内蒙古翁牛特旗乌丹第一中学2023学年高一英语上学期第一次阶段性检测期中试题.doc

内蒙古翁牛特旗乌丹第一中学2023年-2023年学年高一英语上学期第一次阶段性检测（期中）试题 第二部分  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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑． A There are many international organizations which work to save and protect endangered species (物种) and natural environment. If you would like more information about any of the organizations listed below, you can write to the addresses given. Friends of the Earth (FOE) campaigns on a range of problems including rainforests, the countryside, water and air pollution and energy. Friends of the Earth International Secretariat P.O. Box 19199 1000 G.D. Amsterdam The Netherlands Greenpeace uses peaceful but direct action to defend the environment. It campaigns to protect rainforests and sea animals, stop global warming and end pollution of air, land and seas. It also opposes nuclear power. Greenpeace International Keizergracht 176 1016 DW Amsterdam The Netherlands BirdLife International is an organization which works to save endangered birds all over the world. BirdLife International Wellbrook Court Girton Road Cambridge CB3 0NA England WWF—World Wide Fund For Nature is the world’s largest private international organization for the conservation of nature and threatened species. Information Officer WWF International Avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland Switzerland 21. If you want to learn more about the organizations, you can _______. A. call them B. write them a letter C. visit them D. send them an e-mail 22. If you oppose nuclear power, you can join ________. A. Friends of the Earth B. World Wide Fund For Nature C. Greenpeace D. BirdLife International 23. Which is the best title for the passage? A. Environmental Protection Organizations B. Global Traffic Problems C. Endangered Animals D. Natural Beauty B When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry andlooking at their watches. It isn't that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven't got a television. People think that we are very strange. "But what do you do in the evening?", they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages.This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I'm always busywith my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.    Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost—no television! —So they don't know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full—they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. 24. The couple have not got a television, because   . A. they are not rich enough           B. they are strange people C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways D. they don't know what to do when there are power cuts 25. Both of them are interested in   . A. learning languages   B. traveling   C. staying home alone               D. watching people play games 26.  At night when there is no electricity, the couple   . A. have to stare at the walls   B. can do nothing but sit in silence C. will have many visitors     D. have to go out for candles 27. The best title for this passage is _____. A. Why Do We Need a Television? B. Candle! But No Electricity! C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies. D. We Go Without Televisions! C You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really aneye-opening experience to study here.      In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn't knowhow different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School,Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say, "I am fine" when people say "How are you?" But in the US, I found that people say, "I am good" or "I'm tired". One day, someone greeted me with "What's up?" It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn't know what to say. Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.      To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, inChina, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or "whiter". I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that's it. But here, a "good" student gets good grades, does a lot of work for the public and plays sports or music.      The kids here are so talented, and I am starting to be sorry that I gave up pla