河南省周口中英文学校2017_2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题201805171410.doc
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1、河南省周口中英文学校2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题第二部份: 阅读理解(共两节,20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)第一节(共15小题,每小题2分,共30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将之涂黑。AWatching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhoodWhen I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something
2、happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isnt a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song o
3、f the mockingbird.I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician. I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down
4、 in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the birds captivity my new pets mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she br
5、ought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or s
6、o I thought.Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young
7、to die than to live in captivity.”Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.21Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?AHe wanted it to sing for him BHe had just got a new cage. CHe liked its beautifu
8、l feather. DHe wanted a pet for a companion.22The mockingbird died because it _. Awas frightened to death Bdrank the poisonous water by mistake Cate the poisonous food its mother gave it Drefused to eat anything 23An ornithologist probably means _.Aa religious person Ba kind person Can expert in bir
9、ds Da schoolmaster24What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?ABe careful about food you give to baby birds.BAll birds put in a cage wont live long.CYou should keep the birds from their mother.DFreedom is very valuable to all creatures. BIn the United States, when one be
10、comes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American
11、called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When
12、 he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for th
13、eir new way of life. They had to move back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up wi
14、th the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keep
15、ing up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.25. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _. A. want others to know or to
16、think that they are richB. want to be as rich as their neighbours C. dont want others to know they are rich D. want to be happy26. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _. A. live in New York City B. live outside New York City C. live in apartments D. live with many neighbours27
17、. Whats the authors attitude to keeping up with the Joneses? A. Supportive. B. Objective. C. Negative. D. Positive. CWater is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our
18、 food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed everywhere. There is water in seas, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the desert part of the world, there is some water in the air. You can not see or feel it when it is a part
19、of the air. The water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid, the water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapour (蒸气). Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very very small crystals of ice. I
20、ce is frozen water. It is a solid. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter. Water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not see or feel it.28. Where can we find water?A. Water can
21、 be found almost everywhereB. We can find water when it turns into vapour.C. Water is only in seas and rivers.D. We can see water in deserts here and there.29. We can drink water when it is A. a solidB. in the air C. aliquidD. turned into ice30. Clouds are made of A. seas, rivers and lakes B. solid,
22、 liquid and gasC. very small drops of water or snow crystals D. blocks of ice31. Water has three states(状态). They are A.solid, liquid and gas B. solid, vapour, snowC. drops of water, blocks of ice and crystals of water D. ice,snow and air DIt seems that great artists and scientists often suffer from
23、 mental problems. Both Einstein and Dickens had mental illness. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and genius are linked. Dr Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general populati
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