上海市洋泾中学2018-2019学年高一下第一次月考英语试题

上海市洋泾中学2018学年度第二学期

高一英语月考考试试卷

第Ⅰ 卷

Vocabulary and Grammar

Section A

Directions：After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

I became a vegetarian five years ago. I was working at an activity camp, as an environmental officer ___21___（teach）others about being green, but my behavior towards food was anything but green. At the camp, I lived off junk food and wasn’t eating sustainably, so I gave vegetarianism a try.

My family were supportive, yet some friends made fun of me. Sometimes it’s awkward, especially at weddings or parties. Just ___22___（ask）for black tea starts a conversation about ___23___ I don’t take milk. Going out for meals is tedious. I’ve been to restaurants ___24___ everyone gets amazing food and I get bland vegetables. It makes me feel cheated, but I bite my tongue.

At the school where I teach, we take turns ___25___（bring）cake every week. For ages, nobody remembered I was vegetarian so I just sat there. It’s got better but it’s still uncomfortable when someone says,“We forgot Laura.”Sometimes I feel ___26___（leave）out.

___27___ of my friends is vegetarian, but my partner became one six months after we met. His mum took it badly. She loves cooking and thought vegetarianism was a tricky. But she understands now. She knows we enjoy her family dinners, only we have nut roast and they have beef.

Often people apologize if they’re eating meat, thinking I ___28___（offend）. Sometimes I feel bad for my partner’s mum ___29___ we go round for dinner, because I worry she feels I’m not joining in. But this is my choice, and I’m much ___30___（happy）living this way.

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.

Would you like to work for a company that lists making its employees happy as one of its goals? According to a recent report in The Guardian, a new wave is rolling over workplaces in the US, the UK and other European countries. Among the CEOs, CFOs and CPOs, a new executive has emerged. Meet the CHO, or Chief“Happiness”Officer, who is responsible for the contentment of individual employees.

“The CHO’s job is to lead different ___31___ to make people happier, like celebrations, training, events and similar activities in the workplace that help people do great work and see the purpose of what they do,”Alexander Kjerulf, co-founder at Woohoo Inc. in Denmark, told The Guardian. Kjerulf conducts speeches and workshops worldwide to help companies such as Lego and Ikea ___32___ happier workplaces.

Why do companies care about whether their employees are happy or not? The theory goes that happy workers are more productive, so happiness turns out to be in the company’s best interest. After all, no boss wants ___33___ worke rs.

What does the CHO do? According to a story in US magazine The New Republic, a CHO’s daily duties include ___34___ the emotional well-being of their co-workers and the office atmosphere. They adjust workplace policy and culture in order to create the conditions for happiness. To achieve this, CHOs put out surveys that measure contentment. They also ___35___ workshops on everything from communication skills to mindfulness meditation（冥想）.

It seems that happiness is no longer a philosophical and romantic concept. The pursuit of happiness has become a business itself. And CHOs may not be enough for some companies. In order to make themselves more ___36___ and profitable, some companies now use digital technology to ___37___ their workers’ well-being. A recent New York Times article reported that more than 20 US companies in banking, technology and health care industries use a kind of sensor-rich ID card developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to monitor and analyse workers’ communication behaviours including tone of voice, posture and body language, as w ell as the