包钢四中2020---2021 学年第一学期阶段性考试高一英语试卷
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A、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers
several concerts from March through June.Call 723-1182 for moreinformation.
Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular
season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend.
Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street.The season runs June through August, with additional
performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership
discounts. Phone:241-2742.
CollegeConservatoryofMusic (CCM): Performancesareonthe maincampus(校园) ofthe
university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including
CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through
modern music. Students with ID cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events
for each term is available by calling the box office at556-4183.
Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats
under cover (price difference). Big name shows all summer long! Phone: 232-6220.
21. When can you go to a concert by ChamberOrchestra？
A. August. B.May. C.February. D. November.
22. Which number should you call if you want to see anopera？
A.381-3300. B.723-1182. C. 241-2742. D. 232-6220.
23. Where can students go for free performances with their IDcards？
A. PatriciaCobbettTheater. B. MemorialHall.
C.MusicHall. D. Riverbend Music Theater.
24. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the otherplaces？
A. It offers membershipdiscounts.
B. It gives shows all yearround.
C. It has seats in the openair.
D. Itpresents(介绍）famous musicalworks.
B
In 1971 a young man who grew up very poor was travelling across the country, trying to
make a new start for himself. Along the way he had completely run out of money and was
forced to spend the night in his car. This continued until one morning, after a week of
sleeping in his car, he walked nervously into a restaurant and ordered a big breakfast.
After eating his first good meal in weeks, he found himself lying to the waiter, telling
him he had lost his wallet. The waiter, who was also the owner, walked behind the chair
where the young man had been sitting. He bent down, and came up with a $20 bill that
looked as if it had fallen on the floor and said, “Son, you must have dropped this.” The young
man couldn’t believe his luck! He quickly paid for the breakfast, left a tip, bought gas with
the change, and headed west.
On the way out of town, he began to understand what the owner did . “Maybe nobody
dropped the money at all. Maybe that fellow just knew I was in trouble and he helped me
inawaythatdidn’tembarrass（使尴尬）me. SoIjustmadeapromisetohelp otherpeopleif Ican.”
Later,heworkedveryhardandbecamearichman.NowhelivesnearKansasCity.
Eachyearhegivesawaythousandsofdollars.Heisknownasthe“SecretSanta”because
at Christmas time each year, he personally hands money out to those on the street and at
restaurants. Last year, he gave more than $50,000 away in Kansas City.
25. The young man was travelling across the country in1971to .
A. look for agoodrestaurant B. improve hislife
C. show his new cartoothers D. hand outdollars
26. Theunderlined sentence implies(暗指）thatthe youngmangottoknowthat
.
A. the owner helped him in a way that didn’t hurt hisfeeling
B. it was very honest of the owner to return hismoney
C. it was very lucky of him to get his lost moneyback
D. another person who had breakfast in the restaurant lost themoney
27. From the end of the passage we canlearn that .
A. the owner was paid back the money
B. the man was not successful in theend
C. theman did carryout（履行）his promise
D. Santa gives the man money eachyear
28. The main idea of the storyis“ ”.
A. Doing is better thansaying
B. Where there is a will, there is away
C. He who travels far knowsmuch
D. Givelovewings(翅膀）andit may flyhigher
C
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he
doesn’t become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what“keepingup with
the Joneses ”is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He
told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot
of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very rich neighborhood
outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback
riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also
hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to
keep up with. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for
their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New YorkCity.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up
with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series
of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very
common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came tomean
keepingupwithrichlifestyleofthepeoplearoundyou.Momand’sseriesappearedin
different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses
in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses
because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to beahead.
29. Some people want to keep up with the Jonesesbecausethey .
A. want to be as rich as their neighbours
B. want others to know or to think that they arerich
C. don’t want others to know they are rich
D. want to be happy
30. Itcanbeinferred(推断)fromthe storythatrichpeopleliketo .
A. live outside NewYorkCity B. live in New Yorkcity
C. liveinapartments D. have manyneighbors
