高一英语月考试题（B部）
一.阅读理解（每空2.5分，共12个小题）。
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Congratulations on having been offered, and accepting, a place to study at Cambridge! This page offers some tips that will hopefully make your arrival at Cambridge as stress-free as possible. ◆ Before you arrive
Your College or Department will send you all the information you need to prepare yourself for your time in Cambridge, including College information, for example, accommodation, course information, and similar related details. You will be sent an email asking you to complete the University’s Student Registration exercise. It will only take a few minutes.
◆ Pre-arrival Freshers’ Events this summer
Around the world in August and September, Cambridge Alumni(毕业生)Groups will be hosting pre-arrival Freshers’ Events for new students coming to Cambridge this autumn. These events are a great opportunity to prepare for university and make some friends before you arrive. There will be the chance to meet current students and alumni from whom you can get tips and advice for living and studying in Cambridge. ◆ Arrival and registration
Most courses start in October. The term between October and December is known as Michaelmas Term in Cambridge. Officially, the first day of the Michaelmas Term is 1 October and this date will be shown on your offer letter. Your College or your Department will advise you about when to arrive. Ceremony activities begin around 1 October for most students. When you arrive in Cambridge, you should go first to your College. They will be glad to know that you have arrived safely and will advise you on what to do next. ◆ Matriculation
Matriculation marks the formal admission of a student to membership of the University, and a College may not normally allow an unmatriculatied student to be
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a resident member of the College. Every freshman for matriculation must agree with the following belief by signing the Matriculation Registration Form:
I promise to observe the Statutes and Ordinances of the University as far as they concern me, and to pay due respect and obedience to the Chancellor and other officers of the University.
1. Who will be interested in this text?
A. Senior high students. B. Junior high students. C. Primary school students. D. New university students. 2. What can you get from the Pre-arrival Freshers’ Events? A. Registration and ceremony activities. B. Suggestions for the coming college life. C. Current students and alumni’s agreements. D. Accommodation and similar related details.
3. What is the aim of signing the Matriculation Registration Form? A. To make their arrival at Cambridge as free as possible. B. To complete the University’s Registration exercise. C. To have the students obey the school rules. D. To mark the formal admission of a student.
B
One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet view of the wonderful works. A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided she was doing all the talking. I admired his patience for tolerating her constant words. Disturbed by their noise, I moved on. I encountered them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her constant talking, I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift store doing some shopping when the couple approached the exit. Before they left, the man reached into his pocket
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and pulled out a white object. He turned it into a long cane (手杖) and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a brave man,” the clerk at the counter said, “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise that his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked, “He can’t see.”
“Can’t see! You’re wrong. He sees a lot. More than you or I do,” the clerk said, “His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.” I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.
And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away arm in arm.
4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The husband was doing all the talking when the couple viewed the works. B. The husband tapped his way to the coatroom to get his own jacket. C. The husband was considered a brave man by the clerk at the store. D. The husband allowed blindness to change his life.
5. The underlined word “encountered” in the passage means “________”. A. cheated C. talked
B. met D. argued
6. We can infer from the passage that ___________. A. the man had his eyes blinded in a fight
B. the man can see very well while visiting the museum C. the woman was very patient and devoted to his husband D. the man often wasted time by visiting exhibitions
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C
University can be the most sociable time of your life. For most students, social media is the glue that holds packed social diaries together. Facebook will let you know if a game is cancelled, Twitter can promote your DJ set in 140 characters, and your Instagram account will remind you when there are new photos.
These tools have made the world increasingly connected, and most students wouldn’t consider shunning them at such a sociable stage of their lives. But social media is by no means a requirement at university, and many do without.
“I’m a private person and don’t feel the need to share everything with everybody I know,” says Caty Forster, 20, a student at the University of Manchester, who has never used Facebook or Twitter. Despite social media’s benefits, Forster is largely indifferent. Bethany Elgood, 25, stopped using Facebook after she discovered she had developed a bit of an anxiety towards the social media platforms that contain lots of personal details.”
I quit Facebook when I was 13. I left because not only was I bored of passively involved in its Newsfeed, I was also experiencing anxiety. To me, Facebook meant clicking and nosing around people’s lives.
People would ask, “How do you keep in touch with people?” and “Won’t you miss out anything important?” I was in agreement with Forster, who says, “I never feel like I’m missing out too much. I don’t feel like I’d have anything valuable to share or gain from it.”
Adrienne Jolly, a careers advisor at UEA, says, “It’s hard to prove reliable statistics on social media. But it’s generally accepted that social media networks are pretty influential in this process—for better or worse.”
You might decide quitting social media isn’t practical in the long run. However, if its ugly side is bringing you down, why not consider taking leave? By doing so, I gained confidence and a strong connection with reality.
7. The underlined word“shunning”in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “___________”
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A. avoiding C. using
8. Why doesn’t Bethany use social media? A. She hates to share everything with others.
B. choosing D. adding
B. She hopes her personal information is safe. C. She buries herself in the busy studies every day. D. She doesn’t care what has happened to her friends.
9. What is the attitude of Adrienne Jolly to using social media online? A. She is completely against them. C. She is completely for them.
D
People from Britain and Ireland first came to live in Australia in 1788. They brought different dialects （方言）of English with them. These different kinds of English began to mix and change. The newcomers soon began to speak with their own typical accent（口音） and vocabulary. More and more people came to Australia during the Gold Rush in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some came from Britain and Ireland； others came from non-English speaking countries. Australian English continued to grow and change.
Australian English has also been influenced by American English. During the Second World War, there were many American soldiers staying in Australia. More importantly, American television shows and music have been popular in Australia since the 1950s. Australians use many words that other English speakers do not use. The famous Australian greeting, for example, is G'day! A native forest is called the bush and central Australia is called the outback. Many words were brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland. For example, mate means \it is still used in Britain. Some of these words have changed in meaning. Some words have come from Australian original languages, many of which are names for animals, plants and places, like dingo and kangaroo.
Australian spelling comes from British spelling. In words like organise and
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B. She herself refuses to use them. D. She is objective.
河北省2020学年高一英语3月月考试题（B部）
