高一上学期英语月考试卷第1套真题
高一上学期英语月考试卷
一、完形填空
1. 完形填空
Do you know how many languages there are in the world? Thereare about 1500, but many of them are not considered very 1. English is considered one of mostimportant languages because many people 2it, not only in England and America, 3in other countries of the world. About 200 000000 speak it 4their own language, and another 230 000 000use it as 5language. It is 6to say how many people are learning it. 7boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.
Many 8children study French. French is also a veryimportant language. 9children study German, Russian, Japanese andChinese.
Which is the best 10to learn a language? We know that we alllearnt 11language well when we were 12. If we learn a second language in the 13way, it may not seem so difficult. What does asmall child do? It 14what people say, and it tries to guess what ithears. When it wants something, it has to 15it. It is using the language, 16and talking in it all of the time. If peopleuse a second language 17, they will learn it 18.
In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to 19. It is best to learn all new wordsthrough the 20. You can read them, spell them andspeak them later.
（1）A . spokenB . happyC . importantD . ideal（2）A . likeB . useC . operateD . play（3）A . butB . andC . tooD . so（4）A . likeB . withC . forD . as（5）A . distantB .
a secondC . the secondD . a special（6）A . easyB . againC . difficultD . best（7）A . MillionsofB . Hundreds ofC . T ens ofD . Thousands of（8）A . ChineseB . JapaneseC . EnglishD . Asian（9）A . SomeB . ThousandsC . AllD . Much（10）A . timeB . wayC . thingD . place（11）A . aforeignB . our mothers’C . other’sD . our own（12）A . bornB . childrenC . grownD . boys（13）A . sameB . differentC . usefulD . good（14）A . talksB . wantsC . criesD . follows（15）A . askB . wantC . getD . ask for（16）A . speakingB . writingC . thinkingD . doing（17）A . sometimeB . sometimesC . all the timeD . for the time（18）A . fluentB . confidentC . freelyD . easily（19）A . fightB . singC . speakD . play（20）A . mouthB . handsC . earsD . eyes二、阅读理解
2. 阅读理解
In the US, people prefer waiting for a table to sitting withpeople they don’t know. This means a hostess may not seat a small group until asm all table is available, even if a large one is. If you are sitting at a tablewith people you don’t know, it is impolite to light up a cigarette first askingif it will disturb them.
At American restaurants and coffee shops you are usuallyserved tap water before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free,and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.
Most cities and towns have no rules aboutopening and closing time for stores or restaurants, though they usually do makerules for bars. Especially in
large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.
Serving in restaurants is often large, too large for manypeople. If you can’t finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later,ask your waitress or waiter for a “doggie bag”. It may have a pict ureof a dog on it, but everybody knows you’re taking the food for yourself.
Supper and dinner are both words for the evening meal. Somepeople have “Sunday dinner”. This is an especially big noon meal.
Tips are not usually added to the check. They are notincluded in the price of the meal, either. A tip of about 15% is expected andyou should leave it on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a checkis brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitressbrings you your change.
（1）Which statements is true?
A . American people like sitting with people they don’t know.
B . Hostess always seats a small group at a large table.
C . American people never sit with people they don’t know.
D . American people would not light a cigarette if t he people who sit at the same table mind their smoking.
（2）What do American people always do when servings are too large for them?
A . They take the food home with a doggie bag for their dogs.
B . They leave the food on the table and go away.
C . They take the food home with a doggie bag and enjoy the food later.
D . They ask the waitress or waiter to keep the food for them.
（3）What can you learn about “tips” according to the passage?
A . Customers often add tips to their check.
B . Tips are supposed to be left on the table when customers leave.
C . People don’t need to pay tips.
D . The price of the meal usually includes the tip.
3. 阅读理解
Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed histalent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know aboutbrushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush wasmade from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cathair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.
The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur.Before long, the cat began to look ragged（蓬乱）. His father said that the cat must besick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.
The cat’s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin’s cousins,Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. Whenhe went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sentsix engravings（版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushesBenjamin had ever seen. In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years old, Mr.Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had donewith his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents if he might take the boy toPhiladelphia for a visit.
In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials forcreating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape painting. William Williams, awell-known
painter, came to see him work. Williams was impressed with Benjaminand gave him two classic books on painting to take home. The books were longand dull. Benjamin could read only a little, having been a poor student. But helater said,＂Thosetwo books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.＂While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, theywere his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decidedthen that he would be an artist.
（1）What is the text mainly about?
A . Benjamin’s visit to Philadelphia.
B . Williams’ influence on Benjamin.
C . The beginning of Benjamin’s life as an artist.
D . The friendship between Benjamin and Pennington.
（2）What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?
A . The cat would be closely watched.
B . The cat would get some medical care.
C . Benjamin would leave his home shortly.
D . Benjamin would have real brushes soon.
（3）What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?
A . He took him to see painting exhibitions.
B . He provided him with painting materials.
C . He sent him to a school in Philadelphia.
D . He taught him how to make engravings.
（4）Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to _____________.
A . master the use of paints
B . appreciate landscape paintings
C . get to know other painters
D . make up his mind to be a painter
三、根据首字母及汉语提示填词
4. Inhis life, he made three v________across the Pacific Ocean by himself.
5. Ididn’t a________know her well—I just saw her once atmy friend’s party.
6. Itis reported that the i________ of the lady killed yesterday has beenfound out.
7. Hisson was praised for speeches of remarkable f________.
8. G________, my ankle got better.
9. Thebuilding has windows with a coating that b________ heat while letting in light.
10. Itwas malaria, but Dr. Lee hadn’t r________ the symptoms.
11. Cityo________ were hoping the measurements wouldhelp curb the corruption.
12. Allclub members are r________ to attend the annual meeting.
13. Ofthe two films, the former is for adults while the l________ is for children.
14. Heis a ________ of this place, that is, he was bornhere.
15. Hecomes from India and speaks English with a strong Indian a________.
16. Theywill send you the book for $2.75, postage ________
17. Weoften look up new words and ________ in the dictionary.
四、选词填空
18. 从所给短语中选择恰当的一项并以适当形式填空
play a part in, have a good command of,come up, be based on, in fact, such as, communicate with, because of,for example, beyond expression
（1）The housing problems ________ at the meeting yesterday.
（2）Linda has trouble ________ the natives, for she speaks a littleEnglish.
（3）There are many difficulties before us. ________, we have little gasin our car.
（4）I haven’t seen Anne for years. ________ I can’t ever remember whatshe looked like.
（5）There are many interesting stories about great scientists, ________Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
（6）The girl ________ English, so she has got thejob.
五、语法填空
19. 语法填空。
Singles’ Day falls on November 11th every year in China, ________is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couplesand lovers have Valentine’s Day in celebration of their love, but how about thesingles? There must be a day they can celebrate even ________ a partner.That’s ________ people created Singles’ Day.
________Singles’ Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, ________blind date parties, and some people even decide to get ________ with strangers. ________ this day has recently become more of a time forshopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount topromote their goods.
More and more people are willing to shop online to get________they want, and I am one of them. I just can’t help ________ thingswhether I need them or
not. ________ speaking, some of the thingsthat I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.
六、翻译
20. 老师要求下课前交上作业。
21. 如今，网络在青少年的生活中起着非常重要的作用。
22. 那次考试前，我充分利用每一分钟来复习。
23. 他上学迟到的原因是他起床晚了。
24. 据说，这部电影是以莎士比亚写的小说为基础。