高一下学期英语第一次月考试卷
一、阅读理解
1. 阅读理解
PeytoLake, Canada
Locatedin Banff National Park, Canada’s first national park Peyto Lake is one of the mostwonderful lakes in the world. What makes it truly beautiful is its unique greenish-bluecolor, and placement in the Canadian Rockies. Named after trail guide Bill Peyto,this lake is located at a height of 1,860m.
EntryDetails: $9.80 adult, $8.30 senior, $4.90 youth, and $19.60 family
Best Timeto Visit: July, August, and September
Lake Argentino, Argentina
Locatedin the Patagonian province in Argentina, the lake is truly beautiful. Surroundedby glaciers and snow-covered mountains, the lake presents visual delights like noneother. With a maximum depth of 500 meters, it’s the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina.The lake is famous for fishing.
EntryDetails: $15~$20, changes as per season, but entry for tourists above 70 years ofage is always free.
Best Timeto Visit: December to March, and late November
Lake Baikal,Russia
Beingthe world’s oldest and deepest lake, Baikal is about 395 meters long, 49 meterswide and 1,637 meters deep. It holds more water than the Five
Great Lakes of Americacombined, and is thus the largest freshwater lake globally. Located in the southRussian region of Siberia, a trip to view this lake is a trip of a lifetime!
EntryDetails: No Entrance fee here
Best Timeto Visit: March to April
Lake Como,Italy
Consideredone of the most beautiful lakes in Europe, Lake Como has attracted tourists sinceRoman times. Located in Lombardy, Como is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. Surroundedby villas and palaces, this lake has attracted some of the wealthiest. Today, manycelebrities have houses here. Here you can enjoy water sports, take a flightover the lake, or try skiing during the winters-every tourist has something he’sgoing to like!
EntryDetails: Free
Best Timeto Visit: July and September
（1）Why is the passage presented?
A . To call on people to travel around the world.
B . To introduce some beautiful lakes around the world.
C . To explain how some world-famous lakes formed.
D . To tell us what tourist can do around the world-famous lakes.
（2）Which 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, Argentina.
（3）What 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 CanadaC . Lake Como is well known for its color and locationD . Lake Argentino is surrounded by glaciers and snow-covered mountains
2. 阅读理解
If you think American cooking means opening a packageand throwing the contents into the microwave oven , think again. On the one hand, it’s true that many Americans havecold cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and instant dinners. From busy homemakers to working people, many Americans enjoythe convenience of fast food that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less. Onthe other hand, many Americans realize the importance of cooking skills. Parents—especiallymothers’—see the importance of training their children—especially daughter’s. MostAmericans think that there’s nothing better than a good home-cooked meal. But withcooking, as with any other skill, good results don’t happen by accident.
Probably every cook has his or her own way of cooking.But there are some basic skills that most people follow. For example, baking isa main method of preparing food in America. For that reason, Americans would findit next to impossible to live without an oven. American cooks pay special attentionto the balance of foods, too. In planning a big meal, they try to include meat,a few vegetables, some bread and often a dessert. They also like to make sure themeal is colorful. Having several different colors of food on the plate usually makesfor a healthy meal.
For those who need guidance in their cooking, orfor those who have just
run out of ideas, recipes are a great help. Recipes listall the ingredients for a dish , the amount of eachto use, and a description of how to put them together.
（1）This passage mainly tells us that ________.
A . Americans usually have fast food, but they pay special attention to cooking as well
B . without an oven, Americans find it impossible to live conveniently
C . Americans pay special attention to recipes and nutritious meals
D . Americans like to have several different colors of food on the plate （2）Many Americans have cold cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and instant dinner because ________.
A . they like instant food very much
B . they don’t like cooki ng at all
C . most American working people are busy and don’t have time to cook
D . fast food is delicious and it usually contains a 1ot of vitamins
（3）By saying “But with cooking as with any other skill, good results don’t happen by accident”, the author me ans ________.
A . good cooking doesn’t come easily: it needs a lot of practice
B . just like any other skill, cooking may bring good results
C . cooking comes from one’s gift, not through practice
D . cooking can lead to accidents
（4）From the passage, we know that ________.
A . Americans don’t care about food
B . Americans are not good at cooking because they like to use recipes
C . an oven plays an important role in cooking for Americans
D . while cooking, Americans usually run out of ideas
3. 阅读理解
Owls and Larks
Larks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy andwise, according to the old saying.
But those who are early to bed and early to risedo not always have the upper hand, researchers say. They have found that night owlsare generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning.
Experts from the University of Madrid carried outtests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up lateproved the kind of intelligence associated with honored jobs and higher incom es.”Larks” or “morning people”, however, often acquired betterexam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for nightowls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determinewhether they liked to stay up late and sleep later in the morning, or preferredto go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance andinductiveintelligence, or problem solving,were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account.The results showed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductivereasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence anda strong indicator of academic performance. They also hada greater capacity to think conceptually as well as analytically. Suchabilities have been linked to innovative thinking, more admired occupationsand better incomes.
Famous night owls include President Trump, Obama,Charles Darwin,
Winston Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley. George W. Bush,who is regularly in bed by 10 p.m., Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Condoleezza Rice, whowakes at 4:30 a.m., and Ernest Hemingway are among those known as larks. Jim Horne,professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, said, “Evening type stend to be the more active and creative types, the poets, artists and inventors,while the morning types are the deducers, as are often seen with civilservants and accountants.” A previous study of US Air Force recruits foundthat evening types were much better at thinking to solve problems than larks.
（1）What does the word “owl” mean in the text?
A . A bird of prey that flies at night.
B . A bird of prey that is a symbol of wisdom.
C . A kind of person who stays up late.
D . A kind of person who gets up early.
（2）The following features belong to night owls EXCEPT that ________.
A . Night owls are much healthier, wealthier and wiser
B . Night owls stay up late and sleep later in the morning
C . Night owls have a strong ability of inductive reasoning
D . Night owls are expert in analyzing and innovative thinking
（3）What’s the author’s attitude towards night owls?
A . Doubtful.
B . Objective.
C . Subjective.
D . Negative.
（4）According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A . President Trump and George W. Bush are models of night owls.
B . The early bird will catch the worm.
C . Morning types have a tendency to do some
creative jobs.D . Night owls usually do poorer in the examinations than larks.
4. 阅读理解
It’s holiday season and time for shopping. Thereare a bunch of items on your shopping lists ranging from small gifts, toys and festivedecorations to Christmas and New Year cards. What’s your first reaction to productslabeled “Made in China”? If you still tend to relate “Made in China”to poor quality, you need to u pdate your ideas. China’s ability to produce high-qualityproducts has been recognized by a growing number of foreigners. It’s a misunderstandingto associate low quality with “Made in China”.
Cameron Purdy, a Web user, says that China manufacturespoor-quality products does not mean it cannot manufacture high-quality products.He explains that the poor-quality products one purchases in the US for example,are made in the quality that the American companies ask for. “The price thatyou pay for the product has no relationship to the cost of its manufacturing,”suggested Purdy. For example, for an item priced at $20 in the US, the cost of manufacturingit paid by the American company is usually less than $1. To guarantee the room forprofit, the Chinese co-manufacturer spends less than $1 to produce the item.
Amanda Wu, who lives in Shanghai, noted that manytop brands have manufacturing factories located in China, and the most convincingexample of China’s manufacturing quality is Apple products. On the back of the iPhone,one can find the product is Made in China—”Designed by Apple in California.Assembled in China. “Chinese andforeign Web users commented
that some Chinese products with good reputations aroundthe world are Haier, Lenovo, GREE, Huawei and China Railway High-speed.
On the other hand, foreign misunderstandings cansometimes affect Chinese people’s minds. For instance, when Chinese people travelabroad, some would still avoid buying products Made in China. It’s time for theworld to stop relating Made in China with low-quality products. Just remember, youget what you pay for.
（1）How does Purdy make his point more convincing?
A . By using quotes.
B . By making experiments.
C . By making comparisons.
D . By giving examples.
（2）How many Chinese products are well received worldwide in the text?
A . Seven
B . Six.
C . Five.
D . Four.
（3）W hen abroad, Chinese people don’t buy Chinese products because of ________.
A . high price
B . low quality
C . old fashions
D . foreign misunderstanding
（4）What is the main idea of the text?
A . Chinese products are the best in the world.
B . How to tell apart the quality of Chinese products.
C . How to improve the quality of Chinese products.
D . Chinese products don’t have to mean poor quality.
二、任务型阅读
5. 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。
Why Do We Forget Things?
When it comes to having perfect memories, it isapparent that we humans must have had some faults in our blueprints! Why don’t we remember everything that we want to remember? It makesus feel upset and get discouraged. ________ However, it’s true that weare all forgetful.
________ These are st ored in what wecall our “long-term memory”. What about before age three? Sigmund Freud,a doctor of Vienna, discovered the fact that we forget most of our early childhood.________ They have different opinions.A very good theory, born from the results of experimentation with babies, is thatabsence of language ability at the time of an event stopped us from describing itto others.
________ Experts say that you can keepabout seven things in your memory at once for up to three days. During that time,you may forget something in order to put something else in its place, or you putit into long-term memory. What goes into short-term memory are things you’ve learnedabout recently, in the past day or two. ________ For example, you may have met your favorite starlast week, and this week you can tell all the details to a friend. A simple exampleto explain your short-term memory is to look at a list of twenty words for a minuteor two. You will discover that you cannot remember more than about seven of themand that they are the ones in the beginning and at the end of the list because yourmind has judged them to be more important than those in the middle.
A. Scientists now know that it may take longer to remember things forthe old.
B. However, it is widely recognized that short-term memory can be improved.
C. Sometimes, it even causes us to lose self-respect or others to thinkless of us.
D. Psychologists have been studying what causes this forgetfulnesssince Freud’s time.
E. Most of us have vivid memories of our lives from about age threeto our present ages.
F. Only if something really unusual happens does it stay in your short-termmemory for longer.
G. The other type of memory, the “short-term memory”, iswhat we are usually referring to when we say, “I forgot.”
三、完形填空
6. 完形填空
Recently I understood the true meaning of love.The1was Kane, my neighbor Joline’stwo-year-old son.
Kane was born with a physical problem on his2. And I witnessed the3that Kane’s physical shortcomingshad on his family. I also witnessed much more than that. I saw a4family that embraced this special child. A family that wouldn’t allow Kane to know hewas5. Joline had constructed a smallcart just a few inches off the floor for his son to6. Kane used his hands to moveabout, and the cart7him to “go to” anyplace just as everyone else was able to do. Kane was not just a member of the family,but the8of the family.
With a wide smile, it was easy to see that evenat the age of two, Kane liked to9with people very much. Withwisdom of an individual, this boy even10the most complex of human https://www.doczj.com/doc/051280405.html,ter I came to11that this child was sent tohelp some of us who weren’t just getting what love was all about.
Kane demanded attention,12not because of his mobility challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In hismind, he had no13or shortcomings. The14was that he received attentionbecause he was alive and real and had so much to offer.
Kane15me in a deep way. His abilityto refuse to be different has16me. Kane was and is17lots of warm and powerful energyto me. From him and his family I learnt the18: love surpasses all things. I can only imagine that as the parent of a child likeKane one might be filled with19. But I believe that havinga child like Kane is actually a20. The parents of such specialbabies are angels too, just as the babies are.
（1）A . problemB . reasonC . matterD . pressure（2）A . handsB . eyesC . legsD . arms（3）A . effectB . commentC . demandD . look（4）A . similarB . wonderfulC . practicalD . fair（5）A . irregularB . difficultC . differentD . terrible （6）A . go aheadB . speed upC . turn outD . get around（7）A . invitedB . allowedC . advisedD . caused（8）A . symbolB . signalC . centerD . mark（9）A . communicateB . compareC . agreeD . compete（10）A . remindedB . understoodC . discoveredD . trusted（11）A . recognizeB . experienceC . imagineD . realize（12）A . andB . orC . butD . as（13）A . challengesB . expectationsC . promisesD . chances（14）A . goalB . resultC . possibilityD . truth
（15）A . touchedB . stoppedC . caughtD . kept（16）A . puzzledB . shockedC . amusedD . inspired（17）A . evenB . yetC . stillD . almost（18）A . lessonB . subjectC . noticeD . skill（19）A . excitementB . determinationC . angerD . anxiety （20）A . abilityB . advantageC . problemD . exception四、语法填空
7. 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语（只限一词），或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空（不多于三词）。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. Hewas cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he ________ that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Goto the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much________too little.
His son looked surprised. “I can understandwhy I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, ________not save a bit of money?
“That would be a very ________ thing to do in a big city, but it coulddestroy a small village like ________ , Nick said.
Nick’s guests, ________had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt morecheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt________a lower price would be becausehe was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation wouldbe showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked veryhard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t ________ destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only ________very small amou nt of unfairness in the world, but everyone added alittle, always ________ that it was
only smalland not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
五、单词拼写，注意：每空一词。
8. Thanksgiving Day is one of the most important U.S. family ________.
9. I enjoy ________ my living by teaching small kids.
10. He was ________ the gold medal for being the fastest runner.
11. A ________ diet is essential for teenagers.
12. These ________ were angry with the salesgirl for her impolite answer.
13. His English was so ________ that he couldn’t even tellthe foreign friend where he was from.
14. This kind of fruit is of great ________ to your health.
15. Smoking is not p________ in our school.
16. A high proportion of the new ________ are skilled professionals.
17. ________, we don’t want to spend too much money. （显而易见的）
六、短文改错
18. 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词；
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉；
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Peter,
I am more than happier to knowyou got first prize in the speech contest. I’m writing to offer my sincere congratulationsto you.
It is known to all, successlie in hard work. I think you must have been practiced a lot. And at the same timeyou must have gained much valuable skills. Could you please help me but tell mewhat I should pay attention when I speak in public? You know, when made a speech,I always get nervously. I would appreciate it if you could give me some advices.
Please write to me as soon asyou can.
七、书面表达；
19. 假如你是李华，你在澳大利亚的笔友David来e-mail透露，他觉得他的朋友吸烟很酷，也想尝试一下，为此征求你的意见。请你根据下列提示，给David回一封不少于100词的邮件，劝他不要吸烟。
1）吸烟危害大，对自身及他人的影响等……
2）一旦上瘾，很难戒除……
3）应提倡健康、积极的生活方式……
要求：邮件的格式和开头已经给出，不计入总词数。be addictedto上瘾
Dear David
I have learned from your e-mailthat you want to try smoking as you think it is very attractive. As far as I cansee, smoking is a bad habit.
Best wishes!
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua