湖北省武汉市蔡甸区汉阳一中2020-2021学年高一英语4月月考试题.doc

湖北省武汉市蔡甸区汉阳一中2020-2021学年高一英语4月月考试题

湖北省武汉市蔡甸区汉阳一中2020-2021学年高一英语4月月考试题

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湖北省武汉市蔡甸区汉阳一中2020-2021学年高一英语4月月考试题
第一部分：听力（共二节, 满分30分）
第一节 (共 5 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 7.5分)
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 many people will go to the tennis game？
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four
2. How did the woman probably think she did in her English test？
A. Very well. B. Just so-so. C. Terribly.
3. What does the man mean？
A. He prefers cold weather. B. He has had a hard week. C. It was cooler last week.
4. What is the man？
A. A driver. B. A policeman. C. A doctor.
5. How long can the man keep the book？
A. For three weeks. B. For two weeks. C. For one week.
第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从每题所给的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.Where did the conversation probably take place？
A. At the woman’s house. B. At a restaurant. C. At the man’ s house.
7.What does the woman advise the man to do？
A. Learn how to cook from her.
B. Get a book and do after it.
C. Take some courses on cooking.
听第7段材料, 回答第8～10题。
8.Why did the woman go to her hometown？
A. To spend some time with the baby.
B. To look after her sister.
C. To find a new job.
9.How old was the baby when the woman went there？
A. Two months. B. Five months. C. Seven months.
10.What did the woman like doing most with the baby？
A. Holding him. B. Playing with him. C. Feeding him.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.Where are the speakers？
A. In a restaurant. B. In a factory. C. In a school.
12.What does the man think of his present job？
A. Tiring. B. Interesting. C. Satisfying.
13.What will the speakers do next？
A. Start to work. B. Watch a football match. C. Ask for free football tickets.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14.What are the speakers talking about？
A. A way to improve air quality.
B. A problem with driving.
C. A suggestion for city planning.
15.What does the man suggest？
A. Limiting the use of cars.
B. Encouraging people to walk.
C. Warning drivers of air pollution.
16.What does the woman think about the man ’ s idea？
A. It’s interesting. B. It’s worth trying. C. It’s impractical.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.What did the speaker ask the students to do the week before？
A. Write a short story. B. Prepare for the lesson. C. Learn more about the writer.
18.Why does the speaker ask the questions？
A. To check the students’ understanding of the story.
B. To draw the students’ attention to reading skills.
C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships.
19.What is the last question？
A. Why does the writer write the story？
B. When does the story take place？
C. How is the boy ’ s father？
20.What will the students do in 10 minutes？
A. Ask more questions. B. Discuss in groups. C. Give their answers.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
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。
A
Educational APP Store
Busuu
Busuu helps you learn English language on the go and the lesson's quality is guaranteed as it is based on CEFR language framework. Lessons range from beginners to advanced learners. Busuu is actually a great English app if you want to improve your spoken English by talking with native speakers.
Duolingo
Duolingo is one of the best English language apps today and highly recommended for English beginners. The system of the app helps you learn English quickly by spending twenty minutes a day. Duolingo structures your lessons that teach you about seven new words based on a topic and skill points being awarded for completing the lesson.
Memrise
Memrise uses some creative and easy ways to remember English words. The focus of this app is to help the users expand their vocabulary by learning English words in an effective way. Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is designed differently from average language apps on the marketplace today. It's trying to teach us English the way we'd learn it if we were children starting to learn the language. It has exercises designed to help you learn basic words. A variety of lessons are offered that Rosetta Stone has been using for years.
21. Which is most helpful for speaking?
A. Busuu B. Duolingo. C. Memrise. D. Rosetta Stone.
22. What is unique about Memrise?
A. It works online or offline. B. It serves English beginners.
C. It promises quick progress. D. It helps develop vocabulary.
23. What does the Educational APP Store intend to do here?
A. Inspire language learners. B. Show its high technology.
C. Compare ways of learning. D. Promote its latest products.
B
Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”
The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead. The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.” The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless!”
“So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.
“Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”

24. What puzzled the grandson most was _________.
A. why he forgot what he read soon B. whether it was useful to read books
C. what kind of book he could understand D. how he could read books like his grandpa
25. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water?
A. To get him to realize the use of reading books.
B. To punish him for not reading carefully.
C. To clean the dirty basket in the river.
D. To train him to run faster.
26. What lesson can we learn from the story?
A. The old are always wiser than the young.
B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket.
C. Reading books can change a person gradually.
D. You can’t expect to remember all you read.
27. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Grandpa and Grandson B. Carrying Water in a Basket
C. Baskets and Books D. Reading for Total Changing
C
Guess what former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and United States president Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella Kushner, have in common? They both study Chinese as a second language.
Although Chinese is known as one of the hardest languages to learn, a lot of people from different backgrounds are studying it with hopes of big benefits.
Nov 2 saw more than 120 people, coming from 105 countries, compete in the finals of the 12th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students. Held in Zhengzhou, Henan province, the finals was mainly made up of speech contests and talent shows. The contestants also visited the Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes and other historical sites in Henan.
While reasons for learning Chinese were different, a common one was interest in the country’s rich culture and rapid development.
Raissa, 17, from the Union of the Comoros, developed a strong emotional connection with China after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago. This led her to learn Chinese at a local Confucius Institute.
Fascinated by Chinese culture, the competitor has taken part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China. “My dream is to study medicine in China so that I could cure patients like the Chinese doctors did,” she said.
For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, studying Chinese may secure him a future job as a Hungarian diplomat(外交官) to China. “After graduation from high school, I would like to further my studies in China,” he said.
Robert Davis, director of the Chinese-language program in Chicago’s public school system, may give you a hint. “Chinese isn’t the new French. It’s the new English, which is widely used all over the world.” he told CGTN.
28. Why are Mark Zuckerberg and Arabella Kushner mentioned in paragraph one?
A. To show Chinese is popular. B. To introduce them to the readers.
C. To tell the readers they love China. D. To stress the importance of learning Chinese.
29. The underlined word Fascinated in paragraph 6 can be replaced by ______.
A. Attracted B. Employed. C. Inspected D. Appreciated.
30. What is the common reason for the competitors to learn Chinese?
A. It’s easy to learn.
B. They want to become a doctor.
C. They hope for a good job after graduation.
D. They have interest in Chinese culture and rapid development.
31. What is Robert Davis’ attitude to learning Chinese?
A. Doubtful B. Indifferent C. Supportive. D. Upset.
D
There are 195 countries in the world today but almost none of them have purple on their national flag. So what’s wrong with purple? It’s such a popular color today. Why would no country use it in their flag? The answer is really quite simple. Purple was just for too expensive.
The color purple has been associated with royalty power and wealth for centuries. Queen Elizabeth I forbade anyone except close members of the royal family to wear it. Purple’s high status comes from the rarity and cost of the dye (染料)originally used to produce it. Fabric traders got the dye from a small sea snail (海螺)that was only found in the Tyre region of the Mediterranean. More than 10,000 snails were needed to create just one gram of purple; not to mention a lot of work went into producing the dye, which made purple dye so expensive.
Since only wealthy rulers could afford to buy and wear the color, it became associated with the royal family. Sometimes, however, the dye was too expensive even for royalty. Third century Roman Emperor Aurelio famously wouldn’t allow his wife to buy a scarf made from purple silk because it cost three times its weight in gold. A single pound of dye cost three pounds of gold, which equals 56,000 dollars today. Therefore, even the richest countries couldn’t spend that much having purple on their flags.
The dye became more accessible to lower-class about a century and a half ago. In 1856, 18-year-old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a man-made purple compound (化合物)while attempting to produce an anti-malaria drug. He noticed that the compound could be used to dye fabrics, so he patented the dye, manufactured it and got rich. Purple dye was then mass-produced so everybody could afford it.
Till now, a handful of new national flags have been designed and a few of them have chosen to use purple in their flag. So don’t be making any bets just yet.
32. Why was color purple expensive in the past?
A. Because only royal families were allowed to wear purple.
B. Because it took a long time to get purple dye from gold.
C. Because purple was worth as much as its weight in gold.
D. Because purple dye used to be rare and hard to produce.
33. Why did Roman Emperor Aurelio forbid his wife to buy a purple scarf?
A. Because of poor quality. B. Because of long tradition.
C. Because of bad taste. D. Because of high price.
34. What is purples situation now?
A. Purple has been widely used on national flags.
B. Purple dye is now affordable to ordinary people.
C. Royal family stop using purple because it’s too common.
D. Fewer snails are used to produce purple dye than before.
35. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. No Purple Flags? B. Purple vs Gold
C. How to Produce Purple Dye? D. The Birth of Purple Color
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
How to write a letter for advice
The need to ask for advice comes up regularly throughout life. 36 You cannot communicate with others directly, so you need to think things through in advance, provide all necessary information and ask proper questions.
Introduce yourself. If the person doesn’t know who you are, you will write a short paragraph to introduce yourself at the beginning of the letter. 37 If you are writing to someone you don’t know, briefly let them know how you found them.
State why you are writing. After introducing yourself(if necessary), you will want to get straight to the point. 38 . Examples include: “I am writing to ask if you could help me with…”, “I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice about…”, “I am writing to ask for your advice,” “I wonder if you could help me with a problem.”
39 If you’re asking for advice on a problem or situation that you have been trying to solve on your own, but haven’t been able to, then briefly explain what you have tried, and why it didn’t seem to work.
Keep it brief. 40 This is because they will have to spend lots of time reading and understanding your letter, Apart from that, you should keep it short and to the point and it will increase your chances of receiving a reply.
A. Begin by explaining the purpose of your letter
B. Make a list of people who you think could help you
C. Think about why the person should want to help you
D. Show why you have trouble achieving the goal by yourself
E. Asking for advice in writing is different from a face-to-face conversation
F. It should include information about who you are and the reason why you are writing
G. The people you are asking for advice will be less likely to respond if they get a very long and detailed letter
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短