天津市某中学2019-2020学年高一下学期月考英语试卷word版

英语试卷
（满分120分）第I卷(共95分)
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节）
第一节：单项填空（每题1分，共15分）
1. Neither the musician nor the artist _____ arrived yet.
A. has
B. have
C. is
D. had
2. Shanghai _____ by more than 2 million foreign tourists every year.
A. was visited
B. is visited
C. visits
D. is visiting
3. Paris is situated _____ the River Seine.
A. on
B. to
C. off
D. across
4. You are old enough to _____ your living.
A. win
B. gain
C. take
D. earn
5. So far he _____ great progress in English with the help of the new teacher.
A. made
B. made a
C. has made
D. has made a
6. As a child, Jack studied in a village school, _____ is named after his grandfather.
A. which
B. where
C. what
D. where
7. He is unhappy, _____ he has a lot of money.
A. but
B. though
C. while
D. so
8. _____ blood if you can and many lives will be saved.
A. Giving
B. Given
C. Give
D. To give
9. - I’m afraid I can’t finish the book within this week.- _____.
A. Please go ahead
B. That’s right
C. Not at all
D. Take your time
10. I often _____ the words I don’t know in the dictionary or on the Internet.
A. look into
B. look at
C. look for
D. look up
11. People have always been _____ about exactly how life on the earth began.
A. curious
B. excited
C. anxious
D. careful
12. The ability _____ an idea is as important as the idea itself.
A. expressing
B. expressed
C. to express
D. to be expressed
13. _____ good service, the restaurant offers different kinds of traditional Fujian
dishes.
A. Far from
B. Apart from
C. Instead of
D. regardless of
14. We can never expect _____ bluer sky unless we create _____ less polluted
world.
A. the, a
B. a, the
C. a, a
D. the, the
15. - Tony said he could fix my bicycle, but I really doubt it.
- _____.
A. Don’t worry
B. I couldn’t agree more
C. Of course
D. A piece of cake
第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）
Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier(边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker come 16 the hill towards the frontier, 17 a bike with a pile of goods of old straw(稻草) on it. When the bike 18 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 19 him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very 20 to see 21 he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets 22 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 23 to find gold or other valuable things 24 in the straw, he never found 25 . He was sure the man was 26 something, but he was not 27 to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked 28 the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 29 usual, he 30 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 31 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man now and today’s my last day on the 32 . Tomorrow I’m going to 33 . I promise I shall not tell 34 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.”The worker did not say anything for 35 . Then she smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
第二部分：阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共50分）
A
Speaking the Same language
There is an argument(争论) going on in many schools. It’s about what language or languages are spoken in classrooms.
Some people argue that because this is America, only English should be spoken in schools. Others argue that America is a melting pot. And if students are able to speak more than one language, that should be accepted in classrooms.
We asked students in New York city, what they thought. Here’s what they said.
Should English be the only language spoken in American classrooms?
YES
Pedro Rodriguez: Even though you may want to speak your native language, you should learn and speak only English in school. It is very important. It’s the most popular language in the world. If you live here, you should speak it.
Gisell Mata: How can people expect to communicate in this country if they can’t speak English? School is the best place to start. I think if you speak and write only English in school, you will learn it quicker and be able to speak it very well in a short time.
NO
Xiomarah Veras: I think people should learn English in school, but they shouldn’t be required to speak only English. It should be up to students and teachers to decide what they speak and learn. For people just learning English, it can be easier if they are allowed to speak their native language in class too.
Yessenia Ortiz: I think if English is introduced to people slowly, they will want to speak it more. If they are in this country, they will want to learn English. But it you tell them it is the only language they can speak in school, it will make them angry and frustrated(沮丧的).
36. The writer wrote the article to _____.
A. force the students to speak only English
B. show two opinions on a topic
C. show why students are angry and frustrated
D. tell people English is the main language of the US
37. In Yessenia Ortiz’s opinion, _____.
A. speaking several languages is necessary
B. the ability to choose is important
C. many people don’t want to learn English
D. people should be told how to learn English
38. According to Xiomarah Veras, _____.
A. English can be spoken both in school and at home
B. students should make their own choice
C. school is the only place to learn English
D. it is easier to learn native language than English
39. The meaning of the underlined part “a melting pot” in Para. 2 is _____.
A. a pot in which metals can be melted
B. a country which has people from different races and nations
C. a pot used to make chemical experiments
D. a place where snow can be melted fast
40. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Students shouldn’t be forced to speak only English.
B. If you live in the US, you should know English.
C. Students shouldn’t be allowed to speak their native language at hom e.
D. If you are forced to learn something, you will feel unhappy.
B
The fighting against smoking has continued since I took office. I’ve done everything in my power to protect our children from harm. We’ve worked to make their streets and their schools safer, and to give them something positive to do after school before their parents get home. We’ve worked to teach our children tha drugs are dangerous, illegal and wrong.
Today I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity we now have to prot ect our nation’s children from an even more deadly threat: smoking, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90 percent of those 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 we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they start, launching(发动) a nationwide campaign(运动) 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, we’ll cut teen smoking by 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.
41. What has the author done in his power?
A. To look after our children.
B. To protect our children from harm.
C. To clean our children.
D. To clean the street.
42. Compared with other disasters, what kills more people every day?
A. Drugs.
B. Car accidents.
C. Smoking.
D. Murders
43. How many children start to smoke every day illegally?
A. 3,000.
B. 1,000.
C. 90.
D. 18.
44. For more than 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. All of the above.
45. How many children will be stopped from smoking if we act now?
A. 3 million.
B. 1.5 million.
C. 1 million.
D. 3,000.
C
There was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses.
“I must go and mend the machine,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do, so he jumped out.
The first person stood up, “I’m a doctor,” he said. “I help people live longer and I save lives.” He also took a parachute and jumped out.
The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to go to an important match. I know I’ll win the match because I’ll be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.
Two men were left – an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute. “The young mountain climber smiled. “Don’t worry,” he said. “We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever man jumped out with my backpack.”
46. All the people became worried because _____.
A. something was wrong with the plane and one of them might die
B. they saw the pilot jump out first
C. they couldn’t find the parachutes
D. there was too much smoke and they couldn’t jump out from the plane
47. The clever man jumped out with _____.
A. a parachute
B. nothing
C. two parachutes
D. the climber’s pack
48. All the people thought of themselves only except _____.
A. the pilot
B. the businessman
C. the doctor
D. the clever man
49. From the story we know _____ would be dead.
A. the pilot
B. the businessman
C. the clever man
D. the doctor
50. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A. The pilot said he must jump out to mend the plane.
B. The old man didn’t get the parachute because he couldn’t move qu ickly.
C. The young man felt thankful because the old man is unselfish.
D. We should help each other.
D
When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was far more heartbreaking than I’d expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away, I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed endless. I was lonely.
I hated the silence of the apartment.
But one evening the silence was broken. I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep.
The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner who’d moved out. So the little cat was there all alone just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms. It was clear at that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere else. I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father’s best friend.
From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap, time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.
It’s now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home, but he gave me something greater.
51. When the author first saw the cat, she _____.
A.was very happy
B.B. felt sympathy for him
C. didn’t know what to do about him
D. was angry with his crying
52. The underlined sentence in Para. 3 implies that the author _____.
A.needed something to fill the empty apartment
B.was too busy and tired to keep a cat
C.loved to stay alone in the apartment
D.needed something to take care of to kill time
53. The cat rescued the author by _____.
A.making her feel better in her hard times
B.giving her courage to go on with her life
C.helping her tidy the apartment
D.telling her what life is
54. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A.Willis was named after his previous owner
B.Willis didn’t like staying in the apartment
C.the author and Willis were both homeless
D.time passed quickly after the author adopted Willis
55. What’s the best title for the passage?
A.A Little Cat
B. A Painful Experience
C. How to Take Care of Animals
D. What I Got from a Little Cat
第II卷
第一节：阅读表达（每题2分，共10分）
My husband and I travel a lot. We had a horse, a wonderful horse called Dusty. We were out of town when a one-hundred-mile horse race went right past the road in front of my house. My horse decided that she wanted to compete in the race. So she jumped over the fence and left quickly.
The next day my husband and I came home. We found a note on the front door from the police. It said that my horse had gone back to the barn(牲口棚) on the other side of town. She had been born there eighteen years before. So we drove there. It was a lovely old farm. It was owned now by people I didn’t know.
The new owners were a man, his wife, and their children, two little girls aged seven and five. We saw Dusty was in the barn. When the little girls had gotten up that morning, they had started screaming, their father said. That was because of the top of the hill, with the sun rising, was this beautiful horse. They attracted her to the barn. They spent the day brushing her and treating her a lot.
The seven-year-old girl turned to me. She said, “Can I ride her before you take her back?” I said yes. And then I went to a local grocery store and bought a bottle of apple juice. When I returned, they told me they had always wished for a horse. But their parents really didn’t have the money for one.
I told them I was going to give them Dusty. And I wanted them to make a vow. Someday when they were grown up, they each would find a littl girl – a little girl they didn’t know – and give her some very special gift that she had always wanted.
56. Why did Dusty leave the author’s house? (Within 10 words)
57. How old is Dusty? (Within 3 words)
58. Who first discovered the lost horse? (Within 5 words)
59. What does the underlined word “vow” mean in the last paragraph? (One word)
60. What kind of person is the writer? Please explain. (Within 20 words)
第二节：书面表达（共15分）
学生会要组织一次英语演讲比赛（English-speaking Contest），请根据下面内容写一则海报或通知。

比赛目的：提高英语口语（improve oral English）
参加范围：高中学生报名时间：5月25日前
报名地点：学生会办公室比赛时间：6月1日下午4：00
比赛地点：教学楼五楼礼堂（auditorium）前三名优胜者获奖
注意：1. 词数：100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

3. 题目与落款已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇: 高中生：senior high school student 五楼：the fifth floor
教学楼：the teaching building
Notice
Students’ Union
Answers
1-5 ABADC 6-10 ABCDD 11-15 ACBCA 16-20 DCDCA
21-25 DABBD 26-30 BCADD 31-35 CCCBD 36-40 BABBC 41-45 BCADA 46-50 ADBCB 51-55 CBBDD
56. Canada.
57. Because she lived in Canada for about 10 years.
Because she once lived and worked in Canada for 10 years.
58. Solved
59. He wanted to help the foreigners in China.
60. Website.
Notice
There is going to be an English-speaking contest for senior stud ents. The Stud ents’ Union organizes it in ord er to improve the stud ents’oral English. It will be hel d in the auditorium on the 5th fl oor in the classroom building at 4 pm on June 1st. Those who want to take part in the contest are supposed to come to sign up at the office of the Stud ents’ Union before 25th. All the senior stud ents are welcome to join in the contest. The first three winners will be given prizes.
Please try your best! Wish you success.
Students’ Union。