黑龙江省安达市第七中学2019_2020学年高一英语上学期月考试题201912120197.doc

黑龙江省安达市第七中学2019-2020学年高一英语上学期月考试题 一、阅读理解1.Many people want to grow their own garden, but they simply do not have the room. Do not worry. There is a solution. Consider container gardening.The great thing about container gardening is that you can use a variety of different containers. You simply have to use your imagination. You could create a beautiful garden with things such as cement blocks» hanging baskets, clay pots, or window boxes. There are so many options when it comes to container gardening； it is only limited by your imagination.Of course, you will want to take the following into consideration when you are ready to begin container gardening, in order for it to be successsful.First, you should avoid any containers that have been used to store chemicals, as well as treated wood.This could lead to the sudden death of your flowers and lead to the failure of your container gardening.With any container that you choose, you need to ensure that it allows the water in it to drain when necessary. So it may be essential for you to create holes in the container to help this along. You should also make sure the containers are placed on a raised surface, not upon the floor, to ensure the best possible drainage.Ensure that the containers you choose are appropriate in size for the plants you choose. You need to prevent the roots from overgrowing the container.If you like fresh veggies, you could consider container gardening with vegetables. This requires a process that differs from that of flower gardening. Talk to an employee at a supply store in your area. They can help you choose the right containers for the vegetables you are wishing to grow.1. Which of the following may be improper materials for container gardening?A. Clay pots.B. Cement blocks.C. Treated wood.D. Window boxes.2. What does the underlined word “drain in Paragraph 5 mean?A. To flow away.B. To give off.C. To pour down.D. To hold back.3. Compared to flower gardening, what do we know about vegetable gardening?A. It seems much easier.B. It requires more time.C. It demands more water.D. It needs special containers.4. Who may be interested in the text?A. Farmers who are good at gardening.B. Citizens who enjoy gardening.C. Children who like outdoor activities.D. People who have a big yard.2.Books at Amazon： Best sellersof the month一Feb，2018 Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi February 6, 2018 Hardcover： $15.91 Audio CD： $29.99 An extraordinary novel. Freshwater explores the amazing experience of having another self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born “with one foot on the other side”. Freshwater is a sharp call of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that shows how we all construct our identities.Milk and Honey by Rupi KaurFebruary 16,2018Hardcover： $18. 00 Paperback： $8. 99 Audio CD： $8.99A collection of poetry and prose (散文）about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse(虐待），love，loss，and femininity(女性气质）.It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose, deals with a different pain and heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.Educated by Tara Westover February 13? 2018 Hardcover： $16, 80 Paperback： $28. 00 Audio book： $ 6. 00 Audio CD： $ 8. 99Ail unforgettable biography about a young girl who kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the sadness that comes from severing one's closest ties.Force of Nature by Jane Harper February 20，2018Hardcover： $17. 10 Paperback： $23. 41 Audio book： Free Audio CD ： $ 34. 15An attractive novel from the author of the Sunday Times top 10 best seller. Five women go on a hike. Only four return. When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path. But one of the women doesn't come out of the woods. And each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what happened.1.What do the four books have in common?A.They are all only available online.B.They all have a presentation of female.C.They are all different in the style of writing.D.They are all listed according to the prices.2.If you want to buy all different editions of a book, which one will cost you most?A.Educated.B. Fresh water,C. Milk and Honey. D. Force of Nature.3.Which author tells readers various feelings or emotions of personal life in his/her book?A.Akwaeke Emezi. B. Rupi Kaur. C. Tara Wcstover.D. Jane Harper.3    If a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen(氮) dissolved(溶解) in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence, if the bubbles(气泡) accumulate in a joint, is sharp pain and a bent bodythus the name. If the bubbles from in his lungs or his brain, the consequence can be death.    Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression(减压) sickness if they surface too fast:whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs. That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil(化石) bones that have caved in on themselves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends.    Bruce Rothschild of the University of Kansas knew all this when he began a study of ichthyosaur bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to the problem of decompression over the 150 million years. To this end, he and his colleagues traveled the worlds natural-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Triassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.    When he started, he assumed that signs of the bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal with decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before they died, but not a single Triassic specimen(标本) showed evidence of that sort of injury.    If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, they clearly did so quicklyand, most strangely, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothschild thinks happened He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change.    Whales that suffer the bends often do so because they have surfaced to escape a predator(捕食动物) such as a large shark. One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks and crocodiles, both of which were fond of ichthyosaur lunches. Triassic oceans, by contrast, were mercifully shark-and crocodile-free. In the Triassic, then, ichthyosaurs were top of the food chain. In the Jurassic and Cretaceous, they were prey(猎物) as well as predatorand often had to make a speedy exit as a result.1.Which of the following is a typical symptom of the bends?A.A twisted body.B.A gradual decrease in blood supply.C.A sudden release of nitrogen in blood.D.A drop in blood pressure.2.The purpose of Rothschild s study is to see                          .A.how often ichthyosaurs caught the bendsB.how ichthyosaurs adapted to decompressionC.why ichthyosaurs bent their bodiesD.when ichthyosaurs broke their bones3.Rothschilds finding stated in Paragraph 4                         .A.confirmed his assumptionB.speeded up his research processC.disagreed with his assumptionD.changed his research objectives4.Rothschild might have concluded that ichthyosaurs                        .A.failed to evolve an anti-decompression meansB.gradually developed measures against the bendsC.died out because of large sharks and crocodilesD.evolved an anti-decompression means but soon lost it4.    When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. Shed watch me coming down her street, and by the time Id biked up to her doorstep, thered be a cold drink waiting. Id sit and drink while she talked. Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning,” shed say. The first time she said that, soda went up my nose.    I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe shed work it out of her system. So thats what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery (墓地).    I finally quit delivering newspapers and didnt see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser. She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, shed had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.    I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how Im doing. When I dont say “fine,” she sticks around to hear my problems. Shes lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isnt so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how youre doing because they care, and not because theyre getting paid to do so. Sometimes its good to just smile, nod your head and listen.1.Why did soda go up the authors nose one time?A.He was talking fast.B.He was shocked.C.He was in a hurry.D.He was absent-minded.2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley?A.He enjoyed the drink.B.He wanted to be helpful.C.He took the chance to rest.D.He tried to please his dad.3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system” in Paragraph 2?A.Recover from her sadness.B.Move out of the neighborhood.C.Turn to her old friends.D.Speak out about her past.4.What does the author think people in a community should do?A.Open up to others.B.Depend on each other.C.Pay for others help.D.Care about one another.二、七选五5.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。Travel tips that are no longer trueWe all love an inside trip, but some of the classic tips for travelers no longer hold true. _1. Book a plane ticket far in advance to save money.This myth may have been true back in the 1960s, when flights were less common than they are today. Back then, the demand for a flight would naturally increase as the date approached, there being few other options._According to recent studies, the best time to buy a domestic ticket was between six and seven weeks before.2. _Dont ignore the benefits of going straight to the hotel to negotiate (商谈) a good deal on a room. Many hotel chains offer rate guarantees and encourage customers to book directly. Hotels also frequently have discounts or some offers that third-party websites dont know. Apart from this, hotels give the upgrades, not the booking agents. 3. Avoid street food._If this means standing up at a cheap street stall (摊位), then follow the crowd. Dont sit down at a restaurant and spend four times more, on the simple assumption that its the only safe option. Can you see whats going on in the kitchen?4. Carry your money in a special pocket or pouch.This is the fastest way to stand out from locals who will have their money in a wallet or purse. Only take what you need when you leave your hotel room._A. When in Rome, do what the Romans do.B. And make sure to put your wallet in a front pocket.C. This is only true if you are buying products that are heavily taxed.D. Let yourself relax in a warm room for one or two people in single beds.E. Check the updates on these tall tales (说大话) to save cash and add experience to your trip.F. These days, many alternatives for the most popular routes mean that demand stays steady.G. The best hotel prices are on travel websites.三、完形填空6.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。When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say "sorry,     1    number!" and move on. But when Dennis Williams     2    a text that clearly wasnt intended for him, he did something     3    .On March 19, Dennis got a group text     4    him that a couple he didnt know were at the hospital, waiting for the      5     of a baby."Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken," Dennis     6    . The baby was born and update texts were     7    quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her     8    , she didnt seem to realize that she was     9    the babys photos with a complete stranger. "Well, I dont     10     you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby," replied Dennis before asking which room the new     11    were in.Much to the familys surprise, Dennis stuck to his     12    ! He turned up at the hospital     13    gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindseys husband was totally     14    by the unexpected visit. "I dont think we would have randomly invited him over but we     15    it and the gifts."Teresa     16    a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website     17    by the touching words: "What a     18    this young man was to our family! He was so     19    and kind to do this." The post has since gained the     20    of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.1.A.unlucky    B.secret    C.new    D.wrong2.A.received    B.translated    C.copied    D.printed3.A.reasonable    B.special    C.necessary    D.practical4.A.convincing    B.reminding    C.informing    D.warning5.A.wake-up    B.recovery    C.growth    D.arrival6.A.responded    B.interrupted    C.predicted    D.repeated7.A.coming in    B.setting out    C.passing down    D.moving around8.A.opinion    B.anxiety    C.excitement    D.effort9.A.comparing    B.exchanging    C.discussing    D.sharing10.A.accept    B.know    C.believe    D.bother11.A.parents    B.doctors    C.patients    D.visitors12.A.dream    B.promise    C.agenda    D.principle13.A.bearing    B.collecting    C.opening    D.making14.A.discouraged    B.relaxed    C.astonished    D.defeated15.A.admit    B.need    C.appreciate    D.expect16.A.found    B.selected    C.developed    D.posted17.A.confirmed