1、河北冀州中学 2014-2015 学年上学期高三年级第一次月考英语试题考试时间：120 分钟第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节听下面 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. How does the man usually get to his office?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot.2. What does the man mean?A. He cant help the woma
2、n. B. Hell pick the woman up.C. Hell go to the engineering building.3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Neighbors.4. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Buy him some cigarettes. B. Lend him some money.C. Give him some change.5. What is the
3、woman doing?A. Apologizing. B. Expressing thanks. C. Complaining.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，各个小题将给出 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 kind of exercise does Michael do every day?A. Walking. B. Fishing. C. Cycling.
4、7. What is the most important thing about doing exercise?A. Doing it regularly. B. Keeping safe.C. Choosing suitable activities.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why does the boy still want to be a boy?A. To be a better boy. B. To be different.C. To have more experience.9. What do we know about the girl?A. She
5、hates living an unpredictable life.B. She likes challenges. C. She dislikes the boy.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. When will the woman go home?A. Tomorrow. B. In two weeks. C. Still uncertain.11. Whats the doctors suggestion for her?A. Take the medicine every day. B. Avoid any physical exercise.C. Have
6、medical checks regularly.12. How soon will the woman get well completely?A. In a few days. B. In quite a long time.C. As soon as she is out of the hospital.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why will the woman visit her daughter?A. Her daughter is ill.B. Her daughter gave birth to a baby.C. She misses her d
7、aughter.14. When was the man in New York?A. About a year ago. B. About a month ago. C. About a week ago.15. What do we know about the womans husband?A. He is traveling with the woman.B. He is in China now. C. He loved traveling.16. Who is traveling with the man?A. His wife and a friend. B. His colle
8、agues. C. None.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What was Mr. Perkins like?A. He tried to be the same as others.B. He tried to be better than others.C. He was always different from others.18. Where did he go the day after he bought his new car?A. His office. B. His friends house. C. The country.19. How di
9、d he find his car?A. By trying his key in every car.B. By waiting until all other cars had left.C. By checking the plate number.20. When did he leave the car-park?A. Around 5:00 p.m. B. Around 6:00 p.m. C. Around 7:00 p.m. 第二部分 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
10、出最佳选项。ASubmitting Assignment OnlineIn order to upload an assignment (work given to students) to the system properly, you must save the assignment using one of the following applications: Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Microsoft Excel.After you complete an assignment, it is important to save y
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18、o _.A. sign in the system B. remember where the document isC. choose the appropriate application D. remember the document name quickly23. If you summit your assignment late, you _.A. can have a second chance B. should ask a tutor for helpC. may apply for an extension D. will get a fail for the workB
19、My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasnt forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnsons dictionary, Addisons essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight oclock in the morning. The thing that amazed
20、me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldnt believe that I hadnt seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more fr
21、om him than from any other teacher.My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six week period, to be written in every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pi
22、eces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each others journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make joke of and said, “This writing isnt fit to l
23、ine the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and ma
24、ke them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating. 24. The passage mainly discusses _.A. teaching B. literature C. humor D. knowledge25. The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably
25、means _.A. funny B. tiring C. inspiring D. brilliant 26. With his favorite English teacher, the writer found it most amazing that _.A. his teacher was very learnedB. his teacher was very humorousC. the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorousD. few were able to find humor in works by Johnson
26、and others27. The English teacher the writer disliked most _.A. was not able to make students laugh B. hurt his students feelings C. didnt let his students do the grading D. had no sense of humorCDoes money buy happiness? Not! Ah, but would a little more money make us a little happier? Many of us sm
27、irk(傻笑，假笑) and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between financial fitness and emotional fulfillment. Three in four American college studentsnearly double the 1970 proportion now consider it “very important” or “essential” that they become “very well off financially”. Money matters.But a su
28、rprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford lifes necessities, increasing wealth matters surprisingly little. The connection between income and happiness is “surprisingly weak,” observed University of Michigan researcher Ronald Inglehart in one 16-nation study of 170,
29、000 people. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishing returns(报酬递减). The second piece of pie, or the second $100,000, never tastes as good as the first. Even lottery winners and the Forbes 100 wealthiest Americans surveyed by University of Illinois psychologist Ed Diener have expressed only
30、slightly greater happiness than the average American. Making it big brings temporary joy. But in the long run wealth is like health: its complete absence can create suffering, but having it doesnt guarantee happiness. Happiness seems less a matter of getting what we want than of wanting what we have
31、.Has our happiness, however, floated upward with the rising economic tide? Are we happier today than in 1940s, when two out of five homes lacked a shower or tub? Actually, we are not. Since 1957, the number of Americans who say they are “very happy” has declined from 35 to 32 percent. Meanwhile, the
32、 divorce rate has doubled, the teen suicide(自杀) rate has increased nearly three times, the violent crime rate has gone up nearly four times, and depression has mushroomed. Economic growth has provided no boost to human morale. When it comes to psychological well being, it is not the economy.I call t
33、his soaring wealth and shrinking spirit “the American paradox.” More than ever, we have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low confidence, secured rights and reduced civility. We are good at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate our prosperity(繁荣) but long for a pu
34、rpose. We treasure our freedoms but long for connection. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger. 28. Which of the following statements best expresses the authors view?A. The more money we earn, the less returns we have.B. The more money we earn, the happier we would be.C. In the long run, mon
35、ey cannot guarantee happiness.D. In the long run, happiness grows with economy.29. “The second $100,000 never tastes as good as the first” because _.A. it is not so fresh as the first $100,000B. it is not so important as the first $100,000C. profit brought by it is less than that from the first $100
36、,000D. happiness brought by it is less than that from the first $100,00030. According to the passage, people do well in making a living but dont _.A. have any primary aim B. know how to spend moneyC. know how to enjoy life D. keep in touch with other people31. The things that happened after 1957 are
37、 given to show that _.A. peoples spiritual needs cannot be fulfilled by wealthB. family problems become more and more seriousC. young people are not happy about their lifeD. social crimes have increased significantlyDScience FictionThe science fiction type of entertainment is considered by most to b
38、e fathered by Jules Verne (A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) and H. G. Wells (The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds). Sci-Fi, as it is commonly shortened, is a fictional story in which science and technology have a significant influence on the chara
39、cters and plot. Many such works are guesswork about what the future holds and how scientific findings and technological advances will shape humankind.Writing in the late 1800s, Jules Verne was remarkably successful in his 10 guesses about future technologies of air conditioning, automobiles, the Int
40、ernet, television, and underwater, air, and space travel. Unbelievably, of all places from which to choose, Jules Verne guessed Tampa, Florida, USA as the launching site of the first project to the Moon, which was only 200 kilometers away from the actual 1969 location at Cape Canaveral, Florida.One
41、of the best-known science fiction books is Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Published in 1949, it was not meant as a prediction, but as a warning: Orwell was describing what he saw as the outcome of the ideas, trends, and emerging technologies of his time. Many invented terms from this novel h
42、ave become common in everyday use, such as “big brother” and “doublethink”. Even the authors name has been made into an adjectiveOrwellianand has become a warning descriptor for situations where privacy is lost and the individual becomes sacrifice under a totalitarian(极权主义) government. Nineteen Eigh
43、ty-Four was translated into sixty-five languages within five years of its publication, setting a record that still stands.What helps bring science fiction into being is usually a new discovery or innovation. The author creates an analysis of the potential influence and consequences and then wraps it
44、 in a pleasant story. For example, the beginning of space exploration was followed a few years later by the Star Trek television program and movie series. Advances in genetics(遗传学) cause fantasies of the end of disease, horrors of eugenics(优生学), and thrillers where creatures disappearing long ago ar
45、e brought back to life. The science fiction authors self-determined role is that of field glasses for humanitysearching the world of future possibilities upon the road which we are traveling. 32. What can science fiction offer to people?A. A forecast of how a new discovery could influence mankind.B.
46、 A thoughtful look at the present drawbacks of technology.C. An analysis of why a new technology could be used to harm human.D. A thoughtful look at the past and what brought us to this point in history.33. Which of the following best summarizes the description of Nineteen Eighty-Four?A. A predictio
47、n of future technologies. B. A warning of cruel and unfair ruling.C. The consequence of scientific findings. D. An imaginary perfect world of freedom.34. From the passage we can learn that _.A. Nineteen Eighty-Four adopted some popular termsB. H.G. Wells predicted the Internet in the late 1800sC. Ca
48、pe Canaveral was mentioned in Jules Vernes fictionD. Star Trek movie series were based on space exploration35. According to the author, what is the role of science fiction in society?A. A moral compass. B. A reference of technology.C. A record of science development. D. A consideration of possibilit
49、ies.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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Stay on the brighter side of lifeOne very important component of optimism is gratitude or feeling grateful. In fact, there is a strong connection between a grateful attitude and a heightened sense of well-being. Appreciate all the positives in your life by starting a gratitude journal in order to remember what youre grateful for. _36_Feeling down? Instead of feeling sorry for yourself waiting for the universe to throw you
