学2018-2019学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AI was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stop ped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair of f the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wh eelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his da ughter. “Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on m y motorbike with me?” I asked. He seemed shocked that a tot al stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a secon d and said, “OK, as long as I can follow you.”He introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. He r father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.As we came back to the convenience store, she said, “This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have be en in a wheelchair my whole life and didn’t know I could do thi s.” I told her about some of the other things I do (ski, travel th e world by myself, etc.). As her father was taking her off my bi ke, she turned to him and said, “Oh Daddy, I’m going to be O K. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things, and I will too.” Her fathe r turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugg ed me and said, “I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy t hat would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull c ompared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.”I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.1. How did the father feel at first when the author invited his d aughter for a ride?A. He felt surprised because he didn’t know the author.B. He was happy because his daughter could gain excitement .C. He was moved because the author was willing to help his d aughter.D. He felt nervous because he was worried about his daughte r’s safety.2. What can we know about the author?A. He usually drove too fast.B. He was a disabled man.C. He worked in a convenience store.D. He often helped people who were in trouble.3. According to the passage, the girl _______.A. used to be a completely healthy personB. was not allowed to do some fierce sportsC. usually felt sad about life due to her disabilityD. was unwilling to communicate with a stranger4. What was the author’s gift according to the girl’s father?A. The motorbike.B. The wheelchair.C. The ride.D.The blessing.BThe British MuseumWhat’s onAlthough many parts of Asia have long been connected throu gh trade along Silk Road and shared religious systems, there are strong regional differences. In addition to various languag es, Asia has developed its cultural networks, patterns of gover nment, technology and styles of artistic representation.The diverse cultural life of Africa has been expressed through everyday cooking objects and unique works of art since ancie nt times. The Museum’s collection of over 200,000 African ite ms includes archaeological and contemporary material from a cross the continent.The Iron Age was a time of big change for the people of Britai n and Europe. Iron replaced bronze as the material used to m ake tools and weapons, while religion art, daily life, economic s and politics changed greatly.Admission and opening timesThe Museum is free and open daily 10:00-17:30 except Friday, and is open until 20:30 on Fridays, exce pt Good Friday. The Museum is open every day except for 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January.Museum shopsBookshopMonday-Thursday 10:00-17:30 Friday 10:00-20:00 Saturday 10:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30Collections shopMonday-Thursday 09:30-17:30 Friday 09:30-20:00 Saturday 09:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30Getting hereBy TubeNearest underground stations:Tottenham Court Road(500m) Holborn(500m)Russell Square(800m) Goodge Street(800m)By busBuses that stop near the Museum:1,8,19,X25,38,55,98,242 By carThe 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.5.In the museum, you may not see items from . AsiaB. AfricaC. EuropeD. America6.If you want to buy artists ’works of the Iron Age, you may go to the Museum at .A.20:15 Friday, July 11B.14:45 Saturday, January 1C.18:00 Wednesday, February 14D.10:30 Sunday, December 287.Which is TRUE according to the passage?A. It is not convenient to drive cars to the Museum.B. The No.55 bus stop is the nearest to the Museum.C. It is 500 meters from Russell Square to the Museum.D. The old can park their cars in the Museum’s open area.CIreland has had a very difficult history. The problems started i n the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought aga inst the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was f orced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, i n the south, is an independent country.In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750，000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage(短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in th e USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these pr oblems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 milli on in 1851.For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but mo re and more people are moving to the cities to work in factorie s and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the c ountryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace. The Irish are famous for being warm－hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which a re sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use m any different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.8. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?A. How the Irish fought against the English.B. How Ireland gained independence.C. How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.D. How two “Irelands” came into being.9. We learn from the text that in Ireland________．A. food shortages and a lack of work in the 1840s led to a dec line in populationB. people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countrysideC. it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory w orkerD. different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instrume nts10. The last paragraph is mainly about________．A. the Irish cultureB. the Irish characterC. Irish musical instrumentsD. a famous Irish writer11. What can be the best title for the text?A. Life in IrelandB. Ireland, Past and PresentC. A Very Difficult HistoryD. The Independence of IrelandDAccording to the Global Times, it is reported that two online vi deos showing children telling their parents “I love you” have g one viral in China. The first,filmed by an Anhui TV station,sho ws a number of college students telling their parents they lovethem. The responses are mixed.“Are you drunk?” asked one parent.In another similar video,shot by a Shanxi TV station,a f ather responded even less patiently —“I am going to a meeti ng,so cut the crap.”Why don’t Chinese families use those words?Theories revolv e around the nature of Confucian teaching.“The parents’ resp onses show that many Chinese are not good at expressing po sitive emotions,” Xia Xueluan,a sociologist from Peking Univer sity,told the Global Times.“They are used to educating childre n with negative language.”This isn’t the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love—last year China Daily asked a cross-section of people if they said “I love you” to their parents,spou ses,and children.“I have never said ‘I love you’ to my family,a nd I don’t think I will in the future,” one 56-year-old told the paper.“Saying it aloud is embarrassing for me.”Still,that doesn’t mean that love can’t be expressed.In a separ ate article,China Daily spoke to Zhao Mengmeng,a 31-year-old woman who said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face (“I find it a bit odd”).Sometimes actions speak louder tha n words.Zhao gave her father a photo album featuring photographs of them together on almost every one of her birthdays i n June 2012.The pictures went viral online,being forwarded h undreds of thousands of times on Weibo.“I didn’t sleep the night I heard about it,” her father told China Daily after the story attracted mainstream attention.“I have no w memorized some of the comments on the collection of pictu res.”12.What can we infer from the text?A.It is not direct for Chinese families to say “I love you”.B.Chinese parents are too proud to express “I love you”.C.Chinese parents are good at expressing positive emotions.D.Young parents in China are willing to express “I love you”.13.Why don’t Chinese parents express “I love you” to their chi ldren?A.Because they can’t express it.B.Because they think it unnecessary.C.Because they are not in the habit of expressing so.D.Because they think it should be done only among young co uples.14.Zhao Mengmeng expressed “I love you” to her father by .A.giving him an album containing their photosB.kissing her father’s face and telling him by wordsC.speaking it out bravely in a TV programD.writing out the three words in a letter15.What’s the author’s attitude towards the statements about “I love you”?A.Opposed.B.Critical.C.Objective.D.Indifferent.第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
