甘肃省甘谷第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（子材班）.docx

甘肃省甘谷第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（子材班）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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A Story Show in OberonAdults8:00 pm 10:00 pmJoin us for an evening of true, personal stories about science. Come to the only show where you can hear peoplescientists, not-scientists, and half-scientiststell funny and touching stories about the role of science in their lives.Cost: $10Make Your Own iPhone Case through Toysinbox 3D PrintingFamilies & Teens & Adults10:00 am 12:30 pmIn this workshop, you will learn to design and 3D print your own iPhone case. First, you will learn how to use a 3D printer. Next, you will design a 3D model for your iPhone case that will have a lovely pattern and your name. Once you create the model, you will print it out on our 3D printers. A 3D printing worker will guide you through this process step-by-step. Come and enjoy this fun and unique learning experience!Cost: $35DIY Underwater Vehicle Design in MIT MuseumTeens2:00 pm 5:00 pmDive into the world of ocean engineering by designing and building an underwater vehicle! Test your vehicle in large tanks on the Museums floor. Show off your engineering creations and share your design process with Museum visitors.Cost: $15, Ages 12+Animal Kingdom for Young Ones in Museum of Science, BostonFamilies9:30 am 2:00 pmJoin us for a day of hands-on science fun designed especially for pre-schoolers!Activities include the Museums popular “Live Animal Story Time” shows and a talk about baby animals and book-signing by childrens book authors. Drop in on special live animal visits and activities in the exhibition halls, as well as design challenges and lab activitiesall created with your young scientist in mind!Cost: Free, Ages Pre-kindergarten Age 81. What can people do in Story Show?A. Do role-play games. B. Hear touching stories.C. Put on science shows. DMeet authors of the books.2. If you are interested in ocean engineering, you will probably attend _.A. Story Show B. Make Your Own iPhone CaseC. Animal Kingdom for Young Ones D. DIY Underwater Vehicle Design3. Animal Kingdom for Young Ones is designed for _.A. adults B. kids under 8 years oldC. children of all ages D. children aged twelve and older4. What is the subject of the festival?A. Sports. B. Literature. C. Science. D. Education.B I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that Id left behind was gonebut not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper（后保险杠）of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.5. Why did the author leave home?A. To look after her sister. B. To attend a music festival.C. To watch a performance. D. To visit her husbands cousin.6. How did the author feel when she left home?A. Disappointed. B. Worried. C. Tired. D. Unwilling.7. What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?A. Gathered. B. Struggled. C. Escaped. D. Hid.8. What might be the title for the passage?A. Lost it All, Gained Even More. B. Once Gone, Never Returned.C. Caught in the Hurricane. D. Trapped in a Dilemma.C People do not like being separated from their mobile phones, even while enjoying a restful holiday at the beach. However, the phone battery may become exhausted completely. If that happens, they have no choice but to connect the phone to the power supply. But its impossible to get the battery charged at the beach. Whats worse, the hot sun is shining right overhead, and the water in the bottle is sure to reach a very high temperature.Antoine Sayah, a university student from Lebanon, developed a special beach mat called the Beachill. It looks similar to the ordinary beach mat and will cause back pain as well. However, the device can recharge any mobile phone. It is designed to be water-resistant (防水的) and has a 5-watt solar panel, which provides power continuously. The mat also has the refrigeration equipment that can help keep drinks cool, just like the refrigerator.Antoine Sayah began selling the Beachill on the Internet for $150. He says he has been surprised at the reaction worldwide. “I have got orders for the device from Brazil, Toronto, all over Europe, especially France, America, from all continents.” The Beachill is also gaining popularity in other places, like swimming pools and boats.Some people like the mat because it is lightweight and easy-to-carry. Rita Mathieu bought one of the Beachills. “When I am on the beach, I used to look around for a charger and never managed to find any and the water never stays cool,” she says. “So this kind of beach mat is wonderful and has everything in it, even a pocket where I can put a book. Thanks to it, I can surf the Internet and keep in touch with friends at any time at the beach.”9. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to _.A. show great pity for people at the beachB. attract the readers interest in the subjectC. provide some key facts about mobile phonesD. prove the importance of water in hot weather10. What can we learn about the Beachill?A. It is quite unusual in appearance.B. It will stop working in the water.C. It has some function of the refrigerator.D. It functions more effectively than ordinary ones.11. Rita Mathieu is mentioned to prove the Beachills _.A. popularity B. convenience C. good quality D. low price12. The text is written to _.A. tell people a new way to get a cold drinkB. ask people to stop using phones at the beachC. encourage people to travel around the worldD. introduce a beach mat that can charge a phoneDRobots and humans will soon be living in harmony(和睦).A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with a human in a project.Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to follow the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer, and to connect music with different emotional states. Chella then plans to see if the robot can use these connections to create music.Intelligence is often regarded as the ability to find connections between the existing things. But Chella suggests that a conscious creature should be able to go a step further and introduce new connections that result in the creation of something new.Some jazz musicians say that they should have a mental library of musical phrases so that they are able to combine them in new ways. More importantly, however, this combination happens in a state that is similar in a sense to dreaming. Chella wants to copy these states in a machine.“This work raises interesting questions about the link between consciousness and music making,” says Philippe Pasquier, a musician and computer scientist. But he is skeptical about whether a robot musician needs a physical body.Pasquier argues that the robots are faced with two challenges. Software that can copy Bach has already been developed. But interpretation（演绎）includes humans different tastes and judgments. “What made the Beatles famous was not so much their works, but the fact that the interpretations of the works were wonderful,” he says.It is not yet clear how a robot would go about interpreting music in a new way. But by copying humans and then learning to sing, Chellas robot could provide clues.What seems to be important is that human composers often listen to lots of music made by others. So Chellas robot had better listen to those jazz standards first.13. Which of the following is the robots first step before it tries to create jazz?A. Living with human beings in harmony.B. Connecting actions with humans emotions.C. Copying a human singers movements and sounds.D. Learning to communicate with human beings freely.14. What can we know about the robots like Telenoid from the text?A. They are household robots. B. They can talk with researchers.C. They are faced with two challenges. D. They will become human singers.15. What can be concluded from the text?A. Chellas robot needs a physical body to make music.B. How to interpret jazz is a piece of cake for Chellas robot.C. A new kind of software should be developed to copy Bach.D. Chellas robot should listen to much jazz to create something new.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to become a professional athleteEveryone wants to be a superstar athlete. However, there is a lot of competition to make it. So if you want to be a professional athlete, you have to know all the tricks of the trade to rise up above the rest.16 To play your sport better than anyone else, you have to practice your skills with lots of repetition. For example, you have to shoot 100 free throws every day for basketball.Make steady improvementsIf you are a baseball pitcher (投手) and your fastball is stuck at about 60 miles per hour, change it up! Try to walk your first step a little bit longer, bring in your elbow a little bit tighter, or try to reach higher when youre following through. 17 Quality coachesHave you ever noticed that a lot of kids with parents who are professional athletes will often become professional athletes in the same sport? They have access to a professional athletes tips and tricks. 18 You should try to find coaches or professional athletes that are willing to answer your questions.Diet of champions19 If you can change your diet to a healthy one, youre going to be stronger.Friends and enemies20 By having great teammates or competitors, it pushes you to try harder and that always results in getting better.A. Practice makes perfectB. Better late than neverC. The big secret to advancing your skills above anyone else is to improve.D. The biggest thing that most kids often ignore is their diet.E. Surrounding yourself with quality teammates and competitors is the best way to get better.F. These little improvements are things that will help you advance your skills.G. But dont get discouraged if you dont have parents who were professional athletes.第二部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节：完形填空（共30小题；其中A篇工10小题，每小题1分。B篇共20小题。每小题1.5分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AHave you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you can do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a _21_ for many people to shop without having to leave their homes.Some shoppers are tired of department stores and supermarkets _22_ the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight _23_ of finding anything they want to buy. Theyd rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe a product _24_ a model shows it. And they can shop _25_ the clock, buying something _26_ by making a phone call.Department stores and even mail-order companies are _27_ to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy setting up their own TV channels to encourage TV shopping in the future. Customers can ask questions about products and place _28_ all through their TV sets.Will shopping by television finally take the place of shopping in stores ? Some industry managers think so. _29_ many people find shopping at a _30_ store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to touch or try on dresses they want to buy. Thats why specialists say that in the future, home shopping will exist together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.21. A. programme B. way C. reason D. purpose 22. A. fighting B. striking C. treating D. stopping23. A. sense B. doubt C. hope D. feeling24. A. until B. since C. if D. while25. A .by B. around C. about D. to26. A. suitably B. cheaply C. simply D. hardly27. A. nervous B. lucky C. equal D. eager28. A. orders B. goods C. books D. answers29. A. Then B.Yet C. However D. Therefore30. A .general B. popular C. real D. trueBI was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the 31 of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was 32 . He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of 33 . Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had 34 forgotten him, but I had 35 his life. My friend was quite 36 and asked him how I had done this.He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the 37 . I asked the group what their number one 38 was and most of them said it was from their bosses.I listened to everyone, then 39 a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from 40 there. After that, I asked the group to think about how the room looked 41 when they changed their perspective (角度).Then I asked them to 42 their bosses. Was this the same person who had 43 their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how 44 they were to be chosen for the job?He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the 45 to earn a living and 46 him new skills and to be a better employee.He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his 47 . He learned to 48 stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to 49 life from different perspectives and to express 50 .31. A. waiter B. manager C. cook D. owner32. A. satisfied B. excited C. surprised D. moved33. A. familiarity B. understanding C. importance D. dignity34. A. hardly B. rarely C. specially D. probably35. A. changed B. planned C. built D. noticed36. A. patient B. anxious C. curious D. doubtful37. A. Employers B. students C. organizers D. teachers38. A. joy B. stress C. danger D. pride39. A. removed B. broke C. held D. took40. A down B. outside C. up D. inside41. A .natural B. different C. funny D. strange42. A. consider B. ask C. visit D. watch43. A. seen B. predicted C. chosen D. improved44. A. puzzled B. touched C. happy D. calm45. A. ability B. chance C. process D. luck46. A. allowing B. advising C. encouraging D. teaching47. A. colleague B. customer C. boss D. parent48. A. leave behind B. deal with C. suffer from D. bring about49. A. look at B. talk about C. work on D. take over50. A. apology B. regret C. appreciation D. sympathy第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, 51 (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged 52 their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were 53 (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early 54 the morning and lasted for over an hour.“I 55 (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best 56 (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was 57 (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe 58 very frightened.”Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she 59 (feel) that her house was moving. She