1、2014年河北省冀州中学高三上学期第一次月考英语第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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. How does the man usually get to his office?A. By taxi.B. By bus.C. On foot.2. What does the man mean?A. He cant help the woman.B. Hell pick the woman up. C. H
2、ell go to the engineering building.3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Classmates.C. Neighbors.4. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Buy him some cigarettes.B. Lend him some money.C. Give him some change.5. What is the woman doing?A. Apologizing.B. Expres
3、sing thanks.C. Complaining. 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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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、7题。6. What kind of exercise does Michael do every day?A. Walking.B. Fishing.C. Cycling.7. What is the most important thing about doing exe
4、rcise?A. Doing it regularly.B. Keeping safe.C. Choosing suitable activities.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Why does the boy still want to be a boy?A. To be a better boy.B. To be different.C. To have more experience.9. What do we know about the girl?A. She hates living an unpredictable life.B. She likes challeng
5、es.C. She dislikes the boy. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. When will the woman go home?A. Tomorrow.B. In two weeks.C. Still uncertain.11. Whats the doctors suggestion for her?A. Take the medicine every day.B.Avoid any physical exercise.C. Have medical checks regularly.12. How soon will the woman get well comp
6、letely?A. In a few days.B. In quite a long time.C. As soon as she is out of the hospital.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why will the woman visit her daughter? A. Her daughter is ill.B. Her daughter gave birth to a baby.C. She misses her daughter.14. When was the man in NewYork?A. About a year ago.B.About a mo
7、nth ago.C.About a week ago.15. What do we know about the womans husband?A. He is traveling with the woman.B. He is in China now.C. He loved traveling.16. Who is traveling with the man?A. His wife and a friend.B. His colleagues.C. None. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What was Mr. Perkins like?A. He tried to b
8、e the same as others.B. He tried to be better than others.C. He was always different from others.18. Where did he go the day after he bought his new car?A. His office.B. His friends house.C. The country.19. How did he find his car?A. By trying his key in e very car.B. By waiting until all other cars
9、 had left.C. By checking the plate number.20. When did he leave the car-park?A. Around 5:00 p.m.B.Around 6:00 p.m. C.Around 7:00 p.m.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASubmittingAssignment OnlineIn order to upload an assignment (work given to students) to the sy
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17、ing assignment?A. research paper.doc B. research paper.pdfC. researchpaper.docD. researchpaper.rtf22. Students are advised to save an assignment to a specific folder in order to _.A. sign in the systemB. remember where the document isC. choose the appropriate applicationD. remember the document name
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20、 date will not be assessed and will be failed.在规定日期之后提交就会失败。答案：21. C 22. B 23. D B My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasnt forced onus either. He took Samuel Johnsons dictionary,Addisons essays, and many other literary wondersfrom the eighteenth century and
21、made them hilarious, even at eight oclock in the morning. Thething that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of themseemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldnt believe that I hadnt seen thehumor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly
22、 filled with allusions(典故) and irony andhilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to bewonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six week period, to bewritten in e
23、very day.At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about myideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that wewould be grading each others journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who alwaysbehaved in a funny or silly wa
24、y. He saw it fit to make joke of and said, “This writing isnt fit toline the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much thatthe anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools t
25、eachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or itcan tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive andself-defeating.24. The passage mainly discusses _.A. teachingB. literatureC. humorD. knowled
26、ge25. The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means _.A. funnyB. tiringC. inspiringD. brilliant26. With his favorite English teacher, the writer found it most amazing that _.A. his teacher was very learnedB. his teacher was very humorous C. the works by Johnson andAddison were very h
27、umorousD. few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others27. The English teacher the writer disliked most _.A. was not able to make students laughB. hurt his studentsfeelingsC. didnt let his students do the gradingD. had no sense of humor解析：24.主旨题，本文讲述了两位老师如何是自己的课堂幽默。25.猜词题，第一段多次出现其近义词，如：
28、humor amaze等，其次是根据句意。26.细节题，根据The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on myown some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldnt believe thatI hadnt seen the humor.这句话，在老师讲解后，发现这些著作中有很多幽默之处。27.细节题，根据倒数第二段最后一句It hurt me so much that the a
29、nger from it has driven mywriting and teaching ever since.可知作者很受伤。 答案：24. C 25.A 26. C 27. B CDoes money buy happiness? Not!Ah, but would a little more money make us a little happier?Many of us smirk(傻笑，假笑) and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between financialfitness and emotional fulfill
30、ment. Three in four American college studentsnearly double the1970 proportion now consider it “very important” or “essential” that they become “very well offfinancially”. Money matters.But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford lifes necessities, increasing w
31、ealth matters surprisingly little. The connection between income andhappiness is “surprisingly weak,” observed University of Michigan researcher Ronald Ingle hart inone 16-nation study of 170,000 people. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishingreturns(报酬递减). The second piece of pie, or the
32、second $100,000, never tastes as good as thefirst. Even lottery winners and the Forbes 100 wealthiest Americans surveyed by University ofIllinois psychologist Ed Diener have expressed only slightly greater happiness than the averageAmerican. Making it big brings temporary joy. But in the long run we
33、alth is like health: itscomplete absence can create suffering, but having it doesnt guarantee happiness. Happinessseems less a matter of getting what we want than of wanting what we have.Has our happiness, however, floated upward with the rising economic tide? Are we happiertoday than in 1940s, when
34、 two out of five homes lacked a shower or tub? Actually, we are not.Since 1957, the number of Americans who say they are “very happy” has declined from 35 to 32percent. Meanwhile, the divorce rate has doubled, the teen suicide(自杀) rate has increased nearlythree times, the violent crime rate has gone
35、 up nearly four times, and depression has mushroomed.Economic growth has provided no boost to human morale. When it comes to psychological wellbeing, it is not the economy. I call this soaring wealth and shrinking spirit “the American paradox.” More than ever, wehave big houses and broken homes, hig
36、h incomes and low confidence, secured rights and reducedcivility. We are good at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate ourprosperity(繁荣) but long for a purpose. We treasure our freedoms but long for connection. In anage of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger.28. Which of the fol
37、lowing statements best expresses the authors view?A. The more money we earn, the less returns we have.B. The more money we earn, the happier we would be.C. In the long run, money cannot guarantee happiness.D. In the long run, happiness grows with economy.29. “The second $100,000 never tastes as good
38、 as the first” because _.A. it is not so fresh as the first $100,000B. it is not so important as the first $100,000C. profit brought by it is less than that from the first $100,000D. happiness brought by it is less than that from the first $100,00030.According to the passage, people do well in makin
39、g a living but dont _. A. have any primary aimB. know how to spend moneyC. know how to enjoy lifeD. keep in touch with other people31. The things that happened after 1957 are given to show that _.A. peoples spiritual needs cannot be fulfilled by wealthB. family problems become more and more seriousC
40、. young people are not happy about their lifeD. social crimes have increased significantly解析：28.主旨题。本文论述的就是财富的增长和幸福感的增加不是成正比的，从长期角度来看，财富并不能保证幸福。But in the long run wealth is like health: its complete absence can createsuffering, but having it doesnt guarantee happiness.29.细节题。根据第二段中对美国一些富豪的调查说明only
41、slightly greater happiness than theaverageAmerican.30.细节题。根据此句可知We are good at making a living but often fail at making a life. 31.推理题。文章第三段提到1957年后人们的幸福感并没有增加，而是离婚率、自杀率、犯罪率的升高。答案：28. C 29. D 30. C 31.A DScience FictionThe science fiction type of entertainment is considered by most to be fathered by
42、 Jules Verne(A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) and H. G. Wells (The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds). Sci-Fi, as it is commonly shortened, is afictional story in which science and technology have a significant influence on the characters andplot.
43、Many such works are guesswork about what the future holds and how scientific findings andtechnological advances will shape humankind.Writing in the late 1800s, Jules Verne was remarkably successful in his 10 guesses aboutfuture technologies of air conditioning, automobiles, the Internet, television,
44、 and underwater, air,and space travel. Unbelievably, of all places from which to choose, Jules Verne guessed Tampa,Florida, USA as the launching site of the first project to the Moon, which was only 200 kilometersaway from the actual 1969 location at Cape Canaveral, Florida.One of the best-known sci
45、ence fiction books is Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.Published in 1949, it was not meant as a prediction, but as a warning: Orwell was describing whathe saw as the outcome of the ideas, trends, and emerging technologies of his time. Many inventedterms from this novel have become common in eve
46、ryday use, such as “big brother” and“doublethink”. Even the authors name has been made into an adjectiveOrwellianand hasbecome a warning descriptor for situations where privacy is lost and the individual becomessacrifice under a totalitarian(极权主义) government. Nineteen Eighty-Four was translated into
47、 sixty-five languages within five years of its publication, setting a record that still stands.What helps bring science fiction into being is usually a new discovery or innovation. Theauthor creates an analysis of the potential influence and consequences and then wraps it in apleasant story. For exa
48、mple, the beginning of space exploration was followed a few years later bythe Star Trek television program and movie series. Advances in genetics(遗传学) cause fantasiesof the end of disease, horrors of eugenics(优生学), and thrillers where creatures disappearing longago are brought back to life. The scie
49、nce fiction authors self-determined role is that of fieldglasses for humanitysearching the world of future possibilities upon the road which we aretraveling.32. What can science fiction offer to people?A.Aforecast of how a new discovery could influence mankind.B.Athoughtful look at the present drawbacks of technology.C.An analysis of why a new technology could be used to harm human.D.Athoughtful look at the past and what brought us to this point in history.33. Which of the following best summarizes the description of Nineteen Eighty-Four?A.Aprediction of fut
