1、- 1 -四川省阆中中学 2017-2018 学年高一英语 6 月月考试题（无答案）第卷第一部分：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）请听下面 5 段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What color does the woman prefer?A. Blue. B. Pink. C. Yellow.2. Where is the woman going?A. A bank. B. A shop. C. A park.3. What does the woman plan to do tonight?A.Watch a movie. B. Gi
2、ve a performance. C. Practice the piano.4. What are the speakers probably doing?A. Cooking. B. Having dinner. C. Ordering food.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. When Jim will return. B. When Tom flew to Beijing.C. Who is reading a book there.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话或
3、独白，选出最佳选项。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What size shoe does the mans son wear?A. Size 7. B. Size 8. C. Size 10.7. How much will the man pay?A. $32. B. $36. C. $40.请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. How does Tina look now?A. Excited. B. Upset. C. Calm.9. Why didnt the woman take part in the competition?A. She wasnt fee
4、ling well. B. She didnt feel like going.- 2 -C. She couldnt afford the time.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. On which day will the man leave?A. The 29th. B. The 23rd. C. The 22nd.11. Which flight will the man take from Salt Lake City to New York?A. Flight BA 2701. B. Flight BA 7101. C. Flight BA 2710.12.
5、 How long will the man have to wait at Kennedy Airport?A. Half an hour. B. One and a half hours. C. Two hours.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What time is it probably now?A. 3:30 pm. B. 4:00 pm. C. 4:30 pm.14. Why does the man use the railway station so often?A. To go sightseeing. B. To visit his family
6、. C. To go on business trips.15. How often does the man use the railway station?A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Once a month.16. How does the man usually get to the railway station?A. By taxi. B. By car. C. By subway.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where is the speaker from?A. Edinburgh. B. Glasgow
7、. C. Liverpool.18. What is Mrs. Crozier?A. A doctor. B. A librarian. C. A secretary.19. Who lives next door to the speaker?A. Mr. Crozier. B. Mr. Bai. C. Miss Green.20. What do we know about Mrs. Bai?A. She has a doctors degree. B. She is a school teacher.C. She is very popular.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分
8、）- 3 -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。AReading OktoberfestPalmer Park is the perfect place to host the first Reading Oktoberfest, which takes place 15-18 September 2016.You can experience everything that makes Oktoberfest, held in a huge Beer tent. Well have live mus
9、ic and DJs and thousands of people going crazy.Opening hours:Thursday 15 September 17:00-23:30Friday 16 September 17:00-23:30Saturday 17 September 12:30-23:30Sunday 18 September 12:30-19:00Ramsbottom FestivalWith its riverside location, Ramsbottom Festival is one festival which can truly be called b
10、eautiful. Here you can enjoy a mix of music, great arts and family shows, as well as a variety of Great British and international food.Ramsbottom Festival takes place 16-18 September 2016 at Ramsbottom Cricket Club,Bury, easily reachable by public transport from Manchester city centre.The Willow Fes
11、tival DorsetThe Willow Festival the worlds largest festival showing new and undiscovered live music bands and artists is coming to Dorset. Fun for all the family, the event also has a shopping area, a world food village, and plenty of activities for kids.Tickets are just 10.00, which covers a come-a
12、nd-go attendance (出席) for all three days. River Cottage FestivalIts our first ever family-friendly music festival, right here at River Cottage HQ in Devon.- 4 -On 17-18 September 2016, the farm will be filled with live music from popular bands in the UK. In between all that dancing youll be able to
13、watch shows from local craftspeople ( 匠人) and make your own piece of jewelry (珠宝).Tickets will cost you just 35, or 10 for children under 12 (babies under 2 go free).21. What can visitors enjoy at Ramsbottom Festival?A. Family shows. B. Dancing on the farm.C. Making beautiful things by hand. D. Inte
14、rnational bands performances.22. Both The Willow Festival Dorset and River Cottage Festival _.A. are held in 2016 for the first time B. ask visitors to pay the same priceC. take place near a river D. are family-friendly23. Which festival lasts the most days?A. River Cottage Festival. B. Ramsbottom F
15、estival.C. Reading Oktoberfest. D. TheWillow Festival Dorset.BThe mind of an elephant should not be underestimated. They are intelligent animals born with both excellent memory and artistic talent. Elephants eat about 495 pounds of vegetarian food a day. They spend about 16 hours a day eating, but m
16、ust walk about 4 miles a day in search of food. The average ( 通常的) elephant lives about 70 years, and its sharp memory allows it to remember places where it has found food as long as 30 years earlier, even as a baby.In an elephants travels, it comes across other elephants also looking for food. Some
17、 elephants are friendly, and some are not so nice. Elephants remember every elephant they have ever met. They can even recognize an elephant they perhaps havent seen for 30 years. They immediately remember whether this elephant is an enemy or a friend.When elephants are not searching for food, they
18、sometimes produce art in the sand with their trunks ( 象鼻). They seem to enjoy just relaxing and painting in the sand. One day, an elephant zoo-keeper noticed this and gave an elephant a - 5 -paint brush filled with red paint to see if the elephant would paint on a canvas ( 画布). Sure enough, it did,
19、and since then elephants in mostzoos have been given paint brushes, paints, and canvases. The resulting abstract (抽象的) art has been sold for high prices around the world. The money goes to support feeding the elephants in the zoos. Most felt that the elephants were only capable of painting abstracts
20、. However, they have been trained to paint trees, flowers, and other things in nature. This has enabled us to understand “elephant genius”even more.24. What does the underlined word “underestimated” mean?A. Underdeveloped. B. Undervalued.C. Mistaken. D. Controlled.25. What can we learn about elephan
21、ts memory?A. It can reach as far back as 30 years.B. It is at its best in the first 30 years.C. It differs greatly among elephants.D. It remains excellent for 70 years.26. Why did the zoo-keeper give the elephant a brush?A. To attract visitors to it. B. To train it to paint pictures.C. To prove it w
22、as a born artist. D. To find out whether it could draw.27. Which can best describe elephants according to the text?A. Highly smart. B. Unusually quiet.C. Really brave. D. Extremely friendly.CScientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa studied a huge area in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean
23、known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ to find and study new sea species (物种).Diva Amon, a researcher at the University says usually deep sea biologists think there is not a lot living in the deep sea. “But we found that actually - 6 -there is quite a lot living there, and so that was really e
24、xciting .”she says.The group is studying the area because the CCZ, a huge and flat area of seabed, is known to have valuable minerals. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is allowing the company UK Seabed Resources Ltd. to explore (探索) the area on the Pacific Ocean floor for mining. However, th
25、e ISA said the company must first complete a biological study of the area before it can begin mining for metals. So, the company employed Amon and her group.Amon says that more than half of the animals they collected were completely new to science.Her group discovered not only new species, but new g
26、enera (动植物的属) of animals. Biological oceanographer Paul Snelgrove says that finding new species in the deep ocean is common. But, he said, finding a new genus“is really great.”Amon warns that if mining happens across the whole area, the ecosystem would be largely destroyed. But, she says, we will fi
27、nd the least damaging way to make mining possible.“There is a sort of scientific push to try and slow things down a bit so that the science can be done before . so it can be done with the least influence possible .”she says.“Its likely we are going to develop at least some parts of these deep ocean
28、environments and do it in a way thats going to minimize (最小化) our influence,”says Paul.28. What did scientists try to find out in the CCZ?A. Whether there is life. B. Whether there are valuable minerals.C. What sea life exists there. D. What metals lie under the sea floor.29. What does Paul say abou
29、t finding new sea species?A. Its something unusual. B. Its nothing to be surprised at.- 7 -C. It has a far-reaching effect on science. D. It proves common species will change.30. What is Amons attitude towards mining the CCZ?A. Careful. B. Doubtful.C. Unsupportive. D. Uninterested.31. What does the
30、underlined word“it”in the text refer to?A. Mining. B. A scientific push.C. Finding the least damaging way. D. Developing the ocean environments.DThis journey began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned, although I had completed my packing before eight oclock. I was quite clear about t
31、he fact that once I left, my house would stand empty for probably the first time since the day it was built. It was a strange feeling and perhaps explains why I was leaving so late, walking around the house many times over, checking one last time to see that all was in order.It is hard to explain my
32、 feelings once I did finally set off. As I drove further and further from the house, I found the surroundings (周围的事物) grow unrecognizable. I began to have a feeling of unease mixed with excitement. I took a turning and found myself on a road circling the edge of a hill. I could sense the steep (陡峭的)
33、 drop to my left. I felt a sense of alarm that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all, but speeding off in the wrong direction into a wilderness. It was only the feeling of a moment, but it caused me to slow down. And even when I was sure I was on the right road, I felt forced to stop the car
34、a moment to think carefully.I decided to step out and stretch ( 伸展) my legs a little. On the one side of the road, thickets and small trees rose sharply, while on the other I could now see the distant countryside and a town nearby.I walked a little way along the roadside, when I heard a voice behind
35、 me. Until this point I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some - 8 -surprise. Sitting on the large stone was a thin, white-haired man. He called to me again andsignaled me to join him. For a moment, I took him for a homeless man, but then I saw he was just some local man enjoying the f
36、resh air and summer sunshine, and saw no reason not to do so.32. Why did the author set off later than planned?A. He repeatedly checked the house.B. He was feeling sad about leaving the house.C. Packing his belongings took longer than expected.D. There was no one to help him get everything ready.33.
37、 What caused the author to start driving more slowly?A. The road had become steep. B. He realized he was driving too fast.C. The beautiful scenery attracted him. D. He suddenly feared that he might get lost.34. When the author walked out of his car, he_.A. didnt expect to see anyone B. didnt want to
38、 speak to anybodyC. didnt know there was a town nearby D. couldnt see anything because of the trees35. What was the authors attitude to his trip?A. He just wanted to finish it. B. He felt unable to continue it.C. He regretted having started it. D. He had mixed feelings about it.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分
39、 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。The Art of ConversingIn a world of 6.5 billion opinionated people, arguments are sure to happen. 36 But arguments can often lead to positive change if you argue correctly.Argue well- 9 -37 In a healthy argument, ones own goal should be to make the probl
40、ems clear, to communicate the upset behind the problems, and to really move toward a solution. The minimum goal should be to preserve (维护) the relationship well enough to keep communication alive. What not to doNothing kills a healthy argument like a personal attack, and personal attacks are a big n
41、o-no if you want an argument to end positively. For example, while I was making a public speech, someone interrupted (打断) and then corrected me. 38 I completely lost my temper (脾气), attacking that person directly and personally. Clearly I shouldnt have done that.Dont be afraid of the heatIts true th
42、at personal problems must be left at the door. 39 Conflict (冲突)is acceptable in an argument as long as you stick to the subject. Attacking the other person is not useful. That kind of argument closes down the willingness on both sides to keep talking.40 If you do find yourself in the thick of one, l
43、istening with an open mind can bring about a quick end to the argument and perhaps a positive solution.A. I later ended up in an argument.B. Many people see arguments as a bad part of life.C. Learning how to voice a different opinion works.D. Unpleasant arguments are just around the corner.E. But th
44、at doesnt mean arguments wont get heated.F. There certainly is such a thing as a“healthy argument”.G. By actively listening, many arguments can be avoided.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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Troy longed to be a professional baske
45、tball player. He had loved the 41 ever since he was a small child. He was also very skilled. However, he had one small - 10 -42 . He was very short. Although his school coach had suggested that he would never 43 it in the professional leagues (联盟), he 44 to give up on his dream.Troy had several 45 t
46、ries at professional clubs. Then he went to a club in Los Angeles and 46 the coach for a try. As usual, he was refused.“But you havent even given me a(n) 47 ,” said Troy.“Why should I?”asked the coach.“Because one day I am going to be the best player in the world 48 I will be able to help you out,”T
47、roy replied seriously.The coach smiled at the 49 of the answer.“Alright kid,”he said.Troy took part in a short practice match and the coach was 50 at his skills.“You 51 have a lot of talent,”he said.After two short years, Troy was a regular for the 52 and had even won the award as the teams most val
48、uable player. 53 with Troys help, the team wasnt winning many games and the coach was said to be close to losing his 54 . It was before a game against the New York team that he called Troy into his office for a(n) 55 .“I have heard that if we lose tonight then I will be 56 as coach,”he told Troy.“I
49、need you to 57 the team and win the game. Do you remember your 58 before I signed you?” Troy nodded. He 59 to play the game of his life that evening. The team won the game and won every game that was 60 that season.41. A. task B. class C. sport D. place42. A. doubt B. problem C. dream D. reason43. A. change B. learn C. hear D. make44. A. tried B. regretted C. refused D. feared45. A. unsuccessful B. meaningful C. unfair D. careless46. A. found B. asked C. forced D. considered- 11 -47.
