2013-2014学年高一下学期第一次月考英语试题及答案

由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 第一部分 听力 共 20 题 30 分 第一节 1 How does Jenny probably feel now A Excited B Puzzled C Sad 2 What happened to the man s bike A It broke down B The key was missing C It was lost 3 Who wants to have a pear A The man B The woman C The women s brother 4 What has the man been doing A Listening to the radio B Wacthing TV C Doing his homework 5 What does the man probably think of the picnic A Terrible B Just so so C Great 第二节 6 What s Mr Smith doing now A Talking on the phone B Having a meeting C Returning from a meeting 7 What will John do then A Go to a meeting B Call Mr Smith again C Visit Mr Smith this afternoon 8 How does the room look now A Dirty B Dark C Tidy 9 Why did the man come to the man s house A To borrow a book B To ask about a party C To ask for Mary s phone number 10 What are the two speakers mainly talking about A Part time jobs they want to do B Plans for their summer holiday C Lifestyles in different countries 11 What will the man do A Go to New York B Go to work in Shanghai C Look for a part time job 12 What do the woman s like doing A Reading magazines B Traveling around the US by car C Visiting different countries in the world 13 What s the relationship between the woman and Nana A Classmates B Roommates C Best friends 14 How old is Nana now A 5 B 7 C 12 15 Where does Nana come from A China B Korea C America 16 What do we know about Nana s parents A They grew up in America B They were busy with their work C They didn t know much about Chinese traditions 17 When did the speaker s grandma start writing A In the 1930s B In the 1940s C In the 1950s 18 What do we know about the speaker s grandma s first collection of short stories A It came out in the early 1960s B It was called Lives of Girls and Women C It won her a very important literary prize 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 19 How many collections of short stories has the speaker s grandma published in all A 4 B 10 C 14 20 What did the speaker s grandma do in 2013 A She published her latest book B She started writing in English C She won an important prize in literature 第二部分 阅读 第一节 共 15 题 30 分 A As for Jack he stayed aboard and lived the life of a true pirate dog to the end of his days 21 According to the first two paragraphs which of the following is TRUE A Bragwynn killed many people when he was young B Bragwynn had sailed at sea for many years C Bragwynn rowed about in his boat with a young man named Jack D Bragwynn did not notice the ship just ahead of him 22 Why did the captain on the ship say I ll give up to Bragwynn A Because he was frightened by Bragwynn s words B Because he thought Bragwynn a better captain C Because he was really ready to serve Bragwynn D Because he had an idea to deal with Bragwynn 23 When Bragwynn stepped through the door he thought he was going A into the kitchen B back onto his own boat C into the bathroom D to gain the captain s position 24 Which of the following words best describe Bragwynn A Mean and brave 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 B Crazy and foolish C Stubborn and friendly D Clever and cruel B Mei Lun and Mei Huan have been the first giant twin pandas born in the US since 1987 The names of these twin male giant panda cubs 幼崽 were announced at Atlanta Zoo last year Lun Lun a 15 year old giant panda gave birth to the cubs on July 15 2013 Zoo officials followed Chinese custom and named the brothers after waiting 100 days Until then they were simply known as Cub A and Cub B Mei Lun and Mei Huan are the first twin panda cubs to survive in the Unite States We re delighted to finally be able to place two youngsters with names They have not only made a mark on the history of Atlanta Zoo but also have made history in the US Raymond B King the zoo s president and CEO said in a statement Atlanta Zoo teamed up with Good Morning America that month to put the pandas names to a public vote China s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding provided the choices of names In just 13 days 51 000 votes poured in on the show s website Under a deal between China and the US giant pandas originally from China are only lent to foreign zoos for scientific study for several years Zookeepers at Atlanta Zoo are giving regular updates on the twins progress in an online blog Mei Lun and Mei Huan are the fourth and fifth offspring 子女 of Lun Lun and a male giant panda named Yang Yang The pandas made their first public appearance in a US exhibit last fall For the three months before their appearance the online world had watched the twins grow strong and healthy We share this joy with our colleagues 同事 in China and with the cub s fans around the world King said 25 The underlined words that month probably refer to A July B September C October D December 26 How did the twins get their names A Good morning America named them B Zoo Atlanta gave them the names C China provided their names for votes D The US decided their names 27 What can be inferred from the passage A Yang Yang belongs to America B The two cubs are not in good health C Yang Yang is the father of the twins D The cub s fans haven t watched the twins in the zoo 28 What s the main idea of the passage A The twin panda cubs were born in the US B The twin pandas grew strong and healthy C The names of the twin pandas were announced D The names of the twin pandas were given by the public C Buffet is the son of the best investor 投资者 Warren Buffet and he s the CEO of a philanthropic foundation 慈善基金会 But he s also a lifelong farmer He is familiar with the saying that each farmer can expect to have 40 opportunities to improve their harvest And it s not just farmers who know there s a clock running on their efforts We all need to recognize that we only have a fixed 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 amount of time to affect change said Howard G Buffett HGB HGB wants to invest more than 3 billion in an effort to end global hunger and poverty for the world s nearly one billion poor people by 2045 He s decided to focus much of his effort on farming in the developing world He believes that the best way to deal with poverty is to change the lives of farmers in the poorest nations on the planet It s a pretty well proven fact that nothing works better at bringing people out of poverty than investment in rural areas said HGB Healthy soils are a most important part of productive farmers but 1 5 billion people a fifth of the global population live on poor land You have to fix the soil he said HGB also has the idea that farmers who own their own land will raise crops with an eye to the long term health of the soil He would like to see that balanced with a foreign aid plan HGB notes that too often experts want to make agriculture in developing nations look like farming in rich countries It s not going to happen like that said HGB You need to consider local differences local culture Many more ideas of HGB can be found in his new book Forty Chances Finding Hope in a Hungry World 29 From the second paragraph we can learn that HGB s main purpose is A to invest lots of money in farming B to end hunger and poverty C to change farming in the world D to help the poorest nations in the world 30 What s the population of the whole world A 1 5 billion B One fifth billion C 6 billion D 7 5 billion 31 What can be inferred from the last paragraph A The farming methods in rich countries suit developing countries B HGB thinks agriculture of the west is not good at all C All the farming methods don t suit developing countries D HGB gains his ideas from the book Forty Chances 32 What can be the best title for the passage A HGB invests to end hunger B A great farmer HGB C HGB one son of Warren Buffet D HGB invests in the developing countries D Climate change will increase U S wildfires and the smoky air will cause terrible problems in areas far beyond those burned reports an environmental group Thursday Two thirds of Americans or nearly 212 million lived in states suffering from wildfire smoke three years ago according to the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC These areas which had smoke for at least a week were nearly 50 times greater than those burned directly by fire It affects a much wider area of the United States than people have realized says author Kim Knowlton a Columbia University health professor adding the smoke can move up to hundreds of miles She says the smoke contains air pollution and can cause several kinds of disease Texas was hit hardest in 2011 when smoke stayed for at least a week in areas that are home to 25 million people according to NRDC s report Illinois which recorded no wildfires within its borders 边界 ranked 排名 second with nearly 12 million people affected by smoke that moved in from elsewhere The other eight states with the most people exposed 接触 to smoky air were in descending 下降的 order Florida Missouri Georgia Louisiana Michigan Alabama 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 Oklahoma and Iowa Nearly two dozen states had no wildfires within their borders in 2011 but eight of them still had at least one week of smoky air Illinois Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska Indiana Wisconsin and Ohio Only 18 states and the District of Columbia had no people exposed to at least a week of smoke that year although five of them Alaska California Hawaii Nevada and Utah had a large area burned by wildfires The problem will only get worse Knowlton say Scientific research shows climate is causing higher temperatures and health problems 33 We can learn from the first two paragraphs that A most Americans suffered from climate change B the states burned by wildfires had more serious problems C most Americans suffered from wildfire smoke in 2011 D Every state had wildfire smoke for at least a week 34 Which of the following states had wildfires within its borders A Texas B Kansas C Ohio D California 35 What would be the best title for the passage A Climate change causes more wildfires B More wildfires cause climate change C Wildfire smoke becomes a serious health problem D Air pollution becomes a terrible problem 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 For a long time I have been thinking about the idea of going abroad to do something worthwhile 值得做的 such as doing some voluntary work working with kids or animals However I had been stopped for different choices with the kind of things I could do and different countries where I could do them 36 And I had been puzzling over how I was able to afford the flights costs and everything I thought I couldn t wait to do something 37 So I just got up off my bed and went downstairs I started making sandwiches and then put some crisps some biscuits and an apple into about six little picnic bags I called a couple of friends and told them my idea that I was going into the city to give these foods out to the homeless 38 While we were buying some other things in the supermarket we saw a whole cooked chicken that was on sale so we bought it We gave it to the first homeless man we came across 39 What a feeling like no other 40 But I was very sad because I knew I had only helped one person out of thousands Actually it made me cry But still at least I felt good to have helped others and the excitement got me satisfied so I just had to keep doing that I think we don t need to look too hard or travel too far for the things that are always on our own doorsteps A He was really shocked and B He seemed glad to share the story with others C They don t need to travel far for voluntary work D Besides it s very expensive to prepare for that E I said to myself I have to do something worthwhile NOW F My friends loved my idea so much that they decided to join me 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 G I felt very happy because I did something making someone s day 第三部分 语言知识运用 第一节 完形填空 20 题 30 分 I always knew I wanted to be a writer Even before I learned to write I would listen 41 to stories read to me Then I would 42 them to my friends But I usually 43 things I didn t like and added things that I thought would 44 the story I was not sure if my improved new stories made a lot of sense but my 45 seemed to enjoy them In a way I have been still doing the 46 things listening to stories and telling them in a new way When I learned how to write I 47 that I wanted to be a writer who would see stories he himself wrote in magazines newspapers and books The 48 books I wrote were for my family and friends I liked my stories to have 49 but I wasn t very good at drawing 50 my brother Daniel loved drawing so he 51 for many of my first books In the second grade I thought I was 52 to become a published writer With my mother s 53 I started sending my stories to some big New York 54 Although the editors never bought my stories some of them 55 me to keep writing All the time I was hoping to be a published writer and my brother was 56 becoming a full time book painter So I was taking classes to improve my 57 My brother was going to a 58 school to learn more about skills of painting Usually when I 59 a new story Daniel would paint for it We would get ourselves published as a picture book 60 and a painter 41 A sincerely B casually C carefully D carelessly 42 A hand B retell C teach D return 43 A made for B changed into C left out D looked through 44 A enjoy B forget C explain D improve 45 A teachers B friends C sisters D families 46 A different B same C useful D new 47 A showed B decided C wished D learned 48 A first B last C best D old 49 A ends B covers C pictures D readers 50 A Happily B Strangely C Unhappily D Importantly 51 A wrote B spoke C looked D drew 52 A unwilling B lucky C determined D ready 53 A invitation B help C agreement D education 54 A publishers B writers C schools D artists 55 A encouraged B forbade C allowed D forced 56 A asking for B dreaming of C laughing at D leading to 57 A reading B listening C writing D drawing 58 A business B music C medical D special新课 标第 一 网 59 A started B wanted C finished D read 60 A lover B editor C author D talker 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 由莲山课件提供 资源全部免费 答答 题题 卷卷 语篇填空 每个空可以填一到三个词 10 题 20 分 Some experts say that the Chinese were the first people 61 discover the land that is now called America They say that many centuries ago 62 explore set sail from a port in China and made a long voyage 63 ended on the shores of America If this is true then they sailed much 64 far than anyone else had at that time and arrived in America long 65 Columbus According to some experts the Vikings also sailed 66 America by crossing the Atlantic probably from Greenland Some years ago 67 was difficult to persuade people th