1、高考资源网( ) ,您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 松滋四中 2014-2015 学年度高一下学期 6 月月考英语试卷学校:_姓名:_班级:_考号:_一、听力(共两节,满分 30 分)做题时,先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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. Where does this
2、conversation take place?A. At a hospital. B. At a department store. C. At a restaurant.2. How much is the food and drink?A.$2.65. B. $2.75. C. $2.95.3. Whats the man doing?A. Watching TV. B. Turning down the TV. C. Answering the phone.4. According to the man, what does he like to do if possible?A. T
3、o visit museums. B. To make a good plan.C. To visit the Modern Museum.5. What news did the woman get from the man?A. Sam will leave New York very soon.B. Sams sister will leave for Los Angeles very soon.C. Sams sister will leave for New York very soon.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
4、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。听完每段对话或独白前,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 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6. Who could the man be?A. A doctor. B. A policeman. C. The womans husband.7. Where was the wallet found?A. In the restroom. B. Under the table. C. On the table.听第 7 段材料,回
5、答第 8 至 10 题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. Buying a car. B. Choosing a gift. C. Using a computer.9. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Professor and student. C. Salesman and customer.10. What do we know about the person mentioned by the speakers?A. May
6、be he likes a computer.B. He will be sixty years old.C. He must be fond of learning.听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Why does the girl borrow money from her father?高考资源网( ) ,您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 A. To see a film. B. To watch a play. C. To go to a concert.12. How much money does the girl need?A. Eigh
7、teen dollars. B. Thirty-six dollars. C. Fifty-four dollars. 13. How many children want to go to the concert?A. One. B. Two. C. Three.听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17 题。14. What are the two speakers nationalities?A. British and Chinese. B. Chinese and French.C. Chinese and American.15. What problem was a newspap
8、er article about?A. The problem of rapid growth of cars in cities in America.B. The problem of rapid growth of cities in America.C. The problem of rapid growth of skyscrapers.16. Do Americans carry out a birth control policy?A. Yes, they do. B. No, they dont. C. We cant know.17. What attitudes do mo
9、st Americans take towards having children?A. Most Americans decide not to have any children.B. Most Americans decide to have as many children as they can.C. Most Americans decide to have only one or two children.听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Why does the speaker give the lecture?A. To give some advice
10、 on the cycling tour.B. To explain the advantages of the cycling tour.C. To tell the listeners what to take for the cycling tour.19. What should the cyclists not do during the cycling tour?A. Ride as far and quickly as possible.B. Take water in summer.C. Enjoy the riding itself.20. In cold weather w
11、hat should cyclists do first when they stop riding?A. Enjoy nature. B. Put on warm clothes. C. Drink plenty of water.二、阅读理解(共 20 小题, 每小题 2 分,满分 40 分)The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of yea
12、rs ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem wa
13、s not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true.Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.Air pollution is still the most serious. Its bad for all living things in 高考资源网( )
14、 ,您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factor
15、ies in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means
16、 keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.1 _, our world is becoming much smaller.A. Because of the rise in pollution B. Thanks to science developmentC. Because the earth is being polluted day and nightD. Because the earth is blown away b
17、y the wind every year2Hundreds of years ago, life was _ it is today.A. much easier than B. as easy as C. much harder than D. as hard as3 Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means _.A. rubbish(垃圾) B. noise pollution C. air pollution D. water pollution4 Which of the following
18、is NOT true?A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does.C. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.D. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of ca
19、r or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards. One reason for their interest is that c
20、ards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive designs. There are 100, 000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, we
21、re Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light , and they do not need much space. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some pe
22、ople it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4, 000 pounds. The first Japanese card has a value of about 28, 000 pounds. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors maga
23、zine.5The text is mainly about _ .高考资源网( ) ,您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 A. the history of phone cards B. phone card collecting as a hobbyC. reason for phone card collecting D. the great variety of phone cards6When did people in Britain begin to use phone cards?A. In 1971. B. In 1975. C. In 1976. D. I
24、n 1981.7The main reason for most people to collect phone cards is that _ .A. they find the cards beautiful and easy to keepB. they like to have something from different countriesC. they want to make money with cardsD. they think the cards are convenient to use8The writer mentions a market in Paris i
25、n order to show that _ A. card collecting is popular among young peopleB. French and Japanese cards are the most valuableC. people can make money out of card collectingD. card collectors magazines are very usefulThese days, it seems that almost all of us are too seriousMy older daughter often says t
26、o me, “Daddy, youve got that serious look again ” Even those of us who are committed to non-seriousness are probably too seriousPeople are frustrated and anxious about almost everything - being five minutes late, witnessing someone look at us wrong or say the wrong thing, paying bills, waiting in li
27、ne, overcooking a meal, making an honest mistake - you name it, and we all lose perspective(理性判断) over itThe root of being anxious is our unwillingness to accept life as being different, in any way, from our expectationVery simply, we want things to be a certain way but theyre not a certain wayLife
28、is simply as it isPerhaps Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances dont fit our ideas, they become our difficulties ” We spend our lives wanting things, people, and events to be just as we want them to be - and w
29、hen theyre not, we fight and we sufferThe first step in recovering from over-seriousness is to admit that you have a problemYou have to want to change, to become more easygoingYou have to see that your own anxiety is largely of your own creation - its made up of the way you have set up your life and
30、 the way you react to itThe next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration levelWhenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isnt, youre upset and you sufferOn the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, youre f
31、reeA good exercise is to try to approach a single day without expectationDont expect people to be friendlyWhen theyre not, you wont be surprised or bothered; if they are, youll be delightedDont expect your day to be problem-freeInstead, as problems come up, say to yourself, “Ah, another barrier to o
32、vercome ” As you approach your day in this manner youll notice how elegant life can beRather than fighting against life, youll be dancing with itPretty soon, with practice, you高考资源网( ) ,您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 ll lighten up your entire lifeAnd when you lighten up, life is a lot more fun9Why are p
33、eople easily frustrated and anxious these days?ABecause their children are disappointingBBecause they have to look serious in publicCBecause life is becoming a greater burdenDBecause people have lost sensible judgment10According to Benjamin Franklin, what was the cause of over-seriousness?AThe fact
34、that peoples perspective, hopes and fears are limitedBThe fact that people cant change life itselfCThe fact that things fail to meet peoples expectationsDThe fact that circumstances turn out to be difficult11In what pattern is this article developed?APhenomenon, causes and solutionsBProblems, explan
35、ation and conclusionCExamples, causes and argumentsDPhenomenon, analysis and conclusion12What might be the best title for the passage?APeople seem to be too seriousBLife is simply as it isCHopes can turn into difficultiesDA good exercise removes over-seriousnessMost people agree that honesty is a go
36、od thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals cant talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty ofte
37、n helps them survive. Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends t
38、o have a broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt“ adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem
39、to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They dont make nests. Instead, they get into other birds nests 高考资源网( ) ,您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 secre
40、tly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them. Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But a
41、n animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winners hand and start fighting again. Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when
42、 they find food. That way, other chimps dont hear them, and they dont need to share their food.As children, many of us learn the saying “You cant fool Mother Nature.“ But maybe you cant trust her, either.13A plover protects its young from a predator by_.A. getting closer to its young B. driving away
43、 the adult predatorC. leaving its young in another nest D. pretending to be injured14By “Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky“ (paragraph 5), the author means_.A. chimps are ready to attack others B. chimps are sometimes dishonestC. chimps are jealous of the winners D. chimps can be selfish to
44、o15Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winners hand.C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.16Which
45、 of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Do animals lie? B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?C. How do animals learn to lie? D. How does honesty help animals survive?Dear Betty,My roommates family wants me to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with them in their home. I accepted the invita
46、tion, and Im excited about going, but Im a little nervous about it, too. The social customs in my country are different from those here, so Im a little worried about making mistakes.Should I bring a gift, such as candy or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late? At the dinner table, how ca
47、n I know which fork or knife to use? How can I let the family know that Im thankful for their kindness?Yours,Knowing NothingDear Knowing Nothing,Its a good idea to bring a gift when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always welcome, or you can bring a bottle of wine if you know the 高考资源网( ) ,您身边的
48、高考专家投稿兼职请联系:2355394692 family drink it.You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Dont get there early. If you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.Try to relax at the dinner table. If you dont know how to use the right fork, knife or spoon, just watch the other guests, and follow them. If you still have no idea
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