高一英语月考

普宁市民德中学2015—2016学年度第二学期高一级阶段考第一部分阅读理解（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。

AA beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his pocket, and thanked her a great deal. “You have saved me from a terrible fate,” he said. The lady asked him what he meant. The beggar replied, “Madame, I have been begging all day, but only you have taken pity on me. Without this dollar you gave to me, I should have had to go to work now.1. Before meeting the lady, the beggar ________.A. had already received some dollars alreadyB. had been thinking of taking his own lifeC. had received no money for that dayD. had acted as if he was looking for a job2. If the woman had understood the begga r’s words correctly, she would probably _____.A. have given him one more dollarB. have persuaded him to give up beggingC. have gone away without giving him any moneyD. have offered him some work3. In the story, “a horrible fate” means _______A. to begB. to go to workC. to dieD. to live a hard lifeBPopeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference inhow strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.4. A good title for this reading passage is______.A. Popeye the SailorB. The Truth About SpinachC.A Mistake with NumbersD. Folic Acid Makes You Strong5. Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?A. They thought spinach made them strong.B. They thought Popeye was funny.C. Spinach had a lot of iron.D .People liked folic acid.6. A research group told people that spinach______.A .made Popeye strongB. was a green vegetableC .had less iron than other green vegetablesD. had more iron than other green vegetables7. The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.A. iron B .folic acid C. spinach D. exerciseCThe pen is more powerful than the sword. There have been many writers who use their pens to write things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.She was born in the U. S. A. in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was a time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child had read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting, if only to show how a warm-hearted writer can arouse people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor seen a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent the true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were widely excited over it, and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.8. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe became famous for .A. one of her booksB. she was a very heartedly personC. she was a kind wifeD. she worked for the war9. How old was Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe when her world famous book was published?A. About sixty years old.B. Over fifty years old.C. In her forties.D. Around twenty years old.10. What do we learn about Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?A. Before the civil war she had been a slave.B. Before the civil war she had lived in the north of America.C. She had a good school education.D. She was better at writing than swinging a sword.11. Why could Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's book cause a civil war in America?Because .A. she disclosed the terrible wrongs done to the slaves in the Southern StatesB. she wrote so well that the Americans loved her very muchC. the Americans were too excited when they reads the bookD. the Southern Americans hated the book, while the Northern Americans liked itDThere is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have ever taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities (复杂性) of spelling.If spelling becomes the only focal (焦点的) Point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid ad venturous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: “This wo rk is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.” It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动机)to seek improvement.12. Teachers are different in their opinions about______________.A. the difficulties in teaching spellingB. the role of spelling in general language developmentC. the complexities of the basic writing skillsD. the necessity of teaching spelling13. The underlined expression “play safe” probably means____________.A. to write carefullyB. to do as teachers sayC. to use dictionaries frequentlyD. to avoid using words one is not sure of14. Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that______________.A. students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB. students will have more confidence in writingC. teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakesD. students will learn to be independent of teachers15. The author seems to think that the teacher’s judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is_____________.A. unfairB. reasonableC. foolishD. careless第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。