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许昌县一高高二英语第一次月考英语试题

命题人：

李根生

第I卷

第一部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Snowflakesseemlikewhitestarsfallingfromthesky.Buttheydon’talwayslookwhite.Sometimestheyappeartohaveothercolors.Somearered,yellow,orblack.Therehavebeensnowflakesofalmosteveryshape.Thinkhowitwouldseemtohavethesecomingallaroundyou.Wouldn’ttheylookpretty?

BlacksnowcamedowninFranceoneyear.AnotheryeargraysnowfellinJapan.Itwasfoundthatsuchsnowwasmixedwithashes.Thismadeitseemdark.Redsnowhascomedowninothercountries.Whenthishappened,itwasmixedwithreddust.Thatiswhyitlookeddifferent.Mostsnowlookslikewhite,butitisreallythecolorofice.Itisicethatcomesfromsnowclouds.Eachsnowflakebeginswithasmalldropofwater.Morewaterformsaroundthisdrop.Thewaythewaterfreezegivesthesnowflakeitsshape.

Notwosnowflakesareofeverjustthesamesizeorshape.Allstartoutflatandhavesixsides.Somesnowflakesarebrokenwhentheyhittheground,othersmeltastheyfall.Whentheairiscoldanddry,thefallingsnowflakesaresmallandhard.Iftheairiswetandwarm,thesnowflakesarebigandsoft.

Wouldyoubesurprisedtoseesnowflakesasbigasyourheadfallingfromthesky?

Ithappenedonceinourcountry.Itcouldoccuragain.

1.Snowflakesare_________accordingtothewriter.

A.whitestars.B.alwayswhite.C.ofsimilarshapesD.pretty

2.Accordingtothepassage,ifthesnowflakesarehardandsmall,theweathershouldbe_________.

A.coldandwet.B.coldanddry.C.wetandwarm.D.dryandwet.

3.Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthatverylargesnowflakes_________.

A.occurregularly.B.willoccurregularly

C.occuronceayear.D.don’toftenoccur.

4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Colorsnowflakeslooksobecausetheyaremixedwithdustofdifferentcolors.

B.Allsnowflakeslookwhite,anditisthecoloroftheice.

C.Probablytherearetwosnowflakesofthesamesizeandshape.

D.Mostsnowflakesaremadefromwateranddust.

B

WhenIlivedinSpain,someSpanishfriendsofminedecidedtovisitEnglandbycar.Beforetheyleft,theyaskedmeforadviceabouthowtofindaccommodation.Isuggestedthattheyshouldstayat“bedandbreakfast”houses,becausethiskindofaccommodationgivesaforeignvisitoragoodchancetospeakEnglishwiththefamily.Myfriendslistenedtomyadvice,buttheycamebackwithsomefunnystories.

“Wedidn’tstayatbedandbreakfasthouses,”theysaid,“becausewefoundthatmostfamilieswereonholiday.”Ithoughtthiswasstrange.FinallyIunderstoodwhathadhappened.MyfriendsspokelittleEnglish,andtheythought“VACANCIES”meant“holidays”,becausetheSpanishwordfor“holidays”issaid“vacaciones”.Sotheydidnotgotohousewherethesignoutsidesaid“VACANCIES”,whichinEnglishmeanstherearefreerooms.Thenmyfriendswenttohouseswherethesignsaid“NOVACANCIES”,becausetheythoughtthismeantpeoplewhoownedthehousewerenotawayonholiday.Buttheyfoundthatthesehouseswereallfull.Asaresult,theystayedathotels.

Welaughedaboutthisandaboutmistakesmyfriendsmadeinreadingothersigns.InSpanish,theword“DIVERSION”means“fun”.InEnglish,itmeansthatworkmenarerepairingtheroad,andthatyoumusttakeadifferentroad.Whenmyfriendssawtheword“DIVERSION”onaroadsign,theythoughttheyweregoingtohavefun.Instead,theroadendedinalargehole.

Englishpeoplehaveproblemstoowhentheylearnforeignlanguages.OnceinPariswhensomeoneofferedmesomemorecoffee,Isaid“Thankyou”inFrench,ImeantthatIwouldlikesomemore,howevertomysurprisethecoffeepotwastakenaway!

LaterIfoundoutthat“Thankyou”inFrenchmeans“No,Thankyou”.

5.Theauthor’sSpanishfriendswantedadviceabout_______.

A.somefunnyEnglishstories

B.findingplacestostayinEngland

C.drivingtheircaronEnglishroads

D.goingtoEnglandbycar

6.Theauthorsuggestedthattheystayat“bedandbreakfast”because_______.

A.itwouldbeconvenientforthemtohavedinnersandlive

B.itwouldbemuchcheaperthanstayinginhotels

C.theywouldbeabletopracticetheirEnglishinthehouse

D.therewouldbenoproblemaboutfindingaccommodationthere

7.“NOVACANCIES”inEnglishmeans_______.

A.nofreeroomsB.freerooms

C.notawayonholidayD.theydon’tlive

8.Ifyouseeroadsignthatsays“Diversion”inEngland,youwill_______.

A.taketheroadandyouwillbeexcited

B.havealotoffunandenjoyyourself

C.findthattheroadisblockedbycrowdsofpeople

D.havetotakeadifferentroad

C

Eveniftreescannotwalk,theyarestillonthemove.

InpartsoftheArctic,entireforestsaremovingnorthward.AcrosstheArctic,temperaturesarerisingfasterthananywhereelseintheworld.Asthathappens,thetreelinethatmarkswhereforestsstopandthetreelesstundra（冻土地带）startshasbeenshiftingnorthward.Treesgrowingalongthetreelinemustprotectthemselvesfromthecoldwind.Todothis,plantstendtogrowhorizontal（水平的）brancheslowtotheground.Theenergyittakesfortreestogrowthiswaymeanstheydon'thaveenoughenergytomakeseeds.

ButasEarth'sclimatehasbeenwarming,treesnolongerhavetojustgrowhorizontally.Manycaninsteadgrowuptowardthesky.Thistakeslessenergy.Andwithalltheleftoverenergy.thesetreeshavestartedproducingmoreseeds.Thishappensespeciallyinplaceswherethewhitespruce（白云杉）grows.

Whitespruce,whichisaNorthAmericantree,isquiteabletoproducealotofseeds,whichcanmovelongdistancesinthewind.Whenwind-blownseedsenduponthetundrabeyondthetreeline,theyeventuallycansprout（发芽）newtrees.Thisexplainshowaforestcanmove.Ofcourse,theprocesswouldworkonlyifthetundrawerewarmenough.Butinrecentyears,thewholeplanethasbeenwarming.

Newtreeswillprovidesheltersforsomesnow,keepingthesun’sraysfrommakingthewhitesurfacedisappear.Instead,thetreesabsorbthesun'sheat.Thiswarmsthesurroundingair.Theextrawarmthencouragesevenmoretreestoproduceseeds.Thatfurtherboostsaforest'sabilitytoexpand.Inaddition,moretreeswilltrapmoresnow,preventingmuchofitfrombeingblownaway.Snowcantrapheatinthesoilbelow,whichencouragestreestogrow.Therecentriseoftemperaturehashelpedmoretreesgrow.Therecentriseoftemperatureshashelpedmoretreesgrowpastthetreeline.Peopleworryaboutimpactsontheanimalsthatdependonfrozenconditionsforfoodandshelter.

9.WhatisthemaincauseofthetreesintheArcticmovingnorthward?

A.Therisingtemperature.B.Theshrinkingofnortherntundra.

C.Thefierceandcoldwind.D.Theabundantresourcesinthenorth.

10.Whatdoestheunderlinedword,“this”,inParagraph2mean?

A.Toproducemoreseeds.B.Tomovenorthward

C.Torespondtotheclimatechange.D.Toprotectthemselvesfromthecoldwind.

11.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?

A.Newtreescantrapthesnow,whichmaymakethesoilcolder.

B.Thetrappedsnowpreventsnewtreesfromproducingmoreseeds.

C.Newtreescanmakethesurroundingairwarmer.

D.Newtreescanbringmorefoodandshelterforlocalanimals.

12.Thepassageismostprobablytakenfrom_______.

A.ahealthreportB.asciencereport

C.afashionmagazineD.achildren'smagazine

D

Aten-year-oldboyfromHowell,MichiganAmericaisbeingcalledaheroduetohispersistencethatledtosavingthelifeofanelderlyneighbor.ThechainofeventsunfoldedlateintheeveningonSunday,January26th,2014whenDannyDipietrowasbeingdrivenhomefromhockeypracticebyhisdad.

That’swhentheyoungboynoticedanopengarageandafigurethathebelievedwasadogoutsideanapartmentnearhishouse.Giventheextremelycoldweather,theyoungboygotafeelingthatsomethingwasnotright.Butinsteadofoverlookingitlikemostkidsathisagewouldhave,heinsistedthathismother,Dawn,gotoexaminewhatwasgoingon.DawntriedtoconvinceDannythatnoonewouldleaveadogoutinsuchcoldweather,butherefusedtotakenoforananswer.

DawnfinallygaveinanddecidedtotakeawalktotheareawiththefamilydogandseeiftherewasanytruthtoDanny’spremonition（预感）.Sureenough,asshegotclosertotheapartmentshenoticedagaragethatwaswideopenandabentfigure,wavingmadly.Upongettingthere,sherealizedthatitwasnotadogthattheyoungboyhadseen,butKathleenSt.Onge,oneofherneighbors.The80-year-oldhadslippedonsomeiceinhergarageandhadbeenlyingtherefortwohours,unabletogetup.

Dawnrushedhometogetherhusbandforhelpandcalled911.ThetwothenreturnedwithsomeblanketstocoverMs.St.Onge,whiletheywaitedfortheambulancetoarrive.Thoughstillinhospital,theelderlywomanisrecoveringwellandgratefultoDannyforhispremonition.

13.ForwhatreasonIsDannyDipietrobeingcalledahero?

A.Hisspecialabilityforhispremonition.

B.Hiswonderbehaviorinahockeymatch.

C.Hispersistenceinsavinghisneighbor’slife

D.Hisactioninhelpingelderlypeopleinhiscommunity.

14.Whydidn’tDawnwanttohavealookatfirst?

A.Becauseitwastoocoldoutside.

B.BecauseshethoughtDannylied.

C.Becauseshewasbusywithherwork.

D.Becauseshedidn’tthinkpeoplewouldleaveadogoutonsuchacoldday.

15.WhenDawnfoundtheelderlywoman,theelderlywoman_______.

A.hadlaininthegaragefortwohours

B.wastrappedinhergaragewithherdog

C.waslookingforherdogaroundth