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周口中英文学校2015-2016学年度高一年级下期第一次月考英 语 试 题第二部分 阅读理解（本大题共两节，每小题2分,共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。aif you want to become a fluent english speaker you should take some advice: there are four skills in learning english. they are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. the most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.read as much as you can. but your reading must be active. it means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. there is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come_across,_but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. it would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.as for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. you can only pay attention to your reading and become skilful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. this never means that you should not practise listening.for listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. their languages are easy. or if you are good at listening you can listen to voa or bbc programmes every day. again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.if you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.21to improve your reading, when you read you should _.athink about what you are reading activelyblook up all the new words in the dictionarycspend more time studying grammarsdcopy as many words and sentences as possible22the underlined phrase“come across” in the second paragraph can probably be replaced by“_”afind on purpose bdiscovercmeet by accident dlook for23the author seems to agree with the view that _.aeveryone should listen to voa or bbc programmes every daybyou neednt practise listening if you keep on reading every daycyou should take notes of whatever you are hearing dbeing good at reading is helpful in improving your listening24the passage is mainly about how to _.abecome fluent in speaking and writing english bchoose suitable listening materialscdeal with new words in readingdimprove your english as quickly as possiblebthe 92yearold, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight oclock, even though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today.her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. after many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.as she walked slowly to the elevator, i provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. “i love it.” she said with the happiness of an eightyearold having just been presented with a new puppy.“mrs jones, you havent seen the room.just wait.”“that doesnt matter.” she replied.“happiness is something you decide ahead of time. whether i like my room or not doesnt depend on how the furniture is arranged. its how i arranged my mind. i have already decided to love it. its a decision i make every morning when i wake up. each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open ill focus on the new day and all the happy memories ive stored away.”she went on to explain，“old age is like a bank account. you take what youve put in. so, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.”and with a smile, she said，“all my memories are happy ones.”25we can infer from the passage that the author _.ais one of mrs jones children bworks in the nursing homecis a relative of mrs jones dis the owner of the nursing home26mrs jones was very happy when told about her room because she _.acouldnt see what her room was likebthought the nursing home was her homechad already made up her mind to be happydwould have to live in the nursing home27which of the following words can best describe mrs jones?aproud. bdetermined. ccheerful. dhonest.cif there is a building which symbolizes a countrysuch as the eiffel tower for france and sydney opera house for australiathen it has to be the taj mahal for india.it was set up by emperor shah jahan in 1653 in memory of his wife, mumtaz mahal. from the time they got married, they wouldnt be separated. she followed him to wars, advised him on affairs of state, and was loved by his people for her good work. but she died in 1631 during childbirth. the emperor was heartbroken and had the taj mahal built as a sign of his love.it took more than 20 years for the taj mahal to be built. workers were brought in, not only from all over india, but from central asia too. a total of 20,000 people worked on the building.in 1657, shah jahan fell ill, and in 1658 his son aurangzeb, imprisoned (囚禁) his father and seized power. shah jahan stayed in prison until his death in 1666. he was finally buried there with his wife he could never forget.the taj mahal is definitely worth more than a single visit. as it is built with white marble stones, its character changes in different lights. it looks more beautiful at sunrise and sunset. at sunset, for example, the colour of the taj changes from white to yellow, then to pink. as the moon rises, it turns a silvery white.to show respect to the taj, tourists are asked to take off their shoes during their visit.28emperor shah jahan built the taj mahal to _.amake it symbolize india bmemorise his wifecshow his great power dgive his wife a present29which of the following about the taj mahal is not true?ait is a symbol of india.bit took over 20 years to build the taj mahal.call workers building the taj mahal came from central asia.dthe taj mahal was built with white marble stones.30according to the passage, we know that shah jahan _.alived a hard life in his last few yearsblost his life just because of his old agecwas not popular with his people at that timedtreated his son badly when he was young31the word “seize” in the fourth paragraph may most probably mean _.athrow bmemorise cgive dcapturedone is not born able to speak a language. one is born able to make a noise. i have heard babies cry in america and in china. i cant tell any difference. but when i hear someone from america speak english and hear someone speak chinese, i can tell you there are a lot of differences.i believe a common(普遍的) problem with chinese students learning english is that they were not taught to think in english. they have an idea spoken in english and want to translate the idea into chinese, then they think in chinese of the proper reply and translate it into english. after a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally. you will learn faster if you begin to think in english at the very beginning of your study. many students ask me: what can i do to improve my spoken english? my reply is: the more english you speak, the better english you will speak. there are many things you can do to improve your spoken english. of course, the best way is to live where english is spoken as a language of the country.32. the cries of american and chinese babies are _.a. different b. not like each other c. the same d. like each other33. the underlined sentence (in paragraph 2) means that_.a. teachers never gave the students the way of learning english b. some teachers didnt teach students to think in englishc. students didnt remember the way teachers taught themd. teachers didnt want their students to think in english34. the underlined word “they” (in paragraph 2) refers to “_”.a. english students b. chinese teachers c. chinese students d. english teachers 35. according to the article, which of the following is true?a. you must think in english all the time.b. after speaking english for a long time, you may probably think in english naturally(自然地).c. you should always translate english into chinese.d. the best way of learning english is to live in america.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 can we all get more laughter into our lives? here are what the experts suggest：36_. nancy alguire, a teacher in clifton park, n. y， was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. then she married a circus clown (小丑)“i became interested in the clowns.”she recalls.“one day i put on a costume and painted my face. that afternoon my whole life changed. i learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way i had never done before.” _37_ to this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing.38_ it doesnt take you too much time and can be easy. collect favourite cartoons and jokes. also, keep a paper for writing down humour you find in everyday life. “good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they will be gone.” says virginia tooper.laugh when you need it most.“_39_”says comedian bill cosby.“and once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” he insists.gray alan, a sociology professor at the university of minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gainbecause it comes naturally._40_. just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.ayou can soften the worst blows through humour.bmix with people who laugh.cpractise the art of laughing.dkeep a laughter file (文档)ehe who laughs last laughs best.fbut its also something that has to be developed (培养)gpeoples joy can affect those around them.第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。there was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）. he was very hardworking, and the 41 always prospered（繁荣）under his care. but he knew that his three 42 looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.when the farmer was 43 and felt that he would die, he 44 the three sons to him and said, “my sons, there is a pot of gold 45 in the olive orchard. dig for it, if you wish it.”the sons tried to 46 him to tell them in what part of the orchard the 47 was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.after the farmer was 48 , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not 49 where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one 50 of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.they 51 until they had turned up the 52 from one end of the orchard to the other, 53 the tree-roots and between them. 54 no pot of gold was to be found. it seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. the three sons were bitterly 55 to have all their work for nothing.the next olive 56 , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had 57 given; when it was 58 , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.and when they saw how much money had 59 the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had 60 when he said, “there is gold hidden in the orchard. dig for it, if you wish it.”41agarden bfarmcfactorydhospital42afriendsbrelatives csons dchildren43ahealthybunlucky colddsad44ashowedbledcvisited dcalled 45asentbputclocked dhidden46aget bwait ccausedmake47agold bgoodscjeweldclothes48aweakblost csick ddead49athinkbwonder cknow drealise50atop bendcsurface dbottom51asearched bdugcdiscovereddexpected52asandbground csoildfloor53aoverbamongcacross dround54asincebandcbut dbefore 55asurprised bdisappointedcworried dsad56adistancebpart cseason ddegree57aalreadybevencstill dever58asold bmade cshippeddsaved59acome onbcome aboutccome from dcome up60athoughtbmean cplanneddguessed 第卷第二节 （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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。the internet is an amazing information resource. students, teachers, and researchers use it as_61_investigative tool. journalists use it to find information for stories. doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the62_(late) medical development. ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. people all over the world use it to connect with individuals from63countries and cultures. however, _64_there are many positive developments_65_(associate) with the internet, there are also certain fears and concerns._66_concern relates to a lack of control over_67_appears on the internet. with television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are68 (restrict) on what kinds of programs can_69_(broadcast) and at what times of the day. with the internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable _70_ their children to see.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)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（）画掉。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。it is reported, some needy students receive financialsupport of some kind people but never express ourthankspersonally, i think they are wrong though the helpers didnt expect any reward in return, but its necessary and good manner to say “thank you”besides, it is abasic social skill express ourselves in modern societymaybe some of them do feel thankfullyit is only because they are afraid of being looked down upon which they remain silentbut i just want to say that being poor for a moment doesnt mean you