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铁人中学高一英语 3 月月考试题
答题时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：基础知识考查（每小题 1 分，共 30 小题, 满分 30 分）
1. They wanted to ________ how the parts of the machine fitted together.
2. A number of social factors________ life expectancy.
3. The boss wanted to ________the number of employees from 40 to 25.
4. It is not a good idea to miss meals and________ them with snacks.
5. There are hundreds of people desperate to ________a child.
A.reduce B.influence C.observe D.adopt E.replace
6. It is a（an）__________ system, but it certainly makes a change.
7. She was only a few pounds__________.
8. It’s _______ to take drugs in our country.
9. There are plenty of graduates _________ for work.
10. The company is in _________ difficulties.
A.financial B. complex C.overweight D.anxious E.illegal
11. They are both doctors but that is where the ________ends.
12. There will be live __________ at the party.
13. Many elderly people live in_______.
14. An interesting __________ of the city is the old market.
15. She was busy finishing her ________.
A.project B.feature C.poverty D.similarity E.entertainment
16. Prices are often higher in Hawaii than in the __________ United States.
17. The 1950s were the decade of Hong Kong's _________take-off.
18. He was __________ to lose in the final round
19. The river has been _________ with toxic waste from local factories.
20. This _______ town is really beautiful.
A.ancient B.industrial C.polluted D.unfortunate E.continental
21. I __________ for being late.
22. Many experts __________rewarding your child for good behaviour.
23. Getting a visa isn't as simple as you might _________.
24. Government troops were forced to ________.
25. I did not __________ that he had done anything wrong.
A.suppose B.withdraw C. acknowledge D.apologize E.advocate
26. We expressed our _________ for her loss.2
27. It was a remarkable _________ for such a young player.
28. The___________ was/were in favour of banning smoking .
29. I had a long__________ with her the other day.
30. They are demanding equal rights and __________.
A.sympathy B.majority C.justice D.conversation E.achievement
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，并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。
A
My first trip to Greece took place in the 1960s. There I accepted a challenge to
hitchhike(搭便车)with a group of English friends from my university in Birmingham to Athens
with little money.For me, a 20-year-old girl, I had not done anything like this before. It was so
hard on the road.We slept in the open air, ate little more than bread and cheese, and depended
heavily on the help of strangers. But it helped me learn about European society.
One day, my Greek friend came to see me at the youth hostel and asked me to step outside.He
was angry with me. He reminded me of my social background and asked what my parents would
say if they saw me living in these conditions like these “dirty” English. After several weeks on the
road, we did look tired; but his choice of the word “dirty” interested me. He was showing a
historic dislike of the English that some Europeans had. In that part of Europe,both the Turks and
the Greeks, who dislike each other to this day, blamed( 责 怪 ) the English for their national
disasters. He ignored my explanations of having accepted the challenge of hitchhiking.He took me
home and his family, especially his mother and sisters, showed me Greek hospitality(好客) at its
best.
My experience in Greece could not have differed more from the situation facing
Pakistanis—and others seeking shelter —in Greece today.On recent visits to Greece in connection
with my study on Islam in Europe, I saw the trouble of the refugees(难民). Some said that they
had been physically beaten. However, there are good stories of ordinary Greeks giving shelter to
some hopeless refugees. The sense of Greek hospitality that I experienced as a student does exist.
31.What was the author's purpose of taking a trip to Greece in the 1960s?
A.To visit a friend in Greece.
B.To complete a challenge bravely.
C.To learn how to hitchhike to other countries.
D.To increase her knowledge about European society.
32.What did the author find during her recent visits to Greece?
A.Many Greeks lived a very bad life.3
B.The country hadn’t changed much.
C.Some refugees were badly treated.
D.Many people were leaving the country.
33.What does the author want to show by giving the example in the last paragraph?
A.Many Greek people still love helping others.
B.Many people in Greece need help.
C.Greece is a safe country for refugees.
D.Helping others is very important.
B
At a bright new building in Landover, Maryland, students are getting a crash course(速成课),
in which they are learning how to spend，save and look after their money responsibly.
Tuesday marked the grand opening of the newest Junior Achievement Finance Park， where
eighth-graders from Prince George’s County schools will use tablet computers to practice personal
finance skills they have learned in class. An international study last year clearly showed that more
than 1 in 6 U. S. teens is unable to make simple choices about how to spend their money.
The center, a mini city of stores, was created by Prince George’s County schools, Capital
One Bank and Junior Achievement of Greater Washington. In fact the first Washington-area
Finance Park opened in Fairfax County, Virginia, five years ago. Altogether there are 17 finance
parks nationwide, and one is planned to open in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Before coming to a finance park, students have lessons on how to save and invest, how to
read a bank statement and how to make sense of debit (借记）and credit cards. They put their
skills to the test when they walk inside. Students are given a career, salary, debt and family
situation, and then they are required to have to put together a monthly budget (预算）.
Budgeting can be tricky. Students need to figure out how much to spend on groceries, rent,
transportation and even entertainment. They shop with virtual (虚拟的）money，making a change
in their budgets according to different situations they may go into.
When asked about the practice，LaChelle King，a teacher at Benjamin Tasker Middle School
in Bowie, said the center was exciting and surprising for her students. One of the kids said, " Now
I know why my mom gets mad at me when I ask her to buy me things!"
34 . In the crash course，students learn to ___________.
A. make money B. spend money
C. develop finance knowledge D. make a monthly budget
35. The finance park is________________________.
A. a center where students practice finance skills
B. a park where people can buy what they need
C. a bank where people can borrow or save money
D. a classroom where students learn finance skills4
36. The underlined phrase make sense of" in the fourth paragraph means "___________ ’’ .
A. stand up for B. keep away from
C. get ready for D.have an understanding of
37. The last paragraph tries to tell us___________ .
A. U.S. teens need a lot of things in daily life
B. U. S. mothers don’t know how to spend money
C. teachers also learn a lot from the crash courses
D. the crash courses have a good effect on students
C
Seeds on Ice
Close to the North Pole，remote and rocky Plateau Mountain in the Norwegian archipelago of
Svalbard seems an unlikely spot for any global effort to safeguard agriculture. In this cold and
deserted environment ， no grains ， no gardens ， no trees can grow. Yet at the end of a
130-meter-long tunnel cut out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s most precious treasure,
the largest and most diverse(多样的) seed collection—more than a half-billion seeds.
A quiet rescue mission is under way. With growing evidence that unchecked climate
change-will seriously affect food production and threaten the diversity （ 多 样 性 ） of crops
around the world，the Svalbard Global Seed Vault （地窖） represents a major step towards
ensuring the preservation （贮藏） of hundreds of thousands of crop varieties. This is a seed
collection, but more importantly, it is a collection of the traits found within the seeds：the genes
that give one variety resistance to a particular pest and another variety tolerance for hot，dry
weather.
Few people will ever see or come into contact with the contents of this vault. In sealed boxes，
behind multiple locked doors ， monitored by electronic security systems, enveloped in
below—zero temperatures, and surrounded by tons of rock, hundreds of millions of seeds are
protected in their mountain fortress. Frozen in such conditions inside the mountain, seeds of most
major crops will remain viable for hundreds of years, or longer. Seeds of some are capable of
retaining （保留） their ability to grow for thousands of years.
Everyone can look back now and say that the Seed Vault was a good and obvious idea, and that
of course the Norwegian government should have approved and funded it. But back in 2004, when
the Seed Vault was proposed, it was viewed as a crazy，impractical, and expensive idea.
We knew that nothing would provide a definite guarantee（保证）. But we were tired，fed
up，and frankly scared of the steady, greater losses of crop diversity. The Seed Vault was built by
optimists who wanted to do something to preserve options so that humanity and its crops might be
better prepared for change. If it simply resupplied seed gene banks with samples those gene banks 5
had lost, this would repay our efforts.
The Seed Vault is about hope and commitment(责任) - about what can be done if countries
come together and work cooperatively to accomplish something significant，long-lasting，and
worthy of who we are and wish to be.
38. According to the passage, the Seed Vault is ___________.
A. a tunnel where the collected seeds are displayed
B. a stone room that contains the seeds of endangered crops
C. a seed gene bank that stores diverse seeds for future agriculture
D. a lab where researchers study how to maintain the diversity of crops
39. The underlined word“viable”in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.
A. Mature B. clean C. alive D. valuable
40. Paragraph 3 mainly tells us __________.
A. how the seeds are preserved B. where people keep the seeds
C. why the seeds are protected D. what people do to study the seeds
41. We can know from the passage that _________.
A. the Seed Vault offers a solution to climate change
B. most countries took part in rescuing the seed varieties
C. the Seed Vault guarantees to prevent the loss of crop diversity
D. many people originally considered building the Seed Vault unwise
D
Many of us listen to music while we work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the
task at hand. And in fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on
creativity. When it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact(effect) of background
music is more complicated（complex）.
The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in
the so-called "Mozart effect". Put simply, this is the finding that spatial rotation performance(空间
旋转能力) is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart,compared to no sound at
all.
How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years, and is
observed through a phenomenon(现象) called the irrelevant sound effect. To study irrelevant sound
effect, participants in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall
a series of numbers or letters in the exact order in which they saw them. The tricky thing is being
able to do this while ignoring any background noise.
Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation. First, the
task must require the person to use their rehearsal abilities( 复述能力), and second, the sound
must contain acoustical variation(声学变化). Where the sound does not vary much acoustically, the
performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions.6
The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered
information at the same time- one from the task and one from the sound. Unfortunately, only the
former is required to successfully perform the recall task, and the effort in ensuring that irrelevant
order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders(阻碍) this ability.
A similar conflict（矛盾、冲突）is also seen when reading while in the presence of lyrical
（抒情的）music. In this situation, the two sources of words—from the task and the sound—are in
conflict. The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics.
What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders
performance depends on the task and on the type of music, and only understanding this relationship
will help people maximize their productivity levels.
42. “Mozart effect" is mentioned to________.
A. explain how music can relax people
B. show music can improve performance
C. advise people to listen to Mozart music
D. stress Mozart music gains wide attention
43. It can be inferred that participants in the research________.
A. have improved their rehearsal ability
B. perform better in the quiet conditions
C. ignore the background noise successfully
D. prefer the music with great sound variation
44. Paragraph 6 is written to_______.
A. support an idea B. make a contrast C. introduce a topic D. describe a fact
45. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Music shapes your life
B. Music develops your creativity
C. Choose quiet music for your work
D. Does music make you concentrate?
第二节（共 5 个小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
根据短文，从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。
Rich and Famous
Twenty years ago the most common ambition of American children was to be a teacher，
followed by working in banking and finance， and then medicine． But today's situation is quite
different．___46___ Instead they most commonly say they want to be a sports star, a pop star， or
an actor-in other words，they hope to become a celebrity ．
According to experts， young people desire these jobs largely because of the wealth and the
fame．___47___ Let's take athletes and singers as an example. Their careers are short-lived． Many 7
athletes' best time only lasts a few years and singers can have a very limited career． The field that
was once the focus of their lives becomes something they have little or no involvement in． As a
result， they'll have a feeling of worthlessness and a lack of control．___48___ The truth is quite
simple： they have been so far removed from it for so long．
In spite of these disadvantages， there is greater ambition than ever among young people to
achieve that status． They are not satisfied just making a living-they want to be rich and famous．
Globally， more and more TV shows provide talent competitions where winners can achieve their
goals in just a few weeks or months．__49___ They unrealistically believe that this lifestyle is
easily obtained and leads to great satisfaction．
While many people argue that there is nothing wrong with having such ambitions， others feel
that this trend will finally lead to dissatisfaction as more and more people are unable to reach their
goals．___50___That means they ignore the simple fact that great effort is needed before success．
As a result， many people won't realize their childhood dreams， which could have a negative
effect on their happiness．
A． The younger generation don't favor these professions any more．
B． In many ways this has been brought about by the celebrity culture．
C． Unfortunately， they do not always have a positive effect on people's life．
D． Besides， it can be difficult for them to adapt back to a normal everyday life．
E． People no longer have a sense of satisfaction once their goals have been achieved．
F． This quick way of gaining wealth and fame creates a celebrity culture among people．
G． The reason is that they don't realize it takes talent and hard work to be rich and famous．
第三部分 英语知识运用
完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题中所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白处的
最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Parents’ Lifesaving Touch
On March 25, 2010, Kate and David heard the words every parent feels frightened of: Their
newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born two minutes apart and
14 weeks premature(早产的), __51___ just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy
for 20 minutes but saw no ___52___. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing.
The baby had just minutes to ___53___.
“I saw him gasp(喘息) weakly, but the doctor said it was no ___54___,” Kate told the Daily
Mail five years later. “I know it sounds stupid, ___55___ if he was still gasping, that was a sign of
life. I wasn’t going to give up ___56___.”
In an effort to cherish(珍惜) her last moments with the tiny boy, Kate asked to ___57___ him. 8
The couple knew this was likely a ___58___.
Kate removed the hospital blanket ___59___ the boy, whom the couple had already ___60___
Jamie, and ordered David to take his shirt off and ___61___ her and the boy in bed. The first-time
parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible in their arms and hoped the skin-to-skin contact
would improve his ___62___. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to entice(说服) him to stay,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “We explained his
name and ___63___ he had a twin who he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to
___64___ him.”
Then something completely ___65___ happened. Jamie started ___66___ again. Finally, he
reached for his father’s finger.
The couple’s lost boy had made it.
“We’re the ___67___ people in the world,” David said.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and ___68___. The parents only
recently told the kids the story of their ___69___. “Emily burst into tears,” Kate told the Daily Mail.
“She was really upset, and she kept hugging Jamie. This whole ___70___ makes you cherish them
more.”
51. A. losing B. measuring C. weighing D. showing
52. A. appreciation B. improvement C. prediction D. agreement
53. A. live B. play C. grow D. think
54. A. harm B. trouble C. wonder D. use
55. A. but B. or C. and D. for
56. A. gradually B. peacefully C. hardly D. easily
57. A. cover B. hold C. cure D. wash
58. A. risk B. party C. goodbye D. tradition
59. A. around B. to C. beside D. against
60. A. promised B. kept C. awarded D. named
61. A. join B. place C. feed D. hide
62. A. appearance B. condition C. memory D. skill
63. A. why B. when C. that D. if
64. A. protect B. raise C. teach D. save
65. A. unbelievable B. unfamiliar C. natural D. acceptable
66. A. waving B. speaking C. smiling D. breathing
67. A. kindest B. luckiest C. bravest D. cleverest
68. A. free B. relaxed C. healthy D. confident
69. A. birth B. adventure C. growth D. education
70. A. project B. experiment C. progress D. experience
第Ⅱ卷9
第一节：语法填空（共 10 题，每题 1.5 分，共 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。
Summer in Britain
The summer is a great time to be in Britain. The British Museum, the Natural History
Museum, the Tate Gallery are all a must-see for everybody who 71_______ (come) to the country
，but there are also a lot of interesting things to do for those 72_______love the outdoors.
The Notting Hill Carnival (诺丁山狂欢节） changes the face of the famous London borough
in the last weekend of August. It’s the 73 _______( large) street festival in Europe. First 74_____
( hold) in 1964，it’s a celebration of Caribbean culture but now includes Brazilians, Africans,
Europeans and anybody else who likes to dress 75_______ ( colourful) and feels the urge to dance
to the sound of a beat.
With its 76_________ ( popular) growing it’s estimated (估算） that 50，000 performers will
take part in the parade， 77 _________( attract) more than 1 million people over the weekend.
In mid-August，in Bristol, a city about 200km from London, the sky is filled 78_________
colours during its annual balloon fiesta. If the weather is good, more than 100 hot air balloons
79_________ ( rise) from the fiesta’s site in Ashton Court.
Britain is full of traditions and sometimes just stopping at a country pub for a beer 80_______
having a cream tea in a small tearoom can make a moment special. Always be sure where you are,
and learn enough English to ask for directions. Have a nice holiday!
第二节：短文改错（满分 10 分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共
有 10 处错误，每句中最多有三处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
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（＼）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、每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2、只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
Happy is important in our life. In fact, it is always around us unless we put our heart into it.10
I will never forget one thing. Once, I get a poor mark in math. I was worried and afraid go
home. But when I got back home later, my parents had known which happened to me. He said to
me,“It doesn’t matter, my child. Remembering we’ll be always beside you when you need help.
We believe you can do the better next time. Never give up! ”I was moving and made up my mind
to study harder and harder.
Whenever I am in troubles，I can feel my parents’ love. I want to be a good child for my parents.
第三节：书面表达（满分 25 分）
假如你是学生李华，你的新加坡朋友 Hermam, 来信希望你介绍一下北京的情况，你需
要写封回信。
要点如下：
1、北京，首都，位于我国的北方，人口 2153.6 万，历史悠久，名胜众多。
2、北京已经发展成为国际大都市，很多重要的国际会议和活动在北京举办。
3、邀请 Hermam 有空来参观北京，你可以做向导。
参考词汇：大都市 metropolis
注意：1. 词数在 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结束语你写好, 不计入总词数。
铁人中学高一月考答案
1、单选
1-5 C B A E D 6-10 B C E D A
11-15 D E C B A 16-20 E B D C A
21-25 D E A B C 26-30 A E B D C
2、阅读
31-33 B C A 34-37 C A D D
38-41 C C A D 42-45 B B A D
46-50 A C D F G
3、完形11
51-55 C B A D A 56-60 D B C A D
61-65 A B C D A 66-70 D B C A D
4、语法填空
71 comes 72 who 73 largest
74 held 75 colo(u)rfully 76 popularity
77 attracting 78 with 79 will rise
80 or
5、改错 1.Happy-Happiness 2.unless-if 3.get-got 4.to go home 5.which –what 6.He-They
7.Remembering-Remember 8. 去掉 the 9.moving-moved 10.troubles-trouble
6、书面表达
Dear Herman,
How is everything going? Hearing that you were really interested in learning something
about Beijing in your last letter, now I’m delighted to give you a brief introduction to this
amazing city.
Beijing, also known as Peking, is the capital of our country, located in northern China with
a population of about 21,536,000 . It has a long history of more than 3,000 years so that a large
number of places of interest are situated in it. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the
Summer Palace are all must-see attractions. By visiting them you are sure to have a good
knowledge of the history of Beijing. Nowadays, Beijing has developed into an international
metropolis where many important international conferences and events are held annually.
If you are available, I hope you can come to visit Beijing in the summer vacation. Don’t
hesitate to contact me. I am willing to be your guide. Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours
Li Hua
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