河北省行唐县第三中学2018-2019高一4月月考英语试卷
一、阅读理解(2*15,共30分)
A
I was never very neat,while my roommate Kate was extremely oiganized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled(贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, \shoes away! Why under my bed!\Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed
together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled(爬) under her covers, sobbing. Obviously, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn‘t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, \
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1.What made Kate so angry one evening? A.She couldn't find her books.
B.She heard the author shouting loud.
C.She got the news that her grandma was ill. D.She saw the author's shoes beneath her bed.
2.The author tidied up the room most probably because_____. A.she was scared by Kate's anger
B.she hated herself for being so messy C.she wanted to show her care D.she was asked by Kate to do so
3.How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed? A.By analyzing causes. B.By showing differences. C.By describing a process. D.By following time order.
4.What might be the best title for the story? A.My Friend Kate B.Hard Work Pays Off C.How to Be Organized
D.Learning to Be Roommates
B
People smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also show embarrassment(尴尬).
People in the United States smile a lot. Everyone smiles at each other in order to show they are open and friendly. However, in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer(嘲笑). For example: When a child falls down from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and not a kind of impolite laugh.
When a person from the United States might blush(脸红)with embarrassment or become offensive(冒犯的), a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural (跨文化的)communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling properly.
5. We can use smile to express all of the following feelings EXCEPT ________. A.joy and happiness B.amusement C.embarrassment D.fear
6.People often smile at each other in the United States because ________. A.they are very happy
B.they want to show they are friendly C.they want to hide their true feelings D.they want to avoid embarrassment
7.In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to ________. A.laugh at him
B.avoid his own embarrassment
C.avoid embarrassment and encourage the boy D.show his politeness
8.What is mainly talked about in the passage? A.People smile at times.
B.Smiling can express different feelings depending on different cultures. C.Americans are more open and friendly than Chinese people. D.The Chinese people often hide their true feelings.
C
As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remembered the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called \交互记忆)\
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
9. The passage begins with two questions to ______. A.introduce the main topic B.show the author's altitude
C.describe how to use the Internet D.explain how to store information
10.What can we learn about the first experiment?
A.The Sparrow's team typed the information into a computer. B.The two groups remembered the information equally well. C.The first group did not try to remember the information. D.The second group did not understand the information. 11.In transactive memory, people ______. A.keep the information in mind
B.change the quantity of information C.organize information like a computer D.remember how to find the information
12.What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research? A.We are using memory differently. B.We are becoming more intelligent. C.We have poorer memories than before.
D.We need a better way to access information.
D
There are an extremely large number of ants worldwide. Each individual(个体的) ant hardly weigh anything, but put together they weigh roughly the same as all of mankind. They also live nearly everywhere, except on frozen mountain tops and around the poles. For animals their size, ants have been astonishingly successful, largely due to their wonderful social behavior.
In colonies(群体) that range in size from a few hundred to tens of millions, they organize their lives with a clear division of labor. Even more amazing is how they achievethis level of organization. Where we use sound and sight to communicate, ants depend primarily on pheromone(外激素), chemicals sent out by individuals and smelled or tasted by fellow members of their colony. When an ant finds food, it produces a pheromone that will lead others straight to where the food is. When an individual ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the colony to prepare for a conflict as a defense unit.
In fact, when it comes to the art of war, ants have no equal. They are completely fearless and will readily take on a creature much larger than themselves, attacking in large groups and overcoming their target. Such is their devotion to the common good of the colony that not only soldier ants but also worker ants will sacrifice their lives to help defeat an enemy.
Behaving in this selfless and devoted manner, these little creatures have survived on Earth, for more than 140 million years, far longer than dinosaurs. Because they think as one, they have a collective(集体的) intelligence greater than you would expect from itsindividual parts.
13.We can learn from the passage that ants are ______. A.not willing to share food
河北省行唐县第三中学2018-2019高一4月月考英语试卷(含答案)
