常州市田家炳高级中学高一月质检英语试题

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精常州市田家炳高级中学2017-2018学年高一年级12月质检I。Listening。(20%)(略)II。Multiplechoices。（15%）21。Itis______wasteoftimeforyoungmetodevotethemselvestoplayingcomputergamesontheInternetonlyfor______pleasure。A./；/B.the；/B.a;aD.a;/22.Helives_____toJohnthanI，butdoesnotgetintouchwithhimas_______asIdo。A.closer；closeB.closer；closelyC.moreclosely；closeD.moreclosely；closely23。Thesestudentswillgraduatefromtheuniversitynextsummer,______theywillhavestudiedhereforfouryears.A。bythenB.bythattimeC。bywhattimeD.bywhichtime24。–Look,infrontofthefarmhouse_______,withabookinhishand.—Yes,there_____。A.aboysat；sattheB.sataboy;hesatC.didaboysit;hesatD.sataboy;sathe25._____intheskywerethemoonandnumerousstarsonthisstarrynight.A.SeeingB.SeenC。ToseeD。Beingseen26.–Isn'tittimeyouwenttobed,Mike?—I____pantingallafternoon，soIhavetofinishmyhomeworknow。A.waspracticingB.havepracticedC.havebeenpracticingD.hadpracticed27.Thedepartmentmanagerpromised_____toldherwhostolethenecklacewouldberewarded。Tohersurprise,_______shesaid,therewasnoresponse.A。whoever；whicheverB。whoever；nomatterwhatC。nomatterwho;whateverD.nomatterwho；nomatterwhat28.Ijustwonderedhowyousuppose_____soseriously。A.hegotinjuredB。didhegetinjuredC.injuredhimD。thatheinjured29.WiththewidespreadoffogandhazeincentralandeasternChina，ourgovernmentissupposedto_____theireffortstopreventfurtherpollution.A.makeupB.showupC.stepupD。wakeup30。There’sanatmosphereofpeaceandcalminthecountryside,completelydifferentto____inthecity.A。itB.thatC.whatD.which31。“SinceChinahasgoodrelationswithbothPakistanandAfghanistan，ChinacanencourageIslamabadtotakeimportantandnecessarystepsfor______terrorismandextremismintheregion，”thepapersaidinitseditorial。A.dealingB。containingC。defendingD。existing32._______ofthetruthofthereport，hetoldhiscolleagueaboutit，______allofthemshocked.A.Convinced;makingB.Convincing；tomakeC.Toconvince;madeD.Havingconvinced；making33.Justin’ssister，Kelly,_______9，saidshehadseenhisbrothertaken_____theUFObytheAliens.A.aging；boardB。aged;onboardC。aging；aboardD。aged;aboard34。–It’salongtime____Isawyoulast。—Andwhat’sapitynowthatitwillbealongtime_____weseeeachotheragain。A.before;sinceB。since;whenC.when;beforeD。since；before35。–I'mafraidwecan'tovercometheseproblems.—________!Ourtroubleswillsoonbeover.A.GoaheadB。HavefunC.GoodluckD。CheerupIII。Closetest.(20％)ThingshavebeenkindoftoughlatelyforShannonBakerandherlittlefamily。Theyhaveeachother’sparentsandyoungdaughterandforthattheyare36。Butsheandherhusbandarebothcurrently37.Andtheircarisingreatneedof38.Andthenthereisthematteroftheirsecondchild,whois39soon。SothingsarealittletensefortheBakerfamilythesedays。WhenShannonandherdaughterwerewalkingthroughastore40lotrecently，Shannonpickedupanenvelopfromthegroundthat41＄4,000incash.Therewerea42ofdifferentinterpretationsthatcouldbeconsidered。Wasthisakindofgood43?Coulditbeanattemptbytheuniversetobalanceeverything？CoulditbesimplyagiftfromGod？Shannondidn’tknow.Theonlythingsheknewwasthatthecashinthatenvelope44tosomeoneelse.Oh,andoneotherthingsheknew:Heryoungdaughterwas45.“Mykidwasstandingrightthere46Ifoundit，”ShannontoldWLS—TVinChicago.“SobasicallyIwantedtoteachmydaughterhowtobe47.Andformethatwasenough。”Nevermindthebillsthatwere48,orthecarthatneededtobefixed，orthebabythatwouldcomesoon.Andforgetthatwhenshe49themoneyovertothepoliceshewastoldthattherewasactuallynothingillegalifshe50it。Thepolicewereabletoreturnthemoneytothepersonwho51it:anoldwoman.Andonecanimaginethe52andreliefshefeltwhenthepolicehandedthelostenvelopbacktoher.“Shecametomyhouseandshewasalmostintears，53me，”Shannonsaid。“Shegavemeahugandanenvelopewithasmall54init。Buttheamount,largeorsmall，wasn’t5536.A。controlled B。upset C.sensitive D.grateful37.A。unemployed B.appreciated C.disappointed D.removed38。A。repair B。protection C。cash D。sale39.A。sick B。serious C。due D。dull40.A。gathering B。parking C.cleaning D.begging41.A.included B。contained C.charged D。paid42.A。number B.deal C。plenty D.flood43。A。expense B。prize C。hope D。luck44。A.pointed B.owned C。belonged D。possessed45。A.demanding B。watchingC。laughing D。affecting46.A.before B。though C。because D.when47.A。honest B.loyal C.ripe D.humorous48.A。pilingup B.givingaway C。showingoffD。passingby49。A。watched B。turned C。got D。collected50.A.kept B.made C。checked D.promoted51。A。sent B。disliked C.lost D。generated52。A。respect B。regret C.tension D.joy53。A.comforting B.congratulating C。offending D.thanking54。A。amount B.present C.envelope D。choice55.A.enough B.acceptable C。important D.matterIV。Comprehension。(30%)AIfyouaresittingdownlisteningtoourprogram，standup.Moveyourlegs。Touchyourtoesifyoucan.Doanythingbutsit。Ifyoucutdownonthetimeyouspendsitting,youmightlivelongerlivelonger。Newresearchshowsthatsittinglessthanthreehoursadaymightmakeyourlivelongerbytwoyears。Thehumanbodyisdesignedtomove。Butmodernlifestylesandofficejobsrarelygiveusthechancetomovearound.Justtheopposite，saysPeterKatzmarzyk，ascientistattheUniversityofLouisianainthesouthernUnitedStates，hesaysthatsittingisubiquitousinourlivestoday。WesitwhilewewatchTV.Andmanyofussitwhilewe’reeating,wesitinthecar.Andmanyofussitformanyhoursatwork。Americansreportthattheysitbetweenfourandahalftofivehoursaday。

Mr.Katzmarzyksaysyoumayexerciseoften。But,hesayseventhatdoesnotmeanyoucansitfortherestofyourwakinghours。“Wecan’tthrowawayphysicalactivity.It'sextremelyimportant,butmovingisalsoimportant.Evenifyouexercisefor30minutesaday，whatgoesonintheother23。5hoursadayisalsoveryimportant。”Hefoundthatcuttingtelevisiontimetolessthantwohoursadaycouldadd1.4yearstolife.Mr。Katzmarzykandhisco-workersarepartofanewgenerationofresearchersstudyinghowsittingalldayaffectslengthoflife.Thisisarelativelynewareaofstudy—studiesthathaveassessedtherelationshipbetweensittingandmortality（死亡）ortelevisionviewingandmortality。Makingusesofthefewstudiesavailabletothem,theyfoundthatcuttingtelevisiontimetolessthantwohoursadaycouldaddone—pointfouryearstol

Changeisalreadycomingtosomeoffices，especiallyinthedesignofdesks。A“standingdesk”letspeoplestandwhiletheywork。Anothernewdesigniscalledthe“treadmilldesk.”Atreadmillisanexercisemachinethatletsyouwalkinoneplace.EvensomeU。S.schoolsarebeginningtoexperimentwithdesksthatarepartbicyclestokeepchildrenmoving。Mr.Katzmarzyksaysstudyingthisproblemhasinspiredhisteamtomakeafewchangesintheirownlives."Asauniversityprofessor，youknow,itisaverysedentaryoccupation。We'rechainedtoadeskintermsofwritingpapersanddoingresearch。Wereallytrytolimittheamountoftimewespenddoingthat."

Ifyouworkinofficejob，Mr。Katzmarzykandhisteamsuggestafewsimplechanges:

（1)getupfromyourdeskasoftenasyoucan

(2)takewalksatlunchtime

（3)insteadofemailingcolleagues,walktotheirofficesandtalkdirectly。Alltheseactivitiesmayhelpyoulivelonger.56.Whichofthestatementistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Mr.KatzmarzykandhisteamarethefirsttostudyhowsittingaffectslengthoflifeB.StandingdesksandtreadmilldeskswillreplacecommondeskseventuallyC。PhysicalactivitiesweighasmuchasenoughexercisesoastolivelongerD.Thenewresearchdrawsacompleteoppositeconclusionfromformerstudies57.Theunderlinedword“ubiquitous“inthethirdparagraphisclosestinmeaningto_____A.uniqueB。commonC.continuousD.unavoidableBForaslongashumanshaveexisted,therehasbeenaneedtokeepintouchwith，Foraslongashumanshaveexisted,therehasbeenaneedtokeepintouch,tosendinformationbetweenpeopleindifferentplaces。Beforewritingwasinvented，spokenmessageswerecarriedfromonepersontoanotheranditwasnoteasytosendlongermessages。Writingchangedthesituation，butitwasstilldifficulttomakesuethatyourmessagegottotherightplace.

TheRomanscreatedanorganizedsystemofmaildelivery,calledCursusPublicus.ThiswasusedbytheEmperorandofficialstosendinformationthroughouttheEmpire(帝国）Stagingpostsandarelaysystemwithhorsesandcarriagesmeantthatmessagescouldmovequickly,byusingmanyridersinsteadofone。However，theRomanswerenot(asmanypeoplethink）thefirsttorealizethis.In2000BCtheEgyptiansusedasimilarsystemtokeeppeopleinformedaboutthelawsinthecountry。TheChineseandPersianempiresalsousedsystemsofhorsesandridersmorethan500yeahbeforetheRomans。

AftertheRomanpostalservicedisappeared,othersystemswerecreatedinEurope,butneveragainaslargeastheRoman’s.Rulersofcountriesorregionsandevenchurchescreatedtheirownofficialmailnetwork.Itwasalsoveryimportanttobusinessbetweencountriesthatgoodcommunicationexisted.Internationaltraderssetupmanyunofficialpostallinks.TherewasonesuchlinkbetweenVeniceandConstantinopleinthe14thcentury.

Untilthemid—1600sinEurope，onlyofficialmessagescouldbecarriedbythestatenetworks;everyoneelsehadtowelesssecure，unofficialnetworks。However。asmoreroadswerebuilt.unofficialnetworksbecamesafer，morereliableandveryprofitable。Realizingtheycouldmakemoney，governmentsinmostcountriestookcontroloftheirownpublicpostalsystem,makingtheunofficialnetworksillegal.

Anumberofcountriesclaimtohaveinventedtheideaofstamps—placingapieceofpaperonthelettershowingthatthepostagehadbeenpaidfor。Butthefirstwidely-availablestampwasthePennyBlack,introducedinBritainbyamancalledRowlandHillin1840。ItwasablackstampwithawhitepictureoftheQueen’sheadonit。Hillchangedtheideaofpaymentfromdistancetoweight.Theyearbeforeitsintroduction，about75millionlettershadbeenpostedinBritain，yetonly10yearslaterover340millionlettersweresentusingstamp。Itwasaveryimportantinventionandcompletelychangedthepostalsystem.Tobuyafirst-editionofthisstamptodaycancostover£1000.

Untilthe1870sitwasstillveryexpensivetosendmailtoothercountries.TheUniversalPostalUnionwascreatedin1874tomakesurethat"allpeopleintheworldhaveaffordableandreliableaccesstopostalservices"。Itcannottellcountrieshowmuchtocharge。butithelpscountriesworktogetherandsetreasonableinternationalmailprices。Withthecreationofairmail,it'snowcheapandquicktosendletterstomostpartsoftheworld。Unfortunately，thegrowthofnewtechnology（theInternet，emails，faxmachines）meansthattraditionalpostalservicesarebecominglesspopular.Manypeoplenowcalltraditionalpost”snailmail".becauseitdoesnothavethespeedofanemailoratextmessage.Remember。thoughithasbeenhereforover2000years，andisstillawayofdeliveringapersonalmessage.58。Sendinglongermessagesbecameeasierbecauseof

。

A。theinventionofpaper

B.theinventionofwriting

C。theinventionoflanguage

D。theneedofcommunicating59。Accordingtothepassage.CursusPublicus

.

A。wasthelargestmailnetworkinEuropeB。wasthefirstmailnetworkinhumanhistory

C。providedpostalserviceforeveryoneinRomeD。was500yearearlierthanthesimilarsysteminEgypt60.ThepostallinkbetweenVeniceandConstantinoplewasbuiltto

。

A.helpofficialmanagement

B.promoteinternationaltrade

C.competeagainstofficiallicks

D。improveculturalexchanges61。ItcanbelearnedfromParagraph5thatbefore1840

.

A.thestampwasveryexpensiveB.mostpeopleinEuropehadnoideaofstamps

C。Britainhadthebestpostalsystemintheworld

D.thepostageonaletterwasdecidedbyhowfarittraveled62.WhatcanbeInferredfromthelastparagraph？

A。Theairmailsystemgrowsrapidly。

B。Thepostalsystemwillbecomemorepopular.

C。Thespeedoftraditionalpostwillbeimproved

D.Thetraditionalpostalservicesremainimportantinmaildelivery.CWhenIwasquiteyoungIsometimesdreamtaboutacity。Itwasodd,becausethedreambeganbeforeIevenknewwhatacitywas.ButIcouldseethiscity,byabigbay，withboatsonthewaterandhousesallaround。SometimesIsawsilverthingsflyinginthesky.Itwasaprettyplace.OnceIaskedmysister，Mary,wherethecitywas。Shetoldmethattherewasnosuchplace。Shesaidthatlongagotheremighthavebeenacitylikethat，butnotnow。Thenshetoldmenottotalkaboutthedreamtoanyone。MarydidnotwantmetotalkaboutanythingthatmightmakepeoplethinkIwasdifferentfromthem。Wherewelived，peoplewerealwayslookingoutforstrangethings.TheyeventhoughtitwasstrangethatIwasleft-handed.SoIdidnottalkaboutmydreamtoanyone,andasIgotolderIdidnothaveitsooften.AndInevertoldanyonethatIcouldtalktomycousinRosalindwithoutseeingher.Iwasn’tsureiftalkinglikethatwasstrange.AftersometimeIthoughtperhapsIwasjustlikeeveryoneelse.UntilthedayImetSophie.OnedayIhaddoneoffbymyselfasIoftendid。IwentdownacarttrackfromourfarmuntilIcametoahighridge.Thisridgewasverylong,andranallthewayroundtheland,asfarasyoucouldsee.Ihadoftengonealongthetopofit,butIhadn'tbeendowntheotherside.Somehowthelandontheothersideseemedstrange,likeanothercountry.ButtodayIplayedagame。TherainhadwornawaysomeofthebankontheothersideandIcouldpushmyselfdownthepathmadebytherain。Ididthistwice，rushingdowntheridgeandlandinginthesoftsandatthebottom.ThethirdtimeIlanded,avoicesaid，“Hello。”63。Thesentence“Itwasodd，becausethedreambeganbeforeIevenknewwhatacitywas。"suggeststhat________。A.thedreambeganassoonasIfellasleep

B。mydreamwasalwaysthesameC。Ihadnotseenacity

D。mydreamalwaysstartedinacity64。Davidbelievedthatpeoplethoughthewasstrangebecausehe____.A.playedonthecart-trackB.talkedtoSophieC.wasleft-handedD。haddreamsaboutacity65。Theunderlinedpart“Ididnothaveitsooften”inparagraph4means______.A。Ididn'toftentalkaboutmydreamtopeopleB.Iwasnotoftenleft—handedC。Ididn'toftentalkwithRosalindwithoutseeingherD。Ididn’toftendreamaboutacityDSixyearsago，aMiamiwomanwalkingthroughthehallofanofficebuildingcasuallynoticedtwomenstandingtogether.Severalminutesafterherleaving,themenmurderedapersonworkinginthebuilding.Policeinvestigatorsdeterminedthatthewomanwastheonlywitnesswhohadseenthetwosuspects，andcouldpossiblydescribethem。Inaninterviewwithpolice,hermemoryofthemenproveddisappointinglyunclear.Severaldayslater，psychologistRonaldP。Fisherwasbroughtintoobtainamorecompleteaccountfromthewoman.Fisher'sinterviewproducedabreakthrough—thewomanreportedaclearpictureofoneofthesuspects.Shethenrecalledseveraldetailsabouthisappearances。Thisinformationgavepoliceimportantleadsthatenabledthemtoarrestthesuspectsandclosethecase.PoliceinvestigatorssoughtthehelpfromFisherbecauseofhisrichknowledgeinconductingtheso-calledcognitive（认知的)interview，akindofmemory—rebuildingprocess.Initsoriginalform,thecognitiveinterviewfocusesonguidingwitnessesthroughfourgeneralrecallingtechniques:thinkingaboutphysicalsurroundingsandpersonalfeelingsthatexistedatthetimeofpastevents,reportingeverythingthatcomestomindaboutthoseeventsnomatterhowbrokenorunconnected，retellingeventsinavarietyoftimeorders,beginningtoend,endtobeginning，forwardorbackward,andadoptingdifferentperspectiveswhilerecallingevents。Usually,aninterviewerbeginsthecognitiveapproachbyencouragingthewitnesstotakeanactiveroleinrecallinginformationratherthangivinganswersonlytosomeoneelse’squestions。Thewitnessfirstdescribeswhathappenedinhisorherownwords，withnointerviewerinterruptions.Theinterviewerthengoesfurtherwithspecifictechniques，suchashavingthewitnesstellthedetailsofwhathappenedfromdifferentperspectives。Experimentswithpolicedetectivestrainedinthisdemandinginterviewmethodfindthattheygetnearly50%moreinformationfromwitnessesthanbeforetraining,whileerrorratesremainaboutthesame.66.Whatisthepurposeofwritingthispassage？A.TogiveanaccountofamurdercaseinanofficeB。ToexplainwhyFisherwasinvitedtoapoliceinterview.C。Todescribehowcognitivemethodhelpsthewomantorecall.D。Togivethereadersanideaofcognitiveinterview.67。Thecognitiveinterviewhelpedthewomantorecallmoreby______.A.strengtheninghermemory

B。givingherencouragementC.rebuildinghermemory

D。givinghermoretime68。Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatinacognitiveinterview，theinterviewermainlyplaysa_______role。

A。directing

B.questioning

C.passive

D.secondary69。Whatisthekeypointofthecognitiveinterview？

A.Theinterviewershouldinterruptthewitnessfromtimetotime.B。Thewitnessisencouragedtotakeanactiveroleinrecallinginformation.C.Theinterviewshouldtakeplaceoutsidethepolicestation。D。Thewitnessshouldrecalldetailsatthesceneoftheevent.70。Policetrainedinthecognitiveinterviewmethodcan________.A.getmoreinformationfromthewitnessthanbefore

B.decreasetheerrorrateC.solvethecasesmorequickly

D。usethemethodmoreskillfullythanthepsychologistsV。任务型阅读(10%）Abestfriendissomeoneyoucantrustwithyourdeepestsecrets，dependonincaseofemergencyandcelebratemeaningfullifeeventswith.Butdevelopingtheskillsinbeingyourownbestfriendmeansyoucandependonyourownjudgmentandbeyourwonsourceofcomfortwhenyouneedadviceorsupport。Beingyourownbestfriendcanalsobeagreatwaytoworkthroughfeelingsoflonelinessandinsecurityinyourlife。Bycultivatingproductiveandpositiveself,youcanlearntotrustyourselfinonacontinuousbasis.Therearetwoeffectivewaysthatcanhelpyoubeyourownbestfriend，oneofwhichistocreateahealthyrelationshipwithyourself。Forthis，youneedtospendtimegettingtoknowyourself。Thinkaboutwhatdrivesandmotivatesyou，whatyoulikeanddislike,andwhatyouaregoodatorneedtoimprove。Themoreyouunderstandyourselfonanhonestandreallevel，theeasierit'llbetolikeandrespectyourselfforwhoyouare。Inaddition,thinkingaboutyourrelationshipswithotherpeopleinyourlifecanalsohelpyoucreateahealthyrelationshipwithyourselfbecausegoodrelationshipsinyourlifecanserveasmodelsforhowtobeyourownbestfriend。Youcanwritedownthenamesofthepeopleyouconsiderimportantinyourlife，andwhytheyareimportanttoyou.Thinkaboutquestionslike，“whyamIgratefultohavethesepersonsinmylife?”Theothereffectivewayisenjoyingyourowncompany。Toachievethis，youcantakeatriptoaforeigncountryorplacealone.Thistripisagreatwaytodevelopstrongindependenceandself-relianceaswellasopennesstodifferentattitudesandcustomsofothers。Cultivatingahobbyyoucanenjoyaloneortakingupanactivitythatinvolvesjustyouarealsogoodwaystogetusedtoyourowncompanyandlikeit。Withtheupsetofsomeoneelsesittingacrossfromyou,youmayfindyoupaylessattentiontothemovieortheband，orthatyouarelessawareofyourownopinionsontheenvironmentaroundyou。Moreimportantly，whenyoudosomethingyouareproudof，praiseyourselfforit。Byadmittingyourself-worthandcultivatinginnervalue,you’retakingcontrolofwhatmakesyoufeelgood。However,ratherthantrytomakeyourchoicesanddecisionsintowhatsomeoneelsedefinesassuccessfulorpowerful，turninwardandadmitthatyouhavevalueandmeaningintheworld。Don’twaitforsomeoneelsetorecognizeyourself-worth。BeingYourOwnBestFriend____71_____Beingyourownbestfriendmakesyourelyonyourownjudgmentandfeel_____72aboutyourownadviceorsupport.Beingyourownbestfriendhelpspreventyoufeeling73andinsecureinlife。TipsCreatingahealthyrelationshipwithyourselfGettoknowyourselfby74whatdrivesandmotivatesyou,yourlikesanddislikes，andyourstrengthsandweaknesses。Gettoknowyourselfhonestlyandreally，andyou’remorelikelytolikeandrespectyourself。Thinkaboutyourrelationshipswithothersinyourlife.Makea(n)75ofthepeoplewhoreallymattertoyouinlifeandwritedownwhatyouthinkofthem.EnjoyingyourowncompanyTravelaloneabroadsothatyoucanlearntobe76,self-reliantandkeepanopenmindonothers’attitudesandcustoms.Takeupa（n)77youcanenjoyalone.Dosomeactivities78someoneelsearoundupsettingyou.Realizeyourownvaluebypraisingyourselffordoingsomethingyourtake79inAdmityourself-worthanddevelopinnervaluetoincreaseyourabilitytocontrolyourfeelings.Makeyourchoicesanddecisionswithoutbeing80byothers.VI。Wordsspelling。(10%）1.R________speaking,thereareabout40studentswhohavehandedintheirEnglishcompositions。2。Noonehascomeupwithac________explanationofwhydinosaursdiedout.3。Theuniversityislookingforwardtos________itslinkswiththelocalcommunity。4.Theworldweliveinfullofm________unsolvedevennow。5.XiaShuqin,thelasts________memberofthefamily