山西省运城市景胜中学2019-2020学年高一9月月考英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、 2019-2020学年度第一学期月考（9月） 高一英语试题 时间120分钟 满分150分一、 阅读理解（共两节）第一节 （满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每道题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 AThe holidays are a time to give. These charitiesand many moreare looking for volunteers and donations.World Wildlife Fund The World Wildlife Fund is helping to protect endangered species through t

2、he Symbolic Species Adoption program. Those who “adopt” an animal will receive an adoption certificate and a photo of their species. Anyone can support endangered species year round by buying WWF apparel（服装）.worldwildlife.Org/giving.DoSomething.org This month, Dosomething.org launched their holiday

3、campaign, “Grandparents Gone Wired”. The goal of the campaign is to make it easier for senior citizens to keep in touch with their loved ones using the Internet. Teens can volunteer to help seniors in their community. Volunteers are able to win prizes and scholarships. dosomething.org/grandparents.C

4、oins for Change Disneys Club Penguin, a virtual gaming site for kids, launched its annual Coins for Change campaign this month. From Dec. 15 to Dec. 27, Club Penguin players can donate virtual coins to real-world causes. If players reach the donation goal, Club Penguin will donate 2 million to chari

5、ty .Toys for Tots Each year, the U.S. Marine Corps Toys Program collects new, unwrapped toys for the holidays. Communities across the nation host Toys for Tots drives around the holiday season. The toys collected are given as gifts to needy children so they can experience the joy of Christmas.toyfor

6、tots.org.American Red Cross All you need is a pen and a piece of paper. The American Red Cross Holiday Mail Heroes Program is collecting handwritten card to send to members of the U.S. Armed Forces during the holidays. The charity has also set up a Holiday Giving Catalog where you can buy personal g

7、ifts, such as babysitting lessons.redcross.org.The Warm Coats & Warm Hearts Drive The Warm Coats & Warm Hearts Drive is a non-profit organization sponsored by ABCs Good Morning America and Burlington Coat Factory. During the holiday season Burlington stores collect gently worn coats. The donated coa

8、ts are given to people in need to keep warm during the winter.onewarmcoat.org. （1）David, 8, isfondofplayingvirtualgames. Whichcharityshouldheattend?A.ToysforTots.B.CoinsforChange.C.DoSomething.org.D.AmericanRedCross.（2）HandwrittencardsformembersoftheU.S. ArmedForcesarecollectedby _.A.theAmericanRedC

9、rossHolidayMailforHeroesProgramB.theWarmCoats &WarmHeartsDriveC.the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots ProgramD.DisneysClubPenguin（3）Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat _.A.ClubPenguindonates$2milliontocharityprojectsyearlyB.oldtoyscollectedaregiventoneedychildrenasgiftsC.whoeverdonateswarmcoatsislikelytowins

10、cholarshipsD.teenscanhelpseniorscontacttheirfamilymembersonline BLast week, along with the rest of the seniors at Stafford High School in Virginia, 18-year-old Diana Bloom got her yearbook. Bloom was flipping（翻看）through the yearbook when she noticed a very special student. “Seeing a picture of a dog

11、 caught my eye pretty quickly,” Bloom said. “I thought it was so cute, and I knew that some of my underclassmen friends hadnt seen it yet because they didnt have their yearbooks so I took a picture and tweeted it.”Her tweet has since been retweeted more than 2,500 times. This very good student is ca

12、lled Alpha, and hes a service dog for Andrew Schalk. The 16-year-old junior at Stafford High said that he has Type 1 diabetes and Alphas job is to alert him when his blood sugar is getting too low or high. “The amazing thing about Alpha is that he knows 20 to 40 minutes before my blood sugar actuall

13、y does go low or high due to his amazing sense of smell,” he said. “He has saved my life multiple times already, by waking me up in the middle of the night to extremely low blood sugars, which are very dangerous,” Schalk said. “I just brought him with me when I got my yearbook picture taken.”Schalk

14、said he started bringing Alpha to school with him last year to get him adapted to the school environment so he would be prepared for this year. “He has become a huge part of my school, coming to my classes with me, and a lot of people know about him,” Schalk said. So he spoke to the people in charge

15、 of the yearbook to see if Alpha could be included in the yearbook, and they were 100 percent supportive. “All the teachers and students were 100 percent supportive,” Schalk said. “I just brought him with me when I got my yearbook picture taken.” Schalk said. “The only thing they changed was the cam

16、era height. They just had to lower it a little haha.”（4）Who was the owner of the dog?A.Diana Bloom. B.Alpha.C.Schalk.D.Stafford. （5）What does the underlined word “alert” in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Treat. B.Warn.C.Attend. D.Persuade.（6）What can we learn about Alpha according to the passage?A.It is a servi

17、ce dog for Diana Bloom.B.It can sense its owners heart disease well.C.Its owner met dangerous situation several times.D.It has been in its owners school for many years. （7）Whats the best title for the passage?A.A service dog appeared in the yearbookB.A boy with Type 1 diabetesC.A service dog saved h

18、is owners lifeD.The work of a service dog C DUBAI（Reuters）Dubai staged a test flight on Monday for what it said would soon be the worlds first flying taxi service under an ambitious plan by the United Arab Emirates city to lead the Arab world in innovation（革新）. The flying taxi developed by German fi

19、rm Volocopter resembles a small, two-seater helicopter cabin with 18 propellers（螺旋桨） at its top. It was unmanned for its first test run in a ceremony arranged for Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed. Meant to fly without remote control guidance and with a maximum flight duration（持续时间）of 30

20、 minutes, it comes with plenty of safety measures in case of trouble:back-up batteries, rotors（旋翼）and, for a worst situation, a couple of parachutes. Volocopter is in a race with more than a dozen well-funded European and U.S. firms, each aiming to create a new form of urban transport that is a cros

21、s between a driverless electric car and a short-haul, vertical（垂直的）takeoff-and-landing aircraft. These include aerospace giant Airbus, which aims to put a flying taxi in the air by 2020; Kitty Hawk, a company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page; and Uber, which is working with partners on its own

22、 flying taxi strategy. “You can use your smartphone, have an app, and order a Volocopter to the next voloport near you. The volocopter would come and autonomously pick you up and take you to your destination,” CEO Florian Reuter said. “It already is capable of flying based on GPS tracks today, and w

23、e will use full sense capability, also dealing with unknown obstacles on the way,” he added, saying developers aimed to start the taxis within five years.（8）What can we learn about the flying taxi?A. Its service has started.B. It is the plan of Germany.C. It is similar to a small helicopter.D. It wa

24、s manned at its first test.（9）Whats the character of the flying taxi?A. It can last more than half an hour.B. It can be controled in the distance.C. It neednt any parachute.D. Some safe measures are taken.（10）Whats the aim of Airbus?A. To create a helicopter.B. To create a flying taxi.C. To make a d

25、riverless electric car.D. To make vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft. （11） How do you order the flying taxi?A. By telephone.B. By the Internet.C. By the taxi station.D. By app. D. Are you having difficulty falling asleep? Try drinking a glass of warm milk. If that doesnt work, listen to soft, bea

26、utiful music. Still no luck? Try thinking about sheep jumping over a fence. If you are still awake, take a sleeping pill. But people who take pills often become dependent on the drugs. So you lie awake knowing that the new workday will soon arrive. If you have been in such condition for at least one

27、 month, you may have primary insomnia（失眠症）. A new study has found that you might fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep longer if you try “cerebral hypothermia”. It is not a complex medical process. It just means cooling down your brain. Eric Nofzinger and Daniel Buysse from the University of Pitt

28、sburgh Medical School led the study. They examined twelve people who had sleeping problems. Twelve others had no sleep problems. Each of them wore a soft plastic cap on their head at bedtime. The caps had tubes inside filled with water. The researchers moved the water through the tubes and then chan

29、ged the temperature of the water. Other studies showed that people who had sleeping problems often had more chemical reactions in the front of their brain. The researchers thought cooling down the brain might help. On the first two nights of testing, the patients wore caps with no water. On the next

30、 two nights, the caps were worn, but the water was not cooled. Then the researchers cooled the water a little for another two nights. On the final two nights of the study, the temperature of the water was made much cooler. The researchers found that the water caps didnt help the patients until the t

31、emperature was about 14. Most of the patients fell asleep faster and slept better when the coolest water was moving around their heads. Dr Nofzinger and Dr Buysse noted that this was only the beginning of the brain temperature study. But they believed they had discovered something important that nee

32、ded more research.（12）Thefirstparagraphiswrittento_.A. explainhowseriousinsomniaisB. bringforwardthetopicofthepassageC. tellusthecausesofsleepingproblemsD. tellusthedangerofhavingsleepingproblems（13）Fromthepassageweknowthat “cerebralhypothermia” isactually_.A. acomplexmedicalprocessB. apsychological

33、treatmentC. asimplephysicaltreatmentD. adifficultscientifictheory（14）Inthestudy, researchershelpedpeoplefallasleepfasterthrough_.A. increasingchemicalreactionsinthefrontoftheirbrainB. makingthemfeelsafewithacapontheirheadC. askingthemtodrinkwatertocooldownD. loweringthetemperatureoftheirbrain （15）Dr

34、NofzingerandDrBuysseseemedtobelievethat_.A. theirresearchwouldnthelppeoplegreatlyB. morestudieswouldbeneededfortheirresearchC. coolingdownpeoplesbrainmightbeharmfulD. theresultsoftheirstudywouldbemadeuseofsoon 二、 七选五 （本题共计 1 小题 ，共计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。Taking good notes is a

35、 time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it. （16）_ Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest. You will want to ta

36、ke notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. （17）_ Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process. （18）_The following methods may work best for you.Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas i

37、n it.Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts. （19）_ Use words, not complete sentences.Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written. As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand. When you do, be sure that you u

38、nderstand your symbols and that you use them all the time. （20）_A. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. B. There are three practical note-taking methods.C. You must write your notes on separate paper. D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your

39、notes later.E. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes. F. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes. G. Write your notes in your own words. 三、 完形填空 （本题共计 20小题 ，共计40分 ） A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got

40、together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon（21）_ into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the（22）_ and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of（23）_porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some（24）_looking, some ex

41、pensive, some delicatetelling them to（25）_themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in （26）_, the professor said: If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, （27）_ behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is（28）_ for you to choose only the best for y

42、ourselves, that is the（29）_of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself（30）_ no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. （31）_ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went（32）_ the best cup

43、s. And then you began（33）_ each others cups. Now consider this: Life is the（34）_; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define nor（35）_ the quality of life we（36）_. Sometimes, by concentrating only on

44、the cup, we（37）_ to enjoy the coffee God has（38）_ for us. God brews the coffee, not the cups Enjoy your coffee!The happiest people dont have the best of everything. They just（39）_the best of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the（40）_to God.21. A.devoted B.exc

45、hanged C.thought D.thought22. A.sitting-room B.living-room C.bedroom D.kitchen23. A.cups B.pans C.bowls D.aprons24. A.plain B.clean C.ugly D.fine25. A.devote B.help C.take D.pick26. A.stomach B.hand C.eye D.mouth27. A.running B.leaving C.hiding D.piling28. A.wise B.important C.normal D.necessary29.

46、A.reason B.energy C.resource D.source30. A.likes B.reduces C.adds D.relies31. A.As B.What C.That D.Which32. A.for B.into C.by D.on33. A.looking B.guiding C.eyeing D.exchanging34. A.tea B.water C.wine D.coffee35. A.worsen B.beat C.change D.rise36. A.dislike B.live C.make D.use37. A.fail B.succeed C.w

47、ish D.try38. A.sold B.gave C.bought D.provided39. A.keep B.say C.make D.do40. A.cups B.argument C.rest D.thinking四、 语法填空 （本题共计 1 小题 ，共计15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Marco Polo travelled across Europe and Asia with his father,（41）_ wanted to do trade with the Chinese. Eventually, they arrived

48、in Beijing. At that time, China（42）_（rule）by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor, Kublai Khan. Marco was amazed（43）_（find）how beautiful and powerful China was and how（44）_（impress）Beijing and the Emperors Palace were. It also surprised and even（45）_（confuse）him to see paper money（46）_（use）in the markets and bl

49、ack stones serve as fuel.In 1291, after 1 years of service（47）_ the Emperor, Marco returned to Italy as a very wealthy man. Unfortunately, a local war broke out and he was caught and put into prison.（48）_, Marco was lucky enough to meet（49_ prisoner who enjoyed listening to his（50）_（story）about Chin

50、a and wrote a book called The Description of the World. 五、 短文改错 （本题共计 1 小题 ，共计15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。下面文中共有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（），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。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仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。It is one of most e

51、xciting experiences in my life. My relationship with the motorcycles begin when I was a child. The feelings are difficultly to explain. There is an important difference among cars and motorcycles. Cars forgive mistakes; motorcycles dont. There are two important period in my life relating to the moto

52、rcycle: the beginnings and today. My father bought we a little motorcycle. My sisters and brother already knew how to ride motorcycles. I was at five years old, and I remember perfectly the first day which my father taught me to ride this little jewel. I was not afraid but I drove all afternoon on t

53、he tennis court.六、 书面表达 （本题共计 1 小题 ，共计15分 ） 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jack告诉你他对中国传统文化，尤其是唐诗很感兴趣。他希望你能推荐（recommend）一本相关书籍帮助他学习、了解唐诗。请你给他写一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：1. 书籍简介（如：书名、内容等）；2. 推荐的理由及学习唐诗的注意事项。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 9月月考英语试题答案一阅读理解A篇 B A D B篇 C B C A C篇 C D B D D篇 B C D B二七选五A F E G D三完形填空21-25 D D A A B 26

54、-30 B B C D C 31-35 B A C D C 36-40 B A D C C四语法填空41.who42.wasruled43.tofind44.impressive45.confused46.used,47.to48.However49.another50.stories五短文改错It is one of（添加the）most exciting experiences in my life. My relationship with the motorcyclesbegin（改为began）when I was a child. The feelings aredifficult

55、ly（改为difficult）to explain. There is an important differenceamong（改为between）cars and motorcycles. Cars forgive mistakes; motorcycles dont. There are two importantperiod（改为periods）in my liferelating（改为related）to the motorcycle: the beginnings and today.My father boughtwe（改为us）a little motorcycle. My s

56、isters and brother already knew how to ride motorcycles. I wasat（删去at）five years old, and I remember perfectly the first day（添加on或者which改为when）which my father taught me to ride this little jewel. I was not afraidbut（改为and）I drove all afternoon on the tennis court.六书面表达Dear Jack,Im more than happy to

57、 know that you are interested in Chinese traditional culture, especially the Tang poems. Im writing this letter to recommend a book to you, which is called 300 Tang Poems.This book is a very popular starter for people who want to learn the Tang poems. It has selected 311 Tang poems written by the mo

58、st famous poets in the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi. It will be very helpful for you to understand Chinese poetry if you can learn some of them by heart. However, as a foreigner, this book may be a little difficult for you. It is highly recommended that you learn the basics about the Tang poetry and history at first.Hope you will enjoy it!