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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上湖北省宜昌市2016-2017学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题试题卷共8页，四部分72小题。全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。祝考试顺利第I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）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。例：How much is the shirt? A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是 C。1. What time is it now

2、? A. 9:10. B. 9:50. C. 10:00.2. What does the woman think of the weather? A. Its nice. B. Its warm. C. Its cold.3. What will the man do? A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office.4. What is the womans opinion about the course? A. Too hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy.5. What does

3、 the woman want the man to do? A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the radio.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One we

4、ek. C. Two weeks.7. Where did Michael go last year? A. Russia. B. Norway. C. India.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What food does Sally like? A. Chicken B. Fish C. Eggs9. What are the speakers going to do? A. Cook dinner. B. Go shopping. C. Order dishes.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where are the speakers? A. In a hospita

5、l. B. In the office. C. At home.11. When is the report due? A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday.12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report? A. Improve it. B. Hand it in later. C. Leave it with him.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Sales

6、person and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner. C. Husband and wife.14. What kind of department do the speakers prefer? A. One with two bedrooms. B. One without furniture C. One near a market.15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment? A. $350. B. $400. C. $415.16. Where is the ap

7、artment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street. C. On South Street,听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What percentage of the worlds tea exports go to Britain? A. Almost 15%. B. About 30%. C. Over 40%.18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk? A. Most British people drink tea that

8、 way. B. Tea tastes much better with milk. C. Tea with milk is healthy.19. Who suggests a price for each tea? A. Tea tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea companies.20. What is the speaker talking about? A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Centre.第二部分阅读理解（共两节

9、，满分40分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。www.A Mars was the first planet that humans attempted to get to. Since the 1960s, scientists have been working to learn more information about Mars past, We now know that Mars was once a warm and wet place with great oceans

10、 and deep rivers. We also know that about 3.7 billion years ago, all the water disappeared when the planet lost its air. But why did the atmosphere on Mars change so greatly? NASA(美国航天局) has launched the MAVEN spacecraft in the hope of answering that very question. MAVEN will study the remains of Ma

11、rs air and help scientists figure out what became of the rest of it. The spacecraft was launched on Monday, November 18, 2013, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The trip to Mars will take about 10 months. and MAVEN is planned to go into orbit(轨道) in September 2014. It is the first spacecraft created wit

12、h the purpose of studying Mars atmosphere. Its wings measure 37.5 feet, not quite the length of a school bus, and it weighs 1,991 pounds, about the same amount as a small car. MAVEN is equipped with eight different tools to measure and study the planets atmosphere. To collect information, it will fl

13、y into orbit as fast as 3,278 miles per hour, and as slow as 93 miles per hour, Once it arrive at Mars, MAVEN will have plenty of company(陪伴). The spacecraft Curiosity is still walking around the planets rocky surface, studying the geology, chemistry and possible biology there. NASA currently has a

14、number of spacecraft getting unique views of Mars with powerful cameras. These missions(使命)are all taking slow and steady steps forward to discover Mars secret past. While the results may not be revealed(揭露) for some time, an exciting exploration is on the way.21.We can learn from the first paragrap

15、h that_. A. scientists want to live on Mars B. people have had a better knowledge of Mars nowadays C. spaceships have been sent up to Mars since the 1960s D. all the water on Mars has been gone for ten billion years22.The MAVEN spacecraft has been launched with the purpose of _. A. researching the a

16、tmosphere on MarsB. helping Curiosity in studying the surface of Mars C. analyzing what Mars is made up of D. checking whether water still exists on Mars23.It can be inferred from the text that_. A. many different tasks will be given to MAVEN when it lands on Mars B. many spacecraft are working arou

17、nd Mars to study its water C. more wonderful things about Mars will be found in the future D. more spacecraft will be sent up to help Curiosity24.What is the best title of this text? A.A new finding on MarsB.A new spacecraft sent to Mars C. The rapid development of MarsD. The great change of the Mar

18、s atmosphereBWhat is eBay? The simple answer is that is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, clothes and shoesthe list goes on and on. Th

19、e idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time, he

20、started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth(口口相传). By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade (升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skoll, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whiteman, he has never

21、 looked back. Even in the great crashes(破产) of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is take

22、an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item(商品) sold eBay gets a percentage(手续费) and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the

23、 items are sold.25. We know from the text that eBay provides people with _. A. a website for them to upgradeB. a way of buying and selling goods C. a place to exhibit their own photosD. a chance to buy things at low prices26. Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university? A. For fun.B.

24、To make money C. For gathering the engineersD. To fulfill a task of his company.27. From “he has never looked back” in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter_. A. did not feel lonely B. was always helpful C. did not think about the pastD. became more and more successful28. How does eBay make money from it

25、s website? A. By bringing sellers together.B. By listing items online. C. By charging for each sale.D. By making e-photos.C This year, the Sepak Takraw(藤球) team in the Northern Territory, Australia is very different. It is partly made up of Karens, people from eastern and southern Myanmar(缅甸) in Sou

26、theast Asia. Theyve only recently started calling the Australian city Darwin home. Other team members were chosen from players at Charles Darwin University. “Wevegot some native players as well as some players that have come from the Karen,” said team coach Steven Svensson, “Having both modern and t

27、raditional skills has given our team a big advantage because they will be able to perform well in different team plays and different game plays.” While the sport is new to Australians, it has a long history throughout Southeast Asia. Svensson said, “ For most Australians it looks a bit like a game o

28、f kick volleyball. Its played on a badminton(羽毛球) court, with a badminton net. Its quite an ancient sport that comes from Southeast Asia.” There are records that pre-date(早与) the 13th century. “A lot of people in lots of villages still see it as a traditional sport. And the sport itself is still use

29、d as a way of building a better citizens in a smaller community(社区),” he said. “Its for this reason that the players whove come from Southeast Asia have such traditional skills. They are now passing on the skills to the Australian members of the team.” As well as providing a cultural bridge between

30、refugees(难民) and students in Darwin, the sport has also given people with no English skills a chance to feel at home in Australia, playing a game they love. “ The sport itself is seen as something to be shared in their own mother country, and the sport itself is aicebreaker. The Australian players h

31、ave made good friends through the sport, and Im sure the Karen players have also found a way to feel more comfortable in a different country.” The team will compete in the Arafura Games for the Northern Territory. Competition starts on Sunday the 10th of May.29.In what way is the Northern Territory

32、Sepak Takraw team different ? A. It is the beat team in the Northern Territory.B. It plays for Charles Darwin University. C. It includes some Karen people.D. It has a very long history.30.Why are the Karens good at Sepak Takraw? A. They hope to teach it in Southeast Asia.B. They are influenced by lo

33、cal Australians. C. They have been trained in the university.D. They have a tradition of doing the sport.31.The underlined word “icebreaker” probably refers to something that_. A. gives people a lot of funB. can make people less nervous C. helps people pass their spare timeD. may improve a players p

34、erformance 32. What can be the best title for the text? A. Karen people calling Darwin homeB. Sports coming from Southeast Asia C. Sepak Takraw bridging cultural differences D. Arafura Games going to start on May 10DEver since Amelia Earhart vanished while flying over the South Pacific in 1937, scie

35、ntists and historians have searched for the remains(残骸) of her plane. On July 3, a group of researchers set out to look for the plane using the latest technology. On Monday, the team announced that they collected a great deal of evidence but did not find the plane. The International Group for Histor

36、ic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) did the $2.2 million research. The group still believes that the plane crashed into a reef(暗礁) somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, and is already planning a voyage next year. Patricia Thrasher, the president of TIGHA, explained that a complicated(复杂的) search like this one c

37、ould take a long time. “Its not like an Indiana Jones flick where you go through a door and there it is,” she said. Amelia Earhart was a pioneer for women pilots. She bought her first plane in 1992. In May, 1932, she became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. The trip took 14 hou

38、rs and 56 minutesa new record. In 1937, Earhart set out to fly around the world with her navigator(航海员), Fredrik Noonan, in her plane. The pilot and navigator never returned. The US Navy searched for the pair, but they were never found. The TIGHAR search began after the group spotted a clue in an ol

39、d photograph. There appeared to be a piece of landing equipment in a reef near the remote island of Nikomoro. The explorers wondered if the equipment in the photo might be from Earharts missing plane. The researchers planned to stay 10 days, but could only stay five because of equipment problems. Th

40、e uneven(不平坦的) land created shadows that made it difficult to see, but the researchers were able to collect evidence, and they took hours of video. When they reach Hawaii, they will examine the evidence. TIGHAR will continue to search for Earharts plane. Even though the plane was not found, Tharsher

41、 considers the search a success. He believes the evidence collected by his team could contain valuable clues.33.What does the underlined word “vanished” in Para.1 probably mean? A. Failed B. Sank C. Hid D. Disappeared34. Patricia Thrasher mentioned Indiana Jones to show that their voyage was_. A. in

42、teresting B. exciting C. difficult D. relaxing 35. Which of the following is TRUE about Amelia Earhart? A. She started flying her own plane before 1922. B. She never traveled around the world with someone else. C. She flew across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in1932. D. She was the first to fly acro

43、ss the Atlantic Ocean.第二节：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。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)How strong are you?That is a difficult question to answer, whether you are a man or a woman. But, really, I want to ask how do you define(定义) your strength? How do you know your limits? When pushed, we often discove

44、r that we are much stronger than we think. 36 Strength is not always just about physical strength. Rather, its about willpower（意志力）, discipline(纪律) and drive. 37 I know some people who are intelligent, but they get little done in their jobs. And I know others who find work very difficult, but are ab

45、le to move mountains by their hard work. They have inner（内在的）strength.Limiting yourselfWhat I have observed is that most people limit themselves. They limit their output according to how limited they imagine their abilities and strengths to be. Sometimes these limits are based on past experiences. S

46、ometimes they are based on what they think their abilities are. 38 Pushing it Many people are working out, but nowhere near as much as they could. 39 Pushing yourself is what it takes to go beyond your limits. In the gym, bodybuilders discovered this long ago. But this is also true when it comes to

47、inner strength.Want to test your limits? Push yourself. Test your limits to see if they are simply what you imagine them to be. Make sure your goals are slightly beyond what you think can be achieved.Your are stronger than you thinkMost people underestimate(低估) their strength. As you go through your day, test your limits. Push yourself to find your true limits and d