2023襄阳一中高一上学期10月月考英语试题含答案

襄阳一中高一年级10月月考英语试题

（试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。

1. What does the man like best probably?

A. Seeing movies. B. Playing basketball. C. Watching football matches.

2. How long will it take the man to arrive in Philadelphia?

A. About 4 hours. B. About 2.5 hours.   C. About 25 hours.

3. Who is the best typist in the company?

A. Mary.   B. Jones.       C. Ann.

4. How much does this package cost by airmail?

A. 7 dollars. B. 21 dollars. C. 42 dollars.

5. Which one is true about John?

A. He will have a class at 1:00.

B. He will go to the library at 2:00.

C. He will go home at 3:00.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段较长对话，回答6、7题

6. Where will they go first?

A. To a park. B. To a theatre. C. To a restaurant.

7. What is the big surprise?

A. The man has got a better pay.

B. The woman will receive a fine gift.

C. The man has changed a better job.

听下面一段较长对话，回答8、9题

8. Where is the man’s office?

A. Inside a park. B. Opposite a park. C. Behind a park.

9. How does the woman go to work?

A. By bus. B. By train. C. By bike.

听下面一段较长对话，回答10-12题

10. What will they do when they meet?

A. Discuss their play. B. Talk about a party. C. Plan a new project.

11. When will the man’s English lesson end tomorrow?

A. At 6:30 pm    B. At 7:00 pm.  C. At 7:30 pm

12. How many people will meet tomorrow?

A. Two people. B. Four people. C. Five people.

听下面一段较长对话，回答13-16题

13. How long has the man worked in the new company?

A. For a month. B. For two months.    C. For three months.

14. What department does the man work in?

A. In the production department.

B. In the marketing department.

C. In the human resources department.

15. How is the work done in the new company?

A. The work is done in teams.

B. The work is done by oneself.

C. The work is done all by machines.

16. What does the man think of his new boss?

A. He thinks much of him.

B. He thinks nothing of him.

C. He thinks the boss is bad-tempered.

听下面一段独白，回答17-20题

17. What was the weather like last night?

A. It was stormy. B. It was fine.  C. It was windy.

18. What did the speaker see at the window?

A. A cat’s face. B. A lion’s face. C. A man’s face.

19. Where were the speaker’s parents probably when the speaker shouted?

A. In the next room. B. In the hospital. C. In the living room.

20. When did the speaker wake up the next morning?

A. After six o’clock. B. After seven o’clock. C. After eight o’clock.

第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题; 每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。

A

Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in New Zealand

Nature has shaped New Zealand with the beauty of a movie set. Few destinations boast so many natural wonders packed into such a small area. Here are the best attractions travelers can explore.

Kaikoura, South Island

Birders, wildlife and seafood lovers will love the charming coasted village of Kaikoura. Between the Seaward Kaikoura Range and the Pacific Ocean, Kaikoura offers excellent coastal hikes and popular whale watching tours. In addition to whales, passengers may spot fur seals, dolphins and a wide variety of birds.

Queenstown, South Island

Queenstown is New Zealand’s adventure capital. Bungee jumping, jet boating, rock climbing, mountain biking and downhill skiing are just some of the thrilling things to do here. In addition to the adventure sports? Queenstown offers all the comforts, with first-class hotels, spas, restaurants, galleries and shops.

Bay of Islands, North Island

A three-hour drive north of Auckland, the beautiful Bay of Islands is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country. There are more than 144 islands on the bay, making it a perfect place for sailing. Penguins, dolphins, and whales live in these waters, and the area is a popular sport-fishing spot. The towns in the area such as Russell, Opua and Paihia are great bases for exploring this scenic bay.

Rotorua, North Island

This is a land where the Earth speaks. Boiling mud pools, volcanic craters and steaming hot springs show the forces of New Zealand’s dramatic landscapes. Visitors can take a walking tour of these geothermal(地热的)wonders and bathe in the springs while visiting the interesting attractions to learn about the area’s rich Maori history and culture.

21. Where can visitors experience Extreme sports?

A. In Kaikoura. B. In Queenstown.

C. At Bay of Islands. D. In Rotorua.

22. What do we know about Bay of Islands?

A. It is suitable for fishing.

B. There are few islands there.

C. There are many military bases there.

D. It belongs to South Island of New Zealand.

23. What is special about Rotorua?

A. It offers coastal hike tours.

B. It offers popular whale watching tours.

C. It is the best known for varieties of wildlife.

D. It is a good place to have a hot spring bath.

B

Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in the countryside of Virginia. My father introduced me to her with these words, “I would like you to meet the fellow who is well known for being the worst boy in this town and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.” My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly upward, and looked at me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found a way to give out his enthusiasm. ”

That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that. She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat (别墅), where my father’s career could be more successful and my brother and I could be better educated.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her belief and began to write for local newspapers and finally reached the goal she set for me. I wasn’t the only beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

24. What can be learnt about the author from Paragraph 2?

A. He was the worst boy in the town.

B. He liked throwing rocks at people.

C. His father had a low opinion of him.

D. His stepmother praised him for his kindness.

25 . What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. Stepmother’s influence on the family.   B. Friendship between mother and son.

C. Changes in the family relationship.     D. Reasons for receiving education.

26. Why did the stepmother buy the author a typewriter?

A. To congratulate on his success.        B. To encourage him to write.

C. To help him find a good job.          D. To teach him to read and write.

27. What may be the best title of the text?

A. Enthusiasm changes life             B. Success lies in education

C. A stepmother’s amazing life          D. The secret of a good writer

C

Children whose minds wander (走神) might have sharper brains, a research suggests.

A study has found that people who let their minds wander easily have more “working memory”, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and control it cleverly.

Children at school need this type of memory on a daily basis for a variety of tasks, such as following teachers’ instructions or remembering dictated sentences. During the study, volunteers were asked to perform one simple task during which researchers kept asking if their minds were wandering. In the end, volunteers measured their working memory capacity (容量) by their ability to remember a series of letters mixed with simple maths questions.

Daniel Levinson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, said that those with higher working memory capacity reported “more mind wandering during these simple tasks”, but their performance did not deteriorate.

The results, published online in the journal Psychological Science, appear to make sure that the former research found working memory allows humans to deal with many thoughts at the same time.

Dr Jonathan Smallwood, of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science in Leipzig, Germany, said, “What this study seems to suggest is that, when the tasks aren’t very difficult, people with additional working memory capacity use them effectively to think about other things besides what they’re doing.”

Working memory capacity is also connected with general measures of intelligence, such as reading comprehension and IQ scores. Dr Smallwood added, “Our results suggest the sorts of planning that people do quite often in daily life — when they are on the bus, when they are cycling to work, when they are in the shower — are probably supported by working memory.”

28. What did the researchers ask the volunteers to do during the study?

A. solve some difficult maths problems            

B. retell some dictated sentences

C. follow the teacher’s instructions               

D. carry out one simple task

29. What does the underlined word “deteriorate” in the fourth paragraph probably mean?

A. become worse B. become better

C. improve quickly D. improve gradually

30. According to the study, working memory ________.

A. prevents people from remembering dictated sentences

B. causes people’s minds to wander more easily

C. allows people to consider more things at the same time

D. leads to people’s worse performance during work

31. What’s the text mainly about?

A. How the working memory works in the daily life.

B. Wandering minds might have brighter brains.

C. Why people’s minds wander while working.

D. Working ability can be improved by wandering minds.

D

People will tell you the only way to really learn a language is to completely immerse(浸入)yourself in a country where that language is spoken. Not all language learners, of course, will have the opportunity to spend some time in an immersion environment. But if you can't actually fly across the world to learn a new language, you can always create an immersion environment where you can talk to native speakers.

That's where Babbel comes in. Babbel is one of the most popular language learning apps on the market for studying new languages at your own pace. The app emphasises real-life conversational skills, so you won't be stopped by grammatical structures and verb patterns.

And right now, you can get 15% off a lifetime subscription (订阅)to Babbel Language Learning（$150; stacksocial. com）. A lifetime subscription is huge when it comes to getting the most out of the app, since you'll be able to return to lessons time and time again and brush up on whichever section or topic you might need.

So how does it all work? First, you'll choose one of the 14 languages. While Babbel offers familiar languages like Spanish and Italian, it also offers less commonly studied ones like Polish, Indonesian and more. Once you pick your language, you'll choose a wide range of real-life topics. Each course takes about 10 to 15 minutes, so you can pick one up on the way to work, during your lunch break, or really at any point you have some time to kill.

Beyond this, Babbel includes a ton of additional features tailored to making sure you learn the language in a real, practical and accurate way. The app uses speech recognition technology to make sure your pronunciation is accurate compared with how native speakers would say certain words.

32．What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

A．The terrifying experiences of travelling. B．The importance of language learning environment.

C．Different ways to learn a new language. D．Opportunities to communicate with native speakers.

33．What can we know about Babbel?

A．It's a tool for learning languages. B．It is designed in various types.

C．It focuses more on grammar structures. D．It's the most popular app in the market.

34．What should the users do first to learn with the app?

A．Choose the place to learn a course. B．Pick the language they want to learn.

C．Calculate the reading time. D．Choose a proper topic.

35．Why does Babbel use speech recognition technology?

A．To represent its additional features. B．To meet the needs of native speakers.

C．To compare differences between words. D．To make the pronunciation correct.

第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题25分，满分12. 5分）

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。

Some shy people find that they can talk fine with their old friends, but struggle with strangers. They want to “fit-in” with new people, but it’s really not easy for them.     36   .

Work on Raising Self-confidence

Having high self-confidence helps you to be outgoing because you get recognition from yourself .    37    .

Be in the Present Moment

Shy people spend too much time in their heads.     38    . Being mindful of the present moment increases social ability because you have “more to work with”. This improves your confidence, making you more likely to be outgoing.

Say No to Limiting Beliefs

Some people are so careful in conversations. They don’t want to say “wrong things”. They don’t like themselves around new people and can’t stand out because they’re afraid even to try.     39    . So, plan to say something a little embarrassing about yourself in a conversation. The point is, you’ll prove to yourself it’s OK to be not always right. That way you’ll feel free to be social with people.

Little by little you’ll get better. As you succeed, you’ll grow confident to be more outgoing, which will lead to more social success.     40    .

A. Then, you’re in a positive state of finding more friends.

B. The real problem is that the feeling is based on completely false beliefs.

C. When you feel good about yourself, what others think of you doesn’t matter so much.

D. Here are some tips on how to be more outgoing and be social with people.

E. They could improve their social skills through these ways.

F. Because of this, they don’t catch helpful details of the moment.

G. You’ll know you can fit in whenever and wherever you like.

第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

That year I was eleven and in sixth grade. In Wethersfield, all sixth-graders are ____41____ to take part in the R.O.P.E. Program. Its main ____42____ is to believe your peers(同龄人), work together, and ____43____ new adventures. These programs including falling backward and ____44____ peers to catch you, working together to fit into a small circle and something of that kind.

I was ready to take part in these ____45____. Falling backward and fitting into a small circle were nothing to me. Crossing over a stream(小溪)with nothing holding me up but a rope was daring, but I could ____46____ it. Finally the day came when my sixth grade class would travel to climb and rappel(绕绳下滑)a mountain in Southington. Those people who were too ____47____ were allowed to practice climbing and rappelling a smaller area of rocks, but that wasn’t for me. I could climb the big mountain.

Twenty minutes later, my ____48____ arrived. As I was well ____49____, I set off at once. I got a quarter of the way up but couldn’t seem to get any ____50____. I tried and tried. I began to put myself down and cry. There was nothing more ____51____ than my classmates were looking at me. All I kept ____52____ was “Lisa, you can do it. Try to fit your foot in there. ____53____, Lisa. You’re almost there.”

It was then that I thought to myself, “Why am I crying? I can do this.” Almost ____54____ I went on going up the mountain. Within five minutes I successfully ____55____ to the top.

41. A. forced B. reported C. required D. reminded

42. A. idea B. result C. question D. road

43. A. run B. introduce C. experience D. describe

44. A. begging B. thinking C. promising D. trusting

45. A. lectures B. discussions C. stories D. activities

46. A. handle B. discover C. change D. need

47. A. naughty B. noisy C. frightened D. annoyed

48. A. friend B. turn C. teacher D. day

49. A. relaxed B. balanced C. organized D. prepared

50. A. quicker B. warmer C. farther D. longer

51 A. awkward B. amazing C. exciting D. disappointing

52. A. shouting B. remembering C. learning D. hearing

53. A. Watch out B. Come on C. Hurry up D. Walk along

54. A. completely B. carefully C. dangerously D. immediately

55. A. reached B. got C. arrived D. took

第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A Bite of China

 No trip would be complete without experiencing the local food culture. Actually, China has various kinds of delicious food, 56. __________ (include) a wide variety of local snacks.

 Without a doubt, for the majority of the foreigners I contacted, and myself included, Peking Duck, Dim Sum, Hot Pot were the favorite Chinese 57. __________ (dish). China is a place 58. __________ the food is not only delicious, but the  59. __________ (cheap) I’ve ever found.

 60. __________ my last night in Beijing before returning to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What a beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases on the table, 61. __________ (attract) silverware (镀银餐具) and beautiful chopsticks. I was handed 62. __________  menu and found most of the prices 63. __________ (be) especially low for the high quality of the food. The duck came in whole or half, along with all the little decorations that you know if you’ve ever eaten Peking duck-a little tortilla (玉米饼) to put the sliced duck and vegetables in chopped onion, sauce.

 Anyway, I ended up ordering a whole duck and thought I'd just take the rest back to my hotel 64. __________ (eat) later if I couldn’t finish it. Unbelievably, in the end there was none of the whole duck 65. __________ (leave) on the plate. Umm, yummy!

第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是高一新生李华，你的美国笔友David来信询问你的近况，请你用英文给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：

1.难忘的军训;

2.结识的新朋友、新老师;

3.个人感悟。

注意：

1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇：军训 military training

Dear David,

________________________________________________________________________________

 Yours

LiHua

第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

注意：1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

When I was in high school, I had a dream: to appear in a television program. 1 was too shy to share my dream with my teacher, however, or anyone else- except my parents. To me, it sounded like a dream that could never come true.

People often told me I could be a nurse, a teacher, or a hairdresser, which I thought were all great careers. But that was not what I wanted. Thankfully, my parents had raised me and my siblings to have lots of confidence. Both my parents, especially my dad, often said, "You can do anything you want to. "

With his encouragement, I applied to the radio and television arts program at Ryerson University in Toronto. I was overjoyed when I was admitted. I really loved the program and worked hard---and I was named the most outstanding graduate of the year. Just by getting into Ryerson and graduating at the top of the class, I began to think that maybe my dream could come true.

After I graduated. I applied to the CBC and CTV for a job. They both said the same thing: We love your education, but you don't have any experience. Come back when you get some!" And I kept saying, " How can I get this experience? I've been busy getting an education. " They both turned me down.

Luckily, Global Television had just started broadcasting in Canada that year. I thought to myself, I'm new and they 're new. Why not give it a try?" I didn't know anyone there, so if I was going to get to know one person at Global, it might as well be the president. I found out who the president was and decided to call him directly. What could I lose? I was scared, but I knew deep down inside that this was what I wanted. When I called my dad and told him my plan, he said, "Good! That's exactly what you should do. "

Paragraph1

With excitement, I called the president of Global Television.

_______________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph2

A week later, my big day for the stage came. _______________________________________________________________________________