河南省许昌市五校学高一英语月联考试题课件.docx

1、河南省许昌市五校学高一英语月联考试题课件许昌市五校联考高一下期第二次考试英语试卷考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。第I卷第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）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，并在答题卡上用铅笔将该项涂黑。AI live in a city, and I like quiet life. I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors but its very unlucky that I had one for myse

2、lf. They moved in a couple of months ago and although I never felt that they were a strange family, Ive always hated the way they get “too close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage cans.One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans were near their lawn. For some str

3、ange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bil

4、ls, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.Ive heard of it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others an

5、d they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbour” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did

6、they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were no

7、t nosy neighbors. They simply didnt want us to experience the same thing that they did.1. What made the author angry?A. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.D. His neighbors wife was lookin

8、g through his rubbish.2. Why did the couple come to the authors home?A. To return the documents to the author.B. To get to know each other better.C. To introduce themselves to the author.D. To borrow some money from the author.3. The neighbors moved to live next door to the author because .A. they n

9、o longer had money to live in their former homeB. their personal documents were used by their former neighborC. they didnt want to live in such a noisy home as beforeD. they thought the author was much better than their former neighbor4.Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?A.

10、The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.B. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.C. The neighbors didnt have enough money.D. The neighbors had to move from place to place.BWhat can you imagine the life 100 years from now? In fact, no one can know it from now, but scientists studyi

11、ng the evolution of the society, human life and the world in general make such kind of predictions based on scientific data. According to their publications in scientific journals, lets see how the world might look like in 100 years from now.Embedded computersAccording to predictions by Ian Pearson

12、and Patrick Tucker, by 2050 the human body will be embedded2 with computers, at least in a big part of the population, and by 2075 most of the citizens of the developed world will have some kind of chips built in their brains to make them work faster and share thoughts in the form of computer data.S

13、uperhuman geniusesDevelopments in genetic engineering will create human geniuses who will live forever. Does it sound unbelievable? It is sure that there will be a way to influence the brain to increase the intelligence level and with the help of genetics it will be possible to maintain human body f

14、or many years. Global currencyAccording to futurists, it is very likely that a global electronic currency will be created. They say that the local and national currencies will be few until mid-century and will gradually disappear, let alone metal currencies.Three world languages There will be only t

15、hree world languages: English, Spanish and Chinese. Other languages will have no chance to survive through time. Futurists say that many minority languages are already extinct and the fact that all educated people in the world speak at least one of these languages will help in this way.Oceans as a f

16、ood sourceIt is one of the most “confident” future developments, according to scientists, because if the world population continues growing at the same rate, it will reach ten billion. So the food will not be enough. Thus the oceans will be used to raise fish and to provide populations with fresh wa

17、ter taken from the sea plants. Journeys into spaceMost futurists agree on this and believe that some kind of tourist attractions will be created in space, although they will be affordable only for wealthy people.5. WhywilltherebeonlyEnglish,SpanishandChinese according to the passage? A. Because othe

18、r languages wont be important.B. Because people who speak minority languages wont be willing to speak their native languages.C. Because more and more educated people speak English, Spanish and Chinese, which will cause many minority languages extinctD. Because in the whole world all the people must

19、not speak other languages.6. What currency can we use to buy goods in the future from the passage? A. local currency B. metal currency C. national currency D. global electronic currency7. The main idea about the passage is about . A. what the people look like 100 years from now . B. what the life of

20、 people is like 100 years from now.C. what the environment is like 100 years from now.D. what the culture is like100 years from now.CExams appeared long time ago and it is a way of picking out excellent ones .All taking exams want to win. So exam cheatings always go hand in hand. Taking exams in a l

21、arge group setting can be stressful for students and for the staff members who are watching over them. When classrooms are crowded and desks are close together, cheating might be tempting. Many organizations took measures to stop cheating. Not long ago one university in Thailand came up with an anti

22、-cheating hat that makes it almost impossible for students to see other students papers. The hats were made by stapling two pieces of paper onto a headband, one to each side of the head. This caused many students annoyed. A photo of the students wearing the anti-cheating hats made its way to the int

23、ernet, and the university was also criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats. After being criticized, senior academic staff at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, released a statement saying that the hats idea came from students. They said that in a bid to pre

24、vent cheating they asked the students for ideas on how to prevent cheating in the upcoming exam, which was being taken by almost one hundred students. Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most fit. The university claims that no-one was forced to

25、use the hat, but they all chose to do so. “When wearing the hat during the exam, students felt more relaxed,” a lecturer at the university ,Nattadon Rungruangkitkrai, said. “It was not meant to indicate that Kasetsart students often cheat on exams. I apologize if the photo makes other people look at

26、 my students in a negative way, Rungruangkitkrai added.8. That the university was criticized on the Internet is because ?A. The homemade anti-cheating hat looked too simple.B. Wearing the anti-cheating hat made students look ridiculous.C.Wearing the anti-cheating hats couldnt prevent students from c

27、heating in the exam.D. The university forced students to wear the anti-cheating hat. 9. Whats most of the Kasetsart University students attitude towards the cheating hat? A. careless B. objective C. negative D. supportive10. From the passage we can infer that_.A. Wearing the anti-cheating hat is eff

28、ective in some degree.B. Some students are forced to wear the anti-cheating hat.C. Its useless wearing the anti-cheating hat in the exam.D. Kasetsart students are often caught cheating in the exam.11. What is the best title of the passage? A. influence about anti-cheating hats of Kasetsart Universit

29、y, ThailandB. pressure about anti-cheating hats of Kasetsart University, ThailandC. measures about anti-cheating hats of Kasetsart University, Thailand D. supports of anti-cheating hats of Kasetsart University, Thailand DHoverboards are quite convient for people to carry or ride on the busy street,

30、especially in college camps, more and more students choose to ride a hoverboard to class.So hoverboards(电动滑板）were among the most popular Christmas gifts of 2015. They may have also been most dangerous gifts of 2015.A true hoverboard looks like a skateboard without wheels. To “hover” means to float i

31、n the air without moving much in any direction. The popularity of hoverboards began in the 1980s, with the “Back to the Future” movies. Characters in the second and third films used hoverboards as transportation.This years popular hoverboards, however, do not actually hover. They have wheels. And? a

32、s it turns out, they are not easy to use.Adults and children around the world suffered hoverboard-related injuries over the weekend. Many posted pictures of the damage on social media. Twitter user David Douglas posted a photo of both him and a young girl with the broken arms they suffered on Christmas Day. And another user Erin Rafferty uploaded a video of her mother falling off a hoverboard, with the caption, “Who let mom on the hoverboa