高三英语上学期第一次月考试题.docx

1、高三英语上学期第一次月考试题江西省上饶县2018届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题时间：120分钟 总分：150分第卷（三部分，共115分）第一部分：听力(共两节, 满分30分) 第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man plan to do?A. Take another class. B. Borrow some money. C. Buy a used b

2、ook.2. What will the man probably give the woman?A. His office phone number. B. His personal number.C. His e-mail address.3. How did the woman get to the airport?A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By bus.4. What was the weather like yesterday?A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.5. When will the school term end?A.

3、On July 8. B. On July 11. C. On July 12.第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What kind of pizza is the man ordering?A. A tomato pizza. B. A seafood pizza. C. A cheese pizza.7. H

4、ow soon will the pizza be ready?A. In about 10 minutes. B. In about 20 minutes. C. In about 30 minutes.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where was the picture of the violin taken?A. In Ireland. B. In Egypt. C. In Greece.9. Which picture was in New Zealand?A. The picture of a boat. B. The picture of a storm. C. The

5、picture of a house.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who did Jessica forget to invite last year?A. Mary. B. Alice. C. Lily11. When will the party start?A. At 7:30 pm. B. At 8:00 pm. C. At8:30 pm.12. What will the woman do next?A. Wait for her invitation. B. Go to her friends home.C. Buy a gift for her friend.听第9

6、段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What did Bill study at university?A. Maths. B. Engineering. C. Geography.14. How old was Bill when he stared training to be an astronaut?A. 28. B. 32. C. 38.15. When will Bills next space flight begin?A. In August. B. In September. C. In October.16. How long will Bill be in space?A

7、. For three months. B. For four months. C. For six months.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where does the speaker suggest going in Orlando?A. Kennedy Space Center. B. Amway Center. C.Disneyland.18. What does the speaker probably like doing the most?A. Watching plays. B. Shopping in SoHo. C.Visiting the citys n

8、eighborhoods.19. Which place impressed the speaker the most in America?A. A beach in Maui. B. Grand Canyon. C. Central Park.20. What is the speaker doing? A. Sharing her experiences. B. Advertising a holiday plan. C. Introducing some places for a visit.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文

9、，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AThis is the plastic tube（管子）that holds the ink.If you took this tube away from the pen what would happen?My students look at me as if they cant believe Im asking such a stupid question. Man,you wouldnt be able to write.OK. Now what is this Im holding in my hand?Again th

10、e patient look.Thats a spring（弹簧）,man.And what would happen if we took the spring away?The pen wouldnt work.Now look at what Im writing on the blackboard.“The spring makes the pen work.”What is the subject of this sentence? In other words, what are we talking about in this sentence?The pen.No, no, n

11、o. Theres an action word here. Its called a verb. What is it?Oh, yeah. The spring.No, no, no. The spring is a thing.Yeah, yeah.The spring is a thing. Hey, man. Thats poetrySo,what does the spring do?Makes the pen work.Good. The spring does the action. Were talking about the spring, right?They look d

12、oubtful.Suppose we say,“The pen makes the spring work.”Would that be right?No. The spring makes the pen work. Anyone can see that.So, what is the action word?Makes.Right. And what word uses the action word?Spring.So you can see how a ballpoint pen is like a sentence. It needs something to make it wo

13、rk. It needs action, a verb. Can you see that?They said they could. The headmaster, making notes in the back of the room, looked puzzled.After class he said he could understand the connection I was making between structure of pen and structure of sentence. He wasnt sure if I had succeeded in getting

14、 that across to the kids but still, it was new and imaginative. He was sure, if some of his experienced English teachers tried it theyd improve on it, but it was a pretty good idea.21. How did the students react to the authors first question? A.Doubtfully. B. Interestedly. C. Impatiently. D. Surpris

15、edly.22. What was the author probably teaching in class? A.Poetry. B. Science. C. Grammar. D. Writing.23. Why did the author use the pen in class? A. To help him teach. B. To check students work. C. To make notes on something. D. To show students how it works.24.What did the headmaster think of the

16、authors teaching?A.It was creative. B.It was unsuccessful.C.It was easy to understand. D.It was useless in the classroom.BIf you were to travel back in time to the tenth century, you probably wouldnt be able to understand a sentence that anyone said to you.Theyd be speaking Old English. Talking to a

17、 tenth-century Englishman, youd probably only be able to understand a few words like “a”or“the”. Only about one-sixth of todays English words have an Old English root（词根）, with the rest having foreign influences.Gradually Old English turned into the Middle English that Chaucer wrote inbut still the

18、official language of England was French! It was only in 1362, during Chaucers lifetime,that English was used at the opening of Parliament（议会）for the first time. During the same year a law called the “Statute of pleading” was passed making English the official language in Parliament. In 1399, King He

19、nry IV became the first king of England after the Norman Conquest whose mother tongue was English.English was still a language of low status（地位）especially when it came to writing poetry During the 14th century, the Italians and French were creative. Great poets like Dante were writing in totally new

20、 ways. But English had no such great writers. This was where Chaucer made a difference. He took the language of the man in the street and turned it into many famous works,such as The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer proved poetry written in English could be every bit as good as books in French.Of couse, the

21、 English language has continued to change since Chaucers day. For example, Shakespeares English is quite different from Chaucers. And it is still changing now. Until just a few years ago,“C U L8R”（see you later）was just a set of letters and numbers and numbers, but now most people know what it means

22、!25.What happened during Chaucers lifetime? A. Old English began to turn into the Middle English. B. Englishs status was greatly improved. C. English was used only in Parliament. D. English kings usually spoke English.26. Why was Chaucer so great?A. He first used formal English to write.B. He had a

23、big influence on poets like Dante.C. He was a pioneer in writing English poems.D.He encouraged people to read books in French.27. Why did the author give the example of Shakespeares English?A. To explain English is always changing. B. To explain how the Middle English changed. C. To show Shakespeare

24、s English is unusual. D. To show how people respond to new words.28. How is the text developed?A. By space. B. By comparison. C. By importance. D. By time.CKyle Schwartz, a new teacher at Doull Elementary School in Denver, teaches a third-grade class. Most of her students come from underprivileged h

25、omes, as 92 per cent are entitled（给予权利）to free or reduced school lunches, she said.“As a new teacher, I tried to understand my students real lives and how to best support them.I just felt like there was something I didnt know about my students,” she said. To solve this problem, she asked her student

26、s to complete the sentence：“I wish my teacher knew”While some children used the notes to jokingly complain about homework or to ask for more playtime, Ms Schwartz said some of the answers were“heartbreaking”,as children showed their hard lives. One student told Ms Schwartz that he did not have any p

27、encils at home, while another said that they hadnt seen their father for six years. And another student wrote,“I wish my teacher knew sometimes my homework is not signed（签字）because my mom is not around a lot.”She posted them to Twitter in March with the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew. Teachers on Twitt

28、er soon noticed how successful Ms Schwartzs trick（策略）was for reaching out to students, and began sharing similar notes they received alongside # IWishMyTeacherKnew.Ms Schwartz said that since she encouraged her students to share their secrets, students have been supporting each other more, and she h

29、opes the method will connect students and their families with the proper resources（资源）they need to live comfortably. She added that the results have been surprising, and the student that said she didnt have anyone to play with has since been invited by classmates to join them in the school playgroun

30、d.29. What does the underlined word “underprivileged” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Comfortable. B. Happy. C. Broken. D. Poor.30.Why did Kyle ask her students to complete the sentence? A. To better understand them. B. To encourage their creativity. C. To develop their writing skills. D. To teach

31、them to introduce themselves.31. What were the attitudes of teachers on Twitter to Kyles idea? A.Uncaring. B. Worried. C. Surprised. D.Supportive.DWe should all let the sunshine in as much as possiblenot just because it makes us feel good. Exposure to sunlight produces vitamin D in our skin. This is why we call vitamin D the “sunshine vitamin.”Vitamin Dis good for everybody. In fact, research shows this “sunshine vitamin” could help women with breast cancer live longer.Breast canc