1、高一年级英语月考试题(Unit1) 二、完形填空 (共 15 小题, 15 分)Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York. Inside the car _26_ a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire.Each morning the millionaire _27_ a poorly-dressed man _28_ on a park bench. The man always sat up looking
2、 at the _29_ in which the rich man lived. One day the millionaire was so _30_ to know the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he _31_ to the bench. He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, _32_ I just have to know why you sit here staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the _33_ man
3、, “Im a failure. I have no job, no family and no food. I sleep on this bench and every night I _34_ that one day I will sleep in that hotel.” The rich man had an idea. He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will come true. Ill _35_ for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.” Th
4、e millionaire smiled and felt _36_ with himself.A few days later, the millionaire went by the poor mans room to ask him _37_ he enjoyed himself. To his great surprise, he found that the poor man had moved back to his _38_. When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when Im down here _39
5、_ on the bench, I always dream that Im up there in the hotel. Its a wonderful dream. But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed that I was _40_ here on this cold bench. It was a terrible dream and I could not get any sleep at all.” 16. A. stood B. rode C. kept D. sat17. A. had B. noticed C. wat
6、ched D. heard18. A. sleeping B. getting C. sitting D. putting 19. A. car B. hotel C. park D. room 20. A. interested B. surprised C. afraid D. nervous21. A. pointed B. listened C. spoke D. walked22. A. but B. so C. and D. or 23. A. great B. rich C. poor D. lazy 24. A. believe B. dream C. agree D. kno
7、w 25. A. pay B. look C. work D. prepare26. A. sorry B. angry C. worried D. pleased27. A. what B. why C. how D. where 28. A. house B. hotel C. bench D. home 29. A. sleeping B. walking C. running D. struggling 30. A. also B. still C. once D. never 三、阅读理解 (共 10 小题, 20 分)(A)Ali is from a Middle Eastern
8、country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes (香烟) every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the Uni
9、ted States, not as many people smoke. It will be easier to change my habit here.”Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigar
10、ettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine (尼古丁). People who smoke a lot need nicotine.When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to kee
11、p feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.It is very hard to quit smoking, and many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. Maybe there is on
12、ly one easy way to quit smoking: never start.31. How long has Ali smoked?A. Nine years. B. Seven years. C. Five years. D. Three years.32. How do the smokers feel without nicotine?A. Fine. B. Happy. C. Worried. D. Bad.33. Many smokers want to stop smoking because they _.A. want to go to parties B. ca
13、nt smoke at workC. may suffer from cancer D. need nicotine and drugs34. By writing this text, the writer hopes that people will _.A. stay in their hometown B. never start smokingC. eat less and smoke more D. not live in the United States (B)My English teacher at school was not very good. She was not
14、 a native speaker. She was always angry and she felt uncomfortable about speaking English in front of us. We did a lot of grammar and reading and writing. I did what she told us to do. I studied when I was told. I finished my work when I was told. I was a good student. I got As, but even after four
15、years, I could hardly say a sentence in English. Later I realized how stupid I had been. When I went to university, I met a boy called Nori. He had studied English at school too. His English teacher was worse than mine! However, it didnt stop him. He studied on his own. He made friends with English-
16、speaking people and met them every week. He spoke English on the Internet and he wrote to other English speakers. He watched his favorite English movies many times and repeated the actors lines. He knew every line of The Lion King! His English was great.I realized that the difference between us was
17、that I blamed (责怪) my teacher. I thought she wasnt a very good teacher, so I couldnt learn English very well. It wasnt my fault. But Nori didnt blame anyone. He just did what had to be done to achieve his goals. Meeting Nori is probably one of the best things that ever happened to me. It changed the
18、 way I thought about a lot of things. Now I take responsibility for (为负责) my decisions and achievements. I am more successful in learning English and in life generally.35. The writers English teacher _.A. spoke good English B. was from EnglandC. spoke little English D. was always happy36. The writer
19、 _ by doing what her teacher told her to do.A. knew actors lines B. could speak well C. made friends D. got good marks37. Why could Nori speak good English?A. He had a better English teacher. B. He did a lot of grammar exercises. C. He listened to his teacher carefully in class.D. He found ways to l
20、earn English by himself.(C)A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato would be given a name of a person that the child hated, so the number of potatoes that a child would pu
21、t in his/her plastic bag would depend on the number of people he/she could not forgive(宽恕).So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3, while some had up to 5 potatoes.The teacher then told the children to carry the po
22、tatoes with them wherever they went (even to the toilet) for one week. With days passing by, the children started to complain because of the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten (腐烂) potatoes they were carrying.Those children who had 5 potatoes really began to feel the weight of the heavier bags.
23、After one week, the children were happy to hear that the teacher had finally ended the game. The teacher asked: “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?“ The children started complaining of the trouble in carrying the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they went.Then the
24、teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: “This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred(仇恨)for somebody inside your heart. The burden(负担) of hatred will pollute your heart and you will end up carrying an unnecessary burden with you wherever you go. If you ca
25、nnot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what a burden it would be to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?“38. According to the teacher, if a child hated three persons, he or she needed to carry _.A. one potato B. two potatoes C. three potatoes D. fou
26、r potatoes 39. The underlined word “tolerate ” in the last paragraph probably means _. A. carry B. hate C. receive D. stand 40. In fact, the teacher wanted to _. A. play a game with the students B. teach the students a lesson C. make the students more tired D. play jokes on the students四完成句子:(共 10 小
27、题, 20 分)1我得好好照顾我农场里的动物,以便使他们免于生病。I have to take good care of the animals on the farm , so that they are _ _ sickness.2你每天离开教室前必须确保灯都关了。You have to _ _ to switch off the lights before you leave the classroom.3这个男孩目前的梦想是上大学。Its the boys _ _ go to the university at the moment. 4麦克迫不及待地要打开玛利送给他的礼物。Mike
28、_ _ to open the gift Mary gave him.5晚会后,麦克主动开车送我回家,所以我到家很早。At the end of the party, Mike _ _ drive me home, so I arrived home early.6同学们正在为明天的数学考试做准备。The students are _ _ _ tomorrows math test. 7麦克经常向同学抱怨他的老师,而自己从不努力学习。Mike often _ to the classmates _ his teachers. However he never studies hard. 8他昨
29、天晚上花了三个小时完成作业。It _ him three hours _ finish his homework. 9在中国,我们第一次和人见面时应该握手。In China , we _ _ _ shake hands when we meet someone for the first time. 10他正遭受着病痛的折磨。He is _ _ the sickness. 五、用所给动词的正确时态填空。(每题 1 分,共 10 分)1. Dad cant come to the phone because he _(have) a shower. 2. We _(write) a paper
30、on air pollution these days.3. We _(train) every day this week to prepare for our next match. 4. The new term _(begin) on the 1st of September. 5. The invitations have been sent and a lot of people _(come) to our wedding . 6. I _(study) medicine after my graduation from school. 7. He _ (watch) soap operas every night. 8. If he _(spend) all that money, he will be poor again. 9. The train for Beijing _(leave) at 4:00 this afternoon. 10. Look at the dark sky - it _(rain) .