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1、吉林省延边第二中学 2017-20182017-2018 学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题 注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。本试卷分第 卷（选择题）和第 卷（非 选择题）两部分，本试卷满分 120 分。考试时间 90 分钟。 第 卷（选择题 共 70 分） 第一节：阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40分） 阅读下列短文， A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A Some people love eating food right after it is cooked. I prefer food just taken out fro
2、m the freezer. Fruit， candies， nuts， chocolate， cake with buttercream frosting(糖霜)，even peas，all of them taste delicious when frozen. In fact，I often eat them that way. I was a kid when I picked up the habit. In my family，lots of things were thrown into the freezerfinally，two freezersto prevent them
3、 from going bad. Among them were some of the candies my sisters and I had collected on Halloween. If we eat when they are still warm，well find ourselves taking the cookies more than we should. Its better if we can put them into the freezer and wait. That way well eat less and enjoy them more because
4、 they are hard and chewing becomes a slower，more patient effort. Thats the point about frozen buttercream frosting. Put it in your mouth at room temperature，and its gone very quickly. But when its frozen，you can enjoy the taste much longer as_it melts(融化) in your mouth. The freezer treats a lot of f
5、ruit kindly. Take frozen grapes for example，I keep a bowl of grapes in my freezer. They become a little icy，and somehow their sweetness is improved. They are perfect and healthy dessert(点心)This is the same with oranges， apples，bananasYou might think bananas would getsuperhard when frozen. Wrong! The
6、y become cool，creamy and sweet. If you have wisely covered some or all of the bananas with melted chocolate before putting them into the freezer，they will have a double taste. As long as you arent eating anything that truly has to be hot，go ahead and experiment. 1What is the passage intended to tell
7、 us? AFruit should be frozen before one eats it. BFrozen food is better than hot food. - 1 - CThe author prefers frozen food. DHot food is not healthy. 2The author began to enjoy frozen food when he _. Awas young Blearned cooking Cgot married Dgot a fever 3Why does the author NOT advise us to take h
8、ot cookies? ABecause they need more time to prepare. BBecause the taste is not good when they are hot. CBecause they are too delicious to avoid our overeating. DBecause we may eat them quickly and enjoy them less. 4What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to? AThe taste. BButt
9、ercream. CThe cookie. DFrozen buttercream frosting. B B The world moves so quickly nowadays. With so many daily responsibilities, some of us can hardly keep our heads above water. Should we make time for studying or appreciating the arts? Many people would say the arts are nice, but not necessary. I
10、n school, students should focus on languages, math and science. Painting, drama and music are frills. After graduation, listening to Mozart wont lead you to a better-paying job. In truth, spending time learning to appreciate the arts may be more worthwhile than you think. A recent British study exam
11、ined the salaries and jobs of people who spent time enjoying the arts when growing up. The researchers found those who enjoyed the arts from an early age had better jobs and higher salaries than those who didnt. Whats the link? How could visiting a museum, enjoying a symphony, or honing painting ski
12、lls lead to career success? It turns out that the arts help us develop many useful skills. Other students have found students studying the arts exercise their reasoning ability. The skill helps with problem-solving. Creative and critical-thinking abilities are also developed through art study. Moreo
13、ver, those who enjoy the arts have more motivation(动机）to achieve .Students who practice an art experience the - 2 - rewards that come from persistence and goal-setting. These benefits also extend to those who make time to appreciate the arts beyond their school years. The best kind of art stirs（激起）
14、our imagination and makes us think. Paintings arent just pretty pictures. They tell stories about the lives of the subjects or about the experience of the painter. See Michelangelos art and youll taste the power of his faith in God. Look at the world from Picassos point of view, and you see everyday
15、 life in new ways. Those who appreciate the arts also gain a broader perspective（视野） on the world. The arts reveal（显示） and explain the world beyond our own personal knowledge which can help us better communicate and cooperate with other people. If you want to better yourself, go and enjoy the arts.
16、Check out an art gallery or a museum. Take in a play. You wont regret it and it will do you more good than you can imagine. 5The underlined word “frills” in paragraph 1 probably means_. A. decorations B. necessities C. fillings D. possessions 6The benefits of enjoying arts are all of the following E
17、XCEPT_. A. communicating skills B. high positions C. problem-solving abilities D. creation and imagination 7How is the passage developed? A. By providing examples B. By analyzing causes C. By listing the facts D. By comparing the facts 8What is the authors attitude towards art appreciation? A. Doubt
18、ful B. Opposed C. Critical D. Supportive C C O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long
19、, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank, - 3 - O. Henry was believed to have stolen
20、it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York in 1902 when Porters most prolific(多 产的)writing period started. While there, he wrote 381 short stories. He wrote a story a week for over a
21、 year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers surprise. Porter traveled with Richard to Austin in 1884, where h
22、e met Athol Estes, then seventeen years old and from a wealthy family. On July 1, 1887, Porter married Athol. Athol Estes Porter died on July 25, 1897, from tuberculosis. Porter married again in 1907, to childhood sweetheart Sarah (Sallie) Lindsey Coleman, whom he met again after revisiting his nati
23、ve state of North Carolina. Porter was a heavy drinker, and his health deteriorated(恶化) markedly in 1908, which affected his writing. In 1909, Sarah left him, and he died on June 5, 1910, of cirrhosis of the liver, complications of diabetes, and an enlarged heart. After funeral services in New York
24、City, he was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. 9In which order did O. Henry do the following things? a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas. d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper Job. f. Learned to write stories. A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. c. e.
25、b. d. f. a C. e. b. d. c. a. f. D. c. b. e. d. a f. 10People enjoyed reading O. Henrys stories because . A. they had surprise endings. B. they were easy to understand. C. they showed his love for the poor. D. they were about New York City. 11O. Henry went to prison because . A. people thought he had
26、 stolen money from the newspaper. B. he broke the law by not using his own name. C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners. D. people thought he had taken money that was not his. - 4 - 12What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing? A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about
27、his work. C. He was devoted to the poor. D. He was very good at learning. D D After ten years, the world s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week It is the 10th
28、 edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years agoThe first edition of the festival was in 1985 and the most recent edition in Rio was held in January, 2001A total of 700,000 tickets were sold out for th
29、is year s festival The festival consists of four stages with the participation of International stars including Elton John, Katy Perry, and bands Metallica, Evanescence and System of a DownSeveral stars which performed in previous editions are also on the list this yearIn addition, a number of local
30、 singers and bands will also join this year The performance site, named as Rock City, is a 150,000-square-meter areaBesides the concert area, the site also has a giant Ferns wheel, a roller coaster, and a small shopping mallAfter the festival, the Rock City area will be converted（转 变） into a leisure
31、 area to athletes in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro According to Rio s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, who raised the hotels occupation rate to 98 percentRiotur estimated（估计） that the Rock in Rio fest
32、ival will bring 419 million USdollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs The creator of the festival, Brazilian businessmen Roberto Medina, insisted on opening the Rock City gates himself, in the early afternoon, and greeted the first fans to enter the site“We come to the gate because the Brazilian audience is even more important than the bandsWe applaud themThey make the greatest show,“ he said 13Up to now, the festival has been held in Rio for at least _ - 5 -