重庆市育才中学2015-2016学年高一下学期第一次月考英语试题

重庆育才中学高2018级高一（下）第一次月考
英语试题
出题人：刘念 朱永忠 陶源 陈静 审题人：陆冬林
第一卷 （共三部分，满分100分）
第一部分：听力（总分30分，每小题1.5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，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. How does the speakers like the restaurant
A. Very much B. Just so-so. C. Not at all.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a plane. B. In a boat. C. In a bus.
3. What will the speakers probably do
A. Go shopping. B. Watch a play. C. Visit Mr. Taylor.
4. Why doesn’t the skirt suit the woman
A. She bought the wrong size. B. She became thinner. C. She gained some weight.
5. What is the woman going to do this Friday
A. Give a speech. B. Give a concert. C. Go to the concert.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，各个小题将给出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’s the man
A. A bus driver. B. A taxi driver. C. A pilot.
7. What does the man think of his job
A. Not bad. B. Boring. C. Thrilling.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the man consider more about the apartment
A. The location. B. The rent. C. The condition.
9. What is “Old Town”
A. A place for shopping. B. A place for entertainment. C. A place for kids.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the man like to take photos of
A. People. B. Sceneries. C. Animals.
11. What might the man do when he was photographed
A. Keep smiling. B. Act cutely. C. Make a silly face.
12. What picture does the man put in his wallet
A. Himself as a child. B. His wife. C. His parents.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why does the woman want to go to Thailand
A. She loves the country. B. She has never been there.
C. She has friend there.
14. How long would it take the woman to get there
A. About 7 hours. B. About 9 hours. C. About 17 hours.
15. How is Tom Yang Gung, a Thai soup
A. Salty. B. Sour. C. Spicy.
16. What do the speakers both like
A. Mountains. B. Valleys. C. Beaches.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What does Taishan look like
A. He’s 120kg heavy. B. He’s 210cm tall.
C. He looks like a mountain of a man.
18. Where did Taishan start his professional career as a heavyweight boxer
A. In China. B. Around Asia. C. In the US.
19. How is Taishan as a professional boxer
A. New. B. Good. C. Experienced.
20. Who is John Bray？
A. Taishan’s partner. B. Taishan’s trainer. C. Taishan’s competitor
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A mother has lost parts of both of her legs after she saved the lives of her two children by lying on top of them as a deadly tornado swept through their home. Stephanie Decker, 36, lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle, yet her son and daughter escaped without a single scratch after the tornado destroyed their Henryville, Indiana home.
Henryville was nearly entirely destroyed by a series of tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest, killing 39 and leaving thousands homeless. But while the Decker family lost their dream home to the severe weather, they are celebrating their safety. Mrs. Decker is now in a stable condition; her husband said, “What I told her was, ‘you are alive and you get to see your kids grow up.’ ” Joe Decker told the reporters.
Mr. Decker said that he had sent a text message to his wife from his workplace to tell her a tornado was heading for their three-story home. She rushed their eight-year-old son Dominic and five-year-old daughter Reese into the basement, where she tried her best to protect them from the storm.
Mrs. Decker typed out what had happened by using an iPad in the hospital. She saw part of the house collapse（坍塌）on her and pulled her daughter out of the way. She doesn’t remember anything after that.
The home, which was partly built by Mr. Decker and his wife’s father, is now completely destroyed, with a bathtub 200 feet away in a filed, the Courier Journal reported. The house took about nine mouths to build and four seconds to fall, Mr. Decker added.
CEO Carl J. Tyler praised the Deckers who lost everything and said that the company has set up a trust fund to help pay their medical bills and the losses they suffered. He added, “They are some of the hardest working, giving people you could ever want to meet.”
21. The Deckers’ attitude towards their suffering from the tornado is .
A. pessimistic B. optimistic C. angry D. unsure
22. When the tornado was about to hit their home, Mr. Decker was .
A. setting out to go back home
B. working by using an iPad
C. sending text messages to other workers
D. reminding his wife about the tornado
23. What can we infer from the passage
A. Mrs. Decker’s brave deed is thought highly of.
B. Mrs. Decker was asked to apply for a trust fund.
C. The Deckers are considered to be the hardest workers.
D. The Deckers are under great pressure to pay medical bills.
B
Here are some books published this year. The following introductions of these books may help you choose a book to your own taste.
Life Simplified
If you are looking for a book that will transform your life for good, Life Simplified is that book. If you are looking for a guide to inspire and lead you back to your inherent self, Life simplified will act as your compass. Life Simplified provides readers with a carefully mapped approach to create life changes. The reader will develop a sense of personal pride in their progress as each chapter is completed, motivating them further. The book is an absolute must read if you would like an uncomplicated method in positively improving your life.
Building the Best You
How can you become the person you’ve always dreamed of being Personal transformation begins when you take stock of where you are and what you are doing right now...and work to change it. All you have to do is to answer some basic questions and take five minutes of “focus time” daily to get there. You are responding to questions like “What am I grateful for today ”, “What challenged me ” and “How can I overcome that challenge ”
The Gifts of Imperfection
In this latest book, the writer Brown emphasizes that above all other ingredients of living an emotionally healthy life is the importance of loving ourselves. The point is to embrace(接受)life and oneself with all the imperfections, releasing the stress of overdoing and overworking. Brown offers exercises for readers to understand their own emotions and begin to develop the kind of resilience（适应力）needed to refuse unrealistic expectations of others and ourselves.
The Strengths Book
You are remarkable. But do you always realize it Realize your strengths and you will be realizing the best of you. Do you want to be confident, successful, and sustainably happy Do you want to achieve your goals and enjoy better relationships The Strengths Book reveals the sixty strengths that make us who we are. If you are a manager, a parent, a career changer, or even just you, remarkable as you are, The Strengths Book is for you. Discover your strengths--what you do best and love to do--and transform your life by realizing the best of you.
24. Building the Best You helps you achieve personal transformation by .
A. reading some stories B. asking some questions
C. answering some questions D. accepting some suggestions
25. The Gifts of Imperfection consists of the following ideas except .
A. nobody is perfect B. set a realistic goal
C. accept and love yourself D. practice makes perfect
26. Which book doesn’t involve the topic of change
A. Life Simplified. B. Building the Best You.
C. The Gifts of Imperfection. D. The Strengths Book.
27. Which word can best describe the four books
A. Inspiring B. Thrilling
C. Touching C. Interesting
C
Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone's preference, is that it's one person's opinion. But because the two big cola companies-Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we have wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi fans: find your brand in a blind tasting.
　　We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they' d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.
　　We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi, then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants' choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.
　　Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.
While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half of the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.
28. It is implied in the first paragraph that ________.
A. the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas
B. the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies
C. the competition between the two colas is very strong
D. blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans
29. According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to _______.
A. find out the role taste preference plays in a person's drinking
B. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers
C. show that a person' s opinion about taste is mere guess-work
D. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks
30. The word 'burnout" underlined in Paragraph Five, refers to the state of ________.
A. being seriously burnt in the skin
B. being unable to burn for lack of fuel
C. being badly damaged by fire
D. being unable to function because of excessive use
31. The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ________.
A. show that taste preference is highly subjective
B. argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy
C. emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
D. recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas
D
The greatest contribution to civilization in the century may well be the air-conditioning- and American leads just as amazing is the speed with which this situation came to be. Air-conditioning began to spread in industries as a production aid during World War Ⅱ. Today most Americans need to take air-conditioning for granted to homes, offices, factories, theatres, shops, studios, schools, hotels, and restaurants, and we can see it almost everywhere in today’s America.
But not everybody is aware that high cost and easy comfort are merely two of the effects of the vast cooling of American. In fact, air conditioning has substantially altered the country’s character and customs.
Many of the byproducts are so conspicuous（显而易见的） that they are scarcely noticed. To begin with, air-conditioning transformed the face of America by making possible those glassy, boxy, sealed-in skyscrapers. It has been indispensable, no less, to the functioning of sensitive advanced computers, whose high operating temperatures require that they be constantly cooled. . .
It has, at will, forced families into going back into families with closed doors and shut windows to improve the effects of the air-conditioning, reducing the interactions of neighborhood life. I think there is no need explaining the seriousness of this consequence（后果）. It is really surprising that the public’s often noted withdrawal into self-pursuit and privacy has kept in pace with the historic spread of air-conditioning. Though science has little studied how habitual air-conditioning affects mind and body, some medical experts suggest that, like other technical avoidance of natural changes in climate, air-conditioning may damage the human capacity to adapt to stress. If so, air-conditioning is only like many other greatly useful technical developments that liberate（解放） man from nature by increasing his productivity and power in some way - while indirectly weakening him in others.
32. According to this passage, which of the following played a role in the forming of the unique character of U.S.
A. Its advanced computerized civilization.
B. Its excessive use of air-conditioning.
C. Its public’s retreating into self-pursuit.
D. Its greatest contribution to human civilization.
33. According to the author, the chief consequence brought about by the wide application of air-conditioning is ____.
A. the loss of human capacity to adapt to changes in climate
B. the reduction of social communications of neighborhood life
C. the active life style of all its users
D. the decreased human production and power
34. The tone of this passage reveals that air-conditioning ____.
A. has little effect on its users
B. has more effect on body than on mind
C. brings only damage to its users
D. does harm as well as good to its users
35. What is the author’s overall attitude towards air-conditioning
A. Neutral B. Objective C. Critical D. Compromising
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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。
Culture Shock
Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, uncertainty, confusion, etc.) felt when people have to operate within a different and unknown cultural or social environment, such as a foreign country.
Generally speaking, we could say that there are four stages of culture shock. The first stage is called “the honeymoon”. In this stage, you are excited about living in a different place. 36
The next stage is “the hostility(敌意)stage”. In this stage, you begin to notice not everything is as good as you originally thought it was. 37 Moreover, people don't treat you like a guest anymore.
Then you come to the third stage called “recovery”. In this stage, you start to feel more positive. __38__ The whole situation starts to become more favorable and you begin to learn to adapt yourself to it.
The last stage of culture shock is called “adjustment”. In this stage, you have reached a point where you actually feel good. 39 The things that originally made you feel uncomfortable or strange are now things that you understand. Now you have adjusted to the new culture and you feel comfortable.
Not all individuals visiting another country will experience all these four stages.
40 It also occurs within cultures as individuals move from place to place or from one setting to another (e.g., from high school to college).
A．You feel that friends should help each other to deal with culture shock.
B．And you try to develop comprehension of everything you don't understand.
C．In addition, culture shock is not limited to the overseas visitor.
D．You become tired of many things about the new culture.
E．You have learned enough to understand the new culture.
F．You begin to understand you need to travel a lot.
G．And everything seems to be marvelous and everybody seems to be so nice to you.
第三部分 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41～60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I met Ryan，a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫)，in my biology class. My simple “Hello！” and his cheerful reply were the__41__to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of__42__after having a surgery on his legs，but he__43__his sufferings from everyone.
In our junior year，we found that we didn’t __44__a single class. This was not a problem，though. We just talked a little more in the hallway__45__the break. That year seemed to fly by. One day，Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner’s flag that would__46__the spot where Ryan would__47__his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored __48__I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone__49__to him. He said I was the only true friend he had__50__made that talked to him and not to his wheel chair. How could I__51__such a request
On the morning of June 5th，as I walked down the sidewalk，my heart__52__and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would__53__the huge crowd of thousands of people.
After the van arrived，the other runners got out and lined up outside the van，chanting his name，“Ryan！Byan！” Then all of the people__54__in，“Ryan！Ryan！” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground. There he was，in all his__55__.
It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch. The runner lit Ryan’s torch and then Ryan began his__56__.As he took off down the street，the chanting became louder and louder.The__57__filled the air and I felt I was on cloud nine. I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！He__58__this moment—a historic moment —a moment that he was a part of and__59__me to be a part of，too.
Mr Weinheimer，the next torch runner，bent over and gave Ryan a hug. That moment will last in time forever. It symbolized the whole__60__of the flame：love，excitement，enthusiasm，brotherhood，and life of any man. The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.
41．A. solutions　　B．keys C．routes 　　 D．responses
42．A. danger 　 B．fear C．pain 　　 D．puzzle
43．A. hid 　　 B．prevented C．released 　　 D．relieved
44．A. change 　　 B．miss C．attend 　　 D．share
45．A. except 　　 B．for C．during 　　 D．before
46．A. mark 　　 B．test C．number 　　 D．decorate
47．A. cover 　　 B．begin C．continue　　　 D．lead
48．A. while　　　 B．although C．if 　　 D．unless
49．A. polite　　 B．kind C．grateful　　　 D．important
50．A. ever 　　 B．never C．also 　　 D．even
51．A. admit 　　 B．refuse C．make 　　 D．repeat
52．A. ached　　　 B．raced C．stopped　　　 D．sank
53．A. explain to　　 B．differ from C．respond to　　 D．call on
54．A. joined　　　 B．stepped C．poured 　　　 D．broke
55．A. potential　　 B．preference C．glory 　　 D．surprise
56．A .training　　　 B．journey C．life 　　 D．struggle
57．A. anxiety　　　 B．satisfaction C．harmony 　　 D．excitement
58．A. deserved　　 B．recalled C．treasured 　　 D．chose
59．A. promised 　　 B．encouraged C．allowed　　　 D．followed
60．A. mystery　　　 B．power C．information　　 D．meaning
第二卷 （共三部分，满分50分）
第一部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled A Real Test in My Life before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how 61 (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that---with so many eyes 62 (fix) upon me. I had no 63 (choose) but to prepare for it ,though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part 64 (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began 65 I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my 66 (listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding----I made 67 ! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience 68 (appear). Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. 69 (look) back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way 70 success is our fear. Overcome it, and we will be able to achieve our goals.
第二部分　短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）
Last week, our school had organized an activity to climb the West Mountain. As soon as we arrived at the foot of a mountain, we set out for the summit in high spirits. During the climb, we had such much difficulty passing the rocky areas. But under the teacher’s help, we eventually reached the top, where we greeted by the bright sunshine and fresh air. Seeing from the top, the city was extreme beautiful. This event turned out to be very success. Not only did we take a break from our heavy school work, and also we learned what to communicate with each other.
第三部分 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter想选修中文作为外语，为此写信征询你的意见。请按以下要求给Peter写封100词左右的回信。
1、鼓励他选修中文；
2、中文的魅力(两点)；
3、学好中文的意义（两点）。
注意：信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
Nice to receive your letter, in which you sought for my advice on whether you should choose Chinese as a second language._________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
高2018级答案
一 听力部分：1-5 CBCCB 6-10 ABAAA 11-15CCAAC 16-20 CCCAB
二 阅读理解：21-23 BAD 24-27 CDCA 28-31 CADA 32-35 BBDC
36-40 GDBEC
三 完形填空：41-45 BCADC 46-50 ABCDA 51-55 BBCAC 56-60 BDACD
四 语法填空：1. terribly 2. fixed 3. choice 4. lay 5. when
6. listeners 7. it 8. disappeared 9. Looking 10. to
五 短文改错
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climb, we had such much difficulty passing the rocky areas. But under the teacher’s help, we
so with
eventually reached the top, where we ∧ greeted by the bright sunshine and fresh air. Seeing
were Seen
from the top, the city was extreme beautiful. This event turned out to be very success. Not only
extremely successful
did we take a break from our heavy school work, and also we learned what to communicate
but how
with each other.
六 书面表达
puzzled