2018-2019學(xué)年陜西省西安市雁塔區(qū)高新一中高一（下）第一次月考英語(yǔ)試卷

第一部分閱讀理解第一節(jié)（共4小題，每題2分；滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每道題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑

• 1．My daughter Kelly is a cautious person．She needs to warm up to situations，is hesitant to try new things．When with close friends，she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants，"Girls rule，boys drool．"But when that comfort zone is not around her，she is shy and nervous．
  This has been challenging for me at times．"Shy"is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me．But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that-has filled her with a new sense of confidence．This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team．This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels．And this year she completed her first kids' triathlon （三項(xiàng)全能）．
  On Saturday，with a thunderstorm coining soon and my son's birthday party later in the day，we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon．We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her．we got all the equipment she'd need，and we kept talking about the race．But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn，she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times．She was nervous but trying to keep it together．
  And then it was her turn．From the second she jumped into the water，my heart soared．My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen．She dominated（主宰） that swim，crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face．
  I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life．It wasn't because she did a sport or anything like that．It was because she was afraid of something and conquered （克服） that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn't seen before．
  All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling．She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day．I won the chance to see my girl shine．
  Shine on，sweet baby．
  
  （1）Kelly is nervous when

  ．
  A．situations are new to her
  B．boys are around her
  C．she changes into a leader
  D．she is away from her mom
  （2）We can know from Paragraph 3

  ．
  A．the race began in the early morning
  B．the whole family gave Kelly support
  C．Kelly was eager for her turn in the race
  D．Kelly prepared for her brother's birthday party
  （3）Seeing Kelly's performance in the race，the author felt

  ．
  A．excited and proud
  B．a(chǎn)nxious and uneasy
  C．curious and concerned
  D．worried and hesitant
  （4）The author"felt like I won that day"because Kelly

  ．
  A．expressed love to her
  B．won the gold medal
  C．took part in the sport
  D．overcame the fear．
  組卷：7引用：2難度：0.7

  解析

• 2．Cursive （手寫(xiě)體） is about to become extinct．Do we raise the red flag？To teach or not to teach cursive is the question that several state education departments are struggling with．
     Before you read this write-up，do a simple exercise．Pick a pen and paper and start writing in cursive．Yes，that fancy handwriting that you learned in grade school．You may not have forgotten the good times you had while writing loopy Ps and Gs as well as curly Ms and Ns．However，the chances are you won't be able to write it as excellently as you used to．Some people are good at making the perfect loops and curls，while some are bad．I am still terrible at it．
     Cursive is hardly used by kids anymore as even adults don't write in this style，unless they are using it for their signature．Learning this handwriting was a usual practice in school for several decades．However，in 2011，the Indiana Department of Education made it optional （可選擇的） for schools to teach cursive writing to the students．In fact，there were 46 more states who have done the same．
     There are some who believe that it is high time for cursive to retire from school curriculum．After all，if we don't leave the past behind，we cannot make way for new things．If you walk into any classroom，you would find children using keyboards to communicate in written form．On the other hand，fans of this cursive insist on its usefulness．They remind us that if we stop teaching and learning cursive in schools，very soon most of our historical documents will become hard to us．
     Where do we stand on this subject？Is it the right time to erase an almost forgotten handwriting and live in the keyboarding world？Or can we do both without compromising （妥協(xié)） on our school curriculum？Let me know your thoughts on this matter by leaving a comment in the section below．
  
  （1）People use cursive when they

  ．
  A．give their signature
  B．a(chǎn)re in Indiana
  C．grow up as adults
  D．a(chǎn)re at school
  （2）In Indiana school，children

  ．
  A．must learn cursive
  B．a(chǎn)re interested in cursive
  C．can choose to learn cursive
  D．learn cursive everyday
  （3）It can be inferred that the author

  ．
  A．prefers to learn cursive
  B．is a cursive teacher
  C．welcomes people to show their opinions
  D．is a very famous expert in education
  （4）What would be the best title for the passage？

  
  A．Is Cursive Writing Necessary？
  B．Is Keyboarding World Good？
  C．A Keyboarding World
  D．Advantages of Cursive
  組卷：15引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．Our character，basically，is made up of our habits．"Sow a thought，reap an action；sow an action，reap a habit；sow a habit，reap a character；sow a character，reap a destiny （命運(yùn)），"as the saying goes．
  Habits are powerful factors in our lives．Because they are often unconscious patterns，they constantly daily affect our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness．
  As Horace Mann，the great educator，once said，"Habits are like a cable．We weave a rope of it every day and soon it cannot be broken．"I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression．I know habits can be learned and unlearned．But we also know it isn't a quick fix．It involves a process and a tremendous effort．
  Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were shocked as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth．But to get there，those astronauts had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth．More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off，in the first few miles of travel，than was used over the next several days to travel half million miles．
  Habits，too，have tremendous gravity pull．However，most people don't realize or admit it．Getting rid of bad habits really requires great willpower and some changes in our lives．Lift-off takes tremendous effort，but once we break out of the pull of gravity，we can enjoy unprecedented（空前的） freedom．
  Like any natural force，gravity pull can work with us or against us．The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go．But it is also gravity pull that keeps our world together and keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order．It is a powerful force，and if we use it effectively，we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the order necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives．
  
  （1）Why did the author quote the saying in the first paragraph？

  
  A．To show the author was a wise man．
  B．To support the author's opinion about the habit．
  C．Because a great educator asked the author to do it．
  D．Because the author liked the old saying very much．
  （2）Why does the author say habits have powerful effects on our lives？

  
  A．Because habits can constantly affect our character．
  B．Because habits can be learned and unlearned．
  C．Because you can reap a character by sowing a habit．
  D．Because a habit is like a cable and useful to our life．
  （3）What does the writer mean by referring to gravity pull？

  
  A．Ridding bad habits needs great willpower．
  B．Breaking the gravity pull means enjoying freedom．
  C．To prove that the habits can work with us or against us．
  D．The gravity pull is very important in our lives
  （4）Which can be the best title for this passage？

  
  A．Forming a good character is important．
  B．The importance of the pull of gravity．
  C．Excellence is not an act but a habit．
  D．The powerful factors of habits．
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.4

  解析

• 4．The largest genetic study of mosquitoes has found their ability to resist insecticides is evolving rapidly and spreading across Africa，putting millions of people at higher risk of contracting malaria（瘧疾）.
     British scientists who led the work said mosquitoes' growing resistance to control tools such as insecticide-treated bed nets and insecticide spraying，which have helped cut malaria cases since 2000，now threatens "to disturb malaria control" in Africa.
     "Our study discover the severe challenges facing public efforts to control mosquitoes and to manage and limit insecticide resistance，" said Martin Donnelly of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine，who worked on the study with a team from Britain's Welcome Trust Sanger Institute.
     Latest World Health Organization （WHO） data show that 216 million people were infected last year with the malaria parasite （寄生蟲(chóng)），which is transmitted by blood-sucking Anopheles mosquitoes.The disease killed 445，000 people in 2016，and the majority of them were children in sub-Saharan Africa.
     To understand how mosquitoes are evolving，the researchers sequenced the DNA of 765 wild Anopheles mosquitoes taken from 15 locations across eight African countries.Their work，published in the journal Nature on Wednesday，created the largest data resource on natural genetic variation for any species of insect.
     Analyzing the data，the scientists found that the Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes （岡比亞瘧蚊）were extremely genetically diverse （多樣化的） compared with most other animal species.This high genetic diversity enables rapid evolution，they said，and helps to explain how mosquitoes develop insecticide resistance so quickly.
     The data also showed the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance appeared to be due to many previously unknown genetic variants（變體）within certain genes.The scientists said these genetic variants for insecticide resistance were not only emerging independently in different parts of Africa，but were also being spread across the continent by mosquito migration.
     Michael Chew，an expert at Britain's Welcome Trust global health charity which helped fund the research，said the finds underlined the importance of pushing scientific research ahead to control malaria.
     Global efforts to control malaria through effective vaccine，insecticides and the best drug combinations require urgent，united action by scientists，drug companies，governments and the WHO.
  
  （1）Which of the following is scientists' headache？

  
  A．The number of mosquitoes in Africa is growing rapidly.
  B．Some genetic variants of mosquitoes are still unknown.
  C．The existing insecticides aren't as effective as they used to be.
  D．Millions of African people have resistance to medicines for malaria.
  （2）Malaria cases can be cut by

  .
  A．threatening drug companies
  B．spraying insecticides
  C．limiting blood donation
  D．transmitting data
  （3）Which is FALSE about the genetic study of mosquitoes？

  
  A．It highlighted the public efforts and appealed to limit the use of insecticides.
  B．It found the possible causes for the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance.
  C．It discovered where the genetic variants emerged and how they were spread.
  D．It created the largest data on natural genetic variation for any insect species.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

第二節(jié)（共1小題，每題2分；滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

• 5．Trampolining What's more fun than standing still？Jumping up and down on a springy piece of fabric （織物）!This activity is known as trampolining and it's sweeping the nation．
     The idea of trampolining is ancient．Eskimos have been throwing each other in the air for thousands of years．Firemen began using a life net to catch people jumping from buildings in 1887． （1）

  
     A gymnast named George Nissan and his coach Larry Griswold made the first modern trampoline in 1936．They got the idea by watching swing artists bouncing off of a tight net at the circus．They named their equipment after the Spanish word trampolín，which means diving board．（2）

  In 1942 they began making trampolines to sell to the public．
     （3）

  Experts find that more than 100，000 people hurt themselves while using one each year．Clubs and gyms use large safety nets or other equipment to make it safer．Most trampoline injuries happen at home．Since trampolines are more affordable than ever，injuries are even more common．
     These injuries happen for many reasons．People may bounce too high and land off of the trampoline or onto the springs．（4）

  Perhaps the worst injuries happen when untrained people try to do flips （快速翻轉(zhuǎn)）．Landing on your neck or head can cause injuries or even kill you．
     But don't let all that bad news keep you down．There are many things that you can do to practice safe trampolining．Trampolines have been around for a while now．They have brought a lot of joy to many people．They can be a good source of exercise and activity．（5）

  But they can also be deadly．It is important to follow some professional guidance．Be sure that you are practicing safety while having a good time．Happy bouncing!
  
  A．They can help people improve their balance and moves．
  B．Trampolines may be fun，but they can also be dangerous．
  C．The men wanted to share their idea with the whole world．
  D．Injuries also happen when many people are jumping at the same time．
  E．You can surround your trampoline with a net so that people don't fall off of it．
  F．They found a winner when they performed a piece of spring across a steel frame．
  G．And in the early 1900s，circus performers began bouncing off of netting to amuse audiences．
  組卷：6引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第二部分，英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用第一節(jié)完型填空題 （共1小題，每題1.5分；滿分30分）

• 6．Be a Traveler，not a Tourist
  Last summer，I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket-a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe．Excited for my journey，I packed all the necessities（生活的必需品）-except the （1）

  ．
     While the convenience of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my （2）

  not to take with me the few expensive kilograms of out-of-date information，this was not the only reason why I decided to fly alone．
     To be honest，my main （3）

  with the guidebook is that I find it （4）

  the pleasure of a journey-like bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do， （5）

  she doesn't always know what is the best．
     Experience has taught me that there is an obvious （6）

  between a tourist and traveler．
     While waiting in a queue，I met a man who had a checklist．He showed me his list of "Top 20 Things To Do in Italy" and （7）

  off in a loud American accent that he'd seen everything Italy has to offer in just four days．
     The problem I had with this man's （8）

  to travelling was that he was too （9）

  information provided by his guidebook．He was lost in the （10）

  attractiveness of the "must-sees" and （11）

  to all the wonders and adventures that might happen during the （12）

  trip．
     So， （13）

  any guidebook，I traveled to Estonia，the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia．In the （14）

  of advance plans as guidebooks would suggest，I had no choice but to turn to some friendly faces for advice．I （15）

  myself first and then asked them what was happening around the town．When this （16）

  an invitation to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I （17）

  a 110-degree wood-stove sauna（桑拿浴）， （18）

  picked forest-mushrooms and the good （19）

  of our five newfound Estonian friends，I was most glad that I had left my "bossy（20）

  " at home．
  
  

  （1）	A．guidebook	B．magazine	C．cash	D．map
  （2）	A．goal	B．excuse	C．decision	D．mistake
  （3）	A．suggestion	B．problem	C．dislike	D．connection
  （4）	A．increases	B．a(chǎn)nnoys	C．removes	D．limits
  （5）	A．even though	B．a(chǎn)s if	C．a(chǎn)s though	D．a(chǎn)s long as
  （6）	A．similarity	B．distinction	C．competition	D．misunderstanding
  （7）	A．cut	B．showed	C．gave	D．put
  （8）	A．way	B．determination	C．confidence	D．a(chǎn)pproach
  （9）	A．cautious about	B．a(chǎn)mused by	C．focused on	D．surprised at
  （10）	A．likely	B．seemingly	C．orderly	D．lovely
  （11）	A．blind	B．dumb	C．deaf	D．eager
  （12）	A．guided	B．imagined	C．real	D．paid
  （13）	A．without	B．beyond	C．except	D．unlike
  （14）	A．loss	B．control	C．face	D．a(chǎn)bsence
  （15）	A．introduced	B．warned	C．calmed	D．enjoyed
  （16）	A．resulted in	B．cut in	C．broke in	D．put in
  （17）	A．found	B．enjoyed	C．ordered	D．bathed
  （18）	A．locally	B．secretly	C．rarely	D．nervously
  （19）	A．experience	B．company	C．opinion	D．time
  （20）	A．mom	B．book	C．a(chǎn)unt	D．master
  組卷：6引用：2難度：0.2

  解析

第II卷（非選擇題 共50分）第二節(jié)語(yǔ)法填空題閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容。

• 7．A lot of films have tried to describe the afterlife and our memories of family members，（1）

  few have done as well as Coco，Disney Pixar's（2）

  （late） masterpiece animation，which hit the big screen on Nov．24，2017．
      （3）

  （inspire） by the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead - the film's production team created a young boy，Miguel，who wants his family to understand his love of music．（4）

  that year's Dia de los Muertos，（5）

  accident takes him to the Land of the Dead．In this land，there are friendly skeletons who can cross a bridge made of flower petals to visit their living family - that is，as long as their family still puts their photos on the family shrine （神龕）．Those spirits who（6）

  （forget） by their family will disappear completely．So it's in this magical world（7）

  Miguel gets to meet and discover the truth about his great-great-grandpa．
      In an era（8）

  young people are so（9）

  （easy） attracted by celebrities，Coco reveals the emptiness of such flattery，teaching kids to preserve and respect the memory of their elders while（10）

  （remind） them that the source of true creativity is so often personal．
  組卷：15引用：4難度：0.7

  解析

第三部分寫(xiě)作（共三節(jié)， 滿分35）第一節(jié)單詞拼寫(xiě)

• 8．Only three hundred and fifty dollars？It's a real

  （便宜貨）.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

• 9．His glasses were

  （埋住） under a pile of papers．
  組卷：0引用：2難度：0.8

  解析

第二節(jié)完成句子（10小題，每題1.5； 滿分15.0分）

• 27．這個(gè)問(wèn)題將不會(huì)在會(huì)議上被討論。
  The problem

  at the meeting tomorrow.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

第三節(jié)短文改錯(cuò)（10小題，每小題一分； 滿分10分）

• 28．短文改錯(cuò)
      One day，my cousin told me about the importance of protect the environment.He asked me help do it，too.I just said， "I don't think my help is important." Hear what I said，he was asked， "How much does a snowflake weigh？" I reply that it almost weighed nothing.Then he said， "I once read the story.There were 8865219 snowflakes on a tiny branch.When the 8865220^th fell into it，it broke." I got his point and decided to do that I can to help protect the environment.Unless your effort doesn't mean anything to the environment，think of the 8865220^th snowflakes.
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

  解析