河南省周口中英文学校学年高一下学期第二次月考英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、河南省周口中英文学校学年高一下学期第二次月考英语试题 Word版含答案周口中英文学校2014-2015学年下期高一第三次考试英语试题I. 阅读（共20小题，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AExploit your parking spaceAn unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to 200 or 300 a week. Put an advertise

2、ment（广告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.Rent a roomSpare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you wont have to pay any tax on the first 4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

3、Make money during special eventsDont want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space.Live on setRenting your home out as a “film set” could earn

4、 you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for freebut you will be charged if your home gets picked.Use your roofYou need the ri

5、ght kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could

6、prevent you from changing the roof.21. If you earn 5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _.A. 800 B. 4500 C. 500 D.500022. If you want to use energy free, you have to_.A. sign an agreement with the government B. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years C.

7、sell the roof to some energy companies D. pay around 14,000 for the equipment23. For whom the text most probably written?A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers. C. Online companies D. House owners.BBlue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research. Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star An

8、gelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a pool of 3,000 1824yearolds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina，her partner Brad Pitt and his exwife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and all been named in a top twenty of the worlds most desirable eyes. The survey found that young folk

9、with blue eyes is generally seen as being more flirtatious，sexy and kind. And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could，only one in ten blueeyed people wanted to，significantly less than people with other colour eyes. One in three people who didnt have blue eyes wanted a

10、change. One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour temporarilyand blue is the most wanted colour. Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look，with respondents saying greeneyed people were usually mysterious and crea

11、tive. People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours. People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people，and they were also described as usually being shy. Blue was the most common eye colour among responden

12、ts，with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes. The survey also found that 18 percent of people dont know what colour eyes their partner has. 24According to the new research，when considering changing their eye colour，the number

13、of the people who will choose _ ranks the second. Abrown Bgreen Cgrey Dhazel25According to the study result，if you were a manager and you wanted to find a most reliable person，youd better hire one who has _ eyes. Agreen Bblue Cbrown Dgrey26The underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replac

14、ed by_. Ababies Bcolours Ceyes Drespondents27Which of the following is the best title of the passage?AWho have the most charming eyes in the world?BDifferent eye colours in the world. CA survey result on eye colours. DBluethe most attractive eye colour. CUniversity of Maryland student Ben Simon and

15、his friends couldnt stand to see good food thrown out on their campus. “We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day. And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food we c

16、ould donate it. And they were on board.” he said.So 18 months ago, the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network. Each night, volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far, they have donated more than 23,0

17、00 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.Nationwide, $165 billion worth of food is wasted each year, according to the National Resources Defense Council. Spokesman Bob Keefe says that is about 40% of the countrys entire food production. “If we can reduce our waste in this country b

18、y 15%, we can feed 25 million hungry Americans. That is a huge benefit. That is what programs like this Food Recovery Network are doing. ” he said.Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries of the students efforts. Ben Slye, the senior pastor（牧师）, said, “It has been just amazing to see these

19、students take their own time, their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over hundred people.”The University of Marylands Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools a

20、cross the country. “I want to grow 18 chapters to a thousand chapters within five years. And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America, we want to expand to restaurants and farms.” Said Simon.The volunteers are committed to making that happen.28. The dining ser

21、vices in University of Maryland _.A. wasted large amounts of fresh food on the campusB. directly donated the leftovers to the poorC. delivered the leftovers to area shelters and food banksD. enjoyed the talk with the students and gave support29. Volunteers from the Food Recovery of Maryland _.A. sta

22、rted to set up the organization two years agoB. just donated their own leftovers to avoid wasteC. collected the leftovers and then delivered themD. managed to solve the hunger issues in America30. Ben Slyes attitude toward the volunteers effort was that of _.A. unconcern B. appreciation C. doubt D.

23、opposition31. We can learn from the text that _.A. Simon aims to expand the program to restaurants and farms B. altogether 25 million Americans suffer from hunger nowadaysC. every college has started the Food Recovery NetworkD. over 40% of the countrys entire food is wasted each year32. What can be

24、the best title of the article?A. Battles Against the Problem of HungerB. College Students Rescue Leftover FoodC. How to Pick up Leftovers on College CampusD. Waste Problems in University of MarylandDNew York Wednesday, October fifteenth, is the first Global Hand Washing Day. Activities are planned i

25、n more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap. Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so-called critical moments. These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food

26、.Global Hand Washing Day is the idea of the Public-Private Partnership for Hand Washing with Soap. The goal, they say, is to create a culture of hand washing with soap. The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs (病菌). They say the correct way to wash hands i

27、s to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap. Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails. Then, rinse well under running water. Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth.The Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend w

28、ashing. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the likelihood that people will wash again.It also says washing with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine. It could help

29、 reduce cases of diarrhea (痢疾), which is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year, by almost half.33. The Partnership creates Global Hand Washing Day to _.A. call on people to wash handsB. help the developing countriesC. make a culture of han

30、d washing in the third worldD. promote the importance of soap in hand washing34. The following facts can explain why soap is important EXCEPT that _.A. soap gets people into the habit of washing hands B. soap helps to get rid of more germs off handsC. soap attracts people to do more hand washingD. s

31、oap gives people a longer hand washing time35. According to the last paragraph, diarrhea is a disease that _.A. kills half of the kids in developing countriesB. can be prevented by washing hands with soap C. causes the greatest number of child deathsD. makes soap stand out in hand washing第二节（共5小题；每小

32、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。 36 However, all floods are not alike. Some floods develop slowly, sometimes over a period of days. But flash floods can develop quickly, sometimes in just a few minutes and without any signs of rain. Flash floods often have a dangerous wall of roaring water