湖南省双峰县第一中学2016-2017学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试题

双峰一中2016年下学期高一第二次月考英语试题
（时间120分钟，满分120分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1.What is the man’s favorite music?
A.Jazz music
B. Folk music
C. Country music
2.What does the woman want to do?
A.Watch a performance
B. Get some sleep
C. See a film
3.What size does the woman usually wear?
A.Size six and a half
B.Size ten
C. Size fifteen and a half
4.What does the man say about Stephanie?
A.She will get well soon
B.She has a very bad cold
C.She is coming to the beach
5.Where does the woman want to go?
A.Oxford
B. Liverpool
C.London
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.How will the woman probably get to the company?
A.By plane
B. By car
C. By train
7.What does the man suggest?
A.Making a call
B. Writing a email
C.Checking on the Internet
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.How much does the man weigh now?
A. 120 pounds
B.140 pounds
C.150 pounds
9.Why is the man there?
A.To pick up his wife
B.To take a dance class
C.To take his daughter to school.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Husband and wife
B. Brother and sister
C.Mother and son
11.How long will the play last？
A.For one and a half hours
B.For two hours
C.For two and a half hours
12.What will the woman probably do on Saturday morning?
A.Watch a new play
B.Read books at home
C. Go to an amusement park
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What is the man worried about?
A.His studies
B. His friends
C. His job
14.What does the man usually do in the morning?
A.Watch TV
B. Play football
C.Have classes
15.When does the man leave work?
A.Around 1:30 pm
B.Around 3 pm
C.Around 7 pm
16.What do we know about the man?
A.He has a busy social life
B.He works in a supermarket
C.He works seven hours a day
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.When will the school open day be?
A.On October 24
B. On October 25
C. On October 26
18.Who is the science teacher?
A.Miss Hopkins
B. Gordon Brown
C.Lynda Potter
19.What will the environment expert do in the evening?
A.Demonstrate the recycling process
B.Hand out books
C.Give a talk
20.What is the speaker mainly talk about?
A.A school activity
B.A new book
C.A documentary film
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
September is a difficult month for all students as they return to continue their education. but for high school and university green hands, it is not just the heavy study tasks they need to follow. They will also go through military training, which aims to help students improve their health and help them adapt to college life. The Ministry(部)of Education requires that universities should carry out at least 14 days' military training for freshmen.
Hou Zhengfang. an education expert, questioned the benefits of military training. “It does little to improve students,physical health over only two weeks'time,” she said. “Maybe some disaster prevention training, such as earthquake sur vival or escaping from fires. wouJd be of greater benefit. ”
A freshman who fainted(晕倒） during training said that many students, especially girls, arc unwilling to train in direct sunshine. “For me. military training is physically
challenging and even damages my health,” said the 19-year-old.
Alhough Chu Jinjing. a Tsinghua University freshman, did feel some discomfort while training in the heat.the I8-year-old did recognize the benefits of military mining. - By going through this tough (艰难的） training. I've become more independent and determined." said Chu. “I have also managed to make a lot of friends. ”
Wang Hui from Xi'an Jiaotong University sees the advantages of military training besides character building.“From senior high school to college,
we jion military training to start a new journey,” said Wang. “I would feel a bit incomplete without it.”
21. Hou Zhengfang might advise the Ministry of Education to .
A. cut students' heavy study tasks
B. introduce other trainings for students
C. encourage students to work out
D. shorten the time of military training
22. Chu Jinjing and Wang Hui mentioned all the benefits of military training EXClEPT .
A. developing friendship
B. improving students' health
C. building character
D.preparing students for college
23.According to the passage, what is the author's attitude towards military training?
A.He supports it very much.
B. He is strongly against it.
C. He doesn't express his own opinions.
D. He thinks it's good for his health.
B
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own
use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
24．What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica.
B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Ricans wore.
D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.
25．The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.
A. pink and red
B. grey and black
C. blue and green
D. yellow and orange
26．In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.
A. must go to school
B. study in the same school
C. do not have to go to school at all
D. can choose to stop schooling at any time
27． From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.
A. have lessons every day
B. have their examinations
C. help their parents pick coffee beans
D. help their parents decorate their houses
C
Health insurance can be very expensive. Some working people do not make enough money to pay for it. In the US there is a program called Healthy Families. This program offers people health insurance at a low cost.
Families are charged about $7.00 a month for every child, and $10.00 for every adult. It costs much less than any other kind of health insurance. Having health insurance is very
important. With this insurance, people can see a doctor when they are sick or hurt. The program is not expensive at all, but many people are still not enrolling in it. People say that it still costs too much money. They need all of their money to pay for things like food and rent.
It would be great if everyone could have health insurance. People are working hard to come up with ways to make this happen. One idea is to make the Healthy Families Program free for some people.
It is important for people to see a doctor when they need to. The Healthy Families Program makes it possible for more people to do this. Many ideas are being considered. Hopefully some of them will allow even more families to get health insurance.
The Healthy Families Program is made to help those who don’t have welfare (社会保障金) and cannot earn enough to pay for private health insurance. It is an important program, but officials say that too many people are signing up for it and then dropping out because of the Healthy Families Program’s cost.
28． The aim of the Healthy Families Program is to __________.
A. help people earn more and pay for the program
B. help more families get health insurance
C. make it free for people to see a doctor
D. help families pay for private health insurance
29．If a couple has two children, how much would health insurance cost every month in the family?
A. $24.
B. $28.
C. $34.
D. $40.
30．Why is it very important for people to have health insurance?
A. They can afford to see a doctor when they need to.
B. They can get special medical care.
C. They can see a doctor free of charge.
D. They can go to see a doctor as soon as possible.
31．In the passage we can learn all of the following EXCEPT that __________.
A. health insurance is very important for ordinary people
B. the program is still too expensive for many people
C. people should make more money to pay for private health insurance
D. many people don’t make enough money to pay for health insurance
D
Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.
The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history." Perhaps at least in teaching history to my children I can do a small part in changing this.
A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current （现在的，最近的） political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We cannot even understand why we are and where we are without history, much less (更不必说) try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.
I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio (录音机) tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. if, in doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.
32. What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?
A. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.
B. Many people aren't clever enough to learn well from the past.
C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.
D. Many people have no interest in studying history.
33. In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because ___________.
A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly
B. it helps us understand why things are the way they are.
C. it helps us realize the importance of historical events
D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live
34. What would be talked about in the following paragraph?
A. How to teach history effectively.
B. How to get more people to study history.
C. Some negative reasons for studying history.
D. Some bad historical figures.
35. The main purpose of this passage is to ____________.
A. inspire the parents to teach their children history
B. show the importance of history in politics
C. introduce the writer’s own way of teaching history
D. explain the reasons why children study history
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10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。

Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years. 36 Some sharks live near the surface, some live deep in the water, and other on or near the ocean floor.
We tend to think of sharks as big dangerous creatures. We sometimes read about shark attacks in the newspapers, and in 1975 the film Jaws terrified moviegoers with the story of a great white shark which attack holiday-makers in a small seaside town in the USA.37 It can reach 6 metres in length and up to 2,000 kilograms in weight. It has as many as 3,000 needle sharp teeth, so it can sever (切断）a man’s leg in a single bite.
But not all shark are like the great white.38 There are almost 400 species of sharks and more than half of these under a metre in length. The biggest sharks of all are not at all dangerous to humans. The basking sharks and the whale shark grow to around 12 metres, but they are quite harmless.
39 Of all these the bull shark is the one that is most likely to attack people. It swims in very shallow waters where people swim. 40 Indeed you are far more likely to be killed
by a dog or by bees than by a shark, and some scientists believe that sharks only attack people because they mistake them for their favorite food.
A.The pigmy shark, for example, is only about 20 centimetres in length.
B.Less than one hundred people are attacked by sharks each year.
C.A shark is a large fish considered to be dangerous to humans
D.Only about 25 species(种类）are dangerous to people.
E.The great white is certainly a fearsome creature.
F.We can never imagine such things can happen.
G.They live in oceans and seas all over the world.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture
The other picture had mountains too. But they were bare (光秃的)
picture. Do you know why?
of peace.”
41.A.failed B. tried C. learned D. passed
42.A.nearly B. quickly C. finally D. really
43.A.choose B. judge C. find D. check
44.A.wide B. silent C. calm D. angry
45.A.mirror B. address C. business D. field
46.A. plants B. crops C. mountains D. rivers
47.A.picture B. world C. night D. sky
48.A.advised B. thought C. refused D. expected
49.A.rough B. flat C. smooth D. tiny
50.A.flew B. followed C. fell D. froze
51.A.Down B. Up C. By D. In
52.A.interesting B. exciting C. peaceful D. meaningful
53.A.partly B. luckily C. suddenly D. closely
54.A.forest B. tree C. root D. flower
55.A. built B. collected C. afforded D. imagined
56.A.danced B. sang C. jumped D. slept
57.A.lost B. completed C. won D. dismissed
58.A.explained B. laughed C. expressed D .cried
bor B. trouble C. happiness D. surprise
60.A.life B. work C. dream D. heart
第二节根据课文内容语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Some people in Dover also say that they saw aliens that night. ‘It’s happened 61 me!’ said Mrs Mavis Wood. ‘The aliens took me aboard the UFO so that they could do research on me. 62 (Lucky), they returned me home without any injuries. The whole experience was
terrible! I 63(not sleep) well since I returned home. I think Justin was taken away by them, too.’
When 64(ask）about the possibility 65 Justin was taken by aliens, Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, told journ alists, ‘Sometimes people make up such 66 (amaze) stories. There is really no hard 67(evident) that aliens took him. So, 68 we have not dismissed the idea, we are looking into other possibilities 69 well. We will not give up until we find out 70 happened.
第四部分：写作（共25分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，共10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。

文中共10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

没出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 parents tend to making almost all decisions for me. They chose schools and subjects for me. Sometimes even the daily timetables have to be decide by them.
In my opinion, deciding everything for children do not help them but harm them in many ways. Firstly, it will make children lack independence, in which is useless to their development in the long term. Secondly, in many cases parents’ decisions go against children’s personally ideas and interests, which will naturally influence our growth. I do believe to grow to be independent is the natural way for everybody. Parents should give us chances to make our decision. They may help us make choices instead replacing us to make choices.
第二节书面表达（满分15分）
假如你是光明中学的李华，今年夏天你去农村朋友家玩，看到大量良田被废弃，你觉得很可惜。

请你根据下列要点，给某英文报社写一封信，以此呼吁政府采取措施，来解决这一问题。

要点：
1．看到的现象；
2．分析可能的原因: 大量年轻人弃乡进城；干旱的天气；工业污染等。

3．呼吁政府采取措施。

注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头语和结语已为你写好。

Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm I.i Hua,a student from Guangming Middle School.
Hoping to receive your early reply.
Yours.
Li Hua
答案
一：听力：1-5 BCBBA 6-10 CCBAA 11-15 BCACC 16-20 BBACA
二：阅读：21-23 BBC 24-27 BBAC 28-31 BCAC 32-35 ABCD 36-40 GEADB
三：完形：41--45 BDACA 46--50 CDBAC 51--55 ACDBA 56--60 DCABD
四：语法填空; 61；to 62. Luckily 63. haven’t been sleeping 64. asked 65. that.
66. amazing 67. evidence 68. when/though/although 69. as 70. what
五：短文改错
1. making-------make
2. chose--------choose
3. decide------decided
4. do-------does
5. in which------ in 去掉
6.personally----personal
7. our----their 8. the-----a 9. decision----decisions 10. replacing前加
of
参考范文
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Hua, a student from Guangming Middle School. When I went to see a friend in the countryside this summer, I was shocked to find a large quantity of farming land deserted.
The reasons are various. firstly, the terrible weather caused the land to become too dry to grow crops, and some of it was finally deserted. Secondly, large pieces of farmland have been polluted by the waste water discarded from the factory nearby. In addition, with the development of cities and towns, many young people are choosing to work in cities instead of taking up farm work.
As we all know, food is of great significance for our human beings’ survival. Therefore, measures should be taken to stop the farmland being deserted any more. Otherwise, we have no land to grow crops on to feed ourselves in the near future。