高二上学期英语第一次月考试题
2017.10 第一部分听力
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 many people will visit New York for free?
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 5.
2. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. See Mr. Smith.
B. Check the letter.
C. Type the letter again.
3. What’s wrong with Jane?
A. She misses her home very much.
B. She hasn’t received her mother’s letter.
C. She is worried about her mother’s health.
4. What does the man want to do?
A. Learn to play baseball.
B. Organize a baseball team.
C. Find a baseball player.
5. What does Susan mean?
A. She had a date then.
B. She will put off the meeting.
C. She didn’t have time to prepare the speech.
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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. Why does the woman come to see Rick?
A. To say goodbye.
B. To ask for advice.
C. To invite him to her
home.
7. Which country would the woman like to visit?
A. Canada.
B. France.
C. Germany.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. The popularity of English.
B. The study pressure on students.
C. Attitudes towards learning foreign languages.
9. What percentage of students are forced to learn a foreign language?
A. About 21%.
B. About 27%.
C. About 35%.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What is the room like?
A. Big but old.
B. Big and new.
C. Small but new.
11. What will be arranged first?
A. The chairs.
B. The bed.
C. The dressing table.
12. Where will the chairs be put?
A. Close to the window.
B. In front of the fireplace.
C. Behind the dressing table.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Father and daughter.
C. Guide and tourist.
14. Where is the bank?
A. Next to the coffee shop.
B. Opposite the museum.
C. At the end of the road.
15. What advice does the man give to the woman?
A. Eating less chocolate.
B. Keeping the table clean.
C. Watching out for the traffic.
16. How will the speakers go to the museum?
A. By bus.
B. On foot.
C. By bike.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. Why did Murphy go to a doctor?
A. He thought his wife was deaf.
B. He wanted to get his hearing back.
C. He couldn’t make himself understood.
18. What did the doctor tell Murphy to do?
A. Stand about 15 meters from his wife.
B. Ask his wife some serious questions.
C. Talk to his wife in different distances.
19. What was his wife doing when Murphy got back home?
A. Watching TV.
B. Cooking.
C. Setting the table.
20. How many times did Murphy ask his wife the same question?
A. Twice.
B. Three times.
C. Four times.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Bike Share Toronto is the city’s official bike share program, designed to give locals and visitors a fun, affordable and convenient alternative to walking, taxis, buses and the subway. There are 200 Bike Share Toronto stations and 2,000 bikes across the city, making Bike Share the most accessible way to get around and explore. How it works
●Become an Annual Member or buy a day Pass to access the system.
●Find a n available bike nearby, and get a ride code or use your member key to unlock it.
●Take as many short rides as you want while your pass or membership is active.
●Return your bike to any station, and wait for the green light on the dock(停靠点)to make sure it’s locked.
Choose a plan
●For visitors
Day Pass: $7. Unlimited 30-minute rides in a 24-hour period.
3-Day Pass: $15. Unlimited 30-minute rides in a 72-hour period.
●For locals
Monthly Pass: $25. Unlimited 30-minute rides for a month.
Annual Membership: $90. Unlimited 30-minute rides for a whole year. The Annual Membership is the best deal for locals of Toronto and other frequent riders.
The first 30 minutes of each ride is included with the membership or pass price. Avoid extra fees by dropping off your bike every 30 minutes at any other station. If you keep a bike out for longer than 30 minutes at a time, you will be charged an extra $1.50 for the first 30 minutes over, $4 for the next 30 minutes, and $7 for each additional 30 minutes after that.
Contact us
●Customer Service: (855)898-2388
●Repair Service: (855)-2378
●Corporation Partners: (855)898-2398
●Employment Opportunities: (855)898-2498
21. Which is the most suitable choice for locals in Toronto?
A. Day Pass
B. 3-Day Pass
C. Monthly Pass
D. Annual Membership
22. How much will the extra fee be if you travel for two hours by bike?
A. $5.5
B. $9.5
C. $12.5
D. $15.5
23. For more information about working at Bike Share Toronto, which of the following numbers is for contact?
A. (855)898-2399
B. (855)898-2378
C. (855)8989-2398
D. (855) 898-2498
B
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, before All Saints Day. The word “Halloween” is a shorte ning of All Hallows Evening, also known as Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve.
Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “ghost houses” and cutting jack-o-lanterns.
Halloween has its origins in the ancient festival known as Samhain (pronounced “sah-win”). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped(重叠) and the dead would come back to life and cause destruction such as sickness or damaged crops.
The festival frequently include bonfire. It is believed that the fires attract the harmful insects to the area which attract bats to the area to eat them. These are additional features of the history of Halloween.
Masks and costumes were worn in an attempt to imitate the evil spirits.
Trick-or-treating, is an activity for children on or around Halloween in which they go on from house to house in costumes, asking for treats such as candies with the question, “Trick or treat?” Trick-or-treating is one of the main traditions of Halloween. It has become socially expected that if one lives in a neighborhood with children one should buy treat in preparation for trick-or-treaters.
The history of Halloween has evolved. The activity is popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. Bad trick-or-treating has started to happen among children in many parts of Europe. In continental Europe, where the commerce-driven importation of Halloween is seen with more illegal “tricks” and police warnings have further raised doubt about this game and Halloween in general.
24. What does Halloween refer to?
A. All Saints Day.
B. All Hallows’ Eve.
C. Easter.
D. Thanksgiving.
25Why did the dead come back to life in Gaelic culture? Because___________.
A. the dead missed their relatives and families
B. they felt bored and wanted to travel in the living world
C. the lines between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped on that day
D. the living people were once cruel to those who died
26We can infer from the fourth paragraph that ________.
A. the bonfires were the origin of Halloween
B. people make a fire to keep warm
C. the bonfires can burn all the harmful insects
D. people believe that the bonfires work a lot
27What is the best title of the passage?
A. The influence of Halloween.
B. The meaning of Halloween.
C. The main activities of Halloween.
D. Halloween---a festival connected with the dead.
C
When important events are happening around the world, most people turn to traditional media sources, such as CNN and BBC for the news. However, during the war in Iraq in 2003, many people followed the war from the point of view of an unknown Iraqi citizen who called himself "Salam Pax" (Salam Pax means peace).
Salam Pax wrote a diary about everyday life in Baghdad during the war, and posted it on his website. Pax's online diary was a kind of website known as a "blog". Blogs are online diaries, usually kept by individuals, but sometimes by companies and other groups of people. They are the fastest growing types of website on the Internet.
A blog differs from a traditional website in several ways. Most importantly, it is updated much more regularly. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, most blogs use special software or websites, which can help ordinary people easily set up and start writing their own blogs.
There are many different kinds of blogs. The most popular type is an online diary of links where the blog writer surfs the Internet and then posts links to sites or news articles that they find interesting, with a few comments about each one. Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelings. Sometimes these blogs can be very personal.
There is another kind of blogging, called "moblogging", short for "mobile blogging".
Mobloggers use mobile phones with cameras to take photos, which are posted instantly to the Internet. The use of mobile phones in this way made the headlines in Singapore when a high school student posted a movie he had taken of a teacher