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河北省石家庄实验中学
2024～2024学年高一下学期3月月考检测
英语试题
2024年3月
阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共25分）
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I had a great time this past summer visiting Stone Mountain Park with my twin grandsons. I had the opportunity to spend the day with them seeing the various sights and attractions. One thing that my grandsons had really wanted to do that particular day was to climb to the top of the mountain. Stone Mountain isn't a particularly tall mountain and fortunately has walking trails to the top, but for two 5-year-olds, along with Grandpa， it's a formidable task. Since my grandsons' enthusiasm was much greater than mine， I decided to start the slow walk up the mountain. The beginning part of the trail was slow and gradual. It seemed like we were taking forever to climb just a short distance， but I had to remind myself that it took 3 of their steps to equal1 of mine， so I found myself walking ahead of them， then having to stop and let them catch up， over and over again.
I was tired and sweaty， just wanting to get to the top of the mountain so I could rest well before starting my way back. I learned early during our walk that this wasn't going to be the case. We had to stop and look at every large rock with someone’s name carved in it. We looked at unusual plant formations. We examined large trees and we explored small rock overhangs that reminded the kids of caves. My grandsons viewed the walk as an exciting adventure. Climbing the mountain was a trial to me but my grandsons were not focused at all on the trial of climbing the mountain; they were simply enjoying the journey of the walk.
I know when I face a trial in life， I tend to always think of the problem. I want the trial to be over quickly and let life get back to normal. What can I learn during the course of trial? At some point， the trial will be over and we'll be joyous
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for sure.
However， the real joy should not be that the trial’s over， but I am celebrating what I learned during the journey.
1. What does the underlined word \A. Relaxing. B. Meaningful. C. Strange. D. Difficult. 2. What can we know from Paragraph 2?
A. The writer kept challenging his grandsons to catch up with him. B. Old as the writer was， he walked much faster than his grandsons.
C. The writer and his grandsons walked up the mountain very fast at the beginning. D. The writer was more eager to climb to the top of the mountain than his grandsons.
3. Why did the writer only want to reach the mountain top? A. To have a good rest. B. To get a better view.
C. To enjoy unusual plants. D. To see large rocks carved with names. 4. What can be the best title of the text?
A. A tiring day spent with grandsons B. Joy coming from mountain-climbing C. A life lesson learnt from grandsons D. Learning to enjoy the journey
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Honey(蜂蜜)from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar， it is also delicious. Most people， and many animals， like eating it. However， the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often， these nests are high up in trees， and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa， though， people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper---a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey， but it does like the wax (蜂蜡) in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax， which is deep inside the bees’ nest. So， when it finds a suitable nest， it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention， it flies through the forest， waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest， the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as
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河北省石家庄实验中学2024-2024学年高一下学期3月月考英语试题
