铜陵市第五中学高一月考英语试卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分10分）

第一节（共5小题）

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 conversation probably take place?

A. At the woman’s house B. At a hotel C. At a hospital

2. How is the man going to pay for the car?

A. By earning money on holidays

B. By asking for money from his parents

C. By borrowing money from the woman

3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. How to fix a machine

B. How to operate a machine

C. How to read instructions

4. What will the woman probably do before eight?

A. See a doctor B. Go to a movie C. Visit a friend

5. When will the next bus NO.39 come?

A. In about 5 minutes B. In about 25 minutes C. In about 30 minutes

第二节（共15小题）

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，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题给出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. How will the man go to England?

A. By train B. By air C. By ship

7. Where can the man take a train to Manchester?

A. In Euston station B. In Heathrow Airport C. In the north of London

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Open a door B. Open the window C. Help him repair a door

9. Who will the speakers ring up for help?

A. The police B. A neighbor C. A repairman

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the man like listening to news on the radio?

A. He will get the news as it happens.

B. He can hear the news more clearly.

C. He doesn’t like to stay in one place.

11. How does the woman like to get the news?

A. From the newspaper B. On TV C. Over the radio

12. What does the man think of the newspaper?

A. Boring B. Reliable C. Slow

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does sally want to do?

A. To the zoo B. To the London eye C. To the Covent Gardens

14. What is Billy interested in?

A. Operas B. Boats C. Animals

15. What does the man suggest the woman do in London?

A. Go shopping B. Enjoy the opera C. Visit her parents

16. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife B. Brother and sister C. Father and daughter

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did the speaker use to do?

A. He watched TV a lot.

B. He stayed home and did homework.

C. He played sports with his classmates.

18. What kind of book does the speaker read now?

A. Novels B. Textbooks C. Cartoon books

19. What does the speaker think of doing homework with hid friends?

A. He can chat with them

B. He can learn a lot from them.

C. He can concentrate on study.

20. What does the speaker want to be in the future?

A. A writer B. A doctor C. A teacher

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。

21. Many lifestyle patterns do such ______great harm to health that they actually speed up _____weakening of the human body.

A. a; / B. /; / C. a;/ the D. /; the

22. The book was boring. It wasn’t ___________ to me.

A. benefit B. benefited C. of little benefit D. of much benefit

23. Parents can't always _________their children from blame. After all, children need to learn taking responsibility.

A. shelter B. prevent C. recover D. dismiss

24. We___________ on this project for four hours. Let’s have a rest.

A. are working B. have been working

C. worked D. had worked

25. Take it easy and don’t be so___________ to others’ criticism.

A. similar B. anxious C. skeptical D. sensitive

26. The weather turned out to be very good, ________ was more than we could expect.

A. it B. that C. what D. which

27. If another world war should ___________, what would become of human beings?

A. come out B. give out C. break out D. carry out

28. In the debate, his answer was so __________ that I was _________and didn’t know how to fight him back.

A. amazed; amazing B. amazed, amazed

C. amazing; amazing D. amazing; amazed

29. ________hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.

A. Whatever B. However C. Whichever D. Whenever

30. The unemployment rate in this district ______ from 6% to 5% in the past two years.

A. has fallen B. had fallen C. is falling D. has been falling

31. Next to chemistry, he likes physics ______.

A. the better B. best C. better D. very well

32．Don't worry if you don't understand everything. The teacher will _______ the main points at the end.

A. recover B. review C. require D. remember

33. You’d better not leave the medicine ______kids can get at it.

A. where B. which C. even if D. so that

34 Malaysia Airlines says analysis indicates that there are no_______________on MH370, which is quite depressing.

A. victims B. explorers C. survivors D. hikers

35. ----I’m going to travel to America. Would you consider telling me about your experiences?

---- ____________. Let’s discuss over dinner.

A. That’s all right B. By all means

C. Go ahead D. It just depends

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

A vacationing American businessman standing on the pier(码头) of a fishing village in Mexico watched as a Mexican fisherman approached the dock in a boat. Inside the small boat were some yellow fin tuna（金枪鱼）. Enjoying the early afternoon sun, the American __36____ the Mexican for the quality of his fish.

“How long did it take you to catch them?” the American asked.

“Oh, a few 37 ,” the fisherman replied.

“Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?” the American businessman then asked.

The Mexican replied: “With this I have more than enough to 38 my family.”

The businessman asked, 39 : “But what do you do with the rest of your 40 ?”

Smiling, the fisherman answered: “I sleep late, play with my children and watch ball games. Sometimes in the evenings I take a walk to the 41 , play the guitar, sing songs…”

The American businessman impatiently interrupted: “Look, I have an MBA from Harvard, and I can help 42 your profits. You can 43 by fishing several hours longer every day. You can then 44 the extra fish. With the extra money, you can buy a bigger boat. With the 45 income that larger boat will bring, 46 you’ll have an entire fleet(舰队).”

47 of his ideas, he went on: “Soon, you’ll be able to sell your fish directly to the processor(加工厂), or even open your own 48 . You could leave this village and move to Mexico City, or even Los Angeles, where you could even further 49 .”

The Mexican fisherman asked: “But how long will all this take?”

After a rapid mental calculation, the Harvard MBA said: “15-20 years, maybe less if you 50 really hard.”

“And then 51 , sir?” asked the fisherman.

“Why, that’s the 52 part!” answered the businessman with a laugh. “When the time is right, you’ll sell your company stock(股票) and become very 53 . You’ll make millions.”

“Really? What would I do with it all?” asked the young fisherman in 54 .

The businessman replied: “You’ll happily retire. You’ll 55 near a small fishing village where you’ll sleep late, play with your children, and watch ballgames. You’ll walk to the village in the evenings where you’ll play the guitar and sing songs.”

36. A. criticized B. thanked C. praised D. questioned

37. A. hours B. days C. weeks D. months

38. A. arrange B. save C. protect D. support

39. A. rudely B. jokingly C. unhappily D. seriously

40. A. children B. fish C. money D. time

41. A. city B. seaside C. village D. park

42. A. count B. increase C. discover D. predict

43. A. benefit B. live C. start D. work

44. A. cook B. send C. keep D. sell

45. A. additional B. secret C. small D. unexpected

46. A. just then B. before long C. in case D. since then

47. A. Ashamed B. Proud C. Tired D. Full

48. A. project B. company C. farm D. market

49. A. expand B. imagine C. improve D. spread

50 .A. study B. work C. begin D. Think

51. A. when B. how C. what D. why

52. A. best B. funniest C. busiest D. strangest

53. A. clever B. lucky C. rich D. Urgent

54. A. disappointment B. disbelief C. anger D. confidence

55. A. practice B. hide C. move D. recover

第三部分 阅读理解 (共20小题，每小题两分，满分40分)

Dear Mayor,

I would like to draw your attention to the depressing state of the environment in our city. Increased vehicles have made the air polluted. Citizens find it difficult to breathe. Dumping toxic chemicals into the river has polluted the drinking water and ground water.

All of us, as concerned citizens, have discussed these problems in various meetings. We have come up with the following proposals（提议）. The green roads are no longer green. Many trees and bushes have been cut. We propose restricting the movement of vehicles. Besides, we should make it compulsory（强制性的）to use anti-pollution devices on all vehicles. We should also plant more plants and trees along roads.

The Bada Nadi River has become a dumping ground of toxic chemicals from some factories. These toxic chemicals have killed nearly all the life in the river and polluted our drinking water and ground water. We propose that the Bada Nadi River be declared a protected water body. All the dumping should be banned and heavy fine should be imposed on the offenders（违法者）. To tackle the problem of managing toxic waste, we propose setting up a water treatment plant so that only clean water is discharged into the river. Cleaning up the river and introducing various fishes and plants to the river will bring it back to life.

Lastly, the noise pollution caused by honking（鸣）horns and blaring loud