2020-2021学年格致中学高一上英语10月月考试卷(部分解析版)

格致中学二〇二〇学年度第一学期第一次测验
高一年级英语试卷（共12 页）
(测试100分钟内完成，总分100分，试后交答题卷)
第I卷
I. Listening Comprehension (20%)
Section A Short Conversations
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. He can act as a subject in the experiment.
B. He’s busy working on his own experiment.
C. He’s willing to help the woman run t he experiment.
D. He thinks the woman’s experiment is difficult to understand.
2. A. Look for the misplaced check. B. Ask the bookstore for a refund.
C. Borrow some cash from the woman.
D. Repair his desk.
3. A. He hadn’t heard that Karen had a new ro ommate.
B. Karen wouldn’t give specific reasons for her feelings.
C. He thinks that Karen shouldn't be angry.
D. Karen won’t be getting a new roommate after all.
4. A. The woman didn’t give the thesis proposal to him on time.
B. He returned the thesis proposal to the woman a week ago.
C. He hasn’t read the thesis proposal yet.
D. The thesis proposal isn’t acceptable.
5. A. It only cost $400. B. He bought it a year ago.
C. It doesn’t work well now.
D. He expected it to go wrong.
6. A. Purchase some ingredients. B. Give the man a recipe.
C. Write down how to go to the supermarket.
D. Check to see if the cake is ready.
7. A. He arrived at the theater late. B. His watch was missing in the theater.
C. The play seemed shorter than it was.
D. He did not enjoy the play.
8. A. He can’t understand the instruction.
B. He doesn’t have a computer.
C. He has a degree in computer science.
D. He needs to have his computer repaired.
9. A. Make a phone call to have a bucket delivered.
B. Deliver the papers herself.
C. Take her paper recycling to the town office.
D. Return the bucket to the recycling company.
10. A. The harm of fatty food. B. Food for breakfast.
C. Why skip breakfast.
D. The cause of stomachache.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. School life. B. The media. C. Their families. D. Computer games.
12. A. Have children lose weight. B. Learn more about childcare.
C. Let children go out on their own.
D. Make decisions for children.
13. A. Whether kids have got enough protection.
B. How kids are different from what they used to be.
C. Whether parents need to worry too much about kids.
D. How parents adapt themselves to the present situation.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. A poet. B. A professor. C. A student. D. A host.
15. A. Read some poems out loud.
B. Research the life of Gertrude Stein.
C. Compare Gertrude Stein’s poems to John Ashbery’s.
D. Write a few lines of poetry.
16. A. The life and times of an important modern poet.
B. How a poem’s images relate to its meaning.
C. The musical quality of modern poetry.
D. The poems of Gertrude Stein.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. A class presentation they’re preparing.
B. A television program the man is watching.
C. Visiting a close friend of theirs.
D. Studying for a test.
18. A. Because he’s taking a break.
B. Because he has already finished studying.
C. Because he was assigned to watch a program.
D. Because he’s looking for some information for a friend.
19. A. Because he didn’t know that she was enrolled in a maths course.
B. Because he thought she preferred to study alone.
C. Because he thought she had made her own arrangements.
D. Because he had told her that he had done poorly on a recent test.
20. A. Because he and Elizabeth argued recently.
B. Because he heard Elizabeth did poorly on the last test.
C. Because he doesn’t wan t to bother Elizabeth so late in the evening.
D. Because he’d rather study in his own dormitory.
II. Grammar and vocabulary (21%)
Section A
Directions: Choose the answer that most fits the sentence grammatically.
21.________ born in Toronto, Canada, the author is most famous for the stories about New York city.
A. Though
B. Since
C.As
D. When
22.English is a course for anyone in university, ________ his or her major or previous educational qualifications
are.
A. no matter
B. whether
C. however
D. whatever
23.– Is there anything wrong, Bob? You look sad.
– Oh, nothing much. In fact, I ________ of my friends back home.
A. have just though
B. would just think
C. was just thinking
D. will just be thinking
24.Handwritten documents are more valuable to researchers, historians say, ________ their reliability can be
confirmed.
A. though
B. so that
C. while
D. because
25.Della was shocked not to find her car ________ she had parked it the night before and phone the police
immediately.
A. where
B. which
C. in which
D. around which
26.________ these activities might seem childish and cause laughter rather than respect, in reality they require
enormous amounts of strength and fitness as well as determination.
A. Since
B. As
C. Even
D. While
27.How the loans are paid should be of little concern to the bank ________ they are paid on time.
A.as far as
B. as soon as
C. as long as
D. as well as
28.Many glaucoma (青光眼) patients are unaware of symptoms ________ a great deal of useful sight has been
permanently destroyed.
A. since
B. until
C. after
D. once
29.At the end of the program, the students are paid $600 – a way this program differs from others, ________
often charge a fee.
A. who
B. that
C. they
D. which
30.He ________ as a mechanic for 10 years but now he turns businessman investing in the stock market.
A. has worked
B. had worked
C. worked
D. has been working
31.He had to be called two or three time ________ he would switch off the computer and sit down to dinner.
A. until
B. before
C. when
D. as
32.The country is now the world’s largest exporter of goods and the second largest importer, ________ has
created millions of jobs in export industry and related areas.
A. it
B. what
C. that
D. which
33.Y ou’d better conduct the experiment ________ your professor hav e instructed you; otherwise you may fail to
complete it.
A. that
B. which
C. as
D. when
34.– Did you remember to give Tom the key to the office?
– Yes. I gave it to him ________ I saw him.
A.as long as
B. once
C. the moment
D. while
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Family problems come in all shapes and sizes; some are short-lived and easily managed, while others are more chronic and difficult to handle. Stress points include events such as illness and injury, changing jobs, changing schools, moving and financial difficulties. Each family develops its own ways of coping with these stresses, some of which work better than others. Unsuccessful coping can be recognized by a number of characteristics, including the following:
This usually occurs because family members avoid discussing problems or even avoid admitting that problems exist. Some families just have not learned the skills of negotiating or, for some other reason, cannot let go of bad or hurt feelings. Children are likely to ____35____ their behavior after their parents' behavior and may learn to refuse to talk about feelings and problems.
Families often have not decided how family responsibilities will be divided among family members. When that happens, family life can become chaotic, and many things do not get ____36____. At the other extreme, some families are not ____37____ at all, and family members do not help one another out or fairly reassign responsibilities as family circumstances change.
Families are, especially for children, the most important source of emotional support. During the middle years, children find it hard to obtain this emotional support outside the family. Children do not perform or develop well without this support.
Families ____38____ best when the individuality of each family member is acknowledged and appreciated. At the least, even if someone else's personal traits or characteristics are not highly ____39____, each family member needs to tolerate these traits and respect that individual. Otherwise children are likely to have a difficult time developing a healthy self-image, and they will have low self-esteem and poor social skills.
Children need to succeed in order to feel ____40____ of successfully managing life's stresses and challenges. If they are taught or encouraged to rely on others (within the family or outside it) to solve their problems, they will have low self-esteem and lack ____41____ and will have trouble succeeding in the world.
III. Reading Comprehension (29%)
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Remains of ancient civilization are places which were designed and built as a lasting tribute (致敬) to some individuals or events. By visiting these 42 monuments, you are sure to be amazed by how 43 the ancient civilization that existed centuries before you was. Some of the facilities which could be dated back hundreds of years ago are still in use today. Besides, you will also 44 at the mysterious stories behind it. The Great Wall, 45 , is probably the best-known monument of China, which consists of a network of walls and towers through which the attack warnings could be received within minutes. 46 then had enough time to prepare. Estimates of the total length of the monument 47 , depending on which sections are included and how they are measured. One of the 48 mysteries is that, although some of the wall is 49
in special
radar images taken by satellites, astronauts have confirmed that the existing wall is not several thousand years old, nor is it, as many people had 50 , visible to the human eye from outer space.
Even older than the Great Wall of China is the Great Pyramid of Giza. Over a 20-year period, thousands of workers made the vision become 51 with numerous blocks, each weighing more than two tons. It’s still a(n) 52 to modern people how ancient men handled 53 of these giant stones in a time when cars or boats never existed some 4500 years ago. The pyramid served not only as a tomb for King Khufu, but also a place of 54 activity. The number of the God’s servan ts at that time showed the importance of such activities. After Khufu died, his body was carefully treated with various medicines and materials and was wrapped in order to be 55 for long. According to ancient Egyptian belief, the pyramid, where the mummy was placed, provided a place for the king to pass into the afterlife. Then his servants performed rituals(仪式) to bring 56 to the dead king’s soul, removing all the unrest and pain from his next life.
42. A. modern B. historic C. official D. commercial
43. A. advanced B. technical C. overlooked D. energetic
44. A. stare B. wonder C. aim D. call
45. A. in addition B. in other words C. however D. for example
46. A. Mechanics B. Workers C. Astronauts D. Soldiers
47. A. extend B. remain C. vary D. progress
48. A. long-standing B. widely-used C. carefully-chosen D. clearly-stated
49. A. recognizable B. reasonable C. reliable D. responsible
50. A. proved B. claimed C. threatened D. requested
51. A. reality B. tradition C. mansion D. civilization
52. A. burden B. secret C. solution D. fortune
53. A. finance B. storage C. transportation D. production
54. A. sports B. religious C. fighting D. family
55. A. preserved B. recovered C. buried D. restored
56. A. leadership B. peace C. honour D. inspiration
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
The glass window shook and Matthew placed a hand roughly through the opening to lift the latch(插销) slowly. He then climbed into the room, landing on his feet with a soft step. A sudden rush of cold air swept into the room after him. Matthew trembled and he quickly tightened his clothes. Glancing down, he saw the deep cut on the back of his hand. Sighing over his rotten luck, he tore off a piece of cloth from his coat sleeve and bandaged it. With his heart beating fast, he inched his way forward, hardly able to see anything in front of him.
“Mmmm…,” came the muffled sound. Was it just his imagination? Ignoring the thought, he began to move slowly forward again. Then, without any warning, the next thing he knew was that he had kicked something soft.
Matthew took out his torch. Switching it on, he found a pair of round eyes staring at him. They belonged to a little girl! Cloth in mouth, she had been bound so tightly that movement was strictly out of the question. As he was about to turn away, her tear-streaked face stopped him. Feeling sorry for the girl, Matthew used his pocket knife to cut her loose.
The girl started to cry as she believed Matthew to be the rescuer who was there to end her ordeal(折磨). She leaned on Matthew tightly. This confused him further. What was he to do? After a few seconds, Matthew spoke in a gentle voice.
“What happened, little girl?”
From her mumbled reply, Matthew could only make out that the girl had been there for two days without food and water. It seemed that her captors had totally neglected her. Almost immediately, Matthew carried the little girl back to the window from which he had entered. As he climbed out with the girl, Matthew smiled and whispered under his breath, “I can’t believe what I’ve just done. Neither will the police.”
57. Why was Matthew trembling?
A. He had survived a cut.
B. His head ached.
C. He found that a policeman followed him.
D. He had just entered the room from the cold.
58. In the third paragraph, why did the girl start to cry?
A. She hadn’t eaten anything for long.
B. She was hurt by Matthew.
C. She was in pain.
D. She was relieved.
59. Fr om the passage, it’s known that Matthew was a kind thief because ______.
A. he gave her food and water immediately.
B. he treated the girl gently and helped her escape.
C. he climbed in on the purpose of saving the girl.
D. he decided to take revenge for the girl.
(B)
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60. About the book Steve Jobs, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. The main contents of the book are mainly based on various interviews.
B. The book is written by Steve Jobs.
C. Steve Jobs has experienced both successful and difficult periods in his lifetime.
D. Steve Jobs has totally changed six different industries.
61. What is the book Thinking, Fast and Slow mainly about?
A. Two thinking types and thinking-related facts.
B. Difference between two thinking systems.
C. How to think fast and logically at the same time.
D. The great power of personal impression on thinking system.
62. From the introduction of the Book Diary of a Wimpy Kid, it is implied that ______.
A. Greg was caught damaging the school property
B. Greg knew who really damaged the school property
C. it was hot during the holiday
D. Greg had a poor relationship with his family
(C)
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Gov. David Paterson took the first step yesterday by thinking of identifying new ways to improve mass
transportation. With the income from congestion pricing gone, the city meets with heavy burden from its proposed $29.5 billion five-year capital program. In killing congestion pricing, the city acknowledged that the program is “severely underfunded” and that the shortfall has to be the first area of concern. Now we need other sources of funding or increases real estate and gasoline taxes that finance the authority.
The state should now conduct a detailed environmental review of all choices for reducing traffic. Many legislators who opposed congestion pricing expressed concern that the previous plan had been given truncated environmental review, where sufficient study under the State Environmental Quality Review Act was called for. There’s time now for an all-out study of all traffic-reducing choices, from restrictions on driving days based on license plate numbers to mandated car pooling（强制共乘）. Many parties of interests, however, argue that the measures, similar to the congestion pricing, make no better sense in solving the problem.
The legislature should also give New York City the tools it needs to make buses go faster. New York has the most upsetting buses in America: it takes more time to take the M15 bus from New York’s Harlem to City Hall than to travel by “Amtrak” train from New York to Philadelphia. It doesn’t have to be this way. Other cities have demonstrated that buses go faster when more dedicated (专用的) bus lanes are provided, when cameras mounted on buses are used to issue tickets to keep cars out of bus lanes and when traffic signals are designed to give buses priority.
Finally, the state should allow the city to issue residential parking permits. A study showed that 45 percent of traffic in Brooklyn New York, consists of cars looking for parking spots. Residential parking permits would discourage drivers from using neighborhood streets as a parking lot, which is definitely good news to the traffic.
63. “Congestion pricing” was mainly used to ______.
A. increase fund to finance railway system
B. reduce the prices for taking public transportation
C. discourage driving private cars in New York city
D. give more attention to environmental quality review
64. The underlined word “truncated” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.
A. incomplete
B. outlined
C. flat
D. adequate
65. The author refers to “Amtrek” in order to demonstrate that ______.
A. American railway system is very efficient
B. Traveling by trains takes less time than by bus in America
C. Bus transportation within New York city is slow
D. Public traffic service in America is of poor quality
66. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. The lack of financial support is an important problem the city faces.
B. All cars are forbidden to drive on particular days to help relieve traffic.
C. Fining private car drivers for taking bus lanes makes buses faster.
D. Lack of parking spots contributed to traffic jams in Brooklyn.
(D)
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(SBA) began making federally guaranteed loans and government-sponsored management and technical assistance available to minority business enterprises. While this program enabled many minority entrepreneurs to form new businesses, the results were disappointing, since managerial inexperience, unfavorable locations, and capital shortages led to high failure rates. Even 15 years after the program was implemented, minority business receipts were not quite two percent of the national economy’s total receipts.
Recently federal policymakers have adopted an approach intended to accelerate development of the minority business sector by moving away from directly aiding small minority enterprises and toward supporting large, growth-oriented minority firms through intermediary companies. In this approach, large corporations participate in the development of successful and stable minority businesses by making use of government-sponsored venture capital. The capital is used by a participating company to establish Minority Enterprise Small Businesses Investment Company or MESBIC. The MESBIC then provides capital and guidance to minority businesses that have potential to become future suppliers of customers of the sponsoring company.
MESBIC’s are the result of the belief that providing established firms with easier access to relevant management techniques and more job-specific experience, as well as substantial amounts of capital, gives those firms a greater opportunity to develop sound business foundations than does simply making general management experience and small amounts of capital available. Further, since potential markets for the minority businesses already exist through the sponsoring companies, the minority businesses face considerably less risk in terms of location and market fluctuation. Following early financial and operating problems, sponsoring corporations began to capitalize MESBIC’s far above the legal minimum of $500,000 in order to generate sufficient income and to sustain the quality of management needed. MESBIC’s are now emerging as increasingly important financing sources for minority enterprises.
Ironically, MESBIC staff, which usually consist of Hispanic and Black professionals, tend to approach investments in minority firms more practically than do many MESBIC directors, who are usually senior managers from sponsoring corporations. The latter often still think mainly in terms of the ‘social responsibility approach’ and thus seem to prefer deals that are riskier and less attractive than normal investment criteria would allow. Such differences in viewpoint have produced uneasiness among many minority staff members, who feel that minority entrepreneurs and businesses should be judged by established business considerations. These staff members believe their point of view is closer to the original philosophy of MESBIC’s and they are concerned that, unless a more careful course is followed, MESBIC directors may revert to policies likely to re-create the disappointing results of the original SBA approach.
67. Ac cording to the passage, the MESBIC approach differs from the SBA approach in that MESBIC’s ___________
A. seek federal contracts to provide market for minority businesses.
B. encourage minority businesses to provide markets for other minority businesses.
C. attempt to maintain a specified rate of growth in the minority business sector.
D. rely on the participation of large corporations to finance minority businesses.
68. Which of the following statements about the SBA program can be inferred from the passage?
A. The maximum term for loans made to recipient businesses was 15 years.
B. Business loans were considered to be more useful to recipient businesses than was management and
technical assistance.
C. The expected failure rate for recipient businesses was significantly lower than the rate that actually
resulted.
D. Recipient businesses were encouraged to relocate to areas more favorable for business development.
69. The author refers to the ‘financial and operating problems’ encountered by MESBIC’s primarily in order to ___________
A. broaden the scope of the discussion to include the legal considerations of funding MESBIC’s through
sponsoring companies.
B. call attention to the fact that MESBIC’s must receive adequate funding in order to function ef fectively.
C. show that sponsoring companies were willing to invest only $500,000 of government- sponsored venture
capital in the original MESBIC’s.
D. compare SBA and MESBIC limits on minimum funding.
70. Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?
A. The use of MESBIC’s for aiding minority entrepreneurs seems to have greater potential for success than
does the original SBA approach.
B. There is a crucial difference in point of view between the staff and directors of some MESBIC’s.
C. After initial problems with management and marketing, minority businesses have begun to expand at a
steady rate.
D. Minority entrepreneurs wishing to form new businesses now have several equally successful federal
programs on which to rely.
第II卷
IV. Blank filling （10%）
Directions: Complete the sentences with the words given in proper forms.
71.They were large containers made of clay, __________ having long curved necks.
72.A __________ inquiry is one made for no reason except that it is the usual thing to do.
73.Donations are needed to __________ our child-care programmes.
74.The work is proceeding quite satisfactory; indeed, we are ahead of __________.
75.She is __________ writing a sequel to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca".
76.As a diplomat, you have to pick your words at a press __________.
77.If you want to __________ profound knowledge, you must start from the ABC.
78.The relations between our two countries have improved markedly in every __________.
79.He stares detachedly into the distance, towards nothing in __________.
80.Medical negligence was said to have __________ to her death.
V. Translation
Section A （5%）
Directions: Complete the sentence according to the Chinese given.
81.尽管他们的生活有很大不同，但这部片子里的人们有一个共同点：无论生活是什么样子，他们每一个
人都能找到意义和幸福。

Even though their lives are very different, __________________________________________: each of them is able to find meaning and happiness, ___________________________________.
82.文化庆祝活动通常指的是庆祝某个特定民族或地方传统的活动。

A cultural celebration usually refers to ____________________________________________.
83.正是在这里玄奘踏上西行之路，这成为了西游记的原型。

______________________________________________, which became the basis of Journey to the West.
84.佛罗伦萨承载着艺术、文化和科学重获新生的时代记忆，在这里，悠悠青史，历历在目。

F lorence’s history _____________________________________________ when art, culture and science were
being ‘reborn’.
85.在佛罗伦萨现在你可以抚古怀今，因为历史遗迹与高档餐厅和高档商店毗邻。

In Florence today you can experience _______________, because ________________________
fancy restaurants and high-end shops.
Section B （15%）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
86. 作为前朝古都，西安不仅拥有众多各朝遗迹，也是丝绸之路的起点。

（remains）
87. 他热衷于爬山，每次登顶并欣赏到整个城市令人惊叹的独一无二的景色时，他都有一种满足感。

（keen, view）
88. 联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）是一个国际组织，其目标是为了保护孩子的权利并确保每个孩子都接受到医疗和教育。

(make sure)
89. 电影最后一场戏发生在一栋豪宅里，出身贫寒的男主角最终博得大家的尊重并过上了比之前富裕的多的生活，这是这类故事通常的结局。

（scene，well off）。