12月英语月考题

柳州铁一中学2015－2016学年第一学期高一年级第二次月考

英语科试卷

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 time is it now?

A. 5:00.

B. 3:00.

C. 2:00.

2. What do we know about Ben?

A. He went to the hospital yesterday.

B. He played volleyball yesterday.

C. He hurt his leg yesterday.

3. What did the woman like doing as a teenager?

A. Listening to music.

B. Going hiking.

C. Playing basketball.

4. Where is the man’s sister going next summer?

A. To Africa.

B. To South America.

C. To Australia.

5. What are the speakers doing?

A. Surfing the Internet.

B. Looking for an apartment.

C. Chatting with two Brazilian singers. 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6至7题。

6. Which language can the woman write?

A. Spanish.

B. French.

C. Japanese.

7. What is the man probably?

A. A student.

B. A teacher.

C. A manager.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What did the woman realize when she finished high school?

A. She still had a lot to learn.

B. She was more confident.

C. Her life was wonderful.

9. What does the man think of himself when he was a child?

A. Impolite.

B. Dependent.

C. Troublesome.

10. When did the man change?

A. When he entered high school.

B. When he graduated from high school.

C. When he found his first job.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Who is James?

A. The man’s son.

B. The man’s brother.

C. The woman’s brother.

12. When will the man probably get to the restaurant next Friday?

A. At 6:00.

B. At 6:30.

C. At 7:00.

13. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Make a birthday cake for his mother.

B. Book a birthday cake for his mother.

C. Put some words on the cake.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How is the man getting to the museum?

A. On foot.

B. By car.

C. By taxi.

15. What can the man see after turning right at the third cross?

A. A road sign.

B. A museum.

C. A policeman.

16. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Call the policeman.

B. Move his car right now.

C. Park his car in a free zone.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. A fire.

B. A house.

C. Pictures.

18. What does the speaker say about the child’s room?

A. It was very big.

B. It was full of pictures.

C. It was too hot to stand up.

19. Why did the speaker take out the pictures?

A. They were valuable.

B. He was very interested in them.

C. He wanted to save something for these people.

20. Where did the speaker put the pictures?

A. In a yard.

B. In a tower.

C. In his car.

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。

A

My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.

If you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份号码) to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest to you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.

Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console(控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you.

The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.

I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've put in today.

I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, "How will I live without them?"

21. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How to develop a new system.

B. The function of the PIN.

C. A home for the future.

D. Easy life in the future.

22. What can’t be done in the writer’s new house according to the passage?

A. Turning on the lights.

B. Going swimming.

C. Getting a telephone call.

D. Playing music.

23. The writer's new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _______.

A. it has your favorite music following you

B. you can make a telephone call anywhere

C. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice

D. it has been controlled by computers

24. What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage?

A. An IT expert

B. A famous doctor

C. An idealist

D. An experienced teacher

B

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25. Contemporary Art studio is a place where_________.

A. one can enjoy many kinds of artworks

B. one can learn how to paint on pottery

C. one can make pottery by himself/herself

D. one can improve his/her painting skills greatly

26. Who may be suitable for a Chinese-English translator?

A. An American graduate who is good at Chinese.

B. A Chinese graduate who majored in business.

C. A Chinese college student who has good English writing skills.

D. An American college student who is interested in English translation.

27. If Mr. Black wants to buy a painting, he can__________.

A. send an email to sumplastpl@https://www.360docs.net/doc/b717100010.html,

B. send an email to artworkdeal@https://www.360docs.net/doc/b717100010.html,

C. call 453-268-130

D. call 668-556-429

28. Which of the following can be the best title for the fourth advertisement?

A. Nice Rome trips.

B. Airport Car Rentals With Drivers.

C. Cheap Car Tours.

D. Flight Service To Pick You Up

C

So you think you know your dog. But how well does your dog know you? She probably recognizes you when she sees you. But can a dog tell by simply looking at you whether you have a happy or an angry expression on your face? Researchers in Austria have taught pet dogs to know the difference.

Dogs are very mindful of sound. When dog owners shout or speak in a strong, unkind voice, dogs often act ashamed and quietly move away from the area.

Recently, researchers found that dogs can look at our faces, and tell the difference between a smile and a frown(皱眉). The animals were able to recognize a look of praise from one of blame.

Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna performed a series of experiments. They taught dogs to recognize facial expressions. They showed the dogs two pictures of either the upper or lower half of a person's face. On one picture, the person looked happy. The other appeared angry.

The dogs were then shown images of the eyes or mouths of people they had never seen before. They were also shown the left half of the faces used in training.

Corsin Muller led the study. “We were really speaking, do they realize that smiling eyes have the same meaning as a smiling mouth, or angry eyes have the same meaning as an angry mouth?

And it turned out that they really did perform very well in these research experiments.”

Once the dogs learned to recognize which image was happy or angry, they could easily find the same expressions in pictures of any face.

Corsin Muller says future studies will try to show whether dogs can learn the meaning of facial expressions―for example, whether a frown shows that someone is angry.

In the experiments, researchers found the dogs were slower to link a reward, or prize, with recognition of the angry face. This suggested that dogs had an idea people with angry faces were best avoided.

29. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. How one can know his dog well.

B. How a dog can probably be well trained.

C. How a dog can tell one something.

D. How a dog can know one’s expressions.

30. Hearing its owner’s strong, unkind voice, a dog is likely to_________.

A. jump happily

B. act excitedly

C. escape quietly

D. shout loudly

31. A dog is able to recognize on e’s __________.

A. praise

B. blame

C. anger

D. all of the above

32. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Dogs are as clever as human beings.

B. Dogs can understand man’s feelings.

C. Dogs can be trained to do everything.

D. Dogs can learn to make any angry face.

D

A young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.

Rowan's dad was a hardworking man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan's mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two masters degrees.

While at school in Boston, he would often write to Rowan. Even when he left school and was driving back to Colorado, he would send postcards from each state he stopped in. Those postcards were sent in 2007. "I remember him saying he had sent 5 or 6, and I only got 3 or 4 in the mail. But I never thought anything of it," Van Stone said.

Those postcards and pictures are priceless memories for Van Stone and her son, especially after Joseph passed away from a rare brain disease. Rowan never had a chance to say goodbye. But, on Saturday, just days before the two-year anniversary of Joseph's death, a postcard arrived in the mail. It arrived March 11, 2015. The message read: "Hello from Pennsylvania. I love you, and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy."

Neither he nor his mother knows how it happened, and they may never know. But, they have their own ideas why. "I feel like that was the final goodbye that he didn't get to say," Van Stone said. Van Stone says Joseph's last words to her before he died were: "Everything is a circle. We will see each other again. All that matters is love."

33. What did Rowa n’s dad do to give his son the best life?

A. He bought many for Julie.

B. He became a soldier in Navy.

C. He kept writing to his son.

D. He got many masters degrees.

34. How long did it take for the postcard to reach Rowan?

A. 2 years.

B. 5 years.

C. 6 years.

D. 8 years.

35. Where did Rowan’s dad send the postcard?

A.In Boston.

B. In Colorada

C. In Pennsylvania

D. In New York

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。

How to stay in a good mood

It’s typical to feel your mood starting to become bad. If you want to be able to stay in a good mood, then you have to form these habits that will keep you feeling happy.

1.Don’t take love for granted.

If you’re lucky enough to have a special someone, then you should make your time together meaningful. 36 Make time to spend time with your special someone. Being around your loved one has been proven to make people happier.

2.Get regular exercise.

Regular exercise is one of the most important habits that you need to form. 37 You can go running three times a week and walk the other four. Just make sure to be as active as you can every day.

3.Spend time with your friends.

38 Of course, don’t always hang out with friends when you have a free moment. Make sure you do make time to see friends at least once or twice a week, if you can.

4.Get enough sleep.

39 One of the easiest ways to stay in a good mood is to be well-rested. Waking up feeling full of energy will make you feel much more ready to face the day and much more excited about everything ahead of you.

5. 40

If you want to stay in a good mood, then you have to make sure that you eat three healthy and diverse meals every day. Start off with a healthy breakfast, and don’t skip this meal no matter what things happen. Have light snacks throughout the day, like yogurt or fruit, to keep you energetic.

A.Have a healthy eating schedule.

B.Make sure that you sleep for 7-8 hours a day.

C.Do begin with a healthy breakfast in the morning.

D.Hanging out with friends will keep you feeling alive.

E.Don’t stop doing the things you love with the person you love.

F.However, you don’t have to do the same boring old thing every day.

G.Once you start exercising, do the same sports at the regular time every day.

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, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The song called “I Believe I Can Fly” has meant the most to me since I was at the age of three. I chose this song because it 41 me that as long as I believe, I can be or do everything I want in life even I was 42 . I didn’t know much of what the song 43 a long time ago but as I grew older, I still 44 the song and started to listen to the words more and more. Every time I listen to it, I think about all the 45 I have overcome.

When I was little, I had to use a wheelchair 46 there was something wrong with my 47 . The doctor said I had little chance of ever 48 but I was determined to walk. I knew I had to believe in myself to 49 my goal to walk someday.

One day the doctor told my mother that he could 50 an operation that would help me walk. So when I was three, I had my first surgery. I was a very 51 kid so being in a bed for six weeks，not being able to 52 , I felt terrible. I knew after all the 53 and the crying would be worth. 54 , at the age of four, I felt free when I 55 the trouble and learned how to walk.

The song says，“I see me running through that open door.”That's what I 56 like；I believed I could fly just like the song says. I’ve depend 57 the arms of my parents and I’ve always known I had to be 58 and it started inside of me. I've always 59 I can touch the sky. I still have more difficulties to face, but I will 60 believe I can fly, as long as I believe.

41. A. warns B. reminds C. invites D. forces

42. A. interested B. disabled C. shocked D. confused

43. A. helped B. decided C. afforded D. meant

44. A. refused B. loved C. expected D. bored

45. A. difficulties B. questions C. drops D. ideas

46. A. because B. though C.so D. but

47. A. arm B. head C. hand D. leg

48. A. singing B. walking C. flying D. listening

49. A. achieve B. decide C. receive D. accept

50. A. build B. settle C.do D. share

51. A. shy B. brave C. active D. quiet

52. A. hold B. lend C. wave D. move

53. A. pain B. loneliness C. sadness D. fear

54. A. Suddenly B. Finally C. Nearly D. Immediately

55. A. held on B. went through C. picked up D. turned on

56. A. sounded B. felt C. sensed D. touched

57. A. by B. with C. over D. on

58. A. strong B. noisy C. weak D. silent

59. A. imagined B. believed C. explained D. missed

60. A. always B. often C. never D. seldom

第二节语法填空（共10小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分15分）

Diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers. However, if you eat the right food and exercise 61._______(regular), you can feel better, look better and have more energy. So healthy

eating along 62._______ regular exercise is properly the only way to become fit.

As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy 63.________ needs. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water --- six to eight glasses a day. 64.______(drink) enough water will improve your skin and give you 65._______(health) hair.

Exercise is something 66. _______ can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Teenagers should spend at least 30 minutes exercising, five times a week. Walking and riding your bike count, and so do school sports. When you exercise, your body produces some 67. _______(chemical) that make you feel peaceful and 68._______(relax) and increase your ability to concentrate when you study. These chemicals can even help you sleep better at night. A good amount of sleep every night 69._______(be) also important for your health. Teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep each night.

If you follow the suggestions above, you will look and feel much 70._______(good) in no time at all.

第四部分: 写作（共两节, 满分35分）

第一节短文改错（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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（?）, 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

My grandfather and me enjoy fishing.

One Sunday morning we go fishing at a lake. We took ours fishing poles and headed for the lake. As soon as we arrived, so we dropped the lines into the water. Before waiting for half an hour, I was beginning to get impatiently. I wanted to give up, and my grandfather told me to wait a little longer. Finally, there came a sudden pull at the pole and fish was caught. Within the next few minute, my father also caught a fish.

Feeling hungry, we built a fire by the lake over which we cooked the fish. It was tasted good.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是新华中学的学生李华，校报准备办一个关于冬季运动的英语板块，现面向全体学生招募一名英语编辑。请根据提示写一封信：

1.表示对此职位感兴趣；

2.说明自己的爱好和特长，如喜欢冬季运动，擅长英语，乐于与人沟通合作等；

3.表示希望能担任此职位。

字数：100-120左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；信的开头和落款已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear editor,

Recently, I’ve learned that the school newspaper is looki ng for an English editor of winter sports section. ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Li Hua