1、 - 1 - 内蒙古阿荣旗一中内蒙古阿荣旗一中 20182018- -20192019 学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题 本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡 上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第卷 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 30 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。 A A The British MuseumThe British Museum Whats o
2、nWhats on Although many parts of Asia have long been connected through trade along Silk Road and shared religious systems, there are strong regional differences. In addition to various languages, Asia has developed its cultural networks, patterns of government, technology and styles of artistic repr
3、esentation. The diverse cultural life of Africa has been expressed through everyday cooking objects and unique works of art since ancient times. The Museums collection of over 200,000 African items includes archaeological and contemporary material from across the continent. The Iron Age was a time o
4、f big change for the people of Britain and Europe. Iron replaced bronze as the material used to make tools and weapons, while religion, art, daily life, economics and politics changed greatly. AdmisAdmission and opening timession and opening times The Museum is free and open daily 10:00-17:30 except
5、 Friday and is open until 20:30 on Fridays, except Good Friday. The Museum is open every day except for 24, 25 anti 26 December and 1 January. Museum shopsMuseum shops BookshopBookshop Monday-Thursday 10:00-17:30 Friday 10:00-20:00 - 2 - Saturday 10:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30 Collections shopCollec
6、tions shop Monday-Thursday 09:30-17:30 Friday 09:30-20:00 Saturday 09:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30 Getting hereGetting here By TubeBy Tube Nearest underground stations: Tottenham Court Road (500m) Holborn (500m) Russell Square (800m) Good Street (800m) By busBy bus Buses that stop near the Museum: 1,
7、8,19,X25,38,55,98,242 By carBy car The Museum lies within the Congestion (拥堵) Charge Zone. There is little on-street parking nearby. The nearest car park to the Museum is located at Bloomsbury Square. There is limited parking in the Museum s open space for disabled visitors only. 1. In the museum, y
8、ou may not see items from_. A. Asia B. Africa C. Europe D. America 2. If you want to buy Artist Masterpieces of Bronze Age, you may go to the Museum at_. A. 20:15 Friday, July 11 B. 14:45 Saturday, January 1 C. 18:00 Wednesday, February 14 D. 10:30 Sunday, December 28 3. What can be inferred from th
9、e passage? A. It is not convenient(方便） to park cars near the Museum. B. The old can park their cars in the Museums open area. C. The No.55 bus stop is the nearest to the Museum. D. It is 500 meters from Russell Square to the Museum. B B - 3 - In his new show, Evan Ruggiero plays guitar, sings pop st
10、andards and shows everybody his fine footwork. What makes all of these especially unusual is that Ruggiero, 24, has only one leg. When he was a 19-year-old musical theater student at New Jerseys Montclair State University, Ruggiero had a rare bone cancer in his right leg. Finally his leg would have
11、to be amputated (截) below the knee（膝盖）. Such a setback（挫折） could have easily ended the career of a less tough（坚 强） person, but Ruggiero, who has been dancing since he was five, now puts the experience into his performance. His show, “The One-Legged Song and Dance Man: Volume 3”, explains how he retu
12、rned to dance just 18 months after the amputation. His dance now relies on the use of a peg leg(假肢) , he explains. The secret to his surprising success, he says, was being a “stubborn” patient who refused to give up on his dance and performing studies, despite the advice of his doctor. “It was a rea
13、l setback, but after it was all over, I said, You know what? I need to pick up right where I left off and continue my career, ” Ruggiero said. Ruggiero has come to view his peg leg as an instrument. “Tap dancerstheyre always calling themselves musicians, and their feet are their instrument, ” he sai
14、d. Noting that many audience members will never have seen a one-legged dancer before coming to his show, Ruggiero says he wont shy away from the physical “weakness” his performance shows because of his condition. “A lot of people have come up to me, and they always say, Youre such a role model and a
15、n inspiration, ” he said. “Im honored when people say that, of course, but Im just trying to get on with my life.” 4.What makes Ruggieros new show unusual? A. One-legged dance. B. His own artworks. C. The use of instrument. D. Songs of pop standard. 5. According to the passage, it is true that_. A.
16、Ruggiero is a tough person with a strong will B. the setback has ended Ruggieros dance career - 4 - C. Ruggiero is dancing relying on others support D. his doctor agreed he kept on dancing and studying 6. When audience attend his performance, they may notice_. A. Ruggiero plays piano, sings and danc
17、es B. Ruggiero is a dancer with the help of a peg leg C. there are many tap dancers in the performance D. Ruggiero pretends to be a physically normal person 7. What s the author s attitude to Evan? A. Worry B. Sympathy C. Encouragement D. Pity C C I was playing in my kitchen. My mom stood in front o
18、f me, hardly keeping the tears from spilling over. She told me that my little cousin had cancer. Hearing this, I went completely numb（麻木）. How could this be happening? I had just seen her, and she was fine. These things didnt happen to our family, thats what my uncle said. It seemed like the world t
19、urned upside down; just last week my grandmother had passed away. I felt like I couldnt get my feet on solid ground. Thats when my sister, Ella, came down the stairs with her long brown hair freshly washed. She sat next to me and smiled. Despite what was happening, everything would work out, her smi
20、le seemed to say. “Mom, do you think I could get my hair cut tomorrow?” Ella asked. “Sure,” Mom said, starting to wash the dishes. “I want to donate（捐赠） it to Locks of Love” Ella smiled. My mom stopped washing and turned to look at her. “Are you sure?” I noticed that Mom was holding back tears. This
21、 was a sacrifice(牺牲) for Ella. Her long hair was an important part of her. “Yeah, its just hair. Eventually it will grow back.” She said. “All right,” Mom said quietly, smiling again. Ella gave up a part of herself for a while. She let a piece of herself go to someone else, someone she didnt know. T
22、hat day she became my hero too. 8. On hearing little cousin had cancer, how did the author feel? A. Confused. B. Afraid. C. Shocked. D. Worried. 9. Which statement is true according to Paragraph 2? A. The world is unfair to the writers family. B. Unlucky things of the family made the writer very sad
23、. - 5 - C. The writer had the disability with her legs. D. Unlucky things didnt happen to the writers family. 10. What did the Ella to donate? A. Her comb. B. Her doll. C. Her book. D. Her hair. 11. What can we know about Ella? A. She was kind and willing to help others. B. She liked smiling, but di
24、dnt love cooking. C. She made her mother regret her hair. D. She didnt like wearing long hair again. D D Plants are helpful to human: they provide us with wood and other products, they give us shade, and they help to prevent drought（干旱） and floods. Sadly, in many parts of the world man has not reali
25、zed that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. Several thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships（战舰）, with which to gain itself an empire（帝国）. It gained the empire bu
