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绝密★启用前
眉山一中2019届第六期2月月考试题
英语能力测试
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
做题时,请先将答案划在试题卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试题卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题l.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. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. The same as today. B. Colder than today. C. Warmer than today.
2. When is the train expected to arrive now?
A. At 9:30. B. At 9:50. C. At 10:05.
3. What did the man do?
A. He walked out of the restaurant. B. He asked Emily her age.
C. He suggested Emily was overweight.
4. What does the woman want the boy to do?
A. Do the gardening. B. Clean the dining room. C. Do his homework.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. The man was mistaken. B. The man doesn’t work hard. C. She didn’t get a high grade.
第二节
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. What are the speakers discussing?
A. Their wedding. B. Their anniversary. C. A famous band.
7. How would the man like the event to be?
A. He wants to invite as many people as possible.
B. He wants it to be very special.
C. He would prefer to have a simple one.
听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。
8. How might Mrs. Boddington’s teaching methods be described?
A. New but ineffective.
B. Modern and promising.
C. Risky and dangerous.
9. Why was the woman surprised?
A. The principal hadn’t come to the meeting.
B. She would be fired.
C. Everyone was supportive of her work.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Where does the conversation take place?
A. On a ship. B. On a flight. C. On a train.
11. Why is the man going to London?
A. To do business. B. To pursue a master’s degree. C. To attend an international meeting.
12. What is the woman interested in?
A. Philosophy. B. Business Studies. C. Public Relations.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. What do we know about the author of the book?
A. He offered to write about Steve Jobs.
B. He used to write about Apple products.
C. He was a close friend of Steve Jobs’.
14. Why does the man think the book is worth reading?
A. It has interviews other books do not have.
B. It includes many interesting pictures.
C. It is the first book about Steve Jobs.
15. What does Steve Jobs do in the book that surprises the man?
A. He agrees to be interviewed. B. He is very emotional. C. He is demanding.
16. How does the woman feel about the book?
A. It’s the same as others. B. It praises Steve Jobs too much.
C. It interests her very much.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What happened at First Republic Bank?
A. A man used a cell phone to rob the bank.
B. A young girl was killed.
C. Two men tried to rob the bank with a gun.
18. How did the whales find their way back to the ocean from Stevens Bay?
A. Some local fishermen helped them.
B. The winds and the tides showed them the way.
C. They followed a school of fish back to the ocean.
19. What do we know about the motorcycle show on Friday night?
A. Riders won’t be allowed to perform dangerous tricks.
B. The show will be delayed until all the riders sign insurance forms.
C. Medical workers will be there in case of an emergency.
20. What made people concern about safety this time?
A. A rider was killed last month.
B. A rider was badly injured last month.
C. Some audience were seriously injured last month.
第二部分 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 ,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Lost Horizon
In Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon, the passengers of a plane attacked after the takeoff in China are thrown together against their will only to be deposited in Shangri-La. During the life there, they
realize that a family gathering should be about forming connections and taking time to consider one’s place in the family, in the community and even in the world.
The Human Comedy
Maybe as the finest film about the US “home front” during World War Two, The Human Comedy is a portrait of a family dealing with life after the oldest son is drafted into military service . Mickey Rooney plays the younger son missing his elder brother but trying to get on with his life in high school.
Miracle on 34th Street
The Christmas classic was released in 1947, but it essentially set the stage for the 1950s. It’s about the birth of the post-war consumer culture, and how affection for family and friends can be best expressed by the act of spending money.
Mary Poppins
Sometimes a family needs to make a change but the Banks family is definitely in a rut. George seems to care more about his banking job than his wife and children. He needs to learn that sometimes all you need is a laugh for a laugh’s sake, tuppence( 两便士) to feed the birds and the time to fly a kite. In the end, his change is as powerful as Ebenezer Scrooge’s.
Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope
Star Wars is about what happens after you make the choice to leave home for good. Of course, for Luke Skywalker, the choice to “take the first step into a larger world” is made for him when his family is killed. But his process of going out into the universe and discovering himself also involves gathering a new family.
21.Which of the following acted in one of the above films?
A. Frank Capra B. Mickey Rooney C. Luke Skywalker D. Ebenezer Scrooge
22. Which film attracts people loving Christmas most ?
A. Miracle on 34th Street B. Mary Poppins
C. Lost in Horizon D. Star Wars: Episode IV-A New Hope
23.The passage is written to_____________.
A. advertise some new films. B. recommend some family films.
C. present some film standards. D. interest foreign film lovers.
B
For many people, the “golden years” are a time to slow down and recall past achievements. Nola Ochs—a Guinness record holder as the world’s oldest college graduate at the age of 95—saw age as an opportunity to take on new challenges and satisfy unfulfilled goals.
Born in 1911 in Illinois, Nola always loved learning. She was a good student who graduated from high school in 1929 and began college via correspondence course(函授课程)from Fort Hays State University in Kansas. After getting the degree of the college, she taught in county schools for four years before marrying her husband, Vernon Ochs.
Soon, the realities of farming stopped any thoughts of furthering her education, though Nola lived a good, full life on the farm, raising four sons. She always yearned to learn more about the world she lived in, but not until after Vernon died in 1972 did Nola consider resuming her formal education.
“I just thought something off the farm would be fun,” Nola explained. “Really, I had no thought of ever graduating. For 10 years, I just took classes that were of interest to me, mostly history and composition. And then one of the professors came to me and told me if I would take college algebra, I would have enough credit hours to graduate. And I finally made it.”
For most people, graduating at the age of 95 with a 3.7 GPA might be enough of an accomplishment, but not for Nola. In May 2010, at the age of 98, Nola Ochs received her master’s degree, making her the oldest person to receive that distinction.
By the time Nola passed away in 2016, at the incredible age of 105, she had achieved her goal of writing a book about her life experiences. At one point in the process, when asked for her life advice, she said, “Buy the plane ticket!” She meant that people should take advantage of life’s opportunities and not wait until tomorrow.
24.What did Nola do before getting married?
A.A farmer. B.A writer. C.A teacher. D.A scientist.
25.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “resuming” in paragraph 3?
A.restarting B.changing C.beginning D.stopping
26.How many degrees did Nola get according to the text?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
27.What can we learn from Nola?
A.Respecting old people is a virtue everyone should have.
B.Knowledge is important for everyone including old people.
C.People should get their college degrees as young as possible.
D.People should grasp every chance to pursue goals in life.
C
Literature is an important part of a total language arts program at all grade levels because of the many benefits it offers. Literature provides pleasure to listeners and readers. It is a relaxing escape from daily problems, and it fills leisure moments. Making time for recreational reading and using high-quality literature help to develop enthusiastic readers and improve achievement. Developing a love of literature as a recreational activity is possibly the most important outcome of a literature program.
Literature builds experience. Through reading, children expand their horizons through vicarious(引起共鸣的)experiences. They visit new places, gain new experiences, and meet new people. They learn about the past as well as the present and learn about a variety of cultures, including their own. They discover the common goals and similar emotions found in people of all times and places. Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly, Giff, a hard survival story, is set in Ireland during the potato hunger of 1845,and Patricia Polacco's The Butterfly, deals with Nazis, resistance, and Jewish persecution(迫害)during World War II.
Literature provides a language model for those who hear and read it. Good literature exposes children to correct sentence patterns, standard story structures, and varied word usage. Children for whom English is a second language can improve their English with the interesting context, and all children benefit from new vocabulary that is woven into the stories.
Literature develops thinking skills. Discussions of literature bring out reasoning related to sequence; cause and effect; character motivation; predictions; visualization of actions, characters, and settings; critical analysis of the story; and creative responses.
Literature helps children deal with their problems. By finding out about the problems of others through books, children receive insights into dealing with their own problems, a process called bibliotherapy. Children might identify with Gilly, living angrily in a foster home in Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins,or with Mary Alice, a city girl forced to live with her grandma in a“hick town"in Richard Peck's A Year Down Yonder.
28.What is likely to be the most significant consequence of a literature program?
A. The habit of reading for pleasure. B. The lessons learned from works.
C. The achievements of language skills. D. The ways of thinking developed by reading.
29.Why are Nory Ryan's Song and The Butterfly mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. To introduce two great masterpieces.
B. To expand children's horizons in literature.
C. To prove literature includes a variety of cultures.
D. To give examples of books that provide such experiences.
30. From the last paragraph we know that literature can be __________.
A. educational B. reliable C. changeable D. practical
31.What could be the best title of the text?
A. Power of Books B. Ways of Reading
C. Source of Human Progress D. Benefits of Literature
D
The Internet and all other amazing information technology make it extremely easy for you to find any piece of information you seek. Perhaps, it is too easy. There was a time, not so long ago, when you would have to make up for the shortage of your knowledge with imagination. Now, many of those shortages have disappeared. With Facebook, for example, you don’t have to imagine where your friends and family members might be and what they might be doing. You can know all the details instantly, with pictures, videos and precise GPS.
That’s all well and good, but what is it doing to your imagination? If you ever stop exercising your physical body, it will become weak and out of shape. In order to live your daily life, you don’t have to walk great distances to cut wood or carry heavy objects. There are machines that do all that work for you. Unless you intentionally make the effort to exercise your body, it’s probably not going to happen very much.
In the same way, there are now machines and systems to fill in all the information details you need to know. And if you don’t intentionally make the effort to regularly exercise your imagination, what will happen to it? Will it decline in the same way as a muscle that’s never used?
Actually, information technology gives you the opportunity to be even more imaginative if you choose to do so. But the thing is, you have to choose it. Don’t just sit there and passively absorb all the information that’s being fed to you. Disconnect from what’s mostly predictable anyway, and dive into your creative, imaginative essence(本质). You may be a little dull at first, but you are born to imagine and soon you’ll feel perfectly comfortable and natural exercising your imagination. Get your imagination in shape, and discover all the new and wonderful things it can bring into your life.
32.What’s the major function of paragraph 1?
A. To lead in the main topic of the passage. B. To say the Internet is challenging to us.
C. To prove the Internet catches our imagination. D. To remind us of the shortage of our knowledge.
33.How does the author support his idea?
A. By giving examples. B. By describing the processes.
C. By making comparisons. D. By analyzing statistical findings.
34.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Information. B. Imagination. C. Machine. D. Body.
35.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Reduce our use of IT. B. Use the brain scientifically.
C. Exercise our imagination D. Exercise both mind and body.
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。
Remarkable Ways to Push Yourself Harder
Deep inside us, we know that hard work is supposed to be the key to success. 36 Here are the rules that you can also apply to make yourself work really hard.
Practice working hard.
37 Therefore, if you want to be a hard worker, you must practice working hard. Practice waking up early, practice doing a lot of work, and practice working more hours. One day you will wake up and realize that you are a hard worker.
38
Many hard workers always have a large purpose that forces them to work. Don't just think of buying a car or a big house because this is not a purpose strong enough to push you forward. An example of a big purpose is deciding that you are working hard so that you bring change in the lives of your friends, family, and neighborhood. A strong purpose always involves bringing a large positive change in any particular setting.
Surround yourself with hard workers.
39 But if you surround yourself with hardworking people, you will find yourself working hard towards your goal. Avoid friends who just want to have fun all the time. This type of friends will always discourage you when you attempt to work hard. Therefore, always surround yourself with go-getters.
Read and watch inspirational materials.
You can also push yourself harder through reading and watching inspirational material. Motivational books and videos encourage you to work harder. These materials make you work hard. 40
A. Find a great goal to overcome your laziness.
B. Have a strong purpose .
C. Inspirational material makes you believe in yourself .
D. Like other skills, one has to practice it to perfect it
E. Nevertheless, occasions are not rare when we always find it difficult to push ourselves harder.
F. They remove discouragement and assure you that you will never fail if you push yourself to the limit.
G .If you surround yourself with lazy people, you will also be lazy.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30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,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Sweetest Thing
When I was ten, I was crazy about candy. Whenever in our small-town 41 with my mom, I would run my fingers through my favorite candy on the shelf.
Once there, thinking about all things sweet, I noticed a man a few feet away pushing buttons on the ATM machine. Dressed in a suit, he seemed to be late for something, 42 waiting for his cash to appear. The machine made a noise, and he immediately 43 a pile of bills and headed out. Curiously,
I walked over to the ATM, where I started pressing the buttons as if knowing the 44 .Then I looked into the bottom of the machine. There I saw it: a beautiful, crisp$ 20 bill! 45 I wanted to believe my magic made the cash appear, I knew the man in the suit must have left it behind.
I held the money in my hand, staring at the number "20" and feeling 46 than I ever had. I thought about slipping the money into my pocket. No one would know, but it didn't feel 47 .I knew it didn't belong to me. I had to find its owner and give it back! So I told my mom what had happened. "We'll look for him." she said kindly. We rushed out and found him stepping into his car in the parking lot! We 48 him and asked whether he had left money at the cash machine.
"Let me 49 ," he said, pulling out his wallet and bills. "Twenty, forty, eighty...Oh! You're right," he said with surprise, "I'm 50 a $20 bill."
"Here you go," I said, smiling with pride, as if I was a(n) 51 who had solved a mystery.
"Thank you so much," he said, bending down and shaking my hand. My heart 52 . Before saying goodbye, he asked my mom for my name and 53 . "I want to send your daughter a thank-you card," he said.
On my way home, my 54 was racing. Twenty dollars. What could I have done with it? I bet I could have bought a puppy or every single candy bar in town! But now 55 of that would happen. Yet I knew I had done the right thing.
A few weeks later, I got a box with a note. I ripped it open to find packages of candy.
"Dear Felice, Thank you very much for 56 my $20. You are a great girl, and, appreciate your 57 .I hope you enjoy this candy. Best Wishes, Tom." Tom included his business card. It turned out he was vice-president for the candy company. The candy tasted sweet, each 58 reminding me that what I had done mattered. Although my honesty wouldn't always be 59 with candy, it would make a difference to someone. And that was the 60 part of all.
41
A. school
B. church
C. store
D. bank
42
A. angrily
B. excitedly
C. hopefully
D. anxiously
43
A. covered
B. seized
C. handed
D. posted
44
A. machine
B. assistant
C. man
D. password
45
A. Though
B. Since
C. Once
D. Until
46
A. smarter
B. stronger
C. prettier
D. richer
47
A. right
B. good
C. fair
D. easy
48
A. caught
B. approached
C. guided
D. searched
49
A. try
B. think
C. check
D. guess
50
A. sparing
B. seeking
C. missing
D. changing
51
A. engineer
B. detective
C. manager
D. designer
52
A. hurt
B. sank
C. swelled
D. jumped
53
A. address
B. age
C. habit
D. birthday
54
A. car
B. memory
C. time
D. mind
55
A. both
B. none
C. some
D. either
56
A. returning
B. remembering
C. keeping
D. lending
57
A. loyalty
B. devotion
C. honesty
D. bravery
58
A. dollar
B. bite
C. product
D. choice
59
A. marked
B. replaced
C. shared
D. rewarded
60
A. sweetest
B. hardest
C. freshest
D. heaviest
第Ⅱ卷
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。
Helping and supporting others may be the key to living a longer and healthier life. The findings 61__________(issue) in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior show that grandparents who care for their grandchildren enjoy longer lifespans. So 62 old people who care for others within their social networks.
The researchers, 63 (use) data from the Berlin Aging Study, analyzed the longevity (寿命)
and caregiving 64 (habit) of more than 500 old people between the ages of 70 and 103. The study compared grandparents who acted as 65 (occasion) caregivers with those who did not. Also, these grandparents 66 (compare) with old adults who did not have grandchildren but cared for people within their social networks.
Those grandparents who did not play the role of attending to grandchildren were 67 (much) likely to have died within just five years of the testing period. However, those old adults who provided support to their family lived for an extra seven years on average and those providing support to their social networks lived for 68 four years on average.
69 the new study only focused on old adults, it’s safe to assume that the health benefits of helping and taking care of others also reach those of all ages. However, it’s important to note that too much caregiving often has just 70 opposite effect.
第四部分 写作(共两节;满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
下面短文中共有10处语言错误,请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。修改: 在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1、每句不超过两个错误; 2、每处错误及其修改均限一词;
3、只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I am shared bike. I’d like to be on the street to serve for people. They can ride me just via a mobile app. But horrible thing happened a few days ago. Several people steal some of us without pay their bills on the app and treated us badly. They broke my saddle and even threw my friends everywhere. We felt angry for which those bad guys had done. Thanks to some kindly people, we received careful “treatment”. Now, you help as well as the whole society’s attention are what we need most. We are designed to help people who are sticking in the heavy traffic. We are neither toys nor private vehicles. Please obey the basic rules.
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华,外教Fred向你班捐赠了一批图书。请你代表全班同学用英语给他写一封邮件,内容包括:
1.表达感谢;
2.所赠图书的意义及使用计划。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
2019届2月月考试题参考答案
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21--25BABCA 26---30 BDADD 31---35 DACBC 36--40 EDBGF
41-60 CDBDA DABCC BCADB ACBDA
语法填空:
61. issued 62. do 63. using 64. habits 65. occasional
66. were compared 67. more 68. another 69. Although/Though/While 70. an
短文改错:
71. am后加a 72. 删掉for 73. thing → things 74. steal → stole
75. pay → paying 76. which → what 77. kindly → kind 78. you → your
79. are → is 80. sticking → stuck
One possible version:
Dear Fred,
On behalf of our class, I'm writing to express our sincere thanks to you for the wonderful books you donated to us.
These books are of great help to our study, especially those about American culture and history. They allow us to have access to more abundant and colorful reading materials, which will not only help us improve reading skills but also broaden our horizons. To make better use of the books, we will take good care of them and leave them to other students as soon as we graduate. I believe these books will definitely benefit more students in our school.
Thank you very much again for your generosity.
Yours,
Li Hua