高一英语下学期第一次月考试题

旧州中学 2015——2016学年第二学期第一次月考试卷

高一英语

时间：120分钟总分：120分）

第一部分阅读理解（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

One day a heavy storm hit a village. Nothing was destroyed, but a rock fell from a nearby moun tain. The rock rolled down from the mountain and stopped in the middle of the main road in the village. It was very big and shaped more or less like a ball. The village decided to move it since it was blocking（阻塞）the street. Several of the strongest men in the village came to try to lift it out of the road. No matter how hard they tried though, they couldn’t move it.

All of t his time a young boy was watching the men trying to move the rock. “Excuse me,” he said, “but I think I could move the rock.”

“You?”they shouted. “What are you talking about? All of us have just tried, and even together we can’t move it a bit.” They all laughed at the boy.

The next morning some villagers came into the street. To their great surprise, the rock wa s gone! More people ran out to see for themselves. It was true the rock wasn’t in the road any more.

The little boy stood in the street, smiling. “I told you I could move it,” he said. “I did it last night.” Then he walked over to where the rock had been and uncovered some dirt with a shovel（铁锹）．“You see,”he said, “I dug a deep hole next to the rock, and the rock rolled down into the hole of itself. Then I covered it with dirt.”

1. The villagers decided to move the rock because______.

A. it was big and heavy.

B.it was in the middle of the road.

C. it was more or less badly shaped.

D. it was completely useless.

2. When the young boy said he could move the rock, the villagers_____.

A. didn’t believe him

B. didn’t understand him.

C. were pleased with him.

D. got angry with him.

3. The young boy worked at night so as to______.

A.find a way to move the rock.

B. work faster and better.

C. dig a hole for himself.

D. give the villagers a surprise.

4.The boy removed the rock by_______.

A. pulling it out of the road.

B. burying it in a hole.

C. breaking it with a shovel.

D. lifting it out of the road.

B

My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always proud of my success. If I won a spelling contest at school, he was on top of the world. Later in life whenever I got a promotion(提升), I’d call my father right away and he’d rush out to tell all his friends. In 1970, when I was named president of the Ford Motor Company, I don’t know which of us was more excited.

Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their feelings and their love not only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would never hug their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunity—nothing could have felt more natural.

He was a curious man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle. Unfortunately, my father and his motorcycle didn’t get along too well. He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four wheels.

Because of that motorcycle, I wasn’t allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to borrow one from a friend. On the other hand, my father let me drive a car as soon as I turned sixteen.

5. When I won a contest at school, my father would _____.

A. tell all his friends about it

B.get very surprised at it

C.feel most happy over it

D. be much more excited than I

6. I hugged and kissed my father at every opportunity, _____.

A. for I felt it quite natural to do so

B. beca use I was told to do so by my father

C. as I was named president of the Ford Motor Company

D. even though I hated to do so

7. Which of the following statements shows that my father was a curious man?_____

A. I wasn’t allowed to have a car when I was growing up.

B. He was very open with his feelings and hi s love.

C. He was always proud of my success.

D. He was the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?______

A. My father loved his motorcycle. He rode through the dirty streets of Allentown every

day.

B. I was not allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up, but when I was just 16

I was allowed to drive a car.

C. My father was always proud of what I did. He was very pleased when I won a spelling

contest at school.

D. My father bought a motorcycle, but got rid of it because he fell off it so often.

C

Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources (来源), as well

as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills (风车) began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind (磨碎) wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the1940s when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

9.From the text we know that windmills ________.

A. were invented by European armies

B. used to supply power to radio in remote areas

C. have a history of more than 2,800 years

D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered

10.What was a new use for wind power in the late 19th century? _______

A. Produc ing electricity

B. Sailing a boat.

C. Grinding wheat into flour.

D. Pumping water from underground

11.One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that_________.

A. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

B. it is one of the oldest power sources

C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D. wind power is cleaner

12.What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?______

A. The advantages of wind power.

B. The global trend towards producing power from wind.

C. The worldwide movement to save energy.

D. The design of wind power plants.

D

I fell in love with England because it was quaint（古雅）---all those little houses,

looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because

I think it’s an ugly town now.

Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners.

The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners---people shut doors heavily to your face and politeness is disappearing.

I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors.

In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.

As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb（大量的钱）on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.

The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middle sex I had a neighbor who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.

13. The writer doesn’t like London because she______.

A. prefers to live in an old-fashioned house

B. has lived there for seventeen years

C. is not used to the life there now