广东省湛江市第一中学学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题.docx

1、广东省湛江市第一中学学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题湛江一中20152016学年度第二学期第一次大考考试高一级英语科试卷考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；毎小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答題卡上将该选项涂黑。AIts a good time for a theme park, according to a report. There was a four percent growth in the number of visitors to theme parks

2、 in 2014 compared with 2013. There were a total of 223,450,000 visits to the top 25 theme parks in 2014. But even extreme enthusiasts may not be able to get to every park on the top-25 list. Here are six theme parks that are less known to Americans. But theyre truly worth a visit. Ocean ParkHong Kon

3、gs Ocean Park is a marine mammal park, animal theme park and amusement park. It came in at No.13 on the top-25 list.Lotte WorldLocated in Seoul, South Korea, Lotte World is famous for having the worlds largest indoor theme park together with an outdoor theme park. Its also home to South Koreas large

4、st ice skating rink. It was ranked No.14 on the top-25 list.EverlandAlso in South Korea, Everland is located in Gyeonggi-Do. It includes a zoo and a water park and was ranked No.16.Europa ParkEurope Park, located in Rust, is the largest theme park in Germany and one of four in Europe to make the top

5、-25 list. It got No.21.Tivoli GardensWhen you take into consideration that Tivoli Gardens is closed a few months every year, its spot at No.23 is impressive. Located in Copenhagen, its famous for its fairy-tale atmosphere and antique roller coaster. De Efteling De Efteling is a fantasy-themed amusem

6、ent park in Katsheuvel, the Netherlands. The attractions are based on elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables and folklore. It was ranked No.24.1. Compared with the year2013, in 2014 _.A. more theme parks became availableB. admission fees to theme parks became higher C. more peo

7、ple went to visit theme parksD. there were more extreme theme park enthusiasts2. How many European theme parks are on the top-25 list? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 53. What do we learn about Tivoli Gardens?A. Its the best theme park in Europe.B. It cannot be visited all year round.C. It doesnt have many exciti

8、ng activities.D. It has nothing in common with De Efteling.BHello. Im Jan from Mrs. Lakes class. My class wants to work together to help the public. We think we have found a great way to do this. Last month we did a class project on the highways near our town. We learned about the Adopt-a-Highway Pr

9、ogram. This program brings people together to pick up litter along the roads. We think it would be a great idea for all students in our school to join the program and adopt a highway.Adopting a highway is not like adopting a pet. When a highway is adopted, only part of the highway is cared for by a

10、group of people. The group agrees to work every week to keep its part of the highway clean. Each group gets its own sign that has the name of the group printed on it. The sign is put up at the side of the road. This sign lets drivers know who is keeping that area of the road clean.The Adopt-a-Highwa

11、y Program is a great way for people to help their environment look nicer. Also, the government does not have to send out as many road workers. This saves money. Finally, people may try harder to keep roads clean if they see people, especially teenagers like us, cleaning them up. We will need helpers

12、 to care for our adopted highway. If you want to feel great and keep our roads clean，please come with your parents to the meeting next week. We will meet in Mrs. Lakes room on Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. At the meeting, we will talk about which roads are the dirtiest as a result of peoples unkind acts. T

13、hen well try to pick an area to adopt and clean. I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Remember to keep our roads clean!4. What is the Adopt-a-Highway Program about? A. Giving names to the highways. B. Drawing pictures of highways. C. Picking up litter along the roads. D. Putting up signs nea

14、r the roads.5. What should the students do first if they want to join the program? A. Pick a spot to care for. B. Go to a meeting on Wednesday. C. Write a letter to their parents. D. Call Mrs. Lake next week.6. What is the purpose of this speech? A. To encourage students to join the program. B. To i

15、ntroduce the traffic system. C. To show drivers how to drive safely. D. To tell a story about adopting a highway.7. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. Adopt-a-Pet B. Volunteers on Roads C. Ways to Protect the Environment D. Adopt-a-Highway CUnderstanding ones own histor

16、y is important for young peoples learning and development. Students are often asked to write a story about crown familys history or about a special person in their family. But too rarely do students focus on the history of their own community or their own people, in a way that helps them to understa

17、nd why they find themselves in a particular place.When people understand their own history, they are able to grapple with the influence of the social structures that sometimes limit the possibilities in their lives. Taking this approach opens the door for young people to be managers of their own lea

18、rning and development as they understand why they find themselves where they are.Many people I have been talking to about this issue agree that not only schools but also public bodies and families have failed to educate young people about their own history. And I know from my own experience how diff

19、icult it was for my father to talk about his familys experience in 1944. This may be a reflection of the sadness that people feel about that history and not wanting to make it a burden on their young people. But in todays situation, those I spoke with now clearly see that as a mistake.If our society

20、 is ever going to find a way to properly deal with the influence of our own history, including what has happened to our Native American, African-American and Latino friends, our neighbors schools must step up to help young people understand their own stories. Families and related social bodies must

21、do the same.8. According to Paragraph 1, a good knowledge of our own history can help us_A. become good at writing storiesB. make our influence on the society strongerC. gain a good understanding of our present situationD. understand the importance of learning and development9. What does the underli

22、ned phrase “grapple with” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. determine B. recover C. exercise D. manage 10.It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that the authors familys experience in 1944 was_A. harmful B. painful C. interesting D. surprising11.The passage mainly encourages us to _.A. write our own stories B. un

23、derstand the importance of history C. learn our own history D. have a proper attitude towards historyDScientists have never known for sure whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals, like mammals and birds, or cold-blooded, like reptiles and fish. A recent study shows that in fact many dinosaurs mi

24、ght not have belonged to either category but instead have fallen somewhere in the middle.Warm-blooded animals have bodies that are able to make their own heat. Their body temperatures stay about the same whether it is hot or cold outside. Cold-blooded animals can not make their own heat, so their bo

25、dy temperatures depend on how warm the outside temperature is. Warm-blooded animals have much more active lifestyles than cold-blooded ones.When scientists first discovered the bones of ancient dinosaurs in the 1800s, they were sure the huge creatures must have been slow. But as scientists found mor

26、e bones of smaller, quicker dinosaurs, like Velociraptor, they realized that the creatures may have been much more active than they had thought.A team of biologists began to examine. They knew that warm-blooded animals grow faster than cold-blooded ones. The researcher realized that they could deter

27、mine whether a dinosaur had been warm-or cold-blooded by finding its growth rate.The scientists examine the growth rings in bones from 21 different dinosaur species. The width of the growth rings showed how much the dinosaurs grew each year, much like the rings in the tree trunk do.“Our results show

28、ed that dinosaurs had growth rates that were actually not characteristic of warm-blooded or cold-blooded animals,” said Brian Enquist, a scientist on the research team. “They didnt act like mammals or birds, nor did they act like reptiles or fish.” Instead, dinosaurs fell somewhere in between. Scien

29、tists called the middle-of-the-road creatures “mesotherms”.Being mesotherms gave dinosaurs many advantages. They were faster and stronger than reptiles that had to rely on the sun for warmth. Being somewhat cold-blooded had its benefits too. Cold-blooded animals burn energy more slowly. So they need

30、 much less food to live than warm-blooded animals. “It is doubtful that a lion the size of T-rex could eat enough to survive,” explains John Grady, another biologist on the research team. By being mesothermic, the dinosaurs could be both fast and big.12. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. The advan

31、tage of cold-blooded animals. B. The disadvantages of warm-blooded animals. C. The differences between warm-and cold-blooded animals. D. The advantages of both warm-and cold-blooded animals.13. It can be inferred that mesotherms grow _. A. as slowly as cold-blooded animals B. as fast as warm-blooded

32、 animals C. slower than cold-blooded animals D. slower than warm-blooded animals14. A lion is mentioned in the last paragraph to stress that _. A. dinosaurs moved very fast B. dinosaurs had to rely on the sun for warmth C. dinosaurs are large animals D. dinosaurs needed less food to survive 15. The text is mainly about _. A. how dinosaurs disappeared B. the growth areas of dinosaurs