河北狮州中学2018届高中英语毕业班下学期第一次月考试题

河北省定州中学2018届高中英语毕业班下学期第一次月考试题
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2 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。

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。

例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19.15.
B. £9.15.
C. £9.18.
答案是C。

1. Where is the woman going first?
A. The school.
B. The library.
C. A bookstore.
2. When does the game finish?
A. At 4:00.
B. At 3:40.
C. At 3:20.
3. What will the man do this weekend?
A. Visit his grandma.
B. Stay at home with his friend.
C. Have dinner with his aunt’s family.
4. Why hasn’t the man got the letter?
A. He couldn’t find the post office.
B. He has been too busy.
C. He forgot a bout it.
5. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A desk.
B. A colleague.
C.
Piles of paper.
第二节( 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。

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、7 题。

6. Who is the woman most probably?
A. Dr. Smith’s wife.
B. Dr. Smith assistant.
C. Dr. Smith’s neighbor.
7. What’s the man going to do next?
A. Go to a bar.
B. Meet Dr. Smith.
C.
Wait in the waiting room.
听第7 段材料, 回答第8. 9 题。

8. How does the woman feel about her presentation?
A. Confident.
B. Unsure.
C. Terrified.
9. When will the conference be held?
A. This Thursday.
B. This Friday.
C. Next Monday. 听第8 段材料, 回答第10 至12 题。

10. Where are the speakers?
A. At an airport.
B. In a hotel.
C.
In a restaurant.
11. Why do they decide to go to the coffee stand?
A. To have a rest.
B. To get the luggage.
C.
To avoid the crowd.
12. Why does the man want to pay for the coffee?
A. To show his generosity.
B. To repay the woman’s treat.
C. To thank the woman for her help
听第9 段材料, 回答第13 至16 题。

13. Who is the man probably?
A. A house owner.
B. A house buyer.
C.
A housing agent.
14. What’s the total cost of a room?
A. $ 700.
B. $ 730.
C. $ 1, 000.
15. What attracts the woman most about the house?
A. The heating system.
B. The position.
C. The price.
16. What can people do in the house?
A. Do some indoor sports.
B. Enjoy an open fire in winter.
C. Have a good view of the garden.
听第10 段材料, 回答第17 至20 题。

17. What’s the speaker doing?
A. Introducing the school cafeteria.
B. Advertising the school cafeteria.
C. Giving advice on the school cafeteria.
A. Healthy.
B. Dull.
C. Special.
19. Why don’t some students eat in the cafeteria?
A. The food is tasteless.
B. The kitchen is untidy.
C. The prices are unreasonable.
20. What does the speaker say about the cafeteria?
A. The staff there are friendly.
B. It’s made a few changes to the menu.
C. Students have to wait there for a seat.
二、阅读理解
After I visited my elder sister’s house, I was reminded just how different the apartment living with a child was. She has a nice big house with a few floors, a big backyard and lots of toys. Her house is my son Tom’s little piece of heaven. At her house there are little toys, big toys, a doll house, a play house and more! There are bedroom stocked with train tables, ride-on toys and big trucks.
The main difference about being an apartment mom is that you cannot become a collector of “things”. I cont inually get rid of anything too large. When Tom was born, we made a rule that there would never be any stuffed animals in our apartment that were larger than him at that time. We also made a rule that we would only ever have at
most five stuffed “anything” at one time. So far this had worked out well for us. These rul es left Tom with a few special soft creatures to play with, but that can be easily put away.
Since we want to keep the appearance of being clean city dwellers, we have limited Tom’s play thing s to one toy basket in the main living space and one big storage bin in his bedroom. I am constantly thinking about living space when I buy anything for our little Tom. We love the storage bin in Tom’s room. It is filled with fun play things. It is a place to keep his toys and everything gets pulled in and out daily. Anything that doesn’t fit is often weeded out to create space.
Tom absolutely likes going to his aunt’s house and pulling out every single toy available to him. Of course, Tom does not notice that when he returns home he only gets one basket of toys instead of many rooms of toys. Right now Tom lives fully in his 1,100-square-foot apartment and seems very satisfied with his basket of toys. 21．By Paragraph 1 the writer mainly wants to tell us that her sister ________.
A. loves buying toys for herself
B. has several children
C. lives in a house with many toys
D. does n’t keep her house tidy
22．What does the underlined part “weekend out” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. removed
B. washed
C. stored
D. played
23．The last paragraph shows that ________.
A. the writer wants to live in a big house
B. Tom doesn’t like the toys in his toy basket
C. Tom doesn’t like the toys in his aunt’s house
D. the writer’s rules about toys work out very well
Disney World is a very popular attraction. But going there can be costly. Here are some suggestions that can help you save money.
Instead of eating at the park, get premade food from a nearby grocery store or even make your own lunch. Also, make sure to take your own water with you because spending $3 on water will make your stomach hurt. Another idea is to pack snacks or quick and
cheap pick-me-ups as you make your way around the park.
Of course you’re going to want to take some Disney souvenirs home with you, but you’ll quickly realize that it comes with a price. Before buying anything, make sure you have a plan. Some suggestions for keeping costs down include picking your own pearl at the Japan store at Epcot, which is all about the experience and only $15.95 plus tax, or even getting special tradable collection pin that you can trade with Disney cast members or other guests.
When you go to Disney World on rainy days, you may catch a lot of showers. But you do n’t have to. Go to a local Dollar Tree and buy disposable ponchos（一次性雨披）for $1. The ponchos at Disney are probably more durable（耐用的）, but they cost $9. For a family of five, the Disney ponchos would cost $45 versus spending $5 at the dollar store.
It costs $17 to park in Disney for a day. Luckily, most non-Disney resorts offer free shuttles（来往的班车）to and from the park and all Disney resorts offer free transportation for guests as well. If you like to be on your own schedule without worrying about when the shuttle comes, then parking is your only choice. But waiting for the shuttle and going by a schedule isn’t really difficult, either. 24．According to the author, if you want to eat at Disney World, you can ________.
A. just take pick-me-ups to save money
B. get premade food at Disney World
C. avoid food that stimulates your appetite
D. prepare food before entering the park
25．What does the author think of buying pearl at the Japan store at Epcot?
A. It can be a terrible experience.
B. It enables one to get pearl at a reasonable price.
C. It’s a good way to find a tradable collection.
D. It’s the best way to get Disney souvenirs.
26．If you buy four ponchos at a local Dollar tree instead of at Disney, you can save ________.
A. $32
B. $36
C. $40
D. $45
27．The author thinks it is advisable to ________.
A. park in Disney World for a day
B. avoid going to Disney World on rainy days
C. use more durable ponchos at Disney World
D. use transportation offered by the resorts
Nature has its own way of balancing itself out, but when we humans get involved, we tend to throw things out of control. Forests and oceans are natural carbon sinks that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but since we’ve been pumping too much into the air, those sinks can’t keep up. Scie ntists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, led by biologist Tobias Erb, have figured out a way to supercharge plants to make them better at absorbing CO2, which could be a key defense against climate change.
Erb and his team figured out a way to make plants more efficient at absorbing carbon, so that they consumed more carbon in a shorter amount of time. “If you think about plants, they are efficient CO2-fixing filters, but they are not fast, ”Erb said. “I think there is a chance to improve existing bio logy with synthetic(人造的) biology.”
Erb’s team identified 17 enzymes(酶) from nine different organisms, re-engineering three of them, that had an enlarged carbon consumption. When those enzymes worked together as a team, they worked better at not only plants’ natural enzymes, but also themselves individually. Existing enzymes in plants consume about 5 to 10 molecules(摩尔) of CO2 per second. The team of enzymes that Erb used consumed 80 molecules per second.
So far, these enzymes have only been tested in test tubes in the lab, but the next st ep is real world testing where the enzymes would be introduced into plants to see if the same result occurs. If those tests show that plants really can be supercharged, we could have a new tool in the fight against climate change where not only do we protect the amazing carbon-absorbing forests we have, but we also add these super
plants or an artificial leaf technology using the enzymes into other mixed fields. 28．Why can’t forests and oceans balance nature?
A. Because oceans and forests are getting smaller.
B. Because a large number of forests are cut down.
C. Because we human beings give off too much CO2.
D. Because there are too many creatures in the world.
29．Which is the key defense against climate change according to Erb and his team?
A. To i ncrease the plants’ ability and efficiency to absorb CO2.
B. To make oceans and forests to absorb more CO2 quickly.
C. To reduce the human’s activities giving off too m uch CO2.
D. To increase the number of plants in the world,
30．What can we get from the last paragraph?
A. The enzymes have proved useful in real world.
B. The technology has worked against climate change.
C. The enzymes have not been used in the lab.
D. The technology may have a bright future.
31．This passage is intended to .
A. call on people to pay more attention to the balance of nature
B. introduce a possible way to better plants’ ability of absorbing CO2
C. analyze the cause and result of climate change related to plants
D. explore the possibility of using plants to fight against climate change
The First Hello
The man from the telephone department got off the bus, and made his way to the tea stall, wiping the sweat off his head, face, then slipping his handkerchief under his shirt to wipe his neck and back. It was a year ago that the phone line had been installed, six months later men from the public works department had come to put up the phone booth—a neat box-like structure, with a glass window, and wooden ledges, yellow in colour. And days after that, a painter had taken an entire day to colour in broad, black brushstrokes, the words: STD Booth, local and STD allowed.
No one could tell that the last word had been misspelled. Besides, he had taken the entire day. After he had a cup of tea, he left, waving cheerfully. And now months later, someone else was here again.
Everyone watched the man as he sat on the bench. No one said a word, and soon the sound of him slurping his tea filled the hot afternoon. A few leaves fell, heavy in the heat, and sometimes a car passed, on its way to the main city farther away. When the man had finished, he tried to pay but the tea shop owner who sat behind his steaming kettle and the washed upturned cups, waved him away.
“You are our guest here.”
So the man took his handkerchief out again and wiped his face.
They crowded around him as he shut himself up in the phone booth. When the children pressed their nose against the glass, he shooed them away, as he took out a shiny black soon changed to an excited yell as they saw him dial a number, pressing a finger into the ringed dialer of the phone and letting it go all the way in a half-circle.
A while later, they hear him say into the mouthpiece, “Hello.”
“Hello, ”the ch ildren around the booth took up the cr y, the teashop owner broke into a smile and the men waiting for a bus smiled and said hello to each other. The sadhu(印度的僧人)who sat under the banyan tree nodded wisely. As the sound carried, more hellos were heard. The women winnowing grain giggled as they tried the word tentatively, the shepherds feeding their flocks called out to their sheep, laughing as they used the word.
“It’s a big occasion, ”said the headman, in an awed(敬畏的) voice.
“It is.” agreed those around him. The telephone man emerged and handed over a small chit of paper to the headman. “This is the telephone number.”
The headman looked at it respectfully as if it were a mantra(符咒). The others around him read out the numbers slowly, digit-by-digit.
The telephone man was now too tired to notice the cheering around him. He knew he had to wait long before the bus to take him back arrived. As he sipped his second cup of tea, he remembered something else.
“Oh, you can’t start using the phone now. The minister will come next month and
inaugurate it. ”
No one said a word. No one was surprise. They had waited so long; a month more did not really matter.
32．In the story, fitting a working telephone booth .
A. was a process that had already taken 12 months
B. was in the charge of the headman
C. was finished more than a year ago
D. was an artistic challenge for a local painter
33．A misspelled word on the booth .
A. was a joke hared by the painter and the local people
B. made the painter miss his tea break
C. went unnoticed by the local people
D. kept everyone occupied for an entire day
34．When the man from the telephone department arrived.
A. the hot afternoon was filled with quiet expectation
B. there was a sudden rush of activity in the village
C. he was greeted like a regular customer
D. he learned about the village while having a nice drink
35．What can be inferred from the story?
A. The man from the telephone department had a mentally demanding job.
B. Only the minister had the authority to make the first call.
C. It was a distant village free from modern technology.
D. Few of the local children went to school for education.
36．The examples of the children, the teashop owner, the men waiting for the bus, the women and the shepherds are given to illustrate .
A. the local people’s curiosity for the new thing
B. the ignorance of the local people
C. the local people’s enthusiasm for English lear ning
D. the popularity of the man from the telephone department
37．What words can be used to best describe the local people?
A. Innocent and cooperative.
B. Friendly and respectful.
C. Patient and competent.
D. Independent and admirable.
三、完形填空
I’ll bet that no one can describe the feeling one has when they go home f or the first time, I know I couldn’t. After living in the dorm for three weeks and gelling over ______, I was actually looking forward to having some quiet time at home. On Friday, September 13, I packed up a few things and left campus around 2:00 p.m.______ being Friday the 13th, the main question on my mind was,______ would it be like to go home for the first time after just getting over homesickness? As my mother drove through town I could tell that not much had ______, but still felt weird.______ it dawned on me. I was starting to think of Cedar Crest as my home.
I had a great weekend. I ______ Jewish services most of the weekend, but I did have time to fool around on America Online and do a few other things that I had ______ for three weeks. I spent a lot of time playing with my pet bunny rabbit ______ I missed her a lot. When Sunday came around I ______ wanted to get back to Cedar Crest. My father brought me back. When we arrived, all he did was to ______ me unload the car while I carried all the stuff to my room. Then I hugged and kissed him good-bye, and he ______. It was amazing to me ______ I just sent him home like that without wanting to hop back in the car. I guess all that I wanted was to be back in the safety of my ______ room and see all my ______ again.
I have been home once more ______. It still felt weird, but not as ______ as it did the first time. When it was time to go back to school for the ______ time, my father said: “So what do you want to do now?” My ______? “I want to go home!”______ I wanted to go back to school. I guess you could say, “There’s no ______ like home!”38．A. illness B. homesickness C. sadness D. loneliness
39．A. For B. By C. Besides D. Except
40．A. that B. which C. who D. what
41．A. changed B. happened C. heard D. learned
42．A. Suddenly B. Fortunately C. Immediately D. Generally
43．A. took B. paid C. attended D. offered
44．A. lost B. spent C. made D. missed
45．A. although B. because C. so D. if
46．A. exactly B. actually C. patiently D. hopefully
47．A. tell B. push C. find D. help
48．A. arrived B. walked C. left D. came
49．A. why B. when C. how D. where
50．A. dorm B. reading C. class D. living
51．A. friends B. relatives C. books D. movies
52．A. before long B. soon after C. as usual D. since then
53．A. many B. much C. few D. little
54．A. present B. last C. first D. second
55．A. prediction B. response C. opinion D. suggestion
56．A. showing B. saying C. meaning D. asking
57．A. place B. room C. school D. home
四、七选五
Technological innovation (创新)may not give you a warm feeling. 58． Messaging apps are examples of technology that are helping bring people together. It’s ready to continue improving our lives as innovation allows technology to really understand how we live.
59．
Some of the most popular and widely adopted innovations make things we’re already doing easier. A well-designed piece of technology can transform something that consumes time into a worry-free swipe of your finger, giving you more time to spend with friends and family.
Proving that you really are you
Developers keep finding new and brilliant ways to prove our identities online. With fingerprints and voice recognition, technology keeps getting better at proving we are who we say we are. 60．. The more trust we have, the easier it will be to fully embrace the empowering aspects of fintech (金融科技) and having control of our financial data.
Helping make good ideas a reality
Crowdfunding (众筹) technology keeps breaking down barriers that may have previously kept good ideas from being realized. Here’s ho w it works: You pitch (拋) your project to people through an online pla tform. 61．. By connecting dreamers and inventors to a new type of capital, technology is giving more creative ideas their opportunity to become a reality.
Adding even more quality to quality time
As technology continues improving, it becomes easier to build and maintain a connec tion with someone who isn’t in the same location as you. 62．. And think about how great it will be when you can interact with your friends and relatives in virtual reality. It will be the next best thing to being together in person.
A. Sparing some time to make researches
B. Freeing up more time for friends and family
C. However, when at its best, it opens our eyes to many things
D. Actually, it can do wonders . to deepen our interpersonal connections
E. That technology can make it easier to trust the connections we make online
F. If they are interested in your project, they donate money to fund your project
G. Think about how much easier it is to connect via video conferencing than before
五、短文改错
63．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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

My friend Mary is interested in Chinese characters. One day she asked for a Chinese character “美” on me paper, “What does this mean?” I told her it means “beauty”. She continued, “How it structured? Suddenly, I was sticking. Then I searched on the Internet. The character comes in two part - lamb and big. The lambs in the agricultural days of ancient China meant not only a good meal but also a gift of beauty from the nature. At that moment I realized I have been taking my culture for granted, leave it in the comer. I turned to Hollywood and Super Bowls, what, brilliant as they are, can help me define (定义）who I am.
六、读写任务
64．Urban public bike service isn’t a new phenomenon. Government-sponsored public bike systems have been introduced into many cities in China Mobike, a new kind of public bike rental service, started in Shanghai and has expanded to Beijing. People can use this service by scanning the QR code(二维码) on the bike to unlock the smart lock. The standard cost of this service is 1 yuan per 30 minutes. Users can pay with popular mobile payment methods such as Alipay and WeChat. Mobike now has more than 10, 000 bikes in Shanghai, allowing most riders to find a bike anywhere within a diameter(直径) of 300 meters. Many people ride a Mobike for a short trip, such as from home to the subway, subway to the work place or to a grocery store. Experts say Mobike is a good supplement(补充) to the public bike rental service since city people are now fond of “Green Riding”, and environmentally-friendly means of transportation. Just because of this, the company providing the service is increasing the number by hundred every day.
[写作内容]
1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容;
2. 用约120 个单词阐述你对在城市推广Mobike的看法，并用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。

[写作要求]
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;
3. 不必写标题。

[评分标准]
内容完整, 语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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参考答案
听力
1-5 BACBA 6-10 BABCA 11-15 CCABB 16-20 ACBCA 21．C
22．A
23．D
24．D
25．B
26．A
27．D
28．D
29．B
30．C
31．A
32．A
33．C
34．A
35．C
36．A
37．B
38．B
39．C
40．D
41．A
42．A
43．C
44．D
45．B
46．B
47．D
48．C
49．C
50．A
51．A
52．D
53．B
54．D
55．B
56．C
57．A
58．D
59．B
60．E
61．F
62．G
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64．Mobike, a new kind of public bike rental service, has been put into use in Shanghai and Beijing. With their great favour with city people, more Mobikes will be available in the future.
Personally, Mobike is a good service and should be popularized in cities. First of all, it brings people great convenience since they can ride a Mobike for a short trip without walking or waiting for a bus. Secondly, people can enjoy the service at a low price because they only need to pay one yuan per 30 minutes. More importantly, the service saves people the trouble of riding their own bikes and thus they needn’t worry about losing them any more. Lastly, if more people choose to ride a Mobike, not only will the release of carbon dioxide be reduced, but much energy will be saved as well. In a word, such a small act will make a great difference to our earth,。