1、邵东创新学校邵东创新学校 20202020- -20212021 学年度第一学期九月月考英语试卷学年度第一学期九月月考英语试卷 Good luck to you! （时量 120 分钟；满分 150 分） 听力 1. What does the woman want to do? A. Buy some furniture. B. Take a walk. C. Go downtown. 2. How much will the man receive from his parents? A. $2,500. B. $3,000. C. $5,000. 3. How does the man
2、probably feel now? A. Angry. B. Upset. C. Nervous. 4. Why did the man put up the fence? A. To attract passers-by. B. To decorate his garden. C. To protect his garden. 5. What kind of tea does the woman usually drink? A. English tea. B. Japanese tea. C. Chinese tea. 请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Why did th
3、e woman come back late? A. She had a drink at a bar. B. She went for a drive. C. She visited her brother. 7. How did the woman get home? A. In her dads car. B. In Mikes car. C. In Lydias car. 请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What is the woman probably doing? A. Buying a jacket. B. Sending a package. C. Getti
4、ng through customs. 9. How many coins will the woman give to the man? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What news does the woman have? A. She will work at Harvard. B. Shes entered a university. C. Shes found an assistant. 11. Why does the woman come to see the man? A. To tell
5、him about a meeting. B. To invite him to dinner. C. To know about a job. 12. What day is it today? A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Saturday. 请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Where does the womans brother work now? A. At a law firm. B. At a catering company. C. At a shoe company. 14. What did the woman offer
6、to do in her mothers company? A. Send out brochures. B. Answer the phones. C. Design advertising. 15. How long did the woman stay in South America? A. For about two months. B. For about six months. C. For about ten months. 16. What is the most important in helping the woman get the job offer? A. Her
7、 command of Italian. B. Her sales experience. C. Her university education. 请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What does the speaker say about the hotel? A. It is in the center of town. B. It is included in the cost of trip. C. It offers private rooms for visitors. 18. What can visitors do on the second d
8、ay? A. See a famous monument. B. Take a boat trip. C. Do some shopping. 19. Which place should visitors pay extra money to visit? A. The Eiffel Tower. B. The Louvre Museum. C. The Notre Dame. 20. On which day are visitors allowed to do anything? A. The first day. B. The second day. C. The third day.
9、 阅读理解 A Programs for Teens Community Eats Sep 11 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. LOCATION: Brentwood Community Eats is a cross-cultural project that uses storytelling, drawing and printmaking to reflect on what we eat and why. A Room of Your Own Sep 16 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. LOCATION: Lillian H. Smith A Room of
10、Your Own is a book club targeted primarily at teen girls 13-18 years of age. Allowing them to express their curiosity, ambitions, hopes and discouragement, A Room of Your Own is a place to share fun, feelings, and opinions with their peers (同龄人) and with their favourite authors. Its chief objectives
11、 are to have fun, and give teen girls what they need. Comic Book (漫画书) Workshop with Eric Kim Oct 17 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: Palmerston Eric Kim is a comic book artist living in Toronto, Ontario. He has created work for many publishers. Join Eric as he talks about how to write your own comic s
12、tories. This one-hour workshop will help guide attendees in how they can plot their own stories to create fun and entertaining tales. This workshop assumes that you know how to draw. Recommended for ages 13 and up. Space in this program is limited. Drop in spaces may be available if the program is n
13、ot full. Young Voices Writers Conference Oct 28 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. LOCATION: Northern District Toronto writers aged 12 to 19, this is for you! Get motivated at workshops led by professionals. Learn new skills, win prizes and get published in an Instant Anthology! Amazing Workshops, including visual
14、 storytelling with graphic artist Keith Grachow; Write Your Way Out of a Paper Bag with author Eufemia Fantetti; Songwriting for Dummies with songwriter and novelist Greg Rhyno; Poetry and the Music of Social Conscience with poet Canisia Lubrin. 21. Where can you take part in the food-themed program
15、? A. At Brentwood. B. At Lillian H. Smith. C. At Palmerston. D. At Northern District. 22. How is A Room of Your Own different from the others? A. It is fun-filled. B. It is book-centered. C. It is intended for girls. D. It is held in the afternoons. 23. What requirement should you meet if you want t
16、o join the Comic Book Workshop? A. Being able to draw. B. Being always available. C. Knowing Eric Kim well. D. Having story-writing experience. B One of the more memorable teachers I had in high school was not a teacher by trade. He was an employee of a local nuclear power plant whod been called to
17、fill in when, at the start of my senior year, our physics teacher abruptly quit. The guy looked like Ned Flanders (a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons), which was funny because when we heard wed have a substitute, my friend Ben randomly commented, “Watch, hes going to look ju
18、st like Ned Flanders.” That was a memorable thing. Physics was not for me. It was a fairly challenging subject I was already shaky in mathematical confidence and the lectures made it more so. I really tried. But I just did not get it. I wasnt even sure what exactly we were studying. It just seemed h
19、ard. Im sure Nuclear Ned Flanders, as he became known, was great at running power plants, but, objectively speaking, he was not a very good teacher. I eventually dropped the class, and then avoided the sciences for all of college. But the funny thing is, Im actually thankful things turned out this w
20、ay. It means that as I step stealthily into midlife, there is a whole world of truly interesting study Im just discovering. Physics, it turns out, includes the study of things like space, time, and how the entire universe works. It simply does not get a whole lot more interesting than that! And I ap
21、preciate wrestling with big, abstract ideas now. If I considered myself schooled, Im not sure I would have felt like I had to return to those concepts at this point. Im so glad I have. The point of my story is obvious: that every single person who stands at the front of a classroom matters. A ton. 2
22、4. Why did the author have a deep first impression of the substitute teacher? A. He was a nuclear expert. B. He behaved like Ned Flanders. C. A coincidence happened around his arrival. D. There was a similarity between him and Ben. 25. What can we learn about the authors academic performance at high
23、 school? A. He quit maths finally. B. He struggled with physics. C. He was a hopeless student. D. He preferred physics to maths. 26. What happened when the author reached middle age? A. He became a scientist. B. He fell in love with physics. C. He forgave Nuclear Ned Flanders. D. He began to home-sc
24、hool himself. 27. What would be the best title for the text? A. Things that matter B. My favorite teacher C. The man who raised me up D. A memorable physics lesson C Parents complain that children outgrow their clothes so fast it costs a fortune ( 2,000 on average per year), going through seven diff
25、erent sizes in the space of their first two years. There could now be a solution: a new high-tech fabric (织物) that expands as the wearer grows. Ryan Yasin, who is studying for a masters degree at the London Royal College of Art, came up with the idea after purchasing clothes for his newborn nephew,
26、only to find the baby had outgrown them by the time they arrived. in addition to the expense, Yasin was also concerned about the environmental influence. The process of making and distributing just l kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, of new fabric results in an average of 23 kg, or 50 pounds, of greenhouse g
27、ases. To make matters worse, the “fast fashion” trend worldwide has caused garment production to double since 2000, with more than half of the clothing ending up in landfills annually! To find a solution, Yasin used his previous experience designing satellites to invent a way to fold synthetic (合成的)
28、 material such that it stretches in all directions. The first design, a pair of tiny pants, not only fit his baby nephew, but also his 2-year-old niece! After spending a lot of time perfecting the process and testing the design, Yasin is now awaiting a patent for his design and seeking investors (投资
29、者) to bring the clothing to market. For his new line of Petit Pli, the designer plans to produce outerwear that is both waterproof (防水的) and windproof. The clothing will be machine washable and fold small enough to fit in a jacket or pant pocket. Yasin plans to establish a take-back system so that w
30、orn-out Petit Pli clothing can be recycled into new fabric. The designer does not expect parents to dress their children only in his expandable clothing, particularly since the current designs use synthetic materials. But he plans to soon produce the wear in “a wider variety of garments” and hopes t
31、hat Petit Pli will be able to have an “influence on over-consumption.” We sure hope he succeeds! 28. What inspired Yasins invention? A. His unhappy experience. B. His great expense on clothes. C. His nephews piled-up clothes. D. His desire for a masters degree. 29. What can we learn about Yasins des
32、ign? A. It has got a patent. B. It has come on the market. C. It has been tested successful. D. It has attracted a lot of investors. 30. What will be one advantage of the new outerwear? A. It is space-saving. B. It needs no washing. C. It can never be worn out. D. It comes in various styles. 31. Why
33、 does Yasin suggest a limited use of the expandable clothing? A. Its cost is too high. B. It lacks stylish designs. C. It is not easily recycled. D. Its materials are not natural. D Along with my co-founder, I run Harrys, a mens grooming (美容) company, and my wife Lacey is a senior writer and editor
34、at The Hollywood Reporter. Our careers are important to us. So we always agreed that when it came time to build our family, we wanted to co-parent. In theory, it sounded like a lot of fun! So far, it has been. But as Ive learned since the birth of my not theoretical daughter, Chloe, its also really
35、hard. To be clear, becoming a parent is much, much harder for my wife. But Lacey does have one thing that Ive struggled to find: a space to talk about balancing work with parenthood. Due in part to the physical, mental and emotional tolls (损伤) of pregnancy and childbirth, moms often find community i
36、n those shared experiences. In addition, there are blogs, books and resources for mothers returning to work; for better or for worse, the demands of raising a baby are often assumed by women. But there are plenty of working dads out there, too. In fact, I feel if Im struggling with this whole workin
37、g dad thing, then other guys must be struggling, too. If Im craving a space to share experiences and normalize true co-parenthood, I have to believe Im not the only one. Dealing with the problem at a macro (大的) level is hard. But I do have the power to make real change within Harrys. My co-founder a
38、nd I want to make sure that everyone on our team feels 100% supported, as employees and as parents. To that end, were excited to offer a new, progressive policy: 16 weeks of paid parental leave, taken any time within the first year, to every person on our team. Some people might decide to take the f
39、ull 4 months and others wont. Thats OK. The goal is not to dictate right or wrong, but to offer our team real flexibility and control. Because all parents deserve the resources and tools to make the best decisions for their families; to be great coworkers, and also great parents. 32. What is botheri
40、ng the author? A. His wife is fully occupied. B. His daughter is troublesome. C. He is failing to balance work and life. D. He can find nowhere to seek child-raising advice. 33. Which of the following would the author agree with? A. Its easier for a woman to be a parent. B. Kids benefit a lot from c
41、o-parenting. C. Women suffer a lot from parenthood. D. Its womens duty to take care of kids. 34. What does the underlined word “craving” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Using. B. Desiring. C. Creating. D. Saving. 35. Whats the aim of the new policy? A. To promote equality. B. To free working dads. C. To nur
42、se great coworkers. D. To encourage true co-parenthood. E School bus drivers transport kids to and from school. 36 Along with their transportation duties, bus drivers commonly assume other roles in the school district. The most obvious responsibility of a school bus driver is to transport students t
43、o and from school or activities in a timely and safe manner. This includes showing up to each home or stopping at the scheduled time and informing parents of any changes in pick-up or drop-off times. The driver also has to drive safely in all types of weather. 37 School bus drivers not only have to
44、drive safely and watch the road, but they also normally have responsibility for the conduct of students on their buses. 38 Monitoring student behavior and stopping any horseplay are immediate duties. In some cases, students are assigned (分配) seats in the front of the bus if they have regular behavio
45、ral problems. 39 This includes regular checks on brakes, tires, turning signals and mechanical (机械 的) equipment. School districts often have regular daily checklists whereby drivers must confirm that they have checked on various safety items. If problems are detected with any of these components, th
46、e bus is normally taken in for repair work and the driver uses an alternative bus until his normal one is ready to go again. Each day, school bus drivers have to log (记录) a variety of activities. 40 They also log the miles they drive on their routes. Additionally, drivers make notes when fuel is fil
47、led and the amount. These daily logs help ensure accuracy in routes. A. Its extremely important. B. They are usually tasked with clean-up duty. C. Its really hard to control kids on-bus behavior. D. They report the number of riders on their buses. F. They also take school sports teams and other grou
48、ps on trips. F. Regular drivers are responsible for monitoring the safety of their buses. G. Buses have large mirrors over the front window that give drivers the ability to see the entire bus. 完形填空 The end of the school year has different meanings for different people. For those who graduate its the
49、 time to switch from the education system into the 41 world. For those still in education, two months 42 holidays are waiting. Waiting for many, but not for all. Some 43 school doubtful and worried. Maybe you are one of them. Your marks are way below 44 ? You believe no good company will hire you? You are sad. You feel you have 45 . Do not 46 that way. There is no
