江苏省兴化一中2018-2019学年高一英语12月月考试题

江苏省兴化一中2018-2019学年高一英语12月月考试题
（考试时间：120分钟总分120分）
注意事项：
1、本试卷共分两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题，第Ⅱ卷为非选择题。

2、所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上，答案写在试卷上的无效。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共75分）
一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分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.When did the man get home yesterday?
A. At 5:55
B. At 6:05
C. At 6:15
2.What most probably happened before the conversation?
A. The woman stole a wallet.
B. The woman’s wallet was lost.
C. The woman mistook someone else’s walle t for hers.
3.How long does the woman have to work?
A.8 hours.
B. 9 hours.
C. 10 hours
4.What’s the man going to do tonight?
A. Attend a party.
B. Take an exam.
C. Do his homework.
5.What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman is thirsty.
B. The woman is hungry
C. The woman dislikes music.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6.What was the matter with the man?
A. He had a cough.
B. He had a headache.
C. He caught a cold.
7.Why was not the man feeling well?
A. He worked at night.
B. He smoked too much.
C. He was caught in the rain.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.What does the woman have to do according to the agreement?
A. Do the washing for her host family.
B. Do the cooking for her host family.
C. Do the cleaning for her host family.
9.What can we learn from the conversation?
A. Linda is excited because she will go to Europe.
B. What worries Linda is that she doesn’t know how to cook Chinese dishes.
C. Linda loves communicating with new people and making friends with them.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the two speakers probably talking about?
A. A singing exam.
B. A written exam.
C. An oral exam.
11.Why does the man ask the woman so many questions?
A. He wants to be better-prepared.
B. He wants to know how the result was.
C. He wants to know if she knows the teacher.
12.What does the woman think of this exam?
A. Interesting.
B. Hard.
C. Boring.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What happened before the conversation?
A. The man moved into a new house.
B. The woman bought a new house.
C. The woman sold her old house.
14.How many rooms are there in Mr. Green’s house altogether?
A. Five.
B. Seven
C. Eight.
15.Who likes to work in the garden?
A. The man.
B. The man’s wife.
C. The woman.
16.What’s David’s hobby?
A. Playing football.
B. Playing basketball.
C. Listening to music. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What was Bob’s father?
A. A teacher.
B. A worker.
C. A farmer.
18.Why couldn’t Bob go to school?
A. Because his family was poor.
B. Because his mother was a teacher.
C. Because there was no school nearby.
19. How did Bob feel on the farm?
A. Excited
B. Unhappy
C.Lonely
20. Why did Bob’s mother go to the town?
A. She wanted to buy a book for Bob.
B. She wanted to sell something.
C. She wanted to look for a school for her son.
二、阅读理解（共2节，每小题2分，满分30分）
第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Have you ever been afraid? Do thunder and lightning make your heart beat faster? Maybe your mouth goes dry when your teacher says you will be given a test, or your palms（手掌）sweat when it’s your turn to give your report in front of the class. Perhaps you get butterflies in your stomach when you see the bully (欺负人的人) who chooses you.
We all have fears sometimes. That’s true no matter how big we are or how brave we can be. Fear of getting too close to a campfire may save you from a bad burn. And fear of getting a bad grade on a test may make you study hard. Being nervous can also sharpen your senses and help you perform better during a track meet. Some people even enjoy being a little scared. That’s why they like to watch scary movies.
Usually, our bodies go into fight only when there is something to fear. However, sometimes this happens when there doesn’t seem to b e anything to be frightened about. When you feel scared but there doesn’t seem to be a clear reason, that’s called anxiety. For some kids, the feeling of anxiety or worry can happen at any time. For
others, it might appear only at certain times, like when they are leaving their home or family to go somewhere. For some people, this feeling of anxiety happens almost all the time and gets in the way of what they want to do.
Tell your parents if your anxiety becomes strong and is getting in the way of what you want to do. Your parents can take you to a doctor, who can help to find out if a medical problem is making you feel anxious. But you can also try these ways to kill the feeling yourself.
21. What does the underlined phrase “get butterflies in your stomach” (Paragraph
1) probably mean?
A. Get angry.
B. Get nervous.
C. Get hurt.
D. Get excited.
22. What does the writer want to show in the second paragraph?
A. Brave people won’t feel fear whatever happens.
B. Children are easier to show fear than adults.
C. Fear is a sign of being sick and unhealthy.
D. Fear can be good to people sometimes.
23. What would be talked about in the next paragraph?
A. The great harm fear does to people’s health.
B. Who to turn to for help when people feel anxious.
C. Some good ways to help people deal with fear.
D. What kind of people can easily feel anxious.
B
Music for Humans and Humpback Whales (座头鲸)
As researchers concluded in Science, the love of music is not only a universal feature of the human species but also deeply fixed in complex structures of the human brain and is far more ancient than previously suspected.
In the articles, researchers present various evidence to show that music-making is at once an original human “business”, and an art f orm with skillful performers throughout the animal kingdom.
The new reports stress that humans hold no copyright on sound wisdom, and that a number of non-human animals produce what can rightly be called music, rather than random sound. Recent in-depth analyses of the songs sung by humpback whales show that, even when their organ would allow them to do otherwise, the animals converge on the
same choices related to the sounds and beauty, and accept the same laws of song composition as those preferred by human musicians, and human ears, everywhere.
For example, male humpback whales, who spend six months of each year doing little else but singing, use rhythms (节奏) similar to those found in human music and musical phrases of similar length – a few seconds. Whales are able to make sounds over a range of at least seven octaves (八度音阶), yet they tend to move on through a song in beautiful musical intervals (间隔), rather than moving forward madly. They mix the sounds like drums and pure tones in a ratio (比例) which agrees with that heard in much western music. They also use a favorite technique of human singers, the so-called A-B-A form, in which a theme is started, then developed, and then returned to a slightly revised form.
Perhaps most impressive, humpback songs contain tunes that rhyme. “This suggests that whales use rhyme in the same way we do: as a technique in a poem to help them remember complex material,” the researchers write.
24. The underlined words “converge on” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ________.
A. tend to
B. refer to
C. turn into
D. put forward
25. Which of the following shows the advanced musical ability in humpback whales?
A. They can remember complex materials.
B. They can create pleasing patterns of music.
C. They can make sounds like drums continuously.
D. They can sing along with rhythms of western music.
26. What is the main idea of the article?
A. Animals are able to compose and enjoy music like humans.
B. Human beings borrow ideas in music from humpback whales.
C. Humpback whales are skillful performers in the animal kingdom.
D. Music-making is an ancient activity of both humans and animals.
C
“Hi there. How’s it going?”
“Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh?”
“Well, I guess we can always use the rain.”
What’s that? This story? Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know, those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you’re waiting for the elevator. Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial(不重要的，琐碎的). Idle chatter about traffic doesn’t do much more than fill the air
with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives.
Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, “Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion. It’s so powerful. It does something to you.”“Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary,”Oliver says, “If I don’t make small connection with another person, I can’t work.”
What causes it? As a rule, you’re either trying to force something into your life, or you’re using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation.
The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time. Take the elevator, for instance. Now there’s prime territory. Nobody knows anyone and there’s no reason not to start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. “Making conversation in such peaceful social settings”, according to Oliver, “can confirm your territory. It’s a way of feeling liked and accepted.”
The topics of small talk don’t matter. In fact, you don’t want anything more taxing than the weather or the traffic. It’s non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you’re with lots of people doing lots of talking.
Let’s say you’re at a party. Now it’s time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don’t look silly standing by the food table alone all night.
27. “Small talk”, as interpreted by the author, _______.
A. has no real function in communication at all
B. is usually meaningless and therefore useless
C. is not as idle as it may seem to be
D. is restricted to certain topics only
28. According to the author, small talk is often used _______.
A. to invade other’s private affairs
B. to share a secret between close friends
C. to open and maintain channels of communication
D. to protect one’s own privacy
29. Why is small talk described as “non-threatening talk in a threatening
situation”?
A. It is used by people to encourage those who are confronted (遇到，面对) with danger.
B. It is used to show that one is enthusiastic and hospitable.
C. It is used to create a more friendly atmosphere and to avoid embarrassment.
D. It is used by people to protect others in the threatening situation.
30. According to the author, at a big party, small talk is used with the purpose of _______.
A. making both others and yourself feel at ease
B. excluding those you don’t like from joining you.
C. keeping your voice low so only your friends can hear you.
D. comforting those who feel lonely
第二节七选五 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
From now on, never spend your limited time thinking of reasons for you failures and weaknesses. Instead，realize that seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. 31_________
The seeds , and the power to grow them, are contained in the most powerful machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice but not a chance. 32_________ You were also born rich.You can be a success if you make the right choice.
33________ Your level of self confidence ia always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confidence are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are mere victims.(受害人)
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance and they have no responsibility for it. 34___________
Everything happens as a result of something. 35_________ We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one experts. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.
A.You were born a winner.
B.Don’t lose heart even if you’re in face of failure.
C.But successful people realize they are responsible.
D.If we can recognize the cause, we can control the effect.
E.Only you yourself have the power to make those seeds grow.
F.You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence.
G.Success depends on your cooperation with others as well as your own effort. 三．单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

36. Many people, some of ______ are not overweight at all, are always going on diets
or taking weight-loss pills, _____ are often dangerous.
A. who, that
B. whom, that
C. who, which
D. whom,
which
37. — Is your Uncle Tom a soldier?
— No, but he once ______ in the army for 4 years.
A. served
B. is serving
C. has served
D.
had served
38. Many people often make the mistakes of ______ their decisions on others’ opinions instead of doing necessary research.
A. insisting
B. depending
C. basing
D. concentrating
39. With his face ______ in his hands, the man sighed and began to cry.
A. deserted
B. lost
C. buried
D. arranged
40. I have developed a habit of taking notes, ______ I forget something important.
A. so that
B. in case
C. even if
D. now that
41. I can offer you financial help. And, ______ you must clean up my room every day.
A. in preparation
B. in exchange
C. in need
D. in charge
42. As the library rule goes, you should put the dictionary_________ you can find
it easily.
A. where
B. in the place
C. the place in which
D. at
where
43. The shop is reported to ________________ last night in the local newspaper.
A. break into
B. be broken into
C. have broken into
D. have been broken into
44. Didi Dache seems to be a good choice in rush hours, but it ______ put passengers in possible danger.
A. must
B. should
C. can
D. shall
45. As your spoken English gets better, so ______ your written English.
A. does
B. is
C. has
D. will
四、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dad and I were always passionate about our feelings, and when I reached my teen years, our 46 really heated up. Our biggest fight was about my chosen 47 .
“People like us aren’t writers!” Dad would sh out.
“Maybe people like you aren’t writers,” I would shout 48 , “but people like me are!”
I grew up in a nice house with a lawn（草坪）and lots of rooms. All I had to do was get good grades and stay out of trouble. Dad spent his youth living in an old building and 49 money to support his family. But he drew a 50 over his past, never speaking of his growing-up days. No one knew what he had 51 . But not knowing Dad’s past, I could never know what drove him to want so much safety for me.
As I insisted on writing, Mom told me Dad read and re-read 52 I got published, although he never mentioned my work to me. Instead, he continually tried to drive me into a career he considered 53 -nursing or teaching.
But in the last days of his life, Dad 54 . It was as if he suddenly realized that he should make the truth known. He talked about everything—how it felt to carry heavy baskets of coal upstairs and 55 one bathroom with five other families, and how worried he was that his family wouldn’t have enough warm clothes for winter. Dad told me 56 he’d wanted to protect me from poor life, so I’d never have to go 57 what he had. When he said sorry for trying to break off my wings, I told him that he was the very one who’d given me the chance to 58 . Dad smiled and tried to nod.
On the last day of his life, as Mom and I sat holding his hands, he 59 to
the nurse to come close. “You know my daughter,” he said with great 60 . “I just want you to know—she’s a writer.”
It was the proudest moment of my life.
46. A. discussions B. arguments C. movements D. conversations
47. A. work B. career C. subject D. topic
48. A. out B. in C. around D. back
49. A. saving B. sparing C. wasting D. earning
50. A. curtain B. line C. shape D.
picture
51. A. done B. supplied C. suffered D. achieved
52. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
53. A. safe B. easy C. special D. challenging
54. A. stayed up B. opened up C. showed up D. stepped up
55. A. handle B. clean C. share D. build
56. A. how B. what C. when D. where
57. A. over B. into C. for D. through
58. A. desire B. live C. fly D. change
59. A. signaled B. explained C. applied D. pointed
60. A. pains B. hope C. pride D. sadness
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共45分）
第五部分单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
61. Of the five people injured in the car crash, only one boys s_________.
62. It’s reported that the lawyer hasn’t provided any c_________ evidence. That’s why he has been set free.
63. One w_________ to the traffic accident said that the driver seemed to be drunk.
64. With so many troubles u_________ me, I’m having a hard time and almost break
down these days.
65. –That’s me when I grad uated from university. See what I look like now!
–It’s necessary to work out regularly to improve your f_________.
66. I’ve always believed that happiness ___________(重要) more than money.
67. It is suggested by many people that smoking ______（场景）should be forbidden in TV shows and films.
68. He doesn’t know much about the subject, but he is very _________（热心的）about
it.
69. I made good preparations for the party but _________ （不知怎么地）it didn’t work out as planned.
70. It’s not ____________(恰当的，合适的) that we should dismiss these ideas just
because they are unfamiliar.
第六部分语法填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。

One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that, all students were seated and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with the text __71__ (face) down at the desk. Once he handed out the test papers to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.
Students’ were confused t o see there was not a question __72__ just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed that the students felt __ 73 __ (puzzle) and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”
The students were even __74__ (confused) but started the test by then. At the end of the class, the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot, __75__ position they tried to explain. After the professor finished reading, the whole class was silent.
The professor explained, “Don’t worry. I am not going to give you grades but I just want you to ask __ 76__ (you) something. Here everyone focused on the black dot but no one wrote about the white paper, and the same is with our lives. The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life. __77__ our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, we have every reason to celebrate. Still we just focus on problems like health issues, problems in relationships etc., but we never see these problems are very small compared with __78__
we have in our lives.”
So there is the moral lesson: we should try to take eyes __79__ our problems and enjoy each moment that life __80__ (give) us. Be happy and live the life positively. 第七部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

每个空格只填一个单词。

In the economic downturn（经济低迷时期）, many people start to look for ways to reduce their household costs and save money. Having a thrifty（节俭的）lifestyle does not have to mean not spending money. Making small changes will allow you to save money and still enjoy your favorite treats and activities. Being thrifty can help you to save for retirement, pay off your credit card debts faster or even just save money for a dream holiday. To live in a thrifty way, you need to pay attention to your day-to-day expenses.
Track your spending for at least two weeks. You won’t really know how to have a thriftier lifestyle until you know where your money is going. Write down everything when you spend money and take a look at it at the end of the month. You will see obvious ways to reduce your daily expenses.
Surf the Internet when you have to make purchases. Because it is easy to access such information, you can compare prices from more stores in less time. Check your local stores as well as online providers to find the best price.
Turn off the lights and other electrical things in your home when you are not using them. Open the windows and let in the natural light instead. Leaving electrical things on can use a large amount of extra energy, wasting your money. Also, remove chargers（充电器）from the wall when you are not using them.
Cut back on your cable TV（有线电视）expenses. You probably don’t really need 500 channels. Reduce your cable package and save a large amount of money every year. If you decide you really can’t live without it, call your cable company and see if there are any discounts available.
Use coupons（优惠券）when you do your regular grocery shopping. Many websites offer free coupons that you can take to the grocery store. Check sites like
for coupons for different kinds of name-brand products. Combining producers’ coupons with store discounts can lead to major grocer y savings.
Eating out is usually expensive. If you have to, you can look for available deals and discounts. If you often have dinner in restaurants, consider buying an Entertainment Book for local restaurants.
How to Be Thrifty
八、书面表达(满分20分)
最近，爱商（LQ）成为人们热议的话题。

有人说，除了智商（IQ)和情商（EQ)，爱商对事业成功和生活幸福也相当重要。

请根据以下要点，写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的看法。

注意： 1. 对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2. 词数120左右。

开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

As is known to us all, IQ and EQ both play an important role in achieving career success and life happiness. Recently, LQ, a new term, has drawn people’s attention. ________________________________________________________________________________ ______
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兴化市第一中学2018秋学期期中后月考英语参考答案
一、听力测试（20分，每题1分）
1-5 BCBCA 6-10ABBCC 11-15ABACB 16-20ACCBA
二．阅读理解（30分，每题2分）
21-23 B D C 24-26 A B D 27-30 C C C A 31---35 EAFCD
三、单项选择（10分，每题1分）
36—40 DACCB 41---45 BADCD
四、完形填空（15分，每题1分）
46-50 BBDDA 51-55 CBABC 56-60ADCAC
五．单词拼写（满分5分，每题0.5分）
61. survived 62. convincing 63. witness 64. upsetting 65. figure
66. counts 67. scenes 68. enthusiastic 69. somehow 70. appropriate
六．语法填空（10分，每题1分）
71. facing 72. but 73. puzzled 74. more confused 75. whose 76. yourself/ yourselves 77. Since/Because/As 78. what/whatever 79. off 80. gives
七、任务型阅读（满分10分，每题1分）
81. good 82. necessarily 83. Tips/Suggestions/Advice 84.
track/records
85. compare 86. including/like 87. cost 88. discount 89. result
90. waste
八. 书面表达（20分）
91. As is known to us all, IQ and EQ both play an important role in achieving career success and life happiness. Recently, LQ, a new term, has drawn people’s attention.
LQ is the ability to feel, accept and express love. With a high LQ, one will get along well with others, so they tend to earn more understanding and support. Also, It’s commonly believed that no one can be truly successful and happy without love for others and society.
In my opinion, something should be done to improve our LQ. If we keep an eye open for things around us, we will be a mazed to find love is everywhere. It’s also important to tolerate people who are different from us and accept them as they are. In addition, we are supposed to be ready to show our kindness whenever possible.
To conclude, the higher our LQ is, the better our life will be. (123 words)。