1、第一次月考英语试题【湖北版】 本试卷分全卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟. 留意事项: 1.答第I卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。 2.每小题选出答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦洁净后,再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在试卷上。 第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分) 做题时,先将答案划在试卷上。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
2、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.Where was the man born? A.In France. B.In American. C.In Poland. 2.What did the boss call the woman about? A.A project. B.An appointment. C.A business trip. 3.What did the woman do today? A.She went shopping. B.She surfed the Internet. C.S
3、he climbed a mountain. 4.What does the woman mean? A.The man should spend more time with his wife. B.The man can go to the party with his wife. C.The man should stay at home with his wife. 5.What happened to the man? A.He had a car accident. B.He was stuck in the traffic. C.He steppe o
4、n some chewing gum. 其次节 (共15小题;每题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,每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。 6.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.A job position. B.How to use a website. C.An interview they just
5、 had. 7.How will the woman know the decisions? A.The man will call her. B.She will receive an e-mail. C.She needs to visit the man. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。 8.What kind of film captain America is? A.English with Chinese subtitles. B.Chinese with English subtitles. C.Spanish with Chinese subtit
6、les. 9.How much will the woman pay for the tickets? A.$ 15. B.$ 30. C.$ 45. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。 10.What does the woman think of campus life? A.It’s all about studying. B.It’s rich and colourful. C.The food in the canteen is terrible. 11.What does the man say about the club? A.People can
7、make new friends there. B.It’s hard to learn useful skills there. C.They will take up a lot of time. 12.What will the man probably do? A.Cleck out some information about clubs. B.Join the Student Service Centre. C.Write a resume. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。 13.What sort of band does the man play
8、in? A.A hip-hop one. B.A rock one. C.A jazz one. 14.What is he busy with this weekend? A.A music show. B.Band practice. C.A lecture. 15.How long has he been playing music? A.Eight years. B.Ten years. C.Twenty years. 16.What do we know about drums from the conversation? A.They require a de
9、ep understanding of music. B.They are rarely part of jazz music. C.They are the man’s least favourite instrument. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。 17.Why does the world focus on Neil Armstrong this week? A.He makes a miracle again. B.He died last Saturday. C.He was the first man to walk on the moon.
10、18.What can we learn about Armstrong’s walk on the moon? A.He made it in his sixties. B.He started the space race with the Soviet Union. C.He walked on the moon for almost 3 hours. 19.What did Armstrong do in later years? A.He wrote books at home. B.He taught at a university. C.He farme
11、d in the countryside. 20.What did President Obama say about Armstrong? A.An example of service. B.A bright star. C.A hero of all time. 其次部分:词汇学问运用(共两节, 满分30分) 第一节:单项填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21.The 22 year-old Gloria Tang has impressed the Chinese mainlan
12、d audience with her powerful voice and in the Hunan TV really show I’m Singer. A.dignity B.appearance C.intention D.energy 22. The United States has attracted millions of international students to its universities and colleges because the country offers many choices and some best____in
13、 the world. A. facilities B. qualifications C. privileges D. theories 23,____by my friends and relations,I decided to follow their advice to apply for a patent by sending my invention to the office. A. Confirmed B. Pressed C. Opposed D. Stricken 24. The fact that many studen
14、ts only____themselves in studying and have no eye for anything else has caused lots of concern. A. devote B. contribute C. occupy D. adapt 25.Citizens urged that the local government pay more attention to food safety. After all,it is an important issue____public health. A. inv
15、olving B. indicating C. influencing D. polishing 26. In Britain today women__44% of the work force,and nearlyhalf the mothers with children are in paid work. A. keep up B. take up C. make up D. build up 27.No trip to France is_____without a visit to its museum,especially the world’
16、s best known one,the louvre in Paris. A. beneficial B. complete C. fundamental D. available 28. The photograph offered by the eyewitness was not very____,so it would be difficult for the police to tell the suspect from the crowd easily. A. relevant B. practical C. sharp D.
17、 flexible 29. People become more aware that helping others is helping themselves. As a result, volunteering is becoming____popular in China. A. naturally B. abruptly C.narrowly D. increasingly 30. People who come to attend court hearings are always chosen____in order to be fair.
18、A. at random B. by chance C. on purpose D. in general 其次节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。 Kristine Barnett’s Son Jacob was diagnosed with autism(自闭症)when he was two years old, and doctors said he would never 31 . She tried special education program
19、and therapies 32 at addressing his limitations. When teachers told her there was no 33 , she rebelled and took her own 34 . Instead of focusing on Jacob's limitations,Kristine developed his 35 . Now her 15- year-old son is 36 to win a Nobel Prize for his work in theoretical physic
20、s. Relying on the insights she developed at her in-home daycare,Kristine made a definite decision to 37 Jacob's“spark"一 his passionate interests. Why concentrate on what he couldn't do? Why not 38 what he could? This philosophy,along with her 39 in the power of childhood play,help
21、ed her son grow in incredible ways. “He liked repetitive behaviors. He would 40 with a glass and look at the light, twisting it for hours on end. Instead of taking it away,I would give him 50 glasses, 41 them with water at different levels and let him explore,”she says.“I surrounded him
22、with whatever he loved.” The more she did that,the more it 42 .Then one night,as he was being tucked in, Jacob spoke.“It was like music..,because everybody had said it was an 43 thing,” Kristine recalls,“1 would tuck him in every night and say,‘Goodnight,baby Jacob,you're my baby 44
23、 ,and I love you very much.’One night he looked me 45 in the eyes and said,‘Night-night baby bagel’All along he must have thought I had been 46 him a bagel!” Jacob is now a student of theoretical physics at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario,with an IQ 47 to be higher tha
24、n Einstein's. Kristine was a mother who 48 .disregarded what experts said about her son and threw off the 49 that was slapped on him as a toddler.“As parents,we know in our hearts what our kids need,”she says”,“and we need to tntsL that a little more,even if that goes 50 what other
25、s are saving” 31,A. read B. hear C. speak D. walk 32. A. aimed B. grasped C. pulled D. pushed 33.A. problem B. doubt C. wonder D, hope 34.A.path B. time C. pleasure D. care 35.A. sports B. characters C. interests D. observations 36. A. on line B. on track C. on air D. on foot
26、 37. A. create B. follow C. force D. increase 38.A. focus on B. depend on C. keep on D. feed on 39.A. courage B. Went C. belief D. puzzle 40. A. stay B. strike C. fight D. play 41.A. cover B. fill C. surround D. expose 42. A. worked. B. managed C. failed D. completed 43.A. i
27、mportant B. ordinary C. impossible D. optimistic 44. A. son B. pet C. doll D .. angel 45.A. .straight B. forward C. anxiously D. wildly 46. A. considering B. making C. calling D. offering 47. A. designed B. valued C. recorded D. measured 48. A. immediately B. frequently C. total
28、ly D. relatively 49,A. label B. burden C. mistake D. fault 50. A. with B. against C. beyond D. between 第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,满分40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 More and more Americans are showing an interest in organic and locally-produced food. As the interest
29、increases, raising chickens has been gaining popularity in some American cities. Collecting eggs is a daily pleasure for the Hurst family. Naomi Hurst says her family started to raise chickens in the back of their home in Maryland last October. "I have been wanting to try having backyard chickens f
30、or a couple years now. And really just didn't have the time to build my own coop and then look out where to buy chickens. And then we stumbled upon Rent a Coop." Rent a Coop is a chicken rental business. Tyler Phillips launched the company with a partner in May of 2022. "It comes with the mobile co
31、op on wheels, two egg-laying hens, feed, bedding, water fowl, feed bowl, and our 24-hour chicken hotline. You can call with any questions. " After the four weeks have passed, individuals can extend the rental agreement, return everything or purchase the animals and supplies. Tyler Phillips designs
32、 and makes the coops -- buildings where the birds are kept. He says he wants to do as little damage as possible to the environment. "We always try to have as many recycled materials as possible. And I want the coops to be safe for kids, number one. And I want the chickens to be comfortable. I want t
33、hem to have access to the grass while being inside the coop. And I want it to be easily movable, light weight." Mr. Phillips says the chicken coop rental business came from his love of animals. He grew up on his parents' farm, near Washington, DC. The Horsts hope their farm teaches their daughter
34、to be caring and responsible. "I don't think we've ever thanks where food comes from. But whenever we pick up the eggs we always say, 'thank you, ladies.' That's really something that is hard to teach other than having an animal in your backyard that delivers food to you. So it's been a great learni
35、ng opportunity for my daughter, too." Says Naomi Hurst. 51.Mr. Phillips runs the chicken coop rental laziness mainly because . A.he expects raising chickens to he popular. B.he wants to make quick profits from it. C.he enjoys collecting fresh eggs. D.he always loves animals. 52.If y
36、ou want to rent two mobile coops for two months, you need to pay about . A.$740. B.$370. C.$ 185 D.$93 53.Which of the following statements in True about Phillips design of “Rent a Coop”? A.It is environmentally friendly in some way. B.It is a new kind of mobile coop on wheels with he
37、ns and other animals. C.It has no access for chickens to the grass while they are in the coops. D.It is intended to teach children to be caring and responsible. 54.In which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage? A.Culture. B.Sports. C.Lifestyle. D.Technology. B Simpl
38、e pleasures are usually the best and few things could be simpler or more enjoyable. than camping. Many people's first holiday memory is of camping. It puts us back in touch with our inner child and provides the opportunity for fun. There's the freedom to come and go as you please and the option
39、to relax or be adventurous,depending on your mood Today's modern campsites provide lots of different accommodation options,plenty of activities,space,fresh air and beautiful,scenic plots away from the hustle and bustle of modem life. They suit couples and families alike but kids absolutely lo
40、ve them. They can run wild and wear themselves out in a safe, controlled environment. Canvas Holidays has been putting together packages for nearly 50 years so it has a pretty good idea what makes for a great camping experience. Today it runs holidays at sites in 10 European countries includ
41、ing France,Spain,Italy,Germany and Croatia. There are more than 50 destinations alone in France,ranging from Normandy in the north to the C8te d'Azur in the south. All its sites are carefully selected for their range of facilities. Many have large pools with waterslides,tennis courts and min
42、i-golf as well as supermarkets,bars and restaurants. Some even have golf courses and luxury spas. There are sites with an emphasis on water sports, walking and cycling and it's even possible to choose venues that fit perfectly in with special events like the Tour de France. And you can choose you
43、r arrival and departure dates and duration of holiday to suit your schedule. There's a wide range of accommodation at its sites to suit all tastes. Modem Maxi Tents are spacious and stocked with all modem equipment. Alternatively,there's a range of well-equipped, modern mobile homes to suit
44、even the biggest families. For those who want a little more space and even~home comforts there's the option of luxurious wooden lodges at some resorts. All accommodation has its own outdoor plot with tables and chairs and,where rules allow, barbecues. You're welcome to spend all day lazing a
45、round the pool or lounging outside your accommodation but because not everyone wants to lie around in the sun,Canvas provides FamilyExtra,a free activity programme at a dozen sites,offering lots to occupy children and even adults from football to water sports,plus circus workshops and quizzes.
46、 Booking by phone or online is simple. For more information,call 0845 604 3806 or visit. 55. What does the author think of camping? A. It's great fun for children. B. It's simple and enjoyable. C. It's a good way to relax. D. It's adventurous. 56. canvas Hohdays may not offer_____·
47、 A. camping holidays for the whole family B. holiday destinations in 10 European countries C. a wide range of mobile homes D. all accommodation with outdoor barbecues 57. The underlined part "hustle and bustle" in Para. 2 means_____· A. busy and noisy B. easy and
48、happy C. dirty and noisy D. quiet and private 58. What is main purpose of this writing? A. To introduce holiday destinations. B. To describe modern campsites. C. To attract people to camping holidays. D. To list the advantages' of camping.
49、 C Who is more likely to lie and cheat一the poor person or the rich one? It's easier to think that the wealthier you are,the more likely you are to act fairly and think about what others may need. But research suggests the opposite is true:as people climb the social ladder, thei
50、r comPaeaionnte(有怜悯心的)feelings towards other people decline. Berkeley psychologists Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner ran several studies looking at whether social class,as measured by wealth,occupation,and education,influences how much people care about the feelings of others. In one study,Piff






