1、河南省南阳市新野县第三高级中学学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试题20152016学年上学期高中一年级第二次阶段性考试英 语 试 题第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）AOur need to communicate with each other has been a driving force（力量） in the development of technologyIn the 20th century we have seen the invention of the radio，television，telephone and fax，and
2、 today the Internet has opened up a whole new way of communicatingWe now have instant （即刻的）messaging services such as ICQ or Chinas QQ and chat rooms where people can join group discussionsThey mean increasing choices for when，where and how to communicate，and more importantly, with whomWhile most pe
3、ople use the Internet to keep in touch with friends and family, a growing number of people use QQ and chat rooms to meet and chat with strangersBecause the Internet allows a certain amount of anonymity, users can be more open making it easier to make new friendsOne user said that everyone is equal o
4、nline，and age and appearance become unimportantThis makes it easier for peopleto communicate with each otherFinding new friends is not the only reason people use chat roomsThe Internet can bring together like-minded （志趣相投的）people who want to discuss their favourite topicsThere are chat rooms for cer
5、tain sports，types of music，styles of art，in fact，just about any interest you can imagine，and many that you cant! Whatever unusual interest you might have, if you search on the Internet，there is a good chance that you will find someonesomewhere in cyberspace，willing to talk to you about it-right nowH
6、owever, there are problems with going onlineIt is possible for cyber-criminals to steal information such as credit card details while you are online，and there is always the chance that a new friend is not who he or she claims（声称） to beOne girl was really disappointed when she discovered that her new
7、 cyberfriend who wrote poems for her, was actually copying all the poems from magazinesBut for all the problems that might come up，instant messaging services and chat rooms are here to stay, putting in touch with friends，family and strangers of similar interests1People use the Internet to Achat to f
8、riends and meet family Bmeet strangers and write poems Cchat to friends，family and strangers2 What does anonymity (para2)mean? AThe state of being unknown BThe state of being friendly CThe state of being on Line3What types of topics will people discuss on the Internet? ASports，types of music，styles
9、of art BAll kinds of topics COnly topics that the Internet allows4What is an example of problems with going online? ASome people may send you poems copied from magazines BYour credit card details could be stolen CThere might be no one to chat with B “China now has 350 million smokers，accounting for
10、（占）one-third of the world totalChinese smokers now become addicted to nicotine at the age of 19，five years earlier than the average starting age of 24 in 1 997，”a report said a couple of years ago Of the 1.1 billion smokers all over the worldmore than 800 million are in developing countriesAnd as th
11、e worlds largest developing country, China also has the largest number of smokers Some frightening facts start to appear when we examine who Chinas smokers areOf the 350 million addicts（瘾君子），more than 100 million are under the age of 18，while more than 50 percent of male teachers and doctors are smo
12、kers Such a high rate of addicts among male teachers and doctors will certainly have a bad impact（影响） on the young generation Teachers are usually expected to be role models for students who tend to consider whatever they do is fight and follow their exampleIt is very likely that the number of teena
13、ge smokers will increase in the near future unless measures are taken to forbid teachers from smoking in front of their students or designate （指定）schools as no-smoking zones What is truly puzzling is why so many doctors smokeThey are aware of（意识到） the results of the habit，such as high blood pressure
14、 and lung cancerTheir example only helps justify （证明合理）the addiction of so many others If educated people set an example by stopping smoking at least in public placesit would be much easier to drive home the notion（观点） that it is uncivilized（不文明的） to smoke in public places。 In China，there should als
15、o be a national law to ban smoking in public placesThese would make a massive （大量的）contribution to cutting the number of people in China who are smoking themselves into early grave（墓）5Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage? ATime to Kick（去除） the Habit BChina Bans Smoking
16、in Public Places CSmokers in China DMake People Aware of Smoking6In developing countries，China has the largest number of smokers，which covers Aone-third of its total Bone-eighth of its total C1ess than half its total Dmore than half its total7In the writers opinion，who have influenced young smokers，
17、especially those under l8? AParents。 BTeachers only CAdvertisements DTeachers and doctors8Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? AIn Chinathose who get into the habit of smoking seem to be younger and younger BMore than half of the teachers and doctors are smokers in
18、 China CThe writer suggests schools should be designated as no-smoking zonesDIt is of great benefit （好处）to forbid smoking in public places. C It was a winter morning，just a couple of weeks before ChristmasWhile most people were warming up their cars，Trevor，my husband，had to get up early to ride his
19、bike four kilometers away from home to workOn arrival，he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually doesAfter putting in 10 hours of labor，he returned to find his bike gone The bike，a black Kona 18 speed，was our only transport（交通工具）Trevor used it to get to work，putting in 60-hour weeks to s
20、upport his young familyAnd the bike was also used to get groceries（杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that 1 wrote to the newspaper and told them our storyShortly after that，several people in our area offered to helpOne
21、wonderful stranger even bought a bike，then called my husband to pick it upOnce again my husband had a way to get to and from his jobIt really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met beforePeople say that a smile can be passed from one person to
22、another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more soThis experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened（强化） our faith（信念） in humanity(人性)as a wholeAnd it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we，too，can share with othersNo matter how big or how small，an ac
23、t of kindness shows that someone caresAnd the results can be everlasting9Why was the bike so important to the couple? AThe mans job was bike racing BIt was their only possession（财产） CIt was a nice Kona 18 speed DThey used it for work and daily life10We can infer from the passage that Athe couple wor
24、ked 60 hours a week Bpeople were busy before Christmas Cthe stranger brought over the bike Dlife was hard for the young family11How did people get to know the couples problem? AFrom radio broadcasts BFrom a newspaper CFrom TV news DFrom a stranger12Which of the following is true? AThe authors husban
25、d often parked the bike outside the back door BThe author used to get to work by bike CSeveral strangers offered bikes to them，but they only accepted one of themDSomebody had stolen their bike before，but soon returned it to the authorD Most people know that the United States is made up of fifty stat
26、esHowever, few people know a lot about all fifty of themSufjan Stevens is a young American musicianHe wants to change this situation Sufjan Stevens plans to make an album about each of the fifty American statesDuring college heplayed in several musical groups and recorded an album of his own musicHo
27、wever, he wanted to be awriter, not a musicianSo after college he moved to New York City to study writing In New YorkStevens had trouble writing storiesHe discovered that he missed musicHe alsodiscovered that most of the stories he did write were about his home state of MichiganSo，Sufjan Stevens dec
28、ided to make an album of songs about Michigan Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State was released（发行、发布） in 2003The album was a big successMany young people and music critics （评论家）liked itBefore long，Stevens announced that he wanted to make an album for every stateHe called it his “fifty sta
29、tes project” Stevens chose Illinois as his next stateHe read many books about IllinoisHe studied police documents and old newspapersHe talked to people who live in the stateThe CD Illinois was released in 2005Critics loved the albumIt won many awardsIllinois became popular at colleges throughout the
30、 United StatesPeople said the CD sounded different from anything else they had ever heard Sufjan Stevens is keeping his next state a secret from reportersPeople have said that he is writing about Oregon，Rhode Island，or MinnesotaHowever, no one but Stevens knows for sure13Why does Sufian Stevens plan
31、 to make an album about each of the American states? ATo excite the music talent in ordinary Americans BTo record an album of his own music CTo let people know more about all the American states DTo go on writing stories14What did Sufjan Stevens do to make an album of songs about a state? AHe played in several musical groups BHe studied documents and newspapers and talked to people there CHe moved to New York City to study writing DHe kept his next state a secret from reporters 15Which of the following can serve as the proper title for the passa
