高 一 英 语 月 考 试 题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5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 is the woman’s favorite?
A. Playing the piano. B. Playing basketball. C. Playing the violin. 2. What does the woman want to do?
A. Play tennis. B. Go swimming. C. Clean the house. 3. What is the weather like now?
A. Snowy. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy. 4. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. At the airport. B. At a bus stop. C. At a train station. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A bus. B. A garden. C. A house. 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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 does the woman choose?
A. The 5:30 film. B. The 7:00 film. C. The 8:00 film. 7. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The woman will see the film on Sunday. B. It is 5 pounds for one ticket. C. The woman wants three tickets. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What does the woman offer to do?
A Help the man clean his room. B. Have a talk with the man’s mother. C. Drive the man to the cinema. 9. What do we know about the man? A. He is forgetful. B. He likes pizza very much. C. He will go to the cinema with his friends. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the matter with the man?
A. He often feels tired. B. He is overweight. C. He has a stomachache. 11. When does the man usually get home?
A. At about 6:00 p.m.. B. At about 10:00 p.m.. C. At about 11:00 p.m... 12. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Bike to work. B. Have a light dinner. C. Go to bed early. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the woman probably?
A. A headmaster. B. A shop owner. C. A job hunter.
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14. Why does the man want to make money?
A. To take a trip. B. To pay the university fee. C. To earn money for a camera. 15. What does the man think the most important about working in a shop? A. Quiet environment. B. Friendly attitude. C. Quick service. 16. What will the woman do?
A. Recommend him to others. B. Ask Simon about the man. C. Wait for Simon’s call. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who is the man most probably?
A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A tour guide. 18. How long was the bed that people gave Abraham Lincoln? A. Six feet. B. Eight feet. C. Nine feet. 19. What did people think of Abraham Lincoln?
A. Funny. B. Hardworking. C. Confident. 20. When did the girl write Abraham Lincoln? A. In 1859. B. In 1861. C. In 1863. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 (共15题：每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Four cinemas in the UK The Kinema, Lincolnshire
It’s a wooden building on the outside and a two-screen cinema on the inside, all nesting among pine trees in a tiny village. The Kinema showed its first film in 1922 and the first six rows were deckchair (折叠帆布躺椅). Today, it’s more richly decorated.
“People come here because it?s a fantastic experience,” says manager Philip Jones. “Many rooms in the Kinema are simple and not attractive, but we try to remain everything that makes it special.” The Cube, Bristol
It?s not really a cinema. It is a not-for-profit cooperative run by volunteers, which has been operating for the last 15 years.
They are “unique for what we do, which is to operate seven nights a week and with no funding.” They make many things themselves, such as cola and yogurt. The Broadway, Nottingham
A cinema has been here since the 1960s, when local fashion designer Paul Smith would come to see arty foreign films, which heavily influenced his career choice. Later, he designed the stripy(条纹的) sofas.
The Broadway was previously used as a church, but locals love it for its independent, art house, and DIY spirit. The Broadway also has a right-on restaurant, with locally sourced vegetables and salads, and even serves its own beer. The Rex, Hertfordshire
It opened to the public in 1938 and has been named the most beautiful cinema in the UK. There’s a varied program with different films every night. Hot dogs and popcorn are banned. And a real person answers the phone when you call.
People speak very highly of the Rex. So do go, if only once, to see just how a cinema should
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be run.
21．In Philip Jones' opinion, the Kinema may attract people who ________．
A．live in the nearby villages B．are fond of rich decorations
C．are interested in wooden structures D．want to experience something special 22．The Cube and the Broadway are similar in the way that they both ________．
A．are non－profit cooperatives B．show arty foreign films C．offer homemade drinks D．use stripy sofas 23．Which of the following has the longest history?
A．The Kinema. B．The Cube. C．The Broadway. D．The Rex.
B
I ALMOST failed out of college and it nearly broke my self-confidence. I had been at the top of my high school class, the total golden child. So when I decided that I wanted to attend Columbia University for graduate school(研究生院), I was sure it would be close to impossible. My goals were to prove to myself that my years of academic success in secondary school had not happened by chance and prepare for a career in children’s media. But first I had to get in.
So I enrolled (报名) in a GRE test prep course and threw myself into the class. The first part was pretty scary and by the third, I knew it wasn’t going to get any easier. I reconsidered my plan to take the GRE.
For the first time in my life, I considered how I should go about getting into graduate school. What were my special skills? Would any of them get me into graduate school?
I got a job working on a project sponsored by the dean’s (系主任的) office on campus and enrolled in a class. I had a new plan: Be a top student in the class while working on campus, get letters of recommendation from my boss and professor, then hope that playing to my strengths like writing interesting papers would be enough for my application.
I worked my butt off (很努力工作) that semester(学期). With finals approaching, I felt con- fident I would get an “A” in the course, so it was time for step two. I asked my boss to write a letter of recommendation. She immediately agreed. But my professor said no. She did not know me well enough and the semester was not completed. However, I decided I just would not take no for an answer. I asked if she would least write a short note unofficially supporting my application. After some uncomfortable conversations, she finally agreed. In the end, I got in!
I revisit that moment of persistence (执着) again and again. I have leapt into many other opportunities since then. Now I am starting a company born out of my graduate school research in children’s media. Our first product is a mobile game for teen girls that breaks down major life mile- stones (里程碑) into missions (任务). On this surface，the product helps girls connect with each other. But it also helps them develop the tools to live life without limits. 24. The writer stopped taking the GRE prep course because ______. A. the beginning of the GRE course was really frightening
B. she realized by the third part of her GRE class that her plan wouldn’t work C. Columbia University would not accept the GRE test D. she didn’t put all her efforts into the GRE course at first
25. The underlined words “playing to my strengths” in Paragraph 5 probably mean “ ______”. A. developing my physical power B. making use of what I am good at
C. doing something to the best of my ability D. doing something with all the strength I have
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26. One of the reasons why the professor refused to write a letter of recommendation was that ____. A. the author had almost failed out of college B. the author was not a top student in high school C. the author was not her favorite student in the class D. the professor did not know enough about the author
27. The writer succeeded in getting into the graduate school because of ______.
A. her “A” grade
B. her strong letters of recommendation
C. her strong determination and her good plan to make herself stand out
D. her interest in children’s media and outstanding skills in writing interesting papers
C
IN China, red is known to be a lucky color. But you may be surprised to know that British culture is also full of the color red. It’s true: Go to Britain and you will see red everywhere. There are red postboxes on street corners and on the sides of buildings. The British red phone box is famous all over the world. The famous double-decker (双层) bus is red. Red is the color traditionally worn by British soldiers in battle (战争),and there is red in the UK’s Union Jack national flag. Britain even has a famous team of stunt (特技) jet fighters (喷气式战斗机) called“The Red Arrows”.
To go with British cultures love of red, British nature also features many red animals. A beloved bird is the robin (知更鸟), which has a bright red breast (胸脯). At Christmas time in winter, the bird is commonly found on the greetings cards people send each other. There is also quite a rare animal called the red squirrel (松鼠). Foxes are red, and they used to be hunted by men in red outfits (服装).But is red considered lucky to British people? A good way to see how a culture looks at a color is to look at the way it uses it in language. The results may surprise you. Even though Britain has a lot of red on its high streets and in its countryside, red is used quite differently as a metaphor (比喻). If someone “sees red”, they are angry. When a person is “red faced”, they are out of breath or blushing (脸红). Red is also a political color: it means a left-winger (blue is the color of the political right). To be “in the red” is to be in debt (someone in credit (存款) is “in the black”).
Look hard enough and you’ll find the color red being used in all countries. For instance the “red heart” symbol (符号) is pretty universal. But whether the British realize it or not, red is everywhere in Britain. It does seem that the country is in love with the color. 28. The article is mainly about ______.
A. the metaphor of red in the English language B. the preference for red animals in Britain C. the history of red items in Britain D. the color red in British culture
29. Someone saying bad words about you behind your back might make you ______. A. red-faced B. see red C. in the red D. in the black 30. It can be inferred from the article that ______.
A. red has different meanings depending on the context (情境) B. the color red is not as popular as it was before in Britain
C. most British people are aware of (知道的) how popular the color red is in British culture
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D. British people are often asked to explain the meaning of the color red 31. The main purpose of the article is to ______.
C. inform D. argue
D
FOR thousands of years, Stonehenge(史前巨石阵)has confused visitors with a seemingly un-answerablequestion: Why would anyone carry so many huge stones across Britain and put them in a ring? It seems even stranger when you think of the fact that it was done by prehistoric people working without modern technology, not even a wheel.
Stonehenge has started endless debates over the centuries. Experts have said at different times that it was a temple, a calendar (日历) or a graveyard (墓地).
Yet “all the ideas to date could be mistaken,” said Julian Spalding, a famous art critic (评论家) and former director of some of the UK’s leading museums. “We’ve been looking at Stonehenge the wrong way: from the earth, which is very much a 20th century viewpoint,” he told The Guardian.
Spalding has put forward a new theory about Stonehenge in his latest book, Realisation: From Seeing to Understanding. “The current theories about Stonehenge are based on looking across the ground, which is a modern idea,” he writes in his new book. He told The Guardian that in ancient times, spiritual ceremonies didn’t happen on the ground. Prehistoric people
believed that in this way they could get closer to the heavens. So Spalding says that “rituals (仪式) at Stonehenge were performed in the same way – not among the stones, but on top of them,” reported The Washington Post.
He re-imagines a scene in his book, explaining how the mysterious site was used:
Stonehenge held up a large, circular platform (平台). It was a raised altar (圣坛) reached by stairs, and thousands of people might have worshipped (祈祷) there.
To support his theory, Spalding lists examples from ancient civilizations worldwide. In China, Peru and Turkey, such sacred (神圣的) monuments (遗迹) were built high up, whether on man-made or natural sites. In an interview with The Washington Post, Spalding said the wood that would have been used for the platform had long since rotted away (腐烂), leaving only the stone pillars (柱子) that supported it behind. So far scholars have had “a fair degree of skepticism (怀疑)”about these ideas, according to The Huffington Post. Sir Barry Cunliffe, prehistorian and Oxford University archaeology (考古学) professor said: “He could be right, but I know of no evidence to support it…There are a large number of stone circles around the country which clearly didn’t have a platform on top. So why should Stonehenge?”
32. What is the article mainly about? A. The history of Stonehenge.
B. A new theory about Stonehenge.
C. Why Stonehenge has started endless debates over the centuries. D. How Stonehenge is different from other ancient civilizations.
A. compare
B. judge
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