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1、永济中学20182019学年度高一第一学期12月月考英 语 试 题第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。AArriving atLondonGatwickDistance from central London: 28 miles / 45 kmFor travel information call: +44 (0)870 000 24 68.How to get to the city centreBy trainThe Gatwick Express goes fromGatwic
2、kAirporttoLondonVictoriatrain and underground station in centralLondon.Trains go every 15 minutes and the journey to centralLondontakes half an hour.First Class tickets cost 25 (single), 48 (return).Express Class costs 17 (single), 29 (return).Southern Trains services run four times an hour toVictor
3、iawith a journey time of around 35 minutes.By taxiThere are taxis outside the airport day and night. The journey to centralLondontakes 55-70 minutes. ALondontaxi takes up to 5 people.The average cost from the airport to central London is 75-100.By carGatwickAirportis 28 miles (45 km) south ofLondon.
4、 There are 4 car parks next to the airport and there are car rental offices open from 8:00 to 18:00. The journey to London takes 60-75 minutes.All cars pay a special 8 charge to go into central London.By busNational Express and Easy Bus have services to centralLondon. Easy Bus services go every 20 m
5、inutes. The journey takes one hour and costs 2.高一英语试题（第1页，共8页）高一英语试题（第2页，共8页）There is one National Express bus an hour. The journey takes 90 minutes and costs 7.60.1 Someone in a hurry toVictoriastation had better travel .A. by train B. by car C. by taxi D. by bus2Which of the following goes three t
6、imes an hour?A. Gatwick Express. B. National Express.C. Easy Bus. D. Southern Trains.3Where is the text probably taken from?A. A short notice. B. A travel guide.C. A city introduction. D. A TV advertisement.BA new family moved in next door and I got to meet the mother of the family, Lydia. Lydia is
7、Korean, and her family moved to our city so her husband could go to graduate school. We started talking, and she was apologetic about how bad her English was, but I didnt care. I knew how hard it was to learn a second language. I enjoyed chatting with Lydia as we watched our kids play.It was what ca
8、me next that challenged me: Lydia asked if Id be willing to help her with her English. Now, I am not a teacher. I admire teachers, and Im grateful for teachers, and its because I admire what they do so much that I was very, very sure that I couldnt do it myself. But Lydia was sure that she wanted my
9、 help. I was doubtful. I wasnt sure my “help” was even worth being called by that name. But because she asked me, I said “yes.” And that was the beginning of our friendship. Lydia and I spent afternoons sitting together and reading the newspaper, and as we did, she asked me questions when she had th
10、em questions about language, yes, but also questions about the new culture she found herself in.In turn, I asked my own questions, growing curious about her home country and culture. We bonded over our shared faith and our struggles as mothers of kids with special needs. When I complimented (恭维)her
11、cooking, she began to teach me about Korean food, eventually leading to a shared trip to explore the Korean grocery stores in our city. Because of Lydia, I learned more about my own hometown than I ever could have learned by myself.Im still not sure that Im any good as a teacher. But Im grateful I s
12、aid “yes” when my neighbor asked me to help her with her English. That meant spending extra time with my neighbor, and that extra time meant she didnt remain just my neighbor. She became my friend.4What was Lydia sorry about?A. Her poor English. B. Her carelessness.C. Nobody teaching her English. D.
13、 Her poor life in a new place.5What can be concluded from Para2?A. The author didnt admire teachers. B. The author wanted to be a teacher.C. The author didnt want to help Lydia. D. The author was not confident in helping Lydia.6Why was the author grateful in the last paragraph?A. She managed to lear
14、n English well. B. She made friends with her neighbor.C. She learned how to cook Korean food. D. She realized her dream of being a teacher.7What can we learn from the passage?A. No pains, no gains. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.C. To help others is to help ourselves. D. Where there is a wil
15、l, there is a way.CMore Americans expect to work past their 65th birthdays and never retire, says a recent study. The Associated Press with the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research surveyed 1,075 people, who were aged 50 and older. One-fourth of them said they never plan to retire. Among low-income earners in that age group, this is even more true than for high-income earners.In America, the age of 65 is the traditional age to retire. Sixty perce
