河北省冀州市中学2024学年高一英语3月月考试题

B. he cared about his soldiers C. he was friendly to everybody

D. he paid attention to the soldiers letters

22. Mr. Parker went to the military camp to . A. look for the soldier who wrote to him B. punish the cooks C. inspect the kitchens

D. find out if the matter in the letter was true 23. The soldiers didn’t say anything because . A. they were afraid of the general B. they thought their foods were good C. the officer followed the general D. the general didn’t agree with them

B

LONDON---A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors（探测器）to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $ 77.8 million from the sales of his detectors--which were based on a kind of golf ball finder---to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. McCormick, 57, was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,” Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors, sold for up to $ 42, 000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said. 24. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison? A. He sold bombs.

B. He caused death of people. C. He made detectors. D. He cheated in business.

25. According to the judge, what McCormick had done . A. increased the cost of safeguarding B. lowered people’s guard against danger C. changed people’s idea of social security D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

26. Which of the following is true of the detectors? A. They have not been sold to Africa B. They have caused many serious problems. C. They can find dangerous objects in water. D. They don’t function on the basis of science.

27. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick . A. sold the equipment at a low price B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

C

Most people would say the sea is blue and green. But the people who live near the coast of Zhejiang may say it is red. It is not people who caused the colour change, but very small living thing in the sea. They are algae(藻类)and protozoa(原生动物). They come in many different colours; red, yellow or brown. Red is the easiest of those to see so when this happens people call it a “red tide.”

Red tides only happen when conditions in the sea are right. In the past few years, factories and people have been putting more chemicals into the sea. These chemicals help algae and protozoa to grow very quickly. The temperature of the sea is also important. Red tides usually happen at 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. Red tides often happen in dry, warm areas where there is little wind. Living things grow easily in these places. Sometimes fishermen help red tides by mistake. They put small sea animals into the water for food to help fish grow.

Those living things do more than change the colour of the water-they also put poison and mucus(黏液)into the sea. This is had for fish. The poison is bad for their brains. And too much mucus in the sea fills up fish’s gills(鳃) so they can’t breathe. Lots of dead fish and other sea animals are now washed up on Chinese beaches.

Red tides can be bad for people too. We shouldn’t eat fish from red-tide waters. The algae gets inside of fish and it smells bad. It can make your eyes water. If people eat fish with too much algae inside they could die.

Fishermen in Zhejiang are having a hard time right now. Because of the red tide, they are selling 30% less fresh seafood than usual.

In China red tides usually happen in May and June around places like Fujian Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Many other countries sometimes also have red tides. But it seems that we have few ways to stop red tides. They can last as long as 16 months.

28. What can cause the water in the sea to change its colour? A. Algae. B. Protozoa.

C. People and animals D. Algae and protozoa

29. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Fishermen in the area sell 30% less fresh seafood than usual. B. People could die if they eat fish with too much algae inside. C. Eating fish with algae in them can make people’s eyes water. D. Algae and protozoa can’t give off any poison and mucus into the water. 30. Which of the following is not a cause of red tides? A. People catch too many fish and eat too much seafood. B. The temperature is at 20 to 30 degrees Celsius C. People put more chemicals into the sea.

D. It is dry and warm and there is little wind in the area. 31. When do red tides in China usually happen? A. In winter and spring. B. In May and June. C. In July and August. D. In summer and autumn. D

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family

while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

32. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________. A. the reasons for success B. the meaning of success C. the standards of success D. the importance of success

33. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word refers to ______.