activities to make him have a healthy body.After coming back from the hospital, Nick follows the doctors advice. He often plays soccer with his friends. Sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, but he never does it f
16、or long. Now, he lives a happy and healthy life.【语篇大意】 本文叙述了一位痴迷电脑游戏而导致健康出问题的一位名叫 Nick 孩子的经过。56How old is Nick?A13. B14. C15. D16.解析 细节理解题。根据第一段“Nick is a 14yearold school boy.”可知答案。答案 B57Nick likes_ in his free time.- 5 -Ariding a bikeBplaying the guitarCplaying computer games Dhaving a school trip
17、解析 推理判断题。根据第一段最后“he sits in front of the computer. Just like that way, he neither eats nor drinks for several hours.”叙述的 Nick 玩电脑游戏的情况可知他非常入迷。答案 C58Why was Nick taken to the hospital?ABecause he was too excited. BBecause he had a cold in the morning.CBecause he was too nervous of his studies.DBecaus
18、e he couldnt move after playing computer games so long.解析 细节理解题。根据第二段叙述的之所以被带去医院是因为在电脑旁呆的时间过长而不能走了。答案 D59Nick should_to follow the doctors advice.Ago to a movie Blisten to musicCtake more exercise Dplay computer games解析 细节理解题。根据第二段最后提到的“In other words, he needs more exercise and outdoor activities t
19、o make him have a healthy body.”可知答案。答案 CBWhen a tornado touched down in a small town nearby，many families were left completely destroyed.Afterward，all the local newspapers carried many humaninterest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.One Sunday，a particular picture espe
20、cially touched me.A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home， a depressed expression twisting her features.A young boy，seven or eight years old，stood at her side，eyes downcast.Clutching (紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera，eyes wide with confusion and f
21、ear.The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member.With growing interest，I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours.This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less - 6 -fortunate than themselves.I taped the picture of the young fami
22、ly to our refrigerator，explaining their difficulty to my sevenyearold twins，Brad and Brett，and to threeyearold Meghan.“We have so much，and these poor people now have nothing， ”I said.“Well share what we have with them.”I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the li
23、ving room floor.Meghan watched seriously，as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods.While I sorted through our clothes，I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things.Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys an
24、d games.“Ill help you find something for the little girl when Im done with this， ”I said.The boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes.Meghan walked up with Lucy，her worn，faded，muchloved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest.She pau
25、sed in front of the box that held the toys，pressed her round little face into Lucys flat，paintedonface，gave her a final kiss，then laid her gently on top of the other toys.“Oh，Honey， ”I said.“You dont have to give Lucy.You love her so much.”Meghan nodded seriously，eyes glistening with heldback tears.
26、“Lucy makes me happy，Mommy.Maybe shell make that other little girl happy，too.”Swallowing_hard，I stared at Meghan for a long moment，wondering how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.For I suddenly realized that anyone can give their castoffs away.True generosity is giving that wh
27、ich you value most.Honest benevolence (善行) is a threeyearold offering a valuable，though shabby，doll to a little girl she doesnt know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her.I，who had wanted to teach，had been taught.The boys had watched，openmouthed，as their baby
28、 sister placed her favorite doll in the box.Without a word，Brad rose and went to his room.He came back carrying one of his favorite action figures.He hesitated briefly，clutching the toy，then looked over at Meghan and placed it in the box next to Lucy.- 7 -A slow smile spread across Bretts face，then
29、he jumped up，eyes twinkling as he ran to fetch some of his prized Matchbox cars.Astonished，I realized that the boys had also recognized what little Meghans gesture meant.Swallowing back tears，I pulled all three of them into my arms.Taking the cue from my little one，I removed my old jacket from the b
30、ox of clothes.I replaced it with the new hunter green jacket that I had found on sale last week.I hoped the young woman in the picture would love it as much as I did.Its easy to give that which we dont want any more，but harder to let go of things we cherish，isnt it？However，the_true_spirit_of_giving_
31、is_to_give_with_your_heart.【语篇大意】 本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了龙卷风使得很多家庭彻底被毁，报纸上刊登的一幅图片使“我”很受触动并决定帮助这一家庭，也想以此来教育孩子们，因此“我”发动三个儿女拿出他们不是很喜欢的东西来捐献给他们。在“我”和两个双胞胎儿子捐献衣物、玩具的时候，只有三岁大的女儿 Meghan 捐献出她最喜欢的洋娃娃，女儿的这一举动感染了“我”和儿子，同时也让“我”明白：真正的给予不是给别人你不想要的东西，而是给予别人你最珍惜的东西。60Why does the author give a detailed description of a pa
32、rticular picture in the Sunday newspaper?ATo create an atmosphere of fear and depression brought by the tornado.BTo appeal to unconcerned people to donate for the poor families.CTo show the helplessness and hopelessness of the family mentioned in the paper.DTo stress what touched her and made her de
33、cide to help the hopeless family.解析 推理判断题。难度中等。由接下来第三段的内容可知，作者对这幅图片进行详细的叙述，目的是强调这幅图片触动了作者，并决定利用这个机会鼓励孩子们去帮助那些比他们不幸的人。故选 D 项。答案 D61According to the passage，which is the right order of the following happenings?aThe mother replaced her old jacket with a new one.bThe newspaper printed the photo of a hel
34、pless family.cBrett contributed some of his Matchbox cars.- 8 -dThe mother decided to take advantage of the chance to educate her children.eMeghan put her favorite doll on top of the box.fBrad rose to fetch one of his favorite action figures.Abcefda BbdefcaCdbfeca Dbdeacf解析 细节理解题。难度较小。根据第一段第二句话及第二段可
35、知，最先的顺序为 b；根据第三段第三句话可知，接下来顺序为 d；根据第八段、倒数第五段第一、二句话以及倒数第四段、倒数第二段可知接下来发生的依次为 e，f，c，a。故选 B 项。答案 B62By “swallowing hard” ，the writer means that _.Ashe was deeply puzzled by what the little girl didBshe had trouble persuading Meghan not to give away LucyCshe was greatly moved by Meghans unexpected decisio
36、nDshe was uncertain what consequences Meghans action would bring about解析 推理判断题。难度中等。根据第十一段可推出，作者被女儿意料之外的决定深深地感动，所以哽咽了。故选 C 项。答案 C63It is suggested in the sentence “the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart” that _.Asincere donation means offering help to others wholeheartedlyBtrue giving
37、means giving others what you treasure mostCtrue generosity means helping others at the cost of your own benefitDhonest benevolence means devoting yourself to the career of donation解析 句意理解题。难度中等。根据最后一段第一句话“给予别人我们不再想要的东西很容易，但是给予别人我们珍爱的东西却很难”以及 Meghan 捐出自己最喜欢的洋娃娃可知，画线句子应意为：真正的给予是给予别人你最珍惜的东西。故选 B 项。答案 B
38、- 9 -CA Michigan man thanked his dog saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor(不省人事)Jerry Douthett, 48, woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had chewed off his right big toe.
39、“The dog always lays with me on the bed， ” said Douthett.“That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked it was blood, and there was the dog looking at me with a blood moustache(触须) ”Douthetts wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering
40、 from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and doctors cut off the remainder of the toe.Douthetts wife, a registered nurse, had been advising him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor.On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about
41、“six or seven beers” and a pair of huge margaritas “big enough to put goldfish in.”“I was selfmedicating at this point， ” he said.“The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because or else I never would have gone in to see a doctor.”The couple said they were amazed that Kiko seemed to kn
42、ow Douthett had a disease that needed treatment.“He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone， ”said Rosee. “We joked that we shouldnt have had to pay the copay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe.” My mother once told me that dogs had helped humans dur
43、ing war periods. They traveled with the refugees (难民)and licked (舔) wounds and provided comfort and support to the owners. Perhaps dogs saliva(唾液) act like a sort of antibiotic chemicals?【语篇大意】 小狗在危难时刻救主的感人事迹如今已经屡见不鲜了，而本文介绍的狗狗故事绝对会令你耳目一新：它竟然充当起了医生的角色，果断为病重而不愿就医的主人“动手术” 。一名男子被自己饲养的宠物狗咬下了严重感染的脚趾，从而逼他去
44、医院治疗，解除了身体的致命隐患，救了他一命。 64Kiko chew off Jerrys big toe when Jerry_.- 10 -Ahad a quarrel with his wife because of drinking too much.Bwas having a sound sleeping after working overtime.Crefused to have an operation for his Type 2 diabetes.Dwas sleeping because of drinking too much wine.解析 细节理解题。第一段的 dr
45、unken stupor 和第五段的 drank about six or seven beers 说明 Kiko 是在喝酒后不省人事的时候咬掉了主人的脚趾头。答案 D65What does “margarita” in Paragraph 6 refer to? AA kind of wine. BA kind of fish food.CA kind of medicine. DA kind of glass.解析 词义猜测题。第五段的“six or seven beers” 说明这里的 margaritas 也是属于酒类的东西，正是因为喝了这些酒 Jerry 才不省人事的。 答案 A66
46、Jerry and his wife find Kiko quite surprising as they feel Kiko seems to_.Aknow that he is a shy man. Blove wine just like Jerry.Cknow that Jerry has some disease.Dhave played some operation before.解析 推理判断题。第七段的 The couple said they were amazed that 说明这对夫妇感到最惊异的是在他们看来 Kiko 好像知道自己的主人身处险境却因为惧怕手术而退缩的时候
47、自己果断将主人的脚趾咬掉，所以答案选择 C 项。答案 CDMy name is Matthew and I graduated from an online high school. I am a bright person, but I wanted more control over my life and I got it. You may be wondering why I got fed up in high school? Well, I felt like what I was learning wasnt practical, I felt like I was spendi
48、ng 9 hours per day on something that should only take a few hours and I felt like I wasnt getting the proper socialization.- 11 -I took 4 years to graduate from my high school. The pace was decided by me. I believe I could have graduated much earlier if I was forced.I did not want to be 3 years ahead of my friends (starting college, etc), although my mom sure would have been proud of me.I graduated with a 4.0 GPA.Would I have been able to get a 4.0 in regular high school? I dont know. I would wake up at 6：30am every day and come home at 4：30 pm. That is nine hours
