1、20202021学年10月江苏南京建邺区中华中学高一上学期月考英语试卷一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，每小题2.5分，共37.5分）1.A.PolicemenB.Princesses.C.Superheroes.D.Beggars.（1）A.B.C.D.（2）A.B.C.D.（3）Cowboys,Policemen,Princesses and Superheroes are all characters kids choose to be on anygiven day.Putting on a play can be a fun activity that lets them act ou
2、t their favorite characters as wellas use their artistic（艺术的）ability to create the stage.Best of all,they will be able to use their favorite line（台词）look at me as the audience sitsdown to enjoy the production.Help your kids decide on a play they would like to act out.Use the Internet or library to f
3、indscripts（剧本）for older reading kids.For younger kids,you can act out a favorite story or fairy tale.Ofcourse,you could always help them write their own script.Decide how many characters are needed.Invite neighbors and friends to be in your play or letyour kids play more than one character.Make sure
4、 you teach them to change the way they look,moveand speak so the audience can tell the difference.Search for costume and prop（工具）supplies.Find clothes from your closet or attic（阁楼）,or go to a garage sale.Help everyone make a mask or put on makeup to represent their character.Get creative.Make ticket
5、s,invitations,movie posters and props for your kids play.You can evendecorate a curtain and hang in front of the stage.Set up chairs for the audience.Invite the audience to sit down and enjoy the play.Which of the following characters may NOT be chosen by kids?Which of the following tips is given?Pu
6、t on a play to improve kids learning ability.Choose different scripts for kids of different ages.Let a kid act out a single character in the same play.Buy unique costumes and props for unique scripts.The best title for the passage is .How to Help Kids to Put on a PlayHow to Give Kids Useful Advice o
7、n PerformanceHow to Get Kids Interested PerformingHow to Teach Kids to Represent Their Character2.A.B.C.D.（1）A.B.C.D.（2）An NPC deputy（人大代表）during this years two sessions suggested dividing the winter andsummer vacations into four shorter vacations.Though it seems helpful,the proposal is out of there
8、alities.Firstly,the deputy believed that shorter vacations could alleviate（缓解）parents burden ofcaring for their children at home and offer families more opportunities to travel together.However,thegeneral consensus（共识）is that most parents are often so busy trying to make enough money toprovide for t
9、heir childrens education and household costs that they dont even have enough time tokeep their kids company,let alone to be able to take their kids on vacation.Secondly,each of the breaks will only last for about three weeks.Even though this is generally a long enough time for students to go to tuto
10、ring centers（培训机构）if their parents pay extra attention to their childrens studies,they may end up finding themselves continuously having to shift between a busy school term and a more relaxed period of time off.While this may help to prevent children from playing with their mobile phones or video ga
11、mes,is it really necessary to create new term system（体系）to do so?As the saying goes,Penny wise and pound foolish.Moreover,as some netizens have mentioned,the main purpose of winter and summer vacationsis to give students more time to celebrate the Spring Festival and to escape the summer heat.Notonl
12、y do longer vacations spare many students the efforts of travelling from home to school,but theyalso offer chances for them to do things with long-lasting positive effects,such as volunteering in thecommunity or joining in overseas exchanges.In a word,there is still a long way to go to improve the v
13、acation system before a better optionturns up.So what we students need to do for now is just make the best of our vacation time andprepare ourselves for the future terms.Why did the deputy make the new proposal?To pay more attention to childrens learningTo encourage children to relax themselvesTo in
14、crease parents-children caring and loveTo greatly reduce childrens learning burdenIf kids have shorter vacations,they may .have more time to learn their school subjectsFind their study and rest both poorly affectedfeel more relaxed and will do better in new termsnot be interested in phones or comput
15、er gamesA.B.C.D.（3）A.valuableB.charmingC.unpracticalD.challenging（4）Which spare of the following sentences shares the same meaning with the underlined spare（para 4）?I tried to spare Tom the trouble of coming late for school.Whenever our guests come,we have some free rooms to spare.I have decided tha
16、t I will spare no effort to improve my English.Its good and wonderful of you to spare time to come to see me.The author thinks the proposal is .3.（1）Birds have nostrils on their beaks（喙）that can help them smell all kinds of things.Whenanimals breathe air,they can also breathe in different smells.The
17、 nose can pick up on smells and send information to the brain by the olfactory system.Wehave an olfactory system,too.This system can help animals understand the world through a sense ofsmell.Maybe youve used your olfactory system to smell your breakfast,lunch,and dinner or youre yournew school books
18、.Birds can also use their olfactory systems to sniff out food.The kiwi bird uses its long beak to diginto the dirt.Its nostrils are on the outside and very tip of its beak.Its thought that they use that sense of smell to pick up chemicals（化学物质）emitted by their foodgrubs,worms,and other things that a
19、re in the ground.One bird of prey that has a really great sense of smell are turkey vultures.Vultures are scavengers,meaning they eat dead animals.They have a fantastic sense of smell.They use theirnose to pick up chemicals from things that are decaying（腐烂）.Turkey vultures have one of thestrongest s
20、enses of smells among birds.They have been known to smell food that was over a mileaway.But albatrosses,which can have wingspans around ten feet,have been known to sniff out foodfrom even greater distances-about 12 miles away.These seabirds can pick up chemicals from deadfish or groups of fish.They
21、can even sense the smell that krill give off when they are eaten by fish.That helps them find the fish via the krill.While a sense of smell is helpful for birds,it isnt the only useful or even sometimes the strongestsensethey also use their senses of hearing,sight,and taste.The next time you watch y
22、ourchickens,or other birds in the neighborhood,maybe you can observe how they use all these senses.The first three paragraphs try to tell us .A.B.C.D.A.Kiwi birdsB.Turkey vulturesC.AlbatrossesD.Krill（2）A.B.C.D.（3）A.Bird scientistsB.School kidsC.University studentsD.General readers（4）animals can send
23、 information by smellingbirds use their beaks to get to know the worldwe are fond of smelling things that interest usthe sense of smell is very important to animalsWhich of the following are big birds with a stronger sense of smell?It can be learned that .birds have the strongest sense of smell amon
24、g animalskiwi birds nostrils are on the lower end of the beaksthe sense of smell of birds is their smartest sensebirds understand the world through various sensesWho are the target readers of the passage?4.Im sorry,the bank teller said.Your check has bounced（拒付）.Her words took a moment tosink in.Thi
25、s year had brought so much pain.A divorce（离婚）,losing my house,then the loss of myjob right before the holidays and now the check for my car insurance had bounced!Leaving the bank,I wondered what I would do.My unemployment（失业）checks were delayed,and everything seemed to be piling up.How long could I
26、last without money?How I missed my parents in the faraway Los Angeles,whom I had not seen for five years.December in Michigan meant it was not only dark,but cold and snowy.Despite（尽管）that,I had an urge to take a walk on my favorite trail.Being cold and dark also meant there was a good chance no one
27、else would be out,so I decided to go.On the trail,I was grateful for sounds of rushing water coming from the little river.They coveredmy soft sobs while I walked.Tonight,i t all felt like too much to bear.Eventually,when my tears dried up,I headed home.Approaching my apartment（公寓）door,Inoticed somet
28、hing bulky hanging on the it.Probably another bill,I thought.While I struggled with myboots,I could see a card with my name on it through the clear plastic bag.Reaching in,I took out avery small,white envelope.Inside the envelope was a beautiful card with no name written on it,but itwas stuffed with
29、 gift cardshundreds of dollars of gift cards that could meet my urgent needs!A.B.C.D.（1）A.in the early morningB.in the late morningC.in the late afternoonD.in the deep night（2）A.The bank tellerB.Her former husbandC.Her parentsD.Her friend（3）A.B.C.D.（4）I was in shock and awe.The timing of this amazin
30、g anonymous（匿名的）gift,arriving at exactlythe right moment,was almost too much to comprehend.Again,I began crying,but now they weretears of joy.I felt so loved.I would go to Los Angeles tomorrow!What happened to the author?Something was wrong with her check.She had to sell her car for lack of money.He
31、r divorce ma de her house taken away.She didnt succeed if finding a new job.The story may probably take place .Who might send the anonymous gift?What is the process of the authors emotion and feeling?Angry crazy calm gratefulDisappointed sad surprised warmDisappointed moved surprised gratefulCrazy s
32、ad calm joyful二、七选五（本大题共5小题，每小题2.5分，共12.5分）5.How to Welcome Change in Your LifeDo you embrace（欣然接受）the road you are now on or resist and avoid change at all costswhen a recent event has shaken you greatly?1 Dont react.What do we do when we dont know what to do?First,stop,take a deep breath and dont
33、doanything.2 It is having faith and trusting what you do know in the unknown.Reflect on the past.Another activity is to recall times in your life when you were faced with an unknown.Then,thinkabout how you handled the situation.3 Use your past experiences to bring you strength,and toremind you what
34、you are capable of.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.Make conscious decisions.4 However,more possibilities open up when we are at peace.Go over you list of what ifsand make a more balanced list of the best and worst situations possible.Then talk to loved onesabout what you would do in each situation and the choices you
35、 do have.5 We often see fears as our greatest enemy,yet they provide us with an enormous opportunity forself-growth.What if we were to see them as friends who want to help us become a better person?Letyour fears help you instead of hurting you.Then,write down what comes to you.You may besurprised by
36、 the answers.Dont panic.Befriend your fears.When we are fearful,our options seem limited.Then try to feel at ease with the state of not knowing.Learning from past failures helps you make better decisions.Remembering these incidents will remind you that youve gone through difficult situations.Here ar
37、e things you can do in the midst of uncertainty to choose differently to change the track ofyour life.三、完形填空（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）6.The broken potA man had two large water pots.One pot had a crack（裂缝）in it，but the other was perfect andalways carried a（an）1 pot of water.At the end of the long walk fro
38、m the river to the house,the cracked pot arrived 2 half full,with the man 3 one and a half pots full of water to his house.The poor cracked pot was ashamed and 4 that it was able to do only half of what it hadbeen made to do.After two years of a 5 it believed to be,it spoke to its owner one day.I am
39、 ashamed and Iwant to apologize because this crack in my side 6 water to leak out all the way.Because of mycrack,you 7 to do a lot of this work,and you dont get full value from your 8 .The man said to the pot,Did you 9 that there were flowers only on your side of the path,but not on the other pots s
40、ide?Thats 10 I have always known about your 11 ,and Iplanted flower seeds on your side,and every day while we walk back,youve 12 them.For two1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.years I have been able to 13 these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.14 you beingjust the way you are,there would not
41、 be this beauty to grace the house.Moral（寓意）:Were all cracked pots,but its the cracks that make our lives so very interesting andrewarding.15 to appreciate all the different people in your life!A.cleanB.fullC.emptyD.largeA.rightB.hardlyC.onlyD.nearlyA.findingB.drinkingC.usingD.carryingA.satisfiedB.a
42、fraidC.sadD.confidentA.failureB.practiceC.surpriseD.successA.helpsB.drivesC.causesD.invitesA.continuedB.hadC.decidedD.plannedA.actsB.contributionsC.effortsD.tasksA.imagineB.realizeC.expectD.noticeA.whenB.becauseC.whyD.whileA.responsibilityB.secretC.techniqueD.crackA.wateredB.watchedC.protectedD.remi
43、ndedA.enjoyB.thankC.pickD.buyA.ForB.WithC.BeyondD.WithoutA.RememberB.StopC.PrepareD.Come四、语法填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）7.Few events can cause feelings of both excitement and 1 (anxious)for parents quite likeplanning a7/9childs birthday.Often,we feel compelled（有必要）to have the next great party,butthat c
44、ould very likely set you up for unrealistic goals and very realistic stress.Dont worryabout 2 (keep)up with the Joneses.The focus should always be 3 your child and therelationship you share.While all of us want to do our best to create 4 fun and memorable even,most of us have to battle our natural e
45、nemy,lack of time.Let me offer realistic advice and suggestionsfor parents on planning for success and the things to avoid to prevent problems.The panning shouldrevolve（绕转）around more than just the party,but the birthday 5 (it).From the youre yourchild 6 (wake)up,make him feel special whether it is
46、with a special birthday breakfast 7 adecorated chair at the table.When the party begins,despite all your planning,things are bound（必定的）to happen:8 (expect)guests arriving;the birthday cake falling on the floor.Be flexible andthose moments will probably be the ones you laugh about in years 9 (come).M
47、y words ofadvice 10 (be)simple.Relax,keep it simple and most of all,keep your sense of humor!五、首字母填空（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）8.He made a great c to the development of the new medicine.9.I found it very refreshing to e ideas with your father as he has some very original views on howto deal with modern indu
48、strial pollution.10.People under too much s may experience sleep problems.11.I greeted him with a smile but he made no r.12.Parents are more or less a about their childrens safety when they first leave the nest.六、根据提示填空（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）13.Generally speaking,successful people often hold a positive（
49、态度）to life.14.The competition is open to both teams and（个人）.15.Our plan needs to be（灵活的）enough to meet the need of everybody.16.To fully realize your（潜力）,it is of great importance for you to make the most of our schoolresources.17.The government has declared a state of（紧急情况）.七、适当形式填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，
50、共10分）18.When you enter senior high school,you will find your schoolwork more(challenge)comparedwith that of your junior high school.19.There are lots of interesting stories and(adventure)experiences throughout his life.20.Besides having an impressive academic（perform）,I was actively involved in stud
