2017-2018学年江西省九江第一中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

2017-2018学年江西省九江第一中学高二上学期第一次月考

英语

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. Why has the airport been closed?

A. There were some political factors. B. The weather was bad.

C. Something was wrong in the airport. 2. What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Take the picture of him with the mountains. B. Make a film based on the mountains. C. Climb mountains with him. 3. Where are the two speakers?

A. At the apartment.

B. At a coffee bar.

C. At a hotel.

4. What is the conversation mainly about?

A. A hat.

B. The weather.

C. A raincoat.

5. What can learn from the conversation?

A. The woman does not get along well with the man. B. There is a problem between the woman and her roommate. C. The man will talk with the woman?s roommate.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、 7题。 6. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a cinema.

B. On an airplane.

C. At a railway station.

7. What do we know about the woman?

A. She has no family.

B. She has good life insurance.

C. She has had a worse experience.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where will the man go?

A. To Shanghai.

B. To Chicago.

C. To London.

9. How may the man get to his hotel from the airport?

A. By taxi.

B. By bus.

C. By car.

10. How much will the man?s ticket cost?

A. $800.

B. $900.

C. $810

请听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. How to spend their holiday. B. What gifts to buy for the family. C. Where to go for their holiday.

12. With whom will the two speakers celebrate the Spring Festival?

A. The woman?s family.

B. None.

C. The man?s family.

13. What will Alice probably get?

A. Some CDs.

B. A book.

C. A toy spacesuit.

请听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. Why did the boss shout at the man?

A. He didn?t work hard.

B. He took a coffee break.

C. He was late for work.

15. What can we conclude from the conversation?

A. The man is a new employee. B. The man has an hour for lunch. C. The man often works overtime. 16. What time does the man get off work?

A. At 5:00.

B. At 5:30.

C. At 6:00.

17. What do the man?s co-workers think of the boss?

A. Funny.

B. Strict.

C. Foolish.

请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What do we know about public toilets in Beijing?

A. There is one on every block throughout the whole city?

B. There is at least one in every neighborhood. C. They are hard to find, but they are clean.

19. What is the woman?s opinion about public toilet in her city?

A. They provide jobs and a great service. B. They smell pretty bad all the year around. C. The government should rebuild some of them. 20. Where will the woman probably go next?

A. To the government building. 第二部分：阅读理解

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分， 满分30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。

A

One of the most common remarks about today?s emerging adults (18- to 29-year-olds) is that they?re lazy. They expect work to be fun, and if it? s not fun, they refuse to do it. It?s true that emerging adults have high hopes for work. Ian, a 22-year-old, chose to go into journalism, even though he knew that: “If I?m a journalist making $20,000 a year, my dad (a wealthy physician) makes vastly more than that. ”More important than the money was finding a job that he could enjoy. The great majority of rising adults spend most of their twenties in a series of dull and low-paying jobs as they search for something better. It?s unfair to consider the many hard-working emerging adults with a stereotype (刻板模式) that is true for only a small percentage of them.

Another widespread slur against emerging adults is that they are selfish. It?s probably true that most emerging adults today grow up with a higher level of self-respect than in previous generations. Their Baby Boomer parents keep telling them: ?You?re special!? ?You can be whatever you want to be. ?Popular culture has communicated similar messages in movies, television shows and songs. But that doesn?t mean they?re selfish. It simply means that they are highly confident in their abilities to make a good life for themselves.

Oddly, these stereotypes continue even though there is persuasive evidence to the contrary. Rates of violent crime committed by young men have dropped. Not only have bad things gone down, but good things about this generation have gone up. Nearly 90 percent of American college freshmen reported doing volunteer work in the past year, the highest level ever. Furthermore, applications to

B. To a café.

C. To the man?s.

post-college volunteer programs have reached record levels. Young Americans are also more tolerant and accepting of differences than older generations.

The origins of the many prejudices against today?s emerging adults are complex(复杂的), but maybe one key reason is that many of their elders still use old yardsticks to measure their progress. The pace of social, economic and technological change over the past half-century has been quick, and what is ?normal? among young people has changed so fast that the rest of society has not yet caught up.

21.Ian chose to be a journalist because _____. A. he loved the job very much C. journalists make big money

B. he followed his father?s advice D. it?s an interesting job

22. What does the underlined word “ slur ” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. A false conclusion. C. A wrong prediction.

B. An unfair criticism. D. An unconfirmed statement.

23. We can infer from the last paragraph that elder people should _____.

A. stop using old views to judge young people B. think in a more complicated way C. recognize they?re behind the times

D. believe that young people are normal B

It was the week before Christmas, and the line at the post office snaked twice around the hall. It seemed that no one was moving. The office looked like an exhibit in the Postal Wax Museum. I came to the self-service machine where the line was much shorter.

I don?t like self-service. I tell people it?s because I don?t approve of taking jobs away from people, but the real problem is that I?m no good at it. The machine always asks me something I don? t know the answer to. I hate this. I am a retired letter carrier, and we moved mail the old-fashioned way: hand to hand, human to human. We were fast, friendly, and frequently accurate(精确的).

The woman in the front of the line was clicking away at the screen. And the clicks were surprisingly loud. Any signs of hesitation on her part were telegraphed to the whole lobby. I felt sorry for her: The machine could smell fear. The next person took a long time, too. I breathed deeply. By the time it was my turn, I had the heart rate of a yogi (瑜伽修行者).

Under the weight of concern from the people in line behind me, I felt a growing duty to minimize the seconds between clicks. Finally it was time to slide in a credit card. The machine didn? t take it.

“Try putting it in the other way,” the gentleman behind me suggested. No good.

“I?ve got a different card,” I said, and fished around for that one, beginning to sweat. The machine wanted a PIN, but not the one I suggested.

“Start over,” I clicked, intending to try the first card again.

[]Oh no. I had to start all over again.

“I?m sorry,” I said, looking back, sheepish. “I guess I don?t know what I?m doing. You all go ahead.”

“Don?t give up, ”said the nice man behind me. “Try it again. We?re all friends here, right?” Smiles were blooming (绽放) all down the line. I tried again, clicked with deliberation and sincerity, and introduced my credit card as though I were presenting it to the queen. Finally, I made it!

I couldn?t have been happier. Everyone burst into applause. Comfort and joy! 24.What do we know about the post office? A. It was pretty large.

B. Something went wrong there. D. Efficient services were provided.

C. It was very busy at Christmas.

25.While waiting for his turn, the author was _____. A. a little excited B. totally relaxed

C. bored and impatient D. nervous and anxious

26. What does the underlined word “sheepish” in Paragraph 8 mean? A. Grateful.

B. Surprised.

C. Uneasy and uncomfortable.

D. Determined.

27.What did the man behind the author do? A. He rushed the author.

B. He laughed at the author. D. He encouraged the author.

C

A UK college has started teaching students the Danish concept of hygge — said to make homes nicer and people happier. But what exactly is it?

Sitting by the fire on a cold night, while petting a dog — probably surrounded by candles. That? s definitely “hygge”. Eating home-made cakes. Watching TV under a warm quilt. Tea served in a china set. Family get-togethers at Christmas. They?re all hygge too.

The Danish word, pronounced “hoo-ga”, is usually translated into English as “cosiness”. But it?s much more than that — it is an entire attitude to life that makes Denmark one of the world?s happiest

C. He mailed for the author.