河南洛阳孟津一高高一下学期第一次月考命题英语试卷

One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes. Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain. Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost. Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open. The following year was the same. And year after year, whoever had business in the field always had Nancy’s ring in his mind.
Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins. So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed. Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses. Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, and knew just which part of the field Nancy had lost it in. At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.
The underlined word “in vain”  in the 1^st   paragraph  most probably means “_______”.

How did Nancy come to lose her ring?

What did the ploughman do after finding the ring?

What can you infer from the story?

Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.
Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!
Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”
“I’m sorry, I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”
_______ always does some housework in the morning.

Harry’s parents do all instead of him because _______.

The woman had to look after her son by herself because _______.

One Friday morning, Andrew announced to his wife that he finally decided to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Andrew felt worried --- what if Mr. Larchmont refuses to grant his request? Andrew had worked so hard and of course, he deserves a wage increase.
The thought of walking into Larchmont’s office left Andrew weak in the knees. Late in the afternoon he finally mustered up the courage to approach his superior. To his delight and surprise, the ever-frugal Harvey Larchmont agreed to give him a raise!
Andrew arrived home to a beautiful table set with their best china, and candles lit. His wife, Tina had prepared a fine meal including his favorite dishes. Immediately he figured someone from the office might have broken the good news to her!
Next to his plate Andrew found a lettered note, reading: "Congratulations, my love! I knew you'd get the raise! I prepared this dinner to show just how much I love you. I am so proud of your accomplishments!" He read it and stopped to reflect on how sensitive and caring Tina was.
After dinner, Andrew was on his way to the kitchen when he observed a second card had slipped out of Tina's pocket onto the floor. He picked it up. He read: "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! You are a wonderful provider and I prepared this dinner to show you just how much I love you even though you did not get the increase."
Suddenly tears swelled in Andrew's eyes. Total acceptance! Tina's support for him was not conditional upon his success at work.
The fear of rejection is often softened when we know someone loves us regardless of our success or failure.
Why was Andrew worried about asking for a salary raise?

What does the underlined word “muster” in the second paragraph probably mean?

Andrew felt ______ when he discovered the truth.

Tina prepared a good meal, _________.

We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”
There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.
“When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference. ”
“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.”
“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”
The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.

Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?

Which generation is/was more efficient in making the world better one?

What is the writer’s attitude towards the generation gap?

Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, but rings when you are not ready for it.   .
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere "hello", let alone go deep into your lover's heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator,    .
 .When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your disappointment, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line.
Love is a telephone which is not always associated with (与…有联系)happiness.   .
Love is a telephone which, when you use it for the first time, makes you so nervous and excited   .

E. that you will hate to make another call.
F. Love is a telephone which is always busy.  
G. that you either hold the receiver upside down or dial the wrong number.

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people         I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a        person.
I think my         started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my        and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever          to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really         . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n)       . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I       to help. That was really a big         for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of         are still my best friends today. 
A bigger cause of my new         , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my          . Every time I came into her room, she was so      because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never         her, so I took her place. She let me       that making others feel good made me feel good, too, when she died, I was        , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much         person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not         these experiences. They have          me to care about other people more than about myself. I         who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

A．before B．since C．or D．unless

A．famous B．simple C．different D．skilled

A．education B．career C．change D．tour

A．balance B．homework C．interest D．degree

A．talked B．wrote C．lied D．reported

A．careful B．lonely C．curious D．guilty

A．argument B．game C．experiment D．defence (防御)

A．offered B．dared C．hesitated D．happened

A．dream B．problem C．duty D．step

A．us B．which C．them D．whom

A．attitude B．hobby C．hope D．luck

A．friend B．partner C．guide D．guest

A．polite B．happy C．strange D．confident

A．bothered B．answered C．visited D．trusted

A．explain B．guess C．declare D．see

A．homeless B．hopeless C．bad-tempered D．heartbroken

A．quieter B．busier C．better D．richer

A．forget B．face C．improve D．analyze

A．forced B．preferred C．ordered D．taught

A．miss B．like C．wonder D．expect

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly(彻底地), four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear  ______________ spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence(自信) and without hesitation(犹豫). ____________ , we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success ____________ language learning. _____________ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____________(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and _______________meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. ______________we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of ___________(advise) for those ____________are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and ________(write) the language whenever we can.

汉译英 每个2分，共10分。
如果你违反法律你会陷入麻烦的。
最后我们说服他们跟我们一起去购物。
朋友就是和你分享快乐和悲伤sorrow（同甘共苦）的人。 （用定语从句模式翻译）
跳舞使我身体健康。
他是第一个发表演讲的人。

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。
Dear Sir,
Last night I got caught in the heavy rain on the way home. As the result, I got a bad cold with a headache. I felt very tiring. My mother took me see the doctor. After the examination, the doctor told me to make it easy. He said it was nothing seriously. He also told me to have a good rest for a couple of days, take the medicines on time and drunk more boiled water. So I have to ask you a three-day leave. After I recover, I would try to make up for the missing lessons. If there are anything I do not understand, could I turn to you for help?
Yours,
Mike

假如你是李华，在丹麦Denmark访学的一周里，住在Anne 家里，现在即将回国。请你给她写一封感谢信，要点如下：
1. 简述你的丹麦Denmark之行;
2. 感谢她为你所做的一切;
3. 向她发出邀请。
参考词汇：Denmark 丹麦
注意：1. 适当增加情节，以使行文连贯；保证基本要点涵盖到。
2. 词数100 字左右。
Dear Anne,  
I am writing to tell you_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
All the best wishes.
Yours
Li Hua