湖南省宁远一中高一英语下册第一次月考试题.docx

1、湖南省宁远一中高一英语下册第一次月考试题宁远一中2016年上学期高一年级月考英语科目试题时量：120分钟 总分：150分 命题人：李艳红 审题人：王成旺第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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. How much did the man tip the woman?A

2、. $1 B. $10 C. $1002. How will the woman go home?A. Walk B. Run C. Drive3. What meal will the speakers eat?A. Breakfast. B. Lunch. C. Dinner.4. Who was at the door? A. The postman. B. The mans friend. C. The womans brother.5. When will the tomatoes be ready? A. Right now. B. In three weeks. C. In tw

3、o months.笫二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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至7题。6. Where are the speakers? A. At a hotel. B. At a store. C. At a restaurant.7. How does the woman feel in the end?A. Excited. B. Sic

4、k C. Scared. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Who left the company?A. Lisa B. Steven. C. Tim.9. What has the man been trying to do? A. Give up coffee. B. Go to bed earlier. C. Employ a new employee.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Where is the man? A. On a farm. B. In a restaurant. C. At a grocery store. 11. What does the ma

5、n like to put on his biscuits? A. Cheese. B. Peanuts. C. Honey. 12. What does the man think of the biscuits? A. They taste bad. B. Theyre too big. C. They break easily.听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。13. Who is Mr. Taylor? A. A teacher. B. The parent of a student. C. The school headmaster.14. Why does the woman

6、 keep the curtains closed? A. She wants to get some sleep. B. It gets too hot in the classroom. C. Sunlight makes the children act wild.15. How long should the children be outside, according to the man? A. Less than an hour. B. At least one hour. C. Half a day. 16. What are the mans students like af

7、ter they run around outside? A. They are quiet. B. They cant sit quietly. C. They fight with each other.听第 10段材料,回答第 17至 20题。 17. Where is the park located? A. In West Africa. B. In Southeast Asia. C. In South America. 18. What is true about the park? A. There are over 900 types of plants. B. Visito

8、rs cant get close to the birds. C. Theres a lot of room to walk around. 19. How high is the waterfall? A. 30 meters. B. 50 meters C. 100 meters. 20. When does the All Stars Bird Show start? A. At 9:00a.m. B. At 5:00p.m. C. At 6:00P.m.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，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D

9、中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn England, we look forward to our birthdays for 364 days a year! We invite special people to celebrate it with us. The PresentsPresents are opened as soon as the children are awake. They cant wait for the birthday cake later in the day!The CardsFriends and family send birthday

10、 cards. Sending birthday cards is a custom(风格) that began in England about 100 years ago. The PartyThe birthday child will have a party to which friends and family are invited. Visitors to the party bring presents for the birthday child. The children play games such as Musical Chairs and Pass the Pa

11、rcel.The CakeThe birthday cake is decorated on a theme(主题). A candle for each year is lit and placed on top and the child blows out the candles making a wish. We dont put objects inside the cake as stated on many websites.The BumpsIt used to be traditional for the birthday child to have the bumps. F

12、riends would hold the child by the legs and under the arms and lift the child up and down bumping them gently on the ground. The number of bumps given is the age of the child plus one for extra good luck. As this can be dangerous, clapping（拍手）is often done instead.The SweetsSome children do take swe

13、ets into school to share with their classmates on their birthdays.21. In England, the birthday present is opened_.A. before the child wakes up B. immediately after the child wakes upC. as soon as the child gets up D. during the birthday party22. If Alice is celebrating her 7th birthday, how many bum

14、ps will she be given?A. Six B. Seven C. Eight D. Nine23. Which of the following facts about birthdays in England is NOT true?A. All the children will receive birthday cards on their birthdays.B. Clapping is often done for the birthday child.C. Objects meaning good luck are usually placed inside the

15、birthday cake.D. Nowadays children may share sweets with their classmates on their birthdays.B Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what was the best way to celebrate. Should we throw her a party? Should we take her on a trip? We remembered that she had touched so m

16、any peoples lives, and there were so many people for her to consider. Then someone got the idea that we should include everyone in the celebration by turning it into a contribute(献礼) to my grandmother. We secretly sent out letters to the people in Grandmothers address book and asked them to send a l

17、etter with a memory that they had shared with her. People sent us letters with poems, stories and pictures. The deep feeling that was shared through the response(回应)surprised us. We compiled(编辑) these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday. The unusual thing

18、 about my grandmothers friends was not the number that she had, but the connection they shared. In many ways this book of friendship was the greatest achievement of my grandmothers life. I believe that developing true friendships is one of the most important things that anyone can do in ones lifetim

19、e. It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds. If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life. I have made many friends and I believe I have begun to develop the same types of friendships kept up over

20、her lifetime. I only hope that I will be as successful as she has been.24. How did the authors family celebrate Grandmothers birthday? A. They took her on a trip across the country. B. They gave her a memory book of friendship C. They invited all her friends to her birthday party. D. They asked all

21、her friends to send her cards.25. When receiving her birthday gift, the authors grandmother probably felt_. A.disappointed and lonely B. sorry and sad C. surprised and pleased D. nervous and excited26. The underlined word “bonds” in the last paragraph probably means_. A.Relationships B. works C. suc

22、cesses D. celebrations27. Which of the following words can best describe the authors grandmother? A. Famous B. Great C. Polite D. PleasantCIn cities across the United States, old factories, schools, railroad stations and other buildings are being renovated (翻新) for new uses. City planners and privat

23、e inventors are finding that good buildings, no matter how old, can be remodeled for new purposes. If youd asked someone four or five years ago whether hed rent an apartment in an abandoned piano factory or clothing warehouse (大商店), hed have thought you were crazy, says a New York architect. Today,

24、many people are eager to do it.Only a few decades ago, renovation was unpopular and generally far more expensive than taking down abandoned (抛弃的) buildings and starting from the beginning. A change began in the 1990s with a number of well-advertised projects. They included Chirardelli Square in San

25、Francisco, where an old chocolate factory was renovated and made into shops and restaurants, Trolley Square in Salt Lake City, where an abandoned car warehouse became a shopping centre. What caused the change? One reason is nostalgia (怀旧), a San Francisco builder suggests. Maybe old is better than n

26、ew, many people are saying. Feelings about preserving attractive or historic buildings have changed a great deal. A second cause is economy. The cost of tearing down an old building and constructing a new one from nothing now has risen to the point where it is often less expensive to fix a solid old

27、er structure.Even when the costs of renovation are the same as or a bit more than the costs of putting up a new building, fixing the old building may be better. Gradually, architects and builders are developing knowledge about renovation and preservation, bringing imagination and creativity to the j

28、ob.28. In the United States, renovating old creativity to the job _. A. has a long history B. is a new trend C. is still unpopular D. is out of date29. Whats the purpose of this passage? A. Call on people to renovate old buildings. B. Report a change-renovation in America. C. Encourage people to mak

29、e use of old buildings. D. Introduce a new method of renovating old buildings.30. Why did the passage mention Chirardelli Square and Trolley Square? A. To introduce us some successful building renovations. B. To make them known to the public. C. To discuss whether they were worth restoring. D. To te

30、ll us any old buildings can be renovated.31. From the passage we can learn that _. A. building renovation is a better choice even if it costs more than building a new one B. renovating a building is surely cheaper than putting up a new one C. the main reason for building renovation is for economic p

31、urpose D. there will be less new buildings in the world DHave you ever heard a news reporter talk about DNA? Reporters talk about DNA found at the scene of a crime. They talk about police finding DNA “fingerprints.” Police sometimes use DNA as a clue to find out who committed the crime. DNA is a sub

32、stance that makes up genes. Everything alive has genesPlants have genesAnimals have genes. You have genes. Genes are the basic units of heredity（遗传）Heredity means all the characteristics you inherit from your parents. You get your genes from your parents. You inherit half of your genes from your mother. You inherit