2017—2018学年上学期第二次月考高一英语试题（时间：120分钟；满分：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）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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
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. What is the man looking for?A. Vegetables.B. Orange juice.C. An employee.2. What is Pat wearing?A. A white hat.B. A white shirt.C. A brown shirt.3. What did the man borrow from the woman?A. Her iPhone.B. Her iPod.C. Her gym bag.4. Who will the man call?A. His wife.B. His boss.C. A driver.5. What happened to the woman?A. She was late for school.B. She got lost while driving.C. She couldn’t find a parking spot.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，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、7题。
6. What does the woman say about puppies?A. They are free.B. They need shots.C. They eat vegetables.7. What does the boy offer to do?A. Build a house for her puppy.B. Take good care of the puppy.C. Give the puppy some of his food.听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the man want the door oiled?A. It is very old.B. It’s hard to open.C. It makes too much noise.9. When does the woman usually come home?A. Late at night.B. Early in the morning.C. In the middle of the day.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What does the man expect for the year?A. It will be funB. It will be easy.C. It will be difficult.11.What does the man plan to do?A. Major in English.B. Volunteer at the zoo.C. Attend medical school.12. How often will the woman be volunteering?A. Every day.B. Every weekend.C. Three days a week.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Who did the woman just meet?A. Her doctor.B. A psychologistC. One of her friends.14. What might be the cause of the wo man’s sleeping problems?A. Anxiety.B. Too much work.C. The pills she takes.15. What does the man suggest?A. Exercising outdoors.B. Talking more often to others.C. Not using the computer for a while.16. When does the man usually fall asleep?A. At 8:00 p.m.B. At 9:00 p.m.C. At 10:00 p.m.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.When did the storm start?A. This morningB. This afternoon.C. Last night.18. Who has been rescued by boat?A. People living in low areas.B. People living near the hills.C. People living near the ocean.19. How many people are without power?A. Thousands.B. Hundreds.C. Several.20. What does the Weather Service suggest people do?A. Not leave their homes.B. Turn off their electricity.C. Drive carefully through water.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分25分)第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
AI learned to fly in a balloon in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in 1992 and became extremely interested in the sport. In the same way that a mountain climber dreams of the world’s highest mountain, I dreamed about flying non-stop around the world.I spent six years planning the flight and failed twice before I and my team managed to succeed. For some reason, we had to go first to North Africa to catch the right winds. That added 10, 000 kilometres, and another week, to our journey. But because of this, our flight broke all the records for distance and time spent in the air.The most memorable part of the trip for me is that we lived in the air for 20 days and that the rising sun was the most amazing thing we saw. We had to go out of the balloon’s capsule(舱), in which we were transported, three times while in the air to repair the fuel(燃料) system. We didn’t have any safety equipment but when you are in a situation like that, you just do what you have to do without thinking about feeling afraid.Landing was a fantastic moment. I remember that when I got out of the capsule, I looked at my footprint in the sand. I remembered the astronaut Neil Armstrong, whowas so happy to put his footprint on the moon, so far away Earth. At that moment,I was so happy to have my foot back on Earth!21. What made the author interested in ballooning?A. A non-stop flight.B. A mountain climb.C. A childhood dream.D. A cross-ocean race.22. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2 about the author and his team’s flight?A. They set a new record.B. They shortened their flight.C. Their flight covered 10,000 kilometres.D. They finished the flight without any difficulty.23. Why did the author and his teammates get out of the capsule during the flight?A. To fight the fear.B. To do some repair work.C. To admire the rising sun.D. To check safety equipment.BThey are sisters. They are in a car. They are arguing and one of them tries to leave. The two girls are acting but for 17-year-old Ellie it’s not all that far from the truth. Next week she will be in court to testify(作证) against a friend who hurt her. “Being here makes me forget all about that,” she says.At Breeze Arts foundation in Leeds, eight young people between the ages of 16 and 20 are practicing what their acting teacher Fiona has presented to them.Breeze Arts Foundation, which has been running for five years, is trying to get young people who are Neet (not in education, employment, or training) or in danger of becoming Neet back into education or work.Each member of the group tells a different story. Some are here because they simply can’t stay in school, some because they have family problems, and some because they have a history of breaking the law.The course members attend a 11-week programme. While here they will all work towards an Arts Award and an end-of-term performance.Sarah McGlinchey is the course keyworker. As well as designing the courses, she does one-on-one work with the students, helping with everything from housing to jobhunting. Lessons are given on Wednesdays and Thursdays but the rest of the time McGlinchey focuses on one-to-one support.Some of the teens here will never go on to work in the performing arts, but some will make careers in the area. One former member has worked at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Another student went on to university to study modern art. Whatever happens, McGlinchey says, “Learning about performing arts and the arts industry builds their confidence and shows them what chances are out there.”24. What does Ellie probably think of the course?A. It is challenging.B. It teaches her some basic rules.C. It takes her pain away.D. It gives her knowledge about law.25. What is the purpose of the course?A. To help youths in difficult situations.B. To encourage youths to enter college.C. To teach arts lessons to local students.D. To pick out excellent star performers.26. What can we learn about the course from the last paragraph?A. It allows students to enjoy works of art.B. It needs more support from art industry.C. It helps the members believe in themselves.D. It is attracting more and more members these days.27. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Each teenager tells a different storyB. Performing arts gives Neets a new startC. Teens make careers in the performing artsD. Breeze Arts Foundation offers acting courseCConsider this: LeBron James made $71 million last year. Nurses who give a lot of time and energy to take care of others didn’t make that much. Firefighters who pull little kids out of burning buildings didn’t make that much. The president of the United States— who runs the entire country—didn’t make that much. Not evenclose.And that is a problem. What does it say about our society when we pay athletes millions more than we pay people who save lives? Do we value entertainment(娱乐) more than health and safety? Is competition more important to us than pity and public service?Of course, not all professional(专业的) athletes make as much as LeBron, but the average salaries for professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey players all tend to be in the $2 million to 5$ million a year range. Compare that with the average salary for a family: $54,000. What’s more, many Americans will work a full-time job until they are about 70 years old and not make as much in a lifetime as an athlete like Tom Brady makes in one year ($36 million).It’s true that the careers of athletes are short, which means players have a smaller window of time to earn money. But retired(退休的) athletes can go on to lucrative jobs. Many former athletes become coaches, sports commentators, or public speakers.Athletes do deserve to make a good living. They encourage and entertain us, and they work hard. Training can be very tiring and difficult. Injuries are a long-lasting threat, especially in sports like football and hockey. But there are plenty of people who have difficult and dangerous jobs, and no one is handing them too much money.Professional athletes are certainly impressive, but do they really deserve millions of dollars more than the rest of us?28. How does the author mainly express his idea?A. By making comparisons.B. By telling interesting stories.C. By showing research findings.D. By sharing his own experience.29. What does the underline word “lucrative” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Interesting.B. Competitive.C. Troublesome.D. Money making.30. What does the author agree with?A. Professional athletes have easy lives.B. The sports industry creates many jobs.C. Professional athletes’ careers are short.D. People value competition more than pity.31. What does the author say about professional athletes’ salary?A. He supports it.B. He has doubts about it.C. He is against it.D. He is unconcerned about it.DVirtual reality(虚拟现实) has the ability to take young patients from their hospital beds to far-away worlds, under the sea or on a plane, so where do they want to go?“The young kids at The Alfred Hospital told us they just want to be ‘anywhere but here’,” virtual reality maker Trent Clews-De Castella said. He is one of the creators of virtual reality company Phoria, which is creating experiences specially for child patients, thanks to the help from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI).“Right now we’re creating animal-assisted(动物辅助的) treatment experience together with Zoos Victoria,” Clews-De Castella said. Children could wear a pair of inexpensive VR glasses and find themselves interacting(互动)with a panda or a giraffe.“There’s good evidence that kind of experience is good for pain management and reducing uneasiness,” he said.Clews-De Castella said the project was started thanks to one special family, the John s from Victoria. “We had created a VR experience for the TV show The Block and we had a call from a family who got in touch with the producers to say their daughter was a huge fan of the show but that she was also very sick and wondered if there was any way we could bring the exciting experience to Beccky. We went to the hospital with the VR experience and she loved it. Afterwards, her father Paul told us how the doctors had praised the experience which had helped improve her condition.”Unfortunately, Beccky died of cancer, but her love for virtual reality has encouraged this project, which, if all goes according to the plan, will be benefiting lots of young peopl e’s hospital experiences.32. For whom is the project carried out?A. General VR fans.B. Sick children in hospitals.C. Adult cancer patients.D. Families with cancer patients.33. What do we know about Clews-De Castella’s company?A. It is working with Zoos Victoria.B. It is doing research with hospitals.C. It is trying to cut VR glasses’ prices.D. It is aiming to search for medical evidence.34. Why did the family call the producers?A. Their daughter hoped to praise the program.B. Their daughter wished to get onto a TV show.C. They wanted their daughter to experience VR.D. They needed to raise money through the show.35. What caused Phoria to start the project？A. The John’s invitation.B. The MCRI’s research.C. Doctor’s suggestions.D. Beccky’s excitement for VR. 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。