江西省吉水二中09-10学年高一第一次月考英语试卷
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，满分7.5分） 1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a bookshop. B. In a concert C. In a restaurant. 2. Who made the sweater?
A. We don’t know. B. The woman. C. The woman’s daughter 3. What does the man mean?
A. The woman doesn’t need a new bag. B. The bag is too expensive.
C. He can’t lend the woman any money.
4. How much was a pound of green beans five years ago? A. $ 0.5 B. $ 1.5 C. $ 2.5 5. How about the boy’s English study?
A. As poor as before. B. Much improved C. As good as before
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7两个小题。 6. Why did Mary look sad?
A. Because her bike broke down.(坏了) B. Because her father didn’t buy her a bike. C. Because she lost her bike. 7. Where did Mary park her bike? A. IN front of the school . B. In front of her house. C. In the park.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。 8. How is the woman feeling now?
A. Tired and hungry B. Sad C. Thirsty. 9. What do the two speakers want to do?
A. Go home. B. Have their supper. C. Buy a newspaper. 10. How will the two speakers go there?
A. On foot. B. By taxi. C. By bus. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。 11. Where did the woman go last week?
A. Shanghai. B. Yichang. C. Hangzhou. 12. How did the woman go there?
A. By train. B. By plane. C. By ship. 13. What does the woman think of the local people? A. Strange. B. Friendly. C. Cold. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。 14. What’s the main idea of the conversation. A. Problems about living in an apartment. B. A search for an apartment.
C. The rent for apartments near universities. 15. What kind of place is the woman looking for?
A. Somewhere that is within a short driving distance to campus.
B. An apartment with furniture already in it C. A place where she can live alone.
16. How is the man going to help the woman?
A. He is planning on calling a friend who owns an apartment building.
B. He will check the newspapers to see if he can find an apartment for rent. C. He is going to visit an apartment building near his place. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。 17. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. The first sports equipment invented by the Egyptians. B. The Egyptians’ way to educate young men. C. The ancient (古代)Egyptians.
18. What was a favorite children’s game in ancient Egypt?
A. Collecting stones. B. Throwing bricks. C. Throwing stones. 19. What were the ancient Egyptians’ balls made of at first?
A. Hay. (干草) B. feathers.(羽毛) C. Grass of leaves. 20. What’s the most important reason for the ancient Egyptians’ ball playing? A. To keep health. B. To educate young men. C. To have fun.
第一卷（共85分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第 一 节：语法和词汇知识
一、单项填空：从A、B 、C 、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. I wanted to catch early train, but couldn’t get ride to the station. A. an; the B. /; the C. an; / D. the; a 22. Yao Ming and Liu Xiang, many of us know, come from Shanghai. A. what B. that C. how D. as
23. Rescuers are for the safety of two men trapped in the mine. A. grateful B. concerned C. extreme D. frightened 24. After a whole night’s storm, the sea became again. A. calm. B. quiet C. silent D. still
25. improve his English, he does more and more reading and writing every day. A. So as to B. So that C. In order that D. In order to
26. Her birthday is coming. Would you like to me a present for her?
A. join; in buying B. join; to buy C. take part; in buying D. take part in; to buy 27. Taking this medicine, if , will do harm to your health.
A. continues B. continuing C. continued D. to continue 28. She bravely faced the trouble she had her English.
A. studying B. studied C. to study D. been studying 29. —I’m sorry. I at you the other day. —Forget it. I was a bit out of control myself.
A. shouldn’t shout B. shouldn’t have shouted C. mustn’t shout D. mustn’t have shouted
30. He was told that it would be at least three more months he could recover and return to work.
A. when B. before C. since D. that 31. The manager commanded that all the gates at once.
A. would be shut B. be shut C. should shut D. shut
32. The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was ; was C. was; were D. were; were
33. There have been several new events to the program for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
A. add B. to add C. adding D. added
34. You can get to Hong Kong using different kinds of , by air, by water, or by land. A. travel B. transport C. ways D. methods 35. The first edition in 1955 and a best-seller ever since. A. was published; had been B. has been published; had been C. has been published; has been D. was published; has been 二、完形填空（1.5×20=30分）
Earthquakes are 36 , and thousands of them happen each day. But most are too weak to feel During a 37 earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth 38 terribly and many houses 39 down. Railway tracks break and trains go 40 lines; a great many factories are 41 ; thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes… 42 the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 43 , other disasters such as fires often 44 . More buildings are destroyed and more 45 are caused. It is well known of the 46 of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2 000 years ago, 47 , a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 48 a machine which could find out from which 49 the seismic waves had come, and this machine is still 50 by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and 51 they happen, but we still cannot 52 exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot 53 it from happening. So earthquakes are among the 54 disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes. 55 , scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying the whole cities and causing too many deaths.
36. A. common B. unusual C. strange D. familiar 37. A. real B. weak C. big D. small 38. A. moves B. shakes C. jumps D. breaks 39. A. get B. put C. set D. fall 40. A. off B. on C. into D. behind 41. A. burst B. struck C. destroyed D. buried 42. A. Except B. Besides C. Instead of D. Because of 43. A. lonely B. later C. themselves D. itself 44. A. follow B. copy C. come D. enter 45. A. quakes B. deaths C. difficulties D. results 46. A. information B. questions C. dangers D. frights 47. A. as a result B. in fact C. for example D. as well 48. A. invented B. discovered C. found D. bought 49. A. country B. direction C. way D. city 50. A. improved B. repaired C. protected D. used 51. A. where B. when C. what D. why 52. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. point 53. A. make B. prepare C. stop D. let 54. A. worst B. best C. most D. fast 55. A. However B. But C. And D. So