甘肃省武威第二中学高一英语上学期第一次（10月）月考试题.doc

武威二中20162017（i）第一次月考高一英语试题第卷第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)第一节 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.并在答且卡上将该项涂黑。a when friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us that they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. it isnt that our friends are all very busy. it is just that we havent got a tv set. people think that we are very strange. “but what do you do in the evenings?” they are always asking. the answer is simple. both my wife and i have hobbies. we certainly dont spend our evenings staring at the walls. my wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. this is particularly useful as we always go abroad for our holidays. i collect stamps and i am always busy with my collection. both of us enjoy listening to music and playing chess together. sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. this does not worry us. we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. our friends are lost -no televisions! so they dont know what to do. on such evenings our house is very full as they all come to us. they all have a good time. instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. yes, life is possible without television!1. the writers friends are in a hurry to leave when they visit him in the evening because _ a. they have a lot of things to do at home b. they dont want to stay too long at someone elses home c. they are always busy with their work d. they want to go back home to watch tv2. when there is no electricity, the writers friends _. a. cant see anything at home b. dont know how to spend their evening c. do something else by the candles light at home d. stay at home and wait until electricity is on again3. the story tells us that _. a. the writer and his wife dont like watching tv b. watching tv wastes too much timec. we can manage to live without television d. the writer and his wife have a lot of hobbies b can animals be made to work for us? some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. they say that in a film or on tv we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bears, or other animals doing a lot of things. if you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. the scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs. and we can also teach animals to work in factories. apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in america to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in （收割）crops and even drive trains. 4. many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if _.a. they have enough food to eatb. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing themc. if they are sent to school d. they are wise5. _ can be trained to work for us.a. only a few animals b. quite a few animalsc. few animals d. no animal6. many scientists are working hard to _.a. make monkeys get in crops and drive trainsb. make monkeys guard house like dogsc. make bears get in cropsd. make many machinesca student is learning to speak british english. he wonders: can i communicate with americans? can they understand me? learners of english often ask: what are the differences between british and american english? how important are these differences?certainly, there are some differences between british and american english. there are a few differences in grammar. for example, speakers of british english say “in hospital” and have you a pen?” , americans say “in the hospital” and do you have a pen?. pronunciation is sometimes different. americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. speakers of british english do not sound theirs in these words. there are differences between british and american english in spelling and vocabulary. for example, “colour” and “honour” are british, “color” and “honor” are american.these differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. for the most part, british and american english are the same language.7.according to this passage, a student who is learning to speak american english might be afraid that _.a. british people cannot understand him b. american people cannot understand himc. the grammar is too hard for him d. the spelling is too hard for him8.american english and british english are different in _.a. spellingb. pronunciation c. grammar d. all of the above9. what is not mentioned(提及) in the passage?a. whether there are differences between british english and american english.b. whether british english and american english are one language or two.c. how the differences between british english and american english came about.d. how important the differences are.10.most _ say “do you have a watch?”a. british peopleb. americans c. children d. teachers11.according to this passage, british people and americans have _ difficulty in understanding each other.a. littleb. much c. some d. greatda young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him around. thinking nothing of it,he ignored her and continued on. finally, he went to the checkout line, but she got in front of him. “pardon me,” she said, “ im sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable. its just that you look just like my son who just died recently.” “im very sorry,” replied the young man, “is there anything i can do for you?” “yes,” she said, “as im leaving, can you say goodbye mother? it would make me feel much better”. “sure,” answered the young man. as the old lady was leaving the counter, he called out from behind her, “goodbye mother!” as he stepped up to the checkout counter and put what he bought on the counter, he saw that his total was $127.5. “how can that be?” he asked, “i only bought a few things!” “ your mother said that you would pay for her.” said the clerk.12. the underlined word ignore most probably means _. a. not to pay attention to b. to put on a smile at c. to watch out for d. to look down upon13. which of the following is the right order of the events in the story? a. the man said “goodbye mother!” b. the woman left the supermarket. c. the woman spoke to the man. d. the man came to the counter. e. the woman got in front of the man. f. the woman followed the man. a. e,f,c,b,a,d b. c,e,f,a,b,d c. f,e,c,a,b,d d. d,e,c,f,b,a14. what can be concluded（结论） from the passage? a.the man was fooled by the woman. b. the woman was too poor to pay for herself. c. the man didntpay for the woman. d. the man didnt buy anything in the end.15. which of the following would be the best title? a. an unexpected meeting at the supermarket b. a foolish mother c. a total of $ 127.5 at the supermarket d. a mother and her son 第二节 根据对话内容, 从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。选项中有两项为多余选项：policeman：now, jimmy, did you get a good view(看清) of the accident?jimmy：oh, yes. i was standing outside the bank building and i saw it quite clearly.policeman：do you know what time it was?jimmy：yes. 16 it was 2：45 exactly. policeman：good. 1 7jimmy：well, quite slowly about 10 miles an hour. it was coming up york road. 18 but they were still red when he went over them.policeman：i see. 19 was it also driving slowly?jimmy：it was coming along union street about 30 miles per hour. it was a blue toyota. 20 policeman：did you see what colour his traffic(交通) light was?jimmy：yes, it changed to yellow just before he crossed it.a. what about the car?b. i checked my watch.c. didnt you see the car?d. now, how fast was the truck moving?e. was the car going beyond the speed limit?f. i suppose the truck driver knew the lights were going to change.g. the driver stopped his car when he saw the truck crossing the street.第二部分完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 linda was a few minutes late. wilson 21 the office when she got there. his secretary told her he 22 back in a few minutes. she _23 sit down and wait for a few minutes in outer office.ill never get this job, she 24 herself. for a moment she wanted to 25 the building. just then, wilson came 26_ the door and hurried into his office. a few minutes 27 his secretary took linda in and introduced her,linda apologized 28 . wilson didnt seem to _29 .they chatted casually (随便地) for a few seconds and then 30 . he 31 her letter of application.youve never worked in radio or television before, 32 he said. now she was 33 that she would not get the job. wilson asked her 34 questions. 35 he seemed impressed with her other qualifications(资格).she was 36 when he asked her if she could start soon. i wonder if youd mind 37 next month? he asked 38 _. 39 seemed she had got the job 40 21. a. had left b. has left c. was left d. would be leaving22. a. had been b. camec. was d. would be23. a. should b. had to c. would d. was able to24. a. told b. spokec. said d. talked25. a. run out b run ofc. run out of d.run away26. a. through b. across c. cross d. along27. a. latest b. last c. late d. later 28. a. to being late b. for being latec. to be late d. for the late29. a. mind b. listen c. notice d. hear30. a. took down with business b. came down to businessc. settled down with business d. got down to business31. filled out b. took out c. sent out d. threw away32. a. havent you b. do youc. have you d. dont you33. a. even more sure b. sure c. even sure of d. sure of34. a. a few such b. a few morec. much a few d. more a few35. a. as her surprise b. to her surprisedc. for her surprised d.to her surprise 36. a. even more surprise b. even much surprisec. even more surprised d. even much surprised37. a. starting b. to start c. start d. started 38. a. by a smile b. with a smile c. by smile d. with smile39. a. it b. this c. that d. he40. a. not at all b. after all c. all d. after that第ii卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。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仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。which is best way to learn a language? 1_we know what we all learnt our 2_own languages well when we were children 3_if we learn a second language by the 4_same way, it will not seem such difficult. 5_how does small child do? it listens 6_to people to speak and