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1、2014-2015学年度第一学期第二次月考试题（2014.12）高一英语 本试题分第卷和第卷两部分。第卷为选择题，第卷为非选择题。全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1考生答卷前务必用黑色墨水笔将班级、姓名、考号、座位号填写在试卷上。2选择题选出答案后，填涂在机读卡上(16-20的答案需写在答题卡)；非选择题写在答题卡上，交卷时，只交答题卡和机读卡，答案写在试题上无效。第 卷 (共二部分, 115分 )第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题3，满分分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AMiss Gorgers taught physics in

2、 a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, li

3、stening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?” Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “Thats very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, a

4、nd Miss Gorgers said. “Yes, Kate.” “I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when its 11 oclock here its only 8 oclock in Los Angeles.” 1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class_. A. how to telephone B. about electricityC. about sound D. about time zone (时区)2. Miss Gorgers r

5、aised this question because she wanted to know whether_. A. her students had grasped her lesson B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away C. sound waves were slower than electricity D. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles 3. Tom thought that electricity was _. A. faster than sound waves B. slow

6、er than sound wavesC. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound waves 4. Kate thought Tom was wrong because _. A. electricity was slower than sound waves B. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New YorkC. Tom was not good at physics at all D. Toms answer had nothing to do

7、 with sound waves BLife in an American high school is an interesting and exciting learning experience. High school in America is not just a place for studying some subjects. It is also an important social centre, where students can develop other interests and talents.The high school course is divide

8、d into four years. School usually starts at about 8:00 a.m. , and ends at about 3 p.m. theres no class on Saturday.Students have lunch at the school cafeteria (食堂), where they can choose from a variety of good things to eat and drink. After lunch they can play sports, talk to friends or simply relax

9、. The lunch break lasts about an hour.When the school day ends, some students go home, but many still stay at school for after-school activities. There are many activities to take part in and clubs to join. With the headmasters agreement, students can start any kind of club that is educational and f

10、un!American high school students like to be “popular”. This means being a good student, being active in the community(社区) and being well-liked by others. Popular students are elected to take part in student union. Every year in June there are prizes for the best athletes.Most American high school st

11、udents have a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during the summer. Parents encourage their children to work because its part of growing up and becoming responsible and independent.Most high schools have a job list to help students find work. Teenagers are fond of their jobs!5.

12、 According to the passage, American high school students_.A. only learn some subjects at school B. study subjects and attend social activities C. must study and have meals at schoolD. should go home at 3 p.m. every day6. Parents encourage their children to work because they want them to _ . A. becom

13、e responsible and independent B. be active in the community C. earn some pocket money by themselves D. develop other interests and talents7. According to Paragraph Five, “a popular student” means _ .A. a student who is elected the chairman in student unionB. a student who is both best students and b

14、est athletesC. a student who is active in the community and well-loved by othersD. a student who is ready to help others and good at studying8. The best title for this passage is “_”. A. American High School Principles B. American Popular StudentsC. High School Life in America D. School Subjects in

15、AmericaCToday, I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity that we now have to protect our nations children from an even more deadly threat: smoking. Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90 percent of thos

16、e smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18.Consider this: 3,000 children start to smoke every day illegally, and 1, 000 of them will die sooner because of it.This is a national tragedy(悲剧) that every American should be honor-bound to help prevent. For more than five years weve worked

17、to stop our children from smoking before they start, launching a nationwide campaign（战役） to educate them about the dangers of smoking, to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to severely restrict（限制） tobacco companies from advertising to young people. If we do these, well cut teen smoking by

18、 almost half over the next five years .That means if we act now, we have it in our power to stop 3 million children from smoking and to save a million lives as a result.9. Compared with other disasters, what kills more people every day?A. Smoking.B. Car accidents.C. Drugs.D. Murders.10. For more tha

19、n five years what have they done to stop their children from smoking?A. To educate them about the dangers of smoking.B. To reduce their access to tobacco products.C. To restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people.D. Above of all.11. How many children will be stopped from smoking if w

20、e act now?A. one million.B.1.5 million. C. 3 million.D. 3 000.DTonight, my piano recital(钢琴演奏会) was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne, who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.But one thing was for sure.

21、 I would never win an award for my piano playing. And thats just because the more I practiced, the more nervous I got. So there I was, on stage, in my beautiful dress, and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play, I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong n

22、ote again. It was as if I hadnt practiced at all.Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldnt understand why people were applauding (鼓掌). But they were. My mom and dad had flowers for me, and we were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldnt. I just wanted to go home a

23、nd cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.“It was my first night on the air，”she said. “I had never been on television before, and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what

24、? No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticedjust you.” Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe, Ill play the piano again.12. The underlined part “the disaster” in Paragraph 3 refers to _.A. the loud cheer

25、s of the audienceB. the laughs from the audienceC. the authors piano performanceD. the authors practice on the stage13. We can infer from the text that _.A. music played a big role in the authors lifeB. the author enjoyed staying with her familyC. piano practice made the author feel confidentD. the

26、author got support from her family14. What did the author learn from her piano performance?A. Dont be too hard on oneself.B. Things seldom go as well as people expect.C. No one will care what others have done.D. Never think much of a matter.15. What would be the best title for the text?A. A Piano Le

27、sson B. My Family and IC. My Aunt Dianne D. A Piano Recital Disaster第二节（共5小题：每小题3分，满分15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。ERichards father died when he was five. Later on he lost his mother. An old woman felt sorry for the poor boy and often helped him. Of course he had no money to go to sch

28、ool. He had to work for a rich farmer. The man paid him nothing except food and clothes. 16 He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write. 17 It connected the village and the town. One morning people found there was a big stone on it. It stopped them from going to town

29、. They had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountain if they had something to do in the town. But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and the strongest young men couldnt do that. 18 Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a way to move it away.” But few men believed

30、him. 19 Night fell and people went home. Only the boy stayed there.To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was gone the next morning. They didnt know which spirit had moved it away. 20 .“How could he?” the rich farmer called out. “Hes only fifteen! He couldnt move it at all！”“He dug a big h

31、ole beside the stone”， said the old woman, “And then he could easily pull it into the hole！”Looking at each other, the farmers couldnt say a word.A. There seemed to be nothing strange in the village.B. The old woman said Richard had done it all.C. There was a narrow path between two mountains.D. But

32、 the boy didnt lose heart.E. Some farmers even laughed at the boy.F. The boy hoped he could do something for the villagers some day.G. They discussed for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.第二部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分55分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1635各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。One day a

33、 mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were playing and having a good time when 21 a hungry cat came up to them! It hid 22 a big tree and then 23 forward through the tall grass 24 it could almost hear them talk. 25 the mother rat and her babies knew 26 had happened, the cat 27 fr

34、om his hiding place and started to run 28 them. The mother rat and her babies all 29 at once. They hurried towards 30 home, which was under a pile of large stones. 31 the baby rats were 32 scared that they could not run very 33 . Closer and closer the cat came. In no time the cat would be upon 34 .W

35、hat was to be done? The mother rat stopped running, 35 round and faced the cat, 36 “Bow! Wow! Bow! Wow!” just like 37 angry dog. The cat was so surprised and 38 that it ran away. The mother rat turned to her babies, “Now you see 39 important it is to learn 40 second language!”21. A. almostB. suddenl

36、yC. nearlyD. certainly22. A. onB. betweenC. byD. behind23. A. crawled（爬行） B. jumpedC. lookedD. saw24. A. beforeB. whenC. untilD. while25. A. BeforeB. AfterC. UnlessD. Or26. A. whereB. whatC. whileD. when27. A. jumpedB. startedC. jumpingD. starting28. A. overB. throughC. afterD. against29. A. ran awa

37、yB. sat downC. cried outD. fell down30. A. onesB. themC. itsD. their31. A. BecauseB. But C. SoD. Though32. A. asB. muchC. soD. very33. A. freelyB. hardlyC. soonD. quickly34. A. itB. thisC. thatD. them35. A. turnedB. walkedC. jumpedD. ran36. A. sayingB. saidC. shoutingD. shouted37. A. aB. anC. theirD

38、. that38. A. pleasedB. excitedC. frightenedD. worried39. A. soB. whyC. whatD. how40. A. ourB. theirC. aD. the第 卷（非选择题，共50分）第二节：语法填空题（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。I like taking photos very much. Once I travelled by ship 41 a cloudy morning. It was in the afternoon 42 th

39、e weather turned fine. Therefore, I wanted to take some photos. I was looking around and I saw next to me a lovely little girl 43 (sit) on her fathers shoulders. 44 was lucky for me to meet such a perfect moment-the girl was smiling and the surrounding view was beautiful. Without thinking, I took a

40、picture of the little girl at that moment. Her mother was 45 (surprise) that a 46 (strange) was photographing her daughter. I explained that I was moved by that sight and showed them 47 photo on my digital (数码的) camera. They loved it very much. I said I could email it to them when I got home. Finall

41、y, they gave 48 their email address. The next day, I sent them their daughters photo as I 49 (promise)This morning I received a message back saying they are grateful and 50 they are very happy with the lovely photo of their daughter and a lovely memory of the day.第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题

42、1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest musician in the world. At the age of four, he began to

43、 play piano. When he was ten, he started taking lessons from Christian Neff, who was patiently with him. Beethoven wrote his first composition when he was eleven. When he was 22, he moved to Vienna and study with Joseph Haydn. Later he began to play at parties and give concerts around Europe. With h

44、is hearing losing, he became very suspicious（多疑的）of people and hard to get along. But he still could hear the songs in his mind and write it down. In 1826, he had died for pneumonia. The world lost a great composer and his music lives on today. 第二节:书面表达（满分25分） 据调查，现在不少中学生存在不吃早餐、睡眠不足和缺乏锻炼等不良生活习惯。请你以F

45、orming healthy habits为题，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你的看法。短文主要包括以下内容：1. 摈弃不良习惯，养成健康的习惯；2. 健康的习惯包括：1）吃健康早餐，多吃水果蔬菜；2）充足睡眠，早睡早起；3）经常锻炼。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数。参考词汇：维生素 vitaminForming healthy habitsA recent survey shows that many students have got into some bad living habits, which do great harm

46、to their health._学校 班级 姓名 考场号 座位号 密封线密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题原平一中第一学期第二次月考答题卡（2014.12）高一英语第一部分：阅读理解第二节（共5小题：每小题3分，满分15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。16._17._ 18. _ 19. _ 20._第二部分：英语知识应用第二节：语法填空题（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。41._ 42. _ 43. _ 44. _ 45. _ 46. _ 47. _ 4

47、8. _ 49. _ 50. _第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest musician in the world. At the age of four, he began to play piano. When he was ten, he started taking lessons from Christian Neff, who was patiently with him. Beethoven wrote his first compositi

48、on when he was eleven. When he was 22, he moved to Vienna and study with Joseph Haydn. Later he began to play at parties and give concerts around Europe. With his hearing losing, he became very suspicious（多疑的）of people and hard to get along. But he still could hear the songs in his mind and write it

49、 down. In 1826, he had died for pneumonia. The world lost a great composer and his music lives on today. 第二节:书面表达（满分25分）Forming healthy habitsA recent survey shows that many students have got into some bad living habits, which do great harm to their health. 高一英语12月份月考参考答案及评分标准第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题3分,

50、满分60分）1-5 CAABB 6-10 ACCAD 11-15 CCDAD 16-20 DCGEB第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分)第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）21-25 BDACA26-30 BACAD 31-35 BCDDA 36-40 CBCDC第二节：语法填空题（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）41. on 42. that 43. sitting 44.It 45. surprised46. stranger 47. the48. me 49. had promised 50. that第三部分：写作（共2节；分35分）第一节：短文改

51、错（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）musician-musicians piano.-the piano patiently-patient study-studied losing-lost to get along. -to get along with it-them had died for pneumonia.-had died of pneumonia and-but第二节：书面表达（满分25分） One possible version:A recent survey shows that many students have got into some bad livi

52、ng habits, which do great harm to their health.As we all know, health is more important than wealth. In order to keep healthy, its necessary to get rid of unhealthy habits and form good ones.First of all, eating a healthy breakfast is a good way to start the day. You should eat more fruits and vegetables, which are rich in vitamins. Secondly, get enough sleep. Early to bed and early to rise makes you feel great all day long. Finally, take exercise every day to make your body strong.As long as you form healthy habits and keep them, you will have a strong body and live a healthy life.