安徽省阜阳市阜南县实验中学2019_2020学年高一英语下学期第三次月考试题

1、安徽省阜阳市阜南县实验中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期第三次月考试题一、单项选择（每小题2分，共30分）1. is this the reason_ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?a. he explainedb. how he explainedc. what he explainedd. why he explained2. all the apples _ fell down were eaten by the pigs.a. thatb. thosec. whichd. what3. the way _ you

2、move and carry yourself communicates a wealth of information to the world.a. /b. in wherec. in thatd. which4. could you tell me the name of the shop _ you bought your coat last week？a. whichb. in whichc. thatd. in that5. can you lend me the book _ you were reading this morning？a. thatb. whatc. whose

3、d. who6. what are you going to do this weekend?im going to an exhibition of photographs which _ these days.a. will be heldb. is holdingc. will holdd. is being held7. a new cinema _ here. they hope to finish it next month.a. will be builtb. is being builtc. has been builtd. is built8. we have to hold

4、 the meeting in the small hall because the meeting room where we planned to hold the meeting _.a. is being decoratedb. is decoratingc. will be decoratedd. will decorate9. _ trees _ in the past few years.a. a good many of , were plantedb. a good many, were plantedc. a number of , have plantedd. a num

5、ber of, have been planted10. despite the previous rounds of talks, no agreement _so far by the two sides.a. has been reachedb. was reachedc will reachd. will have reached11. all of her time _ to carrying out a further study on the cause of alzheimers diseasesince she left school.a. has been devotedb

6、. devotedc. has devotedd. was devoted12. i think this is the most interesting story_is made up by my uncle.a. whatb. whichc. thatd. as13. many people who had seen the film were afraid to go to the forest when they remembered the scenes _ people were eaten by the tiger.a. whichb. thatc. by whichd. in

7、 which14. he cant remember the age _ he met his wife.a. of whichb. at whichc. in whichd. on which15. he said he did everything _ he could to help the people there.a. whichb. whosec. whatd. that二、完形填空（每小题20分，共20分）it happened to me last week.i went duck hunting and took my fourlegged_16_along.i went i

8、nto a muddy lake and got stuck._17_，my dog was right by my side and provided me with a lifeline.that day，i wanted to _18_a duck decoy(诱饵) in the lake.i thought it was something _19_to do.i didnt know that _20_ the muddy waters would put my life at risk.when i was _21_ in the lake，my legs got stuck i

9、n the thick mud.i couldnt _22_ my legs and had to find a way to call for _23_.at that time，my dog was waiting for my_24_ to the shore，but with each passing minute he grew _25_.fortunately for me，i had my _26_ with me and was able to call 911.however，when rescuers _27_，they knew they would also get s

10、tuck in the mud if they tried to reach me.but the dog was the only one able to do the _28_without getting stuck.rescuers tied a rope to my dog and had him _29_ me.and that was how my dog became my only lifeline.once my dog came to me，i untied the rope，tied it to my _30_ and waited for a rescuer to r

11、each me.the rescuer was also tied to the rope and with the help of others back on the safe _31_，i was pulled out from the mud.if it werent for my dog，i would have spent_32_ time in the cold waters when rescuers tried to make a _33_ plan to reach me.the dog was_34_ before i found it.i took it home an

12、d kept it.from my experience，i believe that kindness will be_35_ rewarded.16. a. tableb. guidec. friendd. cat17. a. strangelyb. surprisinglyc. interestinglyd. luckily18. a. tryb. placec. changed. settle19. a. safeb. boringc. difficultd. funny20. a. touchingb. enteringc. enjoyingd. cleaning21. a. smi

13、lingb. washingc. walkingd. swimming22. a. seeb. hurtc. feeld. free23. a. changeb. emergencyc. serviced. help24. a. stepb. signc. returnd. boat25. a. angryb. worriedc. calmd. excited26. a. cellphoneb. pursec. keyd. card27. a. sailedb. arrivedc. finishedd. left28. a. workb. trickc. studyd. project29.

14、a. showb. takec. reachd. tie30. a. shipb. duckc. legd. body31. a. hillb. rockc. landd. water32. a. greatb. morec. littled. better33. a. seriousb. longc. goodd. disappointing34. a. homelessb. beautifulc. strongd. little35. a. stillb. neverc. hardlyd. really三、阅读理解（每小题8分，共40分）ahelp hermit crabshermit c

15、rabs are natures recyclers. they eat waste and help keep oceans and shores clean. unlike other crabs，the hermit crab has a thin outer shell over its soft tail. this makes the hermit crab easy prey for hungry predators(天敌).hermit crabs stay safe by living in old seashells. a hermit crab is picky(狡猾);

16、it tries on many shells until it finds one that fits just right. in recent years，however，many hermit crabs have had trouble finding their perfect homes. what is the problems there are not enough shells to go around!one reason for the seashell shortage is that ocean water is not as clean as it once w

17、as.this has caused chemical changes to sea water.some sea animals，like snails，are affected by these changes. now there are fewer snails making shells. people visiting the beach often take shells home as souvenirs(纪念品).this is another problem.other people even take shells for their own pet hermit cra

18、bs!they do not realize that hermit crabs in the wild need those shells too.now people are working to solve this hermit crab housing shortage. they are teaching beach-boers to leave seashells where they belong-at the seashore!some people even make fake seashells that they hope the hermit crabs will l

19、ike.for example，a group called project shelter invited people who visited their website to create different designs for hermit crab shells.these designers had a lot to consider. what kind of material should be used to build a seashells.the material must be light enough for the hermit crab to carry，b

20、ut strong enough to protect the crab from predators. the man-made shells could not contain glue or any other substance(物质)that might harm a hermit crab. another challenge with building a hermit crab home was the opening to the shell. too big would mean the crab would not feel safe.too small would be

21、 uncomfortable，and the crab would not want to move in.the project shelter shells are placed in the wild for hermit crabs to find.lucky hermit crabs can move into these new dream homes.36. where can hermit crabs stay safe?a. in different old seashells.b. behind the waste theyll eat.c. in their own th

22、in outer shells.d. under the stones at the seashore.37. according to the passage，what should be put in the webs?a. the methods to recycle the wastes.b. the ways to help the hermit crabs.c. the materials of seashells.d. the designs of websites.38. what does the underlined word“fake in para. 3 mean?a.

23、 man-madeb. perfectc. hardd. comfortable39. what is the passage mainly about?a. the project shelter group.b. the shortage of the seashell.c. new homes for hermit crabs.d. the recyclers of the nature.bmandara seemed to know something big was about to happen. so she let out a yell, caught hold of her

24、2-year-old daughter kibibi and climbed up into a tree. she lives at the national zoo in washington d.c.and on tuesday, august 23rd, witnesses said she seemed to sense the big earthquake that shook much of the east coast before any humans knew what was going on. and shes not the only one. in the mome

25、nts before the quake, an orangutan (猩猩) let out a loud call and then climbed to the top of her shelter.“its very different from their normal call,” said brandie smith, the zookeeper. “the lemurs (monkey like animals of madagascar) will sound an alarm if they see or hear something highly unusual.”but

26、 you cant see or hear an earthquake 15 minutes before it happens, can you? maybe you canif youre an animal.“animals can hear above and below our range of hearing,” said brandie smith. “thats part of their special abilities. theyre more sensitive to the environment, which is how they survive.”primate

27、s werent the only animals that seemed to sense the quake before it happened. one of the elephants made a warning sound and a huge lizard (蜥蜴) ran quickly for cover. the flamingoes (a kind of birds) gathered before the quake and stayed together until the shaking stopped.so what kind of vibrations (震动

28、) were the animals picking up in the moments before the quake? scientist susan hough said earthquakes produce two types of wavesa weak “p” wave and then a much stronger “s” wave. the “p” stands for “primary”. and the “s” stands for “secondary”. she thinks the “p” wave might be what sets the animals

29、off.not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake. for example, smith said the zoos giant pandas didnt jump up until the shaking actually began. but many of the other animals seemed to know something was coming before it happened. “im not surprised at all,” smith said.40. why did mandara ac

30、t strangely one day?a. because it sensed something unusual would happen.b. because its daughter kibibi was injured.c. because it heard an orangutan let out a loud call.d. because an earthquake had happened.41. according to brandie smith,_.a. many animals hearing is sharpb. earthquakes produce two ty

31、pes of wavesc. primates usually gather together before a quaked. humans can also develop the ability to sense a quake42. which animal seems unable to sense quake?a. a giant panda.b. a flamingo.c. a lemur.d. a lizard.43. what is the best title for the passage?a. how animals survive a quakeb. how anim

32、als differ from humansc. how animals behave before a quaked. how animals protect their young in a quakeca lot of people say math is not their strong suit. one new jersey parent wants to help change that. laura overdeck grew up with numbers. she always helped measure ingredients（食材）when her mother ba

33、ked，and she learned about angles from her father. she went on to major in astrophysics（天体物理学）in college. overdeck wanted her own children to be good at math，too.“and when our first child was about two，we just started giving her a math problem every night，”overdeck said. the problem was usually a sto

34、ry，involving animals，cars or candies that let the kid count.“our third child started，at age two，yelling that he wanted his own math problem because he saw his brother and sister doing it. and we thought，wow，we have a household where math is the popular thing at bedtime，”overdeck said.in february，ove

35、rdeck set up bedtime math，an internet website where she posts daily puzzles for children. overdeck is particularly keen to hook（吸引）children on numbers before they go to school. so why introduce little ones to math so early？sian beilock，an expert on performance anxiety，says the more fun and familiar

36、math is early on，the less likely children will feel nervous when they start to learn math in school.“my lab has shown recently that kids as early as first grade report feeling anxious about doing math，”beilock said.“you can hear totally educated adults say，you know im just not that good at math.orim

37、 kind of afraid of math.and thats a totally acceptable thing for a well-educated person to say，but you never hear them say，well，you know，im just not that good at reading.，”overdeck said. she wants children and their parents to become as fluent in numbers as they are in harry potter.44. overdeck majo

38、red in astrophysics because she.a. was really fond of mathematicsb. hoped to change math education in the usc. had an interest in physicsd. would like her children to be good at math45. what can be inferred from paragraph 2?a. stories can be used to encourage kids in solving math problems.b. math wi

39、ll become more popular in every household.c. math is enjoyable in overdecks family.d. the third child is cleverer than his brother and sister.46. beilocks attitude towards overdecks idea is.a. agreeableb. puzzledc. anxiousd. critical47. the unfavorable situation of the us in math ability is shown by

40、.a the popularity of bedtime mathb. childrens performance anxiety in schoolc. peoples reaction to mathd. adults great fondness for harry potterdas more and more people speak the global languages of english, chinese, spanish, and french, other languages are rapidly disappearing. in fact, half of the

41、6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (unesco).in an effort to prevent language loss, scholars (学者) from a number of organizations-unesco and national geographic a

42、mong them-have for many years been documenting (记录) dying languages and the cultures they reflect. mark turin, a scientist at the macmillan centre yale university, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the himalayas, is following that tradition. his recently published book, a gramm

43、ar of thangmi with an ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in nepal.documenting the thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral

44、 traditions across the himalayan reaches of india, nepal, bhutan, and china. but he is not satisfied to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. at the university of cambridge turin discovered a wealth of important materials, including photographs, films, tape recordings, and

45、 field notes, which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. now, through the two organizations that he has founded, the digital himalaya project and the world oral literature project, turin has started a campaign to make such documents, for the world available not just

46、to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. thanks to digital technology and the widely available internet, turins notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.48. many scholars are making effort

47、s to .a. save global languagesb. search for new languagesc. rescue disappearing languagesd. set up language research centers49. what does “that tradition” in paragraph 2 refer to?a. writing books on language teaching.b. having full records of the languages.c. telling stories about language users.d.

48、living with the native speaker.50. what is turins book based on?a. his experience in nepal.b. the documents available at yale.c. his language research in bhutan.d. the cultural studies.51. which of the following best describe turins work?a. write sell and donate.b. record, repair and reward.c. desig

49、n, experiment and report.d. collect, protect and reconnect.efarah was sitting in the kitchen going over the party list with her mother.the exams were over and farah wanted to invite her friends for a party.“farah，arent you going to invite hafsa？”her mother asked.hafsa had been her best friend since

50、childhood.“mother，you know i am now a part of purple girls club and we have some rules about people we can be friends with，”farah answered.“really？and what are the rules？”her mother asked.“well，only very pretty girls can be part of our group.and hafsa is so.you know.dark.”“i cannot believe it，”her m

51、other said angrily. as farah left the kitchen，her father called her from the living room.farah went to her father and paled when she saw the exam report in his hands.“farah，what has happened to your grades？you have failed in mathematics，”her father said.farah had no answer.the truth was that the act

52、ivities of purple girls club left her with very little time for studies.“farah，it says that you can take part in supplementary exams(补考).if your grades dont improve then，ill cancel(取消) your trip to spain.”farah went to her room and called gina，the leader of purple girls club， “gina，can you help me t

53、o complete my notes before the exams？”gina laughed.“exams？who cares about exams？”one by one，she called her friends in the club but no one seemed to care or wanted to help.farah knew hafsa would help her.farah also knew hafsa had been hurt by her，but hafsa said，“if you need any help，just let me know.

54、we can study together till your exams.”next monday，as two friends entered the school together，gina called out.“farah，you know our rulesyou cannot be friends with those who do not belong to our club.”“gina，i have a new rule about friendship，”farah replied.52. after farah became a member of purple gir

55、ls club，she chose a friend according to a persons_.a. looksb. usual activitiesc. gradesd. favorite colors53. farah became pale after going to her father because_.a. he didnt allow her to go to spainb. she didnt do well in her examsc. she had to leave purple girls clubd. he asked her to improve her g

56、rades54. which word can best describe hafsa?a. silly.b. beautiful.c. rude.d. kind.55. what lesson can we learn from the passage?a. a friend in need is a friend indeed.b. a perfect friend will never be found.c. be slow in choosing a friend.d. friendship can be developed easily.四、语法填空（每小题20分，共20分）语法填空

57、the dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of chinese agriculture. _56_ （build）over 2,200 years ago in what is now sichuan province in southwest china, this amazing engineering _57_（achieve）is still used today.in ancient times, the region where dujiangyan now stands