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2021—2022学年第二学期高一第一次月考英语试题

【本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟】

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选择

最佳选项。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 does the woman want to go?

A. The train station. B. The fire station. C. The park.

2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A new classmate. B. An interesting class. C. An eye problem.

3. What was the man’s favorite food tonight?

A. Roast chicken. B. Tomato soup. C. Potato salad.

4. How does the man suggest finding their way to the museum?

A. By visiting a website. B. By reading a map. C. By asking a stranger.

5. What will the man do this afternoon?

A. Do his homework. B. Go to swim. C. Help his brother.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

请听下面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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What is Jim probably doing?

A. Studying for a test. B. Attending a concert. C. Playing basketball.

7. What relation is Jim to the woman?

A. Her classmate. B. Her brother. C. Her teacher.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. When did the man first go to the Rockˈn Ribville festival?

A. In 2007. B. In 2009. C. In 2010.

9. What does the man love doing most during the event?

A. Trying tasty foods.

B. Watching classical movies. C. Listening to live music.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What kind of restaurant is the Lotus Garden?

A. Indian. B. French. C. Chinese.

11. Where is the man now probably?

A. In Birmingham. B. In Leeds. C. In Sunderland.

12. How will James get to Durham?

A. By car. B. By train. C. By bus.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where can the man find Teens magazine?

A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor.

14. Which book does Jenny want to borrow?

A. A Brief History of Time. B. Gone with the Wind. C. A Dream of Red

Mansions.

15. What will the man tell Jenny to do?

A. Fill out a form at the library.

B. Go to the library in a month.

C. Return her books on time.

16. Whatˈs the weather probably like now?

A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why did the speaker go to Legoland California last summer?

A. For a birthday celebration. B. For a family vacation. C. For a graduation.

18. How far is it from San Diego International Airport to Legoland?

A. About a 30-minute drive.

B. About a 40-minute drive.

C. About a 50-minute drive.

19. What did the speaker think of the Legoland Castle Hotel?

A. Satisfying. B. Boring. C. Strange.

20. Which themed room did the speaker stay in?

A. Knights & Dragons. B. Royal Princess. C. Magic Wizard.

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

Iceland is Europe's westernmost country, with the world's most northerly capital city,

Reykjavik. Iceland has a population of about 340,000, spreading over more than 100,000 square

kilometers. Despite its small size, there are many reasons to visit this amazing country.

City of Culture

Most visitors’ first destination is Reykjavik, a small and clean city known for its colorful and

stylish buildings. The city’s downtown area is lined with shops, art galleries, cafes and bookstores.

In 2000, Reykjavik was awarded the title of Europe's City of Culture, thanks to its art museums

for true art lovers.

Hot Springs

Iceland has a number of hot springs around the island. All are heated naturally by

underground volcanic(火山的) activity. In fact, this energy is turned into electricity, which powers

and heats people's homes and businesses. As a result, Iceland burns very little fossil fuel（化石燃

料）, such as oil and gas. Iceland has some of the cleanest air in the world.

Caves and Monsters

In Iceland, one of the most popular outdoor activities to enjoy is caving. Exploring Iceland's

special lava（熔岩） caves or ice caves is challenging and requires special clothes and hiking tools.

The best-known ice caves are in Vatnajokull, which, at 8,000 square kilometers, is Europe's largest

ice cave. Outside the town of Reykjavik, the huge rocks were once believed to be monsters. These

are dramatic scenery on a magnificent black-sand beach.

The Golden Circle

No trip to Iceland would be complete without a visit to the Golden Circle, which connects

Gullfoss, the hot springs region of Geysir, and Thingvellir National Park. The Mid-Atlantic Fault

that runs through Iceland is literally pulling the island apart. No place is more obvious than

Thingvellir Valley, where the land is actually separating and the stony ground frequently changes.

21. What made Reykjavik win the name of Europe's City of Culture?

A. Its typical art museums. B. Its creative buildings.

C. Its special ice caving. D. Its dramatic scenery.

22. What contributes to Iceland’s cleanest air according to the text?

A. Its geographical feature. B. The less need for electricity.

C. Plenty of fossil fuel. D. The use of volcanic energy.

23. Which part of the Mid-Atlantic Fault can be most easily seen?

A. Gullfoss. B. Vatnajokull C. Geysir. D. Thingvellir Valley.

B

My mother-in-law left us an unexpected and priceless gift. After she died, my husband and

his sister were going through the contents of her house when they discovered every letter that we

had written her during our 46-year marriage. She also kept all the letters that my mother had

written to her over the years.

During the pandemic(大流行病), I've had time to go through these letters. I read of our early

married life, our struggle to have children and, especially, the progress of our three children from

birth to adulthood. I began writing all these details for my children, and now they have details

about when they were small. I discovered much that I had forgotten.

To read the letters written by my mother to my husband's mother is a gift. I wish that I had

saved my mother’s letters to me, but now I have these letters that tell me things about my own

mother that I never knew. I see that Mom and Mamma shared their great love for us, their children,

and for our children, their grandchildren.

I come from a long line of letter writers and was trained to stay in touch with our parents. My

grandparents loved to receive letters from across the ocean. When I was away on a student

exchange in 1970, my mother told me that my grandfather kept my airmail letters in his shirt

pocket and read them daily. Knowing this, I have tried my best to write to our two families

regularly.

To all of you who write to me, I thank you. The handwritten word is a powerful tool of

friendship; it connects us together.

Perhaps the greatest gift that these letters have given me is to see how much my husband's

parents valued our letters to them. The letters helped her know her grandchildren and feel like part

of our lives. I shall file them for my children so that they can read the events of our lives and know

that they, too, were treasured.

Keep writing to those you love. Those letters are our greatest gifts to each other.

24. What did the author do after she read the letters?

A. She had a talk with her mother.

B. She passed on the letters to her children.

C. She required her children to write letters regularly.

D. She wrote down details about her children's childhood.

does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. How the author stayed in touch with her parents.

B. What handwritten letters mean to the author.

C. What inspired the author to keep writing letters.

D. How the author's grandfather influenced her.

26. What is the power of handwritten words according to the article?

help us make new friends.

allow us to practice writing skills.

strengthen emotional exchanges.

improve our hands-on abilities.

27. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Unforgettable gifts B. Parents love

C. Family letters D. Handwritten memories

C

Imagine a world without insects. It might sound good at first without creepy-crawly bugs(爬

虫) and annoying flies in your apartment. However, the consequences (结果) would be disastrous.

The number of insects has dropped by more than half in the past decades, according to

British biologist Dave Goulson, author of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse (《寂静地

球》). As insects make up most of the known species on this planet, this data is not good news, The

Guardian reported on July 25, 2021.

Insects are indeed on the path to extinction, according to the first global scientific review of

insect population reduction, which was published in the journal Biological Conservation in

January 2019. The researchers say intensive agriculture(集约农业) has been the main cause of the

reduction. Pesticides(杀虫剂), in particular, destroy insect habitats. Urbanization (城镇化) and

climate change are also important factors.

“Unless we change our ways of producing food, insects as a whole will go down the path of

extinction in a few decades,” the researchers wrote in the review. “The effect this will have on the

planet's ecosystems are catastrophic(毁灭性的) to say the least.”

What would happen to Earth without insects? It's almost impossible to predict, but the

consequences would be far-reaching. We need insects to pollinate (授粉) crops, recycle plant and

animal material, keep the soil healthy and much more. Without insects, many animals would have

nothing to eat, and the predators (捕食者) of those animals would go hungry as well. The

ecosystem would be thrown off balance.

“If insect species losses cannot be stopped，this will have catastrophic consequences for both

the planet's ecosystems and for the survival of mankind," said Francisco Sanchez-Bayo at the

University of Sydney, Australia, one of the authors of the review.

The first step to stopping this process is “to gender(产生) a society that values the natural

world, both for what it does for us and for its own benefit”, Goulson suggests. The obvious place

to start is with our children, encouraging environmental awareness from an early age."

does the underlined word “disastrous” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Highly helpful. B. Very interesting.

C. Extremely terrible. D. Impossible to predict.

29. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. Problems with intensive agriculture. B. Causes of the decline in the insect population.

C. Factors causing insect habitat loss. D. Influence of urbanization on insects.

30. Why are insects so important to Earth?

A. They help slow down climate change. B. They reduce the number of predators.

C. They have a great impact on the ecosystem. D. They keep the soil dry and healthy.

does Goulson believe is key to preventing insect species losses?

A. Exploring the natural world often.

B. Providing insects with enough food.

C. Taking children to watch insects closely.

D. Raising public awareness of natural protection.

D

Have you ever had such an experience? When chatting on WeChat, you sent someone a voice

message where you thought your voice was clear and moving, but when you heard your own

recorded voice, you couldn't help wondering: Is this really my voice? Why is it so ugly?

It's not your fault. The sound from an audio (声音的) recording is transmitted differently to

your brain than the sound created when you speak.

When listening to a recording of your voice, the sound travel through the air and into

ears----what's referred to as "air conduction（传导）". The sound energy vibrates（使颤动） the

ear drum and small ear bones. These bones then transmit the sound vibrations to the cochlea (耳

蜗), which encourages nerve axons(神经轴突) that send the auditory signal to the brain.

However, when you speak, the sound from your voice reaches the inner ear in a different way.

While some of the sound is transmitted through air conduction, much of the sound is internally（内

部） conducted directly through your skull bones. When you hear your own voice when you speak,

it's due to a mixture of both external and internal conduction, and internal bone conduction

appears to increase the lower frequencies.

For this reason, people generally notice their voice as deeper and richer when they speak. The

recorded voice, in comparison, can sound thinner and higher-pitched(声调高的), which many find

embarrassing. Dr. Silke Paulmann, a psychologist at the University of Essex, says, "The fact that