1、云南省曲靖市沾益县第一中学学年高一上学期第四次质量检测英语试题沾益区一中2019届高一上学期第四次质量检测英语试卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有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 time is it in Los Angeles?A. 4:00 am B. 10:00 am C. 4:00 pm2. What is the first thing the woman do
2、es? A. Open the window. B. Put the cash in the drawer. C. Examine the system.3. Who won the medal in swimming? A. An Englishman. B. A Frenchman. C. A German.4. How many people will discuss the class outing? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.5. what is the womans problem? A. She has to go to bed late. B. She
3、 cant sleep at night. C. She isnt energetic during the day.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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 kind of exercise does the man do every day? A. Walking. B. Fishing. C.
4、Cycling.7. What is the most important thing about doing exercise? A. Doing it regularly. B. Keeping safe. C. Choosing suitable activities.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What do we know about the two speakers? A. Theyve never met each other before. B. Theyve known each other for years. C. They both have several c
5、hildren.9. Who is the woman? A. The mans wife. B. Johns child. C. Johns wife.听第8段材料， 回答第10至12题。10. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Guide and visitor. C. Teacher and student.11. Where does the man live now? A. In a polluted city. B. On a lonely island. C. In a bea
6、utiful mountain.12. Why does the woman come to the mountain? A. To look for a place to move in. B. To see whether the mountain is polluted. C. To have a look at the mans small house.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where did the woman spend her last Thanksgiving? A. In New York. B. In Florida. C. In Boston.14.
7、Who made the dessert（甜点）last Thanksgiving? A. The womans grandma. B. The womans sister. C. The woman.15. Why does the woman like Thanksgiving? A. Its a great chance for her to see her family members. B. She can receive lots of presents on that day. C. She can travel to other places.16. What does the
8、 woman suggest the man do ? A. Get together with his family more frequently. B. Join her family on the next Thanksgiving. C. Learn what Thanksgiving is about.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why is the No.16 bus of no use to the speaker? A. Its always full. B. Its always late. C. It gets off after No.49 bus.18
9、. How long will the speaker wait for a bus sometimes? A. Ten minutes. B. Half an hour. C. One hour. 19. How many passengers is a bus supposed to carry at most? A. 20. B. 60. C. 129.20. At what speed did a No.49 bus drive on Saturday morning? A. 50mph. B. 60mph. C. 80mph.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第1节 （共15
10、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。A Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous. The most talked-abou
11、t earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 3,000 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska. Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest ever recorded was felt in Portugal.
12、 Around 100,000 people died, In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. 140,000 people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake. One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 2008. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever r
13、eported was also in China, in which 830,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556. Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People can not prepare for it.21. Earthquakes happen _. A. in all the places in the world B. only
14、 in the countries that have a lot of mountains C. regularly in most places in the world D. only in a few places along the coast22. When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported? A. 1964; Alaska. B. 1556; China. C. 1923; Japan. D. 2008; China.23. According to the passage, which of the followi
15、ng is NOT true? A. The stronger the earthquake is, the more people are killed. B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly. C. Earthquakes can cause fire. D. People still dont know how to tell when an earthquake will come.24. What may be talked about in the seventh paragraph? A. How do earthquakes worry
16、people? B. What will people do to prepare for earthquakes? C. How can we save people when earthquakes happen? D. How do earthquakes happen?B A family in Guelph, Ontario is spending a year living “in 1982”. Theyre doing it so that their kids can see what life was like before technology like iPads, co
17、mputers and even coffee machines was part of their everyday life. They have stopped using all technology at their home and are playing on the things people would have used back in the 80s. There is a box at the front door where people can put their cell phones while theyre visiting the family. Blair
18、 McMillan and his wife Morgan want their kids Trey,5, and Danton,2 to have a year without technology. Instead of reading e-books, they are reading books. Instead of using a GPS, they use paper maps. The home the family is living in was built in the 1980s. Even the way they dress and style their hair
19、 is from the 80s. The whole idea started when young Trey was called to come outside. He didnt because he was busy playing with the iPad. Thats why his dad thought of the idea of living “in 1982” for a year. The family plans to live like “its 1982” until April nest year. To them, one of the hardest t
20、hings is giving up their cell phones.25. What will visitors do when they come to see the family?A. The way they dress and style their hair must be from the 80s.B. They must leave their cell phones at home.C. They will put their cell phones outside before entering the room.D. They can use the phone p
21、repared by the family.26. What is mainly talked about in the fourth paragraph?A. Dos and donts.B. Reasons and results.C. Advantages and disadvantages.D. Advice and plans.27. Who made the family have the idea of living “in 1982”?A. The reporter. B. Young Trey.C. Blair McMillan.D. Morgan.CHe gave the
22、gift of lifeWhats the most important thing of life?Peoples answers vary (变化) greatly. For the Britain scientist Robert Edward., the answer is having a child. “Nothing is more special than a child,” he told the BBC.Edwards, the inventor (发明人) of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) technology more common
23、ly known as “test-tube (试管) baby” technology passed away on April 10 at the age of 87.“Edwards changed the lives of millions of ordinary people who now rejoice (深感欣慰) in the gift of their own child,” said Peter Braude, a professor at Kings College London. “He leaves the world a much better place.”Ed
24、wards started his experiments as early as the 1950s, when he had just finished his PhD in genetics. At that time, many of the public viewed test-tube babies as “scary”, according to Mark Sauer, a professor at Columbia University, US.Edwards and his colleague Patrick Steptoe faced opposition from chu
25、rches, governments and media, not to mention attacks from many of their fellow scientists. “People said that we should not play God and we should not interfere （干涉，妨碍） with nature,” Edwards once told The Times. He said that he felt “quite alone” at that time. “But Edwards was a fighter, and he belie
26、ved in what he was doing,” said Sauer. Without support from the government, the two struggled to raise funds to carry on. And in 1968 they finally developed a method to successfully fertilize human eggs （卵子） outside the body.The first test-tube baby was born on July 25,1978. Her name was Louise Brow
27、n. Despite peoples safety concerns, Brown was just as healthy as other children.“IVF had moved from a vision to reality and a new era in medicine in medicine had begun,” BBC commented.Ever since then, public opinion has evolved considerably. Couples who were unable to have babies began thronging （拥向
28、）to Edwards clinic (诊所). Nowadays, Reuters reports that some 4.3 million “test-tube” children exist. Edwards received a Nobel Prize in 2010 and was knighted (封为爵士) by Queen Elizabeth the following year.Before his death, Edwards was still in touch with Louise. “He is like a granddaddy to me,” she sai
29、d in an interview with The Daily Mail.He is a granddaddy to millions, in fact.28. What is the article mainly about? A. The first test-tube baby. B. A new era in medicine. C. The inventor of IVF technology. D. The changes IVF technology has brought.29. The writer quoted from Peter Braude to _.A. show
30、 how difficult it was for Edwards to do his workB. describe what kind of person Edwards wasC. explain why he was loved by all childrenD. comment on his achievements30. Who was the first test-tube baby? A. Mark Sauer. B. Louise Brown. C. Robert Edwards. D. Peter Braude. 31. What is the correct order
31、of events in Edwards life? a. He received a Nobel Prize. b. He struggled to raise funds. c. The first test-tube baby was born. d. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth . e. He succeeded in fertilizing human eggs outside the body. f. He started his experiments on IVF technology. A. f-e-b-c-a-d B. f-b-e-
32、c-d-a C. f-b-e-c-a-d D. f-e-d-a-c-bD China is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare （罕见的）.Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, Ive found the opposite is true. There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bi
