河南省林州市第一中学2021-2022学年高一上学期开学检测（实验班）英语试题

林州一中2021 级高一实验班开学检测 英语试卷 (时间100 分钟 满分120 分) 第一部分 听力（略） 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) A My Favourite Books Jo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and co-author of the This Book Will series （系列）of lifestyle books. Here she picks her top reads. Matilda Roald Dahl I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words. Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational. After Dark Haruki Murakami It’s about two sisters — Eri, a model who either won’t or can’t stop sleeping, and Mari, a young student. In trying to connect to her sister, Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world of diverse "night people" who are hiding secrets. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn There was a bit of me that didn't want to love this when everyone else on the planet did, but the horror story is brilliant. There's tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust. It's a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise what's going on is horribly enjoyable. The Stand Stephen King This is an excellent fantasy novel from one of the best storytellers around. After a serious flu outbreak wipes out 99.4% of the world's population, a battle unfolds between good and evil among those left. Randall Flagg is one of the scariest characters ever. 21. Who does "I" refer to in the text? A. Stephen King. B. Gillian Flynn. C. Jo Usmar. D. Roald Dahl. 22. Which of the following tells about Mari and Eri? A. Cosmopolitan. B. Matilda. C. After Dark. D. The Stand. 23. What kind of book is Gone Girl? A.A folk tale. B.A biography. C.A love story. D.A horror story. B The African Children's Choir(合唱团）is made up of children who are 7 to 10 years old from Africa. They have incredible voices and spirit that amaze the audience everywhere they go! And they go to a lot of places, all around the world.And not only do they travel a lot, but they perform with some superstar singers and celebrities for heads of state.But this is not what makes the choir so special. Like New York's PS22, they do not just sing, but truly put their hearts, souls and bodies into their words. But what is unique about the choir is that it offers hope,education and confidence to children who live in extreme poverty. For example, the kids in the choir are mostly from the poorest countries in the world, such as Uganda. Many children live in one-room homes and walk more than 2miles to get water for their family. Most of the children have lost one or both of their parents because of wars or diseases. Through its music and education, the African Children's Choir changes the lives of its children. It allows them to see the world. It gives them hope and confidence.It shows them that everything is possible. The choir even pays for their education through college. In 30 years, it has educated and changed the lives of over 50,000 children.And, in turn, the children return to their hometowns with new thoughts and new skills to help improve their family and community These children are truly helping to build a better Africa. 24. What can we learn about the members of the African Children's Choir? A. They have no parents. B. They are all ten years old. C. Many of them live a hard life. D. Some of them come from PS22 25. What is special about the choir? A. Its positive influence on poor children. B. Performing together with famous people. C. Its members truly putting their hearts into words. D. Its members focusing on singing beautiful songs. 26. Paragraph 4 mainly shows the African Children's Choir__________ A. makes a lot of money B. has become very popular C. is very helpful to its members D.helps 50,000 children go to college 27. The text is meant to_____________ A. tell an inspiring story B advertise some choirs C. introduce a special choir D. encourage us to help African children C On her third Christmas, my daughter Jillian didn’t have the energy for opening presents. At 23-months, she had been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive tumor (肿瘤). I didn’t know how challenging the holidays could become until Jillian died. Being sorrowful became my full-time job in the following days. The pain was a wildfire in my chest and nothing could put it out. A week before the fourth Christmas, Tom and I bought a three-foot plant that slightly resembled a Christmas tree. My adult nephew Frankie came along. We were busy decorating the tree and Frankie reached into a Christmas decoration box and pulled out a toy angel with a white gown that my aunt had crafted years before. As he lifted the angel, her hair fell out in one big bunch, just like Jillian’s. We burst into laughter. In between gasps, Frankie looked up with the angel in hand and said, “Hi, Jillian.” Tom emerged from the bedroom and saw our tree, “It’s small, bald and beautiful! Just like Jilly-boo. I like it.” I moved closer to Tom and he put his arm around my shoulder. Looking at the angel, I knew it would help us through the holidays. Like us, it was sad and pitiful, but full of beautiful memories of Jillian. “Do something new.” said a minister who ran a support group I went to. It’s as if you must create a new space in your heart to keep it beating, despite the bleeding hole. Tom and I were eventually able to experience the wonder of a four-year-old at Christmas. On the one-year anniversary of Jillian’s death, I discovered I was pregnant. Our second daughter, Cadence, brought us back to joy and hope. Cadence is nine now, and hoping Santa will bring her a dog this year. Eleven years after Jillian’s death, Christmas is almost Christmas again. 28. What does the author say about herself after Jillian’s death? A. She went on her life as usual. B.She quit her full-time job. C. She decided to start a new life. D.She was drowned in tears. 29. What can we infer about the toy angel? A. It was a beautiful decoration. B.It was a symbol of strength C. It was a relief to the author. D.It was a gift from Jillian. 30. What does the author mean by “Christmas is almost Christmas again”? A. Her family can reunite again. B. She has been out of sadness. C. Santa will bring them gifts. D. She has another daughter. 31. What can we learn from the passage? A. Mother’s love is forever strong. B. One should depend on himself. C. Family is everything for people. D. Life goes on despite misfortunes. D With the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation (孤 独), more families are choosing to live together. The doorway to peace and quiet, for Nick Bright at least, leads straight to his mother-in-law: she lives on the ground floor, while he lives upstairs with his wife and their two daughters. Four years ago they all moved into a three-storey Victorian house in Bristol--one of a growing number of multigenerational families in the UK living together under the same roof. They share a front door and a washing machine, but Rita Whitehead has her own kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room on the ground floor. "We floated the idea to my mum of sharing a house," says Kathryn Whitehead. Rita cuts in: “We spoke more with Nick because I think it's a big thing for Nick to live with his mother-in-law." And what does Nick think? "From my standpoint, it all seems to work very well. Would I recommend it? Yes, I think I would." It's hard to tell exactly how many people agree with him, but research indicates that the numbers have been rising for some time. Official reports suggest that the number of households with three generations living together had risen from 325,000 in 2001 to 419,000 in 2013. Other varieties of