山西省晋中市平遥县第二中学2018-2019学年高一英语12月月考试题(含答案)

-1-平遥二中2018-2019学年高一年级12月英语考试题第一部分阅读理解（60分，每小题3分）ASupposeyouworkinabigfirmandfindEnglishveryimportantforyourjobbecauseyouoftendealwithforeignbusinessmen.NowyouarelookingforaplacewhereyoucanimproveyourEnglish,especiallyyourspokenEnglish.HerearesomeadvertisementsaboutEnglishlanguagetrainingfromnewspapers.Youmayfindtheinformationyouneed.GlobalEnglishCentre●GeneralEnglishinallfourskills:listening,speaking,reading,andwriting.●3-month(700yuan),6-month(1,200yuan)andone-year(2,000yuan)courses.●Choiceofmorningoreveningclasses,3hoursperday.Mon.~Fri.●ExperiencedcollegeEnglishteachers.●Closetocitycentreandbusstops.Tel:[phone]Add:105ZhongshanRoad,100082ModernLanguageSchool●SpecialcoursesinEnglishforbusiness,travel,banking,hotelmanagementandofficeskills.●Smallclasses(12~16students)onSat.&Sun.from2:00~5:00p.m.●NativeEnglishteachersfromCanadaandUSA.●Languagelabandcomputerssupplied.●3-monthcourse:1,050yuan;6-monthcourse:1,850yuan.Writeorphone:ModernLanguageSchool,675ParkRoad,100056Tel:[phone]The21stCenturyEnglishTrainingCentre●Wespecializeineffectiveteachingatalllevels.●Weoffermorningorafternoonclasses,bothofwhichlastthreemonthsandahalfatacostof800yuan.-2-●Wealsohaveasix-weekTOEFLpreparationclassduringwinterandsummerholidays.●Entranceexams:June1andDec.1.●Only15-minutewalkfromcitycentre.●Call67801642formoreinformation.TheInternationalHouseofEnglish●Three/Six-monthEnglishcoursesforstudentsofalllevelsataverylowcost:60yuanfor12hoursperweek,convenientclasshours:9:00~12:00a.m.and2:00~5:00p.m.●Afour-montheveningprogrammefordevelopingspeakingskills(samecostasdayclasses).●Well-trainedChineseandforeignteacherswithexperienceinteachingEnglishasasecondforeignlanguage.●Freesightseeingandsocialactivities.●VeryclosetotheCentralPark.Forfurtherinformationcall674322308.1.Youworkfrom9:00a.m.to4:30p.m.everyday.Whichschoolswillyouchoose?A.GlobalEnglishCentreandModernLanguageSchool.B.GlobalEnglishCentreandTheInternationalHouseofEnglish.C.ModernLanguageSchoolandThe21stCenturyEnglishTrainingCentre.D.The21stCenturyEnglishTrainingCentreandTheInternationalHouseofEnglish.2.YouwillprobablyprefertogoTheInternationalHouseofEnglishbecauseit________.A.offersfreesightseeingandsocialactivitiesB.hasaspecialcourseinspokenEnglishC.costslessthantheotherschoolsD.hasnativeEnglishteachers3.IfyoutaketheeveningprogrammeatTheInternationalHouseofEnglish,youwillpay____.A.60yuanB.240yuanC.720yuanD.960yuanB-3-TheEnglishlanguagehasalotofwordswhichcanbeusedinmanydifferentwaysandinmanydifferentexpressions.Onesuchexampleistheword“matter”.Infact,mattercanmeanjustaboutanything.ItcouldbeoneofthemostusefulwordsintheEnglishlanguage.Let’sgettheheartofthematter----amatterofprinciple(原则).Ifsomeonesaysthatyouowe(欠)him＄50,butyoudon’t,afriendmightsay,“well,youcouldpayhimthe＄50.it’snotthatmuchmoney.Thenyouwon’thavetohearhimsayitanymore.”Butifyoudonotowehimthemoney,donotpayhimthemoney.It’samatterofprinciple.Thereisanotherwaytousetheword“matter”.Butbecarefulwithyourchoiceofwords.Ifyouasksomeone,“What’sthematter?”,itshowsyouareworriedabouttheotherperson.Butsaying,“What’sthematterwithyou?”hasacompletelydifferentmeaning.Anditusuallysoundsrude.Infact,whenyousay,“What’sthematterwithyou?”,youaresuggestingthatthepersondidsomethingwrongorstupid.Anotherexpressionthatcouldsoundrudeistosay,“Itdoesn’tmattertome.”Here,itdependsonthecontext,andhowyousayit.Let’ssayyoutellsomeonethatafriendjustgotabigraiseatwork.Thatpersonanswerswith,“Itdoesn’tmattertome.”Here,itmeansheorshedoesnotcare.Anditsoundsrude.Butsaying,“Oh,youpickwhereweeatdinner.Itdoesn’tmattertome.”doesnotsoundrude.Inthissituation,“itdoesn’tmatter”showsyouareeasy-going.Nomatterhowyoulookatitandwhatyousay,matterisaveryusefulword.Andit’sonlyamatteroftimebeforeyouwillbecomeanexpertontheuseofmatter.4.Wecaninferfromthetextthattheword“matter”_______.A.hasawideuseB.canmeanmoneyC.isthemostusedEnglishwordD.hasthemostdifferentexpressions5.Whatistheauthor’ssuggestioninParagraph4?A.Everypennycounts.B.Sticktowhatisright.-4-C.Followyourfriend’sadvice.D.Becarefulwhenmakingfriends.6.Theunderlinedword“context”inthetextprobablymeans________.A.ChoiceB.PersonC.SituationD.Answer7.Theauthordevelopsthetextmainlyby_______.A.UsingexamplesB.GivinginstructionsC.DescribinghisexperiencesD.DiscussingresearchfindingsCForalongtimebeinghappywasconsideredsomethingthatjusthappened,andtherewasnothingspecialaboutit.Nowweknowthatgettingalongwithotherpeopleissomethingthatwecanworkat.Itispossibletoactinsuchawaythatotherpeoplewilllikeusbetter.Onewayisbeingunselfish,notwantingeverythingfromourfriends.Anotherwayistolookforgoodpoints,notbadonesinotherpeople.Itissurprisinghowsuccessfulthistreasurehuntcanbe.Youdon’thavetobespineless(软弱的)inordertobepopular.Infact,youwillbelikedandrespectedifyouarenotafraidtostandupforyourrights.Butdoitpolitelyandpleasantly.Beingfriendlyandpolitetoyourgroup,tootherpeopleandtostrangersandespeciallytothosewhodonotlookimportantordonotinterestyouisonewaytodevelopagoodcharacter.Youcannotexpecttobeperfect,andsoyoumustlearnnottobeunhappywhenyoumakemistakes.Everyon