河南省周口中英文学校2019_2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题

河南省周口中英文学校2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题

第二部分 阅读理解（本大题共两节，每小题2分,共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)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona.

He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his

friends.

My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome, successful man devoted

to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him;

as a school girl and young adult feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed

unhappy with me unless 1 got straight A's and unhappy with my boyfriends if their

fathers were not as "successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends,

I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father's friends for

lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate

on the street table, and laughed over my son's funny facial expressions. Gone was

my father's critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my

father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back

before?

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few

stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the

years, never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I'm at last

seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I'm delighted with my new friend.

My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.

21. Why did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult?

A. He was silent most of the time. B. He expected too much of her.

C. He did not love his children. D.He was too proud of himself.

22. When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel________. A. tired B. sorry C. nervous D. safe

23. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?

A. More critical. B. More talkative.

C. Strict and hard-working. D. Gentle and friendly.

24. The underlined words "my new friend" in the last paragraph refer to_____

A. the author's father B. the author's son

C. the friend of the author's father D. the cafe's owner

B

A lot of people say maths is not their strong suit. One New Jersey parent wants to

help change that. Laura Overdeck grew up with numbers. She always helped measure

ingredients when her mother baked, and she learned about angles(角) from her father.

She went on to major in astrophysics in college. Overdeck knew she wanted her own

children to be good at maths, too.

“And when our first child was about two, we just started giving her a maths problem

every night,” Overdeck said. The problem was usually a story, involving animals,

cars or candies that let the kids count. “Our third child started, at the age of

two, yelling that he wanted his own maths problem because he saw his brother and

sister doing it. And we thought, “Wow, we have a household where maths is the popular

thing at bedtime.” Overdeck said.

In February, Overdeck launched Bedtime Maths, an Internet website where she posts

daily puzzles for children. Overdeck is particularly keen to hook children on numbers

before they go to school. So why introduce little ones to maths so early?

Sian Beilock, an expert on performance anxiety, says the more fun and familiar maths

is early on, the less likely children feel nervous when they start to learn maths

in school. “My lab has shown recently that kids as early as first grade report

feeling anxious about doing maths,” Beilock said.

“You can hear totally educated adults say, ‘You know I’m just not that good

at maths.’or ‘I’m kind of afraid of maths.’And that’s a totally acceptable thing

for a well-educated person to say, but you never hear them say, ‘Well, you know,

I’m just not that good at reading,’ ”Overdeck said.She wants children and their parents to become fluent in numbers as they are in Harry Potter.

25. Overdeck majored in astrophysics because she __________.

A. was really fond of mathematics

B. had an interest in teaching physics

C. hoped to change maths education in the US

D. would like her children to be good at maths

26. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2 ?

A. Toys can be used to encourage kids in solving maths problems

B. Maths will become more popular in every household.

C.The third child is cleverer than his brother and sister.

D. Maths is enjoyable in Overdeck’s family.

27. Beilock’s attitude towards Overdeck’s idea is __________.