1、1山西省应县一中 2018-2019 学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题第一部分 听力（共两节,每题 0.5 分，满分 10 分）第一节 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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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。1.What will the woman have to do ?A. To have dinner. B. To go to the cinema. C. To prepare for her flight2. How will the woman help
2、 the man?A. By asking for sick leave for him.B. By sending him to hospital. C. By telling him the assignments.3. Where does the man prefer to go?A. To the amusements in Las Vegas. B. To the beaches in Florida.C. To the monuments in Washington D.C.4. What does the man care about most?A. The books edi
3、tion. B. The books price. C. The books content.5. In which month are the speakers now?A. February. B. January. C. December.第二节 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，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话或独白前，你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 和第 7 两个小题。6.Where did the man get a
4、 degree?A. In Boston. B. In Seattle. C. In Atlanta.7. What are the speakers talking about?A. Going to college. B. Travelling in America. C. Settling down in a city.2听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. Where does the man want the woman to do?A. To take care of herself. B. To go to see a doctor. C. To make a plan
5、 for herself.9. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home. B. In a hospital. C. At a clinic.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。10. Why does the woman change privacy settings for the man?A. To upload some photos for him.B. To let people see his information. C. To make him safe online.11. Wha
6、t does the man consider scary?A. He cant use his account. B. His friends can see his photos.C. Some things cant be deleted.12. What is the conversation about?A. Online safety. B. Computer skills. C. Netizens.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。13. What happened to the woman?A. She missed the train. B. She lo
7、st her ticket. C. She didnt find the platform.14. When will the woman reach Manchester?A. AT 4:20 p.m. B. At 6:30 p.m C. At 5:15 p.m.15. How much will the woman pay again?A. $3.50. B. $ 7.50. C. $11.00.16. From which platform can the woman take the train?A. Platform 5. B. Platform 7. C. Platform 2.
8、听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17. What is the size of the garden in Hampton Court Palace?A. 5 acres. B. 10 acres. C. 60 acres.318. What is Hampton Court Palace famous for?A. The red carpet. B .The maze. C. The wax model of Henry VIII.19. How much will tickets of Madame Tussauds cost twins and their pa
9、rents?A. $51.5 . B. $101. C. $ 24. 75.20. When is Madame Tussauds closed?A. At 5:30 pm. B. At 5:00 pm. C. At 6:00 pm.第二部分 阅读理解第一节：阅读下列短文，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。(每小题 2.5 分, 满分 50 分)AFirst Fridays Ticketing FAQsWhat is the ticketing course for First Fridays?We have only one General A
10、dmission ticket at First Fridays. The general admission ticket will provide guests with the right to enjoy all that First Fridays has to offer. Due to limited space on the tours, the discussion hall and concert hall, all guests can enjoy the activities on a first-come, first-served basis.If tickets
11、for the event are listed as sole-out online, does that mean I cant come?If the event is listed as SOLD OUT, there are no more tickets available to purchase. We no longer reserve tickets to sell at the door. Member tickets not redeemed(兑换) before 7:00 pm will become available for purchase on the nigh
12、t of the event.What are the benefits of purchasing membership(会员资格)？In addition to various membership benefits , some tickets are available for free when members respond in advance. Tickets not booked in advance are given out on a first-come, first-served basis. Members must show a photo ID to have
13、their tickets. Besides, members must arrive before 7:00 pm on the night of the concert to redeem their tickets.How many tickets can I have as a member?4The number of tickets you can reserve is determined by your membership level. Any tickets for individuals not included on your membership must be pu
14、rchased at the nonmember price ($18). Not sure how many tickets you get at your membership level? Call 213-763-3499.If I bought a ticket online, and when I arrive it says the event is SOLD OUT, will I still be able to get in ?If you have purchased a pre-sale ticket online, your ticket will be availa
15、ble at the Will Call desk. How long is Will Call open?Will Call will be open from 4:30 pm to 9 pm at the South and North Entrances.21.What does the author suggest we do?A. Buy group tickets. B. Buy tickets in advance.C.Buy tickets at Will Call. D. Buy tickets before 7 pm.22. What can people benefit
16、from membership?A. They are allowed to choose good seats. B. Tickets are available to them at any time. C. They have the chance to get free tickets.D. They can buy tickets for $18 each.23. What determines the number of tickets members can reserve?A. The grade of their membership.B. The date on which
17、 they buy tickets.C. The way in which they purchase tickets.D. The number of activities they want to join in. B A painting creativity journal is a collection of the ideas that you have and things that inspire you. Its a place to record ideas that you cant use immediatelyyou may think youll remember
18、them, but one cant remember everything, so its better to make a quick note and put it into your painting creativity journal.5A painting creativity journal helps you organize your ideas, as youre keeping them in one spot. It is a great source of inspiration to you when you havent got an idea for a pa
19、inting that appeals to you, when you begin to worry you might be losing your creativity. If you date your items, its a way of keeping track of your artistic development, and seeing how your ideas have produced and expanded.There is no right or wrong format or rules about how to make a painting creat
20、ivity journal. You might like to use a handmade journal or you may want to use a cheap notebook. However, think about what art materials you might use in your journal if youre going to make a quick drawing directly into it will it be a pencil, a pen, or watercolorand get a journal with paper thats s
21、uitable for this.Then , what should be put into a painting creativity journal? Well, it can contain the titles of paintings by other artists you enjoyed, articles or photographs youve torn from the newspaper or magazines, a list of the paintings youve done with your brief analysis, or the technical
22、aspects of your paintings. Overall, anything that inspires you can be put into your painting creativity journal.24. What do we know about a painting creativity journal from Paragraph 1?A. It is really worth referring to. B. It isnt very difficult to collect.C. It is really necessary to keep. D. It s
23、hould be rich in creative ideas.25. What can we learn about the format of a painting creativity journal? A. It is used to paint a picture. B. It is a totally personal choice.C. It is based on ones creative abilities. D. It is determined by art materials to use.26. What can you find in your painting
24、creativity journal?A. Personal pictures. B. A film stars life story.C. An analysis of an article. D. some painting techniques.27. In which column may this text be found?6A. Sports News. B. Home lifestyle. C. Hobbies Interests . D. Geography Culture.C Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I wa
25、s a director at a company in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasnt completely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the company. So, 40 plus years of employment w
26、as over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and manufacturing biodegradable packaging from waste. This is call
27、ed clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of single-use plastic packaging wasted each year.Five years later, Im enraptured and proud to share with you that our income has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful part
28、ner, and weve won more than 20 awards for the work that weve done. And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other first-time entrepreneurs(企业家) who are my age. I want to connect with them.So I want to do something about that in
29、 a few years . I want us to start talking more about people who dont become entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countriesbuilding a community.28. What happened to the author nine years ago?A. He was fired from his job. B. He took part
30、in an interview. C. He applied for a higher position. 7D. He changed his job to a better one.29. Why was the new business meaningful to the author?A. It developed some new technologies.B. It was beneficial to the environment. C. It provided jobs for lots of people. D. It brought in quite a lot of mo
31、ney.30. What does the underlined word “enraptured” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Exhausted. B. Intelligent. C. Delighted D. Humorous31. What does the author plan to do in the future?A. To set up a community for the old people. B. To help people who want to become successful.C. To meet more people from diff
32、erent backgrounds.D. To build a community to get the old entrepreneurs together.D There are many old-time words silently hiding in the pages of the dictionary. Words such as “skedaddle” and “fuddy-duddy” come to mind. But according to research, the next words to go extinct may be hiding in the place
33、 that we can see every day. Scientists from the University of Reading looked at the lifecycle of words to determine the next group most likely to go extinct.“Fifty percent of the words we use today wouldnt be recognized by our ancestors living 2,500 years ago,” explained Mark Pagel, a scientist stud
34、ying languages. “ If a time traveler came to us, and told us he wanted to go back to that period, we could arm him with the appropriate(适当的) phrase book, and hopefully keep him out of trouble.” Its only logical that plenty of even the most common words we use today will die out in years to come. So
35、which words are on the list next? First is “dirty”. “Based on our statistics, the next word to go under is dirty, sometime in the next 750 years. It has the most rapid rate of evolution of all of the words we 8studied,” Pagel said. “Then people will use a new sound for the concept of dirty. Theyll p
36、oint to a dirty floor and use a new sound to describe it.”Adjectives like dirty and adverbs evolve quickly, which makes them very likely to die out. Other quickly evolving words are conjunctions and prepositions, like “and”, “but, “on” and “against”. The words with the most staying power are numeral
37、s and nouns. After dirty, other words include “throw”, “stick”, “guts”, and “squeeze”would be replaced. Pagel believed these words could be completely replaced within 1,000 years. The researchers also applied the theory of evolution through natural selection to the languages, and used the IBM superc
38、omputer to deal with the numbers.32.What kind of words will disappear according to Paragraph 1?A. Words people seldom use. B. Words people use every day.C. Words which have no exact meanings. D. Words which are difficult to remember.33. What does Mark Pagel try to show in Paragraph 2 ?A. It is reaso
39、nable for many common words to disappear. B. It is hard for some people to communicate with others. C. We only need limited words to communicate with others. D. It is impossible for us to communicate with our ancestors.34. What do we know about the word “dirty”?A. The meaning of it will change.B. It
40、 is believed to disappear in the future.C. More people have stopped using it recently.D. It cant describe certain situations correctly.35. What kind of words will disappear more slowly than other words?A. Prepositions. B. Adjectives. C. Nouns. D. Conjunctions. 第二节：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
41、是多余选项。(每小题 2.5 分) 9Most young learners are clever and showing a clear understanding. They are so full of energy that most activities you suggest are met with plenty of enthusiasm. However, things are not so simple with all teens. 36. Use pen pals to motivate writing.If your teens are not enthusiasti
42、c about writing assignments, give them pen pals to write to. Writing to pen pals is a great introduction to what they may have to master later in life.37Whether teens play sports or games, they always try their best. Give them 60 seconds to write down as many words related to a topic as they can. Te
43、ll them that whoever finishes a written exercise first or has the most correct answers gets to choose a video to watch or a song to listen to in class.Recognize their gifts and skills.38 Take your time to get to know them and discover what their gifts are. Ask a student who plays the guitar to bring
44、 it to the class and play it while the class are singing. Make the reading age appropriate.Get students excited about a reading assignment. 39 Play something to improve listening comprehension.If you play anything that typically comes with course materials, your teens will most likely ignore it and
45、not hear a word. 40 But you should also choose the ones they like.A. Give them a friendly competition.B. Most teens are talented at one thing or another.C. They go about their tasks with little enthusiasm.D. Create as many meaningful activities as possible.E. Here are some ways to increase your teen
46、s motivation.F. The best way to motivate them to listen is by playing songs.G. Make sure you choose materials that will arouse their interest.10第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 55 分）第一节 完型填空:（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 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。This spring, I taught art to students at different
47、 levels. I noticed the student, Sammy, had a 41 time completing his projects. He always watched me and grunted (嘀咕着说). Later, another 42 told me he had autism(自闭症) and I was 43 to discover that about Sammy. As I began to teach my class, I 44 the students round to watch what I did and how I did it. S
48、ammy sat alone and did not participate in the 45. I asked questions, trying to make Sammy 46 himself, but he said nothing.The assignment was to create a coil vessel (线圈器皿) of their choice and to show me how 47 they could be with a simple process as a basis. After assigning the project, I walked arou
49、nd the 48 to check on the students progress and answer questions. Most of the students began with no 49 and had few questions. 50, Sammy met a few problems. He 51 asked me for help and I 52 him with the base of his piece. During the following days, he could 53 a simple straight-sided vessel. I encouraged him to 54 the piece and to show me how good he could be.The next day, Sammy added a(n) 55 to the front of his vessel. I was so 56! At last, he added huge ear
