高一月考试卷

高一英语月考试卷I. 单项选择1.The Great Wall goes its way from west to east, _____ deserts,then ___ forests, and at last reaches the sea.A.over, acrossB. across, throughC. through, pastD. past, over2. Professor Smith is famous ____ the field of biology, but he is ____ known ____ a writer.A. in, better, asB. in, much, forC. for, more, asD. for, well, for3. Paris is the capital and largest city of France, ____ on the river Seine.A. situatingB. is situatedC. being situatingD. situated4. A poet and artist ____ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.A. wereB. areC. wasD. is5. He left home in 1990 and has been out _____.A. ever sinceB. ever beforeC. for everD. since ever6. Great changes ____ in the city, and a lot of factories ____.A. have taken place, have been set upB. have been taken place, have been set upC. have taken place, have set upD. were taken place, were set up7. ____ of the land in that district ___ covered with trees and grass.A. Two fifth, isB. Two fifth, areC. Two fifths, areD. Two fifths, is8. Since then the number of people taking driving lessons _____ 20%.A. has increased byB. increase byC. has increased toD. having increased by9. This dress is ____ that.A. as three times expensive asB. as expensive three times asC. expensive as three times asD. three times as expensive as10. The number of people that moved out of poverty in my hometown has grown from 1,000 to 1,200. This means it has increased _____ 20 percent.A. withB. atC. toD. by11. --- I don’t like chicken ____ fish.--- I don’t like chicken, ____ I like fish very much.A. and, andB. or, butC. and, butD. or, and12. --- Would you like to come to dinner tonight?--- I’d like to, ____ I’m too busy.A. butB. soC. asD. and13. The forest guards often find camp fires that have not been ____completely.A. turned downB. picked upC. put awayD. put out14. Kathy ____ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.A. picked upB. took upC. made up C. turned up15. The house _____ last night when a lightning hit it.A. set fire toB. set on fireC. caught fireD. was caught fire16. Please ____ the address before you forget it.A. put upB. put outC. put onD. put down17. When he arrived at his hometown, he found great changes ___ I the city, and a lot of factories____.A. had been taken place, had been set upB. had taken place, had been set upC. had taken place, had set upD. were taken place, had set up18. The fish can eat a person in two minutes, ____ only bones.A. leaveB. leftC. to be leftD. leaving19. More than one _____ seen the film.A. student haveB. student hasC. students haveD. students has20.The storm hit the land, only sand ____.A. leaveB. leftC. to be leftD. leaving完形填空There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But __21_ a few of them are very __22_. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, __23__ in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 __24__ it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a __25__ language. Many millions are __26__ to do so. Is it easy __27__ difficult to learn English? Different people may have different __28__. Have you ever ___29__ ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or your __30__ back…”“Easy and funny! Our records and tapes __31__ you master your English in a month。

From the first day your __32__ will be excellent. Just send…” Of course, it never happened quite like this.The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should __33__ that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. __34___what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries __35__ he hears. When he is using the language, talking __36_ it, thinking in it all the time. Just imagine how much __37_ that gets.So it is hard to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___38__ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___39__ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will __40__. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.21. A. not B. quite C. only D. very22. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy23. A. but B. and C. or D. so24. A. speaks B. speaking C. spoken D. spoke25. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother26. A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking27. A. or B. but C. and D. so28. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers29. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known30. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English31. A. make B. help C. let D. allow32. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation33. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think34. A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of35. A. what B. when C. that D. which36. A. in B. up C. to D. out37. A. time B. money C. language D. practice38. A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes39. A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs40. A. do B. work C. help D. masterIII. 阅读理解AA Frenchman had arrived a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night he went out for a walk alone. Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found his watch was gone. He decided to follow him and force him to return the watch.Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman threatened the Italian with his hand and pointed to his own watch, In the end, the Italian gave his watch to him.When he came to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch onthe table. Now he realized what a mistake he had made.41. The Frenchman went to Italy ____.A. aloneB. with his wifeC. with an ItalianD. with his friend42. When the Frenchman found his watch gone, _____.A. the Italian had run far away.B. he could still see the Italian.C. the Italian quickly walked past him.D. he had reached home.43. The Italian gave his watch to the Frenchman because ____.A. he knew it was not his ownB. he was helpfulC. he was frightenedD. he was kind-hearted44. How was the Frenchman feeling when he saw the watch on the table? _____.A. HappyB. SatisfiedC. AngryD. Surprised45. Who had made a big mistake?A. The FrenchmanB. The ItalianC. Both of themD. Neither of themBIn 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguere, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的) .Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.46. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of _____.A. his businessB. his houseC. his gardenD. his window47. The Daguerrotype was _____.A. a FrenchmanB. a kind of pictureC. a kind of cameraD. a photographer48. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to _____.A. watch lots of filmsB. buy an expensive cameraC. stop in most citiesD. take many films and something else with him49. Mathew Brady ____.A. was very lifelikeB. was famous for his unusual picturesC. was quite strongD. took many pictures of moving people50. This passage tells us _____.A. how photography was developedB. how to show your ideas and feelings in picturesC. how to take pictures in the worldD. how to use different camerasCAmericans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large,one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)。