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河南省周口市扶沟县包屯高级中学2014-2015学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题【一】阅读理解。（每题2分，共计40分）athe spring festival is the biggest festival for chinese people all around the world. the celebration usually lasts for 15 days or so. there is a lot to do.on the eve of the spring festival, family members get together and have big meals. their favorites dish on this day is dumplings. days before the spring festival, families will clean their houses. people think cleaning sweeps away bad luck . it makes the house read good luck. the colour red is everywhere during the spring festival. people think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. people wear red, too. they decorate their houses with pieces of red paper. kids get a lot of hongbao. it is a red paper bag with money in it. usually, older people give younger ones hongbao they think it brings good luck. the spring festival is the time to make everybody happy. so dont say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.for instance, youd better not say any bad words like death. dont break anything. people think that it means your luck is running out. also, dont borrow or lend money on these days. if you have borrowed money, return it before the spring festival.1. what do most people do on the eve of the springfestival?a. family members gather for a big meal.b. friends eat dumplings together.c. they borrow money from friends.d. they give each other hongbao.2. which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the spring festival?a. returning money before the spring festival. b. saying words that have something to do withdeath.c . wearing red clothes.d. decorating houses with red paper.3. the underlined phrase running out probably means_ a进来 b打碎c耗尽 d离开4. we can tell from the passage that the spring festivalis _.a. a time of harvest and funb. celebrated for a whole monthc. a time to see santa clausd. a time for chinese families to get togetherbthe most important holiday in sping , especially for christians , is easter .this christian holiday is not on the same date every year , but it is always on sunday . it can be any sunday . it can be any sunday between march 22 and april 25 . many people celebrate easter by buying new clothes . children celebrate by hunting for coloured eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. people also give easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day. but the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. on easter, many people go to church to celebrate jesus coming to life from the dead. most people colour easter eggs. some people hidethem. others just eat them . but no matter what one does with easter eggs , they are an important easter tradition throughout the western world. people from many different cultures celebrate easter. in both america and belgium, children look for easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes . in america , children believe the eggs are hidden by the easter bunny (复活节兔子) . but in belgium , the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells . in bulgaria (保加利亚) , red easter eggs are lucky in churches; bulgarian families also crash these easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. the winner looks forward to good fortune that year. still dozens of other easter traditions exist . in parts of austria , for example , children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colourful eggs. easter comes _.aon the same date every yearb. on sunday on march 22c. on sunday on april 25 d. on a sunday between march 22 and april 256. to celebrate easter, people_. . a. go shopping, hide coloured eggs and children huntfor them b. give easter baskets filled with candy and goodiesto one another. c. buy new clothes,-hide coloured eggs and childrenlook for them around the housed. both b and c7. for christians the more important thing to do oneaster is _ .a. buying new clothes b. going to church to celebrate jesus coming tolife from the dead .c. eating delicious food and painting eggsd. exchanging beautiful gifts with each other 8. the underlined word crash in para. 4 could bestbe replaced by _ .a bring b. hit c. come d. gocwe couldnt forget the historic and exciting moment on oct.11,2012 when the first chinese nobel laureate, mo yan, won the 2012 nobel prize for literature ( 文学). minutes after the award was announced ,millions of chinese expressed their pleasure and pride for mo yan on the internet . so a chinese getting the nobel prize for literature did really increase the national pride. on dec . 11 (monday) in sweden mo was given the nobel diploma (证书) , medal and a document proving the prize amount. in his speech at the ceremony, mo said receiving the prize felt like a fairy tale , but of course it was true that literature was useless compared with science ,but its greatest use was “it being useless.mos winning filled the blank left by chinese literature in the world literary history. at the same time, mondays nobel awards ceremony set off another buying rush on mos works among chinese readers .9. mo yan won the nobel prize for _ .a chemistry b. literaturec. peace d. physics10 . which of the following words can best describe chinese peoples feeling when hearing the news?a calm. b. relaxed. c. proud. d. indifferent.11. the underlined word laureate in paragraph 1most probably means _ .aloser b. winnerc. fan d. superstar12. which of the following statements is not true? a. it was hard for mo yan to believe he was awarded the prize.b. mo yan thinks literature is useless.c. mo yan was given the nobel diploma, medal anda document.d. mo yans works were more popular after hisreceiving the prize.dhabits , whether good or bad , are gradually formed . when a person does a certain thing again , he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly , and then a habit is formed once a habit is formed , it is difficult , and sometimes impossible, to get rid of . it is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits . children often form bad habits , some of which remain with them as long as they live . older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live , and sometimes become ruined by them . there are other habits which , when formed in early life, are of great help. many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on.among the habits which children should not form are laziness , lying , stealing and so on . these are all easily formed habits. unluckily older persons often form habits which could have been avoided.we should keep away from all these bad habits , and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others. 13. _ are formed little by little.a. good habitsb. bad habitsc. both good habits and bad habitsd. either good habits or bad habits14. the underlined word them in the first paragraphrefers to _.a. bad habits b. good habits c. bad children d. other persons15. why should we pay much attention to the formationof habits?a. because a man can never get rid of a habit. b. because we are forced to do them again and again c. because habits are of great help to every one of us at present. d. because its hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits. 16. according to the passage, early rising _ .ahas something to do with successb. is an easily formed habit c. is such a habit as should have been avoidedd. is such a habit as wont be kepteone day an old woman was travelling alone in the mountains . suddenly she saw something shining in the stream. when she came close, she found it was a precious stone . she put the stone into her bag and went on with her trip . the next day the old woman met a young man, who was also a traveler in the mountains .the young man looked very hungry, so the old woman opened her bag to share her food. the hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked carefully, the stone is beautiful. would you like to give it to me?sure. why not? the woman said, and handed the stone to him.the young man left happily with the stone. he knew it was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. but a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman.ive been thinking, he said. i know how valuable the stone is, but i give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious. give me what you have within your bag.the woman opened her bag. it was almost empty. she looked at the young man and smiled, “i have nothing special in my bag, but i do have something precious-the joy of giving! the young man felt ashamed and left silently.17. how did the young man find the precious stone?a. he found it in his food.b. he dug it out in a valley.c. he saw it in the old womans bag.d. he noticed it shining in the stream.18. what does the underlined word security inparagraph 4 probably mean? amoney. b. worry.c. health. d. trouble.19. the man returned the stone to the woman because_.a. he found the stone was not precious b. he understood the real meaning of joy c. he felt embarrassed at taking away the stone d. he wanted to get something even more precious 20. which of the following would be the best title thepassage?a. a special stoneb. the joy of givingc. an old woman and a young mand. an experience in the mountains【二】完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）police officer fang was a generous man he always tried to_ 21_ people who were in trouble. many policemen just arrested people whenever they did anything_ 22_but police officer fang really cared about people.if he saw a beggar in the street he did not arrest him for begging. _ 23_ , he gave him some money to buy a meal. if he saw children behaving badly he did not take them to the _ 24_ station. instead, he tried to find out_ 25_ they were behaving badly and then lectured them _ 26_ the importance of good behavior .one day he saw a small girl standing in the street.she was _ 27_ and tears were running down her face.hello, he said to her, and whats your _ 28_ ? the small girl looked_ 29_ at him through her tears.ive _ 30_ my money, she said. oh dear ! police officer fang said. and how did youdo that?my purse fell out of my _ 31_ , the small girl said. it had all my money in it.and she continued crying.its all right, police officer fang said.dont 32_ . its not the end of the world tell me how _ 33_ money was in your purse.ten dollars, the small girl said.police officer fang took_ 34_ his wallet. he _ 35_ it, took ten dollars and gave it to the girl. here you are, he said. heres ten dollars. now you can_ 36_ crying._ 37_ instead of stopping crying, the small girlcried _ 38_ louder.now whats the matter? police officer fang said_ 39_ surprise.i_ 40_ id said id lost fifty dollars, the smallgirl replied.21. a help b. arrest c. enjoy d. drive22. a good b. wrong c. right d. public23. a .but b