1、 1 甘肃省武威第五中学甘肃省武威第五中学 20182018- -20192019 学年高一英语上学期第一次月考试题学年高一英语上学期第一次月考试题 考试总分：150 分 考试时间： 120 分钟 注意事项： 1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息; 2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上; 一、阅读理解。 （共 20 小题 ，每小题 2 分 ，共 40 分 ） A Traveling without a map in different countries, I find out about different ways of directions every time I ask “How ca
2、n I get to the post office?” Foreign tourists are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there dont have name signs. In Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at th
3、e big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.” People in Los Angeles, the US, have no idea of distance on the map: they measure distance by time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “its about five minutes from here.” You d
4、ont understand completely, “Yes, but how many miles away is it, please?” To this question you wont get an answer, becaus e most probably they dont know it themselves. People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions because tourists seldom understand the Greek language. Instead, a Greek
5、 will often say, “Follow me.” Then hell lead you through the streets of the city to the post office. Sometimes a person doesnt know the answer to your question. What happens in the situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I dont know.” Peopl
6、e there believe that “I dont” is impolite. They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. So a tourist can get lost very easily in Yucatan! However, one thing will help you everywhere in the world. Its body language. 1. Which of the following is probably an example of Japanese directions? 2 A.“
7、The post office is at Street Kamira.” B.“Turn right at the hospital and go past a school.” C.“The post office is about five minutes from here.” D.“Go south two miles. Turn west and then go another mile.” 2. Why dont people in Los Angeles give directions in miles? A.They prefer to lead you the way. B
8、.They prefer to use body language. C.They often have no idea of distance measured by miles. D.They use landmarks in their directions instead of distance. 3 .How do Greeks give directions? A.Using street names. B.Using landmarks. C.Leading people the way. D.Giving people a wrong direction. 4. Accordi
9、ng to the last paragraph, we can learn that_. A.people in Yucatan always give wrong directions B.people in Mexico know streets name well C.body language makes you get lost in Yucatan D.people in Mexico prefer to use body language B There are many useful suggestions that can help one to improve Engli
10、sh. Here are some of them to increase ones English language vocabulary. Learning English vocabulary is about much more than just learning the right words. It is based on understanding important words and expressions. Learning a word will not help very much if you quickly forget it. Researches show t
11、hat it takes from 10 to 20 repetitions(重复) to really make a word part of your vocabulary. Since most words are learned from how they are used in context (上下文), the more words one is shown, the better vocabulary one will have. Keep a piece of paper close to you. When you read, pay close attention to
12、the word you do not know, write the word down and try to understand its meaning from the context. Then look up the word in a dictionary. 3 Remember that if you do not use English words that you have just learned in conversation or writing, you will forget them very quickly. So the best way to learn
13、new words effectively is just by trying to use them in conversation and writing. Remember also that practice is the key to fluent spoken English. Building vocabulary is a life-long task. Remember: In the beginning was the word. Your future could depend on how rich your vocabulary is. It will also de
14、termine the quality of your communication. 5. We can learn from the passage that learning English vocabulary _. A.is just about learning the right words B.is about remembering more and more words C.doesnt require one to learn expressions D.requires one to understand important expressions 6. Which of
15、 the following is NOT true according to the passage? A.To master a word, you need to repeat it 10-20 times. B.If you remember a word, you are still able to forget it if you dont use it. C.It doesnt take long to build ones vocabulary. D.Practice is very important in fluent spoken English. 7. The best
16、 way to learn new words is _. A.trying to use them while speaking and writing B.writing them down over and over again C.always looking them up in the dictionary D.reading them loudly over and over again 8. What is the passage mainly about? A.How to enrich your English vocabulary. B.How to have a goo
17、d conversation in English . C.Why context is important in learning English. D.How to improve the quality of communication. C A city without cars would be very stran ge, right? But Venice is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasnt built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, 4 but on m
18、ore than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isnt difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. Water
19、 makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and theres nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, its underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes. Once, peopl
20、e used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北 冰洋) melt (融化). Every year, high waters hit th
21、e city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italys biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be build
22、under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem. 9. Which is the best way to travel in Venice? A.The waterways. B.Taxis and cars. C.400 bridges. D.Boats and rain shoes. 10. What doesnt cause Venice to get lower and lower? A.The ice of the Arctic Ocean m
23、elt. B.Seawater is everywhere around the city. C.People used too much underground water D.The tempera ture has become higher over the years. 11. What can we infer from the last passage? A.Venice is sure to stop getting lower. B.High waters wont hit Venice any more. C.Scientists can solve the problem
24、s easily. D.Some possible ways help to solve the problem. 5 12. Whats the best title of this passage? A.The History of Venice B.The MOST Project of Venice. C.The Places of Interest of Venice D.The Specials and Problems of Venice D Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? M
25、any people feel this way after lunch. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. However, the real reason lies inside their bodies. At that timeabout eight hours after you wake upyour body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. The people in these experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern. They slept for one long period a
