河南省信阳高级中学2022-2022学年高一英语4月月考试题.doc

河南省信阳高级中学2022-2021学年高一英语4月月考试题第一局部：阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节 (共15小题；每题2分, 总分值30分)阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AEP Portable HeaterWe all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. Now millions of people are saving on their heating bills with the EP Portable Heater. With over one million satisfied customers around the world, the new EP heats better and faster, saves more on heating bills, and runs almost silent.The EP has no exposed heating parts that can cause a fire. The outside of EP only gets warm to the touch so that it will not burn children or pets.The EP will not reduce oxygen in the room. With other heaters, you'll notice that you get sleepy when the heat comes on because they are burning up oxygen.The advanced EP also heats the room evenly, wall to wall and floor to ceiling. It comfortably covers an area up to 350 square feet. Other heaters heat rooms unevenly with most of the heat concentrated to the center of the room. And they only heat an area a few feet around the heater. With the EP, the temperature will not vary in any part of the room.The EP comes with a 3-year warranty (保修) and a 60-day, no questions asked, satisfaction guarantee. If you are not totally satisfied, return it at our expense and your money will be given back to you.Now, we have a special offer for 10 days, during which you can enjoy a half price discount and a free delivery. If you order after that, we reserve the right to either accept or reject order requests at the discounted price.Take action right now!1. What is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?A. The heat of the EP.B. The safety of the EP.C. The appearance of the EP.D. The material of the EP.2. From the passage, we can learn that the EP _.A. doesn't burn up oxygen B. runs without any noiseC. makes people get sleepy D. is unsuitable for children and pets3. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A. persuade people to buy the productB. advise people to save on heating billsC. report the new development of portable heatersD. compare the difference of different heater brandsBWhen Rachel Ratelle saw a news video of a burned koala trying to climb a tree to safety in fire-ravaged (火灾肆虐的) Australia, she decided to do something about it.She looked up wildlife rescue and relief agencies in Australia to find out what they needed most. Besides donations, many organizations asked for hand-sewn (手缝的) and knitted pouches (袋子) and wraps for koalas and other animals that were burned or had lost their homes and parents in the fires.This idea attracted Ratelle, but there was just one problem.“Id never sewn in my life, said Ratelle, 17, a senior at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, US. “Giving money seemed like something too simple. But I wanted to directly help these animals by doing something myself, so I decided to learn how to sew.Over the next few months, Ratelle bought her own sewing machine and taught herself how to sew via videos online. Then she purchased 18 yards of fabric and sewed 25 pouches of different sizes and shipped them off to For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid (FAWNA), one of several relief organizations that have rushed to rescue koalas, kangaroos and other species suffering from burns.A week later, she received a photo from FAWNA with a young joey (幼兽) in one of her larger pouches. “It made me feel like I contributed to the world and it showed how a simple act of kindness can go a long way, said Ratelle, who hopes to study biology for a future career as a nurse practitioner.“I plan to use my new sewing skills to help animals and people devastated (蹂躏) by natural disasters, she said.According to the World Wildlife Fund, it estimated that 1.2 billion animals have died, as a result of the bushfires, which have burned more than 26 million acres in Australia.Several craft guild (手工业行会) websites around the world have mobilized (发动) for Australian relief by making the animal pouches. Karen Newberry and her two daughters Madison, 12 and Rochelle, 8, from San Diego also offered their help in such a way. For Newberry, “it was a big push that made us crafters, sewers realize theres something more we can do than just make things for ourselves, she said.4. What do the first two paragraphs mainly talk about?A. What inspired Ratelle to learn to sew.B. What is needed to save koalas and other species.C. The poor living conditions of wild animals in Australia.D. Different ways to help koalas and other animals in Australia.5. How did Ratelle feel when she received a photo from FAWNA according to the text?A. Proud.B. Calm.C. Surprised.D. Disappointed.6. The statistics (统计数字) in Paragraph 8 are used to show _.A. how frequent the bushfires are in AustraliaB. how harmful the bushfires are in AustraliaC. the great varieties of wild animals in AustraliaD. the difficulties facing relief organizations in Australia7. What do Newberrys words in the last paragraph suggest?A. People should stay united through difficult times.B. Life is not easy for crafters and sewers in Australia.C. It is challenging for crafters and sewers to do relief work.D. Crafters and sewers can do more to help animals.CSteven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台). The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers argument: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists dont dispute(质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.8. What has Steven Stein been hired to do?A. Help increase grocery sales.B. Recycle the waste material.C. Stop things falling off trucks.D. Argue for the use of plastic bags.9. What does the word “headwinds in paragraph 2 refer to?A Bans on plastic bags.B. Effects of city development.C. Headaches caused by garbage.D. Plastic bags hung in trees.10. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?A. They are quite expensive.B. Replacing them can be difficult.C. They are less strong than plastic bags.D. Producing them requires more energy.11. What is the best title for the text?A. Plastic, Paper or NeitherB. Industry, Pollution and EnvironmentC. Recycle or Throw AwayD. Garbage Collection and Waste ControlDMost people hold the belief that young people from poor families whose socio-economic backgrounds are in bad conditions tend to do less well in the education system. In an attempt to help the children of poor families, a nationwide program called “Headstart was started in the US in 1965. A lot of money was poured into it. It took children into pre-school institutions at the age of three and it was expected to help them succeed in education. However, the results have been disappointing, because the program began too late. Many children who entered it at three were already behind their peers in language and intelligence and the parents were not willing to get involved in the process.To improve the results, another program was started in Missouri that concentrated on parents as the childs first teachers. This program was based on researches showing that working with the family is the most effective way of helping children get the best possible start in life. The four-year study included 380 families who were about to have their first child and represented different social-economic status, age and family structure. The program invited many trained educators visiting and working with the parent or parents and the child. The program also gave the parents some guidance to communicate with their children, and useful skills on child development.At the age of three, the children involved in the “Missouri program were evaluated with the children selected from the same socio-economic background and family situations. The results were obvious. The children in the program were more advanced in language development, problem solving and other intellectual skills than their peers. They performed equally well regardless of socio-economic backgrounds or family structures. What they found through the program was that one of the most important factors that affected the childs development was the poor quality of parent-child interaction. That interaction was not necessarily bad in poorer families.The “Missouri program is quite different from “Headstart program. From what they did we can draw a conclusion: Without a similar focus on parent education and on the vital importance of the first three years, some evidence indicates that it will not be enough to overcome educational unfairness.12. What can we learn about the “Headstart program?A. It helped many children from poor families to make progress.B. It failed because the children they helped had already fallen behind.C. It helped the children involved succeed in their education soon.D. It succeeded in improving the intelligence of all the children.13. We can learn from the second paragraph that the “Missouri program _.A. focused on the childrens first school teachers.B. helped the children return to the same home.C. may make the children improved in many aspects.D. gave the parents advice on their development.14. What does the underlined word “interaction in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Intelligence.B. Performance.C. Education.D. Communication.15. The last paragraph tells us that _.A. parents play an important role in childrens education.B. it is impossible to overcome educational unfairness.C. poor families cannot change the fate of their children.D. The “Missouri program pay more attention to the ages.第二节共5小题；每题2分，总分值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正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。HomeworkDo maths problems 15 through 25. State the different forms of the verbs on page 50 of your French workbook. Read pages 12 through 20 of the Shakespeare play, and dont forget to fill in the missing chemical symbols on the worksheet.Sound like a list of your homework for the next few nights or maybe even just for tonight? _16_Its your teachers way of evaluating how much you understand whats going on in class. And it helps strengthen important concepts. Here are some tips on how to do your homework._17_Its inviting to start with the easy things to get them out of the way. However, youll have the most energy and focus when you begin, so its best to use this mental power on the subjects that are most challenging. Later, when youre more tired, you can focus on the simpler things. If you get stuck on a problem, try to figure it out as well as you can but dont spend too much time on it because this can mess up your homework schedule for the rest of the night. _18_But dont pick someone whom youll be up all night chatting with, or youll never get it done!Most peoples attention spans arent very long, so take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without relaxing will make you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people._19_Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpacktheres nothing worse than having a completed assignment that you cant find the next morning or that gets ruined by a careless brother or sister. _20_Now youre free to hang out.A. Luckily, you can do a few things to do less homework.B. Homework is a major part of going to school.C. No one is expected to stay happy, and people have very different learning styles.D. If you need to, ask an adult for help or call or email a classmate for advice.E. But if youre really concentrating, wait until it's a good time to stop.F. And no teacher still believes that “chewed by the dog lieeven when it's true!G. When you start your homework, deal with the hardest tasks first.第二局部: 完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Until a few years ago, I had what most people would probably call a good life, for I had a (an) _21_ job that paid the bills; I had a good family that I was really close to, and I had a place to live and money in the bank for trips and _22_, and there was nothing much wrong in my life. _23_, I was bored.I wanted more. I wanted to live _24_ and loudly and make sharp memories instead of the _25_ ones of everyday life. But I was a little _26_. I had never had any _27_ in myself. As a child, even buying something in a shop caused me a great deal of _28_, and even though I did get better as I got older, I never  _29_ that childhood shyness. And I tried everything, like reading books about confidence. I took tiny steps leading to my goals. But none of them really _30_.So I _31_ that the small steps werent enough. I signed up for an internship (实习期) of teaching English in Vietnam, a huge step which seems _32_, one that _33_ me as much as it excited me. And then the day came and I left my home and my loved ones. I was alone in a country where the food was _34_ and the streets were dirty. I had no idea whether I could _35_ everything that this very strange environment would _36_ at me.I spent more than five months in Vietnam, teaching, exploring and laughing, Id learnt to _37_ myself, my skills, my abilities and my decisions. After that, I returned home _38_, even to myself, let alone to others. The _39_ that had controlled my li