河南省方城县第一高级中学2013-2014学年高一5月月考英语试题

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，满分70分）?

第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）??????

第一节?（共15小题；每小题2分，共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。

A

When?milk?arrived?on?the?doorstep

When?I?was?a?boy?growing?up?in?New?Jersey?in?the?1960s,?we?had?a?milkman?delivering?milk?toour?doorstep.?His?name?was?Mr.?Basille.?He?wore?a?white?cap?and?drove?a?white?truck.?As?a?5-year-oldboy,?I?couldn’t?take?my?eyes?off?the?coin?changer?fixed?to?his?belt.?He?noticed?this?one?day?during?a?

delivery?and?gave?me?a?quarter?out?of?his?coin?changer.?

Of?course,?he?delivered?more?than?milk.?There?was?cheese,?eggs?and?so?on.?If?we?needed?to?

change?our?order,?my?mother?would?pen?a?note-“Please?add?a?bottle?of?buttermilk?next?delivery”-and?

place?it?in?the?box?along?with?the?empty?bottles.?And?then,?the?buttermilk?would?magically?appear.?

All?of?this?was?about?more?than?convenience.?There?existed?a?close?relationship?between?

families?and?their?milkmen.?Mr.?Basille?even?had?a?key?to?out?house,?for?those?times?when?it?was?so

cold?outside?that?we?put?the?box?indoors,?so?that?the?milk?wouldn’t?freeze.?And?I?remember?Mr.?

Basille?from?time?to?time?taking?a?break?at?our?kitchen?table,?having?a?cup?of?tea?and?telling?stories?

about?his?delivery.

????? There?is?sadly?no?home?milk?delivery?today.?Big?companies?allowed?the?production?of?cheaper

?milk,?thus?making?it?difficult?for?milkmen?to?compete.?Besides,?milk?is?for?sale?everywhere,?and?it?

may?just?not?have?been?practical?to?have?a?delivery?service.?

Recently,?an?old?milk?box?in?the?countryside?I?saw?brought?back?my?childhood?memories.?I?

took?it?home?and?planted?it?on?the?back?porch（?门廊）.?Every?so?often?my?son’s? friends?will?

ask?what?it?is.?So?I?start?telling?stories?of?my?boyhood,? and?of?the?milkman?who?brought

?us?friendship?along?with?his?milk.?

1.?Mr?Basille?gave?the?boy?a?quarter?out?of?his?coin?changer_________.??

A.?to?show?his?magical?power.????? ?B.?to?pay?for?the?delivery????

C.?to?satisfy?his?curiosity.??????? D.?to?please?his?mother.???

2.?What?can?be?inferred?from?the?fact?that?the?milkman?had?the?key?to?the?boy’s?house??

A.?He?wanted?to?have?tea?there.??? ? B.?He?was?a?respectable?person.?

C.?He?was?treated?as?a?family?member.? ?D.?He?was?fully?trusted?by?the?family.?

3.?Why?does?home?milk?delivery?no?longer?exist??

A.?Nobody?wants?to?be?a?milkman?now.????B.?It?has?been?driven?out?of?the?market.?

C.?Its?service?is?getting?poor.??? D.?It?is?forbidden?by?law.?

4.?Why?did?the?author?bring?back?home?an?old?milk?box??

A.?He?missed?the?good?old?days.????????????B.?He?wanted?to?tell?interesting?stories.?

C.?He?missed?it?for?his?milk?bottles.??????????D.?He?planted?flowers?in?it.??????

B

The?baby?is?just?one?day?old?and?has?not?yet?left?hospital.?She?is?quiet?but?alert?（警觉）.?

Twenty?centimeters?from?her?face?researchers?have?placed?a?white?card?with?two?black?spots?on?it.?She?stares?at?it?carefully.?A?researcher?removes?the?card?and?replaces?it?by?another,?this?time?with?the?spots?differently?spaced.?As?the?cards?change?from?one?to?the?other,?her?gaze（凝视）starts?to?lose?its?focus

?—?until?a?third,?with?three?black?spots,?is?presented.?Her?gaze?returns?she?looks?at?it?for?twice?as?long?as?she?did?at?the?previous?card.?Can?she?tell?that?the?number?two?is?different?from?three,?just?24?hours?after?coming?into?the?world??

Or?do?newborns?simply?prefer?more?to?fewer??The?same?experiment,?but?with?three?spots?shown?

before?two,?shows?the?same?return?of?interest?when?the?number?of?spots?changes.?Perhaps?it?is?just the?newness??When?slightly?older?babies?were?shown?cards?with?pictures?of?objects?(a?comb,?a?key,?anorange?and?so?on),?changing?the?number?of?objects?had?an?effect?separate?from?changing?the?objects?

themselves.?Could?it?be?the?pattern?that?two?things?make,?as?opposed?to?three??No?again.?Babies?paid?more?attention?to?squares?moving?randomly?on?a?screen?when?their?number?changed?from?two to?

three,?or?three?to?two.?The?effect?even?crosses?between?senses.?Babies?who?were?repeatedly?shown?two?spots?became?more?excited?when?they?then?heard?three?drumbeats?than?when?they?heard?just?two;?likewise?（同样地）?when?the?researchers?started?with?drumbeats?and?moved?to?spots.?

5.?The?experiment?described?in?Paragraph?1?is?related?to?the?baby‘s__.?

A.?sense?of?hearing ?B.?sense?of?sight????????C.?sense?of?touch? ?D.?sense?of?smell?

6.?Babies?are?sensitive?to?the?change?in______.?

A.?the?size?of?cards? B.?the?colour?of?pictures

C.?the?shape?of?patterns?? D.?the?number?of?objects?

7.?Why?did?the?researchers?test?the?babies?with?drumbeats??

A.?To?reduce?the?difficulty?of?the?experiment.??

B.?To?see?how?babies?recognize?sounds.?

C.?To?carry?their?experiment?further.????

D.?To?keep?the?babies‘?interest.?

8.?Where?does?this?text?probably?come?from?

A.?Science?fiction.??????? ?B.?Children‘s?literature.?

C.?An?advertisement.????????D.?A?science?report.

C

The?National?Gallery

Description?

The?National?Gallery?is?the?British?national?art?museum?built?on?the?north?side?of?Trafalgar?Square?

in?London.?It?houses?a?diverse?collection?of?more?than?2,300?examples?of?European?art?ranging?from?

13th-century?religious?paintings?to?more?modern?ones?by?Renoir?and?Van?Gogh.?The?older?collections?of?the?gallery?are?reached?through?the?main?entrance?while?the?more?modern?works?in?the?East?Wing

are?most?easily?reached?from?Trafalgar?Square?by?a?ground?floor?entrance?

Layout?

The?modern?Sainsbury?Wing?on?the?western?side?of?the?building?houses?13th-?to?15th-century?

paintings,?and?artists?include?Duccio,?Uccello,?Van?Eyck,?Lippi,?Mantegna,?Botticelli?and?Memling.?

The?main?West?Wing?houses?16th-century?paintings,?and?artists?include?Leonardo?da?Vinci,?

Cranach,?Michelangelo,?Raphael,?Bruegel,?Bronzino,?Titan?and?Veronese.?

The?North?Wing?houses?17th-century?paintings,?and?artists?include?Caravaggio,?Rubens,?

Poussin,?Van?Dyck,?Velazquez,?Claude?and?Vermeer.?

The?East?Wing?houses?18th-?to?early?20th-century?paintings,?and?artists?include?Canaletto,?

Goya,?Turner,?Constable,?Renoir?and?Van?Gogh.?

Opening?Hours?

The?Gallery?is?open?every?day?from?10am?to?6pm?(Fridays?10am?to?9pm)?and?is?free,?but?

charges?apply?to?some?special?exhibitions.?

Getting?There?

Nearest?underground?stations?Charing?Cross?(2-minute?walk),?Leicester?Square?(3-minute?

walk),?Embankment?(7-minute?walk),?and?Piccadilly?Circus?(8-minute?walk).?

9.?In?which?century‘s?collection?can?you?see?religious?paintings??

A.?The?13th.????????B.?The?17th.????C.?The?18th.?????????D.?The?20th.?

10.?Where?are?Leonardo?da?Vinci‘s?works?shown??

A.?In?the?East?Wing.? B.?In?the?main?West?Wing.??

C.?In?the?Sainsbury?Wing.???? D.?In?the?North?Wing.?

11.?Which?underground?station?is?closest?to?the?National?Gallery??

A.?Piccadilly?Circus.?? B.?Leicester?Square.??

C.?Embankment.? D.?Charing?Cross.

D

We?are?all?interested?in?equality,?but?while?some?people?try?to?protect?the?school?and?examination

?system?in?the?name?of?equality,?others,?still?in?the?name?of?equality,?want?only?to?destroy?it.??

Any?society?which?is?interested?in?equality?of?opportunity?and?standards?of?achievement?must?

regularly?test?its?pupils.?The?standards?may?be?changed—no?examination?is?perfect?—?but?to?have?no?

tests?or?examinations?would?mean?the?end?of?equality?and?of?standards.?There?are?groups?of?people?

who?oppose?this?view?and?who?do?not?believe?either?in?examinations?or?in?any?controls?in?schools?or?

on?teachers.?This?would?mean?that?everything?would?depend?on?luck?since?every?pupil?would?depend?on?the?efficiency,?the?values?and?the?purpose?of?each?teacher.??

Without?examinations,?employers?will?look?for?employees?from?the?highly?respected?schools?

and?from?families?known?to?them---?a?form?of?favoritism?will?replace?equality.?At?the?moment,?the?

bright?child?from?ill-respected?school?can?show?certificates?to?prove?he?or?she?is?suitable?for?the?job,?

while?the?lack?of?certificate?indicates?the?unsuitability?of?a?dull?child?attending?a?well-respected?school.?This?defence?of?excellence?and?opportunity?would?disappear?if?examinations?were?taken?away,?and?

the?bright?child?from?a?poor?family?would?be?a?prisoner?of?his?or?her?school’s?reputation,?unable?to?

compete?with?the?child?from?the?favored?school.??

The?opponents?of?the?examination?system?suggest?that?examinations?are?an?evil?force?because?

they?show?differences?between?pupils.?According?to?these?people,?there?must?be?no?special,?different,?

academic?class.?They?have?even?suggested?that?there?should?be?no?form?of?difference?in?sport?or?any?

other?area?all?jobs?or?posts?should?be?filled?by?unsystematic?selection.?The?selection?would?be?made?

by?people?who?themselves?are?probably?selected?by?some?computer.??

12.?The?underlined?word?“favoritism”?in?paragraph?three?is?used?to?describe?the?phenomenon?that?___.

A.?bright?children?also?need?certificate?to?get?satisfying?jobs.????

B.?children?from?well-respected?schools?tend?to?have?good?jobs.????

C.?poor?children?with?certificates?are?favored?in?job?markets.????

D.?children?attending?ordinary?schools?achieve?great?success.??

13.?What?would?happen?if?examinations?were?taken?away?according?to?the?author?????

A.?Schools?for?bright?children?would?lose?their?reputation.????

B.?There?would?be?more?opportunities?and?excellence.??

?C.?Children?from?poor?families?would?be?able?to?change?their?schools.????

D.?Children’s?job?opportunity?would?be?affected?by?their?school?reputation.??

14.?The?opponents?of?the?examination?system?will?agree?that?_______.????

A.?jobs?should?not?be?assigned?by?systematic?selection.????

B.?computers?should?be?selected?to?take?over?many?jobs.????

C.?special?classes?are?necessary?to?keep?the?school?standards.????

D.?schools?that?win?academic?subjects?should?be?done?away?with.??

15.?The?passage?mainly?focuses?on?__________.??

?? A.?schools?and?certificates.?????????? B.?examination?and?equality.????

C.?opportunity?and?employment.????? D.?standards?and?reputation.

第二节（共?5?小题；每小题?2?分。共?10?分）?根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出正确的填入空白处。选项中有两项为多余选项。?

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